Ko-oren Domestic Sports Newswires

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:38 am

Soccer - Season 34

Season - Autumn

Maethoru SC, with all of the Dragonfly national team power behind it, started off with a clear statement of intent. The recent champions (but since fallen on hard times)

Miradela GD were defeated 4-1, while a day earlier newbies

Couziers-Olympiques were welcomed to the top level by

Katashi-Kanatsu with a 4-1 loss. Not everything ended with that scoreline: the round 1 battle of the heavyweights

Aminey CS versus

Schemerdrecht SVV ended with a 1-0 victory for the visitors, giving Schemerdrecht a leg up over the Blues straight away.

Aminey CS,

Schemerdrecht SVV, and Maethoru CS were deemed the big boys, but only the former and the latter found their groove so far. The next top match was between them as well, with

Aminey CS defending their home successfully (2-1 win) over the Maethorians. Some crazy scorelines in the meantime were

Advance Alara's 3-4 home loss to

Miradela GD. In the Eastern Derby,

Advance Alara scored 5 over

Katashi-Kanatsu, the highest single-match yield so far, in a 5-3 win.

Branvon CD, meanwhile, hoped to find their connection with the top clubs like in the old days, but lost 0-3 to

Maethoru SC, 0-1 to

Aminey CS, but did beat

Schemerdrecht SVV away: 1-2. And that's the story of the top six, or thereabouts. At the bottom,

Couziers-Olympiques are having a tough time as expected of the promotors, while Surbourneshire's very own

Bruncester United AFC and

Cirelbourne United both struggle to score goals and get points at all, and the three clubs round out the bottom three.

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                 10    6   2   2    16    6  +10    20
 2 Aminey CS                                   10    5   2   3    12   10   +2    17
 3 Branvon CD                                  10    4   4   2     9    9    0    16
 4 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    3   6   1     8    4   +4    15
 5 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    4   3   3    13   12   +1    15
 6 Maynard AFC                                 10    4   2   4    13   10   +3    14
 7 Straudum VV                                 10    3   4   3     5    5    0    13
 8 Miradela GD                                 10    3   4   3    15   19   −4    13
 9 Advance Alara                               10    3   3   4    19   17   +2    12
10 Bruncester United AFC                       10    2   3   5     2    7   −5     9
11 Couziers-Olympiques                         10    2   3   5    10   17   −7     9
12 Cirelbourne United                          10    1   4   5     5   11   −6     7

It's

Castelo e Calvente CS with the first strikes, plural, already five points over their rivals. That said, the direct rivals for the single promotion spot were hard to find at first:

Sydberg was hyped a little but sit in 12th,

Sterrenwolde FC are 6th, and

Tanques AOE, with all of their Top League experience, are fifth. In their stead, we see the ascent of some other fun teams:

Arboren FC's unbeatable home advantage (playing in the frozen tundras),

Strongfair's strong regional following, and

WSR AFC's knack for doing good in the first half of the season and then to fall back.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Castelo e Calvente CS                       11    8   2   1    18    6  +12    26
 2 Arboren FC                                  11    7   0   4    16   11   +5    21
 3 Strongfair                                  11    7   0   4    12    8   +4    21
 4 WSR AFC                                     11    6   1   4    15    7   +8    19
 5 Tanques AOE                                 11    5   2   4    10   10    0    17
 6 Sterrenwolde FC                             11    3   5   3     8    9   −1    14
 7 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      11    4   2   5     9   15   −6    14
 8 Gehrenna FC                                 11    4   1   6     9   10   −1    13
 9 Brighthaven Town                            11    3   3   5    10   13   −3    12
10 Laringen AFC                                11    3   2   6    10   14   −4    11
11 Teragaseki                                  11    3   1   7    13   19   −6    10
12 Sydberg                                     11    3   1   7    14   22   −8    10

The third divisions aren't exactly dominated by those that just relegated from the second level, and it's the Yoshiman clubs that dominate the southern league. Yonenomura, Fukushira, Aviansola... not the names we expected down here. Instead, Grainshire, Ambergate, and Leeshire were supposed to make the 3rd div South extremely biased towards the southwest - instead it's all about the southeast. In the northern league, Nyashawill is in a dogfight with five other clubs, all within three points of one another, to get back to the second level. Recent relegators Mawrystwyth are not among them, unfortunately.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Yonenomura                                  11    8   1   2     9    4   +5    25
 2 Fukushira Guerilla                          11    6   2   3    11    9   +2    20
 3 Aviansola Eden                              11    5   3   3    13    8   +5    18
 4 Biney CF                                    11    5   3   3    10    7   +3    18
 5 Grainshire United                           11    5   3   3    13   10   +3    18
 6 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        11    4   5   2    13    8   +5    17
 7 Coloruna                                    11    3   4   4    10   13   −3    13
 8 Ambergate City                              11    4   1   6    11   15   −4    13
 9 Leeshire United                             11    3   3   5    12   13   −1    12
10 Llandy FC                                   11    3   2   6     6   10   −4    11
11 Vierciennes Victory                         11    3   1   7     4   11   −7    10
12 Oceanside South End                         11    2   2   7    11   15   −4     8

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Nyashawill                                  11    6   2   3    11    8   +3    20
 2 Amandine AdF                                11    6   1   4    14    9   +5    19
 3 Senoren FC                                  11    6   1   4    15   12   +3    19
 4 Oai Unifie                                  11    4   5   2     9    6   +3    17
 5 Myaranowra                                  11    5   2   4    10    8   +2    17
 6 Soothill                                    11    5   2   4    11   10   +1    17
 7 Tuinderbeek FC                              11    4   3   4     9    9    0    15
 8 Mawrystwyth                                 11    3   5   3     9    8   +1    14
 9 SC Sokrona                                  11    3   4   4    16   17   −1    13
10 Linderivier AFC                             11    3   3   5     8   12   −4    12
11 Granon Altair CF                            11    2   3   6    10   16   −6     9
12 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        11    2   3   6     4   11   −7     9

The fourth division is all about escaping the average: often, these leagues have all their clubs close together. However, it's Belmore in A that are a touch above the rest. Compare that to B where there are five clubs on 18 or 17 points... whoever comes from that league, it'll be close.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Belmore FC                                  11    9   1   1    12    3   +9    28
 2 Feddhaw yChronws                            11    8   1   2    16    6  +10    25
 3 Burnet Athletic                             11    5   3   3    11    7   +4    18
 4 Langward                                    11    5   2   4     9   10   −1    17
 5 Opalshire FC                                11    3   5   3    11   10   +1    14
 6 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       11    3   4   4     8   10   −2    13
 7 Argyle Tuesday                              11    2   6   3     5    6   −1    12
 8 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        11    3   3   5    12   13   −1    12
 9 Ansonville Association                      11    3   2   6     9   15   −6    11
10 Anarcourt CF                                11    2   4   5     7    8   −1    10
11 Marinwood Sunday                            11    1   6   4     8   13   −5     9
12 Cirelbourne Townside                        11    2   3   6     7   14   −7     9

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ferncombe                                   11    4   6   1    12    7   +5    18
 2 Zinchester Town                             11    5   3   3    11    8   +3    18
 3 Norille Orion                               11    5   3   3    15   13   +2    18
 4 Chaganca Central                            11    5   2   4    14   13   +1    17
 5 Chamiers                                    11    5   2   4    13   13    0    17
 6 Bellmare Union                              11    4   3   4    17   13   +4    15
 7 Club Valeloma                               11    4   3   4     9   12   −3    15
 8 Cresthill Ebony FC                          11    4   2   5     8    9   −1    14
 9 Glimmerfall Triumph                         11    3   4   4    11   12   −1    13
10 Vinroux Invincibles                         11    2   6   3    13   14   −1    12
11 Blanrasco Borealis                          11    3   2   6    11   13   −2    11
12 Cape Constillan                             11    3   2   6     9   16   −7    11

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Vurusen                                     11    7   1   3    14    8   +6    22
 2 Katashi Azula                               11    6   1   4    13    9   +4    19
 3 Enkumo Diamond                              11    5   4   2    10    7   +3    19
 4 Odahayashi Revolution                       11    5   3   3    10    8   +2    18
 5 Chikuno Hakuba                              11    5   2   4    14   11   +3    17
 6 Nitoya                                      11    5   2   4    11   12   −1    17
 7 Otavura                                     11    3   5   3    11    8   +3    14
 8 Motojagava Taranchula                       11    3   5   3    13   13    0    14
 9 Morivate Lava                               11    3   3   5    11   15   −4    12
10 Shimohavi                                   11    3   2   6     9   14   −5    11
11 Echizen                                     11    2   4   5    14   17   −3    10
12 Shinsen Sunrise                             11    2   2   7    10   18   −8     8

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ossendal                                    11    6   3   2    10    5   +5    21
 2 Grimhof VV                                  11    5   4   2     8    5   +3    19
 3 Shinsen VV                                  11    5   3   3    12    7   +5    18
 4 Launott                                     11    5   3   3     9    9    0    18
 5 Egevea                                      11    5   1   5    11    7   +4    16
 6 Honingsweg                                  11    4   4   3     7    5   +2    16
 7 Aerellen Honoa SC                           11    4   3   4    12   13   −1    15
 8 Vleugelberg                                 11    4   3   4     6    7   −1    15
 9 Turnaarde FC                                11    3   3   5    10   13   −3    12
10 Serevne AFC                                 11    3   3   5     3    9   −6    12
11 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              11    3   1   7     9   12   −3    10
12 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            11    2   3   6     7   12   −5     9

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Roufortois                                  11    6   3   2    14    9   +5    21
 2 Cygne de Dentillon                          11    6   3   2    15   11   +4    21
 3 Amillon CdF                                 11    5   3   3    12   10   +2    18
 4 Linieux en Onyx                             11    4   4   3    11   10   +1    16
 5 Diessy CdF                                  11    4   4   3    12   14   −2    16
 6 Rozenvoorde FC                              11    4   3   4    14   11   +3    15
 7 Liberazul Epitieres                         11    4   2   5    10    9   +1    14
 8 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          11    3   4   4    13   16   −3    13
 9 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   11    3   3   5     7    8   −1    12
   Planneige                                   11    3   3   5    14   15   −1    12
11 Dartha AFC                                  11    3   2   6    11   14   −3    11
12 Aminey Avalanche                            11    3   2   6    11   17   −6    11

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 April Bassin FC                             11    7   1   3    10    5   +5    22
 2 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          11    6   3   2    14   10   +4    21
 3 Pride of Eaglebury                          11    6   2   3    12    9   +3    20
 4 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       11    6   1   4    17   10   +7    19
 5 Mayara Zunemak                              11    5   2   4    14   12   +2    17
 6 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            11    5   2   4    11   11    0    17
 7 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        11    3   4   4    14   11   +3    13
 8 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        11    2   6   3     8    9   −1    12
 9 Donderen                                    11    2   5   4     8    9   −1    11
10 Mayara Soccer Guild                         11    3   2   6     5   11   −6    11
11 Tokponen Rildhemau                          11    2   3   6    11   17   −6     9
12 Tarrashall Pride                            11    2   3   6     7   17  −10     9

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:19 pm

Soccer - Season 34

Season - Winter

The second half of the regular season - as far as the Top League is concerned, at least, kicks off with an uneventful match between

Cirelbourne United and

Branvon CD (0-1). That same round saw

Advance Alara bolster their chances to make the top 6 with an 8-1 rout of

Maynard AFC. Great business for the easterners, who needed these points dearly to get back up after a mediocre first half.

Maynard AFC, the club that confuses movement for progress, still sat in sixth place but with one bad result to its name. Little did they know, the second half of the regular season would become another hard pill to swallow for the pained fanbase. And before Round 12 was over, we have the

Schemerdrecht SVV -

Aminey CS rematch which saw five goals in all: four for the home team, one for the away team, as

Schemerdrecht SVV regained grip on their season and they set their sights on the top three again.

In round 13,

Advance Alara got a second consecutive win, over

Aminey CS, who now suffered two straight defeats. The biggest score of the day came off two teams predicted to finish right around 6th:

Katashi-Kanatsu and

Branvon CD: 2-2.

Maethoru SC got a 2-0 victory over

Straudum VV, not a terribly unpredictable result, but somewhat surprising given the latter's ambition to strike it big this year. Round 14 went underway in the meat of the season, where the weeks fly by most quickly, and

Couziers-Olympiques managed three points over

Maethoru SC (3-1 home win), with no further upsets. Big scores in round 15 with Bruncester United and

Katashi-Kanatsu tying 3-3,

Aminey CS scoring 4 goals on the normally impenetrable

Straudum VV defence, and

Schemerdrecht SVV showing they belong in the top three with a 3-0 win over

Miradela GD.

By round 16, time starts to run out for the teams at the bottom. Some teams never hoped to make the top six, but these are the weeks where that status is brutally confirmed.

Cirelbourne United won 1-0 in the Surbourneshire derby over

Bruncester United AFC, delaying execution for the former and bringing the latter a step closer to the edge.

Straudum VV won the northern derby over

Schemerdrecht SVV (1-0), but at least that derby is between top teams. Round 17 was more of the same, no derbies or matches between teams of similar standing, but we did see a 5-1

Aminey CS win over

Branvon CD. Round 18 then had a 1-0, a 0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-1... and a 1-6, with

Couziers-Olympiques losing to

Advance Alara, who notch another huge victory, while still keeping them in midtable somehow. If they win, they win big, they just don't always win. Round 19 brought the end of Championship Group hopes for

Cirelbourne United,

Maynard AFC, and

Bruncester United AFC, on a 2-0 loss to

Straudum VV, a 1-4 loss to

Maethoru SC, and a 0-0 draw to

Aminey CS, respectively. The latter result isn't so bad but getting one point when you need three, even if that point comes to a contender, is just not enough.

Round 20 made the contours of the Championship and Relegation Groups even clearer,

Katashi-Kanatsu getting revenge for the earlier 5-3 loss in the eastern derby by smashing

Advance Alara to bits, 7-0 (!!!), making it very clear that a competitive season had only place for one eastern team in the top six, and that team was going to be

Katashi-Kanatsu.

Maethoru SC won 2-0 over

Aminey CS, making the gap between #1 and #2 only even larger. The Finisterre derby between

Branvon CD and

Miradela GD ended in a 2-1 win for the home team, the lower class, the regular Joes, and other nicknames for Branvon. That also marks the end of any hope still left in the

Miradela GD supporters. Round 21, the second-to-last, saw just details settled in a largerly decided field.

Schemerdrecht SVV and

Maethoru SC tied 1-1, by far the biggest thing to happen. Round 22 snuck up on everyone with just one last question: can

Couziers-Olympiques make it into the top six in their first year at the top level? The answer was, unsurprisingly, no.

Schemerdrecht SVV won,

Branvon CD lost to

Couziers-Olympiques (but were already safe),

Katashi-Kanatsu lost to

Straudum VV (but was already safe as well), and so the Cote Australaise

Couziers-Olympiques couldn't complete the upset.

Top League                                 Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                 22   14   3   5    37   15  +22    45 - Championship Group
 2 Aminey CS                                   22   11   5   6    27   19   +8    38 - Championship Group
 3 Straudum VV                                 22   10   7   5    15   13   +2    37 - Championship Group
 4 Schemerdrecht SVV                           22    8  10   4    24   12  +12    34 - Championship Group
 5 Branvon CD                                  22    9   6   7    18   23   −5    33 - Championship Group
 6 Katashi-Kanatsu                             22    8   7   7    34   26   +8    31 - Championship Group
 
 7 Couziers-Olympiques                         22    9   4   9    23   28   −5    31 - Relegation Group
 8 Advance Alara                               22    7   6   9    41   38   +3    27 - Relegation Group
 9 Bruncester United AFC                       22    7   5  10    14   16   −2    26 - Relegation Group
10 Miradela GD                                 22    6   6  10    24   37  −13    24 - Relegation Group
11 Maynard AFC                                 22    6   3  13    19   34  −15    21 - Relegation Group
12 Cirelbourne United                          22    3   6  13     9   24  −15    15 - Relegation Group

At the second level,

Castelo e Calvente CS make it just a little likelier that they will be the third Finisterre team in the Top League. Then again, the gap between them and last placed

Sterrenwolde FC (how did they get down there??) is just 12 points. You can't call anything on this season yet, with a more crowded field than ever.

Tanques AOE did crawl up a bit, though, as did a revitalised

Sydberg team.

WSR AFC, outsiders at the start of the season and surprising contenders a few weeks later, are back in 7th.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Castelo e Calvente CS                       22   11   4   7    27   20   +7    37
 2 Arboren FC                                  22   11   2   9    25   20   +5    35
 3 Tanques AOE                                 22   10   3   9    30   28   +2    33
 4 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      22    9   6   7    18   21   −3    33
 5 Teragaseki                                  22   10   2  10    35   33   +2    32
 6 Sydberg                                     22    9   5   8    28   26   +2    32
 7 WSR AFC                                     22    9   4   9    20   16   +4    31
 8 Gehrenna FC                                 22    9   3  10    22   24   −2    30
 9 Laringen AFC                                22    9   3  10    18   21   −3    30
10 Strongfair                                  22    8   3  11    19   26   −7    27
11 Brighthaven Town                            22    6   8   8    21   22   −1    26
12 Sterrenwolde FC                             22    6   7   9    16   22   −6    25

Yoshima has given up its grip of the 3rd division South, though Fukushira hold on with a considerable seven point lead over the rest. Aviansola is 3rd now, and Yonenomura finds itself in 5th. Grainshire did what it needed to and claims 2nd for now. In the North, Myaranowra have only extended their lead, while Oai Unifie climbs from the cellar to the loft.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          22   13   5   4    23   16   +7    44
 2 Grainshire United                           22    9  10   3    30   22   +8    37
 3 Aviansola Eden                              22   10   5   7    29   20   +9    35
 4 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        22    8  10   4    26   19   +7    34
 5 Yonenomura                                  22   10   4   8    16   16    0    34
 6 Biney CF                                    22    8   5   9    20   19   +1    29
 7 Vierciennes Victory                         22    7   6   9    23   25   −2    27
 8 Llandy FC                                   22    8   3  11    19   24   −5    27
 9 Oceanside South End                         22    7   5  10    23   23    0    26
10 Ambergate City                              22    7   3  12    18   28  −10    24
11 Coloruna                                    22    5   8   9    21   26   −5    23
12 Leeshire United                             22    6   4  12    21   31  −10    22

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Myaranowra                                  22   12   4   6    26   17   +9    40
 2 Oai Unifie                                  22    9   7   6    24   17   +7    34
 3 Soothill                                    22   10   3   9    27   26   +1    33
 4 Amandine AdF                                22    9   5   8    30   27   +3    32
 5 Mawrystwyth                                 22    7  10   5    32   24   +8    31
 6 Nyashawill                                  22    9   4   9    19   21   −2    31
 7 Linderivier AFC                             22    8   7   7    18   21   −3    31
 8 Senoren FC                                  22    8   5   9    25   27   −2    29
 9 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        22    7   8   7    15   21   −6    29
10 SC Sokrona                                  22    6   7   9    31   33   −2    25
11 Tuinderbeek FC                              22    5   8   9    14   18   −4    23
12 Granon Altair CF                            22    4   8  10    20   29   −9    20

Belmore FC not only gave up their lead in A, they fell to fourth. The largest margin is now found in F, with April Bassin FC clinging on to a six point lead.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Feddhaw yChronws                            22   11   4   7    27   23   +4    37
 2 Burnet Athletic                             22   10   6   6    25   19   +6    36
 3 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       22   10   5   7    25   20   +5    35
 4 Belmore FC                                  22   10   5   7    19   20   −1    35
 5 Ansonville Association                      22    9   4   9    23   21   +2    31
 6 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        22    8   6   8    25   20   +5    30
 7 Argyle Tuesday                              22    7   9   6    15   15    0    30
 8 Langward                                    22    9   2  11    22   25   −3    29
 9 Opalshire FC                                22    6  10   6    23   20   +3    28
10 Marinwood Sunday                            22    7   7   8    20   26   −6    28
11 Cirelbourne Townside                        22    5   7  10    18   24   −6    22
12 Anarcourt CF                                22    5   5  12    13   22   −9    20

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cresthill Ebony FC                          22   13   2   7    30   15  +15    41
 2 Chamiers                                    22   10   6   6    26   20   +6    36
 3 Ferncombe                                   22    8  11   3    20   13   +7    35
 4 Glimmerfall Triumph                         22    8   7   7    19   18   +1    31
 5 Club Valeloma                               22    9   4   9    20   25   −5    31
 6 Norille Orion                               22    7   8   7    30   32   −2    29
 7 Chaganca Central                            22    7   8   7    19   22   −3    29
 8 Bellmare Union                              22    6   8   8    24   21   +3    26
 9 Vinroux Invincibles                         22    5  10   7    22   24   −2    25
10 Blanrasco Borealis                          22    7   4  11    22   27   −5    25
11 Zinchester Town                             22    6   6  10    19   26   −7    24
12 Cape Constillan                             22    6   6  10    19   27   −8    24

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Vurusen                                     22   14   3   5    32   19  +13    45
 2 Katashi Azula                               22   13   3   6    33   20  +13    42
 3 Enkumo Diamond                              22   10   4   8    20   16   +4    34
 4 Motojagava Taranchula                       22    8   9   5    24   19   +5    33
 5 Otavura                                     22    8   8   6    22   23   −1    32
 6 Morivate Lava                               22    8   6   8    29   27   +2    30
 7 Nitoya                                      22    7   6   9    16   20   −4    27
 8 Echizen                                     22    7   5  10    29   28   +1    26
 9 Shimohavi                                   22    7   4  11    22   29   −7    25
10 Chikuno Hakuba                              22    6   6  10    19   24   −5    24
11 Shinsen Sunrise                             22    6   5  11    21   28   −7    23
12 Odahayashi Revolution                       22    6   5  11    17   31  −14    23

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Shinsen VV                                  22   12   5   5    25   13  +12    41
 2 Launott                                     22   12   5   5    25   15  +10    41
 3 Vleugelberg                                 22   10   6   6    18   15   +3    36
 4 Ossendal                                    22    9   7   6    23   18   +5    34
 5 Grimhof VV                                  22    9   6   7    14   13   +1    33
 6 Serevne AFC                                 22    7   9   6    14   15   −1    30
 7 Aerellen Honoa SC                           22    7   8   7    20   18   +2    29
 8 Honingsweg                                  22    7   7   8    17   17    0    28
 9 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              22    7   3  12    23   24   −1    24
10 Egevea                                      22    6   6  10    14   18   −4    24
11 Turnaarde FC                                22    4   9   9    17   31  −14    21
12 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            22    4   5  13    16   29  −13    17

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Roufortois                                  22   12   6   4    33   17  +16    42
 2 Cygne de Dentillon                          22   11   6   5    24   20   +4    39
 3 Linieux en Onyx                             22    9   8   5    21   18   +3    35
 4 Diessy CdF                                  22    9   7   6    23   22   +1    34
 5 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          22    8   6   8    23   25   −2    30
 6 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   22    8   5   9    15   14   +1    29
 7 Amillon CdF                                 22    7   7   8    17   18   −1    28
 8 Rozenvoorde FC                              22    7   5  10    22   22    0    26
 9 Aminey Avalanche                            22    7   4  11    23   31   −8    25
10 Planneige                                   22    5   9   8    22   23   −1    24
11 Dartha AFC                                  22    6   6  10    21   27   −6    24
12 Liberazul Epitieres                         22    5   7  10    13   20   −7    22

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 April Bassin FC                             22   13   4   5    23   12  +11    43
 2 Pride of Eaglebury                          22   11   4   7    19   14   +5    37
 3 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          22   11   4   7    27   24   +3    37
 4 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       22   11   3   8    31   24   +7    36
 5 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            22    9   5   8    27   21   +6    32
 6 Mayara Zunemak                              22    9   5   8    27   27    0    32
 7 Tokponen Rildhemau                          22    7   8   7    29   24   +5    29
 8 Mayara Soccer Guild                         22    8   5   9    16   19   −3    29
 9 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        22    6   9   7    29   25   +4    27
10 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        22    5   9   8    18   25   −7    24
11 Donderen                                    22    5   7  10    17   27  −10    22
12 Tarrashall Pride                            22    4   3  15    17   38  −21    15

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:08 pm

Soccer - Season 34

Season - Spring

From here on out, it's two full round robins between the top six and the bottom six. Only Championship Group (top six) teams are eligible for the championship, any IFCF spots, and so on. The best team in the Relegation Group, to make sure the teams that just missed out on the Championship Group have something to do, goes to the VCI. The bottom team of the Relegation Group... this should be obvious, goes down to the second division. And remember, the points of the final 10 games are added to the points of the first 22 rounds.

In the first round of the final 10 games,

Maethoru SC beat

Aminey CS to all but secure the championship. The 7-point gap just became a 10-point one, with

Straudum VV getting just the one point from a draw versus

Schemerdrecht SVV (bonus northern derby!). The second round sees the two biggest clubs not make any mistake, with

Aminey CS getting its revenge over

Katashi-Kanatsu (0-4!). Round three sees very little movement in the table as two out of three games end in a draw, and it's only

Katashi-Kanatsu that get a better position.

Round four is the first one without upsets: the top three win versus the bottom three, nice and simple.

Schemerdrecht SVV did have some trouble in the comeback experts of Yoshima. Round five then ended in

Maethoru SC going errorless in the first five (4-1-0), the single draw coming to

Branvon CD.

Straudum VV have a horror end to the season going 0-1-4.

In the Relegation Group, we effectively just have to focus on

Cirelbourne United, who kick off this phase six points behind

Maynard AFC, who are in eleventh. The Surbourneshire club just need to gain six points more than the southwesterners over the course of the final 10 games. And they start pretty well:

Cirelbourne United get 2 victories in five games (versus three wins in the previous 22!) as

Maynard AFC go 1-1-3 with the latter only able to defeat

Bruncester United AFC. Meanwhile,

Advance Alara, the 8th team overall in the first 22 rounds, cruise to the VCI as

Couziers-Olympiques fall back a bit.

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                  5    4   1   0     7    2   +5    13
 2 Aminey CS                                    5    3   1   1     9    4   +5    10
 3 Schemerdrecht SVV                            5    1   3   1     4    4    0     6
 4 Katashi-Kanatsu                              5    2   0   3    10   12   −2     6
 5 Branvon CD                                   5    1   2   2     4    7   −3     5
 6 Straudum VV                                  5    0   1   4     2    7   −5     1

   Relegation Group                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Advance Alara                                5    2   2   1    12    9   +3     8
 2 Cirelbourne United                           5    2   2   1     6    6    0     8
 3 Bruncester United AFC                        5    2   1   2     4    5   −1     7
 4 Miradela GD                                  5    1   3   1     9    7   +2     6
 5 Couziers-Olympiques                          5    1   3   1     6    6    0     6
 6 Maynard AFC                                  5    1   1   3     5    9   −4     4

WSR AFC come from nowhere to claim the top spot! The team from Eaglebury now are three points over the rest, with a great series from

Gehrenna FC rewarded with a second place, provisionally.

Castelo e Calvente CS drop back after a dominant first half, while it's now

Brighthaven Town that sits in last.

Sterrenwolde FC have started a miracle escape just in time... maybe?

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 WSR AFC                                     29   15   4  10    31   20  +11    49
 2 Gehrenna FC                                 29   14   4  11    34   27   +7    46
 3 Castelo e Calvente CS                       29   13   6  10    36   29   +7    45
 4 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      29   13   6  10    28   28    0    45
 5 Arboren FC                                  29   13   4  12    31   28   +3    43
 6 Tanques AOE                                 29   12   6  11    39   38   +1    42
 7 Sydberg                                     29   12   5  12    34   35   −1    41
 8 Laringen AFC                                29   12   4  13    23   27   −4    40
 9 Teragaseki                                  29   11   4  14    42   44   −2    37
10 Sterrenwolde FC                             29    9   8  12    24   29   −5    35
11 Strongfair                                  29   10   5  14    25   32   −7    35
12 Brighthaven Town                            29    7  10  12    27   37  −10    31

The Yoshiman clubs are back atop the Southern third division, Fukushira Guerilla have all the pressure piled on them with four games to go and five points to spare. Grainshire joins the two other Yoshiman clubs (Aviansola and Yonenomura) for a tiny chance at taking the number one spot for promotion. In the North, things are more cut and dry, with Myaranowra getting a commanding 14-point lead... and hey, with just four fixtures left, that means they're in the second division with time to spare. Congratulations! SC Sokrona go back down to the fourth level... Leeshire look to relegate twice in three seasons.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          29   15   7   7    31   27   +4    52
 2 Aviansola Eden                              29   12   9   8    36   27   +9    45
 3 Grainshire United                           29   11  12   6    33   27   +6    45
 4 Yonenomura                                  29   13   6  10    25   24   +1    45
 5 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        29   10  14   5    34   26   +8    44
 6 Llandy FC                                   29   13   4  12    31   29   +2    43
 7 Biney CF                                    29   10   7  12    30   28   +2    37
 8 Ambergate City                              29   11   4  14    29   35   −6    37
 9 Vierciennes Victory                         29    9   8  12    30   34   −4    35
10 Oceanside South End                         29    8   7  14    30   33   −3    31
11 Coloruna                                    29    6  12  11    27   32   −5    30
12 Leeshire United                             29    8   6  15    26   40  −14    30

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Myaranowra                                  29   17   5   7    38   23  +15    56
 2 Mawrystwyth                                 29   10  12   7    38   29   +9    42
 3 Amandine AdF                                29   12   6  11    40   36   +4    42
 4 Linderivier AFC                             29   11   9   9    27   27    0    42
 5 Nyashawill                                  29   12   6  11    26   27   −1    42
 6 Soothill                                    29   12   4  13    32   34   −2    40
 7 Senoren FC                                  29   10   8  11    32   35   −3    38
 8 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        29   10   8  11    19   28   −9    38
 9 Oai Unifie                                  29    9   9  11    26   28   −2    36
10 Tuinderbeek FC                              29    8  11  10    26   28   −2    35
11 SC Sokrona                                  29    9   7  13    42   43   −1    34
12 Granon Altair CF                            29    7   9  13    28   36   −8    30

Belmore FC found their mojo in A, retaking first place! D is overall the closest league as its top team hasn't broken 50 points yet. No club is certain of promotion yet...

