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Andrew Soccer League and Andrewboy Cup

2020
League: Drewchester United, Drewboy Dragons, Drewchester City
Cup: Inter Drew Den Bosh, Drewchester City
2021
League: Drewchester City, Drewchester United, Inter Drew den Bosh
Cup: Drewchester United, Drewboy Dragons
2022
League: Drewchester United, Andrewboy Islanders, Drewboy Dragons
Cup: Drewchester City, Andrewboy Islanders

2023
League: Drewboy Dragons, Drewchester City, Drewchester United
Cup: Drewchester City, Inter Drew Den Bosh

2024
League: Inter Drew Den Bosh, Drewboy Dragons, Drewchester United
Cup: Inter Drew Den Bosh, Drewchester City

2025
League: Drewchester United, Inter Drew Den Bosh, Drewboy Dragons
Cup: Drewchester United, Drewboy Dragons

2026
League: Drewchester City, Drewchester United, Drewboy Dragons
Cup: Inter Drew Den Bosh, Drewchester City

2027
League: Drewchester United, Drewchester City, Benson Beaters
Cup: Drewchester City, Drewchester City

2028
League
1. Drewchester United
2. Drewchester City
3. Inter Drew Den Bosh
4. Drewboy Dragons
5. Bensor Beaters
6. Chesterfield
7. Andrewboy Islanders
8. Rancougar Raggers
9. Drew Den Bosh Lions
10. Greenfield United
11. Hot Hey
12. Chimati Islanders
13. Drewchester Rovers
14. Kirksville Kangaroos
15. West Wagons
16. King-fi Kings
17. Orson Overmen
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18. Hashville Hazards
19. Bosh Banshees
20. Foret Forests

Division B
1. Blackeyes
2. Baflami
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3. Greentown Greens
4. Uralsville University
5. Erector Electrics
6. Gitman Hitman
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7. Illors Mils
8. Rivers
9. Peek Mountains
10. Starpoint Stars
11. Commers Comets
12. Greendale University
13. Hillmore Hills
14. First Men
15. Nosin Noses
16. Javin Javelins
17. Chinachi
18. Shing-hi
19. Nodric Blizzards
20. Herman Hags

Division 2 playoffs
Semi Finals
Greentown Greens 4-1 Gitmen Hitmen
Elector Electrics 3-2 Uralsville University
Final
Elector Electrics 1-1AET (5-4 PEN) Greentown Greens

Andrewboy Cup
Round 1
Orson Overmen 3-1 Greentown Greens
Drewchester Rovers 2-0 Gitmen Hitmen
Kirksville Kangaroos 2-2 AET (1-3) Elector Electrics
Bensor Beaters 4-2 Hashville Hazards
Rancouger Raggers 1-2 Inter Drew Den Bosh
Starpoint Stars 1-0 Blackeyes
Drewchester City 2-1 Drew Den Bosh Lions
Chimati Islanders 1-0 Commers Comets
King Fi kings 0-1 Greenfield United
West Wagons 2-4 Chesterfield

Peek mountains 0-4 Andrewboy Islanders
Bosh Banshees 0-4 Drewchester United
Bafami 2-3 Foret Forests
Greendale University 1-2 Rivers
Uralsville University 2-0 Hot Hey
Illors Mills 2-0 Hillmore Hills
Round 2
Orson Overmen 2-1 Starpoint Stars
Chimati Islanders 2-5 Drewchester City
Drewchester Rovers 3-2 Chesterfield
Foret Forests 2-4 Greenfield United
Uralsvile University 0-2 Inter Drew Den Bosh
Bensor Beaters 2-0 Illors Mils
Andrewboy Islanders 2-1 Elector Electrics
Drewchester United 4-2 Rivers
Quarter Finals
Greenfield United 2-3 Inter Drew Den Bosh
Orson Overmen 0-2 Drewchester Rovers
Andrewboy Islanders 4-2 Bensor Beaters
Drewchester City 7-8 Drewchester United
Semi Finals
Andrewboy Islanders 2-0 Drewchester Rovers
Drewchester United 4-3 Inter Drew Den Bosh
Final
Drewchester United 3-1 Andrewboy Islanders

[Candelaria And Marquez]

Matchday Eighteen… They paraded through the streets of the capital city ‘till the wee small hours, Jesse Nakatsuru triumphantly carried aloft a heaving sea of bodies towards Robinson House, where the squad were met by President Morton herself and bestowed with all the honours their incredible achievement demanded. Fools might claim there are no heroes left in this cruel, callous world – but no longer. We have found them. And they wear blood red.

Ahh, the magic of the Aeropag Football Invitational @ The Olympic Tower Stadium.

All things considered – what with twenty year-old Jaime Zamora between the sticks for the whole thing and more than a few Scorpions readying themselves for World Cup action – this was a pretty impressive gong, even if we won’t pretend to understand the format. If the heavenly father had meant us to play in brackets, he wouldn’t the straight knockout competition.

Can you be cruel and callous, by the way? That’s always bothered me. Surely cruelty implies a certain degree of malign concern in the suffering of others, whereas the alternative suggests wholehearted disinterest. Why are the two concepts so commonly paired thus, in that case? Not just because they both begin with the letter C, surely?

Here’s another thing that begins with the letter C (besides cookie which, I have to declare, is good enough for me): Caires City, who went down two-one at home to Green Island as the Clausura finally contrived to get underway. That itself wasn’t really a story, even if it was only the Errant Knights’ fourth league defeat of the season and comes just weeks (ish) after Dionísio’s side knocked the GIZ out of the CMS Cup. What was, was the absence of Lúthien Anwamanë for the visitors.

Now, look. Shut up. Hush. There’s no conspiracy, no sinister plans to stop Green Island taking a fourth straight title. Or, to put it another way, there probably are, but this wasn’t part of them. She just got a nasty little shin injury in training that’ll leave her out of action for eight weeks.

No! Honest t’God, guv, straight up, look at this face. Would this face lie to you, guv? This is a face of sincerity. These things happen, y’know? Look at Albrecht FC’s goalkeeping crisis, and, and, and… that. Stuff happens.

Anyway, the loss of the most reliable goalscorer in CMSC history for a good portion of the Clausura is naturally a major blow, but it’s not as though the GIZ are without means. They have Ben Clayton, for one – a talented young man who’s always done well when given the chance and will be certain to grasp this one with both hands after James Masters and Shawn O’Connell a proper run-around all afternoon. If he can deal with the pressure of being instantly labelled as the future of Candelariasian goalscoring (we might be quite decent at this footballing lark, but we really don’t produce strikers… apart from arguably one of the best ones in the multiverse, but… hush), the Clotaire native might just prove to be the saviour of Green Island’s season. Not that they really look like needing divine intervention just yet. On account of being top of the table, and all.

Fresh from adding the Aeropag trophy and a sizable lump of gold to the cabinet, Albrecht FC kicked back off at home with a relatively simple victory at Port of Clotaire (following the ubiquitous few minutes of medal-parading, which even Nakatsuru and Adam Kouakou Kouamé were able to join in with without being pelted by too many bottle tops), while MarquezOW – having valiantly fended off an approach for their manager during the break, by all (well, their own) accounts – remain in touch in this three-horse race.

The Marbles probably don’t, however, and dropped a place after a frankly pathetic first-half capitulation to Saurin’s finest.

Still… Sixth!

AFC MN Smith 2-1 Ironside-Talinger (Van der Laan 18, Budden 58; Illés 53)
Albrecht Turkish 0-0 Caires Sports
Arrigo Portuguese 2-2 Radyukevich CSC (H. Anderson 35, Álvarez 90+1; Endacott 7, Van Dijk 75)
Caires City 1-2 Green Island (Williams 58; Clayton 25, Kures 65)
El din Marbles 1-2 McDonald SC (Silva 2; Andryan 12, Williams 45+1)
KT Hotspur 1-1 NAPPC (Nilsson 58; Van Dyke 88)
Marquez-Onwere 2-0 Turks’ Club (Smit 52, Gómez 83)
Port of Clotaire 0-2 Albrecht FC (Kim 7, Tekeste 42)
Tenderville United 2-0 Mayo Valley (Gaynor og 19, Night 42)

Matchday Nineteen… Reuben Kennedy is not one of the most popular men in suburban Albrecht right now.

A one-time left winger who spent most of his professional career with boyhood club Albrecht Turkish, Kennedy never quite hit the ultimate heights in domestic football nor received a senior C&M call-up, but he has none the less been considered one of Hoxton’s more favoured sons of recent years. His nascent managerial career hasn’t been a relentless journey towards legendary status, and switching from a Sloane Wanderers side riding high in the CMSC2 promotion shake-up to a Turks’ Club outfit destined to go straight back down appeared something of a retrograde step. It probably still is. But at least they have a sizable victory in the Turkish derby to crow about.

On one level, this was simply a superb spoiling performance, with Kura-Pellandi holding midfielder turned full-back Ali Al-Fayoomi pressing Koviljko Randjelovic out of the game for eighty minutes – the World Cup winner (alright, alright, we won’t go on about it…) limping off thereafter – and both Bakker and Calabrese just-about-lawfully kicked to within an inch of their lives by Kam Letcher and Georgia Kennedy (no relation). But, during the second half, the Turks played some genuinely scintillating football – the performances of Taeshanese wingers Tyler Kenroe and Oliver Stone worthy of particular praise at this juncture – and showed a little something of what this side really should be capable of achieving. With the gap to Ironside and – still shockingly – Caires Sports just two points, relegation may suddenly be something rather less than a foregone conclusion.

It takes two to tango, mind you, and Turkish were simply abysmal. The suspension of goalkeeper Lyle Gwyther (sent off last weekend… did we forget to mention that? Naughty us) didn’t help, with Cockburn Wu clearly a very talented young man but still lacking the essentials to play at the highest level just yet, it would seem. Their season really has fizzled out entirely, and it would be little surprise to see the likes of Mo Evans, Reuben Faulkner, Brandon Qiu, Lorí Sànchez and Jacob Shaw given regular starts throughout the Clausura as Mannasuch begins to rebuild for XXXVIII. Unless he doesn’t. Who can say?

Elsewhere, the Clotaire clubs were having fun – the Jukos condemning MarquezOW to a damaging second defeat of the season and the PoC taking the points in a seven-goal thriller in Peregrinus City. McDonald SC, meanwhile, had Wanderley back from injury and smashed three past a shell-shocked Tenderville – leaving the Flying Fish a frankly ridiculous eighth, and surely putting Mike Alvintzi’s name up there as the foremost Candelarian contender for the C&M job.

AFC MN Smith 0-1 Caires City (Jones 18)
Albrecht FC 2-1 Mayo Valley (Kim 3, Morrison 75; Tillström 10)
Caires Sports 0-2 El din Marbles (Herráez 12, Pavoni 33)
Green Island 1-0 Arrigo Portuguese (Clayton 82)
Ironside-Talinger 0-0 KT Hotspur
McDonald SC 3-0 Tenderville United (Wanderley 4 and 88, Ģipslis 76)
NAPPC 3-4 Port of Clotaire (Prescott 1 and 15, Merselis 83; O’Airmeadhaigh 3 and 41, Hamblett 47, De Opper og 64)
Radyukevich CSC 1-0 Marquez-Onwere (Redzic 9)
Turks’ Club 3-1 Albrecht Turkish (Wetl 48, Reva 60 and 78; Sànchez 18)

Matchday Twenty… By all accounts (or, at least, those accounts not directly emanating from the MarquezOW press office) it was Alejandro Blanco da Thingy himself who turned down the chance to take on the Sorthern national team job, but a few of the naranja’s more demanding supporters still appeared to require a certain amount of proof of their Globe Cup winning boss’s long-term commitment to the Marquez-Onwere ‘project’, *shudders*.

They probably got it this weekend. You don’t often get such a perfect performance as this, whatever club you support, but here everything clicked in truly impressive style.

If it was Bas Smit who won the headlines, it was arguably Wildash Gatti who ran the show. He might be one of just three regular Candelariasian starters for MarquezOW these days – and by the looks of the dross coming up through the academy right now, that’s not a situation that’s going to get better any time soon – but he’s certainly an extremely valuable one, finally looking enough of a physical specimen to compete in this league and put his enviable natural talents to good use. His, and the naranja’s, victims? Why, t’was Green Island – Ciaran Stockley and his defence made an utter mockery of as they went down four-nil in one of the club’s worse domestic defeats for a decade. With Anwamanë we thought they’d have problems, but not of this nature.

There was less good news for the other Sorthern-influenced side in the CMSC1, Port of Clotaire going down at home to Ironside – thanks largely to an inspired hat-trick from latest-new-hope-of-Candelariasian-goalscoring Ryan Sheppard – and the PoC suffered a double indignity by dropping to fifth in the table, below Radyukevich.

What Wayne Davis is doing at that club is fast becoming the story of the season, never mind Albrecht FC’s revival or Turkish’s XXXVII nightmares. It’s still a squad, never mind a first team, that looks well off competing even for a top-half finish on paper, but that mix of the Zirconian midfield duo, a bit of Osarian steel at the back and some local pride down the left is consistently catching quality sides unawares – Turkish this week, in a two-nil home defeat, and they were good for it too.

Elsewhere, the El din Marbles’ Clausura troubles continued with a heavy loss at home to Tenderville, while Caires City took a victory against KT Hotspur in spite of Leo Williams’ red card – the talented but troubled forward, barely back in action after a career threatening injury, stamped needlessly on Zoárd Szathmári to dig himself into further trouble with the CMSC and a less than impressed Dionísio.

Albrecht Turkish 0-2 Radyukevich CSC (Van Dijk 7, Fox 39)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Álvarez 56)
Caires City 2-0 KT Hotspur (Lloyd 18, Calverd 63)
El din Marbles 1-4 Tenderville United (Herráez 6; Deleks 10 and 12, Kuypers 37, Hastings og 46)
Marquez-Onwere 4-0 Green Island (Gómez 8, Smit 52 and 68, Fishsnapperbottom 78)
McDonald SC 1-2 Albrecht FC (Wanderley 29; Nakatsuru 15, St. Louis 39)
NAPPC 2-2 Mayo Valley (Prescott 68, Van Dyke 87; Warren 2, NorthWalker 14)
Port of Clotaire 2-4 Ironside-Talinger (Sánchez García 7, O'Airmeadhaigh 23; Sheppard 32 and 49 and 81, Zec 76)
Turks’ Club 1-4 Caires Sports (Wetl 8; Valinial 51, Belmore 81 and 90+1, Smith 90+3)

Matchday Twenty-One… Good news if you’re pointy: Vyintanese-owned Albrecht Turkish are back on the winning trail with a thumping four-one home win.

Bad news if you’re pointy: It was against Green Island.

Now. Let me stress again. There’s no conspiracy, no-one’s out to get them, they’re still the best side in the division on paper. They’re just going through a sticky spell.

Perhaps their various Candelariasian, Vanorian and West Zirconian players are exhausted after extended international cup runs. Perhaps li’l Lúthien is more of a leader than we all realise. But right now, this set of players look as though they were only introduced yesterday, and their ever-present defensive deficiencies are being displayed for all to see. Losing out on six points is bad enough; losing their long-held air of invincibility could be far more costly. This is a side that feeds on the fear they engender in others – if it’s gone, so might they.

Albrecht FC scamper on regardless, slamming five past Mark Water this weekend (though even Torrealba conceded that the final scoreline owed more to Tenderville’s valiant desire to push forward and get back in the game during the second half), while the PoC are back into fourth and McDonald’s bid to keep in Globe Cup contention suffered a real blow with the loss of Jesseltonian ‘keeper Sanizam Andu to what looks likes a nasty long-term injury. Former Marbles custodian Vern Touati waits in the wings, but the veteran is hardly an inspiring alternative.

AFC MN Smith 0-2 Marquez-Onwere (Souto Maior 4, Smit 44)
Albrecht Turkish 4-1 Green Island (Robinson 9, Sànchez 19, Werner 25, Bakker 68; Young 45+2)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-1 KT Hotspur (Macanás 76; Rataran 55)
Caires Sports 1-0 Radyukevich CSC (Adirondu 82)
Ironside-Talinger 0-0 Mayo Valley
McDonald SC 2-3 NAPPC (Williams 46, Wanderley 90+1; Van Dyke 8, González Rodríguez 16, Cuesta 62)
Port of Clotaire 3-2 Caires City (Sánchez García 34 and 40 and 66; Neal 65, Andrews og 69)
Tenderville United 0-5 Albrecht FC (Nakatsuru 16 and 78, Tekeste 51, Kouakou Kouamé 66, William 74)
Turks’ Club 0-1 El din Marbles (Nixon 85)

Matchday Twenty-Two… All the big guns won, apart from Radyukevich, who didn’t.

And Tenderville, if you count them as a big gun, who lost the Nethertopian derby with the words ping and pong rattling in their ears. A tempestuous affair, it was, with Lawrence Singer sent off, Carlo Gaggioli stretchered off, and a couple of drunken fights in the stands. Yaaay, they bring so much to Candelariasian football, they really do.

Onward!

Albrecht Turkish 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Sànchez 11)
Caires Sports 0-4 Green Island (Ealovaul 2, Alden 54, Dorack 56, K’latris 57)
El din Marbles 0-1 Albrecht FC (Nakatsuru 13)
Ironside-Talinger 1-1 McDonald SC (Sheppard 11; Fairhope og 6)
Marquez-Onwere 2-0 KT Hotspur (Smit 24, Souto Maior 83)
Mayo Valley 0-3 Caires City (Murray 37, Agostinho 56, González 79)
NAPPC 2-0 Tenderville United (Cuesta 77, Van Dyke 87)
Port of Clotaire 2-0 Arrigo Portuguese (O’Airmeadhaigh 7 and 38)
Turks’ Club 3-2 Radyukevich CSC (Wetl 7, Lacamoire 10 and 64; Williams 39 and 82)

Matchday Twenty-Three… As above, see below. Tenderville won, though. That probably counts for something.

Albrecht FC 1-0 NAPPC (Hamizi 56)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-2 Mayo Valley (Anderson 59; Gaynor 70, NorthWalker 78)
Caires Sports 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Nykvist og 90+3)
Green Island 1-0 Turks’ Club (Ealovaul 59)
KT Hotspur 1-2 Albrecht Turkish (Clayton 73; Robinson 8 and 63)
Marquez-Onwere 2-1 Port of Clotaire (Gómez 7, Joãio 18; Walker 30)
McDonald SC 0-2 Caires City (Doswell og 26, Agostinho 56)
Radyukevich CSC 1-0 El din Marbles (Gaggioli 50)
Tenderville United 1-0 Ironside-Talinger (Night 41)

Matchday Twenty-Four… As that nice little mid-season fallow period continues, with the nation still buzzing after the you-know-what and hushed rumours of floating mice capturing attentions, we can report that, um, it’s still basically as you were again.

Albrecht FC had to work to maintain their lead, mind you, after being reduced to ten men short after half-time – Harry Rosalia, after only a game back between the sticks, sent off for bringing down Ryan Sheppard in the box. Just when it looked as though the Scorpions’ season-running goalkeeping nightmares were set to bite them in the bottom once more, Drake Malan came off the bench to get the all-important finger on Frank Le Tissier’s spot kick and proceeded to keep out efforts from both he and Sheppard until Fahmi Hamizi could get on the end of a Tekeste free-kick and poke home the winner in Talinger.

Barely one minute later, Adeliz Giménez achieved the impressive feat of repeating Rosalia’s earlier trick for the home side – bringing down George Morrison, getting herself sent off, and seeing veteran Thomas Murphy come on for a rare top-flight appearance to save Hamizi’s shot and keep the scoreline a respectable one-nil.

No such numerical cautiousness when it came to goals elsewhere, though (apart from the game between the Spur and Caires Sports, although that’s hardly surprising… and NAPPC and the Marbles, which is more so), with seven apiece in both Hoxton and Zapata. For Green Island, counting down the days until Anwamanë makes a reappearance, there was a morale boosting comeback victory over Radyukevich; the Jukos lacking a little something up front without the injured Jasari McDermott but still able to cause that rickety defence more than a few problems. T’was just unfortunate that Daniele Lanchini and his back four couldn’t avoid conceding five.

Elsewhere, Turkish must be given props for coming back from three-one down at the Solidarity against Port of Clotaire to take an injury time victory, while Tenderville are back up into the top half with three points in Rider Castle but still, of course, have absolutely zip to play for.

AFC MN Smith 3-1 Turks’ Club (Phillips 47, Budden 54 and 89; Lacamoire 59)
Albrecht Turkish 4-3 Port of Clotaire (Alexander 21, Robinson 58, Bakker 81, Randjelovic 90+1; O’Airmeadhaigh 11, Sánchez García 41, Arrigorriagakoa 44)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-1 McDonald SC (Galindo 55; Andryan 17)
Caires City 1-2 Tenderville United (Murray 21; Robbert 54, Deleks 88)
Green Island 5-2 Radyukevich CSC (Tinúviel 5, Young 10, va Drake 40, Durosa 45, Kures 80; Endacott 1, Idle 35)
Ironside-Talinger 0-1 Albrecht FC (Hamizi 88)
KT Hotspur 1-0 Caires Sports (Dariegan 70)
Mayo Valley 1-3 Marquez-Onwere (Subudhi 59; Smit 32, Gómez 47, Gatti 50)
NAPPC 1-0 El din Marbles (Van Dyke 33)

CMS Cup Last 16… A slightly dull draw largely featuring CMSC1 sides at home to CMSC2 outfits brought us a slightly dull round, with a couple of honourable exceptions.

