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ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:49 pm

Season 27: Part 3

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

RGS Athletic 1-0 Monksville United
Nile Bridge 4-0 Seniors FC
UR Town 0-2 VLC FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-1 Polkation FC
Xilon OC 0-2 Olympia FC
FM Town 2-1 Half Boy FC
Tuntingone FC 4-0 Norrion Rovers
Seaton Town 1-0 Royal Jam FC

And how did that happen? 7th placed Tuntigone played host to Norrion in the first of the reverse fixtures, having lost 3-1 to the league leaders at the start of the season. It seems the teams were swapped, as Norrion were simply blown off the pitch by a dominant Tuntigone side. RGS’ win over Monksville sees them leapfrog Norrion into top spot, with wins for Olympia and VLC now meaning the top four is again covered by just three points. A big blow for 5th place Royal Jam however, as they desperately needed a win to keep pace with the top four – however, Seaton Town didn’t oblige, and Royal Jam fell to 6th as Tuntigone overtook them. UR Town also suffered in 6th, losing at home to VLC with a limp performance, and as such fell to 7th. At the other end of the table, Nile Bridge’s win moved them up to 11th as the 6 teams covered by 3 points were split up a little – losses for the bottom three however means Xilon in 14th are now 7 points adrift, and it looks increasingly unlikely that any of those three will survive.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

Monksville United 3-1 Nile Bridge
RGS Athletic 6-1 UR Town
Seniors FC 0-2 Walston Brook Albion
VLC FC 2-0 Xilon OC
Polkation FC 1-0 FM Town
Olympia FC 0-1 Tuntingone FC
Half Boy FC 1-1 Seaton Town
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Royal Jam FC

Tuntigone must be beaming as they navigate through this tricky run of fixtures – having disposed of the ex-league leaders last week, they follow that up with a shock away win over Olympia. VLC are up next, followed by a trip to RGS and then hosting UR – all three will now be very wary of slipping up against, on paper, beatable opposition. Speaking of slipping up, Norrion doubled their loss tally for the season in just two matches, as they score a second loss on the trot, this time at home to Royal Jam. At the top, RGS played host to UR, and frankly put the visitors to the sword to win 6-1 – that result puts UR Town down to 8th after Polkation’s win. VLC leapfrog both Norrion and Olympia to move into 2nd, but RGS’ win opens up a three point gap at the top – at the other end, Nile Bridge move back into 13th, but the gap to relegation is now 8 points.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

UR Town 2-2 Monksville United
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Nile Bridge
Xilon OC 0-3 RGS Athletic
FM Town 1-0 Seniors FC
Tuntingone FC 0-1 VLC FC
Seaton Town 0-1 Polkation FC
Royal Jam FC 2-2 Olympia FC
Norrion Rovers 1-0 Half Boy FC

Maybe it was too much to ask of Tuntigone, but credit to the way they contained VLC and outplayed them for most of the match, and were very deserving of a draw. RGS continue their goalscoring form, putting three past relegation candidates (or relegation near-certainties at this point) Xilon OC, whilst Norrion arrest their slide with a hard fought 1-0 win over cellar-dwellers Half Boy. However, Olympia can’t keep pace, as they’re held to a 2-2 draw by Royal Jam, a draw that narrows the gap between the two to 6 points, and sees Olympia 3 points off third and 7 points off the lead.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter Final 1st Leg

Empire End FC 0-1 Polkation FC
Norrion Rovers 2-3 Indionion Athletic
Newt Cape Wanderers 1-3 RGS Athletic
Xilon OC 1-0 Fracitz AC

The last 8, just four more matches until the final, the end is in sight. 4 Premier League sides survived the onslaught from the lower league sides, and indeed each other, to reach this stage. Outside the top flight, Indionion Athletic are the strongest side left standing, as the Second Division’s sole representatives. The third tier is represented by Imperial First Division side Empire End FC, whilst the Imperial Second Division (Tier 4) has Newt Cape Wanderers. And, amazingly, Fracitz AC from the fifth tier – the Central League First Division, conquerors of Seaton Town in the last round, round up the 8 teams. Unfortunately, the randomizer has picked a Premier League side in each tie, much to the chagrin of neutrals and much to the delight of fans.

The first tie saw Empire End host mid-table Polkation, and the close match ended up 1-0 to the visitors, with just a bit too much class on show. There is hope in the return leg, because one goal isn’t too big a gap to overcome. The only big shock of the day was Norrion Rovers, whose recent slump has taken everybody by surprise, losing at home to second division side Indionion Athletic – in fact, Norrion started so badly that Indionion scored 2 goals before the half hour mark, before restoring the 2 goal gap with a third 70 minutes in; only Norrion’s last minute goal gives them real hope of a return in the second leg, but 3 away goals is a tall order to overcome. Elsewhere, Premier League leaders RGS Athletic did not relent with their goal-scoring, notching up another three goals as they swept aside Newt Cape with ease, and Premier League relegation fodder Xilon OC could barely manage a shot on target against Fracitz, but in the end they squeaked a goal through – New Cape look like they have no chance, but Fracitz will be looking forward to an eminently winnable second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

Monksville United 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
UR Town 3-1 Xilon OC
Nile Bridge 0-1 FM Town
RGS Athletic 6-0 Tuntingone FC
Seniors FC 0-1 Seaton Town
VLC FC 1-0 Royal Jam FC
Polkation FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers
Olympia FC 6-1 Half Boy FC

Two 6 goal whoppers this weekend, as Olympia set the initial headlines alight with a 6-1 demolition of Half Boy, all 7 goals coming from Olympia players – the team at the bottom of the table were completely hapless at both attack and defence. But the next day saw Tuntigone travel to New Lodger City confident of a point, and then sent home in pieces, as RGS surgically dissected the Tuntigone defence time and time again to rack up 6 goals without reply. Norrion are still faltering, now dropping points on the road to Polkation – they’ve already dropped as many points in the past four games as they had in the first half of the season (8 pts – 1 draw and two losses), leaving them 6 points off the lead, and a point ahead of Olympia. Meanwhile, VLC’s win over Royal Jam gave UR Town a chance to make up ground, which they gladly took against Xilon OC – whilst they stay 8th, the gap to Royal Jam in 5th is reduced to 3 points.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

Xilon OC 0-2 Monksville United
FM Town 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Tuntingone FC 1-2 UR Town
Seaton Town 2-0 Nile Bridge
Royal Jam FC 0-0 RGS Athletic
Norrion Rovers 1-1 Seniors FC
Half Boy FC 0-1 VLC FC
Olympia FC 1-1 Polkation FC

And the slump continues for Norrion, who now have just 1 win in 5 league games (1 in 6 when you include the cup) after being held to a 1-1 draw against 15th placed Seniors FC, which takes the latter team above Xilon OC into 14th, but only by goal difference. The faltering was more widespread however, as RGS’ run of goal fests came to an abrupt end against Royal Jam, with the visitors unable to break through the well-marshalled defence; Olympia were also held at home by Polkation. The crucial midtable match between Tuntigone and UR Town went the way of the visitors, allowing UR to overtake the hosts and Polkation to move into 6th place. At the top, VLC move within a point of RGS, 5 points clear of Norrion in third with Olympia a further point behind – Royal Jam are 9 points behind them in 5th. At the bottom, the situation is getting bleaker by the day for Seniors, Xilon and Half Boy, as Nile Bridge in 13th are 8 points clear of the relegation zone with 10 games to go – oddly enough, Nile Bridge are also 6 points behind 12th place Walston Brook.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter Final 1st Leg

Polkation FC 0-1 Empire End FC (0-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-4 PKs)
Indionion Athletic 2-2 Norrion Rovers (5-4 agg)
RGS Athletic 3-1 Newt Cape Wanderers (6-2 agg)
Fracitz AC 0-2 Xilon OC (0-3 agg)

The tensest of matches in Pointilism Park saw Empire End of the third tier overturn the 1-0 loss they suffered in the first leg, forcing the tie to go into extra time, and with no more goals, into a penalty shootout. And it was the underdogs that held their nerve the best, winning the match on the last penalty of 10. A second shock almost never happened, as Norrion Rovers somehow rallied themselves to go 2-0 up in the tie, and 4-3 ahead on aggregate, but the hosts regrouped and pushed hard, scoring with 8 minutes of normal time left to tie the tie on aggregate. If that wasn’t enough to deflate Norrion’s resolve, the equalizer at the 90th minute was, bringing the match to 2-2 and the tie 5-4 to Indionion. That collapse of morale more or less sums up the last few matches Norrion have been having. On the other end of the scale, the other two matches went according to plan, firstly with RGS roundly dispatching Newt Cape in the same manner they did in the first leg, with exactly the same scoreline – RGS comfortably through to the semi-final 6-2 on aggregate. Meanwhile, fifth tier Fracitz AC were unable to spring another upset, as they couldn’t overcome the goal deficit they brought in from the first leg against Xilon OC.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

Monksville United 1-1 FM Town
Xilon OC 0-1 Tuntingone FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Seaton Town
UR Town 0-2 Royal Jam FC
Nile Bridge 0-1 Norrion Rovers
RGS Athletic 7-4 Half Boy FC
Seniors FC 1-1 Olympia FC
VLC FC 1-0 Polkation FC

A first win in 5 matches (in all competition) sees Norrion come away from Bridgetown with a much needed win, keeping them ahead of Olympia who could only muster a draw away to 14th place Seniors. VLC’s win against Polkation put the pressure on RGS, who hosted Half Boy in an 11 goal thriller. It wasn’t much of a contest, despite the scoreline, as RGS went three goals up in twenty minutes, and kept the gap to at least three goals for the entire match – the fourth was on the half hour mark, Half Boy pulled one back shortly before half time, 5-1 two minutes into the second half, 5-2 came on the hour mark, 6-2 five minutes from time, 6-3 on the 90th minute mark, 7-3 almost straight from the restart, and in the fourth minute of stoppage time, 7-4. All-in-all a very concerning day for the RGS defenders. Meanwhile, Royal Jam stamp their claim in the race for fifth with a clinical 2-0 away win over UR Town.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

Tuntingone FC 0-1 Monksville United
Seaton Town 0-1 FM Town
Royal Jam FC 1-0 Xilon OC
Norrion Rovers 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Half Boy FC 5-5 UR Town
Olympia FC 4-2 Nile Bridge
Polkation FC 0-2 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 1-0 Seniors FC

Norrion seem to have stopped the rot, registering a second win on the trot with a close 1-0 victory at home over Walston Brook, but there’s no movement in the top 4 as the other three teams also win – Olympia did have to come from behind to beat Nile Bridge though. But the story of the day would have to be the 5-5 draw between Half Boy and UR – the nine goals scored in their past two matches the amount they scored in the first half of the season, and this time it was UR playing catch-up, with Half Boy at one point 4-1 ahead and then 5-2 up. But they have the worst defence in the league by a mile for a reason, and they were torn apart several times in the last 20 minutes, and it was down to the heroics of Safouane Burke in the Half Boy net that gave them a point. Royal Jam now have some breathing space in 5th, 5 points clear on Tuntigone and FM Town but 7 behind Olympia, who themselves are a whole 9 points off top spot – Norrion are three ahead, and VLC still only a point behind RGS. UR have fallen back down and are still languishing in 8th, ahead of Polkation and Monksville. At the bottom, Seniors are still 7 points adrift of Nile Bridge and safety, with Xilon and Half Boy one and two points behind respectively.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 23

Monksville United 0-1 Seaton Town
Tuntingone FC 0-0 Royal Jam FC
FM Town 0-5 Norrion Rovers
Xilon OC 0-1 Half Boy FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-2 Olympia FC
UR Town 2-0 Polkation FC
Nile Bridge 0-5 VLC FC
RGS Athletic 2-1 Seniors FC

Norrion have found their winning form again, but it looks like it’ll be too late, as neither RGS nor VLC look like they’re going to falter. Norrion’s emphatic 5-0 win over FM Town more or less dispelled any doubts about their recovery over the past couple of matches, but VLC matched that blow-for-blow as they also came home with a 5-0 away to Nile Bridge. RGS Athletic had a narrower win over Seniors, but a win nonetheless, which keeps them at the top of the tree with 7 games to go. At the bottom of the table, Half Boy register their third win of the season, beating Xilon on the road and lifting them off the foot of the table and into 14th for the first time in a while, and also now just 6 points from safety.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           23   18   3   2    59   21  +38    57 Champions/CdC/TQCC
 2 VLC FC                 23   18   2   3    39   11  +28    56 Globe Cup
 3 Norrion Rovers         23   16   3   4    42   18  +24    51 Globe Cup
 4 Olympia FC             23   15   3   5    50   28  +22    48
 5 Royal Jam FC           23   11   6   6    24   13  +11    39
 6 UR Town                23   11   2  10    39   37   +2    35
 7 Tuntingone FC          23   10   4   9    26   25   +1    34
 8 FM Town                23   10   3  10    24   37  −13    33
 9 Seaton Town            23    8   7   8    21   24   −3    31
10 Monksville United      23    7   8   8    25   24   +1    29
11 Polkation FC           23    8   5  10    20   24   −4    29
12 Walston Brook Albion   23    6   7  10    12   18   −6    25
13 Nile Bridge            23    5   3  15    29   47  −18    18
14 Half Boy FC            23    3   3  17    22   60  −38    12 Relegated
15 Seniors FC             23    2   5  16    16   37  −21    11 Relegated
16 Xilon OC               23    2   4  17     9   33  −24    10 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Copper Communists SC   23   15   5   3    55   22  +33    50 Champions/SBCC
 2 YLW FC                 23   15   4   4    44   23  +21    49 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Toclofania FC          23   13   3   7    30   18  +12    42 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Yillog City            23   12   5   6    32   24   +8    41
 5 Pontifucia United      23   12   4   7    49   38  +11    40
 6 Indionion Athletic     23   11   3   9    37   30   +7    36
 7 Micronopia United      23    9   6   8    37   29   +8    33
 8 Revisionists           23    9   5   9    16   19   −3    32
 9 Macaronia FC           23    9   4  10    31   25   +6    31
10 NT United              23    8   6   9    29   28   +1    30
11 Jam Athletic           23    8   5  10    25   38  −13    29
12 Honsadin FC            23    7   5  11    24   31   −7    26
13 Benopia AC             23    5   9   9    18   31  −13    24
14 Oldbridge FC           23    6   5  12    18   32  −14    23 Relegated (I)
15 Approciation FC        23    5   4  14    18   41  −23    19 Relegated (C)
16 Jam Mountain Island    23    0   7  16    11   45  −34     7 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:33 pm

Season 27: Part 4

ICEL Premier League Matchday 24

Royal Jam FC 2-0 Monksville United
Norrion Rovers 4-0 Seaton Town
Half Boy FC 2-2 Tuntingone FC
Olympia FC 0-1 FM Town
Polkation FC 0-2 Xilon OC
VLC FC 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Seniors FC 1-0 UR Town
RGS Athletic 9-0 Nile Bridge

This weekend started off with a bang, as RGS hosted Nile Bridge in the early match on Saturday, and they more or less made up for only scoring 2 the week before against Seniors – Nile Bridge had no answer to the frankly absurd RGS attack, which made mincemeat of the defence and struck 9 past two bewildered goalies (yes, starting keeper Tate Rogers was taken off at half time for Rifqa Gibson). And to add insult to injury, the three teams chasing them for safety all got points later in the day, as Half Boy kept their newfound scoring form to get a draw, whilst Seniors added the final nail in the coffin for UR Town manager Reine Leslie, who was promptly sacked following the 1-0 loss; Xilon also registered a win, and the gap to safety fell to 4 points for Seniors (5 for the other two). At the top, Olympia’s title challenge is pretty much over, after a home loss to FM Town sees them slip 12 points off top spot – their Globe Cup challenge is in jeopardy as well, as wins for Norrion and VLC sees a gap of 6 points open up between 3rd and 4th.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 1st Leg

Empire End FC 2-2 Indionion Athletic
RGS Athletic 2-1 Xilon OC

The two remaining Premier League teams were tied against each other, in what would have been a bit of a mismatch in the league – 1st and 15th are where RGS and Xilon currently sit in the table, but form goes out of the window in the cup, replaced by hunger and desire as well as quality. That left the two non-Premier League sides to battle it out, with third tier Empire End taking on second tier Indionion Athletic, which was the first match played. And it played out to honour even, as the two teams matched each other blow-for-blow – Indionion took the lead but were pulled back before half time, and it was the other way around in the second half. All in all, a draw was the fair result, but Indionion will be the happier taking two away goals into the 2nd leg. RGS couldn’t follow up their goal fest at the weekend, as they were forced to play hard for a 2-0 lead, before Xilon nicked an away goal in stoppage time, which gives the latter a vital lifeline going into the second leg to undo the one goal disadvantage.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 25

Monksville United 0-1 Norrion Rovers
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Half Boy FC
Seaton Town 1-0 Olympia FC
Tuntingone FC 2-0 Polkation FC
FM Town 1-1 VLC FC
Xilon OC 0-1 Seniors FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 RGS Athletic
UR Town 4-1 Nile Bridge

The gap at the bottom is now just one point, as Nile Bridge put in another humiliating performance, this time losing 4-1 against UR Town, who are now under caretaker manager Verrall Sandström; Seniors took full advantage, beating fellow relegation contenders Xilon to narrow the gap – a loss for Half Boy leaves both them and Xilon 5 points adrift with 5 games to play. At the top, another twist in the tale, as RGS were held to a goalless draw by Walston Brook, whilst VLC fell behind to FM Town early on, and couldn’t close the gap. Norrion, however, could, beating Monksville 1-0 on the road to go 3 points off the top. Olympia’s loss to Seaton sees Royal Jam inch ever closer, now just 3 points behind 4th.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 26

Half Boy FC 1-4 Monksville United
Olympia FC 3-6 Norrion Rovers
Polkation FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC
VLC FC 0-2 Seaton Town
Seniors FC 0-1 Tuntingone FC
RGS Athletic 2-0 FM Town
Nile Bridge 1-0 Xilon OC
UR Town 1-1 Walston Brook Albion

A shocking result at the top sees VLC beaten at home by Seaton Town, a result very much cheered on by the other half of the city as RGS held their nerve to see off FM Town 2-0, extending the gap at the top to four points. VLC fall to third on goal difference, as Norrion catch them up with a rollercoaster 6-3 away win against 4th place Olympia, who have now been caught on points by Royal Jam. At the other end, a vital win for Nile Bridge, against Xilon OC no less, sees them go 4 points clear of relegation again, as Seniors and Half Boy both lose as well – Xilon and Half Boy can both go down next week if they fail to win their matches and Nile Bridge win.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

Indionion Athletic 0-1 Empire End FC (2-3 agg)
Xilon OC 0-1 RGS Athletic (1-3 agg)

Not as many goals as in the first leg, but both of them were very important. Indionion could well have seen the match out at 0-0 and advance on away goals, and indeed they were set up primarily not to concede, but it took one moment of magic from the underdogs to break the deadlock, and 1-0 to the visitors it stayed, sending Empire End through to the final. In the other semi-final, Xilon came out of the traps with nothing to lose, and pushed the league leaders hard and all the way, knowing that a 1-0 lead would see them through. But they just couldn’t break through the RGS defence, and it was on the counter that RGS broke the deadlock, taking the tie to 3-1 on aggregate and effectively sinking Xilon’s chances, if not their hopes.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 27

Monksville United 0-1 Olympia FC
Half Boy FC 0-1 Polkation FC
Norrion Rovers 1-1 VLC FC
Royal Jam FC 1-0 Seniors FC
Seaton Town 2-1 RGS Athletic
Tuntingone FC 0-1 Nile Bridge
FM Town 6-2 UR Town
Xilon OC 0-1 Walston Brook Albion

Nile Bridge’s match was the early match on Saturday, and what better way to ramp up the pressure on the chasing pack than by winning – a narrow 1-0 win away to Tuntigone was enough. And it was enough for Half Boy FC and Xilon OC to be relegated, as both teams lost at home to Polkation and Walston Brook respectively; Seniors also lost on the road to Royal Jam, leaving them 7 points adrift with 9 to play for – Seniors losing or Nile Bridge winning next weekend would see Seniors go down. The battle of 2nd vs 3rd saw Norrion host VLC in a match where the loser would more or less be eliminated from the title race, and it finished honours even with a 1-1 draw. However, RGS couldn’t capitalise on that draw, as they fell to a surprise defeat at the hands of Seaton, narrowing the gap at the top to 3 points. UR Town fall to ninth as they are spectacularly defeated 6-2 by FM Town, and there’s a big risk that they might not recover from this slump in future seasons.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 28

Polkation FC 1-0 Monksville United
VLC FC 1-3 Olympia FC
Seniors FC 2-1 Half Boy FC
RGS Athletic 1-0 Norrion Rovers
Nile Bridge 1-4 Royal Jam FC
UR Town 4-0 Seaton Town
Walston Brook Albion 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Xilon OC 1-3 FM Town

Another lifeline for Seniors as they beat Half Boy at home, further helped by Nile Bridge’s 4-1 demolition at home to Royal Jam, which puts them 4 points off safety with 6 to go. But the big story is at the top, as RGS’ narrow win over Norrion is further compounded by Olympia’s shock 3-1 away win against a lacklustre VLC side, which combined means that RGS are 6 points clear at the top of the table, and with only 6 points to play for. And their vastly superior goal difference means that it is all but mathematically guaranteed that RGS will win their 19th consecutive title. UR Town react to falling out of the top half with a crushing 4-0 victory over Seaton, and consequently leapfrog them and Tuntigone in the table to 7th.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 29

Monksville United 1-0 VLC FC
Polkation FC 1-0 Seniors FC
Olympia FC 2-2 RGS Athletic
Half Boy FC 2-3 Nile Bridge
Norrion Rovers 0-2 UR Town
Royal Jam FC 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
Seaton Town 1-1 Xilon OC
Tuntingone FC 1-2 FM Town

All RGS needed was a point, but they were confirmed champions before a single kick of the ball in their match as both VLC and Norrion lost their matches in the afternoon kickoffs – VLC came away from Monksville with a 1-0 loss, whilst Norrion were humbled 2-0 at home by UR Town. Not that those results mattered, as RGS held Olympia to a 2-2 draw in Mount Salt City. At the other end, Seniors FC are relegated after a 1-0 loss to Polkation, whilst Nile Bridge confirmed it with a narrow 3-2 victory over Half Boy. FM Town stay 6th with a good 2-1 win away to Tuntigone, whilst Seaton could only be held at home by Xilon.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 30

Seniors FC 0-1 Monksville United
RGS Athletic 3-1 VLC FC
Nile Bridge 1-0 Polkation FC
UR Town 5-2 Olympia FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Half Boy FC
Xilon OC 1-0 Norrion Rovers
FM Town 2-5 Royal Jam FC
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Seaton Town

Nothing to play for at this point, except for pride (and Globe Cup seeding) as the Lodger City derby came rolling back into town, but it was champions RGS Athletic’s opportunity to celebrate in front of their fans and to rub their triumph in their rival’s faces, which they did with an exemplary performance and a 3-1 scoreline to boot. That more or less secured 2nd place for Norrion, and even though the matches were played at the same time, it showed as Xilon took advantage to notch up a last minute win, just for some pride. Two seven goal thrillers saw Royal Jam beat FM Town 5-2, a scoreline matched by UR Town as they beat Olympia – which helps Royal Jam cement that fourth place spot, surprisingly just 3 points off the Globe Cup (although that says more about VLC’s and Norrion’s end-of-season collapses more than anything else). It also means that UR Town leapfrog FM Town into 6th, sort of salvaging a desperately poor season – FM Town on the other hand have had a terrific season as second division champions, with ex-cup champions and second place Monksville United also doing decently; Half Boy were relegated and bottom of the table.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Final
@ Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Empire End FC 3-0 RGS Athletic

Stannard (pen 24’)
Lock (38’)
Lock (41’)

Now there’s a turn up for the books. RGS Athletic, crowned Premier League champions for the 19th time and winning the title with an absurd 10 point lead, playing Empire End FC of the Imperial League First Division, who had finished 6th after a relatively quiet league campaign. A whole 37 places down the pyramid, and yet it was Empire End that had turned up the style and the class and completely outplayed the league champions in what used to be their home stadium.
The key to the cup success was down to the front two of Raaid Lock and Joelle Stannard, and it was no different today, as those two terrorized the frankly asleep RGS defence, with Lock playing Stannard in on goal only for Oliver Testerman to obstruct her path. Testerman was sent off, and Stannard tucked home the penalty to break the deadlock after 24 minutes. Lock then turned scorer himself with a 3 minute brace, starting it off by beating Dennis Wood to a corner and heading it past the flailing arms of the national team keeper, following that up with a 25 yard screamer which silenced the entire capacity crowd of 150,000. And down to ten men for the first time this season, RGS just had no answer and no way to break through the Empire End defence, and the match ended as one of the biggest shocks in Eastfielder footballing history.

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:17 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 27 - Other International Competitions

ICEL Football League: Season 27 - Full League Results

ICEL Premier League

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  22   5   3  77  26  +51  71 Champions/TQCC/CdC/ICCS
  2 Norrion Rovers            30  19   4   7  54  26  +28  61 Globe Cup/ICCS
  3 VLC FC                    30  19   4   7  44  22  +22  61 Globe Cup
  4 Royal Jam FC              30  17   7   6  40  17  +23  58 ICCS
  5 Olympia FC                30  17   4   9  61  44  +17  55
  6 UR Town                   30  15   3  12  57  48   +9  48
  7 FM Town                   30  14   4  12  39  49  -10  46 ICCS
  8 Tuntingone FC             30  12   7  11  34  32   +2  43
  9 Seaton Town               30  11   9  10  28  35   -7  42
 10 Monksville United         30  10   8  12  31  30   +1  38
 11 Polkation FC              30  11   5  14  23  30   -7  38 ICCS
 12 Walston Brook Albion      30   7  12  11  16  22   -6  33
 13 Nile Bridge               30   9   3  18  37  66  -29  30
 14 Seniors FC                30   5   5  20  20  42  -22  20 Relegated/ICCS
 15 Xilon OC                  30   4   5  21  14  40  -26  17 Relegated/ICCS
 16 Half Boy FC               30   3   5  22  28  74  -46  14 Relegated/ICCS

ICEL Second Division

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Copper Communists SC      30  19  6   5  68  30  +38  63 Champions/P/SBCC/ICCS
  2 YLW FC                    30  19  4   7  57  33  +24  61 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Yillog City               30  18  6   6  48  29  +19  60 Promoted/SBCC
  4 Toclofania FC             30  16  6   8  44  26  +18  54 ICCS
  5 Pontifucia United         30  16  4  10  63  50  +13  52 ICCS
  6 Indionion Athletic        30  16  4  10  46  33  +13  52
  7 Micronopia United         30  11  8  11  45  37   +8  41 ICCS
  8 Macaronia FC              30  12  5  13  40  39   +1  41 ICCS
  9 NT United                 30  10  9  11  37  37   +0  39 ICCS
 10 Oldbridge FC              30  11  6  13  32  43  -11  39
 11 Revisionists              30  10  7  13  21  27   -6  37 ICCS
 12 Honsadin FC               30   9  7  14  32  40   -8  34 ICCS
 13 Benopia AC                30   7  9  14  26  45  -19  30
 14 Jam Athletic              30   8  5  17  28  55  -27  29
 15 Approciation FC           30   5  5  20  22  52  -30  20 Relegated (C)/ICCS
 16 Jam Mountain Island       30   4  7  19  17  50  -33  19 Relegated (C)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
[color=#00BF00]  1 FC Tavernia           30  22   7   1  79  11  +68  73 Champions/ICCS
  2 Lodgertia United      30  22   3   5  81  28  +53  69
  3 Cliffside FC          30  18   6   6  28  16  +12  60
  4 Monksville FC         30  16   5   9  30  18  +12  53
  5 Tavernia City         30  14   6  10  39  33   +6  48
  6 Empire End FC         30  13   6  11  27  27   +0  45 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup/ICCS
  7 Seaton Athletic       30  11  11   8  19  17   +2  44
  8 Port Lodgertia        30  12   7  11  34  32   +2  43
  9 SS City               30   9  14   7  26  24   +2  41
 10 Caldarin FC           30   9   7  14  35  42   -7  34
 11 Coiners FC            30   8   9  13  28  35   -7  33 ICCS
 12 Lodgertia City        30   7  10  13  28  50  -22  31
 13 East Monurtag         30   8   6  16  31  55  -24  30
 14 Harmonial CC          30   6   8  16  18  38  -20  26 Relegated
 15 Mineville FC          30   4   7  19  14  39  -25  19 Relegated
 16 Bluin Athletic        30   3   4  23  13  65  -52  13 Relegated

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Liginara FC              30  22   8   0  57  16  +41  74 Champions/Promoted
  2 Golden Acres             30  17   5   8  80  32  +48  56 Promoted
  3 Gilgonare FC             30  16   6   8  28  17  +11  54 Promoted
  4 Paddockia FC             30  15   8   7  40  29  +11  53 ICCS
  5 West Monurtag            30  15   5  10  44  36   +8  50
  6 White Star United        30  13   9   8  40  30  +10  48
  7 Farond United            30  13   9   8  37  30   +7  48
  8 SEW FC                   30  12   6  12  35  40   -5  42
  9 Silver Acres             30   9  11  10  28  26   +2  38
 10 Mount Salt FC            30  10   7  13  24  35  -11  37
 11 Port Ricton FC           30   8   8  14  21  30   -9  32
 12 Newt Cape Wanderers      30   9   3  18  19  41  -22  30
 13 Jununope AC              30   7   7  16  19  36  -17  28 R (Central)
 14 Marepacopolis FC         30   7   6  17  20  40  -20  27 R (Serenelian)
 15 Huntingville FC          30   5  11  14  22  41  -19  26 R (Lodge)
 16 Pasturia FC              30   5   5  20  18  53  -35  20 R (Central)

Colonial Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Forest Rangers              30  20   7   3  58  24  +34  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 Sunburbia FC                30  17  10   3  51  25  +26  61 Promoted
  3 Twilight Heaven FC          30  18   6   6  49  21  +28  60
  4 Iratuen Loft FC             30  18   5   7  46  26  +20  59
  5 SLW FC                      30  15  11   4  56  26  +30  56
  6 Aswania Athletic            30  15   7   8  51  29  +22  52 ICCS
  7 Revisionists Athletic       30   9  12   9  29  28   +1  39
  8 Luxoren Town                30   9   8  13  32  40   -8  35
  9 Basalata FC                 30   7  13  10  34  38   -4  34
 10 Northern Wind Athletic      30   9   7  14  37  46   -9  34
 11 Clinar Rovers               30   8   7  15  48  72  -24  31
 12 Garanite FC                 30   7   9  14  29  38   -9  30
 13 High Lyn FC                 30   6   8  16  37  64  -27  26
 14 Cuprumville CSC             30   6   7  17  32  58  -26  25 Relegated
 15 Low Lyn FC                  30   5   8  17  32  59  -27  23 Relegated
 16 Lonbunia Athletic           30   5   7  18  30  57  -27  22 Relegated

Colonial Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Syrenia FC                30  20  4   6  46  18  +28  64 Champions/Promoted
  2 Trinardin SC              30  19  6   5  41  13  +28  63 Promoted
  3 Giafando FC               30  18  3   9  38  19  +19  57 Promoted
  4 Likina CF                 30  17  5   8  34  21  +13  56
  5 EastImport FC             30  14  7   9  26  23   +3  49
  6 Lamarckists               30  12  8  10  26  19   +7  44
  7 Futurekind Wanderers      30  11  7  12  34  33   +1  40
  8 Athletic Finsentra        30   9 10  11  20  20   +0  37
  9 AC Forngirn               30  10  7  13  20  27   -7  37
 10 Benopia Town              30   9 10  11  29  39  -10  37
 11 Encarta CF                30  10  6  14  44  50   -6  36
 12 Chi Lake SC               30   9  8  13  26  37  -11  35
 13 Syrenia Pyramids          30  10  4  16  26  37  -11  34 R (Macaronia)
 14 Regio FC                  30   8  9  13  32  42  -10  33 R (Utopian)
 15 FC Chinudo                30   7  6  17  36  55  -19  27 R (Scholarly Empire)
 16 Hilunvale FC              30   5  4  21  15  40  -25  19 R (Scholarly Empire)

Lodge League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Klosertun Town              28  17   7   4  38  17  +21  58 Champions/Promoted
 2 Pindale Rovers              28  17   6   5  53  26  +27  57
 3 Mount Salt Climbers FC      28  17   4   7  57  29  +28  55
 4 Quinica Town                28  12   4  12  49  58   -9  40
 5 Koluity City                28   9   9  10  28  33   -5  36
 6 Cillin Valley               28   7   9  12  34  44  -10  30
 7 Civil War Memorial FC       28   4   6  18  19  46  -27  18 Relegated
 8 Klinhielm Valley            28   1  11  16   9  34  -25  14 Relegated

Lodge League Division Two Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Klosertun FC                  28  17  7   4  52  23  +29  58 Champions/Promoted
 2 Viruntia Town                 28  17  5   6  72  31  +41  56 Promoted
 3 New Lodger City Athletic      28  17  3   8  47  25  +22  54
 4 Mineville United              28  14  3  11  49  47   +2  45
 5 Pontoon FC                    28  10  7  11  34  37   -3  37
 6 Nuclear FC                    28   9  6  13  24  35  -11  33
 7 Kinaltin FC                   28   5  5  18  17  37  -20  20 Relegated
 8 Athletic Caldarin             28   4  2  22  29  89  -60  14 Relegated

Lodge League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Leucanop United       28  20  2   6  66  25  +41  62 C/P
 2 SC Jasenova           28  16  6   6  67  34  +33  54 P
 3 Kaliska Town          28  13  7   8  29  23   +6  46
 4 Tarija Rovers         28  13  4  11  38  48  -10  43
 5 Berlandar AC          28  11  3  14  22  37  -15  36
 6 Lanektz United        28   9  5  14  30  44  -14  32
 7 Pindale Athletic      28   7 10  11  25  33   -8  31
 8 Frelstom FC           28   3  3  22   7  40  -33  12 Kylx Kup

Central League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Farond FC               28  20  3   5  56  21  +35  63 C/P
 2 Bliketia FC             28  15 10   3  35  21  +14  55 P
 3 Mount Farond FC         28  14  7   7  34  21  +13  49
 4 Losing The Game FC      28  10  4  14  30  32   -2  34
 5 Fracitz AC              28   9  6  13  32  36   -4  33
 6 Plozica FC              28   8  7  13  39  48   -9  31
 7 Trurinar FC             28   6  7  15  22  37  -15  25 R
 8 Paddockia City          28   6  4  18  29  61  -32  22 R

Central League Division Two Standings

   Team                 P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Leintalp FC         28  17  5   6  57  28  +29  56 C/P
 2 Bronze Acres        28  15  6   7  54  25  +29  51 P
 3 Methuhen Town       28  16  3   9  64  39  +25  51
 4 United United       28  13  8   7  34  35   -1  47
 5 FC Carfionn         28  11  4  13  41  50   -9  37
 6 Royal Tavernia      28   8  8  12  22  38  -16  32
 7 Lampe FC            28   5  7  16  18  41  -23  22 R
 8 Dwoonbeck FC        28   4  5  19  19  53  -34  17 R

Central League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tavernia Athletic       28  22  2   4  66  26  +40  68 C/P
 2 Pasturia Rovers         28  18  4   6  58  19  +39  58 P
 3 Bliketia AC             28  13  5  10  55  36  +19  44
 4 SC Krorgon              28  11  7  10  28  35   -7  40
 5 AC Agpuran              28   9  5  14  35  51  -16  32
 6 Vauchants Athletic      28  10  2  16  33  62  -29  32
 7 Courtiers SC            28   6  9  13  15  26  -11  27
 8 Xiyes Town              28   4  4  20  19  54  -35  16

Serenelian League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Thawmont Rovers             28  17   5   6  49  19  +30  56 C/P
 2 Innocence FC                28  16   7   5  39  19  +20  55
 3 Steel Valley Explorers      28  16   7   5  53  35  +18  55
 4 Life's Implosion            28  11  11   6  37  29   +8  44
 5 Ghoul Bay FC                28  10   6  12  37  29   +8  36
 6 Westpass FC                 28   7   9  12  39  58  -19  30
 7 AC Gicoldor                 28   5   6  17  13  34  -21  21 R
 8 Flencle Rovers              28   2   5  21   9  53  -44  11 R

Serenelian League Division Two Standings

   Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eastpass Dockers             28  18  3   7  49  25  +24  57 C/P
 2 Newt Cape Athletic           28  17  3   8  50  33  +17  54 P
 3 New Minesville Athletic      28  15  3  10  45  33  +12  48
 4 Bundlehead United            28  11 10   7  45  32  +13  43
 5 Mainpass FC                  28  11  6  11  22  20   +2  39
 6 Portopolis SC                28   8  5  15  27  42  -15  29
 7 Westpass Port SC             28   7  4  17  31  59  -28  25
 8 New Minesville SC            28   3 10  15  15  40  -25  19

Macaronian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Freyin SC              28  19   5   4  38  13  +25  62 C/P
 2 Aithusa                28  13   4  11  46  41   +5  43
 3 Carneleon Town         28  12   6  10  34  26   +8  42
 4 Eliphi FC              28  12   6  10  26  23   +3  42
 5 Macaronia City         28   8  12   8  22  25   -3  36
 6 Nanomia Town           28  10   5  13  47  48   -1  35
 7 Malenaba AC            28   7   8  13  18  34  -16  29 R
 8 Newgrate River FC      28   4   8  16  23  44  -21  20 R

Macaronian League Division Two Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Triscellian           28  20  5   3  64  17  +47  65 C/P
 2 Grateville DFC        28  16  5   7  60  33  +27  53 P
 3 Marekandria City      28  15  7   6  39  28  +11  52
 4 Sport Barujana        28   8  8  12  36  45   -9  32
 5 Milisar FC            28   7  9  12  32  44  -12  30
 6 Fando Gate            28   7  9  12  34  54  -20  30
 7 Diraelas SC           28   7  5  16  27  44  -17  26 R
 8 Luxorex Athletic      28   5  6  17  21  48  -27  21 R

Macaronian League Division Three Standings

   Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Royal Macaronia      28  24   2   2  50  16  +34  74 C/P
 2 FC Pestrica          28  14   7   7  30  16  +14  49 P
 3 Clube Monufia        28  13   7   8  28  22   +6  46
 4 AC Helwan            28  12   4  12  29  29   +0  40
 5 Ebcocer FC           28  10   5  13  23  28   -5  35
 6 FC Minya             28   7   6  15  19  34  -15  27
 7 Makawuilla FC        28   4  13  11  12  22  -10  25
 8 Grenerg United       28   4   4  20  17  41  -24  16

Utopian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Chestnut FC            28  19  5   4  62  21  +41  62 C/P
 2 Redbridge United       28  17  6   5  66  34  +32  57
 3 Westfall AC            28  13  6   9  28  22   +6  45
 4 Nexusortem United      28  13  5  10  31  26   +5  44
 5 Sontar Army FC         28  11  3  14  22  35  -13  36
 6 Torchwood AC           28   6  7  15  26  41  -15  25
 7 Tyrenam Harriers       28   7  3  18  30  53  -23  24 R
 8 Pyrovilia FC           28   7  3  18  22  55  -33  24 R

Utopian League Division Two Standings

   Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Calufrax                 28  16  3   9  55  27  +28  51 C/P
 2 CF Eastrise              28  14  6   8  47  31  +16  48 P
 3 Diamond Sky United       28  12  8   8  29  22   +7  44
 4 Conkers FC               28  12  8   8  28  32   -4  44
 5 Thecarrift Sport         28  10  8  10  24  22   +2  38
 6 Purple Point United      28   7 10  11  24  37  -13  31
 7 Athletic Sunburbia       28   8  3  17  25  46  -21  27 R
 8 Crucible FC              28   6  8  14  24  39  -15  26 R

Utopian League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Verinle SC              28  20  7   1  65  26  +39  67 C/P
 2 Derin Town              28  16  6   6  43  21  +22  54 P
 3 Lobenopia United        28  11  7  10  49  44   +5  40
 4 Alvon Port FC           28  10  5  13  34  45  -11  35
 5 Devoniria FC            28   7 10  11  33  32   +1  31
 6 Big White House IC      28   8  7  13  21  30   -9  31
 7 Malmooth FC             28   7  9  12  38  60  -22  30
 8 Lobenopia City          28   4  7  17  22  47  -25  19

Scholarly Empire League Division One Standings

   Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Central Tower United      28  19   7   2  60  18  +42  64 C/P
 2 Bias Rovers               28  11  10   7  30  22   +8  43 P
 3 Tower 14 FC               28   9  13   6  30  24   +6  40
 4 Nolix FC                  28   8  11   9  44  33  +11  35
 5 Oxford English SC         28   9   6  13  33  41   -8  33
 6 Michurinists              28   9   6  13  34  54  -20  33
 7 Wikipedia FC              28   8   5  15  33  57  -24  29 R
 8 NES Tower 13 SC           28   6   8  14  32  47  -15  26 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Two Standings

   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Materia Medica FC              28  23  1   4  62  20  +42  70 C/P
 2 Forngirn Town                  28  21  1   6  37  17  +20  64 P
 3 Matrices United                28  18  3   7  40  15  +25  57
 4 String Theory United           28  10  9   9  28  29   -1  39
 5 Outlying Village 3 United      28   8  8  12  23  26   -3  32
 6 Lemdulin United                28   6  6  16  31  46  -15  24
 7 Thermodynamics FC              28   4  5  19  21  60  -39  17 R
 8 Dopca WMFC                     28   3  5  20  17  46  -29  14 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Three Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eastern Outskirts AC          28  18  7   3  58  23  +35  61 C/P
 2 South Sector Tower 28 AC      28  16  8   4  48  21  +27  56 P
 3 M-W Wanderers                 28  12  6  10  41  37   +4  42
 4 Clairvoyance Wanderers        28  11  7  10  25  27   -2  40
 5 Alchemists United             28   8  9  11  23  25   -2  33
 6 Reactions Athletic            28   7 10  11  31  37   -6  31
 7 Tower 1 Athletic              28   6  8  14  22  54  -32  26
 8 Talfram United                28   2  9  17   7  31  -24  15

Economic League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Finswool SC             28  19   5   4  62  21  +41  62 Champions
 2 Team Verixas            28  13   7   8  43  35   +8  46
 3 Verdigris United        28  11  10   7  54  43  +11  43
 4 Jamridge AC             28  11   8   9  36  30   +6  41
 5 Silkville Spinners      28   9  11   8  33  29   +4  38
 6 Bronze Smelters FC      28   9   9  10  28  37   -9  36
 7 Polarieb Athletic       28   5  10  13  28  45  -17  25 R
 8 Glonasas FC             28   2   6  20  18  62  -44  12 R

Economic League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 MSWorldwide HQ AC      28  20  3   5  73  30  +43  63 C/P
 2 FC Olefinia            28  19  5   4  55  23  +32  62 P
 3 GrafonilHB WMFC        28  14  4  10  26  25   +1  46
 4 Rivermouth AC          28  12  5  11  54  53   +1  41
 5 Cuprumville FC         28  10  4  14  40  39   +1  34
 6 EastExport SC          28   7  5  16  22  50  -28  26
 7 Brassworks SC          28   5  9  14  15  29  -14  24 R
 8 Tendnayar              28   5  5  18  23  59  -36  20 R

Economic League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Finscoir AC           28  19  6   3  49  19  +30  63 C/P
 2 FC Intaglio           28  19  3   6  46  13  +33  60 P
 3 Mohairlin Rovers      28  11  9   8  48  41   +7  42
 4 Patina Rovers         28   9  6  13  40  47   -7  33
 5 Lakeside WSC          28   8  8  12  29  39  -10  32
 6 Percale United        28   7  7  14  41  54  -13  28
 7 Team Forenula         28   7  6  15  29  51  -22  27
 8 FC Ramie              28   5  9  14  31  49  -18  24

ICELFA Youth League 2

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Lodger Juniors                   22  11  6   5  33  21  +12  39
 2 Tavernia Academy                 22  11  5   6  33  23  +10  38
 3 New Tavernia Academy             22  10  5   7  26  28   -2  35
 4 Mount Salt Football Academy      22   8  8   6  24  19   +5  32
 5 Pasturia JFC                     22   8  8   6  25  21   +4  32
 6 Capital Academy                  22   7 10   5  26  19   +7  31
 7 Paddockia YFC                    22   4  8  10  19  29  -10  20
 8 Marepacopolis JFC                22   2  5  15  14  42  -28  11

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia Academy                22  12   7   3  37  15  +22  43 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Jam Town YFC                      22  12   6   4  28  17  +11  42
 3 W-D School Academy                22   7   9   6  28  23   +5  30
 4 Half Copper Academy               22   6  11   5  28  20   +8  29
 5 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   5  10   7  21  26   -5  25
 6 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22   5  10   7  21  28   -7  25
 7 Benopia Juniors                   22   5   6  11  17  30  -13  21
 8 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   2   8  12  13  32  -19  14

by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:41 pm

3rd Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 27)

Group Draw:

Group A: Polkation FC, Xilon OC, Pontifucia United, Approciation FC, Coiners FC

Group B: FM Town, Copper Communists SC, Toclofania FC, NT United, FC Tavernia

Group C: Norrion Rovers, Seniors FC, Macaronia FC, Honsadin FC, Paddockia FC

Group D: Royal Jam FC, Half Boy FC, Micronopia United, Revisionists, Aswania Athletic

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                   P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia United      4  2  2  0  4  1  +3  8
 2 Polkation FC           4  2  1  1  6  5  +1  7
 3 Approciation FC        4  2  0  2  5  6  -1  6
 4 Coiners FC             4  1  1  2  3  4  -1  4
 5 Xilon OC               4  0  2  2  2  4  -2  2

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                      P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 NT United                 4  2  1  1 10  4  +6  7
 2 Copper Communists SC      4  2  1  1  8  6  +2  7
 3 FC Tavernia               4  2  1  1  3  4  -1  7
 4 FM Town                   4  1  1  2  4  7  -3  4
 5 Toclofania FC             4  0  2  2  2  6  -4  2

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Seniors FC          4  3 0  1  6  3  +3  9
 2 Norrion Rovers      4  2 1  1  6  3  +3  7
 3 Macaronia FC        4  2 0  2  4  3  +1  6
 4 Honsadin FC         4  1 1  2  4  6  -2  4
 5 Paddockia FC        4  1 0  3  3  8  -5  3

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team                   P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Half Boy FC            4  3 1  0  8  3  +5 10
 2 Royal Jam FC           4  3 0  1  6  2  +4  9
 3 Revisionists           4  1 1  2  1  3  -2  4
 4 Micronopia United      4  1 1  2  4  7  -3  4
 5 Aswania Athletic       4  0 1  3  1  5  -4  1

Playoff Round

RGS Athletic 5-1 FC Tavernia
Royal Jam FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers (2-1 AET)
Macaronia FC 1-0 Empire End FC
Polkation FC 1-3 Copper Communists SC

Quarter-Finals

Pontifucia United 0-2 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-0 NT United
Half Boy FC 1-0 Macaronia FC
Copper Communists SC 2-1 Seniors FC

Semi-Finals

RGS Athletic 0-0 Royal Jam FC (0-0 AET, 6-7 PKs)
Half Boy FC 0-2 Copper Communists SC

Final

Royal Jam FC 3-1 Copper Communists SC

ICELFA Premier League Awards – Season 27

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) – 15 goals
2: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) – 14 goals
3: Muhammad Usman Butt (UR Town) – 10 goals
4: Musa Houlton (Olympia FC) – 10 goals
5: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) – 10 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) – 9 assists
2: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic) – 8 assists
3: Markus Lazarev-Horak (Norrion Rovers) – 8 assists
4: Dennis Jagger (RGS Athletic) – 8 assists
5: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic) – 8 assists

Goal of the Season
Helene Elamin – Half Boy FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC
The first of the winger’s two goals for the season, Helene Elamin scored this beauty in the 73rd minute of an otherwise dull game – breaking forward on a counter attack, the long ball from Vianney Henry went on her weaker left side, away from goal and about a metre from the touchline. But with Half Boy keeper Safouane Burke off his line, Helene managed to fire the ball past the backpedalling keeper from 40 yards out.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Malenna von Kraus (Northern Sunrise Islands – Royal Jam FC)
2: Werdickley Safadão (Matthewsiania – Norrion Rovers)
3: Man Jin Kang (Royal Kingdom of Quebec – RGS Athletic)
4: Markus Lazarev-Horak (Royal Kingdom of Quebec – Norrion Rovers)
5: Wilhelm Phal (Yttribia – RGS Athletic)

Young Player of the Season
1: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
2: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers)
3: Micella Onatish (Nile Bridge)
4: Samantha King (Olympia FC)
5: Muhammad Usman Butt (UR Town)

Manager of the Season
1: Matevž Amiri (FM Town)
2: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)
3: Jacob Mains (Royal Jam FC)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Veronica Puppy (VLC FC)
2: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
3: Dennis Wood (RGS Athletic)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic)
2: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
3: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
4: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers)
5: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic)

Team of the Season

-     Tia Drenas          Werdickley Safadão
   (RGS Athletic)         (Norrion Rovers)

   Man Jin Kang                   David Lawrence                Markus Lazarev-Horak
(RGS Athletic)                  (RGS Athletic)                  (Norrion Rovers)

Malenna von Kraus
(Royal Jam FC)



Wilhelm Phal           Wesley Martin          Dylan Bell Jnr          Abdur Rehman
(RGS Athletic)         (Royal Jam FC)             (VLC FC)            (RGS Athletic)

Veronica Puppy
(VLC FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:37 am

ICEL Football League: Season 28 Preview

ICEL Premier League Team Previews
Foreigner (trigram)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:22 pm

ICELFA Season 28

ICELFA League Results

It was a shocking season and very controversial season on many fronts in the Premier League. The story of the season, much to the acrimony of Royal Jam FC fans, was UR Town's entirely dismal season both on and off the pitch. It started a few matches into the season, where a whistle-blower from within the UR Town board hierarchy came to the police with allegations of match-fixing stemming back into last season. The investigation was quick and quite brutally thorough, with the allegations being proven true. A significant portion of the board was implicated in this, with all having documents linking them to a crime syndicate operating out of the Royal Kingdom of Quebec, and included vast sums of money. The inquiry found all board members involved to be guilty, and the ICELFA subsequently banned them all from involvement within Eastfielder football for 5 years. The inquiry also ruled that as the players involved, and manager Verrall Sandström, were blackmailed into cooperating, there wouldn't be any jail terms - however, they were all fined quite high amounts, a decision accepted by the players.

As the investigation rumbled on and on, UR Town's on-field results were taking a huge hit, as they barely maintained themselves above the relegation zone, even though they cleared it in the end by the margin that they did. Not that it mattered, as ICELFA had also decided to forcibly relegate the club to the Imperial League - the third tier of Eastfielder football. Players demanded to be put on transfer lists and ran down their contracts, and the board buckled under the pressure, which means that there will be a firesale at the club in the rapidly upcoming window. Such discontent even saw the fans rebelling against the board's actions, boycotting games and even protesting outside many home matches. So yeah, not a good future in store for UR Town.

On the pitch however, the real story of the season was Royal Jam FC, and how close they got to spoiling the RGS Athletic party. That the team from Jammy Town in Jammy Forests were within two games of preventing RGS' 20th consecutive title does signal a paradigm shift within Eastfielder domestic football - in fact, with five games to go the two teams were tied on points. Further signs include Olympia beating out Norrion Rovers to 4th, and could have even finished third ahead of VLC FC had they beaten already relegated Yillog City on the final day of the season. Much of Royal Jam's success can be put down to their solid defence, which on average only conceded a goal every other game. However, on the defence stakes, VLC came out top with the frankly absurd statistic of 11 goals conceded in 30 - equating to nearly a goal conceded every third game. Fans will be frustrated that their strikeforce couldn't capitalise, as their attack yielded ten less goals than they had in the previous two seasons - if they did get 40+ goals, that could well have been enough to at least challenge RGS and Royal Jam, if not overtake them. Norrion Rovers fans be in a little bit of shellshock, as they were the favourites to finish the season in second, but ended up in the dismal reaches of fifth. However, thanks to their cup win, they'll at least be playing UICA football next season.

