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ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:26 pm

Imperial Commonwealth T20 Championship - Season 4

Regional Divisions

 P EFL Division              Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Seaton                     18   11   0   7  2553 2526  +27    22 NL1
 2 Mount Salt City            18   11   0   7  2499 2460  +39    22 NL2
 3 Pindale                    18   11   0   7  2293 2248  +45    22 NL3
 4 Norrion                    18   10   1   7  2522 2390 +132    21
 5 New Lodger City            18   10   1   7  2520 2584  −64    21
 6 Monurtag                   18   10   1   7  2575 2568   +7    21
 7 Ricton                     18   10   0   8  2629 2561  +68    20
 8 Walston Brook              18    7   1  10  2556 2478  +78    15
 9 Bridgetown                 18    4   0  14  2485 2551  −66     8
10 Lodgertia                  18    3   2  13  2318 2584 −266     8

 P Central Division          Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Farond                     16   11   0   5  2254 2154 +100    22 NL1
 2 Acreville                  16   10   0   6  2310 2296  +14    20 NL2
 3 Pasturia                   16   10   0   6  2226 2196  +30    20 NL3
 4 Jununope                   16   10   0   6  2138 2198  −60    20
 5 Bliketia                   16    9   0   7  2204 2244  −40    18
 6 Paddockia                  16    6   0  10  2244 2212  +32    12
 7 Gamerville                 16    6   0  10  2263 2251  +12    12
 8 Yillog                     16    5   0  11  2137 2154  −17    10
 9 Tavernia                   16    5   0  11  2227 2298  −71    10

 P Serenelian Division       Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Steel River Valley         10    6   0   4  1419 1381  +38    12 NL1
 2 Marepacopolis              10    6   0   4  1519 1380 +139    12 NL2
 3 Westpass                   10    5   0   5  1405 1461  −56    10 NL3
 4 New Minesville             10    4   1   5  1399 1438  −39     9
 5 Newt Cape                  10    4   1   5  1428 1457  −29     9
 6 Lakeport                   10    4   0   6  1321 1374  −53     8

 P Scholarly Division        Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Pedantry Central           14   11   0   3  1934 1922  +12    22 NL1
 2 Revisionism City           14    9   0   5  1964 1958   +6    18 NL2
 3 Xilon                      14    7   0   7  1860 1829  +31    14 NL3
 4 Forngirn                   14    7   0   7  1989 1974  +15    14
 5 Dictionary                 14    7   0   7  1785 1858  −73    14
 6 Syrenia                    14    5   1   8  1917 1955  −38    11
 7 Paranormal                 14    5   0   9  1915 1897  +18    10
 8 Aswania                    14    4   1   9  1981 1952  +29     9

 P Economic Division         Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Ashkaren                   16   13   0   3  2362 2153 +209    26 NL1
 2 Jam Town                   16   11   0   5  2183 2147  +36    22 NL2
 3 Micronia                   16   10   0   6  2170 2186  −16    20 NL3
 4 Macaronia                  16    8   0   8  2249 2279  −30    16
 5 Cuprumville                16    7   0   9  2202 2139  +63    14
 6 Rivermouth                 16    7   0   9  2267 2218  +49    14
 7 Halveboi                   16    7   0   9  2142 2189  −47    14
 8 Likina                     16    5   0  11  2193 2176  +17    10
 9 Copper City                16    4   0  12  2087 2368 −281     8

 P Utopic Division           Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Benopia                    14   11   0   3  2053 1904 +149    22 NL1
 2 Nexusortem                 14    9   0   5  1993 1956  +37    18 NL2
 3 Textilia                   14    7   0   7  2008 1939  +69    14 NL3
 4 Boomtown                   14    7   0   7  1866 1961  −95    14
 5 Sunburbia                  14    6   1   7  1933 1916  +17    13
 6 Pontifucia                 14    6   0   8  1949 1910  +39    12
 7 Devoniria                  14    5   0   9  1869 1953  −84    10
 8 Toclofania                 14    4   1   9  1915 2047 −132     9

National Leagues


P National League One       Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Pedantry Central           10    6   0   4  1312 1335  −23    12 QF
2 Seaton                     10    6   0   4  1438 1322 +116    12 QF
3 Steel River Valley         10    6   0   4  1364 1359   +5    12 QF
4 Farond                     10    5   0   5  1373 1319  +54    10 QF
5 Benopia                    10    5   0   5  1300 1265  +35    10 PO
6 Ashkaren                   10    2   0   8  1355 1542 −187     4 PO

P National League Two       Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Revisionism City           10    7   0   3  1331 1334   −3    14 PO
2 Mount Salt City            10    6   0   4  1370 1320  +50    12 PO
3 Jam Town                   10    6   0   4  1424 1428   −4    12 PO
4 Nexusortem                 10    4   0   6  1394 1384  +10     8 PO
5 Acreville                  10    4   0   6  1382 1394  −12     8
6 Marepacopolis              10    3   0   7  1435 1476  −41     6

P National League Three     Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Textilia                   10    6   0   4  1371 1349  +22    12 PO
2 Micronia                   10    6   0   4  1435 1519  −84    12 PO
3 Westpass                   10    6   0   4  1418 1314 +104    12
4 Xilon                      10    4   1   5  1338 1357  −19     9
5 Pindale                    10    4   0   6  1341 1372  −31     8
6 Pasturia                   10    3   1   6  1369 1361   +8     7

Playoffs

Playoff Round

Benopia 132/7 (20 overs)
Micronia 171/2 (20 overs)
Micronia win by 39 runs

Ashkaren 135/6 (20 overs)
Textilia 138/2 (20 overs)
Textilia win by 8 wickets

Revisionism City 156/6 (20 overs)
Nexusortem 134/7 (20 overs)
Revisionism City win by 22 runs

Mount Salt City 194/5 (20 overs)
Jam Town 152/8 (20 overs)
Mount Salt City win by 42 runs

Quarter-Finals

Farond 159/5 (20 overs)
Micronia 144/7 (20 overs)
Farond win by 15 runs

Steel River Valley 177/5 (20 overs)
Textilia 143/6 (20 overs)
Steel River Valley win by 34 runs

Seaton 120/7 (18 overs)
Revisionism City 116/5 (20 overs)
Seaton win by 3 wickets

Pedantry Central 132/3 (16.3 overs)
Mount Salt City 129/7 (20 overs)
Pedantry Central win by 7 wickets

Semi-Finals

Pedantry Central 136/7 (20 overs)
Farond 159/6 (20 overs)
Farond win by 23 runs

Seaton 146/6 (20 overs)
Steel River Valley 149/5 (20 overs)
Steel River Valley win by 5 wickets

Grand Final

Steel River Valley 131 (17.2 overs)
Farond 134/7 (20 overs)

Farond post a rather low total despite the conditions, but it took a collapse of some magnitude from Steel River Valley, who after 15 overs were 108-3, just needing 27 from 30 balls and looking comfortable. 7 wickets in 14 balls, including a hat-trick from Truman Short, turned the match on its head. In fact, the match was decided by one moment, as Farid Vargas took a stunning midair catch from the last ball to stop Leah Shaker's clipped shot clearing the boundary for a 6 that would have won the match. This is the first time that Farond have won the ICT20, having reached the last 4 two years prior and the quarter-finals in the inaugural season, with the now three-time Central League champions notching the first national victory for the Central League.

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:41 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 38 Preview

The Royal Jam hype train had to stop sometime, and last year it did just that. Not for the lack of trying, as the top 4 were all separated by just two points with four games to go - VLC were actually top of the league in what was their best season in a good long while. Norrion level on points, whilst Royal Jam were a point behind, and RGS were beginning to fret about their unbroken run of Champions’ Cup qualifications in fourth, another point off the title. However, losses for VLC, Royal Jam and Norrion (the latter at the hands of RGS, to boot) allowed the perennial champions to seize the top spot with two games to go, and ahead of the Lodger City derby in the penultimate game. That ended a goal apiece, but neither of the other teams could capitalise - Royal Jam were held at home by 5th placed Olympia, and Norrion suffered a shock loss to relegation threatened Xilon OC.

The final day was a big one though. 4 teams, all with a good shout at the title - RGS were a point ahead of VLC, with Norrion and Royal Jam another point behind. And facing each other to boot, whilst the other two faced off against relegation-battling opposition. In the end, RGS quickly ran up the score against Polkation, and VLC did the same against Xilon, and the contest was rather anticlimactically over at half-time, although Norrion prevailed against Royal Jam to secure third and push the defending champions down to fourth. Polkation were relegated, along with FC Tavernia and UR Town, replaced by Indionion and Seniors, who both bounced straight back, and Pontifucia, who returned to the top flight after 2 years out.Olympia made it in fifth, and a KCC win to boot to salvage a relatively poor season where they were off the title pace.

Several big names did make their curtain call in the off-season, and they will be hard names to replace. Amongst them were Zlastica Ellen, the Chromatikan left back who nearly dragged Norrion to the title in her short stint at the club, along with long-time Norrion servant and Super Llamaland international James Chen. 95X’s Lynette Glenn also called time on her career at Olympia, whilst Osarian Alameda Ybarra, who terrorised full backs for years as RGS’ starting winger, also called it a day, as did Royal Jam’s Orso Cicchino of Audioslavia. Closer to home, Norrion also saw the retirement of Fareed Gauthier, a one-time Eastfielder international. Juan Lumo was a another international leaving the game, leaving Olympia after nearly 400 games in the heart of defence. Glen Soria, one of the most prolific number 10s to grace the league, retired from RGS as well, with an impressive record of nearly a goal and an assist every 3 games, whilst Veronica Puppy, the youngest of the players brought in by the old Babbage consortium at VLC, alos hung up her gloves, have started in goal for both club and country. These are just the most prominent of the names however; there are several club stalwarts who haven’t made this list.

Elsewhere, discussions are ongoing with the representatives of the Second Division clubs and the Imperial and Commonwealth leagues regarding expanding the unified league system from two tiers to four - i.e.combining the current Imperial top flight and Commonwealth top flights into two new unified divisions to sit before the Second Division. The move, somewhat expectedly, has been supported by the Imperial League clubs, who have long been languishing in the current system as the Second Divison is very Commonwealth heavy - it has been several year since that last an Imperial League side finished bottom of the Second Division, and in almost every season in the current system, more Commonwealth teams have been relegated compared to Imperial League teams - UR Town are the most famous example of this, as they were stuck as perennial Imperial First Division title contenders due to the lack of promotion spots following their forced relegation. The motion is expected to pass, but whether it will be implemented in time for the following season is yet to be seen.

Team Previews
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ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:17 pm

ICELFA Season 38: Part 1

Globe Cup 68 1st Preliminary Round
Olympia FC 1-0 Canterlot Stars (Equestrian States)
Canterlot Stars 4-1 Olympia FC (AGG: 4-2)

SBCC 68 1st Preliminary Round

Ixic (Qusmo) 1-1 Pontifucia United
Pontifucia United 1-2 Ixic (AGG: 2-3)

Champions Cup 71 2nd Preliminary Round

VLC FC 6-1 FC Atlantis (Whirl Islands)
FC Atlantis 0-2 VLC FC (AGG: 1-8)

Globe Cup 68 2nd Preliminary Round

Royal Jam FC 1-0 Fog Bank (Ghirapur)
Fog Bank 1-1 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 1-2)

The curtain openers for some of the big teams rolls around, cutting pre-season a little shorter than they would have liked. Then again, this happens every season to UICA-competing clubs, deal with it. Kicking off in the Globe Cup were Olympia FC, last season’s cup champions, who begin their second season under the tutelage of Malcolm Jafri. Their opponents were a notable outfit in and of themselves, Canterlot Stars of the Equestrian States. The Mount Salt City side has the luxury of a home time to start the season off, and it was a close affair, but teenage Pasargan striker Nataša Horvat was the difference, a 42nd minute backheel flick the only goal in the first leg. Olympia looked promising in the return leg as well. For all of 10 minutes, during which Alder did rock the post. But the hosts grew into the game, and racked up three unanswered goals before half-time, an own goal by Eugenie Tierney not helping matters much. Alder did make up for his first half miss with a pinpoint header in the second, leaving Olympia a goal from advancing on away goals, but a fourth goal killed off the fightback, and Olympia’s Globe Cup campaign was dead in the water.

The SBCC also kicked off with with Pontifucia United, last season’s third placed side in the Second Division, travelling to Qusmo to face off against Ixic, in what was a poor dogged affair for the neutrals. Very few efforts, not much creativity, and yet the hosts managed to sneak ahead around 20 minutes in, a deflected long shot wrong-footing Alyss Vohra. It didn’t get much better after the goal either, with both sides stuck in a midfield scrap, and despite a couple of early substitutions by both sides in the second half, it was only luck that Pontifucia managed to grab an equaliser - one of the Ixic defenders air-kicked at a backpass, leaving room for Ghazvini to run through on goal and slot home the gift. That match finished 1-1, with little hope for the return leg in terms of quality, but still all to play for. And it was very much a tie of two legs, as both sides played so much better in Pontifucia. The visitors drew first blood again, a well placed header from a nice whipped cross, but Vohra levelled the match and the tie on aggregate with a header of her own from Orta’s corner. The hosts faded going into the second half however, and Ixic took control, adding a free kick to the scoreline to leave Pontifucia two goals away from the next round, with the hosts being unable to find any in reply. Pontifucia United out, and no SBCC representation under the third preliminary round.

Going into the second preliminary rounds, the Champions Cup kicked with last season’s surprise runners-up VLC FC taking on Whirl Island’s FC Atlantis. Semih Loiseau’s second season kicked off with a bang, as VLC tore through their visitors time and time again, almost walking in the first two goals with Legget Bethell and Waleed Saqib slotting home the easiest of the finishes from cutbacks, whilst Jiri Kurek scored on the break off an Atlantis corner. The visitors did pull a goal back before half-time from a corner, but VLC continued to dominate the second half, Kurek completing his hat-trick with a long-range effort ten minutes from time. Bethell added a second to make it a 6-1 night to remember for VLC fans, with their first Champions Cup outing in many years. The return leg was basically a formality for the Vorgan side, and even with a largely second string line-up, they were in cruise control, Bethell and Salvatora Orme grabbing the goals to secure an 8-1 aggregate win. Back in the Globe Cup, Royal Jam entered the second round, and they had a tough time of it against Ghirapur’s Fog Bank, a team and nation largely unknown on the world stage. The Jam Town side hosted a tightly fought first leg, both sides defending superbly, barring one mistake in the 52nd that allowed von Kraus to hand the hosts an advantage. Kaiya Mohd then gave the the minnows an insurmountable task in the second leg, clipping home Germain Bourguignon’s low cross to hand Royal Jam an away goal, and in effect a 2 goal cushion. Fog Bank did rally and manage to take out one of those cushions, but it wasn’t enough, and Royal Jam comfortably sailed through.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

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

This is an interesting opening to the season, for sure. The headline of the round has to be the Lodger City derby, a match that may take on even more prominence this season after VLC’s resurgence last time, and a draw in the Lodger City derby in the penultimate game last season that quite plausibly denied VLC the title. Nothing was settled here either, as Ursula Rankin’s headed opener was cancelled from the penalty spot by Legget Bethell. And much like last season’s second derby, none of the big 5 did well - third place Norrion couldn’t find a way past a dogged Albion defence, whilst Olympia were the architects of their own demise with two horrible defensive errors. Royal Jam at least got a point, but credit to Monksville for shutting the three-time champions down offensively. Xilon was the place to be for entertainment however, with Nile Bridge, who seem to be attracted to goal-fests, coming out on top of a 9-goal thriller against Xilon OC, with braces for Blas Farran and Meluna.

Champions Cup 71 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

RGS Athletic 2-0 BK Ivyvirke (Koana Islands)
Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-1 VLC FC

Globe Cup 68 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Norrion Rovers 0-1 Crystal City United (Crystal Empire)
Royal Jam FC 4-0 ASK Landmark (Savojarna)

SBCC 68 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Seniors FC 1-1 Stonebridge City (North Prarie)

5 top flight sides featuring midweek in the third preliminary rounds, but fortunately this time only four had to make the trip abroad. Not fortunate for VLC, coming off a draining derby match to travel to Capitalizt SLANI, only to lose to Sonoma Center Panthers, although they may be rescued by Senn Tariq’s late away goal. No such trouble for RGS, making their UICA bow for the season, hosting Ko-orenite champions Ivyvirke and comfortably sending them away with a 2 goal deficit to overcome the following week. Royal Jam went rather mental in the Globe Cup, truth be told, with the notoriously defensive outfit going to town against ASK Landmark, with the Savojar side hoping that 4-0 wouldn’t be a landmark defeat in their season. Norrion Rovers were pitiful in their midweek exploits, with critics rather surprised that Crystal City United failed to bag more than the 1 away goal, whilst Seniors FC hosted North Prarie’s Stonebridge City, and were also pretty lacklustre throughout their match, a late Christophe Jansson goal sparing their blushes.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

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

VLC look really tired, no wonder after all their recent travels, and it shows as they can’t they outpace and outgun a rather average Albion performance, Bacho netting the equaliser in the second half unchallenged. No such problems for the other front runners, with RGS and Norrion both racking up convincing 3-0 victories, whilst FM Town might consider themselves hard done by after an own goal ruined what was otherwise a draw-worthy performance against Olympia. Seaton Town remain the only side with two wins from two, somehow, having beaten 2 of the promoted sides 2-0.

Champions Cup 71 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

BK Ivyvirke 0-3 RGS Athletic (AGG: 0-5)
VLC FC 2-0 Sonoma Center Panthers (AGG: 3-2)

Globe Cup 68 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Crystal City United 1-0 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 2-0)
ASK Landmark 1-0 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 1-4)

SBCC 68 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Stonebridge City 0-3 Seniors FC (AGG: 1-4)

Some surprise results this week in the second legs, especially in New Lodger City, as VLC defy their recent poor form to beat the Panthers by a convincing two goal margin. RGS just do what they do best however, and have no trouble advancing to the Playoff Round after a 5-0 aggregate demolition of Ko-oren’s BK Ivyvirke. In the Globe Cup, ASK Landmark, with little hope of advancing, outperform even their own expectations as they hold off Royal Jam for a 1-0 home win - some consolation for the fans despite being knocked out 4-1 on aggregate. Norrion outplay their hosts in the second leg, but somehow cannot find the inside of the net, hitting the woodwork or the side netting several times in the match, and one goal on the counter is enough to see Crystal City United through. Meanwhile, Seniors come out in the second leg a completely different side to the first, blowing away their opposition with two extraordinary first half goals - Carina Taheri with a brilliant free kick and Conshita Bøe with a brave diving header. A third goal in the second half sealed the tie, but Stonebridge never looked like threatening.

King’s Commonwealth Cup First Round

256 teams all aiming for one prize, all entered into one round to duke it out. And as ever, there are many different stories being written, of upsets that were, of upsets that could have been and of matches that leave a sour taste in the mouth of the losing team’s fans. Arguably, the highest profile scalp was that of last season’s league runners-up, as 4 time champions VLC FC had a lead pegged back by plucky Commonwealth League side Triscellian, 4 divisions below them - the minnows somehow survived to penalties, and in the typically cliche pouring rain on a semi-ploughed pitch, VLC managed to sky two of their penalties and had a third expertly saved to lose 3-2 on penalties to be the only Premier League side knocked out. Second Division Toclofania FC, a recent fixture of the top flight themselves, were also taken out of the competition, losing to Imperial League side Garanite FC, whilst Yillog City and Macaronia FC were both taken out by regional league opposition. Revisionists are the other Second Division to be knocked out, narrowly losing to one-time champions Oldbridge FC, who were just relegated from the Second Division.

VLC may have been the only top flight side to be knocked out, but a couple more came close to joining them. Fifth tier Jamridge AC nearly claimed a scalp on Seaton Town, taking the Premier League side all the way to penalties but losing their own nerve from 11 yards, losing 3-1, whilst 6th tier side Leucanop United managed to take Xilon into extra time, but a late Joelle Shea-Foster header was enough to keep Xilon in the cup. Honsadin very nearly were the fifth Second Division side eliminated, but they saw off the challenge of Mount Salt FC with a late normal time equaliser, followed by a rather easy penalty shootout victory. On the other end of the scale, some teams looked in no danger of losing - Nile Bridge and RGS both demolished their lower league opposition by 7 and 6 goals to nil respectively, and there were two 8-1 victories to boot; High Lyn FC were booed off the pitch by the rather peeved off Civil War Memorial fans, who had just seen their team demolished at home. 5th tier side Redbridge United weren’t just upset, they were distraught by Mineville United, in the tier below, who went a goal down before scoring 6 unanswered second half goals.

Champions Cup 71 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Maal Angels (Mriin) 2-2 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 0-0 Dí Maozöxê (Farfadillis)

Globe Cup 68 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Perouno Bandarito (Filindostan) 1-3 Royal Jam FC

SBCC 68 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Indionion Athletic 1-1 D’Itille (Schottia)
Seniors FC 0-1 Griffin Zebras (Jasĭyun)

The final ties before the Champions Cups’ group stages kick off this week, and both Lodger City sides still in action. RGS travelled to Mriin to face off against Maal Angels, but the hosts had the better running of the first half, taking the early lead and holding off wave after wave of RGS attacks, although it wasn’t a bad performance from the away side. Sadek changed things around at half-time, and substitute Craig Girad-Vaillancourt managed to grab two goals of his own, to turn the tie on its head. The Angels would not be denied in the end, and narrowed the arrears to a 2-2 draw. Meanwhile, VLC were outclassed in midfield by their Farf visitors Dí Maozöxê, but their defence was resolute, managing to keep a home clean sheet to give themselves a possible away goal advantage in the return leg. Down in the Globe Cup, Royal Jam began their attempt to reach the Qualifying Round, travelling to Filindostan to play Perouno Bandarito. The Royals were in second gear for the majority of the match, but the hosts played extremely poorly, with Royal Jam taking a 3-1 lead into the return leg at home. Down in the SBCC, it wasn’t such good news for Eastfielder teams, with Indionion being pegged back after taking the lead against Schottia’s D’Itille, and Seniors looking non-plussed against Jasiyun’s Griffin Zebras on their way to a 1-0 home loss.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

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

Seaton Town continue their perfect start to the season, completing their set of 2-0 victories against promoted sides with a home victory over Seniors, still reeling off their dire midweek performance. The only top flight champions of the past 25 years face off in Jam Town, but the defending champions prevail through an Ursula Rankin finish. VLC continue their unbeaten start with a convincing victory in Lodgertia, but spare a thought for FM Town fans, being demolished at home by a team not called RGS for the first time in a while, Norrion skipping all the way home with a 6 goal victory. On other hand, Christopher Judge managed to rescue a second point of the season for Pontifucia, very much against the run of play with Olympia dominating - they should really have scored more than a single goal.

Champions Cup 71 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 2-2 Maal Angels (AGG: 4-4, PKs: 5-4)
Dí Maozöxê 2-4 VLC FC (AGG: 2-4)

Globe Cup 66 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 2-1 Perouno Bandarito (AGG: 5-2)

SBCC 68 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

D’Itille 2-0 Indionion Athletic (AGG: 3-1)
Griffin Zebras 1-1 Seniors FC (AGG: 2-1)

That was too close. RGS take a 2 goal lead in the first half, and look in control against Maal, but first a short backpass from Ivanec and then a superbly taken free kick took the tie to extra time. No goals, but Tom Duffy almost won the tie, heading a corner onto the post before blazing the rebound over the bar. Penalties then loomed, and both sides were imperious, going into the 7th round of the shootout with some tremendous saves on both sides before RGS won 5-4, booking another 6 matches in the group stage. They will be joined there by VLC FC, who were surprisingly excellent on the road at Di Maozoxe. The visitors dominated the first half, neatly finishing three set piece routines before the Farves rallied in the second, scoring two goals of their own but not looking good enough to draw level.

However, they won’t be joined in the group stage by any SBCC teams, as Indionion and Seniors both struggle on the road - Indionion look completely out of the game in Schottia against D’Itille, unable to turn over a home draw and losing 2-0. Seniors do give a good fist of it though, managing to tie the tie on aggregate with an early goal, but the Zebras managed to restore their lead with an equaliser shortly before the break. No such trouble for Royal Jam in the Globe Cup, as they booked their place in the Qualifying Round with a narrow but comfortable 2-1 victory over Perouno Bandarito, despite going behind early on to a freak deflected shot.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

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

The Olympic Park sees the end of Seaton’s 100% start, as hosts Olympia have no time for Seaton’s 2-0 victories against newly promoted sides, steamrolling them with goals from Horvat and King. RGS beat the Commies by the same margin, a late consolation spoiling an otherwise perfect match. Albion also move onto 10 points from 4 games with a surprise win over a rather jaded-looking Royal Jam side, whilst VLC continue their own unbeaten start with a comeback win against FM Town, who are still stuck on 1 point on 4 games. They are only ahead of Xilon, who currently have no points from the 4 games, after Indionion pick up their first points of the season with a narrow victory in Bridgetown.

Globe Cup 68 Qualifying Round 1st Leg

Royal Jam FC 0-3 Stórrgarðrsveit (Halfdansodal)

It’s all getting a bit too much for Royal Jam, it seems. They are really absent from this game, at home of all places, and [unpronounceable name] capitalise, the Halfdansodal(-ian?) side running out 3-0 winners and tearing the famed Royal Jam defence like it was wrapping paper. No conviction in the tackle, no teeth in attack, utterly awful.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Second Round

Well, Pontifucia United will be rueing their missed chances tonight, as 6th tier FC Intaglio score a late smash-and-grab counter-attack to secure a wonderful 1-0 upset victory. The top flight side missed several clear cut opportunities to settle the game, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles. Two more Second Division sides bit the crumbs as well, as Verdigris United demolished Forest Rangers on the road, whilst High Lyn FC needed extra time to see off Micronopia United. It took 18 penalties for Patina Rovers to punch up and upset third tier side Trinardin SC, but they managed it eventually, whilst Mohairlin Rovers upset one-time finalists Northern Wind Athletic, having gone 2-0 as well before winning 3-2. Polkation and YLW will both be relieved tonight however, having avoided major upsets at the hands of Bliketia and Syrenia respectively, Polkation needing extra time and YLW needing penalties after a goalless draw.

Coming into this round we have our first all-unified-division matches, with FM Town hosting Indionion and RGS hosting Sunburbia in a rematch of the final from 4 and a half years ago. FM Town manage to avenge their league loss against VLC with a very convincing 4-1 victory, with Indionion never looking like equal competitors. RGS and Sunburbia was a much closer match in the end, as it took several great saves to keep the potent RGS attack just limited to 2 goals, but Sunburbia couldn’t muster up much themselves, and in the end a 2-1 scoreline was the best they could have hoped for.

Globe Cup 68 Qualifying Round 2nd Leg

Stórrgarðrsveit 3-1 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 6-1)

Well, if you’ve lost the first leg 3-0, and have to travel for the second leg to try and overturn that, how do you go about it? Surely all out attack, because a 3 goal deficit is a big mountain to climb. Obviously, Royal Jam didn’t get that memo. Mainly because the hosts Stórrgarðrsveit intercepted it, along with almost every Royal Jam attack, and spent the night counter-attacking and sucker punching the opposition. All in all, a 3-1 loss is a pretty fair result, and Royal Jam are knocked out of the Globe Cup, leaving RGS and VLC are the only sides in the UICA group stages.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

Seaton Town 0-1 Monksville United
Olympia FC 1-2 Norrion Rovers
Seniors FC 0-4 Nile Bridge
Pontifucia United 1-5 VLC FC
Indionion Athletic 0-7 RGS Athletic
FM Town 1-2 Xilon OC
Copper Communists SC 2-2 Walston Brook Albion
Tuntingone FC 1-2 Royal Jam FC

And FM Town go bottom of the table, somehow being unable to follow-up last week’s victory over Indionion with a performance in this. D’Arcy Leclerc’s last minute consolation really didn’t do Xilon’s performance justice, and 2-1 probably flattered the home side. At the other end of the table, RGS almost double their goal tally for the season against Indionion, with braces for Osbaldo Bevan and Kenyon Lacroix. The big match featuring Olympia and Norrion was full of fireworks, and Olympia fans will be wondering how unlucky they can be, having a couple of certain goals cleared off the line by a dogged Norrion defence, but a Safadao brace saw off the host’s challenge. Royal Jam hope to arrest their awful start with a narrow victory against Tuntingone, but VLC steal the show with a surprising 5-1 demolition of Pontifucia United, completely out of character for a team focused on defence, but they still move third as a result.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

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

Big results at the top, as RGS continue to look imperious in this start of the season, dispatching Seniors without much problem. However, their nearest challengers struggle to keep pace, with second place Norrion dropping a 2 goal lead and 2 more points with a draw against Seaton Town, whilst VLC can’t hold onto a slender lead against a determined Olympia performance. Albion move back into second place after seeing off their local rivals in the rather amicable Walston Brook derby. Royal Jam emerge the big winner there as they soundly defeat bottom of the table FM Town, whose fans must be used to such streaky runs by now, and close the gap to the UICA competition challengers.

ICEL Premier League Standings

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

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Micronopia United       6    5   1   0    16    5  +11    16 Champions/P/SBCC
 2 Polkation FC            6    5   1   0     6    0   +6    16 Promoted/SBCC
 3 FC Tavernia             6    4   1   1    11    3   +8    13 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Toclofania FC           6    4   0   2     9    5   +4    12
 5 Half Boy FC             6    2   3   1     8    7   +1     9
 6 Revisionists            6    2   3   1     3    2   +1     9
 7 Yillog City             6    2   2   2    12   11   +1     8
 8 YLW FC                  6    2   2   2    10   10    0     8
 9 UR Town                 6    2   2   2     8   10   −2     8
10 Sunburbia FC            6    2   1   3     8   12   −4     7
11 Forest Rangers          6    2   1   3     7   11   −4     7
12 Macaronia FC            6    1   3   2     8    9   −1     6
13 Lodgertia United        6    0   3   3     5    9   −4     3
14 Benopia AC              6    0   3   3     4    8   −4     3 Relegated (C)
15 Approciation FC         6    0   3   3    11   16   −5     3 Relegated (C)
16 Honsadin FC             6    0   1   5     1    9   −8     1 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:50 am

ICELFA Season 38: Part 2

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD1

CA Paulinthal (Pasarga) 3-0 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 1-1 Baskita FC (Pasarga)

The first match of the group stages features both Pasargan teams that made the Champions Cup proper, along with both Eastfielder teams, in a neat coincidence. RGS travel to CA Paulinthal to open their group campaign but are sent home with their tails between their legs, and a heavy 3-0 loss, albeit a bit flattering to the host’s performance. VLC meanwhile have to dip deep against a Baskita onslaught, nicking an equaliser of their own shortly after the hour mark and securing the draw.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Third Round

Very few upsets to write home about this round, surprisingly, with only three of the 32 matches not going to division. The most notable was that scalping of Xilon, who have been struggling in the league so far, as they are knocked out in a pretty one-sided match by Second Division FC Tavernia, whilst fellow second tier team Benopia AC somehow couldn’t score a single penalty against Cliffside FC, which saw the Imperial League side through to the Fourth Round. Xilon were close to being humiliated, however, as they needed extra time after Silkville Spinners equalised in the 93rd minute - the fifth tier minnows couldn’t kick on in extra time however. Lodgertia United and Bluin Athletic both came to life in extra time, with the fourth tier minnows breaking the deadlock before the one-time cup champions and second division side pulled level, winning the match on penalties. There were quite a few juicy matchups amongst the top two divisions however, making up for the lack of high scoring blowouts. Honsadin and Half Boy, at opposing ends of the Second Division, were drawn together for this match, and it very much went to form as the semi-regular Premier League side outclassed the hosts, winning 3-1. Two all Premier League ties were the focus of the weekend however, as Nile Bridge hosted Seaton Town and Monksville United hosted FM Town. The mid-table clash saw Nile Bridge, only a point behind Seaton currently in the table, take the home advantage all the way, willed on to a 2-1 victory by their fans, whilst FM Town, bottom of the table with a solitary point, couldn’t find a way past their mid-table hosts, although a single goal loss is an improvement on recent losses.

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD2

RGS Athletic 0-2 Transit Authority SC (95X)
Bastion (Eura) 3-0 VLC FC

1 point from 4 games from Eastfielder sides so far in the group stage, not a good omen for the future. RGS host the Champions Cup in New Lodger City this week (with one of the two sides hosting every matchday, that’s pretty regular football), but are definitely on an off day, failing to string more than two or three passes together, allowing 95X’s Transit Authority to control the play. As for VLC, they had the formidable task of travelling to Eura to face the mighty Bastion, and understandably were completely played off the park. 3-0 was probably a deserved scoreline, unfortunately.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

Seaton Town 2-3 Nile Bridge
Norrion Rovers 0-0 VLC FC
Monksville United 2-8 RGS Athletic
Olympia FC 6-2 Xilon OC
Seniors FC 1-0 Walston Brook Albion
Pontifucia United 0-2 Royal Jam FC
Indionion Athletic 0-0 Tuntingone FC
FM Town 1-0 Copper Communists SC

You have to feel for Monksville a little this weekend. Facing RGS after a big loss like they had midweek is always fraught with danger, and this is no exception, as the champions take out their frustration on their hosts, putting 8 well worked and well finished goals past them. No such luck for VLC, as it’s third vs fourth, and Norrion aren’t going to do down easily. Neither side gives an inch, and that’s how about how much the scoreline changed, a 0-0 draw that won’t be remembered. Second place Walston Brook have a chance to put some daylight between themselves and those two, but Seniors have other ideas and scrap out a 1-0 win, leaving RGS 5 points clear at the top. Royal Jam capitalise on the dropped points ahead with a good win over Pontifucia, moving to within a point of Norrion and Albion - second to ninth is only covered by 4 points at the moment. FM Town meanwhile move off the bottom, winning against the Communists to leave Pontifucia as the only winless side in the league currently.

Cygnus Cup 46 First Round 1st leg

Olympia FC 2-0 Jungle Strike FC (Vilita)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Preliminary Round 1st Leg

FM Town 2-0 Straudum (Ko-oren)

FM Town make the Imperial Commonwealth’s first bow in the Vilitan Cove Invitational, a competition designed to reward the fairest playing teams in the multiverse (that aren’t in other international club competitions) by giving them a chance to compete internationally for glory. In most cases, a fair play ranking is used, however, FM Town qualified as the runners-up of the 13th ICCS (winners RGS would be ineligible, obviously). They kicked off their campaign with a match against Ko-oren’s Straudum, but the side languishing in the relegation zone played beyond themselves and comfortably won 2-0, setting up a nice second leg. Meanwhile, last season’s KCC winners Olympia FC had the (mis?)fortune of hosting Vilita’s mighty Jungle Strike FC, but the hosts somehow shut the opposition down at every corner, and a 2-0 home win is a healthy result to defend in the second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

VLC FC 1-0 Seaton Town
RGS Athletic 8-0 Nile Bridge
Xilon OC 0-0 Norrion Rovers
Walston Brook Albion 1-1 Monksville United
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Olympia FC
Tuntingone FC 1-1 Seniors FC
Copper Communists SC 0-1 Pontifucia United
FM Town 3-1 Indionion Athletic

Someone tell RGS to calm down, Nile Bridge can’t take another bashing. It’s not quite the infamous 15-0 RAWRCRUSH of two years ago, but still, 8 goals, for the second week running, and this time without reply. That’s boosted RGS’ goal difference to a massive +29, off only 8 games (i.e. winning by 3.5 goals every game). Albion and Norrion both stumble, with Albion drawing at home to Monksville in a tight match, and Norrion managing about 30 shots but failing to score against Xilon, allowing RGS to extend the lead at the top to six whole points. Royal Jam and VLC leapfrog the others into 2nd and 3rd with wins of their own, with the former making Olympia fans already write off this league season after a 2-0 victory - Olympia are currently 5 points behind second and 11 off the title already. At the bottom, Pontifucia are no longer the only winless team after narrowly edging out Copper Communists, and rooting Indionion to the bottom of the table - they need to start getting their survival act together.

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD3

RGS Athletic 1-1 Handon United (Schottia)
Yuba United (Capitalizt SLANI) 1-0 VLC FC

Some improvement for RGS now, finally getting their first point of the group stage, and against the Champions Cup runners-up of three years ago, Schottia’s Handon United. A much better performance to boot, and actually deserving of the 1-1 draw in the end. VLC on the other hand still only have the one point from three matches, as they can’t get a foothold against Yuba United, although only losing 1-0 is pretty good against the 6 time champions.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fourth Round

Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-1 Lodgertia United (T2) (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Olympia FC (T1) 3-1 RGS Athletic (T1)
FC Intaglio (T6) 1-3 Low Lyn FC (T3)
SS City (T3) 1-0 Approciation FC (T2)
YLW FC (T2) 2-0 Gilgonare FC (T4)
Jam Athletic (T3) 0-1 Basalata FC (T3)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 5-0 White Star United (T5)
Paddockia FC (T4) 2-0 Cliffside FC (T3)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 0-1 Royal Jam FC (T1)
Tarija Rovers (T6) 1-7 UR Town (T2)
Aswania Athletic (T3) 2-0 Polkation FC (T2)
Lonbunia Athletic (T3) 2-3 Nile Bridge (T1)
Half Boy FC (T2) 5-0 Bronze Smelters FC (T6)
FC Tavernia (T2) 0-2 Lodgertia City (T3)
Monksville United (T1) 2-0 Monksville FC (T3)
Copper Communists SC (T1) 1-0 Xilon OC (T1)

The top 32, duking it out for a place in the two-legged matches of the fifth round. Only three of the 16 ties didn’t feature a side from the top two divisions, and we had some big matches in this round. Including a rematch of last season’s final as the headline act. This time, RGS were the one to travel across the country, but on form the league leaders should win this one. But the three time cup champions were the ones to triumph, and 3-1 is not a scoreline to be sniffed at - RGS out of the cup, Olympia looking dangerous (17 goals in 4 cup games does help). Norrion and Royal Jam were also drawn together, but this match wasn’t one for the history books, as the visitors (who, by the way, are yet to win the KCC) expertly shut their opponents down, winning 1-0 in that classic Royal Jam style. Copper Communists and Xilon were the third top flight lockout, but this match at the bottom end of the league went the way of the home side.

Lodgertia United provided the biggest upset of the round, as the team languishing near the foot of the Second Division held high-flying Walston Brook Albion all the way to penalties, and in a dismal shootout manage to defeat them 2-1. Meanwhile, the round also featured the rare Monksville derby, as United hosted Monksville FC, but there would be no fairytale upset for the Imperial First Division minnows, as the Premier League outfit won the battle. Paddockia FC, of the fourth tier, are lowest ranked side advancing to the fifth round, having upset third tier side Cliffside FC - all the fifth and sixth tier sides that made it this far were eliminated by higher quality opposition - Tarija Rovers suffered the worst of the group, as they were soundly Taeshan’d at home by UR Town.

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD4

Handon United 0-2 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 1-1 Yuba United

A big result inSchottia, as RGS somehow travel to Handon United and come away with all three points, for their first win in the group stage. Sneaking into the top two might be a tall order at this point but third place for the Globe Cup knockouts is still on. As for VLC, they do well to hold Yuba United to a draw at home, pegging the visitors back after they had taken the lead. Might be too little too late though now; only 2 points from 4 games means that finishing in the top two seems out of the question - VLC will just have to aim for the Globe Cup.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

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

RGS continue their great unbeaten start to the season with a narrow win over Seaton Town, whilst VLC, also unbeaten, demolish Xilon to stop their cross-town rivals getting further ahead, something repeated by Royal Jam as they travel to Norrion - a 2-0 win no more than Rodriguez’s side deserved. Albion also stumbled a little, as Nile Bridge were good value for a 0-0 draw (and one they needed as well after that drubbing two weeks ago), whilst Olympia climbed up to sixth with a win over the Communists. At the bottom, Indionion now move 5 points from safety after Pontifucia notch up a big win at home.

Cygnus Cup 46 First Round 2nd leg

Jungle Strike FC 2-1 Olympia FC (AGG: 2-3)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

Straudum 0-3 FM Town (AGG: 0-5)

Talk about narrow margins. Taking a 2-0 lead into Vilita, Olympia struggle to get going against Jungle Strike, who manage to level the tie by half time with two well taken goals. But step up Natasa Horvat, the young Pasargan prodigy, to score a crucial second half goal that would send Olympia through. Over in Ko-oren, FM Town were on the return leg of the Vilitan Cove Invitational, having won the first leg 2-0. It was no challenge, truth be told, with another 3 easy goals sending them on their way through.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

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

It’s hard to see how RGS are going to mess up this season, especially when all their nearest rivals are dropping points - 2nd meets 3rd, and the result is a predictable scoreless draw between the two great defences, a result that increases RGS’ lead to 8 points after they secure a big victory against Albion. Norrion and Olympia move into 4th and 5th with wins of their own, leaving just 4 points between 2nd and 5th. FM Town grab their third league win of the season, at home to Monksville, and it looks like they’re beginning to hit their period of excellent form, now moving out of the relegation zone to boot.

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD5

RGS Athletic 2-2 CA Paulinthal
Baskita FC 2-2 VLC FC

Eastfield Lodge vs Pasarga, round two. RGS almost manage to get revenge on CA Paulinthal for the demolition job in the first match, but a late equaliser from Eastfielder international Breta Glibin sees the spoils shared - and RGS are still in with a shout of the Globe Cup drop. VLC on the other hand are all but mathematically eliminated, as they manage to come from 2-0 down against Baskita to get the draw, but desperately needed a third goal to keep their campaign alive.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

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

No change in the race at the top after this weekend, with every match being decisive - the top 6 going into this match all won their matches, but no such luck for 7th place Tuntingone, who had the misfortune of being on the wrong side of a ruthless RGS performance - they are still maintaining a 4 goal per game average at this point, scoring more than double of the next best attacks (VLC and Norrion, both on 19) and with a defensive record second only to Royal Jam. It’s hard to look past them for the title in all honesty. It is worth noting that VLC are still unbeaten, along with RGS, but 5 draws is a lot of dropped points.

Champions Cup 71 Group Stage MD6

Transit Authority SC 0-4 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 0-1 Bastion

It’s a must win match for RGS, as they hope to secure their place in the Globe Cup knockouts against 95X’s Transit Authority, and they finally show their worth as they put their opponents to the sword, an Ursula Rankin brace helping secure a 4-0 victory. Meanwhile, VLC are left with effectively a dead rubber against Bastion, having been all but eliminated already. Still, there’s a matter of pride to play for. Not that VLC played with much pride though, as they barely troubled Bastion defensively - the Euran giants managed to break down the VLC defence just one too many times in return.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

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

FM Town fans will be somewhat happy with that performance, strange as it seems. Only losing 3-1 to RGS, when they’ve racked up larger scorelines in the past whilst in worse form, is a decent improvement. Royal Jam and VLC both keep the gap at 8 points with wins of their own, although Bay Beedles missed an open goal that should have given Indionion the equaliser. However, Norrion and Olympia both drop a couple of points in the race for second, as Seniors surprise everyone by taking the early lead, whilst Olympia create yet more defensive errors for themselves and squander the lead twice.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           12   11   1   0    47    7  +40    34 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 VLC FC                 12    7   5   0    20    7  +13    26 Champions Cup
 3 Royal Jam FC           12    8   2   2    16    3  +13    26 Globe Cup
 4 Norrion Rovers         12    6   4   2    20    9  +11    22 Globe Cup
 5 Olympia FC             12    6   3   3    20   15   +5    21
 6 Nile Bridge            12    6   1   5    21   20   +1    19
 7 Walston Brook Albion   12    5   4   3    10    9   +1    19
 8 Tuntingone FC          12    5   3   4    12   16   −4    18
 9 Monksville United      12    4   3   5    13   20   −7    15
10 Seaton Town            12    4   1   7    12   14   −2    13
11 Pontifucia United      12    3   3   6    13   25  −12    12
12 FM Town                12    3   2   7    13   22   −9    11
13 Copper Communists SC   12    2   4   6    13   17   −4    10
14 Seniors FC             12    2   4   6    10   19   −9    10 Relegated
15 Xilon OC               12    1   3   8    11   28  −17     6 Relegated
16 Indionion Athletic     12    1   1  10     3   23  −20     4 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 UR Town                12    8   2   2    27   15  +12    26 Champions/P/SBCC
 2 Half Boy FC            12    7   4   1    28   13  +15    25 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Micronopia United      12    7   4   1    26   17   +9    25 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Revisionists           12    6   4   2     8    5   +3    22
 5 Toclofania FC          12    6   3   3    17   13   +4    21
 6 Polkation FC           12    6   3   3    10    6   +4    21
 7 FC Tavernia            12    6   2   4    20   12   +8    20
 8 Sunburbia FC           12    5   3   4    13   18   −5    18
 9 Forest Rangers         12    4   5   3    11   13   −2    17
10 YLW FC                 12    3   4   5    17   20   −3    13
11 Yillog City            12    3   4   5    16   20   −4    13
12 Macaronia FC           12    2   4   6    17   23   −6    10
13 Honsadin FC            12    3   1   8     9   16   −7    10
14 Lodgertia United       12    1   4   7    11   18   −7     7 Relegated (I)
15 Benopia AC             12    0   6   6     9   17   −8     6 Relegated (C)
16 Approciation FC        12    0   5   7    18   31  −13     5 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:15 am

ICELFA Season 38: Part 3

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round 1st Leg

Copper Communists SC (T1) 1-2 Olympia FC (T1)
UR Town (T2) 2-0 Monksville United (T1)
Low Lyn FC (T3) 0-1 Royal Jam FC (T1)
SS City (T3) 1-0 Aswania Athletic (T3)
Lodgertia United (T2) 3-2 Nile Bridge (T1)
Paddockia FC (T4) 0-1 Half Boy FC (T2)
Basalata FC (T3) 1-2 Tuntingone FC (T1)
YLW FC (T2) 4-0 Lodgertia City (T3)

It’s always a little disappointing, for neutrals, when matches go to form in a cup, isn’t it? And by and large, that’s the situation after the first leg of the fifth round, the first midweek matches of the KCC. Olympia and Royal Jam both win their opening matches, as the last remaining sides from the Big 5, whilst cup specialists UR Town are halfway to claiming yet another scalp in Monksville United, a 2-0 home win going a long way. Lodgertia United come from behind against Nile Bridge, but the visitors will be happy with two away goals, whilst the lowest ranked side will need to pull off a great performance to get past a 1-0 deficit in the second leg away to Half Boy.

Copa de Campeones 44 First Round 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 1-2 Nacional (Valladares)

No rest for RGS in the midweek matches, as the Copa de Campeones kicks off with a tie against Valladar champions Nacional, but the Eastfielder champions have it all to do in the second leg after two late away goals give Nacional the major advantage.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

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

And then there was one. VLC remain the only unbeaten team in the top flight with a narrow win over Seniors, after a very jaded RGS performance saw Pontifucia run out surprising 1-0 winners. A big win for the title race though, as VLC and Royal Jam cut the gap to the top to 5 points. Norrion and Olympia keep the pace up, the latter continuing Nile Bridge’s defensive woes by shipping 7 goals past them (Nile Bridge now have the second worst defence in the league), whilst at the bottom, Indionion move off the foot of the table with a win against new wooden spoon holders Xilon, now moving to 3 from safety.

Globe Cup 68 Sixteenth-Finals 1st Leg

Mar Sara FC (Valanora) 3-1 RGS Athletic

Cygnus Cup 46 Round of 16 1st Leg

Olympia FC 2-0 Southern Star (Brenecia)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Round of 16 1st Leg

Al Haxire (Taeshan) 2-1 FM Town

Things are sort of going off the rails for RGS, you could say. Three consecutive losses in three different competitions, maybe this season won’t be so cut and dry for the league champions. Having dropped into the Globe Cup, they travel to Valanora to play Mar Sara, but that adage about form being temporary might not be so true for RGS, as they still can’t get it together, which the Vanorian side take advantage of with a huge 3-1 victory. Cup champions Olympia host Brenecia’s cup champions Southern Star in the Cygnus Cup, and it’s a similar spectacle to when Jungle Strike visited - Olympia completely dominate the opposition and run out easily 2-0 victors, in good stead for the second leg. No such luck for FM Town though as they have to travel to Taeshan to play Al Haxire in the VCI, and despite taking the lead through D’Arcy Leclerc, the hosts rallied and pinned the Gamerville side back.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

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

And the title race is back on. 4 losses in a row for RGS, almost unprecedented, as they return from Olympia with no points and three goals conceded. Which leaves the gap at the top at just two points now, with narrow 1-0 away wins for VLC and Royal Jam. Olympia leapfrog Norrion into 4th for a surefire Globe Cup spot after Norrion have to fight back unsuccessfully against Nile Bridge - but being 5 and 6 points off 2nd means that it’ll be a tall order fighting for the Champions Cup spot for these two. Indionion, who’ve only scored 4 goals this season, drop back to the bottom of the table after Xilon’s draw with seniors puts them back ahead on goal difference - the draw for FM Town means that these two are 6 points from safety.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round 2nd Leg

Olympia FC (T1) 0-0 Copper Communists SC (T1) (AGG: 2-1)
Monksville United (T1) 0-1 UR Town (T2) (AGG: 0-3)
Royal Jam FC (T1) 1-0 Low Lyn FC (T3) (AGG: 2-0)
Aswania Athletic (T3) 0-1 SS City (T3) (AGG: 0-2)
Nile Bridge (T1) 3-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (3-2 AET, AGG: 5-5, PKs: 2-3)
Half Boy FC (T2) 6-1 Paddockia FC (T4) (AGG: 7-1)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 0-1 Basalata FC (T3) (AGG: 2-2) (Tuntingone FC (T1) wins on away goals rule)
Lodgertia City (T3) 3-0 YLW FC (T2) (AGG: 3-4)

The second leg of the fifth round, a chance to rectify your errors from the first leg and try to advance. And some teams did get very close to overturning their first leg losses. Nile Bridge, who lost 3-2 on the road after leading 2-1, went 3-0 up by the hour mark, and looked in control of their own destiny. Lodgertia United wouldn’t be counted out though, and a stoppage time second goal levelled the tie on aggregate, forcing extra time, which put Nile Bridge on the defensive, resulting in penalties. The Second Division side had the better nerve, and out went the Premier League side, despite their comeback. Third tier side Lodgertia City ended up a goal away from forcing extra time against YLW, who had won the first leg 4-0 and had sent out a second string assuming a walk in the park. Tuntingone were also a goal away from being sent out, with the Premier League losing the second 1-0 to third tier Basalata and advancing on away goals. There will be no fourth tier representation in the quarter finals however, as Paddockia FC, who managed to keep Half Boy to a 1-0 win in the first leg, collapsed in the second, being demolished 7-1 on aggregate.

Copa de Campeones 44 First Round 2nd Leg

Nacional 1-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-1)

If 4 in a row was bad, RGS fans will be getting annoyed after this midweek disaster. Travelling to Valladares to face their defending champions Nacional, whilst 2-1 down, was always going to be a tall order, but the 1-0 scoreline belay how dominant Nacional were in the return leg, RGS not at the races at all, again. With no word from the club as to any internal problems, what could be the issue here?

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

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

Norrion fans must have been licking their lips, along with Royal Jam and VLC fans to boot. Losing 5 games on the trot, there’s rarely a better time to face the league leaders, is there? Alas no, take RGS for granted at your peril. The Norrion defence torn apart, and Mac Stevenson not making a single save in the game, and RGS get back to winning ways with a dominant 4-1 win. Royal Jam keep up their pressure with a nice 2-0 win, but VLC contrive to draw yet another match, notching up draw number 6 for the season. Albion get cut further adrift from the big 5 after Olympia’s visit, with the Mount Salt side moving 4 points clear of Norrion in 5th. Indionion, who still can’t score, grab a point against 13th place Copper Communists, whilst FM Town widen the gap to the drop with a big win over Seaton Town.