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Belmore FC                                  29   13   8   8    24   23   +1    47
 2 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       29   13   6  10    32   26   +6    45
 3 Feddhaw yChronws                            29   13   5  11    34   32   +2    44
 4 Burnet Athletic                             29   11   9   9    31   28   +3    42
 5 Marinwood Sunday                            29   10  10   9    25   28   −3    40
 6 Cirelbourne Townside                        29   10   9  10    29   26   +3    39
 7 Argyle Tuesday                              29    9  12   8    20   21   −1    39
 8 Ansonville Association                      29   10   8  11    27   25   +2    38
 9 Langward                                    29   11   5  13    26   29   −3    38
10 Opalshire FC                                29    7  13   9    28   29   −1    34
11 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        29    9   7  13    31   34   −3    34
12 Anarcourt CF                                29    9   6  14    19   25   −6    33

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cresthill Ebony FC                          29   16   5   8    38   23  +15    53
 2 Chamiers                                    29   14   8   7    37   24  +13    50
 3 Vinroux Invincibles                         29   11  10   8    37   28   +9    43
 4 Norille Orion                               29   10  11   8    42   41   +1    41
 5 Chaganca Central                            29   10  10   9    27   26   +1    40
 6 Glimmerfall Triumph                         29   10   9  10    25   29   −4    39
 7 Ferncombe                                   29    8  14   7    25   22   +3    38
 8 Zinchester Town                             29    9   8  12    25   32   −7    35
 9 Bellmare Union                              29    8  10  11    29   28   +1    34
10 Club Valeloma                               29    9   6  14    24   36  −12    33
11 Cape Constillan                             29    8   8  13    24   36  −12    32
12 Blanrasco Borealis                          29    8   7  14    29   37   −8    31

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Vurusen                                     29   18   5   6    38   22  +16    59
 2 Katashi Azula                               29   17   4   8    41   27  +14    55
 3 Motojagava Taranchula                       29   12   9   8    32   26   +6    45
 4 Enkumo Diamond                              29   13   4  12    26   22   +4    43
 5 Otavura                                     29   10  11   8    29   31   −2    41
 6 Morivate Lava                               29   10   7  12    32   35   −3    37
 7 Chikuno Hakuba                              29    9   9  11    24   26   −2    36
 8 Echizen                                     29   10   5  14    36   37   −1    35
 9 Odahayashi Revolution                       29   10   5  14    26   36  −10    35
10 Shinsen Sunrise                             29    9   7  13    31   34   −3    34
11 Shimohavi                                   29    9   5  15    30   40  −10    32
12 Nitoya                                      29    8   7  14    19   28   −9    31

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Launott                                     29   14   7   8    32   23   +9    49
 2 Ossendal                                    29   13   7   9    28   23   +5    46
 3 Vleugelberg                                 29   12   9   8    24   21   +3    45
 4 Shinsen VV                                  29   13   5  11    29   23   +6    44
 5 Aerellen Honoa SC                           29   11   9   9    26   22   +4    42
 6 Grimhof VV                                  29   12   6  11    19   19    0    42
 7 Serevne AFC                                 29    9  13   7    22   20   +2    40
 8 Honingsweg                                  29   10   8  11    26   25   +1    38
 9 Egevea                                      29    9   8  12    20   23   −3    35
10 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              29    9   6  14    33   36   −3    33
11 Turnaarde FC                                29    7  10  12    24   38  −14    31
12 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            29    8   6  15    22   32  −10    30

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Roufortois                                  29   17   7   5    39   20  +19    58
 2 Cygne de Dentillon                          29   15   7   7    32   27   +5    52
 3 Diessy CdF                                  29   12  10   7    32   29   +3    46
 4 Linieux en Onyx                             29   11   9   9    29   27   +2    42
 5 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   29   11   6  12    22   20   +2    39
 6 Aminey Avalanche                            29   11   4  14    31   39   −8    37
 7 Amillon CdF                                 29    9   8  12    24   26   −2    35
 8 Liberazul Epitieres                         29    8  10  11    21   26   −5    34
 9 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          29    9   7  13    27   34   −7    34
10 Planneige                                   29    7  12  10    32   31   +1    33
11 Rozenvoorde FC                              29    9   6  14    28   30   −2    33
12 Dartha AFC                                  29    8   8  13    28   36   −8    32

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 April Bassin FC                             29   15   7   7    30   18  +12    52
 2 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       29   15   4  10    38   30   +8    49
 3 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            29   13   7   9    38   26  +12    46
 4 Pride of Eaglebury                          29   14   4  11    25   21   +4    46
 5 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          29   13   6  10    34   34    0    45
 6 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        29   10  11   8    45   33  +12    41
 7 Mayara Soccer Guild                         29   11   6  12    27   29   −2    39
 8 Mayara Zunemak                              29   11   6  12    31   35   −4    39
 9 Tokponen Rildhemau                          29    9  10  10    35   30   +5    37
10 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        29    7  10  12    24   41  −17    31
11 Donderen                                    29    6   9  14    20   33  −13    27
12 Tarrashall Pride                            29    7   6  16    22   39  −17    27

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:30 pm

Soccer - Season 34

Season - End

Maethoru SC have done a season as perfect as any and can lock up the title with weeks to spare. In fact, the round 6 matchup between

Aminey CS and

Maethoru SC in a sold-out Stade sur la Baie is for all the marbles! The Capital Club just needs a win to get the gap between the clubs to 13 points, too much for

Aminey CS to fix in the final 4 rounds. And... in the first match of the round,

Maethoru SC, anticlimactically, get their win. The title was decided earlier than in any season with this format, and it's a much deserved title for the one team that already had silverware to spare. The remaining games will just be to decide on the IFCF Champions League Prelim spot, going to the club finishing in second, as well as the three Challenger Cup berths. Basically, the idea is that you don't finish sixth, the only Championship Group place that doesn't get you international. And that club is likely to be

Katashi-Kanatsu, who will need to beat

Branvon CD or

Schemerdrecht SVV to remain in view of fifth. And in the next game in round one,

Katashi-Kanatsu do exactly the opposite and lose to

Branvon CD. While they still have a chance, it's not all in the hands of the easterners anymore. Round two sees another

Branvon CD win, this time over

Schemerdrecht SVV, who are now in danger of dropping to that dreaded sixth place, if it weren't for

Katashi-Kanatsu themselves losing to

Aminey CS.

Maethoru SC, in their first post-title game, get a professional 1-0 over

Straudum VV.

In Round 8, the attackers are given free reign. Most places are decided by now (

Aminey CS pretty much locked in to second place), and managers have little to lose now. Their job is done: they got into the Championship Group, and that's usually enough to stave off a firing.

Branvon CD get four past

Aminey CS, who score 2 in retaliation.

Straudum VV score two - a rarity, their diet consists of 80% 1-0 wins - in a 2-1 win.

Schemerdrecht SVV get the better of

Maethoru SC in the end, their first loss since Round 18 - eleven games ago. Incredible. With no further derbies on the schedule, round 9 sees only 0-0, 1-0, and 0-1.

Katashi-Kanatsu do get their win over

Schemerdrecht SVV - is it really possible to get into the IFCF after all??

It turns out, probably not.

Schemerdrecht SVV win 1-0 at

Aminey CS in round 10, while

Katashi-Kanatsu can't get more than 2-2 at home against

Maethoru SC.

In the Relegation Group, all eyes are still on

Cirelbourne United. A 3-2 win over

Maynard AFC, a 0-0 at

Advance Alara (keeping Ko-oren's scariest attack to zero goals!), and then a Round 8 impromptu Surbourneshire Derby versus

Bruncester United AFC. Yes, their rivals can now kick them down into the second division, what an opportunity. Sure, it might end the derby for a while, but at the same time... imagine that. Your biggest rival - only rival - can decide it all. The yellow-orange

Bruncester United AFC team arrive at the stadium after a short train trip, surrounded by the monochrome

Cirelbourne United followers. Undeterred and fearless, they get the 0-1 away win, and the curtain falls on

Cirelbourne United.

The last few matches don't matter, as

Bruncester United AFC continue their streak over

Advance Alara (1-0),

Cirelbourne United get a meaningless point at

Miradela GD (which otherwise would be a pretty good result), and the final round is more of the same. That said...

Advance Alara secure a Vilitan Cove Invitational with an 8-1 win on the very final day of the season - that's how you go out with a bang.

Championship Group                         Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                 10    7   2   1    13    6   +7    23
 2 Branvon CD                                  10    5   2   3    11   10   +1    17
 3 Aminey CS                                   10    4   2   4    12   11   +1    14
 4 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10    3   3   4     7    7    0    12
 5 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10    3   1   6    14   18   −4    10
 6 Straudum VV                                 10    2   2   6     5   10   −5     8

   Relegation Group                           Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Advance Alara                               10    5   3   2    28   12  +16    18
 2 Bruncester United AFC                       10    5   3   2     8    6   +2    18
 3 Cirelbourne United                          10    3   4   3    11   12   −1    13
 4 Maynard AFC                                 10    3   2   5    17   20   −3    11
 5 Miradela GD                                 10    2   4   4    16   23   −7    10
 6 Couziers-Olympiques                         10    2   4   4     9   16   −7    10

Combined Standings:

Championship Group                         Pld GD  Pts
 1 Maethoru SC                                 10 +29 68 Champions, IFCF CL, AOCL
 2 Aminey CS                                   10 +9  52 IFCF CL
 3 Branvon CD                                  10 -4  50 IFCF CC
 4 Schemerdrecht SVV                           10 +12 46 IFCF CC
 5 Straudum VV                                 10 -3  45 IFCF CC
 6 Katashi-Kanatsu                             10 +4  41
 
   Relegation Group                           Pld GD  Pts
 7 Advance Alara                               10 +19 45 VCI
 8 Bruncester United AFC                       10 0   44
 9 Couziers-Olympiques                         10 -12 42
10 Miradela GD                                 10 -20 34
11 Maynard AFC                                 10 -18 32
12 Cirelbourne United                          10 -16 28 Relegation

Team of the Year
GK Larut Theshendan (32) -

Maethoru SC
RF Aesimila Aelisire (27) -

Straudum VV
RB Ric Boulanger (22) -

Aminey CS
LB Harmon Mulvahil (20) -

Branvon CD
LF Apple Crumble ^EQS (22) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
DM Tijl Scherpenkate (22) -

Maethoru SC
RM Checkered Flag ^EQS (27) -

Aminey CS
LM Kherles Ensaunden (27) -

Maethoru SC
AM Corey Richardson ^ZWZ (23) -

Advance Alara
SS Samou Vallotton (34) -

Branvon CD
ST Mata Vaugrenard (28) -

Maethoru SC

Stats
Goals:
1 SS William Robert ^APY (27) -

Maethoru SC
2 RS Aenemere Erisia (26) -

Aminey CS
3 SS Cilistro Salomon (26) -

Miradela GD
Assists:
1 SS Murai Okawa (22) -

Advance Alara
2 AM Mata Vaugrenard (28) -

Maethoru SC
3 RM Moha Nakazono (28) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
Clean Sheets:
1 GK Larut Theshendan (32) -

Maethoru SC
2 GK Barre Goossen (28) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
3 GK Gudo Neihof (26) -

Straudum VV

Castelo e Calvente CS... in the end, couldn't get it done. It's

WSR AFC after all, after a wild last few weeks, that see

Tanques AOE creep up to the top three - unfortunately for them, it's another season in the cellar for them. The Eaglebury

WSR AFC however, will be the first team from that region in the Top League. The only other team from anywhere near there is

Maynard AFC, so that means that 20% of Ko-oren (mostly in Mawryshire, Gehrenna, Surbourneshire, and West Strand Riding itself, of course) has a new team to support in the Top League.

WSR AFC have a strong belief in their traditions - will they be changed for the big dance?

Laringen AFC and

Brighthaven Town fall down to the third level, a level that's notoriously hard to escape from.

Sterrenwolde FC get a win on the last day to get to tenth and escape this fate. The second division looks like a crapshoot with so many clubs so close together, but the competition is still decided by key moments in head-to-head games.

WSR AFC's 1-0 over

Castelo e Calvente CS,

Tanques AOE managing just a 2-2 draw against them, and

Sterrenwolde FC winning the 'alternative' Intermare Derby game 3-1 over

Laringen AFC... it turns out, in the end, those were the decisive moments.

2nd Div                                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 WSR AFC                                     33   16   6  11    34   23  +11    54 Promotion, IFCF Liga B
 2 Castelo e Calvente CS                       33   15   7  11    41   31  +10    52 IFCF Liga B
 3 Tanques AOE                                 33   15   7  11    46   41   +5    52 IFCF Liga B
 4 Huthwich & Iduloren FC                      33   14   7  12    31   32   −1    49 IFCF Liga B
 5 Arboren FC                                  33   14   6  13    34   31   +3    48
 6 Sydberg                                     33   14   6  13    37   37    0    48
 7 Teragaseki                                  33   14   5  14    50   48   +2    47
 8 Gehrenna FC                                 33   14   4  15    38   38    0    46
 9 Strongfair                                  33   13   5  15    29   34   −5    44
10 Sterrenwolde FC                             33   11   9  13    29   31   −2    42
11 Laringen AFC                                33   12   5  16    24   31   −7    41 Relegation
12 Brighthaven Town                            33    7  11  15    29   45  −16    32 Relegation

Against all odds, it's more Yoshima from next season on! Fukushira Guerilla gain promotion to join

Teragaseki at the second level. Grainshire United come up short - but then again, they came from way behind. Yonenomura, who seemed to have this locked down halfway through, finish 8 points behind the leaders. In the North, it's Myaranowra who easily cruise to promotion, ahead of Mawrystwyth, Amandine AdF, who both had great teams on paper to get this done. Among the relegators are Leeshire United, for the second relegation in three seasons (as previously remarked), and SC Sokrona, who just gained promotion to the third level last year. Granon Altair CF go down as well, despite big words from their front office earlier in the year.

3rd Div South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Fukushira Guerilla                          33   17   8   8    38   33   +5    59 Promotion
 2 Grainshire United                           33   14  12   7    40   30  +10    54
 3 Yonenomura                                  33   15   6  12    30   28   +2    51
 4 Limecroft & Abyss FC                        33   11  16   6    38   32   +6    49
 5 Aviansola Eden                              33   12  12   9    41   33   +8    48
 6 Llandy FC                                   33   13   6  14    34   36   −2    45
 7 Ambergate City                              33   13   5  15    35   39   −4    44
 8 Biney CF                                    33   11   9  13    35   32   +3    42
 9 Vierciennes Victory                         33   11   8  14    35   41   −6    41
10 Coloruna                                    33    9  12  12    34   35   −1    39 Relegation
11 Leeshire United                             33    9   7  17    34   50  −16    34 Relegation
12 Oceanside South End                         33    8   9  16    32   37   −5    33 Relegation

   3rd Div North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Myaranowra                                  33   18   6   9    41   28  +13    60 Promotion
 2 Mawrystwyth                                 33   13  13   7    43   30  +13    52
 3 Amandine AdF                                33   14   7  12    42   37   +5    49
 4 Soothill                                    33   15   4  14    37   36   +1    49
 5 Nyashawill                                  33   13   8  12    28   29   −1    47
 6 Senoren FC                                  33   13   8  12    37   38   −1    47
 7 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                        33   13   8  12    22   29   −7    47
 8 Linderivier AFC                             33   12   9  12    28   30   −2    45
 9 Tuinderbeek FC                              33   10  12  11    31   30   +1    42
10 Oai Unifie                                  33   10   9  14    31   36   −5    39 Relegation
11 SC Sokrona                                  33   10   7  16    45   49   −4    37 Relegation
12 Granon Altair CF                            33    7   9  17    28   41  −13    30 Relegation

Belmore FC get a near-flawless run to close out the season to get to the third division! They're joined by Cresthill Ebony FC who did nearly exactly the same to finish 9 points over the competition. C is a close one, with Katashi Azula holding on for dear life. D is won by some distance by Launott, putting football on the map in Noordrug after all these years. Roufortois win E ahead of their Cote Austral competition, mostly coming from Cygne de Dentillon. The northern teams that slowly sunk away into E are no closer to getting back up: Dartha AFC, Rozenvoorde FC, bogged down here. F sees April Bassin FC, a very recently founded club, go up to the third level after garnering support from all of the towns north of the Capitals.

4th Div A                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Belmore FC                                  33   16   8   9    29   26   +3    56 Promotion
 2 Ansonville Association                      33   13   9  11    33   25   +8    48
 3 Penstead Clwb Peldred                       33   14   6  13    35   31   +4    48
 4 Feddhaw yChronws                            33   14   6  13    38   36   +2    48
 5 Langward                                    33   13   6  14    34   37   −3    45
 6 Cirelbourne Townside                        33   11  11  11    32   29   +3    44
 7 Opalshire FC                                33   10  13  10    33   31   +2    43
 8 Burnet Athletic                             33   11  10  12    36   37   −1    43
 9 Argyle Tuesday                              33   10  12  11    22   25   −3    42
10 Marinwood Sunday                            33   10  12  11    25   33   −8    42
11 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                        33   11   8  14    35   37   −2    41
12 Anarcourt CF                                33   11   7  15    24   29   −5    40

   4th Div B                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cresthill Ebony FC                          33   20   5   8    48   27  +21    65 Promotion
 2 Chamiers                                    33   16   8   9    45   32  +13    56
 3 Vinroux Invincibles                         33   12  12   9    41   32   +9    48
 4 Chaganca Central                            33   12  10  11    32   31   +1    46
 5 Glimmerfall Triumph                         33   12   9  12    32   37   −5    45
 6 Norille Orion                               33   11  11  11    45   46   −1    44
 7 Bellmare Union                              33   10  11  12    31   29   +2    41
 8 Club Valeloma                               33   11   8  14    27   37  −10    41
 9 Zinchester Town                             33   10   9  14    29   38   −9    39
10 Ferncombe                                   33    8  14  11    26   28   −2    38
11 Cape Constillan                             33   10   8  15    28   39  −11    38
12 Blanrasco Borealis                          33    9   9  15    32   40   −8    36

   4th Div C                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Katashi Azula                               33   20   4   9    49   29  +20    64 Promotion
 2 Vurusen                                     33   18   6   9    41   28  +13    60
 3 Motojagava Taranchula                       33   13  11   9    36   30   +6    50
 4 Enkumo Diamond                              33   14   6  13    32   29   +3    48
 5 Chikuno Hakuba                              33   12   9  12    33   31   +2    45
 6 Otavura                                     33   11  12  10    32   35   −3    45
 7 Morivate Lava                               33   12   7  14    36   41   −5    43
 8 Shinsen Sunrise                             33   11   8  14    34   37   −3    41
 9 Echizen                                     33   12   5  16    39   44   −5    41
10 Odahayashi Revolution                       33   11   8  14    34   40   −6    41
11 Shimohavi                                   33   11   5  17    34   45  −11    38
12 Nitoya                                      33    9   7  17    24   35  −11    34

   4th Div D                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Launott                                     33   17   7   9    35   25  +10    58 Promotion
 2 Aerellen Honoa SC                           33   14   9  10    33   26   +7    51
 3 Serevne AFC                                 33   12  14   7    27   21   +6    50
 4 Vleugelberg                                 33   13  11   9    27   24   +3    50
 5 Ossendal                                    33   13   8  12    29   28   +1    47
 6 Grimhof VV                                  33   13   8  12    23   23    0    47
 7 Shinsen VV                                  33   13   6  14    29   26   +3    45
 8 Honingsweg                                  33   11   9  13    31   33   −2    42
 9 Egevea                                      33   10  10  13    22   25   −3    40
10 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie              33   11   6  16    40   43   −3    39
11 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                            33   10   6  17    27   37  −10    36
12 Turnaarde FC                                33    8  12  13    31   43  −12    36

   4th Div E                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Roufortois                                  33   18   7   8    41   24  +17    61 Promotion
 2 Cygne de Dentillon                          33   16   8   9    33   30   +3    56
 3 Diessy CdF                                  33   14  10   9    34   31   +3    52
 4 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                   33   13   7  13    27   22   +5    46
 5 Linieux en Onyx                             33   11  11  11    33   34   −1    44
 6 Liberazul Epitieres                         33   11  11  11    26   28   −2    44
 7 Aminey Avalanche                            33   13   5  15    35   43   −8    44
 8 Rozenvoorde FC                              33   12   7  14    34   31   +3    43
 9 Ounoukal Aminey CA                          33   11   7  15    29   38   −9    40
10 Dartha AFC                                  33   10   9  14    30   37   −7    39
11 Planneige                                   33    8  13  12    35   33   +2    37
12 Amillon CdF                                 33    9   9  15    25   31   −6    36

   4th Div F                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 April Bassin FC                             33   18   8   7    34   19  +15    62 Promotion
 2 Sathtonoru Kaptu                            33   16   8   9    44   27  +17    56
 3 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                       33   17   4  12    42   34   +8    55
 4 Pride of Eaglebury                          33   15   4  14    27   24   +3    49
 5 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                        33   12  12   9    50   38  +12    48
 6 Tepkusoren Opkohme                          33   13   9  11    35   37   −2    48
 7 Mayara Zunemak                              33   13   7  13    35   39   −4    46
 8 Tokponen Rildhemau                          33   11  11  11    42   35   +7    44
 9 Mayara Soccer Guild                         33   12   6  15    28   32   −4    42
10 Donderen                                    33    8  10  15    25   37  −12    34
11 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                        33    8  10  15    31   50  −19    34
12 Tarrashall Pride                            33    7   7  19    23   44  −21    28 Wooden Spoon

The Academies (for players not in university) and the Universities (for those teenagers and twenty-somethings that are) play a relatively separate competition of their own.

University Northeast                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                     21   12   6   3    27   15  +12    42 IUCC
 2 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde        21   11   6   4    28   16  +12    39
 3 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                    21    8   5   8    24   25   −1    29
 4 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                   21    7   7   7    20   20    0    28
 5 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet              21    7   5   9    21   21    0    26
 6 Sudaefjolluniversitet                       21    6   6   9    23   27   −4    24
 7 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                     21    4  10   7    15   19   −4    22
 8 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                      21    4   5  12    18   33  −15    17


   University South-Central                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Uni of A&E of Grain- and Leeshire           21   10   6   5    21   16   +5    36 IUCC
 2 Universidade de Finisterre                  21    7  10   4    20   17   +3    31
 3 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                  21    9   4   8    24   22   +2    31
 4 Universite de la Cote Austral               21    7   9   5    14   11   +3    30
 5 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                21    8   5   8    21   22   −1    29
 6 National University of Willowbourne         21    6   8   7    14   19   −5    26
 7 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities        21    6   6   9    18   16   +2    24
 8 Willowbourne Technological Academy          21    5   4  12    13   22   −9    19
 
   University West-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Surbourneshire Technical University         21    9   6   6    21   18   +3    33 IUCC
 2 Maethoru National University                21    8   8   5    21   23   −2    32
 3 Greencaster Business University             21    8   7   6    23   22   +1    31
 4 Economical Institute of Amandine            21    9   4   8    24   24    0    31
 5 Gehrenna National University                21    8   6   7    29   26   +3    30
 6 Greencaster Technical University            21    9   2  10    21   22   −1    29
 7 West Strand Riding University               21    8   4   9    25   20   +5    28
 8 University of Mawryshire                    21    4   5  12    25   34   −9    17
 
   Academy East                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Alara Academy                               20   12   5   3    31   16  +15    41 Academy Series
 2 Arakura Revelation                          20    9   4   7    16   14   +2    31
 3 Katashi Rossoscuro                          20    6   7   7    15   21   −6    25
 4 Straudum Sportacademie                      20    6   5   9    18   22   −4    23
 5 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                        20    5   6   9    21   24   −3    21
 6 Aerawa Academy FC                           20    4   9   7    17   21   −4    21

   Academy North                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                 20    9   7   4    24   19   +5    34 Academy Series
 2 Rozenvoordse Academie                       20    9   3   8    24   18   +6    30
 3 Senoren Soccer Academy                      20    7   8   5    21   18   +3    29
 4 Het Vlaggenschip                            20    7   7   6    21   18   +3    28
 5 Etouille Football Academie                  20    6   7   7    25   28   −3    25
 6 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                   20    3   6  11    15   29  −14    15

   Academy South                              Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Berkton FC                                  20   12   6   2    29    8  +21    42 Academy Series
 2 Idyllwild Academy                           20    9   5   6    19   16   +3    32
 3 Dayfade Soccer Academy                      20    8   3   9    23   26   −3    27
 4 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol               20    7   5   8    28   31   −3    26
 5 Gaulthisoru Royals                          20    7   4   9    18   18    0    25
 6 Academica Ferroventense                     20    3   5  12    12   30  −18    14

   Academy West                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                        20    9   8   3    28   18  +10    35 Academy Series
 2 Greencaster Marine Academy                  20    9   5   6    25   21   +4    32
 3 Weyarra Sunrise                             20    8   5   7    15   19   −4    29
 4 Greencaster FC                              20    8   3   9    16   15   +1    27
 5 Wright United Academy                       20    5   7   8    18   17   +1    22
 6 Grainshire Academy                          20    4   6  10    16   28  −12    18

Alara Academy (ADA) 0–3 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise (ADB)
Berkton FC (ADC) 1–0 Clwb Peldred Peredwr (ADD)

Alpha Academie Malagnanaise (ADB) 2–4 Berkton FC (ADC)

IFCF YC: Berkton FC
Kempsey Futures Inv: Alpha Academie Malagnanaise

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:39 pm

Soccer - Season 34

Season - Cup

The spots for the final 16 are divided as follows:
- One spot for each of the 12 subdivisions.
- Two spots for the best cup teams of last season that haven't qualifed by other means yet. (

Huthwich & Iduloren FC and

Teragaseki)
- Two spots for the winners of a playoff tournament, where the second clubs from Surbourneshire, Gehrenna, Intermare, Mayara, Cote Austral, Yoshima, Finisterre, and Mayara participate. (

Couziers-Olympiques and

Katashi-Kanatsu).

Round of 16
Llandy FC (3s) 2–2

Couziers-Olympiques (1) (3–3 AET) (2–4 pen.)

Schemerdrecht SVV (1) 1–0

Arboren FC (2)

Straudum VV (1) 0–1

Branvon CD (1)

Maethoru SC (1) 2–0

Maynard AFC (1)
Launott (4d) 0–2

Teragaseki (2)

Aminey CS (1) 1–1

Katashi-Kanatsu (1) (1–2 AET)

Advance Alara (1) 3–2

Huthwich & Iduloren FC (2)

WSR AFC (2) 0–0

Bruncester United AFC (1) (0–0 AET) (5–4 pen.)

Quarterfinals

Schemerdrecht SVV (1) 0–0

WSR AFC (2) (0–0 AET) (0–2 pen.)

Branvon CD (1) 1–0

Teragaseki (2)

Advance Alara (1) 1–7

Maethoru SC (1)

Couziers-Olympiques (1) 0–1

Katashi-Kanatsu (1)

Semifinals

Branvon CD (1) 0–1

WSR AFC (2)

Maethoru SC (1) 4–1

Katashi-Kanatsu (1)

Final

WSR AFC (2) 0–1

Maethoru SC (1)

by **Ko-oren** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:59 pm

Baseball - Season 23 - Results

League                    Pld     W    L    Win % 
 1 Katashi Generals          132    78   54    0.591 Final (H)
 2 Santa Teresa Stars        132    76   56    0.576 Semifinal (H)
 3 Aminey Wanderers          132    75   57    0.568 Semifinal (A)
 4 Katashi Giants            132    74   58    0.561
 5 Echizen Dragons           132    74   58    0.561
 6 Arakura Knights           132    65   67    0.492
 7 Suvira Quarry             132    64   68    0.485
 8 Intermare Admirals        132    61   71    0.462
 9 Nitoya Silvers            132    61   71    0.462
10 Amandine Challengers      132    55   77    0.417
11 Teragaseki Dynamo         132    55   77    0.417
12 Ferrovente Whales         132    54   78    0.409

399 home wins, 393 away wins - very equal. The average game ended 4.4 to 4.1, a pretty entertaining total in all. 2-3 was the most occurring final score all things considered, with the average final score bumped up by a decent contingent of games where the winning team scored 8+ wins. The craziest game of the year was 15-17 - good for .48% of all runs scored over the year, in just a single game.

The final goes to Katashi, with the Generals securing the home advantage. The

Santa Teresa Stars and

Aminey Wanderers finish second and third on wins - no tiebreakers this season - though the gap between them and the

Katashi Giants and

Echizen Dragons is extremely small. After then, the rest of the league certainly wasn't on the same level, with the

Arakura Knights as best of the rest, all the way down to the

Ferrovente Whales, surprisingly finishing on 54 wins - the exact opposite of the team in number one.

For what it's worth, here's the letter snake for the

Katashi Generals: WLWWLWWWWLWLLLWWWLWWLWWWWWLWWWLLLLWWWLWWWWLWLWWLLWWLWWWLWLLWWWLWWLWLWLLLLWLLLWWWLLLWLWLWWWLLWWLLWWLWWWLWWLWWLLLWLWWLLWWWWLLWWWLWWLWW : two 4-game losing streaks and a 5-game winning streak, all fairly early on.

The

Santa Teresa Stars were a bit streakier: LWWLLLLWWLWWWLWWWWWWWWLWWWLWLWLLLWLWLLWWWWLLWWWLWLWWWLWWLLLLLWWLWWLLLLLWWLLWLLWWWWWWLLWWLLLWWLWLWLWLWWWWWWWWLWWWLWWLWWLLWWLLLLLLWWWW : two 8-game winning streaks interrupted by two five-game losing streaks.

The third team, the

Aminey Wanderers, were probably saved by their awesome start: WWWWWWWLLWLWWLLLWWLLWLLWLLWWWWLWWLWLWWWLWLLLWWWWLLWLWLLLWWWLWWLWLWWLWWWWLWLWWWWWLWWLWWLLLLWLWWWLLWWLWWLWLWWWWW[/u]LLLL[/u]WLLLWLLLLWWWLWWLWL : 7-0 to start the season, then three four-game losing streaks later on, not the kind of finish to the season you want to go into a postseason in.

Playoffs
Semifinal (best of 5)

Santa Teresa Stars 4–2

Aminey Wanderers (STS 1-0 AMI)

Santa Teresa Stars 5–7

Aminey Wanderers (STS 1-1 AMI)

Aminey Wanderers 4–0

Santa Teresa Stars (STS 1-2 AMI)

Aminey Wanderers 6–9

Santa Teresa Stars (STS 2-2 AMI)

Santa Teresa Stars 1–9

Aminey Wanderers (STS 2-3 AMI)

Final (best of 7)

Katashi Generals 9–5

Aminey Wanderers (GEN 1-0 AMI)

Katashi Generals 9–3

Aminey Wanderers (GEN 2-0 AMI)

Aminey Wanderers 5–6

Katashi Generals (GEN 3-0 AMI)

Aminey Wanderers 13–5

Katashi Generals (GEN 3-1 AMI)

Katashi Generals 0–2

Aminey Wanderers (GEN 3-2 AMI)

Katashi Generals 3–2

Aminey Wanderers (GEN 4-2 AMI)

After first jumping to a 3-0 series lead with one more W needed for the title, the

Aminey Wanderers came back to 3-2! On a tighly contested 3-2, the

Katashi Generals win their second title under the new system - the only team to win this many. The three teams involved in the postseason were all on their third finals series - most among all teams, with only the

Amandine Challengers coming close (2 postseason appearances).

Team of the Year
C Shukishi Kashiwa (30)

Katashi Generals: R/R
1B Titi Barrande (34)

Aminey Wanderers: R/R
2B Xaime Marin (35)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
SS Katatake Gotou (31)

Katashi Generals: R/R
3B Manoel Candia (25)

Katashi Giants: R/R
LF Joritoki Onaga (31)

Katashi Giants: R/R
CF Aman Teklu, BNJ (21)

Aminey Wanderers: R/R
RF Kenko Ueda (25)

Arakura Knights: R/R

SP Gus Gavreau (33)

Aminey Wanderers: L/L
SP Tsunehisa Kumagaya (37)

Katashi Giants: L/L
SP Ensa Suso, BNJ (23)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
SP Tojoaki Jabe (28)

Suvira Quarry: L/L
SP Senzo Utada (33)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R
MP Roman Sotolongo (32)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
MP Tacaro Cevocalu (29)

Intermare Admirals: R/R
8P Habi Hoga (29)

Katashi Generals: R/R
CP Teluvide Kamei (27)

Katashi Generals: R/R

Minor Leagues
A-levels:
Finisterre: Luneda Lunars
Yoshima: Tawasato Titans

Short season/rookies:
Katashi: Manyon Descence
Western: Mayara Hizbahthen

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:57 am

Semi-professional and amateur sports - Season 7

Field Hockey

KFHL                       Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
   KFHL                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Hazel-Amber               22   15   5   2    52   25  +27    50
 2 Laringen                  22   13   5   4    44   26  +18    44
 3 Sterrenwolde              22   12   7   3    43   26  +17    43
 4 Herengein-S'drecht        22    8  10   4    30   20  +10    34
 5 April                     22    9   4   9    29   32   −3    31
 6 Donderen-S'drecht         22    8   6   8    41   39   +2    30
 7 Vleugelberg               22    8   3  11    30   37   −7    27
 8 Wintertoorn-S'drecht      22    7   5  10    25   38  −13    26
 9 Rozenvoorde               22    6   6  10    31   32   −1    24
10 Helburg                   22    5   5  12    22   38  −16    20
11 Tuinderbeek               22    4   7  11    25   40  −15    19
12 Angelwoud                 22    4   3  15    24   43  −19    15

More ups and downs this year, with the champions getting 10 points more than last year's champions. It's the eastern edge of field hockey territory getting the title in Hazel-Amber, and the cities of Laringen and Sterrenwolde behind them.

Lacrosse

1 Marinwood                      11    8   0   3   138  123  +15    0.727
 2 Sydberg - Greencaster          11    7   1   3   146  113  +33    0.682
 3 Ansonville                     11    7   1   3   133  114  +19    0.682
 4 Oakfair                        11    6   3   2   156  132  +24    0.682
 5 Thornwich - Greencaster        11    6   1   4   113  111   +2    0.591
 6 Windward - Greencaster         11    5   2   4   139  136   +3    0.545
 7 Belmore                        11    5   0   6   121  125   −4    0.455
 8 Maynard                        11    5   1   5   113  120   −7    0.500
 9 Cresthill - Willowbourne       11    4   0   7   114  133  −19    0.364
10 Aubury                         11    3   1   7   110  125  −15    0.318
11 Noranar                        11    3   0   8   110  133  −23    0.273
12 Dalmington - Willowbourne      11    2   0   9   102  130  −28    0.182

The Lacrosse season is short and sweet, and mostly is a battle between the two largest cities of the country. The Lacrosse league enjoys some popularity in cities and towns alike, even in such a saturated (though densely populated) area. Most teams are from Greencaster or Willowbourne, and the cities in the Corridor extending east and west of Willowbourne, as well as the pockets of densely populated areas west of Greencaster. Marinwood wins the title on wins alone, 8-3, in a closer competition altogether. Sydberg and Ansonville come close, but even a team like Maynard (8th) have as many wins as losses. Noranar, the Norille-Anarcourt merger, enters the league with some starting problems, as does Aubury.

Basketball

KBL                                 Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD 
 1 Lunay-Aminey Argonauts               44   35   9  3478 3120 +358
 2 Mayara Blues                         44   33  11  3624 3182 +442
 3 Ouleux-Aminey Sapphires              44   32  12  3456 3203 +253
 4 Montelo-Santa Teresa Snipers         44   26  18  3433 3264 +169
 5 Senoren White Diamonds               44   25  19  3385 3259 +126
 6 Miradela-Santa Teresa Silvers        44   22  22  3250 3279  −29
 7 Étouille Energie                     44   21  23  3340 3292  +48
 8 Ferrovente Tazers                    44   20  24  3307 3325  −18
 9 Gehrenna Lions                       44   16  28  3237 3397 −160
10 Couziers-Linieux Centurions          44   16  28  3256 3437 −181
11 Serramonte-Santa Teresa Castles      44    9  35  3117 3581 −464
12 Maethoru Banshees                    44    9  35  3058 3602 −544

The Basketball League is small but spread out across Ko-oren's southern bay coast. Between the capitals (Mayara, Gehrenna, Maethoru, Senoren), the contrarian cities in Cote Austral (Couziers, Ouleux, Lunay, Étouille), and the more religious cities of Finisterre (Miradela, Serramonte, Ferrovente, Montelo), there are some clashing ideas about how sports should be enjoyed.

