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by **The Weegies** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:47 am

The Weegie Star
Season News

Controversial Team Link Begins To Pay Dividends

As the beginning of a new season in Weegie Football begins, let's look at the most interesting (and controversial) policy the WFA has instituted, the "team link", allowing a team to become a feeder side for a foreign side which has had many teams up in arms. The foreign side can send players on loan to the Weegie side, and can have "first option" on a Weegie player if he decides to leave a club, essentially a free player for the foreign side since The Weegies does not allow player transfer on a for-profit or monetary basis, and gives significant rights to players wishing to switch teams.

Teams which haven't found a team link are complaining that this gives the teams with team links an unfair advantage. Connor Fallstrom, Chairman of Aberbell Masons, claimed that "These teams are getting players we simply don't have access to because of CACE regulations on player transfer. This is a dangerous loophole which could severely undermine the competitiveness of our domestic game."

Some people are also worried about a potential drain of talent. Don McKie of the Weegie Youth Player's Association said "It may be that many excellent talent will go out of the Weegies and our domestic teams will suffer. Why should Weegies suffer from half-baked football whilst other nations enjoy the cream of what talent we have?"

WFA President Arthur McBride rubbished these claims, however. "We cannot imprison players on the Twelve Islands and expect our game to reach the levels of teams at the top level of world football. With these links we will develop talent that can play in the top divisions of the world, can continually challenge for international dominance, and is well-respected by the international footballing community. We cannot exile ourselves; we must show all the footballing nations of the world how Weegies play the game."

Teams linked:

Drumnavog Thistle (Weegie League, 2nd Division) link with Beningrad (Sorthern Northland)
Inbhir Mór (Weegie League, 3rd Division) link with Corcaigh (Sorthern Northland)
Duninverkirk Hibernians (Twelve Islands Championship, Combined Weegie Division) link with Fenian Sport Club (Sorthern Northland)
St. Andrew's (Weegie League, Second Division) link with St. Andrew's (West Zirconia)
Rossiemannock Rose (Weegie League, Second Division) link with Caires City (Candelaria And Marquez)
Sconfoot Rovers (Weegie League, 3rd Division) link with Caires City (Candelaria And Marquez)
Tyndwichamburnock FC (Weegie League, Second Division) link with KT Hotspur (Candelaria And Marquez)

Teams receiving foreign players;

FC Aberdunkirk: Adrie Hoogland, 22, striker, and Serge van Leeuwen, 27, right-winger (Nethertopian).
Sonskirk Tigers: Puc van Staatsel, 18, goalkeeper, and Jantje Reitbergen, 19, left-back (Nethertopian).

Weegie League System Finalised.

The WFA finalised the league system for this season, which took longer than expected, thus missing the deadline for international club competitions.

We don't have the space to go into detail about all the divisions, but as regards the top two divisions, in the Weegie Premier League, Mauchit Park F.C and Farlandh United will have a tough time staying in the Weegie Premiership, which has only seen a few new teams come through to become league stalwarts since its' inception, The Distillery being the most successful in that time. There's a bit of a talent gulf between the Weegie Premiership and the Weegie League, 1st Division, and it's shown up teams bigger than both of these newcomers. They might leapfrog perpetual bottom feeders Jamestoun City, though. Up top, as usual, it's going to be a fight between dominant team Mackintosh Thistle Celtic, and resurgent Buchanan L.F.C and Lylia Foresters sides to take the championship.

Teighan Fiealdains and Plarghlain were relegated from the Premiership last season, and both have suffered; Teighan lost their star striker Johnny Pollock, who decided to sign for Mauchit Park F.C. to keep himself in the Premiership, whilst Plarghlain have basically lost most of their defensive staff and half of their first-team midfield from last season, who've jumped ship to various sides in the 1st Division and the Premiership. Rumour has it that the abrasive style of manager Tommy Caulfield, as well as their relegation, led to this mass abandonment. Caulfield will have to make do with second-stringers and signings from lower leagues, and his team looks favourite to go down this season along with struggling Nortkirk. Promotion looks likely for the Longshoremen, who performed well last season and have strengthened their side with some of Plarghlain's ex-players, as well as Aigh nas Raidhraillinan, although former Weegie Premier Division sides Sauchiehall Rovers and Soothside City will challenge.

So, after the promotions and relegations, what does this season's Weegie league system look like?

Weegie Premiership:

Code: Select all: 1. Aigh nas Chlalnachan 2. Bearsden Pandas 3. Buchanan L.F.C. 4. Carlsson Rangers 5. Cialtag Rovers 6. Easter House Islanders 7. Farlandh United 8. Hanover Town 9. Jamestoun City 10. Lylia Foresters 11. Mackintosh Armadillos 12. Mackintosh Thistle Celtic 13. Mauchit Park F.C. 14. Schialtas Niaghuan 15. The Distillery 16. Trams Union United

Weegie League, First Division.

