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by **Valanora** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:54 pm

AOCL XXXVI

Procedural Note
With Twenty-eight entrants, the top three associations and the holders receive a bye into the second round.

First Round

(EOT)	Fligsive FC		 0–3	Cloudsdale Flyers	(EQS)	0-2 0-1
(MRN)	Maal Angels		A3–3	Dalton Town FC		(CBP)	0-1 3-2
(FFD)	Rülândéá Kôstä		 5–2	Langmere Green Rover FC	(FVA)	4-2 1-0
(AVN)	A.V.N.A.F.		 5–1	North Hampton City	(YSP)	4-1 1-0
(KOR)	Schemerdrecht SVV	 9–2	Hastmead Diamante	(OSR)	4-0 5-2
(DEM)	Likewell Kirk		 1–7	Hoima Warriors		(BNJ)	1-3 0-4
(KRY)	Stanton Town		 2–3	1510 Plinth		(DOG)	1-1 1-2
(CBR)	Dynapolis United	 3–4	Jungle Strike FC	(VIL)	0-0 3-4
(SVG)	AC Acqui Bollente	 0–4	FC Teussen Stelburg	(STL)	0-3 0-1
(NWK)	Balliuna FC		 2–1	Anomalies		(CMT)	2-0 0-1
(OOZ)	General Santos FC	 3–6	Ōtachi Audfort		(SAL)	3-3 0-3
(CRY)	Crystal Fair HC		 1–0	Montreal Koreana	(QUE)	1-0 0-0

Second Round

(BNJ)	Hoima Warriors		1–3	1510 Plinth		(DOG)	0-1 1-2
(SAL)	Ōtachi Audfort		1–2	Jungle Strike FC	(VIL)	1-1 0-1
(TUR)	Cednia Beach AFC	3–2	Maal Angels		(MRN)	3-1 0-1
(STL)	FC Teussen Stelburg	2–4	1830 Cathair		(AUD)	1-2 1-2
(FFD)	Rülândéá Kôstä		6–3	Balliuna FC		(NWK)	4-2 2-1
(CRY)	Crystal Fair HC		2–3	Raynor City United	(VAL)	2-0 0-3
(KOR)	Schemerdrecht SVV	2–0	Istria City FC		(BNJ)	0-0 2-0
(AVN)	A.V.N.A.F.		1–5	Cloudsdale Flyers	(EQS)	1-2 0-3

Quarterfinals

(KOR)	Schemerdrecht SVV	1–3	Raynor City United	(VAL)	0-1 1-2
(VIL)	Jungle Strike FC	0–1	Cednia Beach AFC	(TUR)	0-1 0-0
(FFD)	Rülândéá Kôstä		5–3	1510 Plinth		(DOG)	1-0 4-3
(AUD)	1830 Cathair		4–0	Cloudsdale Flyers	(EQS)	2-0 2-0

Semifinals

(AUD)	1830 Cathair		3–2	Rülândéá Kôstä		(FFD)	1-1 2-1
(TUR)	Cednia Beach AFC	3–4	Raynor City United	(VAL)	3-1 0-3

Final
Stade sur la Baie (70,000), Aminey, Ko-oren

(VAL)	Raynor City United	3–4	1830 Cathair	(AUD)

After a year where a new power tried to establish itself, instead the old guard of the region looked to come out and dominate the landscape, with Raynor City United, Cednia Beach, and 1830 Cathair making the semifinals, as well as the Farfadillis representative. In the end, it was United against Cathair in Ko-oren for a battle to decide the regions' best club this year. United has the history in the competition, but the IFCF says that Audioslavia is the best league in the world at the moment. It seemed the latter was the stronger on the day, with Cathair emerging the victor in a seven goal thriller. All entrants into the next AOCL must have won their nation's league or be the highest placed team of their association in a multiassociation league, with the exception of 1830 Cathair who are guaranteed a spot in the next AOCL first round. Should they fail to qualify directly, Audioslavia will be granted a second spot.

by **Pasarga** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:54 am

CdC 50

With twenty-one entrants, there will be one Preliminary Round before the First Round Proper.

Preliminary Round

(YZH)	Yincheng Capitals	4–6	Tieflings		(POP)	1-2 3-4
(AQL)	Real Seaga		0–6	Urbizania Wanderers	(ASG)	0-2 0-4
(SKR)	Nomadik			2–4	Altendalur		(GRF)	2-2 0-2
(SWE)	Grandal Wild FC		1–3	Ördenval Automotiv	(FKR)	1-0 0-3
(QQZ)	Metalliq Qariq		3–4	Port Rhovanyon AFC	(TKT)	1-2 2-2

First Round

(FKR)	Ördenval Automotiv	 1–4	Urbizania Wanderers	(ASG)	0-1 1-3
(NPH)	AFC Treason		A3–3	Altendalur		(GRF)	2-0 1-3 (aet)
(OAM)	Cyrene Bay		 7–5	Tannenberg FC		(VLD)	5-2 2-3
(TKT)	Port Rhovanyon AFC	 2–0	CSKA Tiraspol		(PDN)	2-0 0-0
(DAR)	MTK Kingsville		 3–0	Tieflings		(POP)	2-0 1-0
(WRL)	Racing de Terranova	 2–5	Olympia FC		(EFL)	1-1 1-4
(TAE)	Mierton Manatees	 1–1A	Directus		(EUR)	1-1 0-0
(PAS)	CA Paulinthal		 5–2	Libertas Bergheim	(SVJ)	1-1 4-1 (aet)

Second Round

(TKT)	Port Rhovanyon AFC	3–4	CA Paulinthal	(PAS)	3-2 0-2
(NPH)	AFC Treason		3–0	Cyrene Bay	(OAM)	2-0 1-0
(ASG)	Urbizania Wanderers	1-3	MTK Kingsville	(DAR)	0-2 1-1
(EUR)	Directus		6–5	Olympia FC	(EFL)	3-1 3-4

Semifinals

(NPH)	AFC Treason	4–3	Directus	(EUR)	3-1 1-2
(DAR)	MTK Kingsville	1–5	CA Paulinthal	(PAS)	0-1 1-4

Final
City Stadium (37,100), Scott City, Darmen

(PAS)	CA Paulinthal	0–0	AFC Treason	(NPH)	(4–3 PKs)

Future bids for host stadia will be taken into consideration, though the default in case of no bids will always be the stadium of Stade de Torgos in Torgos. A final reminder also that all Rushmori nations only (including any and all puppets) will be able to submit their league champions only (or top ranked team in the event of multi-associational leagues of more than one Rushmori nation) for entry into the next CdC; this includes puppet leagues that don't submit to IFCF. The submission period opened when the IFCF closed entries to the last IFCF tournaments, and will close again when the IFCF closes entries to the next IFCF tournaments. No invitations will be sent. You must indicate at the bottom of your league summary that you wish your league champion to take part, and I take no responsibility for missing it if you've only shown it in your table.

Keep your entries coming in for the next edition!

by **Newmanistan** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:17 pm

It's been a while and the tournament has been off sequence with others, but the 32nd CEdC will underway fairly soon. Because it has been a while, consider this a 24-hour warning to submit any teams to the competition that have not already been submitted. The CEdC will be going back and finalizing the field within the next few days.

by **Newmanistan** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:50 pm

This is the list that the CEdC has come up with for the 32nd edition of the tournament. It has been a while, so before I draw up the matchups, I would like for people to take a look at this and make sure that your teams are correct, or to point out that you have teams excluded. (If you have teams excluded please send them to me in a TG).

Esportivan Darmen (ESD): St. Leonards Casuals FC, Naitpyge United
Ancherion (ASD): Chrisia FC, Ostholden Town
Boring Paradise (BRP): Bartholomew FC, Empilot United FC
Brenecia (BRE): Rozelle, Northern Union
Ethane (ETN): Letson Town, Loconstead United
South Newlandia (SNL): Walstreim Lions, Jecken Newport
Hallikshire (HKR): FC Tyrani, Daris Si Solam
Burgburgh (BGH): Burga, Burgham Bulls
Xanneria (XAN): Galaxy SC, Austin City
Nova Anglicana (NOV): Sanctuary FC, FC Portus
Zeta Reka & Hügeltaldom (ZRH): Aleiusia Capital, VZRH Matov-Uri
Sylestone (SYL): Pesfield Trees FC, Avondale City FC
Lisander (LIS):Sporting Grandeville, AS Virtus 1904

by **Krytenia** » Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:37 pm

SEASON XVIII PREVIEW

Not sure who to support? Have a look here - there's everything you need to know about every team that's played in the Revival Era of the O-League; that's Season 14 onwards.

by **Chartistan** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:07 pm

As per this number...

Chartistan (CHA) Qualifiers
Puppet of Squidroidia (SQR)

IFCF Champions League - Rockstar
IFCF Challengers Cup - Wep, I Hope, Dynamite

by **Kita-Hinode** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 1:07 pm

Welcome to the late 37th edition of the International University Challenge Championship, the top international competition for sides representing Universities and Colleges all across the multiverse. For this edition, numbers dropped to eight participating nations, which in turn made for the first time a Group Stage would be included during the Hinodejin administration of the IUCC.

Trigrams:
CMT Chromatika
HIN Kita-Hinode
KOR Ko-oren
LIS Lisander
OAM Oberour Ar Moro
STL Siovania and Teus
TAE Taeshan
ZWZ Zwangzug

Extra Notes:
- Siovania and Teus could've sent four entries for the tournament, thanks to TU Stelberg's title win. Since they chose not to, three entries were accepted.
- To interested parties that are unsure of sending qualifiers, keep in mind that these are the acceptable options to send representatives to the tournament:
1. The top three teams from the nation's university-based league (regardless of whether they're unisex or gender-aligned).
2. The top three teams from the nation's university-based cups (regardless of whether they're unisex or gender-aligned).
3. The best three university teams from the nation's pyramid (although they'll be restricted to play only students of the institution / recently-graduated athletes (their graduation year has to have been the previous season).
4. The best three university teams from the nation's youth league (the same restriction from option 3 applies).
- While I'm at it: make sure you list your qualified teams under "IUCC", to make it easier to find every entry. Everyone who signed up did that but I just wanted to make it clearer to those who haven't signed up yet and might be considering it.
- Due to being the sole bidding party for the final, the Armskirk Municipal Ground at Maynard, Ko-oren was chosen to host the final unanimously.

GROUP ROUND
With twenty-four participants, teams were drawn up in eight groups of three, playing the other two teams of their group twice (once at home and once away). Group leaders would qualify to the knock-out stage.

  GROUP A                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 University of Myana                          4   2  1  1    6   4  +2    7         —   2–1  1–1
2 Trinity College                              4   2  1  1    5   4  +1    7        2–1   —   2–1
3 Erewhon University                           4   0  2  2    2   5  −3    2        0–2  0–0   — 

  GROUP B                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Saint Isidore University                     4   1  3  0    4   3  +1    6         —   1–1  0–0
2 Air Force Aeros                              4   0  4  0    5   5   0    4        1–1   —   2–2
3 Maethoru National University                 4   0  3  1    4   5  −1    3        1–2  1–1   — 

  GROUP C                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Frammard College                             4   2  2  0    6   3  +3    8         —   2–0  1–1
2 Freie-Universitat Felsenkirchen              4   1  1  2    3   5  −2    4        1–2   —   1–0
3 The College of Salinas                       4   0  3  1    3   4  −1    3        1–1  1–1   — 

  GROUP D                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Universite de la Cote Austral                4   3  1  0    9   4  +5   10         —   4–2  3–2
2 Engdahl Institute                            4   1  1  2    3   5  −2    4        0–0   —   1–0
3 Mide Girls' Academy                          4   1  0  3    3   6  −3    3        0–2  1–0   — 

  GROUP E                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 TU Stelberg                                  4   1  2  1    5   4  +1    5         —   2–2  1–1
2 Berlin Heights Barnstormers                  4   1  2  1    5   5   0    5        1–0   —   1–1
3 Bécherel University                          4   1  2  1    4   5  −1    5        0–2  2–1   — 

  GROUP F                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Utsukushima University                       4   3  1  0    6   2  +4   10         —   1–0  2–0
2 Universidade de Soria                        4   1  2  1    4   4   0    5        2–2   —   2–1
3 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                    4   0  1  3    1   5  −4    1        0–1  0–0   — 

  GROUP G                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Chromia Central College                      4   3  1  0    7   4  +3   10         —   1–1  2–1
2 Melito d'Argentueill College, Veglia         4   0  3  1    3   4  −1    3        0–1   —   1–1
3 Tentai University                            4   0  2  2    5   7  −2    2        2–3  1–1   — 

  GROUP H                                    Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts                      
1 Atlantea-Greenville Campus Argonauts         4   3  0  1    5   3  +2    9         —   2–1  1–2
2 Luftwaffenakademie                           4   2  0  2    4   4   0    6        0–1   —   1–0
3 Deprí Sanar University                       4   1  0  3    3   5  −2    3        0–1  1–2   —

KNOCKOUT STAGE
The best eight teams of the tournament thus go on to play for the IUCC trophy.

QUARTER-FINALS
TU Stelberg (STL) 1–1 Atlantea-Greenville Campus Argonauts (TAE) (1–2 AET)
Utsukushima University (HIN) 0–3 Universite de la Cote Austral (KOR)
Frammard College (ZWZ) 1–2 Saint Isidore University (OAM)
University of Myana (CMT) 0–1 Chromia Central College (CMT)

SEMI-FINALS
Saint Isidore University (OAM) 1–0 Chromia Central College (CMT)
Atlantea-Greenville Campus Argonauts (TAE) 1–1 Universite de la Cote Austral (KOR) (1–2 AET)

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Chromia Central College (CMT) 3–3 Atlantea-Greenville Campus Argonauts (TAE) (3–4 AET)

FINAL @ Armskirk Municipal Ground, Maynard, Ko-oren - 26.000 seats, 26.000 sold (full house)
Saint Isidore University (OAM) 3–1 Universite de la Cote Austral (KOR)

Congratulations to Saint Isidore University, the first-ever champions hailing from Oberour Ar Moro! Our biggest commiserations to the Universite de la Cote Austral and similar thoughts to all other teams that failed to reach the final. Once again, our most sincere thanks to all entries for allowing another edition of the IUCC into existence and a special thanks to Chromatika for reminding me of the tournament.

Notes:
- This was the last edition where nations were restricted to three entries. Instead, every nation that signs up fo the IUCC from now on should preferably send four entries to the tournament, instead of three.
- Saint Isidore University is thus granted the opportunity to defend their title next season, being guaranteed into the Group Stage of the next tournament, should the numbers allow for a Group Stage. This entry will not count as one of Oberour Ar Moro's entries, who shall, in turn, be allowed to send four institutions besides Saint Isidore University to the next tournament. Should Oberour Ar Moro not send any entries, Saint Isidore University will be the country's sole entry.
- Any nations that sent a bid for the final venue site are welcome to send a bid again, no cool down needed. Should no bid be sent for host rights, the final will be played at the Philosopher's Field at Philosophatas.
- The deadline for the next IUCC shall be the same as the one for IFCF again, although once again it's possible that we'll be accepting entries post-deadline if the tournament isn't scorinated out of the gate.
- Apologies for the late scorination of the tournament. As some might have noticed, the Hinodejin pull-out from the IFCF ended up affecting my running of the tournament this time around. Let it be known that this was not on purpose and activity in the IUCC will resume from this cycle onwards as normal as possible, taking under consideration any possible incidents.

by **Squidroidia** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:11 pm

Season Previews

Super League
Challenge League

3sport
NOTE: Think of Parts 2 and onward as a dream sequence due to scorination errors found during Challengers scorination

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3/Super Cup
Part 4

Super and Challenge Leagues

Transfer Window
Matchdays 1-7
Matchdays 8-14
Matchdays 15-21
Matchdays 22-27
Matchday 28

Squidroidian Cup

Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
The Final

Squidroidian Youth League

Rising Stars Cup and Regular Season
Finals Series and Youth League Final

Other

Promotion/Relegation Group, New Team Initiative and Super League Awards
Squidroidian Amateur League
Super League Stats

Squidroidia (SQR) Qualifiers

IFCF Champions League - Real Squidroid CF
IFCF Challengers Cup - Calamari Wanderers CFC, Starlight Boulevard FC, FC Squidroidia Squidbreak
IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy - Northport Meadows SC, Club Factoria, Spartansburg City
IFCF Cup Winners Cup - Starlight Boulevard FC
IFCF Rising Stars Cup - FC Squidroidia Squidbreak Cadets (Shortened name if needed: Squidbreak Cadets)

FFI Liga dos Vencedores - Real Squidroid CF, Calamari Wanderers CFC
FFI Taca das Confederacoes - Starlight Boulevard FC

by **Krytenia** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:42 pm

O-LEAGUE : SEASON XVIII - PART ONE

With the last two champions being Stanton Town and Ashton Olympic, the "Big Three" of Avidia United, Ousevale Borough, and Mercia Bromham will be out for blood. With the long overdue return to the Premier Division of Dereapolis City, the resurrection of the Second City Derby, and the continued Cinderella tales that are Sandwell and Oustia, this could be one of the most unpredictable seasons of the O-League yet. Enough stalling...let's do it to it!

MATCHDAY 1
Lay's Road is the venue for the Champions' Kick Off, but Stanton can only open their account for the season with a goalless draw. This allows the big fish to put down some markers, and it's Avidia and Ousevale who duly oblige with crushing victories. A win for Oustia against new boys Hastings means they start the season in fourth place; if they're anywhere near that at the end of the season I'll eat my laptop.