We see a return to the typical contenders: the Argonauts, Blues, Sapphires, Snipers, and White Diamonds. These were the teams that supplied us with much of our top IBC players back in the day, and they still have it.

Kabaddi

KYKL                  Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD 
 1 Alara                  22   18   4  1090  733 +357
 2 Furune                 22   17   5   989  663 +326
 3 Teragaseki             22   15   7   964  896  +68
 4 Katashi Horokawa       22   12  10   946  889  +57
 5 Echizen                22   12  10   893  848  +45
 6 Nitoya                 22   12  10   897  885  +12
 7 Nishigatashi           22   11  11   905  913   −8
 8 Enkumo                 22    9  13   837 1028 −191
 9 Lejana                 22    8  14   919 1063 −144
10 Arakura                22    7  15   916  989  −73
11 Esolasava              22    6  16   865 1032 −167
12 Aviansola              22    5  17   774 1056 −282

Kabaddi is quietly becoming the sports enthusiast's guilty pleasure, and the venues of Yoshima are filling up accordingly. The region's tendency to enjoy its own cultural efforts have given it some more funds, with better training facilities, and there's slightly more influx of players as well. Athletes in other sports have started to give Kabaddi some attention as a summer sport alternative over baseball and cricket with some cameos as a result. It's Alara with a predicted championship, followed by a resurgence in Furune. Esolasava make their competition debut, as does Enkumo, with mixed results.

Aussie Rules

KMARL                 Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Mawrystwyth            20   13   7  2377 1664 +713    52
2 Penstead               20   12   8  2084 1787 +297    48
3 yMhinem                20   12   8  2019 1883 +136    48
4 Llandy                 20   10  10  1940 2034  −94    40
5 yNelseg                20    7  13  1785 2305 −520    28
6 yDremdwn               20    6  14  1651 2183 −532    24

  KWSRARL               Pld    W   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
1 Myaranowra             20   15   5  2204 1650 +554    60
2 Tarrashall             20   14   6  2309 1719 +590    56
3 Aralla                 20   13   7  2216 1654 +562    52
4 Nyashawill             20    8  12  1929 2190 −261    32
5 Jillong                20    7  13  1561 2194 −633    28
6 Eaglebury              20    3  17  1514 2326 −812    12

Aussie Rules is the best kept secret of the west coast, and even though the towns are small, the sport is taken very seriously. Field sizes do depend on the ground - not every town has a large enough flat space. The two divisions operate as entirely separate leagues. the KMARL has large grounds, but is windier and rainier, while the KWSRARL has stable weather, but unorthodox field shapes and sizes.

The Mawryshire side of the competition sees the power concentrate with the bigger teams: Mawrystwyth, Penstead, Llandy, while the West Strand Riding side is stronger and more competitive than ever, and we see that a team like Eaglebury are immediately punished for not 'leveling up' alongside the KWSRARL. The top four of that division is stacked as far as these teams go, but it's Myaranowra that take the division over Aralla and Tarrashall for the final. Mawrystwyth are the other finalist.

Myaranowra 16.12.108 def. Mawrystwyth 11.12.78

While Mawrystwyth make another final and are getting experience that way, it's Myaranowra that confirm the WSR's status as the place to be for Aussie Rules. Thirty points the difference, and some of these teams are making a rapid progression towards professionalism.

by **Ko-oren** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:03 am

Cricket - Season 12

First-Class: 10 matches (6 teams, full round-robin). Win = 12p, Draw = 6p, Tie = 8p, Loss = 0p. Win by innings (or 10 wickets) = 9p.
List-A: 10 matches (6 teams, full round-robin) and a Final between teams #1 and #2 (H2H tiebreaker)
T20: 11 matches (12 teams, single round-robin) and a Final between teams #1 and #2 (H2H tiebreaker)

The KCC (Ko-orenite Cricket Councils) uses traditional Ko-orenite months:
Dorapi (early April to mid-May): 2x First-Class, 1x List-A
Tobtoren (mid-May to mid-June): 3x First-Class, 4x List-A
Girizedh (late June to late July): 1x First-Class, 5x List-A and List-A Final
Selpernim (late July to early September): 11x T20 and T20 Final
Jaranethan (early September to early October): 4x First-Class

Team:

Greencaster
Stadium:

Greencaster Oval (50000) in

Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Alternate venue: Emermere Oval,

Greencaster (14000)
Prediction: 1

Greencaster go right on where they left off. After a few down years for them and the other city-region

Willowbourne, prompting questions on just how competitive a city can be in a league full of entire regions, but

Greencaster have answered that question with "We can be competitive, and actually, we can and will beat all of you," with names like Wheelwright and Baldry and Treadway leading the charge. They're all well into their 30s by now, and the next generation is here: Letchford (batsman, 24 yo), Enright (bowler, 21), as well as a brilliant opener in Lyness coming through from the youth system. The team has incredible batsmen throughout, but their bowling has taken a hit with just Enright, Tilcott, Roan, Smith on the list, with Chesterman (only bowler on the team with NT caps) sitting behind them.

Team:

Leeshire
Stadium: Leewardia Oval (31000) in Maynard,

Leeshire
Alternate venue: Timberton Oval, Aubury (12800)
Prediction: 2

Leeshire have built a team on multiple years of good development and selection now, and it shows. None of the glamour of

Greencaster and

Willowbourne, none of the historical baggage of

East Surbourneshire or

Mawryshire,

Leeshire have done things their way and it's continuously paying off. With the youngsters Douglas (all-rounder, 22), Blatherwick (wicketkeeper, 23), and Treloar (opener, 23), the region has enough talent of all ages to make a push for the title. Add the likes of Raycraft, Courtenay, Stanway, and Dirhondindhen (two bowlers, two batsmen), and you've got a great combination.

Team:

West Surbourneshire
Stadium: Southbight Ground (29000) in Ansonville, Springlands
Alternate venue: Ruby Hills, Burnet (18000)
Prediction: 3

West Surbourneshire easily have the best individual Ko-orenite cricketers on sheer talent alone, but they're not deep enough in all positions to justify being higher on the list. With Welsh, Stanway, Twaddle, and Marsden, the region is well on its way to an XI that could compete with a XI put together from all other regions combined, but looking beyond them suggests that the West isn't in the best shape. Despite having some great talent in Pardey (batsman, 24), Palmer (wicketkeeper, 22), and Multherinden (bowler, 21), a combination of injury concerns, national team call-ups, and probably the odd rain-out ('alternate venue: Burnet') doesn't give them enough to go on. Behind the top XI (which sees a grand total of zero all-rounders, for instance), it's a who's who of unproven youngsters, and never-have-beens.

Team:

Mawryshire
Stadium: yBherafon Hills (24000) in Llandy,

Mawryshire
Alternate venue: Bwdellafon Parc, Mawrystwyth (6000)
Prediction: 4

The proud region of

Mawryshire have done things their way, much like

Leeshire, and it's given them great individual talent that's instantly recognisable on the Dragonfly team sheet (if only because of the names), and they're pushing youth through the system at record rates, as well. Arguably the most interesting guy to watch is yMiflen (opener, 18(!)) who will form the nation's best opening duo with yGefftarion (22), or at least, they could be if they deliver on the expectations.

Mawryshire simply have a very narrow base of world-class players but a relatively large group of good players. With yCherwean (wicketkeeper), yRheighewn (batsman), yPipaem (bowler), there's some potential here but much like

Greencaster, they lack the bowling attack.

Team:

East Surbourneshire
Stadium: Silverion Ground (25000) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Alternate venue: Goledon Oval, Bruncester (25005)
Prediction: 5

Slowly delivering on all the hype is wicketkeeper Hellver, right in a year where the rest of the crew seems to be slowing down instead. Fox and Willis will have to get used to their status as 'quite experienced' by now at age 28, and they'll have to help guys like Maitland (all-rounder, 20 yo) settle in. The East is helped by having quite a bit of experience between them, also including Harvey, Shapter, Darknoll, all with plenty of Dragonfly appearances. It's a little worrying that they all seem to do so bad as of late... Despite having Langhorne and Shapter both to open the batting, a series of questionable decisions in pre-season outings casts doubt on this team's ability to get results. It's not helped by these players taking a step back at the end of last season and in the national team.

Team:

Willowbourne
Stadium: Royal Oval (40000) in

Willowbourne, Corridor
Alternate venue: Summerkind Oval,

Willowbourne (21000)
Prediction: 6

Things aren't clicking right now for

Willowbourne but very well might look much better in the near future. Though their stalwarts are approaching retirement with Wilkins and Stevenson, and Lincoln not far behind,

Willowbourne's search is on for the next generation. And they've found quite a bit, with Quelch (batsman, 21) in his second year and pretty much as good as expected, and some batting options further down the line. Another shortage of bowlers here, which is becoming a theme. Their XI will rely on the services of Lincoln (R leg), Hooligan (L fast), all-rounder Trevorrow (R leg), and to round out the innings, pretty much anyone with at least one functioning arm.

For the mid-season T20 series, out of 12 clubs, we see one team that is far beyond the rest: the

Aubury Maroons. The rest are all well within each other's range, as far as we can tell, though it's hard to see why one player can do one format really well but not another. Aubury have a good sense for picking out limited overs players, with Taylor (a middling

West Surbourneshire all-rounder), yChallril (a disappointing

Mawryshire bowler), and yMwffrael (an alright

Mawryshire all-rounder). Other teams just haven't figured this out as well yet.

Notable retirements:
Reginald Denison (38) - L orth/L Opener (

Leeshire)
Vance Wilson (36) - R leg/R Batsman (

West Surbourneshire)

by **Ko-oren** » Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:49 am

Cricket - Season 12

Results

Standings - First Class

TEAM                RES BAT BWL IW TOTAL
East Surbourneshire 84  29  6   27 146
West Surbourneshire 60  41  3   18 122
Leeshire            72  28  8   9  117
Mawryshire          66  24  15  9  114
Greencaster         42  23  13  18 96
Willowbourne        36  26  26  9  82

Out of 30 matches, 22 ended in an outright victory. The remaining 8 matches were draws (unfortunately, no ties). 10 victories were by 10 wickets or an innings - every team recorded at least one such landslide win.

East Surbourneshire did this three times,

Greencaster and

West Surbourneshire twice each, and the other teams all managed it once. A total of 227 bonus points were awarded: 171 for batting, 56 for bowling. About a third of all competition points were bonus points, which means that results still count for at least two-thirds of the table, which is a very fair amount.

East Surbourneshire ran away with the competition, getting more points for results than

Willowbourne got points total.

West Surbourneshire made it a close contest, but at the end, were just outpaced by their eastern counterparts.

Mawryshire's notorious home advantage didn't help them either, even if they accounted for quite a few bowling bonus points. It's interesting to see that it was the bottom teams that received consistenly more bowling points yet the batting points were distributed evenly (our Plough Islander friends will surely like that) with the exception of

West Surbourneshire, whose second place came to be just on the batting performances they put on. Nothing was resolved in round 10, but it either was a climax or an anticlimax that both the East and the West won by an innings in their final games.

Standings - List-A

List-A                      Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD 
1 Greencaster              10    8   0   2  2800 2335 +465
2 Willowbourne             10    6   0   4  2518 2550  −32
3 East Surbourneshire      10    5   0   5  2648 2540 +108
4 West Surbourneshire      10    5   0   5  2203 2570 −367
5 Mawryshire               10    3   0   7  2348 2347   +1
6 Leeshire                 10    3   0   7  2324 2499 −175

The List-A format was expanded from 5 to 10 matches, causing the season to start much earlier than normal: often, the first overs are bowled in Tobtoren, but now we've started as early as volatile Dorapi - and that will continue to be the case going forward. There's a demand for more cricket, and there's more demand for preparing our players for international matches, especially now that ODIs are now a normal part of the Dragonflies' diet.

Greencaster won 8,

Willowbourne 6, and they will be going to the final.

Willowbourne certainly made it second on a low number of wins, but that's just how it is. The two city teams did pretty much the opposite in List-A compared to First Class: from 5th and 6th to 1st and 2nd.

Final

Greencaster 252/6 (50 overs)

Willowbourne 253/8 (50 overs)

In the perfect end to the format's season,

Willowbourne won by one run - or by two wickets? Yeah, it was the latter - a successful chase coming down to the final ball. This is what we like to see.

Standings - T20

KT20L                        Pld    W   L 
 1 Aubury Maroons            11   11   0
 2 Linieux Lieutenants       11    7   4
 3 Greencaster Bears         11    7   4
 4 Idyllwild Antlers         11    6   5
 5 Burnet Rubies             11    6   5
 6 Greencaster Heralds       11    6   5
 7 Norille Chevron Vert      11    4   7
 8 Mawrystwyth Mustangs      11    4   7
 9 Eastern Miners            11    4   7
10 Willowbourne Zenith       11    4   7
11 Penstead Pirates          11    4   7
12 Mayara Marauders          11    3   8

Aubury Maroons, as advertised, ran away with the competition but the difference was quite a bit larger than anyone could expect. They won, kept winning, and forgot how to lose, getting close wins, tough wins, easy wins, and routs alike. Linieux got second place with seven wins, including one over the

Greencaster Bears, which gives them the final spot.

Final

Aubury Maroons 151/3 (17 overs)

Linieux Lieutenants 149/6 (20 overs)

The most watched domestic cricket event of the year delivered again: Linieux with a competitive total, but the

Aubury Maroons - as they have done all year - matched it with 3 overs to spare.

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:45 am

Ice Hockey - Season 1*

Expanded to 66 gamedays, the Ko-orenite Ice Hockey league pucked off its first professional season. The Hunters are a new team, arising where Southwest Aevanna disappeared. The Explorers and Mariners paired up for a merger as the only combination of Aevannan teams that can stand each other. All of the established teams hoped to take a lead over the newcomers - so the West Coast Blizzards, Straudum Ice, Aevanna Scouts, and Noordrug Bi-state. You can draw your own conclusion as to whether they succeeded...

KIHL                           Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Serevne Northerners             66   37  12  17    0.652 Champions, HCL
 2 Launott Polar Bears             66   34  18  14    0.652 HCL
 3 Aevanna Plains Wanderers        66   35  15  16    0.644 HCL
 4 South Aevanna Storm             66   31  17  18    0.598 HCL
 5 Aevanna Scouts                  66   30  15  21    0.568
 6 West Coast Blizzards            66   20  23  23    0.477
 7 Lamau-Dartha Hunters            66   21  17  28    0.447
 8 Arboren Vortex                  66   19  19  28    0.432
 9 Straudum Ice                    66   16  23  27    0.417
10 Egevea Islanders                66   19  13  34    0.386
11 Aevanna Explorers-Mariners      66   15  19  32    0.371
12 Noordrug Bi-state               66   15  17  34    0.356

It's Serevne, the new home to the (previously) Egevea Northerners, are the champions! They take the 'wins' tiebreaker after win percentage puts them equal to the Launott Polar Bears. At least the title stays in Aerellen - is something many fans up there must be thinking. At the same time, it looks like the city of Aevanna lost its monopoly on the league as a whole, and the mainland teams that hoped to get a leg up in the league's early stages disappointed their fans: the Scouts are 5th, the Blizzards 6th, Ice in 9th, and Bi-state in 12th. And that means that, as pretty much nobody predicted, it's the Northerners and the Polar Bears who will represent us in the HCL.

Points (LW, RW, C):
1 RW Alagen Acilea (22) - Arboren Vortex 63
2 LW Aifa Aelise (19) - Aevanna Scouts 61
3 RW Aewen Ailise (30) - Aevanna Plains Wanderers 60

Goals (LW, RW, C):
1 C Hallady Buck (27) - West Coast Blizzards 29
2 C Aorinne Aelloma (19) - Aevanna Plains Wanderers 26
3 LW Aifa Aelise (19) - Aevanna Scouts 24

Assists (LW, RW, C):
1 RW Alagen Acilea (22) - Arboren Vortex 41
2 RW Aewen Ailise (30) - Aevanna Plains Wanderers 39
3 LW Izan Aiamalod (25) - Launott Polar Bears 39

Points (D):
1 D Alaguna Aeniva (31) - Launott Polar Bears 39
2 D Elinei Aegarial (29) - Serevne Northerners 38
3 D Aiane Auvia (26) - Aevanna Scouts 34

Save % (G, played at least 20 games):
1 G Aiane Alacia (24) - Serevne Northerners .951
2 G Per Janszoon (19) - Launott Polar Bears .933
3 G Aeloris Ainerea (23) - Aevanna Plains Wanderers .929

Most Valuable Player: D Alaguna Aeniva (31) - Launott Polar Bears
Rookie of the Year: G Per Janszoon (19) - Launott Polar Bears
Team of the Year:
G Per Janszoon (19) - Launott Polar Bears
D Alaguna Aeniva (31) - Launott Polar Bears
D Roger Haarstad (28) - Aevanna Plains Wanderers
LW Izan Aiamalod (25) - Launott Polar Bears
RW Aerine Aorifi (25) - South Aevanna Storm
C Hallady Buck (27) - West Coast Blizzards

by **Ko-oren** » Fri May 07, 2021 7:35 am

Gridiron - Season 48 - Previews

Mayara Destroyers have a new offence, forced to find a new quarterback as well as a primary wide receiver. This was their moment to add two guys to the lineup that already knew each other from the Salamantic Professors or their youth teams, and immediately set up the team for success - as the fanbase has come to expect with all of their postseason games in recent years. Interestingly, these are also the hardest positions to fill: this is a defensive league, with defensive players, and while quarterbacks are the highest paid position like in every other country, they aren't developed as well as elsewhere. It's much easier to find some new key defenders, like the

Schemerdrecht 65ers, who are looking for a defensive end and a linebacker. Noordrug have more work to do, looking for a slot receiver, left guard, and a cornerback.

In the end, the

Mayara Destroyers take Alushan Loder. Loder was the main man on the Wolves, who, as you might know, are also from Mayara. This means that Alushan doesn't have to move, while both fanbases are split on the move: he's a legend to the Wolves who now have to share his legacy with their crosstown rivals, while the Destroyers fans would rather have taken a younger quarterback to develop. After all, Loder is 35 and has maybe a few years left in him. Yet, when we said that quarterback is a difficult position to fill, we meant it. Of the 12 (or rather, 11, as the Dragonflies are still looking for one) starters, about five are seen as long-time and irreplacable. Two of those are over 30. Of the six remaining signalcallers, about three are at immediate risk of getting cut as soon as the club finds a better alternative in their second division team or their youth squad.

Of the ex-Professors (playing in the NSCF), the following players have been signed in the first stage of the offseason:
RG Otho Tilcott (23) to the

Eaglebury Emperors
WR Twan Nekker (22) to the

Mayara Destroyers
RC Evert Monaghan (23) to the

Noordrug Astronauts
LD Melton Hoddle (23) to the

Mayara Wolves
LC Willard Snape (23) to the

Mawryshire Centaurs
MB Siunparend Nislondhaunthen (22) to the

Greencaster Godspeed
WB Theodore King (23) to the

Schemerdrecht 65ers
RE Tage Naastland (23) to the

Schemerdrecht 65ers

Using new metrics developed by Jarongi (famous for their World Cup Qualification Fantasy game), we have a better idea of how good teams, personnel groups, and positions in general are - and hopefully they will let their algorithms run freely in the lower divisions as well. As for now, here are the best personnel groups in the League:

Best Personnel Groups
1 Noordrug Astronauts    - Linebackers
2 Willowbourne Saints    - Offensive Skill Positions
3 Aminey Caspians        - Defensive Line
4 Schemerdrecht Admirals - Defensive Line
5 Eaglebury Emperors     - Special Teams
6 Greencaster Godspeed   - Offensive Skill Positions

1)

Noordrug Astronauts Linebackers
With Holmgroen, Noorddal, and Ehrenkorn, they have three national teamers under contract, something no other team has quite been able to manage so far. Ehrenkorn is 33 and will likely retire soon - and a title this year will surely accelerate that process - but with Noorddal being just 23, the Astronauts should be set for a little while. Unfortunately they aren't supported by a brilliant defence, so they'll have to do quite a bit by themselves. The team's line play is far, far below average, though the secondary is more than decent. It'll be hard to pass over the Astronauts, but running on them will go to about the second level of the defence, until you run into one of these three. It's up to the DC to make that defence work - the pieces are there, but how to mask that line?

2)

Willowbourne Saints Skill Positions
In a league with famously few skill position players available (given our bad track record at the World Bowl and our receivers there), it's interesting that the Saints have made that personnel group their focus in the second division and the youth team. With Hellyer at running back (a position that is stacked across the league, but still) and Olink to back him up at fullback, it's a good start. The Saints excel at the receiver positions, exactly those positions that are so hard to find in the archipelago. They have Welsh, Harrington, and Barbary, at wide receiver, slot receiver, and tight end, respectively. Harrington and Barbary are 32 and 34, so good personnel groups being hamstrung by age starts to be a theme, but there's a huge upside this year. Welsh is only 23 so they have something to build off of in coming years.

3)

Aminey Caspians Defensive Line
Some great talent on the line has surfaced in recent years, and it seems easier than ever to build a competitive group here. Nearly the entire league runs a 4-3 scheme - obviously, with numerous caveats for those that know our national team - but just about every team names four defensive linemen, regardless of their actual task on the field. Calling all of them D-linemen is a little misleading, but that's how it is. For the Caspians, they have a few perfect players in their prime (mid-to-late 20s) featuring Bassot, Gérald, Aalander, and Vérany. The interior line (Bassot, Gérald) is better than the outside, though there's very little difference. Depending on how they run their (frankly mediocre) linebackers, but their amazing secondary, the Caspians have one of the better defences in the league - take that, Sterrenwolde.

4)

Schemerdrecht Admirals Defensive Line
While the Caspians don't have national team experience yet, the Admirals' D-line does. A lot. Between interior linemen Ter Meulen and Nottle, but especially the rushers on the outside, Binnenpoorte and Abráldez, this is a scary unit that many fans, in their hearts, rank higher than what the Caspians have - but this is what the numbers say. Unfortunately, three out of four are over 30.

5)

Eaglebury Emperors Special Teams
Ko-oren has always had a respect for special teams, as they do actually carry out a very important job. Often overlooked, sure, but very important. Somehow it's Eaglebury that have gotten a fun group together, from one of the more reliable (though not always long-range) kicker Ninnie, punter Withers, league-best long snapper Esea (often, if you're not good enough to play Centre, you become the long snapper. Not in Eaglebury you don't!), and national team returner Couturier. The first two are over 30, but that doesn't really matter at their position anyway.

6)

Greencaster Godspeed Skill Positions
Carried by the backs, the Godspeed have hit on a once-in-a-lifetime combination of runners. Wilson at fullback, Thorebourne at the halfback position, that's a scary duo, no matter what defence you pit against them. They're capable of running over everything and anything - and the Godspeed will, given the janitor duty quarterback (Whistling) who's there to bridge the previous era to a new one, and the mediocre line, but at least they'll have some splashy plays. Also features two great receivers in Fineman and Turner.

And here are the best teams by personnel group:

Best Teams per Personnel Group (Offence)
  QB                      Off. Skill               OL                         OVERALL
1 Eaglebury Emperors  1 Willowbourne Saints  1 Schemerdrecht Admirals 1 Willowbourne Saints
2 Aerellen Explosions 2 Greencaster Godspeed 2 Mayara Destroyers      2 Aerellen Explosions
3 Noordrug Astronauts 3 Mayara Destroyers    3 Schemerdrecht 65ers    3 Mayara Destroyers
4 Willowbourne Saints 4 Schemerdrecht 65ers  4 Mawryshire Centaurs    4 Eaglebury Emperors

Overall, we see that the

Willowbourne Saints feature in three out of four lists - they'll be the team to put up huge totals and see who can match them. The

Mayara Destroyers are close behind: lacking quarterback play, but with an extremely complete group of all 10 other players. The

Aerellen Explosions just show up in the Overall table for their sheer dominance at quarterback, and for the rest have players ranked in the 5th-8th range: midtable, not great, not terrible.

Best Teams per Personnel Group (Defence)
  DL                         LB                           Secondary                    OVERALL
1 Aminey Caspians        1 Noordrug Astronauts      1 Mayara Destroyers        1 Noordrug Astronauts
2 Schemerdrecht Admirals 2 Mayara Destroyers        2 Greencaster Godspeed     2 Greencaster Godspeed
3 Aerellen Explosions    3 Willowbourne Saints      3 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies 3 Mayara Destroyers
4 Schemerdrecht 65ers    4 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies 4 Noordrug Astronauts      4 Aminey Caspians

As for defences, the

Sterrenwolde Dragonflies, often recognised for their defence (and title winning capacities while they still had some sort of offence), have fallen back to 6th overall despite a pretty good back seven. The

Noordrug Astronauts have them beat though, with the best overall defence, carried by their linebackers and defensive backs.

Best Teams per Personnel Group (Special Teams)
  ST
1 Eaglebury Emperors
2 Mayara Destroyers
3 Aerellen Explosions
4 Willowbourne Saints

On the whole, these are the expected standings after the upcoming season:

Team:

Mayara Destroyers (Exhibition Centre (41000) in Mayara, KCT)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 5
Prediction: 1
Key players: SB Monrisun Gunmothinden (33), CE Kiserba Likathinden (31), LC Anilira Asilodia (33), TE Gurethen Tharadhen (26), LD Jorgan Rusadhin (30)
After a disappointing season (6th place), the Destroyers are back to pick up where they left off three years ago. At that point, they had won two titles back-to-back, were rumoured to go back for more, but never quite made it back to the Bowl. This year, they have an excellent bid for their third title.

Team:

Willowbourne Saints (Willowbowl (55000) in Willowbourne, Corridor)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 2
Key players: WR Bryan Welsh (23), RB Luke Hellyer (29), SB Bwnhewg yBanmhewm (28), LG Dillard McLelland (33)
Possibly the most up-and-down club of the country, the Saints went from champions two years ago to 10th place the following year. It's time for them to go back up with the best offence in the league.

Team:

Mawryshire Centaurs (Hertfield (33000) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 3
Key players: LT Llwgypen yNargwrwdd (25), FB Alois Guillan (32), RE Iwane Sugimoto (24)
The Centaurs finally put it all together - as in, they don't exactly excel in any one part of the field but have a good-to-great option pretty much in every position. They're one of just 5 clubs that have not played in a Ko-oren Bowl yet (together with the Emperors, Admirals, Caspians, and Wolves) and the time has come to leave that group.

Team:

Schemerdrecht 65ers (65ers Arena (48000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 4
Prediction: 4
Key players: RB Spencer Galway (29), FS Magne Binnenmars (25), RT Elisha Witvos (28), LD Hubbe Braakjans (29)
The 65ers are once again the flagship team from the city of Schemerdrecht. This year, they might well be the best team in the East. However, what counts most for them is to get their first title - despite four playoff appearances and two finals, they are the most successful team (by far) to have never gotten the trophy. In a crowded field (again, mostly Western teams), it'll be relatively easy to get to the playoffs, but it'll be tough from then on.

Team:

Greencaster Godspeed (Surbourneshire Square (65000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 5
Key players: FB Jonas Wilson (24), LC Max Devilliers (25)
After adding a second title, they attracted a new middle linebacker and are also in contention for the playoffs - as the fourth team in the West, which will be a bloodbath of a division. Still, don't count them out despite the work that the Destroyers and Saints have done - in fact, all four of the most recent titles went to the Western team in the Bowl. It'd be a dream to repeat the title, but that's pretty difficult. What's more, all three of the most recent finals featured six different teams...

Team:

Eaglebury Emperors (The Palace (34000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 6
Key players: LS Aocelore Esea (29), QB Stanley Parkes (33)
Imagine being the sixth team in the predictions, and still be the 5th team in your division. Welcome to the Western division this year. Oof. They climb up from a 3-13 horrible season, so it's ok if this is just a building year... if it weren't for Parkes being 33 and nearly retiring.

Team:

Aerellen Explosions (Northern Arena (32000) in Aevanna, Aerellen)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 7
Key players: PR Ainirinda Aiaphaguna (24), QB Aolif Arerira (32)
The Explosions come off of a 5-11 11th place season, and now they're tipped to go second in the East... not bad. It's mostly due to a regression to the mean (in their case, that means up) for a lot of injured and out of form players, as well as a few players from their second division and youth department.

Team:

Schemerdrecht Admirals (Orange Bowl (54000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 8
Key players: LT Sibren Schooten (30), RD Ninian Nottle (31), WR Egge Gasbeek (22), LE Simon Binnenpoorte (33)
The Admirals just don't seem to escape mid-table mediocrity, but at least they're never that far towards the bottom. They're not exactly slated to surprise anyone, though their immense lines (offensive and defensive) will bully some other teams.

Team:

Aminey Caspians (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Aminey)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 9
Key players: RD Marc Gérald (27), LC Camille Dutertre (26), RG Robin Verninac (25)
A once-proud derby, the Caspians and the Dragonflies, are found towards the bottom. What happened? Well, in the Caspians' case, since the modern era started, it's just not been great for them. Just one postseason appearance, and it's not looking like they could add one this season. That said, they have an imposing defence (normally the hallmark of the Dragonflies, but sure) and an oddly high floor and high ceiling for a team predicted to go 9th.

Team:

Sterrenwolde Dragonflies (Het Planetarium (46000) in Sterrenwolde, Intermare)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 4
Prediction: 10
Key players: FS Byron Kadwell (23), MB Toon Fokke (32)
It feels like the big years of Sterrenwolde are over. After their QB retired, they've scrambled to find something new, but all they have for now is a custodian QB until they develop the right material in the second division or the youth team. As always, their linebackers and secondary are on point, but they're unlikely to go 9-1-6 again - which missed them the playoffs last season anyway!

Team:

Noordrug Astronauts (The Glacier (28000) in Launott, Nordoren)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 11
Key players: MB Evert Noorddal (23), SB Thorval Ehrenkorn (33)
The Astronauts - what's this? Second in the regular season and a finalist last season, they added Monaghan in the secondary, and now this? After just their first playoff appearance (both clubs that had never played postseason football got their first taste of it last year: the Astronauts and the Wolves) it feels like that's all the generation had in them, a random uptick in between years of not muchness.

Team:

Mayara Wolves (Wolves' Lair Stadium (37000) in Mayara, KCT)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 12
Key players: PU Ginaurstu Baurerningun (23)
When your best (and only noted) player is a punter, you know you're not doing well. The Destroyers have dominated Mayara (and the Capitals as a whole) for a while now, and it's not changing. Their once-great philosophy, new to the league, of dominating possession through running most of the time is in shambles - they will still tell you they do it, but in all honesty, this is a team with zero direction.

by **Ko-oren** » Fri May 14, 2021 1:52 am

Gridiron - Season 48 - Regular Season

The schedule makers have outdone themselves this time: they've constructed a schedule that condenses all games in an 18-week span, giving each team 2 byes (with byes appearing at any time between week 1 and 18!) with respect to the various restrictions on in-division, out-of-division, and rivalry games. Rounds 11 and 15 are the rivalry rounds, with some particularly angry gridiron. Division games are played in rounds 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 18. Yes, the entire final half of the season (and then some) is divisional play.

These results give us the following final table:

'                                     Pld    W   D   L    Win % 
 1 Aerellen Explosions (East)        16   13   0   3    0.812 East #1
 2 Eaglebury Emperors (West)         16   11   0   5    0.688 West #1
 3 Mayara Destroyers (West)          16   10   1   5    0.656 West #2
 4 Willowbourne Saints (West)        16    9   2   5    0.625
 5 Noordrug Astronauts (East)        16    9   1   6    0.594 East #2
 6 Schemerdrecht Admirals (East)     16    8   0   8    0.500
 7 Sterrenwolde Dragonflies (East)   16    7   0   9    0.438
 8 Mayara Wolves (West)              16    6   1   9    0.406
 9 Aminey Caspians (East)            16    5   2   9    0.375
10 Mawryshire Centaurs (West)        16    5   1  10    0.344
11 Greencaster Godspeed (West)       16    5   0  11    0.312
12 Schemerdrecht 65ers (East)        16    4   0  12    0.250

The top two teams of each division go into the playoffs, and right now that's the

Aerellen Explosions hosting the

Noordrug Astronauts in the East and

Mayara Destroyers at the

Eaglebury Emperors in the West.

Given what we expected from these teams prior to week one, we have our usual slate of surprises to work through. The

Mayara Destroyers make good on their prediction to finish high up there in the West, a division that we expected would take four or five of the overall top spots. Apart from two painful losses to their rivals, and a few more losses early in the season, the Destroyers have been great, if not perfect, and deserve their playoff spot. This takes them to 6 playoff appearances, two more than any other team. They will have to get to the Bowl by going through the

Eaglebury Emperors, expected to finish around sixth place, but winning 11 games instead. They overtake all of the

Willowbourne Saints,

Mawryshire Centaurs, and

Greencaster Godspeed to get to their impressive win total. Overtaking the Centaurs must feel especially good, as their southwestern rivals. Two of their wins came from Mawryshire, so that's a good season for them regardless. They will go to their third overall playoff appearance, and have yet to win a Bowl. With their QB Parkes at 33 years old, they have a shot at the title, but their window is closing.