CandelariaAM are the only lower-league side left after a confident display against a Radyukevich team with a UICA finish on their minds, former Wow! and MN Smith striker Owen Fox and eighteen year-old winger Luke Morgan registering the goals for a team whose promotion ambitions look just a tad iffy despite the introduction of a sizable wodge of Sargossa wonga and that always handy comparatively massive stadium. Most of their second tier colleagues battled hard without reward, perennial strugglers Miranda FC doing exceptionally well to take the Marbles to a replay down in the south of Marquez. Quality ultimately won out however, with the XXIX cup winners certainly looking to give their season a bit of a spark after a distressing Clausura thus far.

Marquez very nearly had more heroes to cheer, this time from up the other end of the island, with Gómez United going achingly close to taking Turkish back to their place. Not for the first time this term, Mannasuch’s wisdom was called into question, with a bunch of benchwarmers and Magnus United occasionals called up to take on the assorted plumbers, policemen and electricians from Gómez and the score standing at one-all until the final ten minutes. The manager slung on three changes thereafter, who duly blitzed the exhausted visitors to notch up a four-one win, but young striker Carlos Sáez at least had his day in the sun with a fine strike past Cockburn Wu, and a pleasant day out was had by all.

Marquez-Onwere 2-0 Riverton Olympic (Souto Maior 47, Smit 54)
KT Hotspur 2-0 Candelaria Arsenal (Nilsson 36, González 38)
Albrecht Turkish 4-1 Gómez United (Vostakova 15, Bakker 81, Alexander 84, Yeoman 85; Sáez 46)
Turks’ Club 1-2 Port of Clotaire (Pak 59; O’Airmeadhaigh 2, Archer 72)
El din Marbles 1-1 Miranda FC (Nixon 47; Warren 59)
~ Replay: Miranda FC 0-1 El din Marbles (Nixon 36)
Albrecht FC 2-1 Caires City (Nakatsuru 42, Tekeste 55; Murray 45+2)
Tenderville United 1-0 Deportivo María (Kuypers 18)
Candelaria-Allemali 2-0 Radyukevich CSC (Fox 30, Morgan 89)

Matchday Twenty-Five… There aren’t too many sides who’ve not only missed out on the league title but failed to make the top two despite only losing two matches all term – but that could be just where Marquez-Onwere are heading.

That in itself isn’t ironic, despite what the 10,000 spoons lady may tell you, but what’s more notable is the way in which the naranja’s defence has largely been blamed for their failure to push the top two further despite the club having the best defensive record in the division. The criticism itself often appears a little confused, with Cotuba and Villasenior’s OAP status – and Blanco da Cruz’s unwillingness to either sign a decent younger right-back and/or give clearly talented twenty-three year-old Alejandro Valdez a run on the other side of the back four – condemned as often as veteran Eric O’Brien’s lack of playing time compared to Chris Stewart and Kaeton Fishsnapperbottom.

A bit of parochialism might be to blame, there (us? Never, surely!), though there’s no doubt that this season is proving something of a wasted opportunity with the naranja throwing away far too many matches – they have seven draws thus far – to be truly competitive for anything but another top four finish. Come the start of next season; Cotuba, Villasenior, Joãio, Souto Maior, Oliveira Tavares and Bas Smit will all be thirty or over – past it, in the view of many pundits, who see the club’s chance to make hay in the sunshine as having been and gone. Ricardo Wendell will almost certainly have to splash the cash before the next break. Let’s just hope he’s able to, eh?

He said, ominously.

The fact is, letting a two goal lead in Saurin slip away in the final twenty minutes really isn’t good enough – though we’d also point out that MarquezOW’s current haul of fifty-four points would have been enough to see them top the table at this point of the season last time around. If anything, Green Island have been even better this term than last, and Torrealba’s Tots are simply ridiculously good.

Or else the rest of the division’s just crap. Who can say?

Elsewhere, Juan Carlos Revault’s slow revolution at Portuguese picked up the scalp of Tenderville in one of them seven-goal thrillers we’ve been having rather a lot of – Israel Álvarez, who’s fast turning into a very special player indeed, scoring late past sub ‘keeper Teddy Marshall (Mark Water having hopped off ten minutes before) to wrap up the three points that kept Arrigo’s finest just outside the drop zone.

Caires Sports still aren’t very good, meanwhile (there’s going to be Ramifications there, if we’re not careful), while Leo Williams over in the other third of the casino city really is an utter tit; after receiving two yellow cards in City’s defeat to the Scorpions in Albrecht and earning himself another suspension. The tabloids are using the word ‘troubled’ rather a lot about this ‘boy’, and for once it seems they’re right on both accounts.

Albrecht FC 2-0 Caires City (Hamizi 41 and 80)
Caires Sports 0-1 Port of Clotaire (Sánchez García 81)
Green Island 3-0 El din Marbles (Clayton 27, Ealovaul 55, Kures 63)
Ironside-Talinger 3-1 NAPPC (Le Tissier 28, Sheppard 36 and 47; Cuesta 52)
Mayo Valley 0-1 Albrecht Turkish (Alexander 60)
McDonald SC 2-2 Marquez-Onwere (García 72, Meakin 80; Smit 30 and 45)
Radyukevich CSC 3-2 AFC MN Smith (Williams 3 and 58, Idle 71; Tiller 23, De Woudt 45+1)
Tenderville United 3-4 Arrigo Portuguese (Deleks 52, Kuypers 79; Darby og 86; Salgado 39, Macanás 57, Álvarez 76 and 88)
Turks’ Club 1-1 KT Hotspur (Wetl 66; Clayton 54)

Matchday Twenty-Six… If there was one game that Arrigo Portuguese were going to come alive for, it was surely this one. Hosting Albrecht FC at the EAN, Revault’s men gave a performance of well-why-the-hell-couldn’t-you-have-played-like-that-all-season-hm? proportions.

Revault’s team selection was certainly slightly novel; with Harry Oughton dropped to the bench, Hugo Anderson returning from injury and pushed inside, teenager Hugo Matos – who hasn’t been involved for more than fifteen minutes all season – starting out on the right and up against the legendary Francois St. Louis, and thirty-two year-old full-back Marcial Rocha starting out on the left. Only Israel Álvarez kept his place from a side that won four-three away from home just a week earlier, prompting more than a few eyebrows, but Revault had the last laugh. Some proper last-ditch defending from Galindo and Parrot was still required, but the visitors seemed properly shaken up by all these switch-arounds and, in Matos, Portuguese had a youngster desperate to impress against his boyhood club’s hated rivals.

The occasion didn’t overawe the boy; playing without fear, he set up the other Hugo’s early goal, had Rosalia scrambling on several occasions, and blunted Albrecht’s entire left-sided assault. And yet nobody had really heard of him before now; and one suspects we may never again – pure adrenalin got him through this one, and his actual ability may be shown up in future matches. He’ll still be a Hispanic hero, because they certainly need them – Portuguese’s and MarquezOW’s much-vaunted academy set-ups have been struggling badly of late, and even at the Marbles their hottest young talents appear to be more often English speakers these days – but mighty stallion, hooves on an ant, blahdiblahdiblah, let’s move on.

To Green Island, who also failed to win – a point in Bove, with that only coming late on, allowing them to close the gap on Albrecht FC slightly to four points.

Will that do? Lúthien Anwamanë’s back next week, so we can start cooing all over them again.

AFC MN Smith 1-1 Green Island (D. Tiller 21; Clayton 85)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-0 Albrecht FC (Anderson 14)
Albrecht Turkish 2-0 McDonald SC (Bakker 68, Vostakova 73)
Caires City 1-0 NAPPC (Murray 49)
El din Marbles 1-1 Ironside-Talinger (Nixon 59; Zec 45)
KT Hotspur 1-0 Radyukevich CSC (Dariegan 90)
Mayo Valley 1-0 Caires Sports (Tillström 69)
Port of Clotaire 2-1 Turks’ Club (Hamblett 11, Sánchez García 39; Archer og 67)
Tenderville United 1-2 Marquez-Onwere (Villasenior og 77; Souto Maior 23, Gatti 90+1)

Matchday Twenty-Seven… With Green Island having a virtual bye against a completely pointless KT Hotspur side, the big game this weekend saw Albrecht FC hosting MarquezOW ahead of next weekend’s capital city derby.

Torrealba made just one change to the side that lost in Arrigo, Kim Mihyeon coming in for the injured Nakatsuru, but it’s perfectly clear that the manager doesn’t fancy the Han international (he’s more of a South Asian man, himself), at least as part of a 4-4-2 alongside Hamizi. Presumably, it was a strategy designed to put those under fire naranja full-backs under as much pressure as possible, but it led only to the Scorpions being frequently overrun in midfield. Adam KK and Go Song-ji in particular still have some growing up to do, it would appear.

For all that, Albrecht do have Harry Rosalia back fit, and the extremely capable duo of William and Van Aulen, and duly kept a clean sheet – but the gap over the GIZ has narrowed to just two points.

The other big game was the Clotaire derby – one which ultimately belonged to Jasari McDermott. A twenty-two year-old striker who may, just may, be thefutureofCandelariasiangoalscoring; McDermott attended his first match at the Hilltop at the age of three months, is an accomplished violinist, has one of those micropigs at home, possesses a name that apparently means ‘fearless’ in Swahili whilst being roughly the colour of poster paint, and is generally about as Radyukevich as it’s possible to get. They love him here, and a hat-trick against your hated rivals always goes down well into the bargain. He couldn’t have done it without Patrick Williams, however, the West Zirconian who surely has to be in line for a league-wide Player of the Season tilt if the Jukos can leapfrog the PoC once more and make the top four for the first time in the UICA era.

Elsewhere, the relegation shake-up is just starting to look a little bit definitive, with a four-point gap opening up between Mayo Valley in fifteenth and those in the bottom three. Both Ironside and Caires Sports managed points away from home this weekend, but there’s a significant amount of ground to make up now. Ironside’s almost wholesale, pre-season squad change was clearly a major mistake, with neophyte manager Ebbrell Klein entirely unable to get more than two games in a row out of his various teenage charges and the experience of Ben Zec and Frank Le Tissier yet to rub off on their colleagues. They can probably afford to go down, rebuild again, and plan a renewed assault on the top-flight for XXXIX, but Caires Sports are in a far worse predicament. Who knows if Jagor Aiza will continue to fund a side in the CMSC2, and the local press is already fearing the prospect of the complete sale of the first XI and half the rest of the squad, mostly back to the LIDYT, and the flighty young Aiza pocketing the proceedings before buggering off from whence he came. In the short term, the subsequent administration would at least have a valuable youth system to fall back on, with the likes of Luke Alsheris, Alex Davies, Zachary Davies, Oliver Oliomogbe, Titus Ryan and Behramji Torres showing enough in the reserves to suggest that they’ll be a cut above second division class, but the long-term financial implications for the Knights could be icky in the extreme.

And on that cheery note…

AFC MN Smith 3-0 El din Marbles (Van der Laan 1, Budden 45 and 65)
Albrecht FC 0-0 Marquez-Onwere
Arrigo Portuguese 3-2 NAPPC (Matos 39, Innisvale 45, Macanás 70; Darby og 42, Van Dyke 77)
Caires City 1-1 Ironside-Talinger (O’Connell 46; Illés 62)
Green Island 3-0 KT Hotspur (van Drake 6, Paterson 70, Young 80)
McDonald SC 0-0 Caires Sports
Radyukevich CSC 3-2 Port of Clotaire (McDermott 18 and 37 and 84; Sánchez García 52, Morrissey 69)
Tenderville United 2-2 Albrecht Turkish (Lewis 21, Night 55; Bakker 61, Randjelovic 66)
Turks’ Club 3-1 Mayo Valley (Lacamoire 25, Reva 51, Jones 59; Szatmári 26)

CMS Cup Quarter-Finals… Ahh, a cup competition arises to brighten our lives. How good of it.

The big news, of course (well not of course, of course, since you don’t know what happened yet, but we’re allowed the occasional slip into colloquialism here, it’s a Saturday for God’s sake and I’m a proper sleepy chicken, I can tell you) was the exit of last term’s defeated finalists Albrecht FC after a barnstorming (chickens, cart wheels, spilt milk) cup tie down at Harper Street.

Three other things also happened.

Albrecht Turkish 2-0 KT Hotspur (Calabrese 16, Yeoman 30)
Port of Clotaire 3-2 Albrecht FC (Banks 34, Hooper 36, Hamblett 65; Hamizi 11, Nakatsuru 53)
Candelaria-Allemali 0-0 Marquez-Onwere
~ Replay: Marquez-Onwere 4-0 Candelaria-Allemali (Gatti 25, Cotuba 43, Gómez 60, Fernández 81)
Tenderville United 1-0 El din Marbles (Kuypers 88)

Matchday Twenty-Eight… It’s almost as though someone wants things to be interesting…

The Albrecht derby saw the visitors on top from the off, bossing the midfield and soon forcing Lyle Gwyther into action in the Turkish net. Mannasuch’s decision to drop Áron Mihály – who, admittedly, has been having a series of utter mares of late – in favour of Brandon Qiu, with Dwier Titenburg moved into the centre, for such a big game appeared more than a little risky, but the Vanorian might as well go for broke at this stage. It’s not as though playing it safe was working especially well up until now.

And it did work – Titenburg appeared much the more statesmanlike figure when taking up a role next to the far more volatile Kjarik Tashkir (and later alongside Pablo Estévez, with Tashkir coming off the worse after a robust tackle on Nakatsuru), Qiu stopped Tekeste putting in too many crosses, and Daniel Bakker up t’other end was absolutely on fire. What a pity he didn’t chose to play for his actual homeland, eh? He could be a World Cup winner by now, but noooo. He had to go and be all loyal to mummy and daddy, the big girl. Someone should egg his car.

Two first-half goals were enough to give Turkish the win, see them move up into fifth following the Jukos’ pasting out in the sticks, and put their not-actually-nearest rivals in major danger of throwing their once considerable lead over the GIZ away.

Except…

Enter Port of Clotaire, still as frustratingly inconsistent as their majority nationality would suggest they’d be, but still capable of beating the very best on their day. Or the second-best, in this instance – the GIZ going down one-nil. With MarquezOW easing to the points against NAPPC, the top three are separated by just three points all of a sudden, with goal difference barely an issue either. The naranja will be without Kaeton Fishsnapperbottom for a fortnight, but with Eric O’Brien still about they’re well covered at centre-half and can certainly push for honours, so you might as well forgot all that stuff we said about them a few matchdays ago. Please.

Elsewhere, Portuguese striker Gabriel Macanás and Radyukevich left-back Finlay Edwards are both out for the season, and KT Hotspur are still somehow in the top half.

Albrecht Turkish 2-0 Albrecht FC (Bakker 11 and 32)
Arrigo Portuguese 0-0 Ironside-Talinger
Caires City 1-2 El din Marbles (Jones 42; Silva 31, Pavoni 57)
KT Hotspur 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Jenkins 69)
Mayo Valley 3-0 Radyukevich CSC (Warren 66, Tillström 69, NorthWalker 79)
Marquez-Onwere 3-0 NAPPC (Oliveira Tavares 11, Gatti 23, Smit 43)
McDonald SC 4-0 Turks’ Club (Williams 43, Andryan 47 and 63 and 90+1)
Port of Clotaire 1-0 Green Island (Hooper 35)
Tenderville United 2-1 Caires Sports (Robbert 51, Van Patten 90+1; Belmore 80)

Matchday Twenty-Nine… Mayo Valley are a club that seldom comes up in conversation. They may be home to a few foreigners of note – a handful of continental Rushmoris (but not Continental Rushmoris, obviously), Madonna Warren, a random Ad’ihan full-back, big Ilga NorthWalker) – but no side based in a teensy town out in the wilds of the west are likely to garner significant domestic press attention and finishing eleventh for the third term in a row is surely the height of their ambitions.

But they’re probably not going to go down, now, and manager Zachary Telemans must take considerable applause for that, given how little cash he’s had spend. And, while they’re not exactly thrilling to watch, they do occasionally perform well enough to raise considerable eyebrows. Such as this weekend, funnily enough…

…

…

(Just building the tension.)

…

…at Green Island.

Ooh.

Well one might be tempted to point out the GIZ’s twenty shots on target, Mayo goalkeeper Greg Tipping’s MotM award, and the fact that the visitors scored from long-distance efforts on the two occasions they actually had Ciaran Stockley running… let’s not. Let’s just bask instead in the warm glow of another (sixth!) Green Island defeat, one which leaves them…

…

…still only three points behind Albrecht FC, actually, after the Scorpions were held at home by Caires Sports. Seems as though everyone’s starting to get a little nervy at the top and, while it’s far too late for Port of Clotaire to get back in the shake-up, MarquezOW are certainly in with a shout. Victory in Talinger moves them up into second, just a point behind Torrealba’s wee ones, with five games and fifteen points left on offer.

Elsewhere, Reuben Kennedy’s Turks’ Club kept up their desperate bid for survival with victory at a Tenderville side rather more focused on the CMS Cup now, while Turkish and Radyukevich remain on the Harpies’ trail for fourth place.

AFC MN Smith 1-2 Port of Clotaire (Phillips 6; Hooper 45+1, O’Airmeadhaigh 87)
Albrecht FC 0-0 Caires Sports
Caires City 0-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Anderson 41)
Green Island 1-2 Mayo Valley (Anwamanë 47; Tillström 28, Allbright 60)
Ironside-Talinger 2-3 Marquez-Onwere (Sheppard 30, Anastasiadis 85; Souto Maior 13, Oliveira Tavares 39, Cotuba 45)
KT Hotspur 0-0 El din Marbles
NAPPC 0-1 Albrecht Turkish (Calabrese 1)
Radyukevich CSC 1-0 McDonald SC (McDermott 68)
Tenderville United 0-2 Turks’ Club (Reva 63, Wetl 82)

Matchday Thirty… Three fairly simple-looking games for the new Big Three, and three fairly simple victories… apart from for MarquezOW, who needed a late winner from Oliveira Tavares to take all three points at home to Caires City.

It’s certainly that part of the season when calculators begin to be wielded in anger, though little at either end of the table can be finalised just yet. Turks’ Club’s relegation won’t be confirmed until matchday thirty-three at the earliest, though the title race may not quite go to the wire as many had suspected, given the various run-ins. Green Island have both Nethertopian outfits either side of welcoming Albrecht FC to Marlow Park, while the Scorpions shouldn’t struggle to take six points at home to either the Jukos or MN Smith. MarquezOW can expect to have a rather harder time of it, with a couple of Marquezian clásicos away from home and a visit from fairly in-form Turkish (Mannasuch’s men could, as it stands, be contenders for the Clausura ‘title’, such that it matters, though it’s the naranja who currently have the edge). And with all three sides having extremely winnable matches on the final day, it’s the next fortnight or so that will most probably count.

So let’s get on with it, shall we? Be the bloody Baptism of Fire again before we know it, after all…

Albrecht Turkish 1-0 Ironside-Talinger (Calabrese 75)
Caires Sports 1-1 NAPPC (Smith 87; González Rodríguez
El din Marbles 1-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Erik Visser 51; Anderson 28)
Green Island 3-1 McDonald SC (va Drake 35, Aldren 38, Clayton 80; Wanderley 23)
Marquez-Onwere 2-1 Caires City (Souto Maior 31, Oliveira Tavares 87; Rosenthal 51)
Mayo Valley 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Tillström 43)
Port of Clotaire 2-2 KT Hotspur (Hamblett 6, Sánchez García 13; Maxwell 38, González 80)
Tenderville United 1-0 Radyukevich CSC (Van Patten 4)
Turks’ Club 2-4 Albrecht FC (Reva 61, Rosalia og 81; Kennedy og 27, Go 46, Hamizi 65 and 73)

Matchday Thirty-One… Ooh, drama.

Sort of.

To take things in temporal order, Portuguese opened the weekend by entertaining Marquez-Onwere. While this one isn’t one of the more full-on all-Marquezian clashes, historically speaking, the inhabitants of the Candelarias’ second island do like to make an effort to help the CMSC avoid become utterly sterilised, and the locals are rather getting into their club’s mini race to finish ahead of Juan Carlos Revault’s former employers from across the water. What was more, they and their players were well aware that three fairly unlikely points could, if other results went their way, secure Portuguese’s top-flight status for another term. A Globe Cup place wasn’t even out of the question.

Revault himself appears to be revelling in this opportunity to discard the tedious traditions of KT Hotspur and play some moderately attack-minded football for once. It’s not exactly all tippy-tappy prettiness, and his frustration with some of the limited talents at his disposal – as well as an increasingly self-indulgent Harry Oughton, who seems to have regressed about a decade over the last twelve months or so – is self evident, but he is at least creating a highly unpredictable unit that can catch out the best. With Macanás out for the season, Greg Innisvale played alone up front against MarquezOW and proved that he still has plenty to give even if his legs have long since given out. The Ad’ihani certainly caused Stewart and Fishsnapperbottom no end of trouble, splitting the pair and running onto an Álvarez pass to put away the opener after twenty-four minutes, and bringing about the own goal that had the visitors two down inside the first half.

