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by **Trans-Dniesters** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:09 am

The Koalition Hockey League is back, but this time there are a few changes that have been implemented here and there, mostly concerning the recent kerfuffle that the APOC Coalition experienced with the Rugby Union Champions Trophy, it has been decided that only Pridnestrovian teams will be allowed to qualify for the Hockey Champions League through the KHL. Aside from that though, it's still 28 teams from all over the APOC Coalition competing for the title of "best of the best" in ice hockey. So enough talk; let's see who has come out on top among the Pridnestrovian elite.

2027–28 Koalition Hockey League–Pridnestrovian Division Regular Season Final Standings

   KHL–PDN                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Sheriff Tiraspol             56   32  15   9   111   69  +42   111   Regular season champions, Playoffs
 2 CSKA Tiraspol                56   32  13  11   122   63  +59   109   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 3 Traktor Bender               56   29  16  11    64   33  +31   103   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 4 Rotor Renzev                 56   28  17  11    87   52  +35   101   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 5 Torpedo Verkhovyansk         56   30  11  15    49   29  +20   101   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 6 Dinamo Bender                56   25  19  12    83   54  +29    94   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 7 Dinamo Verkhovyansk          56   23  15  18   118   85  +33    84   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 8 Turkiye Derinkuyu            56   21  19  16   101   85  +16    82   Qualified for KHL Playoffs
 9 Red Star Beledor             56   21  19  16    65   57   +8    82
10 Spartak Nestorovsk           56   20  19  17   105   88  +17    79
11 Nord-Vest Hockey             56   21  15  20    26   28   −2    78
12 Eggolsheim-Neuses Narwhals   56   21  14  21    66   71   −5    77
13 Aurochs Rheinburg            56   20  16  20    41   41    0    76
14 Elektrik Vladikarpaty        56   18  21  17    33   37   −4    75
15 Sparta Slatsk                56   19  14  23    65   72   −7    71
16 URGA Antakya                 56   18  14  24    60   72  −12    68
17 Metalist Bratsk              56   15  20  21    48   57   −9    65
18 Kesselburger Walruses        56   16  16  24    58   81  −23    64
19 Avangard Renechev            56   15  14  27    65   83  −18    59   Relegated to Hockey Second Division
20 Avtomobilist Pepuza          56   13  17  26    62  108  −46    56   Relegated to Hockey Second Division

HC Irbis Lesonetsk and HC Admiral Novorossiysk are promoted from the Pridnestrovian Hockey Second Division to the KHL.

Here are the seedings for the 2027-28 KHL playoffs.

KHL-Pridnestrovia match-ups
(1) HC Sheriff Tiraspol vs. (8) Turkiye Derinkuyu

(4) Rotor Renzev vs. (5) Torpedo Verkhovyansk

(3) HC Traktor Bender vs. (6) HC Dinamo Bender

(2) HC CSKA Tiraspol vs. (7) Dinamo Verkhovyansk

by **Trans-Dniesters** » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:58 am

2027-28 KHL Playoffs - First Round

(1) HC Sheriff Tiraspol vs. (8) Turkiye Derinkuyu

Sheriff Tiraspol 5–0 Turkiye Derinkuyu]
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 Turkiye Derinkuyu
Turkiye Derinkuyu 5–3 Sheriff Tiraspol
Turkiye Derinkuyu 0–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–1 Turkiye Derinkuyu

HC Sheriff Tiraspol wins the series 4–1
(4) Rotor Renzev vs. (5) Torpedo Verkhovyansk

Rotor Renzev 0–1 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Rotor Renzev 0–2 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 1–0 Rotor Renzev
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 0–3 Rotor Renzev
Rotor Renzev 2–0 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 1–0 Rotor Renzev

Torpedo Verkhovyansk wins the series 4–2
(3) HC Traktor Bender vs (6) HC Dinamo Bender

Traktor Bender 0–1 Dinamo Bender
Traktor Bender 2–1 Dinamo Bender
Dinamo Bender 0–2 Traktor Bender
Dinamo Bender 1–0 Traktor Bender
Traktor Bender 0–1 Dinamo Bender
Dinamo Bender 0–1 Traktor Bender
Traktor Bender 0–0 Dinamo Bender (1–0 OT)

HC Traktor Bender wins the series 4–3
(2) HC CSKA Tiraspol vs. (7) Dinamo Verkhovyansk

CSKA Tiraspol 0–3 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
CSKA Tiraspol 0–1 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 6–5 CSKA Tiraspol
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 4–2 CSKA Tiraspol

Dinamo Verkhovyansk wins the series 4–0

Perhaps the biggest matchup in this stage of the KHL playoffs is the one between the two Bender clubs, Traktor and Dinamo. After a disappointing performance last season, Dinamo are back in the playoffs, while Traktor have managed to hang on to their third place finish for the second time in a row. As expected of a derby, both Traktor and Dinamo fought tooth and nail for the series victory, and they did not disappoint. Neither team was able to build up much momentum in between games as they alternated their victories between themselves before Traktor finally took the series in the decisive Game 7, and even then it wasn't decided until overtime thanks to a wrist shot from Yaroslav Ryakhin.

The same could not be said for the matchup between CSKA Tiraspol and Dinamo Verkhovyansk though. The defending KHL champions, while they finished seventh this season, showed just exactly why they were the record Pridnestrovian ice hockey champions with an entirely dominant display across four games. Twice CSKA came close to being able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, but Dinamo Veh's defense stood their ground and saw out their sweep of the Army Team.

Here are the match-ups for the second round of the KHL Playoffs.

KHL Playoffs Second Round match-ups
(1) HC Sheriff Tiraspol vs. (5) Torpedo Verkhovyansk

(3) HC Traktor Bender vs. (7) Dinamo Verkhovyansk

2027-28 KHL Playoffs - Second Round

(1) HC Sheriff Tiraspol vs. (5) Torpedo Verkhovyansk

Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 2–1 Sheriff Tiraspol
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 1–0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 Torpedo Verkhovyansk (1–0 OT)
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 0–2 Sheriff Tiraspol
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 Torpedo Verkhovyansk

Torpedo Verkhovyansk wins the series 4–3
(3) HC Traktor Bender vs. (7) Dinamo Verkhovyansk

Traktor Bender 4–0 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
Traktor Bender 1–1 Dinamo Verkhovyansk (2–1 OT)
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 3–1 Traktor Bender
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 2–1 Traktor Bender
Traktor Bender 2–4 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 4–0 Traktor Bender

Dinamo Verkhovyansk wins the series 4–2

Once again, the small town of Verkhovyansk in the middle of the Leninov Socialist State will be divided along club lines as both Torpedo and Dinamo Verkhovyansk have advanced to the finals of the Meshvedishvili Cup, the premier trophy in Pridnestrovian ice hockey. The Second Round of the Pridnestrovian side of the KHL playoffs was marked by comebacks, although for one side the comeback would not be completed in time. That side is HC Sheriff Tiraspol, champions of the regular season in the Pridnestrovian Division of the KHL. Sheriff Tiraspol, like many other sports club in Pridnestrovia, has many sports divisions, with its footballing division obviously the most popular. But the investment into the KHL has seen Sheriff's leadership also invested into their ice hockey division, and their decision has been seemingly paid off by Sheriff's clinching of the Vladislav Smirnitsky Shield, awarded to the team with the most points earned during the regular season. Sheriff also showed their mettle by fighting back from a 3-1 series deficit against Torpedo Verkhovyansk to make it 3-3, but in the end Torpedo proved too strong for this Sheriff side courtesy of Roman Onipchenko's lone goal in Game 7.

It's a similar but different story for Dinamo Verkhovyansk against Traktor Bender; similar in that Dinamo Veh also mounted a comeback but different in that they actually succeeded in turning around their situation to their advantage. Traktor took a 2-0 series lead (including a commanding 4-0 Game 1 win at Traktor-Arena in Bender) before Dinamo Veh realized that they were on the brink of being eliminated and therefore switched on for the rest of the series, against which Traktor proved to be no match. The Meshvedishvili Cup will now surely stay in Verkhovyansk; the only question now is whether the ribbons tied to it are colored maroon or black.

2028 Meshvedishvili Cup Finals

(5) Torpedo Verkhovyansk vs. (7) Dinamo Verkhovyansk

Torpedo Verkhovyansk 1–0 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 0–1 Dinamo Verkhovyansk
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 4–2 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Dinamo Verkhovyansk 4–2 Torpedo Verkhovyansk
Torpedo Verkhovyansk 2–3 Dinamo Verkhovyansk

Dinamo Verkhovyansk wins the 2028 Meshvedishvili Cup Finals 4–1

It is truly the hope that kills you. That is what Torpedo Verkhovyansk fans will say when they look back at the 2028 Meshvedishvili Cup Finals. Things were looking good for them. Their team had taken Game 1 of the Finals courtesy of Ernst Semmelrogge's successful snap shot. And then Dinamo Verkhovyansk managed to scrape a win in Game 2, and after that Torpedo had no chance, like many a team that made the mistake of facing Dinamo Veh in the Meshvedishvili Cup Finals. Dinamo Verkhovyansk have committed a successful title defense yet again, but even as team captain Saveliy Titov lifts the cup over his head he and his team are already preparing for next season, which includes another trip to the Hockey Champions League, where their mettle will once again be put to the test, this time against the multiverse's best.

Congratulations to Dinamo Verkhovyansk, your 2028 Meshvedishvili Cup champions!

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 3:12 am

Welcome to yet another season of the Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft. For the first time in five seasons, the league started off with the same number of teams that it ended with last season. Perhaps this is a testament to the newfound stability of the league? Perhaps, perhaps. Defending champions Suwkpel Rush are sure to be back at it again and will look to be only the third team in the history of the league to have won back-to-back titles, while Markovsky Tsars will surely want to rectify their mistakes from last season and get back in the big time. And some teams like Piuui Rockets will dare to dream of bigger things after coming so close last season. It's all shaping up to be an exciting season of lacrosse. One notable change though: the league has shortened its schedule from 18 to 16 weeks following Abanhfleft's successful bid to host the World Lacrosse Championships, so the LLA will definitely want to have the season wrapped up before the premier lacrosse competition in the multiverse rolls around. Now, without further ado, here are the results of the 2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft season.

2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft Regular Season Final Standings

WESTERN DIVISION         Pld    W   L    GF   GA   GD
 1 Markovsky Tsars        16   11   5   184  127  +57   Division leaders, Bye to Division finals
 2 Mykorrigan Flyers      16   10   6   167  147  +20   Qualified for playoffs
 3 Ogovlich Orioles [x]   16    8   8   170  169   +1   Qualified for playoffs
 4 Haranguer Vipers [y]   16    8   8   159  150   +9
 5 Piuui Rockets          16    8   8   141  156  −15
 6 Marble Arch Bandidos   16    6  10   146  181  −35

[x] Ogovlich ahead of Haranguer and Piuui on H2H results
[y] Haranguer ahead of Piuui on H2H GD

EASTERN DIVISION          Pld    W   L    GF   GA   GD
 1 Suwkpel Rush            16   15   1   218  113 +105   Division leaders, Bye to Division finals
 2 Olistan Polaris         16    9   7   178  154  +24   Qualified for playoffs
 3 Riuwiee Nighthawks [x]  16    8   8   167  168   −1   Qualified for playoffs
 4 Releinthi Liberty       16    8   8   164  163   +1
 5 Jasvirabad Jays         16    3  13   105  194  −89
 6 Calfragilis Marshals    16    2  14   147  224  −77

[x] Riuwiee ahead of Releinthi on H2H results

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Suwkpel Rush have taken the Eastern Division title, but what will surely have surprised people is that the Rush have lost only one game throughout the whole season, a shock 3-5 loss against the struggling Jasvirabad Jays. The Markovsky Tsars take home the Western Division title along with the honor of being best of the rest, but with 5 losses to their name, it looks like the Rush are astronomically away from everyone else in the league. Maybe there is something to their claims that the Rush will indeed become the third team to win back-to-back LLA titles.

2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft Playoffs

Eastern Division Qualifier
Olistan Polaris 7–9 Riuwiee Nighthawks

This is a Central Islands derby we're not really seen too much of, but it's still as fierce and heated as the Capital Island Derby between Riuwiee and Releinthi. Olistan, being essentially the most "powerful" of the Presbyterian Islands, see themselves as their region's only hope of countering the relative influence and popularity of the Capital Islands in general and Riuwiee in particular, so playoff clashes between these two islands could become really heated affairs indeed. And this game was no exception. With Olistan hosting this qualifier, the atmosphere was astonishing; it's a wonder that the players managed to hear each other through the fans' chants. Olistan actually drew first blood through Ursula Caithness, and she was pretty much the heart and soul of the Polaris' effort to the Nighthawks' status as best of the rest of the Eastern Division. But Riuwiee's eventually (some might say inevitably) showed through, and Heidi Vanderzee's last-gasp hat-trick saw the Nighthawks through to a meeting with the Suwkpel Rush.

Western Division Qualifier
Mykorrigan Flyers 10–16 Ogovlich Orioles

Things are also heating up over in western Abanhfleft. The Orioles of Ogovlich have not been a consistent playoff team in the LLA, a far cry from the likes of Markovsky and Mykorrigan, but getting there is still very much part of the Orioles' criteria for a successful season. And after a titanic clash in Mykorrigan, Ogovlich's season will continue to become a success, for the time being, as the Orioles ran out winners over the Flyers. Valentyna Kohut was on fire for the Orioles, bagging six goals including the one that tied the game at 8-8 at the end of the third quarter that eventually led to Ogovlich's dominance in the fourth. Yukiko Grosz scored four for Mykorrigan, which may seem like a lot, but for her it's definitely not enough. Especially now that the Flyers are out of the LLA playoffs.

2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft Division Finals
Eastern Division Final
Suwkpel Rush 11–3 Riuwiee Nighthawks

The Rush just keep going from strength to strength, it seems. While Suwkpel's offense and Armando Lachance have shone as always, credit also has to be given to their defense for keeping the Nighthawks to only three goals. Dwight Srour has been doing this for over a decade and a half now, and while his career shows that he has never really settled down with a team that's only because men's lacrosse teams have sprung up and folded like mayflies. Suwkpel appears to be the first really stable team that Srour has signed on for, and if the Rusk continues on this vein of good form, Srour just might be able to carve out a legacy for himself. Carly McCormick will surely be tearing her hair out at watching this kind of limpid display from her Nighthawks because she knows that time is running out for her to deliver a lacrosse title to the capital. Those folks are getting hungry and restless for some success in lacrosse.

Western Division Final
Markovsky Tsars 18–4 Ogovlich Orioles

They call this matchup the Mezaladbyi Derby, but it's not much of derby when one side pretty much has the other's number, which is the case between Markovsky and Ogovlich. Yes, Ogovlich has won a handful of games against Markovsky but the Orioles have never won against the Tsars where it counts the most: the playoffs. After their shock elimination in the Western Division Qualifier last season, Markovsky wants, needs to rectify that, and unfortunately for Ogovlich, they were in the way. Noémi Székely and Aoibhe McCailín were on fire for the Tsars, scoring six goals each on their way to the 2029 LLA Final against the Suwkpel Rush. Sorry, Ogovlich; looks like it will have to wait until the next season.

2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft Final
Suwkpel Rush 13–6 Markovsky Tsars

They have done it. They have only gone and done it. The Suwkpel Rush are now only the third team ever in the history of the Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft to win back-to-back titles, and the first all-male team to do it. Bless the Tsars' souls; they really tried to stop the Rush from doing it, but it was they who got stopped. Claude Dematteo, finally lured away from Marble Arch to Suwkpel, showed exactly why the Rush wanted him in their midfield with a commanding display, keeping the Tsars right where he wanted them and letting the Rush bombard Samantha Velho Cabral's goal. Samantha held up very well against the onslaught though; without her Suwkpel could very easily have scored 20 goals. But 13 is still enough for the Rush to retain the Luzviminda Lozima Trophy, and Armando Lachance once again wins Man of the Match with five goals and three assists to his name. Another trip to the IDLO Champions Cup beckons, and with Suwkpel making it all the way to the semifinals before losing against eventual champions Ramusok Rhinos of Cosumar, they will surely want another bite of that particular apple.

Congratulations to the Suwkpel Rush, your 2028-29 Lacrosse League of Abanhfleft champions!

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:25 am

Another season of the Fleftic Premier League is about to get started. As always, 20 teams will compete through 38 matchdays to determine who will be crowned football champions of Abanhfleft, and of those 20, only 17 will remain in the top flight coming into next season. With places in international tournaments also up for grabs, who among these 20 will be able to string together enough results to emerge on top of the pile, and who will face the scary prospect of going down to the second division? There is, of course, only one way to find out, but before we do that, let's take a look at the teams, how they shape up, and what their prospects are for the coming season.

Admiral Porcusces

Manager: Bruce White (60 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Filibusters' Street (capacity 35,712)
Location: Porcusces, Ceneisis Province
Home colors: Blue with white trim and gold lettering
Away colors: Black with white lettering and trim
Third colors: White with blue lettering and gold trim
Position last season: 4th
Season objective: Top ten finish, possible Globe Cup place

After the dizzying heights of their title triumph in the 2019-20 season, Admiral Porcusces have fallen back to the mediocrity of mid-table. Basically, they're too poor to challenge for the top five, even the top ten, but they're also too good to get relegated. That being said, the appointment of Bruce White to the team ended up being one of the best things to happen to the Foxes as they surged up the table to finish in fourth place and claim Abanhfleft's third and final Globe Cup spot. Having had a taste of international football, Admiral Porcusces fans now want more, and their moves in the transfer market (both local and foreign) are indicative of such intent. Cosumarite defender Isaak Noff has been brought in to shore up the defense, while Jamie Austin and Ricky Bryan are expected to protect and cover the midfield in place of the departing Bryce Hinder. And with a strike force including Elbert Judd and Arkady Rozier, Bruce White may just be able to achieve another top five finish.

All-Inclusive Haranguer

Manager: William Cranstone (46 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: National Book Store Stadium (capacity 22,591)
Location: Haranguer, Selid Province
Home colors: Orange and black striped shirts and black shorts
Away colors: White with black trim and lettering
Third colors: Aquamarine with neon yellow trim
Position last season: 2nd in Unang Liga
Season objective: Avoid relegation, possible mid-table finish

As the only mixed-gender team to have ever played in the top flight of Fleftic football, All-Inclusive Haranguer has always been held up by proponents of gender inclusion in Fleftic sports as the living example of how and why mixed-gender teams should operate in the Premier League. Unfortunately, the Sand Tigers' relegation in the 2025-26 season have scuppered the chances of a gender-inclusive Premier League, at least in the near future. After steering them right back up from Unang Liga, William Cranstone is now tasked with keeping All-Inclusive there. Budget restrictions following their relegation meant that the Sand Tigers had to look mostly within for the players that they would need for this campaign, but at least they still have their midfield of Luke de Coubertin and Anglatian and now Fleftic international Abigail Papadiamantopoulos. New addition Yolanda Fernandes Bastos, signed from Wanda Island Wanderers Women for 60 million new penenks (15 million NSD), is expected to be Lester Starkowitz's successor as the season goes on. Avoiding relegation should be easily achievable for this team, and some would even hazard on predicting a mid-table finish for the Sand Tigers.

Arsenal de Releinthi

Manager: Emilio Caravaggio (57 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Monsanto Stadium (capacity 60,757)
Location: Releinthi
Home colors: Red shirt with white sleeves and white shorts
Away colors: Dark yellow shirt with navy blue trim and navy blue shorts
Third colors: Black with yellow trim
Position last season: 3rd
Season objective: Title challengers

The mood in Releinthi is still good, but one can still sense the bubbling frustration just beneath the surface. Emilio Caravaggio earned the love and goodwill of Arsenal de Releinthi fans after he helped the Gunners win the title in his very first season with the club, a fitting start to his reign as his predecessor Godric Wexler had also lifted the trophy over his head in his final season at the Monsanto Stadium. However, it should be noted that Caravaggio won the title practically with the squad that he had inherited from Wexler, and the two consecutive third-place finishes that followed came about only after Caravaggio had put his mark on the team and brought in his own players. After Caravaggio broke the bank (and the national transfer record) with the purchase of Marcus Tabarez from Xemlice Rovers for a whopping 320 million new penenks (80 million NSD), the pressure to deliver has never been greater. Good thing Tabarez has support in the form of Jake Pimentel who is a guaranteed goal-per-game striker, while Billy Cross will want to take to heart the teachings that he had learned from his mentor and midfield partner Ralph Dominguez. Expect nothing but a spirited title challenge from the Gunners of Releinthi that will tax other teams to the ends of their skills.

Athletic Dorfdifving

Manager: Takehiko Ikeda (63 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Szymborski Stadium (capacity 35,264)
Location: Reyes, Dorfdifving Province
Home colors: Canary yellow and green half-and-half shirt and green shorts
Away colors: Gray shirt and shorts
Position last season: 12th
Season objective: Mid-table finish, avoid relegation if necessary

It is a period of transition for Athletic Dorfdifving. Two of the players that had turned the Canaries into household names, Louis Simpson and Charlie King, have now both hung up their boots, and the question now is of course who will replace them. Gharbambiyan goalkeeper Nyoike Osewe has been brought from the Fhulghamous' Charalambos FC to the Szymborski Stadium to become their new custodian between the sticks, while Pridnestrovian veteran journeyman Vladimir Krupin will hope to impart his knowledge to the Canaries defense before his own impending retirement. Getting goals appear to be an uphill task for Dorfdifving as neither Gavin Rodriguez nor Wayne Stephens look worthy to be deemed as Charlie King's successor, but this could all be a setup to allow the Oontaznik wonderkid Basilio Calupid to shine and introduce himself to the footballing world. Still, the task of staying up could either be made better or worse by any number of factors, and if Athletic Dorfdifving show that they are capable of surviving the worst that this season can throw at them then they are truly deserving of their top flight status.

Bananas FC

Manager: Gualberto Delgado (51 y/o, OOZ)
Stadium: NLighten Arena (capacity 37,955)
Location: Suwkpel, Berkner Bay Province
Home colors: Amber shirt and black shorts
Away colors: Black with amber trim
Third colors: Dark green with apple green trim
Position last season: 14th
Season objective: Mid-table finish. top ten if possible

Gualberto Delgado has been called many things, and ambitious is one of them. Of course, he had to be called that after he said that he would achieve the objective set before him by the new owners of Bananas FC of becoming a Globe Cup-contending side in five seasons. Bananas have been a yoyo club in recent years, and it seems rather funny that their greatest achievement should also coincide with one of their worst disappointments; namely, winning the 2025 SFA Cup Final against Xemlice Rovers just a week after their relegation from the Premier League. But all that is in the past; Bananas are now focused on the future, and they are doing that through activity in the transfer market. Notable new signings for the Amber Wolves include Baker Park's Bryan Hale, who will serve as a much-needed left-sided player on their roster, and Theofylaktos Iordanou will do the same on the right. Up front, Harit Almelor is Bananas' top goalscoring threat, but should he start firing blanks (which is guaranteed to happen sometime in the season) then there is always young Mustafa Bensoussan and Xanneria's Devin Criss, who wanted to "test his wits against international players". This may not have been what he had in mind, though. One notable absentee from this roster is fullback Lemuel Fuller, who underwent knee surgery during the offseason but whose recovery and rehabilitation is still up in the air. Survival could be easy enough for Bananas this time, but anything beyond that? More than likely still a pipe dream.

Fleftic Air Force

Manager: Sanford Backus (63 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Villahermosa Memorial Stadium (capacity 43,021)
Location: Pilken, Dav Province
Home colors: Blue with white sleeves and collar and white shorts
Away colors: Yellow with blue trim
Position last season: 8th
Season objective: Mid-table finish

Fleftic Air Force's return to the top flight was marked not only by a respectable mid-table finish but also victory in the 2027 SFA Cup Final against Bananas FC. It was a tough campaign, with the Air Force Club edging out their opponents by only a single goal (with the notable exception of their 5-3 free-for-all against All-Inclusive Haranguer, currently rated as among the best SFA Cup games of the season and even the decade). This season, Fleftic Air Force are determined to make themselves stick to the Premier League, and to achieve that they have decided to use two of the three foreign players slots that they have on players outside of the APOC Coalition; Baker Park's Kiel O'Hara will now be the main provider of goals for the Air Force Club, and Sindr Na'Tokeh will be the first ever Vloo to play in Abanhfleft, and he will be the rock around which this Air Force defense will be built around, hopefully. Also, let us not forget about the cup hero Monad Murad and his abilities to cut inside the wing and pop off a shot from distance, along with the Air Marshal himself, Sterling Mallory.

Gyouza Young Lads

Manager: Gennady Sokolov (47 y/o, PDN)
Stadium: Minchev Automobiles Field (capacity 25,727)
Location: Gyouza, Eielo Province
Home colors: Gold and black striped shirts and black shorts
Away colors: White with black trim
Third colors: Light blue with neon yellow trim
Position last season: 13th
Season objective: Mid-table finish, Avoid relegation if necessary

Last season for the Young Lads of Gyouza was a success, success for them being the fact that they are still playing top flight football in Abanhfleft. Their third season of it, in fact. The Young Lads secured their status as a Premier League team with a few matchdays to spare, and nestling into that mid-table pack will be their target for this season once again. Despite retaining their top flight status though, Gyouza are still keeping their purse strings tight, and most of their acquisitions have been made locally. Perhaps their biggest coup was the signing of Pridnestrovian rising star Jaromir Stret from the Admiral Novorossiysk B team for a club record 48 million new penenks (12 million NSD), and the young goalkeeper has big shoes to fill in the form of the retiring Gargamel Matelikov. Cheaper but no less effective acquisitions are the free transfers of Sam Vigliotti from Paulsen FC and Demetrios Pachis of Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza, both very credible attacking options whom the Young Lads will want to help them keep their place in the Premier League.

Locomotive Imgortur

Manager: Klearchos Kazantzakis (45 y/o, FHU)
Stadium: New Locomotive Arena (capacity 45,035)
Location: Imgortur, Verbergerkinnh Province
Home colors: Green shirt and red shorts and socks
Away colors: White with green and red trim and lettering
Third colors: Black with white and green trim and lettering
Position last season: 11th
Season objective: Mid-table finish, Possible Globe Cup qualification

The surprise winners of the 2025-26 Fleftic Premier League have reverted back to the mean, finishing comfortably in mid-table in the recently concluded season. Maybe it's because the top teams have gotten their form and consistency back on track. Maybe it's because two of the players that helped them win the title (Artemios Zigdis and Antonis Harisis) have gone on to greener pastures. Or maybe some divine force had some fun with the little humans and decided to mess around with the game of football in order to bring about a season where Locomotive could and would win the title. But what is known is that Klearchos Kazantzakis now trusts Quintrell Lidgley to survive a Premier League campaign as a starter, the young Apoxian midfield dynamo pulling the strings for the Engineers. Melisizwe Afolayan remains the captain and leader of this side from the right side of the defense, and Filipp Dykhovichny impressed Kazantzakis enough to snap up the Pridnestrovian striker following Eielo Sunlight's relegation.

Ludogorets Markovsky

Manager: Miles Bennett (39 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Stadium of the Old Forester (capacity 40,202)
Location: Markovsky, Mazaladbyi Province
Home colors: Dark green with white trim
Away colors: White with dark green trim
Third colors: Gray with dark green trim
Position last season: 1st
Season objective: Title challengers

Kasper Molak left the Foresters on a high, helping them lift their third Premier League title last season, and the onus is now on young Miles Bennett to continue bringing success to the green half of Markovsky. In this he will be assisted by a star-studded cast of characters, from Fleftic international defender Daisuke Ogigayatsu to midfield maestro DeAngelo Levin and new star striker Damian Selikov. Boney winger AP Kelly unfortunately has to drop down to the bench for Ludogorets' first few games to help him recover from a groin injury sustained during the back half of last season. And do watch out for the 19-year-old striker Anraí Dolan, younger brother of a certain Zsofia. He's already had a stellar preseason, leading to his inclusion to the senior team in time for the coming season.

Malabon SC

Manager: Harvey Abesamis (55 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: San Roque Park (capacity 52,001)
Location: Malabon
Home colors: White and black striped shirts and black shorts
Away colors: Orange with light blue trim
Position last season: 1st in Unang Liga
Season objective: Top ten finish, possible Globe Cup place

The relegation of Malabon was both a shock and a wake-up call to all of the fans and pundits who said that the top clubs are too big to fail. The warning signs had been there for everyone to see, but nobody took action until it was too late, but in the end it was a good thing. The relegation allowed the separation of the wheat from the chaff, with only the players who were absolutely determined to bring Malabon back to the top flight being retained for their Unang Liga campaign, a campaign which culminated in the Black-and-Whites' immediate promotion. Familiar faces such as Lucjo Kleinmann and Andor Gaal have proven that their hearts bleed black-and-white, while Radislav Kalyna will see himself tested by new and improved Premier League opposition. Val Zolnerov and Kevin Kelvin are both getting long in the tooth, but they are still providing vital experience from the bench.

And that does it for Part One of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League Preview. In the next part we will be covering the other ten teams who are set to participate in this season of the FPL. After this we will get on with the games themselves. It's all shaping up to be a very exciting season...

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:47 am

Now comes part two of the preview of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League season. Here we tackle the next ten teams in the league and take a look at their chances of taking the title, sneaking into an international footballing spot, or just staying in the league itself. Without further ado, here is the continuation of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League season preview.

Niraza Rovers

Manager: Vernon Harland (63 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Pixylight Stadium at Clifton Park (capacity 30,277)
Location: Niraza, Berkner Bay Province
Home colors: Purple shirt and shorts with yellow trim
Away colors: Yellow shirt with purple sash and purple shorts
Third colors: White shirt and shorts with purple trim
Position last season: 6th in Unang Liga
Season objective: Avoid relegation

Say hello to the new boys on the block. This will be the Rovers' first ever season in the top flight of Fleftic football ever since their foundation in 1954, and they will surely want to make an impression on everyone else. In all honesty though, nothing truly sets apart Niraza from any other newly promoted team to the FPL; they have the capacity to score lots of goals but they've also leaked a lot of goals as well back down in Unang Liga. In fact, it was only through the away goals rule that Niraza were able to make it past Fleftic Army and book that date at the May 26 Memorial Stadium with Malhall United. Far and away their best goalscoring threat up front is local boy Cheong Young-nam, but knowing how great Unang Liga goalscorers often end up faltering in the top flight, Vernon Harland has brought in backup in the form of Sam Racanelli and rising Fhulghamousian star Stylianos Xanthopoulos, while Baek Young-soo and Jourdain Bonnay will keep Niraza from shipping as many goals as they did last season.

Paulsen FC

Manager: Henadiy Patzukin (55 y/o, PDN)
Stadium: Paulsen City Arena (capacity 20,922)
Location: Paulsen, Dorfdifving Province
Home colors: Old gold shirt and shorts with black trim
Away colors: Black shirt and shorts with old gold trim
Third colors: White shirt and shorts with old gold lettering and black trim
Position last season: 10th
Season objective: Mid-table finish, avoid relegation if necessary

Times certainly have changed for Paulsen. Gone are the days of the Blacksmiths yoyoing between the Premier League and Unang Liga. Henadiy Patzukin had been brought in at the start of the 2023-24 season to make sure that Paulsen doesn't drop straight back down to the second tier yet again, and not only did he do a stellar job at that, he has now given the club the capability to become a mid-table contender. Paulsen have lost some players along the way (through transfers, of course) but they've also signed new players whom the club will hope will be enough to secure yet another season of top flight football, most notable being Sven Dimmock (formerly of Rosenpfelblatz City) and Timur Shalyapin of Sporting Ceneisis. Richard Harper steps up to the plate as the Blacksmiths' front man after Yannick Harboldt was lured away to CSKA Tiraspol, while it's always a good idea to keep an eye on young Wallis Walliams who most probably would've become a Blue in exchange for Shalyapin had Ceneisis not been hit by a transfer ban by the SFA following questionable recruiting practices by the Blues' youth academy. But that is something that we shall tackle in the section about Ceneisis. Try saying that three times fast.