Revelations of the year are the

Aerellen Explosions, a team rumoured to have a mediocre midtable finish, but win 13 out of 16 instead and will host their northeastern rivals, the

Noordrug Astronauts for a place in the Bowl. The Explosions win 47-0 over their rivals in Round 11, at which point they were 9-1, before ultimately going 13-3 with the extra losses falling to them in rounds 14-16. Not the best preparation for postseason football, but it'll have to do.

Noordrug Astronauts did get one back over them with a 35-17 win in round 15, but that 47-0 shutout stung. This is a whole 'nother layer to the rivalry, and seeing that we'll get a rematch in the playoffs is better than anything we could've scripted. Also mind that the four rich teams of the division all didn't make it.

The

Willowbourne Saints fall short, and overall the Western division has pretended to be a lot better than they actually were when push came to shove. The Wolves, Centaurs, and Godspeed all end up with lacklustre records. It's the Saints, with a 2nd place prediction, who take the cake for 'just not it'. The

Mawryshire Centaurs also were pretty close, with a 3rd overall prediction, but they finish third from the bottom. We promise to train our models to come up with better predictions, honest. In the end, three out of four 'best offences' make it through, while only two of the best four defences do. The four 'best Special Teams clubs' all finish top 4, a much better prediction for overall success, apparently. We know this is correlation, not causation, but it's interesting to see anyway. This season, the offences really got one up over the defences.

by **Ko-oren** » Sat May 15, 2021 3:15 am

Gridiron - Season 48 - Postseason

Divisional Round

Aerellen Explosions (East) 33–20 Noordrug Astronauts (East)
Eaglebury Emperors (West) 31–17 Mayara Destroyers (West)

Aerellen Explosions' QB Arerira recorded 19-26, 157 yds, 2 TD, 1 int in a very fruitful game against the

Noordrug Astronauts. It's the Explosions that take the third derby game of the year in a sold out and bone-chillingly cold Aevanna. The feared Noordrug defence had its moments, but ultimately fell short to the shorter fields Aerellen worked with, that Arerira and co. easily converted into points. The key was to run the ball, taking out Noordrug's secondary as much as possible, though Arerira was near flawless on the few attempts he did throw.
The

Mayara Destroyers, as always, have a little of everything. The

Eaglebury Emperors, however, had the game plan to counter this (as well as a bit of luck). QB Stanley Parks went 37-46, 324 yds, 3 TD, 1 int and took command of this game single-handedly. The Destroyers' star roster just couldn't be everywhere at the same time and Parkes picked them apart meticulously.

Ko-oren Bowl

Aerellen Explosions (East) 27–35 Eaglebury Emperors (West)

QB Parkes of the

Eaglebury Emperors went 31-43, 253 yds, 3 TD 1 int in another textbook game for the southwestern offence. Five touchdowns on the day was simply too much for the

Aerellen Explosions. Two offence-heavy teams in the Bowl might finally mean that the pendulum has swung back and perhaps the defences have been figured out again. No Sterrenwolde, no Aminey, no Greencaster in the final. Noordrug had a very formidable defence as well, and they gave up 33 points just a week before as well. A very entertaining final to the neutral viewer, though light on the turnovers and other athletic defensive plays, means that the

Eaglebury Emperors win their first title! Congratulations!

Developmental Leagues
D-league
Rozenvoorde Roses (North) 27-20 Anarcourt Meteorites (South)

KG2
Launott Caps (North) 39-6 Ora Australis (Wildcard)
Gehrenna Mountaineers (Bay) 33-26 Penstead Ocelots (South)

Launott Caps (North) 31-19 Gehrenna Mountaineers (Bay)

Season Trophies
Offence of the Year -

Eaglebury Emperors
Defence of the Year -

Greencaster Godspeed
Team of the Year -

Mayara Destroyers

League MVP - SB Monrisun Gunmothinden (33) -

Mayara Destroyers
QB of the Year - QB Stanley Parkes (33) -

Eaglebury Emperors
RB of the Year - RB Luke Hellyer (29) -

Willowbourne Saints
Receiver of the Year - WR Egge Gasbeek (22) -

Schemerdrecht Admirals
Pass rusher of the Year - RE Jon Mulders (30) -

Aerellen Explosions
Defensive back of the Year - RC Evert Monaghan (23) -

Noordrug Astronauts
ST of the Year - PK Monurga Ninnie (31) -

Eaglebury Emperors

Postseason Announcements
Retirements
LT Luvon Medor (35) -

Aerellen Explosions
TE Max Barbary (35) -

Willowbourne Saints
CE Algernon Barclay (35) -

Eaglebury Emperors
PU Jared Redsmith (34) -

Schemerdrecht 65ers
FB Tomoaki Vakamula (34) -

Schemerdrecht Admirals
RG Abe Chastain (34) -

Mayara Wolves
PR Ayama Aereivin (34) -

Willowbourne Saints
QB Robbe de Croon (33) -

Schemerdrecht Admirals
QB Dawllwd yThollhas (33) -
RE Lau Derk (33) -

Noordrug Astronauts
LE Stefan Mulders (33) -

Mawryshire Centaurs
RG Baudou Léger (33) -

Noordrug Astronauts

by **Ko-oren** » Tue Jun 29, 2021 7:47 am

Soccer - Season 35

Previews

Top League

Maethoru SC
Stadium: Rikalathen Arena (39000) in Maethoru, KCT
Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 9
Club Origin: Ko-oren's all time most successful club is from the capital cities. Bonding the working class as well as the bourgeoisie that comes with government functions, the club quickly grew into a powerhouse. Combining business acumen and a healthy work ethic, as well as all the advantages of being a club that's not in an entertainment-heavy area, it's hard to see this club ever land below mid-table.

Prediction: 1

Maethoru SC: 3-5-2 Theshendan- Bijstroom, Monurga, van Kalvenhaar- Scherpenkate, Shishkin ^MYT, Parsons, Janoreirinthen, Wouters- Robert ^APY, Donath ^NPH
After the financial gains from selling both Theshendan and Vaugrenard, the club immediately set out to secure the signatures of some similar high-profile targets, as much as a top club in a mid-sized league can do. The Dragonflies' World Cup 87 run certainly made it easy to sell both for insane prices... and then there were work visa issues and both fell right back into the lap of the all green club. Armed with these two as well as the replacements they had signed, Monurga's XI was right back in title contention... as if they ever weren't. A third title (and twelfth overall title) should make its way to Maethoru soon. There's no club with the starters, depth, staff, back office, or financial reserves quite like Maethoru, so get used to the trophy being in the Capitals.

Last season, they easily secured the title with a 16-point cushion over the runners-up. They outscored everyone except Alara and didn't concede much. It was a fairly boring season for such a successful run. In the IFCF, they made the Champions' League group stage and finished fourth - which is still an incredible addition to our coefficient. This season, look for Parsons to lead the charge: even on a team with Janoreirinthen and Vaugrenard and Shishkin, it's the ex-second division Sterrenwolde player that could be the all-round motor of the team. Van Kalvenhaar and Bijstroom could also have monumental seasons, which the club will need with their understaffed back line. That said, everyone defends and everyone attacks in what's probably the country's most well-oiled machine of a formation.

Aminey CS
Stadium: Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Aminey
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: In the past, Aminey was the country's largest club, before being overtaken by transport hub Willowbourne and especially harbour city Greencaster. As the oldest metropolis, architecture, culture, and entertainment are never larger than in Aminey - and the club is always caught up in this. High expectations, lots of pressure, and more media attention than any club in the country... but rarely with the resources to claim a prize.

Prediction: 2

Aminey CS: 4-4-2 Hanazawa- de Breye ^OAM, Boulanger, Munarring, Deschanel- Delacruz ^BJK, Quelch, Checkered Flag ^EQS, Abbagan- Erisia, Mirzadeh
Adding Munarring to their defence is what pushes the all-blues to second place in the predictions. Despite the tumultuous preparation (I mean, this is Aminey, when are things ever calm and reasonable around this club) a solid staff and media-happy coach have 'quietly' prepared an XI that is up there with the best. They play a wide, possession based game that's perfect for Abbagan, Erisia, De Breye, and Quelch, anchored by Delacruz - and those are all the stars on the team. The defence can look suspect, but at least they have the ability to outscore anyone with national team striker Erisia.

Last season they finished 2nd despite a disappointing final 10 games. This season, they're aiming for the trophy knowing full well they're a step behind Maethoru, but you never know.

Katashi-Kanatsu
Stadium: Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Katashi
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: The eastern 'capital' of Katashi has always tried to create separation from the 'west', eg. 90% of Ko-oren. The club was never outspoken separatist, yet rarely had a player from outside the province of Yoshima. Nowadays, they still try to keep their squad majority Yoshiman, even if the search for success has proven more important than the 'homegrown' rule.

Prediction: 3

Katashi-Kanatsu: 4-4-2 Stewart ^AUD- Vatsu, yTismewch, Ardouin, Convery ^BRE- Yokota, Nakazono, Martis, Morris- Sonnel ^CMT, Graycrook ^SCT
The narrow roster is lead by the midfield trio of Nakazono, Martis, and Yokota, all in their final years. A quiet offseason further pushes this team towards the cliff of old age, but there is, as you can see, plenty to go around still. Katashi likes to have a lot of possession between a fluid approach to position that allows every player to go for goal at some point.

Despite never having won a championship, this is the club that's come closest out of all the zero-timers. Unfortunate. Last season, they were in the top 6/Championship Group, but only just. This season, they'll try to prove that they deserve to be up in the top 6 again.

Couziers-Olympiques
Stadium: Stade Central (12100) in Linieux, Cote Austral
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: One of many big and important teams of Cote Austral's south (as opposed to Aminey being north), the region has a habit of producing solid clubs that are willing to work with players and philosophies from surrounding regions. They were the first club to be promoted into the Top League.

Prediction: 4

Couziers-Olympiques: 4-3-3 Siemeling- Rodas, Anderson ^SNL, Aandal- Bingarra, yBharw, Aoriene, Roux ^ESH- Fillanes, Hekkert, Candy
Stealing a somewhat unusual 4-3-3 from Tanques, a club from the same region that has always been the dominant club in the area, the Olympics have majorly overhauled their squad after promotion just so they could stay up. They immediately sold half their squad and bought just about anyone from the second and third tiers that they've played in the past - and that was a winning move. Nowadays, the team is a weird mix of anyone who's just happy to be there, and yet they've found success. With Hekkert as a finisher, as well as Siemeling in goal and Rodas and Aandal to keep clean sheets, there's a good mix of young and old, defensive and offensive.

Last season was their first season at the highest level, and they finished 9th out of 12 overall - better than expected, even if their final 10 games went nowhere. For a moment, they looked to finish in the top 6, even. This season, they hope to actually get into the top half and play for the Challenger's Cup even if the rest of the league now knows them and can prepare for them.

Straudum VV
Stadium: Hazel Arena (18500) in Straudum, Sudaefjoll
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: Hardworking and quiet, the northeasterners have played this game their own way. Very much the inventors of 'if they don't score, they don't win', the club uses a rigid strategy with players that are willing to do anything for the system. The club is also quite rich, given local industries and businesses that aren't found elsewhere in the country.

Prediction: 5

Straudum VV: 5-3-2 Neihof- Aelisire, Archer, Dwan, Tuff ^DOG, Pellenkoft- Brousseau, Inchcombe, Tez ^QUS- Virtanen ^SVJ, Moore
They already had the perfect mix and have managed to hold on to quality players like Aelisire, Neihof, and Pellnkoft. Unsurprisingly, they're all defenders and GKs. The bruising, uncreative team makes the best of set pieces to get their goals - and they don't get many of them. They don't need to, because they rank top 3 in clean sheets every single season.

Last season, they were just a step behind Maethoru all season... and then they won two of the last ten and fell back a lot, only holding on to a Challenger's Cup spot by the smallest of margins. This season, they're estimated behind the Olympics and Katashi, but have the players to overtake both, showing the club can continue to punch above its weight.

Schemerdrecht SVV
Stadium: Orange Bowl (54000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare
Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: The 'capital' of the north, Schemerdrecht is a large city with all kinds of political influences and industries. A large population, large fanbase all across Intermare, and enough cash and political clout, the club quickly rose to prominence, culminating in two titles in the modern era.

Prediction: 6

Schemerdrecht SVV: 4-4-2 Goossen- Hergulauthen, Sterling, Kobayashi ^HIN, Crumble ^EQS- Egmar ^KSK, Ulysse, Hilberdink, de Castro- Siebelt, Vashila
Not only did they secure Hergulauthen to get the defence back on track, they have been signing young talent as well to secure a future. Great foresight by the blue and yellow club, that can still rely on Hilberdink, Siebelt, Ulysse, and Goossen, all national teamers (at least, before Juliasterinthen only selected two strikers). Hilberdink is the captain and playmaker, Ulysse gets creative freedom, to create chances with and for Siebelt, while Hergulauthen, Egmar, and Kobayashi stay behind.

Last season, the club was on track for fourth place throughout the season, and never strayed far from that path. This season... it's probably more of the same.

Advance Alara
Stadium: Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Alara
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 1
Club Origin: The island of Alara has long been the link between the mainland and Yoshima and while it's sort of out of the way now, it used to be a crossroads for domestic trade. The island jumped on soccer when it was first introduced and have stayed ahead of the competition ever since.

Prediction: 7

Advance Alara: 4-4-2 Pinkerton- Mizuno, Shiba, Chu ^QCY, Jundy- Adachi, Ivančir ^ZRH, Arnold ^VLD, Richardson ^ZWZ- Okawa, Eleveld
Yes, another 4-4-2. But this one's different. Alara is, and always has been, the most attacking club out of any in the league, and their unorthodox approach works. The squad has first dibs on creative, attacking talent that falls by the wayside in most other clubs' visions, and takes the likes of Mizuno (since grown into a Dragonfly), Eleveld, Adachi, and plays a quick, direct style to get to the goal as soon as possible. Pinkerton is a solid goalkeeper and Chu has been a fantastic foreign acquisition. Eleveld comes straight from the second division but seems to be an immediate upgrade, at least since Tsuchida retired.

Last season, the club fell short from their ambition of finishing top 6. They had taken the Top League by storm for a few years but the tornado of goals has falled a little quiet. Not that quiet, but quieter than before. This season, they're back to prove they have a shot at an IFCF spot, instead of being the permanent Vilitan Cove Invitational team.

Bruncester United AFC
Stadium: Top Brass Arena (19500) in Bruncester, Surbourneshire
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: The industrious southeast has two massive clubs, one of them being Bruncester. This is one of three nationally important teams with a working class background (with Cirelbourne, their rivals, and Branvon), and are holding on to tradition to keep themselves relevant.

Prediction: 8

Bruncester United AFC: 5-3-2 Morris- Pazos , MacDermot ^BLN, Noordburg, Kitchingham, Gridley- Ensaunden, Gregory, Cradduck- Tjessem ^QUE, Gaunaurinthen
Defensively sound - or at least, that's the plan, that's always been part of the Bruncester playbook. And yet, they've struggled to keep players on board, but there's been a few moves. Cradduck and Pazos were signed, the former from the second division, and they keep building around club culture icons Kitchingham and Noordburg. The true star of the squad remains Tjessem, the Quebecois who keeps this team relevant. The club also finds itself with Ensaunden from Maethoru now, hoping to make him into the playmaker they need.

Last season, they've seen what happened to their rivals, Cirelbourne. Bruncester is now the only southeastern (Surbourneshire) team in the Top League, and though their rivalry fell apart, they want to stay up, whatever the cost. An eighth place finish is a good start, but there's other clubs that are making more, and better moves. This season it's all about staying up in the Top League.

Miradela GD
Stadium: Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Championships: 2
Historical Championships: 1
Club Origin: The upper class team from Santa Teresa are in fierce competition with Branvon, from the same city. And yet, in a league where geographical distance prevails, the arrangement works. Miradela were never the dominant side until they leveraged their resources into winning two titles. The club is a result of government (naval) employees in the city.

Prediction: 9

Miradela GD: 3-4-3 Munks- Olink, Steelshrift ^NPH, Bares- Magrath, Carbonneau, Etxaurren ^AUD, Valdovinos- Salomon, Blair ^CBP, Noya
From one of the dominant sides of the Top League to a mid-table (at best) one, the past three years have not been fun for Miradela fans. Some players that carried the team to two titles are still here but no longer the player they were. And yet, the club maintains the 3-4-3, with a crowded midfield, an almost Starblaydian dedication to playing a clean, beautiful game, which works when you're the better team, at least. Right now, Blair, Bares, and Carbonneau are the dominant players, though none of them excel in the axis of the field.

Last season the club escaped relegation by a small distance even if they never seemed in danger. And judging from the fact that the team staff have made no impression that they're at risk, they're probably not doing better than that this season.

WSR AFC
Stadium: Uriagali Field (10000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: Their home advantage is like having a thirteenth, or even fourteenth, man on the field. Located in the west, at the foot of the mountains but on the far side of said range, they're hard to visit. They're not a huge club, but like Straudum, well led and allowed to build towards something great in peace and quiet.

Prediction: 10

WSR AFC: 3-4-3 Olssen- Windill, Bumbra, Pardey- Sheils, Ebina, Overink, Thompkins- Troncoso, Pernet, Vermelho
The most recent addition to the Top League, and the second club to promote since pro/rel was made a thing two seasons ago, WSR rely on hometown heroes as well as big-name rejects from other clubs, who wanted to be on here for the unique experience. And would you look at that, they deserve to be in the league, as much as they seized the division two title from bigger clubs with more solid plans. It's not really like they're flying by the seat of their pants as evidenced by their many offseason moves, though. Olssen is a dominant goalkeeper from Nyashawill, Ebina and Vermelho are huge names from other Top League clubs, and Savo from the SRS together can make this into something nice.

Last season, they somehow took the title off of bigger second division clubs. This season, they're proving they deserve to be here with their unique geography though they need time to settle so they might build something like the Olympiques.

Branvon CD
Stadium: Estádio Marítimo (28000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre
Championships: 0
Historical Championships: 7
Club Origin:

Prediction: 11

Branvon CD: Soumare ^ASU- Basquez, Gachet, Agano, Cales- Reza, Shall ^EFL, Taraala ^MRN, Carter ^TJU- Vallotton, Novoa

Formation, lineup, tactics, key players
Story of transfers, last season, upcoming season

Maynard AFC
Stadium: Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) in Maynard, Leeshire
Championships: 1
Historical Championships: 0
Club Origin: The southwest is more cricket or rugby union oriented, and so all regional talent fell to Maynard. The club has since been more active financially than any other, with some daring moves in acquiring stakes in foreign clubs, most of which fell through. Maynard have long been a colourful addition to the league.

Prediction: 12

Maynard AFC: 5-3-2 Cholmondeley- Aberg , Suchet, Meynard ^EQS, Kildare, Read- Richey, Potter, Gillis- Maxwell, Steppe ^XAN
Hello darkness, my old friend. After a few years of respite, the club finds itself back in 12th in the preseason rankings, a spot that's Maynard's about once every two seasons. They just can't seem to escape it. With local heroes like Gillis and Richley, acquisitions in Steppe and Meynard, there's talent everywhere but rarely is it supported by the rest of the team. The front office wants to make surprise signings, hoping one of them pans out and they get catapulted to the top of the table... but in over a decade of risky moves, it hasn't happened. They play an opportunistic brand of football, obviously.

They finished 11th, just about back where they've been for a long time. This season, it's all about not relegating... but their luck has to run out someday, right?

Format
The format of the league is simple. As in, "simple". The twelve clubs play each other home and away, after which every team has played 22 matches. After that, the top six and bottom six play another home-and-away series in their respective sub-divisions, the Championship Group and the Challenge Group (also dubbed the 'Relegation Group'). The winner of the Championship Group goes to the IFCF CL, as does the runner-up. Those ranked 3-5 go to the IFCF CC. The best team of the Relegation Group gets an invitation to Vilita... and the bottom team of that group relegates.

Second division

Tanques AOE: Bittencourt- yLladdlog, ySaellhon, Draaijer, Train- Oakden, Helzinger ^NPH, Daraluthen, Bousquet- Weaver ^MBT, Burnett ^TKT
Stadium: Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Cote Austral
Prediction: 1
Tanques was picked clean by Top League teams following their relegation (oh, how the mighty have fallen!!) but they hold on to the foreign players, as well as Bittencourt (GK), Train (DM), and the absolute star, Helzinger. Train has been on the NT radar for a while, but it remains to be seen if he's still on there. That said, this team was so talented they should still be able to finish in the top 3.

Castelo e Calvente CS: Navia - Sims ^SNL, Parada , Aorei, Valdovinos , Crone- Ruybal, Moora, Beaudouin- Gurses ^TMR, Torres ^NWK
Stadium: Edogense (16000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre
Prediction: 2
They're the (arguably) best team of the second division and yet they've been overtaken by WSR and Couziers for promotion... and so the ever unlucky Finisterrans remain at the second level. With Aorei (LB), Beaudouin (RS), Gurses (ST), and Torres (LS) they have immense firepower, but the absolute star is Crone (RM), who should link up with everyone. The defence can be suspect, hence the numbers.

Cirelbourne United: Aeloviane- yChibwod, Crogan, Tomlinson ^TKT, Swadling, Womarry- Hosorthaunden, Valente, Klensberg ^NQU- Dixon ^NWK, Turner
Stadium: Quicksilver Stadium (15500) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 3
Recently relegated, Cirelbourne also lost a tonne of personnel. With yChibwod (RB, the brother of), Tomlinson (LB), Top League veteran Valente (CM), and Klensberg (LM), they still have a solid roster. There are also a few players that can only get better with time.

Gehrenna FC: Baurkidhaunden- Janmayarie, Mislahaunden, Sirmauringun, Truin- Rodijk, Hegan, Ida, Zalmaulthindhen- Smitherman, Pisjanauden
Stadium: Kautherlugin Field (17500) in Gehrenna, KCT
Prediction: 4
Gehrenna are on a shocking run to relevance. Despite still having a lot of locals, they are the alternative to Maethoru's style - their improvements look a lot like what they did. Hegan (RM) and Truin (LB) are the best players (though not well known, they're quite young) with all of the Gehrennan-sounding names as good role players in the middle.

Sterrenwolde FC: Génin- Heldoorn, Heidt ^COS, Rakers- Anvil, Chardin, Meredeth, Kassenberg- Breedland, Ailan, Rupusthaunden
Stadium: Noorderkroonpark (14500) in Sterrenwolde, Intermare
Prediction: 5
The second club of Intermare. The colourful club with psychologists in charge of player acquisition have found Génin (GK), Heldoorn (RB), and Meredeth (RM) as Top League-level players and then some. They even include Breedland (AM) and Anvil (LB) who have fallen from grace - and together, they can do great things.

Teragaseki: Uchino- Wijnholdt, Rampton, Vigouroux, Mergakhinen- Metharom ^HIN, Vurusawa, Yogi, Murakami- Delafose, Corsey ^NPH
Stadium: Dokudo Stadium (12000) in

Teragaseki, Etena
Prediction: 6
The third club of the Yoshiman islands, they have also employed a nice strategy of selecting players. Their distance to the rest of the league is a problem, however. Mergakhinen (DM) and Murakami (AM) are the axis around which everything functions. Like with the other Yoshiman clubs, a lot hinges on individual talent.

Huthwich Et Iduloren FC: Guldherindhen- Kwant, Mulatagi, Brakke, Rutter, Laskibar ^ASG- Yasuda, Wathelet, Nagamine- Aenisse, van Riesen
Stadium: The Ovation Station (5000) in Huthwich, Gehrenna
Prediction: 7
A mad dash at the end of the transfer period saw H&I secure some great names and some debatable ones. They're at least a year away from making a push, but the basics are there. Guldherindhen is another goalkeeper in a great Ko-orenite tradition, while Aenisse is a Top League-ready striker. The midfield is lacking, with a lot of responsibility coming to Laskibar.

Arboren FC: Aorine- Lagerkwist, Aerelia, Tornij- Ausel, Johanssen ^XAN, Brownsmith, ySaddas, Aelsine- Balveur ^TSA, Charbonneau
Stadium: Aeresa (10000) in Arboren, Azuren
Prediction: 8
In the northeast, Arboren have the kind of home advantage that WSR used to have at this level. They are very far away, with winter fixtures especially punishing. Lagerkwist and Aerelia are great defenders and Johanssen adds a lot to midfield.

Myaranowra: Jeffery ^EFL- Kisdadhingun, Zwikker , George ^MUR- Johnson, Sarabia, Bonhomme, Bureau- Hensidhaundhen, Nakada, Nijboer
Stadium: Inyarra (8700) in

Myaranowra, West Strand Riding
Prediction: 9
We're dipping into "it's hard to get excited about these in the long term" territory. A lack of individual talent, and possibly a team-wide plan, will see

Myaranowra trying to avoid relegation. Jeffery and George are the standout players.

Fukushira Guerilla: Rutherford ^CDG- yFfepach, Mashimo, Dishatinden- Tremblay, Tosaudhaundhen, Degermark, yTawdnhawch- Zinaurtherinthen, Uleaven, Panić ^ZRH
Stadium: Dololichun Field (6800) in Fukushira, Etena
Prediction: 10
Just coming up from the third level, it looks like Etena island is turning into a powerhouse (with

Teragaseki). And that's a surprise, to an extent. Not exactly with Alara's all-out attack, but still devoted to individual quality, Fukushira will try to avoid the drop down. Given some time, they can turn into something nice.

Sydberg: van Capelleveen ^NAC- Giragultinden, Bacon, Mattson , Wijdvorst- Lalaseringun, Sandry, ySewffpaws, Strobos- Greerson, Suchet
Stadium: Cloudfield Palace (8800) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 11
This club is in relegation danger from the start. After Giragultinden (RB) they'll have to do a lot to stay up and keep their players next year.

Strongfair: Doolan- Lubbers, Granet, Tar ^QUS, Catenhorst- Phiffers, Stramberg , Vada, Miyahara- Ares , Spanner
Stadium: Fortune Valley (6100) in

Strongfair, Leeshire
Prediction: 12
Interesting how a team with some household names can be so disappointing. Players that couldn't do it elsewhere have gravitated to an inclusive team in Leeshire. Doolan is a national team goalkeeper, Miyahara once was one of the greatest striking talents of the country. Ares, Wareham, Granet, and Tar are all well-known... and yet, they're staring at the third level.

Format
The second division (and every division below it) are all contested in a straightforward home-and-away-and-then-home again format with 33 games for each team on the calendar. That does mean that some teams play 16, and others 17, at home. The bottom two teams relegate from the second division into 3rd North and 3rd South.

Players & Contracts
Retirements:
ST Tsuki Tsuchida (36) -

Advance Alara
AM Cy de Villepin (35) -

Bruncester United AFC
ST Ruben de Meester (37) - Capital FC, XAN

Internal transfers:
LB Tamrie Munarring (27) -

Aminey CS (from PAS)
RM Mata Vaugrenard (29) -

Maethoru SC (from VAL)
SS Huije Eleveld (25) -

Advance Alara (from

Sydberg)
RF Oridhin Hergulauthen (29) -

Schemerdrecht SVV (from Ambergate)
LB Arinori Agano (22) -

Branvon CD (from

Tanques AOE)
RM Donald Quelch (23) -

Aminey CS (from

Cirelbourne United)
LB Odde Aandal (31) -

Couziers-Olympiques (from PAS)
AM Charlie Cradduck (21) -

Bruncester United AFC (from Laringen AFC)
LM Bou Overink (28) -

WSR AFC (from Zinchester)
RF Hadrian Pazos (23) -

Bruncester United AFC
DM Nanberry Bingarra (25) -

Couziers-Olympiques (from

WSR AFC)
GK Wellington Doolan (31) -

Strongfair (from PAS)
LB Michael Mattson (24) -

Sydberg (from Zinchester)
LM Guust Kassenberg (24) -

Sterrenwolde FC (from

Teragaseki)
DM Tier Chardin (23) -

Sterrenwolde FC (from Ambergate)
ST Keith Torres ^NWK (30) -

Castelo e Calvente CS (from Nyashawill)
RF Ffewsne yChibwod (26) -

Cirelbourne United (from Brighthaven Town)
RB Ernst Crogan (23) -

Cirelbourne United (from Brighthaven Town)
RM Zezonmerul Hosorthaunden (35) -

Cirelbourne United (from

Strongfair)
AM Gonshiro Vada (19) -

Strongfair (from VAL)
LF Karl Brakke (28) -

Huthwich & Iduloren FC (from Ambergate)
RS Sosuke Nakada (18) -

Myaranowra (from Brighthaven)
RS Brown Uleaven (26) -

Fukushira Guerilla (from VAL)
RB Huug Zwikker (30) -

Myaranowra (from Ambergate)
LM Hypo Bureau (27) -

Myaranowra (from

Tanques AOE)
RM Dom Bonhomme (23) -

Myaranowra (from

Tanques AOE)
CM Wallace Sandry (26) -

Sydberg (from Laringen AFC)
RS Marvin Greerson (23) -

Sydberg (from

Gehrenna FC)

Best new discoveries:
Kazutoshi Vujimura (18) - Alara Academy. Right in Alara's backyard, it happens again. Somehow, that island keeps bringing up creative, attacking talent, and Vujimura is a proud addition to that tradition.
Jef Leenknecht (15) - Het Vlaggenschip. Leenknecht has some five years in the academy system left, but the way he holds up against opponents some 2, 3 years older than him is promising. Great on the ball, work to do off of it.
Hunusu Siltinthen (17) - Gaulthisoru Royals. Cracking defender in the Lampshire school - that is, risky, sometimes ill-advised, but a magnificent man-to-man defender.
Rex Archer (19) - Wright United Academy. It's hard to tell which position suits him best, but he better figure it out. A versatile talent who plays to make the people around him better.
Aurin Aomelirea (19) - Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet. In what has become a northeastern tradition, this is another fullback with speed, an eye for when to rush forward, and skills with or without the ball.
Gonshiro Furuya (16) - Furune Geijutsu Daigaku. Furuya has been on the radar of many scouts for several years, and it's Furune's university that will land him once he's old enough.
Emmanuel Trevorrow (15) - National University of Willowbourne. With a few years in the academy ahead, Trevorrow has some maturing to do.
Ebenezer Harris (16) - Uni of A&E of Grainand Leeshire. Dynamic, with an eye for positioning, Harris is a midfielder. In the next 3 years, if he can improve on his physical attributes, this is a huge player for Leeshire.
Azariah Godolphin (17) - Gehrenna National University. Active in multiple sports, Godolphin has some choosing to do between rugby, football, or gridiron.