The naranja regained their composure during the second period but, with the home side pressing tightly and biting and their heels, Blanco da Cruz’s skilful stars were unable to play their natural games and threaten Romero’s goal. At a most crucial point of the season, MarquezOW duly fell to only their third league defeat.

One of three afternoon kick-offs, meanwhile, saw Green Island leave the godforsaken hellhole of, um, Green Island in favour of peaceful, untroubled Ratos Island – and were soon they too were coming a-cropper. With Andrés García clearly realising that he’s living on borrowed time with the Dragons, Tenderville could rather afford to relax and try to play some actual football for a change. It proved to be an occasion for the undoubted talents of Mertijn van Patten to come to the fore, with Paul Paterson charged with dealing with the left-footed teenager and generally making an utter hash of it.

Two-nil down themselves after barely more than half an hour, the GIZ pulled one back through Jameson Aldren and looked comfortably on course to ease back in front during the second half – particularly once Durosa had finished off a typically luscious team move for the equaliser. It didn’t happen – instead, Green Island spent most of the half trying desperately to hold off van Patten and cling onto the point; only the withdrawal of a disappointing Jhanna Young and her replacement by young Ethan Robertson gave them a bit of spark but the winner remained less than forthcoming.

All that left Albrecht FC the chance to reopen a four-point lead at the top with a victory over Radyukevich. They did.

And where that leaves us is that the Scorpions could wrap up the title as soon as next week, with a victory in Zapata and a MarquezOW defeat in El din, while Massimo’s charges will certainly be out of the running unless they can take at least a point.

Elsewhere, O’Airmeadhaigh’s season is over following a nasty ickle groin tear, but he may just have done enough to guide the PoC to fourth place; while Turks’ Club are right back in the hunt for survival. But who cares, honestly?

Albrecht FC 2-0 Radyukevich CSC (Kim 48, Nakatsuru 71)
Arrigo Portuguese 2-0 Marquez-Onwere (Innisvale 24, Cotuba og 35)
Caires City 1-1 Albrecht Turkish (Jones 7; Calabrese 69)
Ironside-Talinger 2-1 Caires Sports (Sheppard 50, J. Smith 82; Belmore 46)
Mayo Valley 3-1 KT Hotspur (Warren 14, NorthWalker 57, Subudhi 75; Clayton 59)
McDonald SC 3-0 AFC MN Smith (Williams 75, García 84, Wanderley 90+1)
Port of Clotaire 2-1 El din Marbles (Sánchez García 10, Hamblett 41; Silva 41)
Tenderville United 2-2 Green Island (Kuypers 13, Van Patten 31; Aldren 40, Durosa 49)
Turks’ Club 3-1 NAPPC (Wetl 23, Lacamoire 38 and 62; González Rodríguez 23)

Matchday Thirty-Two… Let us journey, dearest ones, to Zapata; a city on the edge.

Well it is a port, to be fair. It hasn’t really got much choice.

But this is also a city that hasn’t felt especially chuffed with life for many, many months now; a city aware that everything is continuing exactly as normal and that absolutely nothing is wrong or otherwise out of the ordinary, and that the groaning creatures milling about around its outskirts begging for some kind of help are meant to be there, honest. Everyone’s… jumpy. It’s not so much that they feel, all instinctively like, that the shit, whatever its composition, is going to hit the fan sooner or later. More that they rather think it probably already has, and everyone’s just trying not to notice. Under these conditions, Albrecht FC floated into town for probably the biggest game of the season.

Green Island certainly started off in rather finer fashion; with the Scorpions’ attempts keep the game as open as possible playing right into the home side’s hands. Rosalia had turned no fewer than five good efforts around the upright before the first fifteen minutes were out, and Torrealba’s side were clearly being prepared for a punishing.

At this point, Go Sang-ji grew up. The vaguely home-grown Han international has been a key component in the capital giants’ title push, and could yet follow in the footsteps of some of Albrecht FC’s finest holding midfielders – Matteo Corradini, Ben Zec, even Torrealba himself – but he remains still relatively untested and truly gifted opponents can leave him in knots at times. With Nakatsuru and Kouakou Kouamé looking suddenly lightweight; Espy va Drake ran rings around Go throughout the first half, but whatever the manager had to say to him at half-time clearly worked.

Perhaps he simply benefited from fifteen spare minutes to contemplate va Drake’s skills, but either way Go ensured that the second forty-five was a different story entirely and the Vanorian great was reduced to infancy as Go blocked him off at every path. With Young, Aldren and Durosa unable to fill the void, Massimo was forced to shuffle his team; moving va Drake out to his historical role on the flanks and throwing on Ethan Robertson once more for a bit of last-ditch adventure. On the seventy-five minute mark, Go himself sent Hamizi clear for the Jesseltonian to score what had become Albrecht’s rightful winner.

Five minutes after that Green Island equalised.

And that was the way it stayed, with premature celebrations from the visitors in knocking the GIZ out of the title race proving entirely that. In truth, a point was everything that Torrealba and his side could really have asked for, leaving them five ahead of Massimo’s team and Green Island themselves needing a miracle. MarquezOW split the two, still two points behind the leaders after victory in El din. Unglamorous though the two-nil win ultimately was, with some last-ditch defending and a red card for Fishsnapperbottom, it kept the naranja right in with a shot of picking up their first league title since Andy Woolworth’s XXVI-winning squad more than two decades ago.

Action at the other end of the table left us with five clubs still able to go down. Two did themselves big favours – Turks’ Club’s vital away victory at Ironside moving the Khatib-Gassett side onto twenty-seven points alongside Talinger’s finest and MN Smith, while Caires Sports went and won the Caires derby, would you Adam and Eve it, and sit a point higher on. NAPPC, meanwhile, certainly can’t breathe easy yet – they have thirty points to their name following a soporific home defeat to the Jukos, who for their part have another Globe Cup run guaranteed with sixth place in the bag.

AFC MN Smith 1-2 Tenderville United (Budden 67; Kuypers 46, Holtz 87)
Albrecht Turkish 2-0 Arrigo Portuguese (Calabrese 24, Randjelovic 50)
Caires City 0-1 Caires Sports (Belmore 77)
El din Marbles 0-2 Marquez-Onwere (Smit 44, Souto Maior 55)
Green Island 1-1 Albrecht FC (Kures 80; Hamizi 75)
Ironside-Talinger 1-2 Turks’ Club (Le Tissier 62; Lacamoire 14, Stone 37)
KT Hotspur 1-1 McDonald SC (Rataran 5; Wanderley 36)
NAPPC 1-2 Radyukevich CSC (Cuesta 77; Redzic 2, Williams-Ottosen 46)
Port of Clotaire 1-0 Mayo Valley (Hooper 32)

CMS Cup Semi-Finals… We’d go into this in exhaustive detail. Really, we would. But we’re tired, and frankly can’t be arsed.

So here are the results.

Marquez-Onwere 1-1 Tenderville United (1-1 AET) (Souto Maior 88; Villasenior 46 og) (Tenderville United wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)
@ Estadio Nacional, Arrigo

Port of Clotaire 0-2 Albrecht Turkish (Bakker 33, Robinson 44)
@ New Sausages Arena, Allemali

What that all means is that Turkish are still on the hunt for their first trophy of the Viela era, while Tenderville are through to their third CMS Cup final in four seasons.

Just so’s you know.

[Sorthern Northland]

Sorthern Union of Students Football League, 2043 season

No surprise in the top two of the Students Union League with the University of the Bleeding Obvious winning the title for the third time running with S. Patrick's again finishing as runners up. A slight surprise though was that BUBO having won the first two seasons unbeaten lost three times this season. It was Heathfield University of Agriculture who ended their unbeaten run, beating BUBO 1-0 away on the fifth matchday. The other two defeats came towards the end of the season on matchdays 17 & 18 against Háskóllin í Vatnajavik at home and Saint Patrick's University away. The final team to qualify for the International University Challenge Championship is Háskóllin í Vatnajavik after Ollscoil Baile an Fheirtéaraigh and Universität Heltzburg dropped points against bottom side Prifysgol Landigoll in the final couple of matchdays, having both previously been ahead of Háskóllin í Vatnajavik prior to matchday 17.

.Pos  Team                                          P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious 19  13   3   3   43   14   29   42 Champions
   2  Saint Patrick's University, Little Clotaire  19  12   4   3   37   19   18   40 IUCC
   3  Háskóllin í Vatnajavik                       19  11   3   5   34   26    8   36 IUCC
   4  Universität Heltzburg                        19  10   4   5   30   21    9   34
   5  Ollscoil Baile an Fheirtéaraigh              19  11   1   7   28   20    8   34
   6  Wey Valley University                        19   9   5   5   28   26    2   32
   7  Universitat dels catalans                    19   8   6   5   28   28    0   30
   8  Heathfield University of Agriculture         19   8   5   6   25   25    0   29
   9  Собриниц Универзитет (Sobrinic University)   19   8   5   6   23   26   -3   29
  10  University of the Fine Arts, Snowspire       19   8   4   7   26   23    3   28
  11  Beningrad Metropolitan University            19   6   5   8   18   23   -5   23
  12  Université de Finistère                      19   6   4   9   22   18    4   22
  13  Université francophone de Beningrad          19   5   7   7   25   29   -4   22
  14  Beningrad University of Architecture         19   5   4  10   20   30  -10   19
  15  Universiteit van Nieuw-Amsterdam             19   4   6   9   15   22   -7   18
  16  Matzuarana Unibertsitatea                    19   4   6   9   16   24   -8   18
  17  جامعة هال لوقا (Hal-Luqa University)         19   3   9   7   20   29   -9   18
  18  Ollscoil Corcaigh                            19   4   5  10   22   28   -6   17
  19  Universidad de Castrograd                    19   5   2  12   15   31  -16   17
  20  Prifysgol Landigoll                          19   1  10   8   15   28  -13   13


Highest scoring match: Universitat dels catalans 1-6 Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious
Largest home win: Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious 5-0 جامعة هال لوقا (Hal-Luqa University)
Largest away win: Universitat dels catalans 1-6 Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious

IUCC qualifiers

Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious
Saint Patrick's University, Little Clotaire
Háskóllin í Vatnajavik

[Liventia]

Liventian Football League season 10

The Liventian Football League added two teams to the Second Division this season, with an Army United team representing the Liventian Army, and a combined representation team from the Liventian Navy and Air Force. A Football League Trophy was also introduced featuring all 14 league teams, with the teams split into two groups of seven with the top four from each group progressing to the knockout rounds.

For the first time, a University Championship was also introduced. Any student studying at the university involved could play for the team, but there was a limit of no more than two players over 23 registered for the season.

First Division
The shock of the season was that once-dominant Dover City couldn't keep their form of recent seasons up and finished three points short of safety in 7th place, ending up relegated to the Second Division for the first time since the new league was reformed.

Pos   Team             Pld   Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts  
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1st   Orean Utd        42    19   11   12   59   52   +7    68    C/TQCC
2nd   Neverend Utd     42    18   10   14   54   44   +10   64    TQCC
3rd   Talbott          42    17   11   14   60   44   +16   62    GC
4th   WTFC             42    15   13   14   54   55   -1    58    GC
5th   Jesner Town      42    16   8    18   56   57   -1    56   
6th   Schimpol         42    16   8    18   51   62   -11   56   
----------------------------------------------------------------  
7th   Dover City       42    14   11   17   63   67   -4    53    R
8th   Folenisa         42    12   10   20   50   66   -16   46    R

Reserves

Pos   Team             Pld   Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts 
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1st   Talbott          42    19   10   13   50   39   +11   67    C
2nd   Schimpol         42    16   13   13   54   45   +9    61  
3rd   Neverend Utd     42    15   16   11   47   39   +8    61  
4th   Folenisa         42    17   8    17   42   50   -8    59  
5th   Dover City       42    14   13   15   39   39   0     55  
6th   WTFC             42    13   15   14   37   39   -2    54  
7th   Orean Utd        42    13   14   15   42   46   -4    53  
8th   Jesner Town      42    10   13   19   38   52   -14   43

Second Division

Pos   Team                   Pld  Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts  
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1st   Mountain FC            40   29    6    5   71   20   +51   93    C/SBCC
2nd   Liventia Utd           40   22   10    8   72   25   +47   76    P/GC
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3rd   Pardbo                 40   20    7   13   57   37   +20   67    SBCC
4th   Bede City              40   19    7   14   43   36   +7    64    SBCC
5th   Navy and Air Force     40    4    7   29   21   80   -59   19   
6th   Army Utd               40    2   11   27   14   80   -66   17

Reserves

Pos   Team                   Pld  Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts  
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1st   Mountain FC            40   23   13    4   57   24   +33   82    C
2nd   Pardbo                 40   17   15    8   50   27   +23   66  
3rd   Liventia Utd           40   15   16    9   55   34   +21   61  
4th   Bede City              40   15   14   11   51   48    +3   59  
5th   Navy and Air Force     40    7   10   23   23   57   -34   31  
6th   Army Utd               40    4   10   26   22   68   -46   22

Liventian University Championship

Pos    Team                         Pld  Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D. Pts  
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1st    Dover University             20   8    9    3    23   16   +7   33    C/IUCC
2nd    Talbott University           20   9    6    5    22   19   +3   33    IUCC
3rd    Jesner University            20   9    5    6    18   14   +4   32    IUCC
4th    Folenisa University          20   9    5    6    18   15   +3   32   
5th    Orean University             20   8    5    7    18   17   +1   29   
6th    Schimpol University          20   8    4    8    20   19   +1   28    
7th    Neverend University          20   7    7    6    24   24   0    28    
8th    Pardbo University            20   6    7    7    20   22   -2   25   
9th    Foreign Studies College      20   5    8    7    22   18   +4   23   
10th   Cyclonesville University     20   6    4    10   21   25   -4   22   
11th   Bede University              20   2    6    12   10   27   -17  12

Football League Trophy
Group stages

Group A
Pos   Team                  Pld  Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts  
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1st   Dover City            12   6    3    3    20   15   +5   21    Q
2nd   Orean Utd             12   6    2    4    17   11   +6   20    Q
3rd   WTFC                  12   5    4    3    13   12   +1   19    Q
4th   Bede City             12   5    2    5    13   11   +2   17    Q
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5th   Folenisa              12   4    5    3    16   15   +1   17    
6th   Schimpol              12   4    4    4    11   11   0    16    
7th   Navy and Air Force    12   0    4    8    5    20   -15  4     

Group B
Pos   Team                Pld  Won  Drn  Lst  For  Ag   G.D.  Pts  
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1st   Mountain FC         12   9    1    2    30   8    +22   28   Q
2nd   Neverend Utd        12   7    2    3    16   16   0     23   Q
3rd   Talbott             12   6    2    4    19   12   +7    20   Q
4th   Liventia Utd        12   4    3    5    15   16   -1    15   Q
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5th   Jesner Town         12   4    3    5    12   15   -3    15    
6th   Pardbo              12   4    2    6    13   20   -7    14    
7th   Army Utd            12   1    1    10   5    23   -18   4

Knockout stages


QUALIFIERS
TQCC: Orean Utd, Neverend Utd
GC: Liventia Utd (FLT winners), Talbott, Western Territories FC
SBCC: Mountain FC, Pardbo, Bede City
IUCC: Dover University, Talbott University, Jesner University

[Commerce Heights]

The deadline for entry to TakilQuip Champions’ Cup 20 and Cygnus Series B Champions’ Cup 17 is 16:00 UTC on Sunday, 2010-01-24. As a reminder, the entry limits were previously posted.

[Valladares]

HYDRO SUPER LEAGUE - SEASON FIVE (PART IV OF VI)

Clausura Tournament

MD1:

Chiquito 1-0 Bezieres
Fontvielle 2-0 Nord Energie
Valencia 0-0 Lili
Pumas 0-1 Eterna
Cerro 1-2 Marinos
Alligators 3-0 Slateport
Hamanos 1-1 Canalave
Vaud 0-1 Caimanes
Tannenberg 3-0 Alejandría
Pradera 1-0 Montreux

The second half of the season started, and Tannenberg beat Alejandría without any difficulty. The Apertura champion, Fontvielle Impact won at home, while the two "Big" teams from Metropolis started with victories. Eterna Stars won at Pumas' home stadium as well.

MD2:

Montreux 1-1 Chiquito
Bezieres 2-1 Fontvielle
Nord Energie 1-0 Valencia
Lili 2-3 Pumas
Eterna 1-1 Cerro
Marinos 3-3 Alligators
Slateport 1-0 Hamanos
Canalave 4-2 Vaud
Caimanes 1-1 Tannenberg
Alejandría 0-2 Pradera

With their victory at Alejandría's home, Pradera became the new leader, with 6 out of 6 points. The champion lost their regional derby, and every "Big" team tied, including Marinos and Metropolis Alligators, that starred a thrilling derby with six goals, three per team.

MD3:

Fontvielle 1-0 Chiquito
Valencia 1-2 Bezieres
Pumas 3-1 Nord Energie
Cerro 2-0 Lili
Alligators 1-0 Eterna
Hamanos 2-3 Marinos
Vaud 0-3 Slateport
Tannenberg 2-0 Canalave
Pradera 0-1 Caimanes
Montreux 4-1 Alejandría

Tannenberg are the new leaders after beating Canalave Dragons at the Olympic Stadium, and taking advantage of Pradera's loss to Caimanes. The Impact won their second match in this Clausura, and the two "Big" teams from Metropolis are escorting the "Citizens" with 7 points, the same number of points Tannenberg have.

MD4:

Montreux 1-0 Fontvielle
Chiquito 0-0 Valencia
Bezieres 2-0 Pumas
Nord Energie 1-1 Cerro
Lili 0-3 Alligators
Eterna 3-0 Hamanos
Marinos 1-0 Vaud
Slateport 1-1 Tannenberg
Canalave 2-0 Pradera
Alejandría 0-1 Caimanes

Metropolis Alligators, their arch-rivals Marinos and SC Caimanes are commanding the Clausura with 10 points after four matches. The Impact, Apertura champions, suffered an unexpected loss to Montreux, and AS Vaud and Alejandría lost their four match in a row, and are placed 19th and 20th respectively, without any points.

MD5:

Valencia 1-2 Fontvielle
Pumas 0-1 Chiquito
Cerro 1-0 Bezieres
Alligators 1-0 Nord Energie
Hamanos 2-0 Lili
Vaud 1-1 Eterna
Tannenberg 2-0 Marinos
Pradera 0-2 Slateport
Canalave 2-1 Alejandría
Caimanes 3-1 Montreux

Alligators and Caimanes are still in the lead with 13 points, but Tannenberg is making pressure over them, placed in third place, with 11 points. Fontvielle Impact and Eterna Stars, two teams supposed to fight for the top places in the standings, are reeling with 9 and 8 points respectively. Vaud tied, and Alejandría is the only team without any points in this Clausura. Smells like a B-League team here...

MD6:

Montreux 2-3 Valencia
Fontvielle 1-0 Pumas
Chiquito 1-2 Cerro
Bezieres 1-1 Alligators
Nord Energie 0-1 Hamanos
Lili 2-0 Vaud
Eterna 4-1 Tannenberg
Marinos 1-0 Pradera
Alejandría 0-3 Slateport
Canalave 2-1 Caimanes

Eterna Stars took revenge of the last defeats in the "National Derby" and humiliated Tannenberg 4-1. The Alligators are the sole leaders thanks to Caimanes' defeat in Canalave City. This was the surprise of this matchday, due to the fact that the "Dragons" are now third placed in the standings with 13 points, one point less than Metropolis Alligators.

MD7:

Pumas 1-0 Valencia
Cerro 0-0 Fontvielle
Alligators 1-0 Chiquito
Hamanos 1-3 Bezieres
Vaud 1-2 Nord Energie
Tannenberg 4-0 Lili
Pradera 1-2 Eterna
Alejandría 0-3 Marinos
Caimanes 2-2 Slateport
Canalave 1-1 Montreux

In a boring match, AD Cerro and Fontvielle Impact tied 0-0. This result forces both teams to improve their performance in next matchdays if they want to qualify for the Play-Off. Metropolis' "Big" teams are first and second placed in the standings, Marinos are now the Alligators' escort after their victory against the weak Alejandría, and the ties of the other teams in the top of the standings.

MD8:

Montreux 1-2 Pumas
Valencia 0-2 Cerro
Fontvielle 2-1 Alligators
Chiquito 0-0 Hamanos
Bezieres 2-1 Vaud
Nord Energie 0-1 Tannenberg
Lili 2-2 Pradera
Alejandría 1-3 Eterna
Marinos 0-1 Caimanes
Slateport 3-0 Canalave

Is that true? Five teams tied with the same points and sharing the first place? Definately, this can only happen in Valladares. Eterna Stars (+9), Tannenberg FC (+9), Slateport Bulls (+9), Metropolis Alligators (+8) and SC Caimanes (+5) are sharing the first place with the same 17 points. Bezieres, Marinos and Fontvielle Impact are lurking, just one point behind the leaders. And the Impact defeated the Alligators again: in the Apertura was 2-1 for the Impact as well.