Plenty of teams battled over mid-table obscurity in this season, with 7 points separating 5th place Norrion from 7th place Seaton, who themselves were only 8 points ahead of 13th place Walston Brook Albion - 8 points covering 7 teams. Tuntigone did well for themselves as they slightly broke ahead of the pack, just 4 points off 5th place Norrion Rovers, whilst FM Town and Monksville United will be reasonably happy with their second season performances as they finished 8th and 9th respectively. Second Division champions Copper Communists SC will definitely be the most chuffed team of the three that came up, mainly because they were the only one of the three to actually survive, but also because they finished ahead of ex-giants UR Town and Walston Brook Albion. It wasn't a good season for Polkation FC however, as they finally succumbed to pressure of constant relegation battles and fell to 14th, some ten points clear of safety and level with the promoted Yillog City - YLW finished three points further adrift to mark yet another dismal season in the top flight for them.

ICELFA Premier Division Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  18  8   4  67  29  +38  62 Champions/TQCC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  18  7   5  37  15  +22  61 Globe Cup
  3 VLC FC                    30  16  7   7  31  11  +20  55 Globe Cup
  4 Olympia FC                30  16  5   9  57  42  +15  53
  5 Norrion Rovers            30  14  8   8  41  25  +16  50 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  13  7  10  42  29  +13  46
  7 Seaton Town               30  11 10   9  41  36   +5  43
  8 FM Town                   30  13  3  14  54  50   +4  42
  9 Monksville United         30  10  8  12  36  35   +1  38
 10 Nile Bridge               30  11  5  14  37  43   -6  38
 11 Copper Communists SC      30   9  9  12  30  31   -1  36
 12 UR Town                   30  10  6  14  37  50  -13  36 Relegated to Third Tier (I)
 13 Walston Brook Albion      30  10  5  15  21  22   -1  35
 14 Polkation FC              30   6  7  17  14  40  -26  25 Relegated
 15 Yillog City               30   7  4  19  20  64  -44  25 Relegated
 16 YLW FC                    30   5  7  18  34  77  -43  22 Relegated

ICELFA Second Division Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pontifucia United       30  21   3   6  74  29  +45  66 C/P/SBCC
  2 Seniors FC              30  19   6   5  55  23  +32  63 P/SBCC
  3 Xilon OC                30  15   7   8  29  16  +13  52 P/SBCC
  4 Micronopia United       30  15   5  10  49  50   -1  50 P
  5 Oldbridge FC            30  14   7   9  38  30   +8  49
  6 Macaronia FC            30  12  11   7  44  37   +7  47
  7 Toclofania FC           30  12   7  11  34  29   +5  43
  8 Half Boy FC             30  12   7  11  40  36   +4  43
  9 Honsadin FC             30  12   5  13  21  24   -3  41
 10 Benopia AC              30  12   4  14  31  39   -8  40
 11 Revisionists            30  10   9  11  27  24   +3  39
 12 Indionion Athletic      30  10   5  15  30  36   -6  35
 13 NT United               30   7   7  16  23  55  -32  28 Relegated (I)
 14 Sunburbia FC            30   6   9  15  20  34  -14  27 Relegated (C)
 15 Forest Rangers          30   6   7  17  29  44  -15  25 Relegated (C)
 16 Jam Athletic            30   5   5  20  23  61  -38  20 Relegated (C)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Tavernia           30  24   0   6  64  23  +41  72 C/P
  2 Cliffside FC          30  20   6   4  50  19  +31  66 P
  3 Lodgertia United      30  17   6   7  69  32  +37  57
  4 Monksville FC         30  16   4  10  34  25   +9  52
  5 Tavernia City         30  11  12   7  29  32   -3  45
  6 Seaton Athletic       30  11   9  10  22  21   +1  42
  7 SS City               30  10  11   9  28  29   -1  41
  8 Empire End FC         30  10   9  11  34  34   +0  39
  9 Coiners FC            30  11   6  13  27  32   -5  39
 10 Port Lodgertia        30  10   6  14  25  36  -11  36
 11 Caldarin FC           30   9   8  13  33  39   -6  35
 12 Liginara FC           30   8   8  14  25  39  -14  32
 13 Golden Acres          30   7   9  14  44  55  -11  30
 14 East Monurtag         30   8   6  16  40  55  -15  30 Relegated
 15 Lodgertia City        30   5   9  16  29  63  -34  24 Relegated
 16 Gilgonare FC          30   4   9  17  15  34  -19  21 Relegated

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bluin Athletic           30  16 10   4  46  20  +26  58 C/P
  2 Harmonial CC             30  16  8   6  42  26  +16  56 P
  3 Paddockia FC             30  16  7   7  37  21  +16  55 P
  4 Port Ricton FC           30  16  7   7  26  15  +11  55
  5 White Star United        30  16  5   9  54  33  +21  53
  6 Mineville FC             30  15  8   7  27  10  +17  53
  7 SEW FC                   30  15  5  10  34  30   +4  50
  8 Silver Acres             30  14  5  11  31  19  +12  47
  9 Farond United            30  13  4  13  24  25   -1  43
 10 West Monurtag            30  12  6  12  32  28   +4  42
 11 Mount Salt FC            30   8 10  12  20  26   -6  34
 12 Thawmont Rovers          30   9  7  14  21  35  -14  34
 13 Farond FC                30   7  5  18  19  41  -22  26 R (Central)
 14 Newt Cape Wanderers      30   7  5  18  25  54  -29  26 R (Serenelian)
 15 Bliketia FC              30   4  7  19  11  40  -29  19 (Central)
 16 Klosertun Town           30   4  5  21  10  36  -26  17 (Lodge)

Colonial Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Jam Mountain Island         30  19  5   6  41  16  +25  62 C/P
  2 Revisionists Athletic       30  17  7   6  35  19  +16  58 P
  3 SLW FC                      30  15  6   9  47  28  +19  51 P
  4 Twilight Heaven FC          30  14  9   7  36  22  +14  51
  5 Aswania Athletic            30  14  9   7  41  31  +10  51
  6 Iratuen Loft FC             30  14  7   9  48  31  +17  49
  7 Approciation FC             30  14  7   9  62  45  +17  49
  8 Garanite FC                 30  14  4  12  46  35  +11  46
  9 Basalata FC                 30  12 10   8  45  39   +6  46
 10 Clinar Rovers               30  11  4  15  56  62   -6  37
 11 Trinardin SC                30   9  8  13  28  31   -3  35
 12 Luxoren Town                30  10  3  17  25  45  -20  33
 13 High Lyn FC                 30   9  5  16  40  68  -28  32
 14 Northern Wind Athletic      30   8  7  15  35  51  -16  31 Relegated
 15 Syrenia FC                  30   7  3  20  20  47  -27  24 Relegated
 16 Giafando FC                 30   4  4  22  13  48  -35  16 Relegated

Colonial Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Low Lyn FC                30  18  8   4  60  25  +35  62 C/P
  2 Lonbunia Athletic         30  18  7   5  50  21  +29  61 P
  3 Likina CF                 30  16  6   8  31  18  +13  54 P
  4 Lamarckists               30  16  4  10  39  25  +14  52
  5 Central Tower United      30  13  7  10  41  33   +8  46
  6 Athletic Finsentra        30  12  8  10  18  23   -5  44
  7 Futurekind Wanderers      30  11 10   9  40  35   +5  43
  8 Cuprumville CSC           30  12  6  12  42  38   +4  42
  9 Encarta CF                30  11  8  11  41  41   +0  41
 10 Benopia Town              30  11  8  11  37  41   -4  41
 11 Chestnut FC               30  11  6  13  36  44   -8  39
 12 Bias Rovers               30  10  5  15  17  39  -22  35
 13 EastImport FC             30   8  8  14  25  30   -5  32 R (Economic)
 14 AC Forngirn               30   8  7  15  18  32  -14  31 R (Scholarly Empire)
 15 Chi Lake SC               30   6  5  19  23  52  -29  23 R (Utopian)
 16 Freyin SC                 30   5  5  20  12  33  -21  20 R (Macaronian)

Lodge League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Huntingville FC             28  18  4   6  63  30  +33  58 C/P
 2 Pindale Rovers              28  17  4   7  40  24  +16  55
 3 Koluity City                28  11  9   8  39  33   +6  42
 4 Mount Salt Climbers FC      28  12  5  11  38  31   +7  41
 5 Cillin Valley               28  10  9   9  49  45   +4  39
 6 Quinica Town                28   8  5  15  33  55  -22  29
 7 Viruntia Town               28   8  2  18  31  57  -26  26 R
 8 Klosertun FC                28   4 10  14  20  38  -18  22 R

Lodge League Division Two Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 New Lodger City Athletic      28  15  4   9  39  27  +12  49 C/P
 2 Klinhielm Valley              28  13  9   6  31  18  +13  48 P
 3 Civil War Memorial FC         28  13  8   7  54  33  +21  47
 4 Mineville United              28  13  6   9  53  33  +20  45
 5 Pontoon FC                    28  11  7  10  34  35   -1  40
 6 Leucanop United               28   7  9  12  33  53  -20  30
 7 Nuclear FC                    28   5 10  13  22  43  -21  25 R
 8 SC Jasenova                   28   4  9  15  34  58  -24  21 R

Lodge League Division Three Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Kinaltin FC            28  19  7   2  43   7  +36  64 C/P
 2 Athletic Caldarin      28  19  5   4  76  31  +45  62 P
 3 Berlandar AC           28  10  5  13  25  35  -10  35
 4 Kaliska Town           28   8  8  12  21  30   -9  32
 5 Tarija Rovers          28   8  7  13  22  39  -17  31
 6 Frelstom FC            28   7  9  12  15  27  -12  30
 7 Lanektz United         28   7  8  13  20  32  -12  29
 8 Pindale Athletic       28   5  9  14  21  42  -21  24

Central League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pasturia FC             28  16  9   3  37  17  +20  57 C/P
 2 Jununope AC             28  15  9   4  43  18  +25  54 P
 3 Mount Farond FC         28  14  8   6  41  16  +25  50
 4 Losing The Game FC      28   9  9  10  18  17   +1  36
 5 Leintalp FC             28   9  5  14  23  35  -12  32
 6 Bronze Acres            28   9  5  14  20  35  -15  32
 7 Fracitz AC              28   7  7  14  20  33  -13  28 R
 8 Plozica FC              28   5  4  19  21  52  -31  19 R

Central League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Paddockia City         28  15  9   4  45  22  +23  54 C/P
 2 Methuhen Town          28  16  3   9  68  37  +31  51 P
 3 Trurinar FC            28  14  8   6  45  29  +16  50
 4 United United          28  14  7   7  45  32  +13  49
 5 FC Carfionn            28   8  6  14  25  47  -22  30
 6 Pasturia Rovers        28   8  5  15  35  50  -15  29
 7 Royal Tavernia         28   6  7  15  19  43  -24  25 R
 8 Tavernia Athletic      28   4  9  15  18  40  -22  21 R

Central League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Lampe FC                28  20  4   4  43  14  +29  64 C/P
 2 Dwoonbeck FC            28  15  9   4  34  16  +18  54 P
 3 SC Krorgon              28  12  6  10  37  31   +6  42
 4 AC Agpuran              28  12  6  10  32  35   -3  42
 5 Bliketia AC             28  10  6  12  40  39   +1  36
 6 Courtiers SC            28   9  4  15  17  30  -13  31
 7 Vauchants Athletic      28   7  3  18  25  48  -23  24
 8 Xiyes Town              28   5  6  17  21  36  -15  21

Serenelian League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Innocence FC                28  17  6   5  48  19  +29  57 C/P
 2 Steel Valley Explorers      28  16  8   4  62  26  +36  56
 3 Marepacopolis FC            28  16  7   5  47  21  +26  55
 4 Ghoul Bay FC                28  13  4  11  29  31   -2  43
 5 Life's Implosion            28   7  9  12  32  36   -4  30
 6 Eastpass Dockers            28   7  7  14  31  44  -13  28
 7 Newt Cape Athletic          28   8  4  16  33  57  -24  28 R
 8 Westpass FC                 28   4  3  21  25  73  -48  15 R

Serenelian League Division Two Standings

   Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Bundlehead United            28  18  7   3  46  17  +29  61 C/P
 2 New Minesville Athletic      28  15  7   6  36  22  +14  52 P
 3 Flencle Rovers               28  10 10   8  27  22   +5  40
 4 AC Gicoldor                  28  10  9   9  27  23   +4  39
 5 Westpass Port SC             28  10  7  11  32  43  -11  37
 6 Mainpass FC                  28   9  5  14  19  27   -8  32
 7 New Minesville SC            28   6  9  13  17  28  -11  27
 8 Portopolis SC                28   4  6  18  17  39  -22  18

Macaronian League Division One Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Syrenia Pyramids      28  17  4   7  46  30  +16  55 C/P
 2 Nanomia Town          28  13  9   6  42  35   +7  48
 3 Aithusa               28  14  5   9  51  27  +24  47
 4 Eliphi FC             28  13  5  10  36  22  +14  44
 5 Carneleon Town        28  12  5  11  36  31   +5  41
 6 Triscellian           28   8  8  12  33  46  -13  32
 7 Macaronia City        28   7 10  11  23  31   -8  31 R
 8 Grateville DFC        28   3  4  21  28  73  -45  13 R

Macaronian League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Malenaba AC            28  17   5   6  38  15  +23  56 C/P
 2 Marekandria City       28  16   8   4  34  12  +22  56 P
 3 Newgrate River FC      28  16   5   7  30  17  +13  53
 4 Milisar FC             28  14   3  11  40  28  +12  45
 5 Royal Macaronia        28   8  11   9  32  36   -4  35
 6 Sport Barujana         28   7   7  14  25  42  -17  28
 7 FC Pestrica            28   5   5  18  16  30  -14  20 R
 8 Fando Gate             28   4   6  18  19  54  -35  18 R

Macaronian League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Luxorex Athletic      28  13  10   5  40  18  +22  49 C/P
 2 Diraelas SC           28  11  11   6  44  30  +14  44 P
 3 Grenerg United        28  10  10   8  29  31   -2  40
 4 Ebcocer FC            28  11   6  11  23  29   -6  39
 5 Makawuilla FC         28   9   9  10  16  19   -3  36
 6 AC Helwan             28   7  13   8  22  26   -4  34
 7 FC Minya              28   6  10  12  20  30  -10  28
 8 Clube Monufia         28   5  11  12  17  28  -11  26

Utopian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Regio FC               28  17  6   5  45  18  +27  57 C/P
 2 Nexusortem United      28  13  5  10  26  28   -2  44
 3 Redbridge United       28  11  7  10  56  44  +12  40
 4 Torchwood AC           28  10  8  10  36  60  -24  38
 5 Westfall AC            28   9  9  10  20  20   +0  36
 6 CF Eastrise            28  10  5  13  32  26   +6  35
 7 Calufrax               28   7  8  13  29  37   -8  29 R
 8 Sontar Army FC         28   7  8  13  31  42  -11  29 R

Utopian League Division Two Standings

   Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tyrenam Harriers         28  19   5   4  60  25  +35  62 C/P
 2 Diamond Sky United       28  13   7   8  31  20  +11  46 P
 3 Pyrovilia FC             28  11   9   8  45  32  +13  42
 4 Verinle SC               28  11   6  11  37  40   -3  39
 5 Thecarrift Sport         28   9  11   8  24  22   +2  38
 6 Conkers FC               28   9  10   9  32  31   +1  37
 7 Derin Town               28   6   4  18  18  41  -23  22 R
 8 Purple Point United      28   5   6  17  16  52  -36  21 R

Utopian League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Crucible FC             28  17   9   2  55  18  +37  60 C/P
 2 Athletic Sunburbia      28  17   5   6  41  20  +21  56 P
 3 Big White House IC      28  10  12   6  24  21   +3  42
 4 Lobenopia United        28   9   9  10  42  40   +2  36
 5 Lobenopia City          28   9   8  11  33  41   -8  35
 6 Devoniria FC            28   6   9  13  21  28   -7  27
 7 Alvon Port FC           28   6   7  15  32  51  -19  25
 8 Malmooth FC             28   4   9  15  26  55  -29  21

Scholarly Empire League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Hilunvale FC           28  19   2   7  41  15  +26  59 C/P
 2 FC Chinudo             28  16   4   8  57  23  +34  52
 3 Materia Medica FC      28  11  11   6  40  29  +11  44
 4 Oxford English SC      28  13   5  10  35  41   -6  44
 5 Nolix FC               28  11   5  12  37  31   +6  38
 6 Tower 14 FC            28   8  12   8  28  24   +4  36
 7 Michurinists           28   8   3  17  31  67  -36  27 R
 8 Forngirn Town          28   3   4  21  21  60  -39  13 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Two Standings

   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Matrices United                28  19  6   3  49  21  +28  63 C/P
 2 Wikipedia FC                   28  18  2   8  46  34  +12  56 P
 3 NES Tower 13 SC                28  15  6   7  64  38  +26  51
 4 String Theory United           28  10  7  11  39  42   -3  37
 5 Eastern Outskirts AC           28   7  9  12  42  51   -9  30
 6 Outlying Village 3 United      28   7  5  16  16  30  -14  26
 7 Lemdulin United                28   8  2  18  34  61  -27  26 R
 8 South Sector Tower 28 AC       28   6  7  15  18  31  -13  25 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Three Standings

   Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Thermodynamics FC           28  20  6   2  53  15  +38  66 C/P
 2 M-W Wanderers               28  15  4   9  38  35   +3  49 P
 3 Dopca WMFC                  28  14  3  11  39  23  +16  45
 4 Alchemists United           28  11  6  11  24  24   +0  39
 5 Clairvoyance Wanderers      28  10  6  12  27  27   +0  36
 6 Reactions Athletic          28   9  3  16  28  42  -14  30
 7 Tower 1 Athletic            28   8  5  15  24  46  -22  29
 8 Talfram United              28   6  5  17  16  37  -21  23

Economic League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Jamridge AC             28  20  2   6  43  19  +24  62 C/P
 2 Finswool SC             28  16  6   6  45  27  +18  54 P
 3 Verdigris United        28  14  4  10  42  31  +11  46
 4 Team Verixas            28  12  9   7  36  29   +7  45
 5 Silkville Spinners      28  12  6  10  31  27   +4  42
 6 MSWorldwide HQ AC       28  11  5  12  33  40   -7  38
 7 FC Olefinia             28   2  7  19  16  49  -33  13 R
 8 Bronze Smelters FC      28   1  9  18  17  41  -24  12 R

Economic League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Polarieb Athletic      28  17  7   4  60  23  +37  58 C/P
 2 Glonasas FC            28  17  5   6  37  17  +20  56 P
 3 Finscoir AC            28  13  8   7  29  21   +8  47
 4 Cuprumville FC         28  12  6  10  37  39   -2  42
 5 GrafonilHB WMFC        28   8 10  10  25  24   +1  34
 6 Rivermouth AC          28   8 10  10  26  36  -10  34
 7 EastExport SC          28   3  9  16  16  45  -29  18 R
 8 FC Intaglio            28   2  9  17  16  41  -25  15 R

Economic League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Brassworks SC         28  21  5   2  41  10  +31  68 C/P
 2 Tendnayar             28  16  3   9  55  32  +23  51 P
 3 Mohairlin Rovers      28  11  8   9  46  36  +10  41
 4 Percale United        28  12  2  14  38  44   -6  38
 5 Team Forenula         28  11  4  13  43  48   -5  37
 6 Lakeside WSC          28   9  8  11  35  42   -7  35
 7 Patina Rovers         28   6  9  13  28  38  -10  27
 8 FC Ramie              28   4  5  19  27  63  -36  17 Kylx Kup

King's Commonwealth Cup

Quarter-Finals

Norrion Rovers 7-0 Pontifucia United
Pontifucia United 2-1 Norrion Rovers (2-8 agg)

Macaronia FC 3-3 Copper Communists SC
Copper Communists SC 2-1 Macaronia FC (5-4 agg)

Tuntingone FC 1-1 FC Tavernia
FC Tavernia 1-2 Tuntingone FC (2-3 agg)

Seaton Town 2-2 VLC FC
VLC FC 1-1 Seaton Town (3-3 agg) (VLC FC wins on away goals rule)

Semi-Finals

Copper Communists SC 2-2 VLC FC
VLC FC 0-1 Copper Communists SC (2-3 agg)

Tuntingone FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Tuntingone FC (3-1 agg)

Final
@Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Norrion Rovers 3-1 Copper Communists SC
Goals: Lazarev-Horak (41', 72'), Safadão (90+2'); Semaj Childs (29')

International results

ICELFA Youth League 3

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W   D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  15   3  4  29  11  +18  48 Youth Cup
 2 Tavernia Academy                 22   8   8  6  24  20   +4  32
 3 Lodger Juniors                   22   8   8  6  23  22   +1  32
 4 Marepacopolis JFC                22   5  11  6  22  23   -1  26
 5 New Tavernia Academy             22   6   7  9  23  27   -4  25
 6 Paddockia YFC                    22   5   8  9  17  33  -16  23
 7 Pasturia JFC                     22   5   7 10  16  25   -9  22
 8 Capital Academy                  22   3  10  9  22  24   -2  19

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 W-D School Academy                22  13   3   6  26  15  +11  42
 2 Pontifucia Academy                22  11   7   4  33  18  +15  40
 3 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   9   9   4  29  21   +8  36
 4 Half Copper Academy               22   8   6   8  21  18   +3  30
 5 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22   4  13   5  20  21   -1  25
 6 Jam Town YFC                      22   6   7   9  21  27   -6  25
 7 Benopia Juniors                   22   6   5  11  20  36  -16  23
 8 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   3  10   9  21  26   -5  19

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:16 pm

4th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 28)

Group Draw:

Group A: Royal Jam FC, Polkation FC, Half Boy FC, NT United, Paddockia FC
Group B: FM Town, Xilon OC, Macaronia FC, FC Tavernia, Aswania Athletic
Group C: VLC FC, Pontifucia United, Toclofania FC, Revisionists, Approciation FC
Group D: Copper Communists SC, Seniors FC, Micronopia United, Honsadin FC, Coiners FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team              P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 NT United         4  2  1  1 10  4  +6  7
 2 Royal Jam FC      4  2  1  1  5  4  +1  7
 3 Polkation FC      4  2  0  2  3  2  +1  6
 4 Paddockia FC      4  2  0  2  5  9  -4  6
 5 Half Boy FC       4  0  2  2  2  6  -4  2

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                  P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 FC Tavernia           4  2  2  0  5  1  +4  8
 2 Xilon OC              4  1  3  0  1  0  +1  6
 3 Macaronia FC          4  1  2  1  5  4  +1  5
 4 FM Town               4  1  1  2  4  6  -2  4
 5 Aswania Athletic      4  0  2  2  3  7  -4  2

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                   P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 VLC FC                 4  3  1  0  5  0  +5 10
 2 Toclofania FC          4  1  3  0  5  4  +1  6
 3 Pontifucia United      4  1  2  1  6  6  +0  5
 4 Revisionists           4  1  1  2  3  4  -1  4
 5 Approciation FC        4  0  1  3  2  7  -5  1

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team                      P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Copper Communists SC      4  2  2  0  7  3  +4  8
 2 Seniors FC                4  2  1  1  4  3  +1  7
 3 Honsadin FC               4  1  1  2  6  6  +0  4
 4 Coiners FC                4  1  1  2  5  7  -2  4
 5 Micronopia United         4  1  1  2  4  7  -3  4

Playoff Round

Royal Jam FC 1-1 Xilon OC (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Polkation FC 0-1 Macaronia FC
Toclofania FC 2-2 RGS Athletic (2-2 AET, 2-1 PKs)
Seniors FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Quarter-Finals

Royal Jam FC 1-1 NT United (1-2 AET)
Copper Communists SC 0-2 FC Tavernia
Norrion Rovers 0-0 VLC FC (0-1 AET)
Macaronia FC 0-3 Toclofania FC

Semi-Finals

Toclofania FC 1-0 FC Tavernia
VLC FC 4-1 NT United

Final

Toclofania FC 1-1 VLC FC (1-2 AET)

ICELFA Premier League Awards – Season 28

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC) - 13 goals
2: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) – 13 goals
3: James Csaride (Seaton Town) – 10 goals
4: Rebecca Murray (FM Town) - 10 goals
5: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic) – 9 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) – 10 assists
2: Lynette Glenn (Olympia FC) - 10 assists
3: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic) – 9 assists
4: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) - 9 assists
5: Man Kin Kang (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists

Goal of the Season
Blas Farran – Nile Bridge 2-0 YLW FC
A sweet and cheeky counter-attack goal from Nile Bridge tops the chart this season. A desperate YLW corner in the 87th minute saw YLW keeper Guy Muller stand on the halfway line. The corner came in and was cleared out the far end of the box, and the ball was picked up by Doreen Antoine, who then pinged it forward to the unmarked Blas Farran. Farran, with Muller still some way from his goal, didn't even need a second touch - she judged the long ball perfectly to chip Muller from 30 yards out with her first touch.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Lynette Glenn (95X - Olympia FC)
2: David Gleason (Nova Anglicana - Tuntigone FC)
3: Tunde Ramos (Semarland - VLC FC)
4: Man Jin Kang (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - RGS Athletic)
5: Malenna von Kraus (Northern Sunrise Islands - Royal Jam FC)

Young Player of the Season
1: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
2: Umair Hussain (Tuntigone FC)
3: Wafeeqa Boulos (Monksville United)
4: Meaghan Farrington (Copper Commumists SC)
5: Yara Chaikin (Tuntigone FC)

Manager of the Season
1: Jacob Mains (Royal Jam FC)
2: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)
3: Gisselle Hope (Olympia FC)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Veronica Puppy (VLC FC)
2: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
3: Gavin Mintson (Norrion Rovers)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
2: Lynette Glenn (Olympia FC)
3: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic)
4: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic)
5: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)

Team of the Season

Tia Drenas
(RGS Athletic)

Lynette Glenn    David Lawrence    Josephine Fevison   Alameda Ybarra
(Olympia FC)     (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)

Malenna von Kraus
(Royal Jam FC)



Tunde Ramos         Wesley Martin       Dylan Bell Jnr          Abdur Rehman
    (VLC FC)         (Royal Jam FC)          (VLC FC)            (RGS Athletic)

Cindy Collingwood
(Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:29 pm

ICELFA Season 29

ICELFA League Results

ICEL Premier Division Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  21  3   6  79  20  +59  66 Champions/TQCC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  19  4   7  33  16  +17  61 Globe Cup
  3 Olympia FC                30  18  5   7  53  43  +10  59 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  16  8   6  60  25  +35  56 Globe Cup
  5 VLC FC                    30  17  5   8  40  23  +17  56
  6 Seaton Town               30  15  7   8  43  34   +9  52
  7 FM Town                   30  14  4  12  57  53   +4  46
  8 Copper Communists SC      30  12  8  10  51  40  +11  44
  9 Tuntingone FC             30  11  8  11  35  32   +3  41
 10 Monksville United         30  12  4  14  26  29   -3  40
 11 Pontifucia United         30   8 10  12  39  56  -17  34
 12 Nile Bridge               30   7  6  17  33  47  -14  27
 13 Walston Brook Albion      30   6  6  18  14  30  -16  24
 14 Micronopia United         30   6  5  19  36  89  -53  23 Relegated
 15 Seniors FC                30   5  7  18  23  53  -30  22 Relegated
 16 Xilon OC                  30   6  4  20  19  51  -32  22 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                        P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Yillog City                30  20   7   3  54  22  +32  67 Champions/SBCC
  2 YLW FC                     30  17   5   8  66  40  +26  56 P/SBCC
  3 Polkation FC               30  15   9   6  39  21  +18  54 P/SBCC
  4 Indionion Athletic         30  13  11   6  38  29   +9  50
  5 FC Tavernia                30  14   6  10  56  49   +7  48
  6 Oldbridge FC               30  14   5  11  34  26   +8  47
  7 Toclofania FC              30  13   8   9  38  33   +5  47
  8 Half Boy FC                30  13   7  10  43  34   +9  46
  9 Macaronia FC               30  11  10   9  44  42   +2  43
 10 Revisionists               30  11   9  10  23  22   +1  42
 11 Honsadin FC                30   9  11  10  29  34   -5  38
 12 Benopia AC                 30   8   8  14  23  36  -13  32
 13 Cliffside FC               30   8   6  16  24  46  -22  30 R (Imperial)
 14 SLW FC                     30   5   8  17  28  53  -25  23 R (Colonial)
 15 Revisionists Athletic      30   4   7  19  15  41  -26  19 R (Colonial)
 16 Jam Mountain Island        30   3   7  20  22  48  -26  16 R (Colonial)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lodgertia United      30  21   4   5  83  28  +55  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 NT United             30  21   4   5  61  23  +38  67
  3 Coiners FC            30  16   6   8  41  32   +9  54
  4 SS City               30  14  11   5  31  17  +14  53
  5 UR Town               30  15   5  10  56  40  +16  50
  6 Monksville FC         30  14   8   8  37  33   +4  50
  7 Tavernia City         30  14   4  12  36  25  +11  46
  8 Seaton Athletic       30  12   7  11  21  23   -2  43
  9 Caldarin FC           30  11   6  13  46  44   +2  39
 10 Harmonial CC          30  10   9  11  30  34   -4  39
 11 Port Lodgertia        30   8  12  10  29  32   -3  36
 12 Paddockia FC          30   8   9  13  26  45  -19  33
 13 Empire End FC         30   7   5  18  21  47  -26  26
 14 Bluin Athletic        30   7   4  19  25  58  -33  25 R
 15 Golden Acres          30   5   6  19  40  72  -32  21 R
 16 Liginara FC           30   5   4  21  21  51  -30  19 R

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 East Monurtag          30  21   4   5  78  29  +49  67 C/P
  2 Lodgertia City         30  20   5   5  72  27  +45  65 P
  3 Gilgonare FC           30  16  10   4  37  18  +19  58 P
  4 White Star United      30  16   9   5  44  29  +15  57
  5 West Monurtag          30  14   7   9  30  23   +7  49
  6 Mineville FC           30  13   8   9  27  22   +5  47
  7 Farond United          30  11   9  10  35  40   -5  42
  8 Silver Acres           30  10   9  11  24  26   -2  39
  9 Port Ricton FC         30   9   9  12  31  34   -3  36
 10 Innocence FC           30   8  11  11  30  46  -16  35
 11 SEW FC                 30   9   7  14  29  38   -9  34
 12 Mount Salt FC          30   8   8  14  23  35  -12  32
 13 Pasturia FC            30   7  10  13  20  37  -17  31 R (Central)
 14 Huntingville FC        30   6   8  16  30  51  -21  26 R (Lodge)
 15 Jununope AC            30   5   6  19  24  48  -24  21 R (Central)
 16 Thawmont Rovers        30   4   6  20  16  47  -31  18 R (Serenelian)

Colonial Division One Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Forest Rangers          30  20   8   2  57  22  +35  68 C/P
  2 Sunburbia FC            30  20   4   6  54  27  +27  64 P
  3 Approciation FC         30  17   8   5  62  30  +32  59 P
  4 Jam Athletic            30  15   7   8  54  28  +26  52
  5 Aswania Athletic        30  14   9   7  56  40  +16  51
  6 Twilight Heaven FC      30  14   6  10  41  36   +5  48
  7 Iratuen Loft FC         30  11   8  11  48  40   +8  41
  8 Garanite FC             30  10   9  11  35  36   -1  39
  9 Basalata FC             30  10   6  14  32  49  -17  36
 10 Trinardin SC            30  10   5  15  26  35   -9  35
 11 Luxoren Town            30   7  13  10  38  41   -3  34
 12 Clinar Rovers           30  10   3  17  39  57  -18  33
 13 Lonbunia Athletic       30   8   8  14  30  46  -16  32
 14 Low Lyn FC              30   7   8  15  36  58  -22  29 R
 15 High Lyn FC             30   4  13  13  33  55  -22  25 R
 16 Likina CF               30   2   7  21  11  52  -41  13 R

Colonial Division Two Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Northern Wind Athletic      30  25  4   1  87  24  +63  79 C/P
  2 Cuprumville CSC             30  21  3   6  74  24  +50  66 P
  3 Syrenia FC                  30  18  7   5  49  28  +21  61 P
  4 Giafando FC                 30  15  9   6  33  16  +17  54
  5 Benopia Town                30  15  6   9  47  40   +7  51
  6 Central Tower United        30  14  7   9  40  36   +4  49
  7 Futurekind Wanderers        30  11  7  12  46  47   -1  40
  8 Lamarckists                 30  10 10  10  32  34   -2  40
  9 Encarta CF                  30  10  6  14  32  50  -18  36
 10 Hilunvale FC                30   8  8  14  22  31   -9  32
 11 Syrenia Pyramids            30   8  6  16  28  52  -24  30
 12 Chestnut FC                 30   7  7  16  26  50  -24  28
 13 Athletic Finsentra          30   6  8  16  11  25  -14  26 R (Economic)
 14 Regio FC                    30   5  9  16  28  46  -18  24 R (Utopian)
 15 Bias Rovers                 30   5  9  16  17  35  -18  24 R (Scholarly Empire)
 16 Jamridge AC                 30   5  8  17  17  51  -34  23 R (Economic)

Lodge League Division One Standings

   Team                           P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pindale Rovers                28  17   7   4  54  24  +30  58 C/P
 2 Mount Salt Climbers FC        28  13   9   6  67  33  +34  48
 3 Koluity City                  28  13   7   8  38  33   +5  46
 4 Klosertun Town                28  10  11   7  33  25   +8  41
 5 Quinica Town                  28   9   6  13  46  61  -15  33
 6 Cillin Valley                 28   7   7  14  30  49  -19  28
 7 Klosertun FC                  28   7   6  15  23  46  -23  27 R
 8 New Lodger City Athletic      28   6   7  15  21  41  -20  25 R

Lodge League Division Two Standings

   Team                        P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Viruntia Town              28  17   5   6  78  26  +52  56 C/P
 2 Mineville United           28  14   8   6  53  40  +13  50 P
 3 Civil War Memorial FC      28  12  12   4  47  29  +18  48
 4 Klinhielm Valley           28  12  10   6  33  28   +5  46
 5 Pontoon FC                 28   8   9  11  32  45  -13  33
 6 Leucanop United            28   7   9  12  34  56  -22  30
 7 Athletic Caldarin          28   4   8  16  37  67  -30  20 R
 8 Kinaltin FC                28   4   7  17  16  39  -23  19 R

Lodge League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 SC Jasenova           28  21   6   1  80  22  +58  69 C/P
 2 Nuclear FC            28  15   7   6  44  25  +19  52 P
 3 Tarija Rovers         28  12   6  10  34  48  -14  42
 4 Lanektz United        28  10   6  12  39  44   -5  36
 5 Pindale Athletic      28   7  13   8  33  37   -4  34
 6 Kaliska Town          28   8   9  11  22  34  -12  33
 7 Berlandar AC          28   5   7  16  20  40  -20  22
 8 Frelstom FC           28   1  12  15  12  34  -22  15 Kylx Kup

Central League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Farond FC         28  15   6   7  39  32   +7  51 C/P
 2 Bronze Acres            28  14   8   6  28  18  +10  50 P
 3 Farond FC               28  13   9   6  45  22  +23  48
 4 Bliketia FC             28  11   9   8  32  23   +9  42
 5 Losing The Game FC      28   7  11  10  29  28   +1  32
 6 Leintalp FC             28   7  11  10  28  36   -8  32
 7 Methuhen Town           28   7   8  13  33  50  -17  29 R
 8 Paddockia City          28   5   4  19  21  46  -25  19 R

Central League Division Two Standings

   Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Trurinar FC          28  16  7   5  31  14  +17  55 C/P
 2 Fracitz AC           28  15  7   6  35  21  +14  52 P
 3 United United        28  12 10   6  43  25  +18  46
 4 Plozica FC           28  12  7   9  51  31  +20  43
 5 FC Carfionn          28  10  9   9  35  32   +3  39
 6 Lampe FC             28   7  9  12  22  29   -7  30
 7 Pasturia Rovers      28   6  9  13  21  50  -29  27 R
 8 Dwoonbeck FC         28   1  8  19  13  49  -36  11 R

Central League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tavernia Athletic       28  21   4   3  68  17  +51  67 C/P
 2 Royal Tavernia          28  18   6   4  44  19  +25  60 P
 3 Bliketia AC             28  13   6   9  55  39  +16  45
 4 AC Agpuran              28   9   6  13  31  56  -25  33
 5 SC Krorgon              28   8   7  13  32  37   -5  31
 6 Courtiers SC            28   5  11  12  22  32  -10  26
 7 Xiyes Town              28   4  11  13  22  44  -22  23
 8 Vauchants Athletic      28   6   5  17  31  61  -30  23

Serenelian League Division One Standings

   Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Newt Cape Wanderers          28  17  5   6  51  26  +25  56 C/P
 2 Marepacopolis FC             28  15  9   4  42  25  +17  54
 3 Steel Valley Explorers       28  14  8   6  61  44  +17  50
 4 Bundlehead United            28  12  5  11  37  38   -1  41
 5 Ghoul Bay FC                 28   9 10   9  26  25   +1  37
 6 Life's Implosion             28  10  3  15  30  38   -8  33
 7 Eastpass Dockers             28   8  5  15  42  52  -10  29 R
 8 New Minesville Athletic      28   3  3  22  13  54  -41  12 R

Serenelian League Division Two Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 AC Gicoldor             28  17   6   5  41  19  +22  57 C/P
 2 Flencle Rovers          28  14   7   7  29  21   +8  49 P
 3 Mainpass FC             28  12  11   5  33  23  +10  47
 4 Westpass FC             28  12   9   7  42  33   +9  45
 5 Newt Cape Athletic      28  11   9   8  40  31   +9  42
 6 Westpass Port SC        28   8   5  15  36  46  -10  29
 7 Portopolis SC           28   5   5  18  24  53  -29  20
 8 New Minesville SC       28   3   8  17  12  31  -19  17

Macaronian League Division One Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eliphi FC             28  16   6   6  35  19  +16  54 C
 2 Carneleon Town        28  15   7   6  38  19  +19  52
 3 Freyin SC             28  12  10   6  25  15  +10  46
 4 Aithusa               28   8  11   9  28  27   +1  35
 5 Marekandria City      28   9   8  11  23  29   -6  35
 6 Triscellian           28   8   9  11  31  40   -9  33
 7 Nanomia Town          28   5  10  13  36  44   -8  25 R
 8 Malenaba AC           28   3  11  14  19  42  -23  20 R

Macaronian League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Macaronia City         28  22  5   1  48  10  +38  71 C/P
 2 Grateville DFC         28  16  7   5  61  28  +33  55 P
 3 Newgrate River FC      28  15  9   4  40  16  +24  54
 4 Sport Barujana         28  10  5  13  34  38   -4  35
 5 Milisar FC             28   9  5  14  31  39   -8  32
 6 Royal Macaronia        28   9  4  15  31  45  -14  31
 7 Diraelas SC            28   8  4  16  32  51  -19  28 R
 8 Luxorex Athletic       28   1  5  22  16  66  -50   8 R

Macaronian League Division Three Standings

   Team                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FC Pestrica         28  15  11   2  30  13  +17  56 C/P
 2 Fando Gate          28  15   8   5  30  16  +14  53 P
 3 Clube Monufia       28  13  10   5  29  17  +12  49
 4 Makawuilla FC       28   9   6  13  18  26   -8  33
 5 FC Minya            28   6  12  10  17  22   -5  30
 6 Ebcocer FC          28   7   8  13  18  25   -7  29
 7 AC Helwan           28   6   9  13  19  31  -12  27
 8 Grenerg United      28   4  10  14  15  26  -11  22

Utopian League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Redbridge United        28  17  8   3  64  27  +37  59 C/P
 2 Chi Lake SC             28  18  4   6  54  27  +27  58
 3 Torchwood AC            28  11 10   7  45  39   +6  43
 4 Westfall AC             28  11  7  10  24  16   +8  40
 5 CF Eastrise             28   9  6  13  36  42   -6  33
 6 Nexusortem United       28   8  8  12  27  32   -5  32
 7 Tyrenam Harriers        28   7  3  18  38  77  -39  24 R
 8 Diamond Sky United      28   7  2  19  26  54  -28  23 R

Utopian League Division Two Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Sontar Army FC          28  17  5   6  55  18  +37  56 C/P
 2 Pyrovilia FC            28  15  7   6  51  39  +12  52 P
 3 Conkers FC              28  15  5   8  44  27  +17  50
 4 Calufrax                28  14  8   6  37  23  +14  50
 5 Thecarrift Sport        28  10  7  11  24  25   -1  37
 6 Verinle SC              28   9  6  13  29  40  -11  33
 7 Crucible FC             28   4  6  18  17  49  -32  18 R
 8 Athletic Sunburbia      28   3  6  19  20  56  -36  15 R

Utopian League Division Three Standings

   Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Derin Town               28  19   6   3  43  15  +28  63 C/P
 2 Purple Point United      28  19   5   4  50  19  +31  62 P
 3 Lobenopia United         28  13   7   8  56  34  +22  46
 4 Devoniria FC             28  14   3  11  30  31   -1  45
 5 Alvon Port FC            28   7   7  14  23  42  -19  28
 6 Big White House IC       28   3  13  12  18  33  -15  22
 7 Lobenopia City           28   5   6  17  25  47  -22  21
 8 Malmooth FC              28   3  11  14  25  49  -24  20

Scholarly Empire League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FC Chinudo             28  17  5   6  64  30  +34  56 C/P
 2 AC Forngirn            28  16  7   5  38  21  +17  55
 3 Tower 14 FC            28  12  6  10  30  23   +7  42
 4 Oxford English SC      28  11  8   9  29  35   -6  41
 5 Nolix FC               28  10  7  11  28  32   -4  37
 6 Matrices United        28   9  5  14  19  28   -9  32
 7 Materia Medica FC      28   8  6  14  30  34   -4  30 R
 8 Wikipedia FC           28   6  2  20  29  64  -35  20 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Two Standings

   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 NES Tower 13 SC                28  23  3   2  79  20  +59  72 C/P
 2 Forngirn Town                  28  16  6   6  52  31  +21  54 P
 3 Michurinists                   28  16  5   7  59  33  +26  53
 4 Eastern Outskirts AC           28  12  4  12  44  50   -6  40
 5 Outlying Village 3 United      28   8  7  13  27  40  -13  31
 6 String Theory United           28   8  6  14  34  38   -4  30
 7 M-W Wanderers                  28   5  5  18  28  73  -45  20 R
 8 Thermodynamics FC              28   5  2  21  29  67  -38  17 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Three Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Lemdulin United               28  17  4   7  50  32  +18  55 C/P
 2 Dopca WMFC                    28  15  8   5  43  24  +19  53 P
 3 South Sector Tower 28 AC      28  15  8   5  34  19  +15  53
 4 Reactions Athletic            28  13  7   8  44  29  +15  46
 5 Alchemists United             28  10  9   9  22  17   +5  39
 6 Clairvoyance Wanderers        28   5  9  14  16  33  -17  24
 7 Tower 1 Athletic              28   5  5  18  22  49  -27  20
 8 Talfram United                28   4  6  18  10  38  -28  18

Economic League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 EastImport FC           28  20  4   4  38  12  +26  64 C/P
 2 Team Verixas            28  14  5   9  45  33  +12  47 P
 3 Finswool SC             28  12  9   7  54  34  +20  45
 4 Verdigris United        28  13  4  11  43  38   +5  43
 5 Silkville Spinners      28  11  8   9  30  29   +1  41
 6 MSWorldwide HQ AC       28   9  5  14  37  42   -5  32
 7 Polarieb Athletic       28   5  6  17  33  59  -26  21 R
 8 Glonasas FC             28   4  7  17  19  52  -33  19 R

Economic League Division Two Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Bronze Smelters FC      28  20   4   4  49  17  +32  64 C/P
 2 Finscoir AC             28  15   5   8  30  21   +9  50 P
 3 FC Olefinia             28  15   4   9  43  24  +19  49
 4 GrafonilHB WMFC         28   8  11   9  21  27   -6  35
 5 Rivermouth AC           28   8   7  13  32  41   -9  31
 6 Cuprumville FC          28   6  10  12  20  34  -14  28
 7 Brassworks SC           28   6   8  14  13  24  -11  26 R
 8 Tendnayar               28   6   7  15  23  43  -20  25 R

Economic League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 EastExport SC         28  16  5   7  41  19  +22  53 C/P
 2 Lakeside WSC          28  13  6   9  31  30   +1  45 P
 3 Mohairlin Rovers      28  12  8   8  42  36   +6  44
 4 FC Intaglio           28  11  7  10  33  24   +9  40
 5 Patina Rovers         28  11  5  12  33  32   +1  38
 6 FC Ramie              28  10  6  12  32  39   -7  36
 7 Percale United        28   8  6  14  33  42   -9  30
 8 Team Forenula         28   7  5  16  28  51  -23  26

King's Commonwealth Cup

Quarter-Finals

Pontifucia United 1-0 UR Town
UR Town 2-3 Pontifucia United (2-4 agg)

Yillog City 2-0 Revisionists
Revisionists 0-0 Yillog City (0-2 agg)

Northern Wind Athletic 1-1 YLW FC
YLW FC 1-2 Northern Wind Athletic (2-3 agg)

Olympia FC 1-0 Monksville FC
Monksville FC 1-0 Olympia FC (1-1 AET, 1-2 agg)

Semi-Finals

Olympia FC 3-0 Yillog City
Yillog City 1-2 Olympia FC (1-5 agg)

Northern Wind Athletic 1-2 Pontifucia United
Pontifucia United 0-0 Northern Wind Athletic (2-1 agg)

Final
@Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Pontifucia United 0-5 Olympia FC
Luisa Halliwell (15', 28', 86'), Samantha King (39'), Lynette Glenn (72')

ICELFA Youth League 4

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  14  6   2  33  15  +18  48 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Capital Academy                  22  11  6   5  33  23  +10  39
 3 Lodger Juniors                   22  11  4   7  27  21   +6  37
 4 Pasturia JFC                     22   9  5   8  26  23   +3  32
 5 Tavernia Academy                 22   8  6   8  27  24   +3  30
 6 New Tavernia Academy             22   8  6   8  29  34   -5  30
 7 Marepacopolis JFC                22   9  2  11  23  26   -3  29
 8 Paddockia YFC                    22   8  5   9  21  30   -9  29

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P  W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia Academy                22 10  8   4  29  12  +17  38
 2 Half Copper Academy               22  9  5   8  23  20   +3  32
 3 Benopia Juniors                   22  9  4   9  22  25   -3  31
 4 Jam Town YFC                      22  7  6   9  20  22   -2  27
 5 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22  7  6   9  20  23   -3  27
 6 W-D School Academy                22  6  4  12  20  28   -8  22
 7 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22  5  4  13  16  31  -15  19
 8 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22  5  3  14  19  31  -12  18

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:43 am

5th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 29)

Group Draw:

Group A: FM Town, Pontifucia United, Polkation FC, Revisionists, Paddockia FC
Group B: Copper Communists SC, Micronopia United, Half Boy FC, Macaronia FC, Approciation FC
Group C: Royal Jam FC, Xilon OC, FC Tavernia, Cliffside FC, Aswania Athletic
Group D: Norrion Rovers, Seniors FC, Toclofania FC, Honsadin FC, Coiners FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                   P  W D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia United      4  3 0  1  8   4  +4  9
 2 Polkation FC           4  3 0  1  8   5  +3  9
 3 Paddockia FC           4  2 1  1  6   6  +0  7
 4 FM Town                4  1 1  2  9   8  +1  4
 5 Revisionists           4  0 0  4  3  11  -8  0

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                      P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Approciation FC           4  3  0  1  7  4  +3  9
 2 Macaronia FC              4  2  1  1  5  4  +1  7
 3 Copper Communists SC      4  1  2  1  8  5  +3  5
 4 Half Boy FC               4  1  1  2  6  7  -1  4
 5 Micronopia United         4  1  0  3  4 10  -6  3

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                  P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Xilon OC              4  3 1  0  8  2  +6 10
 2 FC Tavernia           4  3 0  1  3  1  +2  9
 3 Aswania Athletic      4  2 0  2  5  5  +0  6
 4 Cliffside FC          4  1 0  3  1  4  -3  3
 5 Royal Jam FC          4  0 1  3  1  6  -5  1

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team                P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Norrion Rovers      4  3  1  0  7  3  +4 10
 2 Coiners FC          4  2  0  2  4  4  +0  6
 3 Seniors FC          4  1  2  1  7  6  +1  5
 4 Toclofania FC       4  1  1  2  3  4  -1  4
 5 Honsadin FC         4  1  0  3  1  5  -4  3

Playoff Round

RGS Athletic 1-0 Coiners FC
Macaronia FC 2-0 Aswania Athletic
Paddockia FC 0-1 FC Tavernia
Olympia FC 0-0 Polkation FC (0-1 AET)

Quarter-Finals

Xilon OC 2-1 Approciation FC
Pontifucia United 0-1 Norrion Rovers
FC Tavernia 1-3 RGS Athletic
Macaronia FC 0-2 Polkation FC

Semi-Finals

Xilon OC 1-1 Norrion Rovers (1-2 AET)
Polkation FC 2-2 RGS Athletic (2-2 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Final

Norrion Rovers 0-2 Polkation FC

ICELFA Premier League Awards – Season 29

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) - 15 goals
2: Rebecca Murray (FM Town) – 12 goals
3: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC) – 12 goals
4: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 12 goals
5: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) – 11 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Man Kin Kang (RGS Athletic) – 10 assists
2: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists
3: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) – 9 assists
4: Alys Hutchinson (FM Town) - 9 assists
5: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists

Goal of the Season
Semaj Childs – Copper Communists SC 5-0 Micronopia United (MD6, FT: 6-0)
An outrageous goal from Copper striker Semaj Childs at around the hour mark in what was a dominant match for the Copportopian side. A great passing move saw Nakia Giles-Rahim clean through on the wing at the edge of the box, from where she deftly chipped the ball towards the penalty spot. Childs made the run, but couldn't check back for the ball. Whilst most people in this position would have gone for the overhead bicycle kick, Childs went one further, and smacked the ball home with a superb scorpion kick.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Man Jin Kang (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - RGS Athletic)Lynette Glenn (95X - Olympia FC)
2: Markus Lazarev-Horak (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - Norrion Rovers)
3: Werdickley Safadão (Matthewsiania - Norrion Rovers)
4: Alameda Ybarra (Osarius - RGS Athletic)
5: Malenna von Kraus (Northern Sunrise Islands - Royal Jam FC)

Young Player of the Season
1: Saabir Hubert-Fulton (FM Town)
2: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
3: Wafeeqa Boulos (Monksville United)
4: Yara Chaikin (Tuntigone FC)
5: Lars Poschelosido (Seniors FC)

Manager of the Season
1: Gisselle Hope (Olympia FC)
2: Jacob Mains (Royal Jam FC)
3: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Dennis Wood (RGS Athletic)
2: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
3: Gavin Mintson (Norrion Rovers)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
2: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic)Lynette Glenn (Olympia FC)
3: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic)
4: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic)
5: Markus Lazarev-Horak (Norrion Rovers)

Team of the Season

-                                                          Tia Drenas
                                                         (RGS Athletic)

                               Man Jin Kang     David Lawrence    Josephine Fevison   Alameda Ybarra
                              (RGS Athletic)    (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)

                                                          Makayla Moore
                                                            (FM Town)

                              Tunde Ramos       Wesley Martin       Reyna Martin          Abdur Rehman
                               (VLC FC)         (Royal Jam FC)     (Royal Jam FC)        (RGS Athletic)

                                                          Dennis Wood
                                                         (RGS Athletic)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu May 26, 2016 3:55 pm

ICELFA Season 30

A few surprising transfers in this window, not least which was Haseeb Zia finally having enough and leaving RGS Athletic - whilst his raw talent was unquestioned, he had been kept out of the side by Quebecois international Man Jin Kang. Long-time captain Dennis Jagger has finally called time on his stay at the club as well, and moved abroad to Port Christopher to see out his career. Meanwhile Arne Jonsson might have a chance to rekindle his career, after a dismal spell at Norrion Rovers, with a cheap move to VLC FC.

A league season that went right down to wire here, and to the surprise of all it wasn’t RGS Athletic in pole position going into the final matchday; they were second, only heading off third place Olympia on goal difference, with Royal Jam FC two points clear of the pair - a far cry from a few weeks earlier where RGS were top with 4 games to go, four points clear of Royal Jam and 6 clear of Olympia after the latter two had drawn relatively easy games. However, the loss to Norrion Rovers, who ended up having a torrid league season, finishing 5th, thrust their position into jeopardy, as their lead was cut to the single point, with wins for both Royal and Olympia. And then, the unthinkable happened, as VLC FC then inflicted a derby day defeat at Vorgan Park, a result which put Royal into the lead by two points, and more or less relegated their opponents YLW FC; Olympia also drew level with their win over Seaton Town.