Riuwiee United

Manager: Maksim Shinkarenko (48 y/o, PDN)
Stadium: May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium (capacity 71,385)
Location: Riuwiee
Home colors: Dark blue shirt with yellow trim and yellow shorts with dark blue trim
Away colors: Yellow shirt with black trim and black shorts
Third colors: Neon green shirt with dark blue trim and dark blue shorts
Position last season: 2nd
Season objective: Title challengers

The prodigal son returns to Riuwiee, although referring to Maksim Shinkarenko as "prodigal" in the sense of the Biblical story seems quite harsh since he didn't part ways with the Blue Tribesmen on truly bad terms. Nevertheless, after spending some time managing clubs in his native Pridnestrovia, Shinkarenko has been brought back to the May 26 Stadium after Artemio Peres has failed time and again to deliver another title to the capital. But it appears that "Shinky" has come in at one of the worst times to do so as he has been given a squad in transition. Much of the Blue Tribesmen's old title winners have either retired or been moved on to other teams, leaving behind a hodgepodge of veteran talents and up-and-coming future stars. Rory Edwards now takes on the mantle of captain and leader from his older brother Luke, while Schottian striker Hamish Muir is expected to continue banging in the goals for the Tribesmen. Isaac Georgiadis as always remains the guardian of Riuwiee's midfield and is available for a long shot at goal or two, and young Nilson Arantes slots into the right-sided center back position left behind by Luke Edwards. If this isn't a championship-caliber team then I don't know what is.

Rosenpfelblatz City

Manager: Joseph Churchill (49 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Aeroflot Stadium (capacity 56,097)
Location: Rosenpfelblatz, Mezaladbyi Province
Home colors: Sky blue shirt and white shorts with black lettering
Away colors: Black shirt and shorts with white lettering
Third colors: Dark violet shirt and shorts with yellow lettering
Position: 6th
Season objective: Title challengers

Time and patience is running out for Joe Churchill. After delivering the Citizens' fifth Premier League title in his very first year of management, things have all but gone downhill for Mr. Churchill, and he has been left clawing around to find the form that his team displayed in that very first year of his management which has delivered what is currently Rosenpfelblatz's last title in five years. It's not as if he is lacking in talent; Kareem Dagen and Oliver Ganson remain a very formidable strike partnership, and while Max Fetfatzidis has gotten slower with age he can still provide killer balls to the front two (or really, anyone who's within range of goal and isn't afraid to take a shot). In the back line, young Apolloscleiyali has emerged as a rising defensive talent. With the pieces he's been given, there really is now no reason for Churchill not to deliver, especially now that the has also been given an ultimatum: win the title or it's the sack for him.

Sarvusdalamoive

Manager: Denise Crawford (42 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Stadio della Citta de Sebet (capacity 42,323)
Location: Sebet, Sarvusdalamoive Province
Home colors: Pink shirt and black shorts
Away colors: White shirt and shorts with pink and black trim
Third colors: Black shirt and shorts with pink trim
Position: 15th
Season objective: Mid-table finish, possible Globe Cup place

Finishing in 15th place right after qualifying for the Globe Cup simply just won't do. It won't do for any club in the multiverse but for a team like Sarvus which has been starved of success, especially in recent years. So it's out with the old and in with the new. Denise Crawford steps into the dugout in place of the sacked Tadeo Fernández and becomes the first solo female manager in the FPL (Janine Fuller was a tandem with her husband Tom Mereilles during their time with All-Inclusive Haranguer), getting her first taste of top-flight management after being in charge of the Sarvusdalamoive Ladies under-23s. She inherits an admittedly average squad where no single player really stands out. Toumain Vincelot could be considered a star though, seeing as he has made quite a number of appearances for the Fleftic national team (and sometimes used said appearances as a platform for his own views, much to the chagrin of the SFA). Conrado Azucarrera despite his age is still very much a potent goalscoring threat, and Efren Elia is always dangerous down the wings. If Crawford can achieve a top half finish with this team then that will be both a great achievement and proof that she has the credentials to take on Abanhfleft's best.

Sporting Ceneisis

Manager: Vaughn Palladino (48 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Throckmorton Bridge (capacity 47,630)
Location: Mereilles, Ceneisis Province
Home colors: Blue shirt and shorts with white trim
Away colors: White shirt and shorts with blue trim
Third colors: Pink shirt and shorts with black trim
Position last season: 7th
Season objective: Title challengers

Mere weeks after he had been dismissed by the SFA from the post of under-18 national team manager, Vaughn Palladino has found himself with a new job, and of course it had to be none other than his beloved Sporting Ceneisis, the club where he spent most of his playing career with and won the most trophies. Yes, he had already taken charge of the under-18 national squad but this is his first true test as a manager in the top flight, and he has an added challenge on top of that with the SFA slapping a transfer ban on Ceneisis following irregularities discovered with the methods in which they have recruited young players to come to their academy. It's all a big mess that no one really understands (not even the SFA, or so they say) but what everyone does understand is that Ceneisis cannot sign any players for the entirety of the season. That means no ins, not even loans. But they can still sell players and/or loan them out. But Palladino might end up not caring about that transfer ban in the end as he has got an impressive crop of talent at this disposal. Bonesman Curan Paynter has grown into one of the best defenders in the league at this point, so the Blues' defense is set. Bryce Hinder signed on a free transfer last January so he doesn't count towards the transfer ban, and for good measure as he has been a rock in the middle of Admiral Porcusces, and now it's hoped that he can do the same for the Foxes' interprovincial rivals. And while Peter Schermer may no longer be banging in the goals as much as he used to, Ulysses Perez and Tariq Abdul-Farid have proven to be able to step up to plug the goalscoring gaps when needed. It remains to be seen whether Palladino was truly just unlucky with his stint with the national team or if he really doesn't know what he's doing though.

Tefel FC

Manager: Árpád Pék (69 y/o, PDN)
Stadium: Wetfields (capacity 18,955)
Location: Tefel, Habalanbacushe Province
Home colors: Gold shirt with blue trim and navy blue shorts
Away colors: Light blue shirt with gold stripe and gold shorts
Third colors: White shirt and black shorts
Position last season: 17th
Season objective: Avoid relegation

First it was their victory over Sarvusdalamoive in that ten-goal thriller that was the 2024 SFA Cup Final. Then it was their promotion to the top flight for the very first time in five decades in 2026. And then they kept their Premier League status by the skin of their teeth last season. What else can the Devil Dogs do this season? Certainly another season of top flight would not be remiss. Maybe they could go on another one of those cup runs. However, they will have to take into account that in the Fleftic Premier League, more often than not you cannot do both at the same time. Oftentimes it can only be one or the other, so Tefel must make their choice wisely. Because, aside from Roldan Robles, they literally have no other proven goalscoring threat in their current roster. And Armando Ahumada can't keep Tefel's opponents at bay all by himself; the old cliche of "this is a team effort" is very much in effect for the Devil Dogs this season. Still, there wouldn't be any person in Abanhfleft who wouldn't be happy if Tefel does stay in the FPL for another season.

Thereisnogodistan

Manager: Tahir Karim (50 y/o, FHU)
Stadium: Richard Dawkins Park (capacity 25,607)
Location: Thereisnogodabad, Fhulghamous Peninsula Colony
Home colors: Yellow and white half-and-half shirt and white shorts
Away colors: White shirt with yellow sash and yellow shorts
Third colors: Black shirt and shorts with white trim
Position last season: 9th
Season objective: Avoid relegation

With the shock relegation of Marinos Thimpodopoulos down to Unang Liga, Thereisnogodistan is now the only club representing the Fhulghamous Peninsula in the top division of Fleftic football. Which may come as an even bigger shock than Marinos' relegation because Thereisnogodistan simply aren't that notable of a squad. Sure, there's (former) Fleftic international Samwell Crownover in between the sticks and promising attackers in Johnathan Ayala and Gejus Welcker. But aside from them, who else have the Atheists got? Nobody really. And yet they're still in the Premier League. So they're obviously doing something right. Don't be surprised if they're still around by next season though. They just have that strange ability.

Wanda Island Wanderers

Manager: Artemio Peres (63 y/o, OOZ)
Stadium: IKEA Arena (capacity 58,973)
Location: Wanda City, Wanda Island
Home colors: Pink shirt and dark blue shorts
Away colors: Dark blue shirt and shorts
Third colors: Light blue shirt and shorts
Position last season: 16th
Season objective: Globe Cup place, possible title challenge

What happened last season in Wanda City was just unacceptable. It was unacceptable to the board, and it was unacceptable to the fans. Wanda Island Wanderers are not a club that takes getting into a relegation dogfight lightly, and so it was time for their old manager to go. But then in an equally shocking move, the Wanderers board appointed Artemio Peres, recently of Riuwiee United, as the club's new manager, and in all honesty fans are unsure of how to react to this. Wanda Islanders have slung so much dirt and mirth at Peres during his time with the Blue Tribesmen and the Blues of Sporting Ceneisis that to now have "the enemy" as the man calling the shots for their team is a prospect that they find daunting to say the least. But surely Peres will be able to bring the best out of a squad that includes the tricky winger Arthur MacAlistair, the solid Dane Lansforde and the impenetrable Caleb Wayne? And it's not like he will be lacking in a big and unstoppable goalscorer, as Paul Osomoai has carved himself a place in the starting eleven at the cost of Leigh Oswald. But what will people say when Peres somehow ends up in another relegation dogfight with this squad? Again, that's a question to which nobody knows the answer.

Xemlice Rovers

Manager: Desmond Lewis (43 y/o, AFT)
Stadium: Oubie Park (capacity 47,312)
Location: Lotharstadt, Xemlice Province
Home colors: Light blue and dark blue checkered shirt and light blue shorts
Away colors: Yellow shirt and shorts with dark blue trim
Third colors: Gray shirt and shorts with light blue trim
Position last season: 5th
Season objective: Globe Cup place

Tis the season of young managers in the Fleftic Premier League this season, apparently. Sadly, Desmond Lewis was appointed Xemlice manager just 24 hours after the club had sold arguably the best player they have produced in this decade in Marcus Tabarez. Lewis had stated in previous interviews that if he could, the player he would want to manage the most would be Tabarez. But now it's no longer possible, unless Lewis goes to Releinthi and takes Emilio Caravaggio's job (and depending on how this season goes, it could very well happen). Nevertheless, the squad Lewis has got at Oubie Park is no laughing matter; Corey Wheeler is a big and strong striker who can create opportunities out of thin air, and Massound Sitangkay can score if need be. Either Joe Warren or Fabrosu Nyema can come up with something in the midfield, and Geoffrey Pagan finally steps into the limelight to defend the sticks for a big club. At least this time the board has given up all pretenses of being able to challenge for the title, declaring Globe Cup qualification to be the target. There's no way that Lewis and this squad can screw that up, right? Right?

And that is the end of the preview for the 2027-28 season of the Fleftic Premier League. Twenty teams are up and running and gunning for the title, but in the end there can only be one winner. Who will that be? There is only one way to find out, of course, and we will be taking a journey through the 2027-28 season to watch it unfold and take a guess as to who will win and who will lose. But for now, that is all.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:36 am

We start off the season, as always, with a trip to the May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium in the capital city of Riuwiee for the SFA Community Shield. The SFA Community Shield is often considered as the curtain-raiser to a new season of football in Abanhfleft, and the Shield itself is contested by the champions of the Fleftic Premier League and the winners of the SFA Cup, who will play ninety minutes of football to determine a winner. If scores are level after the ninety minutes then it is straight to penalties; no more thirty additional minutes. It's penalties or bust when it comes to the Community Shield.

This time it's Ludogorets Markovsky, now three-time Premier League winners up against Fleftic Air Force Football Club, who won the SFA Cup for only the second time in their almost ninety-year history. Ludogorets have elected to play in their classical all-green kit with white trim, meaning the Air Force Club had to break out their away kits of white shirts with blue sleeves and white shorts. The Golden Eagles wore a similar style of kit when they won the SFA Cup against Bananas FC last year, and they were surely hoping that they would have the same kind of luck with that kit while playing against the defending Premier League champions.

And it was indeed the Air Force who would draw first blood in the 2027 SFA Community Shield despite them fielding what is arguably not their strongest side as their applications for two of their new foreign players are still being processed by the notoriously Byzantine bureaucracy of the SFA. Sunil Singh, filling in as striker for the as-yet-unregistered Kiel O'Hara of Baker Park, leaped highest over the crowd to head home the corner kick from Lee Joon-ho to score the first goal of the game in the 23rd minute. Julius Kande soon doubled the Air Force's advantage with a stunning long-range goal which left Ludogorets goalkeeper Ede Haselböck flapping his hands at empty air while the ball sailed serenely past him.

But the two-goal lead would not last long for the Golden Eagles. Through sheer force of willpower (and some beguiling footwork as well), Ludogorets' Damian Selikov, the hometown hero who scored the winning goal against Admiral Porcusces last season and secured the title for the Foresters, danced his way around a mass of Air Force defenders before finally slamming the ball into the roof of the net. Fleftic Air Force would keep their lead at half-time, but six minutes after the restart Pereira pulled the side in green back on level terms with a scintillating chip over Aleardo Cogliati, and that was how the first ninety minutes would end, a 2-2 draw to both sides.

Ludogorets won the toss to kick the first penalty, and their first taker was the Bonish winger AP Kelly, but it would be a horror of a penalty kick for the 24-year-old as he saw his penalty roll low and wide of the left post. Nevertheless, some hope was restored in the camp of the team from Markovsky when Eugenio Zavala also missed his penalty, this time sending it to the proverbial Row Z. As Abanhfleft had adopted the ABBA system of penalty shooting in the 2022-23 season, it was another Air Force player who stepped up to the spot after Zavala, and it was none other than the Cup hero himself, Monad Murad. This time there was no nervousness at all as Murad thumped his penalty past Haselböck, and soon everyone else was scoring their penalties as well. That trend would end though when it was the turn of Carles Stoddard to take the fifth penalty for Ludogorets. Whether if it was nerves or the heat of the moment or whatever Cogliati was doing to distract him, Stoddard did not make the best of contact with the ball when it was his turn to kick, and Cogliati quite comfortably held the ball against his chest, to the delight of the Air Force faithful. And then it was the turn of the Air Marshal himself, Sterling Mallory, captain of this Air Force side, to kick, knowing that if he made this penalty the Shield would be going to Pilken. And, like the man himself, Mallory's penalty was as cool as ice, and Fleftic Air Force have won the first trophy on offer for the 2027-28 Fleftic football season.

Congratulations to Fleftic Air Force, your 2027 SFA Community Shield winners!

NOTE: Games are not necessarily played in the order that they are listed.

And now on to actual league action! We start off with the Friday night game between Sarvusdalamoive and Arsenal de Releinthi. And right off the bat, things have gotten to a bad start for the Gunners as the Pinks stomped their way to an early lead courtesy of a Conrado Azucarrera double. Arsenal mounted a spirited comeback effort, spearheaded by striker Jake Pimentel, but in the end it would not be enough to salvage even a point as the Gunners left the Stadio della Citta de Sebet empty-handed. The early Saturday kickoff saw Tefel play host to Ludogorets Markovsky, and the Foresters made amends for their loss in the Community Shield with a win over the Devil Dogs, but Tefel really made the boys in green fight for the three points. There were a few surprises in the Saturday afternoon games, most notably newly-promoted Niraza Rovers securing a late draw away to Wanda Island Wanderers, and All-Inclusive Haranguer and Paulsen contesting a seven-goal thriller in which the Blacksmiths eventually emerged triumphant. It was a routine 3-0 win for Admiral Porcusces over Thereisnogodistan, and both Athletic Dorfdifving and Bananas won away from home by the margin of a single goal.

As night fell over an exciting Saturday of football in Abanhfleft though, things took a turn for the unexpected. The late night game was scheduled between Cup holders and now Shield winners Fleftic Air Force and the capital club itself, Riuwiee United. 6,500 diehard Blue Tribesmen fans made the one-hour flight to Pilken in Dav Province to watch their team fall 2-0 to an Air Force side which appeared to have been buoyed both by their Community Shield victory and the successful arrival and registration of their new foreign players. Thibaud Marchand opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a dragged shot from a tight angle that still has some pundits and fans wondering if it was meant to be a shot on goal or a cross to Kiel O'Hara. The 26-year-old Baker Park forward wouldn't have to wait for too long after that to score his first goal for the Air Force Club though as a mere ten minutes after Marchand found the net, Julius Kande played O'Hara through on goal and the Bakerite nutmegged Orestes Katsouranis III for the Golden Eagles' second goal.

However, for all of the drama produced in Saturday, Sunday looked to be a disappointment in the offing as both Xemlice Rovers and Sporting Ceneisis settled for a nil-nil draw at Oubie Park. Fans had now come to not expect much from the Sunday afternoon game between Malabon SC and Rosenpfelblatz City, but boy were they in for a treat. The game got off to a blistering start after Judas Neres scored just five minutes after the first whistle, and then following attack after attack by the Citizens on Radislav Kalyna's goal Malabon's Arthur Supratno opened his account for the season in the worst way possible, kicking the ball into his own goal. With three minutes left to play in the first half Supratno's own goal was very much a punch in the gut to the Ravens, but then it appeared as if they had recovered when Knut Ingenhoven scored almost immediately after the kickoff to start off the second half. However, Ingenhoven's goal proved to be a false dawn as Kareem Dagen quickly restored Rosen City's two-goal cushion, and Oliver Ganson capped off proceedings with a 75th minute penalty. All in all, this first matchday of the new Fleftic Premier League season could very well make yet another effective advertisement for the sheer excitement and unpredictability of this particular league.

Matchday Two started off with an early Saturday game at Throckmorton Bridge in Mereilles as Sporting Ceneisis welcomed All-Inclusive Haranguer. Vaughn Palladino's men left it late; Curan Paynter steering the ball into the net with his knee only nine minutes before the end of the ninety, but once again this boring start to the weekend belied a crazy and unbelievable matchday of Fleftic football at its finest. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend was Niraza Rovers securing their first ever win in the Fleftic Premier League against none other than Arsenal de Releinthi, the team with the most PL titles under its belt. Much like their Friday night game last week, Arsenal were quickly put two goals down with classic counterattacking goals from Vsevolod Mikhaylov and Daryl Bonura. Jake Pimentel and Stanislav Chaykovsky led yet another second-half Gunners comeback, but Stylianos Xanthopoulos put an end to the side from Releinthi's dream of picking up their first points of the season in this game with a late screamer that is sure to keep Arsenal fans awake at night for at least the next few weeks. Or months.

It seems fitting though that Saturday should end as it began, with a dour game of football with chances few and far between. And which teams would it be other than Riuwiee United and Wanda Island Wanderers? Artemio Peres certainly never expected his return to the capital to come so quickly, and yet here he was. And even though Peres had promised that his stint with the Wanderers would not be like his time with the Blue Tribesmen (or with Sporting Ceneisis, for that matter), shades of the old "bus-parking Artemio" still appeared throughout the ninety minutes, and in the end everyone left the May 26 Stadium frustrated, from the fans to the players to even the club's staff. Artemio Peres has arrived at Wanda Island, and already it seems as if some of the fans wish he hadn't.

But this hasn't stopped the FPL from throwing up even more surprising results. The early Sunday game between Rosenpfelblatz City and Locomotive Imgortur saw the surprise winners of the 2025-26 season secure a thumping victory over Joe Churchill's side. Things had proceeded by the script well enough in the first half, Max Fetfatzidis and Kareem Dagen scoring for the Citizens and giving them a 2-0 advantage. And then, for lack of a better word, Filipp Dykhovichny happened. The Pridnestrovian striker had been impressive for Eielo Sunlight last season, and Klearchos Kazantzakis secured his services for the Engineers after the Suns dropped down to Unang Liga last season, and today Dykhovichny showed just why he had been sought after by a number of FPL clubs. Dykhovichny bagged a brace and two assists on the way to a Man of the Match performance for the Engineers, something that Locomotive fans will hope he can keep producing time and again in the league. Paulsen and Admiral Porcusces then closed off the weekend with a six-goal thriller where they shared the spoils. Paulsen's Richard Harper scored his first brace of the season while the Foxes' young new recruit from the Union of Quincy, Chia Jao, put his name on the scoresheet to secure that point for Admiral.

Riuwiee United have arrived at Clifton Park (currently called Pixylight Stadium for sponsorship reasons) for the early Saturday game of Matchday Three, but the Blue Tribesmen are not the only reason why the people of Niraza are on their feet. For the first time ever, a live Premier League game is about to be broadcast from Clifton Park. And whether you paid for a seat at the stadium yourself or just tuned in from the comfort of your own home, you would have gotten your money's worth as Niraza Rovers and Riuwiee United produced a spectacular thriller which saw Hamish Muir score the first hat trick of the new season. The afternoon games also had their share of surprises, most notably Gyouza Young Lads clawing their way back from an early two-goal deficit to salvage a point against Rosenpfelblatz City. The Citizens' usual suspects Buddock Mawla and Kareem Dagen both scored in the space of three minutes to give the boys in sky blue the lead just twenty minutes in, but a determined Gyouza side huffed and puffed before finally breaking through in the 69th minute through Sam Vigliotti before young Mathew Perkins completed the comeback with two minutes left to go in regulation. Thereisnogodistan also threw a helping of humble pie at Locomotive Imgortur's face; former Locomotive academy product Gejus Welcker leading the charge for the Atheists.

Arsenal de Releinthi wouldn't have to wait much longer for their first win of the season as they finally got it in the Saturday night game against Xemlice Rovers. It was a particularly dominant performance that Gunners fans had wanted to see from their team for a long time now, and the Gamekeepers could only blame themselves and the schedule for falling victim to this seemingly reinvigorated Releinthi side. Elliott Henry and Jake Pimentel would score two quick goals before Xemlice managed to reply with Corey Wheeler, but another Pimentel penalty saw the restoration of Arsenal's lead over the Rovers. Joe Warren scored Xemlice's second to give themselves a glimmer of hope against one of the more inconsistent sides in the Premier League in recent memory, but Paolo Ardizzone finally put an end to those aspirations. And then, to add insult to injury, Arsenal's record signing Marcus Tabarez scored to put his former side out of their misery. Now that's a goal worth 80 million NSD.

The early Sunday game saw Wanda Island Wanderers play host to defending champions Ludogorets Markovsky, and the Foresters showed exactly why they are championship caliber by coming back against daunting circumstances. It was actually a Ludogorets player who scored the first goal of the game, but unfortunately for Mohammed Bryant he scored in the completely wrong goal, putting his side down 1-0 within 19 minutes. But, in a seeming testament to their ability and mentality, Ludogorets didn't immediately bum-rush the Wanda Island goal; instead, they worked methodically as they always do, and it was through that methodical approach that AP Kelly scored the equalizer in the 33rd minute through a free kick to which he applied enough kick and swerve to completely leave Psiquiq stranded in the middle of his goal, unable to choose which side to leap towards. Trevor Iñiguez then popped up for a rare goal to secure all three points for the Foresters and keep their fans singing all the way back to Markovsky.

And now for what is arguably the match of the matchday: the Ceneisis derby between Admiral Porcusces and Sporting Ceneisis. Filibusters' Street is the venue, and Vaughn Palladino and his men are the guests. It seems though that they are very much welcome guests as Admiral laid out a spectacular greeting to them in the form of Valentyn Gavrilyuk's 8th minute goal. Things would only get worse for the visitors (or better from the home side's perspective) as Elbert Judd and then Arkady Rozier found the back of Carlos Cohen's net. Rozier was actually supposed to go to Throckmorton Bridge after he was forced to leave The Redvale for political reasons, but then Admiral remembered that they had both a buyback clause and right of first refusal on Rozier and the rest, as they say, is history. Ceneisis' former Anglatian and current (occasional) Mercedinian international Christian Vacek Jr. scored just barely more than a minute after Rozier, but it was to be nothing more than a consolation as a late Elbert Judd penalty sealed the deal and made sure that Admiral Porcusces would come out on top of this particular Ceneisis derby. For the moment, the top dog in Ceneisis Province, at least in footballing terms, is actually a fox. The Foxes of Porcusces, to be exact.

The definition of a "slow start" is always a complex matter, and it always depends on who you ask. For Rosenpfelblatz City, four points in three games is most definitely a slow start to the season. Frankly speaking, they have the squad to do much, much better. The mere fact that this team is struggling to do much better at the moment seems to show that you simply cannot take anything for granted in the Fleftic Premier League. Which is why when matchday four arrived at the Aeroflot Stadium in the form of Tefel and the Football at 12 crew, the Citizens were determined to not only put out a good show of football but to also get all three points. And who else but Max Fetfatzidis and Kareem Dagen would lead the way for Rosenpfelblatz City? Tefel really pushed the Citizens to their limits, but in the end all it ended up doing was giving Kareem Dagen another hat trick to add to his already padded statistics, and Rosen the win in this nine-goal thriller.

And now for something completely different. There's only one result of note in the Saturday afternoon games, and that is Paulsen's victory over Locomotive Imgortur. Farley Lauffer doesn't get his name on the scoresheet often, but when he does, more often than not it is when Paulsen absolutely need it. Now the debate is up on whether this was truly a game of real consequences for Paulsen, but who knows? Maybe at the end of the season, this win over the Engineers could very well be the difference between safety and the drop for the Blacksmiths. But true to our word, the Saturday night game is something completely different. There's no "big" team scheduled for this night; instead it's the rematch of the 2027 SFA Cup Final; Bananas FC versus Fleftic Air Force. And unlike their previous meeting, it was Bananas who came out on top this time thanks to goals from Mustafa Bensoussan and Bryan Hale. The Fleftic under-21 international made his first start of the season to replace the ill Harit Almelor, and his inclusion worked wonders for Gualberto Delgado's team as Bensoussan scored the opening goal after nifty and intricate passing play with Hale and Theofylaktos Iordanou; Hale eventually ending up with the assist. Bensoussan would then return the favor as the Bananas front three toyed with the Air Force's backline; the Vloo Sindr Na'Tokeh seemed completely out of his element, and Hale would eventually drop his shoulder, get past the Cosumarite, and score the deciding goal.

On Sunday, the early kickoff was between Sporting Ceneisis and Malabon SC. Ceneisis, still smarting from their derby day defeat against Admiral Porcusces, knew that they needed a good result against the Ravens to keep their ship steady. And that was indeed what they got. Bryce Hinder, who had a day to forget in the previous matchday as he was constantly hounded by boos from the home fans (Hinder had played for Admiral before making the inconceivable move up north via free transfer) now had a day to remember as he masterfully pulled the midfield strings for the Blues and made Malabon players chase shadows all over the pitch before finally scoring right on the half-hour mark. Ceneisis actually could have scored more, but in the end one goal would be enough to see them through past the Ravens. And then the clock has struck four in the afternoon, and it' was now time for this matchday's marquee match-up: the Capital Islands derby between Arsenal de Releinthi and Riuwiee United.

To say that Arsenal and United have an intense rivalry would be an understatement. These clubs practically revel at the misery of the other; if Arsenal loses to a midfield scrub then United fans will laugh all the way to the bank, and if United gets knocked out of either the Cup or the title race then Arsenal fans will rub all those salty tears into the wounds. In recent times though the vitriol between the clubs has become a bit toned down, if only for the fact that both teams have not been very serious title challengers. Yet the animosity between the fans and even the players was enough reason for President Arthur Rogun to authorize the activation of the Releinthi National Guard to boost the local police department and ensure the separation of the fans from each other at the Monsanto Stadium. Well, having previously served as Mayor of Riuwiee Rogun must surely know a thing or two about Capital Islands derbies. And it was the home side which drew first blood as Jake Pimentel pirouetted right in front of the penalty spot and then shot the ball into the bottom right corner to give Arsenal the lead in the 10th minute. United wouldn't have any of that though, and Hamish Muir would equalize for the Blue Tribesmen three minutes from the half-hour. Now this state of affairs couldn't be allowed to last, especially in Releinthi, and with six minutes left to play in the first half Will Newman restored Arsenal's one-goal advantage with a banger of a free kick. The Arsenal defense then held resolutely for the vast majority of the second half only to see themselves breached near the death by another spectacular and scintillating free kick, this time courtesy of Isaac Georgiadis, leading to Arsenal fans shouting insults and other such unpleasantries at the Banijan international for the next eight minutes plus time added on. And that was the end of the Capital Islands derby, with the spoils being shared by both sides. Both sets of fans will surely not be satisfied with this result, and the next meeting at the May 26 Stadium will be sure to provide plenty of fireworks, both literal and metaphorical.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Four

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Admiral Porcusces          4    3   1   0    12    5   +7    10   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Paulsen FC                 4    3   1   0    12    9   +3    10   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Ludogorets Markovsky       4    3   0   1    10    8   +2     9   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Rosenpfelblatz City        4    2   1   1    13   11   +2     7   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Fleftic Air Force          4    2   1   1     7    5   +2     7
 6 Bananas FC                 4    2   1   1     4    2   +2     7
 7 Sporting Ceneisis          4    2   1   1     3    4   −1     7
 8 All-Inclusive Haranguer    4    2   0   2     9    8   +1     6
 9 Tefel FC                   4    2   0   2    10   10    0     6
10 Wanda Island Wanderers     4    1   2   1     7    4   +3     5
11 Gyouza Young Lads          4    1   2   1     9    8   +1     5
12 Riuwiee United             4    1   2   1     6    7   −1     5
13 Arsenal de Releinthi       4    1   1   2    11   10   +1     4
14 Niraza Rovers              4    1   1   2     9   11   −2     4
15 Sarvusdalamoive            4    1   1   2     6    8   −2     4
16 Thereisnogodistan          4    1   1   2     9   12   −3     4
17 Athletic Dorfdifving       4    1   1   2     7   11   −4     4
18 Locomotive Imgortur        4    1   0   3     5    7   −2     3   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Xemlice Rovers             4    0   2   2     7   11   −4     2   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Malabon SC                 4    0   1   3     7   12   −5     1   Relegation to Unang Liga

Admiral Porcusces will probably wish that the season ended right here and right now because it means that they will have collected their second Fleftic Premier League title. Meanwhile, Locomotive Imgortur, Xemlice Rovers, and Malabon SC must surely be thankful that the season doesn't end this early because they simply don't like where they are at the table at the moment. These three teams know that they can do much better than this, so why aren't they? Also, Paulsen FC a candidate for multiversal football? At the moment, maybe, but surely this won't last. Paulsen are a paper-thin squad as it is; anything beyond survival in the top flight would be a difficult ask for this team. And yet that's what we said about Admiral Porcusces before, and look what happened then. But, while they're at the top (or near it, really), Paulsen fans will savor these moments.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 6 goals
T2. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 5 goals
T2. Richard Harper (Paulsen FC) - 5 goals
4. Hamish Muir (Riuwiee United) - 4 goals
T5. Damian Selikov (Ludogorets Markovsky) - 3 goals
T5. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 3 goals
T5. Gejus Welcker (Thereisnogodistan) - 3 goals
T5. Katarina Dana Bonner (All-Inclusive Haranguer) - 3 goals
T5. Max Fetfatzidis (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 3 goals
T5. Paul Osomoai (Wanda Island Wanderers) - 3 goals
T5. Roldan Robles (Tefel FC) - 3 goals

It's no surprise that Kareem Dagen, Jake Pimentel, and Hamish Muir have already staked their claims at the Golden Boot this early, but there's one name near the top of this list which doesn't appear to fit in, and that is Paulsen's Richard Harper. Harper is currently running on a rich vein of form, which is also probably one of the reasons why Paulsen are where they are on the table, but truth be told, if his form continues like it has then maybe a Golden Boot winner from Paulsen doesn't sound as farfetched as it does right now.