Globe Cup 68 Sixteenth-Finals 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 2-2 Mar Sara FC (AGG: 3-5)

Cygnus Cup 46 Round of 16 2nd Leg

Southern Star 1-1 Olympia FC (AGG: 1-3)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Round of 16 2nd Leg

FM Town 3-1 Al Haxire (AGG: 4-3)

An arrested losing streak, and regained confidence. Not enough for RGS in the Globe Cup, although they bravely fight for a 2-2 draw with Mar Sara, it’s the end of their UICA campaign for the season. No such problems for Olympia, who continue their vein of knockout football form with a well-controlled draw against Southern Star to progress to the Cygnus Cup quarter finals. Meanwhile, FM Town are also in imperious form, running out a 3-0 lead against Al Haxire after losing the first leg like they did - a late consolation wouldn’t spoil the party as FM progress to the VCI quarter-finals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

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

The Lodger City derby rolls around again, another chance for VLC to steal points off RGS and open up the title race - the last unbeaten record vs the league leaders. But it’s the visitors who’ll be celebrating tonight, as the VLC defence crumble against a reinvigorated RGS attack, with goals for Osbaldo Bevan and Kenyon Lacroix. Royal Jam give RGS a 4 point lead after a rare defensive mistake gifts Monksville the opening goal - the visitors did grab an equaliser but it wasn’t enough. Olympia and Norrion both win their matches against the midtable to close the gap to the second Champions Cup spot, whilst Indionion might be beginning their characteristic push for safety with a big win over Seaton Town, scoring their fifth goal of the season to move within 4 points of safety, with Pontifucia being thrashed 5-1 by FM Town at home.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

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

A scare for RGS, as Freyek Gaasin scores a first half penalty to stun the travelling RGS fans, but the leaders manage to recover from that setback, with two second half goals from Rankin to grab the win. And in good time as well, with the chasing duo both grabbing wins. Olympia lose ground on Royal Jam as they are held to a 1-1 draw by FM Town, whose form turnaround would have been amazing, if it didn’t happen almost every season. Norrion have no trouble seeing off Tuntingone however, opening up a nine point gap between themselves and the mid-table - looks like the Big 5 are set in stone this season. Pontifucia manage to grab a vital point against fellow relegation battlers Seaton Town, who have sunk to 12th in a rather unnoticed fashion, truth be told.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Half Boy FC (T2) 2-1 UR Town (T2)
SS City (T3) 2-0 Tuntingone FC (T1)
YLW FC (T2) 2-3 Olympia FC (T1)
Lodgertia United (T2) 0-0 Royal Jam FC (T1)

A big upset on the cards here, as SS City, the lowest ranked side left in competition, outclass their Premier League visitors, taking a 2-0 victory to Lodgertia for the second leg. Lodgertia United themselves have a shout at the last 4, as they manage to hold off the Royal Jam attack to get a 0-0 draw. Meanwhile, the defending champions Olympia are almost upset by YLW, who take the lead twice in the game, but a second half brace from Horvat spared their blushes. UR Town didn’t play particularly well, but credit to Half Boy for coming back from a goal down.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

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

Another big match at the top of the table, but this time it goes the way of VLC, as RGS can’t find a way past the Royal Jam brick wall - a scoreless draw allowed VLC to close the gap to second to a single point with a win over Tuntingone. Olympia have no trouble dispatching Pontifucia, whilst Norrion need stoppage time to get past FM Town, but both close their own gaps to second as well. Seniors move to within a point of safety after drawing Seaton Town, whose fans are beginning to clamour for Lowell Brown’s head, whilst Indionion also bring their gap back down to 4 with a draw, scoring their sixth goal of the season - they currently have twice as many points as they do goals. Xilon on the other hand look increasingly hopeless, with another loss to Albion leaving them 8 from safety.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

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

VLC retake second place with a good win over FM Town, whilst Albion do extremely well to hold Royal Jam to a draw on the road. RGS take full advantage with a win over the Communists, upping their lead to 5 points, but Olympia and Norrion also keep the pressure on with their own narrow away wins over relegation threatened opposition. No change at the bottom as all of the bottom 5 lose their matches.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

UR Town (T2) 1-3 Half Boy FC (T2) (AGG: 2-5)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 1-0 SS City (T3) (AGG: 1-2)
Olympia FC (T1) 6-3 YLW FC (T2) (AGG: 9-5)
Royal Jam FC (T1) 0-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (AGG: 0-2)

Now there’s a turn up for the books. Lodgertia United are into the semi-finals of the KCC. They have conquered Royal Jam, breaking down their wall and scoring two excellent goals, and shutting down any counter-attacks. They’ll be joined by fellow giant killers SS City, representing the third tier despite losing the second leg 1-0 - the two-goal win in the first leg was enough for the Mount Salt City side. Local rivals Olympia FC will be the only top flight side in the last four of the KCC, with the defending champions abandoning defence to the wind in the second leg by conceding three goals against YLW FC - the 6 they put in at the other end more than made up for that however, winning on aggregate by a rarely seen 9-5 scoreline. Semi-finalist number 4 will be Half Boy, who continued their dominance from the first leg to see off a spirited UR Town fightback, and a 3-1 loss is rather harsh on the home side.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

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

Well, that’s a surprise. 4 of the big 5 teams drop points this weekend, and the big winner are Norrion Rovers, where a Werdickley Safadao brace saw off Olympia, taking Norrion back into fourth place ahead of their opponents Royal Jam stay just a point ahead of Norrion, but needed a late Kaiya Mohd equaliser to cancel out Tuntingone’s lead, whilst RGS somehow contrived to drop points against Indionion, of all teams. VLC will be kicking themselves as they let the lead slip twice against another relegation battler in Pontifucia, who move 3 points clear of the drop zone as a result. Xilon score only their second win of the season, beating FM Town quite convincingly to stay 8 points from safety, and finally clearing 10 points.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           20   15   3   2    58   14  +44    48 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 Royal Jam FC           20   12   6   2    25    7  +18    42 Champions Cup
 3 VLC FC                 20   12   6   2    31   14  +17    42 Globe Cup
 4 Norrion Rovers         20   12   5   3    31   15  +16    41 Globe Cup
 5 Olympia FC             20   12   4   4    40   22  +18    40
 6 Walston Brook Albion   20    8   6   6    17   15   +2    30
 7 Nile Bridge            20    7   5   8    33   36   −3    26
 8 Tuntingone FC          20    7   5   8    19   27   −8    26
 9 Copper Communists SC   20    6   5   9    17   21   −4    23
10 Monksville United      20    6   5   9    19   26   −7    23
11 Seaton Town            20    6   3  11    19   23   −4    21
12 FM Town                20    5   5  10    24   33   −9    20
13 Pontifucia United      20    5   4  11    22   43  −21    19
14 Seniors FC             20    3   7  10    14   27  −13    16 Relegated
15 Indionion Athletic     20    3   4  13     8   32  −24    13 Relegated
16 Xilon OC               20    2   5  13    17   39  −22    11 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Polkation FC           20   12   5   3    22    8  +14    41 Champions/P/SBCC
 2 Revisionists           20   11   5   4    14    9   +5    38 Promoted/SBCC
 3 UR Town                20   11   4   5    45   29  +16    37 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Micronopia United      20   10   7   3    34   26   +8    37
 5 Half Boy FC            20   10   6   4    40   21  +19    36
 6 Yillog City            20    9   5   6    29   27   +2    32
 7 Toclofania FC          20    8   6   6    28   24   +4    30
 8 FC Tavernia            20    8   4   8    29   24   +5    28
 9 Sunburbia FC           20    7   5   8    21   30   −9    26
10 Honsadin FC            20    7   3  10    16   24   −8    24
11 YLW FC                 20    6   4  10    35   36   −1    22
12 Lodgertia United       20    5   6   9    25   29   −4    21
13 Macaronia FC           20    5   6   9    23   30   −7    21
14 Forest Rangers         20    5   6   9    19   29  −10    21 Relegated (C)
15 Benopia AC             20    2   8  10    16   27  −11    14 Relegated (C)
16 Approciation FC        20    1   6  13    31   54  −23     9 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:31 pm

ICELFA Season 38: Part 4

Cygnus Cup 46 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Olympia FC 1-0 Real Azuris (Cosumar)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

FM Town 0-0 Galatica (Pasarga)

The top 8 cup winners meet in the Cygnus Cup quarter-finals, with Olympia drawn against the mighty Real Azuris of Cosumar, previous winners of this competition in the last 5 years. And in much the same way that it has been in the previous two rounds, the Olympic Park remains a fortress, as Olympia subdued their opponents and sneaked a 1-0 win to take to Cosumar. Over in the VCI, it’s another Pasargan meet-up, as FM Town hosted Galatica in the first leg of the quarter-finals. It was quite an entertaining match, truth be told, but neither side could make the breakthrough, and it remains goalless. Whether FM Town have the quality to overcome their opponents on the road will be tested in the return leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

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

Big result in Mount Salt City as Olympia score the only goal in a tense match against VLC, and they leapfrog VLC in the tight race for second place. RGS avoid dealing with the melee for another week with an excellent 4-0 win over a lacklustre Seniors side, who fall further adrift of safety after Pontifucia managed to share the spoils against Xilon. Good wins for Norrion and Royal Jam keep their opponents rooted in the relegation battle, with Indionion now a point closer to the bottom of the table after a narrow loss in the Walston Brook derby, Albion still vying for the position of best mid-table team.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

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

And now it’s VLC’s turn to inflict damage on another’s title race, as Norrion are sent home having been outclassed in Vorgan Park - it’s a credit to Mac Stevenson, the Norrion goalie, that the score only remained 1-0 - Jiri Kurek could have gotten a hat-trick except for the top notch saves. That relegated Norrion into fifth and out of the UICA places, with wins for Olympia in Xilon and Royal Jam at home to Pontifucia - RGS meanwhile just keep rolling on, notching up another win to keep their title charge going. Meanwhile, Indionion score a big win in their survival challenge, taking advantage of the losses for Pontifucia and Seniors to draw level with the latter, and only 4 points from safety after beating Tuntingone.

Cygnus Cup 46 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Real Azuris 2-0 Olympia FC (AGG: 2-1)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 3 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Galatica 2-0 FM Town (AGG: 2-0)

It was too good to last, wasn’t it? Olympia went into Cosumar with high hopes of a major scalp and a place in the semi-finals, but it wasn’t to be. Real Azuris proved their worth with a dominant performance, and were good value for the 2-0 win, ending Olympia’s hopes of international silverware - still, they can re-qualify for next year’s Cygnus Cup if they retain the KCC. It was a similar story in Pasarga, where FM Town travelled to face Galatica having held the Pasargan side to a goalless draw in the first leg, the visitors tried but were outplayed in midfield, unable to make much headway, and the hosts capitalised with two counter-attacking goals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 23

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

Well done Nile Bridge. You’ve somehow not been demolished by RGS this time! A 6 goal thriller in Bridgetown, and RGS have themselves to blame for the dropped points, with poor fouls and poorer marking giving the hosts a couple of set piece goals, but all in all, they were deserving of that point. The leaders dropped point, what about the chasing pack? Royal Jam close the gap to 4 points with a hard-fought away victory at Olympia, courtesy of Malenna von Kraus, whilst Norrion have little trouble against Xilon, still rooted to the bottom of the table. VLC on the other hand struggle against relegation-battling Seaton Town, who manage to scalp a home draw with a second half equaliser from Diana Kovacic, falling to fifth as a result. At the bottom, there are big wins for Indioniona and Pontifucia - the latter came out on top in an epic 9 goal thriller against Copper Communists to move away from the brink, whilst Indionion beat direct rivals FM Town to go within two points of them, and safety.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 24

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

RGS aren’t going to give up so easily, and with the help of Norrion, and some atrocious Seaton defending, they go back to 6 points clear after Taeshan’ing their opponents at home, whilst Norrion still keep their hat in the second place race by drawing with second place Royal Jam on the road, keeping that gap to four points. VLC have no trouble beating Xilon, who are already looking down and out at this point, and leapfrog Norrion into third, but Olympia somehow struggle to beat Copper Communists on the road, and a draw keeps them in 5th, a point behind Norrion. At the bottom, it’s not so good news, as Indionion are beaten at home by Pontifucia, who move up to ninth as a result, whilst FM Town and Seniors FC can only draw, leaving the latter 5 points from safety and Indionion 3 from safety.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 1st Leg

SS City (T3) 0-2 Lodgertia United (T2)
Olympia FC (T1) 7-0 Half Boy FC (T2)

Two games to determine who will make the trip across to the Memorial Stadium for the final. Lodgertia United must be thanking the gods for their draw against SS City, and they duly show it as they leave Mount Salt City with 2 away goals and a 2 goal lead, both coming in the first half and both excellent team goals The other visitors to Mount Salt City were hoping for an upset, but Olympia weren’t in the mood to play along - they’ve already scored 28 goals in the 8 games played in the KCC so far, and they weren’t stopping today. The Half Boy defence might need to go back to the training ground, or into therapy, what with shipping 7 goals, definitely an insurmountable lead (you’d hope).

ICEL Premier League Matchday 25

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

All aboard the RGS bandwagon? Only 5 games to play now, and with events across the city in Vorgan Park, RGS gratefully move 9 points clear after beating Albion. Arguably ten points, because of their frankly insane goal difference, but still. Royal Jam, their only real challengers at this point, can’t get going against VLC, and whilst this match finished goalless last time out, the hosts were up for it offensively, and 2 free kicks were the visitor’s undoing. VLC draw level with Royal Jam on points, and nice wins for Olympia and Norrion bring them within two points as well, leaving this race for second truly on. The bottom three all lose, but the bad news for them is that the teams they’re chasing gained points - Pontifucia beat Seniors, Seaton beat Xilon, Indionion lost to Olympia and FM Town beat Monksville, leaving Indionion 6 from safety, with 4 teams on 25 points. This relegation race may be over prematurely, can Indionion pull off survival from here?

ICEL Premier League Matchday 26

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

We have our first relegation of the campaign! Xilon OC can’t do it against the three-time champions, and have been relegated. Quite deservedly too, it’s been an awful season for them. Big news at the top as well, as Tuntingone stun the visiting RGS fans with a huge 3-0 victory, and all of a sudden, that 9 point cushion has fallen to 6. And all the challengers are coming - VLC defeated Copper Communists with ease, Alder spared Olympia’s brushes against Seniors with a late header, whilst Norrion worked hard for a narrow 1-0 win over Indionion. Little has changed at the bottom, barring Monksville’s win over Pontifucia taking them 3 clear of the main relegation-threatened pack - Indionion and Seniors are 6 and 8 points from safety still, but now with just 12 to play for.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

Lodgertia United (T2) 0-1 SS City (T3) (AGG: 2-1)
Half Boy FC (T2) 0-5 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 0-12)

Only one of the losers from the first leg had any hopes of a comeback, and Parliament Stadium was nearly rocked when SS City pulled one of those goals back, and had another narrowly ruled out for offside, but in the end the battle of the one-time champions went to Lodgertia United. Meanwhile, over in Copportopia, Half Boy were busy still being put to the sword. 35 goals in 9 games obviously wasn’t enough for Olympia, and they add another 5, even using a largely second string team to boot. This means that the final, in one of the big three Eastfield Lodge cities, will feature a team from the other two.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 27

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

Are we seeing an RGS throwaway? At home, to FM Town, should have been a demolition job, akin to Nile Bridge, but no, FM Town play brilliantly to limit the leaders to a 1-1 draw. VLC and Royal Jam, both 2nd and 3rd, have a golden opportunity to cut the lead to 4 points, but somehow Seaton and Indionion also hold firm and take a draw for themselves - the relegation battle won’t take second fiddle just yet. Seniors however do lose, and they fall to 9 adrift with 9 to play for, whilst Indionion are still 6 adrift. Norrion and Olympia on the hand to secure their wins, although the cup finalists were made to work for it by Monksville. That set of results leaves RGS on 62 points, 5 ahead of Norrion, who are a solitary point ahead of VLC, Olympia and Royal Jam.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 28

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

A big win for RGS, smashing 6 past Pontifucia United, and that could well be it for the title race. Norrion squeak out a win against Monksville to keep the gap to 5 points with 6 to play for, whilst Royal Jam and Olympia get wins of their own to stay 6 behind. The title challenge is over for VLC however, falling to fifth after a dismal 1-1 draw against Seniors, a draw which helps neither team, as Seniors FC become the second team to be relegated this season. VLC themselves fall to fifth, 3 points off second place and relying on Olympia to win the KCC at the end of the season to secure Globe Cup football. Indionion secure a vital win over Xilon, but being 4 from safety with a much worse goal difference to boot is a tall order.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 29

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

It’s not over quite yet! RGS can’t wrap the title up in front of their own fans - all they needed was a point (mathetically two, but one with that huge a goal difference), but Olympia keep the race marginally alive with a narrow victory, fending off a late RGS rally sparked by Tom Duffy’s 80th minute volley. Norrion could have capitalised on that, were it not for a late equaliser from Kahla Jewell - the young number 10 firing home a long range effort to eliminate Norrion from the title race. And with Norrion being the only real challengers, RGS have all but mathematically won the title - Royal Jam and Olympia’s wins take them to three points behind, but they also need a 30-40 goal swing on the final day. Royal Jam’s win was over Indionion, a result that means Indionion Athletic are the third team relegated to the Second Division. VLC still have the opportunity to fight for second, but it looks like the fight has left them, and they lose badly at home to Monksville United. That means the trio of Norrion, Olympia and Royal Jam are all guaranteed at least Globe Cup football next season.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           29   20   5   4    84   25  +59    65 Champions/CC/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             29   19   5   5    57   26  +31    62 Champions Cup
 3 Royal Jam FC           29   18   8   3    35   12  +23    62 Globe Cup
 4 Norrion Rovers         29   18   7   4    46   19  +27    61 Globe Cup
 5 VLC FC                 29   16   9   4    43   20  +23    57
 6 Walston Brook Albion   29   12   8   9    24   21   +3    44
 7 Tuntingone FC          29   12   7  10    30   33   −3    43
 8 Nile Bridge            29   11   9   9    51   48   +3    42
 9 Monksville United      29    8   7  14    30   40  −10    31
10 FM Town                29    7   9  13    36   48  −12    30
11 Seaton Town            29    8   6  15    27   41  −14    30
12 Pontifucia United      29    8   5  16    35   69  −34    29
13 Copper Communists SC   29    7   7  15    28   38  −10    28
14 Indionion Athletic     29    6   5  18    14   40  −26    23 Relegated
15 Seniors FC             29    3   9  17    17   46  −29    18 Relegated
16 Xilon OC               29    3   6  20    20   51  −31    15 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Polkation FC           29   19   7   3    39   12  +27    64 Champions/P/SBCC
 2 UR Town                29   18   4   7    64   38  +26    58 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Micronopia United      29   17   7   5    57   38  +19    58 Promoted/SBCC
 4 Yillog City            29   16   6   7    46   33  +13    54
 5 FC Tavernia            29   16   5   8    50   28  +22    53
 6 Half Boy FC            29   13   7   9    48   34  +14    46
 7 Toclofania FC          29   13   6  10    38   34   +4    45
 8 Revisionists           29   13   6  10    19   24   −5    45
 9 YLW FC                 29   11   4  14    60   54   +6    37
10 Sunburbia FC           29    8   8  13    26   42  −16    32
11 Forest Rangers         29    8   7  14    29   44  −15    31
12 Honsadin FC            29    9   4  16    23   38  −15    31
13 Macaronia FC           29    7   8  14    30   46  −16    29
14 Lodgertia United       29    7   6  16    32   46  −14    27 Relegated (I)
15 Benopia AC             29    4  10  15    22   36  −14    22 Relegated (C)
16 Approciation FC        29    2   7  20    38   74  −36    13 Relegated (C)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:54 pm

ICELFA Season 38: Part 5

ICEL Premier League Matchday 30

FM Town vs Seaton Town
Indionion Athletic vs Copper Communists SC
Pontifucia United vs Tuntingone FC
Seniors FC vs Royal Jam FC
Olympia FC vs Walston Brook Albion
Monksville United vs Xilon OC
Norrion Rovers vs RGS Athletic
Nile Bridge vs VLC FC

The Title Race/Champions’ Cup Race: Norrion Rovers vs RGS Athletic; Olympia FC vs Walston Brook Albion; Seniors FC vs Royal Jam FC

RGS go into this last match with the title all but mathematically secured. They’re three points ahead of their nearest rivals, Olympia and Royal Jam, and with a eye-watering goal difference of +59 compared to Olympia’s +31 and Royal Jam’s +23. Frankly, barring a 28 (Olympia) or 36 (Royal Jam) goal swing, RGS have basically won the title - it’s just quite funny that Olympia denied the RGS fans a chance to celebrate at home with the trophy. Anyway, more importantly (and more relevantly) is the race for the second Champions’ Cup spot, something that has been a heated battle amongst the rest of the Big 5 ever since RGS started pulling away.

Olympia are currently second on goal difference ahead of Royal Jam, with Norrion a point behind. An 8 goal swing is unlikely for Royal Jam, meaning that need a better points result than Olympia if they wish to regain second, whilst Norrion’s +27 sits in the middle - should Norrion draw and the other two lose, Olympia need to lose by more than 4 to fall out of second. A Norrion win and Olympia/Royal Jam draws would see Norrion into second as well, but beating RGS is a tall order, even if they’ve wrapped the title up.

Although not that important, there are a couple of other battles going on elsewhere in the league. The race to be Best of the Rest lies with three teams - Walston Brook Albion (43), who started the season extremely well before fading, Tuntingone FC (42) and Nile Bridge (41). Below them, a group of five teams are covered by just three points - Monksville United (31), FM Town and Seaton Town (30), Pontifucia United (29) and Copper Communists (28). All 5 teams are safe, but there is still some pride at the end to play for. And at the bottom, Xilon (15) need a win and a Seniors (18) loss to lift themselves off the foot of the table.

Kick-off
2’: Olympia nearly draw first blood in the Champions Cup race, Mihaljevic sliding a through ball for Horvat to run onto, but Sadiq does well rushing out to close the angle, and the Pasargan striker can only find the side-netting.
5’: FM Town 0-1 Seaton Town - the opening goal of the day is in Gamerville, and it goes to the visitors, as Seaton Town, starting the day in 11th, take the lead through Dennise Glibin, the winger sliding in at the far post to convert Csaride’s low cross. Seaton up to 9th now
6’: Monksville United 0-1 Xilon OC - goal of the day? Definitely a contender, as Nate Merritt fires home a ridiculous 30 yard effort after a corner is half-cleared by the Monksville defence. Xilon halfway to getting off the bottom of the table - they need events in Pedantry Central to go their way.
9’: FM Town 1-1 Seaton Town - Seaton’s lead lasts for a mere 4 minutes, as the hosts go route one from the goalkeeper - a defensive mixup allows Kayli Valentini a free run at goal, and she obliges by slotting the ball neatly underneath Fevison for the equaliser. Back to where it started.
12’: Pontifucia United 0-1 Tuntingone FC - pressure has been building in this match for some time, and it’s finally paid off, as Emerald Waterson heads home a well-placed free kick.
15’: Norrion Rovers 1-0 RGS Athletic - big move in the race at the top! Against the run of play, the hosts manage to score on the counter - Safadao gets the ball short of the halfway line from an RGS corner, advances quite some way before sending an unnoticed Andrew Ford through on goal, who duly slotted home.
16’: Nile Bridge 0-1 VLC FC - a dead rubber for VLC FC, but they won’t go out quietly just yet. It’s been an entertaining season for the fans, and quite a close run one barring the last two games, so the fans are pleased with how things have gone. And the travelling support have something to cheer, as Legget Bethell scrambles home a pinball corner.
19’: Indionion Athletic 1-0 Copper Communists SC - Indionion have already been relegated, so it’s probably too little too late at this point, but Oswaldo Gardiner brightens the cloudy day at Walston Brook with a superb 25 yard free kick.
21’: Possibly Albion’s best chance they’ll get all game - it’s been all Olympia in terms of attacking threat, but they overextend a little too far, and Albion have the chance to counter, but Bacho’s poor first touch allows Persson to come out and tip the shot wide.
27’: FM Town 1-2 Seaton Town - the lead goes back to the visitors, and you get the sense that this is going to be a high-scoring game. The FM defence is just parted open and Reniga Noel has no trouble finishing a decent passing move.
31’: Norrion Rovers 1-1 RGS Athletic - all tied up at the top! Norrion’s grip on second is removed by Ursula Rankin, who has been having a great season in front of goal. This time, it’s a simple tap in as RGS pass their way around a static Norrion defence.
33’: Seniors FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC - even bigger news coming out of Pedantry Central, as Royal Jam take the lead! Malenna von Kraus, who else, continues being the taliswoman and finishes off a great individual effort from the wing, and as it stand with Olympia drawing, the Royals are in the Champions Cup next season. Seniors are sent to the bottom of the table.
34’: Olympia fans with head in hands - their rivals in the lead, and Horvat has just hit the post with a close range header, when she should really have scored.
36’: Indionion Athletic 1-1 Copper Communists SC - equaliser in Walston Brook, with Lela Barlow heading home from a corner kick to level things up against Indionion. Probably deservedly on the balance of play.
38’: FM Town 2-2 Seaton Town - probably the most entertaining match of the afternoon, there’s not been much in the way of missed shots. D’Arcy Leclerc has a shot blocked well by Fevison, but the rebound falls to Valentini, who doesn’t miss her second goal of the game to tie things up.
40’: Nile Bridge 0-2 VLC FC - this match looks just about done and dusted. Nile Bridge have been lacklustre, and VLC dominant. Jiri Kurek pops up on the edge of the box and rifles home Palba Taggart’s cross to give VLC a two goal cushion, and you have to think that’s the nail in the coffin for the hosts.
42’: FM Town 3-2 Seaton Town - the hosts are now in the lead for the first time! This match keeps on giving, and this time Leclerc does not miss his opportunity. Valentini does a lot of the hard work in the build up, before laying it off to Hubert-Fulton - his pass back inside finds Leclerc on the edge of the box, and he curls it past Fevison. FM Town leading into the break.
45+1’: Pontifucia United 0-2 Tuntingone FC - stoppage time sucker punch at Grazain Castle, as Tuntingone keep pressuring Pontifucia’s back line, and take advantage of yet another hole. Aimon Mcintyre’s short back pass, intercepted and finished by David Gleason, gives Tuntingone a well deserved 2-0 lead.

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

49’: Olympia are still pushing hard, and Horvat is denied by the woodwork again! This time, a series of intricate one-twos sees Horvat get the ball on the corner the 6 yard box, but her snapshot is too high and rebounds off the crossbar, before being collected by a grateful Sadiq.
52’: FM Town 4-2 Seaton Town - the hosts have certainly come out of the traps in the second half much better. Winfrid Cabá’s long range effort is palmed out for a corner, but Leclerc beats his marker to head in the resulting corner. 4-2, and is there a way back for the visitors?
57’: Norrion Rovers 2-1 RGS Athletic - the travelling fans are going to go home with a trophy to celebrate with, but Norrion are doing their best to spoil the afternoon. Ognjen Jurkovic is the culprit, his cross ending up beating Petratos in the RGS net, somehow.
61’: Indionion Athletic 2-1 Copper Communists SC - the city of Walston Brook could still end the day on a high note, as its second team (ignoring what UR Town fans say) gets their noses ahead. Davey manages to scramble home a badly parried free kick, but it has been coming.
63’: Seniors FC 0-2 Royal Jam FC - Norrion’s Champions Cup challenge looks like it’s over, as Seniors gift their visitors a second goal of the game, with Kaiya Mohd taking advantage of a missed parry from Landra Lau at a cross, finishing into an open net. Assuming the match in Mount Salt City stays goalless, it’s Royal Jam into the Champions Cup.
67’: Olympia aren’t giving up hope - all they need is a goal to retake second from Royal Jam. Auguste Alder this time is the wasteful culprit, somehow miscuing a perfect ball across the face of goal.
68’: FM Town 4-3 Seaton Town - this isn’t over yet. Seaton have definitely grown in this second half, and now they capitalise on the recent possession, as Topić has a shot narrowly deflected beyond Sadia’s fingertips.
72’: FM Town 5-3 Seaton Town - a quick response, if any. It’s only 4 minutes before FM Town restore a two goal lead, as Kayli Valentini, the star of the show for certain, completes her hat-trick, firing a penalty straight down the middle with Leclerc receiving treatment on the sidelines following the foul. That probably isn’t the end of the scoring either, with at least 28 minutes to play.
75’: Indionion Athletic 3-1 Copper Communists SC - that could be all three points wrapped, as Indionion have been in control this second half. Henley Glen this time pops up with the goal, beating Batchelor to the near post cross to poke it beyond the keeper.
78’: It’s not happening for Olympia, is it? Just not their day to score goals. Alder again with the effort, this time a long range rocket that cannons off the underside of the bar, off the line, and back into play, with Sadiq nowhere near saving it. It didn’t cross the goal-line, 0-0 it still is.
80’:Monksville United 0-2 Xilon OC - Xilon are off the bottom on goal difference now, as they leapfrog Seniors with their second goal against Monksville, Freyek Gaasin with a pinpoint header from de Longi-Andrews’ corner.
83’: FM Town 5-4 Seaton Town - comeback on the cards here? Seaton pull one goal back again, and this time it’s the substitute Diana Kovacic who finds the gap, running onto Csaride’s through ball to tuck the ball home.
84’: Indionion Athletic 3-2 Copper Communists SC - very much against the run of play, and Copper Communists are back within a goal of rather undeservedly drawing level. Meaghan Farrington wheels away claiming the goal, after a low free kick resulted in a goalmouth brawl, which she seemed to poke home.
87’: Nile Bridge 0-3 VLC FC - game, set and match for the Lodger City side, and it’s Waleed Saqib that puts the icing on the slightly bittersweet cake, with a neat finish from 8 yards after a pull back from Bethell. Time to think about what could have been, for VLC fans, as they look to the KCC final next week.
90’: FM Town 5-5 Seaton Town - the comeback is complete? 4 minutes of added on time here in Gamerville, but Seaton only need a few second, as James Csaride finally gets his goal, finishing off a Seaton counter-attack to level the score. Any more time for goals? We’ll see.
90+2’: Norrion Rovers 3-1 RGS Athletic - Norrion tie up the win in stoppage time, as RGS throw the kitchen sink at them and bring up Petratos for the final corner - it backfires, there’s an empty net, and Safadao accurately and impressively hits the target from 60 yards for the last kick of the game. Not that it matters to the RGS fans, who are already celebrating the title.
90+4’: Full times begin to ring out across the league - Olympia fans are downtrodden and disappointed after Albion celebrate a great scoreless draw, and with Royal Jam comfortably ahead at their whistle, Royal Jam will play in the Champions Cup next season, whilst Olympia and Norrion have to settle for the Globe Cup.

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  20  5   5  85  28  +57  65 Champions/CC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  19  8   3  37  12  +25  65 Champions Cup
  3 Norrion Rovers            30  19  7   4  49  20  +29  64 Globe Cup
  4 Olympia FC                30  19  6   5  57  26  +31  63 Globe Cup
  5 VLC FC                    30  17  9   4  46  20  +26  60
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  13  7  10  32  33   -1  46
  7 Walston Brook Albion      30  12  9   9  24  21   +3  45
  8 Nile Bridge               30  11  9  10  51  51   +0  42
  9 FM Town                   30   7 10  13  41  53  -12  31
 10 Monksville United         30   8  7  15  30  42  -12  31
 11 Seaton Town               30   8  7  15  32  46  -14  31
 12 Pontifucia United         30   8  5  17  35  71  -36  29
 13 Copper Communists SC      30   7  7  16  30  41  -11  28
 14 Indionion Athletic        30   7  5  18  17  42  -25  26 Relegated
 15 Xilon OC                  30   4  6  20  22  51  -29  18 Relegated
 16 Seniors FC                30   3  9  18  17  48  -31  18 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Matchday 30

Macaronia FC 1-1 Revisionists
YLW FC 1-1 Sunburbia FC
Forest Rangers 0-2 FC Tavernia
Honsadin FC 1-0 Yillog City
Polkation FC 1-1 Micronopia United
Toclofania FC 7-3 Lodgertia United
UR Town 1-0 Half Boy FC
Approciation FC 0-2 Benopia AC

Second Division Standings

    Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Polkation FC           30  19  8   3  40  13  +27  65 Champions/P/SBCC
  2 UR Town                30  19  4   7  65  38  +27  61 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Micronopia United      30  17  8   5  58  39  +19  59 Promoted/SBCC
  4 FC Tavernia            30  17  5   8  52  28  +24  56
  5 Yillog City            30  16  6   8  46  34  +12  54
  6 Toclofania FC          30  14  6  10  45  37   +8  48
  7 Half Boy FC            30  13  7  10  48  35  +13  46
  8 Revisionists           30  13  7  10  20  25   -5  46
  9 YLW FC                 30  11  5  14  61  55   +6  38
 10 Honsadin FC            30  10  4  16  24  38  -14  34
 11 Sunburbia FC           30   8  9  13  27  43  -16  33
 12 Forest Rangers         30   8  7  15  29  46  -17  31
 13 Macaronia FC           30   7  9  14  31  47  -16  30
 14 Lodgertia United       30   7  6  17  35  53  -18  27 Relegated (I)
 15 Benopia AC             30   5 10  15  24  36  -12  25 Relegated (C)
 16 Approciation FC        30   2  7  21  38  76  -38  13 Relegated (C)

King’s Commonwealth Cup - Final

Lodgertia United vs Olympia FC
@Lodger City Memorial Stadium

256 teams. 268 matches of knockout football. Only two remain standing in the tunnel of the Memorial Stadium for the final bout, the match to decide who takes it all. Lodgertia United, freshly relegated from the ICEL Second Division, taking on Olympia FC, 4th place in the ICEL Premier League and with a place in the Globe Cup next season already secured. One time cup winners, with 29 years since their only cup final appearance and triumph, versus the defending champions and three time winners, appearing in their fifth KCC final and aiming to be the first team to retain the KCC trophy in 34 years, and only the second ever.

It’s not been a great league season for the underdogs, after being relegated on the final day last week with a 7-3 demolition at the hands of Toclofania, ending a three year stay in the second division and having narrowly escaped relegation by a single point the two seasons prior to that. It was too much this season, and having spent the vast majority in and round the bottom three, they finally succumbed. As for Olympia, it was a season of ifs and maybes. A very poor start by their standard saw them in the bottom half after 6 games, but they quickly rallied and began challenging for the UICA places in what admittedly was a very tight 4-team race. They went into the final matchday in pole position for the second Champions Cup spot, needing a win with no conditions, with the league title all but mathematically out of reach. Walston Brook Albion had other ideas, holding them to a goalless draw, and they fell to 4th. 5th place VLC’ fans will be watching with bated breath and quietly supporting them as well, as an Olympia win would see VLC enter the Globe Cup.

Lodgertia United’s run to the final:
First Round: Freyin SC (T4) 1-3 Lodgertia United (T2)
Second Round: Lodgertia United (T2) 2-1 Bronze Acres (T5)
Third Round: Lodgertia United (T2) 0-0 Bluin Athletic (T4) (1-1 AET, 3-1 PKs)
Fourth Round: Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-1 Lodgertia United (T2) (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)
Fifth Round:
Lodgertia United (T2) 3-2 Nile Bridge (T1)
Nile Bridge (T1) 3-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (3-2 AET, AGG: 5-5, 2-3 PKs)
Quarter-Finals:
Lodgertia United (T2) 0-0 Royal Jam FC (T1)
Royal Jam FC (T1) 0-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (AGG: 0-2)
Semi-Finals:
SS City (T3) 0-2 Lodgertia United (T2)
Lodgertia United (T2) 0-1 SS City (T3) (AGG: 2-1)

Olympia FC’s run to the final:
First Round: Olympia FC (T1) 4-1 FC Olefinia (T5)
Second Round: Olympia FC (T1) 7-0 AC Gicoldor (T6)
Third Round: Mohairlin Rovers (T6) 0-3 Olympia FC (T1)
Fourth Round: Olympia FC (T1) 3-1 RGS Athletic (T1)
Fifth Round:
Copper Communists SC (T1) 1-2 Olympia FC (T1)
Olympia FC (T1) 0-0 Copper Communists SC (T1) (AGG: 2-1)
Quarter-Finals:
YLW FC (T2) 2-3 Olympia FC (T1)
Olympia FC (T1) 6-3 YLW FC (T2) (AGG: 9-5)
Semi-Finals:
Olympia FC (T1) 7-0 Half Boy FC (T2)
Half Boy FC (T2) 0-5 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 0-12)

One could argue that Lodgertia United were lucky to reach this far, having had to go to penalties three time in the 7 rounds so far, but they took out three Premier League teams on the way, including Royal Jam FC outright, not needing penalties. They haven’t been the most dominant side to reach the final, for sure, but they’re done enough in every round to make sure they advance - SS City did give them a scare in that semi-final second leg, but they negotiated through it expertly. Olympia on the other hand have been in frightening form this cup campaign. 10 games, 40 goals (compare that to the 57 they scored in 30 league games). That includes hard-fought victories over Copper Communists and the competition’s most successful team in RGS Athletic, and putting every lower league opponent to the sword - 4 past Olefinia, 7 past Gicoldor, 3 past Mohairlin, 9 past YLW over two legs and 12, without reply no less, past Half Boy over the two semi-final matches. Safe to say, most pundits are backing this to be a high-scoring final, with Olympia filling out most of the scoresheet.

And a high-scoring final it was. As expected, Olympia were the team to start brighter, and they pressed the Lodgertia back-line like there was no tomorrow. The first great opportunity of the day fell to Auguste Alder, momentarily unmarked at a corner but only being able to head his effort straight at Omarian Muag in the United net. Muag would have no chance with the next effort though, as Natasa Horvat, who was having a magnificent season as a starting striker, outpaced the defence on the counter before smashing her shot past Muag into the top near post corner to open the scoring. The minnows did grow into the game after that, and it became quite even for the next 15 or so minutes. Inocencio Conroy came up with the best chance in that time, as he forced Thijn Persson into a tremendous diving save with a fierce half-volley from the edge of the box. But it would be the defending champions that got the next goal, Auguste Alder making up for his earlier saved header with a guided one into the far corner off Ljubo Mihaljević’s cross.

Things were looking up for Olympia, and they threatened to go on a rout, but for Kolby Marques, who silenced the Olympia fans with a rocket into the top corner from 30 yards, making it 2-1 with just over half an hour of play gone. They weren’t silent for long however, as Muag could only parry Alder’s header off a free kick onto the post, with Samantha King the first to reach it before converting the goal, restoring Olympia’s two goal lead. Both sides would have another chance each before half-time though; Lucas Bacon, Olympia’s centre-back, found himself wandering up to the box somehow, coming onto the end of of Ármin Harry’s cross and sending it just wide of the upright. Straight from that goal kick, a Marques flick-on played in Conroy, who cut inside Eugenie Tienery before curling his shot from the edge of the box into the sprawling arms of Thijn Persson.

The second half started much the same as the first ended - both sides attacking each other without much care for defence. First blood in the second half went to the minnows this time, with Atocha Charles the centre-back heading in Travis Lindholm’s corner through Persson’s legs. 3-2 to Olympia and Lodgertia looks good value for a possible comeback. But just ten minutes later, Olympia again restored their two goal lead, this time with Natasa Horvat grabbing her second of the game with a deft chip over the keeper, having been played through by Almundina Bawany. Olympia nearly extended their lead minute later, with Horvat missing a golden opportunity for her hat-trick after King’ rebounded free kick was hit wide of the mark by her shin as she tried to control the ball. They would be punished for that miss moments later, as Lucas Bacon was penalised for blocking Nakheel Millward’s cross with his hand, and Marques stepped up to convert the penalty, sending Persson the wrong way.

Things then went from bad to worse for the defending champions, as Millward turned from provider to goalscorer with an incredible solo run on the counter-attack, taking the ball from halfway inside her own half, skipping past and holding off 4 challengers, and then rounding the keeper before squeezing a shot from the acute angle, just crossing the line before Tierney could scramble back and clear it. Certainly the goal of the final, and possibly of the tournament to boot. 4-4, and the game could go either way.4 minutes later however, it was the hat-trick goal. And it went to Olympia FC, as Natasa Horvat finished a sublime pinpoint cross from Ármin Harry, giving Olympia their lead back. The minnows were beginning to tire from the pace of the game, and no wonder, but they still hadn’t given up. Substitute Estrellita Khan nearly re-levelled the score with her first two touches - initially forcing a corner with a shot from Marques’ cutback, before heading the corner off the top of the bar.

But it wasn’t to be however. Olympia had just too much in the tank, and with 6 minutes to go, Auguste Alder made sure of the result with his second goal, taking advantage of the tiring Lodgertia defence to be the first onto substitute Marlon Rowlinson’s through ball and slide it underneath the onrushing Muag, the old partnership in one more outing making it 6-4 to the defending champions. There would be four minutes of injury time, but it wasn’t necessary - United were exhausted, despite their substitutions, and just couldn’t attack as well as before. Mihaljevic scored the last of the final’s goals with the final kick of the game, poking home another goalmouth scramble from Samantha King’s corner. 7-4 it finished, with Olympia crowned as King’s Commonwealth Cup Champions for the fourth time, and as such regain entry to the Cygnus Cup for next season. VLC FC, by virtue of Olympia already being in UICA, enter the Globe Cup.

                                   King’s Commonwealth Cup Final

                                          Lodgertia United 4  -  7 Olympia FC

                                                 Marques 32'     13' Horvat
                                                 Charles 52'     29' Alder
                                           Marques (pen) 68'     40' King
                                                Millward 72'     62' Horvat
                                                                 76' Horvat
                                                                 84' Alder
                                                                 94' Mihaljević

ICELFA Youth League

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  11  6   5  23  12  +11  39 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Paddockia YFC                    22  11  4   7  28  24   +4  37
 3 New Tavernia Academy             22  11  3   8  23  21   +2  36
 4 Tavernia Academy                 22   9  4   9  22  26   -4  31
 5 Lodger Juniors                   22   8  4  10  20  24   -4  28
 6 Marepacopolis JFC                22   5 10   7  19  22   -3  25
 7 Capital Academy                  22   7  4  11  19  23   -4  25
 8 Pasturia JFC                     22   3  5  14   9  26  -17  14

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22  11  4   7  23  18  +5  37
 2 W-D School Academy                22  11  4   7  21  17  +4  37
 3 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22  10  6   6  26  16 +10  36
 4 Pontifucia Academy                22  10  6   6  29  20  +9  36
 5 Jam Town YFC                      22   8  7   7  23  21  +2  31
 6 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   7  8   7  25  26  -1  29
 7 Benopia Juniors                   22   7  5  10  23  27  -4  26
 8 Half Copper Academy               22   5  4  13  20  30 -10  19

Youth Cup 23 results

Youth Champions path - Second Round
Pontifucia Academy 1-1 Surf Jettica (Vilita)
Surf Jettica 2-0 Pontifucia Academy (AGG: 3-1)

Champions Cup path - Group Stage
MD1
CA Paulinthal (Pasarga) 0-0 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 0-3 Baskita FC (Pasarga)
MD2
RGS Athletic 1-2 Transit Authority SC (95X)
Bastion (Eura) 2-1 VLC FC
MD3
RGS Athletic 0-0 Handon United (Schottia)
Yuba United (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-2 VLC FC
MD4
Handon United 3-0 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 2-0 Yuba United
MD5
RGS Athletic 2-1 CA Paulinthal
Baskita FC 2-1 VLC FC
MD6
Transit Authority SC 2-1 RGS Athletic
VLC FC 0-4 Bastion

14th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 38)

Group Draw:
Group A: Thawmont Rovers, FC Tavernia, Olympia FC, RGS Athletic
Group B: Paddockia City, Benopia AC, Seniors FC, Revisionists
Group C: Pontifucia United, Approciation FC, Micronopia United, NT United
Group D: Syrenia FC, Royal Jam FC, FM Town, Half Boy FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                 P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 RGS Athletic         3  2  1  0  6  1  +5  7
 2 FC Tavernia          3  1  2  0  2  0  +2  5
 3 Olympia FC           3  1  1  1  3  4  -1  4
 4 Thawmont Rovers      3  0  0  3  1  7  -6  0

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Seniors FC          3  3 0  0  4  1  +3  9
 2 Benopia AC          3  1 0  2  4  3  +1  3
 3 Revisionists        3  1 0  2  1  2  -1  3
 4 Paddockia City      3  1 0  2  3  6  -3  3

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                   P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Micronopia United      3  3 0  0  7  2  +5  9
 2 Pontifucia United      3  1 1  1  3  2  +1  4
 3 Approciation FC        3  1 1  1  2  3  -1  4
 4 NT United              3  0 0  3  3  8  -5  0

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team              P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 FM Town           3  2  1  0  6  4  +2  7
 2 Royal Jam FC      3  1  2  0  5  4  +1  5
 3 Half Boy FC       3  1  1  1  3  3  +0  4
 4 Syrenia FC        3  0  0  3  4  7  -3  0

Quarter-Finals

RGS Athletic 2-0 Benopia AC
Micronopia United 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Seniors FC 1-2 FC Tavernia
FM Town 2-0 Pontifucia United

Semi-Finals

RGS Athletic 2-1 Royal Jam FC
FC Tavernia 0-0 FM Town (1-0 AET)

Final

RGS Athletic 4-1 FC Tavernia

Full League Results

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 RGS Athletic              30  20  5   5  85  28  +57  65 Champions/CC/CdC
  2 Royal Jam FC              30  19  8   3  37  12  +25  65 Champions Cup
  3 Norrion Rovers            30  19  7   4  49  20  +29  64 Globe Cup
  4 Olympia FC                30  19  6   5  57  26  +31  63 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
  5 VLC FC                    30  17  9   4  46  20  +26  60 Globe Cup
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  13  7  10  32  33   -1  46
  7 Walston Brook Albion      30  12  9   9  24  21   +3  45
  8 Nile Bridge               30  11  9  10  51  51   +0  42
  9 FM Town                   30   7 10  13  41  53  -12  31
 10 Monksville United         30   8  7  15  30  42  -12  31
 11 Seaton Town               30   8  7  15  32  46  -14  31
 12 Pontifucia United         30   8  5  17  35  71  -36  29
 13 Copper Communists SC      30   7  7  16  30  41  -11  28
 14 Indionion Athletic        30   7  5  18  17  42  -25  26 Relegated
 15 Xilon OC                  30   4  6  20  22  51  -29  18 Relegated
 16 Seniors FC                30   3  9  18  17  48  -31  18 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Polkation FC           30  19  8   3  40  13  +27  65 Champions/P/SBCC
  2 UR Town                30  19  4   7  65  38  +27  61 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Micronopia United      30  17  8   5  58  39  +19  59 Promoted/SBCC
  4 FC Tavernia            30  17  5   8  52  28  +24  56 Vilitan Cove Invitational
  5 Yillog City            30  16  6   8  46  34  +12  54
  6 Toclofania FC          30  14  6  10  45  37   +8  48
  7 Half Boy FC            30  13  7  10  48  35  +13  46
  8 Revisionists           30  13  7  10  20  25   -5  46
  9 YLW FC                 30  11  5  14  61  55   +6  38
 10 Honsadin FC            30  10  4  16  24  38  -14  34
 11 Sunburbia FC           30   8  9  13  27  43  -16  33
 12 Forest Rangers         30   8  7  15  29  46  -17  31
 13 Macaronia FC           30   7  9  14  31  47  -16  30
 14 Lodgertia United       30   7  6  17  35  53  -18  27 Relegated (I)
 15 Benopia AC             30   5 10  15  24  36  -12  25 Relegated (C)
 16 Approciation FC        30   2  7  21  38  76  -38  13 Relegated (C)

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Oldbridge FC         30  21   7   2  69  22  +47  70 Champions/Promoted
  2 Cliffside FC         30  19   3   8  54  17  +37  60
  3 Seaton Athletic      30  16  10   4  29  13  +16  58
  4 NT United            30  15   9   6  50  27  +23  54
  5 Monksville FC        30  15   6   9  36  23  +13  51
  6 Caldarin FC          30  14   8   8  57  37  +20  50
  7 SS City              30  10  14   6  23  21   +2  44
  8 Tavernia City        30  10  10  10  33  29   +4  40
  9 Port Lodgertia       30  10   9  11  25  23   +2  39
 10 Empire End FC        30  10   6  14  33  37   -4  36
 11 Coiners FC           30   9   4  17  29  45  -16  31
 12 Golden Acres         30   9   4  17  33  70  -37  31
 13 Lodgertia City       30   8   5  17  40  56  -16  29
 14 East Monurtag        30   7   6  17  34  63  -29  27 Relegated
 15 Harmonial CC         30   5   9  16  19  42  -23  24 Relegated
 16 Liginara FC          30   3   8  19  29  68  -39  17 Relegated

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Gilgonare FC                30  21   7   2  37  10  +27  70 Champions/Promoted
  2 Bluin Athletic              30  20   3   7  58  29  +29  63 Promoted
  3 White Star United           30  16   8   6  47  26  +21  56 Promoted
  4 Mineville FC                30  16   8   6  28  15  +13  56
  5 Farond United               30  15   9   6  51  32  +19  54
  6 Paddockia FC                30  13   7  10  40  32   +8  46
  7 Port Ricton FC              30  11   8  11  26  23   +3  41
  8 West Monurtag               30  11   8  11  32  31   +1  41
  9 Silver Acres                30   9  10  11  21  21   +0  37
 10 Mount Salt FC               30   7  11  12  21  25   -4  32
 11 Klosertun Town              30   8   8  14  21  35  -14  32
 12 Innocence FC                30   7  10  13  23  31   -8  31
 13 SEW FC                      30   7   9  14  29  41  -12  30
 14 Pindale Rovers              30   6   6  18  17  45  -28  24 Relegated
 15 Mount Salt Climbers FC      30   4  11  15  28  52  -24  23 Relegated
 16 Huntingville FC             30   5   5  20  21  52  -31  20 Relegated

Imperial Division Three Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Thawmont Rovers         30  18   8   4  45  18  +27  62 Champions/Promoted
  2 Farond FC               30  16   9   5  47  21  +26  57 Promoted
  3 Mount Farond FC         30  16   7   7  48  29  +19  55 Promoted
  4 Jununope AC             30  16   5   9  41  27  +14  53
  5 Pasturia FC             30  10  16   4  39  25  +14  46
  6 Quinica Town            30  12   8  10  46  52   -6  44
  7 Losing The Game FC      30  11   8  11  32  36   -4  41
  8 Bliketia FC             30   8  16   6  28  23   +5  40
  9 Paddockia City          30  10   9  11  42  38   +4  39
 10 Methuhen Town           30  11   4  15  60  65   -5  37
 11 Cillin Valley           30   8  12  10  38  42   -4  36
 12 Koluity City            30   8  10  12  32  35   -3  34
 13 Viruntia Town           30   9   7  14  45  66  -21  34 R (Lodge)
 14 Bronze Acres            30   8   5  17  27  43  -16  29 R (Central)
 15 Plozica FC              30   7   7  16  30  55  -25  28 R (Central)
 16 Fracitz AC              30   4   5  21  18  43  -25  17 R (Central)

Commonwealth Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Jam Mountain Island         30  21   6   3  48  18  +30  69 Champions/Promoted
  2 Jam Athletic                30  17   7   6  50  24  +26  58 Promoted
  3 SLW FC                      30  14   9   7  44  31  +13  51
  4 Aswania Athletic            30  14   7   9  51  37  +14  49
  5 Twilight Heaven FC          30  13  10   7  34  22  +12  49
  6 Garanite FC                 30  13   9   8  44  32  +12  48
  7 Revisionists Athletic       30  14   6  10  33  21  +12  48
  8 Iratuen Loft FC             30  12   9   9  40  31   +9  45
  9 Northern Wind Athletic      30  12   7  11  54  46   +8  43
 10 Lonbunia Athletic           30  11   8  11  43  47   -4  41
 11 Trinardin SC                30  10   5  15  26  32   -6  35
 12 Basalata FC                 30   7   7  16  25  50  -25  28
 13 Low Lyn FC                  30   5  12  13  35  58  -23  27
 14 Likina CF                   30   5  10  15  17  35  -18  25 Relegated
 15 Luxoren Town                30   4   9  17  17  42  -25  21 Relegated
 16 Cuprumville CSC             30   4   7  19  24  59  -35  19 Relegated

Commonwealth Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 High Lyn FC               30  24   4   2  67  25  +42  76 Champions/Promoted
  2 Encarta CF                30  18   6   6  69  39  +30  60 Promoted
  3 Clinar Rovers             30  17   7   6  68  33  +35  58 Promoted
  4 Lamarckists               30  16   7   7  40  21  +19  55
  5 Giafando FC               30  15   6   9  34  24  +10  51
  6 EastImport FC             30  11  13   6  35  27   +8  46
  7 Benopia Town              30  13   7  10  38  33   +5  46
  8 Syrenia FC                30  10  10  10  28  30   -2  40
  9 Freyin SC                 30  10   7  13  22  22   +0  37
 10 Central Tower United      30   9  10  11  42  45   -3  37
 11 Futurekind Wanderers      30  10   6  14  31  38   -7  36
 12 Chestnut FC               30   9   8  13  31  54  -23  35
 13 Syrenia Pyramids          30   7   5  18  28  50  -22  26 Relegated (3B)
 14 FC Chinudo                30   7   5  18  41  67  -26  26 Relegated (3A)
 15 Athletic Finsentra        30   3   9  18  12  39  -27  18 Relegated (3A)
 16 AC Forngirn               30   4   4  22  11  50  -39  16 Relegated (3A)

Commonwealth Division 3A Standings

    Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Finswool SC                    30  23   5   2  58  15  +43  74 Champions/Promoted
  2 Verdigris United               30  16   7   7  45  32  +13  55 Promoted
  3 Jamridge AC                    30  14   9   7  38  22  +16  51 Promoted
  4 Bias Rovers                    30  14   7   9  26  17   +9  49
  5 Team Verixas                   30  12   8  10  44  39   +5  44
  6 Materia Medica FC              30  12   8  10  31  32   -1  44
  7 Hilunvale FC                   30  12   7  11  27  26   +1  43
  8 MSWorldwide HQ AC              30  12   5  13  36  36   +0  41
  9 Matrices United                30   9  13   8  27  24   +3  40
 10 Tower 14 FC                    30   9  13   8  28  30   -2  40
 11 FC Olefinia                    30  10   9  11  28  37   -9  39
 12 Silkville Spinners             30  10   8  12  25  32   -7  38
 13 Nolix FC                       30  10   6  14  35  44   -9  36 R (Scholarly)
 14 Wikipedia FC                   30   5   7  18  24  41  -17  22 R (Scholarly)
 15 Finscoir AC                    30   3  12  15  15  33  -18  21 R (Economic)
 16 Outlying Village 3 United      30   4   6  20  13  40  -27  18 R (Scholarly)