Results:
Emberton Reds 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Caledon Simpson 2-1 New Cefn Albion
Bromham City 1-5 Ousevale Borough
Mercia Bromham 2-0 Avidia City
Avidia United 6-1 Royal Emberton
Leston Town 0-0 Stanton Town
Dereapolis City 1-3 Casuals Osteria
Oustia 3-1 Hastings County
Sandwell Rangers 1-0 Bradwell Saints
Ashton Olympic 3-0 Beckton Supermarine

MATCHDAY 2
I think it's safe to say Stanton manager Paul James enjoys his schadenfreude. Not content with winning the title in his first season at the Harbour Stadium, his charges then beat his former club like they owe him money. Indeed, of the eight sides that won on Matchday One, there was a singular team that registered a second win.

That team...is Sandwell Rangers.

Never mind the laptop, if they finish the season there, I'm eating the desk.

Results:
New Cefn Albion 0-1 Emberton Reds
Ousevale Borough 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Avidia City 3-0 Caledon Simpson
Royal Emberton 1-1 Bromham City
Stanton Town 4-1 Mercia Bromham
Casuals Osteria 1-1 Avidia United
Hastings County 1-3 Leston Town
Bradwell Saints 0-1 Dereapolis City
Beckton Supermarine 0-0 Oustia
Ashton Olympic 0-1 Sandwell Rangers

MATCHDAY 3
Well, it was nice while it lasted. Sandwell may have beaten Ashton last week, but Oustia do the dirty on them and are now only goal difference off top spot. Above them are Avidia United and Stanton, who both recorded four-nil wins, whilst Mercia recovered from their lesson in humility by beating new boys Hastings. Pick of the day, though, was at the Isserson, where the Reds and Tigers shared ten goals between them for a point apiece.

Results:
Emberton Reds 5-5 Ousevale Borough
New Cefn Albion 1-1 Avidia City
Notegia Rangers 1-3 Royal Emberton
Caledon Simpson 0-4 Stanton Town
Bromham City 1-0 Casuals Osteria
Mercia Bromham 3-1 Hastings County
Avidia United 4-0 Bradwell Saints
Leston Town 0-1 Beckton Supermarine
Dereapolis City 2-0 Ashton Olympic
Oustia 3-1 Sandwell Rangers

MATCHDAY 4
It's safe to say Mercia are not enjoying their trips to the east coast. After shipping four to Stanton, it's Beckton Supermarine heaping on the misery with a three-nil win that leaves them three points off the top spot. Said top spot is now owned by Stanton, who did the job against New Cefn whilst Avidia United were busy losing in Ashton. Emberton Reds replace United in second by beating Avidia's other team, whilst Oustia are still third despite only picking up a single point against the Derries.

Results:
Avidia City 0-4 Emberton Reds
Royal Emberton 1-0 Ousevale Borough
Stanton Town 2-0 New Cefn Albion
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Notegia Rangers
Hastings County 0-2 Caledon Simpson
Bradwell Saints 4-2 Bromham City
Beckton Supermarine 3-0 Mercia Bromham
Ashton Olympic 2-1 Avidia United
Sandwell Rangers 0-1 Leston Town
Oustia 2-2 Dereapolis City

MATCHDAY 5
Five games in, and someone finally manages to take the full complement of points off Oustia; credit to the Silvermen, though, who very nearly came away from the New City Stadium with a draw. Stanton, meanwhile, have no such excuses after a shock defeat to Avidia City sees them cough up top spot and fall to third. Your new leaders are Emberton Reds, who were scarcely challenged against a sputtering Royals side.

As a footnote at the bottom, Hastings' draw with fellow strugglers New Cefn means everyone is now officially off the mark.

Results:
Emberton Reds 4-1 Royal Emberton
Avidia City 3-2 Stanton Town
Ousevale Borough 2-0 Casuals Osteria
New Cefn Albion 2-2 Hastings County
Notegia Rangers 0-2 Bradwell Saints
Caledon Simpson 2-1 Beckton Supermarine
Bromham City 1-1 Ashton Olympic
Mercia Bromham 1-2 Sandwell Rangers
Avidia United 2-1 Oustia
Leston Town 0-1 Dereapolis City

MATCHDAY 6
Reds fans know being top is hazardous to their health. At least this time they lose against the reigning champions, but the defeat sees them slip to fourth. Ahead of them are Avidia United, who are top on goals scored after beating Leston, the aforementioned Stanton, and...er...apparently Sandwell are still a thing. Huh. Good for them. Anyone know a good wine to go with melamine?

Results:
Stanton Town 2-0 Emberton Reds
Casuals Osteria 1-1 Royal Emberton
Hastings County 2-1 Avidia City
Bradwell Saints 1-2 Ousevale Borough
Beckton Supermarine 1-0 New Cefn Albion
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Notegia Rangers
Sandwell Rangers 2-0 Caledon Simpson
Oustia 2-0 Bromham City
Dereapolis City 0-4 Mercia Bromham
Leston Town 1-2 Avidia United

KFA CUP ROUND ONE
Ousevale Juniors may be riding high in Division One, bot they were laid low in the Cup courtesy of Byrrim - a whole two divisions below them. Surprise quarter-finalists from last season Locomotive Wolverton, meanwhile, are also in the hat for the next round after dumping out Kallia United.

Division One outfit Penniton United, meanwhile, might be one to avoid for the big fish. Just ask poor old Blakeland.

MATCHDAY 7
United stay top after beating an underperforming Mercia in their own backyard. Stanton, though, can only draw with Hastings "Here For The Beer" County and that allows Sandwell to go second. Ousevale, meanwhile, are quietly having a crisis, and their draw with Ashton means they're in seventh, behind the likes of Beckton and Dereapolis. Mon dieu.

Results:
Emberton Reds 3-1 Casuals Osteria
Stanton Town 1-1 Hastings County
Royal Emberton 2-4 Bradwell Saints
Avidia City 1-4 Beckton Supermarine
Ousevale Borough 1-1 Ashton Olympic
New Cefn Albion 0-1 Sandwell Rangers
Notegia Rangers 0-0 Oustia
Caledon Simpson 1-2 Dereapolis City
Bromham City 0-0 Leston Town
Mercia Bromham 1-3 Avidia United

MATCHDAY 8
Bromham City have the chance to heap a fresh wheelbarrow of misery on their cross-city rivals, and take it with both hands. The Navies are now behind Mercia "How Are We Thirteenth?" Bromham only on goal difference.

Think this is the biggest surprise of the week? Think again. Caledon decide to steal a point at the New City Stadium, and with Sandwell annihilating Avidia City, they go top of the table for the second time this season.

Oh, and Oustia beat Ousevale, so there's that, too.

Results:
Hastings County 1-2 Emberton Reds
Bradwell Saints 0-2 Casuals Osteria
Beckton Supermarine 1-2 Stanton Town
Ashton Olympic 6-0 Royal Emberton
Sandwell Rangers 5-1 Avidia City
Oustia 3-2 Ousevale Borough
Dereapolis City 1-0 New Cefn Albion
Leston Town 1-0 Notegia Rangers
Avidia United 1-1 Caledon Simpson
Mercia Bromham 1-2 Bromham City

MATCHDAY 9
Sandwell's reign at the top is short-lived, as Stanton take the position after dealing them a bit of a reality check at the Harbour Stadium. The same can't be said for Avidia United, who can only draw at bottom side New Cefn. Indeed, the point lifts Albion off the foot of the table at the expense of Notegia, who are unlucky not to claim a point off Mercia.

We'll mention very quietly that Emberton Reds are now second. Hide your choke buttons.

Results:
Emberton Reds 4-1 Bradwell Saints
Hastings County 0-1 Beckton Supermarine
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Ashton Olympic
Stanton Town 3-0 Sandwell Rangers
Royal Emberton 2-0 Oustia
Avidia City 4-0 Dereapolis City
Ousevale Borough 2-1 Leston Town
New Cefn Albion 2-2 Avidia United
Notegia Rangers 1-2 Mercia Bromham
Caledon Simpson 2-1 Bromham City

MATCHDAY 10
The Second City Derby was a match in the sense that two teams took to the field. In truth, City needn't have bothered, as they shipped nine to their rivals. It's enough to take second spot back off the Reds, who can only muster a draw at Orange Street, but not the lead in the division. That accolade goes to the defending champions thanks to a win over Dereapolis.

Ousevale, meanwhile, decide to get their season back on track by embarrassing their biggest rivals in the Mercian Classic. The steam coming out of new head of the family Alfie Swann's ears could power the Cygnus Stadium floodlights for a month.

Results:
Beckton Supermarine 1-1 Emberton Reds
Ashton Olympic 0-1 Bradwell Saints
Sandwell Rangers 0-0 Hastings County
Oustia 0-0 Casuals Osteria
Dereapolis City 0-3 Stanton Town
Leston Town 0-2 Royal Emberton
Avidia United 9-0 Avidia City
Mercia Bromham 0-3 Ousevale Borough
Bromham City 1-1 New Cefn Albion
Caledon Simpson 2-0 Notegia Rangers

Table after MD10:

Pos Team                     P  W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Stanton Town            10  7  2  1  23   6  +17  23
  2 Avidia United           10  6  3  1  31  10  +21  21
  3 Emberton Reds           10  6  3  1  25  13  +12  21
  4 Sandwell Rangers        10  6  1  3  13   9   +4  19
  5 Ousevale Borough        10  5  3  2  23  14   +9  18
  6 Beckton Supermarine     10  5  2  3  13   9   +4  17
  7 Oustia                  10  4  4  2  14  10   +4  16
  8 Caledon Simpson         10  5  1  4  12  15   -3  16
  9 Dereapolis City         10  5  1  4  10  17   -7  16
 10 Casuals Osteria         10  4  3  3  10   9   +1  15
 11 Ashton Olympic          10  4  2  4  14   8   +6  14
 12 Royal Emberton          10  4  2  4  14  23   -9  14
 13 Mercia Bromham          10  4  0  6  15  19   -4  12
 14 Bradwell Saints         10  4  0  6  13  18   -5  12
 15 Leston Town             10  3  2  5   7   9   -2  11
 16 Bromham City            10  2  4  4  10  17   -7  10
 17 Avidia City             10  3  1  6  14  29  -15  10
 18 Hastings County         10  1  3  6   9  18   -9   6
 19 New Cefn Albion         10  0  4  6   7  14   -7   4
 20 Notegia Rangers         10  0  3  7   4  14  -10   3

by **Audioslavia** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 6:38 pm

SEASON 13

National Two                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Union Cathair FC           38   25   9   4    87   42  +45    84 Promoted, LBCC
 2 Tout-Puissant Hasiera      38   23   7   8    79   43  +36    76 Promoted, LBCC
 3 Sobrevolante!              38   22   9   7    73   36  +37    75 Promotion Playoff, LBCC
 4 Santa Margarida            38   22   8   8    82   50  +32    74 Promotion Playoff
 5 The Oran                   38   21   6  11    70   51  +19    69
 6 Burdoc Ridge               38   16  11  11    63   52  +11    59
 7 Tenth Star Hasiera         38   14  13  11    69   61   +8    55
 8 Isle of Kjeligsted FC      38   17   3  18    57   57    0    54
 9 Laranjeiras                38   15   7  16    54   58   −4    52
10 Sparta Zijweg              38   13  10  15    58   65   −7    49
11 Eletti Valligiani          38   12  13  13    58   67   −9    49
12 Hibernação                 38   13   9  16    60   69   −9    48
13 Corações                   38   14   5  19    58   69  −11    47
14 Alistoun Academicals       38   11  11  16    55   69  −14    44
15 Silexhera FC               38   11  10  17    51   69  −18    43
16 Crossport Dynamo           38   10  10  18    34   50  −16    40
17 KT Koroatuz                38    9  12  17    41   51  −10    39
18 C.D. Portobranco           38    8  12  18    57   82  −25    36 Relegated
19 Lemmitania State FC        38    9   8  21    48   71  −23    35 Relegated
20 Necromarinai               38    4   9  25    37   79  −42    21 Relegated

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six

Audioslavia (AUD) Qualifiers
IFCF Champions Leage: AC Izotz Zubia, Shamrock Cathair, 1830 Cathair, KT Moreazerua
IFCF Challengers' Cup: Excelsior Zijweg, KT Itzalovalle, Cazadores Cathair
IFCF Liga B: Union Cathair, Tout-Puissant Hasiera, Sobrevolante

VCIAPP: Osarese Marcadia
Cup Winners' Cup: Shamrock Cathair
AOCL: AC Izotz Zubia, 1830 Cathair

Final Site Bid: IFCF Challengers’ Cup Final
Burdina Jauregia
Capacity: 85,000
City: Ferramendiak, Audioslavia
The Burdina Jauregia, or Iron Palace in the local dialect, was finished just a few months before World Cup 75 and was used to host the opening match of the tournament as well as the fourth quarter-final, in which Audioslavia put five goals past Electrum.

The outer structure uses, as the name suggests, quite a lot of iron, if only for visual effect, and more modern materials are used the higher up the stadium you go. The ground's most noticeable feature is the criss-cross iron pattern over the roof, giving it the feel of an oversized implement from one of the Saw films when viewed from far away.

Inside, the pitch is large and surrounded on all sides by two tiered stands that rise up to the aforementioned grid. The seats, numerous and fairly luxurious as far as stadia go, are painted white in the colours of tenants KT Ferramendiak, who moved into the stadium at the end of World Cup 75. The stadium has played host to a Globe Cup final, which was a point of pride for club KT Ferramendiak, but only after arch city rivals KT Itzalovalle had been knocked out in the semi-finals of the very same tournament.

When the Arena Kirola was taken down to 78,000 seats for safety reasons, the Burdina Jauregia became the largest football stadium in Audioslavia.

Final Site Bid: Cup Winners’ Cup Final
Arena Kirola (also known as the 66 Stadium)
Capacity: 78,200
Cathair, Audioslavia
Built in time for World Cup 66, the Arena Kirola has been the home of Audioslavia's national football team for as long as most living Audioslavians can remember. There has been very little call for the national team to change grounds in the intervening years. A long, narrow pitch is perfectly suited to the counter-attacking football prefered by the national team, and tenants 1830 Cathair have adopted their own way of utilising the pitch's peculiar (but perfectly legal, we may add) dimensions.

The high, bright white walls that surround the pitch are iconic. Once upon a time electronic advertising boards were mounted on the walls, but that practice has been replaced by the simple act of selling an entire side of the stadium to one bidder each, who then creates a mural advertising their product. Sometimes this works, like when energy drink company Saltire created a series of artworks based on Audioslavia's two World Cup triumphs to adorn the wall opposite the hard camera before an international against Nephara. Sometimes it doesn't work so well. Take, for example, the thousand-burger-wrapper collage made by fast food chain 'O'Diamhnaghs' over the first half of 1830 Cathair's most recent season. For a UICA Champions' Cup Final, the FFA would give the most prominent wall over to TaqilQuip for whatever purpose they require, despite protestations from a Kirola company that was already miffed that their name was removed for the two previous finals held at the national stadium.

The 66 Stadium contains an array of amenities, from top quality restaurants to saunas, shops and supermarkets, to appease those sponsors that might only be traveling to the greatest club match in club football in order to network with their business buddies.

The stadium is getting on a bit, and as such the capacity has been lowered after renovations which converted the uppermost section of the top tier into higher-priced boxed seating.

by **Zwangzug** » Sat Nov 14, 2020 10:02 am

Season 2^5

Preliminary rounds of things:

Zwangzug have accidentally-on-purpose become a bit of a bogey team for various and sundry FFI associations, mostly because we're the highest-ranked FFI association by some distance. Trimidau Rukiya of Poafmersia tried to join us rather than beat us by bringing Kelly Cormis and Nikolai Seabury on board, but their efforts would eventually see them overcome by Sporting Esper's away goals. Trebuchet Cham responded to being dumped out (poured out?) of the Challengers' Cup by defiantly muttering something about "well if it was a parallel universe we might have won," which didn't really impress anybody.

Matchday One

Say you're Einvarður Adamsson. You've just arrived from the Græntfjall league to Canbix Muses, which might be a bit of a step up in comparison. They hired you specifically because of your commitment to being rather on the defensive side. What do you do?

(Maia Cumple-Sead 2 and 72, Carole Hermann-Vedd 7 and 15, Retta Conrad 61, Craig Angeles 76, Nubara Moafalia 86; Ariel Greft 27, Moises Vegglio 29, Tammi Bilo-Stuhl 38 and 83, Ione Friede 64)

Well, apparently, that. Ephesian FC seven, Canbix Muses five. Welcome to the 1./.

Matchday Two

Arlington and Keppal are the two teams that start with two wins. Keppal had little trouble against Namiri Independent last week, or in Gelma, Glune District, home of the Glune Institute of Natural Sciences, for the Rovers' "home opener," this season. City are a bit more erratic, cruising against Cham last week but having to play catch-up against Eintracht Trink this time. Despite Sebastian Lowe's hat-trick, City came up with a second-half "Arlington hat trick," plus relied on goals from midfielders Junia McCue and substitute Paula Preckwinkle.

Matchday Three

Keppal go top, with Johan Idmar's strike just four minutes in enough to quiet Excelsior Slogda. To be fair, it doesn't take much to quiet Excelsior Slogda. This is their third one-nil defeat in as many weeks. I guess no one wants to get Aloysius Harrogate's heart rate too worked up.

Arlington, for their part, jumped out to a lead against Bassabook but then saw it wiped out by a Gordon Blum brace. Jonah McCollins' late header gave the Old Boys the win.

Matchday Four

Maybe Einvarður got worried about his job or something (he shouldn't, we're not vicious or capitalist enough to randomly fire people), because he well and truly parked the bus in Canbix for the last couple games. Today, in the bitter central derby against Keppal, was no different. Friede and Satenik Banach dispossessed each other in the midfield a bunch of times, the defenses dug in, and there was no score.