FPL Player of the Month: Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City)
It was a toss-up of who between Kareem Dagen and Max Fetfatzidis on who would be named the FPL Player for the month of August, but in the end the vote fell in favor of Dagen, who has six goals and four assists for Rosenpfelblatz compared to three goals and three assists for Fetfatzidis.

FPL Manager of the Month: Henadiy Patzukin (Paulsen FC)
Another close vote, but Henadiy Patzukin edges out Bruce White of Admiral Porcusces for the simple fact that he has taken a team like Paulsen to the top of the table, even if it is just after four matchdays.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:41 am

The beginning of a new season of the Fleftic National League of American Football (FNLAF) signals yet another fight for primetime slots, but thankfully the networks have all come to an agreement where the Premier League gets the afternoon coverage while Sunday night is devoted to gridiron and gridiron football only. Nevertheless, a game has been shifted into the Friday night slot, and that game is Admiral Porcusces versus Xemlice Rovers. Admiral started the matchday on top of the Premier League, and at the end of it they are still on top, but they are no longer undefeated. Xemlice gave the Foxes an almighty smacking around at their own turf, Chon Chung-hee and Yuruze Cuboldo making the most out of their first starts of the season and doing most of the damage to Admiral in the first half before Fabrosu Nyema put the cherry on top with a sublime rocket.

The Friday night schedule does mean however that there is no early Saturday kickoff, at least for the Premier League. The Saturday afternoon games do kick on as usual, and two of the "big" Fleftic clubs suffer setbacks to their title challenges at this stage. Arsenal de Releinthi went to the National Book Store Stadium in Haranguer following an intense Capital Islands derby in the previous matchday, and it appears as if the derby has exhausted the Gunners as they were unable to collect any points from All-Inclusive Haranguer. Abigail Papadiamantopoulos had given the Sand Tigers an early lead in the 7th minute, and Haranguer had had to withstand an onslaught of attacks from Arsenal before Will Newman finally found the chink in their armor and scored Releinthi's equalizer deep in the middle of the second half. But the parity between the two sides would only last for so long before Billie Lawson appeared out of nowhere and scored her first goal for All-Inclusive, and what an important first goal it would turn out to be as it would be the key for the Sand Tigers to getting all three points against the Gunners. Over in Pilken, Fleftic Air Force had similar luck against Rosenpfelblatz City, but for them it was the now-established striker Kiel O'Hara who consigned the Citizens to yet another defeat. Oliver Ganson scored in between of O'Hara's two goals to give Rosen fans a small semblance of hope that they maybe could have turned the game around, but in the end it was all for naught.

Saturday night was then capped off by Sporting Ceneisis away to Locomotive Imgortur, and what a madcap match that turned out to be. It was a weird and intense game where the lead ended up getting swapped around a fair few times, with the end result of this eventual ten-goal thriller being one point each for the two teams. Coke Handu opened the scoring in just the 10th minute, and soon after that the floodgates opened and goals just started pouring in. Ulysses Santos equalized at 21 minutes before Filipp Dykhovichny replied just four minutes later. Dykhovichny then added to both his and Locomotive's tally six minutes later, but Tariq Abdul-Farid halved the deficit once again before three minutes had even passed, and then Bryce Hinder scored another Ceneisis equalizer right at the stroke of half-time. Things then calmed down somewhat for both sides, with activity not picking up until the final quarter of an hour, and then just like that Ceneisis took the lead, once again courtesy of Abdul-Farid. But Locomotive were going to have none of that in their new stadium, and Haider El-Amin came off the bench to make an instant impact, equalizing with nine minutes of the ninety left to go. Ulysses Santos then thought that he had won it for the Blues in the first minute of added time, only for Vaughn Palladino's men to see two points slip through their fingers the way Filipp Dykhovichny slipped in between their defense to complete his first ever hat trick for the Engineers. Like was said earlier, truly a madcap game.

Sunday saw two Premier League games taking place. The first was between Wanda Island Wanderers and Bananas FC, and to be completely honest, nothing much of note happened in that game, and it ended fittingly as a nil-nil draw. But the real game that everyone wanted to see was the one between Riuwiee United and Ludogorets Markovsky. Nobody really knows how or why this turned into a rivalry just as intense as the Capital Islands derby between United and Arsenal but yet here we are, with United and Ludogorets fans considering each other as deadly rivals and enemies. And yet for all the hype about this match, it was actually quite tame. Nothing much of note happened in the first seventy minutes as both sides appeared to be afraid to commit to an actual attack on goal. At least until one of Maksim Shinkarenko's many sideline gestures actually seemed to tell his players to actually get going. Fittingly, it was Hamish Muir who scored the opening goal, but the Blue Tribesmen's lead wouldn't even last ten minutes before Daisuke Ogigayatsu pulled Ludogorets back on level terms. For a matchday that had the highest-scoring game of the league so far, this was verily a disappointing conclusion.

Matchday Six began as Matchday Five ended, with a 1-1 draw in which Ludogorets Markovsky were the away side. This game however was a mirror image of the one between Riuwiee United and Ludogorets last week as Arsenal and the Foresters did much of the action in the first half. Fawqiyya Arvidsson drew first blood on the half hour after at least five Arsenal chances to score, and then with four minutes left in the first half Jamison Burgard scored the equalizer and ensured that both teams would share one point each at the end of the game.

With the recent trend of the selected primetime games being disappointing and boring affairs, many of the television schedulers must be shaking their heads at the fact that two of the highest-scoring games of the matchday happened during the restricted Saturday afternoon games. Bananas and Niraza Rovers fought out a nine-goal thriller at the NLighten Arena where the Xannerian striker Devin Criss tallied his first hat trick in Abanhfleft, and Tefel emerged triumphant over Paulsen at the Paulsen City Arena by 4 goals to 3. The game between Paulsen and Tefel also saw one of the strangest goals of the season when Sven Dimmock's free kick bounced off of one goalpost and Calvin Dosch's gluteus maximus before finally finding the back of the net. This own goal has now brought a seemingly inordinate amount of attention to Dosch's rear, especially from younger fans, and fans from all teams (not just in the Premier League but also the Liga ng Abanhfleft) have proclaimed Dosch as "thicc" through a series of images showcasing the Tefel goalkeeper's bottom. Dosch himself doesn't seem to mind, although he is concerned that his young children might see these "memes" and not know what to think. Which makes the late Saturday game between All-Inclusive Haranguer and Admiral Porcusces seem trivial at the very least as the Foxes romped to a routine win over the Sand Tigers thanks to Elbert Judd's brace. Kimbra McInerney scored at the last minute to deny Admiral the clean sheet, but aside from Corentin Ulm and those people who bet on the Foxes keeping Haranguer scoreless, who cares about that?

Two epic clashes mark the Sunday of Matchday Six, and first up is Xemlice Rovers against Malabon SC. Both of these teams have been languishing at the wrong end of the table since the start of the season, and while we are only six matchdays into the season, neither of these teams are willing to take that for granted. Especially Malabon, the memory of their shocking relegation from two seasons ago still fresh in their minds. Xemlice have also been struggling for form in recent games, but the way in which they got started in this particular game, most notably that goal in the 4th minute from Chon Chung-hee, seemed to belie that fact. Alfonso Hernandez completed the rout of the Ravens with a brace, and even though Jose Amancio denied Geoffrey Pagan the clean sheet, Corey Wheeler popped in at the last minute to make sure that Malabon were well and truly defeated.

And now time for the big match of the day, Rosenpfelblatz City versus Wanda Island Wanderers. Wanda Island aren't exactly struggling for form, unlike their current opponents, but still Artemio Peres is determined to show everyone that he still has what it takes to challenge for the title. And not only did he do that with the Wanderers, he also dealt another heavy blow to the championship aspirations of a fellow competitor in Joe Churchill and Rosenpfelblatz. Peres couldn't have asked for a better start to the game when Kenneth Owobowale barged into the back of Arthur MacAlistair's knees, and when the Fleftic international scored the resulting penalty, Peres almost ran the length of the pitch celebrating the goal like he had scored it himself. Apolloscleiyali then pulled his side back on level terms with the visitors but got a yellow card for his trademark goal celebration of transforming into a fox and back into a human since the SFA has now ruled that it's the same as a player taking off his shirt. That yellow card would end up making a huge difference, but for now Rosenpfelblatz City have no idea how unlucky they are about to get. But there were warning signs, and Apollo's yellow card was one of them. Another one was when Ulaka Opote, in trying to clear the ball during a messy corner kick, ended up steering it past Brad Dennison and into the goal. Judas Neres saved Opote and Joe Churchill some blushes with a goal to close out the first half 2-2, but then Apolloscleiyali clattered into Xavier Brych, forcing the referee to show a second yellow card and give Apollo his marching orders. Paul Osomoai soon gave the lead back to Wanda Island, and Dane Lansforde sealed the deal with a goal which was the result of being in the right place at the right time as well as a wicked good first touch. Words alone cannot describe the sheer cheek of Lansforde's goal, but he struck the ball with such aplomb and calculation that it looks both unplanned and carefully thought out at the same time. Ah, the wonders of modern football.

Filibusters' Street is the venue for the early Saturday game of Matchday Seven, and it's Arsenal de Releinthi who are paying Admiral Porcusces an early visit today. Unlike their rivals from northern Ceneisis, Admiral aren't too keen about the visitors today, especially after Jake Pimentel had the cheek to score the first goal of the game after just 21 minutes. Eskender Okafor equalized for the home side eight minutes after though, and in the second half it was the turn of the Foxes to lead the Gunners as Arkady Rozier slammed home a brilliant free kick with complete impunity; Miles Hurst pretty much diving only for the benefit of the cameras. Bruce White must have thought that all three points were in the bag as Arsenal tried, and failed, to breach his side's solid defense, but the Gunners, true to their name, kept it up against the Foxes, and soon the home side's defense was breached, and who else but Jake Pimentel would storm the gap and salvage that very important point for the side from Releinthi.

Few surprises abound in the Saturday afternoon games, although Niraza Rovers did manage to get a draw against Rosenpfelblatz City. Normally that would have been a noteworthy feat in and of itself, but due to the Citizens' poor run of form at the moment, this hardly seems worthy of celebration, even for a Premier League first-timer like Niraza. Oh, for sure the club and their fans celebrated Sam Racanelli scoring the late, late equalizer to complete the near-improbable comeback. Most definitely Niraza are celebrating going toe-to-toe against one of the top sides in Abanhfleft, and yet beneath it all the celebrations seem a little bit hollow, like they know that this isn't the best Rosenpfelblatz side they've faced. But a point is still a point. All-Inclusive Haranguer also snatched an away win against their fellow promotees Malabon, whose campaign to reestablish themselves as part of the FPL elite have fallen by the wayside yet again thanks to the likes of Yolanda Fernandes Bastos. But, considering Malabon's abysmal form at the moment, is defeat to the Sand Tigers really a surprise result at this point?

We pay a visit to Wetfields in Tefel for their game against Sporting Ceneisis. The Blues have seemingly struck gold at the moment, and they have been playing one of the best games their side has ever seen since their championship-winning days in the earlier part of the decade. The Devil Dogs know they've got a monumental task ahead of them, but instead of backing away they met the challenge head on, and for that they were rewarded with three goals within the first thirty minutes, two of those coming in a six-minute span between minutes 21 and 27. Copperite striker Kotora Nadunet, filling in for the injured Dennis Schultz, scored the first of Tefel's goals with a banger of a free kick just 7 minutes in. Then came the sudden onslaught from both Roldan Robles and Muhsin Hakim, and just like that Sporting Ceneisis were 3-0 down away to one of the sides fancied for a relegation dogfight in the Premier League this season. The Blues did get a goal back within the second half, but it wasn't a Ceneisis player who would be credited with the goal; Noel Olson had attempted to head the ball out of play during a free kick but put it past Calvin Dosch and into the net. Paul Robert Gonzalez then slashed the deficit even further in the second half, and from then on Ceneisis always looked the likelier side to score the next goal until Tadajirou Satomi put an end to the Blues' attempts at a comeback with a simple and calm goal with four minutes of the ninety left.

The action shifts back to the capital on Sunday as Riuwiee United host Bananas FC in the early game. You might as well as call it a game for youngsters as it was indeed the young players of both sides who came and made their marks on the game. Mustafa Bensoussan once again got the vote of confidence from Gualberto Delgado to start, and the Fleftic under-21 international repaid his coach's faith in him with a scintillating strike in the 18th minute to hand the visitors an early lead over the Blue Tribesmen. It didn't take the capital club to find a reply though; Elmo Bevan capped off a rare Riuwiee counterattack with a cheeky chipped goal over Kalev Simoneit. United then took the initiative in the second half and were rewarded for their efforts with the go-ahead goal courtesy of none other than Hamish Muir, who even at 28 still looks and plays very much like the young Schottian striker who arrived at the May 26 Stadium from the Royal Kingdom of Quebec more than four seasons ago. Sadly though, the Blue Tribesmen would be unable to see this game through as Isaac Reyes practically pushed Bensoussan into the ground and conceded a penalty, which Bensoussan took with cool and calm maturity belying his early years.

It's then a short hop across to Wanda Island and the IKEA Arena, where Thereisnogodistan are the visitors to the Wanderers. The first half was literally nothing to write home about; nothing much else could be written about the first half of this game except that it happened, and that the players got some grass stains on their kits during it. Then the action began to pick up in the second half, specifically in the last half hour of play, and it all began when Paul Osomoai dropped a shoulder and feinted to the left before cheekily slipping the ball past Samwell Crownover and into an empty net. Thereisnogodistan then tried to find an equalizer, and Wanda Island tried to find that second goal that would secure all three points in their favor, but it was the Wanderers who would blink first, and if you did happen to blink sometime between the 81st and 82nd minutes then you might have missed seeing Ludwig Zarnow score the equalizer for the Fhulghamousian side. It was just a simple flick and kick, and yet it was super effective. It was super effective in getting Thereisnogodistan back into the game, and it was super effective in making Artemio Peres tear his hair out. Now it was "throw the kitchen sink at it" time for Wanda Island, and on came Leigh Oswald for Osomoai. Oswald, underused and oft-neglected, now wants to show Peres just exactly what he is capable of doing even at 33 years old, and it was pretty much back to basics for Oswald as he muscled his way into the box with the ball in the final minutes before finally slamming it home past the despairing Crownover.

Matchday Eight begins with the Saturday noon game at the National Book Store Stadium between All-Inclusive Haranguer and Locomotive Imgortur. Any other time, Locomotive would have probaby fancied their chances against the Sand Tigers, even away from home, but thanks to the Engineers' abysmal form at the moment they can't even begin thinking about how to possibly get something out of this contest. In the end it was this sort of fatalistic thinking that would get Locomotive into a mess at Haranguer from which they would never come back, at least for the time being. That being said it was the side from Imgortur who scored the opening goal; Basileios Karageorgiadis applying the final touch to a well-taken free kick by Coke Handu. Haranguer did equalize almost immediately after through Ruby Meaney, but Filipp Dykhovichny would restore the Engineers' advantage in the 37th minute, and Locomotive would take that lead into half-time. Sadly, they would be unable to reap any benefits from this at all because first Roman Garley scored from a corner kick just two minutes after the restart, and then Yolanda Bastos came off the bench and introduced the Engineers to a whole new world of hurt. First a penalty that Locomotive fans still argue to this day as being the softest one given yet, and then an absolute screamer that nobody, not even the most stone-faced and cold-hearted Locomotive fan, could deny was a neat goal indeed.

Few surprises abounded in the Saturday afternoon games, except the one where Paulsen came out of nowhere and snatched all three points from Wanda Island Wanderers. Wanda Island have both history at the Paulsen City Arena and their current form at the moment in their favor, so for Paulsen and Richard Harper to come in and perform a textbook smash-and-grab on the master of the smash-and-grab himself, Artemio Peres, is both an unexpected sight, and for some people it might even be a welcome one. Something about Peres getting a taste of his own medicine and all that. Saturday night then sees Rosenpfelblatz City pitted against Riuwiee United in what was supposed to be a top of the table clash between two proven Premier League champions. But with the wretched form that both sides have been on at the moment, there was no clear winner for people to choose, but everyone did know that whoever wins this game not only gets a vital boost to their own title chances but also deals a hammer blow to the title aspirations of the losing side. However, for all that hype nothing actually happened at the Aeroflot Stadium. The two sides mainly danced around each other, and the occasional mistake from the individual player almost got the crowd on their feet, but in the end the result was a nil-nil draw, and even before the final whistle had been blown fans were already demanding for their money back. Not that there was any conceivable way that this would have been possible but still, fans could dream.

Only one game to be played out on Sunday afternoon, and it's Xemlice Rovers versus Gyouza Young Lads. The Lads are not always featured on football primetime so they have come to make the most out of their rare appearances, and boy did they do that here. Oubie Park was not ready for what the Lads in black and yellow had in store for them. The game started off slowly, as had been the trend for the past few games, but just like in those other games the action picked up in the second half and the last thirty minutes. Georges Edgar, having gone through a run of seven games without scoring or even assisting a goal, finally makes his mark on the Premier League with one which he created by forcing a mistake from Ulrich Millerson, latching on to the ball and then lashing it past Geoffrey Pagan. Xemlice did fight back though, and Alfonso Hernandez scored the equalizer at the 69th minute, a time and a number that surely has some of the younger fans giggling for who knows what reasons. Despite that though, Gyouza were determined to get all three points, and with seven minutes left to go, Mathew Perkins positioned himself as the maddest of the Lads by going and doing it, the absolute madman. Perkins came off the bench for Gyouza and with his first touch scored the game-winning goal. You can't get any madder than that, folks.

And now to close out Part Two of our review, we have Matchday Nine, a matchday where four of the top sides in Abanhfleft clashed to show the others who's boss. But we start off the day with two mid-table sides, Fleftic Air Force and Sarvusdalamoive squaring off at Master Sergeant Ramon Villahermosa Memorial Stadium. Things got off to a hectic start here, unlike in the top of the table clashes where the beginnings are much more cagier than others. Both sides came to play football, and eventually it was the Air Force who found the first breakthrough through Monad Murad, the Cup hero himself. Sarvus were determined not to stay a goal down for too long though, and with half time approaching Kilian Dumont took a chance at goal and soon found himself celebrating as the ball took a slight deflection from Frederick Johnson, a deflection that was nevertheless enough to fool Ikram Aybar and make him go the completely wrong direction. The battle for the three points continued in the second half, and just after an hour had passed Fleftic Air Force edged themselves ahead once again thanks to Kiel O'Hara, who really has hit the ground running in the FPL. If he keeps this up, he really could make a name for himself as a Golden Boot contender. But O'Hara has competition there in the name of Efren Elia, that tricky Oontaznik winger who has been so reliable for Sarvus these past few seasons. After Elia's goal, the game seemed to settle down, both sides seemingly content with sharing one point apiece. But Denise Crawford turned out to have an ace up her sleeve, an ace named Megaduta Bhave. Bhave, signed from Rodrigues FC for 5 million new penenks just this season, provided Crawford and Sarvus with the bench impact that they needed, and when the Antslinngs Islands-born forward was teed up by Elia, Bhave made no mistake at all and shot straight and true, ensuring that the Pinks would take all three points back to Sebet.

After that though, nothing much to report on from the Saturday afternoon games. Athletic Dorfdifving and Bananas played out a goalless draw, as did Niraza Rovers and Paulsen. Gyouza Young Lads edged out All-Inclusive Haranguer 2 goals to 1, Georges Edgar scoring the winning goal thanks to a late penalty kick. Xemlice Rovers also picked up three vital points following a crucial 3-2 victory over Tefel. Locomotive Imgortur fell 2-0 to Admiral Porcusces, while Riuwiee United triumphed over Thereisnogodistan by the same scoreline. The action then shifts to San Roque Park in Malabon in time for the late game between Malabon SC and Arsenal de Releinthi. As had been the case for many a game in the current season though, while history may be on the side of one particular team in a given fixture, their form is not, but for this game both teams have been quite pathetic in their past few games. No matter who between Malabon and Arsenal won this game, it would be a surprise given their current form. Nevertheless, both sides gave the game a good old-fashioned try, and eventually it was the home side who scored first through Arthur Supratno. His first goal of the season overall may have gone into the wrong net but now he's banging them into the correct goal, and the Black-and-White Army couldn't be any happier for that. The good feeling wouldn't last long though because Arsenal and Will Newman were waiting in the wings for the opportunity to strike, and strike the Oisinistani winger did on the 36th minute, jumping highest over the mass of Malabon defenders to head home the cross from Elliott Henry. Both teams then piled on the pressure in the second half, but in the end it was Arsenal who would cave first after Knut Ingenhoven somehow found himself in acres of space, which was more that enough invitation for him to turn around and score. Emilio Caravaggio threw the kitchen sink at it, but all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't stop Arsenal de Releinthi from slipping to yet another defeat.

Sunday sees a showdown of epic proportions between four of Abanhfleft's top sides. First up is defending champions and current league leaders Ludogorets Markovsky versus Rosenpfelblatz City. Any other season and this match would have been an epic clash, possibly deciding who will win the league, but given where Rosenpfelblatz currently are in the table, this hardly seems possible this time around unless the Citizens experience a dramatic upswing of good form. Given how they played against the Foresters today though, this doesn't look even remotely possible in the near future. It was a helter-skelter beginning to the first half, both sides scoring one goal apiece even before ten minutes had elapsed. Kareem Dagen, as to be expected, drew first blood for the Citizens but this was countered almost immediately by Damian Selikov, who seems to have finally hit his stride after being so inconsistent last season. Things then calmed down in the rest of the first half, but Ludogorets could have gone into the halftime break 2-1 up had Jamison Burgard not had a goal chalked off by VAR for being very fractionally marginally offside. Many fans may protest the decision but that is exactly why VAR exists in the first place. The beginning of the second half though was the complete opposite of the first; both teams barely even thought about troubling the opposition's goalkeeper, seemingly more content in passing the ball between each other instead of outright attacking. This in turn made the fans restless and resulted in Ludogorets finally deciding to take the matter seriously, and soon enough the fans were rewarded for their patience with another goal from Selikov. AP Kelly then put the finishing touches of what was to be a dominant victory by the Foresters over Rosenpfelblatz, but Mosi Okoye popped up in the last minute to make the scoreline look much closer than what had actually transpired in the game.

Over to Wanda Island for the match between the Wanderers and the Blues of Sporting Ceneisis, and this one did have the feel of an actual championship battle even if Wanda Island weren't as close to the top as Artemio Peres would have wanted. Speaking of Peres, he was probably the very reason why this match felt like a clash for the ages: it was under Peres that Vaughn Palladino won the vast majority of his trophies while playing for Ceneisis, and now it all feels like the student coming back to fight the master. And indeed it was the student who won against the master, and Ceneisis fans left the IKEA Arena singing about Artemio Peres the Sporting Ceneisis legend. Like the earlier game between Ludogorets and Rosenpfelblatz, this match got off to a blistering start thanks to Ulysses Santos's 5th minute goal, but Wanda Island had a quick reply to that in the form of Arthur MacAlistair, whose mazy yet silky smooth runs once again proved the difference between a near-miss and an actual goal for the Wanderers. No matter though for Palladino, who also had a reply to MacAlistair called Paul Robert Gonzalez, who found the back of the net barely three minutes after MacAlistair did. Ceneisis would then double their lead after Peter Fields swept Tariq Abdul-Farid's feet from beneath him and Santos converted the ensuing penalty. It took Wanda Island until eight minutes before the end to find the back of the net again courtesy of Petro Zhdanov, but Curan Paynter would restore the Blues' two-goal cushion with one minute left.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Nine

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Ludogorets Markovsky       9    6   2   1    19   14   +5    20   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Admiral Porcusces          9    5   3   1    19   12   +7    18   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Sporting Ceneisis          9    5   2   2    20   16   +4    17   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Sarvusdalamoive            9    5   1   3    19   16   +3    16   Globe Cup qualification
 5 All-Inclusive Haranguer    9    5   0   4    21   17   +4    15
 6 Riuwiee United             9    3   5   1    12   10   +2    14
 7 Gyouza Young Lads          9    4   2   3    17   16   +1    14
 8 Fleftic Air Force          9    4   2   3    14   13   +1    14
 9 Paulsen FC                 9    4   2   3    17   17    0    14
10 Bananas FC                 9    3   4   2    12   10   +2    13
11 Wanda Island Wanderers     9    3   3   3    15   12   +3    12
12 Tefel FC                   9    4   0   5    23   25   −2    12
13 Xemlice Rovers             9    3   2   4    18   17   +1    11
14 Arsenal de Releinthi       9    2   3   4    19   17   +2     9
15 Rosenpfelblatz City        9    2   3   4    21   23   −2     9
16 Thereisnogodistan          9    2   3   4    15   19   −4     9
17 Niraza Rovers              9    1   5   3    20   23   −3     8
18 Malabon SC                 9    2   2   5    15   23   −8     8   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Locomotive Imgortur        9    2   1   6    14   21   −7     7   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving       9    1   3   5    11   20   −9     6   Relegation to Unang Liga

Ludogorets Markovsky are back on top of the heap after nine matchdays in the Fleftic Premier League, and their objective now is to remain there to the 38th matchday. Both Admiral Porcusces and Sporting Ceneisis are now looking to dethrone the Foresters and claim top spot for themselves, while for the moment Sarvusdalamoive can dream about multiversal football. As had been predicted before, Paulsen FC fell away from the top and are now comfortably mid-table at the moment, but if things get any worse for them then they might find themselves getting nearer and nearer to the drop zone faster than they would have thought. Meanwhile it's an uphill battle for the likes of Malabon SC and Locomotive Imgortur, and Athletic Dorfdifving doesn't look so good either. It's still possible for the likes of Rosenpfelblatz City and Arsenal de Releinthi to mount some sort of title challenge, but for the moment escaping the relegation dogfight should be higher up on their list of priorities.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 8 goals
T2. Hamish Muir (Riuwiee United) - 7 goals
T2. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 7 goals
T2. Roldan Robles (Tefel FC) - 7 goals
T2. Yolanda (All-Inclusive Haranguer) - 7 goals

Things are pretty tight in the race for the Golden Boot at the moment, and while Kareem Dagen remains on top of this particular chart, he can't take any moment to rest on his laurels because he's got at least four other players breathing down his neck, players like Hamish Muir and Jake Pimentel for whom scoring goals is just as important as breathing. Surprisingly though, there are two players who have practically muscled their way into consideration, those two being Roldan Robles of Tefel and Yolanda of All-Inclusive Haranguer. Both have proven quite capable goalscorers, Robles in Unang Liga and Yolanda in the Women's Premier League, but given their current form it seems likely that they could also make their marks on the FPL scoring charts this season.

FPL Player of the Month: Efren Elia (Sarvusdalamoive)
Any number of players could have won the Player of the Month award, but this one deservedly goes to Efren Elia for his impact on the field. Elia may not have the most goals or most assists in the league or even Sarvus itself, but almost every goal that the Pinks have scored so far have gone through Elia in one way or another, thus showing that Sarvusdalamoive's good form is just as much a result of excellent coaching and chemistry as Elia's masterful manipulation of the midfield.

FPL Manager of the Month: Miles Bennett (Ludogorets Markovsky)
This one was a very tight contest between two of the managers with the most consistent form across the whole month: Miles Bennett and Denise Crawford. The vote was decided by a very tight margin, and any one of them would have been deserving winners, but in the end the votes fell in favor of Bennett due to Ludogorets having a good start to the season and carrying that momentum into the next month.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:28 am

Matchday Ten of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League season begins on Friday night at Oubie Park, where Xemlice Rovers are up against Fleftic Air Force. And if anyone thought that this mid-table clash would not produce any result of note then they would be proven to be sorely mistaken. The game got off to a very quick start, with the Air Force's Yutaro Shigemitsu headed the ball straight into his own net just two minutes in, and Xemlice doubled their advantage seven minutes later with a deftly taken goal with the wickedest of curls to leave Ikram Aybar absolutely clueless and absolutely defenseless against the goal. But for all that though, nothing much else happened in the first half except for Kiel O'Hara scoring a penalty that Xemlice conceded after Alfonso Hernandez barged into Monad Murad without even bothering to pretend to play for the ball. But fans of frantic attacking football that takes both teams all over the place will have nothing to fear as Corey Wheeler made sure everyone got back on the program, and Monad Murad was the first player to get the memo as he slammed the ball with absolute intent, to hell with anybody who tried to get in the way. 3-2 the score would remain until the final eleven minutes, and Corey Wheeler's second goal of the night was the match that lit the fuse. The Golden Eagles, even though they were two goals down with ten minutes (plus time added on) to go, had the belief and confidence to go for broke, and soon they were rewarded by Kiel O'Hara finding the back of the net for the second time, this time from a bullet header from Lee Joon-ho's corner. That being said, the Air Force were caught on the counterattack and Alfonso Hernandez finished them off in the second-to-the-last minute of regulation.

The action returns to Filibusters' Street for the early Saturday game as Admiral Porcusces host Gyouza Young Lads. The Foxes were feeling quite confident going into this game, but judging by how the game went you could be excused for thinking that Gyouza were the ones on good form at the moment. Teenaged midfielder Blue Malayang makes his first start for the Lads and he repaid his coach's confidence in him with a banger of a goal in the 14th minute, and with that goal came the momentum of the game which was cemented by Georges Edgar scoring the penalty that he got out of Nebega Zidatse. Percy Filkins scored Gyouza's third of the afternoon, and the manner in which Ricky Bryan scored Admiral's consolation goal had the feel of a person who had already lost an argument coming back and retorting "And another thing..." Just give it up, Admiral. It's no longer going to happen.

There are no real upsets to report on in the 3 PM games but there are some surprising draws, notably Thereisnogodistan coming from behind to take a point over current league leaders Ludogorets Markovsky and Sporting Ceneisis forced to settle for a draw after having to come from behind against Niraza Rovers. WHat a team for Cheong Young-nam to score both his and Niraza's first ever Premier League hat trick though. Rosenpfelblatz City and Athletic Dorfdifving were the late fixture, and after a cagey first half the Citizens eventually settled in and walked away with a routine 2-0 win over the Canaries, Mosi Okoye scoring in the 53rd minute and Buddock Mawla netting in the seventh minute of time added on to the ninety. The reason for that vast block of time added on was because a number of City fans had decided to storm the pitch and make known their grievances about their team's current form. This mini-pitch invasion was exactly what Joe Churchill and the Citizens didn't need given that Rosenpfelblatz actually had a one-goal lead at the moment the fans set foot on the field, but the fans resisted the stewards' efforts to get them off, which resulted in the long block of time tacked on to the end of the ninety.