The order was then held in the penultimate set of matches, with all three teams winning, leaving the very precarious situation on the final day; indeed, both ends of the table were up for grabs - none of the relegation spots had been confirmed yet, and it was three teams to go down of the four of YLW FC (17 points), Polkation and Yillog City (both 19 points, Polkation ahead on goal difference), and Pontifucia United (20 points). The two Globe Cup spots directly via the league were already tied up, as VLC were too far off RGS and Olympia to challenge for third - with 5th place Norrion Rovers in the KCC final against Seniors FC on the second division, there was no hope for VLC. They still had a say in the relegation race, as they hosted Yillog City, with Polkation playing Norrion Rovers.The big match at the bottom however was 13th place Pontifucia United hosting bottom of the table YLW, with the knowledge that a YLW win would see them leapfrog their opponents on goal difference - and to safety, provided both Yillog and Polkation lost (both having much superior goal differentials than the other two). At the top, RGS Athletic travelled to FM Town, but most of the eyes were on another match - Royal Jam hosting Olympia. Olympia needed to win and have RGS fail to win (or beat their win margin by 5) to take their first ever crown. Royal Jam needed to win to keep it in their own hands - a draw would need RGS to fail to win. As for RGS, they just need to win and hoped Royal Jam failed to.

All the matches kicked off at the same time, and first blood was drawn in the relegation battle, as YLW took a leap towards safety with an early goal from Marita Zenin. Tia Drenas followed soon after on vidiprinter, scoring a crucial goal which put RGS back on top of the table, news which filtered through quickly to the game in Jammy Forests. RGS added a second around ten minutes later through Alameda Ybarra, and it was quickly becoming clear that FM Town weren’t going to put up a fight in this match, meaning that Olympia weren’t going to win the title. Not that they cared, they still had a game to win, and Merry Reiter, who was having a great debut season, headed one in to put them into the lead and second place. The next two goals came at the bottom, as in quick succession, both Yillog City and Polkation conceded, to VLC and Norrion respectively, goals which put YLW into a safe position. At half-time, RGS were on course for a 22nd straight league title, heading off Olympia purely on goal difference, with Royal Jam a point behind. At the bottom were Yillog City, with Polkation ahead of them on goal difference; a point further up saw Pontifucia United, and in 13th, and currently safe on goal difference, were YLW FC.

The second half started with quite a fractious mood, in at least two stadiums. Not so for RGS though, as they more or less crushed any FM Town resistance to go 3-0 up through a Josephine Fevison penalty. That left Olympia with vanishingly little hope, as the Royal Jam defence proved to be very stubborn and hard to break down, as it had all season and for a long time previous. Pontifucia United fired in the next goal, which levelled their match with YLW, putting them into safety, and pushing YLW back to the bottom. Not it helped either of the other two teams in the bottom three, as both Norrion and VLC were controlling play - VLC doubled their lead soon after, before Pontifucia United then removed hope for Yillog and Polkation by scoring a second, with Valentine Bouvet firing them into sure safety. Back at the top, Royal Jam began firing, and with 70 minutes gone, equalised their match with Malenna von Kraus getting on the scoresheet. That goal swapped Royal and Olympia, with just an insurmountable goal difference separating Royal from RGS and the title - they needed a win, and began firing on all cylinders, as RGS scored a fourth through Glen Soria. Norrion added a second to seal their victory against Polkation, leaving the match between Pontifucia and YLW as the critical one. And it rested on a knife-edge when Marita Zenin scored her second, meaning that YLW were one goal away from safety, and they had 10 minutes to find it, just as Royal Jam needed just the one goal in 10 minutes.

Neither came. Olympia wouldn’t roll over, and Pontifucia United were fighting for their own survival. RGS Athletic won for the 22nd consecutive time, with Royal Jam finishing second on goal difference. Olympia were two points behind in third. At the bottom, Pontifucia United held on to survive, and YLW suffer the ignominy of getting finishing bottom of the table yet again, being joined by Polkation and Yillog City in the second tier next season. Those three would be replaced by Seniors FC, and two teams making very long-awaited returns to the top flight - Indionion Athletic and Toclofania FC; Indionion Athletic make their return after 8 year away, whilst Toclofania will be making their first appearance in the top flight under its current format - the subdivision format was still in place last time they played, with a full 21 season absence for the team from Twilight Heaven.

ICELFA Premier League

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  21  3   6  77  26  +51  66 Champions/TQCC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  20  6   4  47  13  +34  66 Globe Cup
  3 Olympia FC                30  19  7   4  74  31  +43  64 Globe Cup
  4 VLC FC                    30  17  9   4  36  13  +23  60
  5 Norrion Rovers            30  16  9   5  58  30  +28  57 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  15  8   7  48  30  +18  53
  7 Seaton Town               30  15  3  12  45  38   +7  48
  8 Walston Brook Albion      30  12  6  12  23  26   -3  42
  9 Monksville United         30  10 10  10  25  26   -1  40
 10 FM Town                   30   9  8  13  41  51  -10  35
 11 Nile Bridge               30  10  3  17  41  57  -16  33
 12 Copper Communists SC      30   6  6  18  33  49  -16  24
 13 Pontifucia United         30   4  9  17  32  86  -54  21
 14 Polkation FC              30   3 10  17  15  40  -25  19 Relegated
 15 Yillog City               30   4  7  19  23  53  -30  19 Relegated
 16 YLW FC                    30   4  6  20  27  76  -49  18 Relegated

ICELFA Second Division Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Seniors FC              30  17   7   6  54  22  +32  58 Champions/P/SBCC
  2 Indionion Athletic      30  17   6   7  46  21  +25  57 P/SBCC
  3 Toclofania FC           30  17   6   7  49  25  +24  57 P/SBCC
  4 Half Boy FC             30  14  10   6  52  32  +20  52
  5 Micronopia United       30  14   8   8  59  41  +18  50
  6 Oldbridge FC            30  15   5  10  43  33  +10  50
  7 Xilon OC                30  12  10   8  33  22  +11  46
  8 FC Tavernia             30  13   7  10  46  40   +6  46
  9 Sunburbia FC            30   9   9  12  30  42  -12  36
 10 Benopia AC              30  10   4  16  27  42  -15  34
 11 Lodgertia United        30   8   8  14  39  57  -18  32
 12 Forest Rangers          30   8   7  15  31  51  -20  31
 13 Revisionists            30   5  13  12  22  40  -18  28
 14 Macaronia FC            30   7   7  16  38  56  -18  28 R(C)
 15 Honsadin FC             30   4  14  12  23  37  -14  26 R(C)
 16 Approciation FC         30   5   9  16  34  65  -31  24 R(C)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 UR Town              30  23   5   2  95  19  +76  74 Champions
  2 Cliffside FC         30  17  10   3  52  28  +24  61
  3 NT United            30  18   5   7  53  21  +32  59
  4 Seaton Athletic      30  14  11   5  29  13  +16  53
  5 SS City              30  15   8   7  28  21   +7  53
  6 Caldarin FC          30  14   9   7  54  41  +13  51
  7 Tavernia City        30  12   7  11  35  31   +4  43
  8 Monksville FC        30  10   7  13  22  23   -1  37
  9 Port Lodgertia       30  10   7  13  27  37  -10  37
 10 Coiners FC           30   8   9  13  34  43   -9  33
 11 Gilgonare FC         30   7  12  11  18  32  -14  33
 12 East Monurtag        30   7   8  15  40  58  -18  29
 13 Empire End FC        30   6  10  14  21  39  -18  28
 14 Lodgertia City       30   6   8  16  30  60  -30  26 Relegated
 15 Harmonial CC         30   5   5  20  11  36  -25  20 Relegated
 16 Paddockia FC         30   5   5  20  27  74  -47  20 Relegated

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Liginara FC              30  20   6   4  65  20  +45  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Bluin Athletic           30  20   4   6  56  24  +32  64 Promoted
  3 Mineville FC             30  18   8   4  39  15  +24  62 Promoted
  4 Golden Acres             30  18   5   7  77  41  +36  59
  5 White Star United        30  15   5  10  56  34  +22  50
  6 Mount Salt FC            30  12   8  10  29  32   -3  44
  7 West Monurtag            30  11   9  10  38  31   +7  42
  8 Silver Acres             30  10  11   9  24  24   +0  41
  9 SEW FC                   30  12   5  13  37  41   -4  41
 10 Port Ricton FC           30   9  10  11  30  34   -4  37
 11 Innocence FC             30   8  10  12  26  39  -13  34
 12 Farond United            30   9   6  15  30  49  -19  33
 13 Newt Cape Wanderers      30   9   5  16  31  42  -11  32 R(Serenelian)
 14 Pindale Rovers           30   6   6  18  25  52  -27  24 R(Lodge)
 15 Mount Farond FC          30   3   9  18  27  66  -39  18 R(Central)
 16 Bronze Acres             30   4   5  21  13  59  -46  17 R(Central)

Colonial Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Jam Mountain Island         30  20   7   3  65  22  +43  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 Aswania Athletic            30  17  10   3  61  24  +37  61 Promoted
  3 Revisionists Athletic       30  16   7   7  32  18  +14  55 Promoted
  4 Jam Athletic                30  14   7   9  58  31  +27  49
  5 SLW FC                      30  13  10   7  53  37  +16  49
  6 Twilight Heaven FC          30  12  12   6  35  23  +12  48
  7 Iratuen Loft FC             30   9  12   9  36  40   -4  39
  8 Northern Wind Athletic      30  10   7  13  43  51   -8  37
  9 Garanite FC                 30   9   8  13  37  43   -6  35
 10 Basalata FC                 30   7  12  11  29  42  -13  33
 11 Clinar Rovers               30   9   6  15  40  57  -17  33
 12 Cuprumville CSC             30   8   9  13  43  63  -20  33
 13 Luxoren Town                30   8   7  15  34  59  -25  31
 14 Lonbunia Athletic           30   6  11  13  32  47  -15  29 Relegated
 15 Trinardin SC                30   7   6  17  19  38  -19  27 Relegated
 16 Syrenia FC                  30   5   9  16  16  38  -22  24 Relegated

Colonial Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 High Lyn FC               30  20   6   4  73  23  +50  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Encarta CF                30  19   1  10  71  40  +31  58 Promoted
  3 Low Lyn FC                30  17   7   6  61  35  +26  58 Promoted
  4 Giafando FC               30  17   6   7  36  18  +18  57
  5 Futurekind Wanderers      30  14   9   7  46  40   +6  51
  6 Likina CF                 30  14   8   8  42  23  +19  50
  7 EastImport FC             30  13  10   7  35  26   +9  49
  8 Lamarckists               30  12   7  11  35  34   +1  43
  9 Benopia Town              30   9  14   7  37  27  +10  41
 10 FC Chinudo                30  12   1  17  46  66  -20  37
 11 Central Tower United      30   9   9  12  34  40   -6  36
 12 Team Verixas              30   9   4  17  28  52  -24  31
 13 Hilunvale FC              30   5  11  14  18  38  -20  26 R(Economic)
 14 Syrenia Pyramids          30   6   5  19  23  58  -35  23 R(Macaronian)
 15 Redbridge United          30   7   2  21  25  62  -37  23 R(Utopian)
 16 Chestnut FC               30   4   6  20  29  57  -28  18 R(Utopian)

Lodge League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Climbers FC      28  17  5   6  63  28  +35  56 C/P
 2 Klosertun Town              28  17  5   6  45  20  +25  56
 3 Huntingville FC             28  15  7   6  49  23  +26  52
 4 Cillin Valley               28   9  9  10  32  41   -9  36
 5 Quinica Town                28  10  6  12  34  46  -12  36
 6 Koluity City                28   8  8  12  37  31   +6  32
 7 Viruntia Town               28   8  8  12  46  55   -9  32 R
 8 Mineville United            28   3  2  23  25  87  -62  11 R

Lodge League Division Two Standings

   Team                           P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Klosertun FC                  28  20   4   4  49  18  +31  64 C/P
 2 Klinhielm Valley              28  12  12   4  22   8  +14  48 P
 3 New Lodger City Athletic      28  14   6   8  34  23  +11  48
 4 Pontoon FC                    28  11   7  10  26  25   +1  40
 5 Civil War Memorial FC         28  11   5  12  36  26  +10  38
 6 Nuclear FC                    28   9   3  16  16  36  -20  30
 7 SC Jasenova                   28   9   2  17  27  51  -24  29 R
 8 Leucanop United               28   4   5  19  17  40  -23  17 R

Lodge League Division Three Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Kinaltin FC            28  22  4   2  55  17  +38  70 C/P
 2 Athletic Caldarin      28  15  4   9  52  37  +15  49 P
 3 Kaliska Town           28   9  9  10  21  22   -1  36
 4 Pindale Athletic       28  10  5  13  29  36   -7  35
 5 Berlandar AC           28   8  9  11  23  30   -7  33
 6 Frelstom FC            28   9  5  14  17  23   -6  32
 7 Lanektz United         28   7  8  13  29  42  -13  29
 8 Tarija Rovers          28   8  4  16  25  44  -19  28

Central League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Farond FC               28  16   9   3  38  12  +26  57 C/P
 2 Jununope AC             28  14  10   4  37  19  +18  52 P
 3 Pasturia FC             28  13   7   8  35  21  +14  46
 4 Bliketia FC             28  10   9   9  21  23   -2  39
 5 Fracitz AC              28  10   7  11  21  22   -1  37
 6 Losing The Game FC      28   8  11   9  21  21   +0  35
 7 Leintalp FC             28   6   6  16  20  42  -22  24 R
 8 Trurinar FC             28   3   5  20  11  44  -33  14 R

Central League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Plozica FC             28  17   5   6  63  30  +33  56 C/P
 2 Methuhen Town          28  16   6   6  59  40  +19  54 P
 3 Paddockia City         28  15   7   6  47  35  +12  52
 4 Royal Tavernia         28  10   7  11  21  29   -8  37
 5 United United          28  10   6  12  32  41   -9  36
 6 FC Carfionn            28   9   8  11  40  39   +1  35
 7 Tavernia Athletic      28   4   7  17  22  48  -26  19 R
 8 Lampe FC               28   1  14  13  18  40  -22  17 R

Central League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pasturia Rovers         28  22  4   2  78  27  +51  70 C/P
 2 AC Agpuran              28  16  5   7  45  38   +7  53 P
 3 Dwoonbeck FC            28  15  4   9  49  32  +17  49
 4 Bliketia AC             28  11  4  13  45  52   -7  37
 5 Courtiers SC            28   8  9  11  17  23   -6  33
 6 Vauchants Athletic      28   7  5  16  37  54  -17  26
 7 SC Krorgon              28   7  5  16  29  46  -17  26
 8 Xiyes Town              28   5  6  17  18  46  -28  21

Serenelian League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Marepacopolis FC            28  13  11   4  44  24  +20  50 C/P
 2 Thawmont Rovers             28  13   9   6  38  21  +17  48
 3 Steel Valley Explorers      28  13   7   8  36  30   +6  46
 4 Ghoul Bay FC                28  11  10   7  28  19   +9  43
 5 Bundlehead United           28   9   7  12  30  39   -9  34
 6 AC Gicoldor                 28   8   8  12  27  36   -9  32
 7 Life's Implosion            28   7  10  11  27  33   -6  31 R
 8 Flencle Rovers              28   4   6  18  19  47  -28  18 R

Serenelian League Division Two Standings

   Team                          P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eastpass Dockers             28  15   9   4  53  24  +29  54 C/P
 2 Westpass FC                  28  14   6   8  48  34  +14  48 P
 3 Newt Cape Athletic           28  12   8   8  38  27  +11  44
 4 Mainpass FC                  28   8  12   8  27  26   +1  36
 5 New Minesville Athletic      28   9   9  10  33  36   -3  36
 6 Westpass Port SC             28   8   9  11  35  47  -12  33
 7 Portopolis SC                28   6   8  14  33  57  -24  26
 8 New Minesville SC            28   4  11  13  20  36  -16  23

Macaronian League Division One Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Freyin SC             28  19   8   1  36  11  +25  65 C/P
 2 Eliphi FC             28  13  11   4  35  18  +17  50
 3 Aithusa               28  10   6  12  35  34   +1  36
 4 Macaronia City        28   8  12   8  21  24   -3  36
 5 Carneleon Town        28   9   8  11  33  30   +3  35
 6 Grateville DFC        28   7   8  13  37  42   -5  29
 7 Triscellian           28   7   8  13  22  37  -15  29 R
 8 Marekandria City      28   3  11  14  18  41  -23  20 R

Macaronian League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Nanomia Town           28  21  2   5  89  35  +54  65 C/P
 2 Newgrate River FC      28  17  5   6  49  27  +22  56 P
 3 Malenaba AC            28  15  6   7  46  27  +19  51
 4 Milisar FC             28  12  8   8  47  36  +11  44
 5 Royal Macaronia        28   8  5  15  27  45  -18  29
 6 Sport Barujana         28   7  8  13  34  56  -22  29
 7 FC Pestrica            28   5  7  16  17  43  -26  22 R
 8 Fando Gate             28   3  7  18  24  64  -40  16 R

Macaronian League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Luxorex Athletic      28  19  7   2  44  17  +27  64 C/P
 2 Diraelas SC           28  17  4   7  38  18  +20  55 P
 3 Grenerg United        28  11  8   9  22  26   -4  41
 4 AC Helwan             28  11  5  12  23  28   -5  38
 5 Ebcocer FC            28   9  6  13  20  28   -8  33
 6 FC Minya              28   7  8  13  21  30   -9  29
 7 Makawuilla FC         28   5 10  13  16  28  -12  25
 8 Clube Monufia         28   6  6  16  13  22   -9  24

Utopian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Regio FC               28  17  6   5  48  23  +25  57 C/P
 2 Chi Lake SC            28  16  8   4  50  21  +29  56 P
 3 Nexusortem United      28  13  6   9  33  31   +2  45
 4 Sontar Army FC         28  11  8   9  33  27   +6  41
 5 Westfall AC            28   9 10   9  20  16   +4  37
 6 Torchwood AC           28   9  7  12  32  42  -10  34
 7 CF Eastrise            28   3 10  15  30  53  -23  19 R
 8 Pyrovilia FC           28   4  5  19  29  62  -33  17 R

Utopian League Division Two Standings

   Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Calufrax                 28  21  3   4  43  21  +22  66 C/P
 2 Tyrenam Harriers         28  16  7   5  53  22  +31  55 P
 3 Conkers FC               28  15  3  10  32  25   +7  48
 4 Diamond Sky United       28  13  5  10  33  25   +8  44
 5 Thecarrift Sport         28   8  9  11  25  24   +1  33
 6 Derin Town               28   6  7  15  16  35  -19  25
 7 Verinle SC               28   5  7  16  26  48  -22  22 R
 8 Purple Point United      28   6  3  19  22  50  -28  21 R

Utopian League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Crucible FC             28  17   8   3  46  20  +26  59 C/P
 2 Lobenopia United        28  13   8   7  45  39   +6  47 P
 3 Athletic Sunburbia      28  13   6   9  49  35  +14  45
 4 Big White House IC      28  10  12   6  33  25   +8  42
 5 Devoniria FC            28   6  14   8  26  30   -4  32
 6 Alvon Port FC           28   6  12  10  30  36   -6  30
 7 Malmooth FC             28   6   9  13  34  50  -16  27
 8 Lobenopia City          28   2   9  17  23  51  -28  15

Scholarly Empire League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Bias Rovers            28  18  6   4  34  10  +24  60 C
 2 AC Forngirn            28  15  8   5  28  11  +17  53
 3 Matrices United        28  13  6   9  26  17   +9  45
 4 Oxford English SC      28  11  6  11  25  24   +1  39
 5 Nolix FC               28   9  6  13  21  27   -6  33
 6 NES Tower 13 SC        28   8  7  13  31  38   -7  31
 7 Forngirn Town          28   7  7  14  24  42  -18  28 R
 8 Tower 14 FC            28   7  2  19   9  29  -20  23 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Two Standings

   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Materia Medica FC              28  18  8   2  57  22  +35  62 C/P
 2 Wikipedia FC                   28  15  7   6  55  27  +28  52 P
 3 Outlying Village 3 United      28  15  5   8  25  21   +4  50
 4 Michurinists                   28  13  5  10  43  31  +12  44
 5 Eastern Outskirts AC           28  11  4  13  43  48   -5  37
 6 String Theory United           28   9  5  14  36  41   -5  32
 7 Lemdulin United                28   6  6  16  25  54  -29  24 R
 8 Dopca WMFC                     28   2  6  20  18  58  -40  12 R

Scholarly Empire League Division Three Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 South Sector Tower 28 AC      28  19  4   5  50  23  +27  61 C/P
 2 M-W Wanderers                 28  14  6   8  44  31  +13  48 P
 3 Alchemists United             28  13  7   8  26  19   +7  46
 4 Thermodynamics FC             28  10  8  10  37  35   +2  38
 5 Tower 1 Athletic              28   9  6  13  22  37  -15  33
 6 Reactions Athletic            28   8  7  13  26  34   -8  31
 7 Clairvoyance Wanderers        28   7  7  14  21  35  -14  28
 8 Talfram United                28   6  7  15  20  32  -12  25

Economic League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Jamridge AC             28  17   8   3  37  11  +26  59 C/P
 2 Verdigris United        28  14   5   9  41  31  +10  47 P
 3 Athletic Finsentra      28  13   5  10  24  18   +6  44
 4 Finswool SC             28  11   8   9  47  35  +12  41
 5 Silkville Spinners      28  11   7  10  31  26   +5  40
 6 MSWorldwide HQ AC       28   9   7  12  25  31   -6  34
 7 Bronze Smelters FC      28   7  12   9  26  31   -5  33 R
 8 Finscoir AC             28   3   2  23   6  54  -48  11 R

Economic League Division Two Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Polarieb Athletic      28  20  5   3  53  14  +39  65 C/P
 2 FC Olefinia            28  15  8   5  44  19  +25  53 P
 3 Glonasas FC            28  14  7   7  52  34  +18  49
 4 GrafonilHB WMFC        28  12  8   8  34  22  +12  44
 5 Cuprumville FC         28   9 10   9  39  38   +1  37
 6 Rivermouth AC          28   5 10  13  24  49  -25  25
 7 EastExport SC          28   4  5  19  14  44  -30  17 R
 8 Lakeside WSC           28   3  7  18  22  62  -40  16 R

Economic League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FC Intaglio           28  15   6   7  34  19  +15  51 C/P
 2 Brassworks SC         28  13  10   5  31  14  +17  49 P
 3 Mohairlin Rovers      28  13   6   9  36  29   +7  45
 4 Tendnayar             28  10  11   7  42  26  +16  41
 5 Percale United        28   9   9  10  38  40   -2  36
 6 FC Ramie              28   8   9  11  26  34   -8  33
 7 Patina Rovers         28   6  10  12  20  32  -12  28
 8 Team Forenula         28   5   5  18  20  53  -33  20

King's Commonwealth Cup

Garanite FC 1-2 Yillog City (1-2 agg)
Life's Implosion 1-1 Bronze Smelters FC (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Eliphi FC 0-4 Pontifucia United (0-4 agg)
Twilight Heaven FC 3-0 Derin Town (3-0 agg)
EastImport FC 1-1 Encarta CF (2-1 AET, 2-1 agg)
Makawuilla FC 0-1 Bias Rovers (0-1 agg)
FC Ramie 0-1 Team Verixas (0-1 agg)
Tower 14 FC 1-2 AC Helwan (1-2 agg)
Clinar Rovers 5-0 Westpass FC (5-0 agg)
West Monurtag 1-0 Port Ricton FC (1-0 agg)
Farond FC 0-3 Verinle SC (0-3 agg)
FC Minya 0-1 Macaronia City (0-1 agg)
Vauchants Athletic 0-4 Paddockia FC (0-4 agg)
Futurekind Wanderers 4-1 Quinica Town (4-1 agg)
Malmooth FC 2-0 Outlying Village 3 United (2-0 agg)
Westfall AC 1-0 Koluity City (1-0 agg)
Olympia FC 2-2 Klosertun Town (2-3 AET, 2-3 agg)
Brassworks SC 0-2 Freyin SC (0-2 agg)
Bundlehead United 1-1 Conkers FC (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Lodgertia United 4-2 Xilon OC (4-2 agg)
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Jam Athletic (1-0 agg)
Bluin Athletic 3-1 SC Krorgon (3-1 agg)
Lamarckists 2-0 SLW FC (2-0 agg)
Alvon Port FC 2-4 Materia Medica FC (2-4 agg)
Cillin Valley 1-0 Innocence FC (1-0 agg)
Pasturia FC 1-0 Clairvoyance Wanderers (1-0 agg)
Royal Macaronia 0-2 Tavernia City (0-2 agg)
Marekandria City 0-2 Nexusortem United (0-2 agg)
Dopca WMFC 0-2 Huntingville FC (0-2 agg)
Fando Gate 0-2 Syrenia Pyramids (0-2 agg)
Micronopia United 4-1 Macaronia FC (4-1 agg)
Central Tower United 0-1 Aithusa (0-1 agg)
Viruntia Town 2-1 Regio FC (2-1 agg)
Empire End FC 1-0 Portopolis SC (1-0 agg)
Thawmont Rovers 0-3 Oldbridge FC (0-3 agg)
Silver Acres 2-4 Norrion Rovers (2-4 agg)
Finswool SC 1-0 Syrenia FC (1-0 agg)
Plozica FC 2-0 Pasturia Rovers (2-0 agg)
RGS Athletic 2-0 Forngirn Town (2-0 agg)
Likina CF 0-0 Lemdulin United (1-0 AET, 1-0 agg)
VLC FC 3-0 Lonbunia Athletic (3-0 agg)
FC Intaglio 0-4 Rivermouth AC (0-4 agg)
Clube Monufia 1-1 Tavernia Athletic (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 1-2 Ks)
Bronze Acres 2-4 Lakeside WSC (2-4 agg)
SS City 0-1 Revisionists (0-1 agg)
Jam Mountain Island 0-0 AC Gicoldor (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 2-3 PKs)
Losing The Game FC 0-1 Pyrovilia FC (0-1 agg)
Ghoul Bay FC 1-1 Chi Lake SC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 0-3 PKs)
Devoniria FC 0-2 Approciation FC (0-2 agg)
Milisar FC 2-0 Trurinar FC (2-0 agg)
Tendnayar 0-2 CF Eastrise (0-2 agg)
Sontar Army FC 2-2 Nolix FC (2-3 AET, 2-3 agg)
YLW FC 7-1 Tuntingone FC (7-1 agg)
White Star United 1-0 Torchwood AC (1-0 agg)
Patina Rovers 1-1 Lampe FC (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 1-2 PKs)
Tyrenam Harriers 0-1 Finscoir AC (0-1 agg)
SC Jasenova 2-0 Mount Salt Climbers FC (2-0 agg)
Trinardin SC 2-0 Thermodynamics FC (2-0 agg)
Athletic Finsentra 0-1 Harmonial CC (0-1 agg)
Tower 1 Athletic 0-1 Xiyes Town (0-1 agg)
Tarija Rovers 0-1 Frelstom FC (0-1 agg)
Mohairlin Rovers 1-1 Pindale Rovers (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Sport Barujana 1-1 Chestnut FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 0-2 PKs)
Leucanop United 0-1 Half Boy FC (0-1 agg)
High Lyn FC 2-3 Benopia Town (2-3 agg)
Team Forenula 0-4 Percale United (0-4 agg)
FC Tavernia 4-1 Kaliska Town (4-1 agg)
FC Carfionn 2-3 Flencle Rovers (2-3 agg)
Jununope AC 3-1 Eastern Outskirts AC (3-1 agg)
New Minesville SC 0-0 Malenaba AC (0-1 AET, 0-1 agg)
Lobenopia United 1-0 Mineville United (1-0 agg)
Newgrate River FC 0-1 Cuprumville FC (0-1 agg)
New Minesville Athletic 1-1 Nuclear FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-1 PKs)
Courtiers SC 0-2 Royal Jam FC (0-2 agg)
Mainpass FC 0-0 Thecarrift Sport (1-0 AET, 1-0 agg)
Polarieb Athletic 3-1 United United (3-1 agg)
Pontoon FC 0-1 NT United (0-1 agg)
AC Agpuran 0-6 Low Lyn FC (0-6 agg)
Wikipedia FC 5-0 Redbridge United (5-0 agg)
Newt Cape Wanderers 1-1 Revisionists Athletic (2-1 AET, 2-1 agg)
Silkville Spinners 2-0 Talfram United (2-0 agg)
Dwoonbeck FC 1-1 Honsadin FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 1-3 PKs)
Forest Rangers 2-0 Farond United (2-0 agg)
Diamond Sky United 1-1 Pindale Athletic (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-2 PKs)
Big White House IC 0-2 Northern Wind Athletic (0-2 agg)
Matrices United 0-2 Caldarin FC (0-2 agg)
Reactions Athletic 0-2 Calufrax (0-2 agg)
Mount Salt FC 2-2 Grateville DFC (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 1-0 PKs)
Westpass Port SC 2-1 Purple Point United (2-1 agg)
South Sector Tower 28 AC 0-1 Glonasas FC (0-1 agg)
Alchemists United 0-5 FM Town (0-5 agg)
Nile Bridge 3-0 Golden Acres (3-0 agg)
Cuprumville CSC 1-6 Seaton Town (1-6 agg)
Bliketia FC 2-0 Gilgonare FC (2-0 agg)
Copper Communists SC 1-1 FC Olefinia (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Oxford English SC 1-2 Seniors FC (1-2 agg)
Hilunvale FC 0-1 Diraelas SC (0-1 agg)
Nanomia Town 3-1 Sunburbia FC (3-1 agg)
Liginara FC 3-2 Methuhen Town (3-2 agg)
Royal Tavernia 0-2 Mineville FC (0-2 agg)
Cliffside FC 3-0 East Monurtag (3-0 agg)
Civil War Memorial FC 2-3 Paddockia City (2-3 agg)
Monksville FC 1-1 FC Chinudo (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-1 PKs)
Coiners FC 4-1 Luxorex Athletic (4-1 agg)
Aswania Athletic 1-0 Polkation FC (1-0 agg)
Klinhielm Valley 0-2 Basalata FC (0-2 agg)
Iratuen Loft FC 2-1 Giafando FC (2-1 agg)
Marepacopolis FC 1-0 Luxoren Town (1-0 agg)
NES Tower 13 SC 1-1 Newt Cape Athletic (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 3-4 PKs)
Crucible FC 1-1 Triscellian (2-1 AET, 2-1 agg)
Lanektz United 1-1 Monksville United (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-1 PKs)
MSWorldwide HQ AC 1-3 Fracitz AC (1-3 agg)
GrafonilHB WMFC 1-1 Verdigris United (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 2-4 PKs)
Steel Valley Explorers 1-0 Lobenopia City (1-0 agg)
FC Pestrica 0-3 Athletic Sunburbia (0-3 agg)
Bliketia AC 0-3 Toclofania FC (0-3 agg)
Carneleon Town 4-2 Lodgertia City (4-2 agg)
Seaton Athletic 0-1 Michurinists (0-1 agg)
String Theory United 2-0 M-W Wanderers (2-0 agg)
AC Forngirn 0-2 Port Lodgertia (0-2 agg)
SEW FC 0-0 New Lodger City Athletic (0-1 AET, 0-1 agg)
Grenerg United 0-2 Jamridge AC (0-2 agg)
Leintalp FC 2-0 Athletic Caldarin (2-0 agg)
Indionion Athletic 0-2 UR Town (0-2 agg)
Kinaltin FC 1-1 EastExport SC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-1 PKs)
Ebcocer FC 0-2 Klosertun FC (0-2 agg)
Benopia AC 3-0 Eastpass Dockers (3-0 agg)
Berlandar AC 1-1 Mount Farond FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-2 PKs)

Conkers FC 0-4 Cliffside FC (0-4 agg)
Finscoir AC 1-0 West Monurtag (1-0 agg)
Jununope AC 2-4 Benopia Town (2-4 agg)
Team Verixas 3-0 New Lodger City Athletic (3-0 agg)
Plozica FC 0-1 Marepacopolis FC (0-1 agg)
Finswool SC 0-2 Royal Jam FC (0-2 agg)
Forest Rangers 1-1 VLC FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 4-2 PKs)
CF Eastrise 1-1 Xiyes Town (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 1-0 PKs)
White Star United 4-1 UR Town (4-1 agg)
Milisar FC 1-1 Bias Rovers (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Pontifucia United 3-1 Revisionists (3-1 agg)
Basalata FC 6-1 Rivermouth AC (6-1 agg)
Pyrovilia FC 1-1 Leintalp FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 1-3 PKs)
Macaronia City 0-0 Seaton Town (1-0 AET, 1-0 agg)
Jamridge AC 1-1 Nexusortem United (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-3 PKs)
Honsadin FC 1-0 FC Olefinia (1-0 agg)
String Theory United 2-4 Yillog City (2-4 agg)
Lodgertia United 3-2 New Minesville Athletic (3-2 agg)
FM Town 6-2 Northern Wind Athletic (6-2 agg)
Percale United 1-3 Port Lodgertia (1-3 agg)
Huntingville FC 1-0 Paddockia FC (1-0 agg)
SC Jasenova 0-4 Seniors FC (0-4 agg)
Toclofania FC 1-0 Empire End FC (1-0 agg)
Monksville FC 2-0 Wikipedia FC (2-0 agg)
Crucible FC 2-2 Tavernia Athletic (2-3 AET, 2-3 agg)
Clinar Rovers 0-0 Coiners FC (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 2-3 PKs)
Lanektz United 3-0 Glonasas FC (3-0 agg)
Lobenopia United 1-6 Micronopia United (1-6 agg)
Aithusa 0-1 Cillin Valley (0-1 agg)
Lakeside WSC 3-0 Lampe FC (3-0 agg)
Nile Bridge 2-0 Bliketia FC (2-0 agg)
Carneleon Town 1-1 Malenaba AC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-2 PKs)
Futurekind Wanderers 1-1 Walston Brook Albion (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Pasturia FC 2-0 Syrenia Pyramids (2-0 agg)
Steel Valley Explorers 0-1 Likina CF (0-1 agg)
Aswania Athletic 1-4 Mount Salt FC (1-4 agg)
EastImport FC 1-0 Freyin SC (1-0 agg)
Tavernia City 1-0 Diamond Sky United (1-0 agg)
Iratuen Loft FC 0-2 FC Tavernia (0-2 agg)
Chestnut FC 4-0 Berlandar AC (4-0 agg)
Chi Lake SC 1-4 Norrion Rovers (1-4 agg)
Lamarckists 3-0 Verinle SC (3-0 agg)
Diraelas SC 1-1 Harmonial CC (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
AC Gicoldor 0-2 Pindale Rovers (0-2 agg)
Mainpass FC 1-2 Silkville Spinners (1-2 agg)
Michurinists 1-1 Twilight Heaven FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-3 PKs)
Malmooth FC 2-3 Bronze Smelters FC (2-3 agg)
RGS Athletic 3-1 Athletic Sunburbia (3-1 agg)
Viruntia Town 0-1 Paddockia City (0-1 agg)
Flencle Rovers 0-0 AC Helwan (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 1-2 PKs)
Kinaltin FC 1-0 Frelstom FC (1-0 agg)
Low Lyn FC 1-0 Nolix FC (1-0 agg)
YLW FC 1-1 Bluin Athletic (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)
Cuprumville FC 1-0 Newt Cape Wanderers (1-0 agg)
NT United 2-0 Trinardin SC (2-0 agg)
Newt Cape Athletic 3-1 Fracitz AC (3-1 agg)
Oldbridge FC 1-0 Westfall AC (1-0 agg)
Westpass Port SC 1-1 Klosertun FC (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 1-3 PKs)
Approciation FC 4-0 Caldarin FC (4-0 agg)
Klosertun Town 1-0 Benopia AC (1-0 agg)
Calufrax 1-0 Nanomia Town (1-0 agg)
Verdigris United 0-0 Liginara FC (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 3-0 PKs)
Mineville FC 0-1 Materia Medica FC (0-1 agg)
Polarieb Athletic 0-4 Half Boy FC (0-4 agg)

FC Tavernia 1-2 Pasturia FC (1-2 agg)
Walston Brook Albion 2-0 Tavernia Athletic (2-0 agg)
Oldbridge FC 3-1 Marepacopolis FC (3-1 agg)
Port Lodgertia 0-0 Honsadin FC (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 4-2 PKs)
CF Eastrise 1-0 Team Verixas (1-0 agg)
Twilight Heaven FC 2-0 Cuprumville FC (2-0 agg)
Lanektz United 3-2 Leintalp FC (3-2 agg)
Likina CF 1-1 Huntingville FC (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 3-2 PKs)
Materia Medica FC 1-0 Monksville FC (1-0 agg)
Yillog City 2-1 Lamarckists (2-1 agg)
Basalata FC 0-2 Bias Rovers (0-2 agg)
Lodgertia United 5-1 Cillin Valley (5-1 agg)
FM Town 2-4 Carneleon Town (2-4 agg)
Nexusortem United 1-0 Verdigris United (1-0 agg)
Mount Salt FC 0-1 Norrion Rovers (0-1 agg)
EastImport FC 1-0 Harmonial CC (1-0 agg)
Forest Rangers 3-0 Benopia Town (3-0 agg)
Calufrax 2-1 Low Lyn FC (2-1 agg)
Nile Bridge 7-0 Newt Cape Athletic (7-0 agg)
Cliffside FC 0-6 Micronopia United (0-6 agg)
NT United 2-2 Toclofania FC (2-2 AET, 2-2 agg, 3-1 PKs)
Coiners FC 3-0 White Star United (3-0 agg)
Pindale Rovers 2-1 Paddockia City (2-1 agg)
Bronze Smelters FC 0-2 Macaronia City (0-2 agg)
Klosertun Town 0-0 Silkville Spinners (0-1 AET, 0-1 agg)
Tavernia City 2-1 Lakeside WSC (2-1 agg)
Chestnut FC 0-1 Seniors FC (0-1 agg)
RGS Athletic 0-1 Royal Jam FC (0-1 agg)
Klosertun FC 0-3 Approciation FC (0-3 agg)
AC Helwan 1-0 Bluin Athletic (1-0 agg)
Finscoir AC 1-0 Kinaltin FC (1-0 agg)
Half Boy FC 3-1 Pontifucia United (3-1 agg)

Materia Medica FC 1-1 Lanektz United (1-1 agg)
Lanektz United 0-2 Materia Medica FC (1-3 agg)

Calufrax 2-3 Seniors FC (2-3 agg)
Seniors FC 3-0 Calufrax (6-2 agg)

NT United 2-3 Norrion Rovers (2-3 agg)
Norrion Rovers 3-2 NT United (6-4 agg)

CF Eastrise 2-1 Pasturia FC (2-1 agg)
Pasturia FC 2-0 CF Eastrise (3-2 agg)

Tavernia City 1-2 Forest Rangers (1-2 agg)
Forest Rangers 1-1 Tavernia City (3-2 agg)

Micronopia United 3-3 Coiners FC (3-3 agg)
Coiners FC 1-1 Micronopia United (4-4 agg) (Coiners FC wins on away goals rule)

Nile Bridge 1-0 Oldbridge FC (1-0 agg)
Oldbridge FC 1-3 Nile Bridge (1-4 agg)

Lodgertia United 0-1 Twilight Heaven FC (0-1 agg)
Twilight Heaven FC 0-2 Lodgertia United (1-2 agg)

Quarter-Finals

Coiners FC 3-1 Pasturia FC
Pasturia FC 0-0 Coiners FC (1-3 agg)

Forest Rangers 0-1 Norrion Rovers
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Forest Rangers (3-0 agg)

Seniors FC 5-4 Materia Medica FC
Materia Medica FC 0-4 Seniors FC (4-9 agg)

Nile Bridge 2-1 Lodgertia United
Lodgertia United 1-6 Nile Bridge (2-8 agg)

Semi-Finals

Coiners FC 3-2 Seniors FC
Seniors FC 3-0 Coiners FC (5-3 agg)

Norrion Rovers 0-0 Nile Bridge
Nile Bridge 0-1 Norrion Rovers (0-1 agg)

Final
@ Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Seniors FC 1-3 Norrion Rovers
Winfield (53'); Rathun (38'), Safadão (75', 87')

ICELFA Youth League 5

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  15  2   5  37  14  +23  47 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Lodger Juniors                   22  14  4   4  40  20  +20  46
 3 Capital Academy                  22   8  6   8  25  26   -1  30
 4 Tavernia Academy                 22   6 10   6  20  23   -3  28
 5 Pasturia JFC                     22   8  3  11  25  32   -7  27
 6 Paddockia YFC                    22   7  4  11  19  28   -9  25
 7 Marepacopolis JFC                22   7  4  11  18  28  -10  25
 8 New Tavernia Academy             22   4  9   9  12  20   -8  21

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia Academy                22  12  7   3  42  23  +19  43
 2 Jam Town YFC                      22  10  6   6  33  25   +8  36
 3 W-D School Academy                22   8  9   5  25  22   +3  33
 4 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   8  5   9  15  22   -7  29
 5 Half Copper Academy               22   7  7   8  32  21  +11  28
 6 Benopia Juniors                   22   6  7   9  21  24   -3  25
 7 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   5  8   9  15  29  -14  23
 8 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22   3  5  14  16  38  -22  14

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:38 pm

6th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 30)

Group Draw:
Group A: Olympia FC, Pontifucia United, Micronopia United, Macaronia FC, Aswania Athletic
Group B: Copper Communists SC, Seniors FC, Half Boy FC, Approciation FC, Coiners FC
Group C: Royal Jam FC, Polkation FC, FC Tavernia, Revisionists, Cliffside FC
Group D: FM Town, Toclofania FC, Xilon OC, Benopia AC, Paddockia FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                   P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Micronopia United      4  4  0  0  13   4  +9  12
 2 Olympia FC             4  1  2  1   7   7  +0   5*
 3 Pontifucia United      4  1  2  1   7   7  +0   5*
 4 Aswania Athletic       4  0  2  2   5   8  -3   2
 5 Macaronia FC           4  0  2  2   6  12  -6   2

Olympia FC through by beating Pontifucia United 4-3 in a penalty shootout.

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                      P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Copper Communists SC      4  3  1  0  6  0  +6 10
 2 Seniors FC                4  3  0  1  7  3  +4  9
 3 Half Boy FC               4  2  0  2  6  5  +1  6
 4 Coiners FC                4  0  2  2  2  5  -3  2
 5 Approciation FC           4  0  1  3  2 10  -8  1

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team              P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 FC Tavernia       4  3 0  1  9  4  +5  9
 2 Polkation FC      4  3 0  1  4  2  +2  9
 3 Royal Jam FC      4  2 1  1  3  3  +0  7
 4 Revisionists      4  1 0  3  1  4  -3  3
 5 Cliffside FC      4  0 1  3  3  7  -4  1

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team               P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Toclofania FC      4  3  0  1  6  4  +2  9
 2 Paddockia FC       4  2  1  1  6  5  +1  7
 3 Benopia AC         4  2  0  2  7  7  +0  6
 4 FM Town            4  1  2  1  8  7  +1  5
 5 Xilon OC           4  0  1  3  1  5  -4  1

Playoff Round

Olympia FC 1-1 Half Boy FC (2-1 AET)
RGS Athletic 2-2 Seniors FC (2-2 AET, 3-4 PKs)
Norrion Rovers 0-2 Polkation FC
Paddockia FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC

Quarter-Finals

Polkation FC 0-1 Seniors FC
Copper Communists SC 1-0 Royal Jam FC
Micronopia United 1-1 Olympia FC (1-2 AET)
Toclofania FC 1-0 FC Tavernia

Semi-Finals

Seniors FC 1-4 Olympia FC
Toclofania FC 0-1 Copper Communists SC

Final

Olympia FC 0-1 Copper Communists SC

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 30

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) - 20 goals
2: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC) – 16 goals
3: Musa Houlton (Olympia FC) - 14 goals
4: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 12 goals
5: David Gleason (Tuntingone FC) – 11 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Merry Reiter (Olympia FC) - 10 assists
2: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists
3: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) – 8 assists
4: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists
5: Josephine Fevison (RGS Athletic) - 7 assists

Goal of the Season
Arne Jonsson – YLW FC 0-1 VLC FC (MD20, FT: 0-1)
The winning goal in this susprisingly tight match between VLC and eventually cellar dwellers YLW, coming from Polaa player Arne Jonsson in his first season for VLC. Jonsson picked up the ball just inside his own half, and went on a ridiculous run through the defence, laying off a couple of one-twos with Waleed Saqib and Amado Cavazaos before curling in a beautiful rabona from the edge of the box, just to top the move off.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Malenna von Kraus (Northern Sunrise Islands - Royal Jam FC)
2: Merry Reiter (Nephara - Olympia FC)
3: Man Jin Kang (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - RGS Athletic)
4: Werdickley Safadão (Matthewsiania - Norrion Rovers)
5: Lynette Glenn (95X - Olympia FC)

Young Player of the Season
1: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
2: Saabir Hubert-Fulton (FM Town)
3: Lia Quadrelli (Tuntingone FC)
4: Emilio de Marco (Pontifucia United)
5: Etienne Penn-McClymont (Polkation FC)

Manager of the Season
1: Jacob Mains (Royal Jam FC)
2: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)
3: Gisselle Hope (Olympia FC)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
2: Veronica Puppy (VLC FC)
3: Dennis Wood (RGS Athletic)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
2: Musa Houlton (Olympia FC)
3: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic)
4: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
5: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC)

Team of the Season

-                                                          Tia Drenas
                                                         (RGS Athletic)

                               Man Jin Kang     David Lawrence    Josephine Fevison    Merry Reiter
                              (RGS Athletic)    (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)      (Olympia FC)

                                                         Malenna von Kraus
                                                          (Royal Jam FC)

                              Wilhelm Phal       Wesley Martin       Dylan Bell Jnr      Abdur Rehman
                             (RGS Athletic)      (Royal Jam FC)        (VLC FC)         (RGS Athletic)

                                                        Cindy Collingwood
                                                         (Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:30 pm

ICELFA Season 31

As ever, a quiet transfer window saw two of the promoted sides, Indionion Athletic and Toclofania FC, strengthening for their first appearance for a long while in the top flight, but nothing else. After the dramatic end to last season, pundits up and down the nation were hoping that this season would be as exciting, and maybe with an end to RGS’ domination of the league. Royal Jam would certainly be looking to avenge their performance on the last day of the season, where they had control of their own fate, leading the pack going into the last day against third place Olympia, but could only manage a draw, and RGS’ thumping win over FM Town saw the perennial title winners leapfrog the upstarts into first on goal difference.

It certainly was an entertaining season, not least because RGS were firing in goals left, right and centre. Only problem with that was that they weren’t scoring them when they mattered in winning/drawing matches - most of the goals came as part crushing one-sided victories; of note was a 10-1 annihilation of Pontifucia United on the road in their 23rd match, as well as the 8-2 home victory over FM Town in match 15 and an 8-1 demolition of Copper Communists in Copper City. But there was much faltering on the champions behalf - nearly two-thirds of the season, and they had already lost three games and drawn another 5, results which put them in fourth, and 8 points behind leaders Royal Jam, who had only lost the once (match number 8, losing 1-0 away to Olympia) and drawn four at that point. Norrion were second, and still 5 points off the pace of the leaders, who looked like they were going to run away with the title; Olympia were a point further back in third, two clear of RGS. Nile Bridge were surprisingly high in the table at that point in the season, and looked like they might even put in a challenge for the Globe Cup spot, lying in fifth and only three points behind RGS - VLC were shockingly in 6th, a point behind Nile Bridge.

Match number 20 saw a blip in the road, as Royal Jam were surprisingly beaten on the road against Tuntingone, as were Norrion against Seaton, whilst RGS thrashed Olympia 3-0 at home to move into second. At this point, Pontifucia United were having a horrid season at the bottom, already 10 points off safety with 10 games to go. Toclofania weren’t faring much better either, being only 3 points better off, whilst Monksville United were surprise occupants of the final relegation place, 2 points behind 13th place Seaton Town as well. Newly promoted Seniors and Indionion were three points clear of Seaton in 10th and 11th. Over the next couple of matches, the order held at the top, although a draw between Olympia and Norrion saw their chances of second take a sharp blow; even more of a disappointment now that it looked increasingly likely that second place would also take a trip to the Champions’ Cup. Monksville strung together two wins, and pushed themselves out of the relegation zone, dragging Seaton Town in, whilst Toclofania closed the gap ever so slightly to 13th, but the margin of safety looked extremely thin, as 9th place FM Town were only 4 points clear of Seaton in 14th, and just 2 points ahead of 13th place Seniors.

Match number 23 was a big turning point, as Royal Jam suffered their third defeat of the season, and their second in four games, losing at home to Olympia FC, whilst RGS were busy running up the score against Pontifucia, winning 10-1 in what was one of the biggest ever wins in the Premier League. That result served to cut the gap to the top to just two points, something which didn’t seem likely just a month or so ago. Olympia were in third, and only three points behind RGS, whilst Norrion suffered a surprise defeat to Nile Bridge, falling to fourth, two points adrift of Olympia. The next three matches went largely to plan for the top four, except for Olympia and Norrion both drawing match number 25, cutting them a further two points adrift of the all-but-confirmed 2nd TQCC place - with four games to go, Olympia were 7 points off the title, and 5 off 2nd, with Norrion a further two behind. And making a late charge were VLC in 5th, only two points behind Norrion and now more or less safe from the challenge of Nile Bridge, who seemed to be comfortable in 6th. It was all change at the bottom though, as Pontifucia’s 3-0 loss to Royal Jam had confirmed their relegation in 16th, now a full 13 points clear of safety. And being 10 points behind 15th place Toclofania (now just 3 clear of safety, surprisingly) meant that it was almost definite that they’d be rooted to the bottom. 14th place was now occupied by Seniors FC, a point off safety and Indionion Athletic in 13th. Seaton Town and Monksville were a further two points clear of 13th, and just hanging on to the top flight.

And just when the title race was getting exciting, RGS hit a huge stumbling block, as Norrion Rovers put an end to the champions’ 7 game winning streak with a huge 3-1 victory in New Lodger City. Royal Jam edged out a plucky Monksville United on the road to reestablish their 5 point gap, and with 3 games to go, looked like they had wrapped up the title. Norrion moved into third on goal difference after Olympia drew, with both now 4 points off third, but VLC’s draw with Toclofania pushed the former 4 points from the UICA spots, compounded by the fact that Olympia were eliminated in the KCC semi-final that week by Polkation FC, which meant that the cup’s Globe Cup spot was guaranteed to go to one of the finalists; Toclofania moved to within 2 points of safety. And just when it looked like Royal Jam had done enough, they went and drew at home with Toclofania, and the lead was cut to three points as RGS beat VLC FC, removing their chances of a Globe Cup spot as Norrion and Olympia won. And Toclofania’s draw saw them overtake Seniors FC on goal difference to move into 14th, only a point off Indionion in third, with Monksville and Seaton more or less safe in 11th and 12th, 6 points clear of 14th.

The penultimate set of matches saw a big match at the top of the table, one that could have decided the title there and then. RGS Athletic hosted Royal Jam FC, and it was a Tia Drenas penalty in the 86th minute that gave the win to RGS, much against the run of play as Royal Jam had otherwise defended for their lives, and RGS never looked like they were going to score. That result meant that Royal Jam relinquished the lead for the first time in nearly 3 months, with RGS going ahead on goal difference, having scored nearly 90 goals over the course of the season. Olympia moved back into third after thrashing Seniors FC 6-0, whilst Norrion could only manage a draw against VLC. At the bottom, a Toclofania win against FM Town saw them move out of relegation in 13th, now two points clear of 14th place Indionion, with Seniors in 15th a further point behind. So, both the title and the two remaining relegation spots would be decided in the last set of matches; for the title, RGS would again be travelling to FM Town, in a replay of last season’s finale, whilst Royal Jam would this time be hosting 4th place Norrion Rovers. RGS have a vastly superior goal difference than Royal Jam (more than double, in fact), which means that Royal Jam needed a better points result than RGS did to win the title (i.e. win with RGS drawing, draw with RGS losing) - RGS just needed to match Royal Jam’s result, barring a 38 goal swing in goal difference. At the bottom, Toclofania were travelling to Walston Brook, knowing that a draw would likely see them safe, unless Indionion managed a 6 goal victory at home to Olympia, which seemed unlikely. Seniors were all but mathematically relegated; they needed to win, have Indionion fail to win and have Toclofania lose, whilst achieving a goal difference swing of 18 goals - and away to VLC FC, that seemed unlikely.