That meant that Bassabook could tie the Cosmos on 3.5 points, which they attempted to do through Amos Noile-Murne and Blum. Only an injury-time header from Biren Jaleel of Namiri Independent brought down the Old Boys' goal differential, meaning that Keppal technically hold the tiebreaker. Kaja Plin-Horge and 102d were the latest side to down Slogda 1-0.

Matchday Five

On current form, it feels hard not to imagine Blum and Idmar as racing each other to be Zwangzug's first-choice striker as well as dueling to lead their teams to the championship. This is an oversimplification, of course, but they both delivered one-nills against Sporting Esper and the Twineur Bugs respectively.

Excelsior Slogda aren't really helping their own cause; Trent Melchior committed a stupid foul that Spenson Suburbia stickler Javier Drouet was quick to protest, and Martin Ogilvie converted the penalty for the inevitable 1-0. Leah Strund wasn't going to let any contrived narrative shtick have the last word, though, and scored her own goal in the second half to make it 2-0. So...that's a change of pace, I guess.

Matchday Six

Bassabook's goal difference caught up to Keppal's, and this time, it wasn't the usual suspects making noise. Actually for Bassabook it kind of was, they have a lot of aging national team talent. Considering how the club struggled last season, it's anyone's guess how good Randall Saitta or McCollins or Noile-Murne will need to be to make it back to the national team at their various ages. Anyway, they all scored, as did the Rovers' Niels Jin-Kuang, when he wasn't giving one of his apologetics on Interreligious Sniping. For Keppal's part, they found goals from Jessalie McHove, Todd Rasmus, and Judith McCarver, while Kirsten Brennard and Edwin Cherenkov-Nguyen's goals weren't enough for hosts Cham to get it done.

Matchday Seven

Slogda scored a goal! Through Ivan Wexler-Dord. And then they promptly gave up a brace to Inez Torre, and Elena Drys-Weller converted a Jin-Kuang corner kick, so 3-1 Rovers then. Bassabook and Keppal each won by one goal, while Spenson and Cham thwapped 102d and Twineur respectively.

Meanwhile, elsewhere...

According to our comrades in Osarius we can do things approximately this way for a sense of drama and slight realism as we interweave the other competitions. Joke's on them because it's not like we're going to be doing this in much detail anyway. The "highlight" of the opening round of the group stage was Arlington City's Champions' League showing, which made it look like they really wanted to come third and go back to the Challengers' Cup which they know how to do well at. Little did they know that the two goals they scored in the Soldaduak Eremuaberria, through Rosalie Penn-Dayton and Vince Chandra, would turn out to matter. And then they went home to face the Anomalies and...the result was an anomaly.

Cereal Cup: First Round

Speaking of interweaving things to keep you on your toes...

Arlington City 2–0 Namiri Forest
Canbix Muses 1–1 Spenson Suburbia
Sporting Esper 1–1 Namiri Independent
Keppal Cosmos 2–0 102d Jr.s
Trebuchet Cham 2–1 FTC United
Ephesian FC 3–0 Twineur Bugs
Bassabook Old Boys 1–1 Rovers United
Eintracht Trink 2–0 Excelsior Slogda

Ephesian were the "big" winners, with Conrad's late goal adding onto those from Cumple-Sead and Angeles to make their win the most decisive. Spenson dominated the first half against Canbix, with Ogilvie perhaps unlucky not to get more than one goal from the prolific Strund's passes, but the momentum flipped in the second half, with Bilo-Stuhl scoring from distance and the Muses keeping Itzhak Canterbury on his toes as he denied them any further opportunities. Esper and Independent's draw by the same score was not as well-played; the hosts only got their goal through a Jake McWaive penalty after a stupid P.J. Raju foul on Nora Kent-Maner. Jaleel thought he'd equalized four minutes later, but it was offsides. Then he got a yellow card for raging against the video replay guy, which...what do you think was going to happen, it's not going to argue back, it's a robot. Anyway, Daitari Sastri somehow equalized for real against the run of play, but yeah, not a great game.

As for the other tie, while it featured some sloppy midfield play and the first half was dull, the second half was actually pretty decent. Blum was stymied by Tim Marley and Tessie Murdans on defense, but he finally managed to set up McCollins for a goal. But some beautiful dribbling from substitute Quincy Dulk-Fough paid off when he assisted Torre.

Matchday Eight

We now return you to "Slogda being kind of pants," already in progress. Blum had a brace for Bassabook within the first half-hour, and Roger Blairs would tak on another goal before halftime. Wexler-Dord had a few speculative chances in the second half, but apparently fate did not want him to score 100% of his team's goals in the first quarter-plus, because it would be Melchior who found the net. Shortly before Noile-Murne put Bassabook ahead by three again. So yeah.

As you may have gathered, Bassabook now have sole possession of first place, but that elides the fact that Keppal actually dropped a point too. Arlington may still be triaging how many fronts they want to fight on given the transitional generation, but they looked like champs at home, Penn-Dayton and Simon Osnes scoring before Idmar set up Satenik Banach for a quick tap-in.

Ephesian, hoping to maintain their momentum from the cup, took on the Oxen at home, and...

(Moafalia 49, Conrad 62, Angeles 70, Cumple-Sead 84, Marianne Ezekiel 86; Rhys Ford-Tropp 8 and 43, Becca Yontararak 10, Somyot Sutton 59, Naree Nagara 63 and 89)

Ephesian five, FTC United six. Okay.

Elsewhere

Canbix are cruising, defeating RGS Athletic 5-0 at home. Arlington returned to the Franz-Gorz-Stadion in Stelburg, which should certainly have brought back happy memories, and promptly played like a defensive team again. By which we mean drawing scorelessly. Halfway through the group stage and Laura Petrell looked like she wanted to duel somebody.

Matchday Nine

Keppal did their job perfunctorily, Rasmus' goal enough to put aside Sporting Esper. Bassabook...did not. By the time Pacia Flern put them on the scoreboard around the hour mark, Yontararak, Nagara and Shea Pescaux had scored for the Oxen. NaNa would add a second goal five minutes later, and almost got a hat-trick in added time before colliding with Saitta. So all tied on GD and stuff, then.

Speaking of collisions, the immovable force of Namiri Forest collided with the unstoppable object of Ephesian FC. Jahan Gurshasp, Forest's token striker, collected a brace, while collectivist (?) Ephesian got a couple chips from Ezekiel and Hermann-Vedd. It's early-ish still, but neither of these sides are happy with their positions.

Also, the immovable force of "Slogda being rubbish and very defensive, though not quite as defensive as Namiri Forest" ran into the, uh, also immovable force of "Canbix being disappointing and exactly as defensive as Einvarður was hired to be, which is less defensive than Slogda or Forest, but just as defensive as the Robins." And anyway, neither of them scored. But that means Slogda have a half-point now, so...yay?

Matchday Ten

Bassabook-Canbix isn't the fiercest rivalry in the league, it probably isn't even the fiercest rivalry involving Bassabook, but in terms of "getting fans to chang complex and vaguely offensive nonsense," it's up there. As importantly, the teams' trajectories have diverged in recent seasons; Bassabook were disappointed to miss out on international play last cycle and want to assert themselves as top of the pack now. Canbix were potentially overachievers by coming second last time, but entered this game tenth, and Einvarður must be anxious to silence those who considered him a cut below the 1./ elite.

Anyway, the match at Pacific Field mostly lived up to the billing. Blum opened the scoring off a McCollins pass in the 14th minute, and ten minutes later, Greft's cross was converted by Vegglio for the equalizer. Six minutes after halftime, a long pass from Saitta set up Mallie Roosevelt-Cun for the winning goal.

Which would have kept them tied with Keppal had the Cosmos won by a goal as well, which for most of the time in Zwischen it seemed like they were about to. Moafalia opened the scoring early for the hosts, but Keppal jumped back quickly through McCarver and McHove. (A good day for the Bigtopian diaspora, I guess.)

And then in added time, Zane Davis' foul needlessly brought down Hermann-Vedd, who seemed to find the resultant penalty distasteful, but not distasteful enough to miss. Die by the sword, and sometimes, live by the sword.

Matchday Eleven

Bassabook and Keppal aren't going to play each other for another couple rounds, so we can't compare them directly. What we can do, however, is play the nontransivity game of "well X beat Y and Y beat Z so therefore, X is probably better than Z until proven otherwise, QED." At any rate, Keppal fans will be doing so, after they had no trouble defeating FTC United thanks to a Banach goal. Bassabook draw level with them again, held to a draw by stultifying Forest. Gurhasp scored the hosts' only goal, after a long pass from Kausalya Vizirani, and Noile-Murne came up with an equalizer against the run of play. Forest actually controlled possession a lot of the game, but never really seemed interested in mounting an attack. But hey, they play Keppal Cosmos next round, so we can keep going with the nontransivity silliness!

But first...

Around and about

Keppal Cosmos haven't been having a great Challengers' Cup so far, but they salvage some pride by defeating the "Chessmen" of Altendalur at Ayathen Arena. Meanwhile, the FFI group stages are getting underway, featuring, um, five Zwangzug teams between them. Maybe the other associations are getting sick of us. Or maybe they figure we'll be stymied by a failure to actually speak Portuguese. Arlington get off to a bang by annihilating Daunt's Den in Quagpire, which suggests the former.

Matchday Twelve

Twineur attain their first draw of the season, which isn't really an achievement, but appeared to be an upset against favorites Bassabook. Pamela Norton got the visitors off to a quick start off a pass from Cedric Varmanov, but Bassabook asserted themselves through Flern and Blairs before the first half was out. The Bugs pushed the tempo in the second half, however, as they are wont to do, and Aimee Ginoud-Sachs capitalized with the equalizer, as she is...she's not wont to do anything, whoever heard of Aimee Ginoud-Sachs. Anyway, Keppal also took advantage of the situation, by defeating Namiri Forest thanks to a McHove set piece. Happily, Bassabook and Keppal are going to play each other soon, so we can skip the nontransitivity silliness. But not before...

Group stage wrap-up

Arlington avenge their defeat against Anomalies, while nervously scoreboard-watching the somewhat anticlimactic Izotz Zubiz/Teussen Stelburg game, despite Petrell's grumpiness that they're not really good enough to be scoreboard-watching on current form, and somehow top the group. Einvarður's return to Græntfjall is fortuitous kind of like his current tenure in the league is...not, and the Muses cruise through undefeated.

Matchday Thirteen

Okay, so--

(McCollins 5)

Keppal Cosmos 0, Bassabook Old Boys 1.

Football is a discrete sport; part of the reason there are so many draws is because there aren't very many scoring opportunities over the course of ninety minutes. That's not to say that in something like basketball, the better team will always win or always need regulation to get it done--but there are enough shots and baskets that just looking at those gives you a pretty clear overview of what happened.

Today? Bassabook took the lead; then they didn't seem to try very hard to add a second. Of course, the pedometers and TV approximations will tell a more detailed story of how far Saitta and Roosevelt-Cun and Blum ran up and down the field, intercepting passes, blocking Cosmos attacks, staying onside. But to what end?

Keppal were spurred on to a more attacking approach than they were happy with. But then, it's not as if they'd have been completely lifeless if they'd taken the lead, they would have kept moving and looking for opportunities. And they certainly know how to string together a series of passes to give Idmar a shot. Possibly Banach ate one too many pies, or possibly Davis was listless with worry about his compatriots. Or maybe Ayathen Arena is cursed. Someone somewhere can probably give more scintillating commentary about the other eighty-five minutes, but that person is not me. I mean, it is kind of my job, but...only kind of.

Matchday Fourteen

When Arlington-Canbix were drawn together for the penultimate match of each half, some schedulemakers were probably intrigued. Again, not me, but someone. With those two coming one-two last time, nearly-halfway might be a good chance to see how their campaigns are faring.

The answer is, in Canbix' case, "really not great," and in Arlington's, "which campaigns, can you be more specific?" as they bounce between the Champions' League and the LdV and so forth. They haven't been too far off the pace, in fairness, just not the ones setting it either.

Anyway, Canbix decided they actually did want to attack, and Bilo-Stuhl got them off to a quick lead in the sixth minute. They kept trying to control possession, with the Arlington midfield spread thin trying to establish a footing in both ends. The Muses' hustle would pay off with a Greft goal in minute 40.

Halftime featured either a really good pep talk from Twoni, or, more likely, Arlington taking a breather and mentally resetting. They came out strong, seeming to enjoy themselves with crisper and more accurate midfield passes. It built up to a Chandra goal twelve minutes in, and then Penn-Dayton equalized almost right after the restart. Canbix kicked their speed and distaste for time-wasting into high gear, but despite a frenetic last half-hour, there was no further scoring.

So the upshot is that Canbix are still annoyed and Bassabook and Keppal have a little more breathing room above Arlington in third, because both of the leaders won. Bassabook-Cham featured four different national teamers scoring in Blum, Noile-Murne, McCollins, and Cherenkov-Nguyen; Keppal-102d featured zero, in McCarver, Joyce Tiermon (Keppal), and Murphy Drad-Ikey (102d). Mind you, we don't currently have any of our national teamers playing for 102d, since Lissa Crain left and all. But speaking of 102d, well...

ye olde third matchday of ye olde ffi tournaments

No, we're not going to do this, I want to talk about 102d Jr.s now.

Thanks.

Matchday Fifteen

For the last four seasons, the same five teams have finished in the bottom five positions in some order; 102d Jr.s, FTC United, Twineur Bugs, Rovers United, and Excelsior Slogda. Even though there's been some turnover on the top, and different amounts of international places to fight for in the middle, the bottom are still the bottom. Halfway through this season, two of these also-rans are on pace to break out of the quagmire; FTC and 102d sit 10th and 11th respectively, with both Namiris underneath them. We don't know if it'll last, but who knows, maybe the other bottom teams will see success for one as a sign that anyone can do it. Oh, who am I kidding, they'll all be clawing over each other for scraps, our league is zero-sum. Really. More so than most of yours.

Anyway, 102d had perhaps one of their more important showdowns of the season, given that they weren't expected to be in contention for anything: their home game against archrivals Bassabook. Table-topping archrivals Bassabook, no less. And...well, the visiting fans were technically still singing by the end, but dirges of lamentation mixed with relief that Keppal hadn't managed to win earlier. Maybe Fuake Nokochósal has gotten over the language barrier by now, or maybe he was able to mark Blum without help from fellow defenders. Drad-Ikey and Tianming Sun both scored in the first half, and in the second...well, Fedya Troy-Vee headed it into his own goal like a fool, so technically it finished 2-1. Scoring more for Bassabook than Bassabook score for themselves is sort of a quintessential 102d Jr.s mental image, but they'll take it!

As for Keppal, they drew scorelessly in Spenson (Fulpog), so they trail Bassabook by one goal of difference as the half comes to an end. Arlington are a half-point behind; they defeated Twineur comfortably behind goals from Osnes and Twoni, and they actually have a better goal differential than either of the leaders. Esper, Trink, and Cham would qualify for the Challengers' Cup on current form.

As for Canbix and Ephesian, after their whirlwind start, they now sit eighth and in a multi-way tie for ninth respectively; both with as many goals for as against. For Canbix, fifteen (yes, that means that almost half their concessions so far came on that first day alone); for Ephesian, forty. Live by the somethingsomethingsomething.

Cereal Cup: Second Round

Ephesian FC 2–1 Arlington City
Keppal Cosmos 4–3 Eintracht Trink
Trebuchet Cham 3–4 Canbix Muses
Sporting Esper 1–0 Bassabook Old Boys
Spenson Suburbia 4–3 Namiri Independent
Rovers United 6–2 FTC United
Namiri Forest 1–0 102d Jr.s
Excelsior Slogda 0–1 Twineur Bugs

Arlington fans will probably write the northeastern derby off as a case of "Arlington have better stuff to focus on right now, Ephesian don't." This isn't really fair; both teams seemed to want it pretty intensely in the first half, with Hermann-Vedd and Chandra scoring in quick succession. When a fluky chip from Moafalia found the net early in the second half, however, City's wheels seemed to come off a little; only some impressive pace and effort from Jenna Kowalski on defense kept them in the game for the next half hour. The final ten minutes were kind of chaotic and messy as both sides succumbed to "we really need more people on defense, whatever we call them" exhaustion.

But perhaps the real story was in Kerlagrad (the "our home games are in your other home field" nonsense agreement doesn't apply to cups with their weird scheduling), in the battle of the two Uniteds. While NaNa and Pescaux's goals delighted the...other visiting fans, the Rovers were dominant in a true team effort. Six different players scored: Jin-Kuang, Drys-Weller, Torre, Dulk-Fough, Rowan Singh, and Jill McFoun. They haven't put up this many goals since season 27 in the league against Ephesian, which was way back when the dead people were alive, and stuff. I mean...there are probably a bunch of people who were alive then who are dead now. Population growth and the passage of time being what they are. It's just...oh, forget it, we're not any good at this whole memorializing thing. Dreary narrative or no dreary narrative, these Rovers might be for real. Or they might be taking advantage of this tournament's small sample size. Or they might be inspired by the Oxen and Whiz Kids to climb out of the bottom half themselves. Who can say?

Apparently there's some kind of a winter break about now

Joke's on you, we never sleep. Time is a mirage. I mean, less so than nationalism, but like...

The FFI tournaments are probably still going on

Ever-so-slightly piqued that the Rovers are doing that "eh we probably shouldn't be this attacking but who cares, everyone can score" thing better than they themselves are, Arlington double their "hat trick" with each forward scoring twice against the Tōkuriko ~~Interceptees~~ Passers. Woot.

Matchday Sixteen

Namiri Independent weren't really contenders with Sophie Munshi. Without her, they're now fifteenth. Which didn't stop them from defeating Keppal, behind a goal from Sastri.