Only one Premier League game for Sunday because of the new TV deal with the FNLAF, and that game is Arsenal de Releinthi against Bananas. A shadow has been hanging over the Monsanto Stadium since the start of the season and a sword over Emilio Caravaggio's head. This has been the worst start to a season for the Gunners since the 2022-23 season when they eventually finished 9th, and the fans in Releinthi have made it clear that they will not tolerate any more slipups even if the board seemingly will. But things went off-script pretty early on for the Arsenal as Bryan Hale evaded his marker and pickled off a shot at Miles Hurst's far post, a shot which bounced off the woodwork and into the back of the net. Jake Pimentel did equalize just five minutes later, but the Bananas offense have shown that the Arsenal defense is very much vulnerable and ripe for the taking. Arsenal seemed to have intercepted that memo though, and they locked down and showed the fans what could have been as that defensive line remained rock-solid for the majority of the next 75 minutes. In the meantime, Will Newman scored early in the second half to give the home side a 2-1 lead, but for all their newfound defensive organization Arsenal would not be able to keep hold of all three points as thy were caught sleeping during a late corner kick, and Artyom Kharchenko found himself relatively unchallenged when he rose up to head the ball into the net. A timer has been set in Releinthi, and now it's a question of when, not if, time runs out for Caravaggio.

How Emilio Caravaggio has remained in the dugout of Arsenal de Releinthi is a complete mystery, especially to Gunners fans. Arsenal had a golden quality to get their season back on track as they paid a visit to fellow strugglers Locomotive Imgortur at the New Locomotive Stadium and they let it slip. But we are getting ahead of ourselves a little bit here as we are about to play the first midweek matchday of the Premier League, and Locomotive and Arsenal aren't set to play each other until Wednesday evening.

Matchday Eleven started off on a cool Tuesday evening in Niraza where the Rovers hosted high-flying Sarvusdalamoive. Both teams heavily rotated their sides as they had both come from Saturday afternoon games, and it was soon obvious that these "B sides" have not played together many times as both teams suffered communications breakdowns and misunderstandings. Both sides were unable to take any real advantage of the various mistakes that they made in the first half, and it was only Conrado Azucarrera stepped on to the pitch in the second half that the game truly began to liven up. Azucarrera had been on the field for barely a minute when Jarrett Hext barged into the back of him and brought him down inside the box, forcing a penalty kick from which Azucarrera would not miss. That being said, the real action would not occur until the last ten minutes, when both Vernon Harland and Denise Crawford had brought on some of their heavy hitters for one final push for the three points. Sam Racanelli would pop out of nowhere to score Niraza's equalizer in the 82nd minute, but only five minutes after that Sarvus would break the deadlock once again through their new Oontaznik winger Calisto Oliveira. Oliveira, signed from Botafogo de Maranao earlier this season, was released on the counterattack by Thorben Benz and struck home powefully past Hugo Henkel to send the new boys of the Premier League further down the table.

At the same time as all the late drama in Niraza, Wanda Island Wanderers were playing up Xemlice Rovers, and Riuwiee United and Sporting Ceneisis were embroiled in a titanic clash at the capital. Corey Wheeler would emerge as Xemlice's hat trick hero, spearheading the Gamekeepers' efforts to keep ahead of the Wanderers, at least in terms of the actual score board. Wheeler netted his first goal only seven minutes in via the penalty spot after Victor Crabshaas was cynically chopped down by Wachaya Danudo. Wanda Island's response to that came a little bit late; sometime into the second half to be exact, and it was Fionntan Breen who was on the end of Petro Zhdanov's cross. Wheeler's response to Breen was much quicker than that. Immediately after the kickoff, in fact. Wheeler received the ball from Yuruze Cuboldo, ran with it to the edge of the Wanda Island box, pickled off a shot, and wheeled away to celebrate. Wheeler then capped off what was an impressive night both for him and for Xemlice with a free kick that is currently in the running for FPL goal of the season, the ball seemingly curving for the far post before going back to the near post and making Psiquiq look like a complete fool. Leigh Oswald made things look less embarrassing for his side with four minutes to go but really, by that point it was an exercise in futility for the Wanderers. They knew they were not going to get any points out of this contest; they just wanted to get the last word in.

Riuwiee United versus Sporting Ceneisis. The rivalry that defined the the late 2000s and early 2010s in Abanhfleft, at least in terms of footballing history. Maksim Shinkarenko and Vaughn Palladino will both be forever linked to this period in the FPL, and the mere mention of their names already brings up images of tough tackles and midfield tussles between these two, a microcosm of both clubs' clashes with each other, and now they are both about to do battle again at the May 26 Stadium. This game was expected to be epic due to the history between both the teams and the managers themselves, and boy did they live up to the hype. This was truly an end-to-end game, both sides barely able to get any breathers, and the fans were kept on the edges of their seats, if they could even sit at all what with the tension and excitement in the air. Ulysses Santos scored the first goal of the game with a bullet header from Tariq Abdul-Farid's free kick, and everyone just knew that there was no way that this would be the only goal of the night. And they were right. Hamish Muir equalized for the Blue Tribesmen just ten minutes after Santos, only for Abdul-Farid to restore Ceneisis' advantage seven minutes later. The battle continued deep into the second half, and the Blues finally appeared to have broken United's will when Isaac Georgiadis inadvertently steered Christian Vacek Jr.'s cross past Orestes Katsouranis III. Or at least that's what Ceneisis fans thought. Instead it turned out to be the signal for Riuwiee to initiate the comeback as first Rory Edwards and then Isaac Reyes found the back of the net, and now it was Ceneisis' turn to play catch-up. The comeback from 3-1 down to 3-3 gave United a second wind, and they always appeared to be the ones more likely to score in the last ten minutes of play, but in true Ceneisis fashion they scored on the counterattack against the run of play and Tariq Abdul-Farid earned his man of the match award by scoring his second goal of the night, the eventual game winner, in the first minute of stoppage time. Two goals and one assist. Truly a landmark game for Abdul-Farid.

On to Wednesday evening, where the vast majority of Matchday Eleven's games were played. Rosenpfelblatz City seem to finally be on the up following another victory, this time away to Bananas. Ludogorets Markovsky appear to have stagnated though as they drew a blank against Paulsen, and it was much the same story at Fleftic Air Force versus All-Inclusive Haranguer. Gyouza Young Lads and Malabon have also shared the points, but only after scoring one goal apiece. Thereisnogodistan picked up an easy win over bottom side Athletic Dorfdifving even though the Canaries ended up providing the Atheists with a nervy finish, and Admiral Porcusces routed Tefel 5-2, a game which featured the first time in a few seasons that two players had scored an own goal in the same game. Nilton Cordeiro Vaz and Dennis Schultz will not look back on this night with any fondness, especially Schultz, who nows holds the dubious distinction of being one of only five players in the history of the FPL to score at both ends of the pitch in one game.

And now we can talk about what happened in the Monsanto Stadium. As had been stated earlier, this was the perfect chance for Arsenal de Releinthi to get another win under their belts given that Locomotive Imgortur are also struggling to string together results that will propel them away from the wrong end of the table. Instead it went completely the other way around; Locomotive took the lead just eight minutes in through Filipp Dykhovichny, who starts the night despite having played against Malabon last Saturday, and then he doubled both his own and his team's advantage with another set piece header that had become his trademark this season. Diederick Prinsen would give the home side lots to smile about as he turned their two-goal lead into three after he latched on to the rebound from Dykhovichny's saved shot, and only 18 minutes have alapsed. Elliott Henry would immediately reduce the arrears almost after the restart, but the fact is that the Gunners have given themselves an unnecessary mountain to climb, and given their form they're not ones for mountaineering. Yet slowly but surely they clawed away at Locomotive's lead; Jake Pimentel scoring a banger to give the Gunners a glimpse of hope and Charlie Lester netting a rare goal (For him) in the second half to make things all square and hand Arsenal fans a renewed sense of purpose. Which would be all for naught when Dykhovichny finally got that hat trick that he had been threatening to get and which he so richly deserved. Arsenal fans demanded Emilio Caravaggio's head on a platter after this game, but the board seemed to imply that because the team managed to level things before the inevitable collapse, they still trusted Caravaggio to know what he was doing. To which many of the same fans making all the noise disagreed, but for the moment they are powerless to watch their manager run their club into the ground.

Finally, even the Arsenal de Releinthi board has had enough. It's curtains for Emilio Caravaggio as he is the first manager to get the sack this season, beating out other underperformers such as Dorfdifving's Takehiko Ikeda, Locomotive's Klearchos Kazantzakis, and even the man that beat Caravaggio on Saturday night, Joe Churchill. Caravaggio and Arsenal have fallen to Churchill's resurgent Rosenpfelblatz City, but before that, let's take a moment to process the rest of Matchday Twelve's matches before getting on to the main event.

No games either on Friday night or early Saturday because of the midweek fixtures, meaning that Matchday Twelve actually begins at 3 PM on a Saturday afternoon. Admiral Porcusces and Fleftic Air Force played out a scoreless draw, which would turn out to be the only draw on Saturday. Riuwiee United nicked all three points at Sarvusdalamoive thanks to Mohammed Abdul-Hassan Ghaly's lone goal, and Xemlice Rovers have broken into the top four after a routine 2-0 victory over Niraza Rovers. Wanda Island Wanderers rebounded from their midweek loss against Xemlice with a thumping win away to All-Inclusive Haranguer, while Locomotive Imgortur continued their slow drive away from the relegation zone with a 3-2 win against Gyouza Young Lads. Thereisnogodistan prevailed over Bananas by the same scoreline, and Arthur Supratno bagged a hat trick to help Malabon triumph over Tefel 4-3.

Now on to Saturday night where Arsenal de Releinthi hosted Rosenpfelblatz City. The beginning was slow; both sides seemed either unable or unwilling to commit bodies forward, at least until Arsenal surged in the final five minutes of the first half and Jake Pimentel earned himself a penalty after tangling legs with Lyle Vintner. In hindsight though, maybe Pimentel and Arsenal shouldn't have gone 1-0 up at half time because in the second half, Rosenpfelblatz really got going. Judas Neres equalized for the Citizens five minutes in, and then true to form Kareem Dagen reemerged to put the pain on Arsenal fans. Dagen would put both the team and Emilio Caravaggio to the sword in the 64th minute with a silky smooth run into the box where the Gunners defense were just simply unable to touch him, let alone get him off the ball. Once Dagen stroked the ball past Miles Hurst's gloved fingertips, everyone knew the game was over. Jake Pimentel et al did try to get a comeback going, but passes were going awry and everyone wearing a red shirt seemed to be all over the place both literally and figuratively. The Arsenal board announced Caravaggio's dismissal just hours after the game against Rosenpfelblatz, but there were no celebrations from the fans despite their near-incessant clamor in recent weeks for just exactly that. There was no denying that Emilio Caravaggio was a good manager, but it was now blindingly apparent that he had taken this squad as far as he could, and it was now time for new ideas. No word on who the Gunners could be tapping up for their new manager, but in the meantime assistant coach Rodolphe Mathieu will take the Arsenal hot seat on an interim basis.

Sunday afternoon begins with Vaughn Palladino's Sporting Ceneisis hosting Miles Bennett's Ludogorets Markovsky, and while on paper the resulting draw looks a fair result for both sides Forester fans will be looking at this with a little more concern than usual. It's now been three draws on the trot for the green side of Mezaladbyi Province, and it might be a sign of underlying troubles. For the moment though, Ludogorets are top of the table, but any lead they'd had at the start of the season is now being chipped away by the likes of Ceneisis and Admiral Porcusces. But before moving on, a look at the game itself. Nothing much of note happened in the first 40 minutes, but then DeAngelo Levin got on the end of an AP Kelly free kick to give Ludogorets a 1-0 lead coming into half-time. Which would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that 1-0 leads at half-time scored within the last five minutes of the first half have become the most dangerous lead to have. Brian Whiteley equalized for the Blues with a thumping strike following a rare foray forward, and then Paul Robert Gonzalez managed to slip past the offside trap and nutmeg Peter Chek for the go-ahead goal. This resulted in Ludogorets throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at Ceneisis, but it wouldn't be until the fifth minute of stoppage time, in the very last act of the game, that they would get anything out of it. Ivan Coldman, who had made the start to give Kezeko Chuhuto a break following the midweek game, applied just a glancing touch with his forehead to the free kick from Pereira, but that light touch was enough to take the sphere past Carlos Cohen and give Ludogorets the point. It could be a point with massive consequences for the title race.

And now time for a late Sunday game that involves teams at the bottom of the table. Paulsen square off against Athletic Dorfdifving, with one side at the bottom of the table up against another which appears to have gotten on the long slippery slope downwards. The Blacksmiths, at one point, have been near the summit of the Premier League but now they are down in 11th. Dorfdifving, meanwhile, have lost seven and drawn four games after winning their very first game of the season, and now they have become rooted to the bottom of the table. Both sides know that if they are to maintain their top flight status, they have to get all three points here. But that didn't happen, not really. Vladimir Krupin gave the Canaries the lead with only fifteen minutes elapsed in the game but Paulsen came out swinging in the second half and, within five minutes, had turned things on their head and taken a 2-1 lead thanks to Wallis Walliams and Sven Dimmock. Dorfdifving, knowing that things could get from bad to worse if they didn't get at least a point out of this contest, responded in kind, and eventually they were rewarded by Basilio Calupid, who earned a penalty out of Archie Randall's hurried challenge. And even though Calupid was only 19 years old, he struck the penalty with the strength and confidence of a senior veteran striker. That was how things would end, 2-2, and while that may have helped arrest Paulsen's descent a little, this is not the result that Dorfdifving wanted or even needed. Any more of this and the Canaries will not be long for the Premier League.

Thirteen. Unlucky for some, but not for others. It may be lucky thirteen for Bruce White and Admiral Porcusces as they finally edged out Ludogorets Markovsky at the top of the table, but it's definitely unlucky for Takehiko Ikeda who is the second manager to get the chop after Athletic Dorfdifving came up just short of Sporting Ceneisis. Before that though, let us wind back the clock to Friday night, which was when Matchday 13 started. It's a sort of Friday the 13th, but then again, it's not really. Wanda Island Wanderers opened the doors of the IKEA Arena to Admiral Porcusces on Friday night but they may be wishing that they hadn't done so as the Foxes left Wanda City with all three points, all thanks to Arkady Rozier and Wadusa Himanek scoring within three minutes of each other. It's the perfect game for Bruce White's Foxes because this win sees them leapfrog Ludogorets Markovsky at the top of the table, and if Ludogorets' form continues and they draw yet another game, Admiral could stay at the top. Which is indeed what will happen, but more on that later.

Saturday noon sees Thereisnogodistan taking on Rosenpfelblatz City at the Aeroflot Stadium. To the neutral observer it seemed to be the perfect opportunity for Rosenpfelblatz to continue the recent upsurge in form that they had experienced, but as was often the case in the FPL with perfect opportunities, the Citizens have let this one slip. It's easy to simplify this result as Rosenpfelblatz relaxing before the final whistle had been blowing, which many a Fleftic fan will tell you is the single worst thing you can do in Fleftic football. Tumbran Oliver Ganson opened the scoring only six minutes into the game itself, and it would take Thereisnogodistan 31 minutes after that to formulate a reply in the form of Gejus Welcker heading home from Johnathan Ayala's corner. Maël Royer restored the Citizens' advantage four minutes after that via a Max Fetfatzidis free kick. and Ganson thought that he had sealed the deal in the 65th minute with his chip shot over Samwell Crownover. The three points appeared to be well and truly in Rosenpfelblatz's bag until the 90th minute when Spencer Blair, who had come on in Welcker's place after 75 minutes, nicked the ball off of Ulaka Opote and lobbed it over Brad Dennison's head after Blair had found the Rosen goalkeeper off his line. Blair then sparked off a bit of a commotion by celebrating in front of the West Wall, the section for Rosenpfelblatz ultras, and they didn't like it one bit. They showed their displeasure by throwing trash onto the pitch and setting off flares. This resulted in a stoppage of play and eventually the addition of eight minutes to the ninety. Thereisnogodistan sensed blood in the water, and in the fifth minute of the eight added on, made their move and pounced. Johnathan Ayala had gotten a free kick on the corner of the penalty box and, after some deliberation, sent the ball towards the far post. Brad Dennison thought thad he had it covered as he slapped the ball away from his net, only to see the referee point to his watch and the center circle. Goal line technology had seen what Dennison hadn't, that the ball had crossed the line (just barely but still enough for the technology to give it) before he had made the "save". This resulted in more pyrotechnics from the West Wall, but the Atheists didn't care. They had put a stop to the Citizens' rise, even for just a moment, and if that ended up playing a role in the title race then all the better because Thereisnogodistan might just end up calling themselves kingmakers of the Premier League.

There was some excitement to be had in the afternoon games. Arsenal de Releinthi hoped that the new manager effect would be upon them when Rodolphe Mathieu took charge of his first game of the Gunners away to Gyouza Young Lads, but it was a case of very recent history repeating itself as Arsenal went 3-1 up in the first half only to be pegged back 3-3 at the end of the ninety. Tefel and Locomotive Imgortur shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw while Fleftic Air Force beat Malabon 2-1. Bananas and Paulsen both also got one point apiece after they came to a 2-2 result, while Ludogorets Markovsky dropped the chance to regain top spot thanks to Sarvusdalamoive and Megaduta Bhave's 71st minute header. And it was Christian Vacek Jr. who effectively signed the termination of employment notice for Takehiko Ikeda thanks to him scoring the one and only goal in Sporting Ceneisis' victory over Athletic Dorfdifving. Ikeda's assistant Ryan Willian Calderon will temporarily take over training and management duties for the Canaries while they search for their next manager, with some pundits bravely suggesting Emilio Caravaggio as a plausible choice. However, given how Caravaggio had been treated by football fans in recent weeks, it seems understandable if he stays away from any sort of managerial job in Abanhfleft or even the rest of the APOC Coalition in the near future.

Saturday night has been scheduled for Niraza Rovers versus All-Inclusive Haranguer. Since both were newly promoted teams, the networks had assumed that this would be a relegation six-pointer when they drew up the TV schedule, but following All-Inclusive's impressive return to the top flight so far, this fixture has become (near the) top versus (almost rock) bottom. The Niraza fans still come to the Pixylight Stadium in droves (even though some of them, especially the older ones, stubbornly continue to call their home ground Clifton Park) and they still the songs celebrating their club legends and history, but they also admit that life in the Premier League has been a hard and bitter adjustment that the team, at the moment, seem unable to make. Things were already looking bad for the Rovers, and it was about to get worse thanks to Katarina Dana Bonner. The former Anglatian international on the 12th minute curled home a long shot from outside the D that went straight and true for goal until the last second when it swerved to the right and caught Hugo Henkel completely off guard. Yolanda Bastos doubled the Sand Tigers' advantage in the 34th minute with a bouncing header from Billie Lawson's corner which bamboozled Henkel yet again and left him jumping into the air when he should have stayed on the ground. Niraza offered little in the way of threat against the Haranguer defense, and the away side were content to plod along before Jourdain Bonnay scored in the 73rd minute, completely against the run of play, from a corner that had come about thanks to an unexpected Niraza counterattack. But Haranguer hadn't even had time to be worried about their lead slipping before Yolanda bagged her brace two minutes after to restore the Sand Tigers' two-goal cushion, a lead which would then remain until the final whistle. Vernon Harland may have been Niraza's manager for five years running, and he may have led them to promotion to the Premier League, but if results don't pick up then he might very well be the next manager on the chopping block.

Only one game in Sunday in the Premier League thanks to the FNLAF deal, and it's the marquee match-up between Riuwiee United and Xemlice Rovers, although United fans may have been hoping that people would forget about this game, and quickly at that because it just doesn't make for good viewing if you happen to be a Blue Tribesmen fan. If you're a neutral or a fan of Xemlice though then you might have watched the match highlights of this game quite a few times already. For lack of a better term, this United team were a complete shambles. Xemlice appeared like they could pass through the Riuwiee defenders like they weren't even there, and if it weren't for a combination of poor finishing and Orestes Katsouranis III's goalkeeping ability, this could have been an even worse result for the Blue Tribesmen. As it stands though, four goals is still a hell of a lot to concede, even in the Fleftic Premier League where eight-goal games are not that uncommon. And it all began thanks to Platon Giannopoulos, who was getting that rare start because of Ulrich Millerson suffering an injury in training. Giannopoulos, known more for his heading ability than anything else, ended up being in the right place at the right time, and he scored what fans and pundits like to call a "striker's goal" following a sort of organized chaos in the Riuwiee penalty area, and the Fhulghamousian defender swung at the ball and it somehow ended up in the back of the net. Giannopoulos and Xemlice still celebrated it anyway because a goal is a goal no matter who scores it or how it comes about. Ewald Schwinghammer then slotted it in from a tight angle ten minutes later, leading to the away fans singing about Ewald and his hammer and the manner that he "schwings" it. The second half was more of the same, except this time Alfonso Hernandez scored both of Xemlice's goals this side of half-time. Oleg van der Beek did find the back of the net, but by then it was literally too little too late as he did it literally at the last minute, and all he ended up doing was deny Geoffrey Pagan the clean sheet. That normally wouldn't be a matter of real consequence, but after having had literally nothing to do for 89 minutes, Pagan must be surely beating himself up for letting one slip against a team that the Gamekeepers had so thoroughly dominated.

Unbelievable. IT seems like only days ago that the new season of the Fleftic Premier League had begun, and now we are already one-third of the way through it. It's been a season of thrills and spills so far, and by the looks of things this is not likely to change at all, which is a good thing. What good is a league where there is no excitement at all? Getting back on track now, and Matchday Fourteen starts off at Friday night yet again at Imgortur as the Fleftic Air Force pay Locomotive a visit. On paper, both sides appear to be equally matched, but on the table Air Force are right in the middle thanks to a string of good results early on, but regression have caught up to them and now they could consider themselves struggling. Locomotive themselves are in a similar boat except the other way around: they got off to a poor start but now they've picked up a good run of results, which they hoped to continue against their visitors. And that was exactly what would happen; Filipp Dykhovichny banging in a goal in the 18th minute and Quintrell Lidgley scoring a direct free kick with one minute to go in the first half. Fleftic Air Force offered little in the way of coming back against the Engineers, and it was even a Locomotive player who gave the Golden Eagles a way back, although Lungile Montanari certainly didn't intend to do that. He intended to clear the ball for a throw-in or, worse case, a corner. What he didn't intend to do was nutmeg Romolo Pangallo and watch the ball roll into the net. And yet that's exactly what happened. Montanari must be feeling relieved that Fleftic Air Force were unable to really build upon the lifeline that had been for all intents and purposes handed to them.

Sporting Ceneisis and Bananas squared off in the early Saturday game, and the Blues went in knowing that a win would take them two points clear at the top, even if it could very well be temporary. But as was often the case in the Premier League, Ceneisis saw the opportunity but couldn't take it, even if they had wanted to. Bananas had decided to start with Harit Almelor up front, a striker who had found the back of the net only once in fourteen games this season, so the home side had every reason to feel confident about getting a win. But what was it that people said about taxis or buses or other modes of public transportation? You wait for one for a very long time, and then two come along at the same time. That was exactly what happened to Harit Almelor. After going goalless for five games, he suddenly goes and scores a brace. Two goals in ten minutes, scores in the 27th and 37th minutes. Fantasy football players must be shaking their heads about not putting Almelor in their teams. Ceneisis scrambled around, searching for a goal or two, but to the casual observer it must have looked like headless chickens running around. Then again to the trained footballing eye it also looked like headless chickens running around, so the conclusion has to be that Sporting Ceneisis played like headless chickens trying to score two goals that would just put them back on equal terms with their visitors. Naftali Singerstein did eventually score for the Blues, but with it being in 84th minute it was yet again too late to make any difference.

The afternoon games have proven to be interesting reading. Arsenal de Releinthi have finally got that new manager bounce going as they collected a much-needed 3-1 win over Thereisnogodistan; Jake Pimentel netting a first half hat trick as a gift to the fans and Rodolphe Mathieu for their patience. Rosenpfelblatz City have similarly gotten their campaign back on track with a battling 3-2 win against Paulsen, and Vernon Harland has kept his job (at least to the next week) after a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Admiral Porcusces. Only one goal apiece between Sarvusdalamoive and Athletic Dorfdifving but it's the same end result: one point for each team. Both Riuwiee United and Wanda Island Wanderers have picked up away wins over All-Inclusive Haranguer and Malabon respectively, and the Blue Tribesmen have kept a rare clean sheet, rare both for the team itself and the league in general.

And now for the big one: Xemlice Rovers versus Ludogorets Markovsky. It's difficult to say if now is a good time for both teams to face each other; Xemlice have been on a winning streak while Ludogorets are on a drawing streak; four draws on the trot now for the Foresters. This run had caused the team in green to lose their place at the top of the Premier League pile, and they must be itching to get that one win that gets them back. But the way Xemlice have been going at it, they are the absolutely last team in the league that Markovsky look capable of taking three points from. And it was indeed the case, at least in the early minutes of the game, with Alfonso Hernandez breaking the deadlock twenty minutes in. Markovsky responded soon enough through Damian Selikov, and then AP Kelly and Selikov combined to score two more goals in the 41st and 45th minutes to seemingly take the game away from Xemlice. Ludogorets were secure and they finally appeared to be on their way to bucking their recent trend of four consecutive draws until Xemlice made a number of late substitutions, most notable among them Massoud Sitangkay. Sitangkay, who had not provided much in the way of either goals or assists, would get the chance to preserve the Gamekeepers' winning run. Zhou Dianrong got things going in the 76th minute with a header from Sitangkay's corner, and then in the last minute of added time Sitangkay himself found the back of the net although he didn't really look like he was trying to at the moment. He wanted to cross the ball but he applied so much curve into it that it ended up going into the far post of Romolo Pangallo. Admiral Porcusces were the ones most delighted by this result.

The final game of Matchday Fourteen, as well as this part of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League season review, is at the Minchev Automobiles Field in Gyouza where the Young Lads are up against the Devil Dogs of Tefel. On the surface there doesn't appear to be much at risk in this game but a win for either of these teams could very well determine how their respective seasons will turn out. And both teams went at it like it was a relegation six-pointer, with Tefel drawing first blood through Muhsin Hakim only seven minutes in. Gyouza fought for an equalizer, and they got it three minutes after the half hour thanks to Noé Samuel's instinctive swing at the ball after Calvin Dosch had parried away Georges Edgar's attempt. The game continued at a frenetic pace throughout the rest of the ninety minutes, but even eighty minutes in things were already beginning to peter off because there's just no way that people, even top football players, can keep up the intensity for ninety minutes. Yet sometimes it's not about the intensity itself but when to use it as Hakim called upon his last remaining reserves for a final run at the goal. Tired legs were simply unable to keep up, and Hakim slotted home to take all three points back to Tefel.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Fourteen

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Admiral Porcusces         14    7   5   2    29   19  +10    26   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Sporting Ceneisis         14    7   4   3    31   26   +5    25   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Ludogorets Markovsky      14    6   7   1    27   22   +5    25   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Xemlice Rovers            14    7   3   4    35   26   +9    24   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Riuwiee United            14    6   5   3    22   20   +2    23
 6 Rosenpfelblatz City       14    6   4   4    33   29   +4    22
 7 Wanda Island Wanderers    14    6   3   5    27   20   +7    21
 8 Sarvusdalamoive           14    6   3   5    24   24    0    21
 9 All-Inclusive Haranguer   14    6   2   6    27   25   +2    20
10 Gyouza Young Lads         14    5   4   5    27   26   +1    19
11 Fleftic Air Force         14    5   4   5    20   21   −1    19
12 Bananas FC                14    4   6   4    20   19   +1    18
13 Paulsen FC                14    4   5   5    25   27   −2    17
14 Thereisnogodistan         14    4   5   5    26   30   −4    17
15 Tefel FC                  14    5   2   7    33   38   −5    17
16 Locomotive Imgortur       14    5   2   7    25   32   −7    17
17 Malabon SC                14    4   3   7    26   33   −7    15
18 Arsenal de Releinthi      14    3   5   6    31   30   +1    14   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Niraza Rovers             14    1   7   6    27   35   −8    10   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving      14    1   5   8    15   28  −13     8   Relegation to Unang Liga

The end of Matchday Fourteen sees Admiral Porcusces now on top of the table, helped in part by Ludogorets Markovsky's inexplicable slide in form (five draws in five games). Hot on the Foxes' heels are their provincial rivals Sporting Ceneisis though, and as always it's a matter of pride about who sits higher on the table. Xemlice Rovers have been impressive, and a run of four straight wins has put them in fourth place, but the likes of Riuwiee United and Wanda Island Wanderers are still very much in the conversation. Rosenpfelblatz City have stunned everyone with their incredible turnaround and the Citizens are now firmly back in the conversation for the title. At the wrong end of the table, Athletic Dorfdifving remain firmly rooted to the bottom, and helping them prop up the rest is new boys Niraza Rovers. The team occupying the relegation place, surprisingly enough, is Arsenal de Releinthi. Though they may have gotten their first win under interim manager Rodolphe Mathieu, they've still got a long, long way to go before they can get back to where they feel they belong on this table.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 14 goals
T2. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 10 goals
T2. Corey Wheeler (Xemlice Rovers) - 10 goals
T2. Filipp Dykhovichny (Locomotive Imgortur) - 10 goals
T2. Hamish Muir (Riuwiee United) - 10 goals
T2. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 10 goals
T2. Yolanda (All-Inclusive Haranguer) - 10 goals

What a sequence of games this has been for Jake Pimentel. The results may not have gone in his team's favor but he's doing his very best to keep Arsenal de Releinthi on the winning side; unfortunately, it's that part of the plan which hasn't quite worked out yet for the Gunners. And Pimentel's hat trick over Thereisnogodistan sees him secure a healthy lead in the race for the Golden Boot, but below him are a helluva lot of competitors. Arthur Supratno, Filipp Dykhovichny, Hamish Muir, Kareem Dagen, even Yolanda Bastos; any of them on a really good day can overturn that deficit quickly, but only as soon as someone figures out how to keep Pimentel quiet on the pitch.

FPL Player of the Month: Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi)
Things may not be looking good at the moment for Arsenal de Releinthi, but at least they know they can rely on at least one person to do the job, and that is Jake Pimentel. With seven goals and four assists to his name this month Pimentel has made watching the Gunners just that little bit more bearable for the fans, and judging by his current form and the recent upswing in Arsenal's fortunes, more may be in store for him.

FPL Manager of the Month: Desmond Lewis (Xemlice Rovers)
All things considered, only two managers were being considered for the Manager of the Month award this month: Desmond Lewis of Xemlice Rovers and Joe Churchill of Rosenpfelblatz City. It was yet another close vote, and history may have favored Churchill, but on this occasion the fact that Xemlice have been a little more consistent across the season so far has given Lewis the edge. It is very much a deserved award for the young manager, and both he and Xemlice will hope that it is the first of many to come.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:03 am

(OOC: Trying out something different because the style that I did for the first three parts has got me absolutely drained in mental terms. I'll still keep it as entertaining as I can.)

The Fleftic Premier League continues to surprise as we approach the halfway mark of the season. The new manager bounce continues for Arsenal de Releinthi as they battled out a 1-0 win away to Tefel, Will Newman scoring the one and only goal in that contest. Ludogorets Markovsky find that things have gone from bad to worse as they fell 4-2 at home against All-Inclusive Haranguer, although this could very well be a pyrrhic victory for the Sand Tigers as they have lost Yolanda Bastos to injury potentially for the rest of the season. And, most surprisingly of all, Athletic Dorfdifving have won another game. Athletic Dorfdifving, the literal bottom club of the Premier League, have won only their second game this season, and it's against none other than Xemlice Rovers, one of the the in-form sides in the league. All those old claims about there being no such thing as form in the FPL are beginning to resurface, mostly because it really looks like it's true for most of the teams. But really now, it's all shaping up to be a very interesting season of the FPL so some unpredictability is definitely appreciated.