All the matches on the final day kicked off at the same time, and the match in Gamerville between FM Town and RGS Athletic got off to the perfect start - for Royal Jam; Saabir Hubert-Fulton showing off his precocious talent as he converted an early free kick in style to put FM Town into the lead. As it stood, the trophy would finally leave New Lodger City. The next goal was a big one at the foot of the table, as Walston Brook took the lead against Toclofania, which buoyed the fans across the city in Marshbrook Stadium, where Indionion were already pressing hard against an Olympia side with little to fight for. And soon, the tables turned, as Indionion went ahead in their match through a Kenyon Lacroix header - a goal which for the moment put them into safety and relegated Seniors. VLC soon added to Seniors’ misery when Arne Jonsson tapped in a scrappy goal to put the hosts ahead. Indionion added their second of the match through Matia Zakari’s long-range finish, and it looked like they had done their side of the deal. Their crosstown rivals (friendly ones, at that) were ensuring that Toclofania were kept at bay, and doing their utmost to keep a derby match going for next year. RGS then swung the title back to themselves with an equaliser before half-time as Glen Soria headed home a corner. Meanwhile, Norrion Rovers were doing their utmost to frustrate a timid Royal Jam attack, but couldn’t break through themselves - they still had third place to fight for now that Olympia were down and out.

At half-time, the situation was thus: RGS and Royal Jam were both drawing, which meant that RGS would gain consecutive title number 23 and Royal Jam would have to be content with the 2nd TQCC spot. Olympia being 2-0 down had given Norrion a chance to snatch third place, but they needed to beat Royal Jam and were currently drawing. Indionion’s 2-0 lead against Olympia meant they were currently safe, a point ahead of Toclofania, who were currently losing to Walston Brook Albion. Indionion’s lead meant that Seniors were relegated regardless of the result of their match against VLC, not that it mattered as they were losing 1-0 anyways.

The second halves began kicking off around the country, and RGS were the first to make their mark, with Man Jin Kang taking the lead for RGS with a long-range effort. VLC added their second of the match, and more or less sealed Seniors fate, with Arne Jonsson getting his second of the game through a header. Royal Jam were struggling to get anywhere against Norrion, and the news of RGS’ second goal didn’t help. Indionion Athletic took their score against Olympia to 3-0 as Lacroix scored his second of the match from the penalty spot, and they looked ready to keep on scoring an overhaul Toclofania’s goal difference; not that it mattered, as the Walston Brook Albion defence was holding firm onto their one goal lead. RGS then made it 3-1 as David Lawrence finished off a lethal counter-attack; with FM Town looking like they were already finished, it seemed the title was staying in New Lodger City for at least another season. They soon made it 4-1, with Tia Drenas now getting on the scoresheet to head in a corner. Olympia pulled one back against Indionion through Ognen Jurković, who was celebrating his debut appearances for the Pasargan national team, but it was evidently nothing more than a consolation; especially when Indionion restored their three-goal lead with Lacroix getting his hat-trick on the counter-attack. With Walston Brook still frustrating Toclofania, who had been reduced to ten men after Luca Aitken’s second yellow, Indionion looked like they’d done enough. As had RGS, who had made it 5-1 with a fifth different scorer, Daniel Keeble, getting on the scoresheet with a free kick. Royal Jam knew at that point that there was no-way back, and just sat back and ground out a draw and a clean sheet, suffering the ignominy of throwing away the title for the second consecutive time.

And that was the way the matches finished - RGS won the title by two points, despite not even leading the table for two months, and Royal Jam finished second, clinching the first second TQCC spot given to the ICEL Premier League for a while. Olympia finished third, a point ahead of Norrion Rovers. VLC miss out on UICA football yet again, and their fans are beginning to get restless. Nile Bridge have had an amazing season to finish comfortably in sixth, although Walston Brook in 7th. did narrow the gap down to them towards the end. FM Town had a disappointing finish to the season, in 11th, whilst 12th place Monksville could count themselves lucky that they survived by the margin that they did, but it was too close for comfort. Indionion Athletic will play next season in the top flight after a remarkable last match, but it’s curtains for Toclofania and Seniors, who bounce straight back down to the second flight. Pontifucia United have had a miserable season, only gathering 12 points on their way to the bottom. In the second tier, Xilon OC return to the top flight as champions after two seasons away, joined in that regard by Micronopia United. Also joining them are FC Tavernia, promoted after just their third season in the second tier post-promotion from the Imperial League - their last top flight appearance was 9 seasons ago. 8th place Polkation FC will make a surprise appearance in the Globe Cup, having beaten Toclofania FC in the final to win the King’s Commonwealth Cup, after taking out Olympia FC in the semis.

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  21   5   4  94  25  +69  68 Champions/TQCC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  20   6   4  38  10  +28  66 TQCC
  3 Olympia FC                30  19   4   7  54  29  +25  61 Globe Cup
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  17   9   4  50  20  +30  60 Globe Cup
  5 VLC FC                    30  15  10   5  34  20  +14  55
  6 Nile Bridge               30  14   4  12  54  53   +1  46
  7 Walston Brook Albion      30  10  12   8  22  21   +1  42
  8 Copper Communists SC      30  10   8  12  44  48   -4  38
  9 Tuntingone FC             30  10   7  13  33  40   -7  37
 10 Seaton Town               30   9   8  13  33  36   -3  35
 11 FM Town                   30   9   7  14  49  70  -21  34
 12 Monksville United         30   8   9  13  17  24   -7  33
 13 Indionion Athletic        30   7   6  17  33  51  -18  27
 14 Toclofania FC             30   6   8  16  31  47  -16  26 Relegated
 15 Seniors FC                30   6   5  19  18  53  -35  23 Relegated
 16 Pontifucia United         30   2   6  22  30  87  -57  12 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                        P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Xilon OC                   30  20   8   2  35   8  +27  68 Champions/SBCC
  2 FC Tavernia                30  20   4   6  61  33  +28  64 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Micronopia United          30  19   4   7  68  39  +29  61 Promoted/SBCC
  4 Half Boy FC                30  18   4   8  56  28  +28  58
  5 Yillog City                30  17   6   7  45  18  +27  57
  6 YLW FC                     30  14   4  12  57  53   +4  46
  7 Revisionists               30  11  11   8  22  22   +0  44
  8 Polkation FC               30  13   4  13  27  22   +5  43 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
  9 Oldbridge FC               30  10  10  10  35  29   +6  40
 10 Benopia AC                 30   9  11  10  32  45  -13  38
 11 Lodgertia United           30  11   3  16  39  47   -8  36
 12 Forest Rangers             30   8   8  14  34  40   -6  32
 13 Jam Mountain Island        30   6   9  15  22  42  -20  27
 14 Sunburbia FC               30   7   5  18  29  45  -16  26 R (C)
 15 Revisionists Athletic      30   3   6  21  18  53  -35  15 R (C)
 16 Aswania Athletic           30   3   5  22  27  83  -56  14 R (C)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 UR Town              30  21   7   2  81  29  +52  70 Champions
  2 Cliffside FC         30  19   5   6  41  21  +20  62
  3 NT United            30  17   7   6  46  22  +24  58
  4 Seaton Athletic      30  12  12   6  29  19  +10  48
  5 Caldarin FC          30  14   5  11  39  39   +0  47
  6 SS City              30  12  10   8  29  22   +7  46
  7 Tavernia City        30  14   4  12  33  31   +2  46
  8 Monksville FC        30  13   6  11  36  31   +5  45
  9 Port Lodgertia       30  12   8  10  28  28   +0  44
 10 Coiners FC           30   8  12  10  35  39   -4  36
 11 Bluin Athletic       30  11   3  16  24  49  -25  36
 12 East Monurtag        30   9   6  15  42  59  -17  33
 13 Liginara FC          30   7  11  12  34  46  -12  32
 14 Empire End FC        30   7   5  18  27  37  -10  26 Relegated
 15 Gilgonare FC         30   3  12  15  14  30  -16  21 Relegated
 16 Mineville FC         30   3   3  24   6  42  -36  12 Relegated

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lodgertia City              30  17 10   3  50  21  +29  61 Champions
  2 Golden Acres                30  19  3   8  70  28  +42  60 Promoted
  3 White Star United           30  17  9   4  55  25  +30  60 Promoted
  4 Harmonial CC                30  17  9   4  54  27  +27  60
  5 Paddockia FC                30  17  6   7  45  30  +15  57
  6 Silver Acres                30  12 10   8  25  19   +6  46
  7 Farond United               30  12 10   8  31  29   +2  46
  8 Port Ricton FC              30  12  5  13  28  31   -3  41
  9 Mount Salt Climbers FC      30   9  8  13  40  55  -15  35
 10 Mount Salt FC               30   9  7  14  20  31  -11  34
 11 SEW FC                      30   9  5  16  33  45  -12  32
 12 Marepacopolis FC            30   8  6  16  22  38  -16  30
 13 Farond FC                   30   6 10  14  26  44  -18  28 R (Central)
 14 Jununope AC                 30   7  6  17  20  41  -21  27 R (Central)
 15 West Monurtag               30   5 10  15  20  40  -20  25 R (Lodge)
 16 Innocence FC                30   4  6  20  14  49  -35  18 R (Serenelian)

Colonial Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Macaronia FC                30  23  6   1  90  28  +62  75 Champions/Promoted
  2 Honsadin FC                 30  19  7   4  80  31  +49  64 Promoted
  3 SLW FC                      30  16  9   5  54  31  +23  57 Promoted
  4 Approciation FC             30  16  6   8  60  47  +13  54
  5 Twilight Heaven FC          30  15  8   7  39  26  +13  53
  6 Jam Athletic                30  14  8   8  53  37  +16  50
  7 Northern Wind Athletic      30  12  8  10  40  43   -3  44
  8 Garanite FC                 30  12  7  11  44  34  +10  43
  9 Iratuen Loft FC             30  12  6  12  47  42   +5  42
 10 Basalata FC                 30   9  6  15  41  54  -13  33
 11 High Lyn FC                 30   9  5  16  33  49  -16  32
 12 Clinar Rovers               30   9  5  16  29  52  -23  32
 13 Luxoren Town                30   7  6  17  30  49  -19  27
 14 Low Lyn FC                  30   6  8  16  36  58  -22  26 Relegated
 15 Cuprumville CSC             30   5  9  16  36  66  -30  24 Relegated
 16 Encarta CF                  30   2  4  24  24  89  -65  10 Relegated

Colonial Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Lonbunia Athletic         30  24  3   3  63  17  +46  75 Champions/Promoted
  2 Trinardin SC              30  22  5   3  52  12  +40  71 Promoted
  3 Giafando FC               30  18  7   5  37  13  +24  61 Promoted
  4 Likina CF                 30  19  4   7  41  19  +22  61
  5 Syrenia FC                30  15  7   8  32  16  +16  52
  6 Benopia Town              30  14  7   9  38  32   +6  49
  7 Futurekind Wanderers      30  10  9  11  34  37   -3  39
  8 Regio FC                  30  11  5  14  25  50  -25  38
  9 Central Tower United      30  10  7  13  34  35   -1  37
 10 Lamarckists               30  10  6  14  20  26   -6  36
 11 Chi Lake SC               30   8 10  12  31  37   -6  34
 12 EastImport FC             30   8  9  13  20  22   -2  33
 13 Jamridge AC               30   7  5  18  17  40  -23  26 R (Economic)
 14 Freyin SC                 30   5  5  20  12  32  -20  20 R (Macaronian)
 15 Team Verixas              30   5  5  20  28  56  -28  20 R (Economic)
 16 FC Chinudo                30   4  6  20  19  59  -40  18 R (Scholarly Empire)

Lodge League Division One Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pindale Rovers        28  16   9   3  48  21  +27  57 Champions/Promoted
 2 Huntingville FC       28  14  12   2  44  18  +26  54
 3 Klosertun Town        28  13   9   6  39  16  +23  48
 4 Koluity City          28  10   8  10  23  26   -3  38
 5 Quinica Town          28   9   8  11  34  46  -12  35
 6 Cillin Valley         28   7   8  13  25  45  -20  29
 7 Klinhielm Valley      28   5   7  16  13  32  -19  22 Relegated
 8 Klosertun FC          28   4   7  17  23  45  -22  19 Relegated

Lodge League Division Two Standings

   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 New Lodger City Athletic      28  20  3   5  43  16  +27  63 Champions/Promoted
 2 Civil War Memorial FC         28  19  3   6  50  23  +27  60 Promoted
 3 Viruntia Town                 28  17  3   8  73  36  +37  54
 4 Pontoon FC                    28  12  4  12  35  45  -10  40
 5 Mineville United              28  11  5  12  42  37   +5  38
 6 Kinaltin FC                   28   8  2  18  23  43  -20  26
 7 Athletic Caldarin             28   6  4  18  37  71  -34  22 Relegated
 8 Nuclear FC                    28   5  4  19  26  58  -32  19 Relegated

Lodge League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 SC Jasenova           28  19  4   5  52  23  +29  61 Champions/Promoted
 2 Leucanop United       28  17  6   5  47  21  +26  57 Promoted
 3 Kaliska Town          28  13  7   8  27  24   +3  46
 4 Pindale Athletic      28   9  9  10  31  31   +0  36
 5 Lanektz United        28   8 10  10  28  38  -10  34
 6 Berlandar AC          28   5 10  13  21  31  -10  25
 7 Frelstom FC           28   5  8  15  19  33  -14  23
 8 Tarija Rovers         28   5  8  15  36  60  -24  23

Central League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Bliketia FC             28  14   7   7  34  16  +18  49 Champions/Promoted
 2 Mount Farond FC         28  11  11   6  46  24  +22  44 Promoted
 3 Pasturia FC             28  11   6  11  38  32   +6  39
 4 Losing The Game FC      28  11   6  11  31  29   +2  39
 5 Bronze Acres            28   8  14   6  31  31   +0  38
 6 Fracitz AC              28   8  13   7  21  20   +1  37
 7 Plozica FC              28  10   6  12  31  47  -16  36 Relegated
 8 Methuhen Town           28   2  11  15  30  63  -33  17 Relegated

Central League Division Two Standings

   Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Leintalp FC          28  19  9   0  54  14  +40  66 Champions/Promoted
 2 Trurinar FC          28  12  9   7  31  22   +9  45 Promoted
 3 FC Carfionn          28  13  6   9  37  32   +5  45
 4 United United        28  13  5  10  38  28  +10  44
 5 Paddockia City       28  12  6  10  42  28  +14  42
 6 Royal Tavernia       28   5 10  13  16  33  -17  25
 7 AC Agpuran           28   6  4  18  24  54  -30  22 Relegated
 8 Pasturia Rovers      28   5  5  18  31  62  -31  20 Relegated

Central League Division Three Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tavernia Athletic       28  17  8   3  63  18  +45  59 Champions/Promoted
 2 Dwoonbeck FC            28  17  6   5  41  21  +20  57 Promoted
 3 Lampe FC                28  14  7   7  32  17  +15  49
 4 Bliketia AC             28  12  3  13  46  42   +4  39
 5 Xiyes Town              28  10  6  12  33  38   -5  36
 6 SC Krorgon              28   7  6  15  30  42  -12  27
 7 Courtiers SC            28   5  9  14  17  34  -17  24
 8 Vauchants Athletic      28   5  5  18  25  75  -50  20

Serenelian League Division One Standings

   Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Thawmont Rovers             28  15   9   4  46  19  +27  54 Champions/Promoted
 2 Steel Valley Explorers      28  14   9   5  63  40  +23  51
 3 Newt Cape Wanderers         28  12   8   8  49  35  +14  44
 4 Ghoul Bay FC                28  12   5  11  38  29   +9  41
 5 Bundlehead United           28   7  11  10  29  38   -9  32
 6 AC Gicoldor                 28   8   5  15  26  37  -11  29
 7 Eastpass Dockers            28   6   9  13  26  47  -21  27 Relegated
 8 Westpass FC                 28   7   6  15  42  74  -32  27 Relegated

Serenelian League Division Two Standings

   Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Newt Cape Athletic           28  18  5   5  54  33  +21  59 Champions/Promoted
 2 Life's Implosion             28  14  8   6  39  23  +16  50 Promoted
 3 Flencle Rovers               28  14  3  11  26  20   +6  45
 4 New Minesville Athletic      28  13  3  12  33  32   +1  42
 5 Mainpass FC                  28  11  7  10  24  24   +0  40
 6 New Minesville SC            28   7  9  12  25  32   -7  30
 7 Portopolis SC                28   6  6  16  27  38  -11  24 
 8 Westpass Port SC             28   7  3  18  24  50  -26  24

Macaronian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Syrenia Pyramids       28  19  5   4  55  30  +25  62 Champions/Promoted
 2 Carneleon Town         28  16  2  10  42  22  +20  50
 3 Eliphi FC              28  15  5   8  34  17  +17  50
 4 Macaronia City         28   9  8  11  26  29   -3  35
 5 Nanomia Town           28   8  7  13  36  43   -7  31
 6 Newgrate River FC      28   8  7  13  23  39  -16  31
 7 Grateville DFC         28   6  9  13  23  42  -19  27 Relegated
 8 Aithusa                28   5  9  14  34  51  -17  24 Relegated

Macaronian League Division Two Standings

   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Triscellian           28  20  4   4  67  19  +48  64 Champions/Promoted
 2 Marekandria City      28  16  4   8  36  16  +20  52 Promoted
 3 Malenaba AC           28  15  5   8  35  27   +8  50
 4 Milisar FC            28  14  5   9  47  36  +11  47
 5 Royal Macaronia       28  13  3  12  43  36   +7  42
 6 Sport Barujana        28  11  4  13  37  45   -8  37
 7 Diraelas SC           28   3  7  18  17  66  -49  16 Relegated
 8 Luxorex Athletic      28   2  4  22  12  49  -37  10 Relegated

Macaronian League Division Three Standings

   Team                 P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Fando Gate          28  11  13   4  37  15  +22  46 Champions/Promoted
 2 FC Pestrica         28  12   8   8  23  17   +6  44 Promoted
 3 FC Minya            28   9  13   6  24  21   +3  40
 4 Grenerg United      28  10   9   9  21  22   -1  39
 5 Makawuilla FC       28   9  11   8  23  19   +4  38
 6 AC Helwan           28  10   8  10  25  29   -4  38
 7 Ebcocer FC          28   7   9  12  15  28  -13  30
 8 Clube Monufia       28   4   9  15  13  30  -17  21

Utopian League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Chestnut FC            28  16  7   5  53  25  +28  55 Champions
 2 Westfall AC            28  16  7   5  25  14  +11  55
 3 Nexusortem United      28  16  2  10  35  24  +11  50
 4 Redbridge United       28  14  5   9  51  34  +17  47
 5 Sontar Army FC         28   9  9  10  23  31   -8  36
 6 Torchwood AC           28   6  5  17  21  38  -17  23
 7 Tyrenam Harriers       28   5  8  15  25  48  -23  23 Relegated
 8 Calufrax               28   5  7  16  29  48  -19  22 Relegated

Utopian League Division Two Standings

   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 CF Eastrise             28  17  6   5  60  36  +24  57 Champions/Promoted
 2 Pyrovilia FC            28  16  5   7  50  26  +24  53 Promoted
 3 Diamond Sky United      28  15  6   7  34  22  +12  51
 4 Conkers FC              28   9  9  10  33  35   -2  36
 5 Crucible FC             28   8 10  10  32  29   +3  34
 6 Thecarrift Sport        28   8  8  12  19  27   -8  32
 7 Derin Town              28  10  1  17  23  40  -17  31 Relegated
 8 Lobenopia United        28   5  3  20  37  73  -36  18 Relegated

Utopian League Division Three Standings

   Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Verinle SC               28  20   5   3  50  15  +35  65 Champions/Promoted
 2 Athletic Sunburbia       28  18   5   5  44  22  +22  59 Promoted
 3 Purple Point United      28  10   9   9  32  32   +0  39
 4 Big White House IC       28   7  12   9  29  34   -5  33
 5 Lobenopia City           28   9   6  13  28  40  -12  33
 6 Alvon Port FC            28   8   5  15  29  38   -9  29
 7 Devoniria FC             28   7   8  13  16  29  -13  29
 8 Malmooth FC              28   5   6  17  31  49  -18  21

Scholarly Empire League Division One Standings

   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 AC Forngirn            28  17   7   4  32  12  +20  58 Champions/Promoted
 2 Bias Rovers            28  16   8   4  36  13  +23  56
 3 Matrices United        28  12   4  12  21  19   +2  40
 4 NES Tower 13 SC        28  10   8  10  29  33   -4  38
 5 Nolix FC               28   8  12   8  29  29   +0  36
 6 Materia Medica FC      28   9   7  12  26  31   -5  34
 7 Oxford English SC      28   8   7  13  26  31   -5  31 Relegated
 8 Wikipedia FC           28   3   5  20  19  50  -31  14 Relegated

Scholarly Empire League Division Two Standings

   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tower 14 FC                    28  18  8   2  50  18  +32  62 Champions/Promoted
 2 Forngirn Town                  28  17  5   6  53  24  +29  56 Promoted
 3 Michurinists                   28  16  4   8  69  36  +33  52
 4 Outlying Village 3 United      28  14  3  11  30  23   +7  45
 5 String Theory United           28  10  6  12  36  55  -19  36
 6 Eastern Outskirts AC           28   9  8  11  44  46   -2  35
 7 South Sector Tower 28 AC       28   5  6  17  28  44  -16  21 Relegated
 8 M-W Wanderers                  28   2  2  24  29  93  -64   8 Relegated

Scholarly Empire League Division Three Standings

   Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Lemdulin United             28  18  7   3  64  22  +42  61 Champions/Promoted
 2 Dopca WMFC                  28  12  7   9  30  21   +9  43 Promoted
 3 Thermodynamics FC           28  11 10   7  37  36   +1  43
 4 Clairvoyance Wanderers      28  12  3  13  27  36   -9  39
 5 Alchemists United           28  10  7  11  22  27   -5  37
 6 Tower 1 Athletic            28  10  3  15  36  44   -8  33
 7 Reactions Athletic          28   8  8  12  32  35   -3  32
 8 Talfram United              28   6  5  17  12  39  -27  23

Economic League Division One Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Hilunvale FC            28  17   6   5  38  14  +24  57 Champions/Promoted
 2 Athletic Finsentra      28  16   7   5  28  12  +16  55 Promoted
 3 Finswool SC             28  15   6   7  49  26  +23  51
 4 Verdigris United        28  12   6  10  43  42   +1  42
 5 MSWorldwide HQ AC       28   9   4  15  25  40  -15  31
 6 FC Olefinia             28   6  11  11  30  38   -8  29
 7 Silkville Spinners      28   6  10  12  23  26   -3  28 Relegated
 8 Polarieb Athletic       28   4   4  20  20  58  -38  16 Relegated

Economic League Division Two Standings

   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Glonasas FC             28  18   5   5  42  20  +22  59 Champions/Promoted
 2 Bronze Smelters FC      28  13  12   3  39  17  +22  51 Promoted
 3 Cuprumville FC          28  10  12   6  25  22   +3  42
 4 Finscoir AC             28  10   8  10  29  26   +3  38
 5 GrafonilHB WMFC         28   9  11   8  21  24   -3  38
 6 Brassworks SC           28   7   6  15  15  26  -11  27
 7 Rivermouth AC           28   7   4  17  22  43  -21  25 Relegated
 8 FC Intaglio             28   5   8  15  15  30  -15  23 Relegated

Economic League Division Three Standings

   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 EastExport SC         28  16   8   4  47  19  +28  56 Champions/Promoted
 2 Tendnayar             28  17   4   7  55  31  +24  55 Promoted
 3 Percale United        28  11   6  11  43  37   +6  39
 4 Patina Rovers         28   9  11   8  29  29   +0  38
 5 FC Ramie              28  10   8  10  35  37   -2  38
 6 Lakeside WSC          28   7  13   8  31  33   -2  34
 7 Mohairlin Rovers      28   7   8  13  37  49  -12  29
 8 Team Forenula         28   3   6  19  27  69  -42  15

King's Commonwealth Cup

Quarter-Finals

Toclofania FC 3-0 RGS Athletic
RGS Athletic 2-1 Toclofania FC (2-4 agg)

VLC FC 1-1 High Lyn FC
High Lyn FC 1-0 VLC FC (2-1 agg)

Polkation FC 2-0 Koluity City
Koluity City 0-1 Polkation FC (0-3 agg)

Norrion Rovers 1-1 Olympia FC
Olympia FC 1-0 Norrion Rovers (2-1 agg)

Semi-Finals

Polkation FC 1-0 Olympia FC
Olympia FC 0-0 Polkation FC (0-1 agg)

High Lyn FC 0-1 Toclofania FC
Toclofania FC 1-0 High Lyn FC (2-0 agg)

Final
@ Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Toclofania FC 0-2 Polkation FC
Penn-McClymont (32', 65')

ICELFA Youth League 6

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  13  4  5  37  20  +17  43
 2 Lodger Juniors                   22  11  5  6  34  22  +12  38
 3 Paddockia YFC                    22  10  3  9  24  26   -2  33
 4 Pasturia JFC                     22   7  8  7  22  24   -2  29
 5 Tavernia Academy                 22   7  8  7  21  24   -3  29
 6 Capital Academy                  22   7  8  7  22  26   -4  29
 7 Marepacopolis JFC                22   6  6 10  14  23   -9  24
 8 New Tavernia Academy             22   5  8  9  24  30   -6  23

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia Academy                22  14  7   1  44  16  +28  49 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Jam Town YFC                      22  10  3   9  23  24   -1  33
 3 W-D School Academy                22   9  5   8  30  19  +11  32
 4 Half Copper Academy               22   7  7   8  28  24   +4  28
 5 Benopia Juniors                   22   7  7   8  31  33   -2  28
 6 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   6  5  11  16  28  -12  23
 7 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22   4  8  10  18  32  -14  20
 8 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   3  8  11  19  36  -17  17

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:27 pm

7th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 31)

Group Draw:
Group A: Royal Jam FC, Pontifucia United, Revisionists, Benopia AC, Approciation FC
Group B: Copper Communists SC, Xilon OC, FC Tavernia, Cliffside FC, Northern Wind Athletic
Group C: Olympia FC, Toclofania FC, Micronopia United, Macaronia FC, Paddockia FC
Group D: FM Town, Seniors FC, Half Boy FC, Aswania Athletic, Coiners FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                   P  W  D  L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Approciation FC        4  3 0  1  5  3  +2  9
 2 Revisionists           4  2 0  2  6  3  +3  6
 3 Royal Jam FC           4  2 0  2  4  3  +1  6
 4 Benopia AC             4  1 1  2  3  5  -2  4
 5 Pontifucia United      4  1 1  2  4  8  -4  4

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                      P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Copper Communists SC        4  3 0  1  4  2  +2  9
 2 Northern Wind Athletic      4  2 1  1  5  2  +3  7
 3 Xilon OC                    4  2 1  1  5  4  +1  7
 4 FC Tavernia                 4  1 1  2  2  5  -3  4
 5 Cliffside FC                4  0 1  3  2  5  -3  1

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team              P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Olympia FC             4  3 0  1  11  2  +9  9
 2 Macaronia FC           4  3 0  1   9  4  +5  9
 3 Micronopia United      4  1 1  2   5  8  -3  4
 4 Toclofania FC          4  1 1  2   2  7  -5  4
 5 Paddockia FC           4  1 0  3   3  9  -6  3

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team               P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Seniors FC            4  3 1  0  5   2  +3 10
 2 Coiners FC            4  2 1  1  5   2  +3  7
 3 FM Town               4  2 1  1  8   5  +3  7
 4 Half Boy FC           4  1 0  3  6   7  -1  3
 5 Aswania Athletic      4  0 1  3  3  11  -8  1

Playoff Round

RGS Athletic 1-1 Northern Wind Athletic (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)
Revisionists 0-2 Xilon OC
Macaronia FC 0-4 FM Town
Polkation FC 1-1 Coiners FC (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)

Quarter-Finals

Seniors FC 3-2 Northern Wind Athletic
Polkation FC 0-1 Approciation FC
Xilon OC 2-1 FM Town
Olympia FC 0-4 Copper Communists SC

Semi-Finals

Xilon OC 1-0 Approciation FC
Seniors FC 1-0 Copper Communists SC

Final

Xilon OC 1-0 Seniors FC

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 31

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) - 20 goals
2: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) - 13 goals
=3: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC) - 12 goals (27 starts)
=3: Glen Soria (RGS Athletic) - 12 goals (27 starts)
5: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 12 goals (28 starts)

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic) - 11 assists
2: Glen Soria (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (27 starts)
3: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (28 starts)
4: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists
=5: Carisa Bazin (Nile Bridge) - 7 assists
=5: Aamina Malak (Nile Bridge) - 7 assists

Goal of the Season
Loukas Toure – FM Town 2-1 Pontifucia United (MD12, FT: 2-1)
Another winning goal makes it into the Goal of the Season record, as 33 year old Loukas Toure marked his first goal of the league season with a beautiful 34-yard free kick from the flanks, with enough dip and curve to make the best in the world blush, leaving Pontifucia keeper Alyss Vohra completely flat-footed as the ball never looked like it would go in..

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Man Jin Kang (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - RGS Athletic)
2: Alameda Ybarra (Osarius - RGS Athletic)
3: Malenna von Kraus (Northern Sunrise Islands - Royal Jam FC)
4: Werdickley Safadão (Matthewsiania - Norrion Rovers)
5: Markus Lazarev-Horak (Royal Kingdom of Quebec - Norrion Rovers)

Young Player of the Season
1: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
2: Saabir Hubert-Fulton (FM Town)
3: Morell Walter (Toclofania FC)
4: Kenyon Lacroix (Indionion Athletic)
5: Raul Orta (Pontifucia United)

Manager of the Season
1: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)
2: Jacob Mains (Royal Jam FC)
3: Enrique Booth (Nile Bridge)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
2: Dennis Wood (RGS Athletic)
3: Gavin Mintson (Norrion Rovers)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
2: David Lawrence (RGS Athletic)
3: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
4: Glen Soria (RGS Athletic)
5: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)

Team of the Season

-                                                          Tia Drenas
                                                         (RGS Athletic)

                               Man Jin Kang     David Lawrence       Glen Soria       Alameda Ybarra
                              (RGS Athletic)    (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)

                                                         Malenna von Kraus
                                                          (Royal Jam FC)

                              Katlyn Pollock      Reyna Martin       Dukine Howie       Abdur Rehman
                              (Nile Bridge)      (Royal Jam FC)     (Royal Jam FC)     (RGS Athletic)

                                                        Cindy Collingwood
                                                         (Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:13 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 32 Preview

Team Previews
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

Transfers

Domestic Transfers:
Ognen Jurković (Pasarga); Olympia FC ==> Norrion Rovers; $2.1m
Lucas Bacon; Walston Brook Albion ==> Olympia FC; $2.3m

News

In what is the biggest period of change to the domestic football system in almost ten years, the lower leagues of the football pyramid will be shifted by quite a bit. Currently, the structure is as follows: 2 divisions of 16 which covered the entirety of the Imperial Commonwealth are at the top (ICEL Premier League, Second Division), then the next two tiers are split into two leagues - the Imperial League (covering Eastfield Lodge and surrounding territories, including the Serenelian colonies) and the Colonial League (renamed as the Commonwealth League, covering all other nations in the Commonwealth), each with two divisions of 16. The Imperial League then split into three sub-leagues, with one covering Eastfield Lodge (Lodge League), one covering the surrounding territories (Central League) and one for the Serenelian territories (Serenelian League), whilst the Commonwealth League split into four; one for the Macaroni colonies and Aswan & Syrene (Macaronian League), one covering the countries of Copportopia, Halveboi, Jammy Forests and Finsenylon (Economic League), one covering the nations of Deadly School Books, School-Loving Weirdos, Revised Scientists and Pedantic Republic (Scholarly League, formerly Scholarly Empire League), and then one covering Bentonopia, Twilight Heaven and the Toclofane Army territory (Utopian League) Each of these regional leagues had three divisions of 8 (except the Serenelian, which had two divisions of 8 teams).

The proposed changes to the league system were in response the geopolitical restructuring of the Imperial Commonwealth, and also in response to the smaller clubs pleading for more variety of opposition than 7 teams 4 times a season. The changes are as follows: the top four tiers will remain as is, but the Imperial League will have a third division of 16, taken from the Lodge and Central First Divisions, with the remaining two divisions of each of the three Imperial sub-Leagues merged into leagues of 16. The Colonial League will also have a third tier, but with two concurrent divisions of 16 (Divisions 3A and 3B) - 3A will combine the top divisions of the Economic and Scholarly Leagues, whilst 3B will combine the top divisions of the Utopian and Macaronian Leagues; as before, the remaining two divisions in each regional league will merge into a single league of 16. All mergers will take place after promotion and relegation have been allocated.

Furthermore, starting from next season, each region will have a cup competition specific to that region (format to be decided by Regional FAs), all of which will be held during the regular season. The 15 winners of the regional competitions, along with the winner of the King's Commonwealth Cup, will contest the newly revamped Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield in 4 groups of 4 - this change is to reflect the reduced number of regions and Regional FAs. Should the KCC winner also qualify via the regional competition, then the place shall be given to the relevant Regional runner-up. As a stop gap for this season, the ICCS qualifiers will be determined by each association's highest league finisher, along with the KCC winner (and then runner-up is necessary).

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:18 am

ICELFA Season 32: Part 1

Globe Cup 62 1st Preliminary Round

Eastern Stars (The Isles of Avon) 1-1 Polkation FC
Polkation FC 2-1 Eastern Stars (AGG: 3-2)

Norrion Rovers 4-0 Merseyshore City (Ethane)
Merseyshore City 0-1 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 0-5)

Series B Champions Cup 62 1st Preliminary Round

Myto City Gold (West Guiana) 0-0 Micronopia United
Micronopia United 3-1 Myto City Gold (AGG:3-1)

Champions’ Cup 65 2nd Preliminary Round

Blackfort City (Hasznia) 0-3 RGS Athletic
RGS Athletic 2-0 Blackfort City (AGG: 5-0)

Royal Jam FC 2-2 Krsthaven (Semarland)
Krsthaven 1-1 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 3-3; Krsthaven advance on Away Goals)

Globe Cup 62 2nd Preliminary Round

Patria Poble (San Llera) 0-1 Polkation FC
Polkation FC 0-2 Patria Poble (AGG: 1-2)

Norrion Rovers 3-1 Kinshasaburg Streakers (Ndaku)
Kinshasaburg Streakers 1-2 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 2-5)

Series B Champions Cup 2nd Preliminary Round

Kagoshima Phoenix (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-0 Micronopia United
Micronopia United 2-2 Kagoshima Phoenix (AGG: 2-4)

Concepción Batres FC (San José Guayabal) 0-2 FC Tavernia
FC Tavernia 3-1 Concepción Batres FC (AGG: 5-1)

The pre-season UICA preliminaries were quite heavy on the Eastfielder participation, with not less than 6 teams in action across the three competitions, including, for the first time in quite a few years, a team in the Non-Champions path in the Champions Cup, and also a domestic team not called RGS Athletic. And Royal Jam gave quite a good account of themselves in their first tie, as they held one of the powerhouses of Semar football to a 2-2 draw. However, conceding 2 away goals is always dangerous for the second leg, and it showed, as the team from Jammy Forests were unable to find a second goal on the road, drawing 1-1 with Krsthaven and exiting on away goals. There is still hope for them in the Globe Cup though, and they could yet go far. RGS meanwhile showed their class and experience in UICA competition, as they put relative newcomers Blackfort City to the sword, scoring 3 goals on the road without reply to effectively settle the tie, and just adding another two goals at home to seal the deal at 5-0 on aggregate, putting the champions into the next round.

Slightly better story in the Globe Cup, as cup champions Polkation FC and 4th place Norrion Rovers took to the field in the 1st preliminary round. Polkation couldn’t really get anywhere against Avon’s Eastern Stars, but a vital away goal in a 1-1 draw set them up nicely for the return leg, where they just had enough to see off the visitors 2-1, and 3-2 on aggregate. In the other first round tie, it was a slightly more comfortable story for Norrion Rovers, who hosted Ethane’s Merseyshore City in their first match. A hat-trick from Safadão set the hosts on their way for a 4-0 victory in the first leg, leaving the second leg’s 1-0 win a mere formality on the way to a 5-0 aggregate win. The story was little in the second round however - Polkation faced San Llera’s Patria Poble away in their first leg, and came away in a very strong position with a 1-0 away win. The second leg started well for the hosts, but the visitors quickly began to dominate, and ended up scoring two goals of their own without reply, winning the tie 2-1 on aggregate and sending Polkation out of international competition (barring the post-season Cygnus Cup). Norrion had a better time in the second leg than their compatriots, as they faced Kinshasaburg Streakers from Ndaku - despite an early scare in the first leg as the visitors took the lead, Norrion quickly rallied, and were 2-1 up by the break before adding another goal to give them a comfortable margin to take to the away leg. There, they negated the away goal early on through a goal of their own, and at that point on there was only going to be one winner, despite the host’s best efforts to salvage at least this match, with Norrion winning 2-1, and 5-2 on aggregate, to advance to the third preliminary round.

Micronopia United were the only team to feature in the first preliminary round in the Series B Champions Cup, where they faced West Guiana’s Myto City Gold. The 3rd place finishers struggled in the first leg on the road, being dominated the whole match but somehow keeping the opposition out of their net, and coming away with a decent but slightly disappointing 0-0 draw. The second leg was almost a completely different affair, as Micronopia dominated the match in front of their own fans and promptly put away 3 goals to seal the tie, despite a late consolation ruining their clean sheet. Their reward, as such, was a second round tie against Kagoshima Phoenix of Capitalizt SLANI, a tough tie by any stretch of the imagination. The disparity in class showed, as Kagoshima looked extremely comfortable in their 2-0 home victory in the first leg, concentrating mainly on preventing any away goals after scoring the goals. Despite the hurdle in front of them, Micronopia gave their all in the second leg, scoring two goals, but it wasn’t enough as the visitors added two goals of their own, leaving the second leg tied at 2-2, with Kagoshima Phoenix advancing 4-2 on aggregate and Micronopia eliminated. FC Tavernia also featured in the second round, as they faced San José Guayabal’s Concepción Batres FC. They travelled to SJG in the first leg, and the surprise 2nd placers from last season showed that they were a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League, as they came away with a convincing 2-0 victory. They then followed that up with a second leg performance that was just as commanding, racing into a 2-0 lead by the break and more or less settling the tie at that point, and although the visitors did pull a goal back shortly after the restart, a third goal from the hosts dispelled any doubt that they were heading to the third round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

RGS Athletic 2-1 VLC FC
Monksville United 1-0 Indionion Athletic
Micronopia United 0-0 Walston Brook Albion
Olympia FC 2-0 Royal Jam FC
Norrion Rovers 3-0 Nile Bridge
Seaton Town 7-0 FM Town
FC Tavernia 0-0 Xilon OC
Copper Communists SC 0-0 Tuntingone FC

And what better way to open up your season than a victory over your bitter rivals in front of your own fans (well, apart from a dominant victory over them in front of their fans)? RGS Athletic kick-off the new season in the lunchtime kick-off against local rivals VLC FC, and immediately put out a statement of their intent this season with a 2-1 victory, a Tia Drenas double cancelling out Arne Jonsson’s opener. Elsewhere, Seaton Town will be enjoying a week at the top of the table was demolishing FM Town 7-0 at home, whilst Norrion Rovers will be glad at getting off to a good start after beating Nile Bridge 3-0. In the other big match of the day, last season’s 3rd place Olympia FC hosted 2nd place Royal Jam FC, with the hosts winning relatively easily - that might be an important result come the final reckoning between these two sides, and it’s not a good start for a Royal Jam side that is looking to silence the demons of the past two years. Meanwhile, FC Tavernia got off to a decent start, registering a 0-0 draw against fellow promotees Xilon OC, whilst Micronopia United also ended the day at 0-0, drawing at home to Walston Brook Albion.

Champions Cup 65 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

RGS Athletic 1-1 Baskita FC (Pasarga)

Globe Cup 62 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Cardnid Town (Ethane) 0-0 Norrion Rovers
Northampton (The Isles of Avon) 3-1 Royal Jam FC
Chell SC (San Llera) 0-0 Olympia FC

Series B Champions Cup 62 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

FC Tavernia 0-3 KQ Sirto (Capitalizt SLANI)

Whilst the pre-season may have been (on average) happy hunting grounds for Eastfielder clubs, the 3rd preliminary rounds in each of three competitions was nowhere near the same. In the Champions Cup, RGS Athletic hosted Pasargan domestic champions Baskita FC, and fought what was an even contest, as reflected by the 1-1 scoreline - conceding the away goal in an even match didn’t bode well for the return leg the following week. There wasn’t much better news in the Globe Cup, with Norrion Rovers and Olympia FC both failing to score on the road to their respective opponents, Ethane’s Cardnid Town and San Llera’s Chell SC; nonetheless, both came away with 0-0 draws, which isn’t that bad a scoreline to take home. Norrion more or less dominated their game against Cardnid Town, and it was just down to a mixture of dogged defending, bad luck, and a few misplaced passes that Norrion couldn’t get on the scoresheet. Olympia’s game was a lot more open and even, and both sides had to do their bit in defence to keep the other out, with both succeeding; the second leg in that tie will be interesting to watch. The third Globe Cup tie saw Royal Jam travel to The Isles of Avon to play Northampton, only to be sent home with their tails between their legs as they were roundly humiliated by the hosts, with von Kraus’ long range effort the only real bright moment in that game for the visitors. Nonetheless, that away goal might make the difference in the second leg. The final game was in the SBCC, and saw FC Tavernia take on Capitalizt SLANI’s KQ Sirto, but it was frankly nothing other than a one-sided affair, as the Westmeadow Tavern side were roundly thrashed 3-0 at home, which rather jeopardises their progression to the next round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

Indionion Athletic 1-6 RGS Athletic
Walston Brook Albion 0-2 VLC FC
Royal Jam FC 1-0 Monksville United
Nile Bridge 1-3 Micronopia United
FM Town 0-1 Olympia FC
Xilon OC 0-2 Norrion Rovers
Tuntingone FC 2-1 Seaton Town
Copper Communists SC 2-1 FC Tavernia

If the result against VLC last week wasn’t any indication, RGS’s trip away to Indionion might have dispelled any doubts about the dropping of David Lawrence, as the New Lodger City side seemingly coasted the entire match, and yet still scored 6 goals in what was a frankly embarrassing performance by the hosts. VLC bounce back from their opening day derby defeat with a smooth 2-0 victory away to Walston Brook, whilst Royal Jam get off the mark with a 1-0 win against Monksville United, courtesy of Cerise Humphrey. Seaton fail to capitalise on their opening day goalfest, struggling to get going against Tuntingone and losing 2-1 as a result. FC Tavernia and Xilon OC both suffer their first defeats of a long season, with Tavernia taking an early lead through Desmond Aklani, but then getting pegged back; Xilon never really got going against a Norrion notching up their second win of the season. Micronopia on the other hand notch up their first win of the season, as they handed Nile Bridge their second defeat in two with a commanding 3-1 victory - there might be hope yet for the promoted team. Elsewhere, Olympia make it two wins from two, with Merry Reiter goal the difference against FM Town, currently bottom of the table on goal difference after two straight losses.

Champions Cup 65 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Baskita FC 3-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 4-1)

Globe Cup 62 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Norrion Rovers 1-0 Cardnid Town (AGG: 1-0)
Royal Jam FC 2-1 Northampton (AGG: 3-4)
Olympia FC 3-1 Chell SC (AGG: 3-1)

Series B Champions Cup 62 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

KQ Sirto 3-0 FC Tavernia (AGG: 6-0)

The death knells from the first legs were pretty accurate, it seems. RGS travelled to Baskita in the vain hope of salvaging a good result despite the away goal draw, and were pretty convincingly defeated 3-0, with a substitute appearance, and goal, from childhood RGS fan Destiny Blair, who was poached by Baskita after her Lodger Juniors academy graduation. As a result, RGS drop into the Globe Cup Playoff Round. There, they will be joined by both Norrion and Olympia, who both managed to win their respective home legs with flipped performances compared to the first leg - Norrion really had to battle to get that single goal, courtesy of Roman Qwivotic, when they had dominated the first leg and did everything bar score. On the other hand, Olympia had really struggled to get anywhere against San Llera’s Chell SC in the first leg, both sides grinding out a 0-0 draw, but in the second leg there comfortably dominated the match, Luisa Halliwell scoring 2 goals in the first 25 minutes of the game, with Marlon Rowlinson then adding the third after the break - the late goal from the visitors was little other than a consolation prize. It wasn’t such a good match for Royal Jam FC in their second leg against Northampton, although it looked bright as they took the 2-0 lead they really needed by the hour mark, with Lilly Nawaz and Orso Cicchino getting the goals - as it stood, the hosts would advance on away goals. The visitors has other ideas, and with ten minutes left on the clock, they equalised, negating the away goal advantage and giving Royal Jam everything to do. And they tried, but failed to get that extra goal or two that they needed, losing 4-3 on aggregate despite winning the second leg 2-1. FC Tavernia were the last team in action, carrying a 3-0 deficit into their away leg against KQ Sirto, hopes weren’t high of a turnaround - and even the hopes of a good result in this match were pretty quickly quashed when Sirto reasserted the dominance that they had in the first leg, and with a sense of deja vu, put another three goals past Tavernia without reply to take the aggregate score to 6-0.

King’s Commonwealth Cup 1st Round

The first round of the King’s Commonwealth Cup, and plenty of action to go around in all 128 matches. There were enough upsets to keep the neutrals happy, and the biggest scalps amongst those were teams in the top two flights that were dumped out - Norrion Rovers were the biggest casualty of the weekend, as an early Lazarev-Horak free kick was cancelled out late on by the Macaronian First Division side (i.e. the fifth tier), who then held on through intense pressure in extra time to take the match to penalties, and it was the hosts that held their nerve better, winning 3-2 in the shootout to record a famous victory. The other Premier League unceremoniously eliminated was Micronopia United, and if anything in even more humiliating fashion, as the New Tavernian side Steel Valley Explorers, plying their trade in the Serenelian First Division, simply put the visitors to the sword, running up an insane 5-1 scoreline in a memorable match. Walston Brook were the third Premier League casualty of the weekend, and they may be annoyed with themselves for not playing to their potential as they were soundly beaten 2-0 at home by fellow top flight side Copper Communists. Outside the top flight, Yillog City, who had narrowly missed promotion to the Premier League the previous season, didn’t last long either in the tournament, as fifth tier side Bronze Smelter registered a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory at home to eliminate them. Macaronia FC swiftly followed, as they completely balked in the penalty shootout against sixth-tier Portopolis SC after a goalless extra time draw. And last but by no means least, seventh-tier FC Minya showed their gutsy side as they came from behind against Imperial League opposition in East Monurtag, with the third-tier side losing 2-1. And as with all cups, where there are upsets there are also demolition jobs - spare a thought for sixth-tier side Lemdulin United, whose fans were absolutely devastated at the team’s 9-1 loss at home to Second Division side Lodgertia United, and also for seventh-tier FC Ramie, who had to suffer an 8-1 home defeat at the hands of a vengeful UR Town.

Globe Cup 62 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Miranda’s Rangers (Damukuni) 2-1 RGS Athletic
Norrion Rovers 2-3 Avenida Principal (Farfadillis)
Liberty Rodríguez (San José Guayabal) 3-1 Olympia FC

Series B Champions Cup 62 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Xilon OC 2-0 Paulo Bonfá RBCCFA (Capivara Group)

4 teams featured in the Playoff Round in midweek, but by and large the results were not very good. RGS Athletic have had to deal with a TQCC exit and a 120 minute match in the cup at the weekend, and the combined effect took its toll, as they seemed quite jaded in their match against Damukuni’s Miranda’s Rangers, looking quite sluggish in many of their attacks. The hosts opened up a 2-0 lead before RGS could respond, but respond they did, and managed an away goal from Tia Drenas after much effort, giving them hope going into the second leg. It was a much brighter, if equally subdued, atmosphere at Norrion park, where Norrion Rovers were holding their own against the mighty Farf team Avenida Principal, only falling to defeat with a goal in stoppage time after twice equalising earlier in the game; 1 goal down is a surmountable obstacle, but the 3 away goals that they conceded may well prove costly. Meanwhile, Olympia FC rounded out the Globe Cup matches with a trip to San José Guayabal to play Liberty Rodríguez, and the difference in class showed despite Olympia’s early opening goal through Luisa Halliwell, as the hosts quickly put that behind them and continued barraging the Olympia net, in the end registering over 15 shots on target, with three of them going in to give the hosts a 3-1 victory. Olympia’s only hope of reaching the Qualifying Round rests on the away goal that they have secured. The fourth team to play internationally were Second Division champions Xilon OC, as they entered the SBCC at this stage, playing Paulo Bonfá RBCCFA of the Capivara Group at home. A Veronica Bowes brace gave Xilon a 2-0 victory in a match that mostly seemed too close to call, with both sides enjoying periods of dominance and attacking pressure. Looking ahead, that’s put them in good shape to advance, and they may well be the only team to reach a UICA group stage this season (achieved by winning this tie), given the difficulties the remaining Globe Cup teams face in this round and then potentially the qualifying round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

RGS Athletic 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
Indionion Athletic 0-3 Royal Jam FC
VLC FC 1-0 Nile Bridge
Monksville United 3-1 FM Town
Micronopia United 1-2 Xilon OC
Olympia FC 6-1 Tuntingone FC
Norrion Rovers 1-0 Copper Communists SC
Seaton Town 1-1 FC Tavernia

And three became two, as RGS Athletic’s perfect start to the season is drawn rapidly to an end as they are held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Walston Brook after the visitors took the lead through Claribel Bacho after the restart, and it took a late flurry of corners for RGS to equalize, with Ante Ivanec getting the crucial touch. Norrion kept up their 100% start with a narrow but well-deserved 1-0 victory over Copper Communists, and are joined at the top by Olympia, whose 6-1 demolition of Tuntingone, courtesy of a Lynette Glenn hat-trick, moved the Mount Salt City side to the top of the pile on goal difference, although Norrion are the only side yet to concede in the league. At the bottom, the dismal starts continue for Indionion, Nile Bridge and FM Town, as all three lose their third league game on the trot - the normally defensive Royal Jam had a field day in front of the Indionion net, as they didn’t heistate to punish every mistake and bad decision to score three goals in the end. Nile Bridge meanwhile travelled to New Lodger City, looking to get their first points of the season against VLC, but it was the hosts who came out on top in a tight match - some hope for the Bridgetown side as they put out a much improved performance compared to the previous two league matches. FM Town on the other hand found themselves struggling to even get going in matches, seemingly a hangover from that 7-0 drubbing they received on the opening day, although there signs of improvement in the previous match against Olympia - there wasn’t much hope this weekend however, as they quite easily pushed aside by a Monksville United side looking for some sort of renaissance. FM did score their first goal of the season however, making them the last team to get off the mark, after Walston Brook and Xilon OC got their firsts earlier in the weekend - Xilon boosted their survival hopes substantially with an importan away win against fellow promotees Micronopia United, whilst FC Tavernia got a second point of the season with a well-deserved 1-1 draw against Seaton Town.