MD9:

Cerro 2-2 Pumas
Alligators 3-1 Valencia
Hamanos 1-2 Fontvielle
Vaud 1-0 Chiquito
Tannenberg 1-1 Bezieres
Pradera 0-2 Nord Energie
Lili 1-2 Alejandría
Caimanes 1-1 Eterna
Canalave 1-0 Marinos
Slateport 3-2 Montreux

Slateport Bulls and Marinos Metropolis are now leaders with 20 points, after the respective ties of "Stars", "Citizens" and "Reptiles". The champion, Fontvielle Impact, approached the first place with their victory. Canalave Dragons defeated Marinos Metropolis and sent them to the tenth place, out of Play-Off places. Alejandría finally won in this Clausura.

MD10:

Montreux 1-2 Cerro
Pumas 0-2 Alligators
Valencia 1-0 Hamanos
Fontvielle 3-0 Vaud
Chiquito 1-2 Tannenberg
Bezieres 2-0 Pradera
Alejandría 2-1 Nord Energie
Lili 1-3 Caimanes
Eterna 1-1 Canalave
Marinos 2-0 Slateport

Metropolis Alligators is commanding the standings after ten matches, with 23 out of 30 points. The current Apertura champions, Fontvielle Impact, after an uneven start, are now in second place with 22 points. The fight for the eight berths to the Play-Off involves from Metropolis Alligators until Canalave Dragons at this moment. As for relegation issues, despite Alejandría and FC Lili winning three and two matches (respectively) so far in the whole season, that performance is not helping them to avoid relegation. In the next part of our summary, we'll know the eight qualified teams to the Play-Off and the three teams that will play the B-League the next season.

Standings after Matchday 10 - Clausura Tournament

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Metropolis Alligators    10   7   2   1   19    7   12   23  
   2  Fontvielle Impact        10   7   1   2   14    6    8   22  
   3  Tannenberg FC            10   6   3   1   18    8   10   21 
   4  SC Caimanes              10   6   3   1   15    8    7   21 
   5  Slateport Bulls          10   6   2   2   18   10    8   20 
   6  AS Bezieres              10   6   2   2   15    8    7   20 
   7  Eterna Stars             10   5   4   1   17    8    9   19 
   8  AD Cerro                 10   5   4   1   14    8    6   19 
   9  Marinos Metropolis       10   6   1   3   15   10    5   19 
  10  Canalave Dragons         10   5   3   2   14   12    2   17 
  11  Pumas Maldonado          10   4   1   5   11   13   -2   13 
  12  Nord Energie FC          10   3   1   6    8   12   -4   10 
  13  Chiquito FC              10   2   3   5    5    8   -3    9
  14  AS Montreux              10   2   2   6   14   17   -3    8
  15  Hamanos Athletic Club    10   2   2   6    8   14   -6    8
  16  Valencia FC              10   2   2   6    7   13   -6    8
  17  Pradera FC               10   2   1   7    6   14   -8    7
  18  Alejandría SC            10   2   0   8    7   23  -16    6
  19  FC Lili                  10   1   2   7    8   21  -13    5
  20  AS Vaud                  10   1   1   8    6   19  -13    4

[Vephrall]

Collegiate Sporting Alliance, 1780 season

The CSA announced a temporary rule change to take effect for the next two seasons dealing with qualification to the IUCC. Due to a quirk in scheduling, there was not to be an IUCC between the 1780 and 1781 seasons [yes, astute observers, that means there's another season coming in the next 12 hours or so -ed], so this time around only the national champion would be guaranteed a berth in the next IUCC. The second- and third-place finishers would be given berths on a provisional basis, pending the results of the 1781 CSA season.

Right, then, here's your regular season:

Big West Conference
A very deep Big West picked up five tournament bids, which is pretty rare these days.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   6  Northern Darnai     15   9   3   3   27   15   12   30  Q
  11  Virdys              15   9   2   4   27   19    8   29  Q
  10  Sirinis             15   9   2   4   26   18    8   29  Q
   9  Highland            15   8   4   3   27   12   15   28  Q
  12  Anhenir             15   8   3   4   25   12   13   27  Q
      Western Darnai      15   7   1   7   22   23   -1   22
      Seibeng             15   5   5   5   18   16    2   20
      Western Dettune     15   5   2   8   16   21   -5   17
      South Sirinis       15   4   4   7   15   19   -4   16
      Sirinis Ag          15   3   7   5   16   22   -6   16
      Dettune             15   4   3   8   24   24    0   15
      Dettune Mtn         15   4   2   9   11   27  -16   14

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Northern Darnai University
Mountaineers
(last season: Anhenir)

East Coast Conference
Till College ends up with the curse of the number one overall seed in the playoffs.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Till                15  11   3   1   29   14   15   36  Q
   5  Salle Southern      15  10   1   4   25   18    7   31  Q
  18  North Salle         15   7   5   3   24   17    7   26
  24  Solonds             15   7   3   5   23   17    6   24
      Sheoron             15   6   5   4   23   19    4   23
      Salle               15   6   5   4   17   15    2   23
      Southeastern        15   7   2   6   22   22    0   23
      Calamen             15   7   1   7   22   25   -3   22
      Defae               15   6   3   6   26   18    8   21
      Calamen-Custles     15   5   3   7   19   22   -3   18
      Calamen-Petaki      15   4   2   9   17   23   -6   14
      Rascenass           15   2   1  12   12   27  -15    7

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Till College
Broncos
(last season: Salle Southern)

Isthmian Conference
CONTROVERSY in the Isthmian Conference! Fourth-place Bektys Coastal picks up a tourney invite with only seven wins, while nine-win and conference runner-up Isthmian stays home, as does third-place South Bektys. Also, the folks down at BTI, who won the conference the last two years, aren't going to like a losing record and a tenth-place finish one bit, and BSU winning the title just adds insult to injury.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   3  Bektys State        15  11   0   4   31   14   17   33  Q
  21  Isthmian            15   9   0   6   27   20    7   27
  19  South Bektys        15   8   3   4   26   20    6   27
  16  Bektys Coastal      15   7   5   3   29   15   14   26  Q
  20  Scusenany           15   8   2   5   27   18    9   26
      Riestre-Clyddly     15   7   3   5   21   17    4   24
      North Bektys        15   6   4   5   23   18    5   22
      Eastern Darnai      15   6   4   5   24   21    3   22
      Fishbog             15   5   4   6   26   22    4   19
      BTI                 15   5   4   6   18   17    1   19
      Western Shentarong  15   3   2  10   13   25  -12   11
      Flaarickug          15   1   3  11   11   38  -27    6

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Bektys State University
Bulldogs
(last season: BTI)

Lowland Conference
Northwest Sumbobor has won this conference a few times now, but it still seems like nobody knows who they are. They still don't even have a logo, for slani's sake!

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   2  NW Sumbobor         15  11   1   3   28   14   14   34  Q
   4  Chezlot             15   9   4   2   27   14   13   31  Q
  15  Sumbobor Tech       15   8   4   3   27   19    8   28  Q
  25  Baseng              15   7   4   4   26   21    5   25
      Middle Bektys       15   7   4   4   24   20    4   25
      Central Sumbobor    15   6   3   6   22   18    4   21
      Speilers            15   6   2   7   25   22    3   20
      Dettune State       15   3   9   3   25   23    2   18
      Jishmid             15   4   6   5   18   18    0   18
      Narrows             15   4   5   6   19   22   -3   17
      Bayside             15   4   3   8   18   27   -9   15
      Mersira             15   3   2  10   17   27  -10   11

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Northwest Sumbobor University
Cardinals
(last season: Middle Bektys)

Midland Conference
The Midland goes to the original CSA gold standard, the Riestre Bulls. Taeschand ends up being the so-called "first one out".

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   8  Riestre             15   9   2   4   20   11    9   29  Q
  13  Military            15   8   4   3   29   18   11   28  Q
  14  Siellal             15   7   6   2   28   19    9   27  Q
  17  Taeschand           15   8   2   5   32   20   12   26
  23  NE Riestre          15   7   5   3   16   12    4   26
      Riestre Tech        15   6   5   4   21   13    8   23
      Till State          15   7   2   6   25   22    3   23
      Riestre State       15   6   3   6   20   19    1   21
      North Shentarong    15   5   3   7   16   28  -12   18
      Westlake            15   5   1   9   22   23   -1   16
      NW Salle            15   4   4   7   23   28   -5   16
      Shentarong Tech     15   3   5   7    8   22  -14   14

[float=left][/float] Champions:
University of Riestre
Bulls
(last season: Riestre State)

Southern Crescent Conference
Nobody was able to take the SCC seriously this year. Defending champions Southwestern finishing dead last didn't help, and neither did the fact that nobody won more than eight games, resulting in the humiliation of being a single-bid league this year.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   7  Astenast State      15   8   6   1   31   14   17   30  Q
  22  Fekliir State       15   8   2   5   28   18   10   26
      Sumbobor            15   8   1   6   21   17    4   25
      Darnai              15   6   6   3   24   16    8   24
      Nenbondle           15   6   4   5   21   23   -2   22
      Shentarong State    15   6   2   7   16   22   -6   20
      Shentarong          15   6   2   7   13   20   -7   20
      Shentarong Southern 15   6   1   8   24   28   -4   19
      Sumbobor State      15   5   3   7   22   21    1   18
      Twin Cities         15   4   4   7   22   24   -2   16
      East Point          15   3   7   5   17   21   -4   16
      Southwestern        15   2   6   7   11   20   -9   12

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Astenast State University
Stars
(last season: Southwestern)

Independents
This was the second season of play for the six independents, who would surely have been able to better their combined total of thirteen wins from last year, right? Not quite, as they end up with only twelve this time. And at least last time everybody won at least once; unfortunately, Darnai A&M was unable to maintain that standard.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
      Continental         15   4   4   7   18   29  -11   16
      DMA                 15   3   3   9   15   33  -18   12
      Northern Riestre    15   3   2  10   15   39  -24   11
      Salle State         15   1   5   9   14   29  -15    8
      Gloem               15   1   2  12   13   47  -34    5
      Darnai A&M          15   0   3  12    9   48  -39    3

National Championship Tournament

First Round
The string of consecutive 16-over-1 upsets to start the tournament is extended to three thanks to Bektys Coastal upending Till. The third and fourth seeds also lost convincingly in the first round; seriously, do these rankings actually mean anything? In fact, there was only one match that didn't result in a shutout; lone SCC representative Astenast State managed to take Sirinis to penalties after a one-all draw, but the Wildcats came out on top.

(1) Till 0-2 (16) Bektys Coastal
(8) Riestre 0-2 (9) Highland
(5) Salle Southern 1-0 (12) Anhenir
(4) Chezlot 0-3 (13) NW Sumbobor
(6) Northern Darnai 2-0 (11) Virdys
(3) Bektys State 0-2 (14) Siellal
(7) Astenast State 1-1 (10) Sirinis (1-1 AET, 2-4 PKs)
(2) Narrows 2-0 (15) Speilers

Quarterfinals
All the favorites won. No, seriously, they did. But yeah, this is a pretty rare occurrence.

(16) Bektys Coastal 1-1 (9) Highland (1-1 AET, 2-4 PKs)
(5) Salle Southern 2-0 (13) NW Sumbobor
(6) Northern Darnai 3-1 (14) Siellal
(10) Sirinis 1-2 (2) Narrows

Semifinals
Salle Southern and Northern Darnai pick up wins to set up an all-directional-school, Big West versus East Coast final.

(9) Highland 1-2 (5) Salle Southern
(6) Northern Darnai 2-2 (2) Narrows (4-2 AET)

Third Place Playoff
Normally this match decides who goes to the IUCC, but this time around it's pretty much meaningless. But congratulations to Narrows anyway, I suppose.

(9) Highland 0-2 (2) Narrows

Final
Wow, an actual exciting final! Northern Darnai needs 120 minutes, but they pick up their first ever national title and a spot in the IUCC.

(5) Salle Southern 3-3 (6) Northern Darnai (3-4 AET)

Northern Darnai advances to the IUCC. The other two entrants are yet to be determined.

[Adihan]

Season 23

After a radical league overhaul in its first season back from hiatus, the United Islands League Championship continued down that path by adding six new clubs to the Third Division, all with foreign links. Two Tyoduuran clubs, which play in the nominally-independent island in Rushmore, have been formed to represent its links with Ad’ihan. Four foreign clubs have also started feeder teams in Ad’ihan — SC Lasft of Cafundéu, with the Riverston Golden Tigers; Mylfe CE of Vephrall, in the form of the Oldbridge Sabres; Raynor City United of Valanora's RCU Dz’ai; and Septentrionia's CS Ourseville 1093 starting CS 1093 MN, based in Modna Nord.

The six new teams are eligible for promotion and relegation within the league system, but will not play in the AFF League Cup, and should they ever find themselves in such a position, would be considered for UICA qualification only on a case-by-case basis.

The AFF League Cup underwent its traditional can't-decide-on-a-format change, with replays now taking place until a winner is found, with no extra time or penalties used until the semifinals (and no replay for the final).

The top three qualify for the TQCC. The fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams (depending on the winner of the League Cup) qualify for the Globe Cup, while the top three from the Second Division and the Third Division champion qualify for the SBCC.

There were many surprises this season, not least County Stanley's apparent resurgence since their heyday after they were first promoted to the top flight. Winning the AFF Silver Trophy by a clear eight points from defending champions Mountbatten Junction, at that point in the season many would have tipped them to go all the way and win it. The next surprise was the performance of newly-promoted T’chéy Park — fourth at the halfway stage clearly suggested they had the ability in them to go on and better County Stanley's record third place in their first year up. Protectorate United, meanwhile, were languishing down in 13th at this point, leaving questions asked about whether they had it in them.

AFF Silver Trophy — United Islands Premier halfway point
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  County Stanley            17  12   3   2   26   11   15   39
   2  Mountbatten Junction      17  10   1   6   42   31   11   31
   3  Tallyn Rovers             17   8   6   3   22   18    4   30
   4  T’chéy Park               17   8   4   5   18   15    3   28
   5  CF Mont-Pluie             17   8   4   5   24   23    1   28
   6  Northtown Utd             17   7   6   4   29   22    7   27
   7  Flitton Rangers           17   7   5   5   16   13    3   26
   8  Altsend                   17   7   4   6   25   19    6   25
   9  Oldbridge City            17   7   4   6   28   25    3   25
  10  Navon Beach               17   8   1   8   29   28    1   25
  11  Grand Arsenal             17   7   3   7   30   34   -4   24
  12  Island Athletic           17   6   4   7   34   34    0   22
  13  Protectorate United       17   5   6   6   26   25    1   21
  14  Pilminster Rovers         17   4   7   6   13   18   -5   19
  15  Hatton Town               17   4   5   8   27   31   -4   17
  16  South Barrier Utd         17   4   4   9   17   29  -12   16
  17  Flitton City              17   3   2  12   14   23   -9   11
  18  Dullham and Oldbridge     17   2   3  12   20   41  -21    9

Somehow, County Stanley threw away that eight point lead to finish 4th by the end of the season, a whopping ten points back from eventual champions Mountbatten Junction, who defended their title again. Given County Stanley actually led the Junction by three points after Matchday 27, their form over the last seven matchdays has clearly left a sour taste in the mouths of many fans. T’chéy Park also couldn't keep up their good run, fading away in the second half of the season to finish in the bottom half of the table. Protectorate United, meanwhile, tried their best to recover from their poor first half start, but only finished in 6th — barely enough for a Globe Cup spot, and even then only if the League Cup winners already qualified for the TQCC or GC through the league. Unfortunately for them, Oldbridge City, who finished 8th, won the cup, thus taking their GC spot away.

United Islands Premier

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Mountbatten Junction      34  22   3   9   91   50   41   69  C/TQCC
   2  Tallyn Rovers             34  19   9   6   57   34   23   66    TQCC
   3  Northtown Utd             34  18   8   8   60   49   11   62    TQCC
   4  County Stanley            34  16  11   7   38   24   14   59    GC
   5  Hatton Town               34  17   5  12   68   51   17   56    GC
   6  Protectorate United       34  15  10   9   59   49   10   55
   7  CF Mont-Pluie             34  15   5  14   49   50   -1   50
   8  Oldbridge City            34  15   4  15   57   60   -3   49    GC
   9  Navon Beach               34  14   4  16   64   64    0   46
  10  Pilminster Rovers         34  12  10  12   33   34   -1   46
  11  T’chéy Park               34  13   7  14   28   36   -8   46
  12  Grand Arsenal             34  13   6  15   62   66   -4   45
  13  Flitton Rangers           34  11  11  12   28   34   -6   44
  14  Altsend                   34  12   6  16   48   60  -12   42
  15  Island Athletic           34  11   7  16   69   73   -4   40
  16  South Barrier Utd         34  10   7  17   36   51  -15   37  R
  17  Flitton City              34   7   7  20   27   46  -19   28  R
  18  Dullham and Oldbridge     34   4   4  26   34   77  -43   16  R

In the Second Division, both Dalinn Wanderers and Olympique Protectorat, once giants of the Ad’ihani game, failed to secure promotion back into the top flight. Harley County, in just their second professional season, win promotion to the big time by finishing third, while AFC Hatton become the first ex-Premier Division club to fall into the depths of the Third Division.

Second Division

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Kinney Road               36  19  12   5   38   24   14   69  C/P/SBCC
   2  Southcast Town            36  16  12   8   40   27   13   60    P/SBCC
   3  Harley County FC          36  14  13   9   43   38    5   55    P/SBCC
   4  Dalinn Wanderers          36  12  16   8   66   55   11   52
   5  Airport City FC           36  15   6  15   62   60    2   51
   6  Olympique Protectorat     36  13   9  14   50   45    5   48
   7  Ad’ihan Military Forces   36  10   9  17   46   57  -11   39
   8  Djei Sporting Club        36   9  12  15   43   58  -15   39
   9  Riverston Town            36  11   6  19   43   59  -16   39    R
  10  AFC Hatton                36  10   7  19   48   56   -8   37    R

Third Division

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Coastal County FC         39  22   8   9   43   25   18   74  C/P/SBCC
   2  Junction B                39  20  11   8   70   51   19   71
   3  CF Mont-Pluie II          39  19   7  13   61   55    6   64
   4  Protectorate Utd B        39  15  15   9   67   55   12   60
   5  Raästur Council           39  14  17   8   63   47   16   59    P
   6  Oldbridge City B          39  15  10  14   64   65   -1   55
   7  CS 1093 MN                39  14   9  16   47   48   -1   51
   8  GIAW FC                   39  14   9  16   38   45   -7   51
   9  Interior FC               39  12  14  13   48   53   -5   50
  10  Riverston Golden Tigers   39  12   9  18   43   50   -7   45
  11  Oldbridge Sabres          39   9  15  15   49   59  -10   42
  12  Trünri Council            39   9  14  16   43   50   -7   41
  13  Dullham Town FC           39  10  11  18   54   67  -13   41
  14  RCU Dz’ai                 39   7  13  19   40   60  -20   34

AFF League Cup
Round One
Island Athletic 4-1 AFC Hatton
Southcast Town 0-1 Flitton City
Navon Beach 0-0 CF Mont-Pluie (Navon Beach win 6-3 in first replay)
Airport City FC 3-3 Tallyn Rovers (Tallyn Rovers win 3-2 in second replay; first replay 1-1)
Northtown Utd 0-0 Kinney Road (Northtown Utd win 1-0 in first replay)
Dullham Town FC 0-2 Coastal County FC
Pilminster Rovers 0-0 T’chéy Park (Pilminster Rovers win 1-0 in second replay; first replay 0-0)
Grand Arsenal 2-2 Harley County FC (Grand Arsenal win 1-0 in first replay)
Oldbridge City 1-0 Riverston Town
Flitton Rangers 2-1 Altsend
Djei Sporting Club 0-0 Mountbatten Junction (Mountbatten Junction win 2-1 in first replay)
Ad’ihan Military Forces 4-2 Dullham and Oldbridge
Olympique Protectorat 2-0 Interior FC
Protectorate United 2-1 South Barrier Utd
Hatton Town 1-1 County Stanley (Hatton Town win 2-1 in second replay; first replay 1-1)
Dalinn Wanderers 1-0 GIAW FC

Round Two
Island Athletic 2-1 Flitton City
Navon Beach 1-3 Tallyn Rovers
Northtown Utd 0-1 Coastal County FC
Pilminster Rovers 3-2 Grand Arsenal
Oldbridge City 2-0 Flitton Rangers
Mountbatten Junction 1-1 Ad’ihan Military Forces (Mountbatten Junction win 3-0 in second replay; first replay 1-1)
Olympique Protectorat 0-3 Protectorate United
Hatton Town 3-2 Dalinn Wanderers

Quarterfinals
Island Athletic 1-4 Tallyn Rovers
Coastal County FC 1-0 Pilminster Rovers
Oldbridge City 4-2 Mountbatten Junction
Protectorate United 1-1 Hatton Town (Hatton Town win 2-1 in first replay)

Semifinals
Oldbridge City 3-2 Tallyn Rovers
Hatton Town 2-0 Coastal County FC

FINAL
Oldbridge City 3-1 Hatton Town

Season 21

Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Frontier College          15   8   4   3   24   17    7   28  IUCC
   2  L'Uni française du MN     15   8   4   3   20   16    4   28  IUCC
   3  Tech. Inst. at Dalinn     15   7   5   3   18   12    6   26  IUCC
   4  Stanley College           15   7   5   3   25   21    4   26
   5  Navon Beach Uni           15   7   3   5   23   20    3   24
   6  Dalinn College, Journ     15   7   1   7   21   21    0   22
   7  L'Uni Dz’ai               15   7   1   7   21   22   -1   22
   8  Dullham Tech              15   5   6   4   15   15    0   21
   9  Flitton University        15   5   4   6   25   22    3   19
  10  Oldbridge Sports Dev      15   4   6   5   17   17    0   18
  11  Tech. Inst. at Hatton     15   5   3   7   15   16   -1   18
  12  Uni Grand Island          15   4   5   6   16   15    1   17
  13  City of Ad’ihan Uni       15   4   5   6   17   18   -1   17
  14  AUSM                      15   4   5   6   16   17   -1   17
  15  Hatton Med College        15   3   5   7   15   26  -11   14
  16  Altsend Southern Uni      15   1   6   8   11   24  -13    9

QUALIFIERS
TQCC: Mountbatten Junction, Tallyn Rovers, Northtown Utd
GC: County Stanley, Hatton Town, Oldbridge City
SBCC: Kinney Road, Southcast Town, Harley County, Coastal County
IUCC: Frontier College, French University of Modna Nord, Technical Institute at Dalinn

[Daehanjeiguk]

IUCC Qualifiers

#1 Dongguk University
#2 Joseon University
#3 Yeonseong University

[Warkus]

Just Recently Two Fantastic Strikers and one fallen star (Defender) have been added to the free agents

Victor Vos (Warkus World Cup Player, Star Player, Excellent Striker)
Vladimir Lucian (Junior Team, Star Player, Excellent Striker)
Barney Johnson (Junior Team(Quit), Depressed Failed star, Excellent Defender)

[West Zirconia]

And so, for the eighteenth time, the West Zirconian National League. The story so far:

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Season  Champions             Runners-up             Third Place

 1       Banks                Bradley Hornets        St. Martin University*
 2       Banks                Markham                St. Martin University*
 3       Houghton Kestrels    Civil Service          Banks   
 4       Bradley Swifts       Banks                  New Toronto
 5       Banks                St. Martin University* Markham
 6       Stanley United       Moorcroft Wanderers    Houghton Kestrels
 7       Banks                Bradley Hornets        St. Martin University*
 8       Banks                Bradley Hornets        Markham
 9       Banks                Bradley Hornets        Mort Park
 10      Banks                Markham                Stanley United
 11      Banks                St. Martin University* Stanley United
 12      Banks                Stanley United         Civil Service
 13      Banks                Mort Park              Bradley Hornets
 14      Banks                Bradley Hornets        Houghton Kestrels
 15      Bradley Hornets      Mort Park              Markham
 16      Bradley Hornets      Stanley United         Mort Park
 17      Banks                Mort Park              Bradley Hornets
* now playing as Etruria


Banks are back. As are Moorcroft City, although expecting to be at the other end of the table. Let us see how they fared.