Whether it's between title-chasing teams or relegation battlers, the Fleftic Premier League never ceases to amaze. Especially the marquee Saturday night match-up between Rosenpfelblatz City and Sporting Ceneisis. Both teams come into this game on some very good form, and it wouldn't be remiss for any of these sides to pick up all three points. And although the scoreline may not suggest it, this contest could end up going down as one of the classic matches of the UICA era of the Premier League as it had a little bit of everything: chances, defenses, saves, even a little shoving around or two. In the end though, just one goal ended up being the difference, and it was Orville Orsensky Jr. of Ceneisis who would score that all-important goal.

The Sunday afternoon game between Riuwiee United and league leaders Admiral Porcusces was just as important in the title race, but the end result was also just that little bit more important because not only did it keep the Foxes at the top of the heap but it also helped set the Blue Tribesmen just that litte further back. United were, for lack of a better term, clueless all throughout the ninety minutes. Admiral made them chase shadows all over the May 26 Stadium, and within 30 minutes the Foxes were two goals courtesy of the usual suspects, Arkady Rozier and Elbert Judd. Young Chia Jao from the Union of Quincy put the finishing touches on Admiral's victory with a mouth-watering free kick, and after that all vestiges of resistance in the Blue Tribesmen vanished and they just simply gave up playing football on the day and began thinking ahead to the next match.

Four as a number is not usually associated with good fortune. For the Chinese, four is bad luck because it supposedly rhymes with the word for death. In sports, fourth place is perhaps the worst possible outcome for any given because it's the one place without any sort of reward at the end. Second place may be for losers but at least they get a silver medal. But in the Fleftic Premier League, so far as Matchday Sixteen is concerned, four is actually a very lucky number indeed. Four games have ended where all four winners scored four goals to triumph over their opponents. Sporting Ceneisis continue their charge for the Premier League title with a hard-fought game against Thereisnogodistan, and once again the Blues' youth are at the forefront as Orville Orsensky Jr. and Christian Vacek Jr. combined for three of Ceneisis' four goals in this game. Xemlice Rovers bounced back from their shock defeat to Athletic Dorfdifving by putting four past Bananas, Corey Wheeler bagging a brace for the home side. Sarvusdalamoive dealt Rosenpfelblatz City another huge blow to the Citizens' title aspirations despite the team in sky blue getting the better start, but the efforts of the Pinks' forward players saw to it that their team's 3-1 deficit at half-time would become a 4-3 victory at the end of the ninety. If he had any hair left then Joe Churchill would surely be pulling it out in frustration. And Athletic Dorfdifving went back to losing ways away to All-Inclusive Haranguer courtesy of the Sand Tigers' young striker Gabriel Wilcox, who has been elevated to the starting lineup following Yolanda Bastos' season-ending injury and Lester Starkowitz falling ill just before kickoff.

The honor of biggest result of the matchday however must go to Ludogorets Markovsky's victory over Admiral Porcusces, purely because of all the present and future implications that this has on the title race. In the present time, Ludogorets' 3-1 win over the Foxes sees the side from Porcusces knocked off of their perch at the top of the table to be replaced by Sporting Ceneisis. The win also puts the Foresters just three points adrift of the Blues, meaning that any slip-up on the part of Vaughn Palladino's side combined with some good results from Ludogorets could very well see these teams trading positions yet again in what is already being considered one of the most unpredictable seasons of the FPL yet.

And yet it was Ludogorets who screwed up, and boy did they screw up big time. They screwed up by 5 goals to 2, and they screwed up in front of a capacity crowd at the Stadium of the Old Forester against a newly promoted side. Yes, said newly promoted side was Malabon, but that will not make this bitter pill any easier to swallow for Forester fans. The trio of Arthur Supratno, Knut Ingenhoven, and Nazar Patsyuk did the damage for the Ravens as they were wont to do, and on this matchday the likes of Peter Chek, Daisuke Ogigayatsu and Mohammed Bryant just couldn't cope.

Speaking of defenses that couldn't cope, Athletic Dorfdifving have collapsed at home yet again, but not just that. Admiral Porcusces have managed to hit the Canaries for six. But it wasn't as clear-cut as the score itself would suggest; the half-time score was actually 2-2, and Dorfdifving had actually done a good job of pulling themselves back level. Then Maninder Singh Rathore scored an own goal, and it was like the floodgates had been opened in the Szymborski Stadium. Elbert Judd bagged a hat trick while Chia Jao continued to impress for the Foxes by displaying coolness under pressure and maturity beyond his 19 years. Meanwhile, to the western part of Dorfdifving Province, in Paulsen, Admiral's northern rivals Sporting Ceneisis just seemingly keep going from strength to strength. Orville Orsensky Jr. and Christian Vacek Jr. once again doing a madness as the Blues ran roughshod over the Blacksmiths, and though Paulsen put up a good fight Ceneisis were undoubtedly in the driver's seat from the first whistle to the last.

The great thing about the Fleftic Premier League is that no game is a given. Any result that can happen will happen, and a team on a run of games won could very well lose against a team on hopelessly poor form. There is no match where any team, even the league leaders, is guaranteed three points, and the marquee match-up between Arsenal de Releinthi and Sporting Ceneisis proves exactly that. It's fair to say that at this point, any sort of title challenge on the part of the Gunners is nothing more than a pipe dream, but Sporting Ceneisis are very much in the middle of it, if their position at the top of the table isn't indication enough. But Arsenal aren't just going to roll over and let the Blues have their way with them, no sir. These two clubs have had a tumultuous history with each other as both Rodolphe Mathieu and Vaughn Palladino will attest to, and they looked very keen to rekindle their rivalry in the dugouts of Monsanto Stadium. Mathieu would give the 21-year-old Isidoro Espino his first start as a Gunner, and Espino repaid Mathieu's faith in him by scoring the opening goal with four minutes left to play in the first half. Arsenal were unable to build up on that lead though, and after Tariq Abdul-Farid equalized, the Gunners were now more focused on hanging on to the one point which they would eventually get. As things stand though, Ceneisis fans would be arguably the ones less satisfied with the result since their team could have gone for Arsenal's jugular but instead, Palladino seemed content to settle for the point as well.

That draw could very well prove costly for Palladino and Sporting Ceneisis as it means that they had been leapfrogged by their southern neighbors and rivals Admiral Porcusces to the top of the table. Following their brilliant performance away to Athletic Dorfdifving, the Foxes continued on their present course with a 3-1 victory over Bananas, but it's not going to be smooth sailing for Admiral going forward as now both Sarvusdalamoive and Ludogorets Markovsky have caught up. Sarvus dealt Paulsen their second consecutive 5-3 defeat to take third spot in the rankings while Ludogorets snatched all three points at the death (or near enough to it) through Vedran Milosevic's 84th minute goal to settle into fifth. But the surprise team occupying fourth place in the table is All-Inclusive Haranguer, newly promoted from Unang Liga but showing no signs of fear at all of playing at the top. Yolanda Bastos may be out for the rest of the season but that hasn't stopped her teammates from picking up the slack, especially Lester Starkowitz, the man that Yolanda was supposed to replace up front for the Sand Tigers. This, coupled with some surprisingly dreadful play from Rosenpfelblatz City, have enabled Haranguer to grab their tenth win of the season, and maybe, just maybe, their thoughts could now turn from surviving relegation to actually gunning for a multiversal place.

Matchday Nineteen leaves us rather spoilt for choice as to which match to discuss in depth. There is the Western Capital Islands derby between Wanda Island Wanderers and Arsenal de Releinthi. There is the title race six-pointer between Sporting Ceneisis and Sarvusdalamoive. But in terms of sheer number of goals scored, there is simply nothing on Matchday Nineteen that can beat the excitement, action, and heartbreak that was produced at the Szymborski Stadium between Athletic Dorfdifving and Locomotive Imgortur.

Dorfdifving fans will be wondering where in the world have these performances been before? If they played like this every game then the Canaries wouldn't be rock bottom like they are right now. As for Locomotive fans, they will be wondering how things could get any worse. It's been a wild and not-so-fun ride (at least in recent weeks) and now the sentiment in Imgortur is that klearchos Kazantzakis must go. The Fhulghamousian manager has of course delivered a Premier League title to the capital of Verbergerkinnh Province but after this abysmal and atrocious performance, the fans have decided that it is time for Kazantzakis to go. And the board was seemingly in agreement with the fans because they announced Kazantzakis' sacking hours after the game. Of course, there are others who believe that this reaction was extremely knee-jerk, pointing to the fact that Locomotive have collected six wins so far this season and have been playing well despite losing ten times. Perhaps the sacking of Kazantzakis would have been more palatable to everyone if he had lost 7-0 instead of 7-5. On the other hand, Wayne Stephens became the first player of the new season to score four goals in the Premier League, and it's safe to say that he doesn't really give a damn about what's happening in Imgortur at the moment.

It's going to be very damn hard for anyone not to care about the results of the Western Capital Islands derby between Wanda Island and Releinthi though. It's basically the old enemy come back to haunt the Gunners, and any Arsenal fan you meet can tell you everything there is to hate about either the Wanderers or Artemio Peres. And now the two have combined to form a nightmare combo that will haunt the dreams of everyone who bleeds red in Releinthi. And speaking of bleeding red, there was definitely more than just handbags being thrown on the pitch after Leigh Oswald scored what would turn out to be the game-winning goal, with Rohan Smith and Marcus Tabarez getting into fisticuffs with Oswald and Arthur MacAlistair after the latter two had celebrated Oswald's goal in front of the visiting Arsenal fans. Smith threw a sharp left elbow at Oswald and MacAlistair punched Tabarez's nose. Like, really punched it. For seeing red, both Smith and MacAlistair were shown red by the referee amidst Arsenal fans setting off flares and throwing garbage on to the pitch, and Ali Haider El-Maliki decided to put an end to proceedings right on the ninety to prevent further chaos and bloodshed.

After settling for a draw at the Monsanto Stadium, Sporting Ceneisis will be begging Vaughn Palladino to go for it against the Pinks, and it appeared that Palladino listened because the Blues always kept chasing the ball and pressuring the Sarvusdalamoive players even after the former had gone 3-0 up. Palladino's decision to go for all three points against Sarvus would be proven right after Rosenpfelblatz City dealt Admiral Porcusces a blow to the Foxes' title aspirations in the form of a 3-2 loss. And it is on this note that the Fleftic Premier League closes out the first half of the 2027-28 season. Is it chaotic? Very probably. Is it exciting? Most definitely. Who will win the title? At this point, no one even knows, and no one is willing to take the bet. Except for all those people who had placed their bets at the start of the season on their favorite teams. If this is how the first half of the season is like, what has the second half got in store for us? There is, as always, only one way to find out.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Nineteen

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Sporting Ceneisis         19   11   5   3    45   33  +12    38   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Admiral Porcusces         19   10   5   4    44   28  +16    35   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Ludogorets Markovsky      19    9   7   3    38   33   +5    34   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Sarvusdalamoive           19   10   3   6    38   36   +2    33   Globe Cup qualification
 5 All-Inclusive Haranguer   19   10   2   7    40   34   +6    32
 6 Xemlice Rovers            19    9   3   7    49   40   +9    30
 7 Riuwiee United            19    8   6   5    26   27   −1    30
 8 Wanda Island Wanderers    19    8   4   7    37   29   +8    28
 9 Rosenpfelblatz City       19    8   4   7    45   41   +4    28
10 Malabon SC                19    8   4   7    41   38   +3    28
11 Gyouza Young Lads         19    8   4   7    33   31   +2    28
12 Fleftic Air Force         19    6   7   6    30   31   −1    25
13 Paulsen FC                19    6   5   8    39   45   −6    23
14 Arsenal de Releinthi      19    5   7   7    40   37   +3    22
15 Locomotive Imgortur       19    6   3  10    35   45  −10    21
16 Thereisnogodistan         19    5   5   9    37   45   −8    20
17 Tefel FC                  19    5   4  10    41   50   −9    19
18 Bananas FC                19    4   6   9    24   32   −8    18   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Niraza Rovers             19    2   9   8    39   49  −10    15   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving      19    3   5  11    31   48  −17    14   Relegation to Unang Liga

Sporting Ceneisis have retaken top spot in the league despite a shaky few weeks leading up to Matchday Nineteen. Other teams such as Admiral Porcusces and Ludogorets Markovsky have made life tough for the Blues, but for the moment they are weathering it well. Admiral themselves had a few chances to regain the lead, but that loss against Rosenpfelblatz City must have been a real shocker for them, and it is how this Foxes squad will react in the next few matchdays that will determine whether they truly have the mettle for another title challenge. Meanwhile, things get from bad to worse for Athletic Dorfdifving, who are still stuck at the bottom of the table despite winning the highest-scoring match of the FPL at the moment. It is no mean feat to score seven goals in the Fleftic Premier League, a league known for the sometimes dismal quality of its defending, but as the old saying goes, if the Canaries can score seven goals a game then they wouldn't be in the relegation zone. Unless all of their opponents outscore them 8-7, but that is neither here nor now. Niraza Rovers are also very much in danger of falling victim to the drop, while Bananas are currently very far away from their objective for fighting for those Globe Cup places. But there's still half a season left to go, and who knows what kind of improvement the bottom three teams will experience by then?

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 16 goals
2. Corey Wheeler (Xemlice Rovers) - 14 goals
T3. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 13 goals
T3. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 13 goals
T3. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 13 goals

Jake Pimentel still leads the race for the Golden Boot, but a fair few others have managed to catch up to him in the standings. Corey Wheeler is one of the more surprising names at the top of the list; Wheeler had never scored more then eleven goals in his career with Xemlice Rovers but now he is up to fourteen goals and showing no signs of slowing down. Production has slowed down somewhat for Kareem Dagen but he still remains a credible threat, as does Arthur Supratno. Elbert Judd may also fancy his chances, and the fact that he is not often included in conversations for Golden Boot winner could work to his advantage because no one is really looking at him as a threat despite the thirteen goals under his belt this season.

FPL Player of the Month: Wayne Stephens (Athletic Dorfdifving)
It's not often that the worst team in the Fleftic Premier League has one of its players nominated for the FPL Player of the Month, but then here comes Wayne Stephens with his four-goal haul against Locomotive Imgortur on Matchday Nineteen. Some might attribute Stephens' winning Player of the Month on recency bias, but a deeper look into the records show that while Stephens did indeed get four of his ten goals in one game, he has been an active contributor to Dorfdifving's forward play, providing all sorts of opportunities for himself and his teammates to score. And while they may miss more often than not, Wayne Stephens' case is not just simply "he scored four goals at the end of the month; therefore he's player of the month." It's not so cut and dried like that.

FPL Manager of the Month: Vaughn Palladino (Sporting Ceneisis)
It takes a certain aplomb and pizzazz for any manager to keep their team at the top of the Fleftic Premier League or even near it whenever the league goes through one of its crazier seasons. It takes an even more special manager to do that in his very first major job, which is exactly what Vaughn Palladino is doing at the moment. All the doubters who have said that Palladino didn't have what it takes to take charge of Sporting Ceneisis and keep them competitive in the Premier League have all gone quiet, which just goes to show that it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot instead of opening your mouth and proving everyone correct. Of course, this is just one half of a season completed; it's what Palladino and Ceneisis do in the second half that will matter in the end.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Sun Dec 15, 2019 5:06 am

2027-28 SFA Cup Third Round Scores

Wanda Island Wanderers 2-0 Nou Constantinopoli
Bohuda United 0-4 Mannerheim Sports
Eielo Sunlight 1-1 Electric Yugal (1-2 AET)
Piuui Pirates 2-1 Malabon SC
Bananas FC 2-0 All-Inclusive Haranguer
Zzimmonnttogg Wolves 0-2 Antslinngs Islands
Riuwiee Metropolitan 1-3 Garufaloe FC
Tefel FC 5-2 Yil Vale Harriers
Locomotive Imgortur 0-0 Dynamo Ja (1-0 AET)
Xemlice Rovers 6-1 Gyouza Young Lads
Sporting Ceneisis 1-0 Rosenpfelblatz North End
OGC Oui 0-1 Arsenal de Releinthi
Uranium City Radiation 3-3 Atletico San Sebastian (3-3 AET, 0-3 PKs)
Paulsen FC 1-1 Inseparables (1-1 AET, 2-3 PKs)
Imperial Markovsky 0-1 Rosenpfelblatz City
Kimmirut Panhandle 2-1 FC Afa-az
Buscargill Town 0-1 Real Mikkaleth
Fleftic Air Force 4-4 Ludogorets Markovsky (4-5 AET)
Real San Seriffe 1-0 West Releinthi City
Niraza Rovers 1-2 Sarvusdalamoive
Pawwazim 5-1 Real Haritzaga
Athletic Dorfdifving 4-1 Nuclear Spriekt
Gold Coast Arsenal 4-1 Chevaliers de Motonou
Berezovsky United 2-1 Thereisnogodistan
Admiral Porcusces 2-2 Pilken Kickers (2-2 AET, 3-1 PKs)
Sporting Tiembabkh 3-2 Wabash River
Verrokib South End 1-0 Athletic Club Oof
Fleftic Army 3-1 Keephall Vikings
Onghawesk East End 0-2 Marinos Thimpodopoulos
Keklavik United 1-1 Ambemiri Lions (2-1 AET)
Malhall United 0-2 Riuwiee United
Pamunas 0-1 Miroz Old Boys

Before we get things underway with the second half of the season, let us first take a break from all the league action and settle in for the Third Round of the SFA Cup. The Third Round is when all of the teams in the Fleftic Premier League and Unang Liga enter the competition, and this is the round that most fans look forward to because this is when a team in the lower reaches of the Liga ng Abanhfleft or even the non-league level could potentially see itself playing against a side from the Premier League, perhaps for the only time in their lifetimes.

As to be expected, there are a few surprises in store for us in the SFA Cup. Arguably the biggest losers of this round are Malabon SC, who have emerged as 2-1 losers against National Conference side Piuui Pirates. The National Conference is the fifth level of the Fleftic football pyramid and the highest level where semi-pros and amateurs get to play against whichever teams were the worst of the worst in Liga Ikatlo, so for Malabon to lose against a team which is practically yoyoing between League and non-League status is yet another embarrassment for a team whose recent history is filled with embarrassments. Not that many of the Premier League sides drawn against lower-level opposition fared any better. Sporting Ceneisis, Arsenal de Releinthi, and Rosenpfelblatz City all had to win 1-0 in order to advance to the next round of the SFA Cup, something that will surely bother fans of the aforementioned teams. That said, in one of the few all-Premier League ties of this round, Xemlice Rovers showed absolutely no mercy to Gyouza Young Lads as the Gamekeepers hit the Lads for six. And despite a spirited showing in front of their home fans, Fleftic Air Force were unable to continue their defense of the tin idol any further after Ludogorets Markovsky refused to say die and then nicked the advantage in extra time. Space is already being made in the archives for the footage of the match between Air Force and Ludogorets; no one will be able to deny that it is an absolute classic SFA Cup match.

Now back to league action. The battle for who is the best team in Ceneisis Province (and also Abanhfleft as a whole) continues between Sporting Ceneisis and Admiral Porcusces, with both teams taking 4-2 wins against Xemlice Rovers and Thereisnogodistan respectively. Ceneisis' victory over the Gamekeepers could be seen as the more important result out of the two because not only does it mean that the Blues maintain their hold on top spot but it's yet another blow dealt to a potential title chaser, although surely at this point all Xemlice will now want is to sneak into the Globe Cup places.

Ludogorets Markovsky must also be expecting the worst after suffering yet another draw against Tefel that now sees the defending PL champions six points adrift of the top spot. Rosenpfelblatz City are also in a bit of bother following that incredible 4-4 draw at home to Malabon which saw braces for both Buddock Mawla and Sebastian Kotowski and the Ravens pegging the Citizens back whenever the boys in blue thought they could see daylight between them and their opponents. It's generally a bad day to be a supporter of any top team not from the province of Ceneisis... unless you're a fan of Arsenal de Releinthi. Then you are clearly enjoying life under the (interim) tenure of Rodolphe Mathieu. He has really turned this Gunners team around after their dismal start to the season. Their sights are now definitely set on working all the way up to fourth place or maybe even higher. Who knows?

The battle for the Premier League title heats up as the stakes get ever higher and higher. Sporting Ceneisis could ill afford to drop any points, especially with their rivals Admiral Porcusces breathing down their necks, and yet that is exactly what the Blues did when they went to the National Book Store Stadium to play All-Inclusive Haranguer. Kimbra McInerney shocked everyone, even herself, when her corner kick curved enough to just dip and clip into Carlos Cohen's far post, and it was most probably the recovery (or lack of it) from that shock that prevented Ceneisis from getting even just an equalizer against Haranguer's ramshackle back line. This result, coupled with Admiral's 5-3 thriller of a victory over Paulsen means that the Foxes have overtaken the Blues on goal difference, making that Ceneisis Derby at Throckmorton Bridge all the more important between these two teams.

Ceneisis' loss does mean that Ludogorets Markovsky are still only six points adrift of the league leaders despite their own humiliation at the hands of Fleftic Air Force at the Villahermosa Memorial Stadium. Things might not look that grim yet, but Forester fans are already wondering: is their early season surge about to be undone by a slump in the second half? It's not a situation that they're used to being. Ludogorets have been very consistent throughout the past few seasons, barring that very late slip-up in 2026 that saw Locomotive Imgortur lift the title. Ludogorets are also the only team in the top six left to tally a tenth win, and the fans will surely be wondering what could have been if only they had won all of those games that they had drawn in the previous months.

Yet the title race pales in comparison to the events at the other end of the table. For the first time since Matchday Eight, Athletic Dorfdifving are no longer the bottom club of the Fleftic Premier League thanks to their 2-1 victory away to Tefel. The Devil Dogs thought that they were cruising to victory after Nilton Vaz found the back of the net six minutes from half time only for Lee Kersey to tap into his own goal and give the Canaries the chance they needed to nick all three points. Dorfdifving mounted attack after attack on the Tefel goal before Basilio Calupid finally made a name for himself as the potential savior of the Canaries' season after the 19-year-old academy product headed home a cross from Mariano Palmeiro. This victory could very well be the one that Dorfdifving needs to jump-start their campaign for survival.

It's the biggest Ceneisis derby since the beginning of the decade, with similar high stakes at hand for the winner between Sporting Ceneisis and Admiral Porcusces at Throckmorton Bridge. And like the first time these two teams met at the start of the season, it was the Foxes who emerged triumphant from Mereilles, helped in part by Elbert Judd's hat trick and surprisingly abysmal defending on Ceneisis' part. As a Blue through and through, Vaughn Palladino must have surely impressed upon his men the importance of this particular match yet they must have not been paying attention during that particular team talk. The only thing missing would have been Bryce Hinder scoring a goal, whether for Ceneisis or an own goal in Admiral's favor, to really get a shitstorm rolling out of this.

Ludogorets Markovsky would probably be the happiest of all teams not named Admiral Porcusces in this matchday because the Foxes' victory at Throckmorton Bridge means that catching up has now become a bit easier. At least now they only need three points to get themselves level on points with Ceneisis, but on the other hand the Blues have to lose by eight goals next game for the Foresters to take top spot, and that doesn't look very likely to happen, does it? Meanwhile, through all that, seemingly unnoticed by many, Arsenal de Releinthi have been climbing further and further up the table; Xemlice Rovers being the latest to become the Gunners' unfortunate victim in their charge for the Globe Cup places. If the Gunners do any better any than what they already are right now, who knows where they'll be at the end of the season?

It appears as if Arsenal de Releinthi fans have learned from their run-in with the law during the derby against Wanda Island Wanderers back in Matchday Nineteen because there was none of the pyrotechnics and garbage-throwing that had gotten everyone in trouble at the IKEA Arena a few weeks earlier. Like the first Capital Islands derby this season, this one ended in a draw, and like that one, this derby also ended 2-2. One thing that Gunners fans will be very happy to see is Marcus Tabarez finally getting on the score sheet with more regularity than the first half of the season. He has to show why the club shelled out 320 million nups (slang for new penenks) for him, after all. Tabarez's brace against the Blue Tribesmen sees a little more of that absurd transfer finally repaid to the fans who have been expecting huge things from the young right winger and is now finally getting to see and enjoy them.

Back to the title race though, and it seems that things have gone from bad to worse for Sporting Ceneisis. Going to San Roque Park to play Malabon is always going to be a tough job, but it's what the Blues have to do if they're going to prove their title credentials. Unfortunately, they couldn't do it. Whether it was the noise of the home fans or the never-say-die attitude of the home team that knew that they had a chance to put in their say in the title race, Malabon kept Ceneisis at bay until Sebastian Kotowski finally landed the knockout blow on the Blues. Yet the unpredictable nature of the Fleftic Premier League means that Ceneisis fans still have a little bit of a reason to smile because over in Porcusces, Sarvusdalamoive have come out of nowhere and not only handed Admiral Porcusces a sucker punch but also gave FPL fans a surprise fourth contender for the title. Admiral Porcusces may be top of the table but against Sarvus the Foxes were always playing catch-up, and that must have tired them out because by the time Efren Elia finally got his well-deserved hat trick with one minute to go, the Foxes were unable to mount another response in time.

But it's not all smiles in Mereilles. They need only look over their shoulders to see Ludogorets Markovsky gaining on them, and in fact it is still goal difference keeping Sporting Ceneisis on top of the Foresters, who picked up three vital points away to Niraza Rovers. The Rovers, for their part, are not finding life in the Premier League really enjoyable now. Gone are the historic results against the big teams. Everyone's had half a season to review everyone else's tactics, and unfortunately for Vernon Harland's men, there's not much room for them to change theirs. Unless they pick up some form, and fast, Niraza could very well be the first team whose relegation to Unang Liga is confirmed this season.

This time it is Sporting Ceneisis fans' turn to smile because it is they who have caught up to their rivals from the south in terms of points. The Blues are still below the Foxes in terms of goal difference but they know that a good run on their part and a poor one from Admiral Porcusces could very well see the tables turned. Far be it from us to suggest that Ceneisis had it easy against Locomotive Imgortur; the Engineers are fighting for their lives and are fighting for every single point that they can get but after suffering humiliation against Malabon, they knew that they cannot do the same at home to Locomotive. And they didn't, which is now why the top four teams in the league are now just three points away from each other. Predictability? What predictability? No one could have predicted Admiral Porcusces losing two games on the trot after coming out victorious over Sporting Ceneisis just two weeks ago. No one could have predicted Sarvusdalamoive basically muscling their way into the title race more than halfway into the season. But that's why people love the Fleftic Premier League.

Even the relegation six-pointers can throw up their own brand of excitement and heartbreak. Athletic Dorfdifving and Niraza Rovers were well aware of the stakes as they took to the pitch of Szymborski Stadium, and boy did both sides fight tooth and nail for the three points. No goals may have been scored but there were a whopping twenty yellow cards shown as well as the sending off of Vladimir Krupin for Dorfdifving and Huang Song for Niraza. Safe to say that both of these sides have lost out on the Fair Play award unless they both somehow get their act together and don't see another yellow card again to the end of the season. Tough ask, really.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Twenty-four

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Admiral Porcusces         24   13   5   6    64   44  +20    44   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Sporting Ceneisis         24   13   5   6    54   44  +10    44   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Ludogorets Markovsky      24   11   8   5    49   45   +4    41   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Sarvusdalamoive           24   12   5   7    47   44   +3    41   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Malabon SC                24   11   6   7    52   46   +6    39
 6 Wanda Island Wanderers    24   11   5   8    48   36  +12    38
 7 Fleftic Air Force         24   10   8   6    42   34   +8    38
 8 Riuwiee United            24   10   8   6    33   33    0    38
 9 All-Inclusive Haranguer   24   11   3  10    46   44   +2    36
10 Arsenal de Releinthi      24    9   8   7    51   40  +11    35
11 Xemlice Rovers            24   10   5   9    59   52   +7    35
12 Gyouza Young Lads         24   10   5   9    40   42   −2    35
13 Rosenpfelblatz City       24    9   6   9    56   54   +2    33
14 Paulsen FC                24    9   5  10    53   54   −1    32
15 Locomotive Imgortur       24    8   3  13    42   54  −12    27
16 Thereisnogodistan         24    7   5  12    48   57   −9    26
17 Tefel FC                  24    6   6  12    50   61  −11    24
18 Bananas FC                24    4   7  13    27   42  −15    19   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Athletic Dorfdifving      24    4   7  13    34   52  −18    19   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Niraza Rovers             24    2  10  12    46   63  −17    16   Relegation to Unang Liga

Who would have thought that after five matchdays the league leaders would have gotten only six points more than they did before? We're not talking specifically about either Admiral Porcusces or Sporting Ceneisis here; we are merely mentioning the trend that we have noticed. Not even deserving to be called a thread, really, but some would be certainly concerned that the team residing in top spot has gained only six points in five matchdays. On the other hand it has turned a two-horse race into a four-horse one, if such a statement makes sense. Ludogorets Markovsky and Sarvusdalamoive are only three points away from the two teams from Ceneisis Province, a posiiton that both teams certainly thought they wouldn't be in at the start of the second half of the season, and yet there they are. If only things could look just as nice in the bottom of the table. Athletic Dorfdifving have gotten themselves off the foot of the table but they're still quite a bit away from safety. Five points from it, in fact. And even though sneaking into the Globe Cup is looking less likelier by the week for Bananas, they're still keeping faith with Gualberto Delgado, and even the fans have got the manager's back, a refreshing look into a fandom that more or less turns on the management at the slightest hint of trouble (not just Bananas fans in particular but FPL fans in general). Still, there's always hope that one of the other teams hovering near the relegation zone will get into a poor run of form, or at the very least a poorer run than any one of the bottom three teams are going through at the moment.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 18 goals
T2. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 16 goals
T2. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 16 goals
T2. Kiel O'Hara (Fleftic Air Force) - 16 goals
T5. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 15 goals
T5. Corey Wheeler (Xemlice Rovers) - 15 goals

There's a new name on top of the leaderboard for the Golden Boot, and it's not one that you might expect. Elbert Judd has taken the lead in the race for the Golden Boot, helped partly by Jake Pimentel getting sidelined by a calf injury. It wasn't all Judd doing the job for Admiral Porcusces though; he has help in the form of his literal wingman Arkady Rozier. Rozier himself is not far off the list with 12 goals to his name this season, but at the moment Admiral are enjoying life at the top of the Fleftic Premier League, thanks mostly to those two players.

FPL Player of the Month: Marcus Tabarez (Arsenal de Releinthi)
It takes a special kind of player to warrant a transfer fee of 320 million new penenks. It takes an even more special kind of player to not only show the kind of quality that's worth 320 million nups but also to do it consistently. Whether Marcus Tabarez couldn't do the job in the first half of the season or if the tactics then just didn't suit him is neither here nor now though. What matters, at least for Arsenal de Releinthi fans, is that Tabarez is finally getting on a good run of form, and while it's still very much a long way from paying off that 320 million fee but at least he's finally beginning to pay it off. And that's all that they want, really.