Code: Select all: 1. Aigh nas Raidhraillinan 2. Allbensborgs 3. Duncegarden Park 4. Ferghla'ian Rangers 5. Lilland Athletic 6. Lylia City Pirates 7. Nortkirk 8. Pittingstown 9. Plarghlain F.C. 10. Plai-na-laich F.C. 11. Port Gustav Longshoremen 12. Sauchiehall Rovers 13. Soothside City 14. Teighan Fiealdains

Weegie League, Second Division

Code: Select all: 1. Aberbell Masons 2. Drumnavog Thistle 3. F.C. Aberdunkirk 4. F.C. Scheigh’chean 5. Grantocher United 6. Gonaidh Gaeis F.C. 7. Rossiemannock Rose 8. Sgloibh Weighain 9. Sonskirk Tigers 10. South Calloch Hillmen 11. St. Andrew's 12. The Fell Men 13. The Floaters F.C. 14. Tyndwichamburnock FC

Weegie League, 3rd Division

Code: Select all: 1. A.F.C Ploidhan 2. Bairingh Last Chancers 3. Drumacher Town 4. F.C. Keel of Buchanan 5. F.S.C. Nas Deiull 6. Finnieston Cranes 7. Hanover Celdonian F.C. 8. Inbhir Mór 9. Lylia Rangers 10. Mackintosh Old Boys 11. Nights of Fairwind F.C. 12. Port Gustav Redoubters 13. Sconfoot Rovers 14. Soibh’lan Young Team

Twelve Islands Championship, Combined Weegie Division

Code: Select all: 1. Aberachie United 2. Aigh nas Monteith 3. Cailcanhlie Rovers 4. Carlsson Railmen 5. Colmadh Labhrann F.C. 6. Connicht City 7. Dontabhrainn Flaich F.C 8. Duninverkirk Hibernians 9. Feilsan Town 10. Haegleish Rovers 11. Harossan Town 12. Jamestoun Pearls 13. Loachenn United 14. Maichle F.C 15. Ochilean Pears 16. The Shipyarders 17. Weir of Kintorrich 18. Welachie Utd

Twelve Islands Championship, Weegia Conference

Code: Select all: 1. Aberordie City 2. Aridhaigh Town 3. Cloidhann Rovers 4. Dunsatrie United 5. Dunwedherie United 6. F.C. Fairdh’fordh 7. Flower of Dechaidhu 8. Grendalmone FC 9. Locholaendh United 10. Mhairisburgh Utd 11. Muchaill F.C 12. Roarchaigh City 13. Solidhin City 14. Tobaidhston Rovers

Twelve Islands Championship, Lesser Isles Conference

Code: Select all: 1. Abermachantie City 2. Abermichtie Town 3. Aberotin Wanderers 4. Banarandhra Town 5. Colmichteann United 6. Conragrahan Rangers 7. Corchy Atties 8. Dunorrochie United 9. Dunsaidh Town 10. Lochbheinn Midnighters F.C 11. Lochmiedhinn Athletic 12. Longbroom Vale 13. Malchoibh South Bankers 14. Monthrantie United

League of Weegia, 1st Division

Code: Select all: 1. Aberlouie Town 2. Abernorghie City 3. Auchteroder Athletic 4. Auchtershilich Town 5. Avieondhrie United 6. Bancromnie City 7. Banreibhrich Athletic 8. Dunoferlie City 9. Dunshillich Town 10. Garrie FC 11. Pailglichteann City 12. Weir of Suildhanain

League of Weegia, 2nd Division

Code: Select all: 1. Aigh nas Avieolaendh 2. Aigh nas Avieratich 3. Alnan Thistle 4. Bannachanich United 5. Doneichrie Gorge F.C. 6. Dulchie United 7. Duncromich Pathfinders 8. Dunlichlan Orchard 9. F.C. Lochanter 10. Kepplen FC 11. Lethskirn Brosnach 12. Wilodden Shipyard

Northern Islands League

Code: Select all: 1. Aigh nas Ruiranh 2. Allanton City 3. Auchtercock United 4. Buchlyvie Jungle Cats 5. Chiann Dunaibh 6. Dunnain Blair 7. Garrie AFC 1943 8. Laurieston Reef Divers 9. Peilgann Freemen 10. Ponlachie Town 11. Porbey Rangers 12. Strees FC

Central Island Belt League

Code: Select all: 1. Auchterceildh United 2. Bollichitie FC 3. Breraldie Welfare 4. Dallotinhie United 5. Blairdunnain FC 6. Gormladicchin Central 7. Langcaddie Vale 8. Lonstron FC 9. Nethern Town 10. Gorbeyhill Rangers 11. Elstrees FC 12. Stregha Thistle

Eastern Isles League

Code: Select all: 1. Aberhourie Athletic 2. Auchtermallachie Avengers 3. Baighness FC 4. Brarney Miners Welfare 5. Dallot Ramblers 6. Dunnarn United 7. Longbroom Athletic 8. Lermstron Laurels 9. Nethen Rovers 10. Porbey Town 11. Calstrees United 12. Streghanthara City