Globe Cup 62 Playoff Round 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 0-0 Miranda’s Rangers (AGG: 1-2)
Avenida Principal 2-3 Norrion Rovers (AET: 3-3; AGG: 6-5)
Olympia FC 2-3 Liberty Rodríguez (AGG: 3-6)

Series B Champions Cup 62 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Paulo Bonfá RBCCFA 0-1 Xilon OC (AGG: 0-3)

The second legs of the Playoff rounds were desperate territories for some of the teams involved, after some disasters in the first legs - but for others, it was a confirmation of what most expected. Olympia FC kicked off the Globe Cup ties chasing a 2 goal deficit against Liberty Rodríguez of San José Guayabal. It started off well, with Olympia garnering the opening goal in a tight first half, but the visitors responded a minute before the break with a goal of their own, negating the away goal advantage that the hosts had. Olympia had a lot of work to do, and in the second half they pressed on and on, only to be hit on the counter by Liberty, who were happy to sit back and absorb pressure. Olympia took the lead again, pulling themselves within a goal of extra time through a Merry Reiter free kick, but they still had to push for that third goal, and Liberty hit back, scoring two very well-worked counter-attacking goals, settling the tie 6-3 on aggregate in their favour. RGS Athletic soon followed Olympia on their way out of the competition, as they brought a single goal deficit from the first leg against Miranda’s Ranger of Damukuni, although the away goal was an important gain. The Damukuni side came and clearly had a plan to shut up shop to frustrate the potent RGS attack and protect the goal advantage - all RGS needed was a 1-0 victory. But in the end, the defensive wall proved too much to overcome, and RGS were dumped out of the competition in a 0-0 draw, and 2-1 on aggregate. Overseas matches saw Norrion Rovers travel to Farfadillis to play Avenida Principal, in what was a finely poised tie after Norrion lost 3-2 at home in the first leg. Norrion came out of the starting blocks early, as they needed to score at least two goals to stand a chance. And they got the start that they wanted, going 2-0 up in the first half an hour with goals from James Chen and Tirs Rathun. However, Avenida weren’t going to go quietly, and pulled one back shortly before half-time, putting the tie back in their favour, but Norrion weren’t done yet, and pulled out a third goal from almost nowhere as Roman Qwivotic pounced on a mishit backpass from the Avenida defenders to take the match to 3-1, and 5-4 on aggregate - and it also meant that Avenida’s three away goals from the first leg were negated. The hosts then had to push, and they did, forcing extra time with their second goal of the game ten minutes from time and then holding Norrion at bay. And it was in extra time that the tie was settled, as both sides attacked and defended with their lives, with a moment of sheer brilliance from one of the Avenida players, as they fired home a beautiful volley from the edge of the box to take the match to 3-3, and the aggregate score to 6-5 in their favour, which was how the match finished, cruelly eliminating Norrion. The fourth team to play internationally was Xilon OC, the only team of the four who won their first leg match (or even, didn’t lose), beating Paulo Bonfá RBCCFA 2-0. They went to Capivara Group confident of securing their place in the SBCC knockout rounds, and it showed on the pitch, as they defended against a desperate Capivaran attack with ease, and then went and added a third goal in the tie to more or less finish the tie off at 3-0 (Paulo Bonfá needing 4 goals to turn the tie around), and that was how the match stayed, putting Xilon OC through to the SBCC Group Stage.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

Royal Jam FC 0-0 RGS Athletic
Nile Bridge 0-3 Walston Brook Albion
FM Town 1-1 Indionion Athletic
Xilon OC 0-1 VLC FC
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Monksville United
Copper Communists SC 2-2 Micronopia United
FC Tavernia 2-5 Olympia FC
Seaton Town 0-1 Norrion Rovers

The widely anticipated clash between last season’s top two took place here as Royal Jam FC hosted RGS Athletic, but it was the slightly fresher legs of Royal Jam that prevailed, as they would undoubtedly be the happier of the two with a boring 0-0 draw, although a win would have been the better result. Nile Bridge’s woeful start continued, shipping a good three goals to a Walston Brook side just ahead of them in the table. That left the Bridgetown side the only team yet to score a point, after FM Town and Indionion shared the spoils in their head-to-head match to get both teams off the mark. At the top, Norrion and Olympia both continue their perfect starts to the season, with Olympia suffering an early scare against FC Tavernia after the hosts grabbed an early goal against the run of play, but the league leaders quickly responded in kind, and began barraging the Tavernia net, with Rowlinson and Halliwell each bagging a brace and Olympia netting 5 in the end, despite Tavernia pulling another goal back. Meanwhile, Norrion had a more methodical, considered approach against Seaton Town, and that was reflected in the low tempo and 1-0 scoreline, but it means that Norrion’s defence has still not been breached this season. VLC keep pace with the front-runners after a Tulio Lawther goal gave them victory over Xilon OC. Monksville United keep up their good early season form with a draw away to Tuntingone, whilst mid-table Copper Communists and Micronopia United fight their to an entertaining 2-2 draw.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Round 2

64 matches in 4 days, plenty of fun for all football fans in the country. Unless of course, your team was eliminated in either this round or the first round. Again, plenty of upsets to go around, and some pretty near misses as well for the big teams, alongside some nice juicy demolition jobs to go along with it all. Possibly the biggest story of the day would be the continuation of Nile Bridge’s appalling run of form, as they lost to fifth tier FC Chinudo on penalties, having taking the lead in normal time to boot - that makes it 5 defeats in the first six games for the Bridgetown, their only victory coming in the first round. Elsewhere, FC Minya defy the odds yet again, with the seventh tier side taking out a second consecutive third tier team in Colonial First Division side Clinar Rovers by another narrow margin. Defending cup champions Polkation FC are on the end of an upset themselves as they lose to third tier side Tavernia City, whilst fellow Second Division side Lodgertia United were humbled 5-0 on the road at sixth tier Brassworks SC. Forest Rangers were another Second Division casualty, after they were beaten at home by fifth tier opposition in Pyrovilia FC. Purple Point United notch up another seventh tier upset story as they dispose of Thawmont Rovers of the fourth tier, and are joined by SC Krorgon as they beat fourth-tier side Chi Lake SC.

FC Tavernia have also been dumped out of the competition, after losing 3-1 at home to Pontifucia United, match-up familiar to fans of the Second Division from last season. Two more top flight sides were also eliminated in all-Premier League ties, with Royal Jam FC narrowly beating the struggling Indionion Athletic on the road, whilst Seaton Town prevailed at home to Xilon OC. The biggest near miss of the weekend however came on the part of Bluin Athletic, in the third tier, who hosted RGS Athletic and very nearly managed to eliminate the perennial league champions, nullifying their attack over 120 minutes for a 0-0 draw, forcing the tie to penalties, where unfortunately the gulf in goalkeeping class showed, as Dennis Wood made three brilliant saves to deny Bluin the victory, with RGS winning 3-2 on penalties. On the other end of the scale, a few sixth and seventh tier teams were on the end of vicious blowouts, in addition to the one given to Lodgertia United; UR Town travelled to M-W Wanderers, and instead of the minnows holding out at home for the upset, UR Town just turned up and blasted them away, making that 13 goals in two cup matches. Oldbridge FC also joined in on the 5-goal hauls, as the former cup winners thrashed Sport Barujana 5-1 at the North Bank Stadium, but the haul of the day goes to fourth tier side Mount Farond FC, for managing to put 6 goals back their sixth tier opponents Methuhen Town, who themselves had beaten their first round opponents Diraelas SC 5-1.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

RGS Athletic 2-3 Nile Bridge
Royal Jam FC 4-0 FM Town
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Xilon OC
Indionion Athletic 1-2 Tuntingone FC
VLC FC 2-0 Copper Communists SC
Monksville United 3-1 FC Tavernia
Micronopia United 2-5 Seaton Town
Olympia FC 2-0 Norrion Rovers

Nile Bridge finally get their first points of the season, but against the unlikeliest of opposition, as they come back from 2 goals behind to beat RGS 3-2 in New Lodger City, with a brace from Blas Farran helping the underdogs on their way after Man Jin Kang and Tia Drenas scored for the hosts. In the other big game of the day, Olympia FC hosted Norrion Rovers in the battle of the 100% teams, with Norrion also wanting to protect their clean sheet streak. But it was league leaders Olympia that extended their winning run, as they ran out comfortable 2-0 winners with goals from Rowlinson and King, and in the process became the only unbeaten team left in the league. There were goals galore in the Micronia Sports Arena as Micronopia hosted Seaton in a 7 goal thriller, with Seaton running out 5-2 winners after Micronopia has scored the opening goal. FM Town return to the foot of the table on goal difference after their 4-0 drubbing away to Royal Jam, who leapfrog RGS into fourth place, thanks to a Malenna von Kraus double. Monksville do the same after having a goalfest of their own as they comfortably beat FC Tavernia 3-1. VLC draw level with Norrion Rovers after their 2-0 win over Copper Communists, whilst Tuntingone leave Walston Brook with 3 points after beating Indionion 2-1.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

FM Town 1-4 RGS Athletic
Xilon OC 0-1 Nile Bridge
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Copper Communists SC 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
FC Tavernia 1-1 Indionion Athletic
Seaton Town 0-0 VLC FC
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Monksville United
Olympia FC 4-1 Micronopia United

Who’d have thought it a week ago - Nile Bridge getting back-to-back wins. The Bridgetown side leave Xilon with all three points in quite a close contest decided by a Samantha King penalty, a result that sees them overtake their opponents in the table. It’s still a poor start for FM Town, as they go their sixth game without a win after convincingly lost 4-1 at home to RGS, who would be relieved that they could bounce back that quickly. The other two teams that were yet to record a win met in Tavernia, with FC Tavernia taking on Indionion Athletic, and both sides came out in the same winless manner, after Kenyon Lacroix’s opener was cancelled out by substitute Caresse Sabir-Batten’s late strike. Olympia remain at 100%, taking their tally to 18 points out of 18 after their comfortale 4-1 victory over Micronopia United, racking up a goal difference that would make even RGS’ eyes water. Norrion keep up the pace with a much-needed 2-0 victory over Monksville United with Fedrea Rice doubling the lead after an own goal from Haselmine, but the same can’t be said for VLC after they are held to a 0-0 draw by Seaton Town. Elsewhere, Royal Jam also falter a little, as they were pegged back against a determined Tuntingone side, whilst Copper Communists SC and Walston Brook Albion shared the spoils in the remaining match.

That leaves the table looking a little bit like this:

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Olympia FC              6    6   0   0    20    4  +16    18 Champions/TQCC/CdC
 2 Norrion Rovers          6    5   0   1     9    2   +7    15 TQCC
 3 VLC FC                  6    4   1   1     7    2   +5    13 Globe Cup
 4 RGS Athletic            6    3   2   1    15    7   +8    11 Globe Cup
 5 Royal Jam FC            6    3   2   1     9    3   +6    11
 6 Monksville United       6    3   1   2     8    6   +2    10
 7 Walston Brook Albion    6    2   3   1     6    4   +2     9
 8 Tuntingone FC           6    2   3   1     7   10   −3     9
 9 Seaton Town             6    2   2   2    14    6   +8     8
10 Copper Communists SC    6    1   3   2     5    7   −2     6
11 Nile Bridge             6    2   0   4     5   12   −7     6
12 Micronopia United       6    1   2   3     9   14   −5     5
13 Xilon OC                6    1   1   4     2    6   −4     4 
14 FC Tavernia             6    0   3   3     6   12   −6     3 Relegated
15 Indionion Athletic      6    0   2   4     4   14  −10     2 Relegated
16 FM Town                 6    0   1   5     3   20  −17     1 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Pontifucia United       6    3   3   0    13    8   +5    12 Champions/Promoted/SBCC
 2 YLW FC                  6    3   3   0     8    4   +4    12 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Polkation FC            6    4   0   2     7    3   +4    12 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Half Boy FC             6    4   0   2     6    4   +2    12
 5 Benopia AC              6    2   4   0    10    6   +4    10
 6 Macaronia FC            6    2   4   0     7    3   +4    10
 7 Revisionists            6    3   1   2     5    5    0    10
 8 Toclofania FC           6    3   0   3     8    6   +2     9
 9 Yillog City             6    3   0   3     7    6   +1     9
10 Seniors FC              6    2   2   2     5    5    0     8
11 SLW FC                  6    1   4   1     6    6    0     7
12 Oldbridge FC            6    1   2   3     2    5   −3     5
13 Forest Rangers          6    1   2   3     4    7   −3     5
14 Jam Mountain Island     6    1   2   3     3   10   −7     5 Relegated (C)
15 Lodgertia United        6    1   0   5     5   10   −5     3 Relegated (I)
16 Honsadin FC             6    0   1   5     3   11   −8     1 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:09 pm

ICELFA Season 32: Part 2

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD1

Xilon OC 1-1 Makosile (Vilita)

Xilon OC kicked off their proper SBCC campaign with a home match against Makosile from Vilita, with a sold out home crowd of 21,000 people packing out Vareona Park ready to enjoy themselves. It was a pretty good match, by all accounts, with both sides playing good open football and each getting plenty of chances - Xilon were the first to strike when Veronica Bowes popped up unmarked in the box to power home Meluna’s corner in the 36th minute. Makosile replied seven minutes into the second half, when a half-cleared corner was scrambled in, levelling the score at 1-1, where it stayed.

King’s Commonwealth Cup 3rd Round

64 teams left as we enter the KCC Third Round weekend, and this is where many of the big teams begin falling as they are more likely to play each other (given that they’re more likely to have survived the earlier rounds). But nonetheless, there are also plenty of small teams around for those big teams to trip up on - every team needs to be wary of every opponent. The first of the big matches was between FM Town and Half Boy, with only 4 places between them in the league as FM Town have been struggling badly in the top flight, whilst Half Boy are flying in the second tier. This match went the way of the in-form team, with Half Boy just edging the match by a single goal to nil. A big all-second-tier tie occurred between Seniors FC and last season’s cup runner-up Toclofania FC, both of whom were relegated from the top flight the season before, and it was Seniors that prevailed, again by a goal to nil. Another top clash was between RGS Athletic, and second tier cellar dwellers Honsadin FC, but what seemed an easy win on paper became a tough, challenging match as the visitors Honsadin seemed determined to spoil the party, twice taking the lead before being pegged back by the hosts, and in the end the tie went to extra time tied at 2-2. However, the difference between the clubs soon became apparent, as Honsadin legs looked much more tired than the RGS legs, and soon RGS began to dominate and dictate play, something which they couldn’t do in the first 90 minutes. The tie was soon put of reach of the underdogs, as RGS put three goals past their tired defence, and in the end RGS ran out 5-2 winners.

The biggest gap nearly bridged, however, featured Royal Jam FC, as they hosted fifth tier side Losing the Game FC, in what should have been a straightforward tie, on paper. However, the visitors had other plans, and somehow held an impotent Royal Jam attack to a stalemate after 90 minutes, and in the end were only breached with just three minutes of the 120 remaining, when a Lilian Quazin free kick was deflected in off the wall. Other near misses include Liginara FC being taken to penalties at home to FC Chinudo, two tiers below them, and Jam Mountain Island needing extra time to see off Bliketia FC, with another two-tier difference here. There were still a few upsets to keep the neutrals happy however, chief amongst which was Second Division side Pontifucia United being eliminated 2-0 on the road to third tier side Garanite FC. Elsewhere, NES Tower 13 SC registered the biggest win of the round with a big 4-0 win against an Approciation playing two tiers above them in the Commonwealth First Division, and sixth-tier Grateville DFC breached a gap of three tiers to upset third tier Port Lodgertia on the road. Reactions Athletic find themselves as the only Tier 7 side making it through to the Fourth Round and the last 32, as they upset fifth tier Bronze Acres 2-0 at home - FC Minya couldn’t make it a third spectacular upset in a row as they were beaten by Tuntingone. UR Town continue their prolific goalscoring in the cup, as they put another four goals away in the 4-1 away win over Farond United, taking their tally to 17 goals in three matches.

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD2

Argi Sangüesa (Ceni) 0-1 Xilon OC

Having been eliminated in the earlier rounds of the cup meant that Xilon had a full week free between the first two matches of the group stage, and they took full advantage of that by fielding their strongest possible squad for the trip to Ceni. That was a gamble that paid off, as Kaelyn Kaber dominated the wing, and ironically capped off a good all-round team performance with a spectacular individual goal to win the match for the visitors, marking a very good start in UICA competition for the Scholarly Empire team.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

RGS Athletic 3-0 Xilon OC
FM Town 3-1 Tuntingone FC
Nile Bridge 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Royal Jam FC 1-1 FC Tavernia
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Seaton Town
Indionion Athletic 2-0 Norrion Rovers
VLC FC 1-1 Olympia FC
Monksville United 2-1 Micronopia United

VLC do what no team has done so far this season - take points off Olympia. The usually dominant Olympia attack was nullified well by the VLC defence, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Tara Woodhead firing home a lot shot from the edge of the box to give the league leaders the lead. However, they couldn’t go any further than that, and just twelve minutes later, Tulio Lawther headed home the equaliser, a point which VLC were happy to accept given the opposition’s form. That result gave Norrion the chance to narrow the gap at the top to just a point, but they got more than they bargained for against 15th place Indionion, who defended valiantly and hit two crucial counter-attacking goals, giving the Walston Brook side a vital first win in their struggle at the bottom, and leaving Norrion 4 points off the top. FM Town registered their first win of the season as well, as they pulled out a vintage performance against Tuntingone, running out 3-1 winners. RGS keep pace at the top as they dashed the optimism of their visitors coming off a midweek SBCC win, something which Royal Jam failed to do as they were held to a 1-1 draw against FC Tavernia, who remain the only winless team in the division, although still not last due to FM Town’s atrocious goal difference. Monksville United move into fifth, ahead of Royal Jam, with their victory against Micronopia United

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

Tuntingone FC 2-1 RGS Athletic
Copper Communists SC 3-0 Xilon OC
FC Tavernia 1-4 FM Town
Seaton Town 6-0 Nile Bridge
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Olympia FC 0-0 Walston Brook Albion
Micronopia United 0-2 Indionion Athletic
Monksville United 2-0 VLC FC

League leaders Olympia FC continue their unbeaten start to the season, although they will be surprised that they were forced to drop points at home to Walston Brook, marking a second successive draw after a perfect 6 game start. Norrion however fail to capitalise on that draw for a second successive week, as they were beaten 1-0 by a Royal Jam side that barely left second gear all game. It wasn’t much better for VLC and RGS either, as both were beaten on the road - Tuntingone came from behind to upset the champions after they took the lead through Glen Soria, whilst VLC never got going against Monksville United, who ran out easy 2-0 victors. Those results leave Olympia 4 points clear of Monksville, who have surprisingly leapfrogged everybody into second, whilst Royal Jam overtake Norrion into third, both a point behind Monksville, whilst RGS and VLC fall to 5th and 6th, another point behind.

At the bottom, FC Tavernia continue their winless start to the season, as FM Town register back-to-back wins for the first time with a comprehensive 4-1 thrashing at Tavernia Stadium - however, they are still kept off the foot of the table by Xilon on goal difference, as the latter were soundly beaten 3-0 by Copper Communists. Seaton register another huge victory as they battered the Nile Bridge net to run up a scoreline of 6-0, with a James Csaride hat-trick helping them on their way. Elsewhere, Indionion kept up their survival bid with a second straight win, beating fellow relegation candidates Micronopia United 2-0 and causing the latter to fall into the relegation spots.

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD3

KQ Sirto (Capitalizt SLANI) 1-1 Xilon OC

Xilon’s third group match of the SBCC saw them take on a relatively familiar foe in KQ Sirto of Capitalizt SLANI, the team that annihilated FC Tavernia 6-0 in the Third Preliminary Round of the SBCC earlier in the season. It was a much tighter affair than Sirto enjoyed in the aforementioned tie, with Xilon proving much tougher opposition than the surprise second place team. In the end, Xilon held their own and came back from a goal down to finish the match level at 1-1, taking their tally to 5 points from three matches, which puts them into second, 2 behind group leaders KQ Sirto and 2 ahead of Argi Sanguesa in third.

King’s Commonwealth Cup 4th Round

Northern Wind Athletic (T3) 3-4 Half Boy FC (T2)
Reactions Athletic (T7) 1-4 Liginara FC (T3)
Olympia FC (T1) 2-1 Seaton Town (T1)
Brassworks SC (T6) 1-1 Garanite FC (T3) (1-2 AET)
Nolix FC (T5) 2-2 Seniors FC (T2) (3-2 AET)
Revisionists (T2) 2-0 Encarta CF (T4)
Luxoren Town (T3) 1-0 Hilunvale FC (T4)
Leintalp FC (T5) 2-1 Grateville DFC (T6)
Silkville Spinners (T6) 3-1 Copper Communists SC (T1)
Seaton Athletic (T3) 0-0 Caldarin FC (T3) (0-0 AET, 4-3 PKs)
Nanomia Town (T5) 0-3 Aswania Athletic (T3)
Cliffside FC (T3) 0-2 VLC FC (T1)
NES Tower 13 SC (T5) 1-4 Monksville United (T1)
UR Town (T3) 1-0 Royal Jam FC (T1)
RGS Athletic (T1) 3-0 Jam Mountain Island (T2)
SLW FC (T2) 2-4 Tuntingone FC (T1)

The 4th Round looms large for the last 32 teams in the competition, and we have a decent mix of teams left fighting it out - only 8 Premier League teams made it through, along with 5 Second Division sides. Tier 3 is well represented with 9 teams, Tier 4 only sending two teams, Tier 5 with 4 teams, Tier 6 with 3 teams and amazingly, Reactions Athletic of the 7th tier being the lowest ranked side left in the competition. The mighty minnows were finally defeated at this stage however, as they fell to third tier side Liginara FC in a one-sided 4-1 loss. There were still upsets a-plenty in this round, and the striking news of the day was sixth tier Silkville Spinners making it through to the two-legged Fifth Round ties with a stunning 3-1 demolition of Copper Communists SC of the Premier League, with the top flight side looking completely toothless and amateur. Another turn-up for the books was Nolix FC of the fifth tier striking above their weight to take Seniors FC to extra time at home, and then finding that little bit more to grab the win in a 5-goal thriller.

But possibly the most symbolic upset of the day was the duel between UR Town and Royal Jam FC - the wounded giant vs the young upstart, Imperial First Division vs Premier League. It was a tight contest, and full of a sort of vengeance on UR Town’s part, as some UR Town fans resented Royal Jam and Olympia for their rapid rise and success that contributed, in part, to UR Town’s decline. Royal Jam did what they always did, playing defensively but with a sense of purpose, whilst UR Town were attacking with considered abandon. But in the end it was an Edmund Frost penalty that split the teams, with the hosts UR Town winning 1-0. The third Premier League team to bite the bullet at this stage was Seaton Town, as they were on the receiving end of the irresistible force that Olympia FC have been in the first third of this season - to their credit, they kept it close, scoring an equalising goal after Olympia took the lead, but the hosts weren’t fazed by that, and controlled the game after scoring their second, and ultimately the winning, goal. Second Division sides will be a little sparse in the next round, with Jam Mountain Island and SLW FC both meeting their demises at the hands of Premier League opposition; along with Seniors FC’s upset elimination, that leaves just Half Boy FC and Revisionists in the next round. Silkville Spinners will be the lowest ranked side in the fifth round, but a special mention must be given to fellow sixth tier side Brassworks SC, who very nearly took a second upset this season as they took third tier Garanite FC to extra time after a 1-1 draw, but couldn’t find the momentum to find the winner.

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD4

Xilon OC 2-2 KQ Sirto

With Xilon already eliminated from the KCC, they had a whole week to prepare for the reverse fixture of their previous match, hosting KQ Sirto in what would be an important match in Xilon’s qualification bid. The visitors came out firing early doors, forcing Xilon onto the defensive, and that early pressure paid off after 20 minutes with Sirto taking the lead. Xilon then equalised shortly before the break through Veronica Bowes, who then turned provider to set up Dia Sattar for the second at the hour mark. At that point, it looked like Xilon would go on and win the game, but the visitors upped the ante with even more high pressure, attacking play, and in the end, they scored the equaliser with 6 minutes to go of the 90, and the game finished 2-2. That result leaves Xilon tied with Argi Sanguesa on 6 points, but ahead in second courtesy of their victory in the matchday 2 head-to-head, with KQ Sirto still two points clear.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

RGS Athletic 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Tuntingone FC 7-1 FC Tavernia
Xilon OC 0-3 Seaton Town
FM Town 3-0 Norrion Rovers
Nile Bridge 4-0 Olympia FC
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Micronopia United
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Monksville United
Indionion Athletic 2-0 VLC FC

And it’s finally over. Olympia, unbeaten in 8 league games, and in 12 games in all domestic competition, have finally bitten the bullet, but in a manner that very few expected, as the league leaders were roundly humiliated by 13th place Nile Bridge, almost doubling their 5 goals conceded previously in the process. However, Royal Jam FC were the only team to capitalise fully on that loss, with Malenna von Kraus grabbing a goal and an assist on the way to a 2-0 victory over Micronopia United. 2nd place Monksville United dropped points away to Walston Brook Albion, marking up the hosts’ sixth draw in nine matches, whilst Norrion Rovers were surprisingly beaten by an FM Town side that looks completely different to the team that went six games without a win at the start of the season as they notch up their third win on the bounce. RGS Athletic could consider themselves lucky to escape with a draw against Copper Communists, as a Tia Drenas 88th minute penalty salvaged a draw from a dismal performance. VLC FC looked equally as lost and hopeless against Indionion Athletic, but ended up with a deserved 2-0 loss.

Elsewhere, FC Tavernia look in real danger of slipping away, as they go for a ninth Premier League game without a win, being Taeshan’d by Tuntingone and pushing their goal difference down enough to cement them to the bottom of the table, as Xilon’s 3-0 loss to Seaton Town worsens their goal difference to a lesser extent. That leaves both on 4 points, with Micronopia in 14th on 5 points and already 5 points adrift of Nile Bridge in 13th and safety. Seaton Town move up to 4th on 15 points, somehow ahead of RGS on goal difference, followed by Tuntingone and then Norrion Rovers, all also separated on goal difference - VLC in 8th are a point off this group with 14 points. Olympia’s lead has been cut to two points with Royal Jam in second on 18 points, whilst Monksville are a point further behind.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

FC Tavernia 4-2 RGS Athletic
Seaton Town 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Norrion Rovers 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Olympia FC 3-0 Xilon OC
Micronopia United 1-4 FM Town
Monksville United 1-2 Nile Bridge
VLC FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Indionion Athletic 0-2 Walston Brook Albion

This season really is being unpredictable, isn’t it? Just as you think FC Tavernia are doomed to a winless season, they get their first league win this season - a 4-2 comeback victory against the champions RGS Athletic, of all teams. The visitors did take the lead, twice, both times through Tia Drenas, but it the hosts showed great determination and guts, unlike they had at any point this season, first to equalise twice and then push on to the victory, with Desmond Aklani bagging a brace on the way. That result sees them leapfrog both Xilon and Micronopia, with the former losing 3-0 on the road to the league leaders, for the moment arresting their own mini-slide. Micronopia were soundly beaten 4-1 by FM Town, who notched up their fourth victory on the bounce. Royal Jam kept up their pressure on the leaders with a narrow 1-0 win against VLC FC in what was a very good display of defensive football, but 3rd place Monksville faltered again as Nile Bridge followed up their win against Olympia with a tight 2-1 victory here. Copper Communists get their 6th draw in 10 matches as they hold the freely-scoring Seaton Town side to a 1-1 draw, whilst Norrion and Tuntingone play themselves into a draw. The Walston Brook derby saw Indionion take on Albion, but it was the visitors WBA that took the spoils with a 2-0 victory.

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD5

Makosile 2-1 Xilon OC

With 1 win and three draws, Xilon were in desperate need of a second win in order to stave off the challenge of Argi Sanguesa for another week, but the away trip to Makosile would pose a challenge despite the hosts languishing at the foot of the table, as Makosile’s only points thus far had come against Xilon in an away draw. The game started quite even, much like the last match had been, and in a repeat of the last match, it was the hosting team that took the lead - a beautifully worked corner kick routine from Makosile broke the deadlock shortly before half-time. Xilon responded, and near the hour mark equalised through Kacia Chauhan’s deflected cross. But the hosts, unlike last time, pushed on, and they managed to get their reward 12 minutes later with the winning goal, defeating a valiant Xilon side 2-1.

That loss, coupled with Argi Sanguesa’s victory over KQ Sirto, means that Xilon fall to third on 6 points, with Sirto two points ahead in second, and Argi Sanguesa in first on nine points. That leaves Xilon needing to beat Argi Sanguesa in their final match to progress on head-to-head point, and hoping that bottom of the table Makosile beat or draw KQ Sirto to top the group - should Sirto draw, the three-way tie (as Xilon, Argi Sanguesa and KQ Sirto would all have 9 points) would see Xilon top the group and KQ Sirto finish second on head-to-head points; a Sirto loss would see Xilon top on head-to-head points ahead of Argi Sanguesa.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

RGS Athletic 1-0 Seaton Town
FC Tavernia 0-1 Norrion Rovers
Copper Communists SC 0-5 Olympia FC
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Micronopia United
Xilon OC 0-0 Monksville United
FM Town 1-2 VLC FC
Nile Bridge 1-0 Indionion Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Walston Brook Albion

Olympia continue their early season march with another huge convincing victory, as they dispose of Copper Communists with some ease, quickly running up the score to 4-0 before half time and then taking it easy. Royal Jam kept up the chase at the top with a 2-0 win of their own as they beat Walston Brook, whilst RGS Athletic regain some ground with a narrow 1-0 win over Seaton. Xilon grab another point with draw against Monksville, whilst FC Tavernia are narrowly beaten by Norrion Rovers. In-form side FM Town fail to make it five wins on the trot, despite taking the lead against VLC FC through Saabir Hubert-Fulton’s individual goal. A 5 point gap has now opened up between 2nd and 3rd, with Royal Jam still just two points behind leaders Olympia and Norrion in third a point ahead of RGS and Monksville in 4th and 5th - Walston Brook Albion in tenth are only three points behind the pair, sandwiching Tuntingone, VLC, Nile Bridge and Seaton Town. Indionion have fallen to 13th, but are still four points clear of FC Tavernia in 14th, with Micronopia and Xilon 1 and 2 points further adrift respectively.

SBCC 62 Group Stage MD6

Xilon OC 2-2 Argi Sangüesa

So, a must win match against the only team that Xilon have managed to beat in the group stage. An air of quiet confidence yet obvious nervousness descended upon Vareona Park for this match, with the home fans somewhat confident that they could pull off their side of the bargain with the away win under their belt, but needing Makosile to do their bit as well. The game started off cagey, with neither side giving an inch to the opposition, but the hosts quickly grew into the game as time went on, and broke the deadlock 35 minutes in through Meluna. Argi Sanguesa quickly pulled level before stoppage time, and the teams went into the break at 1-1. The second half didn’t start as planned however, with the visitors dominating the early proceedings and grabbing the lead in a bid to cement themselves at the top of the table. That stunned the home team and the crowd, and Sanguesa nearly doubled their lead shortly after, only being prevented by a goal-line clearance from Ophelie da Silva. However, Xilon recovered their composure, and eventually grabbed a late equaliser, with Dia Sattar’s low shot finding its way into the back of the net, but it was too late, as Argi Sanguesa were comfortable holding onto the draw as the other match had finished with a win for KQ Sirto. Xilon were eliminated with 7 points, despite a valiant effort.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

Norrion Rovers 2-1 RGS Athletic
Olympia FC 1-2 Seaton Town
Micronopia United 0-2 FC Tavernia
Monksville United 0-0 Copper Communists SC
VLC FC 2-0 Tuntingone FC
Indionion Athletic 0-2 Xilon OC
Walston Brook Albion 2-0 FM Town
Royal Jam FC 2-1 Nile Bridge

And we have a new league leader. Olympia FC suffer their second loss of the season, as they lose to Seaton Town at home, although it was a very open game that could have gone the other way on another day - Ármin Harry had a brilliant game for the visitors, with the 20 year old getting a goal and an assist either side of a Marlon Rowlinson goal. And in position to capitalise were Royal Jam FC, as they survived an early scare against Nile Bridge to win 2-1, with goals from von Kraus and Vianney Henry. Norrion and RGS clashed in a best of the rest battle, with the third place side Norrion taking the spoils against the champions thanks to Lazarev-Horak’s brace. Monksville drop some more points in the race as they draw at home to Copper Communists, whilst FC Tavernia grab a vital 2-0 win against fellow relegation candidates Micronopia United, and Xilon dealt the chances of the bottom three a huge boost as they beat 13th place Indionion on the road, leaving Tavernia just a point off, and themselves three points off. Elsewhere, Walston Brook inflict a second straight defeat on FM Town to stave off their mid-table challenge.

So, twelve matches in, this is the state of the top two flights:

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Jam FC           12    8   3   1    18    5  +13    27 Champions/TQCC/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             12    8   2   2    30   11  +19    26 TQCC
 3 Norrion Rovers         12    7   1   4    13   10   +3    22 Globe Cup
 4 VLC FC                 12    6   2   4    12    9   +3    20 Globe Cup
 5 Seaton Town            12    5   4   3    26    9  +17    19
 6 Monksville United      12    5   4   3    13    9   +4    19
 7 RGS Athletic           12    5   3   4    24   16   +8    18
 8 Walston Brook Albion   12    4   6   2    10    6   +4    18
 9 Tuntingone FC          12    4   5   3    19   19    0    17
10 Nile Bridge            12    5   1   6    14   22   −8    16
11 Copper Communists SC   12    2   7   3    11   15   −4    13
12 FM Town                12    4   1   7    18   27   −9    13
13 Indionion Athletic     12    3   2   7    10   19   −9    11
14 FC Tavernia            12    2   4   6    15   27  −12    10 Relegated
15 Xilon OC               12    2   2   8     4   18  −14     8 Relegated
16 Micronopia United      12    1   3   8    12   27  −15     6 Relegated

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 YLW FC                 12    7   4   1    19   10   +9    25 Champions/Promoted/SBCC
 2 Seniors FC             12    7   2   3    16    8   +8    23 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Half Boy FC            12    7   2   3    12    8   +4    23 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Pontifucia United      12    6   4   2    28   17  +11    22
 5 Polkation FC           12    6   4   2    14    7   +7    22
 6 Macaronia FC           12    4   6   2    18   11   +7    18
 7 Forest Rangers         12    5   3   4    15   10   +5    18
 8 Yillog City            12    6   0   6    14   12   +2    18
 9 Toclofania FC          12    5   2   5    13   10   +3    17
10 Revisionists           12    4   3   5     9   11   −2    15
11 Lodgertia United       12    4   1   7    13   20   −7    13
12 Benopia AC             12    2   5   5    12   17   −5    11
13 SLW FC                 12    2   5   5    10   18   −8    11
14 Jam Mountain Island    12    2   4   6     6   19  −13    10 Relegated (C)
15 Oldbridge FC           12    2   3   7     6   15   −9     9 Relegated (I)
16 Honsadin FC            12    2   2   8     9   21  −12     8 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:21 am

ICELFA Season 32: Part 3

King’s Commonwealth Cup 5th Round 1st Leg

Monksville United (T1) 1-1 Leintalp FC (T5)
Aswania Athletic (T3) 6-1 Silkville Spinners (T6)
Luxoren Town (T3) 0-1 Tuntingone FC (T1)
RGS Athletic (T1) 0-0 UR Town (T3)
Nolix FC (T5) 2-1 Liginara FC (T3)
Half Boy FC (T2) 0-1 Seaton Athletic (T3)
VLC FC (T1) 1-0 Garanite FC (T3)
Olympia FC (T1) 0-2 Revisionists (T2)

The fifth round looms large for the remaining 16 teams with the first two-legged matches this season, and with all but one tie containing a team outside the top two flights of the Eastfielder football, it’s still an open competition for all the teams involved. And there were quite a few matches that were closer than they should have been - amongst them was Monksville United’s home draw against fifth tier Leintalp FC, especially as the hosts fell behind to the minnows. Elsewhere, UR Town followed up their defeat of Royal Jam FC in the previous round with a tie against their old title rivals RGS Athletic, and came away in a much better position with a 0-0 away draw, and the out-of-form champions have it all to do in the return leg. Seaton Athletic upset the odds in their away match against second tier Half Boy with a tight 1-0 win, with fifth tier Nolix FC doing the same at home to third tier Liginara FC with a 2-1 home victory - that away leg could well be the minnows’ undoing however. Former Premier League leaders Olympia were also humbled at home, as they lost 2-0 to Second Division side Revisionists.

On the other hand, there were some favourites that actually lived up to their billing. The lowest ranked side remaining in this season’s cups were Silkville Spinners of the sixth tier, but they look like they won’t be advancing any further this season, after they were demolished 6-1 by Imperial League side Aswania Athletic. Tuntingone FC navigated a tricky away leg against third tier side Luxoren Town to record an away 1-0 win, putting them in a good position for the return leg. VLC FC also managed a 1-0 home win against third tier side Garanite FC in the last match of the round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

RGS Athletic 2-1 Olympia FC
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Micronopia United
Seaton Town 1-0 Monksville United
FC Tavernia 0-1 VLC FC
Copper Communists SC 3-1 Indionion Athletic
Tuntingone FC 0-0 Walston Brook Albion
Xilon OC 1-1 Royal Jam FC
FM Town 2-4 Nile Bridge

The big match of the weekend saw champions RGS host early pace-setters Olympia FC, and it was Olympia that suffered a second straight defeat as they fell to a 2-1 defeat after the hosts lead by two goals at half time. Royal Jam capitalised on that by extending their lead at the top of the table, but they could only manage a draw away to second bottom team Xilon OC. Norrion Rovers pulled to within a point of Olympia when they comfortably beat bottom of the table Micronopia United 2-0. VLC FC kept pace with the top three as well when they beat FC Tavernia 1-0, but the 14th place side still remain a point from safety after Indionion Athletic were easily beaten 3-1 by Copper Communists. Seaton Town stay a point off VLC as they win against Monksville, completing what has been a poor week for them.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

Micronopia United 4-6 RGS Athletic
Monksville United 2-2 Olympia FC
VLC FC 2-0 Norrion Rovers
Indionion Athletic 1-3 Seaton Town
Walston Brook Albion 2-0 FC Tavernia
Royal Jam FC 2-2 Copper Communists SC
Nile Bridge 3-0 Tuntingone FC
FM Town 0-0 Xilon OC

Olympia now go three games without a win after being held to a 2-2 draw by Monksville United, with the hosts twice coming back from a goal down, with Delano Amini’s header and then Charmine Eliassen’s placed shot cancelling out Marlon Rowlinson’s brace. At the top, Royal Jam couldn’t extend their lead further as they too were held to a draw by Copper Communists, but third place Norrion Rovers lost ground in a big match at New Lodger City, where 4th place VLC dictated proceedings and ran out comfortable 2-0 victors, a result which sees them leapfrog their opponents into third. Seaton kept up their challenge for UICA with an easy 3-1 away win over Indionion, but they are still tailed by RGS who came out on top against Micronopia in a 10-goal thriller that was much too close than the champions would have liked - Micronopia shocked everyone by going 2-0 up in the first 13 minutes, before RGS got their act together and fired back, a Tia Drenas brace helping them onto 4-2 shortly after half time. Pasargan winger Zsuska pulled one back for Micronopia at the hour mark, before RGS added another two goals for 6-3, with Drenas completing her hat-trick. A late consolation for the hosts rounded off the scoring. Walston Brook continue their decent form with a 2-0 win over TC Tavernia, who now fall to 15th on goal difference after Xilon drew level on points following a 0-0 away draw against FM Town, who get their first point in four games, and only their second draw all season.

King’s Commonwealth Cup 5th Round 2nd Leg

Leintalp FC (T5) 0-2 Monksville United (T1) (AGG: 1-3)
Silkville Spinners (T6) 0-2 Aswania Athletic (T3) (AGG: 1-8)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 3-1 Luxoren Town (T3) (AGG: 4-1)
UR Town (T3) 3-1 RGS Athletic (T1) (AGG: 3-1)
Liginara FC (T3) 2-0 Nolix FC (T5) (AGG: 3-2)
Seaton Athletic (T3) 1-0 Half Boy FC (T2) (AGG: 2-0)
Garanite FC (T3) 1-1 VLC FC (T1) (AGG: 1-2)
Revisionists (T2) 2-0 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 4-0)

The second leg - it’s either a chance for redemption, or to consolidate your position. There definitely was some redemption here - Monksville put their embarrassing home draw to fifth-tier side Leintalp FC out of their minds, and executed a thoroughly professional job to make sure that they advanced with a 2-0 away win. Third tier side Liginara FC used their home advantage to good effect to overturn the upset loss in the first leg, beating fifth-tier side Nolix FC 2-0 to win 3-2 on aggregate. Garanite FC certainly put in a battling performance over both legs, and holding VLC FC to a draw in this match at least will have been a good result for them, regardless of the fact that the first leg loss puts VLC through on aggregate. On the other hand, many teams used this second leg to strike home their advantage, or just reassert their dominance. The latter was definitely on show in Silkville as the sixth tier side had an impossible mountain to climb after their 6-1 away loss to third-tier Aswania Athletic - the visitors came out and just put in a repeat performance, although the hosts gave it their all to make it a close match, and a 2-0 loss is by no means appalling given the first leg result.

The biggest match of the week however was the return leg between UR Town and RGS, with UR Town having done well to hold RGS to a 0-0 draw in the first leg. They capitalised on that and on the home advantage in this leg, taking a 2-0 lead by half time against a visibly stunned RGS side. The visitors did pull a goal back, and for a few moments looked they’d get the necessary second as well, but a UR Town counter-attack put the tie to bed, giving UR Town a surprise 3-1 victory. There upsets elsewhere as well - Seaton Athletic of the Imperial First Division took a 1-0 away victory against Second Division Half Boy from the first leg home with them, and managed the same scoreline again to overhaul to former top flight side. Revisionists were in a similar position against Premier League side Olympia FC, but with a more commanding 2-0 away lead from the first leg to defend, Revisionists instead went and swept aside any Olympia challenge to add another two goals to the tally. Elsewhere, Tuntingone FC needed a better performance after a measly 1-0 away win to Luxoren town, and they certainly got it as they ramped up the pressure at home, quickly putting three goals past the minnows to settle the tie, winning 4-1 on aggregate after a late consolation goal.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

RGS Athletic 4-1 Monksville United
Micronopia United 2-4 VLC FC
Olympia FC 4-0 Indionion Athletic
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Seaton Town 0-1 Royal Jam FC
FC Tavernia 0-1 Nile Bridge
Copper Communists SC 2-0 FM Town
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Xilon OC

Royal Jam FC will stay as league leaders at the halfway point of the season for the second consecutive season after a tight 1-0 win over 4th place Seaton Town, whose goals seem to have dried up as of late. Olympia will stay two points behind them however, as they demolish relegation contenders Indionion Athletic 4-0 at the Olympic Park. VLC FC will also stay in third and a further point behind after they came from a goal down to win 4-2 against Micronopia with a brace from Ciorstaidh Platform. Norrion Rover had an opportunity to move up to fourth after Seaton’s loss, but they were humbled 1-0 at home by Walston Brook, whose record of only two games lost is second only to the leaders, with the visitors moving above Norrion in the table. Taking fourth place is RGS Athletic with their 4-1 victory against Monksville United, the home side featuring four different goalscorers in Tia Drenas, Daniel Keeble, Faustina Cousin and Alameda Ybarra. Pulling level on points with Seaton, Norrion and Walston Brook is Nile Bridge, who finish off a good first half to the season with a narrow 1-0 win over FC Tavernia. At the bottom, Xilon move out of the relegation on goal difference following Indionion’s loss after they did well to hold Tuntingone FC to a draw on the road, scoring their sixth goal of the season in the process. FM Town seem to be back where they were at the start of the season, as they go five games without a win for the second time this season after losing 2-0 away to Copper Communists - that 4 game winning spell may be what saves them in the end.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

VLC FC 0-4 RGS Athletic
Indionion Athletic 2-1 Monksville United
Walston Brook Albion 2-0 Micronopia United
Royal Jam FC 1-0 Olympia FC
Nile Bridge 1-1 Norrion Rovers
FM Town 3-1 Seaton Town
Xilon OC 1-0 FC Tavernia
Tuntingone FC 2-3 Copper Communists SC

Two big matches at the top of the table this week, with the weekend kicking off with the New Lodger City derby, this time at Vorgan Park as 3rd place VLC host 4th place RGS. But it was the champions that dominated, much to the chagrin of the home supporters who rained boos down on the VLC players. RGS ran out 4-0 victors with a 5 minute hat-trick from Tia Drenas at the end of the first half breaking the record for the fastest recorded hat-trick in the Premier League’s history, in the process putting RGS into third place (behind Olympia on goal difference) and dealing a big blow to VLC’s title chances. In the other match, the top of the table clash saw leaders Royal Jam hosting Olympia, with a two point difference between them at the start of the day. It was the hosts that prevailed in this titanic clash of the new order, with Malenna von Kraus symbolizing her importance to the Royal Jam team and their increase in fortunes with the winning goal in the 54th minute. That result puts Royal Jam into the driving seat, going into the second half of the season with a 5 point lead.

There was a big match at the bottom as well, with 13th place Xilon hosting 15th place FC Tavernia with the two only separated by the single point going into this match. But in the end, it was the hosts that excelled with a narrow 1-0 victory, a result which leaves FC Tavernia four points from safety. Indionion Athletic started the day level on points with Xilon as they hosted a Monksville side quietly free-falling down the table after a run of no wins and just 4 points in 7 games saw them fall from 2nd to tenth. Indionion continued the misery for the visitors, as Kenyon Lacroix cancelled out Charmine Eliassen’s early opener before setting up the winner, leaving the Walston Brook side level with Xilon. Micronopia United stay rooted to the bottom, and now 8 points from safety after they were soundly beaten by the other team from Walston Brook, with Albion scoring 2 goals without reply. FM Town stay clear of danger at the moment with a convincing 3-1 win over Seaton Town, in the process stopping their 5 game winless run. Elsewhere, Norrion Rovers and Nile Bridge clashed in what was a surprisingly, yet distinctly, mid-table match, with both teams tied on 25 points in 7th and 8th (although only 7 points behind the leader); in the end, it was the Bridgetown side that had the upper hand throughout the match but were unable to build on their opening goal, and fell prey to a Norrion Rovers counter-attack that levelled the match at 1-1. In the final match of the weekend, Tuntingone FC hosted Copper Communists in an exciting five goal match, where the visitors prevailed 3-2 to increase the gap between the teams to 4 points.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

RGS Athletic 7-2 Indionion Athletic
VLC FC 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Monksville United 1-0 Royal Jam FC
Micronopia United 3-4 Nile Bridge
Olympia FC 2-0 FM Town
Norrion Rovers 1-1 Xilon OC
Seaton Town 0-1 Tuntingone FC
FC Tavernia 2-2 Copper Communists SC

Monksville United register a first win in nine games with a surprise 1-0 victory at home to league leaders Royal Jam, Patience Chrysanthopoulos grabbing the crucial goal in that match. That opened the door for the chasing pack, and didn’t they grab that opportunity? 2nd place Olympia FC put in an imperious performance against an FM Town side looking to start a second run of wins, winning 2-0 to close the gap at the top to 2 points. Leapfrogging them into second on head-to-head points will be RGS Athletic, after their crushing 7-2 demolition of Indionion Athletic wiped out the goal difference deficit to Olympia, courtesy of braces from Tia Drenas and David Lawrence. VLC keep up their pace in fourth, but deal fifth place Walston Brook Albion a serious blow in their UICA challenge as the hosts ran out 1-0 victors in a tight defensive match. Norrion Rovers couldn’t capitalise though, as they were held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Xilon, who now move a point clear of relegation. Nile Bridge however did move into fifth, after a seven goal thriller away to Micronopia United saw the Bridgetown side come back from 3-0 down to win 4-3 against the bottom of the table side. FC Tavernia remain four points from safety with a draw of their own, 2-2 against Copper Communists, but there will be question marks over the hosts’ defending as they conceded the equalising goal in the 92nd minute, having scored what seemed like the winning goal in the 90th minute. Tuntingone FC get a vital win after their recent poor form to stave off the relegation threat for the moment, as they beat Seaton 2-1.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

Walston Brook Albion 1-1 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Indionion Athletic
Nile Bridge 4-3 VLC FC
FM Town 5-1 Monksville United
Xilon OC 2-1 Micronopia United
Tuntingone FC 0-2 Olympia FC
Copper Communists SC 0-1 Norrion Rovers
FC Tavernia 0-4 Seaton Town

RGS drop points again in this somewhat uncharacteristic season after they are held to a 1-1 draw by Albion in the weekend’s opening match, with Ryan Hardy cancelling out Glen Soria’s opener. That opened the door for Olympia to move back into second and put pressure on the leaders, an opportunity they took with good grace and a ruthless edge, clinically dispatching Tuntingone 2-0. VLC however failed to take the chance to move above their rivals, instead opting to fall against 5th place Nile Bridge in a surprising 7 goal bonanza, with Blas Farran’s second half brace making the hosts come back from 3-2 down for a 4-3 win, and pulling Nile Bridge level with VLC on points. Norrion move into sixth after they saw off the challenge of Copper Communists SC with a tight 1-0 victory, the winner scored by Safadão in the 85th minute, leaving them two points behind VLC in 4th. It’s more bad news at the bottom for last place side Micronopia, as they travelled to fellow relegation candidates Xilon who were sitting happily in 13th, despite only averaging just under half a goal per game, a gap of 9 points between the two. And it was the hosts that further extended their survival bid, beating the cellar dwellers 2-1 for their fourth win of the season, and more or less confirming that Micronopia will be relegated, as a 12 point gap seems insurmountable, despite there being 12 games left. Indionion were left 4 points adrift after their 2-0 loss away to Royal Jam, who kept the gap at the top to 2 points, whilst FC Tavernia are now 7 points from safety after they were humiliated 4-0 at home by Seaton Town, with the mid-table side now being the 3rd highest scorers in the top flight. Elsewhere, FM Town grabbed another vital win in their surprise fight against relegation, demolishing Monksville United 5-1 and making it just 1 win in 10 games for visitors.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Aswania Athletic (T3) 1-0 Tuntingone FC (T1)
VLC FC (T1) 0-1 Monksville United (T1)
Revisionists (T2) 1-0 Seaton Athletic (T3)
UR Town (T3) 1-1 Liginara FC (T3)

The last 8 has a surprising mix of teams this season, with there being more teams from the third tier than the Premier League in this round. The round’s first match saw Commonwealth First Division side Aswania Athletic, who have had a slightly quiet and easy run to the quarter-finals, face off against Tuntingone FC of the Premier League, but it surprisingly was the hosts that prevailed in this encounter, and will carry a 1-0 lead back to Lodgertia in two weeks time for the second leg. The round’s all-Premier League clash saw high-flyers VLC FC host out-of-form Monksville United, but it was the underdogs that barked, with Delano Amini scoring a vital away goal the Monksville side can take back home for the second leg. The only ICEL Second Division side left in the competition, Revisionists, took on third tier side Seaton Athletic, both fresh off upsets in the previous round, but this time Seaton couldn’t put in a repeat performance, succumbing to a narrow 1-0 defeat in their away leg. The last tie in the quarter-finals featured giant-killers, and quite possibly favourites to win, UR Town, against fellow Imperial First Division side Liginara FC, but despite UR Town’s performances so far in the tournament - 17 goals in their first three matches followed by eliminating the Premier League’s top two of the last four seasons - it was the visitors Liginara that controlled play from the off, grabbing a vital away goal before UR Town could respond. Respond they did, but the hosts could not get more than a goal past their opponents, and are at a disadvantage going into the away second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

RGS Athletic 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-2 Nile Bridge
Indionion Athletic 0-1 FM Town
VLC FC 2-0 Xilon OC
Monksville United 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Micronopia United 0-2 Copper Communists SC
Olympia FC 2-1 FC Tavernia
Norrion Rovers 3-0 Seaton Town

The big match of the weekend saw champions RGS host league leaders Royal Jam in what was being billed as a potential title-decider despite there being 11 more games left to the end of the season. RGS went into this game in third, four points behind the leaders, but still hurting after dropping points to Walston Brook the previous week. However, it was the leaders that came out on top in this, with Cerise Humphrey’s free kick being the difference in this match, cutting RGS seven points adrfit of the top. Olympia kept up their title challenge, keeping the gap at two points following their narrow 2-1 over FC Tavernia - an upset seemed on the cards after the underdogs took the lead through Quentin Clegg, but a Luisa Halliwell double put the home side back on track. RGS’ loss opened the door for the the teams behind them in the table - VLC FC were at home to Xilon, who they saw off with a convincing 2-0 victory with goals from Waleed Saqib and Palba Taggart. Nile Bridge followed suit with a 2-0 win over seventh place team Walston Brook Albion, inflicting only the visitors’ fourth defeat of the season. Both VLC and Nile Bridge move up above RGS, pushing the defending champions down to fifth. Norrion Rovers also move to within a point of RGS with a 3-0 victory over Seaton Town, whilst Monksville fail to win again with a 1-1 home draw against Tuntingone. Micronopia remain rooted to the bottom on 6 points after another loss, this a 2-0 home loss to Copper Communists, whilst FM Town beat Indionion to open up some breathing space between themselves and the relegation places.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

Nile Bridge 1-3 RGS Athletic
FM Town 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Xilon OC 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Tuntingone FC 1-0 Indionion Athletic
Copper Communists SC 1-0 VLC FC
FC Tavernia 0-3 Monksville United
Seaton Town 4-0 Micronopia United
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Olympia FC

FM Town register just their third draw of the season so far by countering Royal Jam’s usually dominant defensive tactics quite well, coming back from a goal down to draw 1-1. That’s takes them a point further clear of relegation, after Indionion were beaten 1-0 in Lodgertia by Tuntingone FC. Xilon also make further inroads into safety with a win of their own, beating the league’s second best defence of Walston Brook Albion by a single goal. That leaves Indionion 7 points from safety in 14th, with FC Tavernia now 10 points and Micronopia a hopeless 15 points from safety after they both lost their matches - Tavernia were beaten 3-0 at home by a Monksville United side that recorded only their second league win in 12 matches, whilst Micronopia were demolished 4-0 on the road at Seaton Town, as the mid-table side looked to reverse a recent slump. At the top, Royal Jam’s draw paved the way for Olympia to draw level on points, which they did by navigating a tricky away fixture against 6th place Norrion Rovers to come out with a 1-0 win, returning to the top of the table on goal difference. VLC FC however couldn’t catch up to the leaders, as Copper Communists proved to be their stumbling block with a 1-0 win. Nile Bridge had the same opportunity, but they came up against an RGS side hell-bent on recovering their currently dismal season, and that determination showed as the visitors ran out easy 3-1 winners, but could and maybe should have scored more after tearing the Nile Bridge defence to pieces time and time again, moving back into third with that result and 5 points behind the leaders.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Tuntingone FC (T1) 1-1 Aswania Athletic (T3) (AGG: 1-2)
Monksville United (T1) 0-1 [/b]VLC FC (T1)[/b] (0-2 AET, AGG: 1-2)
Seaton Athletic (T3) 2-0 Revisionists (T2) (AGG: 2-1)
Liginara FC (T3) 0-2 UR Town (T3) (AGG: 1-3)

It was a round of turnarounds in the second leg of the KCC quarter-finals, with only the one team that was in the driving seat after the first leg making it through to the semi-finals. That team would Aswania Athletic, who made the trip from Aswania to Lodgertia for their second leg against Tuntingone, holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg. The third tier side quickly stamped their authority on the game, pushing from the very start and pinning the Premier League side inside their own half, and in the end opened the game’s scoring to get the away goal, leaving Tuntingone in the desparate situation of needing three goals to win the tie. The visitors sat back after and soaked up pressure well, with the ever increasingly frustrated Tuntingone attack throwing the kitchen sink in the hope of victory. They managed one goal, but it wasn’t enough and the Premier League side were eliminated in an upset fixture. The second match featured the all Premier League clash between Monksville United and VLC FC, which in the first leg had gone the way of the visitors Monksville, leaving them with a 1-0 lead and an away goal to defend at home. But it was the pre-tie favourites of VLC that turned up on the day, and by half time had neutralised the away goal with one of their own, tying the aggregate score at 1-1. Both sides defended valiantly after that, and the match went to extra time, where VLC added a second to sink the tie, winning 2-1 on aggregate.