FPL Manager of the Month: Rodolphe Mathieu (Arsenal de Releinthi)
Never underestimate the power of fandom. Especially when it's Arsenal de Releinthi fans we're talking about. This is the first time this season that they have ever been in contention for the Manager of the Month award, and it's only helped by the fact that Rodolphe Mathieu is a Gunner through and through. Arsenal fans came to the FPL website en masse to vote for Mathieu as manager of the month, and in this case the people have indeed spoken. There's nothing that indicates that Mathieu is still anything other than an interim coach for the Gunners but the fact that the Arsenal board also hasn't been looking for a permanent replacement has got people thinking and clamoring to make Mathieu's appointment more permanent than it is right now. A lot could still change in a few matchdays, though, and maybe that's what the Arsenal board is looking out for.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:35 am

2027-28 SFA Cup Fourth Round

Electric Yugal 8-0 Verrokib South End
Berezovsky United 0-2 Riuwiee United
Xemlice Rovers 0-0 Sporting Tiembabkh (1-0 AET)
Gold Coast Arsenal 2-2 Athletic Dorfdifving (2-2 AET, 3-0 PKs)
Ludogorets Markovsky 2-0 Mannerheim Sports
Bananas FC 3-0 Garufaloe FC
Locomotive Imgortur 3-1 Piuui Pirates
Wanda Island Wanderers 0-1 Tefel FC
Antslinngs Islands 1-3 Marinos Thimpodopoulos
Real San Seriffe 1-2 Kimmirut Panhandle
Admiral Porcusces 2-1 Arsenal de Releinthi
Sporting Ceneisis 0-1 Miroz Old Boys
Pawwazim 2-1 Keklavik United
Fleftic Army 1-0 Inseparables
Atletico San Sebastian 0-1 Rosenpfelblatz City
Sarvusdalamoive 0-5 Real Mikkaleth

Time for another round of the SFA Cup. And right off the bat, we know that the Fourth Round of the 2027-28 SFA Cup is going to be a real treat because Electric Yugal have just put up a score that you would expect to see in history books about the early days of Fleftic football. It's not everyday that one sees a score of 8-0 in the news and yet that is exactly what Electric Yugal did to poor Verrokib South End. Franklin Gorman and Davon Sutter both scored hat tricks in this game, leading to the inevitable discussion of who gets to go home with the match ball. Gorman completed his hat trick first but Sutter completed his in a faster amount of time. In the end, the referee decided to both men a ball, but one gets the feeling that this is just to settle a debate rather than setting any sort of precedent.

The other big losers in the Fourth Round (aside from Verrikob, of course) are, funnily enough, Arsenal de Releinthi and Wanda Island Wanderers, who both fell in all-Premier League ties against Admiral Porcusces and Tefel respectively. The 2024 winners denied Artemio Peres and the Wanderers a chance of lifting the tin idol thanks to none other than a former Wanda Island academy product, Mario Javier-Corpuz; while a brace from Wendell Barbero sealed the Gunners' fate against the Foxes. Athletic Dorfdifving suffered the dubious honor of going out on penalties against Liga Ikalawa side Gold Coast Arsenal with none of the Canaries' players finding the back of the net from the spot. Is this perhaps a sign that Dorfdifving will struggle even against lower league teams? Finally, Piuui Pirates saw their SFA Cup fairytale cut short by a 3-1 loss away to Locomotive Imgortur. That's one giant that the Pirates were unable to kill this season, but who knows what could happen when the next edition of the SFA Cup arrives?

The Fleftic Premier League continues to deliver. 2-2 appears to be the score of the matchday as an inordinate number of matches have ended with that result. And just as everyone else who wasn't Admiral Porcusces thought that they had gained ground in the title race, they've all gone and lost it. First off, Ludogorets Markovsky. Having to score two goals to turn around a 2-0 deficit just to salvage a point. In all fairness though, it's Arsenal de Releinthi fans who have more cause for concern because this win really should have been in the bag for them, and then they went and let the two points slip. Is this perhaps a sign that the Gunners' problems lies much deeper than just the management and tactics?

Sporting Ceneisis also suffered a similar slip-up against Gyouza Young Lads, but the implications of said slip-up could be much higher. Such is life in the high-stakes competition that is the Fleftic Premier League. But at the same time that the chasing pack fell away from the Foxes, another team has joined the chase in Wanda Island Wanderers. Artemio Peres and his men shook off the disappointment of being eliminated in the SFA Cup by Tefel by letting it all out against Rosenpfelblatz City after a Fabrosu Nyema header edged them ahead of the Citizens. Admiral Porcusces may have gotten a two-point lead over their nearest chasers but this has also turned into a five-horse race for the title. If this isn't the most interesting season of the FPL in recent years then nothing will ever be.

There is truly no game that can be taken for granted in the FPL. Sporting Ceneisis and Ludogorets Markovsky continue to drop points against the likes of Tefel and Athletic Dorfdifving respectively, but Admiral Porcusces were also unable to capitalize and increase their lead at the top after Arsenal de Releinthi kept the Foxes honest at the Monsanto Stadium. It took Admiral and Yuruze Cuboldo all of 81 minutes to salvage a point after Marcus Tabarez's 53rd minute strike, which also happens to be the 1000th goal scored in the Premier League this season. Admiral fans may be shaking their heads at dropping a massive opportunity to increase their lead but they should also remember that this Arsenal side is a far cry from the one that the Foxes gave the runaround to in Porcusces in the reverse fixture.

Disappointment does appear to be the name of the game for the big clubs of the FPL on Matchday 26, with Wanda Island Wanderers only barely able to scrape a goalless draw out of their trip to Richard Dawkins Park, while both Riuwiee United and Rosenpfelblatz City suffered defeat at the hands of relegation battlers Bananas and Niraza Rovers respectively. Devin Criss, the Xannerian forward who had wanted to test himself against international players, found the United defense easy pickings as he jumped over every Blue Tribesman in the box to head what would turn out to be the game-winning goal. But for a textbook example of dropping the ball, one need to look no further than the Aeroflot Stadium where, with home advantage, their opposition struggling to string together decent results, and a 3-2 lead, the Citizens collapsed. We all know how good Max Fetfatzidis is at finding the back of the net. Unfortunately for him this game, he found the back of his own net, and like a house of cards Rosenpfelblatz crumbled under the renewed pressure from Niraza. The Rovers may look doomed but they are still very much fighting for a place in the FPL next season.

Abanhfleft's title chasers are certainly choosing one of the worst possible times to begin dropping boatloads of points; Ludogorets Markovsky probably being the most egregious case. Losing to a Bananas side currently stuck in the relegation zone is a shock for the Foresters, definitely. Losing 4-1 at home after scoring the opening goal and taking the lead, now that is something else. What is it about big teams scoring own goals and subsequently collapsing in front of their home support? Is this going to be a trend in the future? Ludogorets and Rosenpfelblatz fans most certainly hope not. But this latest Foresters loss has opened the way for a new pair of unlikely teams to stake their claims at Fleftic football's biggest prize: Wanda Island Wanderers and Malabon SC.

The Wanderers took some time to learn and adapt to Artemio Peres' style, but once they did the results followed, and now the team from Wanda City find themselves just four points off the top alongside the recently promoted Malabon. Both Sarvusdalamoive and Ludogorets are beginning to fall away from the top of the pile after impressive starts, and the Foresters are looking in real danger of failing the campaign to defend their title. And speaking of losing ground, Admiral Porcusces did exactly that in a nine-goal thriller against a cracking Malabon side that on the day was simply better than the Foxes. Arthur Supratno bagged yet another hat trick against Admiral, and the team from Porcusces is growing really tired of the Oontaznik striker always playing so well against them. Admiral's loss is Sporting Ceneisis' gain however, with the Blues reclaiming top spot after a hard-fought victory over Fleftic Air Force.

The Premier League dreams slips ever further away from Ludogorets Markovsky's grasp. The Foresters really have chosen the worst time to drop points. One doesn't expect a game away to Rosenpfelblatz City to be a good time to gain points in a title challenge but given the current state of the Citizens, Ludogorets fans could be forgiven for thinking that their rivals from northeastern Mezaladbyi were there for the taking. But as is often the case in the FPL, Rosen's players were absolutely fired up against Ludogorets and took the game to their opposition. Ludogorets now lie in tenth place in the table, but such is the closeness of the FPL this season that even tenth place is only seven points away from Sporting Ceneisis at the top.

The gap actually could have been more, but Ceneisis yet again missed the chance to widen the gap thanks to the return of Artemio Peres to Throckmorton Bridge. It wasn't the triumphant comeback Wanda Island fans would have envisaged; Ram Walia's tap-in from a corner erased Fionntan Breen's advantage and spared the Blues the blushes, but from the Ceneisis perspective only the three points that Admiral Porcusces dropped against Locomotive Imgortur makes the draw against Wanda Island that slightly more palatable. But this is part of what makes the Fleftic Premier League one of the most exciting leagues in the multiverse, if not exactly the most popular one (for both players and fans in general): there is simply no telling who is going to win and lose in this league.

And thus Admiral Porcusces regained the lead in the FPL table the same way that they had lost it: with a 6-3 win over Gyouza Young Lads. Elbert Judd and Arkady Rozier both netted braces against the Lads, but Gyouza will have some positives to look forward to out of this game. In truth, they just happened to be the unlucky ones to face the Foxes on this matchday, and they were not prepared for the determination that the Foxes showed on their way to clawing their way back to the top.

Niraza Rovers appear to be cultivating a reputation for being giant killers this season, with three of their four wins at the moment having come from teams traditionally considered as among Abanhfleft's elite. First it was Arsenal de Releinthi, then it was Rosenpfelblatz City, and now it's Sporting Ceneisis who have fallen at the hands of the Rovers. This game, for all intents and purposes, was Ceneisis' for the taking, but their mistake was taking their foot off the gas before the first half had even ended. For the first 35 minutes the Blues were absolutely dominant, and Niraza could do nothing about it. But then in the 40th minute, James So In-su found himself in acres of space and after he nutmegged Carlos Cohen for Niraza's first goal, the Rovers never looked back.

Fleftic Premier League After Matchday Twenty-nine

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Admiral Porcusces         29   15   6   8    80   59  +21    51   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Sporting Ceneisis         29   14   8   7    66   55  +11    50   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Wanda Island Wanderers    29   14   7   8    57   40  +17    49   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Fleftic Air Force         29   13   8   8    54   48   +6    47   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Arsenal de Releinthi      29   12  10   7    63   47  +16    46
 6 Malabon SC                29   13   7   9    64   57   +7    46
 7 Riuwiee United            29   12  10   7    40   37   +3    46
 8 Xemlice Rovers            29   13   5  11    71   61  +10    44
 9 Ludogorets Markovsky      29   11  10   8    56   57   −1    43
10 Sarvusdalamoive           29   12   7  10    53   55   −2    43
11 All-Inclusive Haranguer   29   13   3  13    54   55   −1    42
12 Gyouza Young Lads         29   11   6  12    49   56   −7    39
13 Rosenpfelblatz City       29   10   7  12    65   66   −1    37
14 Paulsen FC                29   10   6  13    60   65   −5    36
15 Thereisnogodistan         29   10   6  13    59   65   −6    36
16 Locomotive Imgortur       29   10   5  14    51   61  −10    35
17 Tefel FC                  29    8   8  13    61   70   −9    32
18 Bananas FC                29    6   8  15    37   52  −15    26   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Athletic Dorfdifving      29    5  10  14    43   61  −18    25   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Niraza Rovers             29    4  11  14    60   76  −16    23   Relegation to Unang Liga

Admiral Porcusces are still top of the Fleftic Premier League after Matchday 29, but the events of the last few matchdays have only proven that it's not easy to stay on top. Sporting Ceneisis are still there, hovering around and waiting for yet another slip-up from the Foxes. Both Ludogorets Markovsky and Sarvusdalamoive have fallen away from the chasing pack following strings of defeats, and now the honor of best of the rest belongs to Wanda Island Wanderers where Artemio Peres has masterminded such a massive turnaround for the club. And Arsenal de Releinthi, dismissed by many as having absolutely wasted this season, are now back in the thick of things once Rodolphe Mathieu had taken charge, and thanks to their most recent win against Bananas Mathieu is now confirmed as managing the Gunners to the end of the season. Niraza Rovers remain at the bottom of the league, but it should be noted that three of their four wins as of this moment have been against Arsenal de Releinthi, Rosenpfelblatz City, and Sporting Ceneisis, so obviously they have no problem playing against the big teams. It's when they play against teams that are more on their level that the Rovers have been caught out, and time is now running out to improve on that.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 23 goals
2. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 20 goals
3. Kiel O'Hara (Fleftic Air Force) - 19 goals
T4. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 17 goals
T4. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 17 goals

Elbert Judd remains on top of the Golden Boot standings with 23 goals to his name, but the competition is not that far behind. Arthur Supratno is so far the only other player aside from Judd to break the 20-goal mark this season but the likes of Kiel O'Hara and Kareem Dagen are already knocking on the door, and although an injury has kept Jake Pimentel quiet in the past few months, he's starting to heat up once again to take the pressure off of Marcus Tabarez.

FPL Player of the Month: Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces)
Many players dream of being the player who is so unstoppable he scores a goal every game. At the moment, this is the kind of form is Elbert Judd is going through right now. There's no stopping this kid right now. Many have tried; many have failed. And with three goals separating him from his nearest competitor, all Judd needs to do is to keep up this scoring rate and the Golden Boot is as good as his.

FPL Manager of the Month: Artemio Peres (Wanda Island Wanderers)
It's been a long time since Artemio Peres found his name beside the words Manager of the Month, and though he tries to not show it he's happy to have won yet another award just the same. The job that Peres has done with this Wanda Island team has been nothing short of spectacular. The squad may have taken a few weeks or even months to gel together and get used to Peres' style and ideas but now that everything has fallen in place, Peres and the Wanderers are right in the thick of it, challenging for the title.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:27 am

2027-28 SFA Cup Fifth Round

Locomotive Imgortur 0-2 Pawwazim

Gold Coast Arsenal 0-2 Admiral Porcusces

Xemlice Rovers 2-0 Bananas FC

Ludogorets Markovsky 3-2 Miroz Old Boys

Tefel FC 1-1 Kimmirut Panhandle (1-2 AET)

Electric Yugal 1-0 Rosenpfelblatz City

Real Mikkaleth 0-1 Marinos Thimpodopoulos

Fleftic Army 0-1 Riuwiee United

Time now for another installment of continuing saga of the SFA Cup. Here we are in the fifth round where things are now getting really serious. No more time to faff about and showboat; either you get a result or you're out of the SFA Cup. Not a lot of goals have been scored in this round, but in a straight knockout competition like the SFA Cup, the number of goals scored matters little, as long as it's more than the opponent scored. Fans of calm and controlled football will really appreciate the fifth round because for once, teams aren't scrambling around the pitch trying to stick the ball into the back of the net.

Yet there are a few teams who would wish that they were indeed able to find the back of the net, especially a team like Rosenpfelblatz City which is loaded with attacking talent. Everyone thought that Rosenpfelblatz had been handed yet another easy draw against Electric Yugal, but the Bolts had other plans. Yugal's defense was uncharacteristically stingy, and it seemed as if nothing right could ever happen to either Oliver Ganson or Mosi Okoye. Throughout all that, Yugal bided their time until the opportunity finally arrived for Wrightman Cansando in the 80th minute, and he took the opportunity in the form of an unmarked header into the far post.

Locomotive Imgortur also fell victim to a giant killing after themselves having killed a giant killer in Piuui Pirates last round. Locomotive's form in the league has been admittedly around the place but the way that Pawwazim made the Engineers chase shadows on their own pitch shows how wretched Locomotive are at the moment. But the tie of the round has to go to the rematch of the 2025 SFA Cup Final between Xemlice Rovers and Bananas FC. Three years ago the Planters had the edge over the Gamekeepers but in the present day it was Xemlice who emerged victorious over Bananas. Athanasios Papandreou made his first ever competitive start for Xemlice after impressing in the Premier Youth League and he made the most out of it by becoming the youngest Xemlice player to score a brace in the SFA Cup at 17 years and 164 days, beating the record of a certain Gustavo Potter who notted twice against Inseparables at 17 years and 200 days. Who says that the magic of the SFA Cup is dead?

With a little more than two months to go in the season, things are definitely still not quite settled in the Fleftic Premier League, at least as far as the top end of the table goes. Down at the foot of the table, things are unfortunately a little bit clearer. It now seems more and more obvious that Niraza Rovers' stay in the top flight is going to be a short one, but at least it will have been a memorable one, given their wins against some of the biggest sides in Fleftic football to date. Athletic Dorfdifving are also candidates for the drop this season, but the good news is that the Canaries are only six points from safety. At the moment that gap may seem insurmountable but all it takes is for Dorfdifving to win two games and for at least Tefel to lose two and the Canaries are out of the danger zone.

Ludogorets and Sarvusdalamoive fans, look away now because this section can only bring disappointment. A wretched run of form in the past few matchdays has resulted in both the Foresters and the Pinks eight points adrift of the leaders Admiral Porcusces, and the Foxes have now extended their lead over their provincial rivals Sporting Ceneisis to four points thanks to Riuwiee United's late victory at Throckmorton Bridge, but in the Blues' place steps Wanda Island Wanderers, literally coming out of nowhere to stake their claim in this crazy title race. And now even Arsenal de Releinthi and Malabon are knocking on the door. Malabon especially must be on seventh heaven, especially after the Ravens smashed seven goals past Gyouza Young Lads. A truly exciting and unpredictable title race this is turning out to be.

And now, for the first time this season, the Wanda Island Wanderers have climbed all the way to the top of the Fleftic Premier League. Two things had to happen for this to occur; namely a Wanderers win and an Admiral Porcusces defeat. Wanda Island was always tipped as the favorites against All-Inclusive Haranguer, even though it took Artemio Peres' men an absolute storm of goals to eventually achieve victory. But what everyone didn't expect was Admiral absolutely dropping the ball against Fleftic Air Force. The Foxes had everything going for them: possession, corners, challenges won, shots at goal and on target. In fact, the only thing that didn't go Admiral's way was the score itself. Wanda Island fans have been keeping their mouths throughout the season, but surely now it is time for them to believe.

And what is it with Malabon and the number seven recently? This is the second time this season that the Ravens have scored seven goals in a single game, and this time it's Tefel who are the unfortunate recipients of this load of goals. No hat trick for Arthur Supratno this time around, but he and Knut Ingenhoven both have braces in this game. If the Devil Dogs want to avoid relegation this season, this is most definitely not the way to do it. And cue the complaints from people from other countries who say that this kind of scoreline is simply unbelievable. Clearly they have not watched Fleftic football. This may not be the beautiful game as it's meant to be, but this is definitely our style. Don't cramp it.

Who would have thought that the match between Admiral Porcusces and Wanda Island Wanderers would become a literal top of the table clash? Certainly not the supporters from both sides, and yet here they all are hoping for a win. The match certainly lived up to its billing, and after ninety minutes it was the Foxes who emerged triumphant yet again. It was a match of truly epic proportions, with neither side refusing to give any quarter, but as the old cliche goes, there can be only one winner, and that was Admiral Porcusces. Wendell Barbero once again putting the hurt on a top team and finally getting his first Premier League in his career, and a well-deserved one at that.

Malabon have finally stopped scoring seven goals on their own, but they were still involved in a game that saw seven goals in total. It must be so frustrating being a Fleftic Air Force fan though. You never know what kind of team you're going to see take to the field at the first whistle. There is the Air Force club that can take on the league's top teams and hand them a good beating, and then there's the Air Force club that sits meekly in their own half to be penetrated at will by opponents all over the table. On the flip side, the Golden Eagles are still very much in the fight for the Globe Cup places. It wouldn't be in the realm of impossibility for the Air Force to sneak into multiversal football after their campaign in the Cygnus Cup Winners' Cup. But they are very much operating on fine margins for this one. Air Force cannot afford to be hit and miss if they truly desire to mix with the best of the rest among the multiverse's elite.

The margin at the top of the Premier League is so tight that all of the teams challenging for the title simply cannot afford to let any points slip through their fingers as the competition approaches its last five matchdays, and yet that is exactly what Admiral Porcusces did against relegation battlers Niraza Rovers. Admiral were without their regular heavy hitters for this match, but Kochorte Dezunek did a great job filling in for both Elbert Judd and Arkady Rozier. But Niraza as a club simply refused to go quietly into the night, and they were eventually rewarded for their efforts with a point through Boyce Paris' late header. The point also sees Niraza swap places with Athletic Dorfdifving, who are now once again stuck propping up the rest of the table.

Admiral's draw, coupled with Wanda Island Wanderers' win over Malabon, means that the top two sides of the Premier League at this point are separated only by goal difference. Admiral at +22 hold the advantage over Wanda Island's +18, which is definitely a lot but also less than +22. Wanda Island's rivals Arsenal de Releinthi have also snuck themselves into contention and are just two points away from the leaders. Truly their turnaround under Rodolphe Mathieu is something to behold. Once again the Gunners fans have asked, even demanded, that Mathieu be made manager for the next season and quite possibly beyond, but the board now appear committed to seeking outside help come July 2028.

Fleftic Premier League After Matchday Thirty-three

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Admiral Porcusces         33   17   7   9    91   69  +22    58   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Wanda Island Wanderers    33   17   7   9    70   52  +18    58   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Arsenal de Releinthi      33   15  11   7    70   49  +21    56   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Malabon SC                33   16   7  10    83   67  +16    55   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Sporting Ceneisis         33   15   8  10    71   63   +8    53
 6 Sarvusdalamoive           33   15   8  10    62   60   +2    53
 7 Ludogorets Markovsky      33   14  10   9    68   63   +5    52
 8 Riuwiee United            33   13  12   8    46   43   +3    51
 9 Fleftic Air Force         33   14   8  11    63   58   +5    50
10 Xemlice Rovers            33   14   6  13    79   69  +10    48
11 All-Inclusive Haranguer   33   15   3  15    64   65   −1    48
12 Rosenpfelblatz City       33   12   9  12    72   69   +3    45
13 Locomotive Imgortur       33   12   6  15    55   64   −9    42
14 Gyouza Young Lads         33   11   8  14    55   69  −14    41
15 Thereisnogodistan         33   11   7  15    64   73   −9    40
16 Paulsen FC                33   10   8  15    67   78  −11    38
17 Tefel FC                  33    8   9  16    71   85  −14    33
18 Bananas FC                33    7  10  16    46   61  −15    31   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Niraza Rovers             33    5  12  16    65   84  −19    27   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving      33    5  12  16    49   70  −21    27   Relegation to Unang Liga

Never has it been this tight at the top this season. Admiral Porcusces still hold the advantage over all other teams in the Premier League, but now they hold it only by the skin of their teeth. Wanda Island Wanderers are breathing very heavily down their backs; only goal difference separates the two sides from each other. Arsenal de Releinthi and Malabon SC fill out the rest of the Globe Cup slots, both teams making late surges in the season following poor starts, especially the team from Releinthi. The old challengers Sporting Ceneisis, Ludogorets Markovsky, and Sarvusdalamoive are still only five points away from the leaders, but at this point there is simply no room for error for any of the title hopefuls if they do want to lift the trophy over their heads come the end of the season. Athletic Dorfdifving return to the foot of the table following Niraza Rovers' dramatic draw with league leaders Admiral, and while nobody is mathematically relegated yet the relegation battle is now down to only four teams barring a late collapse from Paulsen.

Race for the Golden Boot
1. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 26 goals
2. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 25 goals
T3. Damian Selikov (Ludogorets Markovsky) - 21 goals
T3. Kiel O'Hara (Fleftic Air Force) - 21 goals
T5. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 20 goals
T5. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 20 goals

Arthur Supratno has had a really productive few days in the office. Four matchdays ago Supratno was three goals away from the then-leader Elbert Judd, but after a couple of days in which Malabon scored seven goals each in two games, the Oontaznik forward has seen his tally increase rapidly. Other players are still very much in the chase, but for all intents and purposes this race for the Golden Boot is now between Supratno and Judd.

FPL Player of the Month: Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC)
Arthur Supratno is, quite simply, on fire this month. With six goals in just this month (five of those coming in Malabon's consecutive seven-goal games) there is, at the moment, no player in the Premier League better than the Oontaznik. Supratno and Elbert Judd are sure to be embroiled in a close and tight finish in the race for the Golden Boot with both players keen to not give any ground at all in the in the final five matchdays.

FPL Manager of the Month: Artemio Peres (Wanda Island Wanderers)
The first repeat winner of the FPL Manager of the Month award this season is one who has already received quite his fair share of such. But that doesn't mean that Artemio Peres is going to throw this one away. Peres' Wanda Island Wanderers side have gone through so much for so long that now that they're level on points at the top with Admiral Porcusces (separated only by goal difference), fans of the Wanderers are finally beginning to believe that maybe they can do something big this season.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:10 am

2027-28 SFA Cup Quarterfinals

Marinos Thimpodopoulos 0-1 Kimmirut Panhandle

Xemlice Rovers 4-0 Electric Yugal

Admiral Porcusces 5-4 Pawwazim

Ludogorets Markovsky 0-0 Riuwiee United (0-0 AET, 1-2 PKs)

Only eight teams are now left in the hunt for the SFA Cup, and soon there can only be room for four. There are still a few big teams left in the draw seeking out the tin idol to cap off this season. Admiral Porcusces in particular have developed this idea that they could quite possibly achieve the Double this season, a feat not done in Abanhfleft for over a decade. But Pawwazim stood in the way of the Foxes, and while Admiral tried to rest players for the league campaign, it eventually took the appearance of their big guns Elbert Judd and Arkady Rozier to finally see them past the Pirates in a nine-goal epic. Chia Jao, of the Union of Quincy, also made history as the first player from his nation to score a brace in Fleftic football. Not unexpected given that Abanhfleft and the Union of Quincy have only recently established diplomatic relations with each other, but could this be a sign that Admiral have managed to acquire a star of the future on a free transfer?

But the biggest tie of this round undoubtedly has to go to Ludogorets Markovsky versus Riuwiee United. Both giants of Fleftic football had been struggling in the league in recent days, and with both of them now looking more and more unlikely to win the league, the SFA Cup is now their last chance of picking up some silverware this season. Both the Foresters and the Blue Tribesmen rolled out particularly strong sides for this tie, and though the scoreline may not suggest it, this match absolutely lived up to the hype. All twenty-two players on the pitch of the Stadium of the Old Forester knew what was at stake in this one match, and every single one of them played to the best of their abilities. This game had everything: saves, chances, and unfortunately, yellow and red cards. Vedran Milosevic accumulated two yellow cards to his name while Ante Delic received a straight red after an unnecessary stamp on Dimitri Nobili. The only thing this game didn't have was goals, which inevitably led to a penalty shootout. Now this was a shootout that Ludogorets fans would rather forget as quickly as they could because only one of their takers made the spot kick resulting in their losing the tie. Really though, this was one of the more forgettable penalty shootouts in Fleftic football history. Ludogorets Markovsky have been truly unlucky with penalties this season. First the Community Shield and now this. It's no wonder why the Foresters always want to score lots of goals, because it reduces the chances of getting into extra time and penalty shootouts.

We return to league action yet again, where with only five matchdays left there is simply no room for error. Yet Admiral Porcusces had allowed the lead to slip from their hands yet again. Riuwiee United were always going to be a tough opponent to play, away or at home, but Admiral must have surely fancied their chances of a sneaky win over the Blue Tribesmen. But United, led by their captain Rory Edwards, fought back from 2-0 down to nick back a 2-2 draw and a point. Admiral's slip-up now allows Wanda Island Wanderers to take the outright lead in the Premier League, and because they won 5-0 against Locomotive Imgortur the Wanderers now also have a slight advantage in goal difference should the title have to come down to that.

Down in the relegation zone, the fight continues. It is still too soon to write off any of these teams, but Niraza Rovers look more and more likely to be the first candidate for relegation after succumbing to yet another defeat against Malabon. Athletic Dorfdifving and Bananas, meanwhile, are fighting back the specters of the drop and, to a point, they are succeeding with wins over Xemlice Rovers and Sarvusdalamoive respectively. But despite those vital three points for both teams, safety must seem oh so far away. But it wouldn't be implausible for any of them to go on a run and climb their way out of the drop zone because that's just the nature of Fleftic football.

And now even Niraza are fighting back. To be fair, the Rovers were up against an admittedly woeful Locomotive Imgortur side which was nowhere near as solid defensively as we have come to expect of them. Nevertheless, they were still much an intimidating prospect even as visitors, and it can be said that it was only through sheer persistence and a small helping of luck that Niraza took all three points away from the Engineers. Athletic Dorfdifving also took three vital points from their match against All-Inclusive Haranguer, and after both Bananas and Tefel slipped up, safety for the Canaries is now very much within reach.

Things are also getting very tight and tense at the top of the table. Wanda Island Wanderers absolutely dropped the ball when they were shocked 3-4 at the IKEA Arena by Gyouza Young Lads. Fortunately for Artemio Peres and his men, Admiral Porcusces also dropped the ball against Ludogorets Markovsky. The Foresters, angry at having given up so much ground on the title race this season (very uncharacteristic of them, especially after having lifted the trophy last season) have now seen fit to make themselves kingmakers, or at least that's what their fans will choose to believe. The Foxes did do all that they could to win at the Stadium of the Old Forester but Damian Selikov was now on a roll. After scoring four goals in one game against Haranguer last matchday he had been bitten by the hat trick bug, and it showed up again against the Foxes. But Wanda Island isn't out of the woods yet; Arsenal de Releinthi are now right behind them, and if their rivals from across the Strait of Carrizozo should once again win the title from right beneath the Wanderers' noses, both the salt and the memes will flood into the strait from the islands of Wanda and Releinthi.

2027-28 SFA Cup Semifinals

Both semifinals were played @ Bombers Park, Effelenendro

Riuwiee United 1-1 Xemlice Rovers (2-1 AET)

Admiral Porcusces 1-3 Kimmirut Panhandle

And back to the SFA Cup. What had once been a matter of necessity has now become a bit of a tradition ever since Riuwiee United started advancing deeper into the Cup in recent seasons. Since United are the tenants of the May 26 Revolution Stadium the venue can hardly be considered a neutral one for them so the SFA had reached agreements with a number of stadia around the country to serve as the neutral venue for the semifinals and final of the SFA Cup should Riuwiee United make it to those rounds. This season the neutral venue is Bombers Park, home to the Effelenendro Bombers of the Fleftic National League of American Football (FNLAF). With the 2027-28 FNLAF season having concluded back in February, Bombers Park had lain silent, waiting for the return of a 65,000-strong crowd. Bombers Park had been renovated back in 2000 to be able to accomodate both gridiron and association football on its turf so conversion for use in the SFA Cup semifinals took only three days at most.

The first semifinal was between Riuwiee United and Xemlice Rovers, an epic and titanic clash of two of Abanhfleft's biggest football clubs. This fixture was steeped in history dating back to the 1920s, and both sides have been quite competitive in the old Liga ng Abanhfleft, especially in the 60s and 80s, as well as the SFA Cup. Xemlice may not have won as many SFA Cups as Riuwiee United have but they are both very much aware the effects that winning silverware can have on a season. Both teams therefore put out very strong lineups at Bombers Park, and Elmo Bevan gave the Blue Tribesmen the early advantage just eleven minutes in. Yuruze Cuboldo equalized for the Gamekeepers in the 23rd minute, and though both teams tried to increase their score after that, their goalkeepers earned their keep, setting the stage for an exhilarating and action-packed extra thirty minutes. Chances still abounded for both sides in the added thirty minutes, but only one player would end up finding his attempt fly into the back of the net, and that would be Glenn David of Riuwiee United. David's goal would see United participate in their 31st SFA Cup Final, an historic record for competition.

The other semifinal was between Admiral Porcusces and Unang Liga side Kimmirut Panhandle. The dream of a Double still lives on in Foxes fans even as they were knocked off their perch by Wanda Island Wanderers, but as the saying goes, they should now focus on the opponent in front of them. Kimmirut may be in the second tier, but they've been doing well for themselves, scrapping it out for a place in the four promotion playoff spots in Unang Liga. And it would appear that the Foxes have underestimated the Oilers when Kimmirut took the lead just five minutes in through Ayyub Singh's fantastic free kick. The Oilers would increase their lead to two goals going into half-time, and though Vipin Nagarkar would score for the Foxes in the early minutes of the second half, it would be nothing but a consolation, and Fredrick Alino would seal the deal for Kimmirut in the last five minutes to send the Panhandle through to their first SFA Cup Final of the millennium against Riuwiee United.