International results

Champions' League
2nd Preliminary Round
(KOR)                 Aminey CS    5–5 a  Mar Sara FC               (VAL)   3–3   2–2 

3rd Preliminary Round
(KOR)               Maethoru SC    4–2    Casuals Osteria           (KRY)   3–1   1–1 

Playoff Round
(KOR)               Maethoru SC    4–1    Langtree United           (MRC)   2–1   2–0

Group Stage
   Group C                      Pld  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     SCt    TCh    CrF    Mtr
1  Shamrock Cathair         AUD   6  5  0  1  15   2  13  15      -     5-1    1-0    2-0  
2  Trebuchet Cham           ZWZ   6  3  0  3  12  17  -5   9 *   0-5     -     4-1    2-4
3  Crystal Fair HC          CRY   6  3  0  3  10  10   0   9 *   1-0    2-3     -     4-2
4  Maethoru SC              KOR   6  1  0  5   6  14  -8   3     0-2    0-2    0-2     -   

Challengers Cup
1st Preliminary Round
(MYT)                 1896 Ebor    3–1    Straudum VV               (KOR)   2–1   1–0 
(MAP)             Golden Eagles    4–3    Schemerdrecht SVV         (KOR)   2–2   2–1 

2nd Preliminary Round
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3rd Preliminary Round
(CBP)           Clayton City FC    7–4    Branvon CD                (KOR)   6–3   1–1 
(TSA)           Zilverstraat SC    1–7    Aminey CS                 (KOR)   0–2   1–5 

Playoff Round
(KOR)                 Aminey CS    3–2    Walstreim Lions           (SNL)   2–1   1–1

Qualifying Round
(KOR)                 Aminey CS    3–2    Crisisbless               (NPH)   3–2   0–0 

Group Stage
Group L                           P  W  D  L  GF  GA  GD Pts     Amn    LJs    LgC    Eph
1  Aminey CS                KOR   6  3  1  2  10   6   4  10 *    -     2-0    3-0    3-1  
2  Lokomotive Jarnstad      SVJ   6  3  1  2  12   8   4  10 *   1-1     -     1-3    5-0  
3  Lonngeylin Coast         VIL   6  3  0  3   9  10  -1   9     1-0    1-2     -     4-1  
4  Ephesian FC              ZWZ   6  2  0  4   9  16  -7   6     3-1    1-3    3-0     -   

Round of 32
(SVJ)          Admiral Storevik    4–1    Aminey CS                 (KOR)   4–1   0–0 

Liga B Champions Trophy
2nd Preliminary Round
(KOR)               Tanques AOE  a 3–3    FF Skan                   (FJA)   1–0   2–3 

3rd Preliminary Round
(KOR)               Tanques AOE    4–3    Meriador FC               (TKT)   2–1   2–2 
(WRL)              CCD Eastburg    0–5    Castelo e Calvente CS     (KOR)   0–2   0–3 

Playoff Round
(ASG)                Urbitzo FC    5–0    Castelo e Calvente CS     (KOR)   3–0   2–0 
(FVA)            Garden City FC    4–2    Tanques AOE               (KOR)   3–2   1–0 
(KOR)                   WSR AFC    1–6    Jaguar Moreda             (VIL)   1–3   0–3 

Cup Winners' Cup
Preliminary Round
(CBP)         Victoria & Albert SC    5–4    Maethoru SC                  (KOR)   2–1   3–3

AOCL
First Round
(KOR)	Maethoru SC			3–1	Montreal Koreana	(QUE)	0-0 3-1

Second Round
(KOR)	Maethoru SC		A2–2	Ponyville United	(EQS)	0-0 2-2

Quarterfinals
(KOR)	Maethoru SC		2–3	Raynor City United	(VAL)	1-1 1-2

Vilitan Cove Invitational
Preliminary Round
(KOR)               Advance Alara    3-0   Folte                           (GRF)    1-0   2-0   

Round of 16
(KOR)               Advance Alara    4-4   Arcticala Inlet              (VIL)    3-1   0-2   (0-2 pen)

Rising Stars' Cup
First Round
(DAR)      Rogerton United U-19    3–4    Berkton FC                (KOR)   1–2   2–2    

Second Round
(KOR)                Berkton FC  a 2–2    Iturributa United         (ASG)   1–0   1–2    

Group Stage
1  Shamrock Cathair         AUD   6  2  2  2  12  12   0   8      -     0-4    3-1    1-1  
2  Maethoru SC              KOR   6  1  4  1  11  10   1   7 *   1-4     -     2-2    2-2  
3  Trebuchet Cham           ZWZ   6  1  4  1  10  11  -1   7 *   4-3    2-2     -     0-0  
4  Crystal Fair HC          CRY   6  0  6  0   5   5   0   6     1-1    0-0    1-1     -   

Playoff Round
(KOR)                Berkton FC    2–0    Jungle Strike FC          (VIL)   
(CRY)          Crystopolis City    3–2    Maethoru SC               (KOR)  

Eighth Finals
(KOR)                Berkton FC    2–3    Directus                  (EUR)

by **Ko-oren** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:10 am

Soccer - Season 35

Season - Autumn

Top League                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aminey CS                                    10    7   1   2    22   15   +7    22
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                          10    6   2   2    14    7   +7    20
 3 Katashi-Kanatsu                              10    6   1   3    23   19   +4    19
 4 Branvon CD                                   10    5   3   2    12    9   +3    18
 5 Bruncester United AFC                        10    5   2   3    14   11   +3    17
 6 Maethoru SC                                  10    5   0   5    20   17   +3    15
 7 Miradela GD                                  10    4   2   4    18   17   +1    14
 8 Schemerdrecht SVV                            10    4   1   5    14   16   −2    13
 9 Maynard AFC                                  10    3   1   6    13   21   −8    10
10 Straudum VV                                  10    2   2   6     8   13   −5     8
   WSR AFC                                      10    2   2   6    11   16   −5     8
12 Advance Alara                                10    2   1   7    23   31   −8     7

Ready, set, go! We're underway with the 35th (officially recognised) season of soccer at the highest, national level of Ko-oren. The concentration of wealth is starting to set in, and smaller Top League clubs know it's now or never: either join the top now or potentially get left behind for the forseeable future. Of course,

Maethoru SC are set for the time being, and the same goes for clubs with huge followings like

Branvon CD,

Katashi-Kanatsu, or

Schemerdrecht SVV; or for clubs with a bit of capital behind it such as

Aminey CS. That doesn't mean that you're all set and good to go: just look at

Tanques AOE, who went from champions to the second division without a clear cause. As in, it wasn't caused by money problems, on field issues, or inadequate staff. And yet, here we are. On a scorching Tharkob (the equivalent of a Friday night) in Santa Teresa, we get the first kickoff, courtesy of Gré Vaugeois (the referee sounding his whistle for the first time this season). Of course, the city still doesn't narrow it down enough, but it's working class club

Branvon CD to play recently promoted

Couziers-Olympiques, and after 90 minutes, the home team is victorious. The next day, we get the all-offensive

Katashi-Kanatsu versus all-defensive

Straudum VV - and there are goals galore, to the northerners' dismay, as

Katashi-Kanatsu wins 4-3. Title favourites

Maethoru SC win 3-1 over recently promoted

WSR AFC - welcome to the Top League, by the way! - and the titans of

Schemerdrecht SVV visit

Aminey CS for a 1-1 draw. That's the league underway, and we hope to see you back to check in!

Round 2 sees ex-champions

Miradela GD win 2-0 over

Maethoru SC while

WSR AFC get their first top tier points (2-0 over

Maynard AFC). Round 3 has a crazy scoreline in eastern Surbourneshire with

Bruncester United AFC's 4-4 versus

Branvon CD, as the former climb to the top of the table with two wins and a draw. Round 4 is the first upside-down week, with

Maethoru SC losing,

Couziers-Olympiques winning 5-2,

WSR AFC winning,

Maynard AFC getting their first win of the year, and all favourites outside of

Aminey CS losing.

Some big fixtures in round 5:

Maethoru SC host

Katashi-Kanatsu for a 3-2 win while

Schemerdrecht SVV beat

Miradela GD 1-0. Round 6 has

Miradela GD winning 6-5 in an eleven-goal (!!!) thriller versus

Advance Alara, who quietly work on scoring and conceding more than any club in the league. The marquee game of the week is the Northern derby between

Straudum VV and

Schemerdrecht SVV (1-2).

We then get

Aminey CS -

Maethoru SC in Round 9 - and that's the biggest match of the year already. Not the biggest rivals, but they're the two biggest clubs in the country... and they share 8 goals between them for a 5-3 win for the Francophones. The next day is the Eastern derby between

Advance Alara and

Katashi-Kanatsu (3-4). Finally, Round 10 has the Finisterre derby between

Branvon CD and

Miradela GD (1-1).

2nd Div                                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Arboren FC                                   10    5   3   2    12    8   +4    18
 2 Castelo e Calvente CS                        10    5   2   3    16   11   +5    17
 3 Strongfair                                   10    4   5   1    12    9   +3    17
 4 Teragaseki                                   10    4   4   2    14   10   +4    16
 5 Fukushira Guerilla                           10    4   4   2    23   20   +3    16
 6 Cirelbourne United                           10    4   3   3    12    9   +3    15
 7 Sydberg                                      10    4   3   3     8    8    0    15
 8 Tanques AOE                                  10    3   4   3    16   14   +2    13
 9 Myaranowra                                   10    2   5   3    13   12   +1    11
10 Huthwich Et Iduloren FC                      10    3   1   6     8   17   −9    10
11 Gehrenna FC                                  10    1   4   5    13   18   −5     7
12 Sterrenwolde FC                              10    1   2   7     3   14  −11     5

The second division kicks off with more storylines than ever: instead of one club, we have two clubs looking for revenge and a way back up to the Top League. After

Tanques AOE were the first club to relegate, they're now joined by

Cirelbourne United. At the same time,

Castelo e Calvente CS have been favourites for promotion during both of these years but got jumped every time - with stiffer competition than before, can they finally do it? Then there's the Eastern matchup with both

Teragaseki and

Fukushira Guerilla enjoying a renaissance of soccer in Yoshima, taking after their region-mates

Advance Alara and

Katashi-Kanatsu in the Top League. "Government" club

Gehrenna FC and the club with the biggest following at this level,

Sterrenwolde FC, are also here. And those two especially aren't having the start they wanted. Surprisingly, it's

Arboren FC (of "it takes at least 4 hours to get here" fame) that jump to the top early on.

3rd Div South                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Limecroft Et Abyss FC                        10    7   1   2    16    9   +7    22
 2 Soothill                                     10    6   2   2    24   14  +10    20
 3 Brighthaven Town                             10    5   2   3    16   11   +5    17
 4 Vierciennes Victory                          10    5   2   3    19   15   +4    17
 5 Aviansola Eden                               10    5   2   3    14   15   −1    17
 6 Ambergate City                               10    5   1   4    15   11   +4    16
 7 Yonenomura                                   10    5   1   4    17   14   +3    16
 8 Llandy FC                                    10    2   6   2    14   13   +1    12
 9 Cresthill Ebony FC                           10    2   4   4    13   16   −3    10
10 Katashi Azula                                10    2   3   5    17   23   −6     9
11 Grainshire United                            10    0   5   5    13   23  −10     5
12 Belmore FC                                   10    1   1   8    10   24  −14     4

   3rd Div North                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                  10    7   0   3    20   12   +8    21
 2 April Bassin FC                              10    7   0   3    16    9   +7    21
 3 Launott                                      10    6   0   4    10   13   −3    18
 4 Biney CF                                     10    5   1   4    16   17   −1    16
 5 Laringen AFC                                 10    5   0   5    17   14   +3    15
 6 Linderivier AFC                              10    4   3   3    11   12   −1    15
 7 Senoren FC                                   10    4   0   6    18   17   +1    12
 8 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                         10    3   3   4    14   18   −4    12
 9 Tuinderbeek FC                               10    3   2   5    13    9   +4    11
10 Amandine AdF                                 10    3   2   5    13   18   −5    11
11 Roufortois                                   10    3   2   5    14   20   −6    11
12 Nyashawill                                   10    3   1   6     9   12   −3    10

There are some crazy travel schedules in the Southern third division. Llandy to Katashi isn't fun. For all of those games, there's also regional derbies between Limecroft and Abyss, Soothill, Brighthaven, Ambergate, Cresthill, Grainshire, and Belmore - all from that Grainshire-Leeshire-Surbourneshire continuum. The North isn't much better, with Mawrystwyth forced into the northern division even if they're further away from most of their league-mates than 50% of the Southern division. Anyway, with isolated Launott, southern Mawrystwyth and southern Amandine, isolated Nyashawill, this is a fun one to play in, if you want to see some of Ko-oren's prettiest vistas.

4th Div A                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                         10    6   3   1    18   13   +5    21
 2 Langward                                     10    5   2   3    17   14   +3    17
 3 Burnet Athletic                              10    4   4   2    20   18   +2    16
 4 Opalshire FC                                 10    5   1   4    15   18   −3    16
 5 Cirelbourne Townside                         10    4   3   3    15   11   +4    15
 6 Penstead Clwb Peldred                        10    4   2   4    19   15   +4    14
 7 Ansonville Association                       10    4   1   5    17   17    0    13
 8 Feddhaw yChronws                             10    3   3   4    15   17   −2    12
 9 Oceanside South End                          10    3   3   4    16   19   −3    12
10 Anarcourt CF                                 10    3   3   4    13   16   −3    12
11 Marinwood Sunday                             10    2   3   5    11   14   −3     9
12 Argyle Tuesday                               10    2   2   6     9   13   −4     8

   4th Div B                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Norille Orion                                10    7   2   1    22   13   +9    23
 2 Zinchester Town                              10    6   1   3    16   14   +2    19
 3 Ferncombe                                    10    4   3   3    20   17   +3    15
 4 Blanrasco Borealis                           10    4   3   3    16   15   +1    15
 5 Glimmerfall Triumph                          10    4   3   3    13   13    0    15
 6 Chaganca Central                             10    3   5   2    13    7   +6    14
 7 Chamiers                                     10    3   3   4    15   16   −1    12
 8 Coloruna                                     10    2   5   3    15   15    0    11
 9 Club Valeloma                                10    2   5   3    13   16   −3    11
10 Vinroux Invincibles                          10    2   4   4    12   16   −4    10
11 Cape Constillan                              10    3   1   6     7   13   −6    10
12 Bellmare Union                               10    2   1   7     5   12   −7     7

   4th Div C                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Enkumo Diamond                               10    6   2   2    20   15   +5    20
 2 Shinsen Sunrise                              10    5   3   2    20   18   +2    18
 3 Chikuno Hakuba                               10    4   3   3    15   13   +2    15
 4 Echizen                                      10    4   2   4    13   12   +1    14
 5 Shimohavi                                    10    4   2   4    15   16   −1    14
 6 Odahayashi Revolution                        10    3   4   3     9   10   −1    13
 7 Morivate Lava                                10    3   4   3    12   15   −3    13
 8 Motojagava Taranchula                        10    4   0   6    13   12   +1    12
   Otavura                                      10    3   3   4    16   15   +1    12
10 Nitoya                                       10    3   2   5    11   14   −3    11
11 Vurusen                                      10    1   7   2    15   17   −2    10
12 Leeshire United                              10    2   4   4    12   14   −2    10

   4th Div D                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Egevea                                       10    6   2   2    16   13   +3    20
 2 Grimhof VV                                   10    5   3   2    11    7   +4    18
 3 Ossendal                                     10    5   2   3    22   16   +6    17
 4 SC Sokrona                                   10    4   4   2    15    8   +7    16
 5 Shinsen VV                                   10    4   3   3    13   11   +2    15
 6 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie               10    4   1   5    14   16   −2    13
 7 Serevne AFC                                  10    2   6   2     8    8    0    12
 8 Aerellen Honoa SC                            10    3   3   4     9   12   −3    12
 9 Vleugelberg                                  10    3   3   4    16   19   −3    12
10 Honingsweg                                   10    1   6   3    13   17   −4     9
11 Turnaarde FC                                 10    2   3   5    17   25   −8     9
12 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                             10    2   2   6    12   14   −2     8

   4th Div E                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Diessy CdF                                   10    6   1   3    16   13   +3    19
 2 Rozenvoorde FC                               10    6   0   4    21   17   +4    18
 3 Amillon CdF                                  10    5   2   3    18   13   +5    17
 4 Cygne de Dentillon                           10    4   5   1    15   14   +1    17
 5 Ounoukal Aminey CA                           10    4   3   3    15   12   +3    15
 6 Linieux en Onyx                              10    4   3   3    15   13   +2    15
 7 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                    10    3   4   3    21   19   +2    13
 8 Dartha AFC                                   10    3   4   3    16   16    0    13
 9 Liberazul Epitieres                          10    3   4   3    11   11    0    13
10 Oai Unifie                                   10    3   4   3    12   14   −2    13
11 Planneige                                    10    1   3   6    11   18   −7     6
12 Aminey Avalanche                             10    1   1   8     8   19  −11     4

  4th Div F                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                        10    6   1   3    15   12   +3    19
 2 Tepkusoren Opkohme                           10    4   6   0    20   12   +8    18
 3 Mayara Soccer Guild                          10    5   3   2    18   12   +6    18
 4 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                         10    4   3   3    15   13   +2    15
 5 Tokponen Rildhemau                           10    4   3   3    16   16    0    15
 6 Pride of Eaglebury                           10    3   4   3    17   16   +1    13
 7 Tarrashall Pride                             10    3   4   3    17   16   +1    13
 8 Donderen                                     10    2   6   2    12   12    0    12
 9 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                         10    2   5   3     9   13   −4    11
10 Sathtonoru Kaptu                             10    2   3   5    19   24   −5     9
11 Mayara Zunemak                               10    1   5   4    15   20   −5     8
12 Granon Altair CF                             10    1   3   6    13   20   −7     6

And the further down the pyramid you go, the less names jump out to you. Maybe a geographical reshuffling is in order, as with all the promoting and relegating over the years there are some interesting choices. Anarcourt and Cirelbourne in southwestern A league? Leeshire in Yoshiman C? Dartha AFC in Cote Australienne E? And what about Granon in Capital league F?

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:39 am

Soccer - Season 35

Season - Winter

Top League                                  Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Aminey CS                                    22   11   6   5    42   38   +4    39
 2 Maethoru SC                                  22   11   3   8    40   33   +7    36
 3 Katashi-Kanatsu                              22   11   3   8    48   44   +4    36
 4 Bruncester United AFC                        22   10   5   7    30   27   +3    35
 5 Couziers-Olympiques                          22   10   4   8    35   25  +10    34
 6 WSR AFC                                      22    9   5   8    30   27   +3    32
  /\ Championship Group /\

 \/ Relegation Group   \/ 
 7 Branvon CD                                   22    8   7   7    34   30   +4    31
 8 Miradela GD                                  22    8   6   8    35   36   −1    30
 9 Straudum VV                                  22    8   4  10    21   22   −1    28
10 Schemerdrecht SVV                            22    8   3  11    25   29   −4    27
11 Advance Alara                                22    8   1  13    47   57  −10    25
12 Maynard AFC                                  22    5   3  14    30   49  −19    18

Maethoru SC find their groove and grind out good results to finish second in the 'regular season', giving them excellent chances at a title repeat. Three points ahead of them are

Aminey CS, a rejuvenated squad that are top 3 for the second straight year now - magnificent improvements within the coaching staff and player acquisition have paid off across a 5 year plan. Those two were already tipped to be title contenders, but they'll surely not like how close things are in the top 6:

Katashi-Kanatsu are behind

Maethoru SC only on goal difference, and

Bruncester United AFC and

Couziers-Olympiques follow within three points as well. The only club without a clear path to the title are

WSR AFC, sneaking into the top 6 in their first year up, and even they are just seven points behind the league leaders.

In the bottom six, we find a disheartened

Branvon CD who are just a point short in the year that they could make a statement. They are joined by city rivals

Miradela GD (for neutral fans: this means two more Finisterre derbies this season! Rejoice!) and both northern clubs,

Straudum VV and

Schemerdrecht SVV (for neutral fans: this means two more Northern derbies this season! Rejoice!).

Advance Alara are down in 11th, which looks bad but it's just seven points (and a lot of goals) below sixth place, which always gives you a shot at the IFCF CC.

Maynard AFC are seven points below them instead, which means they're not quite out of it, but they might want to prepare for life at the second level.

How we got to those rankings is another story...
Round 11 started with the Cote Austral derby between

Aminey CS and

Couziers-Olympiques, the latter giving their larger brothers up north a shock with a 2-4 away win - coming back from 2-1 down. Round 12 saw

Couziers-Olympiques and

Branvon CD, two clubs in contention for 6th place and a shot at the IFCF, tie 3-3, with four lead changes to get there. There weren't many big scores, though

Maynard AFC got three important points away at

Advance Alara, and

Aminey CS' win at

Schemerdrecht SVV (0-1) relegated the latter further down to the Relegation Group - prohibitively at least.

Advance Alara finally snapped the bad streak the very next week, traveling to

Aminey CS and winning 0-3.

Maethoru SC and

Miradela GD shared points (2-2) with all four goals happening in the final 15 minutes. Round 14 saw some clear victories:

Schemerdrecht SVV won 3-0 at

Advance Alara,

WSR AFC successfully defended their home (3-0) versus

Aminey CS (now on a two-game losing streak) and both

Miradela GD and

Katashi-Kanatsu won 3-1.

Round 16 has three of its six matches end in a draw (and the other three in one-goal wins), and we hit the halfway point of the season. As for top/bottom 6 qualifications, most of that has been completed now, and clubs will have to fight in the six remaining rounds to join that elusive and exclusive top 6. Right now,

Katashi-Kanatsu look to be somewhat sure of the top 6, ranked first and 10 points over seventh place.

Aminey CS are also almost locked in, if it weren't for a godawful goal difference (+1).

Couziers-Olympiques,

Maethoru SC, and

Bruncester United AFC are all tied at 27 points, five points north of the dividing line. At the bottom,

Straudum VV,

Maynard AFC, and

Advance Alara have 15, 14, and 13 points and need 9, 10, and 11 points respectively to even tie the sixth place - which means they're pretty much locked into the Relegation Group.

With some clubs all but set for their final 10 matchdays, some crazier scores return in Round 17.

Aminey CS, having nothing to fear, play the season's highest scoring match after that 6-5 from the early season: a 5-5 versus

Branvon CD, the latter happy with the point. Later that afternoon,

Maynard AFC get three crucial points off of the league leaders,

Katashi-Kanatsu, in a 5-3 match. Yes, that's 18 goals scored across four hours in the Top League. The second Northern derby is also scheduled for this round - we're truly blessed with this round 17 - and

Schemerdrecht SVV keep the points at home, winning 2-0 over

Straudum VV. Round 18 sees two of the three contenders square off in Katashi, with

Katashi-Kanatsu tying

Aminey CS 3-3 - five of those goals were scored in the first half and both teams halted in the second.

Branvon CD get three much needed points against

Schemerdrecht SVV, pushing the latter deeper into Relegation Group trouble, and the second Cote Austral derby is on the schedule as well:

Couziers-Olympiques defeat their rivals

Aminey CS at home, 2-0.

Branvon CD really turn on the afterburners in Round 19, now getting seven points of the last three games (and not against bad teams either), this time demolishing

Advance Alara away, 2-5. Then we're up to Round 20 and there are only nine points left to be conquered, and so

Katashi-Kanatsu,

Maethoru SC, and

Aminey CS are locked into the Championship Group, while

Straudum VV,

Maynard AFC, and

Advance Alara will be in the Relegation Group. The remaining six teams are fighting for the three remaining Championship Group berths, and every club has a shot at it - but some need more luck than others. Even if the top 2 face off with

Maethoru SC losing three incredibly important points to

Aminey CS (1-3) as the Capital club fail to defend their home, all eyes are fixed on

Branvon CD versus

WSR AFC later in the weekend. The latter, on their first Top League outing, have the initiative after two straight draws, but fail to score in the end.

Branvon CD do get a goal and with the win, position themselves very well to sneak into the top six at the expense of the promoted club. Round 21 has the Finisterre Derby, as Santa Teresa turns into a yellow-green versus yellow-brown festival again. Fans of both clubs have a tense staredown but keep their distance - and their clubs play much the same way. Some backs and forths, but after 90 intense minutes the scoreboard reads 2-2, which halts both clubs in their attempts of getting to the top 6, and they might as well have confined each other to the bottom six. We don't know what's more important to each fanbase: getting top six yourself or revel in the glory of kicking your opponents down.

WSR AFC are the winners of the weekend with their 3-2 win over

Katashi-Kanatsu, which means that they're a point away from the top six. The same goes for

Couziers-Olympiques.

Miradela GD and

Schemerdrecht SVV, with their losses, have only the Relegation Group ahead of them. And so, on Round 22, it's

Branvon CD and

Bruncester United AFC that can still move up or down.

The Round 22 weekend starts with

Couziers-Olympiques versus

Aminey CS, the return leg of the Cote Austral derby, both teams scoring early and once (1-1). Not what either team wanted heading into the top six: this might dash

Aminey CS' hopes of the championship and keep

Couziers-Olympiques sixth - out of the IFCF altogether. The next day,

Maynard AFC and

Schemerdrecht SVV enjoy a preview of the Relegation Group, with no goals in a match that didn't deserve a winner. The dejected visitors didn't really want to dominate, the downtrodden hosts simply couldn't. Later that day, we have

Maethoru SC versus

Advance Alara, where the Capital club can take three points and get closer to the Aminey club - and don't, with an 88th minute equaliser and 90+3rd minute winner by

Advance Alara, their attacking playstyle finally rewarding them for just the third time in the season (that's not enough). And so we go to

Bruncester United AFC, hosting

WSR AFC, and the southeasterners get a fantastic leg up in their Championship Group hopes, scoring after 50 minutes and keeping the visitors away from scoring for the rest of the match (1-0) - and that means

Branvon CD will have to make something amazing happen to get into the top 6. But first, it's

Katashi-Kanatsu versus

Miradela GD. Again, it's a perfect opportunity for the Yoshiman hosts to get some extra points in hopes of catching the Greens and Blues (Maethoru and Aminey) for the championship... and don't. Much like Maethoru, they fall 2-3 to a visiting Relegation Group club... and then it's time for

Branvon CD, home against the rarely scoring

Straudum VV. And this was the one game the latter not only kept a clean sheet, they also scored a rare goal, dragging

Branvon CD down with them into the depths... even if neither club is very likely to relegate in the end, it's a big fat red X through the IFCF hopes of Finisterre's working class club.

To show some greater trends of the first stage of the Top League season, here's what

Maethoru SC did throughout the season: WLLLWWLWLWWDDWWDWLWLWL. Three straight losses early on muddled their chances and they played catch up for a while, but they nested themselves in the top three without big problems, though they never managed to string together wins. The dominant season just never came, despite the club's financial means, internal stability, and awesome players. This could still be called a loss for the Capital club in all honesty.

Schemerdrecht SVV did as follows: DWLLWWWLLLWLWWLLWLLDLD. In the first few weeks, there were no problems for the northern club as they kept themselves afloat in the top 6 and then some. Injury problems compounded by Hilberdink's form loss (creating zero chances during those three consecutive losses) didn't help, and the club only barely stabilised after that. Sterling turned out not to be of much help in central defence, and while Egmar and Ulysse kept the midfield afloat, lack of finishing then further got the club to where they are. Finishing up with 5 winless fixtures isn't great either: win two of those and you're in the top 6 after all is said and done.

Barely any club in the Top League went without a horrible stretch.

Branvon CD, who finished 7th and therefore won't follow up their IFCF run of last season, WDDWWWLLWDLDLLLDDWWWDL did have two separate three-win streaks, but couldn't win for eight consecutive games in the middle there (four losses, four draws) which is obviously how their season fell apart. Again, it's explainable when you look at the club's struggles with Novoa's efficiency, a formation change that put defensive midfielder Reza on an island with little impact... and yet it feels so avoidable. Even

Aminey CS, who finishes the first stage atop the league, DWWWWLLWWWLWLLWDDDDWWD, couldn't help themselves but draw four straight games (

Straudum VV 0-0,

Branvon CD 5-5,

Katashi-Kanatsu 3-3, and

Bruncester United AFC 1-1) and these included two pretty mediocre squads. Aminey's wide play style certainly did help but as soon as there were personnel issues (Munarring and De Breye suspended at the same time, Quelch's knee injury during that same spell) the club fell apart with no back up plan - but at least they tied those games instead of losing them.

2nd Div                                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Cirelbourne United                           22   11   6   5    33   25   +8    39
 2 Castelo e Calvente CS                        22   11   5   6    39   35   +4    38
 3 Arboren FC                                   22   10   7   5    24   20   +4    37
 4 Tanques AOE                                  22    9   7   6    44   34  +10    34
 5 Teragaseki                                   22    8   8   6    31   24   +7    32
 6 Fukushira Guerilla                           22    7  10   5    47   43   +4    31
 7 Sydberg                                      22    8   5   9    20   24   −4    29
 8 Gehrenna FC                                  22    7   6   9    28   27   +1    27
 9 Sterrenwolde FC                              22    7   4  11    19   25   −6    25
10 Strongfair                                   22    5   9   8    27   31   −4    24
11 Myaranowra                                   22    4  10   8    29   34   −5    22
12 Huthwich Et Iduloren FC                      22    6   1  15    17   36  −19    19

We left you after 10 matchdays with the impression that half the league could get into the Top League next year (seven clubs between 18 and 15 points), but the playing field stretched out over the next 12 rounds.

Cirelbourne United have taken great steps towards going back up to the highest level, with perennial promotion contenders

Castelo e Calvente CS behind them.

Arboren FC, leading after 10 games, are not far behind and the trio will probably stay atop the second division for maybe a few weeks. There are still a lot of other clubs on the outside looking in and spotting chances to overtake the top three. Primarily that's

Tanques AOE who are sick of being this far down at this point in the year, but they're not out of it. Both Yoshiman clubs are fifth and sixth. At the bottom, neutral fan favourites

Huthwich Et Iduloren FC are battling the odds. They're not worse than clubs like

Myaranowra or

Strongfair, but keep getting unlucky in turning losses into draws - they only have one of the latter, and fifteen of the former - and those are some truly horrifying numbers to look at. With six wins, you'd think they'd rank somewhere up there in the midtable... but they've lost four games more than the next most losing team (

Sterrenwolde FC, 9th) and six times more than the next batch of clubs (

Sydberg,

Gehrenna FC, nine losses, 7th and 8th) so if only they can bounce back from deficits a bit better, they should shoot up the ladder even in the late stages of the season.

Fukushira Guerilla are delivering the goals, taking the role of the Top League's

Advance Alara squad, but

Tanques AOE's brand of all-or-nothing football is close behind in goals per game. The best defences, for some reason, can be found just south of the middle, with

Sydberg,

Gehrenna FC, and

Sterrenwolde FC all neatly defending well but not turning that into dominance. The preseason rankings (

Tanques AOE and

Castelo e Calvente CS to do very well,

Strongfair as the clear relegation favourites, with

Fukushira Guerilla and

Sydberg close behind) are still true in some way, but it's not exactly how the season turned out so far.

3rd Div South                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Soothill                                     22   12   5   5    43   28  +15    41
 2 Aviansola Eden                               22   12   3   7    40   33   +7    39
 3 Ambergate City                               22   11   3   8    38   28  +10    36
 4 Brighthaven Town                             22   10   5   7    31   26   +5    35
 5 Yonenomura                                   22   10   4   8    34   31   +3    34
 6 Limecroft Et Abyss FC                        22    9   5   8    33   35   −2    32
 7 Llandy FC                                    22    8   7   7    30   26   +4    31
 8 Vierciennes Victory                          22    9   3  10    34   34    0    30
 9 Cresthill Ebony FC                           22    6   8   8    27   33   −6    26
10 Katashi Azula                                22    6   6  10    32   39   −7    24
11 Grainshire United                            22    5   6  11    36   48  −12    21
12 Belmore FC                                   22    6   1  15    30   47  −17    19

   3rd Div North                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                  22   15   3   4    48   25  +23    48
 2 April Bassin FC                              22   11   7   4    38   29   +9    40
 3 Launott                                      22   11   3   8    28   33   −5    36
 4 Laringen AFC                                 22   11   1  10    34   28   +6    34
 5 Biney CF                                     22   10   3   9    34   33   +1    33
 6 Amandine AdF                                 22    9   5   8    30   31   −1    32
 7 Linderivier AFC                              22    8   6   8    25   31   −6    30
 8 Roufortois                                   22    6   8   8    36   44   −8    26
 9 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                         22    6   6  10    30   37   −7    24
10 Tuinderbeek FC                               22    6   5  11    38   35   +3    23
11 Senoren FC                                   22    6   5  11    35   41   −6    23
12 Nyashawill                                   22    4   6  12    18   27   −9    18

At the third level, Mawrystwyth have taken a decisive lead in the Northern division - good for them, as the geographic difference from the other 11 clubs might be too much for their poor fans to travel to every second week. Only April Bassin FC are anywhere near catching them, and they have eleven games left to reduce the 8-point gap to zero, a tough task. In the South, all we can see is that Belmore and Grainshire are having trouble keeping up, but any of the top four or five clubs could secure promotion to the second level.

4th Div A                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Burnet Athletic                              22   11   6   5    45   36   +9    39
 2 Opalshire FC                                 22   12   2   8    31   33   −2    38
 3 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                         22   11   4   7    42   32  +10    37
 4 Penstead Clwb Peldred                        22   10   4   8    39   37   +2    34
 5 Feddhaw yChronws                             22    9   5   8    31   30   +1    32
 6 Ansonville Association                       22    9   3  10    31   30   +1    30
 7 Langward                                     22    8   5   9    32   30   +2    29
 8 Cirelbourne Townside                         22    7   7   8    29   29    0    28
 9 Anarcourt CF                                 22    7   7   8    31   33   −2    28
10 Oceanside South End                          22    7   7   8    27   36   −9    28
11 Marinwood Sunday                             22    6   4  12    21   27   −6    22
12 Argyle Tuesday                               22    5   6  11    18   24   −6    21

   4th Div B                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ferncombe                                    22   10   8   4    37   27  +10    38
 2 Norille Orion                                22    9   8   5    36   30   +6    35
 3 Glimmerfall Triumph                          22    8   8   6    41   37   +4    32
 4 Blanrasco Borealis                           22    9   5   8    35   35    0    32
 5 Chaganca Central                             22    6  13   3    32   23   +9    31
 6 Zinchester Town                              22    9   3  10    35   37   −2    30
 7 Chamiers                                     22    6  11   5    35   33   +2    29
 8 Club Valeloma                                22    6  11   5    35   35    0    29
 9 Bellmare Union                               22    8   3  11    29   32   −3    27
10 Vinroux Invincibles                          22    6   9   7    31   35   −4    27
11 Coloruna                                     22    4   9   9    30   38   −8    21
12 Cape Constillan                              22    4   6  12    25   39  −14    18

   4th Div C                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Morivate Lava                                22   13   4   5    37   26  +11    43
 2 Shimohavi                                    22   11   3   8    35   33   +2    36
 3 Shinsen Sunrise                              22   10   5   7    44   38   +6    35
 4 Motojagava Taranchula                        22   10   2  10    35   30   +5    32
 5 Otavura                                      22    9   5   8    37   34   +3    32
 6 Nitoya                                       22    9   5   8    35   32   +3    32
 7 Echizen                                      22    9   3  10    33   35   −2    30
 8 Chikuno Hakuba                               22    7   8   7    31   28   +3    29
 9 Leeshire United                              22    7   6   9    33   37   −4    27
10 Vurusen                                      22    5  10   7    25   32   −7    25
11 Enkumo Diamond                               22    7   3  12    32   41   −9    24
12 Odahayashi Revolution                        22    5   6  11    25   36  −11    21

   4th Div D                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Egevea                                       22   13   2   7    34   29   +5    41
 2 SC Sokrona                                   22   11   7   4    33   19  +14    40
 3 Grimhof VV                                   22   11   6   5    30   22   +8    39
 4 Vleugelberg                                  22    9   6   7    33   35   −2    33
 5 Ossendal                                     22    7   9   6    41   36   +5    30
 6 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie               22    8   5   9    23   24   −1    29
 7 Aerellen Honoa SC                            22    6   9   7    30   28   +2    27
 8 Shinsen VV                                   22    7   6   9    29   29    0    27
 9 Serevne AFC                                  22    5  10   7    26   27   −1    25
10 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                             22    5   9   8    23   25   −2    24
11 Honingsweg                                   22    3  11   8    28   35   −7    20
12 Turnaarde FC                                 22    4   6  12    40   61  −21    18

   4th Div E                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Diessy CdF                                   22   14   2   6    39   30   +9    44
 2 Cygne de Dentillon                           22    8   8   6    35   30   +5    32
 3 Planneige                                    22    9   5   8    39   37   +2    32
 4 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                    22    8   7   7    45   39   +6    31
 5 Amillon CdF                                  22    8   6   8    36   33   +3    30
 6 Linieux en Onyx                              22    8   6   8    28   32   −4    30
 7 Rozenvoorde FC                               22    9   2  11    37   37    0    29
 8 Liberazul Epitieres                          22    6   9   7    25   26   −1    27
 9 Ounoukal Aminey CA                           22    7   6   9    29   32   −3    27
10 Oai Unifie                                   22    6   9   7    26   30   −4    27
11 Dartha AFC                                   22    6   8   8    29   35   −6    26
12 Aminey Avalanche                             22    6   6  10    27   34   −7    24

   4th Div F                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Tepkusoren Opkohme                           22   10   9   3    38   27  +11    39
 2 Donderen                                     22   10   9   3    33   23  +10    39
 3 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                         22   11   4   7    39   26  +13    37
 4 Mayara Soccer Guild                          22    8   7   7    34   34    0    31
 5 Tokponen Rildhemau                           22    7   8   7    34   36   −2    29
 6 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                        22    8   5   9    32   34   −2    29
 7 Sathtonoru Kaptu                             22    8   4  10    42   43   −1    28
 8 Pride of Eaglebury                           22    7   7   8    34   40   −6    28
 9 Tarrashall Pride                             22    6   7   9    32   35   −3    25
10 Granon Altair CF                             22    6   6  10    28   34   −6    24
11 Mayara Zunemak                               22    5   8   9    30   37   −7    23
12 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                         22    4  10   8    23   30   −7    22

This far down the pyramid, all we can see is the obvious: Morivate Lava are dominating Group C, but not as much as Diessy CdF in Cote Australienne Group E - they're 12 points up with 11 games to go. Turnaarde FC are clearly having a bad time in Intermare's Group D.