In the third tie of the round, ICEL Second Division side Revisionists were travelling to Imperial First Division side Seaton Athletic, having beaten them 1-0 at home in the first leg. It was a tie that was by no means settled, and the minnows showed why, with a goal to level the tie by half time and pushing Revisionists to the limit throughout the game. Try as they might, Revisionists could not find that away goal that they needed, and it was Seaton that pushed on, scoring a second to take the aggregate lead, and held it there to advance to the semi-finals. The final quarter-final tie saw UR Town travel to Liginara FC, both opponents in the Imperial First Division; UR Town have been very impressive prior to the quarter-finals, but seemingly met their match in the home leg against Liginara with a 1-1 draw, giving Liginara the away goal advantage. In the second leg however, things reverted to the way they had been, with UR Town showing that the first leg was a blip on the radar as they comfortably rode out a 2-0 victory to win the tie 3-1 on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

RGS Athletic 6-0 FM Town
Nile Bridge 1-1 Xilon OC
Royal Jam FC 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Copper Communists SC
Indionion Athletic 1-2 FC Tavernia
VLC FC 2-0 Seaton Town
Monksville United 1-1 Norrion Rovers
Micronopia United 3-1 Olympia FC

Some big results at both the top and the bottom, starting off with the match between the top and the bottom of the table, one which Olympia will really have expected to win against a Micronopia side that haven’t won in 18 league games (since the second weekend of the season), and haven’t got any points in their last nine. But in the end, the tables were turned, and Micronopia put in an inspired performance to beat the league leaders 3-1, registering their second win of the season, and increasing their points tally by 50% in the process. Royal Jam didn’t fare much better, given the opportunity to retake the league lead, which they did, but Jacob Mains will have been disappointed not to have taken all three points against Tuntingone, and as such only lead the league by a point. RGS cut the gap to Royal Jam down to three points however, fully capitalising on the stumbles ahead of them with a huge crushing 6-0 victory against FM Town, who had been on good form as of late. VLC FC follow suit and also narrow the gap, as they beat Seaton Town 2-0, but Nile Bridge fail to keep up as they suffer a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Xilon. Micronopia’s victory cuts their deficit to safety down to 13 points, which still seems insurmountable with just 9 games to go; FC Tavernia and Indionion faced off in an important match at the bottom to see who else would fall, and in the end, it was the visitors Tavernia that triumphed, cutting their deficit from 10 to 8, whilst Indionion fall to 8 points from safety, and now behind FC Tavernia on goal difference. Walston Brook fought off the challenges of Copper Communists in that mid-table battle, and now have the joint best defence in the league with that clean sheet (they did have the best until a recent run of poor results), whilst also moving into seventh after Seaton’s loss. Monksville United do well to hold Norrion to a draw, which keeps them away from Tuntingone, but means Norrion are now seven points off top spot.

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Jam FC           21   12   7   2    28   11  +17    43 Champions/TQCC/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             21   13   3   5    45   20  +25    42 TQCC
 3 RGS Athletic           21   12   4   5    57   27  +30    40 Globe Cup
 4 VLC FC                 21   12   2   7    27   20   +7    38 Globe Cup
 5 Nile Bridge            21   11   3   7    35   35    0    36
 6 Norrion Rovers         21   10   4   7    22   17   +5    34
 7 Walston Brook Albion   21    8   8   5    17   11   +6    32
 8 Seaton Town            21    9   4   8    39   20  +19    31
 9 Copper Communists SC   21    7   9   5    26   24   +2    30
10 Monksville United      21    7   7   7    24   25   −1    28
11 Tuntingone FC          21    6   9   6    26   30   −4    27
12 FM Town                21    7   3  11    30   44  −14    24
13 Xilon OC               21    5   7   9    12   25  −13    22
14 FC Tavernia            21    3   5  13    20   44  −24    14 Relegated
15 Indionion Athletic     21    4   2  15    17   43  −26    14 Relegated
16 Micronopia United      21    2   3  16    25   54  −29     9 Relegated

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Seniors FC             21   13   5   3    31   11  +20    44 Champions/Promoted/SBCC
 2 Pontifucia United      21   12   6   3    50   22  +28    42 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Yillog City            21   12   2   7    25   18   +7    38 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Half Boy FC            21   11   5   5    22   16   +6    38
 5 Polkation FC           21   10   6   5    24   13  +11    36
 6 Toclofania FC          21   11   2   8    25   15  +10    35
 7 Macaronia FC           21    8   7   6    28   24   +4    31
 8 YLW FC                 21    8   5   8    36   33   +3    29
 9 Revisionists           21    7   6   8    14   15   −1    27
10 Lodgertia United       21    8   2  11    30   33   −3    26
11 Oldbridge FC           21    7   3  11    17   24   −7    24
12 Jam Mountain Island    21    6   5  10    17   30  −13    23
13 Forest Rangers         21    6   4  11    18   27   −9    22
14 Benopia AC             21    4   9   8    18   27   −9    21 Relegated (C)
15 Honsadin FC            21    5   3  13    15   34  −19    18 Relegated (C)
16 SLW FC                 21    2   6  13    19   47  −28    12 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:40 pm

ICELFA Season 32: Part 4

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

Xilon OC 1-2 RGS Athletic
Tuntingone FC 6-5 FM Town
Copper Communists SC 4-1 Nile Bridge
FC Tavernia 0-2 Royal Jam FC
Seaton Town 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
Norrion Rovers 2-1 Indionion Athletic
Olympia FC 1-0 VLC FC
Micronopia United 3-2 Monksville United

No change at the top this week, as all three teams won their matches - 3rd place RGS kicked off the weekend on the road at 13th place Xilon, with the hosts looking to consolidate their 8 point safety margin, but in the end it was two goals from Tia Drenas that settled the match despite conceding the opening goal. 2nd place Olympia had a big match at home to VLC FC who were lying in fourth place at the start of play with only four points between the two. But it was the hosts that triumphed in this tight, one-goal match, with Merry Reiter grabbing the important winning goal. League leaders Royal Jam had the added pressure of playing their match after the two of the top three, and as such started their game away to FC Tavernia in third, but the pressure was not an issue in this match, as the leaders looked comfortable in their 2-0 victory over the relegation candidates. Nile Bridge couldn’t take the chance to overtake VLC however, as they themselves were beaten 4-1 on the road by Copper Communists, whilst Norrion made up some ground with an important 2-1 victory over Indionion. At the bottom of the table, one could have been forgiven for thinking that after 18 games without a win, Micronopia United would be down and out, but they’ve decided to make a fight of it now, following up that shock victory over Olympia the previous week with a tight comeback victory against Monksville United, winning 3-2 having gone 2-0 down; that result leaves them 10 points from safety, but still in bottom with 8 games to play. Surely they won’t do it, but one can never know. Meanwhile, Walston Brook fell behind Royal Jam in the race for the league’s best defence as they were held to a 1-1 draw against Seaton Town. The match of the day however lies firmly in the mid-table region, where 11th place Tuntingone hosted 12th place FM Town, and it was a day for defenders of both sides to forget as a total of 11 goals were shipped, Tuntingone running out 6-5 winners with braces from David Gleason and Alicia Berry for the hosts and D’Arcy Leclerc for the visitors.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 23

RGS Athletic 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Xilon OC 1-1 Copper Communists SC
FM Town 4-1 FC Tavernia
Nile Bridge 3-2 Seaton Town
Royal Jam FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers
Walston Brook Albion 1-1 Olympia FC
Indionion Athletic 2-1 Micronopia United
VLC FC 1-0 Monksville United

Royal Jam will count themselves quite lucky after this weekend, which they kicked off as the leaders at home to Norrion Rovers, but it was the visitors that controlled early proceedings, taking the lead through James Chen, before von Kraus equalised for the hosts, with that match finishing as a draw. Second place Olympia couldn’t take charge however, as their match against the well-marshalled defence of Walston Brook also ended in a 1-1 draw in a similar manner, with the hosts taking the lead before Olympia equalised. It was a slightly different story for RGS however, as the third place side hosted Tuntingone FC, and it was the hosts that took the lead through Man Jin Kang, but were pegged back by an Umair Hussain equaliser, with that match also finishing 1-1. VLC were the highest placed team to actually record a win this weekend, as they pushed aside the challenge of Monksville United 1-0 to move within 6 points of the title. Amazingly still two points behind them are Nile Bridge, who came from a goal down twice to win 3-2 against Seaton Town, moving them into 5th, and technically two points off a Globe Cup place. At the bottom, Micronopia failed to make it three wins from three in a match where it really mattered, losing 2-1 to fellow relegation rivals Indionion Athletic. Xilon recovered from the previous weekend to record a 1-1 draw against Copper Communists, as they keep the gap to Indionion in 14th to 6 points; FC Tavernia are 9 points from safety after they lost 4-1 on the road to FM Town, who move 4 points clear of Xilon and 10 points clear of relegation.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 24

Copper Communists SC 0-3 RGS Athletic
FC Tavernia 1-5 Tuntingone FC
Seaton Town 1-0 Xilon OC
Norrion Rovers 4-0 FM Town
Olympia FC 4-0 Nile Bridge
Micronopia United 3-3 Royal Jam FC
Monksville United 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
VLC FC 0-2 Indionion Athletic

And now there’s some movement at the top, and it’s not good news for Royal Jam, who are in real danger of throwing away the title for the third consecutive time, after they are held to a 3-3 draw against bottom of the table Micronopia, having gone 3-0 up and then conceding three goals in the last 12 minutes of the game. That result gave Olympia the chance to move to the top, and they duly complied with a crushing 4-0 victory against Nile Bridge, with Luisa Halliwell and Marlon Rowlinson each bagging two goals. Goal difference might be important here, and there’s a race on between Olympia and RGS - RGS had their GD lead of 6 cut to 5 after they beat Copper Communists on the road by three goals to nil, still a point behind Royal Jam, with Olympia a point clear at the top. 4th place VLC’s challenge for the title was badly damaged after their 2-0 loss to Indionion, now falling 8 points behind the leaders. Norrion took advantage of the teams in front of them losing, with a big 4-0 defeat of FM Town putting them into the second Globe Cup spot on goal difference, pushing VLC down to fifth. At the bottom Xilon suffered a close 1-0 defeat away to Seaton, in the process having their safety margin cut to just three points after Indionion’s victory against VLC. FC Tavernia remain nine points from safety after they were roundly humbled 5-1 at home to Tuntingone, only a point above the bottom of the table now. Walston Brook’s 1-0 away victory over Monksville puts the victors back as the best defensive outfit in the league, whilst it leaves Monksville looking over their shoulder at the relegation battle, along with FM Town. But with 27 goals in just 8 matches, there’s plenty for the highlight reel.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 1st Leg

Seaton Athletic (T3) 3-2 Aswania Athletic (T3)
UR Town (T3) 0-2 VLC FC (T1)

The semi-final stage of the KCC has arrived, and it does feature an odd line-up of teams, with only one side from the top two flights of Eastfielder football featuring. The other teams all hail from the third tier, with two from the Imperial First Division and one from the Commonwealth First Division. The first match of the round saw Seaton take on Aswania, the two smaller teams left in the tournament, and on opposite sides of the divide of the supraregional divide. It was a tight match with 5 goals being scored, but in the end, it was the hosts Seaton Athletic that will take the single load into the second leg, having recovered from 2-1 down, but with two away goals, Aswania Athletic must not be counted out on home turf. The biggest match of the round pitted giant-killers UR Town against Premier League side VLC FC, in another classic rivalry that graced the top flight for many years - and with UR Town’s upsets consisting of Royal Jam and RGS, it was classed as an extremely close match on paper, with whoever won the tie definitely being favourites to win the final itself. But it was very much an anti-climax in the end, as VLC were clearly very comfortable throughout the match, with Dirk Ytuarte and Tulio Lawther giving VLC a 2-0 away lead, and presumably a ticket to the final (barring a catastrophic collapse).

ICEL Premier League Matchday 25

RGS Athletic 8-1 FC Tavernia
Copper Communists SC 5-4 Seaton Town
Tuntingone FC 1-0 Norrion Rovers
Xilon OC 1-4 Olympia FC
FM Town 1-0 Micronopia United
Nile Bridge 1-2 Monksville United
Royal Jam FC 1-1 VLC FC
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Indionion Athletic

Royal Jam might actually have gone and done it - they might just have thrown away a third title in a row. A 1-1 draw with 5th place VLC lets RGS have the chance to overtake them, something that they duly did with an 8-1 annihilation of FC Tavernia, featuring a Tia Drenas hat-trick and a brace from Man Jin Kang. Olympia also gladly took the opportunity to increase their lead, pulling 3 points clear to Royal Jam (but still just two ahead of RGS) with a 4-1 victory of their own against Xilon, who will be glad that Indionion were beaten 1-0 in the Walston Brook derby by Albion. Norrion Rovers fall out of the Globe Cup spots with a surprise 1-0 defeat to Tuntingone, but Nile Bridge fall to 7th after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Monksville United, despite taking the lead, with Walston Brook taking their place after their derby win. There was a second nine goal match over the weekend, with Copper Communists and Seaton Town scoring back and forth and trading the lead all match. ending with the hosts winning 5-4 after Seaton had lead 4-3 and 2-1. At the bottom, FM Town will be glad of the three extra points in their fight to ensure survival, as they beat bottom of the table Micronopia United 1-0.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 26

Seaton Town 0-1 RGS Athletic
Norrion Rovers 4-0 FC Tavernia
Olympia FC 1-2 Copper Communists SC
Micronopia United 2-1 Tuntingone FC
Monksville United 1-0 Xilon OC
VLC FC 2-2 FM Town
Indionion Athletic 1-2 Nile Bridge
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Royal Jam FC

And Royal Jam look like they’ve kissed the title goodbye, and maybe even the TQCC as well, after they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat against the league’s best defence in Walston Brook, with Ryan Hardy’s strike separating the sides. RGS take advantage of that slip-up, but they were made to work for the victory against Seaton Town, only scoring the one goal in the race for goal difference. However, RGS’ mood will definitely be improved by the fact that they are now the league leaders for the first time since the second weekend of the season after Olympia were outclassed at home by Copper Communists and lost 2-1, giving RGS a point lead. VLC’s Globe Cup bid hit a stumbling block in the form of FM Town, with the 12th place side pulling out a gutsy performance to draw 2-2, which allows Norrion to leapfrog into 4th, something which they grasp with both hands as they demolished FC Tavernia by four goals to nil. Nile Bridge keep pace with Walston Brook with a 2-1 victory over Indionion, and at the bottom, they kill count themselves lucky that Xilon couldn’t find a way past Monksville, keeping that gap at three points, whilst FC Tavernia fall to the bottom of the table after Micronopia United pull out a surprise win 2-1 against Tuntingone.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

Aswania Athletic (T3) 1-0 Seaton Athletic (T3) (AGG: 3-3) (Aswania Athletic wins on away goals rule)
VLC FC (T1) 3-2 UR Town (T3) (AGG: 5-2)

Just one match separates these four teams from a date with destiny in the Memorial Stadium, and a shot at getting into UICA football next season. Seaton Athletic came into the second leg with a 3-2 home win under their belt against fellow third-tier side Aswania Athletic, but they needed to defend against the away goals that they conceded, hopefully with a draw or a win in this second leg. However, it was the hosts Aswania that prevailed, with Seaton doing their best to ride out the attacking storm until the 93rd minute, where a last-minute penalty put the hosts into the final, and triggered a pitch invasion in the process. The second semi-final saw VLC on the verge of beating RGS and Royal Jam this season in one regard - knocking ut UR Town in the cup. Thanks to a 2-0 away win in the first leg, VLC could host the return leg knowing that even a one goal loss would be perfectly fine, albeit unacceptable to the expectant home fans. UR Town on the other hand had to attack to have a chance, and that they did, coming out all guns blazing in an attempt to overturn the deficit. They had the early success, as Edmund Frost opened the scoring in the first 10 minutes, but hopes were quickly dashed when the hosts equalised at the half hour through Tunde Ramos. UR Town then took the lead again through Marcos Cortos, before half-time, and then looked for a long time like they would get their third, and winning, goal. But VLC hit back on the counter-attack, against the run of play, when Legget Bethell ran clear of the UR defence to equalise the match with 10 minutes to go. He then added a second a couple of minutes later, firing in a penalty past the visibly dejected Alfredo Cadena in goal, putting VLC through to the final 5-2 on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 27

RGS Athletic 2-1 Norrion Rovers
Seaton Town 2-2 Olympia FC
FC Tavernia 2-3 Micronopia United
Copper Communists SC 1-0 Monksville United
Tuntingone FC 1-2 VLC FC
Xilon OC 0-1 Indionion Athletic
FM Town 0-2 Walston Brook Albion
Nile Bridge 2-5 Royal Jam FC

Where have RGS found this run of form from? To think, just a few months ago, RGS were languishing in seventh and struggling for a rhythm, and now they’re on top of the table by three points, after they saw off a spirited Norrion side 2-1, whilst Olympia were pegged back by two early goals from Seaton, and could only recover the match to a 2-2 draw. Royal Jam pull back to one point off the TQCC places with a convincing 5-2 away win over Nile Bridge with the help of a von Kraus brace, but for the title it definitely looks like too little, too late for the ex-leaders. A surprise Globe Cup contender this late in the season is Walston Brook Albion, who continue a remarkable season with a 2-0 away over struggling FM Town, and move into fourth by a single point as a result. VLC also take advantage of Norrion’s loss, as they brought forward their momentum from midweek to register a comfortable 2-1 victory over Tuntingone, their clean sheet being broken by a late consolation goal. At the bottom, it looks like curtains for FC Tavernia, after they lost an important relegation clash against Micronopia United in a very close 3-2 loss, despite twice coming from behind to equalise. The other important clash at the bottom saw Xilon host Indionion, but it was the visitors that massively helped their chances with a tight 1-0 victory, although they remain in the relegation zone on goal difference. That leaves FC Tavernia nine points adrift of safety with nine to play for, and a goal difference swing of 25 to make up in three games, a task which seems all but mathematically impossible - especially as they need two teams to lose all three of their remaining games Micronopia fare a little better, as they are four points behind Xilon and Indionion, and with a GD swing of just 8 needed, they could feasibly do it. Except for the fact that they have to play Norrion, RGS and then VLC in those three matches. Both teams could be relegated next weekend - FC Tavernia if either they fail to win or Xilon or Indionion fail to lose, whilst Micronopia can get relegated if they lose and one of Xilon or Indionion win. Elsewhere, Copper Communists beat Monksville 1-0 to move into 7th.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 28

Olympia FC 3-1 RGS Athletic
Micronopia United 1-2 Norrion Rovers
Monksville United 2-0 Seaton Town
VLC FC 2-2 FC Tavernia
Indionion Athletic 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Tuntingone FC
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Xilon OC
Nile Bridge 0-1 FM Town

And it has come to this - a top of the table clash that could tie up the title all but mathematically. Second place Olympia hosted leaders RGS, with a three point gap between the two teams as well as an 11 goal difference in GD in RGS’ favour. Olympia needed to win this match, and win big, to level the odds as much as possible. And they started well, with Merry Reiter bagging the opening goal of the match with a beautiful free kick, but the match was quickly levelled by a Glen Soria strike 5 minutes later, with the match going into half-time 1-1. The second half a little more one-sided however, as Olympia somehow found another gear and pushed on, first with Luisa Halliwell restoring the lead on the hour mark, and despite renewed RGS pressure, Lynette Glenn scored the deciding goal 4 minutes from time, giving Olympia a vital 3-1 victory, tying the two teams on 56 points, and cutting the GD difference to 7. Royal Jam kept up their bid for the title, rejuvenated following the earlier result, with a commanding 2-0 victory over Xilon, which puts them just a point off the front-runners. Walston Brook in fourth look like they might make it to the Globe Cup, as they narrowly beat Tuntingone 1-0 to move to 49 points, but VLC in fifth lose ground to them as they were twice pegged back to a draw by a spirited FC Tavernia fighting for their lives, but a 2-2 draw means that FC Tavernia are relegated. Indionion now have the upper hand in their relegation fight, as they managed to salvage a crucial draw against Copper Communists, and go a point clear of relegation following Xilon’s loss, pushing the latter into danger. Micronopia faced off against 6th place Norrion, who look in danger of missing out on the Globe Cup for the first time in many years, but they couldn’t find that win they needed, succumbing to a 2-1 loss, which leaves them 5 points from safety with 6 to play for; Norrion meanwhile move up to fifth on goal difference ahead of VLC, but still two points behind Walston Brook. Elsewhere, Nile Bridge’s bright season is tailing off in a whimper, as they suffer their fourth defeat in 5 games, losing 1-0 at home to FM Town who now confirm their place in the top flight next season. Monksville move up to tenth with a 2-0 victory over Seaton Town, who will be wondering what happened to their early goal-scoring form.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 29

RGS Athletic 10-0 Micronopia United
Olympia FC 3-1 Monksville United
Norrion Rovers 1-0 VLC FC
Seaton Town 2-0 Indionion Athletic
FC Tavernia 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Copper Communists SC 1-4 Royal Jam FC
Tuntingone FC 4-4 Nile Bridge
Xilon OC 1-2 FM Town

In a title race where it looks like goal difference might be the deciding factor, RGS decide that enough is enough and unleash the flood against poor Micronopia United, the minnows needing to win this match to stay in the relegation battle. Tia Drenas almost broke her own hat-trick record that she set earlier in the season in the second New Lodger City derby, opening the scoring in the 20th minute and then scoring her third goal in the 27th minute, and there was no looking back for the leaders after that. It was 6-0 by half time, with Alameda Ybarra bagging a brace and Drenas getting her fourth goal, and the second half was more of the same, Drenas kicking it off with her fifth goal of the game, before Man Jin Kang, Glen Soria and Osbaldo Bevan each grabbed a goal of their own. With that result, Micronopia United are relegated back to the Second Division. With both matches at the same time, Olympia fans had somewhat little to cheer about in their match against Monksville, as the constant updates of RGS goals dampened any spirit that Olympia’s process of beating Monksville 3-1 may have been raising. Third place Royal Jam kept themselves in the hunt as well, as they beat Copper Communists in a very convincing manner, and with some help to their goal differential with a 4-1 win.

In the battle for the second Globe Cup spot, Walston Brook still lead the way after they narrowly beat already relegated FC Tavernia 1-0, who were now just playing for pride more than anything else. 5th vs 6th clashed in a match that remove one from the Globe Cup race going into the final match, but it was Norrion that came out on top to remain two points behind Walston Brook, a 1-0 home victory leaving VLC needing a victory in the KCC final in order to play international football next season. At the bottom, Micronopia’s relegation leaves just Indionion and Xilon fighting for survival, with a point between them going into the weekend. Xilon played first, needing a result to avoid getting relegated this weekend, but FM Town proved too much for the hosts, with a late consolation possibly helping their goal difference as they lost 2-1. However, Indionion, knowing that a victory would guarantee safety, could not capitalise on that result, and were outplayed in every department by Seaton Town who comfortably won 2-0. Elsewhere, Tuntingone played each other in an epic 8 goal encounter, which finished honours even at 4-4, despite both sides taking the lead twice in the game and braces from Blas Farran for Nile Bridge and Carol Collet for Tuntingone.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           29   18   5   6    85   34  +51    59 Champions/TQCC/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             29   18   5   6    64   28  +36    59 TQCC
 3 Royal Jam FC           29   16  10   3    46   20  +26    58 GC
 4 Walston Brook Albion   29   14  10   5    26   13  +13    52 GC
 5 Norrion Rovers         29   15   5   9    37   23  +14    50
 6 VLC FC                 29   14   5  10    35   30   +5    47
 7 Copper Communists SC   29   11  11   7    41   39   +2    44
 8 Nile Bridge            29   13   4  12    48   58  −10    43
 9 Seaton Town            29   11   6  12    51   34  +17    39
10 Tuntingone FC          29    9  11   9    45   46   −1    38
11 Monksville United      29   10   7  12    32   35   −3    37
12 FM Town                29   11   4  14    45   60  −15    37
13 Indionion Athletic     29    7   3  19    25   52  −27    24
14 Xilon OC               29    5   8  16    16   39  −23    23 Relegated
15 Micronopia United      29    5   4  20    38   77  −39    19 Relegated
16 FC Tavernia            29    3   6  20    27   73  −46    15 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Pontifucia United      29   16  10   3    68   28  +40    58 Champions/Promoted/SBCC
 2 Yillog City            29   17   5   7    40   23  +17    56 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Half Boy FC            29   16   7   6    47   29  +18    55 Promoted /SBCC
 4 Seniors FC             29   15   9   5    40   16  +24    54
 5 Polkation FC           29   15   7   7    33   17  +16    52
 6 Toclofania FC          29   13   7   9    35   21  +14    46
 7 Revisionists           29   10   9  10    22   20   +2    39
 8 YLW FC                 29   11   6  12    46   53   −7    39
 9 Macaronia FC           29    9  10  10    32   34   −2    37
10 Lodgertia United       29   10   4  15    42   49   −7    34
11 Oldbridge FC           29   10   4  15    24   32   −8    34
12 Forest Rangers         29    9   7  13    26   36  −10    34
13 Benopia AC             29    7  10  12    29   39  −10    31
14 Jam Mountain Island    29    7   8  14    22   40  −18    29 Relegated (C)
15 Honsadin FC            29    6   6  17    19   43  −24    24 Relegated (C)
16 SLW FC                 29    3   7  19    27   72  −45    16 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:48 am

ICELFA Season 32: Part 5

ICEL Premier League - Final Matchday

Title Deciders
Monksville United v RGS Athletic
Indionion Athletic v Olympia FC
Royal Jam FC v Seaton Town

League leaders RGS go into this final matchday level on points with Olympia and a point ahead of Royal Jam, but with a much, much superior goal difference compared to the others (15 ahead of Olympia and 25 ahead of Royal Jam), so barring an extreme result in Walston Brook, RGS will wrap up the title today with a win away to 11th place Monksville, who have little to fight for except table places and prize money. Should they fail to win, that opens the door for the other two teams to take over - Olympia in second travel to Walston Brook to play Indionion, currently in 13th, in a match that affects both ends of the table. The visitors will need to win this and, realistically, hope that RGS fail to if they want to win the title. Royal Jam in third have a tricky home tie against 9th place Seaton Town, and being a point behind the other two means that they need both RGS and Olympia to fail to win, needing a win themselves. The added spice in this battle is that whoever finishes the day in third will miss out on Champions’ Cup football, falling into the Globe Cup instead.

Other UICA places
Walston Brook Albion v Norrion Rovers

4th versus 5th in this crucial match to decide the second league Globe Cup spot, with the first going to the loser of the title race. Hosts Albion currently hold the advantage in the race, with the league’s best defensive outfit (having conceded just 13 goals in 29 games) two points ahead of Norrion, who look close to missing out on international club football for the first time in many years. This is straight winner-takes-all match, with Albion keeping fourth in a draw.

Relegation Dogfight
Xilon OC v Tuntingone FC
Indionion Athletic v Olympia FC

It’s a tight race at the bottom, as Indionion look to survive for a second consecutive season whilst Xilon are trying not be sent straight back down to the Second Division. Indionion hold the advantage of a single point, but they have the worse goal difference, which may become crucial in the event of tie. To that end, they must beat Olympia (or otherwise match Xilon’s result), which is a tough ask, even at home, given that the visitors will be gunning for the title themselves. Xilon meanwhile will be hosting tenth place Tuntingone, who have little to play for except pride and maybe another place in the final table, and will need to get more points than their rivals to survive - all-in-all, this is really a win-and-hope situation for the (soon to be former) Second Division champions.

Other matches
Nile Bridge v FC Tavernia
FM Town v Copper Communists SC
VLC FC v Micronopia United

It’s been a decent season for Nile Bridge, although they tailed away somewhat disappointingly towards the end with just 7 points in their last 8. Still, 8th is a respectable finish for a team that were outside challengers for a Globe Cup spot despite early predictions. They could still push for 7th if they win and results go their way. They face an FC Tavernia who know that they will be rooted to the bottom of the table no matter what, in what has been a disappointing yet unsurprising season - given how recently they were in the third tier, it was always going to be an uphill struggle to survive in the top flight. Nonetheless, this experience may help them return and do better in the future. FM Town are safe in 12th (and by some margin) after their early season scare of 6 games with a single point, getting seven wins in the second half of the season to haul themselves clear. They host a Copper Communists side who have quietly slipped their way upwards into seventh, never really challenging for anything but being solid and consistent all season. They could still move up to 6th with a win and a VLC loss, but do need to be wary of Nile Bridge a point behind. 6th place VLC will be hosting 15th place Micronopia with one eye on the upcoming KCC final against Aswania Athletic, with international competition on the line alongside the trophy itself. Although unlikely, a win and big goal difference swing could see them move up to 5th, but it looks more likely they’ll play it slow and safe to stay where they are. Micronopia meanwhile will be stuck in 15th, but can take a little solace in the fact that they did not finish last, despite spending a large part of the season stuck there - 10 points in their last 8 games was enough to overhaul FC Tavernia.

Vidiprinter

First Half:

0:00’: All 8 matches kick-off, and tensions are running high in many places.
2’: First blood of the day goes to VLC, as Arne Jonsson grabs the opener in this pointless match with a great near post diving header. VLC stay where they are.
4’: Royal Jam so close to taking the lead with von Kraus firing over from nine yards, but it was a snap chance. Cagey starts in the other two title matches.
6’: Big goal in the relegation battle, as Umair Hussain puts Tuntingone ahead against Xilon with an decent individual run and finish. Xilon relegated as it stands.
7’: FC Tavernia push themselves into the lead against Nile Bridge through Matilde Ballantyne’s headed effort, and at the same time, RGS have just had a pretty strong penalty appeal waved away as Silvana Overmars blocked a cross with her hand.
9’: Marlon Rowlinson is having a great season up front, as he puts Olympia ahead against Indionion with a deft flick past Indionion keeper Gustafsson. RGS will need to get a hurry on if they want to keep the title.
10’: Niexai Lane is sounding pretty quiet at the moment, with news of Olympia’s goal reaching the fearful Royal Jam fans here, but with the TQCC also on the line, they need to get a move-on here.
12’: Copper Communists open the scoring in Gamerville, as Semaj Childs puts them up 1-0 against FM Town with a deflected shot. Meanwhile, Norrion are pressing hard against Walston Brook, but to no avail as the host’s defence looks rock solid, led and marshalled well by Dominique Lamy, and Seaton are beginning to take control of that important match in Jam Town.
14’: VLC look extremely comfortable in Vorgan Park, and don’t look like they will lose this match, especially now that Palba Taggart has doubled the host’s lead. 2-0 up and cruising. Elsewhere, RGS are still pressing hard, and it may only be a matter of time before the Monksville back line cracks, and James Csaride was inches away from putting Seaton ahead after his stinging shot was pushed onto the post by Cindy Collingwood, and with the rebound falling back kindly into the Royal Jam keeper’s arms.
16’: Look away, fans of RGS and Royal Jam, Olympia are now 2-0 up. A very, very bad mistake from Barnabás Haines sees him miscontrol a pass, kicking the ball straight into the path of Merry Reiter, with the Nepharan international making no mistake as she beats Gustafsson one-on-one.
17’: RGS have the ball in the net, but Ante Ivanec looks distraught as the ref disallows the goal after some pulling of shirts in the box as the corner came in. There was some, but did that really merit a foul? We see that sort of play go unpunished every single week, but that’s subjective rules for you.
19’: Top notch triple save in Bridgetown from Tavernia keeper Abdullah Iqbal, first making himself big in a one-on-one against Blas Farran, before getting up to block Malak’s rebound header and then scrambling to block Carisa Bazin’s attempted toepoke, holding the save and taking a well-deserved breather. The hosts will be disappointed not tohave scored there.
22’: And that might just be that for Royal Jam as it stands. It’s been coming for a while now, but Seaton take the lead will a well struck free kick from Bartolo Slade just beating Collingwood to the top corner, and that leaves Royal Jam stuck in third, and four points off the title. Seaton move up to ninth as well.
24’: RGS, in their bid to attack, almost lose the title themselves as Monksville hit them on the break, but the final ball from Avril Durand whizzed across the face of the goal, and just beyond the boot of Charmine Eliassen.
25’: Nile Bridge are still peppering the FC Tavernia net, and it pays off as Malak gets enough room on the ball in the box to swivel around and fire low past Iqbal, tying up the match in the process at 1-1.
26’: Whilst one match in Walston Brook is sending all the (visiting) fans jittery, the other is sending a lot of people to sleep - Albion doing what they do best and defending like mad, closing down every Norrion on the ball and nearby. The visitors are barely getting time to create a chance, but they’ve just had their closest yet, as a Markus Lazarev-Horak free kick pinged off the crossbar.
28’: Tia Drenas comes close to putting the champions off the mark, but that was all could be said about her off the mark shot - although it did have Casimiro Penn in the Monksville net scrambling all the way as it sailed just wide of the post. Monksville doing their bit defensively to deny to RGS another title.
29’: Xilon come close to an equaliser with their best chance of the game, and Meluna will be disappointed that she could not convert a golden chance off a pullback six yards from goal. As it stands, all they need is a goal to survive.
31’: James Chen isn’t getting bullied off the ball like that. The Llamalandian international shoves off five challenges as he goes on a powerful run into the box, but he runs himself into a corner and his eventual shot is too acute to cause Fransson too much trouble. But this game is finally showing some signs of life, with Norrion getting to grips with the choking style of the Albion’s play.
32’: FM Town haven’t really started playing yet, but the wildly inconsistent team nearly got a surprise goal from nowhere as a long clearance from the middle of their own half by Makayla Moore has Colby Childs, the Copper Communists, backpedalling rapidly to make sure the ball clears the ball, getting the fingertips up high to push it over.
34’: Just when Olympia are getting comfortable with a 2-0 lead, Indionion send them a stark reminder that they too have something to fight for - Kenyon Lacroix leading the attack and nearly grabbing a goal back for the hosts with a 20 yard piledriver that More Nassar could only parry away, Lucas Bacon clearing it from danger. There might be a twist here yet.
35’: VLC nearly make it three against Micronopia in spectacular style, but Ákos Lindberg will be thanking the heavens that Arne Jonsson’s overhead acrobatics could only find the post, leaving a very flat-footed but relieved goalie.
37’: A momentous goal in the title race! Monksville, despite their best efforts, could not hold out against the immense pressure RGS were putting on them, and in the end they cracked with Daniel Keeble the beneficiary - an insane 25 yard volley following a badly-cleared corner finally split the two teams. RGS move up to the top of the table on goal difference.
39’: News has filtered through to the Marshbrook Stadium, and Olympia fans have been silenced. Not unlike last weekend, where RGS woke up to reality and smashed ten goals past their opposition. Olympia will need to get a move on and score another 14 goals without reply if they want to win the title on their own terms.
40’: Royal Jam, currently guaranteed to play Globe Cup football next season regardless of their result, nearly pull level here, but Lilly Nawaz just couldn’t jump high enough to meet Von Kraus’ cross, heading the ball onto the top of the crossbar and over.
42’: Indionion come close to scoring again, and again it’s that youngster Lacroix at the heart of the move, playing his way off others into space, and threading the final ball through to Blanchefleur Davey, who managed to take the ball around the keeper only to see her shot cleared off the line by Juan Lumo. Olympia living dangerously here.
44’: Copper Communists may just have wrapped up their match in Gamerville, going 2-0 up in really very scrappy circumstances, as FM Town keeper Maryam Sadia claimed a corner and then spilt it into the crowd, with the ball pinballing its way around the box before Fatima Iqbal knocked it home.
45’+: Monksville have grown back into this game against the leaders, and they nearly level the tie with Patience Chrysantholopoulos firing against the post from the edge of the box. FC Tavernia come close to retaking the lead, as Desmond Aklani found himself unmarked in the box, but could only fire his header straight at Nile Bridge goalie Tate Rogers.

Half-time Scores:

Monksville United 0-1 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 2-0 Micronopia United
Indionion Athletic 0-2 Olympia FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Norrion Rovers
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Seaton Town
Nile Bridge 1-1 FC Tavernia
FM Town 0-2 Copper Communists SC
Xilon OC 0-1 Tuntingone FC

It’s all turning up roses for RGS, as they overcome a difficult first half to return to the top of the table, but they will need to wary of Monksville in the second half, with the hosts looking like they might be able to score here. Olympia stay in second, and probably deserve their 2 goal lead, but again Indionion improved towards the end of the half, and might hit back. Royal in third look rather down and out, and as it stands, even a comeback victory will do nothing for them. Albion are doing well to hold off Norrion in the race for fourth, but Norrion have been by far the better side going forward, and the hosts will need to improve that after the break. At the bottom, Indionion’s misfortune in having an Olympia side gunning for the title has been negated thus far by Xilon’s own struggles, with the point gap at the start of the day remaining the same. One goal is all Xilon need at the moment however.

Second Half:

45:00’: And so, the last 45 minutes of league football this season for these sides. Just 45 minutes separate RGS from yet another title, and one they probably didn’t deserve to be honest.
47’: More of the same from Norrion so far, basically camped inside the Albion half, but it is the underdogs that made the first statement, as Ryan Hardy chased after a long ball that had cleared the Norrion defence, with Gavin Mintson rushing out to meet him. Hardy got there first, and tried to touch the ball around the keeper, only to hit it just too far, enough for Melanie Beech to recover and get there marginally first, drawing the foul.
48’: VLC have started the second half in the same manner they had in the first 45; nearly complete control of the game. They nearly extended their lead, with Halima Iqbal nearly popping in a rare goal with a decent attempted chip from the corner of the box. Lindberg was aware to the danger however, and pushed it over without much trouble.
50’: FC Tavernia are determined not to finish on a bad note, and they keep pouring forward in search of a goal, despite there not being anything to play for league wise. They nearly score their second when Quentin Clegg broke free of his marker to get on the end of Alana Sader’s free kick cross, only to send the ball crashing straight into Rogers’ face.
52’: RGS have looked like a different side this second half, and have changed tack to shutting down the Monksville counter-attacks, playing a much calmer, more methodical game to keep their own defence shored up. It paid off, as an early cross in from Alameda Ybarra is perfectly placed for Tia Drenas to connect with, heading the ball past Penn with aplomb. RGS 2-0 up, and they might just have wrapped up the title.
54’: It’s almost like they’re saying “What the hell, let’s go for it!!!” Olympia pour forward in numbers to storm the Indionion defence and smash as many goals in as possible, and they immediately get their first of (hopefully) many through Luisa Halliwell’s collected one-touch layoff finish.
56’: VLC are still going for more goals, and Micronopia look more and more like they’re playing for damage control - a great one-two sees Jonsson play a chipped through ball to Lawther, who managed to get into the box despite pressure and curve the ball around the keeper. Unfortunately, not enough to curve inside the post, with the ball pinging off the outside foot of the post.
58’: Still honours even at Brook Stadium, with Albion still defending valiantly and quite skilfully, and Norrion still attacking with almost reckless abandon (‘almost’ the key word there). Safadão, who has been quite quiet for most of the game thus far, exploded into some semblance of life with a surging run forwards before playing through Ciorstaidh Platform on the edge of the box, but she could only fire the ball into the side netting.
59’: It was good while it lasted. FC Tavernia have been more or less camped inside the Nile Bridge half, and mostly dominating the game, barring scoring a goal. But it was the hosts that found the third goal of match, much against the run of play with Blas Farran running onto the end of a long clearance by Isidora Kaur, heading the ball past the last defender before sliding it beneath the Tavernia keeper. 2-1 to Nile Bridge.
61’: There might still be an upset on the cards in New Lodger City, as Micronopia capitalise on their early domination of the second half to pull a goal back against the cup finalists; Zsuska was found in acres of space in the left wing, and it was a simple task for him to run past the scrambling VLC defence, firing the ball into the top corner to make it 2-1.
64’: He might just have done it. 20 year old Montes Javid, with just his second touch off the bench, may just have sent Norrion Rovers through to the Globe Cup; a winding run from Lazarev-Horak into the wing, a low cross into the box, Javid gets to the ball ahead of Weller, tricks her with the stop and turn, before firing it home with a deflection from the onrushing Lamy. All their hard defensive work undone by one moment of magic and bad luck. Norrion 1-0, and they move into fourth.
65’: Tuntingone may just have nailed Xilon’s coffin with a second goal, with Umair Hussain finding half a yard from his marker to head home a drilled cross. They’ve never looked like getting going in this match, but there was still hope at 1-0, but now they need 2 goals, something which Xilon just don’t seem able to do, and they may well be down.
67’: Royal Jam are getting desperate now, needing to win just to stand any chance of a TQCC place, but Seaton are playing them at their own game and are resolutely defending. Cerise Humphrey comes close to scoring with a 20 yard screamer that bounces back off the crossbar, and Nawaz’s follow-up header would have gone in, had it been directed anywhere that wasn’t the keeper.
68’: Marlon Rowlinson grabs his second goal of the day, and it’s all turning out peachy for Olympia, if you ignore the fact that they’re being pipped to the title. It was a cacophony of errors from the Indionion defence, as Olympia swept right through it with a series of neat little passes, culminating with Rowlinson calmly finishing a pullback. 4-0 Olympia, and Indionion can count themselves lucky that Xilon are looking equally hopeless.
70’: They may be down, but Albion are still giving this one hell of a try. A change of tack from the hosts, and they immediately pour forward in search of the equaliser, catching the idling Norrion defence off-guard. Kieran Coulon will be kicking himself though, having been played through the back line into a goal-scoring position, but he just couldn’t sort out his feet, and his tame shot was easily held by Mintson.
71’: Micronopia denied an equaliser at Vorgan Park, as Beveridge was wrongly deemed to be in an offside position as she pounced on the rebound from Delphia Ebrahim’s parried shot. And to add injury to insult, VLC immediately go up the other end and score, a simple long ball flicked on by Tulio Lawther clears the defence, with Waleed Saqib the beneficiary as he fires home from 10 yards. 3-1 to VLC.
73’: Nile Bridge are living dangerously at the moment - they’re going for more goals to get a safe lead, but leaving massive gaps in their defence at the same time. And Tavernia are making use of the counter-attack - Desmond Aklani managed to find his way through on goal, but could only watch as his shot was tipped over the bar by Rogers. Clegg then came agonisingly close from the corner, as his header clipped the wrong side of the post.
75’: And that should seal it for the champions. A stunning 24 yard free kick from Man Jin Kang makes it 3-0 to RGS, which should really be enough to guarantee their crowning as champions yet again.
76’: Xilon’s season has largely consisted of ‘almosts’ and ‘nearlys’, and it happens again here, as Veronica Bowes sees her penalty hit both posts before being held by Quadrelli who had dived the wrong initially. Not good for their hopes of survival.
78’: Walston Brook are still pushing, Norrion are still gifting them chances, and this match isn’t over yet. Ryan Hardy found himself in plenty of space in the box, but could only direct his header wide of the goal, with Bacho having his fizzing shot saved moments beforehand.
79’: Seaton are facing a huge barrage from Royal Jam, with shots and chances from all directions peppering the Seaton net. Malenna von Kraus comes the closest of them so far, beating the keeper from the edge of the box but not post, with Nawaz’s follow up being charged down by the Seaton defence. Still 1-0 to the visitors.
80’: Indionion fluff one of their few chances in this match, with Oswaldo Gardiner failing to convert from the edge of the 6-yard box following a corner, his snap shot flying high and wide of the goal.
81’: The match in Gamerville has more or less been dead for a while, with Copper Communists 2-0 up and cruising. FM Town just haven’t gotten into this game at all, but they nearly came up with a surprise equaliser when Saabir Hubert-Fulton found himself unmarked on the wing, picking up the through ball and then bearing down on goal, only to see his shot deflected onto the post by the covering defender.
82’: Another goal scored in Vorgan Park, but it’s the hosts VLC that seal the victory through Arne Jonsson’s second of the game, converted from the spot after he was brought down in the box, during a corner, by Abel Sinclair. 4-1 to VLC FC
83’: Walston Brook are still hammering the Norrion net, and the visitors are hanging on, clueless as to how to defend - any attacks they try are easily repelled, and that is their main form of defence. Desiderio Needham could easily have converted any of the 3 chances he’d been presented with in the last minute; first, a slick passing move saw his 8 yard shot pushed onto the post, and then heading the following corner onto the man at the far post. Ball was cleared, and his second header crept wide of the post.
85’: It looks like Tavernia won’t be finishing their Premier League season on a high, as Nile Bridge now go 3-1 up despite the visitor’s best efforts - a Tavernia corner was cleared out to the wing, where Carisa Bazin got to it ahead of the covering Nadine Higgins. A one-two with Blas Farran put Carisa clear, and she slid the ball beneath the onrushing Iqbal to seemingly seal the match.
86’: Norrion get a rare chance in their match against Albion, with Montes Javid’s curling shot from the edge of the box on a counter-attack narrowly skimming the bar as it went over. Norrion still holding the 1-0 lead.
88’: Over in Jam Town, Royal Jam are starting to lose steam, and Seaton are looking more and more dangerous in the dying embers of this game. Victoria Kazemi is beginning to run rings around the tired Royal Jam defence, and it nearly paid off as she broke through into the box unchallenged, but couldn’t beat Collingwood from the tight angle she was at.
90+1’: There’s a party atmosphere in Monksville, as the small travelling contingent of RGS fans are making a deafening noise, celebrating yet another title in this seemingly unending run. Over at Walston Brook, even leading 4-0 Olympia fans are quiet and rather despondent, and Rowlinson’s third goal of the game, a simple headed effort, does little to lift the noise inside the ground.

Final scores:

Monksville United 0-3 RGS Athletic - RGS Athletic are crowned champions.
VLC FC 4-1 Micronopia United
Indionion Athletic 0-5 Olympia FC - Olympia FC secure TQCC football in 2nd. Indionion survive in 13th.
Walston Brook Albion 0-1 Norrion Rovers - Norrion Rovers secure Globe Cup football in 4th.
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Seaton Town - Royal Jam FC will play Globe Cup football in 3rd.
Nile Bridge 3-1 FC Tavernia
FM Town 0-2 Copper Communists SC
Xilon OC 0-2 Tuntingone FC - Xilon OC are relegated in 14th.

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  19   5   6  88  34  +54  62 Champions/TQCC/CdC
  2 Olympia FC                30  19   5   6  69  28  +41  62 TQCC
  3 Royal Jam FC              30  16  10   4  46  21  +25  58 Globe Cup
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  16   5   9  38  23  +15  53 Globe Cup
  5 Walston Brook Albion      30  14  10   6  26  14  +12  52
  6 VLC FC                    30  15   5  10  39  31   +8  50
  7 Copper Communists SC      30  12  11   7  43  39   +4  47
  8 Nile Bridge               30  14   4  12  51  59   -8  46
  9 Seaton Town               30  12   6  12  52  34  +18  42
 10 Tuntingone FC             30  10  11   9  47  46   +1  41
 11 Monksville United         30  10   7  13  32  38   -6  37
 12 FM Town                   30  11   4  15  45  62  -17  37
 13 Indionion Athletic        30   7   3  20  25  57  -32  24
 14 Xilon OC                  30   5   8  17  16  41  -25  23 Relegated
 15 Micronopia United         30   5   4  21  39  81  -42  19 Relegated
 16 FC Tavernia               30   3   6  21  28  76  -48  15 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Matchday 30

Revisionists 2-1 Benopia AC
Macaronia FC 0-1 Oldbridge FC
Honsadin FC 1-4 Half Boy FC
SLW FC 1-3 Lodgertia United
Seniors FC 1-0 Forest Rangers
Toclofania FC 0-0 Yillog City
Pontifucia United 2-5 YLW FC
Jam Mountain Island 0-1 Polkation FC

In one of the tightest final tables in any football league in the country, Pontifucia United win the title despite losing on the final day, having sealed promotion beforehand, as Yillog City could only grab a draw against 6th place Toclofania, a result which sees the team that started the day in second shockingly fall out of the top three, after wins by both Half Boy and Seniors hoisted them into the promotion spots. Polkation FC find themselves in fifth, and frustratingly somehow only three points off the title themselves. Pontifucia and Seniors both make immediate returns to the top flight, with the third relegated Toclofania only managing 6th, but a whole ten points off third place. Half Boy’s return marks the end of a 5 year run without top flight football for the Halveboi club, but competition is fiercer than ever at the bottom.

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pontifucia United        30  16 10   4  70  33  +37  58 Champions/Promoted/SBCC
  2 Half Boy FC              30  17  7   6  51  30  +21  58 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Seniors FC               30  16  9   5  41  16  +25  57 Promoted/SBCC
  4 Yillog City              30  17  6   7  40  23  +17  57
  5 Polkation FC             30  16  7   7  34  17  +17  55
  6 Toclofania FC            30  13  8   9  35  21  +14  47
  7 Revisionists             30  11  9  10  24  21   +3  42
  8 YLW FC                   30  12  6  12  51  55   -4  42
  9 Macaronia FC             30   9 10  11  32  35   -3  37
 10 Lodgertia United         30  11  4  15  45  50   -5  37
 11 Oldbridge FC             30  11  4  15  25  32   -7  37
 12 Forest Rangers           30   9  7  14  26  37  -11  34
 13 Benopia AC               30   7 10  13  30  41  -11  31
 14 Jam Mountain Island      30   7  8  15  22  41  -19  29 Relegated (C)
 15 Honsadin FC              30   6  6  18  20  47  -27  24 Relegated (C)
 16 SLW FC                   30   3  7  20  28  75  -47  16 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:11 pm

ICELFA Season 32: Part 6

King’s Commonwealth Final
@ Lodger City Memorial Stadium

VLC FC 1-0 Aswania Athletic
Waleed Saqib (54’)

It wasn’t the final that many expected, even at the quarter-final stage. Aswania Athletic had a really comfortable route to the final, with the first time they played a team not in a lower division being the quarter-final against Premier League outfit Tuntingone FC, followed by a semi-final victory over third-tier side Seaton Athletic - however, that they comfortably disposed of Tuntingone in the quarter-finals suggests that they aren’t a team to be trifled with. Their opponents will more or less be playing at home, as VLC FC are residents in the same city and indeed called this place home whilst Vorgan Park was being built - their route to the final was a little more fraught than Aswania’s, having to see off former cup champions Empire End FC in the third round, Premier League outfit Monksville United in the quarter-finals (needing extra time to boot) and giant-killers UR Town in the semi-finals. In the league, VLC finished 6th in the Premier League, having lost their position in the UICA places earlier on in the season, whilst Aswania had a decent season in the Commonwealth First Division, where they also finished 6th.