Commonwealth Division 3B Standings

    Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Regio FC               30  21   4   5  66  16  +50  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 Eliphi FC              30  19   3   8  46  30  +16  60
  3 Carneleon Town         30  16   8   6  49  22  +27  56
  4 Chi Lake SC            30  16   8   6  46  27  +19  56
  5 Aithusa                30  15   6   9  39  35   +4  51
  6 Redbridge United       30  14   8   8  68  35  +33  50
  7 Macaronia City         30  11  10   9  31  27   +4  43
  8 Triscellian            30  12   7  11  32  42  -10  43
  9 Westfall AC            30   9  14   7  26  26   +0  41
 10 Nanomia Town           30  11   8  11  40  55  -15  41
 11 Calufrax               30   9   5  16  22  37  -15  32
 12 Newgrate River FC      30   6  13  11  30  33   -3  31
 13 Nexusortem United      30   7   8  15  19  29  -10  29 R (Utopian)
 14 Pyrovilia FC           30   7   7  16  31  46  -15  28 R (Utopian)
 15 Conkers FC             30   4   6  20  24  58  -34  18 R (Utopian)
 16 Tyrenam Harriers       30   3   5  22  28  79  -51  14 R (Utopian)

Lodge League Standings

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Mineville United              30  20  6   4  77  29  +48  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Klinhielm Valley              30  18  8   4  38  12  +26  62
  3 Klosertun FC                  30  17  6   7  45  19  +26  57
  4 Leucanop United               30  16  8   6  61  33  +28  56
  5 SC Jasenova                   30  14  8   8  54  36  +18  50
  6 Pontoon FC                    30  15  5  10  51  40  +11  50
  7 Civil War Memorial FC         30  14  5  11  44  36   +8  47
  8 New Lodger City Athletic      30  12  9   9  31  28   +3  45
  9 Nuclear FC                    30  13  6  11  29  31   -2  45
 10 Athletic Caldarin             30  10  6  14  46  54   -8  36
 11 Pindale Athletic              30   9  4  17  31  59  -28  31
 12 Lanektz United                30   9  2  19  34  61  -27  29
 13 Kaliska Town                  30   6 10  14  26  40  -14  28
 14 Frelstom FC                   30   6  6  18  17  38  -21  24
 15 Tarija Rovers                 30   5  7  18  33  65  -32  22
 16 Berlandar AC                  30   5  6  19  16  52  -36  21

Central League Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Trurinar FC             30  20   6   4  40  13  +27  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 FC Carfionn             30  19   4   7  54  28  +26  61 Promoted
  3 Kinaltin FC             30  18   6   6  34  10  +24  60 Promoted
  4 Leintalp FC             30  17   7   6  52  24  +28  58
  5 United United           30  16   5   9  44  24  +20  53
  6 Royal Tavernia          30  14  10   6  29  13  +16  52
  7 Tavernia Athletic       30  15   5  10  39  28  +11  50
  8 Lampe FC                30  14   7   9  35  28   +7  49
  9 Dwoonbeck FC            30   9  10  11  32  29   +3  37
 10 Pasturia Rovers         30   8  12  10  41  43   -2  36
 11 AC Agpuran              30  10   4  16  28  37   -9  34
 12 Bliketia AC             30   9   5  16  30  58  -28  32
 13 Vauchants Athletic      30   6   6  18  36  63  -27  24
 14 Courtiers SC            30   5   8  17  11  36  -25  23
 15 SC Krorgon              30   2   9  19  16  51  -35  15
 16 Xiyes Town              30   3   6  21  12  48  -36  15

Serenelian League Standings

    Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Steel Valley Explorers       30  21  7   2  63  25  +38  70 Champions
  2 Ghoul Bay FC                 30  17  9   4  46  16  +30  60
  3 Newt Cape Wanderers          30  16  9   5  51  31  +20  57
  4 Marepacopolis FC             30  16  8   6  43  16  +27  56
  5 Life's Implosion             30  13  9   8  32  22  +10  48
  6 Bundlehead United            30  13  8   9  43  30  +13  47
  7 AC Gicoldor                  30  13  8   9  36  24  +12  47
  8 Eastpass Dockers             30  14  3  13  39  40   -1  45
  9 Newt Cape Athletic           30  12  7  11  44  47   -3  43
 10 Flencle Rovers               30   9  6  15  22  34  -12  33
 11 Mainpass FC                  30   9  6  15  17  34  -17  33
 12 New Minesville Athletic      30   8  6  16  31  42  -11  30
 13 Westpass FC                  30   6  8  16  34  50  -16  26
 14 New Minesville SC            30   6  8  16  18  40  -22  26
 15 Westpass Port SC             30   4  8  18  23  54  -31  20
 16 Portopolis SC                30   4  8  18  22  59  -37  20

Scholarly League Standings

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 NES Tower 13 SC               30  22  2   6  83  37  +46  68 Champions/Promoted
  2 Eastern Outskirts AC          30  21  4   5  60  27  +33  67 Promoted
  3 Oxford English SC             30  19  5   6  79  37  +42  62 Promoted
  4 Forngirn Town                 30  19  5   6  55  27  +28  62
  5 Michurinists                  30  18  2  10  59  32  +27  56
  6 String Theory United          30  17  4   9  43  28  +15  55
  7 Lemdulin United               30  16  4  10  57  46  +11  52
  8 South Sector Tower 28 AC      30  15  4  11  32  32   +0  49
  9 Dopca WMFC                    30  13  5  12  41  42   -1  44
 10 M-W Wanderers                 30   9  5  16  39  56  -17  32
 11 Clairvoyance Wanderers        30   9  5  16  24  47  -23  32
 12 Thermodynamics FC             30   6  6  18  40  53  -13  24
 13 Alchemists United             30   5  7  18  22  48  -26  22
 14 Tower 1 Athletic              30   5  7  18  28  57  -29  22
 15 Talfram United                30   4  7  19  11  42  -31  19
 16 Reactions Athletic            30   4  4  22  21  83  -62  16

Economic League Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Glonasas FC             30  21   8   1  73  25  +48  71 Champions/Promoted
  2 Bronze Smelters FC      30  20   8   2  51  17  +34  68
  3 Brassworks SC           30  18   8   4  40  18  +22  62
  4 EastExport SC           30  18   6   6  41  23  +18  60
  5 Polarieb Athletic       30  14   9   7  71  41  +30  51
  6 Cuprumville FC          30  13  10   7  57  27  +30  49
  7 GrafonilHB WMFC         30  13   7  10  34  26   +8  46
  8 Tendnayar               30  14   4  12  40  34   +6  46
  9 Rivermouth AC           30  10   6  14  44  60  -16  36
 10 Lakeside WSC            30   7  11  12  23  34  -11  32
 11 FC Intaglio             30   6  13  11  28  32   -4  31
 12 Patina Rovers           30   8   5  17  27  46  -19  29
 13 Mohairlin Rovers        30   6   6  18  30  56  -26  24
 14 Team Forenula           30   7   3  20  27  75  -48  24
 15 Percale United          30   4   6  20  25  59  -34  18
 16 FC Ramie                30   3   6  21  21  59  -38  15

Macaronian League Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Malenaba AC           30  20   6   4  51  16  +35  66 Champions
  2 Marekandria City      30  20   4   6  43  11  +32  64
  3 Sport Barujana        30  20   3   7  69  25  +44  63
  4 Grateville DFC        30  20   3   7  63  32  +31  63
  5 Royal Macaronia       30  17   5   8  42  22  +20  56
  6 Milisar FC            30  16   7   7  44  28  +16  55
  7 FC Pestrica           30  15   7   8  32  19  +13  52
  8 Fando Gate            30  13  11   6  34  27   +7  50
  9 Luxorex Athletic      30  12   6  12  33  38   -5  42
 10 Diraelas SC           30  12   4  14  33  36   -3  40
 11 Makawuilla FC         30  10   5  15  19  37  -18  35
 12 Ebcocer FC            30   8   4  18  17  53  -36  28
 13 Clube Monufia         30   4   9  17  13  40  -27  21
 14 AC Helwan             30   5   4  21  28  52  -24  19
 15 Grenerg United        30   3   6  21  18  54  -36  15
 16 FC Minya              30   1   4  25  12  61  -49   7

Utopian League Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Sontar Army FC           30  24   2   4  50   8  +42  74 Champions/Promoted
  2 Diamond Sky United       30  18   6   6  54  24  +30  60 Promoted
  3 CF Eastrise              30  17   6   7  68  26  +42  57 Promoted
  4 Torchwood AC             30  17   6   7  70  29  +41  57 Promoted
  5 Athletic Sunburbia       30  17   5   8  56  27  +29  56
  6 Verinle SC               30  15   8   7  60  29  +31  53
  7 Crucible FC              30  16   4  10  45  28  +17  52
  8 Thecarrift Sport         30  13  11   6  34  23  +11  50
  9 Derin Town               30   9   8  13  33  42   -9  35
 10 Alvon Port FC            30   8   7  15  31  51  -20  31
 11 Devoniria FC             30   8   6  16  22  47  -25  30
 12 Big White House IC       30   7   8  15  23  41  -18  29
 13 Purple Point United      30   7   6  17  26  51  -25  27
 14 Malmooth FC              30   5   5  20  31  70  -39  20
 15 Lobenopia United         30   5   5  20  31  83  -52  20
 16 Lobenopia City           30   5   5  20  23  78  -55  20

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 38

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - 23 goals
2: Spomenko Ivančić (Nile Bridge) - 15 goals
3: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - 14 goals
4: D’Arcy Leclerc (FM Town) - 12 goals
5: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 11 goals

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Kenyon Lacroix (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (25 games)
2: Osbaldo Bevan (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (26 games)
3: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - 9 assists
4: Kahla Jewell (Nile Bridge) - 8 assists
5: Yann per Elouan (RGS Athletic) - 7 assists (25 games)

Goal of the Season
Senn Tariq - Copper Communists SC 0-3 VLC FC (MD26; FT: 0-3)
The VLC midfielder caps off a brilliant team build-up, 34 consecutive passes before a series of intricate 1-2s as Tariq burst forward, and just to top if off, he finishes the move with a backheel past Nairi Batchelor.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - Brenecia
2: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - Pasarga
3: Gordana Stanic (Royal Jam FC) - Pasarga
4: Spomenko Ivančić (Nile Bridge) - Pasarga
5: Yann per Elouan (RGS Athletic) - Eshan

Young Player of the Season
1: Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC
2: Talia Linford - Royal Jam FC
3: Jewell Foley - Nile Bridge
4: Elouan Elbaz - RGS Athletic
5: Analena Niazi - VLC FC

Manager of the Season
1: Harley Sadek - RGS Athletic
2: Malcolm Jafri - Olympia FC
3: Nannette Rodriguez - Royal Jam FC

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC
2: Mac Stevenson - Norrion Rovers
3: Marvella Allam - VLC FC

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1:Ursula Rankin - RGS Athletic
2: Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC
3: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC
4: Spomenko Ivančić - Nile Bridge
5: Osbaldo Bevan - RGS Athletic

Team of the Season

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                                                 Ursula Rankin      Spomenko Ivančić
                                                (RGS Athletic)        (Nile Bridge)

                                Faustina Cousin           Osbaldo Bevan           Yann per Elouan
                                (RGS Athletic)           (RGS Athletic)           (RGS Athletic)

                                                           Senn Tariq
                                                            (VLC FC)

                             Ulima Salam     Darrion Moffat         Tia Philip         Elouan Elbaz
                            (RGS Athletic)    (Royal Jam FC)       (Royal Jam FC)      (RGS Athletic)

                                                         Gordana Stanic
                                                         (Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:31 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 39 Preview

If you looked at last season’s table, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was an incredibly open, tight title race between the traditional top 5 teams. But in reality, it wasn’t. RGS were always a step or three ahead of their competitors throughout, and only towards the end of the season did they falter in their title charge, grabbing four points from their final four games. The real race, as ever, was for the second Champions Cup spot, beating Olympia on the final to pip both Olympia and Norrion to the premier UICA competition for this season. Olympia romped their way to the cup title in spectacular fashion, a feat that drew them level with Norrion and VLC on titles won, whilst also providing the latter with a place in the Globe Cup. It wasn’t a proud performance from the Eastfieder sides internationally, with only RGS advancing past the group stages, being knocked out by Mar Sara in the Globe Cup Round of 16 after finishing third in their Champions Cup group - VLC were the only other Eastfielder side in the group stages as they finished bottom of their Champions Cup group.

In terms of personnel moving on, some big names announced their boots being hung up. The 500 appearance club was bolstered by the ageing RGS squad, with long-time international fullbacks Abdur Rehman and Wilhelm Phal both announcing their retirements, along with Quebecois winger Man Jin Kang. There were a few more in the 400 club, with the likes of Olympia’s Tara Woodhead, Royal Jam FC’s trio of retiring players, national team servants Waleed Saqib and Dylan Bell Jnr of VLC, and finally the Nova Anglican striker David Gleason, whose 130 goals for Tuntingone provided for some memorable moments for their fans. Elsewhere, the discussions about the revamp of the league structure have borne fruit, with the change to take place at the end of this season. The current Imperial and Commonwealth Divisions One will be merged and split to form the ICEL Third and Fourth Divisions, and there will be a wave of promotions from the regional leagues, as part of an expansion to a 512 team system, with three tiers of regional teams. As part of this, there will be an extra round of the KCC, but all ties will now be single leg affairs, including the previously two-legged fifth round and beyond.

Team Previews
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:08 pm

Imperial Commonwealth T20 Championship - Season 5

Mixed fortunes abound in the T20 Champions League, as last season's ICT20C runners-up Steel River Valley were soundly humiliated in the non-champions group, losing 6 matches and only winning 3 on the way to finishing second from bottom in their group - opening with a 48 run loss in your first match was never a good sign. Last season's champions in Farond fared somewhat better in the Champions' Group, as they ended up with the narrowest of positive records, with 5 wins from 9 matches and a marginally positive net run rate of +0.004 - only 0.016 ahead of their nearest rival, and it was enough for them to take 4th place and a place in the knockouts - not bad for a campaign that included a 50 run loss and barely any strings of wins. However, they dominated the Quarter and Semi finals, beating Dolphins with 8 balls and 3 wickets to spare before demolishing Marine Coast Tridents with a 47 run victory. The final was a much closely fought affair, with Farond having to defend a total of 138 against Darmen's Chad City CC, with the game in the balance until the penultimate over where a maiden with two wickets turned the match in Farond's favour, and the Westmeadow side held on for a thrilling 7 run victory, becoming the second team from the Imperial Commonwealth to win the T20 Champions League. Probably a worthy return given their lousy domestic form this season.

Regional Divisions

 P EFL Division              Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Lodgertia                  18   12   0   6  2448 2364  +84    24 NL1
 2 Monurtag                   18   12   0   6  2550 2492  +58    24 NL2
 3 Bridgetown                 18    9   1   8  2395 2410  −15    19 NL3
 4 Ricton                     18    9   1   8  2606 2595  +11    19
 5 Mount Salt City            18    9   0   9  2451 2359  +92    18
 6 Norrion                    18    9   0   9  2451 2481  −30    18
 7 Seaton                     18    9   0   9  2431 2535 −104    18
 8 Walston Brook              18    7   0  11  2536 2554  −18    14
 9 New Lodger City            18    7   0  11  2473 2477   −4    14
10 Pindale                    18    6   0  12  2447 2521  −74    12

 P Central Division          Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Pasturia                   16   12   0   4  2197 2056 +141    24 NL1
 2 Bliketia                   16    9   0   7  2199 2196   +3    18 NL2
 3 Jununope                   16    8   1   7  2215 2163  +52    17 NL3
 4 Gamerville                 16    8   0   8  2236 2167  +69    16
 5 Acreville                  16    8   0   8  2196 2173  +23    16
 6 Yillog                     16    7   1   8  2160 2187  −27    15
 7 Paddockia                  16    7   0   9  2222 2324 −102    14
 8 Farond                     16    6   0  10  2089 2139  −50    12
 9 Tavernia                   16    6   0  10  2152 2261 −109    12

 P Serenelian Division       Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Westpass                   10    7   1   2  1351 1344   +7    15 NL1
 2 Lakeport                   10    6   0   4  1403 1329  +74    12 NL2
 3 Newt Cape                  10    6   0   4  1463 1397  +66    12 NL3
 4 New Minesville             10    5   0   5  1289 1332  −43    10
 5 Marepacopolis              10    3   1   6  1422 1446  −24     7
 6 Steel River Valley         10    2   0   8  1373 1453  −80     4

 P Scholarly Division        Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Dictionary                 14   11   0   3  1933 1908  +25    22 NL1
 2 Pedantry Central           14    9   0   5  1968 1967   +1    18 NL2
 3 Aswania                    14    8   0   6  2030 1949  +81    16 NL3
 4 Syrenia                    14    8   0   6  2037 2003  +34    16
 5 Forngirn                   14    7   0   7  1909 1922  −13    14
 6 Paranormal                 14    5   0   9  1918 2003  −85    10
 7 Xilon                      14    4   0  10  1947 1892  +55     8
 8 Revisionism City           14    4   0  10  1751 1849  −98     8

 P Economic Division         Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Likina                     16   14   1   1  2330 2115 +215    29 NL1
 2 Jam Town                   16   11   0   5  2279 2222  +57    22 NL2
 3 Rivermouth                 16    9   0   7  2051 2064  −13    18 NL3
 4 Cuprumville                16    8   1   7  2053 2156 −103    17
 5 Ashkaren                   16    7   1   8  2181 2154  +27    15
 6 Micronia                   16    7   0   9  2192 2246  −54    14
 7 Halveboi                   16    6   0  10  2226 2191  +35    12
 8 Copper City                16    5   0  11  2186 2174  +12    10
 9 Macaronia                  16    3   1  12  2184 2360 −176     7

 P Utopic Division           Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Textilia                   14   10   0   4  1983 1828 +155    20 NL1
 2 Devoniria                  14    9   0   5  1902 1801 +101    18 NL2
 3 Pontifucia                 14    8   0   6  1885 2036 −151    16 NL3
 4 Toclofania                 14    7   1   6  1901 1861  +40    15
 5 Benopia                    14    7   1   6  1882 1897  −15    15
 6 Nexusortem                 14    6   0   8  1777 1777    0    12
 7 Sunburbia                  14    5   0   9  1796 1791   +5    10
 8 Boomtown                   14    3   0  11  1906 2041 −135     6

National Leagues


P National League One     Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Textilia                 10    7   0   3  1414 1361  +53    14 QF
2 Pasturia                 10    5   0   5  1469 1376  +93    10 QF
3 Likina                   10    5   0   5  1406 1490  −84    10 QF
4 Westpass                 10    5   0   5  1478 1499  −21    10 QF
5 Lodgertia                10    4   0   6  1330 1426  −96     8 PO
6 Dictionary               10    4   0   6  1457 1402  +55     8 PO

P National League Two     Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Jam Town                 10    7   1   2  1466 1381  +85    15 PO
2 Lakeport                 10    6   0   4  1415 1426  −11    12 PO
3 Bliketia                 10    5   0   5  1375 1456  −81    10 PO
4 Devoniria                10    4   0   6  1384 1349  +35     8 PO
5 Monurtag                 10    4   0   6  1432 1432    0     8
6 Pedantry Central         10    3   1   6  1433 1461  −28     7

P National League Three   Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Pontifucia               10    6   0   4  1430 1436   −6    12 PO
2 Jununope                 10    6   0   4  1384 1445  −61    12 PO
3 Aswania                  10    5   0   5  1373 1380   −7    10
4 Newt Cape                10    5   0   5  1442 1381  +61    10
5 Rivermouth               10    4   0   6  1416 1353  +63     8
6 Bridgetown               10    4   0   6  1358 1408  −50     8

Playoffs

Playoff Round

Lodgertia 139/6 (14.3 overs)
Jununope 138/5 (20 overs)
Lodgertia win by 4 wickets

Dictionary 131/6 (20 overs)
Pontifucia 133/7 (20 overs)
Pontifucia win by 3 wickets

Jam Town 160/5 (20 overs)
Devoniria 146/8 (20 overs)
Jam Town win by 14 runs

Lakeport 97 (13.2 overs)
Bliketia 96/5 (20 overs)
Lakeport win by 1 run

Quarter-Finals

Westpass 148/6 (20 overs)
Lodgertia 152/7 (19.1 overs)
Lodgertia win by 3 wickets

Likina 108 (16.1 overs)
Pontifucia 111/7 (12.4 overs)
Pontifucia win by 3 wickets

Pasturia 125/7 (17.1 overs)
Jam Town 122 (17.5 overs)
Pasturia win by 3 wickets

Textilia 162/6 (20 overs)
Lakeport 92/7 (20 overs)
Textilia win by 70 runs

Semi-Finals

Textilia 153/8 (20 overs)
Lodgertia 167/6 (20 overs)
Lodgertia win by 14 runs

Pasturia 128/2 (20 overs)
Pontifucia 132/7 (19.4 overs)
Pontifucia win by 3 wickets

Grand Final

Lodgertia 159 (17.1 overs)
Pontifucia 143/2 (20 overs)
Lodgertia win by 16 runs

Lodgertia's aggressive batting paid off, it seems, as they win the ICT20 Championship for the first time, having reached the semi-finals for the third time in four years, although more questions would be asked about Pontifucia and how they let what is a fairly narrow winning margin slip when they had 8 wickets in hand. They could be forgiven in that the big day got to them, as this year was the first time they ever advanced past the regional league stage, and to make the final as well is a tremendous achievement for what ostensibly is a small side.

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:36 pm

ICELFA Season 39: Part 1

Globe Cup 69 1st Preliminary Round

VLC FC 3-1 Cape Innersteel Allstar (Steelbaron)
Cape Innersteel Allstar 2-1 VLC FC (AGG: 3-4)

SBCC 69 1st Preliminary Round

Spartak Tiraspol (Pridnestrovia) 3-1 Micronopia United
Micronopia United 2-1 Spartak Tiraspol (AGG: 3-4)

Globe Cup 69 2nd Preliminary Round

Olympia FC 0-1 Westwood Sprites FC (Commonwealth of Baker Park)
Westwood Sprites FC 1-2 Olympia FC (AGG: 2-2, Olympia FC advance on away goals)

VLC FC 0-1 Douanes (Prahecq)
Douanes 2-1 VLC FC (AGG: 3-1)

The pre-season kicked off with last season’s 5th place side VLC in the Globe Cup, hosting a new team on the international scene in the vein of Steelbaron’s Innersteel Allstar. The first leg was a walk in the park, as the Vorgan side ran out of the traps to lead 2-0 at half-time, and restored a two goal lead only three minutes after conceding the clean sheet. The return leg, on the other hand, was anything but - VLC struggled to get any traction in the hostile foreign atmosphere, conceding two early goals and looking in real danger of exiting the competition on away goals before a vital goal in the last 10 minutes by Trenton Rallison sent them through. It was more of the second leg in the second preliminary round, as Prahecqoise side Douanes outclassed their Eastfielder opponents over both legs to run out 3-1 winners. Micronopia United also featured in first round action, starting their SBCC campaign off on the road in Pridenestrovia; their matches were almost the mirror image of VLC’s - a convincing 3-1 loss in the first leg, before a second leg rally that saw them through on away goals up until a last minute winner for Spartak Tiraspol flipped the tie. And last but not least, cup winners Olympia FC made their bow in the second preliminary round, being drawn against another newly emergent nation in Baker Park’s Westwood Sprites. The first leg at home, was anything but a walk in the park, as Westwood closed down all of Olympia’s attacks very successfully, and one penetrating attack was enough to give them the advantage. But the favourites rallied and found a way, albeit in the following 90 minutes - goals from Natasa Horvat and Ármin Harry were enough to send the visitors through on away goals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

Polkation FC 2-0 UR Town
Olympia FC 1-0 Monksville United
Seaton Town 0-1 Norrion Rovers
FM Town 2-1 Nile Bridge
Copper Communists SC 2-1 VLC FC
Pontifucia United 0-1 RGS Athletic
Tuntingone FC 7-2 Micronopia United
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Walston Brook Albion

Now there’s a rude awakening, and a positively awful way to start the season for Micronopia - their journey to Lodgertia was made pointless by half time, a stoppage time consolation barely tarnishing a dominant Tuntingone side that smashed 5 past them in the space of 30 minutes. At least the second half was more competitive, the visitors threatening a comeback with a second goal, but who were they kidding? The other two promoted sides faced off in Polkation, but the scoreline betrays the balance of the match - Fayanna Yousif had a blinder in the Polkation net, but it was mostly one-sided, with the first 70 minutes staying 0-0 after 13 shots from UR Town compared to the hosts’ 4. But everything changed when Brianette Douglas was sent off - a slightly dubious second yellow leaving a gaping hole in the visitor’s defence that was gratefully exploited by a beleaguered Polkation attack. Elsewhere, the usual suspects all got off to winning starts, aside from VLC, whose early season woes continue with a surprise loss in Copper City.

Champions Cup 72 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Royal Jam FC 1-4 Sporting Esper (Zwangzug)

Globe Cup 69 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

St Warren City FC (Commonwealth of Baker Park) 3-0 Olympia FC

SBCC 69 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

UR Town 4-1 Corona Christiana (Omerica)

Not a good showing from the sides in international competition this midweek. The Champions Cup featured Royal Jam in the traditional Eastfielder port of entry, but despite home advantage and everything, Jam Town was left stunned as visiting Sporting Esper put them to sword. Olympia made another trip to Baker Park as they were drawn against St Warren City, an opponent seemingly a cut above Westwood Sprites - the visitors had no hope and were also squashed badly. Fortunately, albeit not for the country’s UICA coefficient, UR Town carried the torch this week, seeing off the challenge of Corona Christiana, with the Omerican side being sent packing and relying on their away goal next week.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

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

Tremendous reversals of fortune this weekend, as RGS emerge as the sole team on 6 points, performing their usual demolition job of visitors FM Town, whose fans must surely have learned to stay away by now. Norrion, Olympia and Royal Jam all dropped points this week, with Norrion the most embarrassed as UR Town’s attack clicks this time, whilst Royal Jam navigate a tricky test at home to former league leaders Tuntingone. Micronopia recover from their awful start with a first point of the season at home to the Communists, whilst Pontifucia can’t continue their start as they are soundly beaten by Albion.

Champions Cup 72 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Sporting Esper 1-0 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 5-1)

Globe Cup 69 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Olympia FC 0-6 St Warren City FC (AGG: 0-9)

SBCC 69 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Corona Christiana 0-1 UR Town (AGG: 1-5)

Boos filled the Olympic Park, and within 10 minutes of kick-off as well, as St Warren City came and looked even more at home than they did in the first leg. 10 minutes for the visitors to score two more goals and wrap the tie up, and they weren’t done, getting 2 more by half-time and then two more in a ridiculously slow and drab second half. Olympia just weren’t in the game, at all. At least Royal Jam tried their best, but a 4-1 loss at home would have been largely impossible to overturn, and Esper managed to soak up the pressure enough to win the tie. Much in the manner that UR Town did in their visit to Omerica, carrying an impressive 4-1 home lead, and then stifling the home attacks to keep the tie in balance.

King’s Commonwealth Cup First Round

256 teams enter the gauntlet of the King’s Commonwealth Cup, a competition notorious in recent years for throwing up the biggest of upsets. Except, this time the viewing on offer wasn’t that fun. Only a couple of truly big upsets this round, chief amongst them being sixth tier Derin Town’s smash-and-grab victory over Second Division Jam Athletic. Two other Second Division sides met a grizzly end in this round, with recently relegated Seniors FC being handed nearly an entire season free of distraction after Imperial Division One side Cliffside fought off a late comeback to win 2-1, whilst another recently relegated team in Xilon OC were also eliminated, this time by former runners-up Sunburbia FC. The other big upset was that of Bluin Athletic, as sixth tier side Reactions Athletic came from 2 goals down twice to win by the odd goal in 7. Not the highest scoring match of the round however, as it took nine goals to separate Torchwood and Mount Salt Climbers in the 90 minutes, neither side really taking a hold of the match at all - given more time, the two could easily have kept going. On the opposite end of the scale, Olympia came out with the most one-sided match of the round, taking out their Globe Cup frustrations on 5th tier Redbridge United by scoring almost as many goals as St Warren City put past them across two legs.

Globe Cup 69 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Birdingstone United (Ethane) 0-3 Royal Jam FC

SBCC 69 Playoff Round 1st Leg

UR Town 4-0 Arthiana-bas (Pasarga)
Tentai Astros (Kita-Hinode) 2-1 Polkation FC

Royal Jam’s failure in the big competition didn’t carry through to the Globe Cup, thankfully, as they travelled to Ethane to face Birdingstone, coming away with a well-controlled and well-deserved 3-0 lead. Even better performances came from Walston Brook, as UR Town continued their rich vein of attacking form, this time cleaning out their Pasargan visitors with four cleanly worked passing moves. Second Division champions Polkation’s entry to the tournament didn’t start auspiciously however, with their journey to the Hinodejin Empire turned sour after losing an early 1-0 lead.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

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

The first big crunch match in the title race goes down as RGS travel to Mount Salt City, and a narrow scrappy affair ends with the hosts taking the three points, young starlet Natasa Horvat making the difference. VLC and Norrion both took advantage with wins of their own, VLC’s being impressive given UR’s recent form. The Communists play spoiler on the other hand, as they manage to hold Royal Jam to a draw. Tuntingone overtake RGS and retake the top spot with a win over struggling Pontifucia, who remain the only side without a point this season following Seaton’s win over Micronopia.

Globe Cup 69 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 2-2 Birdingstone United (AGG: 5-2)

SBCC 69 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Arthiana-bas 1-1 UR Town (AGG: 1-5)
Polkation FC 2-1 Tentai Astros (AGG: 3-3, AET 3-3, PKs 4-1)

Some very close matches this week, but the damage was done in the first leg for both Royal Jam and UR Town, who both then took their leads in these games, fighting off late comebacks. UR Town as a result book their group stage place, whilst Royal Jam still need to go through the qualifying round. Meanwhile Polkation left it very late to win their tie, a last minute goal from Asma’naser needed to force extra time, and eventually penalties - the hosts held their nerve.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

Nile Bridge 1-1 Polkation FC
VLC FC 1-1 Norrion Rovers
RGS Athletic 6-0 Monksville United
Micronopia United 1-0 UR Town
Walston Brook Albion 0-2 Olympia FC
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Seaton Town
Tuntingone FC 5-1 FM Town
Pontifucia United 2-6 Copper Communists SC

Goals abound this week, with three teams registering 5+ goal hauls. Defending champions RGS avenge their loss to Olympia the previous weekend against Monksville with 6 unanswered set piece goals, including a free kick hat-trick for Osbaldo Bevan. Lela Barlow came out with the weekend’s other hat-trick in Twilight Heaven, as the Communists dominated the second half against Pontifucia to convert a 2-2 scoreline into 6-2. But Tuntingone remain the league leaders, notching up their 16th league goal of the season as they pummelled FM Town. The headline act this weekend was a bit of a damp squib however, as two scrappy goals were indicative VLC and Norrion failing to get going in a lacklustre match in New Lodger City.

Globe Cup 69 Qualifying Round 1st Leg

Kanshiro Lopunnies (Kita-Hinode) 1-3 Royal Jam FC

The last round before the international group stages, as Royal Jam travel to the Hinodejin Empire in the Globe Cup Qualifying Round. The Lopunnies weren’t as agile as their namesake, failing to keep up with the visitors’ counter-attacks, and the Eastfielder side go into the second leg clear favourites to make the group stages.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Second Round

128 teams in 64 matches, and at least this round gave us a lot more fireworks. Several sides in the top two tiers had their campaigns ended this weekend, and chief amongst them were Royal Jam FC, who may be forgiven for wandering attentions due to Globe Cup pressure - they were taken and dumped out on penalties by Revisionists Athletic. Joining the pile of first tier casualties are Pontifucia United, the Premier League’s bottom team conceding early to Seaton Athletic and not threatening a comeback at all. Polkation FC were on the receiving end of the rare 5-tier upset from Pontoon, as the journey to Ricton went goalless all the way to penalties before ending in the Lodger League side’s favour. Albion on the other hand had a much more exciting game in Bridgetown, as they faced Second Division side Oldbridge FC - 2-1 was quite a low scoreline for such an open game, but the one-time cup winners prevailed, knocking Albion out of the competition.

Monksville United had the biggest near miss, as Marepacian side Innocence FC couldn’t be beaten in 120 minutes, and required the lottery of penalties to stay in the competition, a similar fate that befell Second Division YLW FC at home to Matrices United, both matches going to penalties after 1-1 draws. Moving to the other end of the scale, there were some very high scoring matches, both blowouts and high-scoring tight matches. The most pronounced of those included one time finalists Northern Wind Athletic against Second Division’s Macaronia FC - both sides swapped the lead 4 times throughout the 90 minutes, finishing full time at 4-4. Extra time had even more action, Macaronia FC being pegged back in stoppage time to force penalties, where Northern Wind held their nerve to win a 10 goal thriller. The highest scoring game, and largest win, came in King Iqbal II Stadium, as sixth tier side Milisar FC managed to score three goals against a good-strength RGS side - unfortunately, they managed to ship 9 goals in the process, on the wrong end of a 12 goal attack-fest.

Globe Cup 69 Qualifying Round 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 1-0 Kanshiro Lopunnies (AGG: 4-1)

A neat little wrap-up job at Niexai Lane for Royal Jam, the 3-1 advantage from the away leg being more than enough to see off their visitors, and a Malenna von Kraus goal was the cherry on top.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

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

It’s a rather ... uneventful week in the top flight, truth be told, as every match went to pre-match expectations. The only really interesting match was in Mount Salt City, as Olympia and league leaders Tuntingone traded blows in a very entertaining match, but Olympia managed to win out, probably deservedly. RGS took full advantage, their convincing win over Nile Bridge taking them top on goal difference ahead of Olympia. Copper Communists sneak into third as they continue their unbeaten start with a narrow win over FM Town, whilst a Safadao brace spared Norrion’s blushes after Micronopia stunned the crowd with an early goal.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

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

RGS and Olympia both manage to clear a gap at the top of the table with respective 3-1 wins, as the Communists’ unbeaten run comes to an end. That result leaves Royal Jam as the only other unbeaten side in the league, as Kaiya Mohd sprung up with a late header to save the match. Tuntingone’s good start continues, although their campaign for UICA football next season needs a lot more ruthlessness in front of goal, with no less than four open goals missed. Pontifucia’s appalling start also continues, as they make it 6 losses in 6 games after Titus Chaudry stunning long-range effort.

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic            6    5   0   1    16    2  +14    15 CC
 2 Olympia FC              6    5   0   1    11    5   +6    15 CC
 3 VLC FC                  6    4   1   1    10    4   +6    13 GC
 4 Royal Jam FC            6    3   3   0     9    3   +6    12 GC
 5 Walston Brook Albion    6    4   0   2     6    5   +1    12
 6 Tuntingone FC           6    3   2   1    18    9   +9    11
 7 Copper Communists SC    6    3   2   1    11    7   +4    11
 8 Norrion Rovers          6    3   2   1     7    5   +2    11
 9 Seaton Town             6    3   0   3     9    6   +3     9
10 Monksville United       6    2   1   3     5    9   −4     7
11 UR Town                 6    2   0   4     4    9   −5     6
12 Nile Bridge             6    1   1   4     6   11   −5     4
13 Polkation FC            6    1   1   4     4    9   −5     4
14 Micronopia United       6    1   1   4     5   14   −9     4 R
15 FM Town                 6    1   0   5     4   16  −12     3 R
16 Pontifucia United       6    0   0   6     4   15  −11     0 R

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Seniors FC              6    4   2   0    11    3   +8    14 P/SBCC
 2 Indionion Athletic      6    4   1   1    12    7   +5    13 P/SBCC
 3 FC Tavernia             6    3   3   0    10    4   +6    12 P/SBCC
 4 Xilon OC                6    4   0   2     5    3   +2    12
 5 Toclofania FC           6    3   2   1     7    4   +3    11
 6 Sunburbia FC            6    3   2   1     6    4   +2    11
 7 Yillog City             6    2   2   2     8    8    0     8
 8 Jam Athletic            6    2   2   2     7   14   −7     8
 9 Oldbridge FC            6    2   1   3    10    9   +1     7
10 YLW FC                  6    2   1   3     6    9   −3     7
11 Jam Mountain Island     6    2   1   3     5    9   −4     7
12 Forest Rangers          6    1   3   2     6    6    0     6
13 Half Boy FC             6    1   2   3     9    8   +1     5
14 Revisionists            6    1   2   3     4    5   −1     5 R
15 Honsadin FC             6    1   0   5     1    8   −7     3 R
16 Macaronia FC            6    0   2   4     6   12   −6     2 R

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:01 pm

ICELFA Season 39: Part 2

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD1

Cherrygrove City (Saltstead) 1-2 RGS Athletic

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD1

Sterling City United (Darmen) 3-1 Royal Jam FC
Norrion Rovers 2-1 Galactica (Pasarga)

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD1

UR Town 1-0 Saabham Forest (Mercedini)
Polkation FC 2-0 Ojian Orangemen (Taeshan)

A record 5 Eastfielder teams in the UICA group stages means it’s a very busy mid-week for several teams, plus a spoiling of choice for all the neutral fans. The results were mostly positive however, with 4 wins out of 5. RGS carried the Champions Cup pressure with pride, not bowing to a hostile atmosphere in Saltstead as they came from behind against Cherrygrove City, although they should have scored more than two goals. Norrion were in control in the Globe Cup against visiting Galatica, the Pasargan side grabbing a late consolation to narrow the arrears. Not such a good performance in the other Globe Cup tie however, as Royal Jam’s visit to Sterling City went sour, with the Darmeni hosts breaking through the usually tight Royal Jam defence time and again. Going down the SBCC, UR Town counted themselves extremely lucky against Saabham Forest, as the visitors missed several clean chances throughout the match, before conceding from the hosts’ first corner of the game in the last 10 minutes. No such struggles for Polkation, who soundly defeated the visiting Orangemen of Taeshan with two cleanly struck volleys.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Third Round

32 matches make up the third round of the KCC, and rather unusually, there are very few upsets this time, as most matches end up going to form. Only two upsets were really notable - second division Honsadin put in an extremely jaded performance against sixth tier Brassworks, even helping Brassworks score the only goal of the match with dire miscommunication between the left back and the keeper, which saw both of them miss a long ball. The other Second Division side to be humiliated were Revisionists, who ended up being knocked out by fifth tier Hilunvale in extra time, at home nonetheless - they were managing the match fine until a late red card saw the minnows grab an unlikely goal on the counter, before making use of the extra man in extra time to grab the extra goal. The only Premier League side eliminated in this round were UR Town, as they came out on the wrong end of the all-top-flight tie with VLC, with the 4 time winners prevailing.

However, a largely second-string RGS did come very close to being knocked out themselves, as they ended up needing extra time to see off a very spirited Lodgertia United side. Monksville were in even more danger, as they embarrassingly threw away a 2-0 lead against sixth tier Pontoon FC, the same team that dumped out Polkation in the previous round, and ended up being forced into extra time, where the minnows subsequently took the lead. It took a double jeopardy red card and penalty for the Premier League side to equalise, and then score the winner. At the other end, there wasn’t any trouble for Micronopia, as they visited sixth tier United United and came away with an emphatic 8-1 victory. Likewise for Second Division side Half Boy, as they left Olefinia with a goal less than Micronopia, winning by a very comfortable 7-1 scoreline.

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD2

RGS Athletic 2-3 Cassandra City (Cosumar)

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD2

Royal Jam FC 1-0 Stein-los Turkish (Pasarga)
Jhanna City (Starblaydia) 3-2 Norrion Rovers

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD2

Arcticala Inlet (Vilita) 0-0 UR Town
Juavi FC (Valanora) 5-3 Polkation FC

Almost the complete opposite of the opening round of matches happens this midweek. RGS face their toughest opponent of the group in Cosumar’s Cassandra City, with this home leg being crucial to the team’s chances of advancing. It wasn’t to be, but at least RGS put up a fight, twice dragging Cassandra back to level pegging with goals from Lacroix and Rankin. Norrion had a similarly gutsy performance in Starblaydia, as they came from behind to lead 2-1 against Jhanna City, but couldn’t hold on. Royal Jam got their campaign off the mark at home to Pasarga’s Stein-Los Turkish, and they played like they do best - defensively solid and dirty and scrappy when needed. Stanic made several top saves to deny the Turkish strikers, and Kaiya Moh at the other end provided the only difference between the two sides. UR Town remain the only unbeaten side of the five, notching up point number 4 with a dull, dreary goalless draw against the renowned Arcticala Inlet, whilst the other SBCC tie saw all the goals as Polkation visit to Valanora saw 8 of them being scored - hosts Juavi FC however deservedly keeping their visitors at bay to win 5-3.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

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

Some big results at the top of the table, as RGS suffer their second loss of the campaign, at home to Albion of all teams, albeit in a tight, scrappy match - Albion move level with RGS on points as a result. That opens the door behind them, and Olympia barely capitalise, moving ahead by a point as Seaton defend bravely to grab a goalless draw. Also ending up on 15 points are Royal Jam, who have no trouble in the big match of the weekend, seeing off New Lodger City’s other team by 2 goals to nil - a rare occurrence that both halves of the city lose the same week. Norrion’s emphatic win against pointless Pontifucia brings them just two points off the summit, where they are joined by Tuntingone and the Communists - as it stands, the top half of the table is covered by just 3 points, and even 10th place UR Town are closer to the summit of the table than the bottom.

Cygnus Cup 47 First Round 1st leg

Olympia FC 2-1 Riuwiee United (Abanhfleft)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Preliminary Round 1st Leg

FC Tavernia 3-0 Knightspurs (Taeshan)

A nice little break from UICA football sees Olympia return to international action, as last season’s cup champions enter the Cygnus Cup. Their opening tie sees them face off against Abanhfleft’s Riuwiee United, and the hosts prevail with goals from Natasa Horvat and Zaaid Stepan, although the visitors’ late away goal will make thing difficult in the second leg. It’s a more one-sided affair in the Vilitan Cove Invitational, as last season’s Charity Shield runners-up FC Tavernia enter the competition in the preliminary round, drawn against Taeshan’s Knightspurs - a comprehensive 3-0 home victory pretty much guarantees a place in the next round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

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

Olympia finally grab a big victory to bolster their goal difference, with mid-table UR Town the victims of a 4-0 battering. That keeps their lead at the top, but RGS answer in kind and then some, as they travel to the capital and sweep aside early pace-setters Tuntingone by an even bigger scoreline. A second half Micronopia equaliser sees Royal Jam drop points in their chase, whilst narrow wins for Norrion and VLC keeps them in the hunt. Albion manage to stay third after their convincing win against promotees Polkation, whilst Pontifucia are left 7 points from safety already as they rack up loss number 8.

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD3

Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 1-1 RGS Athletic

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD3

Royal Jam FC 0-0 Ararat (Mytanija)
Norrion Rovers 1-2 AFC Treason (Nephara)

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD3

Liliton (Ethane) 1-1 UR Town
RC Sardin (Pasarga) 1-2 Polkation FC

Not many goals this week compared to last time out, but there’s still a wealth of action on offer in the UICA competitions. Norrion vs Treason probably had the best of the action, neither side defending particularly well and attacking constantly, but in the end, the more experienced visitors shone, and took a vital 3 points away. RGS needed a slice of luck against Sonoma Center Panthers, more specifically in the shape of Rankin’s deflected long-range effort beating a defence and keeper that otherwise seemed impenetrable. Polkation’s journey to Pasarga was also quite entertaining, as they came from behind against RC Sardin to notch up their second win in the group stage, while UR Town had to settle for a draw against Liliton. Royal Jam, as ever, refuse to entertain, only to frustrate, and that they did to Mytanija’s Ararat.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fourth Round

Hilunvale FC (T5) 1-1 Tuntingone FC (T1) (1-1 AET, 4-1 PKs)
Viruntia Town (T6) 0-4 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Nile Bridge (T1) 1-3 Olympia FC (T1)
Tyrenam Harriers (T6) 2-4 Oldbridge FC (T2)
Brassworks SC (T6) 0-2 VLC FC (T1)
Copper Communists SC (T1) 4-0 EastExport SC (T6)
Forest Rangers (T2) 1-1 Iratuen Loft FC (T3) (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)
Sunburbia FC (T2) 0-1 Gilgonare FC (T3)
Clinar Rovers (T3) 0-0 Seaton Town (T1) (0-1 AET)
FC Tavernia (T2) 0-0 Monksville United (T1) (1-0 AET)
RGS Athletic (T1) 6-1 Eastpass Dockers (T6)
Jam Mountain Island (T2) 4-0 Coiners FC (T3)
Cliffside FC (T3) 0-3 YLW FC (T2)
Micronopia United (T1) 0-1 Futurekind Wanderers (T4)
FM Town (T1) 2-1 Half Boy FC (T2)
Seaton Athletic (T3) 1-0 Nanomia Town (T5)

A rarity at this stage of the competition, where all but one of the ties involved sides from the top two tiers. But outside of that, a smattering of lower league sides also made it this far, and a few of them are still kicking around in the upset department. Tuntingone were the chief upsetees, as Hilunvale follow on from knocking out Revisionists in the last round to scrape through to the two-legged fifth round on penalties. Micronopia were also taken out by fourth tier Futurekind Wanderers, a single solitary goal shortly before half-time in a match bereft of quality football. Monksville United were the other top tier side upset, as they lost, slightly undeservingly, to FC Tavernia in extra time in what was an entertaining match. The only all-top-flight encounter saw Nile Bridge host defending champions Olympia FC, but the Bridgetown side were outclassed as they lost 3-1. RGS yet again register the biggest win of the round, this time with a 5 goal margin against unfortunate sixth Tier side Eastpass Dockers.

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD4

RGS Athletic 2-0 Sonoma Center Panthers

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD4

Ararat 3-2 Royal Jam FC
AFC Treason 0-1 Norrion Rovers

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD4

UR Town 1-1 Liliton
Polkation FC 0-2 RC Sardin

RGS dominate the reverse fixture, after the tough draw last time out, as they make it to 7 points out of 12 with a convincing 2-0 win against Sonoma Center Panthers. Norrion get their revenge as well, surprising the Nepharim fans as they beat Treason on the road for their second win of the campaign. Royal Jam stay on 4 points as they struggle in Mytanija, as Ararat race out to a 2-0 lead and rarely looked troubled - a late consolation from Linford making the scoreline more respectable. UR Town rack up their third draw of the group stage, as they match Liliton’s efforts for the second time in as many games, whilst Polkation somehow fall apart at home against Sardin, having beaten them on the road in the previous match.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

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

Lots of apple carts upset this week, with draws abound. League leaders Olympia travel to Norrion, trying to keep the baying pack away, but Norrion manage to stifle the potent attack, and a rather negative match ends goalless. Not that RGS could capitalise, as they are also held to a surprising home draw by the Communists, whilst Albion don’t end up as leaders either, as they lose at home to direct rivals Tuntingone. VLC move up into third as they actually manage to win, although needing to come from behind against FM Town to make it. Royal Jam fall to fifth as Polkation manage to match UICA tiredness with UICA tiredness, holding the visitors 1-1. That result, along with Micronopia beating Pontifucia, leaves the still-to-gain-points side 8 points from safety. FM Town aren’t looking too pretty either, as they make it 8 losses in a row as well and now 5 from safety.

Cygnus Cup 47 First Round 2nd leg

Riuwiee United 0-3 Olympia FC (AGG: 1-5)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Preliminary Round 2nd Leg

Knightspurs 1-2 FC Tavernia (AGG: 1-5)

Olympia seal the tie against Riuwiee with a dominating performance in Abanhfleft, as they embarrass the hosts with a 3-0 victory to book their place in the Round of 16. FC Tavernia swap the scoreline as well, as their journey to Taeshan comes up trumps with a decent 2-1 victory against Knightspurs.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

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

Back to back goalless draws for Olympia, against two big opponents - is that a good or bad omen? This time it’s VLC who match them defensively, but this time, RGS don’t keep pace, as they somehow contrive to be demolished by an imperious Seaton performance. Norrion move level with Olympia as they fight off a late Monksville comeback to win 2-1, whilst Tuntingone retake the lead in the GF column and move a point off the top after beating Polkation in Lodgertia, joined by VLC and Royal Jam, the latter narrowly taking out bottom of the table punching bags Pontifucia, who are now, somehow, 10 points from safety. Elsewhere Micronopia keep FM Town’s losing streak going, but not for the lack of trying as both sides took the lead twice in a 7 goal thriller.

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD5

RGS Athletic 2-0 Cherrygrove City

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD5

Royal Jam FC 3-0 Sterling City United
Galactica 0-1 Norrion Rovers

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD5

Saabham Forest 1-2 UR Town
Ojian Orangemen 2-0 Polkation FC

A fruitful match against Cherrygrove for RGS, as they see off the Saltstead side in great fashion, booking their place in the Champions Cup knockouts as well. It’s also good news for Royal Jam, as they grab a vital win at home against Darmen’s Sterling City United, one that might still save their campaign - three well-taken goals quite unlike the hosts’ recent performances as of late. A place in the knockouts was also secured for Norrion Rovers as they fight a tight match and come out with a single goal victory. UR Town make it 3 from 3 in terms of senior UICA knockouts representation as they come from behind to beat Saabham Forest in Mercedini. However, it’s the end of the road for Polkation, as they lose their third of the group stage, this time on the road in Taeshan, losing 2-0 to the Orangemen in Ojian.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

Polkation FC 2-1 Pontifucia United
Tuntingone FC 2-2 Copper Communists SC
Royal Jam FC 2-0 FM Town
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Seaton Town
Micronopia United 0-4 Olympia FC
RGS Athletic 6-1 UR Town
VLC FC 1-0 Monksville United
Nile Bridge 0-1 Norrion Rovers

Olympia get their act together after two goalless draws and smash Micronopia, and stay top of the table, but Norrion don’t let up as they narrowly edge out Nile Bridge. Royal Jam and VLC both keep their pace up wins of their own, although Monksville would feel justifiably robbed as they had the better of the chances. Tuntingone however drop points at home to the Communists, and RGS move back into the top 5 as a result after they demolish UR Town 6-1 at home. That leaves the top 6 separated by a measly 3 points. Polkation move out of the bottom three with a win over Pontifucia, who at this point are looking down and out already.

Champions Cup 72 Group Stage MD6

Cassandra City 1-0 RGS Athletic

Globe Cup 69 Group Stage MD6

Stein-los Turkish 1-0 Royal Jam FC
Norrion Rovers 0-0 Jhanna City

SBCC 69 Group Stage MD6

UR Town 0-1 Arcticala Inlet
Polkation FC 0-1 Juavi FC

The only match that really matters - Royal Jam against Stein-los Turkish. Win, and hope that Sterling City fail to against Ararat, and Royal Jam are through. Half of that happened - Ararat threw them a lifeline as they held Sterling to a draw, but Stein-los, with nothing but pride to play for, defended bravely and managed to crack the Royal Jam defence once. Which was all they needed, winning 1-0 and knocking Royal Jam out of the Globe Cup. Elsewhere, RGS missed the chance to go into the knockouts on a high as they travelled to Cassandra City, the Cosumarite team completing the double with a narrow 1-0 win to complete an impressive 6-0-0 group stage. Norrion and Jhanna played out a goalless draw in a dead rubber match in the other Globe Cup tie, but they’re going through in second anyway. UR Town miss the chance to go top of their group, losing at home to Arcticala Inlet, whilst Polkation’s woes are compounded as they lose at home to Juavi FC.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

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

All change at the top as we head into the break, as both leaders falter in the two big matches of the day. Olympia take the lead through Auguste Alder, but the giants of Royal Jam weren’t to be denied after their midweek heartbreak, coming back to win 2-1, and Norrion can’t find a way through the RGS defence - at least they keep a clean sheet of their own. That opens the door for VLC to catch up, and that they do, drawing level with Royal Jam on points after beating Nile Bridge. At the bottom, even 15th placed FM Town got a win - against 16th place Pontifucia...