Bassabook and Arlington took advantage by defeating Trink and Cham respectively. City had the easier job, with Penn-Dayton giving them an early lead and duly adding insurance, before Brennard headed in a Cherenkov-Nguyen corner kick. The Old Boys had to hustle to cancel out goals from Hanna Suzuki and Helmut Fischbach, but Roosevelt-Cun's 81st-minute goal finally delivered them the lead.

The Canbix-Ephesian rematch was somewhat more sedate, with "only" five goals between them; Ephesian triumphed 3-2, with Cumple-Sead scoring another brace.

Matchday Seventeen

Bassabook had little trouble in Fulpog, with Noile-Murne and Saitta's goals stifling the Suburbians. But Keppal and Arlington had just as easy a time with it. The Rovers' cup excitement doesn't seem to be translating into their league form, as Banach, Idmar, and McHove made short work of Hallam Vengor and the Rovers' unsteady defense. Arlington had had defensive wobbles against Trink in the first leg, but were able to limit the visitors to a Fischbach header, while they scored a hat trick and even Riley Kivrin found the net.

Canbix, who have a busy week (?) or so ahead, took a little risk playing the kids in the FTC but it paid off, with youngster Devin O'Shea scoring the only goal on the east side.

Around and about

The Muses senior team lost the first leg to Sanctuary, and couldn't even muster up any of those useful away goals. They weren't any good against Megabrantid in the LdV either. Their fans will point out that Megabrantid are quite strong at the moment but...still.

Matchday Eighteen

Keppal got a boost to their GD by heading down to Slogda, who are still looking for a win. Well, "looking" kind of implies that they're actively searching and putting effort into it, and even this might be an exaggeration for Harrogate's, uh, increasingly harrowed side. Anyway, Rasmus, McCarver, and Carly Hayes-Clevel would all score for the visitors.

But the match to watch was down in Bassabook, where Arlington ventured in hopes of overtaking the Old Boys. For the first half, the hosts controlled attack and most of the midfield, only a sparkling performance from Celeste Fahrenthold keeping it level. Five minutes after the restart, though, Vince Chandra tapped in a Penn-Dayton cross for the visitors, and the pace slackened from both sides. Kowalski and Sydney Stefred cleared out the remaining tepid challenges, and Arlington held on to take the lead by a half point.

Midweek madness

Canbix drop out of the Challengers' Cup. Then they drop out of the TdC, which is a little more embarrassing because our other four sides all advanced in the FFI stuff. Arlington navigate past Admiral Storevik in the Champions' League, and dare to start pondering big questions. Like, how are they going to come up with a pregame entrance song that competes with Raynor City? Those guys are hard to beat.

Matchday Nineteen

Namiri Independent weren't really contenders with Sophie Munshi. Without her, they--didn't we just do this? Well, okay, now they're eleventh, having gotten there by upsetting Bassabook. It's probably a fool's errand to ascribe this to "momentum" when there are a bunch of ongoing competitions and a bunch of time between them, but then again, some of us are fools. Which is to say, the Baritone writers seemed to portray it as "more of the same deflated listlessness we saw in the second half last week" as Raju and Vipul Ericson scored. McCollins did pull the hosts back in it, but Blum's would-be equalizer was offsides.

Keppal won their local rivalry against Canbix behind a Rasmus chip, and Arlington defeated Sporting Esper by equal margins, Osnes' goal the only one in that encounter. For a team that also made the Champions' League last season, Esper seem a bit anonymous in mid-table right now. I mean, not literally, they have people playing for them. People with names like Kent-Maner and Allison Levi-Gold and Tommy Semperi. Just kinda mediocre, and not in a "we can blame it on the new manager" way.

Matchday Twenty

Ephesian's surprisingly durable defense in the northeastern derby allowed Keppal to--look, we don't care about that right now, because Slogda have at last notched their first victory of the Harrogate era. Wexler-Dord's third-minute goal gave them a lead against Spenson, and Alaisti were more than happy to park the train.

Anyway. Ephesian took a lead through Conrad, Arlington equalized through Preckwinkle, they had plenty of other chances, but Ephesian somehow...defended them...almost like a normal football team. It was pretty neat. This allowed the Cosmos to tie City on points, through an Idmar strike in minute 45+3. The host Twineur Bugs were aggrieved about this, mostly aggrieved that Keppal had successfully stalled and dragged out throw-ins in the first half long enough for the referee to add four minutes in the first place. The Old Boys continue to look...old (to be fair, McCollins can't be much younger than Twoni or Stefred). Today they failed to keep up with Sporting Esper, who are now exactly tied with the Muses for the last Challengers' place. They ground out a scoreless draw on Matchday Fifteen, so that could be something to watch on the final day depending on what is/isn't resolved by then.

Matchday Twenty-One

Are the Oxen for real? It's relative, of course, for them "making it out of the bottom five" might be considered reality. But they looked great today, with Sutton and Yontararak's goals enough to shut out Arlington. Bassabook continue to fade, with Torre and Drys-Weller's goals making up for Flern's opener. The press is split between "Bassabook are too old and past it" and "the Rovers are able to fight on two fronts, they've forged a cohesive unit together." Part of the problem is that a bunch of the places that don't have their own football side sort of have to at least know the Rovers because they might play at home there, so they sort of are able to become everyone's second team in the way that Independent once tried to and...kinda failed at. But then, again, the Rovers would be first to push back against forcing a narrative.

This meant that even a draw would have been enough to put Keppal in first outright, but, uh...

(Tiermon 4, Idmar 22, Davis 47, McHove 51; Cherenkov-Nguyen 34 and 36, Marie Wien 55, Jackson Ipsen 71, Peter Rudovich 81)

Keppal Cosmos four, Trebuchet Cham five.

Some people say success is like trains, you wait a long time and then a bunch come at once. Except our rail network is state-of-the-art and wired to take delays into account. So really this metaphor shouldn't be a thing. Um. The point is, Slogda actually won again. Pretty convincingly, too; 3-0 away! Melchior scored a brace, and Evgeny Rivlute got on the board against Namiri Independent.

Meanwhile

Spenson take a slim lead against Dalaris City, but come on, the Poafmersians are trembling in their cleats at us, what could happen. Actually it was a pretty good week all-around in the FFI.

Matchday Twenty-Two

You can't accuse the 102d Jr.s of not trying. They struggled and exerted themselves against Cham, with Sun and Arturo Jaccard scoring, but fell short; Ipsen registered a brace and Kayla Haugen converted a long-range pass from Nokochósal.

Their disappointment is, shall we say, tapered, though, because this result saw Cham surpass Bassabook on GD for the third Champions' League spot. The Old Boys lost 2-0 to goals from Angeles and Jaclyn Burkhart of Ephesian. A pair of two-goal wins for City and Keppal means there's no change at the top, though.

Champions' League

So. As far as our clubs go, some of their fanbases are very cohesive and some are more fragmented. If you're a Sporting Esper fan, for instance, you probably live in the Hope City area. There aren't a whole lot of barnstormers attracted to their cause just cause they play kinda defensively, and half of those people are gonna wind up rooting for Canbix anyway. On the other hand, if you're rooting for Ephesian, maybe it's because you're actually from the capital. Or maybe you really love system takil. Or maybe you like communistic equal distribution of responsbilities. Or naming your clubs after Biblical epistles. Some of these groups don't even necessarily get along with each other.

Arlington City are somewhere in between. Sure, there's tension between the archivist nerds and Stefred, but she isn't really a faction. They haven't been much for the internecine conflict. Except...well, some of them like long, rambly, blues-ish genre songs talking about their long and now suddenly storied history. Others, they like peppy pop music that can get you fired up for a game. And when the former Rockers decided that they were going to intimidate opponents with their rocking-ness, Arlington fans decided that they want a pregame song too. And apparently, the long rambly blues fans hate this level of cheesiness, singability, and pandering to the contemporary crowd, because how dare you. Even if they're literally by the exact same composer. Anyway, this conflict distracted from the fact that RCU won the first leg here and are expected to defend the lead in their home park.

Cereal Cup: Third Round

Ephesian FC 2–0 Keppal Cosmos
Rovers United 0–0 Canbix Muses
Spenson Suburbia 2–2 Sporting Esper
Arlington City 2–0 Eintracht Trink
Namiri Forest 2–2 Trebuchet Cham
Twineur Bugs 3–3 Bassabook Old Boys
Namiri Independent 3–2 102d Jr.s
FTC United 0–1 Excelsior Slogda

The nice thing about doing things in this order is that you can try to force a narrative about "Keppal were distracted because they were contending for the league title." The bad thing about doing things in this order is that you probably shouldn't do that. There were moments of individual skill from both sides, but in the end Ephesian were persistent and their attacks gradually wore down the Keppal midfield, paying dividends with a goal from Cumple-Sead and then a quick follow-up from Ezekiel. The Canbix-Rovers game was better than it looked given that the Muses are underperforming, and the Rovers being terrible as expected, in the league. An aging Marley at the back still has excellent endurance, and Banach was in fit enough shape that she could put up with grueling tackles from the likes of McFoun and Josephine Tell-Diri.

Matchday Twenty-Three

The Rovers were "home" in Holltor District against Canbix, and the scoreless draw was better than it looked given that--hey.

No, wait, apparently this happened again. The amusing upside of interweaving the Cup games in, I guess.

But the real central excitement was at home in Keppal, where the Cosmos defeated Arlington 2-1. Idmar and McHove teamed up for a couple goals in the first half; in added time, Stefred blasted in a long-range shot that didn't make a difference in the result, but means that the overall goal difference and head-to-head tiebreakers are even. (Keppal, of course, are up by a full point outright.)

Bassabook finally halted their slide, and in style too, slotting six goals past an apathetic Slogda. But if they want to catch Arlington or Keppal, they need to move fast. It's hard not to draw comparisons to Brandon Sonnabend; Nathaniel Daley may have been too sanguine about playing all the regulars and not giving them time off during the early weeks, because they look pretty tired now.

International stuff

Spenson lose out in the LdV, Arlington don't, Bassabook advance in the TdC, Sporting Esper do the same despite appearing to have defected to Poafmersia for some reason. Raynor City hold onto their lead against Arlington, who will now attempt to focus on the league. Probably. Who knows.

Matchday Twenty-Four

Bassabook's hopes got a couple boosts as the gaps closed at the top. First off, they managed what Arlington could not a couple weeks ago in defeating the Oxen. Benchwarmer Wallace Nittany gave the Old Boys an early lead, with Blum semi-reliably adding on near the half-hour mark. Glen Woodrull scored to open the second half, and then Pesceaux and Nagara tried to repeat their first-leg heroics and scored to make the game interesting. But Nittany would add a second in minute 74 to stop the rally.

Next, the Robins would defeat Keppal. Ernest Chysel-Pront of Sporting Esper isn't the most authoritarian manager in the league, but one gets the sense he's looking for unconventional ways to keep his side motivated in the Challengers' League hunt. They were surprisingly hard-tackling, and perhaps Levi-Gold got away with a foul or two against the unsteady Banach, but either way, Idmar's was the only goal for the visitors, and Semperi and Greg Wilson-Morro's goals gave Esper the win.

Thirdly, Arlington City were shut out...and a goal from Drad-Ikey gave 102d the win. Live by spite, die by spite. These metaphors are kinda dark. Eh, maybe I'll come up with something else.

Matchday Twenty-Five

Bassabook get held to a scoreless draw by a Canbix side who, in fairness, are still in Challengers' Cup contention. Trebuchet Cham take full advantage, with Wien, Rudovich, and Ipsen all scoring against a halfhearted Rovers side who are mostly looking forward to the Cereal Cup finale. Arlington renew acquaintances with old rivals Spenson (they're not really, Spenson weren't good back in the day and aren't tremendous now, but we're supposed to keep banging that drum because ~history or something), Chandra and Twoni scoring in another shutout. And Keppal...get a brace through Idmar, but to no avail. Ephesian are happy to take their time before the Cereal Cup comes around; Burkhart, Conrad, Moafalia, and Hermann-Vedd all found the net. The upshot is that Arlington are first, Keppal four goals back, Cham a point and a half behind them, and Bassabook two goals behind that.

FFI...stuff?

Uh, so apparently us independents take our league competitions very seriously, because we have...a whole extra round that those AO posers don't. Which means we can ~~skim over things because I'm not going to go into detail anyway~~ rejigger the calendar appropriately. Annnnyway, in a matchup of recent and soon-to-be Challengers' Cup winners, Arlington wait till their trip to the Remnant States before surging ahead, while Esper and Bassabook continue fending off all comers.

Matchday Twenty-Six

Arlington and Cham played like they care about goal difference tiebreakers, and/or had unthreatening opposition, sweeping aside Namiri Independent and Slogda respectively. Minimalist Keppal were unperturbed that Hayes-Clevel's goal was the only one against the Oxen. Bassabook, despite their grinding, could only muster one Roosevelt-Cun goal against Namiri Forest, who duly equalized through Gurshasp.

Matchday Twenty-Seven

So much for momentum. Cham are defeated by the Muses, with Ipsen and Rolf Ronake-Daste's goals insufficient in the face of, um, a Bilo-Stuhl hat trick. Arlington are held to a draw with their onetime MUFN championship rivals, Rovers United. (This is a stretch but I'll allow it.) Torre and Drys-Weller gave the "hosts" the lead in Marsey, but Osnes would score on either side of half-time, and Shirin Polvino-Mame gave Arlington a brief lead. Only to see it undone by Jin-Kuang. Technically it's an "Arlington hat trick" for the Rovers, then, who despite all the excitement are...still fifteenth.

Bassabook are able to win, however. Varmanov gave hosts Twineur an early lead, but Blum would record a hat-trick...of assists, to McCollins, Flern, and Woodrull. Meaghan Harris' dizzying run in minute 75 culminated in a consolation goal for the Bugs, but the defense held on despite Saitta unhelpfully picking up a second yellow with three minutes left. Keppal took an early lead through Tiermon, and then surprisingly blew it. Mostly surprising in that a defender from Forest, namely Govind Bannerjee, made it all the way to the goalnet for the tap-in. Anyway, Arlington lead Keppal by seven goals now.

So apparently

The TdC final is going to be an all-1./ affair! Bassabook proposed, with a straight face, that we should just have it here, definitely in the interests of saving money and avoiding pollution and not at all because they're skittish around foreigners and can't spell Trzebiegoszcz. The look on Namiri Forest's face when they realized Bassabook may have been less than sincere in this suggestion was amazing, though.

Matchday Twenty-Eight

Cham make it look easy against Twineur...but it's not enough to keep them in contention, as Arlington also make it look easy against Slogda (to be fair, it usually is easy against Slogda), and eliminate them from contention. Still, the Cabbas remain in Champions' League contention, and one suspects they might be happy with that once the dust settles.

In the Bassabook-Keppal game last time around, McCollins' early goal was the only calculable action, even if most of the game was taut and hard to assess. This time, the visiting Cosmos seemed in control for the first half-hour, and they made it count with a goal from Idmar. Shortly after halftime, McCarver would strike to double their lead and possibly let them daydream about the GD column.

There's a truism about 2-0 leads being dangerous or something that doesn't really make sense. Me, I don't care enough about football to believe it's a thing. What I do know is that three minutes later, McCollins scored, and the home chants didn't let up. They propelled the Old Boys on and...okay this is probably also a stupid cliche, but in this case, it might be accurate. Eventually Roosevelt-Cun tied it up. But then, despite both sides throwing caution to the wind and looking for a breakthrough in the final moments, nothing more happened. This means that Bassabook, too, are out of the title chase, and Keppal remain a half-point behind Arlington with two matches to play. Say what you will of blues versus pop fans, can you imagine if Arlington back into a threepeat after having casually let Keppal and Bassabook duke it out all season? After building their "lovable, or at least fairly representative, losers" narrative on the back of all those losing seasons? Now that could cause a schism.

But speaking of fairly iconic losers...

Matchday Twenty-Nine

We've been a little hard on Canbix, so it's important to note that they still have a Challengers' Cup place to fight for. They entered the penultimate round in front of Ephesian. Ephesian increased the pressure by winning 1-4 away this round, with braces from Hermann-Vedd and Angeles drowning out McFoun's long chip for Rovers' United. (This doesn't really bode well for the latter's underdog narrative in the pending Cereal Cup finale.) Canbix responded by parking the train and shutting out Arlington, thus giving Keppal a chance to take the lead. All they had to do was take the lead, which Rasmus gave them, and then hold it against 102d. So of course, Plin-Horge scored in minute 87 to equalize.

We'd ask how Bassabook feel about this, but they're still stinging from a Haugen goal which helps solidify Cham's hold on third.

Anyway. 102d are eighth now! In fact, they've clinched at least eighth place, since Forest can't catch them next week. Which means that they will finish in the top half for the first time since...uh...well, since season two. Who needs City.

Matchday Thirty

None of this reverse-chronology nonsense. We are a serious publication. By that I mean, more serious than the Kerlagrad Courier's official Blatter account. That's not saying much.

12': Goal for Noile-Murne and Bassabook! The Old Boys have the potential to pass up Cham for third place, but it would require a win, Cham losing to Trink, and a whole lot of GD fluctuation. Despite the jubilant mood that 102d are in for securing a place in the top half, they'll be showing no mercy to Bassabook, of course.

16': Goal for Burkhart and Ephesian! This helps hold them ahead of Canbix. Of course, Ephesian are playing Slogda, so there could be plenty more chances to run up the score.

24': In the not-very-anticipated battle of the Uniteds, Ford-Tropp puts FTC ahead over the Rovers.

26': Goal for Penn-Dayton and Arlington! That's the start they wanted, it means they can afford to ignore the results of the Keppal game. And hang on, let's go to Trink...