Both teams were thankfully injury and suspension free, and thus fielded their best possible line-ups, with Aswania seemingly built to defend and hit on the counter, and VLC playing their standard counter-attacking style. It was a tight and timid start, as neither side really wanted to attack from the get-go, and as many pundits expected, it wasn’t going to be a match to set the world alight. It took 21 minutes before the first clear cut chance came up, as a VLC corner was met cleanly by Arne Jonsson, only for the ball to go narrowly over the bar. The game did open up after that, with VLC starting to dominate - Jonsson twice came close before half time, first with a hopeful long shot that had Keaton Gorman stretching to parry it wide, before a pullback shot was deflected just wide of the post. Aswania had a golden chance of their own on the counter, with Zaid Delattre threading the ball through to Roslyn Cavazos in a one-on-one, but she couldn’t get the ball past the onrushing VLC goalie. But in the end, neither side could convert their chances, and the game went into half-time at 0-0.

The second half started in a slightly different tone, with Aswania coming out on the front foot to try and take the game to their opponents, and it nearly paid off too, as star striker Delattre forced a tremendous save from Veronica Puppy from 12 yards, and from the resulting corner had his header cleared on the line. But the first blood of the match was drawn by the favourites - a free kick on the edge of the D was prime striking territory for Waleed Saqib, and he duly obliged with a stunning free kick that hit the so-called ‘postage stamp’ of the goal, with Gorman unable to get anywhere near the ball. 1-0 to the favourites, and given the nature of the match so far, it looked unlikely that there would be many more goals. But credit to Aswania, they didn’t give up, and they kept pushing for that equaliser - winger Anya Fathy almost immediately equalised as she got onto the end of a long ball forward, only for Puppy to comfortably save her low half-volley. Delattre spurned another golden opportunity after the hour mark, pouncing on an under hit backpass from Dylan Bell Jnr, only for Puppy to come out top in the one-on-one. However, attacking like that did leave gaps at the back, and Tulio Lawther nearly benefitted on the counter-attack, getting on the end of a long ball forward but only managing to pull his shot wide past the onrushing Gorman. But in the end, VLC’s rearguard action proved too much for the minnows, and the match finished 1-0, giving VLC their first cup win in 25 seasons of football and in 5 final appearances, and moving them up to second in the all-time rankings on total final appearances.

Full League Results

ICEL Premier League Standings


    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  19   5   6  88  34  +54  62 Champions/TQCC/CdC/ICCS
  2 Olympia FC                30  19   5   6  69  28  +41  62 TQCC
  3 Royal Jam FC              30  16  10   4  46  21  +25  58 Globe Cup/ICCS
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  16   5   9  38  23  +15  53 Globe Cup
  5 Walston Brook Albion      30  14  10   6  26  14  +12  52
  6 VLC FC                    30  15   5  10  39  31   +8  50 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup/ICCS
  7 Copper Communists SC      30  12  11   7  43  39   +4  47 ICCS
  8 Nile Bridge               30  14   4  12  51  59   -8  46
  9 Seaton Town               30  12   6  12  52  34  +18  42
 10 Tuntingone FC             30  10  11   9  47  46   +1  41
 11 Monksville United         30  10   7  13  32  38   -6  37
 12 FM Town                   30  11   4  15  45  62  -17  37 ICCS
 13 Indionion Athletic        30   7   3  20  25  57  -32  24
 14 Xilon OC                  30   5   8  17  16  41  -25  23 Relegated/ICCS
 15 Micronopia United         30   5   4  21  39  81  -42  19 Relegated/ICCS
 16 FC Tavernia               30   3   6  21  28  76  -48  15 Relegated/ICCS


ICEL Second Division Standings


    Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pontifucia United        30  16 10   4  70  33  +37  58 Champions/Promoted/SBCC/ICCS
  2 Half Boy FC              30  17  7   6  51  30  +21  58 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Seniors FC               30  16  9   5  41  16  +25  57 Promoted/SBCC/ICCS
  4 Yillog City              30  17  6   7  40  23  +17  57
  5 Polkation FC             30  16  7   7  34  17  +17  55
  6 Toclofania FC            30  13  8   9  35  21  +14  47
  7 Revisionists             30  11  9  10  24  21   +3  42
  8 YLW FC                   30  12  6  12  51  55   -4  42
  9 Macaronia FC             30   9 10  11  32  35   -3  37
 10 Lodgertia United         30  11  4  15  45  50   -5  37
 11 Oldbridge FC             30  11  4  15  25  32   -7  37
 12 Forest Rangers           30   9  7  14  26  37  -11  34
 13 Benopia AC               30   7 10  13  30  41  -11  31 ICCS 
 14 Jam Mountain Island      30   7  8  15  22  41  -19  29 Relegated (C)
 15 Honsadin FC              30   6  6  18  20  47  -27  24 Relegated (C)
 16 SLW FC                   30   3  7  20  28  75  -47  16 Relegated (C)

Imperial Division One Standings


    Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 UR Town                30  19   7   4  77  36  +41  64 Champions
  2 NT United              30  16  10   4  64  30  +34  58 ICCS
  3 Cliffside FC           30  16   9   5  60  20  +40  57
  4 Monksville FC          30  17   5   8  39  25  +14  56
  5 Seaton Athletic        30  13  10   7  28  19   +9  49
  6 Tavernia City          30  13   8   9  41  28  +13  47
  7 Caldarin FC            30  12  11   7  45  34  +11  47
  8 East Monurtag          30  13   6  11  51  37  +14  45
  9 Coiners FC             30  12   6  12  50  40  +10  42 ICCS
 10 Port Lodgertia         30  12   6  12  30  27   +3  42
 11 SS City                30   8  12  10  22  21   +1  36
 12 Lodgertia City         30   8   7  15  37  64  -27  31
 13 Golden Acres           30   8   5  17  33  75  -42  29
 14 Liginara FC            30   5   9  16  40  64  -24  24 Relegated
 15 White Star United      30   3   8  19  18  68  -50  17 Relegated
 16 Bluin Athletic         30   2   7  21  22  69  -47  13 Relegated


Imperial Division Two Standings


    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Empire End FC               30  21  6   3  49  10  +39  69 Champions
  2 Harmonial CC                30  20  8   2  42   9  +33  68 Promoted
  3 Gilgonare FC                30  19  7   4  42  15  +27  64 Promoted
  4 Mineville FC                30  13  8   9  25  18   +7  47
  5 Silver Acres                30  14  5  11  20  18   +2  47
  6 Paddockia FC                30  13  5  12  41  32   +9  44 ICCS
  7 Mount Salt FC               30  12  6  12  26  28   -2  42
  8 Port Ricton FC              30  10  8  12  27  26   +1  38
  9 Thawmont Rovers             30  10  8  12  25  33   -8  38
 10 SEW FC                      30  10  6  14  34  41   -7  36
 11 Farond United               30  10  6  14  29  37   -8  36
 12 Pindale Rovers              30   8 10  12  24  40  -16  34
 13 Mount Salt Climbers FC      30   9  6  15  30  40  -10  33 R (ImpD3 - Lodge)
 14 Marepacopolis FC            30   7 10  13  26  32   -6  31 R (Serenelian)
 15 Bliketia FC                 30   6  4  20  15  35  -20  22 R (ImpD3 - Central)
 16 Mount Farond FC             30   3  7  20  20  61  -41  16 R (ImpD3 - Central)

Commonwealth Division One Standings


    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Jam Athletic                30  20  5   5  57  23  +34  65 Champions/Promoted
  2 Approciation FC             30  18  7   5  58  28  +30  61 Promoted/ICCS
  3 Sunburbia FC                30  19  3   8  47  22  +25  60 Promoted
  4 Twilight Heaven FC          30  15  8   7  39  21  +18  53
  5 Revisionists Athletic       30  14  8   8  38  17  +21  50
  6 Aswania Athletic            30  12  9   9  55  36  +19  45 ICCS
  7 Northern Wind Athletic      30  11 10   9  46  40   +6  43
  8 Iratuen Loft FC             30  12  7  11  41  40   +1  43
  9 Garanite FC                 30  10  9  11  35  37   -2  39
 10 Clinar Rovers               30  10  8  12  52  56   -4  38
 11 Basalata FC                 30   9 10  11  35  48  -13  37
 12 Trinardin SC                30   7 10  13  25  43  -18  31
 13 Luxoren Town                30   7  7  16  29  57  -28  28
 14 Lonbunia Athletic           30   5 10  15  31  52  -21  25 Relegated
 15 Giafando FC                 30   5  7  18  17  40  -23  22 Relegated
 16 High Lyn FC                 30   4  6  20  27  72  -45  18 Relegated


Commonwealth Division Two Standings


    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Low Lyn FC                30  22   6   2  69  19  +50  72 Champions/Promoted
  2 Cuprumville CSC           30  20   7   3  64  21  +43  67 Promoted
  3 Encarta CF                30  18  10   2  75  36  +39  64 Promoted
  4 Syrenia FC                30  15  10   5  40  21  +19  55
  5 Regio FC                  30  13   3  14  29  47  -18  42
  6 Central Tower United      30  10  10  10  25  31   -6  40
  7 Futurekind Wanderers      30   9  11  10  37  41   -4  38
  8 Likina CF                 30   8  13   9  26  22   +4  37
  9 Lamarckists               30   9  10  11  36  33   +3  37
 10 Athletic Finsentra        30   9   9  12  24  26   -2  36
 11 EastImport FC             30  10   6  14  18  30  -12  36
 12 Hilunvale FC              30   7  12  11  24  37  -13  33
 13 Chi Lake SC               30   7   7  16  18  55  -37  28 R (ComD3B - Utopian)
 14 AC Forngirn               30   5  11  14  17  32  -15  26 R (ComD3A - Scholarly)
 15 Benopia Town              30   4  10  16  25  46  -21  22 R (ComD3B - Utopian)
 16 Syrenia Pyramids          30   3   7  20  13  43  -30  16 R (ComD3B - Macaronian)

Lodge League Division One Standings


   Team                           P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Huntingville FC               28  19   4   5  67  32  +35  61 Champions/Promoted (ImpD2)
 2 Klosertun Town                28  15   6   7  37  19  +18  51
 3 West Monurtag                 28  14   7   7  39  21  +18  49
 4 Koluity City                  28  10  11   7  30  23   +7  41
 5 Quinica Town                  28  12   5  11  39  48   -9  41
 6 Cillin Valley                 28  10   6  12  33  40   -7  36
 7 Civil War Memorial FC         28   4   5  19  18  60  -42  17 Relegated (Lodge League - New)
 8 New Lodger City Athletic      28   3   6  19  16  36  -20  15 Relegated (Lodge League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Imperial Division 3.


Lodge League Division Two Standings


   Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Viruntia Town         28  19  4   5  89  26  +63  61 Champions/Promoted (ImpD3)
 2 Klosertun FC          28  18  6   4  48  20  +28  60 Promoted (ImpD3)
 3 Klinhielm Valley      28  12 10   6  26  17   +9  46
 4 Pontoon FC            28  10  7  11  36  36   +0  37
 5 Kinaltin FC           28  10  6  12  25  39  -14  36
 6 Mineville United      28   7  7  14  32  50  -18  28
 7 SC Jasenova           28   6  4  18  19  60  -41  22
 8 Leucanop United       28   5  6  17  25  52  -27  21


Lodge League Division Three Standings


   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Nuclear FC             28  17   8   3  41  12  +29  59 Champions
 2 Athletic Caldarin      28  16   6   6  58  33  +25  54
 3 Berlandar AC           28  11   6  11  29  35   -6  39
 4 Lanektz United         28   9  10   9  39  37   +2  37
 5 Kaliska Town           28   9  10   9  25  24   +1  37
 6 Pindale Athletic       28   7   6  15  30  37   -7  27
 7 Frelstom FC            28   4  14  10  11  20   -9  26
 8 Tarija Rovers          28   6   6  16  25  60  -35  24


Non-promoted teams in Lodge League D2 and D3 will form the new Lodge League.

Central League Division One Standings


   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pasturia FC             28  18   5   5  37  15  +22  59 Champions/Promoted (ImpD2)
 2 Farond FC               28  16   7   5  32  15  +17  55 Promoted (ImpD2)
 3 Jununope AC             28  11   8   9  26  19   +7  41
 4 Bronze Acres            28   9  13   6  27  22   +5  40
 5 Losing The Game FC      28  11   7  10  27  29   -2  40
 6 Fracitz AC              28  11   5  12  26  28   -2  38
 7 Leintalp FC             28   3  13  12  25  41  -16  22 Relegated (Central League - New)
 8 Trurinar FC             28   1   6  21  12  43  -31   9 Relegated (Central League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Imperial Division 3.


Central League Division Two Standings


   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Plozica FC             28  16  6   6  57  30  +27  54 Champions/Promoted (ImpD3)
 2 FC Carfionn            28  14  7   7  37  30   +7  49 Promoted (ImpD3)
 3 Methuhen Town          28  15  3  10  65  39  +26  48
 4 Paddockia City         28  12  7   9  33  26   +7  43
 5 Royal Tavernia         28  11  7  10  28  27   +1  40
 6 United United          28  10  4  14  32  41   -9  34
 7 Tavernia Athletic      28   7  8  13  39  48   -9  29
 8 Dwoonbeck FC           28   4  4  20  15  65  -50  16


Central League Division Three Standings


   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Lampe FC                28  16  8   4  33  20  +13  56 Champions
 2 Pasturia Rovers         28  16  7   5  68  21  +47  55
 3 AC Agpuran              28  13  8   7  44  28  +16  47
 4 Bliketia AC             28  13  7   8  38  28  +10  46
 5 SC Krorgon              28   7  8  13  23  33  -10  29
 6 Xiyes Town              28   7  8  13  22  42  -20  29
 7 Vauchants Athletic      28   5  8  15  22  52  -30  23
 8 Courtiers SC            28   5  6  17  18  44  -26  21


Remaining teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will enter the new Central League.

Serenelian League Division One Standings


   Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Innocence FC                28  15   8   5  41  22  +19  53 Champions/Promoted (ImpD2)
 2 Newt Cape Wanderers         28  13  12   3  48  22  +26  51
 3 Steel Valley Explorers      28  15   6   7  48  36  +12  51
 4 Bundlehead United           28  12   8   8  36  27   +9  44
 5 Life's Implosion            28   8   8  12  37  41   -4  32
 6 Ghoul Bay FC                28   7   8  13  29  41  -12  29
 7 AC Gicoldor                 28   7   5  16  17  35  -18  26
 8 Newt Cape Athletic          28   6   3  19  20  52  -32  21


Serenelian League Division Two Standings


   Team                          P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Eastpass Dockers             28  17   5   6  43  24  +19  56 Champions
 2 Westpass FC                  28  15   7   6  56  31  +25  52
 3 New Minesville Athletic      28  12   7   9  45  38   +7  43
 4 Flencle Rovers               28  11   8   9  31  18  +13  41
 5 New Minesville SC            28   6  13   9  18  27   -9  31
 6 Mainpass FC                  28   7   9  12  24  29   -5  30
 7 Portopolis SC                28   8   5  15  32  54  -22  29
 8 Westpass Port SC             28   6   6  16  30  58  -28  24


All remaining teams in Divisions 1 and 2 will enter the new Serenelian League.

Macaronian League Division One Standings


   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Freyin SC              28  17   6   5  39  12  +27  57 Champions/Promoted (ComD2)
 2 Eliphi FC              28  12  12   4  28  20   +8  48
 3 Carneleon Town         28  12  11   5  35  22  +13  47
 4 Nanomia Town           28  11   6  11  42  42   +0  39
 5 Triscellian            28   8  13   7  40  34   +6  37
 6 Macaronia City         28   9   6  13  23  29   -6  33
 7 Marekandria City       28   5   7  16  23  46  -23  22 Relegated (Macaronian League - New)
 8 Newgrate River FC      28   2  11  15  18  43  -25  17 Relegated (Macaronian League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Commonwealth Division 3B.


Macaronian League Division Two Standings


   Team                  P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Grateville DFC       28  20  4   4  71  29  +42  64 Champions/Promoted (ComD3B)
 2 Aithusa              28  16  5   7  57  27  +30  53 Promoted (ComD3B)
 3 Malenaba AC          28  15  6   7  37  24  +13  51
 4 Sport Barujana       28  13  3  12  43  45   -2  42
 5 Milisar FC           28   9  7  12  21  34  -13  34
 6 Royal Macaronia      28   8  8  12  29  42  -13  32
 7 FC Pestrica          28   3 10  15  15  39  -24  19
 8 Fando Gate           28   5  3  20  18  51  -33  18


Macaronian League Division Three Standings


   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Diraelas SC           28  20   5   3  56  24  +32  65 Champions
 2 Luxorex Athletic      28  10  12   6  36  23  +13  42
 3 Grenerg United        28  12   4  12  25  24   +1  40
 4 AC Helwan             28  10   8  10  24  30   -6  38
 5 FC Minya              28   9   9  10  18  29  -11  36
 6 Ebcocer FC            28   6  12  10  22  27   -5  30
 7 Makawuilla FC         28   7   9  12  16  23   -7  30
 8 Clube Monufia         28   4   9  15  10  27  -17  21


Remaining teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will enter new Macaronian League

Utopian League Division One Standings


   Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Chestnut FC            28  21  2   5  69  26  +43  65 Champions/Promoted (ComD2)
 2 Redbridge United       28  17  7   4  76  31  +45  58 Promoted (ComD2)
 3 Westfall AC            28  14  4  10  27  22   +5  46
 4 Sontar Army FC         28  12  3  13  30  42  -12  39
 5 Torchwood AC           28  11  5  12  34  49  -15  38
 6 CF Eastrise            28   9  6  13  43  51   -8  33
 7 Nexusortem United      28   6  7  15  23  39  -16  25 Relegated (Utopian League - New)
 8 Pyrovilia FC           28   4  2  22  26  68  -42  14 Relegated (Utopian League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Commonwealth Division 3B.


Utopian League Division Two Standings


   Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Tyrenam Harriers        28  21   3   4  62  30  +32  66 Champions/Promoted (ComD3B)
 2 Calufrax                28  20   2   6  58  24  +34  62 Promoted (ComD3B)
 3 Verinle SC              28  13   6   9  42  36   +6  45
 4 Conkers FC              28  10  11   7  33  29   +4  41
 5 Diamond Sky United      28  12   5  11  38  35   +3  41
 6 Thecarrift Sport        28   7   6  15  25  41  -16  27
 7 Crucible FC             28   5   7  16  21  44  -23  22
 8 Athletic Sunburbia      28   1   6  21  25  65  -40   9


Utopian League Division Three Standings


   Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Derin Town               28  17  6   5  40  19  +21  57 Champions
 2 Purple Point United      28  15  9   4  47  28  +19  54
 3 Lobenopia United         28  14  7   7  49  38  +11  49
 4 Alvon Port FC            28  10  9   9  33  26   +7  39
 5 Devoniria FC             28   8 10  10  25  32   -7  34
 6 Big White House IC       28   9  4  15  23  27   -4  31
 7 Malmooth FC              28   6  7  15  29  55  -26  25
 8 Lobenopia City           28   4  6  18  28  49  -21  18


Remaining teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will enter the new Utopian League

Scholarly League Division One Standings


   Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FC Chinudo             28  20   5   3  72  21  +51  65 Champions/Promoted (ComD2)
 2 Bias Rovers            28  15   8   5  35  21  +14  53
 3 Matrices United        28  12   7   9  36  25  +11  43
 4 Nolix FC               28  11   6  11  32  36   -4  39
 5 Tower 14 FC            28  10   6  12  28  31   -3  36
 6 NES Tower 13 SC        28   7  12   9  39  47   -8  33
 7 Materia Medica FC      28   6   5  17  20  38  -18  23 Relegated (Scholarly League - New)
 8 Forngirn Town          28   5   3  20  15  58  -43  18 Relegated (Scholarly League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Commonwealth Division 3A.


Scholarly League Division Two Standings


   Team                            P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Oxford English SC              28  20  4   4  57  25  +32  64 Champions/Promoted (ComD3A)
 2 Michurinists                   28  19  3   6  57  22  +35  60 Promoted (ComD3A)
 3 Wikipedia FC                   28  16  5   7  52  33  +19  53
 4 Lemdulin United                28  13  5  10  50  49   +1  44
 5 Outlying Village 3 United      28   9  7  12  22  32  -10  34
 6 String Theory United           28   8  4  16  31  47  -16  28
 7 Dopca WMFC                     28   5  4  19  25  55  -30  19
 8 Eastern Outskirts AC           28   4  4  20  28  59  -31  16


Scholarly League Division Three Standings


   Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 South Sector Tower 28 AC      28  17  7   4  49  19  +30  58 Champions
 2 Thermodynamics FC             28  13  4  11  50  29  +21  43
 3 M-W Wanderers                 28  11  9   8  35  32   +3  42
 4 Alchemists United             28  11  8   9  23  18   +5  41
 5 Clairvoyance Wanderers        28  10  6  12  23  38  -15  36
 6 Talfram United                28   8  9  11  14  22   -8  33
 7 Reactions Athletic            28   8  4  16  19  37  -18  28
 8 Tower 1 Athletic              28   6  9  13  26  44  -18  27


Remaining teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will enter the new Scholarly League.

Economic League Division One Standings


   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Finswool SC             28  18  4   6  67  37  +30  58 Champions
 2 Verdigris United        28  12  9   7  54  39  +15  45
 3 Team Verixas            28  13  4  11  48  37  +11  43
 4 Jamridge AC             28  10 10   8  31  33   -2  40
 5 Bronze Smelters FC      28  10  7  11  32  35   -3  37
 6 MSWorldwide HQ AC       28  10  6  12  39  43   -4  36
 7 FC Olefinia             28   9  7  12  41  48   -7  34 Relegated (Economic League - New)
 8 Glonasas FC             28   2  9  17  28  68  -40  15 Relegated (Economic League - New)


Remaining teams will enter Commonwealth Division 3A.


Economic League Division Two Standings


   Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Silkville Spinners      28  19  4   5  49  13  +36  61 Champions/Promoted (ComD3A)
 2 GrafonilHB WMFC         28  17  7   4  33  14  +19  58 Promoted (ComD3A)
 3 Polarieb Athletic       28  13  8   7  42  26  +16  47
 4 Finscoir AC             28  12  8   8  27  20   +7  44
 5 Cuprumville FC          28  13  5  10  31  28   +3  44
 6 Brassworks SC           28   6 10  12  15  26  -11  28
 7 Tendnayar               28   3  5  20  18  56  -38  14
 8 EastExport SC           28   2  7  19  13  45  -32  13


Economic League Division Three Standings


   Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Rivermouth AC         28  16   7   5  59  31  +28  55 Champions
 2 FC Intaglio           28  16   7   5  39  15  +24  55
 3 Percale United        28  11  12   5  39  31   +8  45
 4 Mohairlin Rovers      28  11   5  12  39  36   +3  38
 5 Lakeside WSC          28   7  12   9  33  41   -8  33
 6 Patina Rovers         28   8   8  12  28  33   -5  32
 7 FC Ramie              28   8   6  14  34  43   -9  30
 8 Team Forenula         28   4   5  19  29  70  -41  17


Remaining teams in Divisions 2 and 3 will enter the new Economic League.

ICELFA Youth League 7

Under-18 Imperial League Standings


   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Capital Academy                  22  13  5   4  29  18  +11  44 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  12  5   5  34  19  +15  41
 3 Lodger Juniors                   22  11  4   7  28  21   +7  37
 4 New Tavernia Academy             22   9  5   8  22  25   -3  32
 5 Marepacopolis JFC                22   8  2  12  20  31  -11  26
 6 Pasturia JFC                     22   7  4  11  23  30   -7  25
 7 Paddockia YFC                    22   7  3  12  20  33  -13  24
 8 Tavernia Academy                 22   6  4  12  17  28  -11  22


Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings


   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Pontifucia Academy                22  13  3   6  31  19  +12  42
 2 W-D School Academy                22  10  4   8  29  23   +6  34
 3 Half Copper Academy               22   9  5   8  27  21   +6  32
 4 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22   8  5   9  22  21   +1  29
 5 Jam Town YFC                      22   7  8   7  18  20   -2  29
 6 Benopia Juniors                   22   7  6   9  21  25   -4  27
 7 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   7  3  12  27  30   -3  24
 8 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   6  6  10  17  21   -4  24

8th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield

Group Draw:
Group A: VLC FC, Micronopia United, Seniors FC, Aswania Athletic
Group B: Royal Jam FC, Xilon OC, Pontifucia United, Paddockia FC
Group C: RGS Athletic, FC Tavernia, Benopia AC, Coiners FC
Group D: Copper Communists SC, FM Town, Approciation FC, NT United

Group A

Group A Standings


   Team                   P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Seniors FC             3  3 0  0  6  1  +5  9
 2 Aswania Athletic       3  1 0  2  4  4  +0  3
 3 Micronopia United      3  1 0  2  5  7  -2  3
 4 VLC FC                 3  1 0  2  2  5  -3  3

Group B

Group B Standings


   Team                   P  W  D L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Royal Jam FC           3  2  1 0  5  1  +4  7
 2 Xilon OC               3  1  1 1  3  3  +0  4
 3 Pontifucia United      3  0  2 1  3  5  -2  2
 4 Paddockia FC           3  0  2 1  1  3  -2  2

Group C

Group C Standings


   Team              P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 RGS Athletic      3  2  1  0  9  2  +7  7
 2 Coiners FC        3  1  1  1  4  6  -2  4
 3 Benopia AC        3  0  3  0  3  3  +0  3
 4 FC Tavernia       3  0  1  2  0  5  -5  1

Group D

Group D Standings


   Team                      P  W D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FM Town                   3  3 0  0  13   0  +13  9
 2 Copper Communists SC      3  2 0  1  12   8   +4  6
 3 NT United                 3  1 0  2   4  10   -6  3
 4 Approciation FC           3  0 0  3   4  15  -11  0

Quarter-Finals

Seniors FC 1-0 Xilon OC
Royal Jam FC 0-0 Aswania Athletic (2-0 AET)
RGS Athletic 5-0 Copper Communists SC
FM Town 3-0 Coiners FC

Semi-Finals

RGS Athletic 0-1 Royal Jam FC
FM Town 1-0 Seniors FC

Final

Royal Jam FC 1-0 FM Town

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 32

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic) - 31 goals
2: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC) - 14 goals
3: Marlon Rowlinson (Olympia FC) - 13 goals
4: Blas Farran (Nile Bridge) - 12 goals
5: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC) - 11 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Glen Soria (RGS Athletic) - 11 assists
2: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists
=3: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic) - 9 assists
=3: Osbaldo Bevan (RGS Athletic) - 9 assists
5: Aamina Malak (Nile Bridge) - 8 assists

Goal of the Season
Katlyn Pollock – Nile Bridge 1-1 Copper Communists SC (M7, FT: 1-1)
An absolute worldy from Nile Bridge's left back, who came up with an absurd 87th minute equaliser in this match, as she fired in an overhead from the corner of the box after a poorly cleared corner kick.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic) - Royal Kingdom of Quebec
2: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC) - Unified Sunrise Islands
3: Alameda Ybarra (RGS Athletic) - Osarius
4: Werdickley Safadao (Norrion Rovers) - Matthewsiania
5: Lynette Glenn (Olympia FC) - 95X

Young Player of the Season
1: Malenna von Kraus (Royal Jam FC)
2: Perrin Weller (Walston Brook Albion)
3: Ármin Harry (Seaton Town)
4: Ferenczy Zsuska (Micronopia United)
5: Lisle Sharples (Tuntingone FC)

Manager of the Season
1: Ole Hampton (Walston Brook Albion)
2: Gisselle Hope (Olympia FC)
3: Harley Sadek (RGS Athletic)

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Anwar Fransson (Walston Brook Albion)
2: Cindy Collingwood (Royal Jam FC)
3: Gavin Mintson (Norrion Rovers)

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Tia Drenas (RGS Athletic)
2: Luisa Halliwell (Olympia FC)
3: Glen Soria (RGS Athletic)
4: Marlon Rowlinson (Olympia FC)
5: Man Jin Kang (RGS Athletic)

Team of the Season

-                                                          Tia Drenas
                                                         (RGS Athletic)


                               Man Jin Kang     Luisa Halliwell      Glen Soria       Alameda Ybarra
                              (RGS Athletic)      (Olympia FC)     (RGS Athletic)     (RGS Athletic)


                                                         Malenna von Kraus
                                                          (Royal Jam FC)


                              Berta Blackman    Wesley Martin        Perrin Weller       Danny Axelsson
                               (Olympia FC)     (Royal Jam FC)  (Walston Brook Albion)    (Olympia FC)


                                                         Anwar Fransson
                                                     (Walston Brook Albion)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:32 pm

Imperial Commonwealth T20 Championship - Season 1

In light of the recent upsurge in cricket interest following both the World T20 Championship and the recent Test Championship, the ICCB has decided to create a formal domestic T20 championship in order to capitalise, and hopefully propel the international scene at the same time.

50 teams from all over the Imperial Commonwealth were selected for the initial season, with a view to maybe expand in the future. The teams were sorted into Regional Divisions, and will play each other in a double round robin, with the top three teams in each league advancing to the National League stage. In the National League, there will be three divisions - one for first place teams (National League One), one for second place teams (National League Two) and one for third place teams (National League Three). Placings in each division will determine seedings for the Playoff series - the top four of NL1 will receive byes to the quarter-finals, whilst the remaining two NL1 teams, the top four of NL2 and the top two of NL3 will enter a Playoff Round. There will be a straight knockout from thereon in to determine the T20 Champion.

Tiebreakers are Points, Head-to-Head Results, and then overall Net Run Rate.

Regional Divisions

   EFL Division              Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Pindale                    18   12   0   6    0.667    24 NL1
 2 Walston Brook              18   11   0   7    0.611    22 NL2
 3 Ricton                     18   11   0   7    0.611    22 NL3
 4 Lodgertia                  18   10   1   7    0.583    21
 5 Mount Salt City            18   10   0   8    0.556    20
 6 Seaton                     18    9   0   9    0.500    18
 7 Bridgetown                 18    8   0  10    0.444    16
 8 Monurtag                   18    7   1  10    0.417    15
 9 New Lodger City            18    6   1  11    0.361    13
10 Norrion                    18    4   1  13    0.250     9

   Central Division          Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Farond                     16   11   0   5    0.688    22 NL1
 2 Paddockia                  16   10   0   6    0.625    20 NL2
 3 Jununope                   16    9   0   7    0.562    18 NL3
 4 Gamerville                 16    9   0   7    0.562    18
 5 Pasturia                   16    8   1   7    0.531    17
 6 Bliketia                   16    7   0   9    0.438    14
 7 Acreville                  16    6   1   9    0.406    13
 8 Yillog                     16    6   0  10    0.375    12
 9 Tavernia                   16    5   0  11    0.312    10

   Serenelian Division       Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Westpass                   10    8   0   2    0.800    16 NL1
 2 Marepacopolis              10    6   0   4    0.600    12 NL2
 3 Lakeport                   10    5   0   5    0.500    10 NL3
 4 New Minesville             10    4   1   5    0.450     9
 5 Steel River Valley         10    4   0   6    0.400     8
 6 Newt Cape                  10    2   1   7    0.250     5

   Scholarly Division        Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Pedantry Central           14   10   1   3    0.750    21 NL1
 2 Paranormal                 14    8   1   5    0.607    17 NL2
 3 Aswania                    14    8   0   6    0.571    16 NL3
 4 Dictionary                 14    8   0   6    0.571    16
 5 Forngirn                   14    7   0   7    0.500    14
 6 Xilon                      14    5   1   8    0.393    11
 7 Syrenia                    14    4   1   9    0.321     9
 8 Revisionism City           14    4   0  10    0.286     8

   Economic Division         Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Jam Town                   16   11   0   5    0.688    22 NL1
 2 Micronia                   16   10   0   6    0.625    20 NL2
 3 Cuprumville                16    8   0   8    0.500    16 NRR: 0.271 NL3
 4 Ashkaren                   16    8   0   8    0.500    16 NRR: 0.179
 5 Halveboi                   16    8   0   8    0.500    16
 6 Likina                     16    8   0   8    0.500    16
   Macaronia                  16    8   0   8    0.500    16
 8 Copper City                16    6   0  10    0.375    12
 9 Rivermouth                 16    5   0  11    0.312    10

   Utopic Division           Pld    W   D   L    Win %   Pts 
 1 Devoniria                  14   10   0   4    0.714    20 NL1
 2 Boomtown                   14    8   0   6    0.571    16 NL2
 3 Textilia                   14    8   0   6    0.571    16 NL3
 4 Benopia                    14    8   0   6    0.571    16
 5 Toclofania                 14    6   0   8    0.429    12
 6 Nexusortem                 14    6   0   8    0.429    12
 7 Sunburbia                  14    6   0   8    0.429    12
 8 Pontifucia                 14    4   0  10    0.286     8

National Leagues


  National League One     Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Pedantry Central         10    6   0   4  1323 1288  +35    12 QF
2 Devoniria                10    5   1   4  1298 1234  +64    11 QF
3 Westpass                 10    5   0   5  1364 1397  −33    10 QF
4 Farond                   10    5   0   5  1377 1426  −49    10 QF
5 Pindale                  10    4   1   5  1406 1352  +54     9 PO
6 Jam Town                 10    4   0   6  1428 1499  −71     8 PO

  National League Two     Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Paranormal               10    8   0   2  1491 1385 +106    16 PO
2 Micronia                 10    6   0   4  1414 1344  +70    12 PO
3 Marepacopolis            10    6   0   4  1434 1449  −15    12 PO
4 Walston Brook            10    5   0   5  1392 1466  −74    10 PO
5 Paddockia                10    3   0   7  1395 1432  −37     6
6 Boomtown                 10    2   0   8  1386 1436  −50     4

  National League Three   Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Jununope                 10    8   0   2  1299 1242  +57    16 PO
2 Aswania                  10    6   0   4  1294 1309  −15    12 PO
3 Lakeport                 10    5   0   5  1376 1329  +47    10
4 Textilia                 10    4   0   6  1290 1279  +11     8
5 Cuprumville              10    4   0   6  1275 1294  −19     8
6 Ricton                   10    3   0   7  1288 1369  −81     6

Playoffs

Playoff Round

Micronia 165/7 (20 overs)
Marepacopolis 144/8 (20 overs)
Micronia win by 21 runs

Paranormal 189/5 (20 overs)
Walston Brook 93/6 (20 overs)
Paranormal win by 96 runs

Jam Town 128/9 (20 overs)
Jununope 132/5 (18.2 overs)
Jununope win by 5 wickets

Pindale 138/2 (20 overs)
Aswania 140/8 (18.1 overs)
Aswania win by 2 wickets

Quarter-Finals

Pedantry Central 129/6 (20 overs)
Micronia 134/2 (20 overs)
Micronia win by 5 runs

Devoniria 176/3 (17.4 overs)
Paranormal 172/2 (20 overs)
Devoniria win by 7 wickets

Westpass 143/9 (15.5 overs)
Jununope 139/7 (20 overs)
Westpass win by 1 wicket

Farond 130/6 (20 overs)
Aswania 131/7 (18.1 overs)
Aswania win by 3 wickets

Semi-Finals

Micronia 113/6 (13.4 overs)
Aswania 110 (16.2 overs)
Micronia win by 4 wickets

Devoniria 139/5 (20 overs)
Westpass 140/7 (16.5 overs)
Westpass win by 3 wickets

Grand Final

Micronia 133/6 (20 overs)
Westpass 130/6 (20 overs)

Micronia win by 3 runs, and are the inaugural Imperial Commonwealth T20 Champions!

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:13 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 33 Preview

After the closest finish to a domestic season in recent years, with three teams all fighting it out for the title on the final day of the season, it’ll be hard to see whether this upcoming season will be as good. And this will be a season of transition for many teams, after a myriad of top names retired, including RGS’ formidable midfield duo of David Lawrence and Josephine Fevison, along with their talismanic goalkeeper Dennis Wood; another venerable goalie in Olympia’s Sidney Sidenerei hangs up her boots at 40, joined by national team right back Robyn Summers and striker Musa Houlton. Another couple of international centre backs in VLC’s Charlie Richardson and Walston Brook’s Dominique Lamy also feature on the list.

Transfers
Domestic:
Kenyon Lacroix; Indionion Athletic ==> RGS Athletic; $3.5m
Auguste Alder; Pontifucia United ==> Olympia FC; $1.8m
Eugenie Tierney; UR Town ==> Olympia FC; $500k
Raashid Shaikh; Seniors FC ==> VLC FC; $350k
Dallas Al-Khaabi; Xilon OC ==> Walston Brook Albion; $400k
Severo de Ath; UR Town ==> Nile Bridge; $600k

In:
Muhammad Usman Butt; Bayern-Algaer (Taeshan) ==> Copper Communists SC; $4m
Lela Barlow; Tihon (Chromatika) ==> Copper Communists SC; Free
Crimson "Swift Curse" LaRosso (Unified Sunrise Islands); Unattached ==> Royal Jam FC; Free
Tanya Barker (Nephara); Bishop (Nephara) ==> Yillog City; Free
Jason Petratos (Nephara); South Laithland (Nephara) ==> RGS Athletic; $2.5m
Yann Per Elouan (Eshan); Skoljard FC (Eshan) ==> RGS Athletic; $2m
Andrew Ford (Osarius); Grasshopers Turic (Osarius) ==> Norrion Rovers; $4m
Germain Bourguignon (Osarius); Casablanca Training Centre #1 (Gadirya) ==> Royal Jam FC; $0.1m

Out:
Markus Lazarev-Horak (Royal Kingdom of Quebec); Norrion Rovers ==> Montreal Impact (Royal Kingdom of Quebec); Free

Team Previews
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:12 pm

ICELFA Season 33: Part 1

SBCC 63 1st Preliminary Round

Noka Mariners (Jasiyun) 5-0 Seniors FC
Seniors FC 2-3 Noka Mariners (AGG: 2-8)

Champions Cup 66 2nd Preliminary Round

Olympia FC 1-1 Firewood City (Osarius)
Firewood City 0-1 Olympia FC (AGG: 1-2)

Globe Cup 63 2nd Preliminary Round

VLC FC 2-0 Astoa SC (Beaverriver)
Astoa SC 2-1 VLC FC (AGG: 2-3)

Norrion Rovers 2-1 Vidial Alchemists (Mriin)
Vidial Alchemists 4-3 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 5-5; Norrion Rovers advance on away goals)

SBCC 63 2nd Preliminary Round

Half Boy FC 1-0 Al Shabab (Gadirya)
Al Shabab 1-1 Half Boy FC (AGG: 1-2)

The season begins with the preliminary rounds of the UICA Cup competitions, with a total of 5 of the 8 Eastfielder teams featuring in the first two rounds. The action kicked off with Seniors FC, recently promoted to the top flight and in the SBCC as the third-placed team, facing off against Jasiyun’s Noka Mariners. The first leg was more or less the be-all and end-all of the tie, truth be told, as the hosts turned up and Seniors simply didn’t - Noka Mariners ran out comfortable 5-0 winners, and came to Pedantic Republic with a weakened side, confident of advancing. The visitors got the victory on the road as well, coming back from 1-0 down to win 3-2, and a huge 8-2 on aggregate.

Onto the second rounds, Champions Cup action came into the spotlight, as last season’s runners-up Olympia FC entered the competition, facing off against the giants of Osarius, Firewood City. A Marlon Rowlinson goal in the 82nd minute rescued the tie in the first leg after Firewood had taken the lead, but it was still advantage Firewood, going into the second leg with the away goal. That advantage lasted all of 103 seconds, as a needless foul was punished by a well-taken free kick. Olympia held onto that one goal lead, and saw out the tie to win 2-1 on aggregate. Elsewhere, the Globe Cup’s 2nd preliminary round saw Eastfielder teams make their entrance, starting off with cup winners and 6th placed side VLC FC, hosting the first leg against Beaverriver’s Astoa SC. It was a relatively comfortable game, as the defense-oriented VLC side blocked any and all opposition attacks, hitting twice on the counter-attack to take the first leg 2-0. The second leg was an altogether different affair - the hosts had the home crowd support behind them, and with lessons learnt from the first leg began pushing the VLC backline, getting the early goal to give themselves a chance. VLC recovered quickly, however, and shortly before half-time, Arne Jonsson popped up and got a vital away goal, meaning that Astoa needed another three goals without reply. The second half dragged out a lot after that, and despite Astoa getting a second goal on the hour mark, there wasn’t enough about them to push on for the win, and VLC advanced 3-2 on aggregate.

The other Globe Cup side in action were Norrion Rovers, who squeaked into the competition courtesy of beating direct rivals Walston Brook on the final day of the season. They faced off against Mriin’s Vidial Alchemists, and it was the visitors who made the first move in the first leg, as the Alchemists converted a penalty to take a surprise lead. The hosts weren’t happy about conceding the away goal, and within minutes had pulled level through an Elyas Butler bullet header. Both goalies and defences were kept busy by the open-ended attacking display, but in the end, Norrion showed the slight edge in their finishing, as a sublime volley from the edge of the D gave the hosts a valuable 2-1 victory. The second leg, on the other hand, was just a cacophony of defensive errors, with slips and spills everywhere. Norrion came and took the lead halfway through the first half, neutralising Vidial’s away goal, but the hosts quickly got their revenge, as a low cross was inadvertently knocked if for an own goal. Mintson was at fault for the equaliser as well, as he dropped an easy catch from a corner, with the loose ball stabbed home to level the tie at 3-3. The hosts weren’t done yet, and in first half stoppage time, they took the lead through an excellent move, for once, finished off with a nice cutback. They looked to have settled the tie ten minutes into the second half, going 5-3 up when Beech managed to head the ball past her own goalie. Things were looking dire for Norrion, but soon there was hope as Safadao pulled one back within 5 minutes, setting up a grandstand finish. And soon, the vital goal came; Safadao scoring a second vital goal to level the tie on aggregate, and Norrion advanced on away goals after a 5-5 tie. The last of the teams to feature in the 2nd Preliminary rounds were Half Boy FC in the SBCC, who finished second in the Second Division last season after a tight last day victory. They came up against a determined Al Shabab side from Gadirya, and it was a tough couple of matches, with Half Boy prevailing as narrow 1-0 winners from the first leg, courtesy of a Jakob Olsen free kick, before travelling to Gadirya to see out the tie with a 1-1 draw, spending the last 24 minutes of the game camped inside their own half as the hosts tried to come from two down on aggregate, but in the end, the visitors kept their goal unbreached, winning 2-1 on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

Pontifucia United 0-12 RGS Athletic
FM Town 5-1 Nile Bridge
Norrion Rovers 1-0 VLC FC
Seaton Town 1-1 Indionion Athletic
Copper Communists SC 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Olympia FC 3-1 Seniors FC
Half Boy FC 1-1 Monksville United

What a way to start the season for the defending champions! The first match of the season sees RGS travel to newly promoted Second Division champions Pontifucia United, but they may as well not have bothered, as Pontifucia were woefully poor. No defensive coherence whatsoever, and RGS put them to the sword - Tia Drenas begins her Golden Boot chase with a cool double hat-trick, one in each half. Elsewhere, FM Town try to avoid a repeat of last season’s disastrous start (1 point in 6 games), destroying a toothless Nile Bridge 5-1 at home. Runners-up Olympia FC get their title challenge on the road with a convincing 3-1 win over Seniors, whilst Royal Jam falter initially as they are held 1-1 away at Tuntingone. The biggest match of weekend was Norrion vs VLC, and it was the hosts that came away on top with a narrow 1-0 victory.

Champions Cup 66 3rd Preliminary Round 1st Leg

Loconstead United (Ethane) 1-3 RGS Athletic
Avenida Leal (Farfadillis) 2-3 Olympia FC

Globe Cup 63 3rd Preliminary Round 1st Leg

Royal Jam FC 1-0 Blanford Town (The Hafikao Isles)
Rookscroft City (Brigantii) 0-1 Norrion Rovers
AFC Ruby (Super-Llamaland) 3-1 VLC FC

SBCC 63 3rd Preliminary Round 1st Leg

Partisan (Gadirya) 1-0 Half Boy FC

The group stages are getting ever closer as we enter the third preliminary rounds, featuring 6 teams across the three competitions. In the Champions Cup, RGS enter the fray, travelling to Ethane to play Loconstead United, and coming away comfortable 3-1 victors - that should really be enough to see them through to the next round, as long as they turn up in the second leg. Olympia continue their Champions Cup campaign, as they travelled to Farfadillis to play Avenida Leal. This was a much closer affair than RGS’ match, as Leal proved to be a match for Olympia at home - they took the lead early on, and levelled the match at 2-2, before a Samantha King goal gave the visitors a crucial 3-2 victory. The one team to play a home game in this set of matches were Royal Jam FC, entering the Globe Cup after narrowly missing out on the Champions Cup by a point in third place. They hosted Blanford Town of the Hafikao Isles, and a tight defensive display saw the hosts run out narrow 1-0 victors - but it should really have been more as several golden chances were missed.

Elsewhere in the Globe Cup, Norrion Rovers made the trip to Brigantii to face off with Rookscroft City, but despite the gulf in class, Norrion only came away with a narrow 1-0 scoreline, but that could well be a vital away goal courtesy of Tirs Rathun. VLC FC were also in action in this round, travelling to Super-Llamaland to play AFC Ruby. Despite their best efforts, it was the hosts that dominated play, not letting VLC play their defensive, controlling style of football and breaking up wave after wave of attacks to win 3-1 - VLC’s only hope for advancement is that away goal they snatched in the dying minutes of the game. Last, but not least, Half Boy FC featured in the SBCC, travelling to Gadirya to play Partisan. However, despite it being a relatively even match, the visitors came up short as Partisan took their chances just ever so slightly better, and came out of it with a 1-0 win, leaving Half Boy in a predicament for the second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

Nile Bridge 2-1 Pontifucia United
VLC FC 0-0 RGS Athletic
Indionion Athletic 2-3 FM Town
Walston Brook Albion 1-1 Norrion Rovers
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Seaton Town
Seniors FC 1-0 Copper Communists SC
Monksville United 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Half Boy FC 1-2 Olympia FC

The first New Lodger City derby of the season ends in a goalless draw in Vorgan Park, but not for lack of trying, as both sides were pumped up by the atmosphere - RGS did have the better of the chances overall, but in the end, a draw seemed to be the fair result. Olympia make it two wins from two, but they were made to work for it against Half Boy, as the newly promoted side took a surprise early lead and defended well for most of the match. FM Town are the only other side with a perfect record, topping the table after fighting off a comeback from Indionion to win 3-2 on the road. Norrion Rovers on the other hand falter, as they are held to an away draw up in Walston Brook. Royal Jam aren’t starting particularly well, as they lose at home to Seaton Town, without putting up much of a fight.

Champions Cup 66 3rd Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 3-0 Loconstead United (AGG: 6-1)
Olympia FC 2-0 Avenida Leal (AGG: 5-2)

Globe Cup 63 3rd Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

Blanford Town 1-2 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 1-3)
Norrion Rovers 1-2 Rookscroft City (AGG: 2-2; Rookscroft City advance on away goals)
VLC FC 2-2 AFC Ruby (AGG: 3-5)

SBCC 63 3rd Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

Half Boy FC 4-0 Partisan (AGG: 4-1)

The 2nd legs of the 3rd Preliminary round threw up a few surprise results for the Eastfielder contingent, both good and bad. The Champions Cup was more or less business as usual, as RGS carried over their utter domination of Ethane’s Loconstead United, adding another three goals without reply courtesy of an Osbaldo Bevan brace. Olympia had a surprisingly easy time of it at the Olympic Park, as they brought back a narrow 3-2 lead over Avenida Leal from Farfadillis, but were relatively unchallenged in the second leg as they added 2 goals without reply. This puts both teams one tie from the Champions Cup group stage. In the Globe Cup, Royal Jam FC were the only travellers, taking a 1-0 home victory to The Hafikao Isles against Blanford Town. They quickly added another couple of goals in the first half to secure their place in the Playoff Round, despite a late consolation goal from the hosts.

The biggest surprise of the week however was at Norrion Park, where Norrion Rovers had brought back a 1-0 lead from Brigantii, but the visitors Rookscroft City were having none of it. Norrion opened the scoring close to half time, and looked quite comfortable in the lead, but the visitors came out swinging in the second half, with a red card and two sucker punches seeing them through on away goals with a surprise knockout for Norrion. VLC FC almost pulled off a comeback in their second leg against Super-Llamaland’s AFC Ruby, having lost 3-1 on the road in the first leg. It was a tremendous first 60 minutes, as VLC scored two goals without reply, to level the tie at 3-3 and putting the host through on away goals. But it wasn’t to be, as AFC Ruby rallied, and two goals in the final ten minutes of the match put paid to VLC’s Globe Cup hopes. In the SBCC, Half Boy FC were hosting Gadirya’s Partisan, having lost the away leg 1-0 the week before, and with hopes looking a little dashed. However, Partisan basically failed to turn up to the match, and the hosts had a field day, overturning the 1 goal deficit to great aplomb with a 4-0 victory and securing their SBCC playoff round place.

Notable Results

Eastern Outskirts AC (T6) 1-1 Benopia AC (T2) (2-2 AET, 2-3 PKs)
Macaronia FC (T2) 1-1 Thermodynamics FC (T6) (2-1 AET)
Low Lyn FC (T3) 1-1 Nuclear FC (T6) (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Mineville FC (T4) 0-0 Indionion Athletic (T1) (0-1 AET)
Seniors FC (T1) 0-1 Likina CF (T4)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 1-1 Yillog City (T2) (1-2 AET)
Athletic Finsentra (T4) 1-0 Polkation FC (T2)
Crucible FC (T6) 3-1 UR Town (T3)
Basalata FC (T3) 4-3 Copper Communists SC (T1)
Pasturia Rovers (T6) 0-0 Lodgertia City (T3) (0-1 AET)
Pontifucia United (T1) 8-1 Sport Barujana (T6)
Oldbridge FC (T2) 0-2 Matrices United (T5)
Royal Tavernia (T6) 0-0 Royal Jam FC (T1) (0-1 AET)
Monksville United (T1) 2-2 Garanite FC (T3) (2-2 AET, 1-2 PKs)

The KCC circus rolls into town this weekend, with 128 matches taking place over four days, there’s plenty of potential for a tiny team to write their name into cup history and to become legends themselves, and there were some notable upsets; possibly the biggest upset of the weekend took place in Pedantry Central, where top flight side Seniors FC were knocked out by Likina CF, of the Commonwealth Second Division in the fourth tier. Another big scalp happened to last year’s semifinalists UR Town, who fall at first hurdle on the road to Crucible FC of the Utopian League. The minnows looked very comfortable throughout the match, and despite UR Town grabbing an equaliser, Crucible were never really troubled and kicked on to win 3-1. Copper Communists found themselves on the end of another upset, as they somehow threw away a 3 goal lead to lose to third tier Basalata FC 4-3; there will definitely be some inquest as to how the top flight side managed to throw this match away.

The other Boomtown side, Garanite FC, also of the third tier, pulled off the upset of another top flight side, going to Monksville and taking out United on penalties, having led 2-0 in the game and only being pegged back into extra time in second half stoppage time. The last top flight side to be knocked out is a big name, who will be disappointed not to make it further; Norrion Rovers were knocked out at home by Yillog City of the Second Division, and in all fairness, Yillog deserved to take the game to extra time, matching the hosts blow-for-blow across the game. And in extra time, Yillog looked the fitter of the two teams, the fresher, and they got the goal their superior play deserved, winning 2-1 in extra time. Other upsets outside of the top flight included a big scalp of a former cup winner, as Oldbridge FC were knocked out at the first round by fifth tier side Matrices United, with the visiting minnows clinically dispatching the second tier side 2-0. Second Division giants Polkation FC were also on the receiving end of an upset, as Athletic Finsentra of the fourth tier managed to defend for their lives after snatching a goal against the run of play. Third tier side Low Lyn FC were also knocked out in unceremonious conditions as they lost 2-1 on penalties to sixth tier side Nuclear FC, having taken an early lead in normal time.