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Jam FC           12    7   5   0    18    6  +12    26 CC/CdC
 2 VLC FC                 12    8   2   2    18    8  +10    26 CC
 3 Norrion Rovers         12    7   4   1    17    8   +9    25 GC
 4 Olympia FC             12    7   3   2    20    7  +13    24 GC
 5 RGS Athletic           12    7   2   3    28    8  +20    23
 6 Tuntingone FC          12    6   4   2    25   16   +9    22
 7 Walston Brook Albion   12    6   2   4    10    8   +2    20
 8 Copper Communists SC   12    5   4   3    17   13   +4    19
 9 Seaton Town            12    4   4   4    12    8   +4    16
10 Monksville United      12    4   2   6    11   15   −4    14
11 Polkation FC           12    4   2   6     9   15   −6    14
12 UR Town                12    4   1   7    11   25  −14    13
13 Micronopia United      12    3   2   7    12   25  −13    11
14 Nile Bridge            12    3   1   8    10   18   −8    10 R
15 FM Town                12    2   0  10    16   31  −15     6 R
16 Pontifucia United      12    0   0  12     7   30  −23     0 R

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Indionion Athletic     12    8   2   2    22   13   +9    26 P/SBCC
 2 FC Tavernia            12    7   4   1    25   14  +11    25 P/SBCC 
 3 Xilon OC               12    8   1   3    14    5   +9    25 P/SBCC
 4 Toclofania FC          12    7   3   2    13    6   +7    24
 5 Seniors FC             12    6   5   1    19    6  +13    23
 6 Sunburbia FC           12    5   2   5    12   18   −6    17
 7 Half Boy FC            12    4   3   5    19   18   +1    15
 8 Yillog City            12    4   3   5    14   16   −2    15
 9 Jam Mountain Island    12    4   3   5    14   20   −6    15
10 Jam Athletic           12    4   3   5    16   27  −11    15
11 YLW FC                 12    3   3   6    14   16   −2    12
12 Oldbridge FC           12    3   3   6    18   21   −3    12
13 Revisionists           12    2   5   5     9   11   −2    11
14 Forest Rangers         12    2   4   6    11   14   −3    10 R
15 Macaronia FC           12    2   4   6    14   19   −5    10 R
16 Honsadin FC            12    1   4   7     5   15  −10     7 R

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 3:46 pm

ICELFA Season 39: Part 3

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round First Leg

Jam Mountain Island (T2) 1-1 RGS Athletic (T1)
Futurekind Wanderers (T4) 3-0 FM Town (T1)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 5-0 YLW FC (T2)
Iratuen Loft FC (T3) 3-3 Oldbridge FC (T2)
Hilunvale FC (T5) 2-0 Seaton Athletic (T3)
Gilgonare FC (T3) 0-1 Seaton Town (T1)
Olympia FC (T1) 0-1 VLC FC (T1)
FC Tavernia (T2) 1-1 Copper Communists SC (T1)

Copa de Campeones 45 First Round 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 1-0 Falourr (Eura)

Bit of fixture congestion for RGS as we head into the fifth round of the King’s Commonwealth, where the two-legged ties begin. Their focus is more on the Copa de Campeones, and it shows with the reserve squad sent out against second division side Jam Mountain Island, a match that ended in a draw, although RGS’ away goal might prove useful. At least they did the job internationally, returning from Jammy Forests to play Falourr at home a couple of days later and narrowly squeaking out a 1-0 victory. The only 5th tier side in Hilunvale continue their upset antics, this time taking a 2 goal lead to Seaton for the second leg against Athletic - Seaton Town on the other hand will take an away goal home with them. Futurekind Wanderers, the only team of the fourth tier, are also in the driving seat in their tie, taking out Premier League side FM Town in the home tie. The mouth-watering tie between Olympia and VLC went the way of the visitors, courtesy of Trenton Rallison, in an otherwise dead match.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

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

The Lodger City derby has come, at last, and it’s rare when the two come into the match with VLC on top. But it’s the defending champions that come out on top of the six-pointer, but it’s not enough to close the gap to the top, as both Royal Jam and Olympia come out with wins - Olympia were made to work for it however, as bottom of the table Pontifucia actually ran them ragged in the first half hour to lead 2-0. Norrion lose pace with the leaders as Albion defend brilliantly to deny Norrion the win, a goalless draw taking Norrion down to 4th. Tuntingone move a point off the top 5 after they demolished UR Town 6-1, whilst Nile Bridge’s win over Micronopia leaves Pontifucia a full 13 points from safety.

Globe Cup 69 Sixteenth-Finals 1st Leg

Norrion Rovers 1-1 Rozelle (Brenecia)

Cygnus Cup 47 Round of 16 1st Leg

Northern Union (Brenecia) 1-0 Olympia FC

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Round of 16 1st Leg

Forest Hill FC (Jasiyun) 1-2 FC Tavernia

The Globe Cup knockouts start with Norrion hosting formidable Brenecian opposition in the form of Rozelle, and it’s advantage to the visitors as Norrion concede an early away goal, only fighting their way back to level pegging in the second half. Olympia actually have to travel to Brenecia, facing off against Northern Union in the Cygnus Cup, but come back empty handed and with a deficit to overcome, and hearts broken after having two away goals disallowed. It’s better news in the VCI, as FC Tavernia’s journey to Jasiyun was fruitful, two away goals and a 2-1 lead putting them in an almost commanding position.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

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

Big change at the top, as Olympia falter at home to relegation-fighting FM Town with a rather lacklustre performance - RGS take full advantage and move into second with a rather narrow win against Micronopia. Royal Jam still remain three points clear however, as they turn on the style in Bridgetown, whilst VLC move third as they beat a rather underperforming Albion side. Norrion however falter badly, losing at home to Tuntingone, who look like they are serious with this challenge on the top 5, moving into 4th ahead of Olympia.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round Second Leg

RGS Athletic (T1) 5-0 Jam Mountain Island (T2) (AGG: 6-1)
FM Town (T1) 1-1 Futurekind Wanderers (T4) (AGG: 1-4)
YLW FC (T2) 1-2 Norrion Rovers (T1) (AGG: 1-7)
Oldbridge FC (T2) 1-1 Iratuen Loft FC (T3) (AGG: 4-4) (Oldbridge FC (T2) wins on away goals rule)
Seaton Athletic (T3) 0-1 Hilunvale FC (T5) (AGG: 0-3)
Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 Gilgonare FC (T3) (AGG: 2-1)
VLC FC (T1) 0-2 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 1-2)
Copper Communists SC (T1) 2-0 FC Tavernia (T2) (AGG: 3-1)

Copa de Campeones 45 First Round 2nd Leg

Falourr 1-2 RGS Athletic (AGG: 1-3)

A much better second leg from RGS in the cup sees them demolish Jam Mountain Island by five clear goals at home, sending them into the quarter-finals. They’ll also feature in the Copa de Campeones quarters as well, after coming from behind to beat Falourr in the return leg. Meanwhile, the KCC quarters will feature both a fourth and a fifth tier side, as Futurekind and Hilunvale both completed their upsets. Gilgonare nearly forced extra time against Seaton Town, with a late Jiyaad Thompson goal sparing the hosts’ blushes. The big tie of the round was flipped on its head, as Olympia, losing by a goal from the first leg, travelled to New Lodger City and ended up winning 2-0 on the road, as VLC’s resolve crumbled against the defending champions.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

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

Sound the alarm! It has finally happened! Pontifucia United have finally gotten a point, just as we get halfway into the season! Maybe about 14 games too late, but still, they manage to come back from a goal down to draw against Nile Bridge, a result that keeps them 13 from safety. Royal Jam might be a bit miffed their headline was stolen, as they expertly shut down the RGS attack in what was a massive title six-pointer. VLC fail to keep up, as they draw with fourth place Tuntingone to give Royal Jam a 5 point lead at the top of the table. Olympia slip up yet again, this time dropping points on the road to Polkation and allowing Norrion, who expertly dispatched the Communists, the move into 5th ahead of them.

Globe Cup 69 Sixteenth-Finals 2nd Leg

Rozelle 1-1 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 2-2, AET: 2-2, PKs 5-6)

Cygnus Cup 47 Round of 16 2nd Leg

Olympia FC 2-0 Northern Union (AGG: 2-1)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Round of 16 2nd Leg

FC Tavernia 2-2 Forest Hill FC (AGG: 4-3)

Talk about close contests. Round 2 of Eastfield Lodge vs Brenecia went into extra time in the Globe Cup tie, as Rozelle’s late equaliser kept them in the game, and into penalties as both sides knuckled down - 14 penalties later, well into sudden death, before Mac Stevenson got his hands close enough to a shot to save it and win the shootout. The Cygnus Cup tie was a bit more one-sided, as Olympia took the two goal lead they needed, but had to defend valiantly to keep Northern Union from grabbing a winning away goal. As for the VCI, Forest Hill FC ran out into the lead, before Tavernia began responding, a late equaliser on the night seeing them through on aggregate.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

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

A drab dreary defensive match in Walston Brook goes the way of the leaders as Royal Jam narrowly squeak out a win against Albion, but the chasing pack keep chasing, as both Lodger City clubs grab narrow wins of their own. Not such good news for Norrion though, who managed to draw against Seaton Town, who have somehow snuck in ahead of Albion and the Communists in the mid-table race in a quiet but consistent season. Tuntingone drop points of their own, quite shockingly to 14th place Micronopia, a result that leaves Pontifucia 14 points from safety with 14 to play for.

Champions Cup 72 Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 2-1 Shamrock Cathair (Audioslavia)

Globe Cup 69 Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

Norrion Rovers 2-0 Sleepy Hollow (Taeshan)

SBCC 69 Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

UR Town 2-2 Suwawa FC (Banija)

The UICA Round of 16s kick off, and it’s the first time in at least a long while where all three competitions have had Eastfielder teams in the knockouts. And it’s a good start for two of the three as RGS kick off things with a narrow win against Audioslavia’s recently insurgent Shamrock Cathair team, Ursula Rankin grabbing a second half winner to take to Cathair in the return leg. Norrion Rovers should have a much easier task in Taeshan, after beating Sleepy Hollow by a comfortable 2 goal margin at home, but UR Town might count themselves lucky to even be in contention, as Banijan side Suwawa FC gifted two equalisers to the Walston Brook side having deservedly taken the lead twice themselves. A home draw and two away goals conceded isn’t a pleasant situation to be in unfortunately.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

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

No change at the top, as all the big five teams notch up fairly comfortable wins - RGS with the customary demolition of FM Town in what has become a twice-yearly ritual now, and VLC surviving a late comeback scare by Seaton Town. Royal Jam continue their unbeaten season at the top by seeing off the pretenders in Tuntingone, but possibly the most important result is that Pontifucia have won a match! They actually won a match, and in convincing fashion as well! Albion should really hang their heads in shame that they lost by three, tbh, given their usual defensive solidity. Polkation are doing really well for a promoted side, as they beat Monksville to move into 7th in the table, only 4 behind Tuntingone.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals First Leg

Hilunvale FC (T5) 1-1 Norrion Rovers (T1)
RGS Athletic (T1) 3-0 Copper Communists SC (T1)
Seaton Town (T1) 2-0 Futurekind Wanderers (T4)
Olympia FC (T1) 1-1 Oldbridge FC (T2)

They’re not going to do it again are they? Hilunvale, little old Hilunvale of the Halveboi city state in Copportopia, have drawn Norrion Rovers of the Premier League at home in this first leg, and it’s not like they’re getting lucky - they’re actually going toe-to-toe with these big sides consistently. Not such fortune for Futurekind however, as they meet their match in the shape of Seaton Town, The only all-top-flight clash sees RGS sweep aside the Communists by a comfortable 3-0 scoreline, something which’ll allow rotation in the second leg in this fixture-packed season. Meanwhile, four time cup winners Olympia face off against one-time winner Oldbridge FC, and despite the division difference, they manage to play each other to a score draw, meaning it’s advantage Oldbridge in the second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

Norrion Rovers 3-0 Polkation FC
Nile Bridge 4-0 Monksville United
VLC FC 3-2 UR Town
RGS Athletic 8-1 Olympia FC
Micronopia United 0-5 Seaton Town
Walston Brook Albion 1-0 FM Town
Royal Jam FC 4-0 Copper Communists SC
Tuntingone FC 4-0 Pontifucia United

That’s … just embarrassing, to be honest. If you’re a fan of karelan football, look away now. 35 goals, in only 8 matches. Nearly 4 and a half goals per game. And over a quarter of those came in the King Iqbal II Stadium, as RGS sent Olympia back to Mount Salt City needing more than a sticking plaster, and with a goal differential 7 worse than what they started with. Seaton came up with 5, leaders Royal Jam, Nile Bridge and Tuntingone came with 4, and then VLC scraped past UR Town by the odd goal in 5. Pontifucia’s situation looks ever hopeless, as they fall back to a point a game off safety.

Champions Cup 72 Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Shamrock Cathair 0-1 RGS Athletic (AGG: 1-3)

Globe Cup 69 Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Sleepy Hollow 2-1 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 2-3)

SBCC 69 Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Suwawa FC 2-2 UR Town (AGG: 4-4, AET: 4-4, PKs: 3-1)

Big result for RGS, as their slender lead was salvaged in Cathair, with the league champions somehow surviving the waves of Audioslav pressure to grab the goal needed to settle the tie. That books RGS passage into the quarter-finals for the first time in a long while, and they’ll be joined by Norrion in the Globe Cup, as they manage to hold on against Sleepy Hollow courtesy of an early away goal - the hosts would then need to score 4, but Norrion managed to limit them to 2. Those two won’t be joined by UR Town however, as the plucky Second Division side fought hard to neutralise 2 away goals, and successfully, although they also conceded two of their own to end up in extra time, and it was on penalties that their fate was sealed.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

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

Looks like we have a bit of a gap forming within the top 5, as VLC beat Norrion in the big match of the day by a solitary Legget Bethell goal - wins for RGS and Olympia means the gap between third and fourth is now 4 points, whilst Royal Jam continue with their 5 point gap at the top with a decent controlled win against Seaton Town. Pontifucia grab their second win of the season, surprisingly defeating the Communists on the road to move onto 7 points, but the win for UR Town means they are still 11 points from safety, and still looking like the first team to go down.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals Second Leg

Norrion Rovers (T1) 4-1 Hilunvale FC (T5) (AGG: 5-2)
Copper Communists SC (T1) 3-7 RGS Athletic (T1) (AGG: 3-10)
Futurekind Wanderers (T4) 0-1 Seaton Town (T1) (AGG: 0-3)
Oldbridge FC (T2) 0-1 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 1-2)

The dreams are over, and in quite dramatic fashion as well. Hilunvale travel to Norrion for the second leg hoping for the upset and even take the lead, but their Premier League hosts are having nothing of it, and promptly sweep the minnows aside with 4 goals of their own. Futurekind were hoping for some help from home advantage to overcome a 2 goal deficit against Seaton, but the Premier League visitors were just careful enough not to concede, an additional away goal sweetening their trophy bid. RGS on the hand were rather reckless in securing their semi-final place, although a 3-0 first leg lead was good insurance as they conceded 3 to the Communists, whilst also scoring 7 for a 10-3 aggregate victory. And last but not least, the clash of the cup winners went the way of the double-defending champions, as Olympia snagged the only goal in the game to book a semi-final place.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

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

It’s business as usual as the top three all pick up wins, although it wasn’t an easy task for RGS against a remarkably well-organised Nile Bridge defence, and UR Town gave the leaders a scare to boot. Tuntingone keeled over pretty easily when Olympia came to visit the capital, but Micronopia managed a scalp of their own as they held Norrion to a surprise 2-2 draw, a point that brings them ever so slightly closer to safety. FM Town also improved their chances with a draw against the Communists, whilst Pontifucia threw away the lead against Seaton Town, losing 2-1 in the end to stay 11 from safety.

ICEL Premier League

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Jam FC           20   15   5   0    35    7  +28    50 CC/CdC
 2 VLC FC                 20   14   3   3    30   14  +16    45 CC
 3 RGS Athletic           20   14   2   4    54   11  +43    44 GC
 4 Olympia FC             20   12   4   4    36   20  +16    40 GC
 5 Norrion Rovers         20   10   7   3    28   14  +14    37
 6 Tuntingone FC          20    9   6   5    40   26  +14    33
 7 Seaton Town            20    8   5   7    27   16  +11    29
 8 Walston Brook Albion   20    8   4   8    13   15   −2    28
 9 Polkation FC           20    8   4   8    17   23   −6    28
10 Copper Communists SC   20    6   5   9    22   28   −6    23
11 UR Town                20    6   1  13    20   45  −25    19
12 Nile Bridge            20    5   3  12    18   28  −10    18
13 Monksville United      20    5   3  12    15   34  −19    18
14 Micronopia United      20    4   4  12    18   41  −23    16 R
15 FM Town                20    3   5  12    23   44  −21    14 R
16 Pontifucia United      20    2   1  17    18   48  −30     7 R

ICEL Second Division

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Indionion Athletic     20   15   3   2    40   17  +23    48 P/SBCC
 2 Xilon OC               20   13   3   4    23    9  +14    42 P/SBCC
 3 Toclofania FC          20   11   6   3    28   13  +15    39 P/SBCC
 4 FC Tavernia            20   10   7   3    33   20  +13    37
 5 Seniors FC             20    9   8   3    26   12  +14    35
 6 Yillog City            20    8   6   6    24   21   +3    30
 7 Sunburbia FC           20    7   6   7    20   26   −6    27
 8 Half Boy FC            20    6   6   8    28   30   −2    24
 9 Jam Mountain Island    20    6   4  10    22   33  −11    22
10 Oldbridge FC           20    5   5  10    24   29   −5    20
11 Revisionists           20    4   7   9    14   19   −5    19
12 Macaronia FC           20    4   7   9    22   27   −5    19
13 Forest Rangers         20    4   7   9    16   23   −7    19
14 YLW FC                 20    5   4  11    25   35  −10    19 R
15 Jam Athletic           20    5   4  11    20   41  −21    19 R
16 Honsadin FC            20    3   7  10    11   21  −10    16 R

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:28 pm

ICELFA Season 39: Part 4

Copa de Campeones 45 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 1-0 Navel FC (Whirl Islands)

Cygnus Cup 47 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Olympia FC 0-6 Revanigruud Riversharks (Cosumar)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

FC Tavernia 2-1 Voraxan (Qusmo)

The quarter-final stage in all three of the extra international competitions, and in two of them, it’s been a good season so far. Defending cup champions Olympia can’t say the same in the Cygnus Cup, however, as they are thoroughly humiliated at home by some very ravenous Riversharks, the visiting Cosumarite team putting six goals past the hosts without so much as a flicker of resistance. RGS fare better in the Copa de Campeones, as they come up against familiar foes in the form of Whirl Islands’ Navel FC, and a game of few chances ensues, with Ursula Rankin providing the only difference between the sides. Second Division FC Tavernia are doing well for themselves, as they host Voraxan of Qusmo, another nation that’s new to the international scene, and despite an early setback with the away goal, they rally themselves and control the rest of the game to take the lead in the tie.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

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

It’s advantage Royal Jam this week, as they shut down Norrion’s attacking threat with a rather smash-and-grab victory, whilst their nearest competitors in VLC suffer a shock home draw against relegation threatened Micronopia United, Liealia Malley heading home an unlikely equaliser. That allowed RGS to move into second, an opportunity they fully grasped by beating Polkation on the road, and staying 6 points off the top. The Communists manage to play above themselves to hold Olympia to a score draw, whilst Tuntingone move within a point of the top 5 after beating 13th place Monksville. That loss means FM Town and Micronopia are now within a point of safety, whilst Pontifucia are still straggling far behind after their 18th loss this season.

Champions Cup 72 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Qastyr (Qusmo) 0-2 RGS Athletic

Globe Cup 69 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Yûpo CCK (Jasiyun) 1-0 Norrion Rovers

The UICA quarter-finals take centre stage this week, featuring two Eastfielder teams for the first time ever. RGS aren’t even the most unlikely Champions Cup quarter-finalist however - that accoldade went to their opponents, Qusmy champions KF Qastyr, who had seen off Crisisbless the previous round. But the fairytale wasn’t to be, as the favourites (it’s rare that RGS get labelled as such) return from their travels with a 2 goal lead. Norrion’s best ever Globe Cup campaign continues with them travelling to Jasiyun to face Yupo CCK, a match that didn’t go too well. They defended magnificently, but a well struck long range effort was enough to split the teams, as Norrion failed to create many chances themselves.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

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

Royal Jam are beginning to flex their muscles now, and the rest of the field is feeling the pressure. VLC are the leaders’ latest victims, a tight defensive game characteristic of these two ending, expectedly, with the leaders winning by a single goal. RGS keep up the pace, at least, with victory against Albion seeing them 4 points clear of VLC and still 6 off the top, but you could the race is over for Olympia and Norrion, as both sides suffer shock losses - Olympia were soundly beaten on the road by fellow cup finalists Seaton Town, whilst Norrion were somehow utterly demolished by Pontifucia United - 4-0 against the team bottom of the league who had lost 18 in 21, there are just no excuses. In fact, all three of the bottom three won, with FM Town now out of the relegation zone on goal difference and dragging Monksville down in their stead.

Copa de Campeones 45 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Navel FC 4-4 RGS Athletic (AGG: 4-5)

Cygnus Cup 47 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Revanigruud Riversharks 1-0 Olympia FC (AGG: 7-0)

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Voraxan 1-0 FC Tavernia (FT: 1-1, AGG: 2-3)

It’s all goals in the Copa de Campeones this time round, as RGS and Navel are at each other’s throats. The hosts takes a two goal lead, but RGS fight back to level pegging, and those away goals were precious, forcing Navel to attack and open up more. In the end, it’s an 8 goal thriller, and luckily for RGS it ends as a 4-4 draw, meaning that solitary first leg goal send them into the semis. Olympia, pretty much down and out after the first leg anyway, travel to Revanigruud to try and grab some respect back, but even that plan fails, as a second string Riversharks side still outclass them. Meanwhile, FC Tavernia return from Qusmo counting their lucky stars that away goals aren’t a thing in the VCI, as Voraxan level the tie on aggregated with the only goal in 90 minutes - in other competitions, their away goal in the first leg would have been enough to send them through. It wasn’t, and Tavernia rallied in extra time to score a vital winner.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 23

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

All aboard the Royal Jam title winning train now? Another scrappy win, this time against relegation battlers Micronopia, sees their lead over RGS increase to 8 points after the latter are pegged back to a home draw by Tuntingone. The chasing pack like that very much, and wins for the three of them bring them back into the hunt for the second Champions Cup spot. Although Norrion really made a meal of it, as they somehow conceded 3 goals in the first 20 minutes to minnows FM Town, before recovering to win by the odd goal in nine. Monksville grab a vital win to move out of the relegation zone, narrowly beating Seaton at home, and leaving Pontifucia, who lost to VLC, 12 points adrift.

Champions Cup 72 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 2-0 Qastyr (AGG: 4-0)

Globe Cup 69 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Norrion Rovers 1-0 Yûpo CCK (AET: 2-0, AGG: 2-1)

Well, that was some recovery, wasn’t it? Not for RGS, who simply have too much in the tank to end Qastyr’s fairytale by repeating their first leg victory, but for Norrion Rovers, who host Jasiyun’s Yupo CCK having narrowly lost the first leg. It was an entertaining game no doubt, and Norrion defended bravely, this time being to able to shut out their visitors and score a leveller of their own. Only one, and it’s extra time, but they still do enough and come out the victors.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 24

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

As you were at the top, as Royal Jam win again. This time RGS don’t stumble, putting the Communists to the sword with 4 goals, and VLC stay on their tail with a win over FM Town. Below that, it looks to be all over for Olympia in the race for second, as they cannot turn the tide of Norrion’s momentum, the visitors squeezing out a win to move Olympia 10 points from second, and Norrion a point within guaranteed UICA football next season. Some big results at the bottom though, as Micronopia come from behind to beat cellar dwellers Pontifucia and move out of the bottom three as a result, replaced by Monksville after their loss to relegation rivals UR Town. Nile Bridge have also been sucked into the battle, with UR Town overtaking them after their loss to Seaton. Pontifucia are 13 from safety with 18 to play for. Is that the trapdoor they hear opening?

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals First Leg

Olympia FC (T1) 4-2 Norrion Rovers (T1)
RGS Athletic (T1) 1-1 Seaton Town (T1)

Defending champions Olympia get serious about the cup now, as they’re in real danger of needing it to enter UICA football next season. And lo and behold, their opponents are Norrion. But the visitors can’t make it two wins in the same trip to Mount Salt, as Olympia learn their lessons and put 3 unanswered goals up in the first half. The visitors rally, grabbing 2 crucial away goals, but Olympia’s fourth leaves them in the driving seat. In the other semi-final, RGS are outplayed in almost every department by the visiting Seaton Town, but manage to limit the visitors to a single goal, along with a stunning volley from Lacroix to keep it close.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 25

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

And the train keeps on rolling. Royal Jam’s lead at the top stays at 8 as both they and RGS win, with RGS demolishing a second string Seaton side that is clearly focussed on winning the KCC. Meanwhile, VLC have a major downer when it comes to the race for second, a lacklustre loss at Vorgan Park to Olympia, who also get lucky as Norrion are held to a surprise draw at home to Monksville - that gap to fourth goes up to three points. Elsewhere, the big relegation six-pointer sees FM Town travel to Micronia and escape with 3 points, a result that takes them out of the bottom three and put Monksville and Micronopia back inside on the narrowest of goal difference margins (-20, vs -23 twice). Nile Bridge beat UR Town to put some distance between themselves and the bottom three.

Champions Cup 72 Semi-Finals 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 0-0 Falourr (Eura)

Globe Cup 69 Semi-Finals 1st Leg

Hondo FC (Valanora) 2-1 Norrion Rovers

The furthest any Eastfielder club has reached in either competition, the UICA semi-finals. And for RGS, it’s a familiar foe in the Champions Cup as they face off against Falourr, a team that they narrowly knocked out of the Copa de Campeones a few months ago. And the Euran side clearly learned to keep the hosts at bay, a fairly defensive 0-0 leaving the hosts quite frustrated. Meanwhile, it was a more open affair in Valanora in the Globe Cup, where Norrion Rovers travelled to play Hondo. Andrew Ford provided the opening goal for the visitors, but it wasn’t enough, the hosts dominated, and in the end they will take a narrow lead to Eastfield Lodge for the return leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 26

Pontifucia United 0-0 Polkation FC
Copper Communists SC 1-2 Tuntingone FC
FM Town 1-2 Royal Jam FC
Seaton Town 0-2 Walston Brook Albion
Olympia FC 3-1 Micronopia United
UR Town 1-9 RGS Athletic
Monksville United 0-2 VLC FC
Norrion Rovers 3-1 Nile Bridge

Royal Jam just keep on winning, this time scraping past a now-determined FM Town side, but RGS’ frustrations are brought to bear in Walston Brook, as UR Town get drowned in goals. 9 of them, to be exact, despite scoring one of the their own. A hat-trick for Ursula Rankin, who is frankly amazing to be playing week in, week out at this age. Wins for the other big five teams keeps the gaps between as they were, but Pontifucia fans can go home with a slight smile on their faces, as they hold Polkation to a goalless draw for only their eleventh point of the season - more importantly, it means they are mathematically still in with a shout for another week, although let’s be honest, they know they’re screwed.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals Second Leg

Norrion Rovers (T1) 3-0 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 5-4)
Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 RGS Athletic (T1) (1-1 AET, AGG: 2-2, 2-0 PKs)

Well, Olympia had that 2 goal lead and they went and blew it. They had one job, and Norrion weren’t having it. Two goals from Werdickley Safadao in the first half blew open Olympia’s defensive game plan, and they never recovered, with Norrion adding a third just to sweeten the deal. Over in Seaton, RGS were dominant in possession, but could not create a clean chance for their lives - the only goal coming off a defensive error as Aiden Pope slipped in possession and allowed Tom Duffy to smash the ball home. Seaton weren’t that creative offensively either, but at least they created good chances, Diana Kovacic heading home Seaton’s equaliser in the final 15 minutes and necessitating extra time - that didn’t separate them, and so it went to penalties, and somehow RGS missed all 4 of their efforts, with Seaton missing three of theirs. 2-0 penalty shootout victory, not a proud score, but one that sends Seaton to the final to face Norrion.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 27

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

First things first, and now it’s official, Pontifucia United are relegated to Division 2. And good riddance, frankly. FM Town will be disappointed that they could only draw with the cellar dwellers, only their sixth set of points this season. Monksville move out of the bottom three in the six-pointer against Micronopia, moving two clear of FM Town, and a point ahead of UR Town who lost the second Walston Brook derby of the season. Also what is now official, is that Royal Jam FC are champions, for the fourth time in 6 seasons! And they have the opportunity to go for a second unbeaten campaign to boot. They come from behind to beat Olympia, whilst RGS can only draw against cup finalists Norrion, meaning the gap has increased to 10 with 9 to play for. VLC move three points off second with a victory over Nile Bridge, whilst Norrion move two points off fourth place Olympia.

Champions Cup 72 Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

Falourr 3-3 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-3, RGS Athletic advance on away goals)

Globe Cup 69 Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

Norrion Rovers 1-4 Hondo FC (AGG: 2-6)

Well, one of two fairy tales ended this week. Norrion Rovers were spanked at home by Hondo, the Vanorian visitors quite untroubled as they put four past Mac Stevenson. However, the dream continues for RGS Athletic. They travel to one of the Euran cities that saw the start of the last Eura-Sameban war, and an excellent match reminiscent of their match in the Whirl Islands earlier in the season ensued, RGS’ early away goal setting the open tone of the match. In the end, a draw was deserved, but away goals means that RGS Athletic will be the first Eastfielder club contesting a UICA final.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 28

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

The Lodger City derby could have been a big moment for VLC, a chance to really spoil their neighbours’ party following Champions Cup exploits, but alas, the visitors prevailed, as RGS all but mathematically book their place in the Champions Cup next season in second place. Wins for Olympia and Norrion keep the race between them for fourth close, still at 2 points, whilst at the bottom, FM Town’s win over Polkation moves them out of the relegation zone and drops UR Town in it - they had been doing well hovering in the safe zone for so long. Their draw against Tuntingone does close the gap to FM Town and Monksville, who lost to the new league champions, down to one point, but it’ll be a close finish.

Copa de Campeones 45 Semi-Finals 1st Leg

Nacional (Valladares) 0-0 RGS Athletic

Vilitan Cove Invitational 4 Semi-Final
@ Marine World Park, Crosaibi, Vilita

Maal Dæmons (Mriin) 0-2 FC Tavernia

Having booked their place in one final, RGS now move to qualify for another. The Copa de Campeones semi-final sees them travel to last season’s Valladar champions Nacional, and despite the attacking efforts of both sides, it ends a goalless draw - probably better news for the hosts than the visitors. The VCI Semi-final saw FC Tavernia travel to Vilita for a single leg neutral venue match (also a rarity in international competition), facing off against Mriinian side Maal Daemons. It was fairly one-sided match however, as the Second Division side had little trouble seeing off their competition with 2 neat goals, meaning FC Tavernia would be the second Eastfielder side in a final this season.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 29

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

And in fairly convincing fashion, RGS confirm their place in Champions Cup next season, and poor Micronopia as well, as that loss all but mathematically confirms their relegation to the Second Division. However, FM Town confirm their safety for another season by destroying Olympia at home, and with Norrion beating Tuntingone on the road, that puts Norrion in the driving seat to confirm their Globe Cup spot as they move into fourth, a point ahead of Olympia. Pontifucia actually pick up points, albeit too little and too late, as they come from behind twice to beat Monksville United, keeping the latter stuck in the relegation battle.

Copa de Campeones 45 Semi-Finals 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 0-0 Nacional (AET: 1-0, AGG: 1-0)

Well, even after 180 minutes, the two sides remain goalless in this tightly fought game, but one moment of magic in the shape of substitute Craig Girard-Vaillancourt is enough to split the two teams, and RGS will be contesting two international finals this season - the first final in 21 years in the Copa de Campeones, and a first ever Champions Cup final.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 30

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

Well, that was dramatic. The top two face off at the very end of the season, nothing on the line for the hosts RGS, but they end up playing spoiler as they beat Royal Jam to stop the champions from recording a second undefeated season in the top flight. Below them, Norrion come from behind to beat Copper Communists and secure the 4th place Globe Cup spot, despite Olympia’s best efforts with a win over Polkation - Olympia will have to go from rooting against Norrion this week to rooting for them in the KCC final if they want a place in the Globe Cup themselves. At the bottom, Micronopia confirm their relegation after they fail to secure a 3 point and 11 goal swing, only managing a scoreless draw against Albion. Joining them in the second division next season will be Monksville United, as they could only draw with FM Town in their final match, whilst UR Town did one better and managed to beat Seaton Town in the latter’s final game before the KCC final - FM Town’s goal difference advantage not being enough.

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Royal Jam FC              30  24  5   1  49  10  +39  77 Champions/CdC/CC
  2 RGS Athletic              30  22  4   4  87  16  +71  70 CC
  3 VLC FC                    30  20  4   6  45  20  +25  64 GC
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  16  9   5  44  26  +18  57 GC
  5 Olympia FC                30  17  5   8  57  35  +22  56
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  12  8  10  50  39  +11  44
  7 Seaton Town               30  13  5  12  38  28  +10  44
  8 Walston Brook Albion      30  11  6  13  20  24   -4  39
  9 Copper Communists SC      30   9  8  13  33  44  -11  35
 10 Nile Bridge               30  10  3  17  36  44   -8  33
 11 FM Town                   30   8  7  15  39  55  -16  31
 12 Polkation FC              30   8  7  15  19  37  -18  31
 13 UR Town                   30   9  2  19  35  72  -37  29
 14 Monksville United         30   7  6  17  24  48  -24  27 Relegated
 15 Micronopia United         30   6  6  18  24  59  -35  24 Relegated
 16 Pontifucia United         30   4  3  23  30  73  -43  15 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Indionion Athletic       30  20   6   4  53  23  +30  66 C/P/SBCC
  2 Xilon OC                 30  18   7   5  37  13  +24  61 P/SBCC
  3 FC Tavernia              30  16   9   5  56  31  +25  57 P/SBCC
  4 Seniors FC               30  16   9   5  43  20  +23  57
  5 Toclofania FC            30  15  10   5  41  20  +21  55
  6 Yillog City              30  12   9   9  35  31   +4  45
  7 Revisionists             30   8  12  10  24  26   -2  36
  8 Oldbridge FC             30   9   8  13  37  41   -4  35
  9 Half Boy FC              30   9   7  14  35  43   -8  34
 10 Forest Rangers           30   7  12  11  23  30   -7  33
 11 Macaronia FC             30   7  11  12  40  44   -4  32
 12 Sunburbia FC             30   8   8  14  25  41  -16  32
 13 Jam Mountain Island      30   7   9  14  27  45  -18  30
 14 Jam Athletic             30   8   6  16  29  57  -28  30 Relegated
 15 Honsadin FC              30   6   9  15  20  31  -11  27 Relegated
 16 YLW FC                   30   5   6  19  33  62  -29  21 Relegated

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Mon May 20, 2019 6:54 pm

ICELFA Season 39: Part 5

King’s Commonwealth Cup - Final

Norrion Rovers vs Seaton Town
@Lodger City Memorial Stadium

A season full of intense fights, across 7 rounds and 10 matches each for the two sides walking out onto the national team’s pitch. The end of what has been a gruelling season for both sides - albeit not in the league. Tonight’s slight underdogs Seaton had what can only be described as a bang-average good season; they finished mid-table very comfortably, sticking close to the 7th/8th mark for the vast majority of the season as they trundled along, not troubling either end of the table. That they only finished two goals from being best-of-the-rest is a pretty decent result, all things considered. Meanwhile, Norrion have also had an average season by their accounts, although some fans will be left rueing as to what could have been as they mounted a title challenge towards the midpoint of the season after a slow start, only to fall away in the second half to finish fourth. However, the main highlight of their season will be the deepest run of any Eastfielder club in the Globe Cup, as they fought tooth and nail to reach the semi-finals - a standing ovation from the fans despite their humbling at Hondo’s hands proof enough of their endeavour this season. Having already secured a Globe Cup spot via the league, Norrion are simply in this to win a 5th cup title, aiming to move into second in the all-time winners list (they are currently fourth, behind VLC and Olympia due to playing fewer finals) - it’s worth mentioning that Norrion have won every KCC final they’ve been in. Meanwhile, this is Seaton Town’s first ever KCC final, and a first chance at a top trophy since they won the league title over 30 years ago. Olympia fans will be wishing against the fairytale - a Norrion victory sees the Mount Salt City side into the Globe Cup. And as ever, to the Cygnus Cup goes the winner.

Norrion Rover’s run to the final:
First Round: Nuclear FC (T6) 0-4 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Second Round: Steel Valley Explorers (T6) 0-4 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Third Round: Norrion Rovers (T1) 5-0 NES Tower 13 SC (T5)
Fourth Round: Viruntia Town (T6) 0-4 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Fifth Round:
Norrion Rovers (T1) 5-0 YLW FC (T2)
YLW FC (T2) 1-2 Norrion Rovers (T1) (AGG: 1-7)
Quarter-Finals:
Hilunvale FC (T5) 1-1 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 4-1 Hilunvale FC (T5) (AGG: 5-2)
Semi-Finals:
Olympia FC (T1) 4-2 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 3-0 Olympia FC (T1) (AGG: 5-4)

Seaton Town’s run to the final:
First Round: Carneleon Town (T5) 0-3 Seaton Town (T1)
Second Round: Seaton Town (T1) 2-1 Mineville FC (T4)
Third Round: Seaton Town (T1) 2-1 Empire End FC (T3)
Fourth Round: Clinar Rovers (T3) 0-0 Seaton Town (T1) (0-1 AET)
Fifth Round:
Gilgonare FC (T3) 0-1 Seaton Town (T1)
Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 Gilgonare FC (T3) (AGG: 2-1)
Quarter-Finals:
Seaton Town (T1) 2-0 Futurekind Wanderers (T4)
Futurekind Wanderers (T4) 0-1 Seaton Town (T1) (AGG: 0-3)
Semi-Finals:
RGS Athletic (T1) 1-1 Seaton Town (T1)
Seaton Town (T1) 1-1 RGS Athletic (T1) (1-1 AET, AGG: 2-2, 2-0 PKs)

Two very contrasting routes to the final for two top flight sides. Norrion spent the single legged rounds scoring for fun, putting at least 4 goals past every opponent in their first five matches - they probably could have done the same in the return leg against YLW as well had they put out a stronger side. Hilunvale did give them a scare of an upset, but Reine Leslie’s side quickly put paid to those notions, a dominant return leg crushing the minnow’s dreams. And then there was the epic semi-final against Olympia, and that comeback orchestrated by talismanic striker Werdickley Safadao - although it’s probably fairer to say that Olympia threw away the chance of a cup three-peat. As for Seaton, barring a comfortable victory in the first round, they had to fight their way past every opponent, narrowly beating the raft of lower league opposition sent their way. However, they showed their true qualities in the semi-final, limiting RGS’ potent attack to two score draws, and they held their nerve better when it came to the crunch. What to expect, hmmm?

Well, not much, it has to be said. Both squads seemed drained after their respective seasons, and it shows; despite attempts by the fans and the managers to gee up the tempo, the match is a fairly dull affair. Seaton came out with a defensive setup, clearly looking to keep the sheet clean in the early stages as opposed to attacking with any vigour, and whilst Norrion went with an attacking setup, it was rather disjointed and slow, lacking any penetration. Despite their setup, it was Seaton that provided the first real chance of the match, as an unmarked Aiden Pope could only fire his free header from a corner straight at Mac Stevenson 9 minutes in. Werdickley Safadão nearly broke the deadlock a few minutes later with an audacious backheel flick, catching the outside of the post as a result. But it would be the Pasargan winger Ognjen Jurković that broke the deadlock, a curling shot from the edge of box beating Chaim Fevison at his far post. Norrion spent most of the remaining first half camped inside Seaton’s half, creating little of value - Safadao again came close with 5 minutes to go, a looping header forcing Fevison to tip it over the bar, shortly after Andrew Ford was expertly denied by the Seaton goalie from a free kick. Seaton did create some chances of their own - most notably, and expensively, Dennise Glibin managed to take out two TV cameras with powerful long shots whizzing past the post, whilst Seaton’s Pasargan winger, Vjenceslav Topić, nearly scored a cross to the back post, Stevenson recovering well to tip the curling ball over the bar.

The second half was, fortunately, a lot brighter. Not least because of the position of the sun, but also in part due to Seaton actually coming out of their shell to force the game a bit. The difference showed, as Jiyaad Thompson broke the offside trap twice to go 1-on-1 in the first ten minutes - the first effort was miscued and cleared off the line by Shay Lacombe, whilst Stevenson stood up strong and saved the second. Norrion were finding more gaps of their own however, and Tirs Rathun came perilously close to punishing Seaton for it, firing over the bar after Safadao found him unmarked in the box. Safadao was again thwarted himself a few minutes later, a breakaway from a Seaton corner seeing him break clear of the defence on the counter, only for a lung-busting recovery run and last ditch lunge from Azia Dale to deflect his goalbound shot over the bar. The ex-Sunrisian international would not be denied, however, and he more or less sealed the result 20 minutes from time, contributing the final touch in a messy goalmouth scramble after Fevison dropped a looped free kick. A goal that he well deserved for his efforts, for sure, and it was a goal that deflated the opposition players. Norrion tightened up at the back, and Seaton failed to register another shot on target for the rest of the game. 2-0 was the final score, and Norrion lifted a 5th King’s Commonwealth Cup, continuing their 100% final victory record.

                                  King’s Commonwealth Cup Final

                                            Norrion Rovers 2  -  0 Seaton Town

                                                 Jurković 26'
                                                  Safadão 73'

4th Vilitan Cove Invitational Final

Rammsissil vs FC Tavernia
@ Tivali Ring Stadium, Alikki-Corra, Vilita

It’s the fairy tale story that’s gripping the nation. Little FC Tavernia, the Second Division side, have upset the odds throughout the season, taking the competition one round at a time. They qualified for the Vilitan Cove Invitational having lost to RGS in last season’s ICCS final, and only because they narrowly missed out on promotion and SBCC qualification that season, finishing 4th by 3 points, but at least they have this to remember about. Nonetheless, they haven’t forgotten about the league, playing as well as they did the season prior. One more point was enough, as they edged Seniors FC to third, thus securing a place in the SBCC for next season. Who knows, maybe this experience might just propel a major run in that competition. Their opponents have had a great season in the Vilitan League, as they recovered from a slow start to qualify for next season’s Champions Cup with a tremendous third place finish - although they themselves have little in the trophy cabinet to celebrate about, and this final will be a great opportunity for them as well. The Vilitan side, in theory, have the advantage in terms of the personnel, and also the advantage of the game being played on Vilitan soil.

The atmosphere in Alikki-Corra was electric, the small travelling Taverner contingent not disappointing with their support. The visitors did start the brightest as well, getting the better of the early running, and even should have scored in the opening ten minutes when Quentin Clegg dragged a pull back from Julien Islam wide of the mark. Rammsissil’s top scorer that season in Berali Tzufarei was a thorn at the other end, taking on Molla and Jakobsson with some success - his first clear opportunity came around 15 minutes into the match, as he ran onto a through ball from Kuidli Davasarii, but going away from goal, the best he could manage was to fire it into Corinne Ritchie’s midriff. That didn’t deter him, and three minutes later he clattered a shot off the post from the edge of the box, Ritchie beaten. Back at the other end, Alyssa Amer came close, breaking on the counter from a Rammsissil corner, only for her shot to be tipped around the post by Balbulus Grimwade. Back and forth it continued, but the opener came towards the end of the half, as Quentin Clegg was left unmarked to head in Caresse Sabir-Batten’s corner. Va'a-Rio Kiwavyn almost levelled the match on the stroke of half time, a firmly struck volley that was saved by the fingertips of the Taverner netminder.

Rammsissil started much the brighter of the two in the second half though, and all onlookers would have been left bemused after Cywrenta Vlintejni somehow contrived to miss the rebound from Tzufarei’s stinging shot, firing the ball wide from two yards out. But Tavernia weren’t to be frozen out of the game, with Quentin Clegg narrowly toe-poking a low cross the wrong side of Grimwade’s near post. Amer almost doubled the lead herself on the hour mark, capitalising on a short backpass by Yemi Solanke, only for her shot to be cleared spectacularly by a sliding Jurzen Devmiko. Kiwavyn again tested Ritchie from range, this time cutting in and sending a curling shot narrowly past the far post, with Ritchie’s dive looking beaten. The biggest turning point of the match came 15 minutes from time, as Solanke brought down Jocelynn Medina on the edge of the box, the contact deemed to be inside the box and thus a penalty given. However, Grimwade guessed correctly, diving left to save Clegg’s fairly soft penalty. That renewed Rammsissil’s hopes and dreams, and sure enough, they came to fruition 8 minutes later, as Kiwavyn capitalised on a mishit pass under pressure from Vernell Coward, charging through and slotting the ball past Ritchie to level proceedings. The Vilitan side had all of the running for the rest of the 90, but couldn’t find a winner in normal time.

Extra time returned to being a contested affair, albeit a little lower in quality once fatigue settled in. Both sides had great opportunities to settle the tie, but both keepers were still up to the task, and also the quality of the finishing was beginning to lag as well. Tavernia had the earliest of the good chances, substitute Qubilah Juarez only finding the side netting as he was played through by Julien Islam, whilst Solanke had a header cleared of the line from Aeroluzzi’s corner towards the end of the first half. Rammsissil substitute Rorii Miroshnicnko also came close, the midfielder’s long range effort deflected away from Ritchie’s dive and fortunately pinging off the other post before being cleared. Raadiya Nicol almost won it with the last kick of extra time, her looping cross from a free kick almost beating Grimwade at the far post, but it was parried away and cleared. To penalties we go. The Vilitans won the toss and went first, and it was Tzufarei who stepped up to the plate, but the striker’s unlucky evening continued, as his penalty was brilliantly saved by Ritchie. Amer gave the visitors the advantage, but Grimwade levelled things after that, saving a weak effort from Nicol after Davasarii scored his. Both sides scored their next two penalties, including Rammsissil captain Devmiko and Tavernia substitute Juarez, before Aeroluzzi stepped up the plate, sent Ritchie the wrong way, but could only find the post himself. Vernell Coward then came up, and powered home the winning penalty to give FC Tavernia an extremely unlikely but well deserved international title.

                                 4th Vilitan Cove Invitational Final

                                                Rammsissil 1  -  1 FC Tavernia
                                                           FT: 1-1

                                                  Kiwavyn 83'    42' Clegg

                                                  Tzufarei X     O Amer
                                                 Davasarii O     X Nicol
                                                 Vlintejni O     O Juarez
                                                   Devmiko O     O Islam
                                                 Aeroluzzi X     O Coward
							   PK: 3-4

45th Copa de Campeones Final

Tanrisal vs RGS Athletic
@ Mastad Qusma, Qanz, Qusmo

It’s a big ten days for RGS, as they take two stabs at a first international title for themselves, although not a first ever international title for an Eastfielder club as FC Tavernia have stolen that from them, something one imagine their fans will lord over the rest of the country for years to come. It’s been a decent season for RGS, runners-up in the league, semi-finalists in the domestic cup, and two international finals. But for all that toil this season, they need some silverware to show for it. And as such, they travel to a nation only recently making itself known on the international stage, Qusmo, to face off against another stalwart of Rushmori football in Tanrisal. The Pasargan side will be making their sixth appearance at this stage of the competition, having won in 3 of their previous 5 finals - their last appearance 8 years ago saw them fail to make the three-peat by losing to Deportivo Junin. All in all, Pasargan sides have made 18 of the previous 44 editions, to boot. By comparison, this will be RGS’ third ever appearance at this stage, and the first for 20 years - no other Eastfielder side has ever made it this far, and RGS have lost their two previous finals. Two old clubs, in one of the newest official football associations. A grand stage for sure.

As for the match itself, it wasn’t so grand. Well, if you were an RGS fan, that is. The much more experienced Tanrisal side had all of the chances early on, pinning RGS inside their own half for much of the opening 20 minutes and probing away. Keller Marsden came up with the first clear opportunity, picking Ante Ivanec’s pocket before forcing the diving save from Jason Petratos. Caolan Coveny came close as well, cutting inside Ulima Salam before firing a shot from the corner of the box narrowly over the bar. RGS’ first real chance came through Ursula Rankin, who else, as she met Faustina Cousin’s cross with a bullet header, only straight at Michael Armand in the Tani net. The opening goal will be particularly disappointing, as it came directly from an RGS corner. The corner was headed away, as far as Cousin who sent it back in, only for Armand to collect it. He cleared it to Mârtín Básá, and the left back was away on the counter. Two-on-one against the last defender, he squared it to Marsden, who made no mistake, dinking the ball over the onrushing Petratos. That did provide the underdogs with a kick up the backside, and Kenyon Lacroix will rue the opportunity he missed shortly before half time, as his follow-up from Osbalso Bevan’s bar-rattling shot could only find row Z, with the goal gaping in front of him.

RGS continued pressing up further in the second half, and it very nearly paid off, Armand’s wayward clearance under pressure falling to Yann per Elouan, but they couldn’t capitalise on it, the ball through to Rankin being marginally offside as she tucked it home. Gareth Austine almost got himself a rare goal as well, the Nepharim holding midfielder somehow dribbling past the Tani defence, only to miscue his shot wide of the far post. However, with all these attacks, holes were being left in the back, and Tani were beginning to make use of them; Marsden collected a long clearance from Armand and with a deft backheel released Kati Szöllôsy to run at the defence, turning inside Ante Ivanec before forcing Petratos into a diving save. That was the warning shot, and soon enough, Tani looked to have sealed the game. Another counter attack, this time through Coveny, managed to carve open the RGS defence, but Ivanec did well to drag her out wide for an acute angle shot - Petratos blocked it, the ball spun up and landed perfectly on the head of Eastfielder international Amitee Abdalla, goal gaping and not a defender near enough to challenge. 2-0, and the title returning to Stein-los. Tani shut the game out from then, limiting RGS to a few shots from range as they struggled to break down the Tani defence, but there was some consolation, at least, when Kenyon Lacroix got lucky after Austine’s long range effort was blocked, the ball falling perfectly for a right footed volley, beating Armand for power into the top corner. 2-1 the final score, and Tanrisal running out deserved victors.

                                     45th Copa de Campeones Final

                                                  Tanrisal 2  -  1 RGS Athletic

                                                  Marsden 33'    90' Lacroix
                                                  Abdalla 78'

72nd UICA Champions' Cup Final

Cassandra City vs RGS Athletic
@ The 66 Stadium, Cathair, Audioslavia

And now the second of the two finals for RGS, as they travel to Audioslavia for the big one. A first ever Champions Cup final for an Eastfielder side, and RGS, who else, would be the ones to contest it. Their opponents? None other than Cosumarite giants Cassandra City, a team that dominated the previous league season with a record breaking performance just to be there, and have largely dominated this season’s Champions Cup to boot. They won all 6 games in their group, including victories both home and away against RGS, and have failed to be beaten in any of the matches since then either. That they just about finished fourth and qualified for the Champions Cup via the league is largely irrelevant, the squad depth will be focused on winning this. Like RGS, Cassandra have just come off the back of losing a final - the Atlantean Oceania Champions’ League, in a direct parallel to RGS and the CdC. Both will be looking for their only silverware this season, but you have to say the odds are stacked heavily in favour of the Cosumarites.

But obviously, no-one gave that memo to RGS. Buoyed by the rather dismal performance in Qusmo, they came out of the gates swinging, and Cassandra couldn’t live up to the tempo, despite their impressive pressing game. Bevan and Lacroix were both on top form, pinging the ball all over the pitch and controlling the early play - Rankin could have gotten the opener from Bevan’s flicked through ball, only for her first touch to be a little heavy and allowing Calogero Metz time to come out, the Farf keeper closing down Rankin’s shot. Lacroix got a chance of his own a few minutes after that, climbing above Stephen Gargo to head Bevan’s corner narrowly wide. Cassandra however had too much quality to just sit this out, and began to grow into the game, with prolific striker Vega Zeale-Riddick twice hitting the post in the first half an hour - first from a diving near post header that had Petratos beaten, and the second with a deflected effort from the edge of the box. However, it would be RGS that would break the deadlock, doing to Cassandra what Tani did to themselves in the CdC final - from a Cassandra corner, Petratos started the break with a long ball for Elouan Elbaz. He sprinted past a flat-footed Vivas on the wing, and played the ball beautifully across the pitch to Ursula Rankin, and the Brenecian international in her final season as a player had no trouble tucking it past Metz. Yann per Elouan almost doubled the lead before half time, as he arrived late to fire Rankin’s pull back straight down Metz’ throat - either side and it probably would have been a goal. Zeale-Riddick did get a golden opportunity to equalise before half time as well, as the so-called ‘Queen of Cassandra’ was played through on goal by Charles Dyer Vry, only to screw her shot into the top of the side netting.

Cassandra came out in the second half with a renewed fire in their veins, or maybe just a kick up the backside, as their press became even more intense, as well as tightening up their play. Farf winger Lojas de Sájajo the lucky recipient of the pinball after a four player collision on the edge of the box, but his snapshot was well saved by Petratos. Zeale-Riddick continued to be a thorn, and again she forced a couple of superb saves from Petratos, firstly with a long range effort and then with an unmarked header at a corner - Petratos was left fuming at his defence for giving her that much time and space. At the other end, RGS were continuing to create chances, Gareth Austine popping up inside the area to lash a shot off the top of the bar, whilst Rankin almost grabbed a second from sliding in at the far post, narrowly missing per Elouan’s low goalmouth cross. And then Rankin missed a sitter a few minutes later, this at the near post, cutting in front of Metz to meet Faustina Cousin’s cross, only to fire the ball across goal and miss it entirely. That would come to haunt her later, as just 5 minutes later, Dyer Vry scored a wondergoal/fluke, depending on who you ask, cutting inside on the corner of the box and firing a wicked shot into the far top corner, beyond Petratos’ reach. That was the equaliser, and Cassandra were looking like they would dominate the rest of the game. That didn’t happen, as both sides kept slugging it out for the remainder of normal time - RGS nearly retook the lead within two minutes as Lacroix was played through by Rankin’s headed flick-on, Metz equal to the 1-on-1, whilst Sájajo nearly won it for Cassandra with a lung-busting run past Elbaz, cutting past him and then inside him, only to fire it straight at Petratos.