27': Well then. Lowe scores for Trink, giving them the lead against Cham. But before the Bassabook fans have time to start cheering when they see that on the videoboard, Wien equalizes from the restart.

35': Semperi scores for Esper against the Muses. These two are pretty much facing off for the last Challengers' spot. I guess there's an extremely fringe chance they could both make it if Slogda somehow annihilate Ephesian. Not that Ephesian can't be annihilated sometimes, but...probably not by Slogda.

41': Brennard puts Cham ahead against Trink. Bassabook fans are slightly disappointed, but most of them are busy thinking up rude rhymes for "Nokochósal."

45': Well this has been a vaguely interesting first half. I mean it's always vaguely interesting when there's still so much to play for here, but--oh hang on.

45+1': Goal for Strund in Spenson, and the Cosmos fall further behind. This could wind up being a super-backhanded coronation for Petrell's eleven after all.

45+2': I know there's like twenty-three of them, XI looks weird. Can it be halftime now. Thanks.

52': Goal for Jens Ennie and Trink. This would be a little exciting if Bassabook were successfully attacking. As it is, Blum suddenly looks like he's caught in the "oh no what if I score too many goals because I'm the only starting forward whose name people know and that is bad for some reason" dilemma. Come on.

54': You know who doesn't care about the aforementioned dilemma? Gurshasp, who scores against his cross-district rivals Independent, that's who. 102d's leaps and bounds mean that Independent are the new denizens of the once-stagnant "bottom five." Hopefully (?) things will continue to vary due to the vicissitudes of randomness. Although hopefully (?) not too much.

63': Rudovich pulls the Cabbas ahead again.

68': Suzuki blasts one into the side of the net for Trink, and Fischbach scores off the restart! Well, at least one game has plenty of offense, even if it's probably not going to make a difference in Bassabook's seeding.

71': Ohhh here we go, Banach ties it for Keppal! ...And Ogilvie gives Spenson the lead right back. Well.

90': I mean I'll say this for Petrell, she does know how to pull together the established stars and the younger generation to...you know...harmonize, and stuff. I guess that's really more of an allegory they try to force in Trink, but ssh. It's nice to see her recognized anyway.

The 4th Taça das Confederações Final

It wouldn't be fair to characterize Sporting Esper as having nothing else to worry about this season; they made it to the playoff round of the Champions' Cup before running into the Capetown Crocs (could be worse...could be alligators), and needed all season to clinch a place in the top six, by narrow margins at that. Still, they weren't embattled in the title race, or indeed the squabbling over which associations are too bleeping hippie to host important tournaments, to the extent that Bassabook were. And Chysel-Pront seemed to be able to relax today and let the stakes of the occasion be enough to motivate his side. Morro-Wilson scored the opener on eleven minutes, and Kent-Maner made it two-nil twenty-three minutes later. The Old Boys briefly rallied to open the second half, with Flern tapping in a cross from McCollins, but a Saitta foul on Levi-Gold would leave Semperi clear for a free kick, which Lucia Vazzi tapped in.

Cereal Cup: Fourth Round

Rovers United 4–2 Ephesian FC
Canbix Muses 1–1 Arlington City
Sporting Esper 2–0 Keppal Cosmos
Spenson Suburbia 1–3 Trebuchet Cham
Namiri Independent 0–0 Namiri Forest
Twineur Bugs 0–1 Eintracht Trink
Bassabook Old Boys 2–0 Excelsior Slogda
102d Jr.s 1–2 FTC United

Ephesian, being the only team to have won all three of their earlier matches, might have some small right to declare themselves champions by fiat and dispense with the need for a fourth round. They were fifth in the league, however, which means that even if the VCIAPP gets back on schedule, they're not eligible to qualify. So we would need another team anyway, tiebreakers and all. Fortunately, they deigned to play the last game instead of crossing their arms and huffing. (I mean, Ephesian FC don't really have a lot of standing for complaining about a system being silly, but you never know with some people.) More fortunately, the emergent champion led both on goal difference and, naturally, head-to-head. Best of all for neutrals following along and trying to force narratives, well...

What can be said about this exuberant young Rovers United side? "Young" is perhaps a misnomer; they're variously comprised of precocious benchwarmers and starters haggard-beyond-their-years. Except, no one really knows what those years are.

Due to intricate arithmetical jiggery-pokery, mainly boiling down to the fact that Ephesian got to be at home in the first round as high seeds and the Rovers did not, the latter had the privilege of being "home" seeded here. In an exceptional display of chutzpah, they arranged to play at Wayr Stadium, site of the decreasingly-recent Proceedings. I mean, they would have the benefit of familiarity, but still.

And then three minutes in, Quincy Dulk-Fough wrong-footed in a slick pass from Shirley Bao, and Bronwyn Sadler looked like a genius. Granted she wasn't really around for the crucible, but still. Drys-Weller added a brace before the half was out. Ephesian came out fighting in the second half, with Angeles and Cumple-Sead scoring, and perhaps they were seeking a third in the hopes of playing for a draw (inasmuch they ever really do that). Instead, it was Jin-Kuang whose thunderous blast added on. He's been working on a new goal celebration that honors his teammates past and present without being all dark about it, but we didn't really get a chance to see it because said teammates dogpiled him. The present ones. Not the past ones. Probably.

Pos/Team                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arlington City         30   18   7   5    56   29  +27    21.5
 2 Keppal Cosmos          30   17   6   7    47   32  +15    20
 3 Trebuchet Cham         30   16   6   8    72   51  +21    19
 4 Bassabook Old Boys     30   16   6   8    55   41  +14    19
 5 Ephesian FC            30   14   8   8    75   56  +19    18
 6 Sporting Esper         30   14   6  10    39   31   +8    17
 7 Canbix Muses           30   12  10   8    34   28   +6    17
 8 102d Jr.s              30   13   5  12    34   36   −2    15.5
 9 Namiri Forest          30   10  10  10    29   30   −1    15
10 Eintracht Trink        30   12   4  14    63   62   +1    14
11 Spenson Suburbia       30    9   9  12    34   41   −7    13.5
12 FTC United             30    9   7  14    38   47   −9    12.5
13 Namiri Independent     30    9   6  15    35   44   −9    12
14 Twineur Bugs           30    8   6  16    44   62  −18    11
15 Rovers United          30    6   7  17    32   57  −25    9.5
16 Excelsior Slogda       30    3   5  22    16   56  −40    5.5

November Nincompoopery

First Round:

Snowden College 0–0 Newtown Institute (0–0 AET) (3–1 pen.)
University of Ponderosa 3–0 Ashthorn College
Hassench College 4–1 Parmel District University
Mursbayley College 2–3 Liulevi University
University of 102d 2–3 University of Dauclem
Ozcheb University 0–0 College of the Riverside (1–0 AET)
University of Sinako 1–1 Bryce College (2–2 AET) (0–3 pen.)
Minong College 0–2 Brench
Bulkeley College 1–0 Elizur Mountain College
Leblanc Universite 0–0 Ronquebuck University (0–0 AET) (5–4 pen.)
Zwangzug University of Science 3–0 Geeccles University
Taravin College 3–1 University of Homler
Frammard College 2–1 University of Greater Zwangzug
Klerked College 2–1 Shanbock University
102d Polyteknik 1–1 Zwangzug National University (2–2 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Lanius University 1–1 University of Jeatt--Kindtown (1–2 AET)
Culver College 1–2 Stiglex University
Scholl College 3–1 University of Naspe
College of Bronc 3–2 Modal College
Universitaet Schwandt 1–0 Edison College
Freund College 0–0 Zwangzug University (0–1 AET)
Erewhon University 3–0 Jefhed College
Mandelbrot University 0–1 University of Jeatt--Lucina
AIU 3–0 Heisenberg University
Pittman University 3–5 Sapper Tech
Orling College 3–2 College of Twake
Neume College 1–5 Fleinhardt College
Glune Institute of Natural Sciences 0–0 Maddon College (0–0 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Henssen Institute 0–2 Engdahl Institute
Westfield College 1–0 Stoal Institute of Science
DU 0–3 Wawen College
University of Twineur 2–2 St. Deedrag University (2–2 AET) (0–1 pen.)

Second Round:

Snowden College 0–4 University of Ponderosa
Hassench College 1–0 Liulevi University
University of Dauclem 1–1 Ozcheb University (1–1 AET) (1–3 pen.)
Bryce College 2–0 Brench
Bulkeley College 0–4 Leblanc Universite
Zwangzug University of Science 0–0 Taravin College (1–0 AET)
Frammard College 1–2 Klerked College
Zwangzug National University 4–2 University of Jeatt--Kindtown
Stiglex University 1–1 Scholl College (1–1 AET) (8–9 pen.)
College of Bronc 1–0 Universitaet Schwandt
Zwangzug University 0–1 Erewhon University
University of Jeatt--Lucina 0–3 AIU
Sapper Tech 1–0 Orling College
Fleinhardt College 1–0 Maddon College
Engdahl Institute 2–2 Westfield College (4–2 AET)
Wawen College 4–2 St. Deedrag University

Third Round:
University of Ponderosa 0–3 Hassench College
Ozcheb University 2–2 Bryce College (3–2 AET)
Leblanc Universite 0–1 Zwangzug University of Science
Klerked College 2–0 Zwangzug National University
Scholl College 1–1 College of Bronc (2–2 AET) (2–3 pen.)
Erewhon University 2–2 AIU (2–2 AET) (4–5 pen.)
Sapper Tech 1–0 Fleinhardt College
Engdahl Institute 0–1 Wawen College

Fourth Round:
Hassench College 1–0 Ozcheb University
Zwangzug University of Science 1–1 Klerked College (1–1 AET) (4–3 pen.)
College of Bronc 0–0 AIU (0–2 AET)
Sapper Tech 2–3 Wawen College

Semifinals:
Hassench College 0–1 Zwangzug University of Science
AIU 1–1 Wawen College (2–1 AET)

Third place:
Hassench College 1–2 Wawen College

Final:
Zwangzug University of Science 3–2 AIU

Because it might matter to someone, somewhere, and it gives us an excuse to work on the wiki; Hassench College is located in Honeheli, a suburb of Mockba, in Nauthron District. Their mascot is the Brethren (even the female ones), and they are known for their performing arts programs. Wawen College can be found in Hautdesert, the second city of Xander District. Their mascot is the Crusaders (where and why, we don't know), and their strongest programs are in literature and history. The Sparks--look, it's a long story. Maybe someday.

Zwangzug (ZWZ) qualifiers
IFCF Champions League: Arlington City, Keppal Cosmos, Trebuchet Cham
IFCF Challengers Cup: Bassabook Old Boys, Ephesian FC, Sporting Esper

Liga dos Vencedores: Arlington City, Keppal Cosmos
Taça das Confederações: Trebuchet Cham; Sporting Esper (as titleholders)

IUCC: Zwangzug University of Science, AIU, Wawen College, Hassench College

VCIAPP: Rovers United (ZWZ)

Zwangzug (ZWZ) final site bids
Challengers' Cup: ZS^3, Zwischen
The full name is Zwischen Soccer-Specific Stadium, although most fans call it football, we just like the acronym. Visitor attractions in our capital include the "Ziggurat," the former government headquarters and occasional scene of inter-parliament strife. Their favorite board game is The Resistance.

Taça das Confederações: Merle Park, Alden (near Hope City)
Zwangzug's Hope City (cities with similar names being comparatively prevalent throughout the multiverse) is certainly its clearest example of grandiose planning. The original streets formed a circular pattern with the main hubs emanating from City Hall. The modern conversion to a predominantly train-based system of transportation may have reduced travel times, but provoked much grousing at the loss of charm. Makes for good tourism, though. Because there wasn't really a great place to build a football stadium in the middle of the circular design, Sporting Esper play their home games in the suburb of Alden. Hope City's favorite board game is Communist Poker.

by **Krytenia** » Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:07 pm

O-LEAGUE : SEASON XVIII - PART TWO

MATCHDAY 11
It's not a good day to be a fan of teams from the Mercian capital. Mercia Bromham can only muster a single point at Oxley Park - and at this point it's worth noting these two supposed heavyweights are twelfth and thirteenth - but it's better than the Navies can manage, as they're put to the sword by Avidia City of all teams.

At the top, meanwhile, Stanton and Avidia United share the spoils, the Reds do what they do best and choke a golden opportunity at home to Ashton, and that allows Ousevale and Beckton to make up ground.

Hang on, Beckton???

Results:
Emberton Reds 0-2 Ashton Olympic
Beckton Supermarine 2-0 Sandwell Rangers
Bradwell Saints 0-0 Oustia
Hastings County 1-1 Dereapolis City
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Leston Town
Stanton Town 1-1 Avidia United
Royal Emberton 3-3 Mercia Bromham
Avidia City 6-2 Bromham City
Ousevale Borough 3-1 Caledon Simpson
New Cefn Albion 1-0 Notegia Rangers

MATCHDAY 12
Goals all over the place here. Ashton and Oustia muster eight between them, Avidia United and Hastings seven, and whilst there's "only" five goals at Parc Abertawy, the greedy Tigers scored all of them. Sandwell, meanwhile, are beginning to slip down the table, but their one-all draw with Emberton Reds means they're not travelling alone.

Results:
Sandwell Rangers 1-1 Emberton Reds
Oustia 3-5 Ashton Olympic
Dereapolis City 1-2 Beckton Supermarine
Leston Town 1-0 Bradwell Saints
Avidia United 5-2 Hastings County
Mercia Bromham 2-1 Casuals Osteria
Bromham City 0-3 Stanton Town
Caledon Simpson 2-4 Royal Emberton
Notegia Rangers 0-1 Avidia City
New Cefn Albion 0-5 Ousevale Borough

KFA CUP ROUND TWO
Remember how Locomotive Wolverton reached the quarter-finals last season? They're at it again, knocking out the league leaders on penalties - and at the Harbour Stadium, no less! Beckton, New Cefn, and the Reds join the Dockers on the cup scrapheap, though those sides at least had the decency to get knocked out by fellow Prem teams.

Meanwhile, the oddest of derbies saw Foxchester Rovers face neighbours Ousevale Borough. Sadly there was no shock to come, as the Tigers ran out four-nil victors.

MATCHDAY 13
Avidia City proved that Ousevale's defence isn't the greatest, putting three past the Tigers. Unfortunately, they also conceded six. One step forwards, two steps back and all that. Avidia United, meanwhile, lose to Beckton, who leapfrog them into third spot, just four points off the lead. If anyone had a Beckside one-two in their pre-season outrights, guard that coupon with your life.

Oh, and Caledon got flat-out destroyed at Coalfields, as Casuals remind the league that they still exist.

Results:
Emberton Reds 3-1 Oustia
Sandwell Rangers 1-1 Dereapolis City
Ashton Olympic 0-1 Leston Town
Beckton Supermarine 3-1 Avidia United
Bradwell Saints 4-0 Mercia Bromham
Hastings County 3-3 Bromham City
Casuals Osteria 7-0 Caledon Simpson
Stanton Town 2-0 Notegia Rangers
Royal Emberton 2-0 New Cefn Albion
Avidia City 3-6 Ousevale Borough

MATCHDAY 14
Emberton Reds turn Derry into a interestingly violet Jackson Pollock, and hand off the choke button to Ousevale, who can't stop the leaders at home. In all the confusion, Beckton do the business in Bromham and climb to second spot.

I don't know what they're putting in their cereal on the East Coast, but I hope they brought enough for the rest of us.

Results:
Dereapolis City 2-8 Emberton Reds
Leston Town 0-2 Oustia
Avidia United 2-3 Sandwell Rangers
Mercia Bromham 3-4 Ashton Olympic
Bromham City 0-2 Beckton Supermarine
Caledon Simpson 0-0 Bradwell Saints
Notegia Rangers 1-0 Hastings County
New Cefn Albion 0-1 Casuals Osteria
Ousevale Borough 1-2 Stanton Town
Avidia City 1-4 Royal Emberton

MATCHDAY 15
It's as you were in the top five with wins all round, whilst Casuals fluff their lines with an uncharacteristic defeat to Avidia City. Mercia's season, meanwhile, continues to be a dumpster fire, as defeat to Oustia sees them slump to sixteenth.

Results:
Emberton Reds 1-0 Leston Town
Dereapolis City 2-5 Avidia United
Oustia 1-0 Mercia Bromham
Sandwell Rangers 1-1 Bromham City
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Caledon Simpson
Beckton Supermarine 2-0 Notegia Rangers
Bradwell Saints 5-0 New Cefn Albion
Hastings County 0-4 Ousevale Borough
Casuals Osteria 0-1 Avidia City
Stanton Town 2-1 Royal Emberton

MATCHDAY 16
Casuals throw a massive spanner into Stanton's hopes for back-to-back titles with a convincing victory; this, then, is the cue for Ousevale to school the imposters from Beckton and pull themselves back into the title hunt. The Mariners, though, had other ideas, and a smash-and-grab raid at the Southern Arena means they're just one point off top spot and four clear of third-placed Avidia United, who take that place by giving the Reds the kind of spanking usually reserved for the city's red light district.

This season has officially hit ludicrous speed.

Results:
Avidia United 6-1 Emberton Reds
Mercia Bromham 0-0 Leston Town
Bromham City 2-0 Dereapolis City
Caledon Simpson 2-0 Oustia
Notegia Rangers 1-1 Sandwell Rangers
New Cefn Albion 0-3 Ashton Olympic
Ousevale Borough 0-1 Beckton Supermarine
Avidia City 0-6 Bradwell Saints
Royal Emberton 5-1 Hastings County
Stanton Town 0-3 Casuals Osteria

MATCHDAY 17
The Abbia Mersa Derby is an absolute peach, and gives Bradwell bragging rights at least for the time being. It also gives Beckton the chance to go two points clear at the top...which they duly spurn with defeat to the Royals.