Maybe there won't be as big of a risk of Arsenal stealing the title from Wanda Island this time around. For all the improvements that Rodolphe Mathieu has put into this team since his appointment as interim head coach, it seemed as if this Arsenal de Releinthi side had regressed back to some of their worst form under Emilio Caravaggio, collapsing in spectacular fashion against Fleftic Air Force. There are definitely people in Releinthi going through some flashbacks back to their team's horrendous start to the 2027-28 season.

Wanda Island Wanderers notched a victory away to Tefel on their belt, but with both Admiral Porcusces and Malabon also winning their games, the Wanderers only have a two-point lead over their nearest challengers. Niraza Rovers is still hanging on to their Premier League status for as long as they could, but a goalless draw with Gyouza Young Lads is not going to do them any favors. Still, they've got two games to find six points while at the same time hoping that both Tefel and Bananas drop theirs. Everywhere you look, there is excitement to be had in the Premier League. This is why it is considered as one of the best, if not the best football league throughout the APOC Coalition.

And now it comes down to one final matchday. For the fourth time in just as many seasons, the Fleftic Premier League title will have to be decided on the final day. Wanda Island Wanderers are in the driver's seat of the title race coming into Matchday 38, but Malabon are still hot on their heels. Who would have thought that the title would eventually come down between these two teams? Admiral Porcusces, Sporting Ceneisis, and Ludogorets Markovsky all looked like the challengers at the end of the first half of the season, but runs of poor form for these three teams have all but eliminated them from the running. No, they have indeed been eliminated from the title race, at least mathematically speaking. And Arsenal de Releinthi fans who dared to dream of another title challenge after what had started off as a wretched season are now waking up to the reality that there are still problems within their team, problems that need to be solved by more than just an interim head coach before they can start truly challenging for trophies once again.

And, in a strange turn of events, it is Athletic Dorfdifving whose relegation from the Premier League is the first to be confirmed this season. It certainly seems more shocking that it took this long for the confirmation to happen simply because the Canaries have looked so poor throughout the season. Bananas' surprise victory over Admiral Porcusces also means that the Plantains swap places with Tefel for the third automatic relegation spot. Both Tefel and Niraza Rovers look like they're going to suffer the drop as well, but they still have a slim chance of survival depending on how many goals they score and concede on the final matchday. But this also depends on their final opponents of the season.

Fleftic Premier League After Matchday Thirty-seven

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Wanda Island Wanderers    37   20   7  10    82   58  +24    67   Champions' Cup qualification
 2 Malabon SC                37   19   8  10    98   78  +20    65   Globe Cup qualification
 3 Admiral Porcusces         37   18   8  11   101   81  +20    62   Globe Cup qualification
 4 Sporting Ceneisis         37   17  10  10    78   68  +10    61   Globe Cup qualification
 5 Arsenal de Releinthi      37   16  12   9    76   58  +18    60
 6 Ludogorets Markovsky      37   16  11  10    83   72  +11    59
 7 Xemlice Rovers            37   17   6  14    89   78  +11    57
 8 Fleftic Air Force         37   16   9  12    71   63   +8    57
 9 Riuwiee United            37   14  15   8    54   49   +5    57
10 Sarvusdalamoive           37   15   9  13    66   67   −1    54
11 Rosenpfelblatz City       37   14   9  14    76   73   +3    51
12 All-Inclusive Haranguer   37   16   3  18    68   75   −7    51
13 Gyouza Young Lads         37   12  10  15    59   74  −15    46
14 Thereisnogodistan         37   12   8  17    70   80  −10    44
15 Locomotive Imgortur       37   12   8  17    56   71  −15    44
16 Paulsen FC                37   11  10  16    74   85  −11    43
17 Bananas FC                37    9  10  18    54   68  −14    37
18 Tefel FC                  37    8  10  19    77   94  −17    34   Relegation to Unang Liga
19 Niraza Rovers             37    7  13  17    70   88  −18    34   Relegation to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving      37    7  12  18    59   81  −22    33   Relegation to Unang Liga

With only one matchday left to go, we are still no closer to determining a champion for the 2027-28 season of the Fleftic Premier League than when this whole thing started. Wanda Island Wanderers are top of the table, sure, but with only a two-point lead all it takes is for the Wanderers to lose and for Malabon to win and the Ravens will lift the Premier League trophy for only the second time since the old Unang Liga split off from the rest of the Liga ng Abanhfleft to form the Fleftic Premier League. There is a chance that it could happen. Wanda Island are away to their deadly rivals Arsenal de Releinthi on the final matchday, while Malabon host Bananas at San Roque Park. The Plantains are out of the danger zone at the moment, and they might decide to take it easy on the final matchday of the season. Meanwhile, the Gunners are more than happy to play spoilsport to their rivals from across the Strait of Carrizozo, and while Arsenal may be going through a slight run of poor form, we all know that form goes out of the window in derby days.

Athletic Dorfdifving are the first team to be confirmed to be going down to Unang Liga next season, but Niraza Rovers and Tefel are also currently stuck in the relegation zone. But there's still time for them to mount an unlikely but incredible escape on the final day of the season. For either of them to escape, Bananas must lose to Malabon and Tefel must win by four goals or Niraza must win by five. Niraza could very well do just that against Fleftic Air Force, if they can find their shooting boots, but for Tefel, they might as well consider themselves relegated seeing as they're up against Riuwiee United on the final matchday. Still, stranger things have happened in Fleftic football. It's all just a matter of believing.

And that does it for Part Eight of the review of the 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League season. Next up is Part Nine, the final part of the review, and along with the champions of the Premier League we will reveal the winners of the Golden Boot, the Golden Glove, and the Player and Manager of the Season awards. Stay tuned.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:16 am

Premier League Matchday Thirty-eight Scores

Arsenal de Releinthi 4–5 Wanda Island Wanderers
Fleftic Air Force 4–2 Niraza Rovers
Tefel FC 0–2 Riuwiee United
Gyouza Young Lads 4–5 Ludogorets Markovsky
Locomotive Imgortur 3–3 Athletic Dorfdifving
Malabon SC 0–1 Bananas FC
Admiral Porcusces 3–4 Rosenpfelblatz City
All-Inclusive Haranguer 0–1 Thereisnogodistan
Xemlice Rovers 2–1 Paulsen FC
Sarvusdalamoive 2–1 Sporting Ceneisis

Not since the 2003-04 season has the West Capital Islands derby had so much at stake in the Fleftic Premier League. For the Wanda Island Wanderers, their first ever Premier League title is on the line, while for Arsenal de Releinthi, it's a chance to deny their deadly rivals from across the Strait of Carrizozo some silverware and also prevent the Wanderers from doing what the Gunners had done back in 2004: win the title at their rivals' home ground. The Releinthi National Guard was out in full force today to keep the situation from escalating like it did the last time these two teams met last season, and stewards and police forces were dispatched to ensure complete separation between the home crowd and the away section. Not that that stopped trouble from boiling over outside the Monsanto Stadium with fistfights and unfortunately, two stabbings. Both victims were quickly rushed to nearby hospitals and will thankfully make full recoveries, but such is the heat of the hate between Releinthi and Wanda Island that things have to be escalated like this.

To the match itself then, and Arsenal would come out of the blocks first and take the lead through none other than Jake Pimentel. Marcus Tabarez and Will Newman then scored two goals in the span of three minutes to put the Gunners 3-0 up against their rivals, but as they watched this game fans from both Releinthi and Wanda Island also kept an eye on the game between Malabon and Bananas. A win by the Ravens over the Plantains, combined with a Wanderers loss (which at that moment looked very likely), would mean that the title would go to Malabon and ensure that Releinthi still had something with which to lord over Wanda Island.

Wanda Island fought back despite the odds, and by 61 minutes the score had turned from 3-0 in favor of Arsenal to a 3-3 stalemate. This, combined with the fact that Malabon still hadn't found the back of the net against Bananas, means that Wanda Island still has one hand on the title, but even if that may be so, Arsenal fans will still want to ruin their rivals' day, and Fawqiyya Arvidsson's header ensured that most of the worrying would be shifted to the Wanda Island camp. Over in San Roque Park, Malabon had all the momentum and the chances, and surely it was a matter of when and not if they were going to score, especially with Golden Boot chaser Arthur Supratno on the pitch. So when the news came in that it was Bananas who drew first blood in Malabon through Lemuel Fuller, a collective groan went up in Releinthi. If Malabon lost or even if they drew their game, the title was still going to go to Wanda Island. Nothing left now for Rodolphe Mathieu's men to do but keep their lead and hope that Malabon can score two goals in the span of nine minutes plus how much time the referee decides to tack on at the end of the ninety.

Enter Arthur MacAlistair. The Fleftic international winger had been injured for the past two months, watching from the sidelines as the Wanderers slowly but surely marched towards their first ever Premier League title. Though MacAlistair was now technically recovered, Artemio Peres still opted not to risk MacAlistair re-aggravating his injury, hence his being on the bench. But now Peres (and quite possibly destiny) was calling upon MacAlistair, and boy did he deliver. Two strikes from the left winger in the 83rd and 89th minutes ensured that Wanda Island would win at their rivals' home ground, and after Malabon's loss to Bananas was confirmed by the final whistle, Artemio Peres and company finally lifted the Fleftic Premier League trophy to the jubilant cheers of the 3,500 away fans; the home crowd having already left in an air of bitter disappointment.

Fleftic Premier League Table After Matchday Thirty-eight

   Premier League           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Wanda Island Wanderers    38   21   7  10    87   62  +25    70   Champions, Qualified for Champions League
 2 Malabon SC                38   19   8  11    98   79  +19    65   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
 3 Admiral Porcusces         38   18   8  12   104   85  +19    62   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
 4 Ludogorets Markovsky      38   17  11  10    88   76  +12    62   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
 5 Sporting Ceneisis         38   17  10  11    79   70   +9    61
 6 Arsenal de Releinthi      38   16  12  10    80   63  +17    60
 7 Xemlice Rovers            38   18   6  14    91   79  +12    60
 8 Fleftic Air Force         38   17   9  12    75   65  +10    60
 9 Riuwiee United            38   15  15   8    56   49   +7    60
10 Sarvusdalamoive           38   16   9  13    68   68    0    57
11 Rosenpfelblatz City       38   15   9  14    80   76   +4    54
12 All-Inclusive Haranguer   38   16   3  19    68   76   −8    51
13 Thereisnogodistan         38   13   8  17    71   80   −9    47
14 Gyouza Young Lads         38   12  10  16    63   79  −16    46
15 Locomotive Imgortur       38   12   9  17    59   74  −15    45
16 Paulsen FC                38   11  10  17    75   87  −12    43
17 Bananas FC                38   10  10  18    55   68  −13    40
18 Tefel FC                  38    8  10  20    77   96  −19    34   Relegated to Unang Liga
19 Niraza Rovers             38    7  13  18    72   92  −20    34   Relegated to Unang Liga
20 Athletic Dorfdifving      38    7  13  18    62   84  −22    34   Relegated to Unang Liga

Thus ends the 2027-28 season, to much excitement and, unfortunately in the case of Arsenal vs Wanda Island, some bloodshed. Wanda Island Wanderers are the champions of the Fleftic Premier League for 2028, winning the title over Malabon SC by five points. It's the biggest gap between first and second ever this season. With Wanda Island's triumph comes qualification to the new IFCF Champions League, the successor of the UICA Champions' Cup. Also, thanks to Abanhfleft's membership in the Independent Associations Cup, the Wanderers have also qualified for the new FFI Taça dos Vencedores, the Champions League equivalent for associations not affiliated with those in the regions of Atlantian Oceania, Esportiva, and Rushmore.

Malabon SC, Admiral Porcusces, and Ludogorets Markovsky are Abanhfleft's representatives in the IFCF Challengers' Cup, successor to the UICA Globe Cup. Malabon are also through to the FFI Taça dos Vencedores by virtue of their second place finish, while Admiral Porcusces have made it to the FFI Copa das Confederações, the FFI's version of the Globe/Challengers' Cup. And, depending on the results of the SFA Cup final to be played in a week's time, Ludogorets Markovsky could be the only team in the top flight playing in only one multiversal competition. Should Riuwiee United win the SFA Cup, they will qualify for the Cup Winners' Cup, which may or may not have also been folded into the IFCF.

Athletic Dorfdifving are joined by Niraza Rovers and Tefel FC as going down to Unang Liga, as had been predicted in the final month of the season. But this may be the first time that all three relegated teams have finished on the same number of points, a record both impressive and not that enviable. As predicted, Tefel fell against Riuwiee United, while Niraza Rovers were simply played off the park by Fleftic Air Force. Replacing these three teams in the top flight next season are Marinos Thimpodopoulos, Fleftic Army, and the winner of the playoffs between Kimmirut Panhandle, Rosenpfelblatz North End, Eielo Sunlight, and Atletico San Sebastian.

Race for the Golden Boot
T1. Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC) - 29 goals
T1. Damian Selikov (Ludogorets Markovsky) - 29 goals
3. Elbert Judd (Admiral Porcusces) - 28 goals
4. Kiel O'Hara (Fleftic Air Force) - 24 goals
T5. Jake Pimentel (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 22 goals
T5. Kareem Dagen (Rosenpfelblatz City) - 22 goals

The battle for the Golden Boot went right down to the wire, and altogether it seems fitting that two men should win the coveted award come the end of the season. Arthur Supratno is no surprise; he's been on fire for almost the entirety of 2027-28. But the other winner of the Golden Boot may come as a surprise, for he was basically on the outside looking in before the run-up to the end: Damian Selikov. Everyone thought that the race for the Golden Boot had become a two-horse race between Supratno and Elbert Judd, but that haul of seven goals in two games has singlehandedly thrown Selikov back into contention. Gone are the days of inconsistency for the Ludogorets Markovsky striker; Damian Selikov is now a very credible threat in front of goal. Or so Forester fans will hope. And Supratno could have become the outright winner if only he could have converted at least one of his chances against Bananas FC on the final matchday.

Race for the Golden Glove
1. Orestes Katsouranis III (Riuwiee United) - 13 clean sheets
T2. Carlos Cohen (Sporting Ceneisis) - 9 clean sheets
T2. Ikram Aybar (Fleftic Air Force) - 9 clean sheets
4. Psiquiq (Wanda Island Wanderers) - 8 clean sheets
T5. Fermin Cumberbatch (Paulsen FC) - 7 clean sheets
T5. Miles Hurst (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 7 clean sheets

To keep a clean sheet in Abanhfleft is often considered an amazing and near-impossible thing, what with the nation's obsession for seeing goals scored left and right. So for any goalkeeper to win the Golden Glove in the Fleftic Premier League is truly an honor, a testament to their abilites to keep the ball out of the back of the net. And it comes as no surprise that it is Orestes Katsouranis III of Riuwiee United who takes home the award. Maksim Shinkarenko has always been a fan of simple and controlled football, very much a revolutionary idea in Abanhfleft, and yet the results speak for themselves. Katsouranis' Golden Glove award just shows that it's not always necessary to score four goals to the opponents' three. Sometimes, one is more than enough.

FPL Player of the Season: Arthur Supratno (Malabon SC)
In a vote that came right down to the wire, it should come as no surprise that it was the more consistent player who came out on top. No doubt that Damian Selikov would have also deserved to win the Player of the Season award, but one gets the feeling that if he could have been a little more consistent, maybe spread his goals out a little bit more, then he would have taken the Player of the Season award by a landslide. As it stands, Supratno takes home the honor of being the FPL's best player of the 2027-28 season/ Supratno doesn't just score goals; he also makes assists, and gets so many chances that it's almost inevitable that he will convert at least one into a goal. Basically, Supratno gets his teammates involved in the attack as well. He may not be the most well-rounded player out there but in terms of how much he gets Malabon invested into playing, there's no surprise that he is the Player of the Season.

FPL Manager of the Season: Bruce White (Admiral Porcusces)
It's not often that the manager of the title-winning team doesn't also win the Manager of the Season award, but this one of those rare cases. Artemio Peres took time before he managed to get Wanda Island Wanderers up to the title fight, but Bruce White has always kept Admiral Porcusces right in the thick of it. Throughout the season, the Foxes have never been lower than third in the table, thus proving the old adage that consistency is the key to winning titles. Sadly for White and his men, there were no trophies to be had this season, but if they keep this up then next year could very well be their year.

Honorable Mentions
FPL Young Player of the Season: Marcus Tabarez (Arsenal de Releinthi) - 20 years old
Marcus Tabarez took some time before he managed to justify his transfer fee not only to Arsenal de Releinthi but to everyone else in the League, but once he did there was no turning back. Tabarez is now very much an important cog in the Arsenal machine and will definitely figure in the Gunners' future plans.

FPL Foreign Player of the Season: Kiel O'Hara (Fleftic Air Force) - Commonwealth of Baker Park
The 26-year-old forward signed on a free transfer from Baker Park has turned himself into an indispensable part of Fleftic Air Force's offense, and he will surely retain one of the Air Force club's three foreign player slots next season. O'Hara also knocked on the door of the Golden Boot, and with some slightly more consistent deliveries from his teammates he could very well become a force to be reckoned with.

Congratulations to Wanda Island Wanderers, your 2027-28 Fleftic Premier League champions,
winning their first ever title in the Premier League era!

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:28 pm

2027-28 SFA Cup Final

Played @ Bombers Park, Effelenendro

Kimmirut Panhandle 0-1 Riuwiee United
                       Glenn David (58')

Referee: Chuck Lorenzino (Presbyterian Islands)

After all that league action comes a week-long break before Abanhfleft plays its final football game of the 2027-28 season, the 2028 SFA Cup Final between Kimmirut Panhandle and Riuwiee United. 65,000 people, one half supporting the capital city club and the other rooting for the side from the Peninsula Province, have descended upon Bombers Park in Effelenendro to watch the 128th contest for the SFA Cup. As this match is being played in a neutral venue, there is no real home side, but Kimmirut Panhandle has been named as the nominal home team due to being ahead alphabetically of Riuwiee United. Kimmirut were therefore granted first pick on the kit that they would wear in the final, and they of course chose their classic dark navy blue shirt and shorts with orange accents and trim. United opted for an all-yellow kit with blue trimmings, and with the kits having been chosen there was no nothing else to do but play the ninety minutes (plus thirty and, if needed, penalties) to determine the winner of the 2028 SFA Cup.

Both teams were hesitant at the start of the final, much like almost every other team who has ever played in this stage of the competition. Maksim Shinkarenko however expected more from his players, seeing as many of them had been part of the United team that had won the SFA Cup two years ago against Atletico San Sebastian. But the first real chances came from the Oilers, Kim Jae-in firing a shot across the face of Kotoro Domeze's goal in the 17th minute to wake up the Copperite and make sure his reflexes were all right. This first shot in anger served to open the game for both teams as this was what finally allowed them to get away from their initial apprehension and actually go for it. United's first real chance came from the man who had assisted the winner against San Sebastian two years ago, Isaac Georgiadis; only the post ensured that Matvey Poroshenko wouldn't be picking the ball out of his net barely a half hour into the game. But despite these chances, the score remained 0-0 at halftime, and while both sets of fans had lots to talk about during the break, the one thing they really wanted to see had not yet happened.

At the start of the second half, Glenn David came on in place of Hamish Muir, and Maksim Shinkarenko would later confirm that he had taken off Muir due to the Schottian complaining about problems with his ankle after an awkward landing near the end of the first half. David's introduction would prove to be a master stroke for Shinkarenko, even if he did not intend to do it that way, since it was tbe 25-year-old from Calfragilis who was responsible for creating the chance from which Riuwiee would score. In the 56th minute, David was tackled by Alireza Bournish just outside the right corner of the box, and both Georgiadis and Rory Edwards hovered over the ball as soon as Chuck Lorenzino had made the appropriate markings. Edwards then swung the ball into the box, and who else would meet the ball but Glenn David, hovering in acres of space as he evaded his marker and nodded the leather into the near post.

Kimmirut then huffed and puffed as they tried to find the equalizer. The Oilers came close a number of times; Ji Moon skied his shot over Domeze's head and the crossbar around 70 minutes, and Dan Davidson thought he had leveled things and quite possibly forced extra time in the 83rd minute before the video assistant referee chalked off his goal for offside. For their part, United also sought to increase their lead and make it a bit more comfortable. Andy Hosking was also denied by the woodwork when he saw his header strike the inside of the angle between post and crossbar and get deflected to where Poroshenko could gratefully scoop up the ball.

In the end, one goal was enough to decide the fate of the SFA Cup. Maksim Shinkarenko wins his first bit of silverware as Riuwiee United manager, and the Blue Tribesmen lift the tin idol for the 15th time in their history, surpassing their Capital Islands rival Arsenal de Releinthi's record of 14 Cups won. Shinky's at the wheel, indeed.

Congratulations to Riuwiee United, your 2027-28 SFA Cup champions!

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:29 am

2027-28 Fleftic Unang Liga Final Standings

   Unang Liga                Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Marinos Thimpodopoulos     46   29  13   4   134   67  +67   100   Champions, Promoted to Premier League, IFCF Liga B qualification
 2 Fleftic Army               46   31   6   9    85   39  +46    99   Promoted to Premier League, IFCF Liga B qualification
 3 Kimmirut Panhandle         46   27  13   6    78   29  +49    94   Promotion playoffs, IFCF Liga B qualification
 4 Rosenpfelblatz North End   46   27  12   7    87   33  +54    93   Promotion playoffs
 5 Eielo Sunlight             46   27  12   7    77   37  +40    93   Promotion playoffs
 6 Atletico San Sebastian     46   27  11   8   106   53  +53    92   Promotion playoffs
 7 Uranium City Radiation     46   27  10   9    71   27  +44    91
 8 Wabash River               46   26  10  10    69   27  +42    88
 9 Dynamo Ja                  46   26  10  10    63   43  +20    88
10 Malhall United             46   25  10  11   102   72  +30    85
11 Antslinngs Islands         46   24   8  14    62   29  +33    80
12 Imperial Markovsky         46   22  14  10    73   53  +20    80
13 Inseparables               46   14  10  22    56   67  −11    52
14 Buscargill Town            46   13   6  27    31   67  −36    45
15 Miroz Old Boys             46   10  14  22    73  109  −36    44
16 Chevaliers de Motonou      46   10  10  26    30   61  −31    40
17 Lokoue Llamas              46   11   6  29    51  111  −60    39
18 Pilken Kickers             46    8  12  26    32   73  −41    36
19 Berezovsky United          46    9   9  28    32   80  −48    36
20 Real Mikkaleth             46    8  11  27    31   70  −39    35
21 Sociedad de Pesadill       46    9   7  30    42   86  −44    34
22 Sporting Tiembabkh         46    7  12  27    30   78  −48    33   Relegated to Liga Ikalawa
23 Pawwazim                   46    7  10  29    32   69  −37    31   Relegated to Liga Ikalawa
24 Purzat Rovers              46    7   6  33    37  104  −67    27   Relegated to Liga Ikalawa

In the end, despite all the fears, Marinos Thimpodopoulos' stay in Unang Liga was a mercifully short one, at least from the point of view of Marinos fans. The Mariners from the Fhulghamous Peninsula started off very strongly and never looked back after that. 100 points may be nowhere near the record set by Malabon SC last year (123 points, the most ever accumulated in a single season of Unang Liga but all everyone from Port Thimpodopoulos will care about is the fact that they are now back in the Premier League. Hot on the heels of Marinos are Fleftic Army, who finally managed to slip into the second automatic promotion spot after missing out last season. The Armed Forces derby is now most definitely back in the big time. Beyond them though, there are still four teams left in the battle for the final spot in the Fleftic Premier League. SFA Cup finalists Kimmirut Panhandle lead the charge in third place, while the other promotion hopefuls include Rosenpfelblatz North End, Eielo Sunlight, and Atletico San Sebastian. These four teams will square off in the format of 6th versus 3rd and 5th versus 4th in a two-legged playoff which will determine which of these teams will go on to the May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium to battle it out for the final spot in the FPL. Also, Marinos, Fleftic Army, and Kimmirut have all qualified for the IFCF Liga Champions Trophy by virtue of their league positions. Whether they can all handle the challenges of multiversal football while also trying to survive in the Premier League? Who knows...

Congratulations to Marinos Thimpodopoulos, your 2027-28 Fleftic Unang Liga champions!

2027-28 Fleftic Liga Ikalawa Final Standings

   Liga Ikalawa              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 North Iboyie Albion        46   22  12  12    95   80  +15    78   Champions, Promoted to Unang Liga
 2 Mannerheim Sports          46   21  11  14    47   40   +7    74   Promoted to Unang Liga
 3 Keephall Vikings           46   19  16  11    76   63  +13    73   Promotion playoffs
 4 Zzimmonnttogg Wolves       46   19  15  12    61   59   +2    72   Promotion playoffs
 5 Duhblakk Rovers            46   20  10  16    82   80   +2    70   Promotion playoffs
 6 Pamunas                    46   18  15  13    67   59   +8    69   Promotion playoffs
 7 Sporting Mykorrigan        46   20   9  17    48   47   +1    69
 8 Keklavik United            46   19  11  16    43   37   +6    68
 9 Nuclear Spriekt            46   18  13  15    88   76  +12    67
10 Khimik Ogovlich            46   20   7  19    41   48   −7    67
11 Electric Yugal             46   18  12  16    85   79   +6    66
12 Rodrigues FC               46   17  14  15    69   64   +5    65
13 Uthilmir United            46   18  11  17    82   86   −4    65
14 Reyes United               46   17  11  18    70   70    0    62
15 El Horizonte               46   18   8  20    58   60   −2    62
16 Tutschkill Town            46   15  16  15    57   59   −2    61
17 West Releinthi City        46   14  16  16    53   58   −5    58
18 Pazugas                    46   13  17  16    30   32   −2    56
19 Selid Town                 46   14  12  20    69   70   −1    54
20 Gold Coast Arsenal         46   14  12  20    72   78   −6    54
21 Southern Imgortur          46   14  10  22    59   65   −6    52
22 Sporting Wappinger         46   16   3  27    81   95  −14    51   Relegated to Liga Ikatlo
23 Real San Seriffe           46   10  18  18    61   75  −14    48   Relegated to Liga Ikatlo
24 Olistan Presbyterians      46   10  17  19    70   84  −14    47   Relegated to Liga Ikatlo

2027-28 Fleftic Liga Ikatlo Final Standings

   Liga Ikatlo               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Onghawesk East End         46   21  14  11    75   64  +11    77   Champions, Promoted to Liga Ikalawa
 2 Ambemiri Lions             46   22   7  17    76   76    0    73   Promoted to Liga Ikalawa
 3 Porcusces Tsunamis         46   19  15  12    45   36   +9    72   Promotion playoffs
 4 Vikrant Rovers             46   20  12  14    73   66   +7    72   Promotion playoffs
 5 FC Afa-az                  46   19  13  14   100   86  +14    70   Promotion playoffs
 6 Rapid Pelaez               46   19  11  16    83   78   +5    68   Promotion playoffs
 7 Sporting Busov             46   18  13  15    98   80  +18    67
 8 Verrokib South End         46   20   7  19    75   73   +2    67
 9 Effelenendro               46   17  14  15    56   48   +8    65
10 Real Haritzaga             46   20   5  21    91   93   −2    65
11 Arlkornd Diamonds          46   18  11  17    67   75   −8    65
12 Bohuda United              46   18  10  18    67   71   −4    64
13 Duke's Own Town AFC        46   18   9  19    49   47   +2    63
14 Athletic Bergson           46   16  14  16    41   39   +2    62
15 Koob Rovers                46   16  13  17    48   45   +3    61
16 Mertano & Mertayev         46   17   9  20    79   78   +1    60
17 Bytuch Wyk Wanderers       46   16  12  18    69   76   −7    60
18 Riuwiee Metropolitan       46   16  11  19    64   70   −6    59
19 Athletic Club Oof          46   13  19  14    73   70   +3    58
20 Zenit Novograd             46   14  14  18    96  104   −8    56
21 Yil Vale Harriers          46   15  11  20    66   77  −11    56
22 Nnettekkebb Wanderers      46   14  13  19    55   67  −12    55   Relegated to National Conference
23 Tentenaraya Rovers         46   11  17  18    61   75  −14    50   Relegated to National Conference
24 Tanasteh United            46    9  18  19    68   81  −13    45   Relegated to National Conference

Jasvirabad Gems, AFC Da, and AFC Hithamandhoo are promoted from the National Conference into Liga Ikatlo.

by **Trans-Dniesters** » Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:32 am

2027-28 Pridnestrovian Super League Final Standings

    Super League                   P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Dinamo Bender                 34  24   7   3  76  30  +46  79   Champions, Qualified for Champions League
  2 Admiral Novorossiysk          34  20   7   7  50  35  +15  67   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
  3 Union Rheinburg               34  18   8   8  50  20  +30  62   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
  4 Sheriff Tiraspol              34  17   9   8  45  26  +19  60   Qualified for Challengers' Cup
  5 CSKA Tiraspol                 34  18   5  11  50  29  +21  59
  6 Fortuna Novonikolaysk         34  17   8   9  31  24   +7  59
  7 Ufa Verkhovyansk              34  17   6  11  41  31  +10  57
  8 Rotor Dnistrosh               34  14   7  13  25  24   +1  49
  9 FC 23 August                  34  14   7  13  31  36   -5  49
 10 Shakhtar Rheinburg            34  13   9  12  35  26   +9  48
 11 Dinamo Macaresti              34  12   9  13  32  30   +2  45
 12 Metallurgist Beledor          34  10  12  12  25  26   -1  42
 13 Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk      34  10   9  15  41  48   -7  39
 14 Dnistro Dnistropavlovsk       34   6  12  16  28  53  -25  30
 15 Szigetszentmiklos             34   6   9  19  29  59  -30  27
 16 Politehnica Pecineaga         34   6   8  20  17  40  -23  26   Relegation playoff
 17 Elektrik Admiralnaya          34   7   4  23  31  63  -32  25   Relegated to National Premier Football League
 18 Submarin Yeralenko            34   6   6  22  19  56  -37  24   Relegated to National Premier Football League

From start to finish, Dinamo Bender were just absolutely dominant over the Pridnestrovian Super League. No team came truly close to challenging Dinamo over their stranglehold of first place. Admiral Novorossiysk may lie second in the table but they are twelve points adrift of the champions, the widest that the gap has ever been since Pridnestrovia became a member of UICA and now, the IFCF. At the other end of the table, Submarin Yeralenko was no longer able to avoid the inevitable, and they drop down to the National Premier Football League as the worst team in the Super League this season. Elektrik Admiralnaya join the team from Rivymiyitevko down in the second tier, while Politehnica Pecineaga still has a chance to keep their spot, but only if they win against the third-best team in the NPFL. All in all though, there is only one question on Pridnestrovians' lips: is this the beginning of Dinamo Bender's domination of the Super League? Dinamo fans certainly hope so, while fans of their rival of rivals CSKA Tiraspol will hope not.

Congratulations to Dinamo Bender, your 2027-28 Pridnestrovian Super League champions!