The now customary competition to be the last to taste defeat was won by Banks, who survived seven games before a 4-0 defeat at Bradley Hornets. By this time, Mort Park had a slender lead over Houghton Kestrels, as well as Banks and Bradley Hornets.

By half-way, Banks were top, leading Mort Park by a single point, with Bradley Hornets a further four behind. At the other end, Etruria and Sephton County were looking doomed, with Moorcroft City facing the playoff lottery. As it happened, Moorcroft City ended up relegated with Etruria, with Sephton going into the playoff.

With all that happening on the penultimate week, all eyes were on the top. Going into the last match, Stanley United led Banks by a point, with Mort Park a further point behind. (Bradley Hornets, in fourth, were out of the race.) Each had opposition with little to play for, Stanley away at Crompton, Banks away at St. Martin Athletic and Mort Park entertaining St. Andrew's.

The final results were:

Crompton Town 2-3 Stanley United
Mort Park 1-1 St. Andrew's
St. Martin Athletic 1-2 Banks

giving the Vikings their second title - no mean feat in a Banks-Hornets-dominated league.

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 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Stanley United            34  22   6   6   91   49   42   72
   2  Banks                     34  21   8   5  101   63   38   71
   3  Mort Park                 34  20   8   6   90   64   26   68
   4  Bradley Hornets           34  20   6   8   78   50   28   66
   5  Crompton Town             34  15   6  13   64   68   -4   51
   6  St. Martin Athletic       34  14   8  12   72   67    5   50
   7  Houghton Kestrels         34  12  12  10   78   57   21   48
   8  Taylor's Cross            34  14   4  16   65   62    3   46
   9  Markham                   34  13   7  14   65   62    3   46
  10  Moorcroft Wanderers       34  13   7  14   67   68   -1   46
  11  Houghton Hawks            34  13   7  14   67   80  -13   46
  12  St. Andrew's              34  13   5  16   52   62  -10   44
  13  New Toronto               34  11   7  16   64   79  -15   40
  14  Bradley Swifts            34  11   6  17   58   68  -10   39
  15  East Snaith               34  11   6  17   61   85  -24   39
  16  Sephton County            34   7  10  17   55   81  -26   31
  17  Etruria                   34   7   6  21   47   78  -31   27
  18  Moorcroft City            34   5   9  20   62   94  -32   24

As for the Second Division:

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Season  Champions              Runners-up             Third Place

 1       Not contested
 2       Moorcroft University** Houghton Hawks         Crompton Town
 3       East Snaith            Felton Athletic        Hyland Town   
 4       Stanley United         Crompton Town          Stanley Athletic
 5       Redwood Forest         Moorcroft Wanderers    Underwood Town
 6       Combined Armed Forces  West Coast Angels      Kirkham Town
 7       St. Martin Athletic    Mort Park              Houghton Hawks
 8       Ashton Rovers          Wolverton Town         Anderton United
 9       Sephton County         Hyland Town            Underwood Town
 10      Houghton Hawks         Currie                 Redwood Forest
 11      East Snaith            Ashton Rovers          St. Martin Athletic
 12      Moorcroft Wanderers    Redwood Forest         Etruria
 13      AFC Stanton            Crompton Town          St. Martin Athletic
 14      St. Martin Athletic    East Snaith            Tîm Cymru
 15      Sephton County         Hyland Town            Moorcroft City
 16      Crompton Town          AFC Stanton            Currie
 17      New Toronto            Moorcroft City         Tîm Cymru
** now playing as Mount Vernon


Civil Service were the early pace-setters, showing their determination to bounce back up at their first attempt. Despite a small dip in form, they were still in the lead at half-time, with Currie, West Coast Angels and AFC Stanton close behind.

They held on until it mattered, being overtaken by Redwood Forest with only two matches remaining. Still, they were still in contention, and the two faced each other in the final game. The winner would win the league; a draw would hand it to Redwood.

The final score was an emphatic 5-0 win for Civil Service, with Redwood hanging on to second on goal difference.

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 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Civil Service             34  20   7   7   92   49   43   67
   2  Redwood Forest            34  20   7   7   79   51   28   67
   3  AFC Stanton               34  20   7   7   85   58   27   67
   4  Tîm Cymru                 34  18   7   9   83   58   25   61
   5  Hyland Town               34  17   7  10   66   39   27   58
   6  Currie                    34  16   8  10   74   54   20   56
   7  West Coast Angels         34  17   5  12   70   69    1   56
   8  Ashton Rovers             34  16   6  12   71   65    6   54
   9  Kirkham Town              34  15   5  14   73   76   -3   50
  10  Combined Armed Forces     34  12   8  14   56   63   -7   44
  11  Mount Vernon              34  12   7  15   62   68   -6   43
  12  Underwood Town            34  12   5  17   69   86  -17   41
  13  Anderton Town             34  12   4  18   52   67  -15   40
  14  Anderton United           34  11   6  17   51   68  -17   39
  15  Wolverton Town            34  11   5  18   52   65  -13   38
  16  Felton Athletic           34   9   9  16   53   72  -19   36
  17  Walton                    34   6   6  22   54   94  -40   24
  18  Stanley Athletic          34   6   3  25   43   83  -40   21

So Moorcroft City and Etruria are relegated, to be replaced by Civil Service and Redwood Forest. The playoff will be between Sephton County, AFC Stanton, Tîm Cymru and Hyland Town.

[West Zirconia]

Last Season's West Zirconian Cup was a whole network of surprises. That's why we like it so much:

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Season  Champions             Runners-up           Final Score             

 1       Markham             Houghton Kestrels       3-1       
 2       Stanley United      Banks                   4-1               
 3       Banks               Stanley United          3-0            
 4       Banks               Taylor's Cross          6-0                 
 5       Markham             Stanley United          3-0
 6       Banks               St. Martin University   5-1
 7       Wacker Neustadt     Taylor's Cross          4-2
 8       Bradley Hornets     Bradley Swifts          3-2
 9       St. Andrew's        Currie                  5-0
 10      Banks               Stanley United          4-3aet
 11      Bradley Hornets     Taylor's Cross          2-0
 12      Etruria             Banks                   1-1aet (3-0pen)
 13      Redwood Forest      Banks                   4-3
 14      Stanley United      St. Martin Athletic     1-1aet (3-0pen)
 15      Banks               Mort Park               3-2aet
 16      Hyland Town         Taylor's Cross          2-1
 17      Redwood Forest      Ashton Rovers           4-1


In the First Round, there was only one shock - Stanton Vale's 4-1 win at Underwood.

First Round
Mount Vernon 3-2 Wacker Neustadt
AFC Stanton 3-0 Culshaw Town
Combined Armed Forces 4-2 Stanley Athletic
Felton Athletic 1-3 Walton
Anderton Town 1-1 Redwood Forest
Replay: Redwood Forest 3-1 Anderton Town
Wolverton Town 1-0 Anderton United
St. Martin University 2-0 Snaith Maritime College
Ashton Rovers 5-4 FC Boston
Currie 6-2 West Coast Angels
Hyland Town 2-2 Kirkham Town
Replay: Kirkham Town 3-0 Hyland Town
Civil Service 1-2 Tîm Cymru
Elwell Harriers 2-3 Shrigley Town
Kingsley Town 0-2 Markham University
Underwood Town 1-4 Stanton Vale

As for the Second Round, Shrigley Town took penalties to defeat New Toronto. In addition, Tîm Cymru beat Etruria 4-2, Currie took two attempts to beat St. Andrew's, while Stanton Vale's form continued with a 4-1 replay victory over Mount Vernon.

Second Round
Mort Park 1-3 Banks
St. Martin Athletic 0-2 Houghton Kestrels
Shrigley Town 3-3 New Toronto
Replay: New Toronto 3-3 Shrigley Town (3-3 AET) (Shrigley Town wins 3-0 on penalty kicks)
St. Martin University 2-2 Markham University
Replay: Markham University 3-1 St. Martin University
Crompton Town 1-3 Markham
Houghton Hawks 3-4 Bradley Swifts
Tîm Cymru 4-2 Etruria
St. Andrew's 1-1 Currie
Replay: Currie 2-0 St. Andrew's
Stanley United 3-2 AFC Stanton
Wolverton Town 6-1 Walton
East Snaith 2-0 Taylor's Cross
Redwood Forest 3-1 Kirkham Town
Moorcroft Wanderers 3-1 Ashton Rovers
Mount Vernon 2-2 Stanton Vale
Replay: Stanton Vale 4-1 Mount Vernon
Moorcroft City 0-3 Sephton County
Bradley Hornets 5-1 Combined Armed Forces

In the last 16, Tîm Cymru beat Sephton County 3-1, and Currie beat Bradley Swifts 3-1. Shrigley Town continued their impressive run with a 4-1 win over Wolverton.

Third Round
Markham 4-1 Stanley United
Moorcroft Wanderers 3-2 Bradley Hornets
Tîm Cymru 3-1 Sephton County
Wolverton Town 3-3 Shrigley Town
Replay: Shrigley Town 4-1 Wolverton Town
Markham University 1-3 Redwood Forest
East Snaith 2-1 Houghton Kestrels
Stanton Vale 1-4 Banks
Currie 3-1 Bradley Swifts

Redwood's 2-0 upset of Moorcroft Wanderers gave the Semi-Finals two from each division.

Quarter-Final
Shrigley Town 1-4 Markham
Redwood Forest 2-0 Moorcroft Wanderers
Tîm Cymru 2-1 Currie
East Snaith 1-4 Banks

The Semi-Finals went according to form, producing one of the oldest rivalries in the Final.

Semi-Final
Markham 4-1 Redwood Forest
Redwood Forest 0-0 Markham
Aggregate: Markham 4-1 Redwood Forest

Tîm Cymru 3-2 Banks
Banks 7-1 Tîm Cymru
Aggregate: Tîm Cymru 4-9 Banks


In the Final, Banks were denied the double by a penalty shootout.

Final
Markham 2-2 Banks (2-2 AET) (at Manchester Street, Moorcroft)
(Markham wins 4-3 on penalty kicks)

[West Zirconia]

The playoffs saw a first-ever appearance in the top flight for the Dragons of Caernewydd:

Semi-Final
AFC Stanton 1-3 Hyland Town
Hyland Town 1-1 AFC Stanton
Aggregate: AFC Stanton 2-4 Hyland Town

Tîm Cymru 1-0 Sephton County
Sephton County 1-1 Tîm Cymru
Aggregate: Tîm Cymru 2-1 Sephton County


Final
Hyland Town 0-0 Tîm Cymru (1-1 AET) (at Whitby Park, Snaith)
(Tîm Cymru wins 2-1 on penalty kicks)


On to the West Zirconian Academic League:

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 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Markham University        22  12   5   5   41   27   14   41
   2  Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd 22  12   3   7   52   36   16   39
   3  St. Mark's College, Mort Park 22  12   2   8   41   35    6   38
   4  Moorcroft University      22  11   5   6   40   36    4   38
   5  St. Martin Medical Institute 22  11   3   8   41   37    4   36
   6  St. Martin University     22  11   3   8   42   42    0   36
   7  Redwood University        22   9   4   9   37   31    6   31
   8  Stanley University        22   8   6   8   37   34    3   30
   9  Eastham College of Technology 22   7   2  13   44   56  -12   23
  10  Banks Theological College 22   5   6  11   33   42   -9   21
  11  Snaith Maritime College   22   5   5  12   24   37  -13   20
  12  Bradley University        22   5   4  13   30   49  -19   19

So the global qualifiers are as follows:

TQCC: Stanley United, Banks, Markham.
Globe Cup: Mort Park, Bradley Hornets, Crompton Town.
SBCC: Civil Service, Redwood Forest, AFC Stanton, Tîm Cymru
IUCC: Snaith Maritime College, Markham University, Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd.

Additional notes:

Snaith Maritime qualify as the defending IUCC champions. If they qualify anyway without affecting our quota of three, then include St. Mark's as well.

The IUCC final will be held at Manchester Street, Moorcroft. If any further stadium details are required, then please let us know.

Following the decision to withdraw Taylor's Cross' Aeropag Invitational place, we put them forward for the next competition instead, hoping that they will not be treated in the same way next time.

That's it. Honest.

[Sargossa]

There was plenty to keep the nation's army of sports papers busy as the eighth incarnation of the SuperLiga kicked off. Reigning champions Sporting San Marquez eased into their stride with a 3 - 0 win at newly promoted Jaguarés but the post match press conference was dominated with questions regarding the future of coach José Felipe Cassumba Domingos, strongly linked with the vacant national coach position. Matchday one almost resulted in the season's first sacking as Deportivo Soluca were turned over 2 - 0 by unfancied Cartago Rojo at the ediraf. Deportivo boss Gabriel Vizcarra just about clung on, a good decision as it turned out. Across the city newly promoted Racing Soluca stunned perennial title challengers El Nacional 4 - 2 in the biggest of the day's upsets.

Six games in and the table was a happy sight for fans in the capitol as Deportivo continued the recovery from that shock opening day defeat with a fifth win on the spin to go top. Defensor's strong start continued away in Mercada while Ciudad Soluca won in Dunas and Racing held on at home to Jaguarés to give an all Soluca top four. Down in Larissa the inevitable happen as Sporting's 4 - 1 win in San Marquez against Machala Del Norte turned out to be Cassa's last in charge, the Marquezian stepping down to become Sargossan national coach.

The early stages of the TakilQuip Champion's Cup proved last kind to the nation's bigger clubs. El Nacional edged past Taeshani outfit Ojian Orangemen, 2 - 1 on aggregate, but Ciudad embarrassingly crashed out in the very first preliminary round, losing on away goals to modest Mackintosh Thistle Celtic. El Nacional's run ended one round later, comfortably dispatched by mega wealthy CMSC side Marquez-Onwere from neighbouring Candelaria And Marquez. Champions Sporting San Marquez advanced to the playoff round, the perks of having a bye I guess.

The Globe Cup also saw a quick exit for one of Sargossa's finest. Well technically it was Estrella Torreón but still. Poconese striker Edmundo hit the winner in Torreón against Tannenberg FC but the Professors exited on away goals. Deportivo Soluca nearly joined them following defeat in Somewhereistonia against Dinamo Karrakiv but two late goals from Javier Terán in Soluca levelled the tie and the hosts kept their nerves to go through to the eliminatory stage on penalties.

Back in the SuperLiga Sporting, stuttering in the league following Cassa's departure, unveiled their new boss. Since the nation's arrival into the international era the top sides had favoured foreign coaches and former El din Marbles and Arrigo Portuguese manager Carlos Panadero was odds on to take up the reins at the Estadio Silva. But Sporting's ridiculously wealthy owner Daniel Gil has always enjoyed playing by his own rules and instead headed to Porto Alegro to tease away the Azul's highly rated young coach Agustín Durán. The new man duly stopped the rot, overseeing an excellent 3 - 1 home win over Ciudad Soluca in his first game. Deportivo still led the way despite being held goalless in Cordova while surprise package Rubio Bayamo's fifth win in six kept took them level at the top.

Durán may have steadied the ship domestically but the return to TQCC action was a brand new challenge for the rookie boss. Fortunately playoff round opponents Veszprém offered scant resistance and were simply blown away, 7 - 1 on aggregate. There were mixed fortunes for Soluca duo Ciudad and Deportivo in the Globe Cup. TQCC drop outs Ciudad came through against West Zirconia's Stanley United on away goals to enter the qualifying stage. But Deportivo crashed out to Dawson Springs FC. Ciudad moved on into the group stage after a thrilling 7 - 5 aggregate triumph over Dancougar's Dynamo Kalinsk and fellow TQCC losers El Nacional joined them with a narrow away goals win against Four Towers of The Babbage Islands.

Domestically Deportivo were starting to slid with El Nacional taking over at the top and Ciudad edging past them into second. Sporting thrust themselves into the mix after matchday eighteen's win in Cartago and followed that up a week later with a thumping 4 - 0 win over the former leaders at the ediraf, dropping Deportivo down to fifth. Ciudad took first place with a home win over a Dínamo Maturín side mired in mid table. The lead was changing on a weekly basis as Sporting jumped past Ciudad and then in the next match were themselves overtaken by El Nacional. Sporting took it again, then El Nacional and then Ciudad as one of the most exciting title chases in history built momentum.

The exhausting battle at the top of the SuperLiga probably didn't help those clubs who still had international commitments. Sporting finished bottom of their TQCC group but still managed to hold mighty Petardos S/A in their own backyard. In the Globe Cup El Nacional fared even worse, losing five of their six group games. Not so Ciudad Soluca who finished top of Group J to set up a round of sixteen encounter with Vephrall's Oillid CE.

With eight games left El Nacional topped the league, but only ahead of Ciudad on goal difference. Just a point behind lurked reigning champions Sporting and Deportivo were still keeping pace in fourth. Then came what many saw as the decisive moment. Deportivo, largely overlooked in the title race despite being only two points off the lead, took on Ciudad in the Soluca derby. Vizcarra's side were magnificent and Terán and Jesús Vázquez both bagged a brace in their side's 5 - 1 victory. Suddenly they were third and that became second with El Nacional's defeat in Mercada a week later. Ciudad, distracted by the prospect of Cafundó do Juta in the Globe Cup (they'd lose. Obviously) quarters, were slipping fast but Sporting and El Nacional were still picking up the points. When the two sides fought out a 2 - 2 draw in San Marquez in the thirty fourth round of matches there was a chance for Deportivo to take first place for the first time since matchday seventeen. But pressure is a funny old thing and Soluca's second side collapsed in Dunas. Not that it really mattered as a Sporting slip in Jucaro gifted Deportivo top spot a week later.

Three games left and Sporting moved just a point off first place following victory in Mercade as El Nacional and Deportivo drew in Goza. And the reigning champions went top in the penultimate round of matches after a 3 - 1 home win over Cartago Rojo. Deportivo were held 3 - 3 at home by Alianza Jucaro and El Nacional's title hopes ended in Durgos. So there is was. One game to go, one point separating the teams in first and second place and what fixture do you suppose the computer had thrown up for the final round of matches? Of course, Sporting San Marquez against Deportivo Soluca at the Estadio Silva as the most exciting season in living memory headed for an explosive climax.

The champions took an early lead in front of a packed stadium in Larissa, Cafundéu's Marcinho firing in a suitably spectacular twenty five yarder but Sargossan international Vázquez brought Deportivo level with a sweetly struck freekick. In the second half the pendulum swung towards the capitol with Joaquín Bautista's low drive but Roberto Ordóñez headed home for 2 - 2. As the minutes ticked by the champion's were heading for a second successive title. Until, that is, António Olivera's loose pass gifted the ball to Roberto García who found Vázquez. The midfield maestro threaded a first time ball into the path of Javier Terán who held off Torres and fired low past Aaron Turner. It was a goal that knocked the stuffing out of the champions who could find no answer to it. The fulltime whistle went and Deportivo were SuperLiga champions for the very first time.