90 minutes up, and into extra time we go. Both sides exhausted after an intense 90 minutes, the first half was quite dire quality-wise in comparison. The closest either side got to a goal was from RGS substitute Tom Duffy, whose fresh legs allowed him to dance past the challenges of Gargo and Diedrich Frostmarris, only for him to scuff his shot wide of Metz’ net. At the other end, Cassandra’s best chance in the first half fell to Zeale-Riddick, when she got underneath a deflected cross, but was unable to get her head around the ball, knocking the ball well over the bar. The second half was again a better affair, with the subs starting to take effect; Cassandra midfielder Bellerophon Serafino finally sparked to life, having been largely invisible for the entire match so far - he managed to sting Petratos’ fingertips with a strong daisy-cutter into the bottom corner, before sending a chipped through ball through to Zeale-Riddick who ended up miscontrolling the ball one on one. It was all Cassandra, up until Elouan Elbaz decided otherwise, the full back popping up on the edge of the box to hammer home a stunning half-volley into the top corner. That stunned the crowd, but not for long, as the favourites clambered up the other end within 3 minutes, and again it was Serafino playing provider, playing through super sub Scheherazade Meier, the Nepharim winger calmly outpacing Heaven Leggett and slotting the ball beneath Petratos. That pegged them back level, and there it stayed, meaning the 72nd Champions’ Cup final will go to penalties. And it’s rare where the goalkeepers define the story of the shootout. Meier went up first, a low hard penalty to the right corner expertly palmed away by Petratos, then Tom Duffy went the same direction, with Metz going the wrong way. Petratos was the hero again, keeping out prolific striker Zeale-Riddick and her rather central penalty, before Kenyon Lacroix fired a shot through Metz’ gloves, sheer power breaking his hold. 2-0 up already, Serafino stepping up to keep Cassandra in with a shout. And that he failed, Petratos making it 3 saves from 3 on an inspired night. All that was left was for substitute Craig Girard-Vaillancourt to step up and convert his spot kick, this time planting it perfectly into the top corner.

                                   72nd UICA Champions Cup Final

                                            Cassandra City 2  -  2 RGS Athletic
							   FT: 1-1

                                                Dyer Vry  70'    34'  Rankin
                                                   Meier 113'    110' Elbaz

						     Meier X     O Duffy
                                             Zeale-Riddick X     O Lacroix
                                                  Serafino X     O Girard-Vaillancourt
							   PK: 0-3

And that was that. RGS won the Champions Cup. A first ever UICA title for any Eastfielder club, and hopefully not, as one Cosumarite media put it, “the peak of the nation's long footballing history”. This also means that the club qualified for a first ever Super Cup, but I guess it was too much to ask for multiple international titles in one season. A surprise draw on the road to Eura’s SBCC champions Usmer in a remarkably well drilled defensive display wasn’t the best start, especially as Globe Cup champions Hondo FC had already beaten them. RGS hosted the Vanorian side in the title decider, taking an early lead through Ursula Rankin in her final competitive game for the club, but was pegged back early in the second half, Hondo defending superbly to secure the draw and the overall Super Cup title. RGS finished 2nd, a fitting end for the careers of both Ursula Rankin and manager Harley Sadek.

Super Cup 69

(VAL)                  Hondo FC    2–1    Usmer                     (EUR)
(EUR)                     Usmer    0–0    RGS Athletic              (EFL)
(EFL)              RGS Athletic    1–1    Hondo FC                  (VAL)

                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
1 Hondo FC                  VAL    2    1   1   0     3    2   +1     4
2 RGS Athletic              EFL    2    0   2   0     1    1    0     2
3 Usmer                     EUR    2    0   1   1     1    2   −1     1

ICELFA Youth League

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  12  5  5  31  22   +9  41
 2 Paddockia YFC                    22   9  9  4  28  16  +12  36
 3 Lodger Juniors                   22   9  8  5  30  24   +6  35
 4 Marepacopolis JFC                22   8  9  5  22  18   +4  33
 5 Pasturia JFC                     22  10  2 10  28  21   +7  32
 6 Capital Academy                  22   8  5  9  21  29   -8  29
 7 Tavernia Academy                 22   7  5 10  23  25   -2  26
 8 New Tavernia Academy             22   5  7 10  17  21   -4  22

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22  14  3   5  30  22  +8  45 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 W-D School Academy                22   9  5   8  22  21  +1  32
 3 Jam Town YFC                      22   9  4   9  27  28  -1  31
 4 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   9  4   9  19  28  -9  31
 5 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   7  6   9  26  29  -3  27
 6 Pontifucia Academy                22   6  6  10  21  27  -6  24
 7 Half Copper Academy               22   6  3  13  24  30  -6  21
 8 Benopia Juniors                   22   4  7  11  20  28  -8  19

Youth Cup 24 results

Youth Champions path - Second Round
Zeppelin Foundation (Kita-Hinode) 1-0 Mount Salt Academy
Mount Salt Academy 2-1 Zeppelin Foundation (AGG: 2-2, Zeppelin Foundation advance on away goals)

Champions Cup path - Group Stage
MD1
Cherrygrove City (Saltstead) 0-1 Lodger Juniors
MD2
Lodger Juniors 2-2 Cassandra City (Cosumar)
MD3
Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-0 Lodger Juniors
MD4
Lodger Juniors 2-0 Sonoma Center Panthers
MD5
Lodger Juniors 2-4 Cherrygrove City
MD6
Cassandra City 2-0 Lodger Juniors

15th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 39)

Group Draw:
Group A: Paddockia City, Norrion Rovers, Syrenia FC, NT United
Group B: Olympia FC, Seniors FC, FM Town, Pontifucia United
Group C: Micronopia United, Thawmont Rovers, Royal Jam FC, FC Tavernia
Group D: Half Boy FC, Approciation FC, Revisionists, Benopia AC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team                P  W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Norrion Rovers      3  2  0  1  4  2  +2  6
 2 NT United           3  1  2  0  2  1  +1  5
 3 Paddockia City      3  1  1  1  3  3  +0  4
 4 Syrenia FC          3  0  1  2  0  3  -3  1

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                   P  W D  L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 FM Town                3  2 0  1  18   7  +11  6
 2 Seniors FC             3  2 0  1   5   8   -3  6
 3 Olympia FC             3  1 0  2   6   7   -1  3
 4 Pontifucia United      3  1 0  2   6  13   -7  3

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                   P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Micronopia United      3  2 0  1  8  2  +6  6
 2 Royal Jam FC           3  2 0  1  2  1  +1  6
 3 FC Tavernia            3  1 0  2  2  4  -2  3
 4 Thawmont Rovers        3  1 0  2  4  9  -5  3

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team                 P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Half Boy FC          3  2 0  1  6  2  +4  6
 2 Benopia AC           3  2 0  1  4  2  +2  6
 3 Revisionists         3  1 0  2  1  2  -1  3
 4 Approciation FC      3  1 0  2  1  6  -5  3

Quarter-Finals

Norrion Rovers 2-0 Seniors FC
Micronopia United 1-2 Benopia AC
FM Town 2-1 NT United
Half Boy FC 1-3 Royal Jam FC

Semi-Finals

Norrion Rovers 2-2 Benopia AC (4-2 AET)
FM Town 3-2 Royal Jam FC

Final

Norrion Rovers 2-1 FM Town

Full League Results

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Royal Jam FC              30  24  5   1  49  10  +39  77 Champions/CC/CdC
  2 RGS Athletic              30  22  4   4  87  16  +71  70 CC
  3 VLC FC                    30  20  4   6  45  20  +25  64 GC
  4 Norrion Rovers            30  16  9   5  44  26  +18  57 GC/Cygnus Cup
  5 Olympia FC                30  17  5   8  57  35  +22  56 GC
  6 Tuntingone FC             30  12  8  10  50  39  +11  44
  7 Seaton Town               30  13  5  12  38  28  +10  44
  8 Walston Brook Albion      30  11  6  13  20  24   -4  39
  9 Copper Communists SC      30   9  8  13  33  44  -11  35
 10 Nile Bridge               30  10  3  17  36  44   -8  33
 11 FM Town                   30   8  7  15  39  55  -16  31 VCI
 12 Polkation FC              30   8  7  15  19  37  -18  31
 13 UR Town                   30   9  2  19  35  72  -37  29
 14 Monksville United         30   7  6  17  24  48  -24  27 Relegated
 15 Micronopia United         30   6  6  18  24  59  -35  24 Relegated
 16 Pontifucia United         30   4  3  23  30  73  -43  15 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Indionion Athletic       30  20   6   4  53  23  +30  66 Champions/SBCC
  2 Xilon OC                 30  18   7   5  37  13  +24  61 Promoted/SBCC
  3 FC Tavernia              30  16   9   5  56  31  +25  57 Promoted/SBCC/VCI?
  4 Seniors FC               30  16   9   5  43  20  +23  57
  5 Toclofania FC            30  15  10   5  41  20  +21  55
  6 Yillog City              30  12   9   9  35  31   +4  45
  7 Revisionists             30   8  12  10  24  26   -2  36
  8 Oldbridge FC             30   9   8  13  37  41   -4  35
  9 Half Boy FC              30   9   7  14  35  43   -8  34
 10 Forest Rangers           30   7  12  11  23  30   -7  33
 11 Macaronia FC             30   7  11  12  40  44   -4  32
 12 Sunburbia FC             30   8   8  14  25  41  -16  32
 13 Jam Mountain Island      30   7   9  14  27  45  -18  30
 14 Jam Athletic             30   8   6  16  29  57  -28  30 Relegated
 15 Honsadin FC              30   6   9  15  20  31  -11  27 Relegated
 16 YLW FC                   30   5   6  19  33  62  -29  21 Relegated

Imperial Division One Standings

    Team                    P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 NT United              30  20  7   3  58  18  +40  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 Seaton Athletic        30  21  4   5  41  11  +30  67
  3 Lodgertia United       30  19  6   5  75  33  +42  63
  4 Port Lodgertia         30  16  6   8  38  23  +15  54
  5 Cliffside FC           30  15  8   7  49  27  +22  53
  6 Coiners FC             30  15  7   8  37  26  +11  52
  7 Empire End FC          30  12  9   9  31  29   +2  45
  8 Caldarin FC            30  12  8  10  39  33   +6  44
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  9 Monksville FC          30  13  4  13  28  29   -1  43
 10 Tavernia City          30   9  7  14  29  37   -8  34
 11 SS City                30   9  6  15  21  25   -4  33
 12 Lodgertia City         30   7  9  14  32  50  -18  30
 13 Golden Acres           30   7  8  15  39  66  -27  29
 14 Bluin Athletic         30   4  7  19  25  60  -35  19 Relegated
 15 Gilgonare FC           30   4  6  20  10  38  -28  18 Relegated
 16 White Star United      30   4  4  22  16  63  -47  16 Relegated
Teams above the dotted line will be in the new ICEL Third Division, below in the new ICEL Fourth Division.

Imperial Division Two Standings

    Team                  P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Harmonial CC         30  23   4   3  45  10  +35  73 Champions/Promoted
  2 East Monurtag        30  22   5   3  64  25  +39  71 Promoted
  3 Liginara FC          30  21   4   5  62  23  +39  67 Promoted
  4 Paddockia FC         30  19   2   9  47  28  +19  59
  5 Mineville FC         30  15   7   8  29  11  +18  52
  6 Silver Acres         30  12   9   9  26  18   +8  45
  7 SEW FC               30  13   5  12  30  36   -6  44
  8 Port Ricton FC       30  10   8  12  23  29   -6  38
  9 Mount Salt FC        30   8   9  13  27  32   -5  33
 10 Thawmont Rovers      30   9   6  15  27  39  -12  33
 11 Klosertun Town       30   7   9  14  23  34  -11  30
 12 Farond FC            30   7   6  17  23  45  -22  27
 13 Farond United        30   4  12  14  26  46  -20  24
 14 West Monurtag        30   6   6  18  20  46  -26  24 Relegated
 15 Mount Farond FC      30   6   6  18  19  47  -28  24 Relegated
 16 Innocence FC         30   4  10  16  16  38  -22  22 Relegated
To be made into new Imperial Premier League.

Imperial Division Three Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pindale Rovers              30  22   1   7  65  23  +42  67 Champions/Promoted
  2 Mount Salt Climbers FC      30  19   6   5  72  34  +38  63 Promoted
  3 Pasturia FC                 30  15   6   9  38  24  +14  51 Promoted
  4 Koluity City                30  15   6   9  43  30  +13  51
  5 Quinica Town                30  13  10   7  62  56   +6  49
  6 Bliketia FC                 30  13   9   8  36  26  +10  48
  7 Jununope AC                 30  12  11   7  38  23  +15  47
  8 Huntingville FC             30  13   8   9  45  30  +15  47
  9 Trurinar FC                 30  10   7  13  24  30   -6  37
 10 Methuhen Town               30  10   7  13  45  54   -9  37
 11 Cillin Valley               30  10   7  13  29  43  -14  37
 12 Losing The Game FC          30   8  11  11  27  36   -9  35
 13 Mineville United            30   7   4  19  27  68  -41  25 Relegated (L)
 14 Paddockia City              30   5   9  16  31  59  -28  24 Relegated (C)
 15 Kinaltin FC                 30   5   7  18  19  42  -23  22 Relegated (L)
 16 FC Carfionn                 30   3  11  16  29  52  -23  20 Relegated (C)
To be made into new Imperial Second Division, relegated teams to be added into new Imperial Third Division.

Commonwealth Division One Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Clinar Rovers               30  20  3   7  68  35  +33  63 Champions/Promoted
  2 Benopia AC                  30  18  5   7  39  22  +17  59 Promoted
  3 Twilight Heaven FC          30  17  4   9  34  27   +7  55
  4 High Lyn FC                 30  14 10   6  51  36  +15  52
  5 Encarta CF                  30  13  9   8  40  33   +7  48
  6 Revisionists Athletic       30  13  8   9  29  23   +6  47
  7 SLW FC                      30  13  8   9  40  34   +6  47
  8 Approciation FC             30  13  7  10  53  37  +16  46
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  9 Garanite FC                 30  10  7  13  37  40   -3  37
 10 Lonbunia Athletic           30  10  6  14  34  36   -2  36
 11 Iratuen Loft FC             30   9  8  13  35  44   -9  35
 12 Northern Wind Athletic      30  10  4  16  43  51   -8  34
 13 Aswania Athletic            30   9  4  17  41  52  -11  31
 14 Low Lyn FC                  30   8  5  17  31  56  -25  29 Relegated
 15 Basalata FC                 30   7  5  18  32  64  -32  26 Relegated
 16 Trinardin SC                30   5  9  16  27  44  -17  24 Relegated
Teams above the dotted line will be in the new ICEL Third Division, below in the new ICEL Fourth Division.

Commonwealth Division Two Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Likina CF                 30  25   2   3  49  14  +35  77 Champions/Promoted
  2 Luxoren Town              30  18   7   5  59  26  +33  61 Promoted
  3 Giafando FC               30  18   7   5  44  16  +28  61 Promoted
  4 Cuprumville CSC           30  17   8   5  63  35  +28  59
  5 Syrenia FC                30  17   6   7  37  17  +20  57
  6 Lamarckists               30  15   8   7  39  21  +18  53
  7 EastImport FC             30  12  11   7  34  20  +14  47
  8 Futurekind Wanderers      30  13   4  13  31  35   -4  43
  9 Benopia Town              30   9  10  11  33  39   -6  37
 10 Central Tower United      30   8   8  14  29  38   -9  32
 11 Freyin SC                 30   9   4  17  19  34  -15  31
 12 Regio FC                  30   7   6  17  15  42  -27  27
 13 Chestnut FC               30   6   5  19  31  50  -19  23 Relegated (3B)
 14 Finswool SC               30   5   8  17  32  60  -28  23 Relegated (3A)
 15 Verdigris United          30   6   3  21  27  59  -32  21 Relegated (3A)
 16 Jamridge AC               30   5   3  22  19  55  -36  18 Relegated (3A)
To be made into the new Commonwealth Premier League. Relegated teams enter the new Commonwealth Second Division.

Commonwealth Division 3A Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Athletic Finsentra        30  17  10   3  36  12  +24  61 Champions/Promoted
  2 Hilunvale FC              30  17   8   5  45  19  +26  59 Promoted
  3 Bias Rovers               30  17   8   5  40  18  +22  59 Promoted
  4 AC Forngirn               30  15   8   7  26  11  +15  53
  5 Matrices United           30  14   8   8  29  19  +10  50
  6 Silkville Spinners        30  13   7  10  33  29   +4  46
  7 FC Chinudo                30  11   8  11  54  41  +13  41
  8 Team Verixas              30  11   7  12  53  42  +11  40
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  9 MSWorldwide HQ AC         30  10   9  11  32  34   -2  39
 10 NES Tower 13 SC           30  10   7  13  40  49   -9  37
 11 Materia Medica FC         30   9   9  12  31  34   -3  36
 12 Tower 14 FC               30   7   9  14  30  40  -10  30
 13 Oxford English SC         30   7   8  15  34  64  -30  29
 14 FC Olefinia               30   5  11  14  21  38  -17  26
 15 Eastern Outskirts AC      30   6   7  17  26  51  -25  25
 16 Glonasas FC               30   7   4  19  25  54  -29  25
Teams above the line enter the new Commonwealth Second Division, below the line stay in this division.

Commonwealth Division 3B Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Syrenia Pyramids        30  16   8   6  48  25  +23  56 Champions/Promoted
  2 Chi Lake SC             30  17   5   8  39  28  +11  56
  3 Carneleon Town          30  16   7   7  38  21  +17  55
  4 Eliphi FC               30  14  11   5  37  27  +10  53
  5 Redbridge United        30  14   7   9  55  40  +15  49
  6 Sontar Army FC          30  12  11   7  36  23  +13  47
  7 Westfall AC             30  12   7  11  26  21   +5  43
  8 Nanomia Town            30  12   4  14  47  45   +2  40
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  9 Aithusa                 30  11   7  12  44  43   +1  40
 10 Triscellian             30  11   6  13  33  46  -13  39
 11 Macaronia City          30  10   8  12  25  29   -4  38
 12 Calufrax                30  10   5  15  26  33   -7  35
 13 Newgrate River FC       30   9   7  14  24  33   -9  34
 14 Torchwood AC            30   8   6  16  45  64  -19  30
 15 CF Eastrise             30   7   7  16  31  57  -26  28
 16 Diamond Sky United      30   3  10  17  24  43  -19  19
Teams above the line enter the new Commonwealth Second Division, below the line stay in this division.

Lodge League Standings

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Viruntia Town                 30  22  3   5  92  39  +53  69 Champions/Promoted
  2 Klinhielm Valley              30  18  8   4  47  10  +37  62 Promoted
  3 Leucanop United               30  17  7   6  50  32  +18  58
  4 SC Jasenova                   30  16  6   8  64  36  +28  54
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  5 Civil War Memorial FC         30  15  9   6  35  18  +17  54
  6 Pontoon FC                    30  15  5  10  54  31  +23  50
  7 Klosertun FC                  30  13 10   7  45  29  +16  49
  8 New Lodger City Athletic      30  14  6  10  39  31   +8  48
  9 Athletic Caldarin             30  12  6  12  39  53  -14  42
 10 Nuclear FC                    30  11  5  14  34  44  -10  38
 11 Lanektz United                30   6 10  14  26  46  -20  28
 12 Kaliska Town                  30   7  6  17  20  35  -15  27
 13 Frelstom FC                   30   7  5  18  16  44  -28  26
 14 Pindale Athletic              30   7  4  19  27  48  -21  25
 15 Tarija Rovers                 30   6  6  18  34  77  -43  24
 16 Berlandar AC                  30   5  2  23  15  64  -49  17
Top two enter new Imperial Second Division, next two enter new Imperial Third Division.

Central League Standings

    Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Leintalp FC             30  20  6   4  64  21  +43  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Bronze Acres            30  20  6   4  49  10  +39  66 Promoted
  3 Plozica FC              30  19  7   4  63  31  +32  64
  4 Fracitz AC              30  17  7   6  53  26  +27  58
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  5 United United           30  18  2  10  49  27  +22  56
  6 Tavernia Athletic       30  16  7   7  54  35  +19  55
  7 Royal Tavernia          30  14  8   8  40  26  +14  50
  8 Dwoonbeck FC            30  10 10  10  32  35   -3  40
  9 Lampe FC                30   9  9  12  24  30   -6  36
 10 AC Agpuran              30   8  7  15  32  56  -24  31
 11 Pasturia Rovers         30   7  9  14  44  51   -7  30
 12 SC Krorgon              30   9  3  18  28  51  -23  30
 13 Bliketia AC             30   8  4  18  34  64  -30  28
 14 Courtiers SC            30   7  4  19  17  36  -19  25
 15 Vauchants Athletic      30   6  4  20  36  79  -43  22
 16 Xiyes Town              30   3  5  22  12  53  -41  14
Top two enter new Imperial Second Division, next two enter new Imperial Third Division.

Serenelian League Standings

    Team                          P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Marepacopolis FC             30  20  8   2  51  15  +36  68 Champions
  2 Life's Implosion             30  20  5   5  41  14  +27  65
  3 Newt Cape Wanderers          30  17 10   3  50  17  +33  61
  4 Newt Cape Athletic           30  18  4   8  61  34  +27  58
  5 Steel Valley Explorers       30  16  5   9  61  36  +25  53
  6 Ghoul Bay FC                 30  15  7   8  37  23  +14  52
  7 Eastpass Dockers             30  14  6  10  33  32   +1  48
  8 AC Gicoldor                  30  13  8   9  42  21  +21  47
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  9 Flencle Rovers               30  12  7  11  29  34   -5  43
 10 Bundlehead United            30  12  6  12  32  40   -8  42
 11 Westpass FC                  30  10  4  16  42  53  -11  34
 12 New Minesville Athletic      30   9  2  19  32  54  -22  29
 13 Mainpass FC                  30   4  8  18  17  38  -21  20
 14 New Minesville SC            30   3  9  18  17  45  -28  18
 15 Westpass Port SC             30   4  6  20  26  64  -38  18
 16 Portopolis SC                30   4  3  23  17  68  -51  15
Teams above line enter new Imperial Third Division.

Scholarly League Standings

    Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nolix FC                       30  23   4   3  63  22  +41  73 Champions
  2 Forngirn Town                  30  21   5   4  49  14  +35  68
  3 Wikipedia FC                   30  19   6   5  73  39  +34  63
  4 Lemdulin United                30  19   3   8  60  37  +23  60
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  5 Michurinists                   30  18   5   7  55  35  +20  59
  6 Dopca WMFC                     30  15   6   9  43  32  +11  51
  7 String Theory United           30  13   8   9  48  36  +12  47
  8 Outlying Village 3 United      30  11  11   8  30  22   +8  44
  9 M-W Wanderers                  30  10   7  13  37  45   -8  37
 10 Thermodynamics FC              30  10   7  13  30  40  -10  37
 11 South Sector Tower 28 AC       30   8   8  14  37  45   -8  32
 12 Alchemists United              30   7   7  16  25  40  -15  28
 13 Clairvoyance Wanderers         30   7   5  18  23  50  -27  26
 14 Talfram United                 30   5   6  19  19  44  -25  21
 15 Reactions Athletic             30   3   6  21  27  72  -45  15
 16 Tower 1 Athletic               30   1   6  23  18  64  -46   9
Teams above the line promoted to new Commonwealth 3rd Division A.

Economic League Standings

    Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Finscoir AC             30  22  3   5  51  14  +37  69 Champions
  2 Bronze Smelters FC      30  21  5   4  55  25  +30  68
  3 EastExport SC           30  19  7   4  43  16  +27  64
  4 Polarieb Athletic       30  17  7   6  70  32  +38  58
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  5 Cuprumville FC          30  16  9   5  49  28  +21  57
  6 Brassworks SC           30  17  6   7  40  25  +15  57
  7 Tendnayar               30  13  4  13  45  45   +0  43
  8 FC Intaglio             30  12  6  12  32  30   +2  42
  9 GrafonilHB WMFC         30  11  8  11  23  26   -3  41
 10 Lakeside WSC            30   8  5  17  32  40   -8  29
 11 Rivermouth AC           30   7  8  15  32  46  -14  29
 12 FC Ramie                30   7  8  15  27  45  -18  29
 13 Percale United          30   7  6  17  31  59  -28  27
 14 Mohairlin Rovers        30   8  2  20  30  57  -27  26
 15 Patina Rovers           30   4  9  17  28  51  -23  21
 16 Team Forenula           30   3  3  24  29  78  -49  12
Teams above the line promoted to new Commonwealth 3rd Division A.

Macaronian League Standings

    Team                   P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Grateville DFC        30  23  2   5  82  24  +58  71 Champions
  2 Marekandria City      30  20  6   4  42  14  +28  66
  3 FC Pestrica           30  20  5   5  35  13  +22  65
  4 Malenaba AC           30  19  6   5  50  14  +36  63
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  5 Sport Barujana        30  17  5   8  53  32  +21  56
  6 Royal Macaronia       30  16  6   8  42  26  +16  54
  7 Fando Gate            30  13  5  12  34  34   +0  44
  8 Luxorex Athletic      30  12  5  13  36  41   -5  41
  9 Milisar FC            30  11  6  13  38  31   +7  39
 10 Diraelas SC           30   9  8  13  28  38  -10  35
 11 Clube Monufia         30   8  7  15  17  36  -19  31
 12 Grenerg United        30   7  9  14  27  47  -20  30
 13 Ebcocer FC            30   7  7  16  19  40  -21  28
 14 Makawuilla FC         30   5  6  19  22  42  -20  21
 15 FC Minya              30   5  4  21  11  51  -40  19
 16 AC Helwan             30   2  5  23   9  62  -53  11
Teams above the line promoted to new Commonwealth 3rd Division B.

Utopian League Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Nexusortem United        30  17  10   3  49  16  +33  61 Champions
  2 Pyrovilia FC             30  17   9   4  62  26  +36  60
  3 Conkers FC               30  17   8   5  46  20  +26  59
  4 Tyrenam Harriers         30  17   5   8  60  42  +18  56
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  5 Crucible FC              30  15  10   5  52  33  +19  55
  6 Athletic Sunburbia       30  14  12   4  53  34  +19  54
  7 Thecarrift Sport         30  14  12   4  36  17  +19  54
  8 Verinle SC               30  11  11   8  50  27  +23  44
  9 Lobenopia United         30   8  12  10  44  44   +0  36
 10 Derin Town               30   9   7  14  35  49  -14  34
 11 Alvon Port FC            30   8   9  13  42  55  -13  33
 12 Big White House IC       30   9   4  17  24  42  -18  31
 13 Purple Point United      30   8   6  16  24  38  -14  30
 14 Malmooth FC              30   5   6  19  23  72  -49  21
 15 Devoniria FC             30   2  11  17  17  41  -24  17
 16 Lobenopia City           30   2   2  26  17  78  -61   8
Teams above the line promoted to new Commonwealth 3rd Division B.

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 39

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - 22 goals
2: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - 14 goals
3: Auguste Alder (Olympia FC) - 12 goals
4: Kenyon Lacroix (RGS Athletic) - 11 goals (23 games)
5: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 11 goals (28 games)

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Osbaldo Bevan (RGS Athletic) - 11 assists
2: Kenyon Lacroix (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (23 games)
3: Faustina Cousin (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (27 games)
4: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - 10 assists (30 games)
=5: Yann per Elouan (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists
=5: Samantha King (Olympia FC) - 8 assists

Goal of the Season
Titus Chaudry - Pontifucia United 0-1 UR Town (MD6; FT: 0-1)
A stunning long range effort from Titus Chaudry, all of 30 yards and with brilliant movement on the ball to deceive Alyss Vohra in the Pontifucia net. An incredible goal in an otherwise dull match, and it continued to compound Pontifucia’s woes in the early part of the season.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Ursula Rankin (RGS Athletic) - Brenecia
2: Gordana Stanic (Royal Jam FC) - Pasarga
3: Andrew Ford (Norrion Rovers) - Osarius
4: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - Pasarga
5: Yann per Elouan (RGS Athletic) - Eshan

Young Player of the Season
1: Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC
2: Elouan Elbaz - RGS Athletic
3: Matija Allman - Tuntingone FC
4: Hatim Moffat - VLC FC
5: Talia Linford - Royal Jam FC

Manager of the Season
1: Nannette Rodriguez - Royal Jam FC
2: Harley Sadek - RGS Athletic
3: Semih Loiseau - VLC FC

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC
2: Jason Petratos - RGS Athletic
3: Marvella Allam - VLC FC

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1:Ursula Rankin - RGS Athletic
2: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC
3: Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC
4: Malenna von Kraus - Royal Jam FC
5: Kenyon Lacroix - RGS Athletic

Team of the Season

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			                      Ursula Rankin        Nataša Horvat
			                     (RGS Athletic)        (Olympia FC)

			     Faustina Cousin           Malenna von Kraus          Yann per Elouan
			     (RGS Athletic)             (Royal Jam FC)             (RGS Athletic)

			                                Sorel Qwivotic
			                                (Royal Jam FC)

			  Ulima Salam     Vallois Mackenzie       Tia Philip         Elouan Elbaz
			 (RGS Athletic)    (Royal Jam FC)       (Royal Jam FC)      (RGS Athletic)

			                              Gordana Stanic
			                              (Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:53 am

ICEL Football League: Season 40 Preview

Last season was a bumper one for Eastfielder football, with RGS falling just short of the trophy jackpot - semi-finals in the cup domestically, runners-up in the league and the Copa de Campeones, and then runners-up in the Super Cup, having done what was thought to be impossible by winning the Champions Cup. That was a victory few saw coming, even after the group stages which they had just about managed to advance from. Elsewhere, there was international silverware for another team, as FC Tavernia became the first Eastfielder side to win an international trophy via the Vilitan Cove Invitational, narrowly beating RGS’ Champions Cup triumph by a week and a half. Domestically, it was another victory for Royal Jam, winning their fourth league title in ten seasons and continuing to affirm their position as RGS’ main challengers in recent years. VLC managed to end as best of the rest, seven clear of Norrion, who seem to have been stuck fighting for fourth for a long while now, along with Olympia. Further down the league, the changes long awaited have been implemented, and the two tiers of national football have been expanded to four. The national cup has also been expanded to a whopping 512 teams, with the side effect of removing all two-legged matches in a bid to make things more exciting. Time will tell how this plays out, but we look forward to it nonetheless.

Team Previews
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:04 am

ICELFA Season 40: Part 1

SBCC 70 1st Preliminary Round

Chatswood (Nephara) 1-2 FC Tavernia
FC Tavernia 3-1 Chatswood (AGG: 5-2)

Globe Cup 70 2nd Preliminary Round

Norrion Rovers 1-1 Capital FC (Xanneria)
Capital FC 2-2 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 3-3, Norrion Rovers advance on away goals)

CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer (Lisander) 2-0 Olympia FC
Olympia FC 3-1 CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer (AGG: 3-3, CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer advance on away goals)

SBCC 70 2nd Preliminary Round

FC Tavernia 2-2 Argyle Tuesday (Ko-oren)
Argyle Tuesday 0-1 FC Tavernia (AGG: 2-3)

Globe Cup 70 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Riuwiee United (Abanhfleft) 1-1 Norrion Rovers

SBCC 70 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Valencia FC (Valladares) 3-0 FC Tavernia
Xilon OC 2-1 Qasym (Qusmo)

With both RGS and Royal Jam securing automatic places in the group stages of the Champions Cup, the qualifying rounds were fairly quiet. Vilitan Cove Invitational champions FC Tavernia returned to UICA football following their third place finish in the Second Division, kicking off the UICA football for Eastfield Lodge. They began by claiming a rather decent scalp in the shape of Nephara’s Chatswood, winning on the road and stamping their authority at home to run out 5-2 winners. Their second round match was a much tighter affair, coming from behind twice at home to Argyle Tuesday to tie that match 2-2 - a brilliant defensive display in Ko-oren saw them keep the hosts out whilst scoring an early goal of their own to seal the tie. But going into the third round, the odds seemed even more stacked against them - they travelled to Valladares to face Valencia FC but came back with their tails firmly between their legs and a tall order for the second leg in a week. Not such bad news for the other SBCC team in action, as Xilon OC hosted Qasym of Qusmo. Despite going a goal down early on, they held their nerve to retake the lead before half-time and hold on for the victory, Freyek Gaasin scoring the winner with an inch-perfect first time shot into the top corner.

Moving over to the Globe Cup, two teams started in the 2nd Preliminary Round, with cup champions Norrion Rovers making a meal out of proceedings at home to Xanneria’s Capital FC. Last season’s Globe Cup semi-finalists could manage a draw at home, Safadao sparing Norrion’s blushes with a second half penalty to level the score. Capital FC took the away goal home with them, but they failed to double down on it, Norrion instead doubling the away goal tally with two in the first 30 minutes of the match. The hosts did manage to push back, and in the end a late equaliser set up a tense last 10 minutes, but it was only the legs of Kimberley Rose that denied Capital FC a winning goal in stoppage time. Olympia weren’t so lucky in their tie against Lisander’s CF Thiéry-sur-le-Mer, as they were soundly beaten in the first leg on the road, and despite levelling the tie at 2-2 in the return leg at home, a late away goal put any hopes of progression to bed, even with a later consolation from Zaaid Stepan. In the third preliminary round, Norrion are made to travel to Abanhfleft to play Riuwiee United, and it’s a tight contested affair, but the Eastfielder visitors will be the happier of the two, Safadao’s away goal levelling proceedings at 1-1.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

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

Well, that’s one way to kick off the season. Not a good start for Nuha Plant in her new role as RGS manager, a home match against last season’s champions ending up as a damp squib as Malenna von Kraus, who else, grabs a simple goal before the visitors choke the life out of the match in typical Royal Jam fashion. Norrion don’t start out too brilliantly either, as Titus Chaudry’s bullet header cancelled out their opener. VLC and Olympia both start off well, Horvat starring as the latter beat Polkation comfortably whilst VLC barely managed to score past a stubborn Albion side. None of the promoted sides have points from this weekend, all three fairly easily beaten, but it’s still early doors.

Globe Cup 70 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Norrion Rovers 2-3 Riuwiee United (AGG: 3-4)

SBCC 70 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

FC Tavernia 0-2 Valencia FC (AGG: 0-5)
Qasym 0-1 Xilon OC (AGG: 0-3)

Not good news in the second legs, as Norrion follow up their shock draw in the opening week with a dismal defensive display against Fleftic visitors Riuwiee United, the visitors taking the lead three times in the match and largely scything through the Norrion back line. Tavernia unfortunately had no hope from the first leg in the SBCC, a 3-0 loss that is then compounded by another 2 goals from a far superior Valladar opposition. Xilon on the other hand have little issue on the road in Qusmo, as they add to their two goal league from the first leg with an away goal, keeping Qasym out in the process, booking a Qualifying Round place.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

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

You beat RGS on the road to start the season, surely you should kick on and continue winning, right? Royal Jam seem to disagree, needing every single minute of second half stoppage time to rescue a point against Tuntingone as the Lodgertia side somehow dominate the match against the champions. RGS bounce back perfectly, as they don’t even have to work hard up in Walston Brook, putting 4 past UR Town. Olympia also have a fun trip to the north, as they put two past Albion, but the biggest shock of the day also happens in the city, as newly promoted Indionion upset the odds to beat an impotent VLC attack.

SBCC 70 Playoff Round 1st Leg

Indionion Athletic 1-1 Griffin Zebras (Jasiyun)
Xilon OC 1-0 Stahlburg City (Nephara)

The last Eastfielder teams not already in the group stage, one round from making it that far. Indionion Athletic make their international bow, hosting Jasiyun’s Griffin Zebras, but it’s a disappointing performance, as the hosts are lucky to only be behind on away goals - the Zebras should really have scored more than one and only an own goal kept it 1-1. Xilon’s cup run continues however, as they host formidable opposition in Nephara’s Stahlburg City, and a solitary Meluna goal splits the sides at the end.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

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

Olympia and Copper Communists both make it 3 wins from 3, with comfortable wins over promoted opposition. The third promoted side in FC Tavernia take a shock lead at home to the champions, but their quality shone through as they came back to win in the second half. The big match of the day at Vorgan Park goes the way of the hosts, Norrion struggling to get going in the face of the stubborn VLC defence, whilst UR Town’s defensive woes continue as they concede their 11th goal of the season after a 6-0 demolition at Tuntingone’s hands. Albion register their first points of the season in Bridgetown as they sweep Nile Bridge aside, leaving Polkation as the only pointless side this season following their loss in Gamerville.

SBCC 70 Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Griffin Zebras 3-0 Indionion Athletic (AGG: 4-1)
Stahlburg City 2-1 Xilon OC (AGG: 2-2, Xilon OC advance on away goals)

Griffin Zebras put in a scoreline more befitting of their performance, as Indionion cannot get going in Jasiyun. 3-0 pretty much summed up the mismatch, and the Zebras advance 4-1. Meanwhile, in Nephara, Stalhburg City take a 2-0 lead in their return leg against Xilon, but they can’t capitalise on the advantage - a mistake at the back, Xilon capitalise and score an away goal in the last ten minutes of the game, booking their place in the group stage.

King’s Commonwealth Cup First Round

The first round of the first cup since the expansion to 512 teams, there were bound to be some lopsided scores. And that they were, as three Premier League sides swept away three ninth tier opposition - VLC with a 7 goal victory, Indionion by 8 goals, but the biggest win of the weekend came in Gamerville as FM Town hosted lowly ninth tier side Aphandus Athletic, coming out with a double digit margin in a 10-0 victory. However, on the other end of the spectrum, there is also the potential for some fantastic upsets. And chief amongst them were 8th tier side DOPCA WMFC, who courtesy of a smash and grab early goal and a chaotic own goal from their opponents, came back from one-nil down to beat Premier League Copper Communists SC 2-1. Another seven tier reverse happened in the Third Division, as Port Lodgertia were sent packing from the competition at the hands of Utopian Trophy League side Whitecliff County, the minnows quickly taking a two goal lead in the first 20 minutes and hanging on for a famous first cup win. Other big upsets include 5 tier tilts against Northern Wind Athletic by ninth tier Athletic Honsadin, Coiners FC by eighth tier Lanektz United and Mount Salt City by tenth tier Megeryan City.

And where there are upsets, there are near misses. The most notable of those was in the town of Frétilment, as the tenth tier hosts Frétilment Athletic managed to hang on until extra time against the Premier League’s Walston Brook Albion - only striker Sullivan Spooner’s deflected effort in the second half of stoppage time split the teams in the end. Seaton Town, last season’s runners-up, were also on the brink, Third Division side Empire End drawing them level in the second half, and it took until extra time for them to be bailed out of trouble. Honsadin FC were almost on the end of an upset themselves, the Third Division side needing extra time to see off ninth tier Psychoanalysers, whilst Iratuen Loft of the Fourth Division were in similar dire straits, being taken to penalties by tenth tier side Gravaget Town. There were a few narrow wins in normal time too, especially for some of the Premier League sides that opted for a more energy-saving approach - UR Town, who in previous deep runs have been extremely prolific in the cup, could only manage a single goal against the dogged defences of tenth tier side Genetic Memory, whilst Norrion similarly struggled against Clatherton Town of the ninth tier. At the other end of the spectrum, RGS twice had to come from behind against eighth tier United United, the Pasturia side breaking the deadlock twice at 0-0 and 1-1 before finally being pegged back at 4-3. And last but not least, the highest profile match in terms of the pyramid featured Olympia FC and Yillog City, the mid-table second division side managing to keep the Premier League high-flyers to a tightly fought 2-1 victory.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

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

It’s rare for fans to call for managers’ heads, but there are some grumblings in the deeper RGS fan forums, as Nuha Plant’s side lose their second big game of the season, and in the derby no less as they travel to Vorgan Park and are bullied off the park. Meanwhile, both perfect records thus far fell this week, as Olympia are soundly defeated by a Safadao brace in Norrion, and the Communists fail to turn up in their trip to Art City, simultaneously handing Polkation their first points off the season. Elsewhere, it’s a rare good day in Walston Brook where fans of all stripes are happy, as all three of their teams register Premier League home wins on the same day, and all by a single goal in ascending order. And following their 2-0 win in Seaton, Tuntingone gone enjoy their moment at the top of the table, ahead of Royal Jam on goal difference.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

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

Add another one to the list of remarkable weekends. A weekend of matches where none of the big 5 won a single match. RGS’ poor start continues as they throw away a 2 goal lead in Mount Salt City, Horvat smashing home the equaliser from the edge of the box in the last 5 minutes of the game. But Royal Jam fail to extend their lead, as they fall foul of a great passing move that ended up giving the Communists the only goal of the game. League leaders Tuntingone are making a serious go at it as well, as VLC travel to Graham Road and somehow just don’t get going, the hosts perfectly comfortable to take the lead and then hang on for the rest of the match. And last but not least, Norrion also failed to turn up, but all credit to Nile Bridge for taking full advantage and putting the match to bed in the first half.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

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

More of a return to form, at least for some teams. League leaders Tuntingone make the trip up to Mount Salt City, and Olympia send them packing, with braces for Horvat and Stepanov bringing Olympia back to the top of the table. Royal Jam move into third, behind Tuntingone and Olympia on goal difference, as they huff and puff to a rather undeserved victory over UR Town. Norrion similarly went to town, hosting FM Town in a match where defending really wasn’t on the agenda. However, both Lodger Ciy sides continued to flounder, RGS needing a second half wondergoal from Faustina Cousin to level proceedings at with Nile Bridge, whilst VLC manage to register 0 shots on target from 13 against Tavernia, evidently needing to practice their finishing.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Second Round

The second round of nine features this weekend, and it’s another bumper weekend of football, with 128 matches played right across the Imperial Commonwealth. And as ever, we have our fair share of upsets. The headline result happens in Bridgetown, becoming one of two top flight sides eliminated in this round following their embarrassing loss to seventh tier Steel Valley Explorers, the visitors coming from behind following an early Advis free kick. The other Premier League side joining them in the exit list is Polkation FC, another upset taking place in Bridgetown as hosts Oldbridge FC, as the Second Division side struck early in the second half and hung on courtesy of some superb goalkeeping from young Neno Staniels. The Second Division had more casualties of its own, with the headline being Forest Rangers and their loss to Shireworth FC of the ninth tier, the minnows scoring with their only shot of the game from the penalty spot. The other casualties came at the hands of Third Division sides Jam Athletic, as they were the beneficiaries of a tight penalty shootout against one of the Second Division’s yo-yo sides in Pontifucia United, and Lodgertia United, who edged out Micronopia United by a single goal. Across the capital, local rivals Lodgertia City were on the wrong end of one, the Fourth Division side being knocked out by an extra time own goal at home to AC Quiviutal.

And where there are upsets, there are near misses. Quite a few Premier League sides were moments from disaster, and chief amongst them were Premier League champions, as Royal Jam needed extra time to break down a rugged Low Lyn defence, the fifth tier side managing to keep their opponents out through sheer willpower. Olympia and Tuntingone both had to come from behind to see off their lower league opposition on the road, with Olympia’s second string somehow conceding two goals in the first half hour in Newt Cape before rallying, whilst Tuntingone and Steel Valley Explorers traded the lead throughout. UR Town and Indionion Athletic both narrowly managed to book a Third Round place, as the Walston Brook sides registered single goal victories over eighth tier Verinle and ninth tier Francolin Falcons respectively. On the other end of the scale, there were few blowouts this time around, with the largest margin being 5 goals - one of which included Half Boy FC’s 5-0 hammering of tenth tier side SC Pentallian.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Olympia FC              6    4   1   1    16    6  +10    13
 2 Tuntingone FC           6    4   1   1    12    7   +5    13
 3 Royal Jam FC            6    4   1   1     7    3   +4    13
 4 Copper Communists SC    6    4   0   2     7    3   +4    12
 5 Walston Brook Albion    6    4   0   2     6    4   +2    12
 6 Norrion Rovers          6    3   1   2    13    6   +7    10
 7 VLC FC                  6    3   1   2     3    2   +1    10
 8 Seaton Town             6    3   0   3     6    9   −3     9
 9 RGS Athletic            6    2   2   2    10    5   +5     8
10 Nile Bridge             6    2   2   2     8    7   +1     8
11 Indionion Athletic      6    2   1   3     4    8   −4     7
12 FM Town                 6    2   1   3     5   10   −5     7
13 UR Town                 6    1   2   3     4   14  −10     5
14 Polkation FC            6    1   1   4     3    8   −5     4
15 FC Tavernia             6    0   2   4     4    8   −4     2
16 Xilon OC                6    0   2   4     2   10   −8     2

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Seniors FC              6    6   0   0    16    3  +13    18
 2 Monksville United       6    4   1   1     9    2   +7    13
 3 Micronopia United       6    3   2   1     7    5   +2    11
 4 Toclofania FC           6    2   4   0     7    4   +3    10
 5 Yillog City             6    2   4   0     8    6   +2    10
 6 Forest Rangers          6    3   0   3     8    5   +3     9
 7 Half Boy FC             6    2   3   1     8    6   +2     9
 8 Oldbridge FC            6    2   1   3     5    5    0     7
 9 Macaronia FC            6    2   0   4     9   10   −1     6
10 Pontifucia United       6    1   3   2     7    9   −2     6
11 Sunburbia FC            6    1   3   2     9   12   −3     6
12 NT United               6    1   3   2     3    8   −5     6
13 Benopia AC              6    0   5   1     7   10   −3     5
14 Jam Mountain Island     6    1   2   3     4    7   −3     5
15 Clinar Rovers           6    1   2   3     8   17   −9     5
16 Revisionists            6    0   1   5     1    7   −6     1

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:57 am

ICELFA Season 40: Part 2

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD1

Kingsgrove (Brenecia) 2-0 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 2-2 Northern Union (Brenecia)

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD1

VLC FC 1-2 Algolia AC (Squornshelan Remnant States)

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD1

Shaolin Saitama (Kita-Hinode) 2-6 Xilon OC

Three teams already sitting in the group stages, joined by Xilon, kick off their campaigns in the UICA tournaments proper. The Champions Cup features defending Champions Cup winners RGS Athletic and league winners Royal Jam, but it isn’t that great a start as they both face off against Brenecian opposition. RGS travel to play Kingsgrove, but somehow don’t get going, every attack just bogging down in midfield - no such misfortune for the hosts though, with two easily taken goals giving them a well deserved victory. As for Royal Jam, they had a much more even match at Niexai Lane, and by most accounts were unlucky not to win all three points, a lucky deflection beating Stanic for a late Northern Union equaliser after the host’s hard work to come back from a goal down.

Over in New Lodger City, VLC kicked off their Globe Cup campaign in disappointing fashion, as they hosted Squornshelous’ Algolia AC. The hosts did start well, solid in defense and nicking an early goal from a corner to head into the break in the lead, but the second half saw the defence descend into shambles - several basic defensive errors gave the visitors plenty of chances, and they duly took them to reverse the scoreline, Algolia winning 2-1 on the road. No such lapse for the rather match-ready Xilon OC, putting on a heavily attacking display at Shaolin Saitama as they kicked off the SBCC group stage. 8 goals scored by both teams, but Xilon had the attacking edge, putting away 6 of them with a brace for Freyek Gaasin to register an early 3 point start.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

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

It’s another shocking day in the Premier League, and it kicked off with the bigger Walston Brook derby of recent years, as Albion hosted Indionion in the first of the city’s derbies. And to their credit, the underdogs defended bravely against a surprisingly attacking Albion side, holding out for a goalless draw. The third team of the city, UR Town, manage to salvage a point on the road in a 6 goal epic in Copportopia, as high-flying Communists are pegged back to a first draw of the season. At the top end, leaders Olympia manage to hit an unlikely stumbling block in the shape of FC Tavernia, the minnows only scoring their third point of the season as they hold the leaders to a goalless draw. It’s even worse for VLC, as they contrive to lose to bottom of the table Xilon, but wins for Royal Jam, Norrion and RGS restore some order - Tuntingone fail to capitalise on Olympia’s draw by letting Nile Bridge back into their game, and Royal Jam return to the top of the tree.

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD2

RGS Athletic 1-0 Shakhtar Rheinburg (Pridenestrovia)
Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 2-1 Royal Jam FC

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD2

Revolutionaries (Eura) 2-4 VLC FC

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD2

Xilon OC 1-2 Cedrus Soundgardia (Starblaydia)

The second round of UICA matches, and it’s a reversed mixed set of fortunes. RGS recover from their loss the previous week, Miranda Gail providing the only difference against Pridenestrovia’s Shakhtar Rheinburg, and move off the mark with three points. No such luck for Royal Jam, as they are second best in Capitalizt SLANI as they travel to play Sonoma Center Panthers, coming away with a late consolation goal as they lost 2-1. VLC get off the mark in the Globe Cup, however, getting their first points in a surprise away victory over Eura’s Revolutionaries, a brace from Geraldene Benjamin putting them on the way to a 4-2 win. Xilon can’t capitalise on their big wins in the last week, as they narrowly lose to Starblaydia’s Cedrus Soundgardia, the visitors coming from behind in the second half.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

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

The season is starting to settle, and Royal Jam cement themselves as the early front-runners, a tightly fought single goal victory over VLC taking them further into the lead as Olympia and Tuntingone both falter - Olympia are held to a goalless draw by the surprisingly efficient Xilon defence, whilst Tuntingone mess up again as a defensive error gifts FM Town a winner. Elsewhere, RGS manage to keep some semblance of pace up as they cruise to an easy two goal victory over Polkation, but Norrion falter again as Albion strike early and manage to hold on for a draw.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

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

A huge thrashing, and for once FM Town are not on the receiving end of it! They dish out the punishment to visiting promotees FC Tavernia, more than doubling their goal tally for the season as Mahdeeya Angelo grabs four well-taken one-time shots. Outside of Gamerville, it’s a pretty dismal day in terms of goals, with as many scored across the other 7 matches as in this one. Not that it didn’t cause any excitement - on the contrary as Albion soak up all sorts of pressure and somehow score with their only shot on goal to beat RGS. Walston Brook actually made it 2-0 against New Lodger City this week, as UR Town came from behind to cancel out Bethell’s opener as they beat VLC 2-1, and Indionion nearly completed the upset trifecta, a late curling effort from Fedrea Rice denying them what would have been a well-deserved victory. Last but certainly not least, Gordana Stanic put on a sublime goalkeeping performance as Royal Jam held Olympia to a goalless draw in the clash between the top two, the chasing visitors registering 11 shots on target.

Cygnus Cup 48 First Round 1st leg

Norrion Rovers 1-0 Mont Vincent (Côte d'Saphir)

The first competition outside of the UICA system kicks off as Norrion’s reward for winning the KCC last season is an easy tie against Mont Vincent, but they still make hard work of breaking down the Cote d’Saphir side’s defence, only a set piece goal separating the two sides after 90 minutes.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Third Round

Round three of the King’s Commonwealth Cup, and things are beginning to become serious - only 64 teams were left standing after this, and for the lower-league clubs, this is their chance for a deep run to create memories. And there were plenty of them taking out better opponents to get there as well - the biggest scalp of which was Premier League side Indionion Athletic, the only top flight side to fall this round as sixth tier West Monurtag made use of the 12th man in the penalty shootout. Second Division sides Seniors and Half Boy both befell the same similar tilt on their respective travels, whilst tenth tier side FC Tabakhedo were the lowest ranked side to register such a reverse, as they dominated fifth tier side Paddockia FC on the road. A much bigger upset awaited both Lodger City sides, as both RGS and VLC needed extra time after being held goalless by eighth tier opposition - VLC were even luckier as it was only a Minesville own goal in extra time that split the sides, whilst RGS were just unlucky in front of goal, along with some brave last-ditch defending by Mainpass United. Sunburbia themselves only narrowly survived a 5-tier upset as the Second Division outfit were taken to extra time by a late Pyrovilia equaliser, before striking the winner in extra time very much against the run of play. The only match between the top two division’s sides came in Jam Town, as Premier League leaders Royal Jam hosted one-time cup winners Oldbridge FC. Despite the visitors taking the early lead, it was the hosts that dominated the match, grabbing an equaliser and missing enough easy chances to wrap up the win, but they managed it within extra time.