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:40 am

Soccer - Season 35

Season - Spring

Championship Group                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                   5    3   1   1    12    9   +3    10
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                           5    3   1   1     7    5   +2    10
 3 Bruncester United AFC                         5    2   2   1     5    4   +1     8
 4 Aminey CS                                     5    1   3   1     7    8   −1     6
 5 WSR AFC                                       5    0   3   2     4    6   −2     3
 6 Katashi-Kanatsu                               5    0   2   3     9   12   −3     2
 
   Relegation Group                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Straudum VV                                   5    5   0   0    11    2   +9    15
 2 Schemerdrecht SVV                             5    2   2   1     9    6   +3     8
 3 Maynard AFC                                   5    2   2   1     8    6   +2     8
 4 Branvon CD                                    5    2   1   2    10    9   +1     7
 5 Advance Alara                                 5    1   0   4    10   14   −4     3
 6 Miradela GD                                   5    0   1   4     2   13  −11     1

The IFCF tickets are on the line in the Championship Group (top two go to the CL, the spots 3-5 go to the CC, and number six is left empty-handed). The Relegation Group is largely done for the year - but the team in last relegates. The previous 22 results are tallied on top of these, so we get the full set of 32 games in one final table to decide on the champions, the ones that are IFCF-bound, and the relegators.

In the Championship Group,

Maethoru SC need to correct a messy first stage and do so expertly. Again, when it counts, the All Greens deliver and then some. The curtains open, they score five on a nervous

Aminey CS side, and their work is done. The seed of doubt is planted with the All Blues, and the Capital club can go back to winning a title. They didn't account for

Couziers-Olympiques, who, despite finishing 5th, also go 3-1-1 in the first stretch to mess everything up.

Aminey CS can't win more than one in the same time and drop well behind in the title race.

Katashi-Kanatsu, third at the start, win nothing, and can wave the trophy goodbye as it passes them by once again. Round 2 consists of three draws, helping nobody. Round 3 consists of two draws and a

Maethoru SC loss, making the league a bit closer together again. The Championship Group of the Top League is once again marked by clubs not wanting to lose, first and foremost. Second comes 'hoping your direct rival for a certain spot loses', and 'winning' is somewhere around third in the priority list. Round 4 has the All Greens go back to their winning ways,

Aminey CS win their first of the stage, and

Bruncester United AFC quietly do better than given credit for. Round 5 ends with Aminey SC tying

WSR AFC (who are also on a woeful second stage) while

Couziers-Olympiques and

Maethoru SC both round out a very solid set of matches.

The Relegation Group is marked by

Maynard AFC needing just about 10 straight good results to cover up the fact they are very, very far behind in the rankings. They start off by beating the one club that could drop below them,

Advance Alara, 1-2.

Straudum VV smell a potential 7th spot and a Pyrrhic victory in making the Vilitan Cove Invitational, and so they do all they can to get the better of their northern rivals,

Schemerdrecht SVV. The round also saw the Finisterre derby, as

Branvon CD outclassed

Miradela GD 3-0. Round 2 has some even crazier results:

Schemerdrecht SVV is unchained and scores 6 on an unsuspecting and already down

Advance Alara.

Maynard AFC get a point versus

Miradela GD and have now corrected 4 out of 7 points needed for them to overtake

Advance Alara.

Straudum VV add another victory to the pile in a scrappy showing. It's not until Round 3 where we see some order restored:

Advance Alara score all the goals they couldn't in the weeks before with a 4-1 win at

Miradela GD.

Straudum VV win again, by another tiny margin, with another impressive disciplinary record (by which we mean: 5 yellows in a game isn't a great look) and

Maynard AFC lost. Round 4 has a goal fest for us:

Branvon CD and

Advance Alara trade blows, but it's the Finisterrans who score a third and a fourth in extra time for a 2-4 win.

Straudum VV visit

Miradela GD, and proving there's something in the water there, score five (!!!) for a 5-1 win. Rounding out the weekend are

Maynard AFC, keeping a point at home. Round 5, then, gets

Maynard AFC another win in a fantastic haul for them in the first stage, giving

Branvon CD a taste of their own medicine: this time the Finisterrans are at the losing end of a 4-2.

Advance Alara lose,

Straudum VV win, and I think that's a pretty good summary of these five weeks.

2nd Div                                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Castelo e Calvente CS                        29   16   5   8    46   39   +7    53
 2 Tanques AOE                                  29   13   9   7    53   42  +11    48
 3 Arboren FC                                   29   13   8   8    31   30   +1    47
 4 Cirelbourne United                           29   13   7   9    41   37   +4    46
 5 Teragaseki                                   29   11  10   8    42   31  +11    43
 6 Fukushira Guerilla                           29    9  12   8    63   60   +3    39
 7 Gehrenna FC                                  29   10   8  11    40   34   +6    38
 8 Sydberg                                      29    9   9  11    27   30   −3    36
 9 Sterrenwolde FC                              29    9   5  15    23   31   −8    32
10 Myaranowra                                   29    6  13  10    37   42   −5    31
11 Strongfair                                   29    7  10  12    35   44   −9    31
12 Huthwich Et Iduloren FC                      29    9   2  18    25   43  −18    29

Castelo e Calvente CS take a big lead in the second division, leaving

Tanques AOE and

Arboren FC behind. The latter have been atop the division all season and must fear the future: with four games to go they're six points down and that's really difficult to fix at this point.

Tanques AOE have been good but not great all season and unfortunately seem to fall short at the end, no matter how impressive some of their bigger wins have been.

Teragaseki and

Fukushira Guerilla have been fantastic entertainment but keep middling out, meandering between big wins and big losses. More defensively solid, northern clubs can't find their groove, mostly due to horrible season starts, with

Sterrenwolde FC,

Sydberg (though they're quite southern) and

Myaranowra in the cellar.

Huthwich Et Iduloren FC still operate at a deficit, but they've found the way up - and now with four crucial games to go, a dimly lit alley for them to stay up in the second still exists...

3rd Div South                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Brighthaven Town                             29   15   7   7    44   33  +11    52
 2 Soothill                                     29   14   7   8    51   36  +15    49
 3 Aviansola Eden                               29   14   6   9    50   42   +8    48
 4 Limecroft Et Abyss FC                        29   14   6   9    45   40   +5    48
 5 Ambergate City                               29   13   5  11    48   39   +9    44
 6 Llandy FC                                    29   11  10   8    41   35   +6    43
 7 Yonenomura                                   29   12   5  12    40   39   +1    41
 8 Cresthill Ebony FC                           29    8  11  10    43   50   −7    35
 9 Katashi Azula                                29    8  10  11    48   56   −8    34
10 Vierciennes Victory                          29    9   5  15    40   45   −5    32
11 Belmore FC                                   29    8   4  17    41   59  −18    28
12 Grainshire United                            29    7   6  16    40   57  −17    27

   3rd Div North                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                  29   20   3   6    61   35  +26    63
 2 Laringen AFC                                 29   16   3  10    48   32  +16    51
 3 April Bassin FC                              29   14   9   6    57   45  +12    51
 4 Biney CF                                     29   14   4  11    45   42   +3    46
 5 Launott                                      29   13   5  11    41   47   −6    44
 6 Linderivier AFC                              29   10  10   9    38   43   −5    40
 7 Amandine AdF                                 29   10   7  12    35   39   −4    37
 8 Tuinderbeek FC                               29   10   5  14    45   40   +5    35
 9 Roufortois                                   29    8   9  12    49   61  −12    33
10 Senoren FC                                   29    8   7  14    49   58   −9    31
11 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                         29    7   8  14    41   54  −13    29
12 Nyashawill                                   29    5   8  16    29   42  −13    23

Mawrystwyth are one point away from promotion - they can't mess this up, can they? April Bassin FC are a decent surprise, while Laringen AFC have done about as well as expected, but it's a shame they're probably just short of going back up to second. Brighthaven Town, in the South, have the best view going forward, but Soothill or maybe Aviansola Eden could ruin that for them. Limecroft Et Abyss FC might have a shot but they'll need to score some goals to do so.

With three relegators per league (so six in total), it's safe to say that Nyashawill will find itself in the 4th tier (probably D or F).Other clubs have a marginal chance of getting back to safety, but it's last call for Grainshire United, Belmore FC, and Sauzjaregaun Saulrag.

4th Div A                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Burnet Athletic                              29   13   9   7    60   50  +10    48
 2 Opalshire FC                                 29   14   6   9    38   39   −1    48
 3 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                         29   14   4  11    52   44   +8    46
 4 Cirelbourne Townside                         29   11   8  10    41   36   +5    41
 5 Langward                                     29   11   8  10    41   38   +3    41
 6 Oceanside South End                          29   11   8  10    42   47   −5    41
 7 Feddhaw yChronws                             29   11   6  12    44   42   +2    39
 8 Ansonville Association                       29   12   3  14    41   41    0    39
 9 Anarcourt CF                                 29   10   8  11    39   44   −5    38
10 Penstead Clwb Peldred                        29   11   5  13    45   51   −6    38
11 Argyle Tuesday                               29    8   8  13    37   41   −4    32
12 Marinwood Sunday                             29    8   7  14    35   42   −7    31

   4th Div B                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Norille Orion                                29   12  10   7    48   36  +12    46
 2 Glimmerfall Triumph                          29   12  10   7    51   42   +9    46
 3 Ferncombe                                    29   12   9   8    49   43   +6    45
 4 Zinchester Town                              29   14   3  12    50   51   −1    45
 5 Blanrasco Borealis                           29   11   8  10    43   43    0    41
 6 Bellmare Union                               29   12   5  12    41   41    0    41
 7 Chaganca Central                             29    8  14   7    42   35   +7    38
 8 Chamiers                                     29    7  13   9    40   42   −2    34
 9 Club Valeloma                                29    7  13   9    43   46   −3    34
10 Vinroux Invincibles                          29    7  13   9    44   50   −6    34
11 Cape Constillan                              29    7   9  13    36   49  −13    30
12 Coloruna                                     29    6  11  12    37   46   −9    29

   4th Div C                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Morivate Lava                                29   15   5   9    46   35  +11    50
 2 Shimohavi                                    29   15   3  11    40   38   +2    48
 3 Motojagava Taranchula                        29   14   5  10    45   34  +11    47
 4 Leeshire United                              29   13   6  10    44   41   +3    45
 5 Shinsen Sunrise                              29   11   8  10    48   46   +2    41
 6 Otavura                                      29   11   8  10    42   40   +2    41
 7 Chikuno Hakuba                               29    9  11   9    39   37   +2    38
 8 Nitoya                                       29   10   8  11    42   41   +1    38
 9 Echizen                                      29   11   5  13    39   45   −6    38
10 Vurusen                                      29    8  12   9    32   36   −4    36
11 Odahayashi Revolution                        29    7  10  12    40   44   −4    31
12 Enkumo Diamond                               29    7   5  17    35   55  −20    26

   4th Div D                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Egevea                                       29   17   2  10    47   40   +7    53
 2 SC Sokrona                                   29   12  11   6    37   25  +12    47
 3 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie               29   12   7  10    37   32   +5    43
 4 Grimhof VV                                   29   11  10   8    43   39   +4    43
 5 Vleugelberg                                  29   10  10   9    46   51   −5    40
 6 Shinsen VV                                   29   10   8  11    41   39   +2    38
 7 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                             29    9  10  10    36   37   −1    37
 8 Ossendal                                     29    8  12   9    50   47   +3    36
 9 Aerellen Honoa SC                            29    7  14   8    41   38   +3    35
10 Serevne AFC                                  29    7  12  10    36   39   −3    33
11 Honingsweg                                   29    5  15   9    36   42   −6    30
12 Turnaarde FC                                 29    6   9  14    51   72  −21    27

   4th Div E                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Diessy CdF                                   29   16   4   9    47   43   +4    52
 2 Amillon CdF                                  29   12   8   9    44   37   +7    44
 3 Rozenvoorde FC                               29   13   3  13    52   51   +1    42
 4 Linieux en Onyx                              29   11   8  10    37   38   −1    41
 5 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                    29   11   7  11    55   51   +4    40
   Liberazul Epitieres                          29   10  10   9    35   31   +4    40
 7 Cygne de Dentillon                           29   10   8  11    45   46   −1    38
 8 Planneige                                    29   10   8  11    46   48   −2    38
 9 Aminey Avalanche                             29   10   7  12    40   42   −2    37
10 Ounoukal Aminey CA                           29    9   9  11    42   42    0    36
11 Dartha AFC                                   29    9   8  12    38   45   −7    35
12 Oai Unifie                                   29    8  10  11    36   43   −7    34

   4th Div F                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Donderen                                     29   15  10   4    44   28  +16    55
 2 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                         29   14   6   9    52   36  +16    48
 3 Tepkusoren Opkohme                           29   12  11   6    48   38  +10    47
 4 Tokponen Rildhemau                           29   11  10   8    45   41   +4    43
 5 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                        29   12   6  11    42   42    0    42
 6 Mayara Soccer Guild                          29   11   8  10    43   43    0    41
 7 Pride of Eaglebury                           29   10   8  11    43   49   −6    38
 8 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                         29    9  10  10    35   40   −5    37
 9 Granon Altair CF                             29    9   8  12    35   39   −4    35
10 Sathtonoru Kaptu                             29    9   7  13    51   54   −3    34
11 Tarrashall Pride                             29    6  10  13    34   42   −8    28
12 Mayara Zunemak                               29    5   8  16    35   55  −20    23

The contours of our six promotors are starting to get be visible. Division A, B, and C are hard to predict at this point (which would all pour into the 3rd Division South) but the north have made it very simple for us. Egevea are six points up over Sokrona, despite a mediocre goal difference. Diessy CdF have been very dominant up to the winter break but continue to keep pace with the teams in 2nd-4th, and with 8 points up over the rest, it's hard to see how they can mess this up yet. Donderen are the big team in Division F, quietly getting the most point out of all 4th division teams! Unfortunately Gakhithrau are the best runner up in a very top heavy league.

by **Ko-oren** » Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:35 pm

Soccer - Season 35

Season - End

Top League

Championship Group                          Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Maethoru SC                                  10    7   1   2    21   10  +11    22
 2 Couziers-Olympiques                          10    4   2   4    12   12    0    14
 3 Bruncester United AFC                        10    4   2   4    11   11    0    14
 4 WSR AFC                                      10    3   3   4    17   18   −1    12
 5 Aminey CS                                    10    2   5   3    13   21   −8    11
 6 Katashi-Kanatsu                              10    2   3   5    17   19   −2     9

   Relegation Group                            Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Straudum VV                                  10    8   1   1    17    4  +13    25
 2 Branvon CD                                   10    3   4   3    15   14   +1    13
 3 Maynard AFC                                  10    3   4   3    14   15   −1    13
 4 Schemerdrecht SVV                            10    3   3   4    15   15    0    12
 5 Miradela GD                                  10    2   4   4     8   16   −8    10
 6 Advance Alara                                10    3   0   7    16   21   −5     9

Completely breaking the spirits of whoever still believed in a non-green championship, Round 6 starts with

Maethoru SC destroying the hopefuls of

Aminey CS. Parsons, Wouters twice, Donath, and Shishkin for good measure for a 5-0 win - and it didn't even draw revenge bookings from the francophones.

Bruncester United AFC and

WSR AFC have given their IFCF CC campaigns a boost, by winning 2-1 over

Katashi-Kanatsu (from 0-1 to 2-1 up with goals by Tjessem) and

Couziers-Olympiques (3-2) respectively.

Maethoru SC completely eclipse their rivals in Round 7 with a 2-0 win over

WSR AFC, who had just built some confidence.

Aminey CS and

Katashi-Kanatsu draw (1-1), and the fight has left some of the Capital club's opponents, it seems. And yet, it's not over just yet.

Round 8 showed how it can be done.

Couziers-Olympiques fight hard, get some deserved yellows for crunching tackles, but they manage to keep

Maethoru SC down. A goal by Hekkert, bookings for Rodas, Aandal, Siemeling (GK), and Bingarra. More than their Cote Australienne friends in Aminey, the Olympics have found a way to slow down the Capital machine, for now.

Katashi-Kanatsu get a key win over

WSR AFC, which whom they're in a fight for probably the bottom CC spot. It might not have been the most watched game by neutral fans, but it was probably the one with the largest financial impact. And it was a hard fought one, too. Yokota 0-1, Ebina 1-1. Sonnel 1-2, Vermelho 2-2. Seconds ticking away... and Vatsu heads in the 2-3 to the Yoshimans, and on the kickoff, the all out attack by the westerners ends up with Nakazono, who finds the empty goal from 35 metres away. 2-4 to

Katashi-Kanatsu, and they've just salvaged their piss poor Championship Group showing.

Aminey CS beat

Bruncester United AFC to stay in the race. Round 9 is upon us and

Maethoru SC get the win over

Katashi-Kanatsu and it's Janoreirinthen who scores the only goal - and the wait is on.

Aminey CS, who just haven't looked like themselves all throughout the second stage, have to fight off

Couziers-Olympiques in the Cote Australienne derby... to keep their biggest rivals from another title. All the pressure piles on at the same time. The first half starts without a lot of chances, but with a lot of energy - the Blues have showed up to fight. Before we know it, referee Aomine signifies the end of the first half and the start of the second. With energy levels down, chances get more numerous. A missed one-on-one on one side. Counterattacks. Something had to give - surely we had to get a goal at some point? But the aims are just off, the defences get a grip, and all the action grinds to a halt. A last ditch effort by

Aminey CS leads to a corner. A low cross into Abbagan, who nods it on to Quelch. And he's floored immediately by Aandal. All eyes on the referee... nothing. No penalty - and Aomine was right, it turns out. yBharw clears the ball, the final whistle sounds, and it's 0-0 after 90 minutes - and

Maethoru SC get a second straight championship.

Round 10 is only important for the IFCF spots behind the champions.

Aminey CS are safe - and lose 6-3 to

WSR AFC, somehow. If only

Bruncester United AFC can win, they can take second place... and they lose, 1-0, to

Maethoru SC. The only other club that can go into the CL are somehow

Couziers-Olympiques... and they lose as well, to

Katashi-Kanatsu - who needed the points, as they now stay ahead of

WSR AFC, and go into the IFCF CC.

In the Relegation Group, things are also heating up. That said, it's all on

Maynard AFC to make up the remaining 4 points that are left after a surprisingly good start to the second stage. And the first game of Round 6... is

Maynard AFC (#12) versus

Advance Alara (#11)... and that's all hopes dashed right then and there. The Alarans take control, play a crafty game but can't get to the goal. Yet. Richardson tries one from afar, and to everyone's surprise, it bounces in off the crossbar. It's 1-0 to the Yoshimans, and that's still what the scoreboard reads after 90 minutes. Now it's a very difficult route for the Leeshire team. Round 7 has

Advance Alara host

Schemerdrecht SVV, who are hunting for the VCI spot, but they take 3 points in the most Alaran way possible: a shootout that ends in a 1-goal win: 4-3.

Miradela GD draw versus

Maynard AFC and even their biggest supporters are starting to have doubts. For about a decade,

Maynard AFC were the prime candidate for relegation - but there was none yet. And when pro/rel was instated, the Leeshire team magically managed to avoid its fate. And now, it's (almost) here. Round 8 is here and

Maynard AFC have given up: 1-4 loss, at home, to

Straudum VV who are now locked in seventh place with the VCI.

Advance Alara lose 0-1 to

Miradela GD and now the southwesterners need everything to go their way to stay alive. Round 9 starts with

Branvon CD doing them a solid: they keep the points, 2-1, over Alara.

Schemerdrecht SVV do the minimum in their match to make it look like they still have something to play for, but fall to

Maynard AFC's last ditch effort, 1-2. In Round 10 we need an Alaran loss and a Maynard win for them to escape relegation again. The schedule is even changed to have

Advance Alara play first, on a visit to nearby

Straudum VV - knowing full well that the hosts are on a great run and enjoy winning more than drama.

Straudum VV grind out a typical win (1-0, Moore goal after 75 minutes) and all

Maynard AFC now need is a win, by a few goals. But

Branvon CD aren't ready to roll over. Maybe they like the slightly shorter travel time to Alara? Maynard do get the first goal, a Gillis tap in on the scrimmage. But then things change.

Branvon CD start winning challenges, loose balls, and play the long ball. Novoa hasn't been tremendously great all season, but he can do this, and beats Cholmondeley to the far corner: 1-1. Minutes later, it's the Finisterrans again, this time it's Shall with a great strike from the edge of the box, it passes through a forest of legs, and the ball buries itself in the net. 1-2, and the dream is over.

And that gives us the final table...

Top League              Pld  GD Pts
 1 Maethoru SC           32 +18  58 Champions, IFCF CL, LigAnaia
 2 Aminey CS             32  -4  50 IFCF CL, LigAnaia
 3 Bruncester United AFC 32  +3  49 IFCF CC
 4 Couziers-Olympiques   32 +10  48 IFCF CC
 5 Katashi-Kanatsu       32  +2  45 IFCF CC
 6 WSR AFC               32  -2  44

 7 Straudum VV           32 +12  53 VCI
 8 Branvon CD            32  +5  44
 9 Miradela GD           32  -9  40
10 Schemerdrecht SVV     32  -4  39
11 Advance Alara         32 -15  34
12 Maynard AFC           32 -20  31 Relegation

Team of the Year
GK Gudo Neihof (27) -

Straudum VV
LF Emi van Kalvenhaar (21) -

Maethoru SC
LB Baste Pellenkoft (24) -

Straudum VV
CB Calvin Kitchingham (27) -

Bruncester United AFC
RB Oridhin Hergulauthen (29) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
RF Aesimila Aelisire (28) -

Straudum VV
DM Ian Egmar ^KSK (30) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
LM Parala Abbagan (23) -

Aminey CS
CM Timothy Parsons (21) -

Maethoru SC
RM Maks Shishkin ^MYT (23) -

Maethoru SC
AM Moha Nakazono (29) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
SS Cherry Sonnel ^CMT (28) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
LS Huije Eleveld (25) -

Advance Alara
RS Aenemere Erisia (27) -

Aminey CS

Stats
Goals:
1 SS Cherry Sonnel ^CMT (28) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
2 ST Huije Eleveld (25) -

Advance Alara
3 AM Wouter Wouters (33) -

Maethoru SC
Assists:
1 CM Timothy Parsons (21) -

Maethoru SC
2 RM Moha Nakazono (29) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
3 RM Atsuteru Adachi (22) -

Advance Alara
Clean sheets:
1 GK Gudo Neihof (27) -

Straudum VV
2 GK Reg Siemeling (21) -

Couziers-Olympiques
3 GK Gale Morris (23) -

Bruncester United AFC

Tackles:
1 LF Emi van Kalvenhaar (21) -

Maethoru SC
2 LB Tamrie Munarring (27) -

Aminey CS
3 CB Rafael Dwan (23) -

Straudum VV
Blocks & Clearances:
1 RF Oridhin Hergulauthen (29) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
2 RF Hikomoto Mizuno (26) -

Advance Alara
3 LB Leon Bares (23) -

Miradela GD
Saves:
1 GK Thomas Stewart ^AUD (26) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
2 GK Malte Olssen (20) -

WSR AFC
3 GK Reg Siemeling (21) -

Couziers-Olympiques

Passes:
1 LM Parala Abbagan (23) -

Aminey CS
2 CM Timothy Parsons (21) -

Maethoru SC
3 CM Jurre Hilberdink (28) -

Schemerdrecht SVV
Shots on Target:
1 RS Aenemere Erisia (27) -

Aminey CS
2 AM Wouter Wouters (33) -

Maethoru SC
3 SS Cherry Sonnel ^CMT (28) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
Chances created:
1 RM Moha Nakazono (29) -

Katashi-Kanatsu
2 RM Maks Shishkin ^MYT (23) -

Maethoru SC
3 LM Parala Abbagan (23) -

Aminey CS

Discipline (fouls, yellow cards, red cards)
1 LF Wilbur Read (22) -

Maynard AFC
2 CB Bruenna Savo ^SRS (32) -

WSR AFC
3 CB Amber Steelshrift ^NPH (36) -

Miradela GD

Top 5 U-23 players:
1 GK Reg Siemeling (21) -

Couziers-Olympiques
2 CM Timothy Parsons (21) -

Maethoru SC
3 LM Parala Abbagan (23) -

Aminey CS
4 LF Emi van Kalvenhaar (21) -

Maethoru SC
5 CB Rafael Dwan (23) -

Straudum VV

Second Division

2nd Div                                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Castelo e Calvente CS                        33   18   5  10    53   45   +8    59 Promotion, IFCF Liga B
 2 Arboren FC                                   33   15   8  10    36   37   −1    53 IFCF Liga B
 3 Teragaseki                                   33   14  10   9    52   39  +13    52 IFCF Liga B
 4 Cirelbourne United                           33   15   7  11    45   42   +3    52 IFCF Liga B
 5 Tanques AOE                                  33   14   9  10    61   52   +9    51
 6 Fukushira Guerilla                           33   12  12   9    73   66   +7    48
 7 Gehrenna FC                                  33   11   9  13    42   36   +6    42
 8 Sydberg                                      33   11   9  13    30   33   −3    42
 9 Sterrenwolde FC                              33   12   6  15    28   32   −4    42
10 Huthwich Et Iduloren FC                      33   11   2  20    29   47  −18    35
11 Strongfair                                   33    8  10  15    40   50  −10    34 Relegation
12 Myaranowra                                   33    7  13  13    42   52  −10    34 Relegation

Castelo e Calvente CS: WWWDDLWWLLWWWWLWWDLDDLLWLWWWWWLWL so, with a noticeable lull in results past the halfway point, and despite being neck-and-neck with three other clubs until the end, the Finisterrans manage to get that coveted Top League spot - finally! And with that, Finisterre becomes the first province with three top division clubs. Not too long ago (at least, before the provincial redrawing) we thought that honour would go to Surbourneshire or Cote Austral. And in fact, Cote Austral were the first subdivision to get three different clubs in the Top League, they just didn't manage to do that at the same time, with Tanques dropping out in favour of Couziers. Anyway, with five straight wins they make a significant late-stage push and end up promoting with a six point gap.

Gehrenna FC: LDLLLDDLDWWWLWLWDWWDLLLDDLWWWLLDW despite not winning their first game until round 10 (!)

Gehrenna FC end up in a decent spot.

Sterrenwolde FC: LLDLLLLWDLWLLWLDWWLDWWWLLLDWLWWDW almost do the same exact thing, and they almost managed to get the win column up as much as the loss column!

For every winner there must be a loser, and

Strongfair: WDDDWDLDWWLLWLLDDLDLDLLDWLWLLWLLL go from 4-5-1 and the number three spot after 11 rounds to winning just four more times in the next 22 games. They'd end up losing 14 of the last 22 to eventually relegate from the second division. It's a seldom free fall, but well, they happen.

Arboren FC: WDWWWWLLDDWWLDWDLDWLWDWDWWLLLLLWW had it all until they lost five of their last seven. Painful, and it might say something about the mental resilience of the team that you're so close and still willing (and able!) to throw it away.

Best player top 12:
1 RM Flo Crone (29) -

Castelo e Calvente CS
2 DM Thisdin Mergakhinen (22) -

Teragaseki
3 RF Joakim Lagerkwist (22) -

Arboren FC
4 LS Keith Torres ^NWK (30) -

Castelo e Calvente CS
5 CM Tabitha Helzinger ^NPH (27) -

Tanques AOE
6 AM Jochi Murakami (28) -

Teragaseki
7 LB Arnold Tomlinson ^TKT (28) -

Cirelbourne United
8 LB Aisel Aorei (24) -

Castelo e Calvente CS
9 RM Atlas Johanssen ^XAN (27) -

Arboren FC
X GK Aethi Aorine (25) -

Arboren FC
= LM Worrowa Moora (22) -

Castelo e Calvente CS
10 ST Lanista Corsey ^NPH (28) -

Teragaseki

Third Division

3rd Div South                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Brighthaven Town                             33   18   8   7    50   34  +16    62 Promotion
 2 Soothill                                     33   16   8   9    59   42  +17    56
 3 Aviansola Eden                               33   16   6  11    53   45   +8    54
 4 Limecroft Et Abyss FC                        33   15   8  10    52   45   +7    53
 5 Ambergate City                               33   15   6  12    50   40  +10    51
 6 Yonenomura                                   33   13   8  12    44   42   +2    47
 7 Llandy FC                                    33   11  10  12    43   44   −1    43
 8 Cresthill Ebony FC                           33    9  13  11    46   53   −7    40
 9 Katashi Azula                                33    9  11  13    52   63  −11    38
10 Vierciennes Victory                          33   10   6  17    43   50   −7    36 Relegation
11 Belmore FC                                   33   10   5  18    45   61  −16    35 Relegation
12 Grainshire United                            33    8   7  18    43   61  −18    31 Relegation

   3rd Div North                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mawrystwyth                                  33   23   4   6    67   36  +31    73 Promotion
 2 Laringen AFC                                 33   18   4  11    57   40  +17    58
 3 April Bassin FC                              33   15  10   8    64   56   +8    55
 4 Biney CF                                     33   15   5  13    48   47   +1    50
 5 Launott                                      33   14   6  13    44   52   −8    48
 6 Linderivier AFC                              33   12  11  10    45   48   −3    47
 7 Amandine AdF                                 33   13   7  13    43   43    0    46
 8 Tuinderbeek FC                               33   11   5  17    51   49   +2    38
 9 Sauzjaregaun Saulrag                         33    9   9  15    45   58  −13    36
10 Roufortois                                   33    9   9  15    52   67  −15    36 Relegation
11 Senoren FC                                   33    9   8  16    54   62   −8    35 Relegation
12 Nyashawill                                   33    6  10  17    36   48  −12    28 Relegation

Not much has changed near the end of the season - in fact, the leaders only pulled ahead of the rest even further, and so Brighthaven Town and Mawryshire will find themselves in the Second Division next season! Vierciennes Victory, Belmore FC, and Grainshire United, as well as Roufortois, Senoren FC, and Nyashawill will go down a level to the fourth. Sauzjaregaun Saulrag miss the pity part on goal difference, managing to get out of their bad situation from just a month earlier. Tuinderbeek FC and Katashi Azula steer clear of it all, but it's a clear message to their club's front office to make sure they don't cut it as close next year. On the whole it's a bad year for West Strand Riding soccer, with both

Myaranowra and Nyashawill relegating.