Elsewhere the only real result of note was El Nacional's shock 3 - 1 home reverse to Defensor. It meant Ciudad, 3 - 2 winners in Maturín, leapfrogged their great rivals right at the death to take the third TQCC spot and put huge pressure on Nacional's Nethertopian boss Otto van Belhamel. At the bottom, largely unnoticed, Jaguarés, Machala Del Norte and Atlético Almansa quietly dropped into the Segunda Liga.

SuperLiga Final Standings
Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Deportivo Soluca          38  22   9   7   74   49   25   75  (Champions)
   2  Sporting San Marquez      38  22   7   9   72   47   25   73  (TQCC)
   3  Ciudad Soluca             38  22   6  10   74   46   28   72  (TQCC)
   4  El Nacional               38  20   9   9   83   53   30   69  (GC)
   5  Mercadel SC               38  19   8  11   51   44    7   65  (GC)
   6  Alianza Jucaro            38  20   4  14   67   50   17   64
   7  Deportivo Cordova         38  17   8  13   65   57    8   59  (GC)
   8  Rubio Bayamo              38  16   6  16   63   70   -7   54
   9  Estrella Torreon          38  13  14  11   46   39    7   53
  10  Petro Mercada             38  14  10  14   59   53    6   52
  11  Defensor                  38  12  14  12   46   46    0   50
  12  Sportivo Maturin          38  13  11  14   53   55   -2   50
  13  Dinamo Maturin            38  14   7  17   48   47    1   49
  14  Racing Soluca             38  14   7  17   45   51   -6   49
  15  Dunas Del Sol             38  12  12  14   45   45    0   48
  16  Porto Alegro Azul         38  10  10  18   47   57  -10   40
  17  Cartago Rojo              38  10   7  21   47   78  -31   37
  18  Jaguares                  38  10   6  22   36   63  -27   36  (R)
  19  Machala Del Norte         38   9   9  20   39   67  -28   36  (R)
  20  Atletico Almansa          38   6   6  26   43   86  -43   24  (R)

Dull Facts
Highest scoring match: Deportivo Cordova 3-5 Rubio Bayamo
Largest home win: Alianza Jucaro 6-0 Cartago Rojo
Largest away win: Atlético Almansa 0-6 El Nacional



And in the Segunda . . .

Segunda Liga Final Standings
Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Moruga SC                 42  28   3  11   79   44   35   87  (Champions)
   2  S.C. Goza                 42  27   5  10   89   52   37   86  (P)
   3  SC Motril                 42  22   8  12   86   58   28   74  (P)
   4  Costa San Verdi           42  22   5  15   70   56   14   71
   5  Juventude                 42  19  12  11   79   61   18   69
   6  Santos                    42  20   9  13   76   63   13   69
   7  Ciudad Jucaro             42  18   6  18   61   55    6   60
   8  Atletico Ensenada         42  16  12  14   58   57    1   60
   9  Nuevo Onwere              42  17   7  18   69   67    2   58
  10  FC Valera                 42  15  13  14   58   60   -2   58
  11  Sportivo Montena          42  17   7  18   60   69   -9   58
  12  Club De Camiri            42  15  12  15   64   66   -2   57
  13  Deportivo Alcantara       42  16   9  17   61   64   -3   57
  14  La Serena                 42  14  14  14   56   58   -2   56
  15  Daroca Marinos            42  14  12  16   67   64    3   54
  16  Atletio Goza              42  14  11  17   53   67  -14   53
  17  SC Vateras                42  12  12  18   50   64  -14   48
  18  Estudiantes Soluca        42  13   7  22   53   70  -17   46
  19  Ciudad De Oro             42  12   7  23   49   78  -29   43  (R)
  20  Rayo Viesca               42  11   9  22   39   61  -22   42  (R)
  21  Celta De Chala            42  11   9  22   53   79  -26   42  (R)
  22  Rio Claro SC              42   9  11  22   42   59  -17   38  (R)

More Dull Facts
Highest scoring match: Rio Claro SC 5-4 SC Motril
Largest home win: SC Motril 6-0 Celta De Chala
Largest away win: Atletio Goza 0-6 Juventude



International Cup Qualifiers

TQCC

Deportivo Soluca
Sporting San Marquez
Ciudad Soluca

GC

El Nacional
Mercadel SC
Deportivo Cordova (Copa Sargossa Winners)

Aeropag Invitational

Deportivo Soluca


International Cup Final Bid

Globe Cup

ediraf Arena (85,000 capacity), Soluca

[Swartaz]

Jaargusmutz FC Have signed Victor Vos.

[Vephrall]

Collegiate Sporting Alliance, 1781 season

The official ruling on IUCC qualification this go-around: just as the 1780 national champions were guaranteed a spot, so are the 1781 champions. If Northern Darnai successfully defends their title, then both the 1780 and 1781 runners-up will be admitted. (If Salle Southern ends up second again...eh, we'll figure it out when we get there.) Otherwise, there will be an additional playoff match between the two runners-up to determine the third IUCC entry.

Big West Conference
Defending national champions Northern Darnai are able to retain their conference title, so that's a good start. The rest of the conference doesn't look as good, though, as this time only two teams make the tournament compared with five last year.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   6  Northern Darnai     15  10   2   3   24   13   11   32  Q
  14  Dettune             15   8   5   2   28   19    9   29  Q
  20  Anhenir             15   7   6   2   17   14    3   27
      Virdys              15   6   5   4   21   18    3   23
      Sirinis Ag          15   5   6   4   20   13    7   21
      Seibeng             15   5   6   4   24   22    2   21
      Highland            15   5   4   6   22   22    0   19
      Sirinis             15   4   7   4   18   20   -2   19
      Dettune Mtn         15   5   3   7   18   26   -8   18
      South Sirinis       15   3   5   7   20   24   -4   14
      Western Darnai      15   3   4   8   17   24   -7   13
      Western Dettune     15   3   2  10   15   29  -14   11

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Northern Darnai University
Mountaineers
(2nd consecutive season)

East Coast Conference
The East Coast is this year's Big West, apparently, with an astounding four teams finishing in the final top ten and picking up at least nine wins. Razz, however, seem to be quite some distance removed from their conference-winning ways of just a few years ago, finishing bottom once again.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   2  Calamen             15  11   3   1   29   13   16   36  Q
   3  Salle Southern      15  10   3   2   28   11   17   33  Q
   4  Till                15   9   3   3   33   10   23   30  Q
   9  Sheoron             15   9   1   5   26   14   12   28  Q
  23  Southeastern        15   7   3   5   23   16    7   24
      North Salle         15   7   1   7   22   21    1   22
      Solonds             15   5   6   4   19   19    0   21
      Calamen-Custles     15   6   1   8   19   26   -7   19
      Calamen-Petaki      15   5   4   6   16   23   -7   19
      Salle               15   3   4   8   17   18   -1   13
      Defae               15   3   4   8   15   28  -13   13
      Rascenass           15   0   3  12    9   36  -27    3

[float=left][/float] Champions:
University of Calamen
Grizzlies
(last season: Till)

Isthmian Conference
Much calmer than last year. Nobody can complain about being shafted by the selection committee this time, as you're not going to get into the tournament with just six wins. The appearance in the final top 25 really is reward enough for Isthmian.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   7  South Bektys        15  10   1   4   22   17    5   31  Q
  10  Bektys Coastal      15   9   1   5   29   15   14   28  Q
      Western Shentarong  15   6   6   3   20   16    4   24
  24  Isthmian            15   6   5   4   22   12   10   23
      BTI                 15   6   4   5   30   26    4   22
      Eastern Darnai      15   6   4   5   27   27    0   22
      Riestre-Clyddly     15   5   5   5   25   28   -3   20
      North Bektys        15   6   2   7   19   23   -4   20
      Scusenany           15   6   2   7   17   23   -6   20
      Bektys State        15   6   2   7   20   28   -8   20
      Fishbog             15   4   5   6   20   20    0   17
      Flaarickug          15   0   5  10   12   29  -17    5

[float=left][/float] Champions:
South Bektys University
Entruuga
(last season: Bektys State)

Lowland Conference
Okay, seriously, we've gotta get something going down in the logo department. Don't worry too much, though, the Cards are the number one seed, so they'll be out in the first round.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  NW Sumbobor         15  11   4   0   32    9   23   37  Q
   8  Narrows             15   8   5   2   28   15   13   29  Q
  17  Jishmid             15   8   3   4   26   17    9   27
  18  Middle Bektys       15   7   5   3   29   18   11   26
  25  Chezlot             15   7   3   5   25   22    3   24
      Central Sumbobor    15   6   5   4   19   19    0   23
      Dettune State       15   5   6   4   22   17    5   21
      Mersira             15   5   4   6   25   23    2   19
      Baseng              15   4   4   7   13   18   -5   16
      Sumbobor Tech       15   4   3   8   19   23   -4   15
      Bayside             15   3   3   9   18   27   -9   12
      Speilers            15   2   6   7   14   25  -11   12

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Northwest Sumbobor University
Cardinals
(2nd consecutive season)

Midland Conference
Only one team is able to win more than eight games, but the Midland still gets four tournament bids? This can only end in tears.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  11  Siellal             15   8   4   3   23   11   12   28  Q
  12  Till State          15   9   1   5   24   15    9   28  Q
  15  Military            15   8   4   3   27   19    8   28  Q
  16  Riestre Tech        15   7   6   2   26   17    9   27  Q
  21  Riestre State       15   7   4   4   26   18    8   25
      NE Riestre          15   7   3   5   30   22    8   24
      Riestre             15   6   5   4   23   15    8   23
      Taeschand           15   5   3   7   24   28   -4   18
      Shentarong Tech     15   5   3   7   22   26   -4   18
      NW Salle            15   5   3   7   19   29  -10   18
      Westlake            15   5   2   8   24   31   -7   17
      North Shentarong    15   2   4   9   15   26  -11   10

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Siellal University
Conquerors
(last season: Riestre)

Southern Crescent Conference
Well, the SCC had three teams finish in the final top 25 this time; that's an improvement. But still only one tourney bid, and this time it's the 13 seed instead of the 7. You really don't want to suffer the humiliation of having to use the conference champion autobid rule, but you're getting mighty close to that...

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  13  Shentarong State    15   8   4   3   31   20   11   28  Q
  19  Sumbobor            15   8   4   3   23   17    6   28
  22  Sumbobor State      15   8   2   5   22   18    4   26
      Fekliir State       15   6   5   4   28   19    9   23
      Southwestern        15   6   3   6   22   23   -1   21
      Shentarong Southern 15   7   0   8   21   27   -6   21
      Shentarong          15   5   3   7   17   22   -5   18
      East Point          15   3   7   5   19   21   -2   16
      Darnai              15   4   4   7   22   26   -4   16
      Nenbondle           15   3   4   8   15   21   -6   13
      Astenast State      15   2   5   8   11   23  -12   11
      Twin Cities         15   2   4   9   17   31  -14   10

[float=left][/float] Champions:
Shentarong State University
Boars
(last season: Astenast State)

Independents
How the slani hell did Continental suddenly pull off a ten-win season?! Well, in theory it's really not too hard when you play four of the other five independents (all but Northern Riestre) and most of the bottom-dwellers in the six conferences. They did manage to hold Isthmian champs South Bektys to a single goal and even pulled off a draw with undefeated Lowland champs Northwest Sumbobor, so maybe there is some credibility. We'll find out in the tournament as they become the first independent to make the postseason.

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   5  Continental         15  10   2   3   31   16   15   32  Q
      DMA                 15   4   6   5   15   18   -3   18
      Salle State         15   5   2   8   16   26  -10   17
      Northern Riestre    15   3   5   7   16   27  -11   14
      Darnai A&M          15   2   3  10   11   36  -25    9
      Gloem               15   1   1  13    9   38  -29    4

National Championship Tournament

First Round
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. This is the fourth year in a row that the number one seed has been knocked out in the first round. If this keeps up, we're going to have teams deliberately tanking at the end of the season just to avoid the number one seed. Continental got their opportunity to make a case for the independents, and they blew it, losing to a pretty obscure and lower-seeded Till State outfit.

(1) NW Sumbobor 1-2 (16) Riestre Tech
(8) Narrows 2-0 (9) Sheoron
(5) Continental 0-1 (12) Till State
(4) Till 0-0 (13) Shentarong State (0-0 AET, 2-4 PKs)
(6) Northern Darnai 2-0 (11) Siellal
(3) Salle Southern 2-0 (14) Dettune
(7) South Bektys 2-2 (10) Bektys Coastal (2-3 AET)
(2) Calamen 1-2 (15) Military

Quarterfinals
Leave it to the 15-seed Military to be the only one to claim a result in the allotted 90 minutes. There's a reason these guys are going into the military; they know how to follow orders. During the extra time period, Northern Darnai apparently remembered that they're the defending champions and proceeded to put three into the Salle Southern net to put that one well beyond doubt. Shentarong State and Narrows, meanwhile, would need to go to penalties to get their wins.

(16) Riestre Tech 2-2 (8) Narrows (2-2 AET, 2-4 PKs)
(12) Till State 2-2 (13) Shentarong State (2-2 AET, 2-4 PKs)
(6) Northern Darnai 1-1 (3) Salle Southern (4-1 AET)
(10) Bektys Coastal 1-2 (15) Military

Semifinals
The Mountaineers breeze by Military to get back to the final. Could they actually defend their title?

(8) Narrows 1-3 (13) Shentarong State
(6) Northern Darnai 3-0 (15) Military

Third Place Playoff
Just like last year, this match is meaningless, but it'll go back to being worthwhile next season. At least it was a good game.

(8) Narrows 1-1 (15) Military (1-1 AET, 2-4 PKs)

Final
So close, so very, very close. But the Northern Darnai net bulged in the 83rd minute with the force of the strike that would ultimately unseat them. The ever-annoying chants of "S-C-C! S-C-C!" rang throughout the stadium as the fans of all twelve of the conference's schools crowned themselves national champions.

(13) Shentarong State 2-1 (6) Northern Darnai

IUCC Playoff
Well, this actually turned out to be unnecessary. The playoff was meant to be between the runners-up from the last two seasons, but since the 1781 runner-up, Northern Darnai, was already in by virtue of winning the national title the previous season, there wasn't much of a point. Salle Southern wins by default.

Shentarong State, Northern Darnai, and Salle Southern will participate in the next IUCC.

[Vephrall]

Prior to the announcement of this IUCC's setup, a group of 117 voters was chosen to select who would sponsor the next four editions of the tournament. (Why 117? Why not?) After almost seven minutes of deliberation, they returned with a verdict. By a vote of 61 to 56, Samseong was chosen over its only competitor, the Beningrad City Credit Union, as the official sponsor of the International University Challenge Championship.

International University Challenge Championship 24

Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of the IUCC, the premier tournament for university football teams around the multiverse.

Initially, a total of 33 institutions from eleven nations were entered into this year's tournament, but tournament organizers quickly realized they didn't really have a suitable format to accommodate 33 entries. They could do 34, though, and coincidentally defending IUCC champions Snaith Maritime College had not finished within the top three in West Zirconia's league. So in addition to West Zirconia's normal three entries, Snaith Maritime are welcomed back as defending champions.

Fourteen of these 34 teams will be given byes directly to the group stage: two from each of the tournament founding nations (Ad'ihan, Dancougar, and Vephrall), two from host nation West Zirconia, and one from each other participating nation with the exception of Liventia. Due to Liventia's ties with Ad'ihan, it would not be allowed any automatically-qualifying teams; all three will participate in the qualifying stage instead. The remaining twenty teams will participate in the qualifying stage.

The qualifying round fixtures shall be drawn at random, with the exception that no association shall have both of its representatives face each other.

Rankings by association prior to IUCC24 (bold = founding member; blue = IUCC24 participant):

1. West Zirconia - 187
2. Dancougar - 139
3. Vephrall - 130
4. Academy Sporting Association [Paripana] - 118
5. Ad'ihan - 104
6. Candelaria And Marquez - 96
7. Taeshan - 49
8. Unreal229 - 36.4
9. The Babbage Islands - 36.0
10. Sorthern Northland - 21
11. Balida - 5

Unranked participants: Daehanjeiguk, Liventia

The qualifying round is two-legged, with the team listed at left playing the first leg at home:

1. [HAN] Yeonseong Univ - St. Pat's, Little Clotaire [SNO]
2. [ASA] Novaria Tech Inst - Talbot Univ [LEN]
3. [ASA] Portland Business Library - Joseon Univ [HAN]
4. [ADN] Tech Inst at Dalinn - Fadron Univ [TAE]
5. [TBI] Univ of Gernsback - Carnegie Tech Inst [DAN]
6. [WZI] Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd - Univ de Zamenhof [TBI]
7. [CAM] St. Mary's, Albrecht - Jesner Univ [LEN]
8. [WZI] St. Mark's, Mort Park - Dover Univ [LEN]
9. [CAM] Caires Metropolitan - Air Force [TAE]
10. [VPH] Salle Southern - Háskóllin í Vatnajavik [SNO]

The winner of each qualifying round match shall proceed to the group stage, which will consist of four groups of six teams each playing a single round-robin. The top two finishers in each group will proceed to the knockout stages as follows:

Quarterfinal matchups
Q1. A1 v B2 (winner of Group A v Group B runner-up)
Q2. C1 v D2
Q3. B1 v C2
Q4. D1 v A2

Semifinal matchups
S1. Q1 v Q2
S2. Q3 v Q4

Final: S1 v S2

Qualifying results and the group stage draw will be posted Monday; the group stage and knockout round results will be posted Tuesday.

[Vephrall]

Qualifying round results

First leg

[HAN] Yeonseong University                  0-4        St. Patrick's, Little Clotaire [SNO]
[ASA] Novaria Technical Institute           4-0                     Talbot University [LEN]
[ASA] Portland Business Library             1-0                     Joseon University [HAN]
[ADN] Technical Institute at Dalinn         1-1                     Fadron University [TAE]
[TBI] University of Gernsback               1-2          Carnegie Technical Institute [DAN]
[WZI] Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd          2-2              Universitato de Zamenhof [TBI]
[CAM] St. Mary's College, Albrecht          1-0                     Jesner University [LEN]
[WZI] St. Mark's College, Mort Park         0-0                      Dover University [LEN]
[CAM] Caires Metropolitan University        3-1                             Air Force [TAE]
[VPH] Salle Southern University             2-3                Háskóllin í Vatnajavik [SNO]

Second leg
(teams in blue advance to group stage)

[SNO] St. Patrick's, Little Clotaire    (6) 2-0 (0)              Yeonseong University [HAN]
[LEN] Talbot University                 (0) 0-2 (6)       Novaria Technical Institute [ASA]
[HAN] Joseon University                 (0) 0-4 (5)         Portland Business Library [ASA]
[TAE] Fadron University                 (1) 0-1 (2)     Technical Institute at Dalinn [ADN]
[DAN] Carnegie Technical Institute      (4) 2-0 (1)           University of Gernsback [TBI]
[TBI] Universitato de Zamenhof          (6) 4-3 (5)      Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd [WZI]
[LEN] Jesner University                 (1) 1-3 (4)      St. Mary's College, Albrecht [CAM]
[LEN] Dover University                  (1) 1-5 (5)     St. Mark's College, Mort Park [WZI]
[TAE] Air Force                         (2) 1-0 (3)    Caires Metropolitan University [CAM]
[SNO] Háskóllin í Vatnajavik            (4) 1-1 (3)         Salle Southern University [VPH]

Group stage draw

By rule enacted following IUCC22, no group can contain more than one team from the same association. The 24 qualified teams have been divided into 6 pots based on ranking and drawn into the 4 groups from those pots. Higher-ranked teams are listed at the top of each group.

Group A
[DAN] Nara College
[WZI] St. Mark's College, Mort Park
[VPH] Northern Darnai University
[CAM] Caires Metropolitan University
[ASA] Novaria Technical Institute
[SNO] Beningrad University of the Bleeding Obvious

Group B
[WZI] Markham University
[ADN] Frontier College
[DAN] Carnegie Technical Institute
[CAM] St. Mary's College, Albrecht
[TBI] Universitato de Zamenhof
[SNO] Háskóllin í Vatnajavik

Group C
[WZI] Snaith Maritime College
[VPH] Shentarong State University
[ADN] L'Uni française du Modna Nord
[ASA] Portland Business Library
[TBI] David O. McKay College
[SNO] St. Patrick's University, Little Clotaire

Group D
[DAN] University of Lunarossa
[CAM] Ciudad Española, Universidad Isabela González de Arrigo
[ASA] Lusambo Academy of Science
[ADN] Technical Institute at Dalinn
[TAE] Mount Ceabring
[HAN] Dongguk University

The top two finishers in each group will proceed to the knockout stages as follows:

Quarterfinal matchups
Q1. A1 v B2 (winner of Group A v Group B runner-up)
Q2. C1 v D2
Q3. B1 v C2
Q4. D1 v A2

Semifinal matchups
S1. Q1 v Q2
S2. Q3 v Q4

Final: S1 v S2

Group stage and knockout round results will be posted Tuesday.