Avidia United, Ousevale, and Ashton rub their hands with glee at this, as the three sides all win to close the gap on the top two.

Results:
Emberton Reds 1-1 Mercia Bromham
Avidia United 3-0 Bromham City
Leston Town 0-1 Caledon Simpson
Dereapolis City 0-0 Notegia Rangers
Oustia 1-0 New Cefn Albion
Sandwell Rangers 2-4 Ousevale Borough
Ashton Olympic 3-1 Avidia City
Beckton Supermarine 1-3 Royal Emberton
Bradwell Saints 4-3 Stanton Town
Hastings County 0-1 Casuals Osteria

MATCHDAY 18
Here we are, almost at the halfway point of the season, and Mercia finally remember they're supposed to be one of the country's top sides and put seven past Caledon. They're still fourteenth, mind.

At the top, meanwhile, Casuals again decide to puncture a high-flying side's title push with victory over Beckton. Avidia United and Emberton Reds take advantage to overtake the Mariners, whilst Ousevale decide to be charitable and give Dereapolis three free points.

Results:
Bromham City 1-2 Emberton Reds
Caledon Simpson 1-7 Mercia Bromham
Notegia Rangers 0-1 Avidia United
New Cefn Albion 1-2 Leston Town
Ousevale Borough 1-2 Dereapolis City
Avidia City 2-3 Oustia
Royal Emberton 2-0 Sandwell Rangers
Stanton Town 1-0 Ashton Olympic
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Beckton Supermarine
Hastings County 2-2 Bradwell Saints

KFA CUP ROUND THREE
At this stage last season, Ellisham were busy collapsing against Byrrim. This season, they may be at the wrong end of Division One, but they're at least into the last sixteen after turfing out Premier Division side Avidia City. Thankfully for the Second City, United took down Mercia to advance.

Adanac City, meanwhile, will surely be back at the training ground for extra practice after losing one of the worst penalty shoot-outs in KFA Cup history. Something tells me Linford won't mind that one little bit, though.

MATCHDAY 19
We hit the halfway point of the season with a change in league leader - albeit barely. Avidia United negotiate the banana skin of Ousevale, who drop to eighth in the process, and with Stanton dropping points to Oustia, the Eagles sit atop the league on goal difference.

At the bottom, meanwhile, it's hard to see any of the three sides in the drop zone staying up, with a cavernous seven-point gap between Notegia in eighteenth and Bromham City on the bubble, even if the two sides did share the spoils on the day.

Results:
Emberton Reds 0-0 Caledon Simpson
Bromham City 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Mercia Bromham 3-0 New Cefn Albion
Avidia United 4-3 Ousevale Borough
Leston Town 1-2 Avidia City
Dereapolis City 2-2 Royal Emberton
Oustia 1-1 Stanton Town
Sandwell Rangers 2-2 Casuals Osteria
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Hastings County
Beckton Supermarine 1-1 Bradwell Saints

Table after MD19:

Pos Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Avidia United            19  12  4   3  59  25  +34  40
  2 Stanton Town             19  12  4   3  38  17  +21  40
  3 Emberton Reds            19  10  6   3  42  27  +15  36
  4 Beckton Supermarine      19  11  3   5  27  16  +11  36
  5 Ashton Olympic           19  11  2   6  33  17  +16  35
  6 Casuals Osteria          19  10  4   5  27  14  +13  34
  7 Royal Emberton           19  10  4   5  40  35   +5  34
  8 Ousevale Borough         19  10  3   6  50  29  +21  33
  9 Oustia                   19   8  6   5  26  23   +3  30
 10 Bradwell Saints          19   8  4   7  35  25  +10  28
 11 Sandwell Rangers         19   7  6   6  24  25   -1  27
 12 Mercia Bromham           19   7  3   9  34  34   +0  24
 13 Caledon Simpson          19   7  3   9  19  37  -18  24
 14 Dereapolis City          19   6  5   8  21  39  -18  23
 15 Avidia City              19   7  1  11  31  54  -23  22
 16 Leston Town              19   6  3  10  12  17   -5  21
 17 Bromham City             19   3  7   9  20  38  -18  16
 18 Notegia Rangers          19   1  6  12   7  23  -16   9
 19 Hastings County          19   1  6  12  18  41  -23   9
 20 New Cefn Albion          19   1  4  14   9  36  -27   7

by **Krytenia** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:14 pm

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O-LEAGUE : SEASON XVIII - PART THREE

MATCHDAY 20
It's a good weekend for the teams from the capital. Royal Emberton grab all three points from erstwhile leaders Avidia United to make up ground on the top spot, whilst the Reds are now just two points off the lead following their win in Tyfield. Stanton take over in first place, but can't take full advantage thanks to a dogged rearguard performance from Leston.

It's not the best day for the city of Bromham, meanwhile, as their sides concede a combined eleven goals. We can forgive City - they were away at Ousevale, after all - but seriously, Mercia, conceding four to Avidia City? Ouch.

Results:
Notegia Rangers 1-2 Emberton Reds
New Cefn Albion 1-1 Caledon Simpson
Ousevale Borough 7-1 Bromham City
Avidia City 4-1 Mercia Bromham
Royal Emberton 1-0 Avidia United
Stanton Town 0-0 Leston Town
Casuals Osteria 3-0 Dereapolis City
Hastings County 0-2 Oustia
Bradwell Saints 2-1 Sandwell Rangers
Beckton Supermarine 2-2 Ashton Olympic

MATCHDAY 21
Fresh from getting their hides tanned by Avidia City, Mercia ship a half dozen at home to Stanton. The Dockers are now two points clear at the top, with Emberton Reds leading the chase after they took down bottom-feeders New Cefn. Avidia's defeat to Casuals makes life very interesting in the chasing pack, as third to eighth are now separated by a single point.

Results:
Emberton Reds 4-1 New Cefn Albion
Notegia Rangers 1-2 Ousevale Borough
Caledon Simpson 0-0 Avidia City
Bromham City 1-2 Royal Emberton
Mercia Bromham 2-6 Stanton Town
Avidia United 1-2 Casuals Osteria
Leston Town 1-1 Hastings County
Dereapolis City 1-3 Bradwell Saints
Oustia 0-2 Beckton Supermarine
Sandwell Rangers 1-4 Ashton Olympic

MATCHDAY 22
Notegia finally register their second win of the season, dinging Royals' title hopes in the process. They're still seven points from safety, mind.

Meanwhile, at the top, Stanton squeak past Simpson, the Reds take three points home from the Southern Arena to keep the heat on, whilst United remind people why they started the season as favourites with a mullering of Bradwell.

Results:
Ousevale Borough 1-2 Emberton Reds
Avidia City 2-0 New Cefn Albion
Royal Emberton 1-4 Notegia Rangers
Stanton Town 1-0 Caledon Simpson
Casuals Osteria 0-1 Bromham City
Hastings County 3-3 Mercia Bromham
Bradwell Saints 2-6 Avidia United
Beckton Supermarine 1-0 Leston Town
Ashton Olympic 2-0 Dereapolis City
Sandwell Rangers 1-1 Oustia

MATCHDAY 23
It's Groundhog Day at the Southern Arena as, for the second week running, Ousevale lose two-one to a team from the capital. At this point you'd probably imagine they're glad Hibernians are in the second tier so they can avoid the hat-trick.

At the top, Stanton's win over surely-doomed New Cefn keeps them at arms' length from the Reds, whilst Ashton hole United's boat to sneak into third place.

Results:
Emberton Reds 4-1 Avidia City
Ousevale Borough 1-2 Royal Emberton
New Cefn Albion 0-2 Stanton Town
Notegia Rangers 0-1 Casuals Osteria
Caledon Simpson 1-0 Hastings County
Bromham City 0-3 Bradwell Saints
Mercia Bromham 4-3 Beckton Supermarine
Avidia United 0-1 Ashton Olympic
Leston Town 1-2 Sandwell Rangers
Dereapolis City 1-2 Oustia

MATCHDAY 24
A nice calm week for the top five, who all secure the full three points (Reds in the Emberton Derby, no less). Casuals slip back a little, but they were playing Ousevale, so we'll give them a pass.

At the bottom, meanwhile, Bromham City may be looking over their shoulders. Losing to Ashton wasn't the worst result, but with Hastings winning for only the second time this season, the gap is down to five points between relegation and salvation.

Results:
Royal Emberton 0-2 Emberton Reds
Stanton Town 3-0 Avidia City
Casuals Osteria 0-0 Ousevale Borough
Hastings County 3-2 New Cefn Albion
Bradwell Saints 4-1 Notegia Rangers
Beckton Supermarine 2-0 Caledon Simpson
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Bromham City
Sandwell Rangers 2-1 Mercia Bromham
Oustia 0-1 Avidia United
Dereapolis City 0-1 Leston Town

KFA CUP ROUND FOUR
It's the round of sixteen, or as the non-Prem sides are calling it, "everybody out of the pool". Ellisham, Westleigh, Thackworth, Linford, Newport, and Northwood all bowed out, leaving eight top-flight teams to fight for the cup. That doesn't include Dereapolis, who did the hard work against Oustia only to completely faceplant the shoot-out.

Sandwell Rangers 1-0 Ellisham
Bradwell Saints 2-1 Thackworth Rovers
Westleigh Athletic 0-1 Avidia United
AFC Linford 0-1 Casuals Osteria
Leston Town 1-3 Ashton Olympic
Newport 1-3 Ousevale Borough
Oustia 1-1 Dereapolis City (1-1 AET, 3-0 PKs)
Northwood County 0-2 Royal Emberton

MATCHDAY 25
It may be a little harsh to call it a choke, but the fact remains that Emberton Reds' defeat in the clash of the top two blows a massive hole in their title hopes, as well as allowing Stanton to open the gap to five points. They've also got Ashton breathing down their necks, as the Maroons did the job against relegation-threatened Notegia.

Results:
Emberton Reds 0-1 Stanton Town
Royal Emberton 1-0 Casuals Osteria
Avidia City 3-2 Hastings County
Ousevale Borough 1-1 Bradwell Saints
New Cefn Albion 0-1 Beckton Supermarine
Notegia Rangers 1-2 Ashton Olympic
Caledon Simpson 2-2 Sandwell Rangers
Bromham City 1-0 Oustia
Mercia Bromham 4-1 Dereapolis City
Avidia United 3-0 Leston Town

MATCHDAY 26
So, about that hole in the Reds' title hopes...apparently Hastings are walking duct tape, as the eighteenth-placed side hold the reigning champions and league leaders to a one-all draw. Emberton, meanwhile, take all three points in Osteria. Ashton, too, take advantage, beating an Ousevale side who seem to have parked themselves in eighth place for the duration.

Meanwhile, Royal Emberton hit Bradwell for six because they can.

Results:
Casuals Osteria 0-2 Emberton Reds
Hastings County 1-1 Stanton Town
Bradwell Saints 1-6 Royal Emberton
Beckton Supermarine 2-0 Avidia City
Ashton Olympic 2-0 Ousevale Borough
Sandwell Rangers 3-0 New Cefn Albion
Oustia 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Dereapolis City 1-3 Caledon Simpson
Leston Town 2-1 Bromham City
Avidia United 0-0 Mercia Bromham

MATCHDAY 27
Things just got interesting in the title race. The Beckside Derby is a tense affair that eventually sees Stanton and Beckton split the points, Emberton Reds go full Emberton Reds at home to Hastings (who are now only four points from the Great Escape), and all of a sudden it's Ashton one point off top spot courtesy of a back-and-forth win over the Royals.

In all the confusion, Mercia's ownership of the Bromham Derby goes almost unnoticed. Almost.

Results:
Emberton Reds 1-3 Hastings County
Casuals Osteria 3-1 Bradwell Saints
Stanton Town 1-1 Beckton Supermarine
Royal Emberton 2-3 Ashton Olympic
Avidia City 0-2 Sandwell Rangers
Ousevale Borough 1-0 Oustia
New Cefn Albion 1-4 Dereapolis City
Notegia Rangers 0-2 Leston Town
Caledon Simpson 3-1 Avidia United
Bromham City 1-4 Mercia Bromham

MATCHDAY 28
It's as you were as the top five all win; Avidia United, though eight point off the lead in fifth, ar particularly impressive with a five-nil win. True, it's against a New Cefn side who you'd bet against if they were up against wet bog roll, but three points are three points.

Results:
Bradwell Saints 1-2 Emberton Reds
Beckton Supermarine 1-0 Hastings County
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Casuals Osteria
Sandwell Rangers 0-3 Stanton Town
Oustia 0-0 Royal Emberton
Dereapolis City 3-0 Avidia City
Leston Town 0-0 Ousevale Borough
Avidia United 5-0 New Cefn Albion
Mercia Bromham 1-0 Notegia Rangers
Bromham City 1-1 Caledon Simpson

MATCHDAY 29
Beckton's title hopes - yes, that's an odd phrase - may have received a mortal blow as the Reds spectacularly continue to not choke. Stanton and Ashton, meanwhile, record nervy wins to keep ahead of the men from the capital. Elsewhere, United eke out a win in the Second City Derby, and Ousevale win a Mercian Classic that's eighth versus twelfth. Money, it would seem, isn't everything.

Results:
Emberton Reds 4-0 Beckton Supermarine
Bradwell Saints 0-1 Ashton Olympic
Hastings County 2-3 Sandwell Rangers
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Oustia
Stanton Town 1-0 Dereapolis City
Royal Emberton 2-0 Leston Town
Avidia City 1-2 Avidia United
Ousevale Borough 1-0 Mercia Bromham
New Cefn Albion 0-0 Bromham City
Notegia Rangers 1-0 Caledon Simpson

MATCHDAY 30
Avidia United are still hungry for the title, and prove it with a healthy win over the Dockers. Down in the south-west, meanwhile, Ashton are mounting their own title challenge, and put yet another hole in the Reds' hull with a four-one tonking that puts them two clear at the top. Just to compound matters further, Beckton beat Sandwell to remind everyone that they're not out of this yet.

Mercia, on the other hand? They're mathmatically out of the race, and having been knocked out of the KFA Cup as well, they are four dropped points away from officially missing out on the IFCF places altogether. Sources say they're already looking at the possibility of applying for the Vilitan Invitational.

Results:
Ashton Olympic 4-1 Emberton Reds
Sandwell Rangers 0-2 Beckton Supermarine
Oustia 2-1 Bradwell Saints
Dereapolis City 0-1 Hastings County
Leston Town 0-1 Casuals Osteria
Avidia United 4-2 Stanton Town
Mercia Bromham 0-1 Royal Emberton
Bromham City 1-0 Avidia City
Caledon Simpson 1-3 Ousevale Borough
Notegia Rangers 0-0 New Cefn Albion

Table after MD30:

Pos Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Ashton Olympic           30  21  3   6  56  24  +32  66
  2 Stanton Town             30  19  7   4  59  25  +34  64
  3 Emberton Reds            30  18  6   6  66  40  +26  60
  4 Avidia United            30  18  5   7  82  37  +45  59
  5 Beckton Supermarine      30  18  5   7  44  27  +17  59
  6 Royal Emberton           30  17  5   8  58  47  +11  56
  7 Casuals Osteria          30  16  5   9  38  21  +17  53
  8 Ousevale Borough         30  15  6   9  67  39  +28  51
  9 Sandwell Rangers         30  12  8  10  41  43   -2  44
 10 Oustia                   30  11  9  10  34  33   +1  42
 11 Bradwell Saints          30  12  5  13  54  49   +5  41
 12 Mercia Bromham           30  11  5  14  54  56   -2  38
 13 Caledon Simpson          30  10  7  13  31  50  -19  37
 14 Leston Town              30   9  6  15  19  28   -9  33
 15 Avidia City              30  10  2  18  42  74  -32  32
 16 Dereapolis City          30   8  5  17  32  60  -28  29
 17 Bromham City             30   6  9  15  28  58  -30  27
 18 Hastings County          30   4  9  17  34  59  -25  21
 19 Notegia Rangers          30   3  8  19  17  39  -22  17
 20 New Cefn Albion          30   1  7  22  14  61  -47  10

by **Gouvanarch** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 9:28 am

The first season of the Championnat Gouvarchanais is in the books! Click HERE for details.