Fourth Division

4th Div A                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Opalshire FC                                 33   16   6  11    43   42   +1    54 Promotion
 2 Burnet Athletic                              33   14  10   9    64   56   +8    52
 3 Cerryrhos yDhiwmydis                         33   15   6  12    57   49   +8    51
 4 Oceanside South End                          33   14   8  11    47   50   −3    50
 5 Langward                                     33   13   9  11    47   41   +6    48
 6 Feddhaw yChronws                             33   13   8  12    56   48   +8    47
 7 Ansonville Association                       33   14   4  15    45   46   −1    46
 8 Cirelbourne Townside                         33   12   9  12    42   40   +2    45
 9 Penstead Clwb Peldred                        33   12   7  14    50   57   −7    43
10 Anarcourt CF                                 33   10  10  13    40   47   −7    40
11 Marinwood Sunday                             33   10   8  15    38   44   −6    38
12 Argyle Tuesday                               33    8   9  16    41   50   −9    33

   4th Div B                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Ferncombe                                    33   16   9   8    59   48  +11    57 Promotion
 2 Glimmerfall Triumph                          33   14  10   9    57   47  +10    52
 3 Norille Orion                                33   13  10  10    53   45   +8    49
 4 Bellmare Union                               33   14   6  13    49   47   +2    48
 5 Zinchester Town                              33   14   4  15    54   59   −5    46
 6 Blanrasco Borealis                           33   12   8  13    53   55   −2    44
 7 Chaganca Central                             33    9  16   8    45   38   +7    43
 8 Chamiers                                     33    9  14  10    49   49    0    41
 9 Club Valeloma                                33    9  13  11    48   52   −4    40
10 Vinroux Invincibles                          33    8  15  10    52   56   −4    39
11 Coloruna                                     33    9  11  13    40   48   −8    38
12 Cape Constillan                              33    8  10  15    39   54  −15    34

   4th Div C                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Morivate Lava                                33   17   5  11    48   38  +10    56 Promotion
 2 Shimohavi                                    33   16   6  11    47   44   +3    54
 3 Motojagava Taranchula                        33   15   6  12    49   39  +10    51
 4 Shinsen Sunrise                              33   13   9  11    55   52   +3    48
 5 Otavura                                      33   12  10  11    44   42   +2    46
 6 Leeshire United                              33   13   7  13    46   49   −3    46
 7 Echizen                                      33   13   6  14    46   48   −2    45
 8 Vurusen                                      33   10  12  11    38   43   −5    42
 9 Chikuno Hakuba                               33    9  14  10    42   41   +1    41
10 Odahayashi Revolution                        33   10  11  12    49   49    0    41
11 Nitoya                                       33   10   9  14    44   46   −2    39
12 Enkumo Diamond                               33   10   5  18    42   59  −17    35

   4th Div D                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 SC Sokrona                                   33   15  11   7    45   30  +15    56 Promotion
 2 Egevea                                       33   17   3  13    50   48   +2    54
 3 Vleugelberg                                  33   13  11   9    52   54   −2    50
 4 Grimhof VV                                   33   13  10  10    53   46   +7    49
 5 Ossendal                                     33   12  12   9    61   52   +9    48
 6 Kerkhaven-Rommefort-Combinatie               33   13   8  12    45   43   +2    47
 7 Shinsen VV                                   33   12   8  13    48   46   +2    44
 8 MEZWO-VEDC Lamau                             33   10  11  12    43   45   −2    41
 9 Aerellen Honoa SC                            33    8  15  10    46   43   +3    39
10 Serevne AFC                                  33    9  12  12    40   43   −3    39
11 Honingsweg                                   33    6  15  12    41   52  −11    33
12 Turnaarde FC                                 33    7  10  16    54   76  −22    31

   4th Div E                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Diessy CdF                                   33   16   5  12    50   53   −3    53 Promotion
 2 Amillon CdF                                  33   13  10  10    50   43   +7    49
 3 Rozenvoorde FC                               33   15   3  15    58   55   +3    48
 4 Linieux en Onyx                              33   13   9  11    45   45    0    48
 5 Liberazul Epitieres                          33   12  11  10    45   37   +8    47
 6 Foot Soibourgoise en Vert                    33   12   9  12    63   59   +4    45
 7 Ounoukal Aminey CA                           33   12   9  12    48   46   +2    45
 8 Planneige                                    33   12   8  13    58   57   +1    44
 9 Cygne de Dentillon                           33   12   8  13    52   54   −2    44
10 Dartha AFC                                   33   11   9  13    44   50   −6    42
11 Aminey Avalanche                             33   11   8  14    47   51   −4    41
12 Oai Unifie                                   33    9  11  13    42   52  −10    38

   4th Div F                                   Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Donderen                                     33   17  12   4    50   32  +18    63 Promotion
 2 Tepkusoren Opkohme                           33   13  13   7    54   44  +10    52
 3 Tokponen Rildhemau                           33   13  12   8    51   43   +8    51
 4 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra                         33   14   7  12    56   45  +11    49
 5 Mayara Soccer Guild                          33   13  10  10    50   47   +3    49
 6 Sobdorlugin Komtherod                        33   13   7  13    46   48   −2    46
 7 Pride of Eaglebury                           33   11   9  13    45   55  −10    42
 8 Granon Altair CF                             33   11   8  14    43   44   −1    41
 9 Tuzmanjuth Jithaugom                         33   10  11  12    44   48   −4    41
10 Tarrashall Pride                             33    9  10  14    44   49   −5    37
11 Sathtonoru Kaptu                             33    9   8  16    54   63   −9    35
12 Mayara Zunemak                               33    6  11  16    40   59  −19    29 Wooden Spoon

Academies and Universities

Academy East                                Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Straudum Sportacademie                       20   12   7   1    35   19  +16    43 Academy Series
 2 Katashi Rossoscuro                           20    9   6   5    26   22   +4    33
 3 Alara Academy                                20    7   6   7    27   23   +4    27
 4 Aerawa Academy FC                            20    4   8   8    16   22   −6    20
 5 Arakura Revelation                           20    5   4  11    20   28   −8    19
 6 Ysbeer Voetbalschool                         20    3   9   8    22   32  −10    18

   Academy North                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy                    20   12   4   4    32   20  +12    40 Academy Series
 2 Senoren Soccer Academy                       20    9   5   6    35   30   +5    32
 3 Rozenvoordse Academie                        20    7   6   7    24   29   −5    27
 4 Alpha Academie Malagnanaise                  20    5  11   4    28   25   +3    26
 5 Etouillle Football Academie                  20    6   6   8    25   26   −1    24
 6 Het Vlaggenschip                             20    3   4  13    16   30  −14    13

   Academy South                               Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Berkton FC                                   20   11   1   8    34   31   +3    34 Academy Series
 2 Dayfade Soccer Academy                       20    9   4   7    32   27   +5    31
 3 Idyllwild Academy                            20    7   7   6    29   35   −6    28
 4 Academica Ferroventense                      20    6   7   7    25   25    0    25
 5 Gaulthisoru Royals                           20    6   6   8    24   25   −1    24
 6 Joaqueras Academica de Futbol                20    5   7   8    28   29   −1    22

   Academy West                                Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Clwb Peldred Peredwr                         20   11   4   5    25   18   +7    37 Academy Series
 2 Weyarra Sunrise                              20   10   3   7    35   34   +1    33
 3 Wright United Academy                        20    9   4   7    34   31   +3    31
 4 Greencaster Marine Academy                   20    8   6   6    28   25   +3    30
 5 Greencaster FC                               20    7   4   9    30   31   −1    25
 6 Grainshire Academy                           20    3   3  14    18   31  −13    12

University Northeast                        Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde         21   14   4   3    39   23  +16    46 University Series
 2 Katashi Yoshima Daigaku                      21   12   4   5    33   24   +9    40
 3 Katashi Keizai Daigaku                       21   10   4   7    41   32   +9    34
 4 Sudaefjolluniversitet                        21    8   4   9    34   30   +4    28
 5 Furune Geijutsu Daigaku                      21    8   4   9    27   37  −10    28
 6 Aevanna Ecologiske Universitet               21    7   3  11    26   32   −6    24
 7 Nordorenfjolluniversitet                     21    5   4  12    22   29   −7    19
 8 Schemerdrechtuniversiteit                    21    5   3  13    22   37  −15    18

University South-Central                    Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Universidade de Finisterre                   21   10   5   6    27   22   +5    35 University Series
 2 Santa Teresa Naval Academy                   21    7  11   3    29   23   +6    32
 3 Willowbourne Technological Academy           21    9   4   8    23   25   −2    31
 4 Uni of Grainshire and Leeshire               21    7   8   6    27   24   +3    29
 5 Universite des Arts d'Aminey                 21    7   7   7    30   29   +1    28
 6 Willowbourne Institute of Humanities         21    7   7   7    31   30   +1    28
 7 Universite de la Cote Austral                21    7   5   9    23   26   −3    26
 8 National University of Willowbourne          21    3   7  11    25   36  −11    16

   University West-Central                     Pld    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts 
 1 Surbourneshire Technical University          21   10   6   5    33   25   +8    36 University Series
 2 Greencaster Business University              21    9   5   7    38   32   +6    32
 3 Economical Institute of Amandine             21    7  10   4    29   25   +4    31
 4 Greencaster Technical University             21    7   6   8    32   35   −3    27
 5 University of Mawryshire                     21    6   8   7    34   37   −3    26
 6 West Strand Riding University                21    7   5   9    31   35   −4    26
 7 Gehrenna National University                 21    7   4  10    23   25   −2    25
 8 Maethoru National University                 21    5   8   8    19   25   −6    23

Academy Series:
Straudum Sportacademie 1-0 Mayara Mezkuloren Academy
Berkton FC 2-2 Clwb Peldred Peredwr (3-2 AET)

Academy Series Final:
Straudum Sportacademie 0-1 Berkton FC -> IFCF YC

1. Berkton FC - IFCF YC
2. Straudum Sportacademie
3. Clwb Peldred Peredwr
4. Mayara Mezkuloren Academy

University Series:
Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde 4-2 Universidade de Finisterre
Surbourneshire Technical University 1-1 Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde
Universidade de Finisterre 0-0 Surbourneshire Technical University

1. Technische Universiteit Sterrenwolde - IUCC
2. Surbourneshire Technical University - IUCC
3. Universidade de Finisterre - IUCC

by **Ko-oren** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 3:33 am

Soccer - Season 35

Season - Cup

The Cup - at least, the national stage of it - has been expanded to 32 spots following the provincial reforms. The best team from each subdivision makes it in. If there are still spots left before we make it to 32, last year's cup winner also makes it in (if they haven't already). Any spots left open at that point will be filled by teams from the most populous subdivisions: Intermare, Surbourneshire, Cote Austral, the Corridor, and the KCT. Special consideration will be given to the teams in the top two divisions in those five subdivisions (to prevent the Corridor from sending in a fourth division team).

Preliminary Round One

Tanques AOE (2) 4–4

Gehrenna FC (2) (4–5 AET)

Sterrenwolde FC (2) 0–1

Cirelbourne United (2)

Preliminary Round Two

Gehrenna FC (2) 0–3

Cirelbourne United (2)

Round One
Grimhof VV (4d) 1–5

Advance Alara (1)
Brighthaven Town (3a) 1–1 Belmore FC (3a) (2–1 AET)
Serevne AFC (4d) 0–2

Sydberg (2)

Straudum VV (1) 0–0

Cirelbourne United (2) (1–0 AET)
Penstead Clwb Peldred (4a) 1–3

Schemerdrecht SVV (1)

Maynard AFC (1) 0–2

WSR AFC (1)
Zinchester Town (4b) 0–1

Huthwich Et Iduloren FC (2)
Motojagava Taranchula (4c) 0–5

Katashi-Kanatsu (1)

Bruncester United AFC (1) 5–1 April Bassin FC (3b)
Mawrystwyth (3b) 1–2

Maethoru SC (1)
Cape Constillan (4b) 1–2 Aviansola Eden (3a)
Launott (3b) 4–3

Fukushira Guerilla (2)
Shimohavi (4c) 2–2

Couziers-Olympiques (1) (2–2 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Cresthill Ebony FC (3a) 1–2

Branvon CD (1)
Ambergate City (3a) 0–1

Arboren FC (2)

Aminey CS (1) 4–3 Gakhithrau Dhikodhra (4f)

The cup rarely sees a lot of Top League and Second Division teams - and upsets don't help.

Couziers-Olympiques were eliminated on penalties by Shimohavi from the humble fourth division.

Round Two
Brighthaven Town (3a) 2–3

Advance Alara (1)

Straudum VV (1) 0–0

Arboren FC (2) (1–1 AET) (3–5 pen.)
Aviansola Eden (3a) 0–0 Shimohavi (4c) (0–1 AET)

Schemerdrecht SVV (1) 1–1

Bruncester United AFC (1) (2–1 AET)

Aminey CS (1) 1–3

Branvon CD (1)

Maethoru SC (1) 0–3

Katashi-Kanatsu (1)

Huthwich Et Iduloren FC (2) 0–1

WSR AFC (1)
Launott (3b) 1–3

Sydberg (2)

Straudum VV, after a typical 0-0, falls to

Arboren FC on penalties. The home side expected to outclass their foes on stamina, but couldn't make it in the end. Most of the remaining Top League teams were drawn against each other, and so

Bruncester United AFC,

Aminey CS, and

Maethoru SC all fell in this round.

Round Three

Advance Alara (1) 0–1

WSR AFC (1)

Arboren FC (2) 2–2

Branvon CD (1) (2–2 AET) (3–5 pen.)
Shimohavi (4c) 0–2

Katashi-Kanatsu (1)

Sydberg (2) 0–1

Schemerdrecht SVV (1)

Advance Alara drops out to

WSR AFC, and the entire semifinals come from the Top League.

Semifinals

Katashi-Kanatsu (1) 1–1

Branvon CD (1) (2–1 AET)

WSR AFC (1) 0–0

Schemerdrecht SVV (1) (0–0 AET) (3–5 pen.)

We had 240 minutes of football where 180 might have sufficed - and then there were penalties in one match for a full 253 minutes worth of semifinals.

Katashi-Kanatsu and

Schemerdrecht SVV, teams that probably wanted a bit more out of the rest of the season, get to the final.

Final

Katashi-Kanatsu (1) 1–0

Schemerdrecht SVV (1)

Katashi-Kanatsu get their recognition! They finish off

Schemerdrecht SVV in regular time for the Cup!

by **Ko-oren** » Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:38 pm

Rugby Union - Season 30

Preview

Let's introduce the teams! Starting with the contenders, then the pretenders, down to the bottom feeders.

Llandy Bulls (Mawrystwyth State Oval (30500) in Llandy, Mawryshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 1 - Forwards: 2 / Halves: 7 / Backs: 2
The Bulls are ready for a deep playoff run with the second best group of forwards and the second best group of backs - combining that, that's 13 out of 15 players at an elite level. The spine isn't bad either. The stars on the team are Newddlawdd yTewnchaeg and Cristobo Sanjurjo up front as first rowers and Chauncey Weston and Rhonws yPhwgaragh as the country's best centre duo in the back. Dewsloff yBhachill, their new fly half, has a lot of potential and can think on his feet - but to link the team together is a lot to ask from a rookie.

Idyllwild Coronae (The Crown (17500) in Idyllwild, Corridor)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 2 - Forwards: 1 / Halves: 9 / Backs: 5
The best forwards in the game can carry Idyllwild to their first ever title. That's without a clear standout star, they can do it all by having eight tremendous players acting as a single unit at all times... it's quite scary. The rest of the team isn't bad at all, especially as long as Jacob Alardice keeps adding speed from the wing position, locked down by Melton Scenay, NT fullback. They're one of few teams who have made multiple trips to the postseason (eg. finishing top 3) but have nothing to show for it. That said, they finished top three, made it to the final, and lost a close, low-scoring trophy game to Aubury. And given Idyllwild are still up here with a chance, they're doing something right.

Mawrystwyth Phoenix (Hertfield (33000) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 3 - Forwards: 7 / Halves: 1 / Backs: 1
Mawrystwyth loves its fast players, and are all-in on speed, agility, and always threatening to score on a quick break. Will it be enough to get their first ever top three finish? Winger Morton Carson is on a crazy form, doing things we've never seen on a Ko-orenite field before. Helping him is centre Careis yHardyllyn and winger-on-the-other-side Chelrwd yChaemmawn, with Meobich yPheffchawll as fullback behind them. The Phoenix might not win it all, but they'll play some insanely dynamic rugby.

Willowbourne Foxes (Willowbowl (55000) in Willowbourne, Corridor)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 4 - Forwards: 7 / Halves: 9 / Backs: 2
The Foxes have been looking for an identity for a while (an identity that doesn't comprise of 'we're from Willowbourne, which is a city you might have heard of, that is) and they might have found it in a group of small, fast players. Newell Bartley, Weldon Carrington, and Wilford Leroy Broderib at the back with Merrill Connor as a sole stalwart forward is certainly something to build off of, and one of the better scrum halves, Burton Magrath.

Penstead Bears (yLhafontan Parc (12500) in Penstead, yDremdun)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 5 - Forwards: 5 / Halves: 11 / Backs: 8
Penstead is building something nice, something that can take care of their great home advantage into the finals. Opting for star power, great talents, and a group of local heroes that can bring something extra in remote Penstead (but arguably aren't all that good at the game), half their team looks NT-ready and the rest... do the opposite of that. Gonlhewff yDichhig and Gemhaeg yDdwffrell up front, Chaeffwm yDhwmmel at the back, but it all looks a bit shaky as far as postseason bids go. A shame, given their second place finish last year leading into a semifinal collapse.

Maynard Andromeda (Armskirk Municipal Ground (26000) in Maynard, Leeshire)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 6 - Forwards: 3 / Halves: 2 / Backs: 12
Maynard is looking for a record third playoff appearance (interesting how so many teams are stuck on two), but it doesn't look like it's their year. That said, there is a lot for them to build on and with one or two young backs added next year they might be back in the race. For now, they have household names with Lucas Luckett and Loyal Farrell supplying crunching tackles and Syl Darche for clever passing.

Aubury Swans (Chestnut Group Stadium (25000) in Aubury, Leeshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 7 - Forwards: 9 / Halves: 3 / Backs: 6
The Swans appear with a balanced squad, but it's neither fish nor flesh. They lost a step since their championship last season despite holding on to their squad: that's how close teams are together and how much form matters from year to year. You can chase lightning in a bottle but sometimes that's all a good season was, and you better be happy it yielded you silverware. Linwood French hasn't retired even if the entire offseason was a will-he-won't-he story. They attracted Douglas Primmer, winger, as one of the best attacking prospects coming into the league, and they also have Joshua Englefields as strong man up front.

Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia (Rikalathen Arena (39000) in Maethoru, KCT)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 8 - Forwards: 3 / Halves: 12 / Backs: 10
The big name parade in the capitals is here once again, but the raters are done with that. Big names and national teamers are fine, but you have to get some results. If there aren't enough wins, it won't be the fault of Cowan Holden, Respaudul Dhaumuringun, Kaudherkhun Naudherindhen, or Tei Warmeling - great players in all units all over the field - but it'll be the decision to chase a handful of big names and leaving the other positions to chance.

Tarrashall Travellers (Woomera Ground (7500) in Tarrashall, West Strand Riding)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 9 - Forwards: 6 / Halves: 5 / Backs: 7
Two teams from West Strand Riding, and this is the 'best' one. It's funny how they are good on all parts of the field, but lack the spectacular players some other teams (like Mayara) have. This squad is a tremendous collective, with Gilles Boudreaux and Bayou Grootemarsink as the leaders up front and Burrula Bebenna and Kagageerra Bilaranora in the back - and especially Bebenna should be a familiar name - but on the whole it probably is just too little to last an entire season.

Greencaster Galaxy (Surbourneshire Square (65000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 10 - Forwards: 10 / Halves: 3 / Backs: 9
Riots in the streets of Greencaster! The big city can't accept another poor showing. There's enough creativity, there's some guile, but not enough to make the raters think they can grind out results when needed. Al Jauffret is the famous name (is that a French name in English Greencaster??) and Ba Vasseur (another French name??) leads the charge as scrum half, and yet the team around them has only changed for the worse in the last few years.

Ansonville Comets (Redmark Field (7800) in Ansonville, Springlands)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 11 - Forwards: 12 / Halves: 7 / Backs: 4
A retirement and and offseason full of plugging holes later, Ansonville stayed in place - at best - while most of the league got to build something. Orville Finnerty and Masahiko Morimoto stayed where they are - lonely at the top of the Comets' highest earners list. They can be entertaining, but good luck getting results from this.

Eaglebury Aquila (The Palace (34000) in Eaglebury, West Strand Riding)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 12 - Forwards: 10 / Halves: 5 / Backs: 11
Eaglebury ranks bottom three in both of the big categories. Eight forwards and none of them particularly interesting. Five backs and none of them particularly interesting. Dwight Carrington (centre) is a rare Dragonfly-ready player, and fly half Nimrod Whithingham is the best of the league at his position, but there's a lot of unproven talent, has-beens, and never-will-bes on here.

Retirements
FB Hayes Commins (34) -

Willowbourne Foxes
FB Cornelius Hale (33) -

Ansonville Comets
LW Orville Aldridge (32) -

Greencaster Galaxy
RW Ffollrog yChawgmol (31) -

Llandy Bulls

Transfers
TP Chibmheach yCadmhaed (27) -

Greencaster Galaxy

Format
It's the same as always: a double round robin (22 matchdays) and the top three go to the finals. It's number three at number two for the semis, and the winner travels to the home of the regular season winner for the final. Not only do the regular season winners have a bye, they also have the home advantage. They start playing in late Tharathju (that's the equivalent of mid-November) and they are done in mid-Dorapi (that's late April) with games every week except for three bye weeks. Two rounds take place in rural grounds: each team plays one home game in a stadium far away from their city right in the heartland of their supporting area. Round 14 is played in a single city: this year, that's Idyllwild.

by **Ko-oren** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:18 am

Rugby Union - Season 30

Matches

Table

'    KRUL                           Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Idyllwild Coronae               22   16   0   6   786  472 +314    64 Final
 2 Llandy Bulls                    22   13   1   8   722  640  +82    54 Semifinal
 3 Maynard Andromeda               22   13   1   8   568  521  +47    54 Semifinal
 4 Mawrystwyth Phoenix             22   12   1   9   811  676 +135    50
 5 Penstead Bears                  22   12   1   9   682  563 +119    50
 6 Greencaster Galaxy              22   11   0  11   549  648  −99    44
 7 Willowbourne Foxes              22   11   0  11   599  703 −104    44
 8 Aubury Swans                    22   10   0  12   692  820 −128    40
 9 Mayara Wanderers-Cassiopeia      22    9   0  13   494  525  −31    36
10 Tarrashall Travellers           22    8   1  13   575  635  −60    34
11 Eaglebury Aquila                22    7   1  14   610  680  −70    30
12 Ansonville Comets               22    7   0  15   619  824 −205    28

Finals
Semifinal:

Llandy Bulls 3–14

Maynard Andromeda
★★★ FB Maurice Payne (21) -

Maynard Andromeda: 1 try
★★ FH Eldon Wilmer (32) -

Maynard Andromeda: 2 conversions
★ BF Ddeochran yMwbnhewf (26) -

Llandy Bulls

The

Llandy Bulls do not make good on their preseason expectations... that said, they still finished second but the fanbase would've wanted more than the semifinal loss. For

Maynard Andromeda, it's more than they could have hoped for: their hard-hitting team shines and what do you need backs for, really. Just keep your opponent to a penalty goal and hope you score a try (they scored two) and you're laughing.

Final:

Idyllwild Coronae 32–17

Maynard Andromeda
★★★ LW Jacob Alardice (25) -

Idyllwild Coronae: 2 tries
★★ FH Clint Henry (26) -

Idyllwild Coronae: 2 conversions, 2 penalty goals
★ OC Rhonws yPhwgaragh (26) -

Llandy Bulls: 2 tries

Idyllwild Coronae, on their third postseason trip (a record shared with

Maynard Andromeda and

Llandy Bulls), get their first championship and even after eight seasons, no team has managed a second title! In a masterclass that only Idyllwild could showcase, the tight defence of Maynard is dismantled not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times!

Derbies and State of Origin

Willowbourne Foxes 35–9

Greencaster Galaxy

Greencaster Galaxy 58–27

Willowbourne Foxes - it comes down to point differential as both teams blow out the other at home.

Llandy Bulls 15–60

Mawrystwyth Phoenix

Mawrystwyth Phoenix 10–27

Llandy Bulls - a massive away win for the Phoenix makes it impossible for Llandy to catch up in these two games that both directly impacted the top of the table!

Maynard Andromeda 31–6

Aubury Swans

Aubury Swans 28–45

Maynard Andromeda - two resounding victories for the Andromeda, leaving reigning champion Swans wondering what went wrong. Maynard needed this for the postseason push.

Maynard Andromeda 21–13

Idyllwild Coronae

Idyllwild Coronae 36–21

Maynard Andromeda - although Maynard gets one up on their rivals, Idyllwild win by a bit more at home to show everyone what their table topping talents can do.

Idyllwild Coronae 73–27

Aubury Swans

Aubury Swans 49–53

Idyllwild Coronae - insanely high scores between this set of rivals as Idyllwild scores a combined 126 points over the reigning champions while clincing #1 on the table themselves.

Greencaster Galaxy 30–16

Ansonville Comets

Ansonville Comets 23–43

Greencaster Galaxy - nothing goes right for the Comets as they drop both to the Greencaster squad.

Mawryshire - Gehrenna 17-28
Surbourneshire - WSR 10-33

WSR - Mawryshire 5-11
Gehrenna - Surbourneshire 41-25

Surbourneshire - Mawryshire 18-19
WSR - Gehrenna 28-25

GEH 2-1
WSR 2-1
MAW 2-1
SRB 0-3

Analysis
In 132 total regular season matchups, two thirds ended in a home win (88). Just under a third (41) resulted in the away team winning, leaving room for three draws. All in all, 7707 points were scored, with the home team scoring 33 points on average, versus 26 by the defence - so even though a large majority of games ended up in the hosts' favour, the scores were typically about a converted try apart.

The league winners,

Idyllwild Coronae, came into the league on great form, winning their first four (Form: WWWWLWLWWWLLLWLWWWWWWW). A midseason slump couldn't slow them down enough to get back into view of Llandy or Maynard, as they finished the season on seven straight victories. Those midseason losses came to Penstead, Mawrystwyth, and Eaglebury, on back-to-back-to-back away games. There's not much shame in losing to the first two, but that Eaglebury loss really left people scratching their heads.

The

Llandy Bulls, initially, had little to do in the top of the table (Form: WWLLLLWWLDWWLLWWLWWWWW) by losing four of the first six (losses to Idyllwild, Eaglebury, Mawrystwyth, Mayara) - which includes the league leaders, a team tipped to do very, very well... but also Eaglebury again and Mayara. Eaglebury really were the upset kings of the year. Despite some more setbacks here and there, five wins from the five final weeks of the year cemented Llandy into the top 3.

The

Willowbourne Foxes were tipped to have a good season, but the wheels came off and they finished seventh - in a crowded field, sure, but seventh nonetheless (Form: LWLWLLWWLWLWLWWLWLWLWL) and as you can see, it's not so much that they had a good part of the year and a bad one, they just were inconsistent altogether. Their longest win or loss streak was two, including a WLWLWLW in the middle and a perfect 4-4 WLWLWLWL at the end. That's just not it.

Team of the Year
TP Cristobo Sanjurjo (20) -

Llandy Bulls
HO Loyal Farrell (22) -

Maynard Andromeda
LP Lucas Luckett (30) -

Maynard Andromeda
LS Al Jauffret (27) -

Greencaster Galaxy
RS Gemhaeg yDdwffrell (27) -

Penstead Bears
BF Joseph Meahon (30) -

Idyllwild Coronae
OF Mingun Yougung (31) -

Idyllwild Coronae
N8 Syl Darche (24) -

Maynard Andromeda
FH Dewsloff yBhachill (21) -

Llandy Bulls
SH Ba Vasseur (26) -

Greencaster Galaxy
LW Jacob Alardice (25) -

Idyllwild Coronae
IC Chauncey Weston (24) -

Llandy Bulls
OC Wilford Leroy Broderib (25) -

Willowbourne Foxes
RW Douglas Primmer (23) -

Aubury Swans
FB Meobich yPheffchawll (27) -

Mawrystwyth Phoenix

Lower Leagues
Union Gehrennini: Southern Mayara
Wnion Mawryshire: yMhinem
Surburnian Union: Aldercroft

Coupe Côte Australienne: Lunay Harfangs
Copa Mayarini: Southern Mayara

by **Ko-oren** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:54 am

Rugby League - Season 21

Previews

Etouille Vultures (Stade Amandine (30000) in Étouille, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 1 - Forwards: 2 / Spine: 6 / Backs: 1
The Vultures leave the rest of the league far behind with incredible talent all over the field, linked together by a half-decent spine. Every club is allowed to sign two rookies - and the Vultures knocked it out of the park with those. Now they have two young, stellar wingers in Yangdangerra and Galopin, with Duchamp as a centre. Up front, it's the usual suspects with Charbonnier and Poulin. Full back is Kaplan, still on NT pace. It's going to be hard to find a more complete team than this - in any modern season.

Aminey Buffaloes (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Aminey)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 2 - Forwards: 4 / Spine: 1 / Backs: 7
The Buffaloes have built something nice, that would be enough to contend in any season other than this one, which is just dominated by the Vultures. The Buffaloes have opted to sign top end players in return for leaving some spots on the roster covered by sub-par players - but that's the way to go in the Capital of Entertainment - so jersey sales of Nicollier (wing), rookie Naudé (wing), the excellent halves Muramoto and Vamadate (yes, those are Yoshiman/Leleian players on a Francophone team!), as well as Testa and Matthieu up front. They'll be looking to have their forwards carry the ball a lot and hopefully they can get their wingers in a scoring position a handful of times.

Santa Teresa Sabres (Estádio Fortaleza (29000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 3 - Forwards: 5 / Spine: 9 / Backs: 3
We're seeing the rule of "mainland teams have forwards, insular teams have backs" in action only to have it broken by Santa Teresa. The Sabres have jumped on the bandwagon of selecting young wingers early - that, and the exodus of retiring wingers, and the lack of quick outside try scorers in general - and have something very interesting with the duo of Tapia and Viera. Santa Teresa is always under a lot of pressure to win (as are the Katashi and Aminey teams) but this year they have something to get excited for as a neutral fan as well. Bayona and Varela add support and weight up as second rowers, and the big move for next year is to find a half who can link the team together like Ferrovente's.

Ferrovente Scorpions (Verrevento Arena (25000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 4
Prediction: 4 - Forwards: 1 / Spine: 9 / Backs: 10
Ferrovente have zigged where the league as a whole zagged, and went all in on weight, tackling, and hitups. Selecting rookies just to patch the largest holes on the rest of the squad (FB Junco) and then making sure that the front six have all they need. It's two big names in Levasseur and Bran, along with a new and interesting Ramo - it's just that they lack a suprising element. You kind of know what they'll do - hit ups for four tackles, kick on the fifth, and hope for a good chase. In the years after this, it's hard to see how the Scorpions are going to remain competitive. They went all in on a few positions and there's a lot of work to do around them. The dominance on those positions still might give them a playoff spot, if no other team can find a decent counter.

Nitoya Foxes (Kitsune Stadium (8500) in Nitoya, Leleia)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 5 - Forwards: 11 / Spine: 2 / Backs: 4
An eastern team, and they've invested heavily in agile players, just what we expect to see. The Foxes might be the most successful team of the modern era, they've lost a bit of ground to the big market teams despite the creativity in the front office, which is what allowed them to be so good in the first place. This year, it feels like they're jogging in place with a few new faces in places of need and otherwise keeping their stars on board: perhaps Ko-oren's most genius player ever, Fujioka, has agreed to another year in service of the red and white team. With Kikuchi on his side, and Abbadie to rip defences apart, and some setting up by forwards Seiki and Wakita, this is not a half bad team, if they can mask their shortcomings on ohter positions.

Alara Spiders (Spider Stadium (21000) in Alara, Alara)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 6 - Forwards: 8 / Spine: 7 / Backs: 2
Much like the soccer team from the same city, the Spiders are all in on offence. Yokono at fullback - one of many rookie fullbacks this year - and Satomi, yLeorrhag (a rare Mawr making the switch from Union to League), and Sanada, they have the best set of backs with the Vultures. The rest of the team is downright average if not a tad worse than that. Alara have found talent all of Ko-oren and are willing to give players a try that haven't grown up with the game and it seems to working out slowly for them. Bourseiller, Calkhoven, there's an upside there but can they beat out some of the other contenders?

Linieux Harriers (Parc de Lin'ux (18000) in Linieux, Cote Austral)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 2
Prediction: 7 - Forwards: 7 / Spine: 4 / Backs: 5
This is the last team that has a shot at the playoffs. This season sees a strong divide between playoff hopefuls and completely lost years. The Harriers made sure to avoid any bad apples in the group and therefore only have a few teammates that stand above the rest: FB Lièvremont (one of the many new guys at that position, as noted), star centre Brunet, and rookie halfback Malet: the Harriers really jumped from one of the worst spots to one of the hopeful ones.

Aminey Owls (Stade sur la Baie (70000) in Aminey, Aminey)
Championships: 1 /Playoffs made: 1
Prediction: 8 - Forwards: 3 / Spine: 3 / Backs: 12
The Owls are among the heaviest teams in the league and you wonder why this team can't get more done. Then you look at their recruiting strategy at for the backs and you remember why. With Courbet, Uematsu, Asselin, newbie Girardot, this is an amazing group of forwards and decent passers. Their new players were all for the back, and there was a lot of magic involving contracts done by listing, delisting, and even re-recruiting of players just to get every position covered. Their backs aren't good, simple as that, and it's not close.