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD3

Directus (Eura) 2-0 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 0-2 Black Hawks NFX (95X)

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD3

Ephesian FC (Zwangzug) 1-0 VLC FC

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD3

Xilon OC 1-0 Otavura (Ko-oren)

Not a good day, truth be told. RGS have been well and truly brought back down to earth following their miraculous Champions Cup victory last year, as they cannot touch Directus in their trip to Eura, being played off the park and lucky to only concede two. Same for Royal Jam as they are easily taken apart by Black Hawks, whilst VLC at least do put up a fight in Zwangzug. Xilon are the only team to come out with some dignity, but they still had to work for it against Otavura.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

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

Given how this season has gone so far, this weekend’s matches were something of an anomaly. All five of the big five registered victories, and good ones at that. Unless you were in Bridgetown, in which case you saw something of a miracle - Royal Jam blowing out their opposition as they Taeshan’d their hosts. Albion moved into second as they won the battle for the early dark horses against Tuntingone, the teams 3rd and 2nd going into the match, whilst Olympia stayed a point behind in third as they came out on top in an attacking football festival in Mount Salt City. At the other end, wins for Xilon and Polkation leaves Tavernia 7 points from safety and still without a win this season, and it’s looking bleak already.

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD4

RGS Athletic 2-3 Directus
Black Hawks NFX 3-4 Royal Jam FC

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD4

VLC FC 0-5 Ephesian FC

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD4

Otavura 1-1 Xilon OC

Well, Royal Jam must love this newfound scoring freedom - that’s 11 goals in consecutive matches as they trade the lead three times with Black Hawks to end up top in a 7 goal thriller, whilst RGS only narrowly lose to Directus in a match that could have gone either way. Xilon are still going strong with their 7th point of the group stage, coming from behind in Ko-oren. But VLC on the other hand were roundly humiliated by Ephesian, managing to ship 5 goals along with two red cards as well.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

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

Some rebound from Nile Bridge there. Having been smashed for 7 the previous week, they travel to Walston Brook and put their hosts UR Town to the sword, 4 goals without reply. They weren’t the only travelling side to have a party in attack, as two of the league’s chasing pack did the same - RGS saw off a late Norrion comeback with a 4th goal in the 85th minute, whilst Olympia cruised to victory against a lacklustre Seaton Town side. Albion had no trouble staying second after seeing off FC Tavernia at home, but Royal Jam really made a meal of their match, the leaders really rather lucky to have kept a clean sheet after missed sitters from Mahdeeya Angelo and Kayli Valentini.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

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

Points dropped at the top as Polkation manage to hold on to an early free kick goal to grab a point a point against the leaders, with a similar fate befalling Albion in second. Olympia in third also drew as they struggled to get going against a stifling VLC defence, but no such issues for RGS, sending the Communists home with the by-now infamous scoreline, courtesy of a Pearson hat-trick. Tuntingone keep up their early season form with a closely contested victory at home to Norrion, but there’s also big news at the bottom as FC Tavernia pick up their first win of the season after demolishing Indionion at home, a performance not seen at all this season.

Cygnus Cup 48 First Round 2nd leg

Mont Vincent 1-1 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 1-2)

A slender one goal lead was all that separated the sides as Norrion Rovers travelled to Cote d’Saphir to completed this first round tie, and that was the margin it ended at, as Norrion’s early away goal took the wind out of the hosts’ sails as they then needed three goals. A brave defensive performance saw the visitors concede a consolation equaliser with fifteen to play, but it was enough to book a Round of 16 place.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fourth Round

Jam Athletic (T3) 2-0 Trurinar Towers FC (T9)
Revisionists Athletic (T3) 1-1 NT United (T2) (1-2 AET)
Clinar Rovers (T2) 4-0 Monksville United (T2)
Bias Rovers (T5) 0-1 Glonasas FC (T7)
Caldarin FC (T3) 2-0 UR Town (T1)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 4-0 Bluin Athletic (T5)
Milisar FC (T8) 1-1 Lamarckists (T5) (1-3 AET)
FC Intaglio (T8) 2-2 FM Town (T1) (2-3 AET)
Royal Jam FC (T1) 0-2 Farond FC (T5)
Trinardin SC (T5) 0-0 Luxoren Town (T4) (1-0 AET)
FC Tabakhedo (T10) 1-1 West Monurtag (T6) (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)
Thecarrift Sport (T8) 4-2 Percale United (T8)
Oxford English SC (T7) 1-0 Athletic Finsentra (T5)
East Monurtag (T4) 1-0 Clairvoyance Wanderers (T8)
Olympia FC (T1) 2-2 Benopia AC (T2) (2-3 AET)
VLC FC (T1) 2-0 Bronze Acres (T6)
Farond United (T5) 3-0 Makawuilla FC (T8)
Aswania Athletic (T4) 1-2 Basalata FC (T5)
Tower 6/241 SC (T9) 0-2 Walston Brook Albion (T1)
FC Tavernia (T1) 1-3 FC Minya (T8)
EastExport SC (T7) 2-0 Triscellian (T7)
Dwoonbeck FC (T8) 1-0 Huntingville FC (T6)
Westfall AC (T6) 0-2 Jununope AC (T6)
Northlake Boaters (T10) 0-2 Purple Point United (T8)
Seaton Town (T1) 5-1 FC Chinudo (T6)
RGS Athletic (T1) 1-3 Sunburbia FC (T2)
Linshi Wanderers (T8) 1-1 Twilight Heaven FC (T3) (1-2 AET)
Steel Valley Explorers (T7) 0-0 Liginara FC (T4) (0-0 AET, 3-1 PKs)
FC Hebshotep (T8) 0-1 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Macaronia City (T7) 2-0 Jam Mountain Island (T2)
Toclofania FC (T2) 0-1 Approciation FC (T3)
Spiriters United (T9) 0-1 Xilon OC (T1)

The top 64 teams of the Imperial Commonwealth duke it out for a place in the Fifth Round, and at this point, a lot of titans are beginning to fall as there are upsets abound. The biggest reverse this round comes at the expense of struggling Premier League side FC Tavernia, as a red card sees them lose a single-goal lead and bow out with a 3-1 loss to eighth tier FC Minya. They weren’t, however, the biggest name to fall. They were joined in the eliminatee list by three of the Premier League’s top four, as Royal Jam, RGS and Olympia all fell to lower league opposition - Olympia and RGS were both knocked out by Second Division opponents, Benopia AC needing extra time to see off the former whilst Sunburbia dominated RGS in their semi-regular matchup. The leaders, however, found their normally solid defence torn apart by Farond FC, the fifth tier side’s poor finishing the only thing keeping the scoreline from being more embarrassing.

The last top flight side eliminated this round were UR Town, as they were schooled in the Cauldron by third tier Caldarin FC, and they will be joined in the upset list by a couple of Second Division sides as well, with Jam Mountain Island and Toclofania FC both exiting at the hands of seventh tier Macaronia City and third tier Approciation FC respectively. Some big near misses as well, with Norrion struggling in the first half against eighth tier FC Hebshotep - only a quick goal from second half kickoff split the two sides at the full time whistle. Xilon were rather undeserving in their narrow victory over ninth tier Spiriters United, scoring with their only shot of the game whilst the minnows were wasteful in front of goal. FM Town were ran even closer to the mark in their game against eighth tier side FC Intaglio, as the Premier League side were twice pegged back by their lowly hosts, but managed to hold out and their superior fitness came through in extra time, whilst third tier Twilight Heaven FC had to come behind to beat their eighth tier opponents, Linshi Wanderers spurning several chances to seal a victory in normal time.

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD5

RGS Athletic 1-2 Kingsgrove
Northern Union 2-0 Royal Jam FC

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD5

Algolia AC 3-1 VLC FC

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD5

Xilon OC 1-2 Shaolin Saitama

A pretty awful day all around for Eastfielders in the UICA group stages, as all four teams were hounded out of points. In the Champions Cup, it was another Eastfield Lodge vs Brenecia matchup, but this time the Brenecians came out on top - Kingsgrove came from behind to beat defending champions RGS, despite Pearson’s early headed effort, and it was a fairly close game throughout. Another close game at Northern Union, as Royal Jam managed to keep the hosts at bay for most of the match, and only two late goals from the hosts split the sides in the end. The Globe Cup was a lot less competitive. Despite VLC taking the lead, it was one-way traffic in Algolia’s favour for most of the match and the Squornshelan side made their dominance count, putting three past a hapless VLC defence. Xilon were the only side to score an equaliser, as they levelled proceedings against Hinodejin side Shaolin Saitama, but it wasn’t to be, as a late winner denied them points as well.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

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

Of course, when the leaders drop points, one would think the chasing pack would at least try and capitalise. Not today, as Royal Jam go even further clear at the top as they are the only team in the top 4 to win today, as they beat 2nd placed dark horses Albion in the battle of the defensive giants. RGS and Olympia on the other hand both falter, Olympia somehow throwing away the lead against the Communists whilst RGS never get going against the other dark horse side, fifth placed Tuntingone expertly shutting down the RGS attack. Norrion and VLC close the gap to the top four with wins of their own. At the bottom, UR Town and Indionion both catch up to the pack in front of them with wins against teams in and around the bottom, but losses for Polkation and FC Tavernia see them go further adrift.

Champions Cup 73 Group Stage MD6

Shakhtar Rheinburg 0-1 RGS Athletic
Royal Jam FC 0-1 Sonoma Center Panthers

Globe Cup 70 Group Stage MD6

VLC FC 0-1 Revolutionaries

SBCC 70 Group Stage MD6

Cedrus Soundgardia 2-1 Xilon OC

Only slightly better this week in international competition, after the shambles that was Matchday 5. The story this week is more bad luck as opposed to poor match tactics, as VLC improve a lot to only lose by a single deflected goal against Eura’s Revolutionaries, otherwise keeping the superior outfit at bay. Xilon were architects of their own loss in the SBCC, as they fluffed several chances to complete a comeback against Cedrus Soundgardia in an otherwise dominant second half. In the Champions Cup, Royal Jam struggled to get going against Sonoma Center Panthers, not really stringing any attacks together in a dreary game, the Panthers striking late to secure a probably deserved winner. RGS were the only side to come out with any points, and the only side to advance out of the group stages, as they narrowly edged Shakhtar Rheinburg to finish third in the group, booking a place in the last 32 of the Globe Cup.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

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

Royal Jam go even further clear this week, as the dark horses take their turn to trip up. The leaders only narrowly beat Indionion, but the other two Walston Brook sides meet in the third Brook derby of the season - this time UR Town come out on top against the third placed side, whilst Tuntingone in second were narrowly edged out by the Communists. RGS had no trouble getting all three points against a lacklustre Tavernia side, the league’s bottom side shipping six goals, but Olympia had a surprisingly close game in Bridgetown, a seven goal thriller being settled in their favour in stoppage time. Norrion and VLC both stamp their poor credentials for the top four, as they both drop points to relegation battlers - Norrion taken out by Xilon in a fairly tame performance, whilst a defensive mixup sees FM Town finish level with VLC.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Royal Jam FC           14   10   3   1    21    5  +16    33
 2 RGS Athletic           14    8   2   4    34   12  +22    26
 3 Olympia FC             14    7   5   2    27   13  +14    26
 4 Tuntingone FC          14    8   2   4    18   11   +7    26
 5 Walston Brook Albion   14    7   3   4    13   11   +2    24
 6 Norrion Rovers         14    6   3   5    25   16   +9    21
 7 VLC FC                 14    6   3   5    11    8   +3    21
 8 Copper Communists SC   14    6   2   6    15   20   −5    20
 9 Nile Bridge            14    5   4   5    23   22   +1    19
10 FM Town                14    5   2   7    19   21   −2    17
11 Seaton Town            14    5   2   7    11   19   −8    17
12 Xilon OC               14    4   4   6    10   15   −5    16
13 UR Town                14    4   4   6    16   28  −12    16
14 Indionion Athletic     14    3   4   7     8   20  −12    13
15 Polkation FC           14    3   2   9    10   20  −10    11
16 FC Tavernia            14    1   3  10    10   30  −20     6

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Monksville United      14   10   2   2    22    8  +14    32
 2 Seniors FC             14    9   3   2    25   10  +15    30
 3 Half Boy FC            14    7   3   4    23   15   +8    24
 4 Toclofania FC          14    5   6   3    21   12   +9    21
 5 Yillog City            14    5   6   3    16   13   +3    21
 6 Oldbridge FC           14    5   5   4    16   12   +4    20
 7 Macaronia FC           14    6   1   7    23   20   +3    19
 8 Micronopia United      14    5   4   5    17   20   −3    19
 9 Forest Rangers         14    5   2   7    16   18   −2    17
10 NT United              14    4   5   5    11   16   −5    17
11 Pontifucia United      14    3   7   4    14   19   −5    16
12 Benopia AC             14    3   5   6    12   19   −7    14
13 Sunburbia FC           14    3   5   6    13   21   −8    14
14 Clinar Rovers          14    3   5   6    19   32  −13    14
15 Jam Mountain Island    14    3   4   7    10   16   −6    13
16 Revisionists           14    2   5   7     6   13   −7    11

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 3:29 am

ICELFA Season 40: Part 3

Copa de Campeones 46 First Round 1st Leg

Royal Jam FC 3-0 Shakhtar Rheinburg (Pridenestrovia)

It’s a great start to the Copa de Campeones for Royal Jam, the Eastfielder champions hosting Shakhtar Rheinburg of Pridenestrovia from the small field of 13 teams. The team that finished bottom of RGS’ Champions Cup group didn’t fare too well here either, the hosts cruising to a simple three goal victory in this first leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

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

The leaders strike late to keep their seven point cushion at the top, as Norrion’s defensive efforts were almost rewarded with a point. The three main chasers had no such struggles keeping pace with the leaders though, as they all controlled their games to move onto 29 points with easy victories, Tuntingone still playing the role of a dark horse extremely proficiently. Albion’s form in the first third of the season seems to have deserted them, as they fall to a third straight loss, this time on the road at Seaton, with VLC taking full advantage with a win to leapfrog into 5th place. Big result at the bottom, as a red card for Birdo sees UR Town crumble from a 4-1 lead, Indionion scoring 4 in 30 minutes to leapfrog UR Town out of the bottom three.

Globe Cup 70 Sixteenth-Finals 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 1-1 Romanopolis United (Darmen)

RGS’ bow in the Globe Cup could’ve gone a lot better, truth be told. After a lacklustre Champions Cup group stage, this should have been the comeback, but Darmen’s Romanopolis were well deserving of the draw, an early away goal giving them the advantage into the second leg.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round

Caldarin FC (T3) 3-2 EastExport SC (T7)
Approciation FC (T3) 0-2 Seaton Town (T1)
Sunburbia FC (T2) 1-0 Purple Point United (T8)
East Monurtag (T4) 0-5 Norrion Rovers (T1)
Jununope AC (T6) 1-2 FM Town (T1)
Trinardin SC (T5) 1-2 Steel Valley Explorers (T7)
Twilight Heaven FC (T3) 0-0 Lamarckists (T5) (1-0 AET)
Farond United (T5) 2-0 Thecarrift Sport (T8)
Jam Athletic (T3) 0-0 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (0-0 AET, 2-4 PKs)
Glonasas FC (T7) 1-2 Oxford English SC (T7)
Clinar Rovers (T2) 2-0 Macaronia City (T7)
Basalata FC (T5) 3-1 FC Tabakhedo (T10)
Dwoonbeck FC (T8) 0-4 Farond FC (T5)
Tuntingone FC (T1) 3-0 Xilon OC (T1)
NT United (T2) 2-2 Benopia AC (T2) (3-3 AET, 1-0 PKs)
VLC FC (T1) 2-0 FC Minya (T8)

The Fifth Round, the turning point after which the final becomes closer than the start. 32 teams entered the fray, but it was a rather on-form round this time out. Only one upset out of the 16 matches being played, with seventh tier side Steel Valley Explorers seeing off fifth tier Trinardin SC, a result that leaves the minnows as the lowest ranked side left in the competition (along with Oxford English SC). The last of the cup’s debutants were eliminated in this round, with tenth tier FC Tabakhedo’s incredible run brought to an end at the hands of Basalata. Elsewhere, there was one all-top-flight clash, as high-flying Tuntingone, the highest ranked side left in the tournament, saw off relegation-threatened Xilon in a manner similar to how they’ve been playing in the league, with similarly dominant wins for VLC and Norrion. Albion were nearly dumped out, but were rather fortunate that Jam Athletic could only find the woodwork three times in their shootout, Eddie Sadiq beaten every time - but spare a thought for viewers of the Second Division clash between NT United and Benopia, as both sides served up a classic 6 goal split before managing to fluff 9 out of their 10 penalties, weary legs and minds not up to the 11 yard shot.

Cygnus Cup 48 Round of 16 1st Leg

Norrion Rovers 0-2 CA Paulinthal (Pasarga)

Norrion followed up their rather simple domestic win with a rather lacklustre Cup Winners Cup performance, as they hosted Pasargan champions and heavyweights CA Paulinthal, always looking second best on the pitch as the visitors ran out 2-0 winners.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

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

Is the title race still open?! Big result at the top as RGS do the chasing pack a favour, coming from behind with a late Pearson winner to cut the deficit at the top to four points. Olympia also capitalise, as they see off Olympia on the road with little effort, but Tuntingone falter, as Xilon learn from their mistakes and avenge their large defeat in the cup last weekend. VLC close in on the top 4 after seeing off their closest challengers in Albion, but Norrion fall further adrift after being pegged back twice by UR Town - they are now sitting closer to the bottom three than they are to the top four.

Copa de Campeones 46 First Round 2nd Leg

Shakhtar Rheinburg 1-4 Royal Jam FC (AGG: 1-7)

No trouble for Royal Jam, the league leaders bouncing back from their loss at the weekend to confirm their place in the quarter-finals with incredible ease, Rheinburg putting up very little in the way of a challenge as Kaiya Mohd’s brace gave Royal Jam a 4-1 victory.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

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

Tuntingone really are having a season to remember, aren’t they? They still maintain their heady heights with a great goalless draw against the leaders, only the visitor’s defensive prowess and Stanic in goal keeping them at bay. Olympia and RGS both fail to close the gap however, as they both are pegged back from first half leads by Walston Brook sides. This does open the race back up for the midtable, as VLC overtake Tuntingone on goal difference to move fourth after beating Indionion, only seven points off the top, whilst Norrion go back into sixth. At the bottom, it’s a rare win for Tavernia, beating Xilon for their second win of the season - they’re still ten points from safety though.

Globe Cup 70 Sixteenth-Finals 2nd Leg

Romanopolis United 2-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-1)

And that is that for Eastfielder interest in the UICA competitions (at a senior level anyway), as RGS can’t overcome a stubborn Romanopolis side, and generally lacked the quality to do so, the Darmeni hosts forcing a 2 goal lead on the night to seal their place in the Eighth-Finals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

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

What is going on? Three games without a win for Royal Jam now, as they get a goalless draw against, of all teams, bottom of the table Tavernia. That means their lead is now cut to a mere two points, and we have a title race on our hands ladies and gentlemen, Tavernia finally getting to double figures. Tuntingone and VLC keep up their attack for the top four, both registering big wins, with VLC cutting Norrion even more adrift in midtable after wins for Nile Bridge and FM Town.

Cygnus Cup 48 Round of 16 2nd Leg

CA Paulinthal 3-2 Norrion Rovers (AGG: 5-2)

Well, you can’t fault the effort this time. Norrion are knocked out of the Cygnus Cup at the hands of superior opposition, but not for the want of trying this time, as they twice take the lead in the second leg only to be pegged back to a 3-2 loss in the end.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Sixth Round

Tuntingone FC (T1) 1-1 Twilight Heaven FC (T3) (2-1 AET)
Sunburbia FC (T2) 0-2 FM Town (T1)
Oxford English SC (T7) 0-3 Walston Brook Albion (T1)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 2-0 Farond FC (T5)
Steel Valley Explorers (T7) 1-0 Caldarin FC (T3)
Farond United (T5) 1-3 VLC FC (T1)
Clinar Rovers (T2) 0-4 Seaton Town (T1)
Basalata FC (T5) 5-3 NT United (T2)

It’s a weekend off for the vast majority of the league system, as they sit and watch the remaining 16 teams duke it out for a place in the quarter-finals. For the first time in many years, the last 16 isn’t a two-legged affair, but that still doesn’t detract from the stories, as Steel Valley Explorers continue their remarkable cup run, this time seeing off Third Division side Caldarin FC. They aren’t the only team outside the top two divisions in the last 8 however, as Basalata come from 3-1 down to see off NT United three divisions above them. All the remaining top flight sides progress to fill the other 6 quarter-final spots, although it’s a little hairy for Tuntingone, as they get taken to extra time by Twilight Heaven.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

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

Shock result (almost) in the New Lodger Derby, as Geraldene Benjamin terrorises the RGS defence in a rare display of VLC’s attacking side - still only scored one goal, but that’s enough to secure the point and wreck the title challenge. Olympia take full advantage by moving into second with a narrow win in their top match against Norrion, whilst Royal Jam stay top. Tuntingone fail to catch up to the top three, as Seaton Town outperformed themselves with a crucial away win. UR Town take themselves back out of the bottom three with a massive 6-1 victory, whilst Indionion fall back in after their similarly large loss.

Copa de Campeones 46 Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Brinemouth (Nephara) 2-2 Royal Jam FC

And Royal Jam’s reward for demolishing Rheinburg is a less than savoury trip to the Nepharim champions of Brinemouth, but it’s a surprisingly even affair, Stanic and the defence keeping out all but the most incisive attacks whilst grabbing a couple of goals on their potent counters. 2 away goals is good news for the visitors, although one would expect Brinemouth to up their game.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

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

What is happening at RGS? First a home draw against VLC, and now they lose to Olympia? Are the wheels coming off the bandwagon? And it’s even better news for the victors, as they go top of the league thanks to the Communists spirited fightback in Jam Town, holding the hosts to a draw. VLC however can’t take full advantage of RGS’ loss, as Tuntingone are still not done fighting, holding them to a draw to keep themselves a point off the top 4. Indionion fall three points off safety after UR Town beat their relegation rivals to move up into the dizzying heights of 11th, whilst Tavernia register their third win of the season by beating a lacklustre Seaton side, moving off the bottom of the table in the process.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

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

Business as usual at the top, as the top three all pick up crucial wins. Royal Jam have little trouble seeing off relegation battlers UR Town, but it’s a much closer affair for Olympia and RGS against their midtable foes. VLC however fail to keep the pace, as they succumb to a surprise draw against Tavernia, who seem to be undergoing some sort of late season revival. Indionion would love that sort of revival, and they manage to get more morale back with a vital win over bottom of the table Polkation, to move level on points with Xilon after their loss to Seaton in that crunch match.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

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

More points dropped at the top, as Royal Jam are now behind on points to Olympia following a dull goalless draw away at Seaton, the hosts grateful for the point in their fight against the drop. Olympia have no such worries as they demolish Tavernia, whilst RGS close the gap to the top two with a comeback against FM Town. VLC stay within sight of the top two following their win, but Tuntingone’s dark horse challenge seems to be faltering, as they draw yet again, this time to Nile Bridge, to fall 4 points off the UICA places. Norrion are climbing quietly, now up to seventh after beating Polkation, whose situation is looking more hopeless by the week.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Olympia FC             22   14   6   2    44   17  +27    48
 2 Royal Jam FC           22   13   7   2    29    8  +21    46
 3 RGS Athletic           22   13   4   5    47   18  +29    43
 4 VLC FC                 22   11   6   5    26   13  +13    39
 5 Tuntingone FC          22   10   5   7    29   20   +9    35
 6 Walston Brook Albion   22    9   6   7    17   17    0    33
 7 Norrion Rovers         22    9   5   8    35   25  +10    32
 8 Copper Communists SC   22    9   5   8    24   29   −5    32
 9 Nile Bridge            22    8   7   7    44   34  +10    31
10 FM Town                22    9   3  10    34   34    0    30
11 Seaton Town            22    8   3  11    15   26  −11    27
12 UR Town                22    6   6  10    35   48  −13    24
13 Xilon OC               22    6   4  12    15   29  −14    22
14 Indionion Athletic     22    6   4  12    19   39  −20    22
15 FC Tavernia            22    3   5  14    17   46  −29    14
16 Polkation FC           22    3   2  17    13   40  −27    11

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Monksville United      22   16   2   4    39   13  +26    50
 2 Seniors FC             22   15   4   3    35   13  +22    49
 3 Half Boy FC            22   10   5   7    34   27   +7    35
 4 Yillog City            22    9   8   5    27   20   +7    35
 5 Toclofania FC          22    7  11   4    30   20  +10    32
 6 Forest Rangers         22    9   4   9    26   25   +1    31
 7 Oldbridge FC           22    7   8   7    24   21   +3    29
 8 Micronopia United      22    8   5   9    31   32   −1    29
 9 Sunburbia FC           22    7   8   7    28   30   −2    29
10 NT United              22    7   6   9    22   25   −3    27
11 Pontifucia United      22    6   9   7    23   32   −9    27
12 Macaronia FC           22    8   1  13    29   34   −5    25
13 Revisionists           22    5   7  10    12   20   −8    22
14 Clinar Rovers          22    5   6  11    30   52  −22    21
15 Benopia AC             22    4   8  10    18   30  −12    20
16 Jam Mountain Island    22    4   6  12    17   31  −14    18

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:21 am

ICELFA Season 40: Part 4

King’s Commonwealth Cup Quarter-Finals

VLC FC (T1) 0-1 Seaton Town (T1)
FM Town (T1) 3-1 Basalata FC (T5)
Steel Valley Explorers (T7) 0-2 Tuntingone FC (T1)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 1-1 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)

We’re getting pretty serious now, the finish line and the trophy is on the horizon for the 8 teams in the quarter-finals. 6 Premier League teams in action, and the first upset of the weekend takes place in Vorgan, a few miles from the final stadia, as Liane Fransson’s header is the only difference between the two sides in what was a cagey match to say the least, relegation-battling Seaton advancing to the last four. The two lower league representatives were finally eliminated, two fairy tale runs ending in consecutive days - Basalata had a fairly even first half against FM Town, but an inspired second half performance from substitute D’Arcy Leclerc with a goal and an assist put that match to bed. Tuntingone on the other hand had little trouble dispatching their seventh tier opponents, Steel Valley putting up a valiant effort but in vain as the visitors cruised to a 2 goal victory. And in the final match of the round, we had a mid-table Premier League match that few would have predicted at this point, with Albion coming into it with the edge on form. Norrion did start the better, and made use of it with a goal from Andrew Ford, but Albion rallied and pulled back an equaliser in the second half through Sullivan Spooner. There is stayed, as this contest went all the way to penalties, where Albion prevailed through the heroics of Eddie Sadiq, setting up an all Premier League semi-final.

Copa de Campeones 46 Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 0-1 Brinemouth (AGG: 2-3)

Well, Brinemouth were expected to perform better than in the first leg, and that they did, narrowly edging Royal Jam who had two goals disallowed through the thinnest of offside margins. That means no midweek matches left for the rest of the season as we head into the league finale.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 23

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

Big week if you’re Olympia. The four times runners-up are now 5 points clear at the top with just 7 to play, and it’s thanks to more slip-ups behind them. VLC take a big chunk out of the race to second by beating Royal Jam, but RGS fail to move into second as Polkation nab an unlikely early goal before defending for their lives to grab a point. Norrion get their revenge for the quarter-final defeat by overtaking Albion with a win in Walston Brook, moving into 6th and basically playing for pride at this point. UR Town beat Seaton to put themselves 5 clear of the drop, but it’s losses all around otherwise.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 24

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

Are RGS back in it? A goalless draw in Mount Salt City between the top two means RGS move back into second on goal difference after they navigate past a resilient Albion defence, two well-taken free kicks the deciding factor in that match. VLC however manage to mess up at home to UR Town, an own goal gifting the visitors a win and also allowing the chasing pack to catch up. A goal from Matija Allman puts Tuntingone a point off the top 4 as they beat Polkation, with Norrion following close behind as they come from behind to beat Indionion.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 25

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

Back to back goalless draws and the title is blown back open - UR Town manage to hold off waves of Olympia attacks, and Natasa Horvat will be kicking herself for missing several glorious chances, but 0-0 it ends, and the gap at the top is closed to three points following narrow wins for both RGS and Royal Jam. VLC widen the gap from fifth as Tuntingone are dominated by Albion, Lia Quadrelli the only player keeping the scoreline respectable. At the bottom, Xilon grab a much needed victory to open up some space to the bottom three, but Polkation score a vital victory to keep themselves mathematically in the survival race after beating Tavernia into last.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 26

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

That’s three draws on the bounce for the league leaders, as they seemingly look like performing a choke job. Seaton manage to capitalise on some lacklustre defending to grab a rather undeserved equaliser, punishing Olympia’s wastefulness in front of goal. RGS take full advantage with their narrow victory over Norrion, but Royal Jam falter again, this time drawing away at FM Town. Tuntingone pull themselves within a point of VLC after their victory over Indionion, as the New Lodger City side crash against the Communists. Polkation survive being relegated today as they manage to hold Xilon to a draw, which at the same keeps Tavernia alive, as they grab an unlikely point at home to Albion for their seventh draw of the season.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Semi-Finals

FM Town (T1) 1-1 Tuntingone FC (T1) (2-1 AET)
Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-0 Seaton Town (T1)

An all top flight affair in the semi-finals sees four midtable sides duke it out for a place in the final - Tuntingone are the only team of the four with a shout at qualifying for UICA via the league, but that will have to be their route as FM Town come behind to win in extra time, a Mahdeeya Angelo brace knocking out the one-time winners and securing a first cup final for the Gamerville side. In the other semi, Albion hosted Seaton, the two sides separated by only two places in the league, and it was a close affair on the pitch as well. In the end, it was a Kasey Sager volley that settled the tie, with Albion also heading to a first ever cup final as they knocked out last season’s finalists.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 27

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

The pressure is getting to everyone here. Olympia are winless in four now, and it’s a big loss on the road to VLC. RGS have every opportunity to go top, but they manage to fluff their own lines up as they return from Copportopia without any points either, still a point behind the leaders. And they fall to third, as Royal Jam move into second on goal difference behind Olympia as they formally relegate Polkation with a simple 2-0 win. FC Tavernia will be joining them in the Second Division after they can only draw with Indionion, whilst Xilon played out of their skins to beat Albion. That leaves Indionion all but down as well, 6 points behind with 9 to play, and a sizeable goal difference gap between the two. Tuntingone again drop points in their chase for the top 4, now three off the pace as Norrion hold them to a goalless draw.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 28

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

Normal business restored at the top this week? Wins for the top four all but confirm their places in next season’s UICA competitions - Tuntingone’s loss to RGS coupled with VLC battling past Nile Bridge leaves them 6 points away from fourth with 6 to play for, with VLC all but locked out of the title race as well. Olympia are still top, with Royal Jam behind them on goal difference, and RGS a point behind, so it’s still anyone’s to play for in the next two games. In the race for survival, Xilon look to have just about secured a place in the top flight next season, as a late equaliser cancels out Henley Glen’s opener in this relegation 6-pointer.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 29

Copper Communists SC 3-2 Tuntingone FC
Olympia FC 5-1 Nile Bridge
RGS Athletic 9-0 FC Tavernia
VLC FC 4-0 FM Town
Norrion Rovers 2-0 Xilon OC
Seaton Town 2-0 Polkation FC
Indionion Athletic 0-0 Royal Jam FC
UR Town 0-1 Walston Brook Albion

RGS and Olympia have both realised that goal difference may well play a part, and they both turn on the taps this week. Tavernia are put on the end of the biggest reverse this season, as hat-tricks for Pearson and Lacroix see RGS run out huge 9-0 victors, whilst Olympia fall short as they can only beat Nile Bridge by four goals. However, the big news is that Royal Jam slip up, Indionion fighting bravely to stay up but ultimately falling short. They needed a win, but a goalless draw means Indionion are officially relegated, despite Xilon’s loss to Norrion. The latter means Norrion jump into fifth after Tuntingone lose the lead twice away to the Communists. VLC guarantee a place in a Globe Cup next season after their big 4-0 win against FM Town.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Olympia FC             29   17   9   3    55   20  +35    60 CC/GC
 2 RGS Athletic           29   18   5   6    64   22  +42    59 CC/GC
 3 Royal Jam FC           29   16  10   3    36   12  +24    58 CC/GC
 4 VLC FC                 29   16   6   7    37   17  +20    54 Globe Cup
 5 Norrion Rovers         29   13   7   9    43   29  +14    46
 6 Tuntingone FC          29   13   6  10    39   26  +13    45
 7 Copper Communists SC   29   13   6  10    32   36   −4    45
 8 Nile Bridge            29   12   7  10    59   46  +13    43
 9 Walston Brook Albion   29   11   7  11    19   23   −4    40
10 FM Town                29   11   5  13    44   51   −7    38
11 Seaton Town            29   10   4  15    22   35  −13    34
12 UR Town                29    9   7  13    41   56  −15    34
13 Xilon OC               29    8   6  15    21   40  −19    30
14 Indionion Athletic     29    6   7  16    22   47  −25    25 Relegated
15 FC Tavernia            29    3   8  18    21   63  −42    17 Relegated
16 Polkation FC           29    4   4  21    17   49  −32    16 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Monksville United      29   20   4   5    47   16  +31    64 Champions/SBCC 
 2 Seniors FC             29   16   8   5    42   20  +22    56 Promoted/SBCC
 3 Yillog City            29   12  11   6    33   25   +8    47
 4 Half Boy FC            29   13   6  10    41   32   +9    45
 5 Toclofania FC          29   10  14   5    41   26  +15    44
 6 Micronopia United      29   13   5  11    44   39   +5    44
 7 Sunburbia FC           29   11   8  10    35   36   −1    41
 8 Oldbridge FC           29   10  10   9    31   28   +3    40
 9 Forest Rangers         29   11   6  12    31   34   −3    39
10 NT United              29   10   8  11    28   30   −2    38
11 Pontifucia United      29    8  12   9    35   41   −6    36
12 Macaronia FC           29   10   1  18    36   50  −14    31
13 Jam Mountain Island    29    7   7  15    26   41  −15    28
14 Clinar Rovers          29    6   9  14    39   65  −26    27
15 Revisionists           29    6   8  15    14   26  −12    26
16 Benopia AC             29    5  11  13    23   37  −14    26

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:21 am

ICELFA Season 40: Part 5

ICEL Premier League Matchday 30
Nile Bridge vs Copper Communists SC
FC Tavernia vs Tuntingone FC
FM Town vs Olympia FC
Xilon OC vs RGS Athletic
Polkation FC vs VLC FC
Royal Jam FC vs Norrion Rovers
Walston Brook Albion vs Seaton Town
UR Town vs Indionion Athletic

ICEL Second Division Matchday 30
Clinar Rovers vs Benopia AC
Micronopia United vs Half Boy FC
Macaronia FC vs Oldbridge FC
Toclofania FC vs Monksville United
Sunburbia FC vs Jam Mountain Island
Pontifucia United vs Forest Rangers
Yillog City vs NT United
Revisionists vs Seniors FC

It’s a big day in the top two divisions as we enter the final league matches of the season. The Second Division is still pretty open at both ends of the table, with any three from Jam Mountain Island, Clinar Rovers, Revisionists and Benopia AC able to be relegated. The Islanders are a point clear of the drop, with Clinar Rovers currently occupying 14th. Revisionists and Benopia are both just a point off Clinar in 15th and 16th. Aside from Clinar, whose goal difference is horrendous, the other three have similar goal differences as well, so it’s very much open season. The Islanders are playing the comfortably upper-midtable Sunburbia, Clinar are playing Benopia in a relegation 6 pointer, whilst Revisionists are playing already promoted Seniors FC. Benopia and Revisionists both need a win, the Islanders and Clinar to get a draw at most, and the other to not win. If they do both win, it comes down to goal difference, and Revisionists are two better as it stands.

At the top end of the table, third place and promotion is still up for grabs, with Yillog City only two points clear of the chasing pack of three, as they play mid-table NT United. Half Boy are currently sitting in fourth two points behind but with a slightly better goal difference. 5th place Toclofania and 6th place Micronopia United sit a further point behind, three off the promotion place - Toclofania have by far the best goal difference of the four, with Micronopia having the worst. Half Boy will be playing Micronopia, whilst Toclofania will be playing runaway champions Monksville United. Yillog need to match or better Half Boy’s points to stay third. Half Boy need to win and hope Yillog don’t. As for Toclofania, a win, a loss for Yillog and a loss or draw for Half Boy will be necessary, whilst Micronopia need to beat Half Boy, Toclofania to fail to win, and Yillog to lose with a swing of 4 goal difference as well.

And last but not least, the Premier League. Relegation and the race for the top four are already sealed, but the title race is still very much on. Olympia are in the driving seat, on 60 points, and a point clear of RGS who are themselves a point clear of Royal Jam. RGS as ever have the best goal difference, with Royal Jam the worst of the three. The defending champions also have the hardest of the three fixtures, as they host Norrion, whereas Olympia are travelling to Gamerville to play FM Town whilst RGS are travelling to play Xilon OC. It’s a fairly simple job for Olympia - they just need to match the results of the other two teams. RGS need to win and hope Olympia fail to, or match Royal Jam’s draw and hope Olympia lose. As for Royal Jam, it’s simple - they need to win and hope Olympia lose, with RGS failing to win.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 30
Nile Bridge 5-0 Copper Communists SC
FC Tavernia 0-2 Tuntingone FC
FM Town 0-4 Olympia FC
Xilon OC 0-3 RGS Athletic
Polkation FC 0-1 VLC FC
Royal Jam FC 2-1 Norrion Rovers
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Seaton Town
UR Town 1-0 Indionion Athletic

ICEL Second Division Matchday 30
Clinar Rovers 0-0 Benopia AC
Micronopia United 3-1 Half Boy FC
Macaronia FC 2-1 Oldbridge FC
Toclofania FC 1-0 Monksville United
Sunburbia FC 2-0 Jam Mountain Island
Pontifucia United 1-2 Forest Rangers
Yillog City 1-0 NT United
Revisionists 0-0 Seniors FC

It was a frenetic start in a lot of the matches, although heavily one-sided in those that were. The opening goal of the afternoon went to the Premier League challengers, as Aiden Pearson put RGS up against Xilon, and into top spot in the as-it-stands table. Norrion struck the other early blow in the title race, Safadao slotting home from the edge of the box to lead against Royal Jam. Nile Bridge absolutely dominated the early minutes after that, putting three goals past a hapless Communists defence in 20 minutes, spearheaded by a brace for Ivancic. But the title race looked to be done and dusted by half-time, as first experienced striker Auguste Alder and then starlet Natasa Horvat beating the FM offside trap to score 1-on-1s, to put Olympia 2-0 up, and back on top of the league table, despite RGS’ second goal in the late stage of the half. Royal Jam managed to mount a comeback in the second half, Malenna von Kraus as ever being the reliable rock at the heart of the team as she slid in the equaliser and then set up Kaiya Mohd for the winner, but the title was out of their hands, as Royal Jam ended up finishing third for only the second time in seven seasons, meaning they would have to settle for the Globe Cup. Olympia and RGS kept rampaging in their respective matches, albeit to no prevail for the latter as they needed Olympia to drop points. It wasn’t happening, and for the first time ever, Olympia were champions of the Premier League, having finished as runners-up on four previous occasions. RGS would still have the consolation of securing a Champions Cup spot for next season however. Further down the table, Norrion were consigned to their worst finish for 15 years after their loss to Royal Jam, coupled with Nile Bridge’s big 5-0 win (Ivancic scoring a hat-trick in his final game for the club) and Tuntingone’s two late goals against Tavernia, saw them fall to seventh.

The Second Division was a lot closer, as only three goals were scored in the first half - Forest Rangers taking the lead against Pontifucia in the dead rubber, whilst Micronopia put paid to Half Boy’s hopes with two first half set pieces, one a brilliantly struck free kick from Liealia Malley. That only moved them into fourth as Yillog were still drawing in their home tie to NT United. It didn’t stay a draw for long, however, as Coletta Chaudhuri was brought down in the box, and the gift of a penalty was tucked home by Abdul Higgins, putting Yillog in the clear in third. At the bottom, it was a cagey affair for three of the teams in the drop zone, as Clinar and Benopia couldn’t get going in their crunch match, a poor quality match ending as a 0-0 draw, a result that saw both sides get relegated. Which was good news for Jam Mountain Island, as a red card opened the floodgates in the second half allowing Sunburbia to control the game after an even first half, quickly putting two goals past the Islander defence and sealing the win with 10 minutes to go. The Revisionists couldn’t get going offensively against Seniors, but they managed to be solid at the back, against a side with admittedly little to play for. But whilst the 0-0 draw was a surprise point on the night, it wasn’t enough, and a little too late to keep them up as they needed the win, meaning that Revisionists were going down as well. Back at the top, Half Boy managed to pull a goal back, and kept hammering at Micronopia’s door, but a second goal from Malley sealed the deal in that tie. NT United however just weren’t good enough, and so it would be Yillog joining the top two in the top flight next season, despite Toclofania’s outstanding efforts against the champions as they edged them by a single goal.

King’s Commonwealth Cup - Final

FM Town vs Walston Brook Albion
@Lodger City Memorial Stadium

Two midtable Premier League sides meet in the final of King’s Commonwealth Cup, and for the first time in nine seasons we have two first-time finalists - neither side has made it to this stage of the competition before, so we’ll be guaranteed a new cup winner either way. Only three points separated the two sides in the league in the end, but how their seasons progressed were worlds apart. FM Town were, for once, consistently average throughout the season as opposed to their usual streaky selves - they usually have a run of really poor performances followed by a string of impressive victories before settling in the middle, but it’s been a very steady year, pretty consistently stuck in the lower end of mid-table. As for Albion, it’s the opposite story - they’re usually the consistent mid-table side, sometimes pushing up higher and sometimes falling back, but this season, they started off on fire, starting off extremely strong and well within the mix for the top 4 in the first half of the season, before fading quite a bit in the second (combined with the recovery of VLC and Norrion) to end up finishing ninth, equally as far from relegation as they were from the top 4 in the end, but still three clear of their opponents today.

As for the cup runs, again we have two contrasting pictures. FM Town were consistently drawn against opponents much lower down the league system, with only 2 of their 8 matches against sides in the top 3 tiers, playing one-time finalists Sunburbia FC in the sixth round and then high-flying Tuntingone in the last four. Other than that they have been relatively untroubled, barring the fourth round tie against FC Intaglio where the minnows kept coming back and forced the tie into extra time. Albion on the other hand had the much tougher of the two runs, with 4 of their 8 matches against teams from the top 3 flights, having to edge out Third Division sides YLW and Jam Athletic in the earlier rounds before going all the way to penalties against one of the Big 5, Eddie Sadiq’s shootout heroics knocking out last season’s cup champions Norrion, before going on to beat the other finalist from last season in Seaton Town. However, their performances against the supposedly easier opponents wasn’t as convincing as FM Town’s, and with their slightly poorer form heading into this match, it’s quite a close one to call. Which will win out, FM Town’s reckless attacking style or Albion’s low-scoring defensive play?

FM Town’s run to the final:
First Round: FM Town (T1) 10-0 Aphandus Athletic (T9)
Second Round: FM Town (T1) 5-1 Whitecliff County (T10)
Third Round: Valcarmel Town (T10) 1-3 FM Town (T1)
Fourth Round: FC Intaglio (T8) 2-2 FM Town (T1) (2-3 AET)
Fifth Round: Jununope AC (T6) 1-2 FM Town (T1)
Sixth Round: Sunburbia FC (T2) 0-2 FM Town (T1)
Quarter-Finals: FM Town (T1) 3-1 Basalata FC (T5)
Semi-Finals: FM Town (T1) 1-1 Tuntingone FC (T1) (2-1 AET)

Walston Brook Albion’s run to the final:
First Round: Frétilment Athletic (T10) 0-0 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (0-1 AET)
Second Round: Walston Brook Albion (T1) 2-0 Saardat United (T10)
Third Round: Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-0 YLW FC (T3)
Fourth Round: Tower 6/241 SC (T9) 0-2 Walston Brook Albion (T1)
Fifth Round: Jam Athletic (T3) 0-0 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (0-0 AET, 2-4 PKs)
Sixth Round: Oxford English SC (T7) 0-3 Walston Brook Albion (T1)
Quarter-Finals: Norrion Rovers (T1) 1-1 Walston Brook Albion (T1) (1-1 AET, 1-3 PKs)
Semi-Finals: Walston Brook Albion (T1) 1-0 Seaton Town (T1)

Well, it seems FM Town won out on the strategy front, as the play was very end-to-end even from the beginning. Albion had the first proper attempt on goal, three minutes into the match as Sullivan Spooner dropped deep to pick up a loose ball, before turning and firing a clean shot off the outside of the post. Spooner came close again in the first ten minutes, this time heading a free kick cross straight at Maryam Sadia in the FM net. FM did get a few half-chances of their own early on, most notably Hubert-Fulton’s low cross being deflected narrowly wide of the post by Perrin Weller. But it was Albion that broke the deadlock, as Nabhan Finlay capitalised on some calamitous FM defending as they failed to clear a wayward through ball - Finlay touching it past a stranded Sadia before rolling it into the empty net. That was the spark for FM, as they started to string attacks together better, and Angelo was soon guilty of wasting a gilt-edged chance, mixing her feet up as she tried to reach Hubert-Fulton’s cutback only to fire her shot off her other leg.

Raoul Sylla then came close, cutting inside onto his right before teeing a shot straight down Eddie Sadiq’s throat, but the pressure eventually paid off as they equalised shortly after the half-hour mark. Mahdeeya Angelo picked up the ball from deep, turning and running before playing it out wide to Sylla. He cut inside, played it back outside for Angelo on the overlap, before Angelo crossed the ball across the six yard box for Saabir Hubert-Fulton, the winger having little trouble slotting home at the far post. The game did die down a bit after that as the match headed into half-time, but there were still opportunities - Angelo missed another simple chance as she a free header sailing high and wide, whilst at the other end, Spooner had to watch a chipped shot off a long ball agonisingly fall onto the roof of a net, having beaten Sadia to the ball. All square at half-time, it didn’t last that way for too long, as Angelo finally got her goal, a great solo effort as she powered through the defence on the counter, opting to dribble instead of passing to her colleagues, but finishing in style past Sadiq.

The leaders then tried to press on their advantage, looking for a killer blow. Kayli Valentini, who’d cut a rather quiet figure in the first half, managed to carve a mistake out of Cygnet Valeri, the full back having her pocket stolen on the edge of the box - Sadiq wasn’t caught out however, getting down sharply to make the save at the near post. Albion responded in kind, Spooner again forcing a good save from Sadia from the edge of the box and the resulting corner clattering against the woodwork. However, FM soon put some breathing space into the game, Hubert-Fulton again at the heart of proceedings as he broke the offside trap, this time floating a cross to the edge of the box where Valentini was waiting to volley it into the top corner. A superbly taken goal, and one that put her side 3-1 up. Albion were deflated, FM were jubilant, and it looked like the game had gone from the losing side. But not for long, as a couple of attacking changes renewed some of that attacking intent, with Albion’s Claribel Bacho now leading the line in his last major game for the club. And it nearly paid off, with Bacho almost getting on the scoresheet within three minutes, a give-and-go on the edge of the box gave him enough space to flash a shot past Sadia’s outstretched glove and onto the post. Albion kept hammering at the door, and they eventually managed to grab a consolation, as Bacho marked his final appearance with a powerful header off Hubert-Fulton’s corner. In the end, FM Town managed to hold on, multiple last ditch tackles and saves in the last few minutes keeping the match from going to extra time, and as a result, FM Town win their first ever King’s Commonwealth Cup title.

                                   King’s Commonwealth Cup Final

                                                   FM Town 3  -  2 Walston Brook Albion

                                           Hubert-Fulton 34'     19' Finlay
                                                  Angelo 49'     83' Bacho
                                               Valentini 66'

ICELFA Youth League

The last ICELFA Youth League under this system sees a double for Mount Salt City, as the Academy follow in the footsteps of Olympia with a narrow victory of their own, beating out a determined Pasturia side on the final day to overtake and win the title, and with it, a place in next season’s Youth Cup. Last season’s champions Micro-Macaronia Academy had a decent season, only seven points off the title in what was one of the closest races in recent years, but they definitely made up for it with a great run in the UICA Youth Cup, going further than any Eastfielder side by advancing out of the Main Playoff Round.