2027-28 Pridnestrovian National Premier Football League Final Standings

    NPFL                            P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts
  1 Derinkuyuspor                  34  15  12   7  39  21  +18  57   Champions, Promoted to Super League, Liga B
  2 Torpedo Yeralenko              34  17   5  12  64  49  +15  56   Promoted to Super League, Liga B
  3 Chernomorets Bratsk            34  15   9  10  50  36  +14  54   Promotion playoff, Liga B
  4 Raketa Palatinsk               34  16   6  12  45  46   -1  54
  5 Latakiaspor                    34  14  10  10  37  31   +6  52
  6 Masyafspor                     34  13  12   9  28  20   +8  51
  7 Vorpommern Nyqvist             34  14   8  12  63  41  +22  50
  8 Kesselburger Kickers           34  14   8  12  30  33   -3  50
  9 FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan      34  12  10  12  41  42   -1  46
 10 1895 Lekhwiya Pepuza           34  13   7  14  34  46  -12  46
 11 Bierburger SV                  34  12   9  13  30  28   +2  45
 12 Spartak Tiraspol               34  13   6  15  46  49   -3  45
 13 Aviapromet Olimp               34  12   8  14  31  39   -8  44
 14 Dinamo Vitebsk                 34  12   7  15  46  52   -6  43
 15 Star City FC                   34  11   8  15  30  46  -16  41
 16 Palatine Opals                 34  10   9  15  24  34  -10  39   Relegation playoff
 17 Avion Topraisar                34  10   7  17  29  38   -9  37   Relegated to Top League
 18 Renechev Revolution            34   5  15  14  21  37  -16  30   Relegated to Top League

2027-28 Pridnestrovian Top League Final Standings

[u]    Top League                     P   W   D   L For  Ag  +/- Pts[u]
  1 Exiles FK                     34  20   4  10  42  26  +16  64   Champions, Promoted to National Premier Football League
  2 Amzaceaspor                   34  19   6   9  43  32  +11  63   Promoted to National Premier Football League
  3 Traktor Bender                34  17  10   7  41  28  +13  61   Promotion playoff
  4 Admiral Tuzla                 34  14  15   5  41  25  +16  57
  5 Baltika Belgorod              34  15   5  14  75  54  +21  50
  6 Larnakaspor                   34  13  11  10  30  23   +7  50
  7 Atom Ozyorsk                  34  14   7  13  38  40   -2  49
  8 Bryan Bryansk                 34  14   6  14  49  40   +9  48
  9 Spartak Sonolovichyrevko      34  12  11  11  46  48   -2  47
 10 Antakyaspor                   34  11  12  11  65  55  +10  45
 11 Wormatia Wewelsburg           34  12   9  13  44  46   -2  45
 12 Gobekli Tepespor              34  12   8  14  37  54  -17  44
 13 Olimpia Strebsk               34  11   9  14  55  56   -1  42
 14 SG 08 Chemie Mitwitz          34  10  12  12  47  53   -6  42
 15 Submarin Admiralnaya          34   8  12  14  44  54  -10  36
 16 Universitate Vanatori         34   8   8  18  29  48  -19  32   Relegated to State Leagues
 17 Zenit Vladiyug                34   6  13  15  26  47  -21  31   Relegated to State Leagues
 18 Mittgensteiner SV             34   6  10  18  20  43  -23  28   Relegated to State Leagues

NOTE: Nickel Novorossiysk of the Transnistrian State League, Nagymaros 1907 TK of the Ixanian State League, and Avankumspor of the Hatay State League will replace the three sides relegated from the Top League.

by **Trans-Dniesters** » Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:33 am

NOTE: Starting from the 2027-28 season, the Pridnestrovian Cup will undergo a rebrand as the PFS–Kubok (PFS standing for Pridnestrovskaya Futbolnaya Soyuz, Russian for Pridnestrovian Football Union and "kubok" being Russian for cup).

First Round
Traktor Bender 1-0 Dinamo Macaresti (1-0 agg)

Mittgensteiner SV 1-1 Dimashqspor (4-2 AET, 4-2 agg)

Submarin Admiralnaya 0-0 Avion Topraisar (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 1-2 PKs)

Dinamo Bender 4-1 Gobekli Tepespor (4-1 agg)

Wormatia Wewelsburg 2-0 Lokomotiv Lyubengelsk (2-0 agg)

Torpedo Yeralenko 1-0 Bierburger SV (1-0 agg)

Universitate Vanatori 2-1 Vorpommern Nqyvist (2-1 agg)

Admiral Novorossiysk 5-0 Bryan Bryansk (5-0 agg)

SG 08 Chemie Mitwitz 2-3 Shakhtar Rheinburg (2-3 agg)

Spartak Tiraspol 2-0 Zenit Vladiyug (2-0 agg)

Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk 1-0 Submarin Yeralenko (1-0 agg)

Masyafspor 1-1 Baltika Belgorod (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 2-1 PKs)

Derinkuyuspor 1-2 Union Rheinburg (1-2 agg)

Olimpia Strebsk 2-0 FK Avangard Myrilsk (2-0 agg)

Szigetszentmiklos 2-0 Avankumspor (2-0 agg)

Exiles FK 6-0 Aviapromet Olimp (6-0 agg)

Admiral Tuzla 4-2 Star City FC (4-2 agg)

Atom Ozyorsk 0-4 Politehnica Pecineaga (0-4 agg)

Antakyaspor 1-4 Dnistro Dnistropavlovsk (1-4 agg)

Rotor Dnistrosh 4-1 Sheriff Tiraspol (4-1 agg)

CSKA Tiraspol 2-1 Larnakaspor (2-1 agg)

FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan 1-0 Chernomorets Bratsk (1-0 agg)

Raketa Palatinsk 0-0 CSKA Apollinarov (0-0 AET, 0-0 agg, 2-0 PKs)

FK Beledor 0-3 Metallurgist Beledor (0-3 agg)

Gumus Özturkiyye 1-2 VfL Eisenstadt (1-2 agg)

Palatine Opals 1-2 Elektrik Admiralnaya (1-2 agg)

Dinamo Vitebsk 1-1 Amzaceaspor (1-1 AET, 1-1 agg, 4-2 PKs)

Latakiaspor 1-3 Renechev Revolution (1-3 agg)

Fortuna Novonikolaysk 5-1 Spartak Sonolovichyrevko (5-1 agg)

Tennis Dacia Althaus 0-6 Ufa Verkhovyansk (0-6 agg)

Kesselburger Kickers 3-2 FC 23 August (3-2 agg)

1895 Lekhwiya Pepuza 4-1 Jinarspor (4-1 agg)

Second Round
Kesselburger Kickers 3-0 Masyafspor (3-0 agg)

Renechev Revolution 3-1 Fortuna Novonikolaysk (3-1 agg)

Wormatia Wewelsburg 0-0 Ufa Verkhovyansk (0-1 AET, 0-1 agg)

VfL Eisenstadt 2-1 Politehnica Pecineaga (2-1 agg)

Szigetszentmiklos 2-1 Spartak Tiraspol (2-1 agg)

Shakhtar Rheinburg 6-2 1895 Lekhwiya Pepuza (6-2 agg)

CSKA Tiraspol 3-2 Olimpia Strebsk (3-2 agg)

Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk 0-0 Union Rheinburg (1-0 AET, 1-0 agg)

Admiral Tuzla 1-3 Metallurgist Beledor (1-3 agg)

Dinamo Vitebsk 1-0 Avion Topraisar (1-0 agg)

Exiles FK 3-2 FK Pridnestrovskaya Gavan (3-2 agg)

Dnistro Dnistropavlovsk 3-3 Raketa Palatinsk (5-3 AET, 5-3 agg)

Rotor Dnistrosh 3-2 Mittgensteiner SV (3-2 agg)

Admiral Novorossiysk 2-0 Dinamo Bender (2-0 agg)

Universitate Vanatori 2-2 Torpedo Yeralenko (4-3 AET, 4-3 agg)

Traktor Bender 0-4 Elektrik Admiralnaya (0-4 agg)

Third Round
Exiles FK 4-2 Ufa Verkhovyansk (4-2 agg)

Admiral Novorossiysk 3-1 Lokomotiv Novosverdlovsk (3-1 agg)

VfL Eisenstadt 1-2 Metallurgist Beledor (1-2 agg)

Kesselburger Kickers 2-0 Renechev Revolution (2-0 agg)

Shakhtar Rheinburg 2-0 Rotor Dnistrosh (2-0 agg)

Dinamo Vitebsk 3-1 Szigetszentmiklos (3-1 agg)

CSKA Tiraspol 5-1 Dnistro Dnistropavlovsk (5-1 agg)

Elektrik Admiralnaya 1-0 Universitate Vanatori (1-0 agg)

Quarterfinals
Admiral Novorossiysk 1-1 Shakhtar Rheinburg (1-2 AET, 1-2 agg)

Elektrik Admiralnaya 0-2 CSKA Tiraspol (0-2 agg)

Kesselburger Kickers 4-1 Exiles FK (4-1 agg)

Metallurgist Beledor 0-2 Dinamo Vitebsk (0-2 agg)

Semifinals
Kesselburger Kickers 5-2 CSKA Tiraspol (5-2 agg)
CSKA Tiraspol 3-1 Kesselburger Kickers (5-6 agg)

Dinamo Vitebsk 1-1 Shakhtar Rheinburg (1-1 agg)
Shakhtar Rheinburg 0-1 Dinamo Vitebsk (1-2 agg)

Final
Dinamo Vitebsk 1-0 Kesselburger Kickers (1-0 agg)

Congratulations to Dinamo Vitebsk, your 2027-28 PFS–Kubok champions!

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:23 pm

Here are your Liga ng Abanhfleft promotion playoff ties for the 2027-28 season.

Unang Liga
(6) Atletico San Sebastian vs. (3) Kimmirut Panhandle

(5) Eielo Sunlight vs. (4) Rosenpfelblatz North End

Liga Ikalawa
(6) Pamunas vs. (3) Keephall Vikings

(5) Duhblakk Rovers vs. (4) Zzimmonnttogg Wolves

Liga ikatlo
(6) Rapid Pelaez vs. (3) Porcusces Tsunamis

(5) FC Afa-az vs. (4) Vikrant Rovers

Unang Liga playoffs

(6) Atletico San Sebastian vs. (3) Kimmirut Panhandle
Leg 1 @ Estadio Arbeloa, San Sebastian, Duhblakk Province
Atletico San Sebastian 1-1 Kimmirut Panhandle

Leg 2 @ Luxur Field, Kimmirut, Peninsula Province
Kimmirut Panhandle 0-1 Atletico San Sebastian

Atletico San Sebastian advances to the Unang Liga promotion playoff final 2-1 on aggregate

(5) Eielo Sunlight vs. (4) Rosenpfelblatz North End
Leg 1 @ Estadio Cabanalan, Manilaonilao, Eielo Province
Eielo Sunlight 1-2 Rosenpfelblatz North End

Leg 2 @ Plainfields, Rosenpfelblatz, Mezaladbyi Province
Rosenpfelblatz North End 2-0 Eielo Sunlight

Rosenpfelblatz North End advances to the Unang Liga promotion playoff final 4-1 on aggregate

Liga Ikalawa playoffs

(6) Pamunas vs. (3) Keephall Vikings
Leg 1 @ Starbuck Lane, Pamunas, Fleftic Antarctica
Pamunas 0-1 Keephall Vikings

Leg 2 @ Hall of Heroes, Keephall, Malhall
Keephall Vikings 0-1 Pamunas (1-1 AET)

Keephall Vikings advances to the Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final 2-1 on aggregate

(5) Duhblakk Rovers vs. (4) Zzimmonnttogg Wolves
Leg 1 @ Kingston Park, Calauacan, Duhblakk Province
Duhblakk Rovers 1-0 Zzimmonnttogg Wolves

Leg 2 @ Louddell Transpo Arena, Zzimmonnttogg, Piddaddadda Province
Zzimmonnttogg Wolves 0-2 Duhblakk Rovers

Duhblakk Rovers advances to the Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final 3-0 on aggregate

Liga Ikatlo playoffs

(6) Rapid Pelaez vs. (3) Porcusces Tsunamis
Leg 1 @ Estadio Gobernador Reyes, Ciudad Pelaez, Trendstart Colony
Rapid Pelaez 1-0 Porcusces Tsunamis

Leg 2 @ Fabio Conceicao Municipal Stadium, Porcusces, Mereilles Province
Porcusces Tsunamis 1-0 Rapid Pelaez (2-0 AET)

Porcusces Tsunamis advances to the Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final 2-1 on aggregate

(5) FC Afa-az vs. (4) Vikrant Rovers
Leg 1 @ Prospero Santos Stadium, Afa-az, Jacaga Province
FC Afa-az 2-0 Vikrant Rovers

Leg 2 @ Anand Chand Memorial Arena, Vikrant, Trendstart Colony
Vikrant Rovers 1-0 FC Afa-az

FC Afa-az advances to the Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final 2-1 on aggregate

2027-28 Liga Ikatlo promotion playoff final

@ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium, Riuwiee
Porcusces Tsunamis 1-1 FC Afa-az (1-1 AET, 1-2 PKs)

FC Afa-az is promoted to Liga Ikatlo

2027-28 Liga Ikalawa promotion playoff final

@ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium
Keephall Vikings 2-0 Duhblakk Rovers

Keephall Vikings is promoted to Liga Ikalawa

2027-28 Unang Liga promotion playoff final

@ May 26 Revolution Memorial Stadium
Atletico San Sebastian 0-1 Rosenpfelblatz North End

Rosenpfelblatz North End is promoted to the Fleftic Premier League

by **Trans-Dniesters** » Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:11 am

Pridnestrovian Super League relegation playoff
Politehnica Pecineaga vs. Chernomorets Bratsk

Leg 1 @ Stadionul Dr. Darius Ardelean, Pecineaga, Ixanian Socialist State
Politehnica Pecineaga 1-0 Chernomorets Bratsk

Leg 2 @ Stadion mira, Bratsk, Transnistrian Socialist State
Chernomorets Bratsk 4-1 Politehnica Pecineaga

Chernomorets Bratsk is promoted to the Pridnestrovian Super League 4-2 on aggregate

National Premier Football League relegation playoff
Palatine Opals vs. Traktor Bender

Leg 1 @ Opalstadion, Neumayer, Ixanian Socialist State
Palatine Opals 0-1 Traktor Bender

Leg 2 @ Traktor-Stadion, Bender, Transnistrian Socialist State
Traktor Bender 1-0 Palatine Opals

Traktor Bender is promoted to the National Premier Football League 2-0 on aggregate

by **Oontaz Dert Li Ng** » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:01 pm

   First Division             Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 General Santos FC           38   28   5   5    76   26  +50    89   Champions, AOCL
 2 Botafogo de Maranao         38   20  10   8    62   40  +22    70
 3 Vigan Athletic              38   20   8  10    64   41  +23    68
 4 Pasargad Manitogoro         38   18   8  12    45   29  +16    62
 5 Gryphons Nubalochi          38   16  13   9    57   36  +21    61
 6 Hapoel Nineveh              38   18   6  14    51   36  +15    60
 7 Deportivo Cauayan           38   16  11  11    44   35   +9    59
 8 RCD Baler                   38   15  11  12    59   51   +8    56
 9 Rayo La Presa               38   14  11  13    47   53   −6    53
10 Tall Afar FC                38   15   5  18    69   83  −14    50
11 Fudukwan FC                 38   14   7  17    33   39   −6    49
12 Real Meycauayan             38   13   9  16    32   40   −8    48
13 Racing al-Ampatuan          38   14   6  18    28   38  −10    48
14 Real Altamarino             38   13   8  17    26   33   −7    47
15 Red Horse Biñan             38   11   9  18    40   53  −13    42
16 Esteghlal Omidinabad        38   11   9  18    49   72  −23    42
17 General Trias Multiversal   38   10  10  18    30   55  −25    40
18 Habaniyyah Harriers         38   11   6  21    44   63  −19    39   Relegated to Second Division
19 Um al-Gwarif FC             38    9   9  20    53   68  −15    36   Relegated to Second Division
20 Racing Club Antipolo        38    9   9  20    28   46  −18    36   Relegated to Second Division

Persephone Hojfsa, Tarbayog Aguilas, and Etazig Petroleum SC are promoted from the Oontaznik Second Division into the First Division.

Congratulations to General Santos FC, your 2027-28 Oontaznik First Division champions!

by **Copper Cuprum** » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:22 pm

2027-28 Copperite National League Final Standings

   National League                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Vay Deg Eels A.F.C.              30   19   5   6    78   49  +29    62   Champions, CEdC
 2 Mah Deg Diamonds                 30   17  10   3    61   33  +28    61   Qualified for CEdC
 3 Atletico Bed Deg                 30   14   6  10    66   55  +11    48
 4 Athletic Wa Deg                  30   13   9   8    56   48   +8    48
 5 Wa Deg City                      30   13   7  10    67   66   +1    46
 6 Ken Deg United                   30   13   6  11    70   58  +12    45
 7 Bor Deg Bears                    30   11  10   9    72   69   +3    43
 8 South Ons Deg Rabbitohs A.F.C.   30   11   9  10    63   58   +5    42
 9 Nay Deg                          30   11   6  13    64   70   −6    39
10 Copper Cuprum Halal Commission   30   11   6  13    67   74   −7    39
11 Nel Deg Rovers                   30    9  10  11    58   59   −1    37
12 Yon Deg                          30   10   5  15    61   78  −17    35
13 Sportif Ab Deg                   30    8   9  13    59   68   −9    33
14 Bed Deg Town                     30    8   8  14    63   75  −12    32
15 Wa Deg Giants A.F.C.             30    8   3  19    55   80  −25    27   Relegated to League 2
16 Pad Deg Harriers A.F.C.          30    6   7  17    41   61  −20    25   Relegated to League 2

2027-28 Copperite League 2 Final Standings

   League 2                        Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Sub Deg Raiders A.F.C.           30   16  10   4    87   56  +31    58   Champions, Promoted to National League
 2 Hen Deg                          30   17   6   7    73   56  +17    57   Promoted to National League
 3 Ons Deg North End                30   14   7   9    56   51   +5    49
 4 Ven Deg A.F.C.                   30   13   9   8    66   62   +4    48
 5 Noh Deg                          30   14   4  12    61   57   +4    46
 6 Chicken Wings FC                 30   11  12   7    57   53   +4    45
 7 Chapter 11 Tigers                30   13   5  12    55   59   −4    44
 8 Al Deg Barracudas A.F.C.         30   12   7  11    70   64   +6    43
 9 Bed Deg Bantams A.F.C.           30   11   9  10    65   58   +7    42
10 Nay Deg Elephants F.C.           30   11   6  13    56   61   −5    39
11 His Deg A.F.C.                   30   11   5  14    68   75   −7    38
12 AFC Bor Deg                      30   10   7  13    58   63   −5    37
13 Af Deg Wanderers                 30   10   5  15    67   75   −8    35
14 Jet Deg                          30    8  10  12    56   62   −6    34
15 Jit Deg Royal F.C.               30    8   6  16    57   69  −12    30   Relegated to League 3
16 Dan Deg Megatheriums             30    4   6  20    53   84  −31    18   Relegated to League 3

Rif Deg United and Ims Deg Rovers are promoted from Copperite League 3 into League 2.

Congratulations to Vay Deg Eels A.F.C., your 2027-28 Copperite National League champions!

by **Fhulghamous Peninsula** » Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:31 pm

2027 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Opening Final Standings

   PL Opening                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Heliopolisspor               22   13   4   5    54   33  +21    43   Opening Champions, CEdC
 2 Emekasis Sportif             22   10  10   2    46   35  +11    40
 3 Nove Gossed                  22    9   8   5    31   28   +3    35
 4 Pythagoras FC                22    9   6   7    54   52   +2    33
 5 Charalambos FC               22    7  10   5    30   31   −1    31
 6 Esquadrille White Rabbits    22    7   8   7    24   24    0    29
 7 Sobresalientes               22    8   5   9    39   41   −2    29
 8 Palaeiologi                  22    6  10   6    21   23   −2    28
 9 Deportivo Pequeña Melilla    22    5  10   7    31   34   −3    25
10 Haritzaga Albion             22    5   8   9    36   41   −5    23
11 Nou Philippopolis            22    4   6  12    52   65  −13    18
12 Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza   22    4   5  13    25   36  −11    17

2028 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Closing Final Standings

   PL Closing                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Esquadrille White Rabbits    22   12   5   5    37   26  +11    41   Closing Champions, CEdC
 2 Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza   22   12   1   9    37   38   −1    37
 3 Nou Philippopolis            22   10   4   8    55   45  +10    34
 4 Haritzaga Albion             22    9   6   7    46   44   +2    33
 5 Emekasis Sportif             22    8   7   7    43   38   +5    31
 6 Deportivo Pequeña Melilla    22    9   3  10    37   33   +4    30
 7 Heliopolisspor               22    6  11   5    42   42    0    29
 8 Sobresalientes               22    8   5   9    44   48   −4    29
 9 Nove Gossed                  22    7   8   7    22   26   −4    29
10 Palaeiologi                  22    7   5  10    20   21   −1    26
11 Charalambos FC               22    7   5  10    21   28   −7    26
12 Pythagoras FC                22    5   4  13    36   51  −15    19

2027-28 Fhulghamousian Premier League Final Table

   Fhulghamous PL              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Heliopolisspor               44   19  15  10    96   75  +21    72   Overall champions, Qualified for CEdC
 2 Emekasis Sportif             44   18  17   9    89   73  +16    71
 3 Esquadrille White Rabbits    44   19  13  12    61   50  +11    70   Qualified for CEdC as Closing Champions
 4 Nove Gossed                  44   16  16  12    53   54   −1    64
 5 Sobresalientes               44   16  10  18    83   89   −6    58
 6 Charalambos FC               44   14  15  15    51   59   −8    57
 7 Haritzaga Albion             44   14  14  16    82   85   −3    56
 8 Deportivo Pequeña Melilla    44   14  13  17    68   67   +1    55
 9 Palaeiologi                  44   13  15  16    41   46   −5    54
10 Airbus Fhulghamous Besanza   44   16   6  22    62   74  −12    54
11 Nou Philippopolis            44   14  10  20   107  110   −3    52   Relegated to Second League
12 Pythagoras FC                44   14  10  20    90  103  −13    52   Relegated to Second League

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Congratulations to Heliopolisspor, your 2027 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Opening champions,
and Esquadrille White Rabbits, your 2028 Fhulghamousian Premier League - Closing champions!

2027 Fhulghamousian Second League - Opening Final Standings

   Opening                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 EA Tatouwine                 22   11   5   6    37   31   +6    38   Opening Champions
 2 Sycorax Kickers              22   11   4   7    32   25   +7    37
 3 Veterans Foundation FC       22   10   6   6    25   13  +12    36
 4 RCD Nueva Ceuta              22   10   6   6    35   30   +5    36
 5 Besanza Emeralds             22   10   6   6    25   23   +2    36
 6 FC Aeaea Albion              22    8   8   6    33   28   +5    32
 7 OGC Nou Nicaea               22    8   6   8    35   31   +4    30
 8 Nuevo Guadix CF              22    8   4  10    35   45  −10    28
 9 UD Albarecete                22    6   8   8    30   29   +1    26
10 Asparagus Thistle            22    6   5  11    34   40   −6    23
11 UD Nuevo Carthago            22    6   4  12    28   38  −10    22
12 Sfaxspor                     22    5   4  13    29   45  −16    19

2028 Fhulghamousian Second League - Closing Final Standings

   Closing                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 Nuevo Guadix CF              22   12   5   5    50   35  +15    41   Closing Champions
 2 EA Tatouwine                 22   12   4   6    43   34   +9    40
 3 UD Nuevo Carthago            22   12   3   7    48   45   +3    39
 4 FC Aeaea Albion              22   11   4   7    27   23   +4    37
 5 OGC Nou Nicaea               22   10   3   9    34   37   −3    33
 6 Veterans Foundation FC       22    9   5   8    25   23   +2    32
 7 Sfaxspor                     22    9   4   9    41   39   +2    31
 8 Sycorax Kickers              22    7   6   9    35   37   −2    27
 9 Asparagus Thistle            22    8   3  11    33   36   −3    27
10 RCD Nueva Ceuta              22    5   8   9    29   34   −5    23
11 UD Albarecete                22    6   5  11    28   39  −11    23
12 Besanza Emeralds             22    5   2  15    28   39  −11    17

2027-28 Fhulghamousian Second League Final Table

Second League               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
 1 EA Tatouwine                 44   23   9  12    80   65  +15    78   Overall Champions, Promoted to Premier League
 2 FC Aeaea Albion              44   19  12  13    60   51   +9    69
 3 Nuevo Guadix CF              44   20   9  15    85   80   +5    69   Promoted to Premier League as Closing Champions
 4 Veterans Foundation FC       44   19  11  14    50   36  +14    68
 5 Sycorax Kickers              44   18  10  16    67   62   +5    64
 6 OGC Nou Nicaea               44   18   9  17    69   68   +1    63
 7 UD Nuevo Carthago            44   18   7  19    76   83   −7    61
 8 RCD Nueva Ceuta              44   15  14  15    64   64    0    59
 9 Besanza Emeralds             44   15   8  21    53   62   −9    53
10 Asparagus Thistle            44   14   8  22    67   76   −9    50
11 Sfaxspor                     44   14   8  22    70   84  −14    50   Relegated to Third League-South
12 UD Albarecete                44   12  13  19    58   68  −10    49   Relegated to Third League-North

NOTE: Oxyrhynchus United from the Fhulghamousian Third League-South and Athletic Club Ixmurratin from the Fhulghamousian Third League-North are promoted into the Second League.

works? · by **Abanhfleft** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:54 am

This is the fifth season of the Fleftic National League of American Football as a member of the Champions' Bowl international gridiron football competition. The FNLAF's Dorfdifving Destroyers came very close to winning Abanhfleft's first ever Champions' Bowl, but the Istria Black Mambas proved to be too much of a challenge for the Destroyers and they fell flat on their faces in front of a capacity crowd in Ko-oren. Of course this will mean that they want nothing more than to get back to the big stage and finally claim that win, but they must first survive the gauntlet that is the regular season of the FNLAF, where only twelve out of the league's 32 teams will make it to the playoffs and the chance to qualify for the Champions' Bowl.

Without further ado, here are the final standings of the 2028-29 FNLAF regular season.

FNLAF NORTHERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

NFC NORTH                                Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Port Thimpodopoulos Constructors [x]   16   10   6   0   275  223  +52    0.625
 2 Marble Arch Freedom Fighters           16    7   9   0   289  280   +9    0.438
 3 Ogovlich Kings                         16    7   9   0   283  276   +7    0.438
 4 Albarecete Albinos                     16    7   9   0   288  333  −45    0.438

NFC WEST                                 Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Bytuch Wyk Stingrays [x]               16   11   5   0   327  241  +86    0.688
 2 Braganopolis Titans [y]                16   10   6   0   317  232  +85    0.625   [1]
 3 Markovsky Lumberjacks                  16   10   6   0   323  266  +57    0.625
 4 Rosenpfelblatz Power                   16    7   9   0   301  342  −41    0.438

NFC EAST                                 Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Piuui Chargers [x]                     16   11   5   0   311  244  +67    0.688
 2 Keephall Dragons                       16    8   8   0   273  295  −22    0.500
 3 Falhall Heroes                         16    7   9   0   298  322  −24    0.438
 4 Selid Nomads                           16    6  10   0   257  313  −56    0.375

NFC SOUTH                                Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Nnettekkebb Rage [x]                   16   10   6   0   346  293  +53    0.625
 2 Dorfdifving Destroyers [y]             16    9   7   0   288  265  +23    0.562
 3 Afa-az Protectors                      16    6  10   0   271  284  −13    0.375
 4 Wadim-ti Rovers                        16    6  10   0   287  353  −66    0.375

* [x] = division champion
* [y] = best division second-place teams
* [1] = Braganopolis ahead of Markovsky on best win percentage in common games

FNLAF SOUTHERN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

SFC NORTH                                Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Wanda Island Mystics [x]               16   13   3   0   328  215 +113    0.812
 2 Riuwiee Knights                        16    9   7   0   294  270  +24    0.562
 3 Effelenendro Bombers                   16    8   8   0   268  281  −13    0.500
 4 Releinthi Rangers                      16    7   9   0   289  274  +15    0.438

SFC EAST                                 Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Pilken War Pigs [x]                    16    9   7   0   334  284  +50    0.562
 2 Olistan Longhorns                      16    7   9   0   279  286   −7    0.438
 3 Garufaloe Cobras                       16    6  10   0   277  337  −60    0.375
 4 Ja War Eagles                          16    5  11   0   297  367  −70    0.312

SFC WEST                                 Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Tentenaraya Stampede [x]               16   10   6   0   294  285   +9    0.625
 2 Uranium City Atoms [y]                 16    9   7   0   309  314   −5    0.562
 3 San Seriffe Gunslingers                16    8   8   0   273  258  +15    0.500
 4 Norrdnhammr Yetis                      16    4  12   0   277  343  −66    0.250

SFC SOUTH                                Pld    W   L   D    PF   PA   PD    Win %
 1 Porcusces Pistoleros [x]               16    9   7   0   259  293  −34    0.562   [1]
 2 Vikrant Elephants                      16    9   7   0   305  244  +61    0.562
 3 Mereilles Marauders                    16    6  10   0   248  339  −91    0.375
 4 Wappinger Warriors                     16    5  11   0   253  366 −113    0.312

* [x] = division champion
* [y] = best division second-place teams
* [1] = Porcusces ahead of Vikrant on best win percentage in intradivision games

And here are the results of the 2028-29 FNLAF playoffs.

Congratulations to the Bytuch Wyk Stingrays, your 2029 Fleftic Bowl champions, winning their first ever FNLAF championship!

by **Trans-Dniesters** » Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:05 am

Hello, friends, comrades, and fellow fans in gridiron. Denis Fyodorovich here with yet another very abbreviated review of Season VI of the Pridnestrovian Gridiron Super League. Finally, it appears as if the league has settled on an acceptable schedule for all teams, but that doesn't mean that there is no more change to be made in this league. There's still one more change to be made, and that is to decrease the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs. Only six teams can now make it to the playoffs, three from each conference, and while of course this has pissed off a lot of fans and even some of those teams whom you would think would be fighting tooth and nail for what had once been the vital fourth spot in their conference. But too late; only the top three can make it in this time. Hopefully this is the last change that will be done to the league and we can finally settle down and watch some quality gridiron. That is the dream, is it not, comrades?

Pridnestrovian Gridiron Super League Season VI Regular Season Final Standings: Northern Conference

NORTHERN CONFERENCE         Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD
 1 CSKA Tiraspol             19   14   5   333  241  +92   Conference champions, Bye to Conference Final
 2 Dinamo Bender             19   13   6   377  230 +147   Qualified for playoffs
 3 Macaresti Gladiators      19   12   7   261  214  +47   Qualified for playoffs
 4 Rheinburg Spartans        19    9  10   302  296   +6
 5 Lake Begorod Revolution   19    8  11   295  319  −24
 6 Antakya Hawks             19    8  11   328  382  −54
 7 Kesselburger Kestrels     19    7  12   234  303  −69

NOTES:
* Lake Begorod ahead of Antakya on H2H results

Pridnestrovian Gridiron Super League Season VI Regular Season Final Standings: Southern Conference

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE         Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD
 1 Sheriff Tiraspol          19   15   4   304  160 +144   Conference champions, Bye to Conference Final
 2 Admiral Novorossiysk      19   12   7   433  331 +102   Qualified for playoffs
 3 Bratsk Dolphins           19   11   8   314  252  +62   Qualified for playoffs
 4 Yeralenko Torpedoes       19   10   9   317  310   +7
 5 Dnistrolvovsk Bandits     19    7  12   211  343 −132
 6 Vladikrav Red Death       19    4  15   213  407 −194
 7 Novonikolaysk Sharks      19    3  16   181  315 −134

And these are the PGSL Season VI playoffs.

Congratulations to CSKA Tiraspol, your Pridnestrovian Bowl VI champions!

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