Katashi Hawks (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Katashi)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 9 - Forwards: 6 / Spine: 7 / Backs: 11
Imagine the high pressure in Katashi, self-proclaimed capital of rugby league (though Aminey and Santa Teresa would certainly like to be involved in that debate), and seeing both of your teams projected in ninth and tenth. The Hawks are arguably the best team in the city. Oof, mood, etc. They're trying to build something that lasts through the years, but Katashi (the city and both teams' fans) need results now. Big contracts for Endo (FB), Rodela (wing), Sasaki and Vakasugi (forwards) aren't helping them in the coming years - but we'll see, there's always players that want to play for the Hawks (and Wasps) regardless of how the team looks.

Katashi Wasps (Suzumebachi Stadium (25000) in Katashi, Katashi)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 10 - Forwards: 8 / Spine: 11 / Backs: 6
The Wasps have a similar problem to the Hawks: they offered players all over the field large contracts and as a result barely have an identity: are they attacking, defensive, back- or forward-focused? Nobody knows. This team has Agar and Coello as great pair of wingers, but also Okazaki and Kawashima up front, with no cement or anything in between.

Etena Vipers (Dokudo Stadium (12000) in Teragaseki, Etena)
Championships: 0 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 11 - Forwards: 10 / Spine: 12 / Backs: 8
The Vipers continue to be one of the least enticing teams - there's a solid plan there, but every step forward is met by an equal-or-greater setback. A handful of players are working out, but there's at least as many gaps that the team couldn't patch over in the offseason. You really wonder what needs to go right for Etena to move forward a bit. With Nakazono, Rigal, Ojakawa, and Vilashima, there's potential and talent, but the rest of the team are rejects from other teams over the course of the offseason, and the only team that played around with temporary try-out contracts more than the Owls were the Vipers.

Selesi Dragons (Linulin Group Stadium (22500) in Arakura, Selesi)
Championships: 2 /Playoffs made: 0
Prediction: 12 - Forwards: 12 / Spine: 5 / Backs: 8
The Dragons had it all, but they're just fine yo-yoing around for now. A few players were called away by other teams, their rookies might not pan out immediately, and there are form and conditioning concerns, and so Vales (FB), Vuluse (centre), and Cellier (new standoff) won't be enough by themselves.

Retirements:
HB Shinzo Fukuhara (36)
FB Chikashige Hamuro (35)

Etena Vipers
FB Jun Higuchi (35)

Ferrovente Scorpions
LW Hirokata Suganuma (34)

Alara Spiders
FB Atsukatsu Nakazono (31)
HO Toyozo Ueda (31)
RC Hugo Canlas (34)

Santa Teresa Sabres
RW Valé Bousquet (33)

Aminey Buffaloes
RC Shigesuke Sasaki (33)

Aminey Owls

Format
It's the same as always: a double round robin (22 matchdays) and the top three go to the finals. It's number three at number two for the semis, and the winner travels to the home of the regular season winner for the final. Not only do the regular season winners have a bye, they also have the home advantage. They start playing in late mid Jaranethan (mid September) and they are done in Pithelelash (early March) with games every week except for three bye weeks. Two rounds take place in rural grounds: each team plays one home game in a stadium far away from their city right in the heartland of their supporting area. Round 4 is played in a single city: this year, that's Aviansola.

by **Ko-oren** » Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:10 am

Rugby League - Season 21

Results

Table

'   KRL                        Pld    W   D   L    PF   PA   PD   Pts 
 1 Étouille Vultures         22   14   2   6   507  381 +126    60 Final
 2 Santa Teresa Sabres       22   14   0   8   492  434  +58    56 Semifinal
 3 Aminey Buffaloes          22   14   0   8   522  430  +92    56 Semifinal
 4 Nitoya Foxes              22   14   0   8   642  544  +98    56
 5 Alara Spiders             22   10   4   8   595  529  +66    48
 6 Etena Vipers              22   10   2  10   571  573   −2    44
 7 Katashi Wasps             22   11   0  11   428  466  −38    44
 8 Ferrovente Scorpions      22    9   1  12   509  507   +2    38
 9 Katashi Hawks             22    7   3  12   494  582  −88    34
10 Aminey Owls               22    8   1  13   373  483 −110    34
11 Selesi Dragons            22    7   1  14   495  575  −80    30
12 Linieux Harriers          22    6   2  14   354  478 −124    28

Semifinal

Santa Teresa Sabres 26–24

Aminey Buffaloes
The Buffaloes make their third finals - that ranks them second behind Ferrovente - but fall short in a thrilling game that you wish all finals and playoffs were like. Reliable kicking wins it for the Sabres, but this is one to remember.
★★★ SO Nathaniel Willis-Bushnell DON (32)

Santa Teresa Sabres
★★ HO Vidal Testa (24)

Aminey Buffaloes
★ LW Alph Nicollier (20)

Aminey Buffaloes

Final

Étouille Vultures 14–8

Santa Teresa Sabres
A low-ish scoring affair but one that had it all: near-misses, near-misses, and near-misses. Great play from both teams and try-saving tackles all around. The Vultures play in their first every final and immediately win it. Congratulations!
★★★ FB Blai Kaplan (27)

Etouille Vultures
★★ LS Xoaquin Bayona (25)

Santa Teresa Sabres
★ LS Sasa Poulin (22)

Etouille Vultures

Derbies and State of Origin

Ferrovente Scorpions 36–8

Santa Teresa Sabres

Santa Teresa Sabres 40–26

Ferrovente Scorpions

Aminey Owls 12–36

Aminey Buffaloes

Aminey Buffaloes 38–4

Aminey Owls - as expected, the Buffaloes steamroll the Owls.

Katashi Hawks 35–15

Katashi Wasps

Katashi Wasps 26–24

Katashi Hawks - a solid win in game one decides the series. Two entertaining games in a poor season for both.

Katashi Wasps 33–45

Alara Spiders

Alara Spiders 24–30

Katashi Wasps - Alara's inferiority complex versus the Katashi teams is unwarranted with one massive away win and a narrow home loss.

Alara Spiders 35–21

Katashi Hawks

Katashi Hawks 17–17

Alara Spiders - a rare draw gives the Spiders both series over the Katashi duo.

Selesi Dragons 24–6

Linieux Harriers

Linieux Harriers 22–20

Selesi Dragons - the Distance Derby, the weirdest one among the bunch, also features #11 versus #12. Ew.

Yoshima - Finisterre 28-12

Finisterre - Cote Austral 36-20

Cote Austral - Yoshima 14-8

YO 1-1 +10
FI 1-1 0
CA 1-1 -10

Analysis
Out of 132 games, 77 (58%) of games went to the home team, with 47 draws (35.6%) and 8 draws (6%) on the side. The average match finished with a score of 25-20 - on average, teams are not much more than a try apart.

The

Etouille Vultures are deserved table leaders, stringing together two incredible series (Form: LWWWWWWWLDWLLWWLWWWWDL). After a loss to fellow contenders Buffaloes, they won 7. After a mediocre mid-season slump (loss to the Wasps, a draw to Alara, and losses to the Buffaloes and the Hawks) - that's dropping points to both of Katashi's woeful programmes and unfortunate results to a surprising Alara side and a second loss to the Buffaloes - they won six of the next seven, before closing out the season on a draw and a loss (Alara, Santa Teresa). Without the late injuries and resting of players, they could've been far further up the table.

The

Santa Teresa Sabres had a surprising campaign, overcoming all expectations. A stellar second half to the season was the biggest cause (Form: WLLWWLWLLWLWWWWLWWWWLW) though their loss to Etena in the second-last round gave Etouille the lead they needed to cruise into the final.

The

Aminey Buffaloes (Form: WWWWLLLWWWLWWWWLWLLLWW) had an up-and-down season rewarded with a semifinal spot, behind in point differential but ahead in head-to-head over the

Nitoya Foxes (Form: WWWLWWLWLWLWLWLWWLLWWW). That group of four dominated the other eight clubs, with a smaller subset of three placed 5th to 7th.

Team of the Year
RP Baris Bran (28)

Ferrovente Scorpions
HO Vidal Testa (24)

Aminey Buffaloes
LP Takara Seiki (24)

Nitoya Foxes
RS Tadeu Varela (26)

Santa Teresa Sabres
LS Sasa Poulin (22)

Etouille Vultures
LO Marin Gaudin (29)

Aminey Buffaloes
HB Shunmyo Fujioka (33)

Nitoya Foxes
SO Nathaniel Willis-Bushnell DON (32)

Santa Teresa Sabres
RW Nath Galopin (22)

Etouille Vultures
RC Ffwllnhil yLeorrhag (26)

Alara Spiders
LC Ato Duchamp (24)

Etouille Vultures
LW Ieviro Nakazono (27)

Etena Vipers
FB Blai Kaplan (27)

Etouille Vultures

Lower Leagues
Ligue Cote Australienne/Liga Finisterrense: Fleurbourg
Yoshima Cup: Aonishi

by **Ko-oren** » Thu Aug 19, 2021 7:02 am

Baseball - Season 24

Previews

Katashi Generals (Katashi Dome (58000) in Katashi, Katashi)
Championships: 2 /Playoff appearances: 3
Historical Championships: 3
Prediction: 1 - Pitchers: 1 / Fielders: 2
Star Players:
8P Habi Hoga (30)

Katashi Generals: R/R - discreet and skinny all-rounder
MP1 Tashiro Ishibashi (20)

Katashi Generals: R/R - joyful and toned trickster
SP1 Michael Reischauer QUE (20)

Katashi Generals: L/L - unmotivated and heavy controller
2B Sukenobu Tanikawa (37)

Katashi Generals: R/R - prejudiced and burly contact hitter
SP2 Torazo Kanemaru (22)

Katashi Generals: L/L - rebellious and fast strongman
SS Katatake Gotou (32)

Katashi Generals: R/R - dynamic and hard-hitting contact hitter
CP Teluvide Kamei (28)

Katashi Generals: R/R - resourceful and stringy hitter
SP3 Katsumi Kawai (29)

Katashi Generals: R/R - diligent and short dynamo
SP4 Takenao Tone (20)

Katashi Generals: L/L - idiosyncratic and heavy strategist

Echizen Dragons (Uvesaki Field (24000) in Echizen, Alara)
Championships: 1 /Playoff appearances: 1
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 2 - Pitchers: 3 / Fielders: 1
Star Players:
C Tevi Kagulazaka (32)

Echizen Dragons: L/L - frugal and well built communicator
MP1 Loku Vilai (21)

Echizen Dragons: R/R - irreverent and skinny trickster
MP2 Kazushi Watase (25)

Echizen Dragons: R/R - plucky and tall controller
1B Ré Fouquet (33)

Echizen Dragons: L/L - cynical and fast all-rounder
LF Yoshihito Oshita (26)

Echizen Dragons: R/R - independent and staunch power hitter

Intermare Admirals (Naminaka Park (11000) in Schemerdrecht, Intermare)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 1
Historical Championships: 3
Prediction: 3 - Pitchers: 2 / Fielders: 4
Star Players:
MP1 Distehonan Lambirthingun (27)

Intermare Admirals: R/R - independent and powerful specialist
C Woutre Bardemaker (22)

Intermare Admirals: R/R - careful and pacy communicator
MP2 Tacaro Cevocalu (30)

Intermare Admirals: R/R - subservient and ripped controller
1B Vianol Sivurila (30)

Intermare Admirals: R/R - inventive and athletic jack of all trades
SP1 Jacob Conroy SNL (27)

Intermare Admirals: R/R - extroverted and slim specialist

Santa Teresa Stars (The Citadel (37000) in Santa Teresa, Finisterre)
Championships: 1 /Playoff appearances: 3
Historical Championships: 5
Prediction: 4 - Pitchers: 7 / Fielders: 2
Star Players:
3B Sabino Lema (33)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R - businesslike and well built jack of all trades
CF Xacinto Leyton (29)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R - moralistic and ripped contact hitter
MP1 Roman Sotolongo (33)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R - surprising and towering strongman
C Juan Berganza (31)

Santa Teresa Stars: L/L - ambitious and skinny journeyman

Suvira Quarry (Obsidian Park (35000) in Suvira, Leleia)
Championships: 1 /Playoff appearances: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 5 - Pitchers: 4 / Fielders: 7
Star Players:
8P Koyo Igarashi (27)

Suvira Quarry: L/L - disrespectful and beefy all-rounder
2B Henrique Toca (35)

Suvira Quarry: R/R - undemanding and lanky defender
SP1 Suno Matsuda (28)

Suvira Quarry: L/L - rational and pudgy jack of all trades
SS Jukichi Sakurano (31)

Suvira Quarry: R/R - catty and buff power hitter

Teragaseki Dynamo (Vidari Stadium (22000) in Teragaseki, Etena)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 0
Historical Championships: 1
Prediction: 6 - Pitchers: 5 / Fielders: 9
Star Players:
C Arimoro Sano (25)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R - gregarious and stringy genius
MP1 Danno Makino (25)

Teragaseki Dynamo: L/L - sincere and ripped all-rounder
SP1 Senzo Utada (34)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R - disruptive and athletic dynamo
CF Ryoma Okino (33)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R - childlike and lanky all-rounder
MP2 Bernaldo Viveiros (23)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R - philosophical and beefy dynamo
RF Xenaro Durán (28)

Teragaseki Dynamo: L/L - impressionable and pacy all-rounder

Katashi Giants (Maesaki Park (31000) in Katashi, Katashi)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 1
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 7 - Pitchers: 8 / Fielders: 5
Star Players:
SS Dodo Ritsushima (33)

Katashi Giants: R/R - independent and quick jack of all trades
SP1 Tsunehisa Kumagaya (38)

Katashi Giants: L/L - charming and skinny all-rounder
SP2 Suta Akija (29)

Katashi Giants: L/L - egotistical and short specialist

Arakura Knights (Ginofruit Field (28000) in Arakura, Selesi)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 1
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 8 - Pitchers: 6 / Fielders: 11
Star Players:
SP1 Basil Carreiro (21)

Arakura Knights: R/R - hostile and heavy dynamo
1B Ben Descombes (32)

Arakura Knights: R/R - surprising and well built power hitter
CP Varunobu Ozawa (30)

Arakura Knights: L/L - loving and powerful all-rounder

Aminey Wanderers (Le Losange (26000) in Aminey, Aminey)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 3
Historical Championships: 4
Prediction: 9 - Pitchers: 12 / Fielders: 5
Star Players:
C Xaaf Geele BNJ (23)

Aminey Wanderers: R/R - chatty and swift all-rounder
SP1 Gus Gavreau (34)

Aminey Wanderers: L/L - loyal and instinctive dynamo
SS Simon Gray (32)

Aminey Wanderers: R/R - reckless and burly great catcher

Amandine Challengers (Vamada Océanique (12000) in Étouille, Cote Austral)
Championships: 1 /Playoff appearances: 2
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 10 - Pitchers: 11 / Fielders: 7
Star Players:
3B Suke Enya (25)

Amandine Challengers: R/R - courageous and athletic all-rounder
MP1 Oswald Hogwood (23)

Amandine Challengers: R/R - noncommittal and burly trickster

Nitoya Silvers (Twin Field (27000) in Nitoya, Leleia)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 11 - Pitchers: 10 / Fielders: 10
Star Players:
MP1 Ventura de Castro (23)

Nitoya Silvers: L/L - timid and toned controller
C Mito Arima (31)

Nitoya Silvers: R/R - resentful and skinny game planner
LF Kava Jamana (25)

Nitoya Silvers: L/L - unassuming and stringy speed demon

Ferrovente Whales (Ventovente (20000) in Ferrovente, Finisterre)
Championships: 0 /Playoff appearances: 0
Historical Championships: 0
Prediction: 12 - Pitchers: 9 / Fielders: 11
Star Players:
MP1 Jocelyn Chastain (24)

Ferrovente Whales: R/R - childish and swift trickster
SP1 Xerman Figueredo (31)

Ferrovente Whales: R/R - courageous and lanky specialist

Table

League                    Pld     W    L    Win % 
 1 Katashi Generals          132    83   49    0.629 - Finals
 2 Suvira Quarry             132    74   58    0.561 - Semifinals
 3 Santa Teresa Stars        132    73   59    0.553 - Semifinals
 4 Aminey Wanderers          132    71   61    0.538
 5 Intermare Admirals        132    71   61    0.538
 6 Echizen Dragons           132    67   65    0.508
 7 Teragaseki Dynamo         132    65   67    0.492
 8 Katashi Giants            132    61   71    0.462
 9 Ferrovente Whales         132    59   73    0.447
10 Arakura Knights           132    59   73    0.447
11 Nitoya Silvers            132    58   74    0.439
12 Amandine Challengers      132    51   81    0.386

The

Katashi Generals have no compare, and easily qualify for the finals!

Suvira Quarry punch above their weight to secure second place, staying ahead of the fray. The

Santa Teresa Stars finish 3rd, just over the highly projected teams of

Aminey Wanderers and

Intermare Admirals. Further down we find a lot of Eastern teams: Echizen, Teragaseki, Katashi, Arakura, Nitoya - it's not Yoshima's year. Distinctly in 12th are the

Amandine Challengers.

Semifinals Best of 5

Suvira Quarry 5–6

Santa Teresa Stars (SQ 0-1 STS)

Suvira Quarry 5–2

Santa Teresa Stars (SQ 1-1 STS)

Santa Teresa Stars 2–7

Suvira Quarry (SQ 2-1 STS)

Santa Teresa Stars 5–2

Suvira Quarry (SQ 2-2 STS)

Suvira Quarry 2–1

Santa Teresa Stars (SQ 3-2 STS)

Finals Best of 7

Katashi Generals 8–0

Suvira Quarry (KG 1-0 SQ)

Katashi Generals 8–3

Suvira Quarry (KG 2-0 SQ)

Suvira Quarry 3–5

Katashi Generals (KG 3-0 SQ)

Suvira Quarry 0–8

Katashi Generals (KG 4-0 SQ)

Team of the Year
1B Titi Barrande (35)

Aminey Wanderers: R/R
2B Sukenobu Tanikawa (37)

Katashi Generals: R/R
3B Sabino Lema (33)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
SS Jukichi Sakurano (31)

Suvira Quarry: R/R

C Woutre Bardemaker (22)

Intermare Admirals: R/R

LF Yoshihito Oshita (26)

Echizen Dragons: R/R
CF Xacinto Leyton (29)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
RF Hannah Choe QUE (26)

Katashi Generals: L/L

SP Michael Reischauer QUE (20)

Katashi Generals: L/L
SP Suno Matsuda (28)

Suvira Quarry: L/L
SP Senzo Utada (34)

Teragaseki Dynamo: R/R
SP Torazo Kanemaru (22)

Katashi Generals: L/L

MP Roman Sotolongo (33)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
MP Arximiro Saravia (28)

Santa Teresa Stars: R/R
MP Eisuke Fukuhara (20)

Suvira Quarry: R/R
MP Tashiro Ishibashi (20)

Katashi Generals: R/R

8P Habi Hoga (30)

Katashi Generals: R/R

CP Teluvide Kamei (28)

Katashi Generals: R/R

Lower Leagues
A-levels:
Finisterre: Pararedo CdB
Yoshima: Teraoka Scarlet

Short season/rookies:
Katashi: Tawarakami Inferno
Western: Mayara Hizbahthen

by **Ko-oren** » Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:53 am

Cricket - Season 13

Retirements
Cyril Treadway (38) - L med/L All-rounder (

Greencaster)
Finley Black (34) - L orth/L Bowler (

Willowbourne)

Format
First-Class: 10 matches (6 teams, full round-robin). Win = 12p, Draw = 6p, Tie = 8p, Loss = 0p. Win by innings (or 10 wickets) = 9p.
List-A: 10 matches (6 teams, full round-robin) and a Final between teams #1 and #2 (NRR tiebreaker)
T20: 11 matches (12 teams, single round-robin) and a Final between teams #1 and #2 (NRR tiebreaker)

The KCC (Ko-orenite Cricket Councils) uses traditional Ko-orenite months:
Dorapi (early April to mid-May): 2x First-Class, 1x List-A
Tobtoren (mid-May to mid-June): 3x First-Class, 4x List-A
Girizedh (late June to late July): 1x First-Class, 5x List-A and List-A Final
Selpernim (late July to early September): 11x T20 and T20 Final
Jaranethan (early September to early October): 4x First-Class

Previews

First Class and List-A teams

East Surbourneshire
Stadium: Silverion Ground (25000) in Cirelbourne, Surbourneshire
Alternate venue: Goledon Oval, Bruncester (25005)
Championships (FC/LA): 1/1
Prediction: 5th (FC), 6th (LA)

The club did the unthinkable last season: They won the First Class season - the first one for them in the modern era - but those days feel long gone now. The region that keeps being plagued by a number of factors - most of which aren't related to sports - also hinders their cricket team. Despite there being a few Dragonflies on here, and with newly recruited Weller and Stillingfleet, there's still a gap between the East and the other five in quality.

Uriah Weller (24) - R fast/R Opener
Carlton Shapter (25) - R off/R Opener
Stanley Langhorne (30) - R med/R Opener
Oswald Stillingfleet (20) - L orth/L Batsman
Sherman Commins (24) - L fast/L Batsman*
Patrick Willis (29) - R med/R Batsman
Ezra Locke (30) - R fast/R Batsman
Lionel Hellver (26) - L orth/L Wicketkeeper
Aaron Maitland (21) - L fast/L All-rounder*
Cuthbert Osborne (23) - R off/R All-rounder
Erik Whitley (28) - R med/R All-rounder
Theophilus Darknoll (30) - L unorth/L All-rounder
Norman Chapman (25) - R leg/R Bowler
Elijah Lever (26) - R fast/R Bowler
Zacharias Fox (29) - L fast/L Bowler*
Lachlan Harvey (32) - R fast/R Bowler*

Greencaster
Stadium: Greencaster Oval (50000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Alternate venue: Emermere Oval, Greencaster (14000)
Championships (FC/LA): 3/3
Prediction: 1st (FC), 2nd (LA)

Ko-oren's most decorated team - in both formats - is back again for more after a disappointing First Class season (5th) though they did win the List-A championship. They hold on to a fantastic roster, if you selected only Greencastrians for the national team you would hardly be able to tell. They're definitely a lot deeper bowling-wise than batting, though with four experienced openers they should be able to hold on. With Ahern and Baldry, it's not like they've got nothing beyond the openers, though. How different things looked last year, when Smith and Chesterman just couldn't find their form, an inexperienced Enright, and a mediocre Roan. The biggest strength might still be perennial Dragonfly Wheelwright with the gloves.

Alois Lyness (23) - L med/L Opener*
Simeon Penn (26) - L unorth/L Opener
Desmond Crawford (26) - R fast/R Opener*
Nestor Igglesden (32) - L orth/L Opener*
Lester Ahern (23) - R med/R Batsman*
Crawford Desmond (24) - L fast/L Batsman
Lucius Letchford (25) - L orth/L Batsman
Monroe Baldry (36) - R off/R Batsman*
Gilbert Wheelwright (33) - R med/R Wicketkeeper*
Gerrit van Laringen (24) - R med/R All-rounder
Dewitt Cheyne (25) - R med/R All-rounder*
Mitchell Enright (22) - R leg/R Bowler*
Augustus Smith (24) - R fast/R Bowler*
Lewis Tilcott (25) - L unorth/L Bowler*
Denis Roan (29) - R fast/R Bowler
Solomon Chesterman (29) - R off/R Bowler

Leeshire
Stadium: Leewardia Oval (31000) in Maynard, Leeshire
Alternate venue: Timberton Oval, Aubury (12800)
Championships (FC/LA): 1/1
Prediction: 2nd (FC), 5th (LA)

It wasn't their season, but they were close to a First Class upset. New recruits Newman and Dherengun are going to help out in the batting department, a group that didn't necessarily need new blood but Treadway, White, and Stanway aren't going to last forever. There's hardly a middle group of players in their prime: it's just youngsters and veterans. Either Leeshire will have to win something right here, right now, or it might take a few years for a new core to establish and get comfortable. The team will hope that Treloar and Dherengun can bowl some overs, as their bowling seems a bit one-sided.

Stanley Newman (23) - R off/R Opener
Denis Treloar (24) - L orth/L Opener*
Grover Treadway (31) - R med/R Opener*
Genorak Dherengun (20) - L fast/L Batsman*
Romu Pelletier (21) - R off/R Batsman
Tahoselkun Dirhonindhen (22) - L med/L Batsman*
Dennis Stanway (30) - L orth/L Batsman*
Everett White (32) - R med/R Batsman*
Valentine Butler (21) - L fast/L Wicketkeeper
Evan Blatherwick (24) - R fast/R Wicketkeeper
Arnold Douglas (23) - R off/R All-rounder*
Morgan Meighan (26) - R fast/R All-rounder
William Thrall (25) - R fast/R Bowler
Albin Raycraft (31) - L unorth/L Bowler*
Newton Courtenay (31) - R fast/R Bowler*
Martin Etherington (35) - R leg/R Bowler

Mawryshire
Stadium: yBherafon Hills (24000) in Llandy, Mawryshire
Alternate venue: Bwdellafon Parc, Mawrystwyth (6000)
Championships (FC/LA): 2/1
Prediction: 4th (FC), 3rd (LA)

What happened to the country's second winningest squad? No team came close to prizes. The proud southwest has fewer potential teamers than ever, and that's with the addition of yAlinon and yAraidd, both new arrivals on the state squad. It's a good thing that the potential new core of the team is emerging, between the two above as well as yPipaem and yLwrcof, and ex-Dragonfly (for now) yLellmedd. Will they do things their way, leaning on a few young players and hoping that the trophies come rolling in in about 4-5 years time, or do they feel the pressure to get results now?

Distawd yMiflen (19) - R leg/R Opener
Ffanyrhog yGefftarion (23) - L fast/L Opener
Lei yAlinon (23) - L med/L Opener*
Conor yAraidd (23) - L orth/L Batsman*
Illres yChaegrheodd (29) - R med/R Batsman*
Fewmtol yDigtawr (30) - L med/L Batsman
Llowcan yRheighewn (32) - R med/R Batsman
Chognam yBewlchawd (22) - R leg/R Wicketkeeper
Theryn yCherwean (36) - R med/R Wicketkeeper*
Chaddwf yMwffrael (24) - R fast/R All-rounder
Fafnem yFfewlpes (31) - R fast/R All-rounder
Seophyn yMharwn (31) - R fast/R All-rounder
Lesomhof yPipaem (21) - L fast/L Bowler*
Ffedpwd yLwrcof (24) - R leg/R Bowler*
Borllog yLellmedd (25) - R off/R Bowler
Caprws ySarthylhar (28) - L orth/L Bowler

West Surbourneshire
Stadium: Southbight Ground (29000) in Ansonville, Springlands
Alternate venue: Ruby Hills, Burnet (18000)
Championships (FC/LA): 0/0
Prediction: 3rd (FC), 1st (LA)

They smelled the gold in both formats, but came away with nothing. Their window remains open and the only remaining prizeless team has a good shot. It's hard to say where the team stands after this year, but the fans and the region itself are clear on that. Get results now, ideally win trophies in both formats, no matter what. It doesn't help that this is the first time West Surbourneshire are in this position. Herschel Marsden was never surrounded by a lot of talent, so to be in a team with the likes of Twaddle, debutant Firembee, and several other young but promising players, Marsden might be able to add some domestic trophies to his impressive international list of achievements. There's a bit of everything, most ages are present, and in a few years, the region should still be in a good position.

Benton Leaby (22) - R fast/R Opener
Lyojall Firembee (22) - L fast/L Opener*
Reginald Twaddle (26) - R fast/R Opener*
Levi Pardey (25) - R fast/R Batsman*
Helmer Barbary (26) - R med/R Batsman
Dallas Welsh (32) - R med/R Batsman*
Leonard Palmer (23) - R off/R Wicketkeeper*
Bennie Connell (24) - R fast/R All-rounder
Dudley Reekey (24) - R leg/R All-rounder
Totokun Multherinden (22) - L fast/L Bowler*
Seymour Bartley (22) - R off/R Bowler
Thad Stanway (25) - R leg/R Bowler
Roman Kinghead (32) - L fast/L Bowler
Herschel Marsden (34) - R fast/R Bowler*

Willowbourne
Stadium: Royal Oval (40000) in Willowbourne, Corridor
Alternate venue: Summerkind Oval, Willowbourne (21000)
Championships (FC/LA): 0/1
Prediction: 6th (FC), 4th (LA)

They got their first prize, beating their city rivals to the south in the List-A final. Is there a chance for more of that? It doesn't seem likely. A poor roster helped by just three greats isn't likely to go all the way. Stevenson, Meredith, and Lincoln, three stalwarts of the national team, together with a group of players that all fall just short of Dragonfly contention. The predictions are quite clear as well: in the long formats, this team is unable to generate hype, and in the one-day matches, it'll be very hard to repeat success. New plaeyrs Souchon and Maunostinthen do help, particularly in the fast bowling that Willowbourne is a bit short on otherwise, but we're waiting for the team's rise back to the average. This feels like a lost year.

Parhelgelu Naulstithinthen (26) - R med/R Opener
Ezekiel Stevenson (35) - R leg/R Opener*
Isaac Quelch (22) - R fast/R Batsman
Horace Beardall (22) - R off/R Batsman
Jacob Lafaille (23) - R fast/R Batsman
Stuart Solomons (24) - L med/L Batsman
Herbert Doyle (28) - R off/R Batsman
Finley Meredith (29) - R leg/R Wicketkeeper*
Morris Wilkins (33) - R fast/R Wicketkeeper
Piraunzol Maunostinthen (23) - R fast/R All-rounder
Douglas Trevorrow (26) - R leg/R All-rounder
Sundhuril Pandherinthen (29) - L unorth/L All-rounder
Auguste Souchon (23) - R fast/R Bowler
Cyril Mellors (23) - R leg/R Bowler
Garfield Hooligan (28) - L fast/L Bowler
Rutherford Lincoln (32) - R leg/R Bowler*

T20 teams

Aubury Maroons
Stadium: Timberton Oval (12800) in Aubury, Leeshire
Prediction: 1
Lasrewll yChallril (23) - L unorth/L Bowler
Alois Lyness (23) - L med/L Opener
Ronald Taylor (23) - L med/L All-rounder
Lewis Tilcott (25) - L unorth/L Bowler
Chaddwf yMwffrael (24) - R fast/R All-rounder
Herbert Doyle (28) - R off/R Batsman

Linieux Lieutenants
Stadium: Ovale Liniane (6600) in Linieux, Cote Austral
Prediction: 2
Eli Hunniford (32) - R med/R Wicketkeeper
Ferdinand Carson (24) - L med/L Batsman
Horace Beardall (22) - R off/R Batsman
Simeon Penn (26) - L unorth/L Opener

Greencaster Bears
Stadium: Greencaster Oval (50000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 3
Lesomhof yPipaem (21) - L fast/L Bowler
Stuart Solomons (24) - L med/L Batsman
Dewitt Cheyne (25) - R med/R All-rounder

Idyllwild Antlers
Stadium: Dawsend Oval (11500) in Idyllwild, Corridor
Prediction: 4
Dallas Welsh (32) - R med/R Batsman
Moses Scovell (20) - L med/L Opener
Genorak Dherengun (20) - L fast/L Batsman
Martin Etherington (35) - R leg/R Bowler

Penstead Pirates
Stadium: Ocean Crest Oval (8000) in Penstead, yDremdun
Prediction: 5
Tawmin yFhireath (32) - R off/R Opener
Valentine Butler (21) - L fast/L Wicketkeeper
Illres yChaegrheodd (29) - R med/R Batsman
Roman Kinghead (32) - L fast/L Bowler

Norille Chevron Vert
Stadium: Stade Échechade (9000) in Norille, Corridor
Prediction: 6
Mitchell Enright (22) - R leg/R Bowler
Lyojall Firembee (22) - L fast/L Opener

Willowbourne Zenith
Stadium: Royal Oval (40000) in Willowbourne, Corridor
Prediction: 7
Garfield Hooligan (28) - L fast/L Bowler
Ezekiel Stevenson (35) - R leg/R Opener
Tahoselkun Dirhonindhen (22) - L med/L Batsman

Eastern Miners
Stadium: Goledon Oval (25005) in Bruncester, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 8
Lachlan Harvey (32) - R fast/R Bowler
Blaine Risewell (25) - R fast/R Batsman
Everett White (32) - R med/R Batsman

Burnet Rubies
Stadium: Ruby Hills (18000) in Burnet, Burnet Island
Prediction: 9
Reginald Twaddle (26) - R fast/R Opener
Boyd Jack (22) - R fast/R Bowler

Greencaster Heralds
Stadium: Greencaster Oval (50000) in Greencaster, Surbourneshire
Prediction: 10
Gilbert Wheelwright (33) - R med/R Wicketkeeper
Bert Chapman (22) - L med/L Bowler
Millhef yChirnall (21) - L fast/L All-rounder

Mawrystwyth Mustangs
Stadium: Bwdellafon Parc (6000) in Mawrystwyth, Mawryshire
Prediction: 11
Caprws ySarthylhar (28) - L orth/L Bowler
Conor yAraidd (23) - L orth/L Batsman
Llowcan yRheighewn (32) - R med/R Batsman

Mayara Marauders
Stadium: Kherodru Oval (7900) in Mayara, KCT
Prediction: 12
Lucius Letchford (25) - L orth/L Batsman
Borllog yLellmedd (25) - R off/R Bowler

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