[Burchadinger]

THE TOP FLIGHT OF BURCHADINGER SINCE 1943

As the Burchadingan Super League reaches its 57th edition, the rivalries get stronger. For two years in a row, the once untouchable giants Star Bucharest have fallen to the now unbeatable Dynamo Dresden. 1988 Goberschit, champions in 1996 and 1997, were nearly relegated after a battle with Pretin Houbersh. 2010 promises to be an interesting season. And we take a look at the 3 teams touted to be champions.

Dynamo Dresden



Dynamo Dresden are something of a success story. SG Dynamo Dresden are a Burchadingan football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as FC Dynamo Dresden, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in Burchadingan football, winning eight league titles. However, the club's fortunes then began to tumble and eventually went bankrupt. In 2003, Billionaire Julien Martinovic bought what was by then just a "fun club". However, the Club immediately began to attract attention. In 2004, they were promoted to League 2, In 2005, they made it to League 1. And in 2006, they got promoted in to the Super League. Although the press touted they would be relegated, they were locked in a championship battle with 4 times champions Star Bucharest. Bucharest won that year, but only by 1 point. 2007 would be Dresden's year, unbeaten, they won the title by a margin of 18 points. They did it again last year, with a greater margin of 23 points. The team has some of the youngest players in the league, such as star Markus Klogh.

Star Bucharest



Ever since the club was founded in 1974, Star Bucharest had always looked like a winner and today, more than half of the team come from the club. The team mainly relies on its experienced players, and unlike Dynamo Dresden, do not look towards the potential of youth players. This has often led to nearly disastrous occasions. When Dynamo Dresden were promoted in 2006, Bucharest's star players, Matthew De Mark and Henry Askew were retiring, coupled with injuries to Klaus Diefenbaker and Jorgen Faritol, the club struggled to win the league. In 2007 and 2008, the problem was not solved, and Dynamo Dresden went on to clinch the titles. This year however, the club has recruited two youngsters with potential, 21 year old Andreas Gretwich, and 17 year old Tremas Svensonn. Whether or not this will help, is yet to be seen.

VFB Leipzig



The last time VFB Leipzig tasted silverware was in 1991. Back in the days where Burchadingan football was dominated by the now unknown Yori Halberstadt, Harking Rakvere, and Super Bucharest. Leipzig are well known for their Total Football. And their strategy has been very effective against many smaller teams. However, against teams like Dresden and Bucharest, the tiring Total Football tactics fail the team. This year, the team will not want to miss out on winning, and the players and fans, do not want to take any team lightly.

The League this year

This year, the following teams will participate.

1. Abal Seirmare
2. Athletic Tolger
3. Bering Bucharest
4. Bruch Kalemn
5. Berlin University
6. Dreidberg FC
7. Dynamo Dresden
8. Dynamo Stuttgart
9. Enfield-Sparing
10. Frankfurt
11. SG Goberschit
12. 1988 Goberschit
13. Vebel Hoersche
14. SG Hamburg
15. SG Hapsburg
16. SG Sigmaringen
17. Star Bucharest
18. VFB Leipzig
19. VFB Stuttgart
20. Racing Zoidberg

We will talk about League 1 and League 2 next week. So get the edition!

[Osarius]

So... another Osarius round-up. The 2178-79 season is over. Did Firewood City reclaim their status as King's League champions? Have Burningham City managed to pick up some silverware, or has the drought continued? Have Turic truly shown an ability to play with the big boys or was it just a fluke?

Starting with the King's League...

Interestingly enough, neither the title race, nor the relegation fight went "to the wire" really. Everything was over at the end of matchday 36.
It had looked as though Hastmead, who had a dreadful first half of the season - just two wins and 12 points at the halfway mark - were going to pull of a miraculous recovery and survive, but their unfortunate 1-0 defeat at the hands of Paper Tree Town, in the high altitude Papyrus Stadium ultimately sealed their fate. At the other end of the table, that same week, Firewood City reclaimed their championship status by dispatching Burningham City 3-1 in The Cauldron to go ten points clear at the top of the table.

The following week, Greeningham's failure to win at Highport, and Burningham's defeat at home to Kronkow cemented a third place for surprise outfit Renneville. This result would also guarantee one of the two sides would be missing out on global competition this season, as Callisto City had won the Corradini Cup and thus earned one of the nation's Globe Cup berths. Whoever finished fourth in the league would have to hope that Firewood won the OFA Cup against Hollybrent.

The final day of the season, therefore, lacked the drama of last year. However, there were a couple of entertaining matches to be seen. Hastmead Diamante sold out tickets to their final game at Black Patch Park, where they hosted last season's champions, Grasshoppers Turic. The diamonds made Turic work for the win, finally succumbing to their superior quality in a thrilling 3-4 defeat. Elsewhere, Firewood's second string - practically the same one they used in the Corradini Cup last season - fell 2-3 to Kart Hago away, in a very open, free-flowing game of football. It seems that the youngsters havent quite inherited their seniors' ability to completely dominate games yet - something evidenced by Firewood picking up the highest home and away wins this season; they destroyed Callisto 5-0 away, and tore Kronkow apart in The Cauldron, garnering a 6-1 victory - but they showed signs of promise with their capable goalscoring abilities as well as the several chances they carved out. It would appear that Willem Hamel has no intention of letting his side slip out of the title frame any time soon.

The final King's League table looked like so:

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Firewood City             38  25   6   7   91   43   48   81   TQCC
   2  Grasshoppers Turic        38  21  11   6   75   49   26   74   TQCC
   3  Renneville United         38  20   9   9   65   53   12   69   GC
   4  Burningham City           38  18  11   9   58   38   20   65
   5  Greeningham City          38  18  10  10   78   62   16   64
   6  King's Guard Sporting     38  17  10  11   69   57   12   61
   7  Hollybrent                38  17   8  13   47   42    5   59   GC
   8  Utica United              38  16  10  12   62   63   -1   58
   9  Trothwands Evolution      38  15  10  13   59   59    0   55
  10  Wellmont United           38  14   8  16   42   57  -15   50
  11  Muirford Athletic         38  13  10  15   54   49    5   49
  12  Highport Athletic         38  13  10  15   61   65   -4   49
  13  Callisto City FC          38  14   7  17   54   67  -13   49   GC
  14  Hamtown Athletic          38  12  12  14   43   43    0   48
  15  Blacktube Village         38  13   5  20   42   49   -7   44
  16  Paper Tree Town           38  11  11  16   36   47  -11   44
  17  Kart Hago                 38  11   9  18   51   64  -13   42
  18  Rapid Hearthlands         38   8   8  22   38   71  -33   32   R
  19  Hastmead Diamantes CFC    38   7  10  21   51   71  -20   31   R
  20  Kronkow United FC         38   5   9  24   40   67  -27   24   R

As it turned out, Hollybrent actually defeated the league champions 2-0 in the final. Thats two defeats by a 2-0 scoreline in cup finals in consecutive years. Two results hardly constitutes a pattern, but still... Firewood fans must be pretty miffed, eh?

The Corradini Cup was the usual minefield of upsets, surprises and such. Firewood were dispatched in the third round by a convincing Weestock display, while Rapid Hearthlands eliminated Turic with a 2-0 home win. Elsewhere, Greeningham and Burningham fought to a narrow result in favour of the former, who played at home.

At this point, you'd be forgiven for thinking Greeningham would win the cup, as the only remaning top four side in the competition. They helped that assumption with an 8-2 drubbing of Hastmead Diamante over two legs in the next round. How it progressed from there is shown below...

Quarter Finals
Blacktube Village 1-2 Greeningham City
Greeningham City 0-1 Blacktube Village (1-1 AET)
Aggregate: Blacktube Village 2-3 Greeningham City

Yoru Yoru Town FC 3-4 Callisto City FC
Callisto City FC 2-2 Yoru Yoru Town FC
Aggregate: Yoru Yoru Town FC 5-6 Callisto City FC

Fort Mare FC 1-1 Muirford Athletic
Muirford Athletic 2-3 Fort Mare FC
Aggregate: Fort Mare FC 4-3 Muirford Athletic

King's Guard Sporting 2-0 Renneville United
Renneville United 1-1 King's Guard Sporting
Aggregate: King's Guard Sporting 3-1 Renneville United


Semi Finals
Greeningham City 3-1 King's Guard Sporting
Fort Mare FC 1-2 Callisto City FC

So that set up the final. Greeningham were the clear favourites, understandably... however, like Firewood before them last season...

2178-79 Corradini Cup Final
Greeningham City 1-1 Callisto City FC (1-2 AET)

Interestingly enough, it was Everton McNeill, on loan from Burningham City, who netted the winner. A goal which would ultimately help to condemn his own side to a season without the extra TV revenue global competition brings.

In the other cup competition which yields a Globe Cup berth, things got really messy toward the business end. In the last eight, only two of the top ten sides in the country remained. They would ultimately face off in the final, one of them the fearsome Firewood City, the other, not so fearsome Hollybrent.

In another underdog story, Firewood were conquered. Although, all the signs had been there. In the semi final, they had needed a replay to get past Delsfield United. In the quarter finals, Sparta Yurendam very nearly beat them in The Cauldron. Had it not been for two second half goals from Captain Marvel and The Wren, Firewood may have suffered the indignity of being eliminated at home to a team quite literally not in their league.

2178-79 OFA Cup Final
Firewood City 0 - 2 AFC Hollybrent

The final itself played out well, with Renaldo Aguilar tormenting Firewood's full backs more effectively than Bonriou and Watson could torment Hollybrent's. As it turned out, it was Aguilar himself who scored both goals, picking up the man of the match award.

The Royal league was equally as boring as the King's League, really. The title was wrapped up on Matchday 35, when Clefton travelled to Violia and won 1-0. That same day, Weestock drew with Masaka, confirming who would be in the playoffs. No drama at all on the final day. Not even an exciting match, really. All boredom aside, the league finished like so:

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Clefton Town FC           38  22   8   8   45   22   23   74   C/PRM
   2  Priesthood of Baal        38  19   9  10   79   65   14   66   PRM
   3  AFC Homentat              38  17  14   7   46   35   11   65   P/O
   4  Sparta Yurendam           38  17  12   9   44   30   14   63   P/O
   5  Maharia United FC         38  18   7  13   74   70    4   61   P/O
   6  Junipa Athletic FC        38  17  10  11   56   52    4   61   P/O
   7  Weestock United FC        38  13  17   8   36   28    8   56
   8  Charleston Athletic FC    38  15   9  14   30   28    2   54
   9  FC Masaka                 38  14   9  15   56   51    5   51
  10  Komus Wanderers FC        38  14   8  16   29   34   -5   50
  11  Cymrwell FC               38  12  13  13   37   38   -1   49
  12  Violia FC                 38  13  10  15   50   56   -6   49
  13  Spoturess FC              38  12  12  14   46   44    2   48
  14  Bayer Schlossberg FC      38  13   9  16   47   51   -4   48
  15  Real Jraxville FC         38  12  10  16   39   49  -10   46
  16  Dynamo Druz FC            38   9  18  11   25   27   -2   45
  17  Yoru Yoru Town FC         38  11  11  16   39   49  -10   44
  18  Athletic Lindenhurst FC   38  10   6  22   61   74  -13   36   R
  19  Kyoshiku Island FC        38   7  12  19   40   50  -10   33   R
  20  Delsfield United          38   7  12  19   40   66  -26   33   R

Priesthood of Baal make a return to the top flight after their woeful relegation a couple of seasons ago, while Junipa clung onto a playoff berth in the hopes of making an instant return. At the other end of the table, Delsfield's spectacular fall from grace continued, as they finished bottom of the league and drop into the third tier next season.

A summary of the minor leagues and the Mount Crown League will be included in the next edition.






UICA Qualifiers

TQCC: Firewood City, Grasshoppers Turic
GC: Renneville United, AFC Hollybrent, Callisto City FC
CSBCC: Clefton Town, Priesthood of Baal, AFC Homentat, Sparta Yurendam

[Vephrall]

Group stage results

Group A

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts  SMC Nar CMU NDU UBO NTI
   1  St Mark's-Mort Pk [WZI]    5   4   0   1   14    7    7   12   -  2-3 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1
   2  Nara College      [DAN]    5   3   1   1   10    7    3   10  3-2  -  1-2 2-2 2-1 2-0
   3  Caires Metro Univ [CAM]    5   3   1   1    7    5    2   10  1-3 2-1  -  0-0 3-1 1-0
   4  Northern Darnai   [VPH]    5   1   3   1    5    6   -1    6  1-3 2-2 0-0  -  0-0 2-1
   5  Beningrad UBO     [SNO]    5   0   2   3    5   10   -5    2  1-3 1-2 1-3 0-0  -  2-2
   6  Novaria Tech Inst [ASA]    5   0   1   4    4   10   -6    1  1-3 0-2 0-1 1-2 2-2  -

Group B

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts  Mar CaT SMC Fro HíV UdZ
   1  Markham Univ      [WZI]    5   3   2   0    8    2    6   11   -  0-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 2-0
   2  Carnegie Tech     [DAN]    5   2   2   1    6    4    2    8  0-0  -  0-0 2-3 1-0 3-1
   3  SMC-Albrecht      [CAM]    5   2   2   1    2    2    0    8  0-2 0-0  -  1-0 0-0 1-0
   4  Frontier College  [ADN]    5   2   0   3    7    8   -1    6  1-3 3-2 0-1  -  1-2 2-0
   5  Hásk í Vatnajavik [SNO]    5   1   2   2    4    5   -1    5  1-1 0-1 0-0 2-1  -  1-2
   6  Univ de Zamenhof  [TBI]    5   1   0   4    3    9   -6    3  0-2 1-3 0-1 0-2 2-1  -

Group C

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts  SMC SSU UFM PBL SPU DOM
   1  Snaith Maritime   [WZI]    5   4   0   1   15    5   10   12   -  1-2 2-1 4-1 3-1 5-0
   2  Shentarong State  [VPH]    5   3   0   2   10    7    3    9  2-1  -  0-1 0-3 4-2 4-0
   3  L'UF Modna Nord   [ADN]    5   2   1   2    5    4    1    7  1-2 1-0  -  1-1 0-1 2-0
   4  Portland Bus Lib  [ASA]    5   1   2   2    7    8   -1    5  1-4 3-0 1-1  -  2-2 0-1
   5  St Pat's-Li'l Clo [SNO]    5   1   2   2    7   10   -3    5  1-3 2-4 1-0 2-2  -  1-1
   6  David O. McKay    [TBI]    5   1   1   3    2   12  -10    4  0-5 0-4 0-2 1-0 1-1  -

Group D

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts  MtC Lun LAS Esp TID Don
   1  Mount Ceabring    [TAE]    5   3   1   1    9    5    4   10   -  1-2 2-1 3-1 1-1 2-0
   2  Univ of Lunarossa [DAN]    5   3   1   1   11    8    3   10  2-1  -  3-3 0-2 4-2 2-0
   3  Lusambo Acad Sci  [ASA]    5   2   2   1   10    6    4    8  1-2 3-3  -  2-0 1-1 3-0
   4  Ciu Española-UIGA [CAM]    5   2   1   2    8    5    3    7  1-3 2-0 0-2  -  0-0 5-0
   5  Tech Inst Dalinn  [ADN]    5   1   3   1    5    6   -1    6  1-1 2-4 1-1 0-0  -  1-0
   6  Dongguk Univ      [HAN]    5   0   0   5    0   13  -13    0  0-2 0-2 0-3 0-5 0-1  -

Quarterfinals

[WZI]   St. Mark's College, Mort Park     2-0     Carnegie Technical Institute    [DAN]
[WZI]         Snaith Maritime College     2-0     University of Lunarossa         [DAN]
[WZI]              Markham University     1-0     Shentarong State University     [VPH]
[TAE]                  Mount Ceabring     0-2     Nara College                    [DAN]

Semifinals

[WZI]   St. Mark's College, Mort Park     1-2     Snaith Maritime College         [WZI]
[WZI]              Markham University     3-1     Nara College                    [DAN]

Final (@ Manchester Street, Moorcroft, West Zirconia)

[WZI]         Snaith Maritime College     1-2     Markham University              [WZI]

Markham University has won the IUCC, keeping the trophy in West Zirconia, which seems to have gained something of a stranglehold on the competition.

[Daehanjeiguk]

UICA Qualification

TQCC:
Kapundae FC
Yeonseong FC

Globe Cup:
Sanghae Haetae
Gyeongju Eumyang
Gwangju FC

SBCC:
Hayan Horangi
Seoan Eumyang
Jonam Jigante
Muhan Yeonhap

[Estresse Intenso]

RESULTS OF LANDAU INSTITUTE'S AND ESTRESSE INTENSO'S LEAGUES

The games of these leagues don't appear on the worldwide television (only in local channels), nobody knows which are the main players. But these leagues exist.

LAIFÓDI RESULTS - SEASON 9

Previous champions:
Season 1 - Psychiatrists
Season 2 - Psychiatrists
Season 3 - Neurologists
Season 4 - Neurologists
Season 5 - Psychiatrists
Season 6 - Psychiatrists
Season 7 – Psychiatrists
Season 8 - Neurologists

Previous runner-ups/third placed/fourth placed:
Season 1 - Neurologists/Cardiologists/Pulmonologists
Season 2 - Neurologists/Oncologists/Orthopedists
Season 3 - Psychiatrists/Otorhinolaryngologists/General Practicioners
Season 4 - Oncologists/Psychiatrists/Otorhinolaryngologists
Season 5 - Neurologists/Pulmonologists/Orthopedists
Season 6 - Oncologists/Neurologists/General Practicioners
Season 7 – Neurologists/Orthopedists/Dermatologists
Season 8 - Psychiatrists/Surgeons/Pulmonologists

Previous last placed:
Season 1 - Cytopathologists
Season 2 - Sleep Doctors
Season 3 - Occupational Medicine
Season 4 - Osteopathic Doctors
Season 5 - Researchers
Season 6 - Insane Doctors
Season 7 – Researchers
Season 8 – Massage Therapists

First, the Landau Institute league, called Láifódi. The Laifódi (Landau Institute Football Dispute) involves all the teams from inside the place, including teams composed by doctors, patients or simple workers of the Institute. All the teams play each other twice and, in the end, the team with more points win the league. Simple. There is no relegation, as there isn't a second division. The war hasn't affected the league, as the Landau Institute is being well defended, and maybe because even with the Institute falling, most of the facilities are located underground, so the games can be played without problems.

The final positions were the following (top 3 to TQCC, 4th, 5th and 6th to Globe Cup):

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Neurologists             138  95  19  24  421  219  202  304  C - TQCC
   2  Psychiatrists            138  85  26  27  373  217  156  281  TQCC
   3  Surgeons                 138  84  26  28  364  239  125  278  TQCC
   4  Otorhinolaryngologists   138  82  25  31  298  168  130  271  GC
   5  Orthopedists             138  81  28  29  292  196   96  271  GC
   6  General Practitioners    138  78  24  36  292  205   87  258  GC
   7  Oncologists              138  76  28  34  260  166   94  256
   8  Physical Trainers        138  75  26  37  325  211  114  251
   9  Toxicologists            138  67  46  25  207  120   87  247
  10  Stable Patients          138  73  27  38  236  169   67  246
  11  Cardiologists            138  65  40  33  291  214   77  235
  12  Speech-language          138  65  37  36  205  143   62  232
  13  Psychologists            138  62  45  31  210  141   69  231
  14  Doctor Assistants        138  65  31  42  305  218   87  226
  15  Endocrinologists         138  62  39  37  202  158   44  225
  16  Security                 138  62  39  37  163  124   39  225
  17  Gynaecologists           138  66  25  47  305  270   35  223
  18  Scientists               138  62  36  40  223  179   44  222
  19  Dermatologists           138  64  26  48  252  201   51  218
  20  Priests                  138  62  32  44  209  166   43  218
  21  Researchers              138  60  37  41  221  188   33  217
  22  Monks                    138  57  44  37  224  182   42  215
  23  Gastroenterologists      138  57  44  37  166  128   38  215
  24  Nutritionists            138  57  41  40  205  173   32  212
  25  I. T. Patients           138  61  28  49  293  260   33  211
  26  Cured Patients           138  56  42  40  147  124   23  210
  27  Infectiologists          138  62  22  54  250  218   32  208
  28  Pulmonologists           138  59  31  48  256  206   50  208
  29  Pharmacists              138  57  32  49  234  208   26  203
  30  University Students      138  54  36  48  161  152    9  198
  31  Urologists               138  58  23  57  222  232  -10  197
  32  Audiologists             138  56  27  55  208  194   14  195
  33  Immunologists            138  55  27  56  220  214    6  192
  34  General Pathologists     138  53  31  54  208  191   17  190
  35  Obstetricians            138  51  35  52  191  193   -2  188
  36  Dentists                 138  50  37  51  230  226    4  187
  37  Gravediggers             138  52  28  58  232  240   -8  184
  38  Proctologists            138  49  36  53  235  243   -8  183
  39  Veterinaries             138  49  36  53  192  205  -13  183
  40  Herbalists               138  50  32  56  201  242  -41  182
  41  Genetic Scientists       138  47  39  52  172  182  -10  180
  42  Plastical Surgeons       138  44  45  49  167  149   18  177
  43  Optometrists             138  48  31  59  206  255  -49  175
  44  Homeopathy Followers     138  47  34  57  224  268  -44  175
  45  University Workers       138  46  37  55  209  234  -25  175
  46  Haematologists           138  45  38  55  182  217  -35  173
  47  Epidemiologists          138  44  35  59  155  194  -39  167
  48  Hepatologists            138  40  47  51  147  169  -22  167
  49  Administrators           138  48  22  68  225  280  -55  166
  50  Acupuncturists           138  45  30  63  146  186  -40  165
  51  Physios                  138  39  48  51  139  153  -14  165
  52  Anesthesists             138  46  25  67  226  274  -48  163
  53  Pediatricians            138  42  36  60  171  222  -51  162
  54  Insane Doctors           138  41  38  59  178  234  -56  161
  55  Nurses                   138  41  36  61  139  186  -47  159
  56  Geriatricians            138  42  31  65  135  181  -46  157
  57  Vascular Surgeons        138  40  36  62  184  226  -42  156
  58  Neurosurgeons            138  41  32  65  161  214  -53  155
  59  Radiologists             138  41  29  68  221  274  -53  152
  60  Occupational Medicine    138  40  28  70  181  237  -56  148
  61  Nephrologists            138  39  31  68  113  170  -57  148
  62  Intellectuals            138  37  32  69  148  235  -87  143
  63  Hypnotherapists          138  35  34  69  215  281  -66  139
  64  Rheumatologists          138  33  30  75  141  233  -92  129
  65  Sleep Doctors            138  24  40  74  114  221 -107  112
  66  Chiropractors            138  22  38  78  160  289 -129  104
  67  Cytopathologists         138  24  24  90  135  318 -183   96
  68  Phrostesis Producers     138  25  19  94  176  348 -172   94
  69  Osteopathic Doctors      138  22  27  89  130  292 -162   93
  70  Massage Therapists       138  18  34  86  153  317 -164   88

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ESTRESSE INTENSO'S COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

Previous champions:
Season 1 - Academia Acropolis
Season 2 - Escritórios Macedo
Season 3 - Academia Acropolis
Season 4 - Academia Acropolis
Season 5 - Camisa Dez
Season 6 - Academia Acropolis
Season 7 - Camisa Dez
Season 8 – Camisa Dez

The country championship involves the 10 best teams of the country of Estresse Intenso (this means the teams from outside the Landau Institute). There are many teams in Estresse Intenso, but most don't have organization, so the league is composed only by the top 10. Teams play each other six times, and the best after these 54 rounds is the champion. Bottom two are relegated... oh wait, everything has changed.