Under-18 Imperial League Standings

   Team                              P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
 1 Mount Salt Football Academy      22  12  5   5  26  19   +7  41 Champions/Youth Cup
 2 Pasturia JFC                     22  12  3   7  31  22   +9  39
 3 Capital Academy                  22  10  6   6  16  12   +4  36
 4 Lodger Juniors                   22   9  5   8  23  22   +1  32
 5 Paddockia YFC                    22   8  7   7  21  17   +4  31
 6 Tavernia Academy                 22   7  6   9  24  24   +0  27
 7 Marepacopolis JFC                22   6  5  11  13  21   -8  23
 8 New Tavernia Academy             22   3 10   9  15  26  -11  19

Under-18 Commonwealth League Standings

   Team                               P   W  D   L For  Ag +/- Pts
 1 W-D School Academy                22  11  5   6  25  19  +6  38
 2 Jam Town YFC                      22  10  6   6  22  17  +5  36
 3 Aswania-Syrenia JFC               22   9  7   6  23  19  +4  34
 4 Micro-Macaronia Academy           22  10  4   8  19  18  +1  34
 5 Pontifucia Academy                22   8  5   9  20  25  -5  29
 6 Benopia Juniors                   22   4  9   9  23  25  -2  21
 7 Pedantic Revisionism Academy      22   5  6  11  17  25  -8  21
 8 Half Copper Academy               22   4  7  11  18  25  -7  19

Youth Cup 25 results

Youth Champions path - Second Round
Kionao Locals (Turori) 1-1 Micro-Macaronia Academy
Micro-Macaronia Academy 0-0 Kionao Locals (AGG: 1-1, Micro-Macaronia Academy advance on away goals)

Champions Cup path - Group Stage
MD1
Kingsgrove (Brenecia) 3-2 Lodger Juniors
Jam Town YFC 2-1 Northern Union (Brenecia)
MD2
Lodger Juniors 1-2 Shakhtar Rheinburg (Pridenestrovia)
Sonoma Center Panthers (Capitalizt SLANI) 1-0 Jam Town YFC
MD3
Directus (Eura) 2-0 Lodger Juniors
Jam Town YFC 1-2 Hawklets NFX (95X)
MD4
Lodger Juniors 1-2 Directus
Hawklets NFX 1-1 Jam Town YFC
MD5
Lodger Juniors 0-2 Kingsgrove
Northern Union 2-0 Jam Town YFC
MD6
Shakhtar Rheinburg 3-2 Lodger Juniors
Jam Town YFC 1-1 Sonoma Center Panthers

Playoff Round
Micro-Macaronia Academy 2-2 Herzegovina City FC (Banija) (PKs: 7-6)

Eighth-Finals
Directus 2-0 Micro-Macaronia Academy

16th Imperial Commonwealth Charity Shield (Season 40)

Group Draw:
Group A: High Lyn FC, Tuntingone FC, Cliffside FC, Revisionists
Group B: Sunburbia FC, FC Tavernia, Copper Communists SC, Luxoren Town
Group C: Approciation FC, Yillog City, FM Town, Seniors FC
Group D: Clinar Rovers, Harmonial CC, Paddockia FC, Royal Jam FC

Group A

Group A Standings

   Team               P  W  D L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Tuntingone FC      3  2  0 1  4  2  +2  6
 2 Cliffside FC       3  1  1 1  4  4  +0  4
 3 Revisionists       3  1  1 1  2  2  +0  4
 4 High Lyn FC        3  0  2 1  3  5  -2  2

Group B

Group B Standings

   Team                      P W  D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Sunburbia FC              3 1  2  0  4  2  +2  5
 2 Copper Communists SC      3 1  2  0  2  0  +2  5
 3 FC Tavernia               3 0  3  0  2  2  +0  3
 4 Luxoren Town              3 0  1  2  2  6  -4  1

Group C

Group C Standings

   Team                 P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Yillog City          3  3 0  0  3  0  +3  9
 2 Approciation FC      3  1 1  1  3  3  +0  4
 3 FM Town              3  1 0  2  3  4  -1  3
 4 Seniors FC           3  0 1  2  2  4  -2  1

Group D

Group D Standings

   Team               P  W D  L For Ag +/- Pts
 1 Royal Jam FC       3  2 1  0  5  1  +4  7
 2 Harmonial CC       3  2 0  1  4  4  +0  6
 3 Clinar Rovers      3  1 0  2  8  6  +2  3
 4 Paddockia FC       3  0 1  2  4 10  -6  1

Quarter-Finals

Tuntingone FC 2-1 Copper Communists SC
Yillog City 1-0 Harmonial CC
Sunburbia FC 1-2 Cliffside FC
Royal Jam FC 2-0 Approciation FC

Semi-Finals

Tuntingone FC 2-1 Yillog City
Cliffside FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC

Final

Tuntingone FC 0-1 Royal Jam FC

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:00 pm

ICELFA Season 40 Full League Results

ICEL Premier League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Olympia FC                30  18  9   3  59  20  +39  63 Champions/CdC/CC
  2 RGS Athletic              30  19  5   6  67  22  +45  62 Champions Cup
  3 Royal Jam FC              30  17 10   3  38  13  +25  61 Globe Cup
  4 VLC FC                    30  17  6   7  38  17  +21  57 Globe Cup
  5 Tuntingone FC             30  14  6  10  41  26  +15  48
  6 Nile Bridge               30  13  7  10  64  46  +18  46
  7 Norrion Rovers            30  13  7  10  44  31  +13  46
  8 Copper Communists SC      30  13  6  11  32  41   -9  45
  9 Walston Brook Albion      30  11  8  11  19  23   -4  41
 10 FM Town                   30  11  5  14  44  55  -11  38 Globe Cup/Cygnus Cup
 11 UR Town                   30  10  7  13  42  56  -14  37
 12 Seaton Town               30  10  5  15  22  35  -13  35
 13 Xilon OC                  30   8  6  16  21  43  -22  30
 14 Indionion Athletic        30   6  7  17  22  48  -26  25 Relegated
 15 FC Tavernia               30   3  8  19  21  65  -44  17 Relegated
 16 Polkation FC              30   4  4  22  17  50  -33  16 Relegated

ICEL Second Division Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Monksville United        30  20   4   6  47  17  +30  64 Champions/SBCC
  2 Seniors FC               30  16   9   5  42  20  +22  57 Promoted/SBCC
  3 Yillog City              30  13  11   6  34  25   +9  50 Promoted/SBCC
  4 Toclofania FC            30  11  14   5  42  26  +16  47
  5 Micronopia United        30  14   5  11  47  40   +7  47
  6 Half Boy FC              30  13   6  11  42  35   +7  45
  7 Sunburbia FC             30  12   8  10  37  36   +1  44
  8 Forest Rangers           30  12   6  12  33  35   -2  42
  9 Oldbridge FC             30  10  10  10  32  30   +2  40
 10 NT United                30  10   8  12  28  31   -3  38
 11 Pontifucia United        30   8  12  10  36  43   -7  36
 12 Macaronia FC             30  11   1  18  38  51  -13  34
 13 Jam Mountain Island      30   7   7  16  26  43  -17  28
 14 Clinar Rovers            30   6  10  14  39  65  -26  28 Relegated
 15 Revisionists             30   6   9  15  14  26  -12  27 Relegated
 16 Benopia AC               30   5  12  13  23  37  -14  27 Relegated

ICEL Third Division Standings

    Team                        P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Approciation FC            30  21   7   2  67  26  +41  70 Champions
  2 Lodgertia United           30  19   5   6  58  31  +27  62 Promoted
  3 YLW FC                     30  17   6   7  60  33  +27  57 Promoted
  4 Jam Athletic               30  15   7   8  40  26  +14  52
  5 Honsadin FC                30  13  12   5  44  20  +24  51
  6 Cliffside FC               30  12  11   7  39  34   +5  47
  7 High Lyn FC                30  11   8  11  40  39   +1  41
  8 Encarta CF                 30   9  12   9  37  47  -10  39
  9 Seaton Athletic            30   9  11  10  23  25   -2  38
 10 Twilight Heaven FC         30   9   9  12  33  32   +1  36
 11 Caldarin FC                30   9   5  16  31  55  -24  32
 12 SLW FC                     30   8   7  15  29  52  -23  31
 13 Revisionists Athletic      30   6  11  13  23  31   -8  29
 14 Empire End FC              30   6   7  17  26  47  -21  25 Relegated
 15 Port Lodgertia             30   5   7  18  21  46  -25  22 Relegated
 16 Coiners FC                 30   3  11  16  21  48  -27  20 Relegated

ICEL Fourth Division Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aswania Athletic            30  21   7   2  89  24  +65  70 Champions
  2 Iratuen Loft FC             30  17   6   7  52  26  +26  57 Promoted
  3 SS City                     30  17   5   8  38  23  +15  56 Promoted
  4 Tavernia City               30  14   9   7  35  20  +15  51
  5 Monksville FC               30  13  10   7  44  24  +20  49
  6 Lodgertia City              30  14   7   9  46  35  +11  49
  7 Garanite FC                 30  13   7  10  46  39   +7  46
  8 East Monurtag               30  13   4  13  43  45   -2  43
  9 Lonbunia Athletic           30   9  13   8  31  35   -4  40
 10 Luxoren Town                30   8   8  14  28  50  -22  32
 11 Northern Wind Athletic      30   5  16   9  35  38   -3  31
 12 Harmonial CC                30   6   9  15  18  35  -17  27
 13 Golden Acres                30   8   3  19  43  78  -35  27 R (Imperial)
 14 Giafando FC                 30   5  11  14  20  36  -16  26 R (Commonwealth)
 15 Likina CF                   30   3  17  10  14  31  -17  26 R (Commonwealth)
 16 Liginara FC                 30   4   8  18  24  67  -43  20 R (Imperial)

Imperial Premier League Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 White Star United           30  20   5   5  54  26  +28  65 Champions/Promoted
  2 Gilgonare FC                30  18   9   3  41   9  +32  63 Promoted
  3 Bluin Athletic              30  19   5   6  59  31  +28  62
  4 Silver Acres                30  16   7   7  31  18  +13  55
  5 Mineville FC                30  15   8   7  29  14  +15  53
  6 Paddockia FC                30  15   5  10  50  27  +23  50
  7 Port Ricton FC              30  13   6  11  30  30   +0  45
  8 Mount Salt FC               30   9  12   9  22  26   -4  39
  9 SEW FC                      30   9  10  11  34  37   -3  37
 10 Farond FC                   30   9   8  13  30  49  -19  35
 11 Farond United               30   9   7  14  30  40  -10  34
 12 Klosertun Town              30   7   9  14  20  33  -13  30
 13 Thawmont Rovers             30   8   5  17  30  53  -23  29
 14 Pindale Rovers              30   5   8  17  25  42  -17  23 Relegated
 15 Pasturia FC                 30   4  11  15  17  34  -17  23 Relegated
 16 Mount Salt Climbers FC      30   4   5  21  30  63  -33  17 Relegated

Imperial Second Division Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Innocence FC            30  17   7   6  43  22  +21  58 Champions
  2 West Monurtag           30  14  14   2  46  18  +28  56 Promoted
  3 Huntingville FC         30  15   7   8  50  33  +17  52 Promoted
  4 Bliketia FC             30  14  10   6  39  28  +11  52
  5 Mount Farond FC         30  14   9   7  46  27  +19  51
  6 Jununope AC             30  13   9   8  47  21  +26  48
  7 Bronze Acres            30  11  11   8  39  30   +9  44
  8 Losing The Game FC      30  11   9  10  27  22   +5  42
  9 Koluity City            30   9  12   9  37  35   +2  39
 10 Trurinar FC             30  10   9  11  26  34   -8  39
 11 Cillin Valley           30  10   8  12  33  37   -4  38
 12 Quinica Town            30  10   3  17  35  53  -18  33
 13 Klinhielm Valley        30   5  13  12  16  30  -14  28
 14 Leintalp FC             30   6   8  16  27  48  -21  26 Relegated
 15 Methuhen Town           30   5   8  17  29  58  -29  23 Relegated
 16 Viruntia Town           30   7   1  22  36  80  -44  22 Relegated

Imperial Third Division Standings

    Team                         P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Paddockia City              30  18   7   5  62  35  +27  61 Champions
  2 Fracitz AC                  30  18   7   5  46  23  +23  61 Promoted
  3 Mineville United            30  17   6   7  48  27  +21  57 Promoted
  4 Newt Cape Wanderers         30  16   7   7  48  29  +19  55
  5 Marepacopolis FC            30  15   8   7  43  20  +23  53
  6 Steel Valley Explorers      30  15   7   8  49  34  +15  52
  7 Plozica FC                  30  14   8   8  49  35  +14  50
  8 Ghoul Bay FC                30  10   9  11  26  29   -3  39
  9 Life's Implosion            30   8  12  10  35  40   -5  36
 10 Kinaltin FC                 30   9   8  13  16  24   -8  35
 11 Leucanop United             30   9   5  16  39  55  -16  32
 12 AC Gicoldor                 30   8   8  14  29  45  -16  32
 13 SC Jasenova                 30   8   6  16  43  56  -13  30 R (Lodger)
 14 Newt Cape Athletic          30   8   3  19  36  61  -25  27 R (Serenelian)
 15 FC Carfionn                 30   7   5  18  27  47  -20  26 R (Central)
 16 Eastpass Dockers            30   6   2  22  30  66  -36  20 R (Serenelian)

Commonwealth Premier League Standings

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Syrenia FC                    30  19  9   2  34  14  +20  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Low Lyn FC                    30  20  5   5  57  22  +35  65 Promoted
  3 Trinardin SC                  30  18  7   5  41  16  +25  61
  4 Basalata FC                   30  19  3   8  52  28  +24  60
  5 Lamarckists                   30  17  4   9  39  24  +15  55
  6 Cuprumville CSC               30  14  5  11  50  41   +9  47
  7 Central 014 Tower United      30  13  5  12  30  36   -6  44
  8 Futurekind Wanderers          30  11  6  13  41  47   -6  39
  9 Athletic Finsentra            30  11  4  15  16  23   -7  37
 10 EastImport FC                 30   9  9  12  21  25   -4  36
 11 Benopia Town                  30  10  3  17  27  39  -12  33
 12 Freyin SC                     30   7  7  16  11  26  -15  28
 13 Hilunvale FC                  30   7  7  16  17  36  -19  28
 14 Bias Rovers                   30   6  9  15  18  30  -12  27 Relegated
 15 Syrenia Pyramids              30   7  5  18  25  44  -19  26 Relegated
 16 Regio FC                      30   3 10  17  18  46  -28  19 Relegated

Commonwealth Second Division Standings

    Team                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Chinudo              30  16  10   4  55  31  +24  58 Champions
  2 Chi Lake SC             30  16   7   7  50  29  +21  55 Promoted
  3 Chestnut FC             30  14   8   8  47  30  +17  50 Promoted
  4 Finswool SC             30  12  12   6  42  32  +10  48
  5 Eliphi FC               30  13   5  12  34  38   -4  44
  6 Redbridge United        30  10  13   7  47  38   +9  43
  7 Team Verixas            30  10  12   8  42  38   +4  42
  8 AC Forngirn             30  11   9  10  27  23   +4  42
  9 Silkville Spinners      30  10  12   8  34  35   -1  42
 10 Jamridge AC             30   9  11  10  33  31   +2  38
 11 Westfall AC             30   8  13   9  22  27   -5  37
 12 Carneleon Town          30  10   6  14  25  30   -5  36
 13 Verdigris United        30  10   6  14  32  50  -18  36 Relegated (3A)
 14 Nanomia Town            30   7  10  13  42  62  -20  31 Relegated (3B)
 15 Matrices United         30   6   5  19  19  39  -20  23 Relegated (3A)
 16 Sontar Army FC          30   3  11  16  24  42  -18  20 Relegated (3B)

Commonwealth Third Division A Standings

    Team                           P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 NES Tower 13/C SC             30  18  8   4  57  30  +27  62 Champions/Promoted
  2 Bronze Smelters FC            30  18  4   8  44  22  +22  58 Promoted
  3 MSWorldwide HQ AC             30  17  6   7  43  29  +14  57
  4 Tower 14/241 FC               30  16  6   8  55  23  +32  54
  5 Oxford English SC             30  14  9   7  50  36  +14  51
  6 Nolix FC                      30  13 10   7  37  24  +13  49
  7 Materia Medica FC             30  12 10   8  40  24  +16  46
  8 Polarieb Athletic             30  13  5  12  48  39   +9  44
  9 Wikipedia FC                  30  11 10   9  43  48   -5  43
 10 FC Olefinia                   30  10  8  12  30  31   -1  38
 11 Glonasas FC                   30   9  8  13  43  45   -2  35
 12 Forngirn Town                 30   9  6  15  36  39   -3  33
 13 Finscoir AC                   30   6 10  14  28  38  -10  28 R (Economic)
 14 Eastern 014 Outskirts AC      30   6  4  20  34  70  -36  22 R (Scholarly)
 15 Lemdulin United               30   6  3  21  33  78  -45  21 R (Scholarly)
 16 EastExport SC                 30   4  9  17  22  67  -45  21 R (Economic)

Commonwealth Third Division B Standings

    Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Aithusa                 30  20  9   1  81  33  +48  69 Champions/Promoted
  2 Nexusortem United       30  18  3   9  41  22  +19  57 Promoted
  3 Triscellian             30  16  6   8  60  37  +23  54
  4 Malenaba AC             30  15  7   8  39  27  +12  52
  5 Diamond Sky United      30  13 10   7  39  32   +7  49
  6 Macaronia City          30  14  6  10  40  29  +11  48
  7 Torchwood AC            30  15  2  13  38  36   +2  47
  8 Newgrate River FC       30  13  6  11  44  37   +7  45
  9 Grateville DFC          30  13  6  11  39  35   +4  45
 10 Calufrax                30  12  7  11  38  38   +0  43
 11 CF Eastrise             30  12  5  13  34  46  -12  41
 12 Conkers FC              30   9  6  15  27  46  -19  33
 13 Pyrovilia FC            30   9  5  16  28  37   -9  32 R (Utopian)
 14 Tyrenam Harriers        30   7  5  18  39  76  -37  26 R (Utopian)
 15 FC Pestrica             30   5  5  20  15  35  -20  20 R (Macaronian)
 16 Marekandria City        30   2  6  22  13  49  -36  12 R (Macaronian)

Lodger Premier League Standings

    Team                           P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Pontoon FC                    30  16   8   6  48  29  +19  56 Champions/Promoted
  2 Klosertun FC                  30  15   9   6  48  26  +22  54
  3 Athletic Caldarin             30  15   8   7  57  38  +19  53
  4 New Lodger City Athletic      30  15   8   7  34  17  +17  53
  5 Civil War Memorial FC         30  14   9   7  36  25  +11  51
  6 Kaliska Town                  30  14   5  11  27  23   +4  47
  7 Royal Dillvill                30  12  10   8  34  32   +2  46
  8 Nuclear FC                    30  11  11   8  28  20   +8  44
  9 Frelstom FC                   30  12   7  11  27  24   +3  43
 10 Berlandar AC                  30  12   6  12  25  27   -2  42
 11 Triglave Wanderers            30   9   6  15  30  41  -11  33
 12 Lanektz United                30   9   4  17  28  45  -17  31
 13 Tarija Rovers                 30   9   4  17  32  50  -18  31
 14 Dillvill Wanderers            30   7   7  16  22  29   -7  28 Relegated
 15 Pindale Athletic              30   6   9  15  23  41  -18  27 Relegated
 16 Esperton United               30   6   5  19  27  59  -32  23 Relegated

Lodger Second Division Standings

    Team                        P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Coratar United             30  23  3   4  53  19  +34  72 Champions
  2 Jutmere Lakers             30  19  6   5  56  33  +23  63 Promoted
  3 Francolin Falcons          30  17  8   5  44  21  +23  59 Promoted
  4 Sesdela Town               30  16  9   5  66  25  +41  57
  5 Dinamo Dillvill            30  16  7   7  62  31  +31  55
  6 Rybnick FC                 30  14  6  10  41  46   -5  48
  7 Tespola Hawks              30  12  8  10  47  37  +10  44
  8 Marmendy United            30  11  9  10  32  31   +1  42
  9 Roseberk Town              30  10  8  12  32  35   -3  38
 10 Fowelton Athletic          30  10  8  12  29  36   -7  38
 11 FC Kastelholm              30   7  9  14  27  36   -9  30
 12 AC Giphlem                 30   8  5  17  34  55  -21  29
 13 Vespner FC                 30   6  9  15  26  53  -27  27
 14 Dillvill Ocean United      30   5 10  15  14  30  -16  25 Relegated
 15 Bersenil Warriors          30   5  9  16  16  31  -15  24 Relegated
 16 Norrion City               30   1  6  23  11  71  -60   9 Relegated

Lodger Third Division Standings

    Team                    P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Valcarmel Town         30  20   7   3  62  23  +39  67 Champions
  2 Askarmal FC            30  19   5   6  41  20  +21  62 Promoted
  3 Dillvill Athletic      30  16  11   3  37  16  +21  59 Promoted
  4 Nakhalau SC            30  17   4   9  32  18  +14  55
  5 FC Xhillion            30  17   3  10  70  42  +28  54
  6 Seaton Rovers          30  14   8   8  37  24  +13  50
  7 Aristateleans          30  13   8   9  43  31  +12  47
  8 Vintysia FC            30  12  10   8  33  18  +15  46
  9 Hoceima SC             30  10   9  11  43  40   +3  39
 10 FC Solothaare          30  10   7  13  29  34   -5  37
 11 Vespner United         30   9   4  17  23  40  -17  31
 12 Desviel Islanders      30   8   5  17  26  54  -28  29
 13 Anigraz Wanderers      30   7   7  16  26  50  -24  28
 14 Dillvill Ocean         30   4   9  17  18  41  -23  21
 15 Saltminers FC          30   5   6  19  25  51  -26  21
 16 Mavasar FC             30   4   7  19  28  71  -43  19

Central Championship Standings

    Team                         P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Courtiers SC                30  21  5   4  42  13  +29  68 Champions/Promoted
  2 United United               30  19  9   2  73  30  +43  66
  3 Tavernia Athletic           30  18  5   7  65  31  +34  59
  4 Vauchants Athletic          30  17  4   9  62  34  +28  55
  5 Lampe FC                    30  15  8   7  38  24  +14  53
  6 Dwoonbeck FC                30  14 10   6  53  27  +26  52
  7 Bliketia AC                 30  12  5  13  46  51   -5  41
  8 Pasturia Rovers             30  10 10  10  47  44   +3  40
  9 AC Agpuran                  30  11  6  13  40  42   -2  39
 10 Royal Tavernia              30  10  9  11  25  33   -8  39
 11 Royal Hotellier United      30  10  6  14  34  31   +3  36
 12 Xiyes Town                  30   9  8  13  29  47  -18  35
 13 FC Schisturst               30  10  3  17  30  50  -20  33
 14 SC Krorgon                  30   8  6  16  28  41  -13  30 Relegated
 15 Sherash Athletic            30   5  6  19  24  55  -31  21 Relegated
 16 West Belnoder Athletic      30   0  2  28   6  89  -83   2 Relegated

Central Second Division Standings

    Team                     P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Hoplin Harriers         30  22  5   3  60  19  +41  71 Champions
  2 Tresbara Town           30  20  7   3  48  18  +30  67 Promoted
  3 Bedonfort FC            30  20  4   6  55  29  +26  64 Promoted
  4 Myrowse United          30  19  5   6  83  32  +51  62
  5 Torpedo Koslinyn        30  17  6   7  52  26  +26  57
  6 Heligon Jesters FC      30  16  8   6  45  24  +21  56
  7 Eterwer Wood            30  14  6  10  40  29  +11  48
  8 AC Andrahaj             30  10  6  14  23  30   -7  36
  9 Clathurton Town         30  10  6  14  24  33   -9  36
 10 Mordhau United          30   9  5  16  26  38  -12  32
 11 North Darinas           30   8  7  15  27  39  -12  31
 12 CF Demiaz               30   8  6  16  38  69  -31  30
 13 Quarush Town            30   6  6  18  33  59  -26  24
 14 Velos United            30   5  5  20  36  80  -44  20 Relegated
 15 Cerrovan City           30   4  7  19  32  60  -28  19 Relegated
 16 Trurinar Towers FC      30   4  7  19  20  57  -37  19 Relegated

Central Third Division Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Thurlingen Town       30  18   7   5  72  34  +38  61 Champions
  2 Dartonau FC           30  17   7   6  47  30  +17  58 Promoted
  3 Hotellier City        30  17   6   7  59  33  +26  57 Promoted
  4 Suzala Wanderers      30  17   4   9  47  28  +19  55
  5 Plozica Town          30  17   4   9  40  26  +14  55
  6 Fracitz City          30  14   6  10  41  29  +12  48
  7 FC Nepenthya          30  13   8   9  45  36   +9  47
  8 Saardat United        30  13   6  11  41  40   +1  45
  9 Doborpas United       30  12   6  12  43  37   +6  42
 10 Kaniluri United       30  11   8  11  24  21   +3  41
 11 Yillog SC             30   8  11  11  33  37   -4  35
 12 Vauchants City        30   8   7  15  28  46  -18  31
 13 Harlaven Harbour      30   7   7  16  24  54  -30  28
 14 Perigam Athletic      30   5   9  16  29  52  -23  24 
 15 Reabrook City         30   5   9  16  29  59  -30  24
 16 Klashurn FC           30   4   3  23  23  63  -40  15

Serenelian Premier League Standings

    Team                          P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Bundlehead United            30  20   5   5  54  28  +26  65 Champions/Promoted
  2 New Minesville Athletic      30  17  10   3  49  19  +30  61 Promoted
  3 Westpass FC                  30  17   5   8  61  43  +18  56
  4 Phyrgaia Rovers              30  14  10   6  35  22  +13  52
  5 Flencle Rovers               30  16   3  11  39  21  +18  51
  6 Sudspar SC                   30  14   5  11  58  46  +12  47
  7 New Minesville SC            30  11   8  11  25  26   -1  41
  8 Brauzilia City               30  10  11   9  40  43   -3  41
  9 Kuchisin FC                  30  11   7  12  35  45  -10  40
 10 Westpass Port SC             30   9   9  12  42  50   -8  36
 11 Portopolis SC                30  11   3  16  31  42  -11  36
 12 Linshi Wanderers             30   9   8  13  36  43   -7  35
 13 Mainpass FC                  30   9   7  14  26  28   -2  34
 14 North Carell SC              30   6   7  17  20  41  -21  25 Relegated
 15 Crontor City                 30   6   5  19  30  55  -25  23 Relegated
 16 Mainpass United              30   4   9  17  16  45  -29  21 Relegated

Serenelian Second Division Standings

    Team                        P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Amaranthine SC             30  21   2   7  61  24  +37  65 Champions
  2 Naroda FC                  30  18   6   6  42  17  +25  60 Promoted
  3 Lampiere Athletic          30  17   6   7  31  16  +15  57 Promoted
  4 Tercuril SC                30  13  12   5  40  22  +18  51
  5 South Cape FC              30  12  11   7  28  19   +9  47
  6 South Carell Athletic      30  13   8   9  33  29   +4  47
  7 Estelle Saints             30  13   4  13  48  39   +9  43
  8 Laurniger AC               30  10  13   7  29  23   +6  43
  9 Westpass Athletic          30  11  10   9  25  23   +2  43
 10 Thawmont Wanderers         30   9  13   8  24  32   -8  40
 11 Parsagda Athletic          30  10   5  15  34  38   -4  35
 12 Southlake Rovers           30   8   9  13  29  43  -14  33
 13 Aphandus Athletic          30   9   5  16  27  45  -18  32
 14 Flencle City               30   7   5  18  20  46  -26  26 Relegated
 15 SC Kazan                   30   5   6  19  25  50  -25  21 Relegated
 16 Dinamo Ostrov              30   3   7  20  23  53  -30  16 Relegated

Serenelian Third Division Standings

    Team                       P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 FC Lazandak               30  17   7   6  48  28  +20  58 Champions
  2 Trivval FC                30  14  13   3  60  32  +28  55 Promoted
  3 Lampiere City             30  16   7   7  52  28  +24  55 Promoted
  4 Neuaville Rovers          30  16   6   8  49  31  +18  54
  5 Monadnock United          30  14  10   6  56  34  +22  52
  6 Estelle Town              30  15   5  10  52  35  +17  50
  7 Eastpass Rovers           30  13  11   6  39  35   +4  50
  8 Luneberg FC               30  11  10   9  26  27   -1  43
  9 Megeryan City             30  11   9  10  52  40  +12  42
 10 Marepacopolis City        30  10   8  12  30  36   -6  38
 11 Albascotte Northwich      30   8  11  11  21  33  -12  35
 12 FC Maishi                 30   8   8  14  27  42  -15  32
 13 Syloria FC                30   7   9  14  30  45  -15  30
 14 Two Rivers United         30   6   8  16  43  59  -16  26
 15 Sundercliffe Town         30   4   6  20  19  51  -32  18
 16 Cartier Harbour FC        30   4   4  22  30  78  -48  16

Economic Upper League Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Tendnayar             30  19   5   6  36  20  +16  62 Champions/Promoted
  2 Brassworks SC         30  16  12   2  34  14  +20  60 Promoted
  3 Cuprumville FC        30  14   9   7  51  29  +22  51
  4 GrafonilHB WMFC       30  13  11   6  34  21  +13  50
  5 FC Ramie              30  13  10   7  36  32   +4  49
  6 SC Smolderev          30  13   4  13  40  37   +3  43
  7 Percale United        30  12   5  13  38  40   -2  41
  8 Cambric Bay FC        30  10   9  11  41  44   -3  39
  9 Patina Rovers         30  10   9  11  43  47   -4  39
 10 Rivermouth AC         30  10   8  12  36  38   -2  38
 11 Mohairlin Rovers      30   8  10  12  29  40  -11  34
 12 FC Intaglio           30   5  16   9  30  29   +1  31
 13 Team Forenula         30   7   9  14  36  46  -10  30
 14 Lakeside WSC          30   8   6  16  27  39  -12  30 Relegated
 15 Patina Athletic       30   7   7  16  26  44  -18  28 Relegated
 16 Jam Bay Athletic      30   5  10  15  23  40  -17  25 Relegated

Economic Middle League Standings

    Team                        P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Konfyt Rovers              30  19  6   5  42  14  +28  63 Champions
  2 Eisengarnon Rovers         30  18  6   6  61  26  +35  60 Promoted
  3 Cuprumville Athletic       30  17  6   7  59  40  +19  57 Promoted
  4 Covellite FC               30  15  7   8  54  37  +17  52
  5 FC Chevreulia              30  15  4  11  43  44   -1  49
  6 North Rayonton FC          30  14  5  11  44  39   +5  47
  7 West Varenye FC            30  13  7  10  30  19  +11  46
  8 Jam Mountaineers FC        30  12  6  12  36  40   -4  42
  9 Pondskaters United         30  12  5  13  36  35   +1  41
 10 Umecoprum Rovers           30  12  5  13  30  31   -1  41
 11 North Forest FC            30  11  7  12  39  41   -2  40
 12 Digenite Rovers            30   9 10  11  22  31   -9  37
 13 Approciation Athletic      30   8  7  15  28  48  -20  31
 14 QRez Football Corp         30   6  6  18  15  34  -19  24 Relegated
 15 Nainsook Northtop          30   4  9  17  25  52  -27  21 Relegated
 16 AC Qiviutal                30   3  8  19  25  58  -33  17 Relegated

Economic Lower League Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Constantanham United      30  21  4   5  88  41  +47  67 Champions
  2 Silkville United          30  20  4   6  79  34  +45  64 Promoted
  3 Arliton Rovers            30  18  6   6  58  28  +30  60 Promoted
  4 Rayonton United           30  18  6   6  45  22  +23  60
  5 SC Rivermouth             30  18  3   9  51  26  +25  57
  6 Marmaladia AC             30  15  4  11  43  33  +10  49
  7 Trinardin Wanderers       30  13  8   9  55  32  +23  47
  8 Northlake Boaters         30  13  6  11  63  42  +21  45
  9 Osnaburg United           30  14  3  13  50  56   -6  45
 10 Angoran Hutchers          30  14  3  13  42  56  -14  45
 11 Chalcocite Union FC       30   9  5  16  44  70  -26  32
 12 Chanehr Athletic          30   6  6  18  41  79  -38  24
 13 Enargite Wanderers        30   6  5  19  26  53  -27  23
 14 Murabba Wanderers         30   6  4  20  37  77  -40  22
 15 Eastwood United           30   5  6  19  20  52  -32  21
 16 Kerseymere Wanderers      30   4  7  19  27  68  -41  19

Scholarly Doctorate League Standings

    Team                                P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Outlying Village 3/113 United      30  21  8   1  39  11  +28  71 Champions/Promoted
  2 String Theory United               30  19  6   5  58  26  +32  63 Promoted
  3 Dopca WMFC                         30  17  5   8  50  31  +19  56
  4 Michurinists                       30  15  8   7  67  37  +30  53
  5 Thermodynamics FC                  30  15  7   8  37  25  +12  52
  6 Kinbarna Town                      30  14  6  10  37  37   +0  48
  7 Reactions Athletic                 30  12  7  11  26  26   +0  43
  8 M-W Wanderers                      30  12  5  13  43  38   +5  41
  9 South Sector Tower 28/C AC         30  11  7  12  29  30   -1  40
 10 Clairvoyance Wanderers             30  10  9  11  23  25   -2  39
 11 Alchemists United                  30  12  3  15  24  41  -17  39
 12 Twin Planeteers                    30   9 10  11  36  37   -1  37
 13 Talfram United                     30   8  5  17  16  26  -10  29
 14 Tower 1/076 Athletic               30   6  9  15  26  46  -20  27 Relegated
 15 Central Tower SC                   30   4  6  20  10  44  -34  18 Relegated
 16 Collins FC                         30   2  5  23  27  68  -41  11 Relegated

Scholarly Masters League Standings

    Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Asoranat Town                  30  21   3   6  65  24  +41  66 Champions
  2 Translators Athletic           30  16   7   7  42  27  +15  55 Promoted
  3 Telekinetics Athletic          30  16   6   8  35  24  +11  54 Promoted
  4 Tower 34/282 Athletic          30  15   5  10  27  26   +1  50
  5 Outlying Village 2/013 SC      30  13   8   9  42  31  +11  47
  6 Flat Planeteers                30  14   5  11  40  35   +5  47
  7 Tower 6/241 SC                 30  12  10   8  26  19   +7  46
  8 Psychoanalysers FC             30  12   9   9  29  22   +7  45
  9 Gozbyadei United               30  11  11   8  30  24   +6  44
 10 Talpara United                 30  12   6  12  23  22   +1  42
 11 Tower 7/076 FC                 30  10   9  11  20  19   +1  39
 12 Horseshoers Athletic           30   7   8  15  24  40  -16  29
 13 Spiriters United               30   7   7  16  21  32  -11  28
 14 Ecology United                 30   7   7  16  19  32  -13  28 Relegated
 15 Tower 9/162 SC                 30   7   7  16  35  63  -28  28 Relegated
 16 Tower 15/304 FC                30   3   6  21  23  61  -38  15 Relegated

Scholarly Bacherlors League Standings

    Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Cubisters United               30  21   5   4  61  16  +45  68 Champions
  2 Bonding SC                     30  17   6   7  52  25  +27  57 Promoted
  3 Tower 32/304 United            30  15   9   6  44  22  +22  54 Promoted
  4 Genetic Memory FC              30  13  10   7  32  25   +7  49
  5 Confounders United             30  14   7   9  45  47   -2  49
  6 AC West Sector Centre          30  11  14   5  42  31  +11  47
  7 Tower 2/113 Athletic           30  13   7  10  39  31   +8  46
  8 Scholaris United               30  12   7  11  30  23   +7  43
  9 Keynesian Town                 30  13   4  13  45  46   -1  43
 10 Miasma Wanderers               30  12   6  12  32  34   -2  42
 11 Mahovaly Rovers                30   9   9  12  16  21   -5  36
 12 FC Tabakhedo                   30   9   7  14  45  56  -11  34
 13 Retherton FC                   30   8   5  17  29  54  -25  29
 14 Tower 27/336 United            30   6   6  18  19  43  -24  24
 15 AC Marpol                      30   4   8  18  24  53  -29  20
 16 Outlying Village 6/162 FC      30   3  10  17  27  55  -28  19

Utopian Premier League Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Verinle SC               30  20   6   4  53  27  +26  66 Champions/Promoted
  2 Athletic Sunburbia       30  17   6   7  54  31  +23  57 Promoted
  3 Crucible FC              30  16   6   8  46  28  +18  54
  4 Thecarrift Sport         30  14  10   6  32  15  +17  52
  5 Lobenopia United         30  15   6   9  52  49   +3  51
  6 Lobenopia City           30  12   9   9  38  33   +5  45
  7 Alvon Port FC            30  13   6  11  38  39   -1  45
  8 Devoniria FC             30  12   7  11  30  29   +1  43
  9 Purple Point United      30  11   8  11  28  27   +1  41
 10 Derin Town               30  10   8  12  33  32   +1  38
 11 Big White House IC       30   8  10  12  23  34  -11  34
 12 Malmooth FC              30   8  10  12  37  51  -14  34
 13 Eastrise County          30   7  11  12  15  20   -5  32
 14 Fendahleen FC            30   6   9  15  28  42  -14  27 Relegated
 15 Northbay Rovers          30   4   9  17  17  38  -21  21 Relegated
 16 Forehall AFC             30   2   9  19  14  43  -29  15 Relegated

Utopian Championship Standings

    Team                      P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Palmforth Rangers        30  20   6   4  51  18  +33  66 Champions
  2 Trebben United           30  16   7   7  44  22  +22  55 Promoted
  3 Androzani Major FC       30  15   9   6  33  19  +14  54 Promoted
  4 North Tyrenam FC         30  15   7   8  34  29   +5  52
  5 Traken United            30  14   9   7  38  20  +18  51
  6 Walkerburn Athletic      30  15   6   9  27  18   +9  51
  7 Soliton Wanderers        30  13  10   7  37  24  +13  49
  8 Carchem Town             30  11   8  11  36  28   +8  41
  9 Pontifucia City          30  10  11   9  40  33   +7  41
 10 Athletic Honsadin        30  10  10  10  27  27   +0  40
 11 Leisure Hive FC          30   9   7  14  26  35   -9  34
 12 Gartezul United          30   6  12  12  27  38  -11  30
 13 Shireworth FC            30   7   6  17  21  40  -19  27
 14 Mandragora Helix FC      30   6   6  18  24  61  -37  24 Relegated
 15 Monkmoor FC              30   5   6  19  20  42  -22  21 Relegated
 16 Lacuniol Rangers         30   4   8  18  24  55  -31  20 Relegated

Utopian Trophy League Standings

    Team                      P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Vishklar SC              30  20  8   2  70  24  +46  68 Champions
  2 Synyria Wanderers        30  19  5   6  51  19  +32  62 Promoted
  3 Whitecliff County        30  18  5   7  49  23  +26  59 Promoted
  4 Chimeron Gardens FC      30  17  4   9  33  20  +13  55
  5 Mastronica Town          30  15  7   8  41  29  +12  52
  6 FC Alikistam             30  15  5  10  39  38   +1  50
  7 Draylos United           30  11 10   9  33  31   +2  43
  8 Gosville United          30  11  7  12  31  29   +2  40
  9 SC Pentallian            30  12  4  14  29  30   -1  40
 10 AC Casanton              30  11  5  14  25  24   +1  38
 11 AC Highridge             30   9  7  14  40  53  -13  34
 12 Athletic Kolkokron       30   8  6  16  45  49   -4  30
 13 Forehall County          30   8  5  17  35  61  -26  29
 14 Scotsrane Park FC        30   7  6  17  30  49  -19  27
 15 Androzani Minor SC       30   7  6  17  22  48  -26  27
 16 Newingmoor Town          30   4  6  20  26  72  -46  18

Macaronian Premier League Standings

    Team                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Royal Macaronia       30  17   8   5  43  20  +23  59 Champions/Promoted
  2 Milisar FC            30  16   6   8  48  23  +25  54 Promoted
  3 Fando Gate            30  15   8   7  40  27  +13  53 Promoted
  4 Clube Monufia         30  13  12   5  34  22  +12  51
  5 Sizaveton             30  14   8   8  27  21   +6  50
  6 Diraelas SC           30  13   7  10  39  33   +6  46
  7 Grenerg United        30  11   8  11  34  39   -5  41
  8 Sport Barujana        30  10   8  12  43  36   +7  38
  9 Sulpice United        30   9  11  10  19  22   -3  38
 10 FC Minya              30  10   8  12  26  37  -11  38
 11 AC Helwan             30   8  12  10  28  31   -3  36
 12 Irkhetalam Town       30   9   9  12  25  29   -4  36
 13 Luxorex Athletic      30   8   8  14  22  32  -10  32
 14 FC Hebshotep          30   8   6  16  25  46  -21  30 Relegated
 15 Makawuilla FC         30   5  10  15  17  33  -16  25 Relegated
 16 Ebcocer FC            30   5   9  16  19  38  -19  24 Relegated

Macaronian Second Division Standings

    Team                       P   W  D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Masthukir Rovers          30  19  6   5  61  25  +36  63 Champions
  2 Khozamshen Town           30  18  4   8  45  28  +17  58 Promoted
  3 Sporting Krasaberd        30  17  6   7  65  33  +32  57 Promoted
  4 Timinhur FC               30  17  6   7  51  37  +14  57
  5 Stouffbury Wanderers      30  15  9   6  31  15  +16  54
  6 Haynarich Flyers          30  16  5   9  42  32  +10  53
  7 Grenerg City              30  13 10   7  41  35   +6  49
  8 Moriemer Athletic         30  13  7  10  31  19  +12  46
  9 Norfiel County            30  13  7  10  35  28   +7  46
 10 Asamodora Town            30  12  8  10  31  22   +9  44
 11 Betriville SC             30  11  6  13  34  38   -4  39
 12 FC Isahov                 30   7  8  15  32  54  -22  29
 13 Bast Fort FC              30   6  6  18  23  48  -25  24
 14 Mirgishen United          30   5  5  20  15  42  -27  20 Relegated
 15 Aswania Ruby FC           30   5  4  21  27  73  -46  19 Relegated
 16 Marekandria Delta         30   2  5  23  19  54  -35  11 Relegated

Macaronian Third Division Standings

    Team                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Haynarich FC                   30  23   4   3  59  20  +39  73 Champions
  2 Ardvenik United                30  19   4   7  41  17  +24  61 Promoted
  3 Hanawalt FC                    30  17   5   8  44  29  +15  56 Promoted
  4 Krasaberd Town                 30  16   7   7  45  27  +18  55
  5 Sebenitor Wanderers            30  16   4  10  45  26  +19  52
  6 Valmentot United               30  12  13   5  31  22   +9  49
  7 Gravaget Town                  30  13   8   9  31  24   +7  47
  8 Grateville Rovers              30  12   5  13  36  32   +4  41
  9 Akhipubis AFC                  30  13   2  15  33  33   +0  41
 10 Lamosci Rovers                 30   9  10  11  27  29   -2  37
 11 Wadsut Athletic                30  10   7  13  23  37  -14  37
 12 Frétilment Athletic            30   9   6  15  26  42  -16  33
 13 SC Helwan                      30   5   9  16  21  41  -20  24
 14 Gizomba Alders                 30   5   7  18  16  35  -19  22
 15 Ausitam United                 30   4   9  17  14  36  -22  21
 16 Syrenia Sapphire Athletic      30   6   2  22  20  62  -42  20

ICELFA Premier League Awards - Season 40

Golden Boot (Most Goals)
1: Spomenko Ivančić (Nile Bridge) - 19 goals
2: Aiden Pearson (RGS Athletic) - 16 goals
3: Auguste Alder (Olympia FC) - 13 goals
4: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - 11 goals (23 games)
5: Werdickley Safadão (Norrion Rovers) - 11 goals (28 games)

Golden Shoe (Most Assists)
1: Kahla Jewell (Nile Bridge) - 8 assists (26 games)
2: Osbaldo Bevan (RGS Athletic) - 8 assists (29 games)
3: Kenyon Lacroix (RGS Athletic) - 7 assists (25 games)
4: Cariza Bazin (Nile Bridge) - 7 assists (26 games)
=5: Spomenko Ivančić (Nile Bridge) - 7 assists (27 games)
=5: Lucas Stepanov (Olympia FC) - 7 assists (27 games)

Goal of the Season
Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC 3-1 FC Tavernia (MD22; FT 4-1)
Her second goal of the match, and by far her best in her time in the country, as Horvat nails a spectacular volley on the turn, picking up a long ball on the corner of the box with her back to goal, chesting it for control and then hitting a dipping effort on the swivel into the far corner, beating a flat-footed Corinne Ritchie.

Golden Visa (Best Foreign Player)
1: Spomenko Ivančić (Nile Bridge) - Pasarga
2: Aiden Pearson (RGS Athletic) - Valladares
3: Gordana Stanic (Royal Jam FC) - Pasarga
4: Nataša Horvat (Olympia FC) - Pasarga
5: Ljubo Mihaljević (Olympia FC) - Pasarga

Young Player of the Season
1: Hatim Moffat - VLC FC
2: Qamar Reilly - Olympia FC
3: Zétény Pryor-Sandoval - Nile Bridge
4: Micaela Last - RGS Athletic
5: Andria Latham-Currie - VLC FC

Manager of the Season
1: Malcolm Jafri - Olympia FC
2: Reggie Baig - Tuntingone FC
3: Nuha Plant - RGS Athletic

Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper)
1: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC
2: Marvella Allam - VLC FC
3: - Olympia FC

Golden Ball (Best Player)
1: Spomenko Ivančić - Nile Bridge
2: Auguste Alder - Olympia FC
3: Aiden Pearson - RGS Athletic
4: Nataša Horvat - Olympia FC
5: Gordana Stanic - Royal Jam FC

Team of the Season

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		                                 Aiden Pearson      Spomenko Ivančić
		                                (RGS Athletic)        (Nile Bridge)

		                Faustina Cousin                                         Jewell Foley
		                (RGS Athletic)                                          (Nile Bridge)

		                                 Gareth Austine       Sorel Qwivotic
		                                 (RGS Athletic)       (Royal Jam FC)

		             Ulima Salam       Vallois Mackenzie      Analena Niazi       Trym Shan
		            (RGS Athletic)      (Royal Jam FC)          (VLC FC)        (Nile Bridge)

		                                           Gordana Stanic
		                                           (Royal Jam FC)

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:21 pm

ICEL Football League: Season 41 Preview

A shake up of the old order last season saw Olympia finally break their duck, piquing RGS and Royal Jam to a first ever title in a race that went right down to the wire. It’s a result that jusitifes their place at the top table, having finished runners-up four times previously without any success, and adding to their domestic cup win two years previously. FM Town came up with a surprise as they beat out Walston Brook Albion to win their first ever major trophy in the form of the King’s Commonwealth Cup. However, there wasn’t much success in international competitions, as every side that entered left their competition fairly quickly - RGS couldn’t even make it out of the Champions Cup group stages as defending champions, and fell at the first hurdle in the Globe Cup as well; no Eastfielder side was left in competition in the final few months of the season.

And then there was the issue of the time jump, where the Imperial Commonwealth lost a year on the rest of the multiverse due to abnormal time eddies following a rather explosive malfunction in the portal’s control centre - this left Eastfielder clubs missing the Dwile International Tournament, as Paripana suddenly and mysteriously went into radio silence and failed to organise the next set of UICA competitions. From that, the biggest surprise of the lot; the Eastfielder FA being asked to help form the International Federation of Club Football, the touted successor to UICA, and overseeing the next cycle of international competition.

Team Previews - Premier League
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

Team Line-ups - Second Division
Foreigners in italics, with trigramme

Indionion Athletic
Manager: Theo Fryer
Line-up (4-2-3-1): Royer - Robertson, Halperin, Shariff, Gardner - Vallee, Bodin - Gardiner, Beedles, Glen - Giblin-Jonasson
Prediction: 2nd

FC Tavernia
Manager: Naqiyya Mina
Line-up (4-3-1-2): Ritchie - Molla, Jakobsson, Coward, Medina - Can, Sabir-Batten, Islam - Nicol - Clegg, Amer
Prediction: 1st

Polkation FC
Manager: Muhyddeen Garnier
Line-up (4-1-2-1-2): Yousuf - Sherriff, Ramos-Berardi, Cotton, Seamons - Macrae - Shahin, Homewood - Penn-McClymont - Benoit, Asma’naser
Prediction: 4th

Toclofania FC
Manager: Tibo Baines
Line-up (4-4-2): Flower - Amer, Kaya, Dar, Ditta - Hender, Sherwin, Chambers, Laporte-Andreasson - Walter, Haile
Prediction: 3rd

Micronopia United
Manager: Mirari Aziz
Line-up (3-4-3): Townend - Finlay, Schofield, Carlsson - Sturrock, Chaplin, Ullah, Hash - Kent-McArthur, Dedman, Malley
Prediction: 6th

Half Boy FC
Manager: Taylor Vickers
Line-up (4-3-1-2): Hanif - Degle, Bevan, Rowan, Badour - Larkin, Khalili, Finn-Whiteley - Ameen - Martinsson, Lomax
Prediction: 5th

Sunburbia FC
Manager: Zakiya Leveque
Line-up (4-2-3-1): Duff - Turcotte, Durrell, Cornwell, Bhatti - Octopode, McConnell - Mo, Fryer, Goodman - Peebles-Leach
Prediction: 9th

Forest Rangers
Manager: Gill Russell
Line-up (4-1-3-2): Donovan - Rahaim, Humphrey-Hamnett, Montfort, Scarlet - Morton - Bain, McTaggart, Reading - Campos, Maury-Barbier
Prediction: 11th

Oldbridge FC
Manager: Theo Cashmore
Line-up (4-2-3-1): Bassett - Reeve, Perkins, Bergman, Haider - Hawthorn, Pedley - Amundsen, Tovey, Berretti - Clovis
Prediction: 10th

NT United
Manager: Durand Badenoch
Line-up (3-4-1-2): Ellwood - Pieters, Neumann, Costello - Hastings, Volgisrhaad-Howarth - Bethell, Trevowah, Guadalupe - Boldwall, Driscoll
Prediction: 8th

Pontifucia United
Manager: Andree Mahe
Line-up (4-3-3): Vohra - Nassar, Whitehouse, Sissions, Bristow - Orta (OSR), Kaba, Schneider - Davenport, Wheeldon, Ghazvini
Prediction: 7th

Macaronia FC
Manager: Alanza Madani
Line-up (4-2-1-3): Pullen - Wong, Nahmias, Moreno, Sesay-Forshaw - Manuela, Jes - Abarra - Carter, Bowen, Wilks
Prediction: 14th

Jam Mountain Island
Manager: Devereau Roux
Line-up (4-2-3-1): Woodman - Bashara, Hurrell, Caraway, Rowlinson - Ramjan, Barry - McNally, Daniels, Lela - Gravell
Prediction: 16th

Approciation FC
Manager: Giovanny Bremner
Line-up (4-3-2-1): Salehi - O’Henly, Khalaf, Coward, Hamidi - McCaffrey, Beattie, Diggins - Devon, Hadfield - Morgana
Prediction: 12th

Lodgertia United
Manager: Adelynn Ray
Line-up (4-2-1-3): Machin - Friend-Naylor, Oswin, Hopgood, Lanisan - Jackson, Keating - Otoole - Breton, Baig, Karlsson-Carney
Prediction: 13th

YLW FC
Manager: Ashia Curtis
Line-up (4-1-2-1-2): Ruud - Eliasson, Pugh, Nilsson, Keir - Ramsey-Boyce - Sandberg, Bullock - Renault - Hopwood, Allwood
Prediction: 15th

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:37 pm

ICELFA Season 41: Part 1

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy 1st Preliminary Round

Yillog City 2-2 Kimmirut Panhandle (Abanhfleft)
Kimmirut Panhandle 0-1 Yillog City (AGG: 2-3)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup 2nd Preliminary Round

Kingston FC (Abaja) 2-2 FM Town
FM Town 1-0 Kingston FC (AGG: 3-2)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy 2nd Preliminary Round

Yillog City 1-2 Rozelle Alliance (Brenecia)
Rozelle Alliance 0-1 Yillog City (AGG: 2-2; Rozelle Alliance advance on away goals)

1st IFCF Champions League 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

RGS Athletic 4-1 La Nueva Avenida (Farfadillis)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

FK Bazugh (Sajnur) 0-0 VLC FC
FM Town 1-2 Malabon SC (Abanhfleft)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy 3rd Preliminary Round First Leg

Seniors FC 3-1 Centre Bruul (Mriin)

And here begins a new era. The IFCF kicked off for the first time this cycle, and for Eastfielder clubs, it was Yillog City that made the first appearance in the Liga B Champions Trophy, the successor to the SBCC, taking on Abanhfleft’s Kimmirut Panhandle. The first leg was a back and forth affair, but the advantage went to the visitors with a late away goal to level the tie at 2-2. But the Southpasturer side held their nerve in the return leg, going to Abanhfleft and winning the match with a bullet header from Abdul Higgins. 3-2 on aggregate saw Yillog City through to the second preliminary round to face off with Brenecia’s Rozelle Alliance. Another first leg at home, except this time it was a lot more one-sided, and in favour of the visitors - only a second half goal from Cassius Habeeb kept Yillog in the tie after Alliance ran up a 2 goal lead at half time. An early away goal for Yillog in the second half gave them a glimmer of hope, but it wasn’t enough - Alliance defended enough to keep the tie at 2-2, and knocked Yillog out on away goals. And rounding off the LBCT, Seniors FC kicked off in midweek for their first match of the season, in the third preliminary round. They ran rampant at home to Mriin’s Centre Bruul, all but winning the tie with goals from Jansson and Roscoe-East in the first half - Bruul did pull one back after a defensive error, but Seniors restored their two goal lead in stoppage time.

Moving up the ladder, the Globe Cup’s successor started in the second preliminary round for Eastfielder clubs, as FM Town travelled to Abaja to face Kingston FC in the Challengers Cup. A game of two halves saw the hosts take control early on, but FM Town bounced back in the second half, levelling the tie with two crucial away goals before Kayli Valentini won the tie in the return leg with a well struck free kick. They went on to the third preliminary, starting at home against Abanhfleft’s Malabon SC. This was another very even match, with Malabon taking the lead shortly before half time. Mahdeeya Angelo one-time finish brought the hosts back into the match, but with 10 minutes to go, a converted corner kick gave Malabon a 2-1 advantage going into the second leg next week. VLC FC also kicked off their season in midweek, as they travelled to Sajnur to face off against FK Bazugh. Unlike the other matches, this was a bit drab and dreary, as neither side managed to carve out clear opportunities - it was a match that had 0-0 written all over it. And last but not least, RGS Athletic hosted Farf opposition La Nueva Avenida in the revamped Champions Cup. Another midweek match, RGS were too much for their visitors, and have all but booked a place in the Champions League Playoff Round after a brace from Aiden Pearson helped give the team a 4-1 first leg victory.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 1

Seaton Town 2-1 Copper Communists SC
RGS Athletic 5-1 Yillog City
Nile Bridge 1-2 Seniors FC
Tuntingone FC 2-1 Monksville United
Olympia FC 4-1 FM Town
VLC FC 1-1 Xilon OC
Norrion Rovers 0-1 Royal Jam FC
UR Town 1-1 Walston Brook Albion

And here we go, the first day of a brand new league season. The defending champions kick off proceedings at home to FM Town, but it’s not much of a contest as Olympia put four past a defence that is probably a little tired from midweek exploits. No such trouble for RGS though, who decide to go one better and put newly promoted Yillog City to the sword, that one goal from Vince Bari looking fairly lonely against the 5 in the other column. Elswhere, VLC fans are already fearing for their season after just 28 minutes, when 21 year old Mumtaz Laver fired home from the edge of the box to give the visitors the lead - those fears won’t be much allayed after a 1-1 draw, mind. At least Norrion have the excuse of tough opposition for their losing start, in the only tie amongst the Big 5 - Malenna von Kraus providing all the difference as Royal Jam grab a single goal victory.

1st IFCF Champions League 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

La Nueva Avenida 1-1 RGS Athletic (AGG: 2-5)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

VLC FC 2-0 FK Bazugh (AGG: 2-0)
Malabon SC 1-1 FM Town (AGG: 3-2)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy 3rd Preliminary Round Second Leg

Centre Bruul 0-1 Seniors FC (AGG: 1-4)

A largely second string RGS team lined up in Farfadillis to defend a 3 goal lead against La Nueva Avenida, and they even took the lead through Miranda Gail. The hosts did pull one back and tie up the match on the night, but RGS still go through with a 5-2. VLC dominated their second leg against FK Bazugh, a far cry from the goalless draw the previous week, and two first half goals put the tie well beyond the visitors. No such luck for FM Town though, who despite getting an early goal to give them a foothold in the tie, slipped up at the back and allowed the hosts Malabon SC to score. The visitors couldn’t keep up the pace, and FM Town fell 3-2 on aggregate. Seniors were another side in cruise control from the first leg, a 3-1 home win that they took to Mriin. Bruul were still little match for the visitors, who added a goal of their own to take the tie to 4-1 and book a place in the Liga B Playoff Round.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 2

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

A real humdinger in Jam Town as the two non-RGS champions face off. Defending champions Olympia get the early running, and a Natasa Horvat goal to break the deadlock, but Royal Jam manage to bounce back with 2 in 20 minutes, only for Vallois Mackenzie to trip up Kaiya Mohd in the box. 7 minutes to go, and Zaaid Stepan levels the match from the spot. The needle goes from “worse” to “a bit more worse” for VLC, as an own goal gifts Albion a home win, whilst Norrion bounce back from defeat with a comprehensive thrashing of UR Town. And finally, FM Town are showing their love of the 3-2 scoreline, coming from behind twice to beat Nile Bridge.