Ligue A Standings

    Team                              P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Carnoël 84                    30  16   6   8  56  42  +14  54 Qualified for IFCF Champions' League
  2 Stade Saint-Joadoc               30  16   6   8  70  48  +22  54 Qualified for IFCF Challengers' Cup
  3 AS Plourafel                     30  15   8   7  60  40  +20  53 Qualified for IFCF Challengers' Cup
  4 AS Douarnac'h                    30  14   7   9  56  48   +8  49 Qualified for IFCF Challengers' Cup
  5 US Laorivoaré                    30  13   9   8  55  34  +21  48
  6 Stade Olympique Carhaix          30  12   8  10  42  40   +2  44
  7 US Deaclan-Gavorique             30  12   7  11  58  46  +12  43
  8 Olympique Sarantec               30  12   4  14  34  38   -4  40
  9 FC Vaouënnec                     30  10   8  12  48  53   -5  38
 10 SC Gavados                       30   9  11  10  40  49   -9  38
 11 AS Guelzec                       30  11   3  16  35  45  -10  36
 12 Siberil FC                       30   9   9  12  49  55   -6  36
 13 AGS Saint-Pavard-sur-Brocat      30  10   5  15  52  64  -12  35
 14 FC Quivarc'h                     30  10   4  16  41  68  -27  34
 15 Campaneac Football               30   9   7  14  58  72  -14  34 Relegated to Ligue B
 16 FC Norhat 42                     30   7   8  15  34  46  -12  29 Relegated to Ligue B

Gouvanarch (GVN) qualifiers
IFCF Champions' League: FC Carnoël 84
IFCF Challengers' Cup: Stade Saint-Joadoc, AS Plourafel, AS Douarnac'h
IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy: Olympique Pont-Priaël, FC Guimignac 47, AJ Ile de Faoux

CEdC: FC Carnoël 84

by **Mytanija** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:40 pm

27/28 Top League Preview Part 1
27/28 Top League Preview Part 2
27/28 Top League Preview Part 3
27/28 Top League Preview Part 4

27/28 Top League Review Part 1
27/28 Top League Review Part 2
27/28 Top League Review Part 3

27/28 Season Round-Up
27/28 Mytanar Universities Football Round-Up

Mytanija [MYT] Qualifiers
IFCF Champions' League: Olympic
IFCF Challengers' Cup: Atletik, Liria, Ararat
IFCF Rising Stars' Cup: Vitalia

Cup Winners' Cup: Nyva
Rushmore Copa de Campeones: Olympic
IUCC: Mytanski Institut za Sport, University of Arsika, Alex Util Politehnička, University of Alzburg-Dyka

by **Krytenia** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:43 pm

O-LEAGUE : SEASON XVII - PART FOUR

KFA CUP QUARTER FINALS
Flying high in the league they may be, but the Cup proves a step too far for Ashton as they're taken down by Avidia United. They're joined in the semis by Ousevale, Casuals, and surprise package Oustia. Anyone who says they're still not fit for the Prem needs to crawl back undeer their rock.

Ashton Olympic 1-3 Avidia United
Sandwell Rangers 0-1 Oustia
Ousevale Borough 2-1 Bradwell Saints
Casuals Osteria 0-0 Royal Emberton (1-0 AET)

MATCHDAY 31
Ashton return to winning ways in the league with a win over KFA Cup semi-finalists Oustia (yeah, still sounds weird). The chasing pack isn't letting up on them, though, as everyone down to sixth-placed Royal Emberton also record wins. Ousevale move up to seventh, meanwhile, after being the latest team to heap misery on New Cefn.

Results:
Emberton Reds 1-0 Sandwell Rangers
Ashton Olympic 2-0 Oustia
Beckton Supermarine 2-0 Dereapolis City
Bradwell Saints 2-1 Leston Town
Hastings County 0-1 Avidia United
Casuals Osteria 0-2 Mercia Bromham
Stanton Town 3-0 Bromham City
Royal Emberton 2-0 Caledon Simpson
Avidia City 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Ousevale Borough 6-2 New Cefn Albion

MATCHDAY 32
New Cefn could have been relegated this week with a loss; they of course choose this week to turn over the Royals and stave off relegation for another day. At the other end, meanwhile, the top three all win, but Avidia United's draw with Beckton drops both sides back in the title race.

Elsewehere, Ousevale rack up six at home to Avidia City, but are shown up by Casuals' nine-two win in Simpson.

Results:
Oustia 0-3 Emberton Reds
Dereapolis City 3-4 Sandwell Rangers
Leston Town 0-2 Ashton Olympic
Avidia United 2-2 Beckton Supermarine
Mercia Bromham 1-0 Bradwell Saints
Bromham City 1-1 Hastings County
Caledon Simpson 2-9 Casuals Osteria
Notegia Rangers 0-2 Stanton Town
New Cefn Albion 2-1 Royal Emberton
Ousevale Borough 6-0 Avidia City

MATCHDAY 33
Dammit Ousevale, why do you choose now to be relevant? Their win over Stanton allows Ashton to stretch their lead, going five clear by being the latest side to use Mercia as a punching bag. Emberton Reds aren't giving up the fight, though, and are now just a point off second spot.

Also, Avidia City concede six for the second week in a row. Ouch.

Results:
Emberton Reds 3-1 Dereapolis City
Oustia 0-2 Leston Town
Sandwell Rangers 0-1 Avidia United
Ashton Olympic 3-1 Mercia Bromham
Beckton Supermarine 1-0 Bromham City
Bradwell Saints 2-2 Caledon Simpson
Hastings County 0-2 Notegia Rangers
Casuals Osteria 1-0 New Cefn Albion
Stanton Town 1-2 Ousevale Borough
Royal Emberton 6-1 Avidia City

MATCHDAY 34
Stanton's draw with Royal Emberton means it's one side from the capital doing the other a favour as the Reds win in Leston to grab second spot. They're still six points off Ashton, though, as the leaders won comfortably at Walton Gardens.

At the bottom, Albion are officially down after losing at home to the Saints.

Results:
Leston Town 1-2 Emberton Reds
Avidia United 5-1 Dereapolis City
Mercia Bromham 2-1 Oustia
Bromham City 1-0 Sandwell Rangers
Caledon Simpson 1-3 Ashton Olympic
Notegia Rangers 0-3 Beckton Supermarine
New Cefn Albion 0-2 Bradwell Saints - New Cefn Albion are relegated
Ousevale Borough 5-1 Hastings County
Avidia City 0-0 Casuals Osteria
Royal Emberton 1-1 Stanton Town

MATCHDAY 35
It's official; Stanton will not be champions again this season. Their defeat to Casuals means they're ten points off the lead with three games to play. Indeed, they even lose third place, as Beckton overtake them with a win over Ousevale.

Astonishingly, Beckton can still mathematically win the title. I may need a lie down.

Results:
Emberton Reds 2-0 Avidia United
Leston Town 2-1 Mercia Bromham
Dereapolis City 2-0 Bromham City
Oustia 0-2 Caledon Simpson
Sandwell Rangers 1-1 Notegia Rangers
Ashton Olympic 3-0 New Cefn Albion
Beckton Supermarine 3-1 Ousevale Borough
Bradwell Saints 1-1 Avidia City
Hastings County 1-4 Royal Emberton
Casuals Osteria 1-0 Stanton Town

MATCHDAY 36
Well, if you're going to win the title, win it in style. Ashton Olympic are champions of Krytenia for the second time after a seven-nil drubbing of Avidia City, thanks to Emberton Reds' failure to take all three points from Mercia. Beckton, meanwhile, fluff their lines at Oxley Park, allowing Stanton to reclaim third place.

At the bottom, it's once and done for Hastings; they're off back to Division One after capitulating to Casuals.

Results:
Mercia Bromham 1-1 Emberton Reds
Bromham City 0-1 Avidia United
Caledon Simpson 1-2 Leston Town
Notegia Rangers 1-0 Dereapolis City
New Cefn Albion 1-0 Oustia
Ousevale Borough 2-0 Sandwell Rangers
Avidia City 0-7 Ashton Olympic - Ashton Olympic are champions
Royal Emberton 2-1 Beckton Supermarine
Stanton Town 1-0 Bradwell Saints
Casuals Osteria 3-0 Hastings County - Hastings County are relegated

KFA CUP SEMI FINALS
Sadly, Oustia can't quite make it to the promised land, though they give a fair account of themselves against the holders. Avidia's win over Ousevale, meanwhile, means the Tigers will almost certainly be looking at an IFCF-less season.

Oustia 1-2 Casuals Osteria (@ Walton Gardens, Simpson)
Ousevale Borough 1-2 Avidia United (@ Abbey Road, Bradwell)

MATCHDAY 37
The title race is sewn up, but Ashton have one last trick up their sleeve. They beat Stanton, allowing Avidia United to come back seeingly from the dead and take third spot. Emberton Reds' draw with Bromham City means they're not guaranteed a Challengers' Cup spot just yet, whilst Stanton, Royal Emberton, and Beckton will start the last day of the season still in the hunt for an IFCF place.

United's win, by the way, is over Notegia, a result that relegates Tyfield's finest.

Results:
Emberton Reds 0-0 Bromham City
Mercia Bromham 1-0 Caledon Simpson
Avidia United 2-0 Notegia Rangers - Notegia Rangers are relegated
Leston Town 1-0 New Cefn Albion
Dereapolis City 0-5 Ousevale Borough
Oustia 2-0 Avidia City
Sandwell Rangers 0-2 Royal Emberton
Ashton Olympic 1-0 Stanton Town
Beckton Supermarine 0-1 Casuals Osteria
Bradwell Saints 5-0 Hastings County

MATCHDAY 38
Emberton Reds sign off the season doing what they do best; choking like a toddler eating army men. Seriously, how do you lose five-nil to Caledon Simpson?!? The upshot is that Avidia embarrass Ousevale to secure second, Stanton salvage third by beating Oustia, and the Reds are now hoping that the Eagles win the cup so they can get an IFCF spot.

Results:
Caledon Simpson 5-0 Emberton Reds
Notegia Rangers 3-1 Bromham City
New Cefn Albion 2-2 Mercia Bromham
Ousevale Borough 1-4 Avidia United
Avidia City 0-0 Leston Town
Royal Emberton 5-3 Dereapolis City
Stanton Town 1-0 Oustia
Casuals Osteria 2-2 Sandwell Rangers
Hastings County 0-2 Ashton Olympic
Bradwell Saints 1-4 Beckton Supermarine

KFA CUP FINAL
Casuals retain the cup, denying the Eagles a trophy and stealing Emberton Reds' IFCF spot at their own ground. Savage.

Result (@ Isserson Stadium, Emberton):
Casuals Osteria 2-1 Avidia United

Final Table: Premier Division

Pos Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Ashton Olympic           38  29   3   6  79  26  +53  90   C/CL
  2 Avidia United            38  24   6   8  98  43  +55  78   CC
  3 Stanton Town             38  23   8   7  68  30  +38  77   CC
  4 Emberton Reds            38  23   8   7  78  48  +30  77
  5 Beckton Supermarine      38  23   6   9  60  34  +26  75
  6 Royal Emberton           38  23   6   9  81  56  +25  75
  7 Casuals Osteria          38  21   7  10  55  27  +28  70   CC/CWC
  8 Ousevale Borough         38  21   6  11  95  50  +45  69
  9 Bradwell Saints          38  15   7  16  67  59   +8  52
 10 Mercia Bromham           38  15   7  16  65  65   +0  52
 11 Sandwell Rangers         38  13  10  15  48  56   -8  49
 12 Leston Town              38  13   7  18  28  36   -8  46
 13 Oustia                   38  12   9  17  37  46   -9  45
 14 Caledon Simpson          38  12   8  18  44  69  -25  44
 15 Avidia City              38  10   6  22  45  97  -52  36
 16 Bromham City             38   7  11  20  31  69  -38  32
 17 Dereapolis City          38   9   5  24  42  85  -43  32
 18 Notegia Rangers          38   6  10  22  25  49  -24  28   R
 19 Hastings County          38   4  10  24  37  82  -45  22   R
 20 New Cefn Albion          38   3   8  27  21  77  -56  17   R

Final Table: Division One

Pos Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Caversham                 38  23   8   7  50  29  +21  77   P/LB
  2 CFF Monthuez              38  21   4  13  54  36  +18  67   P/LB
  3 Penniton United           38  20   7  11  51  38  +13  67   P/LB
  4 Quinton City              38  16  11  11  45  37   +8  59
  5 Kallia United             38  17   8  13  43  35   +8  59
  6 Ousevale Juniors          38  18   5  15  39  32   +7  59
  7 AFC Linford               38  15  13  10  48  36  +12  58
  8 Adanac City               38  17   7  14  39  33   +6  58
  9 Neathill                  38  15  11  12  50  39  +11  56
 10 Norton                    38  16   8  14  39  42   -3  56
 11 Bletcham Devils           38  13  12  13  39  36   +3  51
 12 Westleigh Athletic        38  14   9  15  46  48   -2  51
 13 Emberton Hibernians       38  11  16  11  45  45   +0  49
 14 CF Avides                 38  14   7  17  47  55   -8  49
 15 Aigburth Athletic         38  10  17  11  33  36   -3  47
 16 Secklow                   38  12  10  16  37  43   -6  46
 17 Thackworth Rovers         38  12   9  17  37  44   -7  45
 18 Locomotive Wolverton      38   9  14  15  22  33  -11  41   R
 19 East Green                38   7   6  25  26  65  -39  27   R
 20 Ellisham                  38   5   8  25  27  55  -28  23   R

Final Table: Division Two

Pos Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Noton United              38  26   8   4  61  24  +37  86   P
  2 NSE Kovenham              38  24   9   5  56  25  +31  81   P
  3 Stratford Rovers          38  19  12   7  48  24  +24  69   P
  4 Port Victoria             38  19   8  11  48  31  +17  65
  5 Camberley Town            38  17  13   8  43  30  +13  64
  6 Walton Park               38  16  14   8  56  31  +25  62
  7 Aylesford                 38  18   7  13  44  33  +11  61
  8 Yraglac Fire              38  16  12  10  45  30  +15  60
  9 St Peters                 38  15  12  11  42  37   +5  57
 10 Walton City               38  12  15  11  43  45   -2  51
 11 Wylon United              38  12  12  14  33  38   -5  48
 12 Sladehill Rovers          38  13   7  18  35  44   -9  46
 13 Buchinia Academicals      38  11  11  16  27  40  -13  44
 14 Charnham Town             38  12   8  18  34  50  -16  44
 15 Beldon Wanderers          38  10   9  19  31  49  -18  39
 16 Highfield                 38  10   8  20  24  48  -24  38
 17 Nenbridge                 38   9  10  19  24  44  -20  37   R
 18 Sefton Athletic           38   8  11  19  25  50  -25  35   R
 19 Hoxton                    38   6  13  19  30  51  -21  31   R
 20 Ilham and Welford         38   4   7  27  23  48  -25  19   R

Final Table: Division Three

Pos Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Oldbrook               46  20  17   9  52  37  +15  77   P
  2 Tyfield City           46  22   9  15  56  44  +12  75   P
  3 Northwood County       46  20  12  14  46  39   +7  72   P
  4 Zoderby United         46  19  15  12  49  46   +3  72   P
  5 Fenwick Town           46  19  10  17  52  48   +4  67
  6 Porthscadoch           46  19  10  17  49  48   +1  67
  7 Tuvera City            46  17  15  14  45  39   +6  66
  8 Byrrim                 46  16  17  13  50  46   +4  65
  9 Rickenford             46  15  19  12  49  44   +5  64
 10 Grafton Town           46  16  16  14  56  57   -1  64
 11 Cordell City           46  16  15  15  50  44   +6  63
 12 Newport                46  17  12  17  41  42   -1  63
 13 Milditch               46  15  17  14  54  47   +7  62
 14 Foxchester Rovers      46  13  19  14  46  47   -1  58
 15 Simpson Jesters        46  14  16  16  45  47   -2  58
 16 Huntsford              46  15  13  18  36  56  -20  58
 17 Bohemians Tyfield      46  15  12  19  48  48   +0  57
 18 Wroxham Trinity        46  13  18  15  42  42   +0  57
 19 Valque United          46  12  19  15  42  46   -4  55
 20 Sporting Adanac        46  12  19  15  38  42   -4  55
 21 Bulham City            46  12  18  16  42  47   -5  54   R
 22 Salton                 46  13  15  18  38  47   -9  54   R
 23 Whitehill Rovers       46  10  15  21  41  50   -9  45   R
 24 Dynamo Gravea          46   9  18  19  38  52  -14  45   R

Final Table: Division Four

Pos Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Diorville               46  23  10  13  50  35  +15  79   P
  2 Catton Regis            46  23   9  14  57  40  +17  78   P
  3 Oxley                   46  20  17   9  59  42  +17  77   P
  4 Kettledean              46  20  15  11  57  41  +16  75   P
  5 Shruton Town            46  19  14  13  59  42  +17  71
  6 Burntlea United         46  20  11  15  53  37  +16  71
  7 Wick Town               46  18  14  14  48  45   +3  68
  8 Salter Athletic         46  18  11  17  45  42   +3  65
  9 Middleton               46  17  13  16  49  48   +1  64
 10 Wittenshaw              46  16  15  15  45  47   -2  63
 11 Faversham Town          46  15  15  16  48  46   +2  60
 12 Southgate Athletic      46  14  18  14  45  44   +1  60
 13 Maidenstone             46  15  15  16  45  47   -2  60
 14 Lakefield Dynamo        46  15  15  16  40  44   -4  60
 15 Yardley Forest          46  16  11  19  41  45   -4  59
 16 Twain Valley            46  16  11  19  35  41   -6  59
 17 Chesamer                46  16   9  21  39  48   -9  57
 18 New Nytton              46  13  17  16  37  41   -4  56
 19 Newley                  46  13  17  16  38  47   -9  56
 20 Prutton                 46  14  13  19  45  55  -10  55
 21 Buyon                   46  14  12  20  36  46  -10  54
 22 Teddington              46  14  12  20  33  43  -10  54
 23 Blakeland               46  11  16  19  41  59  -18  49
 24 Hefor                   46   9  16  21  29  49  -20  43

Krytenia (KRY) Qualifiers:
IFCF competitions
Champions' League: Ashton Olympic
Challengers' Cup: Casuals Osteria, Avidia United, Stanton Town
Liga B Champions' Trophy: Caversham, CFF Monthuez, Penniton United
Cup Winners' Cup: Casuals Osteria

Other competitions
AOCL: Ashton Olympic

by **Hebitaka** » Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:16 am

All Hebitaka Soccer Leagues

The soccer leagues in Hebitaka has a total of 22 teams- 10 in League A and 12 in League B. This year the AHSAMC has decided to send teams from the leagues.