The war in Estresse Intenso changed all the structure of the league. Now there isn't relegation or promoted, the teams that wish to play the league enter, in a first-come policy of the organizers, an independent group with love for football. Even in the middle of chaos, this group is able to manage to guarantee the security of the players and a more-or-less friendly attitude of the teams in the game. Thanks to this, the league survived, with a small structure change.

As it became impossible for teams to travel a lot without getting its players killed, and even more diffcult for teams to constantly play against their enemies, now the Country Championship has a preliminary stage with four divisions, each representing one of the four major groups of Estresse Intenso: Office Buildings, Gangs, Local Citizens and Foreigners. They play with the same format of the former main league of Estresse Intenso, with top two going to the last stage, when these eight teams play each other twice, to finally determine the champion of the country. The inaugural season of the new style worked well, and applicants are already being accepted for the next edition.

Top 4 win a chance to dispute the SBCC, the only international competition available for them (as the TQCC and GC are reserved for Láifódi teams). See the final standings of the league:

OFFICE BUILDINGS' DIVISION – Standings:

  Pos  Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  AUGECC No.1                 54  34   6  14  133   80   53  108
   2  Landsberg's Central Office  54  32  11  11   74   40   34  107
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   3  Banco Econômico Code-A      54  25  15  14  100   81   19   90
   4  Canfudea Factory            54  23  13  18  102   96    6   82
   5  Samseong's Local Home       54  19  13  22  106   97    9   70
   6  BazaBurger Principal        54  19   9  26   92  114  -22   66
   7  TakilQuip Main O.B.         54  17  15  22   59   68   -9   66
   8  Teknika Ground Zero         54  15  19  20   61   70   -9   64
   9  Sorthern Airways Hangar     54  14  15  25   75   96  -21   57
  10  Union of Small Offices      54   9  10  35   67  127  -60   37

GANGS' DIVISION – Standings:

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Skull Eaters              54  27  16  11  136   90   46   97
   2  Blood Extractors          54  27   8  19  109   90   19   89
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   3  Godfather Alliance        54  23  15  16   83   58   25   84
   4  Chainsaw Throwers         54  22  17  15   98   94    4   83
   5  Underground Animals       54  22  13  19  112   98   14   79
   6  Kyyaaaahh!                54  17  19  18   98  103   -5   70
   7  Boom-Bang-Crash           54  18  10  26   95  119  -24   64
   8  Bonde do .38              54  18  10  26   79  103  -24   64
   9  Hell's Playground         54  16  13  25  108  127  -19   61
  10  Chaos Kissers             54  15   9  30   66  102  -36   54

LOCAL CITIZENS' DIVISION – Standings:

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Government Officials      54  34  10  10  147   89   58  112
   2  Outpost Athletic          54  29   9  16  108   76   32   96
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   3  Camisa Dez                54  28  11  15   96   69   27   95
   4  Renegade Families         54  23  15  16  101   84   17   84
   5  Loyals to President       54  24   9  21  103  106   -3   81
   6  AOHC Shelter              54  18  11  25   85   92   -7   65
   7  Prophets of Space         54  18   6  30   88  113  -25   60
   8  Monarchists               54  16   9  29   85  122  -37   57
   9  True Citizens             54  15  10  29   85  113  -28   55
  10  Supernatural Scholars     54  15  10  29   82  116  -34   55

FOREIGNERS' DIVISION – Standings:

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  For Urizen                54  24  20  10  127   89   38   92
   2  Humanitarian Forces       54  27  10  17  103  102    1   91
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   3  Isla Pilsen               54  26  10  18   86   61   25   88
   4  United Mercenaries        54  21  16  17  107   96   11   79
   5  Pirates of Grammar Strait 54  21  12  21   94  101   -7   75
   6  Mujeongbu                 54  18  16  20   96   99   -3   70
   7  Alien Emissaries          54  18  12  24   98  116  -18   66
   8  Adventurers FC            54  16  18  20   68   75   -7   66
   9  Borders' Protectors       54  12  20  22   77  103  -26   56
  10  Lost in Chaos             54  15  10  29   84   98  -14   55

FINAL ROUND – Final Results

 Pos  Team                         P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  AUGECC No.1                 14   9   3   2   29   16   13   30  C/SBCC
   2  Skull Eaters                14   8   4   2   28   13   15   28  SBCC
   3  For Urizen                  14   6   3   5   15   18   -3   21  SBCC
   4  Government Officials        14   5   5   4   26   20    6   20  SBCC
   5  Humanitarian Forces         14   5   1   8   17   25   -8   16
   6  Outpost Athletic            14   4   3   7   12   18   -6   15
   7  Landsberg's Central Office  14   4   1   9   13   22   -9   13
   8  Blood Extractors            14   3   4   7   18   26   -8   13

So the qualified for international competitions are:
TQCC: Neurologists; Psychiatrists; Surgeons
GC: Otorhinolaryngologists; Orthopedists; General Practitioners
SBCC: AUGECC No.1; Skull Eaters; For Urizen; Government Officials

Stadiums for international competitions:
TQCC: Babel Spiral, Cânyon Abissal (reformed - cap. 353,535)
GC: Aterro Sanitário, Limbo (cap. 40,000)
SBCC: Sector-Delta Sporting Field, Landau Institute (cap. 0)

[Somewhereistonia]

So, season eight and everything is fucked up. We have loads of new teams that need to be integrated at the end of the season all making a mess of everything as well as a bomb hitting a factory in the recent war. The said factory produced the league tables that were used previously, so for this season (and hopefully only this season) the league tables will have somewhat less information. Still, we will persevere!

Bit of information here, there are four new leagues/league areas that will be added into the Somewhereistonian liigas. Each of these leagues will get a number of places in each current division in the Somewhereistonian league system, the number depending on how good the leagues are thought to be. This will lead to mass relegations and the creation of a new fourth division; the Neljaliiga (sponsorship bidding for the Neljaliiga is open).
New teams to join divisions (in order of when the names were generated, roughly):

Meistriliiga:
Volodiscow Resistance [Ida Balak]
Balakka Vanguard [Ida Balak]
Oaków Lightening [Oakow]
Vaska FK [Oakow]

Esiliiga:
Dinamo Oaków [Oakow]
Volodiscow Olimpiskais [Ida Balak]
Irka FK [Irk]

Koliliiga:
Mahilyow FK [Ida Balak]
Rinsk SK [Ida Balak]
Baranavičy FBK [Ida Balak]
Dinamo Mazyr [Oakow]
Spartak Kobryń [Oakow]
Torpedo Tyra [Oakow]
Kõrvaline Isik Kabs [Et Kab (now part of Kabano)]
Irka Kesklinn [Irk]

Neljaliiga:
Oaków Donkeys [Oakow]
Rushmore Commercial [Klaipaada]

More teams will join the Neljaliiga from these areas, with their names being made up when they are needed.

The Results



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Meistriliiga 7

 Pos  Team                       
   1  Atlantas Klaipaada              C/TQCC
   2  Metalurgs                           TQCC
   3  Dinamo Karrakiv                 GC
   4  Qasarian Sparta                  GC
   5  FK Koltelcia                        GC
   6  Qasarian City
   7  Ventspils Redwings
   8  Ventspils Bluewings
   9  ISC Rig
  10  Skonto Liepaja
  11  Kalev Talla
  12  Vetra Karrakiv
  13  Tammeka Kuressaare
  14  Vetra Jurmala
  15  Kabano Zeppelin
  16  Silute City                         R
  17  FK Kabano                         R
  18  Olimpiskais Kaljak             R
  19  FBK Kedainiai                    R
  20  Hawks Sporting Academy   R


The purchase of Ian Betts of Krytenia and Brieuc Mercœur of Oberour Ar Moro may not have won them the title this season, but the pair have certainly added to the goal tally this season, Atlantas really tore up the other teams, with scorelines such as 11-0 and 12-1 against Olimpiskais Kaljak as well as 9-1 and 10-0 thrashings of Silute and Hawks Academy during the season. Truly this team dominated this season and have come out as more than deserved winners. Metalurgs may have been good through the season but they were simply no match for the champions, who must now be looking to finally get to the TQCC group stage and beyond it.

Metalurgs still pushed for the title though, finishing second quite comfortably. It may be slightly premature to call as yet, but it looks like the old big two (Qasarian Sparta and Dinamo Karrakiv) have been replaced by a new big two as the originals are now looking to become regular Globe Cup qualifiers. Kazys Xentolov seems to have had surprisingly few bigs from overseas, given that the youngster scored another 34 goals this season with 13 assists. He is quite simply the best striker in the league, even if he struggles to get a first eleven place in the national team. He has scored the most goals in the past four seasons I think. The all time top scorer in the Meistriliiga and most goals in a season. This guy is amazing, perhaps the $25 million price tag put on the youngster by his club and his happiness to stay has been what has put clubs off.

Ventspils Redwings are continuing to struggle financially as they drop from third in the league to seventh, only above their historic rivals, Bluewings, on goal difference. Failure to make the Globe Cup and strains on the club's finances mean that they club are definitely going to be selling players before next season. Koltelcia will take the extra place in the Globe Cup instead, the regular top-half team find themselves in fifth behind the new and old big twos.

Qasarian City put in another good league showing, just not good enough to get those international spots. Newcomer ISC Rig made a good debut season in the top division, coming ninth. As for the bottom of the league, well there were five relegated teams this season. No one particularly unsurprising. Silute's long term struggle to keep up has finally ended, with the club now probably having to sell players that they worked so hard to be able to afford.



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Esiliiga 7

 Pos  Team               
   1  Dinamo Moletai                 C/SBCC
   2  FK Alytus                          SBCC
   3  FBK Karrakiv                     SBCC
   4  Poikimitagiin DFE Narva    SBCC
   5  Olnavia United 
   6  SK InfoInternet
   7  Modraine Pirates
   8  FBK Kujenai
   9   FK Ekranos Panev 
  10  Trans Lazvor
  11  FK Kuka   
  12  FK Karrasiana ühendatud
  13  Rig City                           R
  14  Vilsuv State                     R
  15  Old Suvisians                   R
  16  Olimpiskais Lazvia           R 
  17  FK Narva                          R
  18  FK Vindava                      R
  19  Nica Zeppelin                   R
  20  FK Kedainiai                    R


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Koliliiga 7

 Pos  Team                       
   1  FK Samseong Dreiliņaja    C/P
   2  Trakai Sparta   
   3  Vetra Sakiai
   4  CS Sept-Onze Loksa
   5  Rig Falcons                      R
   6  Dinamo Vōru                    R
   7  Locomotiv Talsi               R
   8  FK Roja                           R
   9  FBK Dagda                       R
  10  FBK Kardla                      R
  11  FK Nida                          R
  12  Okainiai Zeppelin           R
  13  FBK Mustvee                  R
  14  Balti Talla                      R
  15  FK X-Spordiga                R
  16  FK Gakda                       Rx2
  17  Valka                             Rx2
  18  Vili ühendatud                Rx2
  19  FK X-Cell                        Rx2
  20  FBK Surka                      Rx2


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Liistriik Kruus – later rounds

Quarterfinals
FK Alytus 0-4 Atlantas Klaipaada
ISC Rig 2-2 Kabano Zeppelin
Replay: ISC Rig 3-2 Kabano Zeppelin
Ventspils Redwings 3-1 Dinamo Karrakiv
Qasarian Sparta 2-5 Metalurgs

Semifinals
Atlantas Klaipaada 5-1 ISC Rig
ISC Rig 0-2 Atlantas Klaipaada
Aggregate: Atlantas Klaipaada 7-1 ISC Rig

Ventspils Redwings 2-3 Metalurgs
Metalurgs 1-3 Ventspils Redwings
Aggregate: Ventspils Redwings 5-4 Metalurgs


Final
Atlantas Klaipaada 3-0 Ventspils Redwings

International Club Qualifiers

TQCC:

Atlantas Klaipaada
Metalurgs

Globe Cup:

Qasarian Sparta
Dinamo Karrakiv
FK Koltelcia

SBCC:

Dinamo Moletai
FK Alytus
FBK Karrakiv
Poikimitagiin DFE Narva

International final bids
TaqilQuip Champions' Cup: Spartas Staadion (95,000), Qasarian
Series B Champions’ Cup: Spektakl-3-Arena (85,100), Qasarian

[Vephrall]

Vephraller Tririsec e Foutbill
(and related competitions)
1780 season

Due to organizational issues and a surprise lack of funding, both the Vephraller Kustriin e Foutbill and Prime Minister's Cup ceased operation prior to the 1780 season. The Globe Cup berth normally awarded to the VKF winner has been transferred to the Commonwealth Cup as a result.


Champion guaranteed TQCC berth. Poiki guaranteed TQCC berth as defending TQCC champion.

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Mylfe CE                  38  25   5   8   69   29   40   80  TQCC
   2  Stestrenas OC             38  23  10   5   73   38   35   79  TQCC?
   3  Merpisms CE               38  22  10   6   66   39   27   76  TQCC?
   4  Poikimitagiin FE          38  18  13   7   79   38   41   67  TQCC
   5  Boalluns FE               38  20   7  11   69   47   22   67  GC?
   6  Huellim FE                38  18  12   8   73   46   27   66  GC?
   7  Stithis FE                38  18  10  10   61   49   12   64  GC?
   8  Daazyiles OC              38  19   7  12   57   45   12   64
   9  Bumpoogra FE              38  16   9  13   60   44   16   57
  10  Oillid CE                 38  16   8  14   55   42   13   56
  11  Ammites FE                38  14   7  17   49   56   -7   49
  12  Knoleier FE               38  13   9  16   50   59   -9   48
  13  Pondrit FE                38  11  14  13   45   43    2   47
  14  Terabits CE               38  13   7  18   56   67  -11   46
  15  Penuler OC                38  11  12  15   46   64  -18   45
  16  Spoantects CE             38  11   9  18   47   61  -14   42
  17  FE Dranacess              38   8   6  24   41   80  -39   30
  18  DFE Anhenir               38   6   8  24   35   76  -41   26  R
  19  DFE Donseplock            38   5   7  26   30   87  -57   22  R
  20  Trillet FE                38   3  10  25   36   87  -51   19  R

Top two guaranteed SBCC berths.

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Shing OC                  38  23   8   7   70   30   40   77  P/SBCC
   2  Fekler FE                 38  22   8   8   59   34   25   74  P/SBCC
   3  Custler FE                38  20   8  10   67   45   22   68  P/SBCC?
   4  Sichisers OB              38  18  13   7   64   41   23   67  SBCC?
   5  Cirbeod CE                38  19   8  11   59   38   21   65
   6  Netler FE                 38  15  14   9   46   33   13   59
   7  Grasset FE                38  14  13  11   49   46    3   55
   8  Gontarther FE             38  17   4  17   49   50   -1   55
   9  Mendid CE                 38  16   6  16   56   56    0   54
  10  Strapply FE               38  15   8  15   49   46    3   53
  11  CE e Flaarickug           38  12  14  12   36   40   -4   50
  12  Sontirae CE               38  13  10  15   45   59  -14   49
  13  Ucktingang OB             38  12  10  16   47   50   -3   46
  14  Sascaenis CE              38  13   7  18   41   59  -18   46
  15  Cunceer CE                38  13   7  18   37   55  -18   46
  16  DFE Unee                  38  10  12  16   38   45   -7   42
  17  Pomperae FE               38   9  13  16   44   60  -16   40
  18  Engset FE                 38   9  11  18   37   52  -15   38  R
  19  Tehtisms CE               38   8  12  18   33   51  -18   36  R
  20  FE Glaggemuda             38   5   8  25   28   64  -36   23  R

.Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Nenirmiopoti FE           38  21   8   9   58   35   23   71  P
   2  Sante OB                  38  19  10   9   54   38   16   67  P
   3  Feay FE                   38  18  10  10   48   38   10   64  P
   4  Ranalos CE                38  16  14   8   55   40   15   62
   5  Scinpefis FE              38  16  11  11   50   46    4   59
   6  Troorliil FE              38  15  11  12   46   39    7   56
   7  Tigajana OC               38  15  11  12   60   55    5   56
   8  Dallbigil FE              38  15  11  12   47   46    1   56
   9  Burtneeg FE               38  12  17   9   52   45    7   53
  10  DFE Defae                 38  15   8  15   43   53  -10   53
  11  DFE Hyllesme              38  13  11  14   48   52   -4   50
  12  Dilkis FE                 38  12  13  13   45   37    8   49
  13  Brimpeng FE               38  13   9  16   53   52    1   48
  14  Lientos OC                38  12  10  16   42   45   -3   46
  15  Beosig CE                 38  10  14  14   43   48   -5   44
  16  Fishbogger FE             38  11  11  16   46   55   -9   44
  17  Zikeseng OC               38   9  13  16   34   47  -13   40
  18  Grendless FE              38   9  10  19   37   57  -20   37  R
  19  Berkemara FE              38   7  15  16   35   52  -17   36  R
  20  Spiegrigger FE            38   7  13  18   34   50  -16   34  R

State Leagues

Baseng: Timuner FE (last season: Beosig CE)
Bektys: Daazyiles OC
Calamen: Custler FE
Darnai: Contrer FE (last season: Ceresstrer FE)
Dettune: DFE Anhenir
Riestre: Huellim FE
Salle: Terabits CE
Seibeng: Freal CE (last season: Grasset FE)
Shentarong: Stestrenas OC (last season: Merpisms CE)
Sirinis: Tidnorier FE (last season: CE Prongs)
Sumbobor: Mylfe CE
Till: Bastegoretik FE (last season: Sassear OC)

Commonwealth Cup

Fourth Round
Spoantects CE 1-3 Oillid CE
Ammites FE 3-1 Mylfe CE
Trillet FE 1-2 Stestrenas OC
Huellim FE 6-0 Sichisers OB
Merpisms CE 1-0 Stithis FE
Ucktingang OB 1-4 Poikimitagiin FE
Boalluns FE 2-0 Knoleier FE
DFE Anhenir 0-3 Penuler OC

Quarterfinals
Boalluns FE 0-3 Ammites FE
Ammites FE 0-2 Boalluns FE (agg 3-2)

Merpisms CE 2-1 Poikimitagiin FE
Poikimitagiin FE 1-0 Merpisms CE (agg 2-2; 1-1 (2-3) AET)

Oillid CE 2-0 Huellim FE
Huellim FE 3-1 Oillid CE (agg 3-3; 3-1 AET; 5-4 PKs)

Penuler OC 1-2 Stestrenas OC
Stestrenas OC 3-1 Penuler OC (agg 5-2)

Semifinals
Ammites FE 0-2 Merpisms CE
Merpisms CE 0-1 Ammites FE (agg 2-1)

Huellim FE 0-0 Stestrenas OC
Stestrenas OC 3-1 Huellim FE (agg 3-1)

Final
Merpisms CE 1-1 Stestrenas OC (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)