Along with all the upsets, there were also plenty of near misses for the top clubs as well; the biggest close call was at the hands of title challengers Royal Jam FC, as they were taken to extra time away to sixth tier side Royal Tavernia, only breaking the deadlock with 5 minutes of extra time to go. Indionion Athletic were also close to being knocked out, as they were also taken to extra time by Mineville FC of the fourth tier. A couple of second division sides were also taken for a ride by sixth tier sides - Macaronia FC came back from a goal down against Thermodynamics to take their match toe extra time, where they eventually outlasted the opposition to score the winning goal. Benopia AC seemed to dominate their match early doors, but some excellent defending and goalkeeping kept the score at just 1-0, but the hosts Eastern Outskirts AC pulled it back into extra time, and took the lead into extra time, only for the visitors to level it with moments to go. And so it went to penalties, where Benopia prevailed 3-2. Third tier side Lodgertia City were also close to elimination, as they were taken to extra time by Pasturia Rovers, prevailing 1-0. On the other end of the scale, spare a thought for sixth tier side Sport Barujana, as they travelled to second division champions Pontifucia United, hoping for an upset. But Pontifucia, probably still reeling after the drubbing they received on the opening day of the season, simply blew the opposition away, scoring 5 goals in the first half without reply and finishing the game as 8-1 winners.

Champions Cup 66 Playoff Round 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 2-2 Polaris (Ceni)
Olympia FC 0-1 Myrmidon (Ceni)

Globe Cup 63 Playoff Round 1st Leg

CA Casablanca (Gadirya) 2-0 Royal Jam FC

SBCC 63 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Pontifucia United 1-1 Agri Foodbowl (Electrum)
Rondo (Eshan) 0-2 Half Boy FC

A large Eastfielder contingent of 5 teams made their way into midweek matches in the UICA competitions, one of the largest ever at this stage of the season. RGS and Olympia both hosted Cenian opposition, and both came out the worse of it - RGS had to come from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Polaris, Tia Drenas getting that second equalising goal, leaving a mountain to climb for the league champions. Olympia hosted Myrmidon, and were clearly outclassed for the majority of the game - it was a miracle that the score only stayed at 1-0. Royal Jam FC featured in the Globe Cup, travelling to Gadirya to play CA Casablanca, but the team were simply outclassed by the hosts, barely getting into the opposition half and only getting three shots off, one on target, whilst the hosts launched wave after wave of attacks, winning 2-0.

In the SBCC, Second division champions Pontifucia United hosted Electrum side Agri Foodbowl, and started strongly, getting an early goal to set them on their way. However, the visitors grew into the game as time went on, and shortly before the hour mark got the equaliser they deserved, with the game finishing at 1-1, and Agri having the away goal advantage. No such troubles however for Half Boy FC, as they travelled to Eshan to play Rondo, and although the match seemed quite even, Half Boy took their chances better than the hosts, and in the end ran out 2-0 winners, an advantage which at home should be enough to put them into the SBCC group stages.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

Pontifucia United 1-6 VLC FC
Nile Bridge 1-2 Indionion Athletic
RGS Athletic 3-0 Walston Brook Albion
FM Town 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Norrion Rovers 4-1 Seniors FC
Seaton Town 2-2 Monksville United
Copper Communists SC 3-0 Half Boy FC
Tuntingone FC 0-2 Olympia FC

Olympia remain the only 100% team in the division following their controlling 2-0 win over Tuntingone, after FM Town came from behind to draw with Royal Jam, whose 2 points from 3 games start is worrying some people. RGS and Norrion keep up their unbeaten starts to the season as well, with the champions registering a calm and collected 3-0 victory over banana-skins Walston Brook, whilst Norrion were equally as dominating as they dispatched Seniors FC 4-1. Pontifucia United will be wondering what went wrong with their defensive preparation, as they ship 6 goals from the normally ultra-defensive VLC FC side, taking their tally to 20 goals conceded in just 3 games.

Champions Cup 66 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Polaris 1-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-2)
Myrmidon 0-1 Olympia FC (AGG: 1-1; Myrmidon win 4-3 on PKs)

Globe Cup 63 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 3-0 CA Casablanca (AGG: 3-2)

SBCC 63 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Agri Foodbowl 3-1 Pontifucia United (AGG: 4-2)
Half Boy FC 4-1 Rondo (AGG: 6-1)

It was a do or die situation in this second round of Playoff Round matches for most of the Eastfielder teams involved, as a lot of them came into this with a disadvantage from the first leg. In the Champions Cup, RGS travelled to Polaris needing to overcome 2 away goals from the 2-2 home draw, but in the end it was the hosts that had the edge, nicking a 1-0 victory to win on aggregate overall. Olympia had a 1-0 deficit to overcome from their home tie against Myrmidon, but against all the odds they managed to grab a goal themselves in the away leg, and defended valiantly to take the tie to extra time and then penalties, but a miss from Reiter sent Myrmidon through to the Champions Cup group stage. In the Globe Cup, Royal Jam pulled off a miracle comeback, having lost to Gadirya’s Casablance 2-0 on the road, winning the home tie at 3-0, despite Casablanca’s best efforts to grab an away goal - they had the ball in the net twice, but ruled out for offside both times. In the SBCC, Pontifucia were looking to fight back against a 1-1 home draw against Electrum’s Agri Foodbowl, but home advantage gave the Electrumite team a boost, and they ran out 3-1 winners on the night. Finally, Half Boy FC had a simple job of defending 2 away goals from a 2-0 away win against Eshan’s Rondo, but instead decided to put the visitors to the sword, putting three goals past them in 30 minutes before Rondo could get into the game. They did manage a consolation goal, but before long Half Boy restored their three goal lead to win the 6-1 on aggregate, entering the SBCC Group Stage for the first time.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

Indionion Athletic 1-1 Pontifucia United
Walston Brook Albion 0-1 VLC FC
Royal Jam FC 3-0 Nile Bridge
Seniors FC 2-2 RGS Athletic
Monksville United 0-1 FM Town
Half Boy FC 0-6 Norrion Rovers
Olympia FC 5-1 Seaton Town
Tuntingone FC 2-2 Copper Communists SC

Olympia continue their early season charge, notching up a 4th straight win with a 5-1 demolition of Seaton Town, Luisa Halliwell getting a well-taken brace. FM Town look set to reverse their fortunes of last season, notching up another win to make it 10 from 4 games, a far cry from the 1 point in 6 they started last season with, whilst RGS falter away at newly promoted Seniors FC. VLC kept their recovery going with a vital 1-0 away win at Walston Brook, whilst Norrion keep up their pressure at the top with a huge 6-0 demolition of a visibly exhausted Half Boy side. Royal Jam finally register their first win of the season at the fourth time of asking, taking out a determined but useless Nile Bridge side 3-0. Pontifucia United finally get their first points of the season with a 1-1 draw against Indionion.

Globe Cup 63 Qualifying Round 1st Leg

Whitehaven Triumph (Ceni) 1-1 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-1 Paraguay SC (Capivara Group)
Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-1 Olympia FC

So, one tie between these three teams and the Globe Cup group stage, and a chance for redemption for the Champions Cup dropouts. RGS travel to Ceni again, this time to face off against Whitehaven Triumph and aiming to avenge their earlier losses - a 1-1 draw with a vital away goal isn’t the best result, but one that they could work with. Royal Jam host Paraguay SC of Capivara Group, and seem to be comfortable going 2 goals up, but the visitors remind them not to be complacent when they grab a vital away goal, even though they lost 2-1. Unfortunately for Olympia, they were drawn against the mighty SLANI team of Sonoma Center Panthers, but they acquitted themselves well and even got the first goal of the game, albeit against the run of play, but the hosts always had the edge and clawed the tie back to 2-1 in their favour - the away goal may be Olympia’s saving grace here.

Notable Results

Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 Benopia Town (T5) (2-2 AET, 3-0 PKs)
Harmonial CC (T3) 1-1 Lampe FC (T6) (2-1 AET)
Golden Acres (T3) 5-4 Wikipedia FC (T6)
Port Lodgertia (T3) 0-0 FC Tavernia (T2) (1-1 AET, 4-1 PKs)
Approciation FC (T2) 1-2 Newgrate River FC (T6)
VLC FC (T1) 1-1 Honsadin FC (T3) (1-1 AET, 3-2 PKs)
Tower 1 Athletic (T6) 1-1 Sunburbia FC (T2) (1-1 AET, 2-4 PKs)
Benopia AC (T2) 1-1 GrafonilHB WMFC (T5) (1-2 AET)

Another great round of cup matches - 64 of them this time, but with enough big and small teams to create plenty of drama. Big upsets weren’t as common this round as they were in the first round, but there was a major one when Approciation FC of the second division were edged out of the competition by sixth tier Newgrate River FC by 2 goals to 1. Benopia AC were also scalped, as a red card allowed their fifth tier opponents GrafonilHB to equalise in normal time and then win the game in extra time. FC Tavernia, just relegated from the top flight, fared little better, as they battled hard with third tier side Port Lodgertia, taking it to extra time and taking the lead before a stunning free kick from the hosts forced a penalty shootout, where the visitors just capitulated and lost 4-1 in the shootout.

There were plenty of good teams that were close to being knocked out by minnows, as ever, and third tier Honsadin nearly claimed the biggest scalp of all when they faced off against defending champions VLC FC, taking the lead in the match and then forcing the game into a penalty shootout, but in the end, VLC’s quality shone through and saw them into the Third Round. Seaton Town almost joined them as they were taken all the way to penalties by fifth tier side Benopia Town, having been pegged back first in normal time and then in extra time, but in the shootout, Benopia Town failed to score a single goal and Seaton were spared their blushes. Second tier side Sunburbia had a scare against Tower 1 Athletic of the sixth tier, as they somehow struggled to break down the minnows’ defence, and the hosts made the most of the counter-attacks. A late equaliser forced it into extra time, and then penalties where the visitors prevailed. Harmonial CC in the third tier had a similar experience, as sixth tier side Lampe FC dominated proceedings but a lucky equaliser forced extra time, where the hosts’ better fitness handed them the winning goal. The goalfest of the round wasn’t a blowout, for once, but sixth tier Wikipedia FC will feel very hard done by after poor refereeing gave their third tier opponents Golden Acres two goals, as they were chasing the match from 4-2 down. Golden Acres actually took the lead, but Wikipedia managed to rack up four goal without reply by the hour mark, before two missed offside calls and a well-taken free kick gave the hosts a 5-4 victory.

Globe Cup 63 Qualifying Round 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 0-0 Whitehaven Triumph (AGG: 1-1; RGS Athletic advance on away goals)
Paraguay SC 1-0 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 2-2; Paraguay SC advance on away goals)
Olympia FC 0-2 Sonoma Center Panthers (AGG: 1-4)

Some really tense matches in the Qualifying Round, deciding who advances to the Globe Cup proper. RGS came back from Ceni with a 1-1 draw, and did their utmost in the second leg to frustrate Whitehaven Triumph, a surprise for the usually outright-attacking team, but it worked, and a 0-0 sees them enter the Globe Cup group stage. Royal Jam take a 2-1 victory away to Paraguay SC in Capivara Group, and despite their best efforts to neutralise the away goal advantage, it’s the hosts that capitalise in a great counter-attacking move, and that one goal is enough to see Royal Jam knocked out. As for Olympia, they had a tough task to overturn a 2-1 away loss to Sonoma Center Panthers, who came to Mount Salt City and put in a much better performance than in the first leg; Olympia simply couldn’t cope and ended up losing 2-0, 4-1 on aggregate. But for the first time in recent memory, Eastfield Lodge has two participants in UICA group stage, with RGS in the Globe Cup joining Half Boy in the SBCC.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

Pontifucia United 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Indionion Athletic 1-2 Royal Jam FC
VLC FC 1-1 Seniors FC
Nile Bridge 1-0 Monksville United
RGS Athletic 3-0 Half Boy FC
FM Town 0-1 Olympia FC
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Tuntingone FC
Seaton Town 3-3 Copper Communists SC

Olympia and FM Town meet in a battle of first versus third, and it is the league leaders who prevail with a close fought battle and a 1-0 victory. Norrion stay second and in touch with Olympia after their 2-0 win over Tuntingone, whilst RGS continue their defence with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Half Boy, with Daniel Keeble getting two goals. VLC falter again, just as they gain some momentum, with a surprisingly poor performance and a 1-1 draw against Seniors. Walston Brook finally get their first win of the season, against bottom of the table Pontifucia, who’ve done well to lose just by the single goal.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

Royal Jam FC 4-0 Pontifucia United
Seniors FC 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Monksville United 1-1 Indionion Athletic
Half Boy FC 0-1 VLC FC
Olympia FC 3-0 Nile Bridge
Tuntingone FC 0-0 RGS Athletic
Copper Communists SC 3-2 FM Town
Seaton Town 0-1 Norrion Rovers

Just when Pontifucia thought their defensive issues were behind them, they go and concede another four against the usually defensive Royal Jam FC. Olympia keep on mimicing last season’s great start, as they notch up a sixth consecutive win. Norrion refuse to give their chase however, and keep shadowing Olympia with a 1-0 win of their own over Seaton, and notching up a better start to this season than last season (by one point). RGS meanwhile throw points away again, this time in a scoreless bore draw against Tuntingone, who remain winless with four draws in 6. Monksville do the same after they can only draw at home to Indionion Athletic, whilst Half Boy join Pontifucia on a solitary point after their loss to VLC.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Olympia FC              6    6   0   0    16    3  +13    18 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 Norrion Rovers          6    5   1   0    15    2  +13    16 CC
 3 RGS Athletic            6    3   3   0    20    2  +18    12 GC
 4 Royal Jam FC            6    3   2   1    11    4   +7    11 GC
 5 VLC FC                  6    3   2   1     9    3   +6    11
 6 Copper Communists SC    6    3   2   1    12    8   +4    11
 7 FM Town                 6    3   1   2    12    8   +4    10
 8 Walston Brook Albion    6    2   1   3     3    6   −3     7
 9 Indionion Athletic      6    1   3   2     8    9   −1     6
10 Seaton Town             6    1   3   2     8   12   −4     6
11 Nile Bridge             6    2   0   4     5   14   −9     6
12 Seniors FC              6    1   2   3     6   11   −5     5
13 Monksville United       6    0   4   2     5    7   −2     4
14 Tuntingone FC           6    0   4   2     4    8   −4     4 Relegated
15 Half Boy FC             6    0   1   5     2   16  −14     1 Relegated
16 Pontifucia United       6    0   1   5     3   26  −23     1 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Tavernia             6    5   0   1    18    7  +11    15
 2 Revisionists            6    4   0   2     8    9   −1    12
 3 Toclofania FC           6    3   2   1     9    4   +5    11
 4 Polkation FC            6    3   2   1     6    4   +2    11
 5 Macaronia FC            6    3   1   2    11   12   −1    10
 6 YLW FC                  6    3   0   3    13   10   +3     9
 7 Yillog City             6    2   3   1     6    4   +2     9
 8 Micronopia United       6    2   3   1     8    8    0     9
 9 Sunburbia FC            6    2   2   2     7    8   −1     8
10 Approciation FC         6    2   2   2     6   10   −4     8
11 Xilon OC                6    2   1   3     8    6   +2     7
12 Lodgertia United        6    2   1   3     7   10   −3     7
13 Benopia AC              6    2   1   3     5   10   −5     7
14 Forest Rangers          6    1   2   3     7    7    0     5 Relegated (C)
15 Oldbridge FC            6    0   3   3     2    6   −4     3 Relegated (I)
16 Jam Athletic            6    0   1   5     4   10   −6     1 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:12 am

ICELFA Season 33: Part 2

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD1

RGS Athletic 3-0 New Dundee Star (Port Christopher)

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD1

Club Ithinia (Eshan) 0-1 Half Boy FC

The UICA Group Stages get underway, with two Eastfielder participants for the first time in a long while. In the Globe Cup, RGS kick off their campaign against Port Christopher’s New Dundee Star, and they performed at their best, running out clear 3-0 victors in a clearly one-sided game. As for Half Boy FC, it was another matter as they faced another Echani side in Club Ithinia, and it was a very close affair, as the travelling Eastfielder club staved off many home attacks before landing a killer blow themselves.

Notable Results

Olympia FC (T1) 2-4 RGS Athletic (T1)
Xilon OC (T2) 1-1 Newgrate River FC (T6) (2-1 AET) - close
United United (T6) 1-0 Micronopia United (T2)
Pontifucia United (T1) 0-1 YLW FC (T2)
Royal Jam FC (T1) 0-0 Tuntingone FC (T1) (0-0 AET, 3-4 PKs)
GrafonilHB WMFC (T5) 0-0 VLC FC (T1) (0-0 AET, 3-0 PKs)
Nexusortem United (T6) 0-0 Macaronia FC (T2) (0-1 AET) - close
Half Boy FC (T1) 2-2 Garanite FC (T3) (3-3 AET, 4-1 PKs)

The third round rocks onto the stage, and by now a lot of the lower league teams have been eliminated and the top teams begin to face each other. And what a match the draw has thrown up: Olympia vs RGS, last season’s top two in the Premier League. Despite Olympia having a perfect start in the league and RGS having already dropped 6 points in 6, and also Olympia having the home advantage, it’s RGS that turn up on the day and take control, with a Tia Drenas brace setting RGS up to a 2-0 lead, before Olympia claw one back. The visitors aren’t fazed however, and push on to a great 4-2 victory. Another top flight match-up saw the other team of the Premier League’s top three, Royal Jam, host Tuntingone, and this match also shows how league form matters for little, as the winless (in the league) Tuntingone side hold their own to break down the Royal Jam attack, and take the match to penalties where the minnows triumph.

The biggest upset of the round however belongs to GrafonilHB; following up from their upset of Benopia in the previous round, they host the defending champions VLC and hold them out for a penalty shootout win, in a match where VLC somehow failed to register a single shot on target in the entire game, including the shootout. The last top flight side to be eliminated were Pontifucia United, the team having a torrid start to their season, as they lose to second division mid-table side YLW FC, and in all honesty, the visitors deserved the victory, given how bereft of confidence the hosts were. The other big upset happened to Micronopia United, relegated from the top flight last season, as they travelled to sixth tier United United and came back with their tails between their legs and a 1-0 loss after an Abel Sinclair own goal.

And where there are upsets, there are close calls; Half Boy FC very nearly became third tier side Garanite FC’s second top flight victim, after the minnows knocked out Monksville FC in the first round. Here, they equalised twice to take the tie into extra time and then took the lead in extra time, and looking good for the upset, until Manona Harron equalised to force a shootout, where the experienced Half Boy team prevailed. Two second division teams were nearly knocked out as well, both by sixth tier sides; Newgrate River nearly followed up their upset of Approciation with a close match against recently relegated promotion contenders Xilon OC, but the hosts prevailed with a crucial goal in extra time. Nexusortem United came close against Macaronia FC as well, doing a great job of shutting down the visitor’s attack and forcing extra time, where it took a sublime 25 yard scorcher to separate the two sides.

And so 32 teams move on...

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD2

Mierton Manatees (Taeshan) 1-0 RGS Athletic

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD2

Half Boy FC 1-1 Kareen FC (Valanora)

The second matches of the group stages turned out to be a lot tougher than the openers. RGS Athletic travelled to Taeshan to play Mierton Manatees, and despite a decent performance, they were just unable to get that cutting edge they needed to win, losing by a single goal. Meanwhile, Valanora’s Kareen FC came to visit Half Boy FC in the SBCC, but despite the scoreline, it was the visitors that largely dominated proceedings, but Half Boy did well to finish their one good chance, drawing level and getting a crucial point.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

Pontifucia United 1-0 Seniors FC
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Monksville United
Walston Brook Albion 2-0 Half Boy FC
Indionion Athletic 2-3 Olympia FC
VLC FC 1-0 Tuntingone FC
Nile Bridge 3-1 Copper Communists SC
RGS Athletic 1-1 Seaton Town
FM Town 0-2 Norrion Rovers

Olympia continue their terrific start, beating last season by notching up a 7th win from seven with a tight 3-2 affair against Indionion, but their closest challengers Norrion Rovers fail to let up the pressure, as they navigated a tricky match against a reinvigorated FM Town side. RGS Athletic stay unbeaten, which is the only positive they have in this poor start to the season as Tia Drenas barely manages to cancel out Ármin Harry’s opener. Royal Jam look like they’ve given up on the title challenge before it’s even started as well as they notch up another loss, this time falling at home to Monksville United, giving the latter their first win of the season. That is something that Pontifucia also achieve, as they narrowly beat fellow promotees Seniors FC at home to move off the bottom of the table.Half Boy and Tuntingone remain winless, losing to Walston Brook and VLC respectively, with the latter now moving into third, albeit 5 points behind second place Norrion.

Cygnus Cup 41 First Round 1st leg

VLC FC 0-4 Raynor City United (Valanora)

Last season’s KCC winners VLC FC, already out of this year’s edition, make their bow in the Cygnus Cup, but have what is more or less one of the toughest draw possible, Valanora’s Raynor City United. Despite having home advantage in the first leg, it counts for little, and the visitors simply demolish VLC and silence Vorgan Park.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

Monksville United 2-0 Pontifucia United
Half Boy FC 1-1 Seniors FC
Olympia FC 1-0 Royal Jam FC
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Walston Brook Albion
Copper Communists SC 2-2 Indionion Athletic
Seaton Town 1-1 VLC FC
Norrion Rovers 3-0 Nile Bridge
FM Town 0-3 RGS Athletic

Is there no stopping Olympia this season? That’s now 8 straight league victories after they beat Royal Jam FC 1-0 at home, but despite the narrow scoreline, Olympia looked like they were in cruise control, with only the heroics of Cindy Collingwood denying them further goals. The one team that could stop them however are Norrion Rovers, and they’re doing well to stay in touch with a competent 3-0 victory over Nile Bridge. RGS move back into third after they beat FM Town, whose great start now looks like a distant memory after 4 losses on the bounce - almost the textbook definition of streaky. RGS overtake rivals VLC after the latter were held on the road by Seaton Town. Elsewhere, Half Boy and Tuntingone stay winless, with both registering another draw on their tally - that takes Tuntingone’s tally up to 5 draws in 8 games.

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD3

RGS Athletic 2-0 Loconstead United

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD3

Estrela D’Alva (Dainer) 1-0 Half Boy FC

Approaching the halfway point of the group stage, and the groups are beginning to take shape. RGS face Loconstead United of Ethane for the third time this season, having knocked them out in the preliminary rounds of the Champions Cup, but keep their dominance up as they put another three goals past that defence, taking their tally in the group stage up to 6. Half Boy fare a lot worse on the other hand, as they travel to Dainer to play Estrela D’Alva, but came up short in a tight defensive battle, losing 1-0 and putting them on 4 points in the group thus far.

Notable Results

Sunburbia FC (T2) 2-1 Half Boy FC (T1)
FM Town (T1) 1-2 YLW FC (T2)
Yillog City (T2) 1-1 Athletic Finsentra (T4) (1-1 AET, 0-1 PKs)
Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 Macaronia FC (T2) (1-1 AET, 4-3 PKs)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 2-3 Nile Bridge (T1)

Only 32 teams left in the competition as we enter the last round of single leg matches before the final, and most of the lower division teams have been separated out; almost half of the field comes from the top two divisions. That still means potential for upsets, and there definitely were some; two top flight sides were knocked out by Second Division opposition - Half Boy FC’s cup run was put to an end by Sunburbia FC, whilst YLW came from behind away to beat out-of-form FM Town. Second Division Yillog City were also upset in this round, as they lost in the most ridiculous penalty shootout to Athletic Finsentra, with the fourth tier side scoring the only penalty in 14 attempts by both sides (that is, on their 7th attempt). The only all-Premier-League tie featured winless Tuntingone FC take on Nile Bridge, and it was the more in-form side in the league that took the spoils, staving off a Tuntingone comeback to hold out for a 3-2 victory. In terms of close upsets, Seaton Town nearly joined the aforementioned ranks of upset teams as they needed penalties to see off a gutsy Macaronia FC performance, the Second Division side holding their own during open play.

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD4

Loconstead United 0-3 RGS Athletic

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD4

Half Boy FC 4-4 Estrela D’Alva

The reverse fixtures of the 3rd match see some pretty high scoring matches. RGS travel to Ethane to play Loconstead United for the fourth time this season, and again are just too good for the hosts, putting yet another three goals past them, and bringing up the aggregate score of 12-1 over 4 games, and taking their tally to 9 points in the group stage. In the SBCC, Half Boy host Dainer’s Estrela D’Alva, having lost a tight 1-0 match the round before. In contrast to the defensive battle that match was, this match was more or less a free-for-all, as both sides traded freely goals - Estrela took the early 2-0 lead, but were pegged back by three consecutive Half Boy goals, with Jeanette Martinson bagging a brace. Estrela then retook the lead, before an injury time equaliser ensured the hosts would get their fifth point of the group stage.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

Pontifucia United 0-1 Half Boy FC
Monksville United 1-1 Olympia FC
Seniors FC 1-0 Tuntingone FC
Royal Jam FC 1-0 Copper Communists SC
Walston Brook Albion 1-1 Seaton Town
Indionion Athletic 0-2 Norrion Rovers
VLC FC 1-2 FM Town
Nile Bridge 3-6 RGS Athletic

We now have a new league leader! Olympia finally drop points for the first time this season as they are held on the road by Monksville United, and sweeping in to take advantage are Norrion Rovers, who cleanly dispatch Indionion Athletic to move top on goal difference. Good news for RGS Athletic as well, who come out three goals to the good in a 9 goal thriller, with a brace from Glen Soria, to move within 6 points of the top. VLC don’t take advantage however, as they lose to an FM Town that hadn’t gotten a single point in 4. Half Boy move off bottom with a win over relegation rivals Pontifucia United, notching up their first win of the season, which is something that still eludes Tuntingone after their 1-0 loss to Seaton. Royal Jam move into fifth after a tough win against Copper Communists.

Cygnus Cup 41 First Round 2nd leg

Raynor City United 6-1 VLC FC (AGG: 10-1)

VLC’s misery in the Cygnus Cup is finally over as they travel to Valanora to merely complete formalities against Raynor City United, having lost the first leg at home 4-0. They did at least get a consolation goal in this match, even though they ended up shipping another 6 goals in all to finish with a humiliating 10-1 aggregate defeat.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

Olympia FC 2-0 Pontifucia United
Tuntingone FC 4-0 Half Boy FC
Copper Communists SC 1-1 Monksville United
Seaton Town 2-0 Seniors FC
Norrion Rovers 1-0 Royal Jam FC
FM Town 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
RGS Athletic 5-1 Indionion Athletic
Nile Bridge 0-1 VLC FC

Neither of the top two giving an inch to the rest of the field, as they both win again - Olympia look comfortable against bottom of the table Pontifucia United, whilst Norrion have to work for their victory against the defensive unit of Royal Jam. Quite surprisingly at this stage of the season, Norrion are the team with the best defence, having only conceded two goals in 10 games. RGS keep up their chase for the title with a dominating 5-1 win against Indionion, with both full backs and a centre back getting on the scoresheet. Meanwhile, Tuntingone finally register their first win of the season with a 4-0 demolition of Half Boy FC, which moves them out of the relegation zone into 13th.

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD5

New Dundee Star 1-3 RGS Athletic

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD5

Half Boy FC 4-0 Club Ithinia

RGS Athletic make sure of their place in the Globe Cup Round of 32 with a convincing away victory over Port Christopher’s New Dundee Star, surviving an early scare when the hosts took a surprise lead. Meanwhile, Half Boy keep their hopes of a place in the SBCC knockout round alive with a vital 4-0 win over Club Ithinia, which puts them into the driving seat come the final match against rivals Kareen FC.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

Pontifucia United 1-1 Tuntingone FC
Olympia FC 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Half Boy FC 1-1 Seaton Town
Monksville United 0-2 Norrion Rovers
Seniors FC 3-2 FM Town
Royal Jam FC 1-1 RGS Athletic
Walston Brook Albion 3-1 Nile Bridge
Indionion Athletic 2-1 VLC FC

Olympia are shocked at home by Copper Communists, who take the lead against the run of play and nearly hold onto it - a Lynette Glenn saves a point for Olympia. That gives Norrion the chance to move two points clear at the top, an opportunity they clasp with both hands as they beat Monksville United 2-0. However, RGS are now eight points behind Norrion, as they are held on the road against Royal Jam FC, but VLC and FM Town fail to close the gap, as both are beaten on the road by Indionion and Seniors respectively. Tuntingone and Pontifucia share the points, a result which pushes Nile Bridge surprisingly into the relegation zone after an indifferent start for the Bridgetown side and a 3-1 loss to Walston Brook.

Globe Cup 63 Group Stage MD6

RGS Athletic 1-2 Mierton Manatees

SBCC 63 Group Stage MD6

Kareen FC 2-2 Half Boy FC

The Globe Cup group stage is mostly wrapped up at this point for RGS, who secured their place in the First Knockout Round last time out. This match against leaders Mierton Manatees is simply to decide the group winners and seedings, with RGS needing the win to finish top. However, it’s the visitors from Taeshan that control the game early on, and they punish the hosts with two rather luckily deflected goals. RGS fought back, hitting the woodwork twice before Man Jin Kag pulled one back, but in the end the visitors held out to win 2-1 and finish top of the group. RGS go through in second.

In Valanora, Kareen FC host Half Boy FC in a winner-takes-all match, where the winner of the match, or Half Boy FC in the event of a draw, goes through to the SBCC knockout stages. It was a must-win match for the hosts, and they clearly approached it as such, opening the scoring on 20 minutes through a sublime free kick. But the visitors weren’t going to roll over, and equalised shortly before half time from a corner. Kareen then had the ball in the Half Boy net minutes after halftime, only to be ruled out for a marginal offside, before the visitors pushed on and took the lead with 20 minutes to go. Kareen went on an all-out attack, and despite scoring a second, in the end they just couldn’t find the winning goal, and Half Boy went through to the SBCC knockouts, making it the first time ever that two Eastfielder clubs have made it into the UICA knockouts.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

Copper Communists SC 3-2 Pontifucia United
Seaton Town 0-2 Tuntingone FC
Norrion Rovers 3-1 Olympia FC
FM Town 1-3 Half Boy FC
RGS Athletic 5-2 Monksville United
Nile Bridge 0-1 Seniors FC
VLC FC 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Indionion Athletic 0-1 Walston Brook Albion

The clash of the league leaders happened in Norrion this weekend, with Norrion carrying a two point advantage over Olympia, but both remaining unbeaten thus far. Until the match started, when Olympia somehow were outclassed at every stage of the match; Ognjen Jurkovic opened the scoring against his former club with a well-executed tap in, followed up shortly before half time by Werdickley Safadao. Samantha King did pull Olympia back shortly before the hour mark with a tremendous free kick, but Norrion weren’t fazed, and ten minutes later wrapped up the match through James Chen’s effort. RGS take advantage of the slip-up with a tough home victory against Monksville, despite the 5-2 scoreline - Monksville were 2-1 up before they had a player sent off. In a weekend full of other big matches, VLC faced off against Royal Jam, both sides looking to kick-start a stalled season, but neither managed to make a mark on the other as the two defensive juggernauts levelled at 1-1. The Walston Brook derby saw Albion come out on top in the hostile atmosphere of Marshbrook Stadium, despite its small size. Pontifucia look like they’re falling further adrift after another loss, this time to Copper Communists.

Those results leave Norrion leading the way, 5 points ahead of Olympia, who are now just three clear themselves of RGS. VLC in fourth are a staggering 7 points behind RGS at this stage of the season, with Walston Brook and Copper Communists separating them from 7th place Royal Jam - a 4 point gap covers 4th to 9th. At the bottom, Pontifucia are beginning to look a little stranded, as they lie in last place, 5 points from safety. Half Boy FC join, surprisingly, Nile Bridge in the bottom three, with both teams a point off Indionion in tenth. Seniors FC, the third promoted team, are currently sitting pretty in 9th with 15 points.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Norrion Rovers         12   11   1   0    28    3  +25    34 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             12    9   2   1    25   10  +15    29 CC
 3 RGS Athletic           12    7   5   0    41   10  +31    26 GC
 4 VLC FC                 12    5   4   3    15    9   +6    19 GC
 5 Walston Brook Albion   12    5   3   4    11   10   +1    18
 6 Copper Communists SC   12    4   5   3    20   18   +2    17
 7 Royal Jam FC           12    4   4   4    14    9   +5    16
 8 FM Town                12    5   1   6    18   20   −2    16
 9 Seniors FC             12    4   3   5    12   17   −5    15
10 Seaton Town            12    2   7   3    14   18   −4    13
11 Tuntingone FC          12    2   6   4    12   12    0    12
12 Monksville United      12    2   6   4    12   16   −4    12
13 Indionion Athletic     12    2   4   6    15   23   −8    10
14 Nile Bridge            12    3   0   9    12   29  −17     9 Relegated
15 Half Boy FC            12    2   3   7     8   25  −17     9 Relegated
16 Pontifucia United      12    1   2   9     7   35  −28     5 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Tavernia            12   10   0   2    31   10  +21    30 C/P/SBCC
 2 Polkation FC           12    8   3   1    17    6  +11    27 P/SBCC
 3 YLW FC                 12    7   0   5    20   19   +1    21 P/SBCC
 4 Micronopia United      12    5   5   2    22   12  +10    20
 5 Toclofania FC          12    6   2   4    15    9   +6    20
 6 Sunburbia FC           12    6   2   4    13   12   +1    20
 7 Xilon OC               12    5   3   4    14   10   +4    18
 8 Macaronia FC           12    5   2   5    18   24   −6    17
 9 Yillog City            12    4   4   4    14   11   +3    16
10 Revisionists           12    5   1   6    10   16   −6    16
11 Approciation FC        12    4   3   5    15   23   −8    15
12 Oldbridge FC           12    2   5   5     8   11   −3    11
13 Benopia AC             12    3   2   7     8   17   −9    11
14 Forest Rangers         12    2   4   6     9   11   −2    10 Relegated  (C)
15 Lodgertia United       12    2   2   8    13   23  −10     8 Relegated (I)
16 Jam Athletic           12    2   2   8    12   25  −13     8 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:44 am

ICELFA Season 33: Part 3

KCC Fifth Round 1st Leg

Gilgonare FC (T3) 1-1 Sunburbia FC (T2)
United United (T6) 0-1 Port Lodgertia (T3)
Lodgertia United (T2) 0-0 Seaton Town (T1)
YLW FC (T2) 3-4 Thawmont Rovers (T4)
Basalata FC (T3) 2-0 Revisionists Athletic (T3)
Forest Rangers (T2) 1-1 RGS Athletic (T1)
Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-2 Nile Bridge (T1)
Athletic Finsentra (T4) 0-0 Indionion Athletic (T1)

CdC 39 Preliminary Round 1st Leg

Dinamo Sainati (Askari Union) 1-0 RGS Athletic

The two-legged KCC ties begin this week with the 5th Round 1st legs, with 16 teams left in the competition. There is a wide mix of teams here, with 2 teams from the fourth tier and even a plucky sixth tier side, United United, making the cut. And all around there were plenty of unexpected results to keep things interesting. United United hosted third tier side Port Lodgertia, hoping to continue this great run, but the visitors may have dented those hopes with a narrow 1-0 win. Thawmont Rovers on the other hand will be salivating the prospect of the quarter-finals, as they come out on top in a 7 goal thriller against second tier side YLW FC, and 4 away goals will put pressure on YLW. Elsewhere, Athletic Finsentra also stand a good chance of making it to the quarter-finals, as they make up three divisions to hold Indionion at home, and not conceding any away goals will help them in the return leg.

The all-Premier League tie saw high-flying Walston Brook host Nile Bridge, but it was the team currently in the relegation places that fought off the the team looking for UICA football, with Blas Farran getting the second away goal. RGS suffer really badly from the fixture congestion in this midweek, travelling to Jammy Forests to he held by second tier side Forest Ranger for a shock 1-1 in the first match of the round, before travelling to the Askari Union to play league champions Dinamo Sainati in the Copa de Campeones, but they were given another shock as they came back with a 1-0 loss.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

Pontifucia United 3-2 Seaton Town
Copper Communists SC 2-2 Norrion Rovers
Tuntingone FC 4-0 FM Town
Olympia FC 0-2 RGS Athletic
Half Boy FC 0-1 Nile Bridge
Monksville United 0-1 VLC FC
Seniors FC 2-1 Indionion Athletic
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Walston Brook Albion

And this may be the reason why RGS lost those two midweek matches - an away trip cross-country to face second-place side Olympia FC, with only three points the gap between them. And even before kick-off, there’s good news as Norrion Rovers drop points for the second time of the season, drawing against 6th place side Copper Communists. RGS take full advantage, with a dominant 2-0 win over Olympia showing a bit of their vintage class. Elsewhere, Royal Jam seem unable to catch the top four, as they lose to fifth place Walston Brook to fall 5 points behind VLC in fourth. Pontifucia get a vital win at the bottom end of the table, but Nile Bridge’s win over Half Boy keeps the safety gap steady at the bottom.

Globe Cup 63 Sixteenth-Finals 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 0-2 Cornellians (Schottia)

The fixtures keep coming thick and fast for RGS, as this time they host Cornellians of Schottia in the First Knockout Round of the Globe Cup. It’s not a pretty match, but the visitors get the job done and go back to Schottia with a useful 2-0 win.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

Norrion Rovers 3-1 Pontifucia United
FM Town 2-4 Seaton Town
RGS Athletic 5-0 Copper Communists SC
Nile Bridge 0-1 Tuntingone FC
VLC FC 2-0 Olympia FC
Indionion Athletic 1-0 Half Boy FC
Walston Brook Albion 0-1 Monksville United
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Seniors FC

And straight after losing to one half of Lodger City, Olympia go and lose to the other half - a trip to fourth place VLC sees the Vorgan side play really out of character, and more or less mimicking the RGS win last weekend, down to the scoreline. More importantly for VLC, the chasing pack is dealt a huge blow, especially with Walston Brook as they surprisingly lose at home to Monksville; Seniors lose in a direct fight with Royal Jam, and Copper Communists are demolished 5-0 by RGS. Norrion keep the lead at 6 with a win of their own, but Nile Bridge fall into the relegation zone after Indionion capitalise on their loss.

KCC Fifth Round 2nd Leg

Sunburbia FC (T2) 1-0 Gilgonare FC (T3) (AGG: 2-1)
Port Lodgertia (T3) 0-0 United United (T6) (AGG: 1-0)
Seaton Town (T1) 2-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (AGG: 2-2) (Lodgertia United (T2) wins on away goals rule)
Thawmont Rovers (T4) 1-1 YLW FC (T2) (AGG: 5-4)
Revisionists Athletic (T3) 1-1 Basalata FC (T3) (AGG: 1-3)
RGS Athletic (T1) 5-1 Forest Rangers (T2) (AGG: 6-2)
Nile Bridge (T1) 1-1 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (AGG: 3-2)
Indionion Athletic (T1) 1-1 Athletic Finsentra (T4) (AGG: 1-1) (Athletic Finsentra (T4) wins on away goals rule)

CdC 39 Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 2-0 Dinamo Sainati (AGG: 2-1)

Crunch time in many matches in this second leg. RGS open the week by rectifying their mistakes from two weeks ago, putting 5 past Forest Rangers to remove any chance of an upset. Athletic Finsentra just add to their fairytale run, as a 1-1 away draw with Indionion sees the fourth tier side knock the Premier League side out on away goals. Seaton Town are also dumped out on away goals after struggling Lodgertia United of the Second Division secured a 2-2 away draw. Thawmont Rovers are also through to the quarter-finals, as they defended valiantly to stop YLW wiping out their away goal advantage, and securing a 1-1 draw to advance 5-4 on aggregate. The all Premier League ties sees Nile Bridge press home their advantage from the first leg, with a draw putting them through.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

Pontifucia United 0-1 FM Town
Norrion Rovers 2-2 RGS Athletic
Seaton Town 4-2 Nile Bridge
Copper Communists SC 0-1 VLC FC
Tuntingone FC 1-2 Indionion Athletic
Olympia FC 2-0 Walston Brook Albion
Half Boy FC 0-3 Royal Jam FC
Monksville United 1-0 Seniors FC

The halfway point of the season comes along with another top of the table clash, as Norrion Rovers host RGS Athletic in an electric match that turns out to be a 2-2 draw, with a brace from Tia Drenas splitting Safadao’s. Olympia take full advantage by inflicting another loss onto Walston Brook, who at 6 losses have already matched last season’s entire loss tally. VLC claw themselves further away from their challengers, with Royal Jam in fifth after their victory a good 6 points behind. Indionion score a vital win in Lodgertia, moving them 4 points clear of relegation, but still in 13th. The mid-table is anyone’s game at the moment, with 6 teams covered by a single point.

Globe Cup 63 Sixteenth-Finals 2nd Leg

Cornellians 1-1 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-1)

Can RGS go and rescue the tie they so badly lost two weeks ago? Well, early evidence in the match against Schottia’s Cornellians suggested yes, as Tia Drenas opened the scoring, and RGS dominated the match, nearly levelling the tie on a few occasions. That lasted till halftime, where a revamped home side came out and fought back, scoring an equaliser in the match and then killing the tie off, knocking RGS out 3-1 on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

RGS Athletic 4-2 Pontifucia United
Nile Bridge 1-1 FM Town
VLC FC 3-1 Norrion Rovers
Indionion Athletic 1-2 Seaton Town
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 Copper Communists SC
Royal Jam FC 3-0 Tuntingone FC
Seniors FC 0-3 Olympia FC
Monksville United 2-1 Half Boy FC

Surprise result at the top of the tree, as VLC throw another spanner into the works, this time doing what any team in the first half of the season couldn’t and beat Norrion, again in an uncharacteristic style. That opens up the door for RGS to narrow the gap, and that they did, although Pontifucia did give them a scare by taking the lead twice. Olympia beat Seniors to keep up their challenge as well, still a single point behind RGS. At the bottom Nile Bridge claw back a point to safety after drawing with FM Town, with Indionion having lost. Walston Brook and Royal Jam keep up their outside challenges for a Globe Cup spot with wins.

SBCC 63 Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

Half Boy FC 1-0 Dashturnbein (Eura)

And so, to the last Eastfielder team standing in UICA competition. Half Boy FC, struggling for points in the Premier League, have surprised many to even make it this far, having started in the Second Preliminary Round. Their SBCC Round of 16 reward is a match against Eura’s Dashturnbein, with Half Boy starting at home. The team from Copportopia acquitted themselves well, absorbing attacks and then firing home one of their few chances to take the 1-0 victory.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

Pontifucia United 1-2 Nile Bridge
RGS Athletic 1-1 VLC FC
FM Town 7-1 Indionion Athletic
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Seaton Town 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Copper Communists SC 2-0 Seniors FC
Tuntingone FC 0-0 Monksville United
Olympia FC 4-0 Half Boy FC

All eyes on New Lodger City and the King Iqbal II Stadium this weekend, as the Lodger City derby rolls around again - RGS Athletic in second hosting VLC FC in fourth, just 5 points between the two teams. The first derby of the season was a draw, and in the end, despite VLC holding the better momentum throughout the match, RGS did just enough to salvage a point through Daniel Keeble’s free kick, even though they played poorly throughout. However, this provided opportunities for Olympia and Norrion Rovers to gain some ground. However, Norrion faltered to fifth place Walston Brook, at home, marking up a second consecutive loss after 15 games unbeaten, which cuts the gap at the top to just a single point, as Olympia leapfrog RGS into second. At the bottom, Nile Bridge draw level with Indionion on points after the latter were Taeshan’d by FM Town, only staying in the bottom three on goal difference.

KCC Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Thawmont Rovers (T4) 1-0 Port Lodgertia (T3)
Nile Bridge (T1) 5-0 Basalata FC (T3)
Sunburbia FC (T2) 1-1 Athletic Finsentra (T4)
RGS Athletic (T1) 1-1 Lodgertia United (T2)

An interesting line-up of teams makes the quarter-final stage of the KCC this season - two teams from each of the top four tiers. RGS Athletic are now entertaining the possibility of a first league and cup double in 13 years, but a home visit from Lodgertia United at the bottom end of the Second Division puts a possible roadblock into that dream, with the visitors snatching a late away goal to level the tie at 1-1. No such problems for the other top flight side, Nile Bridge, as they ruthlessly dispatch third tier side Basalata FC by 5-0, more or less booking their place in the semi-finals. The two fourth tier sides have also acquitted themselves well, with Thawmont Rovers coming up with a nice 1-0 victory against third tier side Port Lodgertia, whilst Athletic Finsentra went up to second division side Sunburbia FC for what was an even match, reflected by the 1-1 scoreline that the visiting minnows will be happy with.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

VLC FC 2-0 Pontifucia United
Indionion Athletic 6-3 Nile Bridge
Walston Brook Albion 1-2 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-2 FM Town
Seniors FC 0-2 Norrion Rovers
Monksville United 1-0 Seaton Town
Half Boy FC 2-2 Copper Communists SC
Olympia FC 1-1 Tuntingone FC

It’s becoming a really interesting race at the top now, and Olympia lose ground again having worked hard to move back into second, drawing 1-1 at home with Tuntingone. Norrion win with a convincing 2-0 win against Seniors, whilst RGS navigate a tricky away match against Albion to stay two points behind the leaders. A VLC win sees them move to 4 points off Olympia, whilst increasing the gap to Royal Jam to 6 points. At the bottom, Indionion face off against relegation rivals Nile Bridge in a very high-scoring match, with 9 goals scored between the pair - hosts Indionion come out on top and create a three point safety gap, with Seniors falling to thirteenth and only two points clear. Half Boy get a crucial point against mid-table Copper Communists, which leaves them 8 points from safety, whilst Pontifucia’s defeat sees them a whole 10 points off safety.

SBCC 63 Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Dashturnbein 2-2 Half Boy FC (AGG: 2-3)

Struggling Half Boy FC at least have the SBCC to look forward to, and this week travel to war-torn Eura for their second leg against Dashturnbein, having won the home leg 1-0. The visitors took the early lead as well, and the away goal meant that the hosts needed three goals to advance. A tall order in the first half with the way Half Boy were in control, but a lucky break did see them open their accounts, levelling the match going into half-time. After the restart, the game was much more even, but Half Boy ended up settling the tie through Hishma Dobson, with the hosts again needing another three goals, but in only 20 minutes. They tried, but could only muster up one to draw the match at 2-2, with Half Boy taking the tie 3-2 on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

Pontifucia United 2-1 Indionion Athletic
VLC FC 0-1 Walston Brook Albion
Nile Bridge 2-1 Royal Jam FC
RGS Athletic 6-0 Seniors FC
FM Town 0-1 Monksville United
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Half Boy FC
Seaton Town 5-3 Olympia FC
Copper Communists SC 2-3 Tuntingone FC

Plenty of goals this week, if you knew where to look. The top of the table saw Norrion maintain their two point lead with a win against a Half Boy side giddy from making the SBCC quarter-finals, whilst RGS demolished Seniors FC 6-0. Third place Olympia suffered another mishap in their title chase, losing their fourth game of the season in an 8 game thriller away to Seaton Town, with the hosts coming from 3-2 down in the last 20 minutes - that leaves Olympia 4 points off 2nd place RGS. VLC fail to capitalise on Olympia however, as they themselves are beaten at home in an epic defensive battle, losing 1-0 to Walston Brook, who move into fifth after struggling Royal Jam are surprised by very-struggling Nile Bridge, with the latter now moving out of the relegation zone and dropping Seniors FC in. Pontifucia move off the bottom after they come back from a goal down to register a win against Indionion.

KCC Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Port Lodgertia (T3) 0-1 Thawmont Rovers (T4) (AGG: 0-2)
Basalata FC (T3) 2-4 Nile Bridge (T1) (AGG: 2-9)
Athletic Finsentra (T4) 0-1 Sunburbia FC (T2) (AGG: 1-2)
Lodgertia United (T2) 1-1 RGS Athletic (T1) (2-2 AET, AGG: 3-3) (RGS Athletic (T1) wins on away goals rule)

Well, talk about a close call. RGS are nearly dumped out of the KCC after Lodgertia United neutralised most of their attacking prowess, and a lucky goal from the second division side gave them the lead. RGS replied quite late on, after knocking on the door for half an hour. They can’t breakthrough again, and the hosts hold on for extra time. A mistake at the back allows Lodgertia United to break the defence and score a second goal, and RGS were beginning to look desperate for the winning goal, throwing on attacking players willy-nilly and camping inside the Lodgertia half. It was a 118th minute deflected free kick that finally broke the hosts’ resolve, and RGS advanced on away goals. Elsewhere, Nile Bridge make it two top flight sides in the last four as they confirm the inevitable, with a second string beating third tier Basalata FC 4-2 on the road to add to the 5-0 in the first leg. Athletic Finsentra were unable to upset Sunburbia, however, as they overcame the away goal disadvantage with one of their own, with the hosts unable to mount an effective response. Thawmont Rovers on the other hand ensured that the fourth tier were represented in the last four, as they doubled down on their first leg victory over Port Lodgertia to knock the last remaining third tier side out of the competition.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

Walston Brook Albion 4-1 Pontifucia United
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Indionion Athletic
Seniors FC 1-2 VLC FC
Monksville United 1-0 Nile Bridge
Half Boy FC 1-5 RGS Athletic
Olympia FC 3-0 FM Town
Tuntingone FC 2-1 Norrion Rovers
Copper Communists SC 3-1 Seaton Town

Movement at the top! Norrion travel to Lodgertia to play Tuntingone FC, and are somehow completely unable to stop the hosts tearing through their defence, as they concede two quick-fire goals, to lose 2-1, making it just 11 points points in 8 matches after a start with 34 in 12.. That gave RGS a golden opportunity to finally take the league lead, and against SBCC quarterfinalists Half Boy, they took it with ruthless efficiency in a 5-1 win. Olympia and VLC also took the chance to narrow the gap at the top, with Olympia beating off FM Town’s challenge with a comfortable 3-0 win, and VLC narrowly defeating relegation-threatened Seniors FC. The rest of the bottom five also lose, and with just ten games to go, Pontifucia at 8 and Half Boy at 9 points off safety seem to be doomed. The last relegation spot now seems to be a straight three-way fight between Indionion, Seniors and Nile Bridge. Out of nowhere, Monksville have sneaked up to just a point behind Royal Jam and two behind fifth-placed Walston Brook after getting 6 wins and a draw in the last 7 games.

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           20   13   7   0    68   17  +51    46 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 Norrion Rovers         20   14   3   3    41   14  +27    45 CC
 3 Olympia FC             20   13   3   4    41   20  +21    42 GC
 4 VLC FC                 20   11   5   4    27   13  +14    38 GC
 5 Walston Brook Albion   20   10   3   7    20   16   +4    33
 6 Royal Jam FC           20    9   5   6    28   14  +14    32
 7 Monksville United      20    8   7   5    19   18   +1    31
 8 Tuntingone FC          20    6   8   6    24   21   +3    26
 9 Copper Communists SC   20    6   7   7    31   33   −2    25
10 Seaton Town            20    6   7   7    32   34   −2    25
11 FM Town                20    7   3  10    31   36   −5    24
12 Indionion Athletic     20    5   4  11    28   42  −14    19
13 Nile Bridge            20    6   1  13    23   44  −21    19
14 Seniors FC             20    5   3  12    15   36  −21    18 Relegated
15 Pontifucia United      20    3   2  15    17   54  −37    11 Relegated
16 Half Boy FC            20    2   4  14    12   45  −33    10 Relegated

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 FC Tavernia            20   15   1   4    47   21  +26    46 C/P/SBCC
 2 Polkation FC           20   10   6   4    22   12  +10    36 P/SBCC
 3 Toclofania FC          20   10   5   5    27   17  +10    35 P/SBCC
 4 Micronopia United      20    8   8   4    37   22  +15    32
 5 Xilon OC               20    8   8   4    25   16   +9    32
 6 YLW FC                 20   10   2   8    32   29   +3    32
 7 Revisionists           20    9   3   8    17   23   −6    30
 8 Forest Rangers         20    8   5   7    25   13  +12    29
 9 Yillog City            20    7   8   5    24   18   +6    29
10 Sunburbia FC           20    7   5   8    15   18   −3    26
11 Macaronia FC           20    7   5   8    27   36   −9    26
12 Benopia AC             20    5   7   8    15   24   −9    22
13 Oldbridge FC           20    4   7   9    15   18   −3    19
14 Approciation FC        20    4   6  10    20   38  −18    18 Relegated (C)
15 Lodgertia United       20    4   4  12    24   43  −19    16 Relegated (I)
16 Jam Athletic           20    3   2  15    17   41  −24    11 Relegated (C)

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