00                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                             
 1 Athletic Club          18   10   4   4    19   14   +5    34 - Qualified to IFCF Champions League
 2 Xaviers                18    7   9   2    23   11  +12    30 - Qualified to IFCF Challengers Cup  
 3 Demolishers            18    8   5   5    21   10  +11    29 - Qualified to IFCF Challengers Cup
 4 Spade City             18    7   5   6    14   20   −6    26 - Qualified to IFCF Challengers Cup
 5 Gangers                18    5   7   6    15   19   −4    22
 6 Daredevils             18    5   7   6    13   17   −4    22
 7 Blaster                18    5   5   8    14   15   −1    20  
 8 Warriors               18    5   5   8    12   16   −4    20 - Relegated to SLB
 9 Giants                 18    3   9   6    13   17   −4    18 - Relegated to SLB
10 Zordis                 18    4   6   8    17   22   −5    18 - Relegated to SLB

Link to official post

00                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts                                                              
 1 Cantonment Club        22   11   7   4    36   24  +12    40 - Promoted to SLA and LBCC   
 2 Cheetas                22   11   4   7    24   19   +5    37 - Promoted to SLA and LBCC  
 3 Konoha City FC         22   10   6   6    33   28   +5    36 - Promoted to SLA and LBCC
 4 Rangers                22    8   8   6    28   21   +7    32   
 5 Nishav Ramak           22    8   8   6    28   26   +2    32
 6 Royals                 22    8   7   7    25   24   +1    31   
 7 Hearts Terretory       22    9   3  10    26   30   −4    30 
 8 Valture                22    7   5  10    21   29   −8    26   
 9 Iwaga FC               22    6   7   9    17   20   −3    25  
10 East Kiri Club         22    5   9   8    17   22   −5    24 
11 Grumdoil               22    5   8   9    23   27   −4    23 
12 Anacondas              22    5   6  11    16   24   −8    21

Link to official post

Link to Falcon Cup

IFCF Qualifiers
Champions League: Athletic Club
Challengers Cup: Xaviers, Demolishers, Spade City
Liga B Champions Cup: Cantonment Club, Cheetahs, Konoha City FC
Cup Winner's Cup: Cantonment Club

by **Mapletish** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 5:35 am

Royal Football Association of Mapletish, RFAM (Association Football)

Mapletish Season 17
Part 1| Part 2| Part 3| Part 4| Part 5
University Cup

IFCF COMPETITIONS

Mapletish (MAP) Qualifiers
IFCF Champions League: Golden Eagles
IFCF Challengers Cup: Home United, SC Milan, SC Barcelona
IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy: SC Porto, Pittsburgh, Montpellier
IFCF Rising Stars Cup: Home United

OTHER COMPETITIONS
Cup Winners' Cup: Home United
Rushmore Copa de Campeones: Golden Eagles
VCIAPP: Home United
Association: Mapletish (MAP)
Selection Via: Fair Play Table
IUCC: National University of Mapletish, Probrough University, Reddol University, University of Catanzaro

by **Vilitan Cove** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:03 pm

9th Vilitan Cove Invitational

Participating Associations with Criteria of Consideration

[AUD] League Table
[BNJ] League Table
[CBP] Cup Competition
[CHD] League Table
[CMT] League Table
[CRY] League Table
[DAR] League Table
[EQS] League Table
[ETN] Best Defense
[FVA] Cup Competition
[KOR] Challenge Group Winner
[KSK] Most Goals
[LER] Fair Play Table
[LGL] Most Goals
[LIS] League Table
[MRN] Most Goals
[MUR] League Table

[NOV] Sportsmanship
[NWK] Most Draws
[OSR] Fair Play Table
[PAS] Fair Play Table
[QGP] Regional Representation
[QUE] Best Defense
[SRS] League Table
[STL] Goal Differential 
[TAE] Fair Play Table
[TEQ] League Table
[TSA] Fair Play Table
[TUR] Fair Play Table
[VAL] Goal Differential
[VIL] Fair Play Table
[XAO] Cup Competition
[ZWZ] Cup Competition

Procedural Note: The Invitational Applications from Audioslavia and the Squornshelan Remnant States was accepted despite not being submitted with the appropriate letterhead. The VCI Organizing committee was relieved to not have to retrieve any paperwork from across the street, down the road or around the corner as they have in recent seasons. They did however note an absence of paperwork from the Eternal Empire and sent a carrier pigeon in a Southwesterly direction to investigate. Any other associations applying for an invitation whose applications were sent by drunk Cocoabo, intercepted by Darth Starblayder's goons, lost in a high-stakes Nationstates Trading Card game or otherwise not received were not extended an invitation to compete. Vilitan side Rammsissill was extended an invitation as defending champions per the competition charter.

The Vilitan Cove Invitational is an International Club Competition. Designed to allow clubs who have not already qualified for a major international club competition (UICA; IFCF; Cup Winners Cup) a chance to compete on the international stage. The Invitational is designed as a Fair Play competition, however an association may set any sporting criteria by which to determine which team will be permitted to apply to the competition. The Vilitan Cove Invitational Committee reserves the right to change the competition entry criteria at any point.

Not all applicants are guaranteed invitation into the competition, particularly in the event more than 32 associations apply for consideration.

The format of the competition is a Fixed Bracket Knockout with minor re-seeding during rounds which have byes. All pairings prior to the Semi-Final stage will be two-legged home and away aggregate knockout rounds.
The "Away Goals" rule will not apply. Any match which is level on aggregate at the conclusion of full time during the second leg will immediately proceed to an extra time period. There will be no silver or golden goal scenario, and a full 30 minute extra time period would be contested. If the scores are still level, a penalty shootout will be employed to determine which team advances.

Semi-Final and Final stages will each be a single knockout match at a selected location in the Vilitan Cove region.

Preliminary Round

(OSR)          Firewood City    4-6   Iqaluit Red Army       (QUE)    2-2   2-4   
(CBP)      Salisbury City FC    2-2   Sigatoka Reds          (CHD)    0-0   1-1   (4-2 pen)
(ETN)               Holloway    3-1   PSD Athletic           (XAO)    0-1   3-0   
(EQS)     Everfree Forest HC    1-2   Namiri Forest          (ZWZ)    1-2   0-0   
(LIS)   CF Thiéry-sur-le-mer    6-5   Ciupa Azul             (TEQ)    2-4   3-1   (AET)
(GRF)                  Folte    1-3   Griffin City           (NWK)    1-1   0-2   
(QGP)             Sootopolis    5-1   Miruan City FC         (TKT)    3-0   2-1   
(FVA)            Stanmorn FC    4-1   Wigan Club             (MUR)    2-0   2-1   
(TSA)         Tocigtuon Taun    3-1   Olympique Sept-Iles    (NOV)    1-0   0-1   (AET)

First Round

(CMT)                    Ming    7-2   Wyvernscrest            (MRN)    5-1   2-1   
(STL)   FK Metropola Borograd    1-1   Iqaluit Red Army        (QUE)    1-0   0-1   (7-6 pen)
(TAE)                 Yaton FC   3-4   Griffin City            (NWK)    3-1   0-3   
(CRY)    Royal Crystal Palace    5-3   Sootopolis              (QGP)    3-1   0-2   (AET)
(KSK)     Hamiltonian Cambria    4-5   Stanmorn FC             (FVA)    3-1   1-3   (AET)
(DAR)    Rogerton Valladar CF    6-2   Salisbury City FC       (CBP)    2-1   4-1   
(KOR)             Miradela GD    0-2   CF Thiéry-sur-le-mer    (LIS)    0-1   0-1   
(PAS)                Galatica    2-5   Namiri Forest           (ZWZ)    2-4   0-1   
(BNJ)   Umbazi Metropolitan SC   5-2   Tocigtuon Taun          (TSA)    3-1   2-1   
(SRS)              Chalesm FC    5-3   Holloway                (ETN)    1-0   2-3   (AET)

Round of 16

(VIL)               Rammsissil   3-1   Ming                     (CMT)    1-0   2-1   
(STL)   FK Metropola Borograd    3-3   Griffin City             (NWK)    0-1   3-2   (5-4 pen)
(ZWZ)        Spenson Suburbia    3-1   Royal Crystal Palace     (CRY)    2-1   1-0   
(FVA)             Stanmorn FC    1-3   FC Capri                 (VAL)    1-1   0-2   
(TUR)            Cednia Rovers   4-1   Rogerton Valladar CF     (DAR)    2-1   2-0   
(LIS)    CF Thiéry-sur-le-mer    2-7   Jlinal Cove              (VIL)    1-4   1-3   
(ZWZ)            Namiri Forest   2-3   Umbazi Metropolitan SC   (BNJ)    1-1   1-2   
(SRS)              Chalesm FC    1-5   Oljestaden IF            (AUD)    0-2   1-3

Quarter-Finals

(VIL)               Rammsissil   4-1   FK Metropola Borograd    (STL)    4-0   0-1   
(ZWZ)        Spenson Suburbia    1-3   FC Capri                 (VAL)    0-1   1-2   
(TUR)            Cednia Rovers   6-3   Jlinal Cove              (VIL)    1-2   5-1  
(BNJ)   Umbazi Metropolitan SC   2-3   Oljestaden IF            (AUD)    1-2   1-1

Semi-Final :: Sissil Bank Stadium, Rammsissil, Vilita

(VIL)               Rammsissil   3-2   FC Capri                 (VAL)       (AET)

Semi-Final :: Alikki-Corra Academy, Alikki-Corra, Vilita

(TUR)            Cednia Rovers   0-1   Oljestaden IF            (AUD)       (AET)

3rd Place Matchup :: Council Stadium, Tivali, Vilita

(VAL)                 FC Capri   2-1   Cednia Rovers            (TUR)       (AET)

Note: Third Party Scorination for the Final Matchup provided by Chromatika

Vilitan Cove Invitational Final :: Tivali Ring Stadium, Alikki-Corra, Vilita

(VIL)               Rammsissil   5-2   Oljestaden IF            (AUD)

Rammsissil, runners-up in the Second Vilitan Cove Invitational, after having spent 61 seasons without earning any major silverware in any competition, become the first club to repeat as Vilitan Cove Invitational Champions after having defeated Namiri Forest of Zwangzug on penalties during the previous edition. Oljestaden IF become the third Audioslavian side to reach the final of the Vilitan Cove Invitational and the second to be defeated in it following the prior disappointment suffered by Cazadores Cathair during the 6th Vilitan Cove Invitational to Baskita FC. With their podium finishes, the nations of Audioslavia and Valanora move to level 2nd-place all time in VCI podium finishes with 3, joining Zwangzug and Pasarga who previously accomplished this.

The rules for application to the VCI, which should be adhered to by any association which is inviting one of their clubs to apply for a slot in the tournament, are as follows:

Number of Teams Allowed to Apply: ( ONE )
Single-Association leagues may have one applicant team
Multi-Association leagues may have no more than three applicant teams with no more than one applicant from a single association
Criteria for Invitation:
In order to be invited, an applicant team must not have qualified for any Major Senior International competition (UICA, IFCF, Cup Winners Cup) during that cycle
An association may permit an applicant team using any criteria it chooses so long as the qualified applicant is selected based on sporting merit.
Preference for Invitations may go to applicants who have been selected via a Fair Play table
Other applicant criteria may include, but are not limited to: Best Defensive Record, Most Team Goals Scored, Most Improved Team
Previous Edition Finalists:
The reigning Champion Team does not need to apply for an invitation and will receive an invitation in addition to and exempt from other entrants and criteria
If deemed advantageous to the competition, the reigning Runner-Up, if not already invited, may also be extended an invitation under the same exemption

In order to apply for consideration to be Invited to the next Vilitan Cove Invitational, interested associations should follow the following guidelines.

Interested applicants may include their information in their standard League Newswire post so long as the appropriate format is adhered to, particularly the inclusion of the keytext "VCIAPP:" as bolded below. Interested applicants may also telegram to Vilitan Cove prior to the IFCF Cycle Cutoff.

Sample Applications:

by **Kita-Hinode** » Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:32 pm

Season

The Hinodejin Empire (HIN) qualifiers
CEdC: Miare CosmoStars, Mashu Hellowenia

by **Tropicorp** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 1:35 am

Non-IFCF Super Group

Walstreim Lions (SNL) 1–3 Rammsissil (VIL)
Northern Union (BRE) 1–2 Walstreim Lions (SNL)
Rammsissil (VIL) 0–2 Northern Union (BRE)

                             Pld   W  D  L   GF  GA  GD  Pts 
1 Northern Union         BRE   2   1  0  1    3   2  +1    3 ADVANCE
2 Rammsissil             VIL   2   1  0  1    3   3   0    3
3 Walstreim Lions        SNL   2   1  0  1    3   4  −1    3

The 4th Tropicorp Super Cup
Tropicorp Park, Tropicoast, Tropicorp

Northern Union (BRE) 0–1 Directus (EUR)

After a shock defeat to the Walstreim Lions in the Super Group, Northern Union recovered with a victory over Vilitan Cove Invitational Champions Rammsissil to advance through to their second modern Tropicorp Super Cup Final. As in their previous attempt, however, they would come up short. Directus of Eura, winners of the IFCF Champions League and the IFCF Super Group win the Tropicorp Super Cup match at Tropicorp Park to make it a clean sweep across their International Domestic slate and becoming the first club from Eura to lift the modern Tropicorp Super Cup Trophy.

by **Gran Torche de Saint-Michel** » Thu Nov 26, 2020 5:43 pm

Full Season

Gran Torche de Saint-Michel (GRT) qualifiers
Puppet of Kita-Hinode.
CdC: Faucheurs Saint-Michel

by **Sylestone** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:27 pm

As per this post:

Sylestonean (SYL) Qualifiers:
IFCF Champions League: Capital FC
IFCF Challengers Cup: Kirkham City, Pesfield Trees FC, Kirkham Appliances
IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy: FC Conton, North Chamberley, Dodle FC
IFCF Cup Winners Cup: Kirkham Furniture

CEdC: Capital FC

by **Upper Sunrise Islands** » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:08 am

Full Season.

Upper Sunrise Islands (UPS) qualifiers
FFI Liga dos Vencedores: Madeline Parc Jeunes, Crazy 99
FFI Taça das Confederações: Melty Town

by **Taeshan** » Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:55 pm

As Per Preview Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Taeshan (TAE) Qualifiers
IFCL: Mierton Manatees, X Island Marauders
IFCC : Laketown Rangers, New Capetown Falcons, 1093 Club de Football Atlantea
IFLB: Williams Isle, Wolfin Wolves, SG Berlin Heights
IFRS: 1093 Club de Football Atlantea
Cygnus Cup: Fadrön Flight
Rushmore Copa de Campeones: Mierton Manatees
IUCC: Docktown Regional Academy of Technology Poison Darts, Air Force Aeros, Folain Hawks, West University Wizards
VCIAPP: Capetown Crocs (Fair Play Winners)

Award Winners
Newcomer of the Year: Sophie Munshi (Zwangzug), Mierton Manatees
Under 21 Player of the Year: Pierre Elciega, Mierton Manatees
Foreign Player of the Year: Jewel Maddison (Starblaydia), X Island Marauders
Golden Boot: Kaalia Gerstlauer (Sqournshelous), Blacklake Blues
Golden Gloves: Esteban Foh, X Island Marauders
Golden Ball: Elton Kenoby, Mierton Manatees

The All-Star Team
GK: Esteban Foh, X Island Marauders
LB: Behsh Foftpa (Audioslavia), X Island Marauders
CB: Liam McKenzie, Yaton FC
CB: Allen Constantine, New Capetown Falcons
RB: Elandor Aimara (Ko-oren), Laketown Rangers
LM: Sophie Munshi (Zwanzgug), Mierton Manatees
CM: Adan Forrestor, Real Atlantea
CM: Porter Ajax, Al Haxire
RM: Adrián Raya (Farfadillis), Fadrön Flight
LS: Gabriel Lapierre (Kelssek), 1093 Club de Football Atlantea
RS: Kaalia Gerstlauer (Sqournshelous), Blacklake Blues

Bench
GK: Cornieles de Garata (Tequilo), Yenvil Town FC
DF: Maxi Williams, Yenvil Town FC
DF: Curtis Tremblay (Darmen), Bayern Phoenix
MI: Elton Kenoby, Mierton Manatees
MI: Paige Eichorn (Baker Park), New Capetown Falcons
ST: Pierre Elciega, Mierton Manatees
ST: Skylar JEffers, Tintown Terrapins

Golden Boot Table:
Kaalia Gerstlauer (Sqournshelous), Blacklake Blues, 35
Gabriel Lapierre (Kelssek), 1093 Club de Football Atlantea, 32
Pierre Elciega, Mierton Manatees 30
Kyle Smith, Laketown Rangers, 28
Tyler Swan, Laketown Rangers 25

Assist Table:
Jewel Maddison (Starblaydia), X Island Marauders, 30
Jane Samson, Laketown Rangers, 28
Elton Kenoby, Mierton Manatees, 26
Natalie Pope, 1093 Club de Football Atlantea, 22
Larson Sneijder, Tintown Terrapins, 20

Golden Glove Table: (Clean Sheets)
Esteban Foh, X Island Marauders, 15
Cornieles de Garata (Tequilo), Yenvil Town FC, 14
Michael Steward, Yaton FC, 12
John Carp (Super Llamaland), Real Atlantea, 11
Eamon San Luis, Capetown Crocs, 10

Final Site Bid: IUCC

Atlantea Coliseum (590,000) Atlantea, Taeshan:

The future host of 87th World Cup final, and the past host of 2 Champions' Cup, 1 Globe Cup, 1 Copa Rushmori, and a Cup of Harmony the Coliseum is the fabled home of 14 time Taeshan Premier League champion, Atlantea Hurricanes. Often colored in Blue and Red the stadium is known for its bubble like structure and has a lot of historic memories. Built much like an other-worldly Allianz Arena, it is the center of Atlantea culture, is on the main strip of the nations capitol city, and is talked about around the world as one of the world's greatest man-made wonders.

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