1st IFCF Champions League Playoff Round 1st Leg

RGS Athletic 1-2 Cascadia (95X)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Playoff Round 1st Leg

East End FC (Xanneria) 0-2 VLC FC

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Playoff Round 1st Leg

Monksville United 1-1 Carston Green FC (Flavovespia)
South Laithland (Nephara) 0-2 Seniors FC

Not the best result for the penultimate Champions Cup champions, as they squander a lead against 95X’s Cascadia, leaving a tall order to overcome in the second leg with two away goals conceded. No such problems for their rivals VLC, as they return from Xanneria with two away goals of their own, putting them in good stead to reach the Qualifying Round at East End’s expense. Down in the Liga B Trophy, it’s another mixed bag. Second Division champions Monksville United make their entry into the competition at home to Flavovespia’s Carston Green. A defensive mishap allowed the visitors to gain the lead, and they managed to stave off Monksville for the majority of the match, almost snatching the win but for a magnificent Hawk-Peters long range effort that levelled the tie. No such trouble for Seniors however; the side from Pedantry Central travelling to Nephara to play South Laithland and coming back with a handsome 2-0 away lead for the second leg, putting one foot into the group stages.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 3

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

An unexpected name sits at the top of the leaderboard now as Xilon claim their second scalp in three matches, registering a second away draw against New Lodger City sides as they nullify the RGS attack and hang on to the 0-0. This leaves Seaton Town to take the lead as the only side with a 100% record, seeing off a lacklustre Seniors side who probably were a bit jaded from midweek. Albion move into fourth with a big away win over mid-table rivals Tuntingone, behind the defending champions who needed to come from behind at home to UR Town. Norrion however register their second loss against a big 5 opponent, falling tamely to VLC through a Salvatora Orme brace.

1st IFCF Champions League Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Cascadia 2-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 4-1)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Playoff Round 2nd Leg

VLC FC 1-3 East End FC (AGG: 3-3; East End FC win on away goals)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Playoff Round 2nd Leg

Carston Green FC 1-1 Monksville United (AET: 1-1; AGG: 2-2; Carston Green win PKs 4-3)
Seniors FC 1-2 South Laithland (AGG: 3-2)

A really bad day at the office for the Eastfielder clubs today, with all four clubs in action losing their matches - RGS never got going against Cascadia, tamely giving up 2 more goals as they crashed out into the Challengers Qualifying Round. They won’t be joined there by VLC, who somehow contrived to throw away a 2 goal lead at home - East End quickly wiped out the 2 away goals VLC managed in the first leg, before VLC rallied with a goal of their own. The Xannerians didn’t stop however, and a third goal saw them win 3-1 on the night and 3-2 on away goals, leaving VLC high and dry as far as international competition is concerned. Down in the Liga B Champions Trophy, Monksville travelled to Flavovespia and were sent home after a nail-biting 2 and a bit hours of action - Karli Rauf put the visitors ahead in the first half, only for Carston to level proceedings in the second and take the match to extra time and eventually penalties. Caolon Anderson-Polik was the difference in the shootout, as she could only find the crossbar with the final penalty of 10. Seniors FC hosted South Laithland, in a similar situation to VLC where they held a 2-0 away lead. However, this match was much closer, and Seniors in fact took the lead in the first half, although that was wiped just 5 minutes later through a Harriet Michail header. Back and forth was the theme of the second half, both sides carving out half chances - the only good chance fell to Michail again, who buried a shot on the turn. It wasn’t enough in the end - Seniors lost 2-1 on the night, but won 3-2 on aggregate.

King’s Commonwealth Cup First Round

The first round of the cup is upon us, and we are graced by the presence of over 500 contenders for the eventual crown at the end of the season. 256 matches in one weekend to kick us off on this long journey, and there are plenty of stories to get your teeth into. And probably the biggest stories of the weekend are the upsets, and boy were there some big ones, as no less than three Premier League sides met their demise at the hands of lower league opposition. The weekend kicked off with an upset as the defending champions went into action in Luxor, taking on Fourth Division side Luxoren Town. FM Town were nowhere near the races however, as the hosts ran up a 2 goal lead, both on the break, before the champions could even register a shot on goal. They kept a grip on the game after that, limiting the top flight side to long distance efforts and a few crosses, before scoring a third on the hour mark to put the game beyond doubt. It wasn’t a total embarrassment though; Mahdeeya Angelo did nab a consolation goal about 10 minutes from time with a header. OK, it was still a complete embarrassment. Comical scenes in Vorgan Park as well, where VLC hosted 8th tier side Berlandar AC. Oddly, it was cruise control for 73 minutes for the hosts, who were leading through an early Geraldene Benjamin penalty and would have been out of sight were it not for the Berlandar keeper. Still, two red cards in five minutes can do things to a match, especially when the second red was for the keeper, giving away a penalty in a 1-on-1. Penalty scored, 1-1, and VLC held on under an unexpected onslaught until and throughout extra time, but it wasn’t enough, conceding in the 117th minute to lose 2-1.

This was bad, but it was worse over at Niexai Lane, where Royal Jam were soundly humiliated by a team from the tenth tier, Macaronian Third Division side Aswania Ruby FC. The minnows came and somehow managed to out-defend a Premier League team who have won titles based purely off defending. There was only 1 goal scored, but it was enough to knock out the Premier League team, who are still yet to reach a KCC final. Nearly joining them on the pile of eliminated big teams were UR Town, as they needed extra time to see off eighth tier Percale United, substitute Hidalgo Tabet firing home the winner three minutes into extra time. The Second Division had its own set of casualties and near misses, most notably one time cup finalists Sunburbia and one time league winners NT United both being eliminated by eighth tier opposition, whilst Toclofania and Macaronia both needed extra time to beat their respective 9th and 10th tier opponents - Macaronia in fact had to come back from a 2 goal deficit to force extra time against 10th tier Akhipubis.

Aside from the upsets, the other major story were the scorelines, both lopsided and heavy duty. Whilst some tenth tier sides were registering massive upsets, spare a thought for Marepacopolis City, the Serenelian Third Division side hosting Nile Bridge and dreaming of a Premier League upset of their own. That dream lasted all of seven minutes, before Destiny Blair volleyed a cross into the top corner. It didn’t get much better after that, with Blair completing her hat-trick before half time, along with Osian Gough grabbing his own in the second half. All-in-all, 11 goals. Nile Bridge, who happened to be on the wrong end of the worst ever result in the league a few seasons back, ran out 11-0 winners. On the hard-fought side of things, the City of Maths saw a very close match between seventh tier Matrices United and 8th tier Translators Athletic, as a total of 9 goals were scored in 120 minutes, each side swapping the lead at every opportunity until the minnows edged extra time, winning 5-4 after finishing 3-3 in 90 minutes.

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Qualifying Round 1st Leg

Dinamo Bender (Pridenestrovia) 1-4 RGS Athletic

One match left until the IFCF group stages kick off, and it’s fully advantage RGS Athletic in the Challengers Cup Qualifying Round. They travel to Pridenestrovia to face Dinamo Bender, although it’s not much of a contest - despite the hosts taking the early lead, an Aiden Pearson brace helps turn the tide into a 4-1 away victory for the visitors, all but guaranteeing their place in the Challenger’s Cup group stages.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 4

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

Talk about a reaction. Two of the three Premier League teams eliminated from the cup last weekend have bounced back this weekend in remarkable style. The other, not so much. FM Town, having already relinquished the trophy they won only a few months prior, aren’t afraid to show their disappointment as they steamroll Seniors in frustration, whilst Royal Jam cruise to an easy victory over the Communists. For VLC, well, their fans are now already looking at next season, to put it bluntly. Out of the IFCF, out of the KCC, and now with just 1 win in four league games meaning they’re probably out of the title race, thanks to Olympia dominating the match at Vorgan Park. RGS keep pace with the Mount Salt City side though, as they navigate a tricky win up in Walston Brook - both sides are now top with 10 points after Seaton contrived to give Monksville their first points of the season.

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Qualifying Round 2nd Leg

RGS Athletic 0-0 Dinamo Bender (AGG: 4-1)

No trouble in this second leg for the RGS second string, hosting Dinamo Bender and defending a 4-1 lead. It’s a pretty dead affair, with neither side being able to break down the other’s defences, so 0-0 is probably the fair scoreline, but RGS are into the group stages.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 5

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

Margins can be tight at this level, but the match between Seaton and FM took the wafer. Three different decisions made by goal-line technology, all concerning the last 10mm of the ball and the line. FM fans will be left really unlucky as both Kayli Valentini and Angelo have goals ruled out, whilst Seaton’s Liane Fransson has one creep over the line. Elsewhere, it was all hands on deck defensively at Graham Road, as Tuntingone manage to grab the lead twice through Fahmy and Waterson, and spend the last 10 minutes holding on - Olympia pull one back through Horvat, but it’s not enough, and the points are shared. RGS take advantage, only just, coming from 2 goals down as Norrion spend the second half crumbling defensively under any sort of pressure. Still, there’s good news for VLC fans - they managed to beat Nile Bridge! Through an own goal, mind, but they’ll take anything right now.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 6

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

Big match in the favourites’ title race, as league leaders RGS travel to champions Olympia, and the hotly contested affair is settled by Ármin Harry’s deflected effort, giving the champions the win. Seaton take the chance to go top with aplomb, but Royal Jam also keep pace as they demolish FM Town with ease. And there’s even wins for VLC and Norrion as they begin their long for at best, fourth place. UR Town come from behind to register their first league win of the season, but stay in the bottom three on goal difference.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Second Round

The Second Round, 256 teams and 128 games deciding whose cup dream is still a reality. But weirdly, this weekend has a lot less of the fun and games of the previous weekend - a lot of teams taking this more seriously and trying to avoid the upset, the spoilsports. Still, we had one Premier League scalp, as Seaton Town had an end to end battle at home to 8th tier Dopca. 3-2 was the final scoreline, but the real story of the match was actually a dog that ran onto the pitch and chased the ball during a Seaton attack, intercepting a through ball to Jiyaad Thompson that would easily have made it 3-1 to Seaton. Slice of luck for Dopca, the minnows scoring two goals in the second half to win the tie. Several Second Division were also on the receiving end of scalps - most notable were one time winners Polkation FC, as they fell on the road to ninth tier Lampiere City, along with another previous winner, Third Division side SS City as they lost at home to Tower 15/304, both by single goal margins.

Elsewhere, Norrion Rovers were forced into extra time and a penalty shootout at the hands of Third Division side Revisionists, a match featuring an incredibly farcical 12 penalties not scored. Norrion had a penalty in the second half with the score at 1-1, only for Shea Soott in the Revisionists goal to pull out a top notch dive to deny Werdickley Safadao. The penalty shootout was even worse, with all ten penalties either missing or being saved - Finnley Savage was the worst offender, miscuing his shot so badly the linesman on the goalline had to dive out of the way. In the end, Norrion secured the win in the first round of sudden death - Badi Fournier’s tame effort easily saved by Akachi Ihemelu.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Seaton Town             6    5   0   1    12    4   +8    15 CL/CdC
 2 Royal Jam FC            6    4   2   0    13    3  +10    14 CL
 3 Olympia FC              6    4   2   0    13    6   +7    14 ChC
 4 RGS Athletic            6    4   1   1    12    4   +8    13 ChC
 5 Walston Brook Albion    6    3   2   1     7    4   +3    11
 6 VLC FC                  6    3   1   2     7    5   +2    10
 7 Norrion Rovers          6    3   0   3    11    9   +2     9
 8 Nile Bridge             6    2   1   3    11   11    0     7
 9 Copper Communists SC    6    2   1   3     7    7    0     7
10 Monksville United       6    2   1   3     4    6   −2     7
11 FM Town                 6    2   1   3    10   13   −3     7
12 Xilon OC                6    1   3   2     5    5    0     6
13 Tuntingone FC           6    1   2   3     9   13   −4     5
14 UR Town                 6    1   1   4     6   12   −6     4 R
15 Yillog City             6    1   0   5     3   15  −12     3 R
16 Seniors FC              6    1   0   5     3   16  −13     3 R

It’s still early days, but Micronopia have made a strong start to the season with 5 wins from 6, although no team has emerged as a clear front runner with three unbeaten teams still around. Pre season favourites FC Tavernia are still close to the top after 3 wins, but a heavy loss to Micronopia and a couple of draws against the other teams fighting for promotion has demonstrated to fans that this won’t be at all plain sailing. But at this point, the biggest surprise package of the season so far are Oldbridge FC, still unbeaten and only a point off the top spot, although they may fall down the pecking order once they start facing more of the top sides instead of the theoretical relegation battlers. Speaking of, the relegation battle also looks well and truly open, unless you happen to be Approciation FC, in which no points from 6 games and already 5 points from safety is an ominous sign indeed. And their defensive record doesn’t look too good either - a goal differential of -2 per game is really not conducive to a competitive league campaign.

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Micronopia United       6    5   0   1    11    5   +6    15 P/SBCC
 2 Oldbridge FC            6    4   2   0    13    5   +8    14 P/SBCC
 3 Toclofania FC           6    3   3   0    10    4   +6    12 P/SBCC
 4 Indionion Athletic      6    3   3   0    11    6   +5    12
 5 FC Tavernia             6    3   2   1    13    9   +4    11
 6 Pontifucia United       6    3   1   2    14   10   +4    10
 7 Polkation FC            6    3   1   2     8    4   +4    10
 8 Half Boy FC             6    2   3   1     8    6   +2     9
 9 YLW FC                  6    2   2   2     8    7   +1     8
10 Forest Rangers          6    2   1   3     6    8   −2     7
11 NT United               6    2   0   4     5   10   −5     6
12 Macaronia FC            6    1   2   3     6    7   −1     5
13 Lodgertia United        6    1   2   3    10   15   −5     5
14 Jam Mountain Island     6    1   1   4     3   10   −7     4 R
15 Sunburbia FC            6    1   1   4     4   12   −8     4 R
16 Approciation FC         6    0   0   6     2   14  −12     0 R

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:12 am

ICELFA Season 41: Part 2

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD1

Olympia FC 4-0 Sabrefell Athletic (Nephara)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD1

Royal Jam FC 1-1 Lokomotive Jarnstad (Savojarna)
RGS Athletic 1-6 Real Azuris (Cosumar)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD1

FC Almintora (Turori) 2-1 Seniors FC

6 games between these teams and a place in the knockout stages. But it’s not started well for the most part. League champions Olympia open their Champions League campaign in the group stage, playing against the last ever Globe Cup champions, Nephara’s Sabrefell Athletic. The match however goes completely the opposite way of what people expected, as Olympia have little trouble seeing off the opposition and run out rampant 4-0 victors, a brace from Zaaid Stepan helping them on their way. Down in the Challengers Cup, Royal Jam kicked off their IFCF campaign against Savojarna’s Lokomotive Jarnstad, in a match many predicted would go the way of the hosts. But it was the visitors that struck first, Vilhjalmur Ruriksson breaking the deadlock in first half stoppage time. Germain Bourguignon was the difference in the second half, coming on and providing a new threat that resulted in his equaliser, a cross that beat everyone, including the goalie.

The other Challengers Cup match was slated to be a barnstormer, as two heavyweights in the shape of RGS and Real Azuris faced off in the first group stage match. It wasn’t quite the match that many neutrals had turned out for, as Azuris just ran riot over the hosts, 4 unanswered goals in the first half killing off any semblance of a competitive tie. It wasn’t much better in the second half either, as RGS’ Aiden Pearson grabbed a consolation goal before Azuris went and added two goals of their own. And finally, there was a close match in the Liga B Champions Trophy where Seniors FC travelled to Turori to face FC Almintora. It was a fairly cagey affair, despite the scoreline - Joel Roscoe-East managed to give Seniors the lead with the final touch in a goalmouth scramble, but it would be another 40 minutes before they would have another shot on target. Almintora had similar issues, not registering a shot on target in three attempts in the first half, before scoring with their only two shots in the second.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 7

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

A big result in the top of the table clash sees a new league leader in the fray - leaders Seaton manage to fight back to a draw against second place Royal Jam, leaving the door open for the other unbeaten side in Olympia to take control of the league, which they gladly take despite a freak own goal from Thijn Persson gifting Yillog the lead. RGS follow suit with a hard fought victory over Nile Bridge, moving into second place and a point off the top. Albion stay in fourth with another great start to the season as they return from the Scholarly Empire with 3 points, with Norrion also having no trouble in Monksville. VLC however have a lot more difficulty getting their points, needing help from Seniors right back Lars Poschelosido bundling over Trenton Rallison on the edge of the box in the 78th minute.

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD2

Jinja City FC (Banija) 0-3 Olympia FC

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD2

Galatica (Pasarga) 0-3 Royal Jam FC
Jraxville FC (Cobrio) 2-2 RGS Athletic

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD2

Seniors FC 1-1 Mareseilles HC (Crystal Empire)

Match number two of the group stages, and Olympia are running rampant so far. Banija’s Jinja City are no match for the Mount Salt City side, the hosts falling apart defensively as a rotated Olympia squad just waltzed through and grabbed three goals, including a stunning left foot volley by Rigby Headley. Royal Jam pick up their first win of the group stage in Pasarga, shutting out the hosts Galatica in remarkable fashion whilst also scoring three goals, von Kraus being involved in all three of them. RGS travelled to Cobrio, looking to recover from the thrashing they received by Real Azuris, only to come up short again against Jraxville, the hosts running up a 2 goal first half lead, but at least RGS fought back and picked up a first point of the groups. Seniors meanwhile had another tight match in the Liga B Champions Trophy, this time hosting Crystal Empire’s Mareseilles HC, where the visitors took the lead with their first shot of the game but didn’t really look like adding another - Seniors spent the majority of the game camped inside the Mareseilles half, and it took an Alena Garrard header from a corner to draw them back level.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 8

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

And another change at the top! As soon as Olympia take the lead of the league, they lose their unbeaten season, as Monksville come from behind to beat a team that has been in imperious form as of late. Time for RGS to return to the top of the table? Yes, but actually no, as the Communists manage to pull level through Lela Barlow’s deft flick past Jason Petratos. The two dark horses of the season so far met in Walston Brook, with 5th place Albion hosting 3rd place Seaton - Albion dominated possession, in a rare occurrence for them, but failed to make it count as the early pace-setters struck twice on the counter, Seaton returning to the top of the table with a 2-0 win. Across the city, Royal Jam also closed the gap to the top as they came from behind to beat a UR Town side struggling for form, Crimson LaRosso with the winning goal. Wins for VLC and Norrion over lowly opposition see them leapfrog Albion into 5th and 6th, and also means that the top 7 teams are only separated by 5 points at this stage of the season.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 9

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

And just as the midfield closes up, the gap opens up the very next weekend. Albion take on Norrion in a midtable battle, and it’s the hosts that prevail, a tight match settled by a single goal in Albion’s favour. VLC also stumble again, as they fall in their Big 5 encounter against 2nd place Royal Jam, with two free kicks being the difference here. With that win, Royal Jam also move back to the top of the table after Seaton are held at home by UR Town of all teams, whilst RGS and Olympia both dispatch their hosts, meaning their are now three teams one point behind the leaders.

1st IFCF Cup Winners Cup First Round 1st leg

FM Town 1-1 Jungle Strike FC (Vilita)

6th Vilitan Cove Invitational Round of 32 1st Leg

Tuntingone FC 2-1 Orizuru Turic (Osarius)

The inaugural edition of the IFCF Cup Winners Cup kicks off with KCC champions FM Town hosting Vilita’s Jungle Strike, formidable opposition indeed. But the hosts are up to the task and manage to make this a pretty even game, with Raoul Sylla cancelling out the Jungle Strike opener - a 1-1 draw is probably the most deserved result in this first leg. Tuntingone make their bow in this season’s Vilitan Cove Invitational, with a first leg against Orizuru Turic of Osarius. Despite going behind via a counter-attack, Tuntingone are largely in control of this match, and goals from Matija Allman and Karlitis Abbad cement the first leg lead.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Third Round

128 teams are still in the competition, and 64 matches to split between them. It’s the Third Round, and things are starting to get a bit serious as the bigger teams start meeting each other and knocking each other out. But there’s no doubt about the biggest casualty of the round, as Third Division side Benopia AC, only relegated from the Second Division last season, travel to Mount Salt City and take out the defending league champions, a Harri Corcoran header sealing the deal in second half stoppage time. Xilon OC are the other Premier League side to bite the dust, their exit probably the more embarrassing as they are edged out by sixth tier side Westfall AC. The Second Division wasn’t unscathed either, as Cambric Bay FC broke the deadlock in the 112th minute to win their tier, the eighth tier side knocking out YLW FC. Several big names did come close to extinction at this stage as well though, with Monksville, Copper Communists and UR Town all being taken to extra time, and in UR Town’s case, to penalties, by opposition from below the fifth tier - Polarieb Athletic in fact were leading against UR Town in extra time as well, Ya’qoob Mohd sparing the Walston Brook side’s blushes. Indionion were another notable name on the rocks, as they struggled into extra time against tenth tier Vintysia FC. Over on the opposite end of things, Nile Bridge seem to be on the warpath in the cup this season, following up the 11-0 thrashing of Marepacopolis City in the first round with an 8-0 in this round, tenth tier side Hociema SC being the victims.

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD3

Tanrisal (Pasarga) 1-1 Olympia FC

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD3

Royal Jam FC 0-1 FC Izaki (Damukuni)
RGS Athletic 1-2 Syneca AC (Squornshelan Remnant States)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD3

Seniors FC 1-0 Carston Green FC (Flavovespia)

As we approach the halfway stage of the IFCF group stages, it seems like Olympia will be the only Eastfielder side not in any trouble going into the second half, as they make it 7 points from 9 after Tanrisal break down the potent Olympia attack to register a 1-1 draw. In the Challengers Cup, Royal Jam are stuck on 4 points, as they somehow manage to lose to Damukuni’s FC Izaki, spurning several clear chances to probably win a game that they otherwise dominated. RGS meanwhile are really in trouble, as they reach the halfway stage with just a single point to their name, after Syneca AC score two goals in 7 minutes to wipe out Osbaldo Bevan’s opening goal. Seniors FC pick up their first win of the group stages to also move onto 4 points, seeing off the side that prevented Monksville United from entering the group stages, Flavovespia’s Carston Green.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 10

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

Yet another week where the league leader drops points - Tuntingone playing that spoiling role they’ve always played, this time holding Royal Jam to a goalless draw as neither side could really get going in a dull affair. RGS and Olympia both take full advantage, RGS continuing a near seasonal tradition of thrashing FM Town (4-0 courtesy of a Pearson brace), whilst Olympia struggle to best a stubborn Albion side. The other big 5 teams also register wins, as Norrion edge out early dark horses Seaton Town to draw level with them on points. VLC have to do it the hard way, coming from behind twice to beat a spirited UR Town. Yillog and Seniors play out the worst possible result for the pair of them, a goalless draw that keeps them both at the bottom of the table, although a point closer to safety after Xilon were easily dispatched by Nile Bridge.

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD4

Olympia FC 1-1 Tanrisal

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD4

FC Izaki 0-1 Royal Jam FC
Syneca AC 1-2 RGS Athletic

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD4

Carston Green FC 1-1 Seniors FC

The reverse leg of the group stages begins with a replay in Mount Salt City, as Olympia and Tanrisal play out another score draw, the second 1-1 in two games, leaving Olympia with 8 points and still unbeaten. It’s a different story in the Challengers Cup, where Royal Jam and RGS both have a reversal of fortunes compared to their previous matches - Royal Jam make use of their chances as they narrowly edge past Damukuni’s FC Izaki, whilst RGS this time come from behind to beat Squornshelan Remnant side Syneca AC for their first win of the group stages. Seniors grab a second draw of the group stage in the LBCT, a defensive error allowing Carston Green to grab a second half equaliser.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 11

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

Over a third of the way into the season, and we still don’t have a clear front runner. Although a big result in Jam Town may go some way to answering that conundrum, as the Royal Jam defence fails to hold up against the relentless RGS onslaught, with goals from Osbaldo Bevan and Aiden Pearson keeping the hosts at bay. In fact, all of the top 6 faced each other this weekend - Olympia kept up pace with RGS, staying level on points although faltering on goal difference after coming from behind to beat Norrion Rovers, whilst this week it was VLC’s turn to take on the dark horses of Seaton Town, a single goal from Geraldene Benjamin settling it in the visitor’s favour, meaning VLC move into fourth, level on points with Royal Jam, and four off the top. At the bottom, Xilon grab a vital win over the Communists to open a gap to the bottom three.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 12

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

9 goals. We have a proper festival of attacking football at the King Iqbal II Stadium, as league leaders RGS Athletic have two 2 goal leads wiped out by relegation battlers UR Town, and also featuring a perfect hat-trick from Aiden Pearson, the right foot dinking it over Maxi Lundgren for 2-0, the left foot tapping in Faustina Cousin’s low effort to make it 4-2, and then a bullet header in the 86th minute to win the match. UR Town for their part deserved to stay in it as long as they did - scoring 4 and then losing is probably a harsh result, to be honest. Elsewhere, no change in the top 4, as all of Royal Jam, VLC and Olympia grab victories, with Olympia being the third big 5 team to beat Seaton in a row, and a convincing one at that. Even Norrion grab a victory of their own, although it requires the Nile Bridge goalie to be sent off at 1-1.

1st IFCF Cup Winners Cup First Round 2nd leg

Jungle Strike FC 0-1 FM Town (AGG: 1-2)

6th Vilitan Cove Invitational Round of 32 2nd Leg

Orizuru Turic 1-1 Tuntingone FC (AGG: 2-3)

A break from IFCF group stage proceedings as we plunge into the Cup Winners Cup, where FM Town travel to Vilita after a tightly fought 1-1 home draw. And somehow, much against the run of play, FM Town managed to prevail against one of the biggest names in club football, a single away goal all that they needed to secure advancement. Meanwhile, Tuntingone travelled to Osarius to face off against Orizuru Turic in the Vilitan Cove Invitational. An early goal for the hosts wasn’t enough to put Tuntingone off however, and a vital second half away goal was enough as they denied the hosts any more clear chances, Tuntingone winning 3-2 on aggregate.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fourth Round

The fourth round, 64 teams in 32 matches as we approach the halfway point of the cup competition. This is where a lot of the big teams start meeting and taking each other out usually, although this year there still aren’t any all-Premier League ties. Quite a few ties between teams in the top few divisions, and still quite a few upsets to talk about though, with three more Premier League sides biting the dust - Walston Brook had its interest in the competition ended by Second Division opponents, with Albion going scoreless all the way to losing on penalties against Macaronia FC, whilst UR Town, probably because of chasing 4 goals against RGS, just look lethargic at home to Lodgertia United. The other Premier League casualty were Tuntingone FC, suffering the biggest upset of the round at the hands of Giafando FC in the fifth tier. The remaining Premier League sides were all fairly comfortable - Nile Bridge even seeing fit to add to their insane goal tally with another 5 goals without reply against ninth tier Moriemer Athletic, putting them at 26 goals in 4 cup games. No Second Division sides were upset here, Oldbridge FC the only eliminee at the hands of Monksville United, although both Pontifucia United and FC Tavernia needed extra time against lower level opposition.

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD5

Sabrefell Athletic 0-2 Olympia FC

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD5

Lokomotive Jarnstad 1-1 Royal Jam FC
Real Azuris 0-2 RGS Athletic

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD5

Seniors FC 3-0 FC Almintora

Penultimate matchdays, and we’re approaching crunch time in the IFCF group stages. Albeit not for Olympia, who continue their unbeaten streak with win number three of the group, all but securing a place in the knockouts after they do the double over Globe Cup champions Sabrefell Athletic with a comfortable 2-0 away win. Royal Jam pick up a second draw of the group stage as they hit 8 points, Lokomotive Jarnstad holding the Jam Town side to a second 1-1 draw, whilst RGS rack up a second win of the group stage and at the same time enact a measure of revenge for their opening matchday humiliation at the hands of Real Azuris, a 2-0 away win meaning they still have a chance of qualifying. Seniors also move onto 8 points with a crucial win of their own, avenging their own opening match defeat at the hands of FC Almintora with a thumping 3-0 home victory, meaning all four Eastfielder sides are within good shouts of reaching the knockouts.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 13

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

The first Lodger City derby of the season sees league leaders RGS travel across the city to Vorgan Park, but it’s fourth placed VLC that fare the better of the two in the 90 mins, getting the better chances on the break but not being clinical enough to finish them as RGS struggled to break down the VLC defence, Bevan’s free kick levelling the match in the second half. That draw gave Olympia the chance to move into the top spot, and at home against Nile Bridge you’d think it’d be an easy task. Except for the Bridgetown side deciding to channel their free-scoring cup form into a league match, barraging the Olympia defence at every opportunity as they ran out 5-2 victors, featuring an excellent brace of long range efforts from Destiny Blair. At the bottom, Xilon grab another big win, beating FM Town at home to leapfrog both them and the Communists, who lost to Norrion, into 11th. UR Town utterly demolish Yillog in a relegation 6 pointer, leaving them 4 points from safety, but it’s looking bleak for Yillog and Seniors, who are nearly double digit points out at this stage.

1st IFCF Champions League Group Stage MD6

Olympia FC 2-1 Jinja City FC

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Group Stage MD6

Royal Jam FC 3-1 Galatica
RGS Athletic 6-3 Jraxville FC

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Group Stage MD6

Mareseilles FC 1-1 Seniors FC

Crunch time in the IFCF group stages as kick off the final matches. The Champions League tie sees a relatively rested Olympia side struggle against Jinja City, but they prevail in the end and finish top of the group. In the Challengers Cup, Royal Jam put aside an early setback at home to Galatica, as they win 3-1 to secure their place in the next round thanks to a goal and an assist from Malenna von Kraus. They will be joined by RGS, as they emerge victorious in a 9 goal match at home to Cobrio’s Jraxville FC, the hosts having to come from 2-0 down after 20 minutes as well. Seniors FC barely manage to advance, as they drew against their direct group rivals Mareseilles FC, the Crystal Empire side needing a win to advance at Seniors expense. However, Eliane Mir gave the visitors a vital lead that they held onto for the draw, which makes it four sides from four advancing into the knockouts.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 14

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

Wins for four of the big 5 teams today, as all 5 of them played teams from the bottom half. Little trouble for both RGS and Olympia, on highs after midweek victories, as they swipe aside Tuntingone and the Communists respectively, whilst relegation battlers Yillog and Seniors try to be competitive and probably were deserving of a point, although VLC and Norrion prevailed for all three. As for Royal Jam, well, they faced an in-form Xilon side that was looking to keep up their battle against the drop, and it was a fairly even affair that ended with a deserved draw for the underdogs.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           14   10   3   1    33   12  +21    33 C/CL/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             14   10   2   2    31   15  +16    32 CL
 3 Royal Jam FC           14    8   5   1    22    9  +13    29 ChC
 4 VLC FC                 14    9   2   3    18   11   +7    29 ChC
 5 Norrion Rovers         14    9   0   5    23   14   +9    27
 6 Walston Brook Albion   14    7   3   4    14    9   +5    24
 7 Nile Bridge            14    7   1   6    28   22   +6    22
 8 Seaton Town            14    6   3   5    19   16   +3    21
 9 Monksville United      14    5   3   6    14   20   −6    18
10 Xilon OC               14    4   4   6    12   16   −4    16
11 Tuntingone FC          14    3   6   5    18   21   −3    15
12 Copper Communists SC   14    3   5   6    16   18   −2    14
13 FM Town                14    4   2   8    22   29   −7    14
14 UR Town                14    2   4   8    20   25   −5    10 R
15 Yillog City            14    1   2  11     7   35  −28     5 R
16 Seniors FC             14    1   1  12     6   31  −25     4 R

Oldbridge continue to lead the division as we approach the halfway point, although it’s still a very close affair at the top. And it’s not like they haven’t deserved it either, as much a surprise their current placement may be, having beaten the likes of pre-season favourites FC Tavernia and Toclofania, as well as draws with Pontifucia and Micronopia United. A shock loss to YLW is one major suggestion that they could well throw this away, along with fact that they aren’t yet out of sight, but it’s hard to ignore that they might make it to the top flight for the first time ever. But on form, Polkation have to be the team to beat, not having lost a game since the third match of the season and since then only drawing two games out of 11. Should they carry this form on, they could well win the title. Indionion are still going strong, having drawn a few matches recently and only off top spot by virtue of that extra draw. Toclofania FC have really gone off the boil though, after going unbeaten in the first six games they’ve managed to lose 4 and draw 2 more in the last 8, slipping from the early promotion chase to firmly in midtable. At the bottom, Approciation already look down and out, an 11 game losing streak to open a season not really conducive to a successful season, but above them it looks like 3 teams in trouble for the remaining two places, with Macaronia and Jam Mountain Island marginally ahead of NT United in the race to avoid the drop.

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Oldbridge FC           14    9   4   1    31   15  +16    31
 2 Polkation FC           14    9   3   2    27    6  +21    30
 3 Indionion Athletic     14    8   5   1    31   12  +19    29
 4 Micronopia United      14    8   3   3    26   19   +7    27
 5 Half Boy FC            14    7   5   2    24   16   +8    26
 6 FC Tavernia            14    7   3   4    29   21   +8    24
 7 Pontifucia United      14    6   4   4    25   18   +7    22
 8 Toclofania FC          14    5   5   4    18   13   +5    20
 9 Sunburbia FC           14    5   2   7    17   24   −7    17
10 Lodgertia United       14    5   2   7    22   29   −7    17
11 Forest Rangers         14    4   3   7    17   19   −2    15
12 YLW FC                 14    4   3   7    14   26  −12    15
13 Macaronia FC           14    2   5   7    15   21   −6    11
14 Jam Mountain Island    14    2   5   7     6   18  −12    11
15 NT United              14    2   3   9    12   30  −18     9
16 Approciation FC        14    1   1  12     7   34  −27     4

ISideWith UK · by **Eastfield Lodge** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:14 pm

ICELFA Season 41: Part 3

ICEL Premier League Matchday 15

Seaton Town 0-2 RGS Athletic
Nile Bridge 1-1 Copper Communists SC
Tuntingone FC 3-0 Yillog City
Olympia FC 1-2 Seniors FC
VLC FC 3-0 Monksville United
Norrion Rovers 2-2 FM Town
UR Town 14-2 Xilon OC
Walston Brook Albion 0-0 Royal Jam FC

No, you’re not reading the wrong sports results. Yes, that did just happen. No, this is definitely a football score. No, not that sort of football. We have a proper turn up for the books here in Walston Brook, as the goals record for a single match has been broken once again (as far as we can tell). 16 goals in a single match, one more than the absurd 15 that were scored 5 years ago at King Iqbal II Stadium. 4 goals for Titus Chaudry, a hat-trick for Ya’qoob Mohd, and braces for Hidalgo Tabet and Yael Prescott all contribute to UR Town’s record league win after Elevin Simonsen’s early red card - what’s most funny is that Xilon were actually leading 1-0 at that point; their second goal made it 8-2. That result also means UR Town have a positive goal difference, whilst still in the relegation zone

And what a headline result to mask your own failures, as three of the Big 5 drop points this weekend. Leaders RGS are untroubled as they cruise past quickly-fading Seaton Town, but second place Olympia let slip a lead against Seniors FC, and they can’t even use midweek exploits as an excuse as Seniors have the same drawback - they happen to move off the bottom of the table with that win. Royal Jam follow suit dropping points, as they get held to a limp-wristed goalless draw over in Walston Brook, whilst Norrion have to come from 2-0 down in the first half to tie against relegation threatened FM Town. No trouble for the other Lodger City club either, with VLC moving into third place after a convincing 3-0 sweep of Monksville United.

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Sixteenth-Finals 1st Leg

University City (95X) 2-2 Royal Jam FC
RGS Athletic 3-2 Black Hawks NFX (95X)

The round of 32 in the Challengers Cup, featuring the group stage advancees and the Champions League dropouts. Royal Jam and RGS both are drawn against opposition from 95X, with Royal Jam travelling to face University City. A close match that goes in the visitors’ favour it ends up being, with Royal Jam grabbing two away goals in a score draw. As for RGS, they hosted Black Hawks, and were forced to come from behind twice before an Aiden Pearson winner. 3-2, by no means a safe score to take into 95X.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Fifth Round

Pontifucia United (T2) 4-0 Central 014 Tower United (T5)
Port Ricton FC (T5) 0-2 Macaronia FC (T2)
Steel Valley Explorers (T7) 2-4 Golden Acres (T5)
Nile Bridge (T1) 0-4 Indionion Athletic (T2)
Dopca WMFC (T8) 0-3 Benopia AC (T3)
RGS Athletic (T1) 3-1 Talpara United (T9)
Seniors FC (T1) 1-0 Tavernia City (T4)
Monksville United (T1) 2-0 Pindale Rovers (T6)
Copper Communists SC (T1) 1-0 Revisionists Athletic (T3)
FC Tavernia (T2) 5-3 Farond FC (T5)
Pasturia FC (T6) 1-0 Giafando FC (T5)
Mount Salt FC (T5) 1-1 Encarta CF (T3) (1-1 AET, 2-1 PKs)
Toclofania FC (T2) 2-2 Lodgertia United (T2) (3-2 AET)
Low Lyn FC (T4) 0-0 Nexusortem United (T6) (1-0 AET)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 6-0 Neuaville Rovers (T10)
EastImport FC (T5) 3-1 FC Chinudo (T5)

The finishing line is close at hand as we hit the Fifth Round of the King’s Commonwealth Cup. The halfway point in terms of the route to the final, and the finishing line is in sight as the wheat is mostly separated from the chaff. And there are very few upsets of the 16 matches taking place - only three between divisions, in fact. And the only Premier League side eliminated this round was actually one of the tournament favourites after the last round: Nile Bridge, whose attack has utterly annihilated their opposition in the first four rounds with 26 goals, have finally been slain, Indionion Athletic pulling the brakes on the hype train in a typical Nile Bridge fashion - a 4-0 demolition job. Still, at least someone carried their flame, as Norrion put the lowest ranked side in the round to the sword to the tune of 6 goals without reply, Neuaville Rovers dropping the flag for the lowest level of the league system. Imperial Second Division side Pasturia FC now take the role of the cup’s lowest ranked side, after they upset fifth tier side Giafando FC, whilst Third Division side Encarta CF were felled on penalties in the cup’s final upset. No all-Premier-League ties this round, but there was a Second Division clash that saw Toclofania FC needing extra time to see off a stubborn Lodgertia United team that kept pegging the hosts back.

1st IFCF Cup Winners Cup Round of 16 1st Leg

FC Endeavour (Apox) 1-0 FM Town

6th Vilitan Cove Invitational Round of 16 1st Leg

Tuntingone FC 2-0 Yenvil Town FC (Taeshan)

Round of 16s in the auxiliary international competitions, and ex-cup champions FM Town have to travel to Apox to face FC Endeavour. FM, who have been on fairly poor form this season, just cannot begin any attacks, and Endeavour themselves struggle to get going, but they did eventually, a single goal victory as testament. Tuntingone meanwhile hosted Taeshan’s Yenvil Town in the Vilitan Cove Invitational, and they didn’t have any of FM’s problems, as they comfortably cruised to a 2-0 home victory in their first leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 16

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

Almost a full sweep of away victories this weekend, as four of the big 5 teams grab wins in the reverse fixtures of the opening matchday - only Norrion Rovers fail to as they are outclassed on the pitch by Royal Jam, increasing Norrion’s gap to fourth to five points. Nile Bridge respond to their cup exit by demolishing Seniors with the exact same scoreline they lost by, whilst UR Town cannot follow-up their insane scoreline two weeks ago, with Albion fans gleefully cheering “You’re not scoring anymore” throughout the game - the hosts won 1-0. At the bottom, Tuntingone grab a vital away win over Monksville to move 8 clear of the drop, whilst FM Town’s loss at home to Olympia keeps them only 2 clear of 14th place UR Town.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 17

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

RGS continue to fight off the competition at the top of the pile, as the wins keep coming for Nuha Plant’s side, this time beating Monksville comfortably at home to move onto 42 points. Olympia stay 4 points behind as they win a grudge match against Royal Jam, Natasa Horvat’s dribbling skills the one difference between the two sides. VLC however falter in their efforts to keep up, a defensive battle with Albion finishing 1-1. Norrion clear the 30 point mark with a very tough match at home to UR Town, the Walston Brook outfit pegging the fifth place side back to level pegging twice. The rest of the bottom six all lose, with the Communists moving out and into tenth as they beat relegation battling Seniors FC.

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Sixteenth-Finals 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 2-0 University City (AGG: 4-2)
Black Hawks NFX 1-0 RGS Athletic (AGG: 3-3; Black Hawks NFX advance on away goals)

A 3-2 home win is always a dangerous scoreline for the visiting team in the second leg, and RGS have just proved that very statement as Black Hawks grab the early goal in 95X, before shutting up shop and holding on for an away goal win. As for Royal Jam, they didn’t need their away goals, as they simply controlled their home leg against University City, 2 goals easily booking their place in the Eighth-Finals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 18

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

You sort of have to feel sorry for the Xilon defence as of late, first shipping 14 to UR Town three matches prior and now shipping another 5 today as the league leaders came to town - a brace for Kenyon Lacroix as a rested RGS side had the run of the pitch. Speaking of, UR Town are continuing to opt for the ‘narrowly lose’ strategy lately, as they notch up another 3-2 loss, this time Olympia coming from two goals down to win in Walston Brook. Norrion close the gap to the top four with a crucial single goal victory over VLC, whilst at the bottom, Seniors get an unlikely point at home to Seaton to stay 8 points from safety, after FM Town beat the Communists to move out of 13th.

1st IFCF Cup Winners Cup Round of 16 2nd Leg

FM Town 1-5 FC Endeavour (AGG: 1-6)

6th Vilitan Cove Invitational Round of 16 2nd Leg

Yenvil Town FC 2-1 Tuntingone FC (AGG: 2-3)

And there ends FM Town’s interest in international club football this season. Coming home after a 1-0 away loss, they had hoped to turn things around at home, but no, FC Endeavour brought their A-game, the Apoxians soundly defeating the hosts 5-1. Over in the Vilitan Cove Invitational, it was a much closer affair in the second leg in Taeshan. Tuntingone carried a two goal lead into the match, but were pegged back to just one within ten minutes. They however did grab that crucial away goal, and managed to defend the rest of the game as Yenvil needed two more for extra time. They got one, but Tuntingone advanced 3-2.

King’s Commonwealth Cup Sixth Round

Golden Acres (T5) 2-3 Seniors FC (T1)
Toclofania FC (T2) 0-1 Pontifucia United (T2)
Norrion Rovers (T1) 0-0 Benopia AC (T3) (0-0 AET, 0-2 PKs)
Monksville United (T1) 0-1 Copper Communists SC (T1)
Low Lyn FC (T4) 2-0 Pasturia FC (T6)
EastImport FC (T5) 2-4 RGS Athletic (T1)
FC Tavernia (T2) 4-1 Macaronia FC (T2)
Indionion Athletic (T2) 1-0 Mount Salt FC (T5)

The Round of 16 in the King’s Commonwealth Cup, and we are in the serious late stages of the competition. All but one match featured sides from the top two divisions - the one that didn’t saw Pasturia FC’s run as the lowest ranked team in the competition to a halt at the hands of Fourth Division side Low Lyn FC, who now take that mantle over. Only one side from the Third Division reached this stage, but Benopia AC managed to secure a place in the quarter-finals as they record the only upset of the round, keeping Norrion Rovers goalless all the way to penalties and winning without conceding either. There were two all-Second Division ties; the one between Toclofania and Pontifucia went to the visitors, Pontifucia edging the match shortly after half-time, whilst FC Tavernia had no trouble at home to Macaronia FC, thrashing the Unified Macaroni side 4-1. Elsewhere, we had our first all-Premier League tie of the season, Monksville United hosting the Communists, and again it was the visitors that prevailed, the Communists grabbing a late winner through Lela Barlow heading in a corner.

1st IFCF Champions League Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

AFC Treason (Nephara) 1-1 Olympia FC

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

Black Hawks NFX (95X) 1-3 Royal Jam FC

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Eighth-Finals 1st Leg

Seniors FC 1-1 Thor Jraxville (Cobrio)

From one set of Round of 16 matches to another, as the main IFCF Round of 16 matches kick off with their first leg. Olympia have to travel to Treason, but they manage to silence the Gauntlet early on, Auguste Alder’s ageing legs still showing their worth to score the opener. Treason do rally, but Olympia manage to hold firm until the final minutes when Thijn Persson was fouled by Aristide Metzger, only for John Fletcher’s tap in to count as the ref missed the challenge. In the Challengers Cup, Royal Jam take on a second 95X side in a row, going away to face RGS’ conquerors. They don’t have the same trouble though, thoroughly dispatching Black Hawks 3-1. Seniors meanwhile hosted Thor Jraxville in the LBCT, the Cobrio side taking advantage of the host’s poor form to strike early. Seniors do rally, and force several good saves before finally breaking through for the equaliser.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 19

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

RGS keep pushing forward, and the gap has now grown to 6 points after they break through the defensive wall of Albion, a feat that Olympia are unable to replicate at home to VLC in their goalless draw. Royal Jam only narrowly edge past the Communists, Kaiya Mohd’s late header being the difference between the two. Norrion have little trouble in Lodgertia however, a Tuntingone goal against the run of play notwithstanding - they quickly add their second goal to secure a 2-1 victory, a result that sees them pull level with VLC, albeit behind on head-to-head. Down at the bottom, Yillog grab a big win in their probably futile attempt to survive, their second win of the season as they beat Xilon at home. UR Town take some advantage as they hold Nile Bridge to a draw to close the gap to safety to two points.

47th Copa de Campeones Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Tanrisal (Pasarga) 2-2 Olympia FC

A third meeting between Olympia and Tanrisal this season, as Olympia make their bow in the Copa de Campeones, with a bye to the quarter-finals as one of the three highest ranked sides. Another back and forth affair, as the two sides remain evenly matched from their group stage encounters, but Olympia’s two away goals will give them an advantage in the second leg.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 20

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

And that’s the title race blown back open. RGS travel to Norrion looking to fend off another Big 5 team enroute to another title, but the hosts failed to read the script, coming from behind through Horvat and Stepan to stop the leaders in their tracks. The rest of the top 5 take note and close in with wins of their own - Olympia demolish Tuntingone at home, Royal Jam slowly struggle past Seniors, whilst VLC have to come from behind against Nile Bridge, leaving 8 points covering the top 5. Copper Communists manage to pull 7 clear of the relegation zone after a vital away win over UR Town, whilst the rest of the bottom 5 all lost their matches.

1st IFCF Champions League Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Olympia FC 1-1 AFC Treason (AET: 1-1; AGG: 2-2; Olympia win PKs 3-2)

1st IFCF Challengers Cup Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Royal Jam FC 0-0 Black Hawks NFX (AGG: 3-1)

1st IFCF Liga B Champions Trophy Eighth-Finals 2nd Leg

Thor Jraxville 1-1 Seniors FC (AET: 1-1; AGG: 2-2; Seniors FC win PKs 5-4)

3 matches, 3 draws. Olympia and Treason fight it out for another 1-1 draw at the Olympic Park, Rigby Headley’s opening goal nullified by Saturn Mastiff’s rebound tap in late on for the equaliser. It goes to penalties, and Persson out-saves Clavel to win Olympia the tie. Royal Jam grind out the play and put on a really dull, defensive, controlled performance at home to Black Hawks, but it’s enough after their first leg exploits, a 0-0 draw with little energy expended enough to see them into the quarter-finals. As for Seniors, they match the draw of the first leg, finishing the match at 1-1 with goals either side of half time in a match neither side really played well in. Seniors prevailed on penalties with Landra Lau saving the final Jraxville penalty to make it 3 teams in the quarter-finals.

ICEL Premier League Matchday 21

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

RGS have another chance to reestablish some lead at the top of the table, and they blew it. A somewhat weary Olympia side comes to New Lodger City, and manage to hold the RGS attack at bay for a lacklustre goalless draw, keeping RGS’ lead at three points. Moreover, it means that Royal Jam have a chance to close in on the Champions League places! Which they don’t take, rested legs somehow only garnering a goalless draw in Gamerville. The real beneficiaries however are VLC and Norrion, who suddenly have the scent of the top three after wins of their own move both clubs just 6 points from the summit. At the bottom, Seniors may be building some momentum here as they narrowly come out on top in a big relegation battle against UR Town, moving within four points of safety following Xilon’s away loss.

6th Vilitan Cove Invitational Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

Tuntingone FC 2-0 Harbor (Mriin)

The second of the 6 quarter-finals this season sees Tuntingone host Mriinian side Harbor, and despite them being evenly matched in the chances department, it’s down to Lia Quadrelli’s superior goalkeeping that gives Tuntingone the 2-0 aggregate lead; in particular, a double save to block a point blank header and rebound from a free kick .

ICEL Premier League Matchday 22

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

Well, that’s spiced things up. RGS drop yet more points, just when they were looking set to go and win the title. This time, they manage to drop three points in Bridgetown against a Nile Bridge side that is quietly gunning for the best of the rest position, and that opens the floodgates at the top. Olympia draw level on points with RGS after they comfortably beat Yillog, a goal and an assist from Zaaid Stepan setting them up nicely, whilst Royal Jam, VLC and Norrion all move to 3 points behind the leaders after wins of their own. Royal Jam see off a now-limp-wristed Seaton Town side who’ve exhausted all their early season prowess, whilst VLC have little trouble against the Seniors. As for Norrion, well, they do it by smashing 6 goals past Monksville, including a hat-trick for Werdickley Safadao.

ICEL Premier League Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 RGS Athletic           22   15   4   3    48   17  +31    49 C/CL/CdC
 2 Olympia FC             22   15   4   3    44   20  +24    49 CL
 3 Royal Jam FC           22   13   7   2    30   10  +20    46 ChC
 4 Norrion Rovers         22   15   1   6    41   23  +18    46 ChC
 5 VLC FC                 22   14   4   4    29   15  +14    46
 6 Nile Bridge            22   11   3   8    43   30  +13    36
 7 Walston Brook Albion   22   10   6   6    20   13   +7    36
 8 Seaton Town            22   10   5   7    27   21   +6    35
 9 Monksville United      22    8   4  10    21   33  −12    28
10 Tuntingone FC          22    6   7   9    27   32   −5    25
11 Copper Communists SC   22    6   6  10    24   26   −2    24
12 FM Town                22    5   6  11    29   39  −10    21
13 Xilon OC               22    4   4  14    15   46  −31    16
14 UR Town                22    3   6  13    41   40   +1    15 R
15 Seniors FC             22    3   3  16    16   48  −32    12 R
16 Yillog City            22    2   2  18     9   51  −42     8 R

It’s still too close to call at the top of the tree in the Second Division, with the top 5 teams all contained by a 5 point gap - they also all happen to be the same teams in the top 5 at this stage 8 matches ago, albeit in a different order. Oldbridge FC have been knocked off the top, two losses and two draws in the last 8 games not really helping their cause to play in the top flight for the first time ever in the 16 team format - in particular, a heavy 4-1 defeat to Half Boy at the halfway mark ended their good run. Polkation have been defensively fighting at the top as well, with one more draw and one less loss than Oldbridge (who were the team to inflict that loss) allowing them to draw level on points. But the new leaders Indionion were actually 5 points clear after 21 matches, with 6 wins in 7 (Polkation being the one loss), before a surprise loss to Sunburbia brought them back down to striking distance of the pack. Half Boy FC aren’t to be counted out either, only a goal behind third placed Oldbridge and on better form over the last 8 games than the three teams ahead of them, only dropping 5 points from those 8 games. Micronopia are still an outside shout, dropping a point further from the top three than they were at the last check-point, but still on similar form to Polkation at this point. At the other end of the table, it looks very much like curtains for Approciation, as they find themselves 10 points from safety with 8 games to play, more than a point per game out. NT United are struggling as well, 5 from safety, but they still have hope, especially after getting 4 points in their least three games, including a draw against Oldbridge, whilst Forest Rangers have just plummeted into the bottom three like a stone, and are currently on an 11 game losing streak. They need to snap out of it quickly before the relegation battle swallows them whole. That of course gives a reprieve of sorts to Jam Mountain Island, whose 7 points in the last 8 has seen them creep out of the bottom three as a result. Above them, Lodgertia United and Macaronia FC look to be safe, with a point per game buffer to the drop, but they need to stay vigilant, lest Forest Rangers’ fate befall them too.

ICEL Second Division Standings

                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Indionion Athletic     22   14   5   3    48   15  +33    47 C/P/LBCT
 2 Polkation FC           22   13   6   3    34    8  +26    45 P/LBCT
 3 Oldbridge FC           22   13   6   3    42   27  +15    45 P/LBCT
 4 Half Boy FC            22   13   6   3    40   26  +14    45
 5 Micronopia United      22   12   6   4    49   28  +21    42
 6 Toclofania FC          22   11   5   6    39   18  +21    38
 7 FC Tavernia            22   11   4   7    43   28  +15    37
 8 Pontifucia United      22   10   4   8    43   35   +8    34
 9 Sunburbia FC           22    8   6   8    25   30   −5    30
10 YLW FC                 22    8   4  10    26   37  −11    28
11 Lodgertia United       22    7   2  13    30   46  −16    23
12 Macaronia FC           22    5   7  10    28   34   −6    22
13 Jam Mountain Island    22    4   6  12    14   36  −22    18
14 Forest Rangers         22    4   3  15    20   33  −13    15 R
15 NT United              22    3   4  15    16   50  −34    13 R
16 Approciation FC        22    2   2  18    14   60  −46     8 R

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