Stramach League

Code: Select all: 1. Abermorgow Lily 2. Aberonfie Rovers 3. Abertefladh F.C 4. Alvier FC 5. Balmore Family 6. Bank O' Stray 7. Cochule Maroon 8. Holarrine Athletic 9. Kingdochy United 10. Lochnorgie Town 11. Newtouston FC 12. Restow FC

Fisherman's League

Code: Select all: 1. Aberkirkie Coasters 2. Auchan Local Transport Authority 3. Auchan Park 4. Auchterflandarich Frost Giants F.C. 5. Dunmanich F.C. 6. Easemuir Fisher 7. Firkin Rovers 8. Kilchar FC 9. Lancekirk FC 10. Lochiedhu Villagers 11. Lochsadhrie Town 12. Maxtow Clansmen

Lylia League

Code: Select all: 1. Alnel Rangers 2. Appleban Star 3. Auchterney Town 4. Blachan 2005 5. Carterneltan Bridge 6. Cumbathmar Athletic 7. Dalmale Island 8. Easterlie Puffins 9. Finnuirie Rangers 10. Hutheswick Strollers 11. Strown-Onpath Bankies 12. Whinlengan Reighald

Achtil & Farentan League

Code: Select all: 1. Aigh nas Chaildonneadh 2. Aigh nas Choill 3. Calgigha Beachcombers 4. Cannan Gaels 5. Cranachan Treann F.C. 6. Dunkelack County 7. Durneftie United 8. Gratennochaoll United 9. Gronaichann Haverers 10. Kilphanane FC 11. Rialch Town 12. Sioghnaol Tereghan'tich Warriors

Stemil League

Code: Select all: 1. Connichtie United 2. Glenmarrurie Still 3. Hochantran F.C. 4. Inchkillinan Islanders 5. Irshallie Hermits 6. Jedmeirgh Thistle 7. Kilnie Town 8. Poilanter Celtic 9. Quindippie Welfare 10. Renfurn Mackerels 11. Rosanter Dissenters 12. Vale of Aedhrahan

Dreich League

Code: Select all: 1. Ballintyre Rovers 2. Brentichie Thistle 3. Kilmlachnortie Prowlers 4. Lalachrenner Oilmen 5. Lochclein Town 6. Mofferan City 7. Ochalinter Fishermen 8. Saildinnie Dwellers 9. Scoonerie Welfare 10. Skilkineradhie Grouse 11. Tardacuill Lighthouse F.C 12. Weirmalloch Town

by **Krytenia** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:58 pm

O-LEAGUE SEASON THREE – REVIEW
A new sponsor, a new season, and new questions. Mercia or Ousevale? Someone else? What's with all the Frenchies? All this and more...

Matchdays 1-5
Emberton Reds are surprise leaders of the table after five games, but it's Mercia Bromham's eight-one demolition of Leston on Matchday Two which grabs the attention. Well, that's not true; it's the fact six of those were netted by Ian Betts that grabs all the attention. Ousevale Borough get in on the action, too, with a six-one drubbing of Caversham on Matchday Four. Ellisham and Aigburth start long hard seasons without a win in their first five.
TOP FIVE: Emberton Reds 11pts, Ousevale Borough 10, Dereapolis City 10, Stanton Town 9, Caversham 9

KFA Cup First Round
Aigburth Athletic's miserable start to the season continues as they lose 2-1 to O-League Four side Camberley Town. Caversham (Bradwell Saints), Leston (Notegia Rangers) and Club Francophone (Avidia City) at least have the decency to go out to reasonably good O-League Two sides. Spare a thought for Oustia; they had the audacity to score first against Ousevale Borough; the Tigers then proceeded to put nine past their opponents.

Matchdays 6-10
Emberton Reds remain unbeaten, and their fans dream of the possibility of silverware. Avidia United recover from a bad start to shift up to third, whilst Monthuez, without a win in nine, drop into the relegation zone on Matchday Ten.
TOP FIVE: Emberton Reds 24pts, Ousevale Borough 21, Avidia United 19, Casuals Osteria 19, Stanton Town 18

KFA Cup Second Round
Things pretty much went by the book in round two...with one or two exceptions. Camberley continued their cup run with a victory over NSE Kovenham of OL2, and Norton, relegated from the Premier last season, got their revenge against newly-promoted Stratford Rovers. Elsewhere, CF Avides impress with a five-one hammering of Faversham Town, two divisions below them.

Matchdays 11-15
Can anyone beat the Reds? They've gone half the season unbeaten, five points clear at the top...it all looks good from there. Not so for Monthuez, who stretch their winless run to fourteen, or for Ellisham, who finally won their first game of the season on Matchday Eleven.
TOP FIVE: Emberton Reds 35pts, Casuals Osteria 30, Ousevale Borough 28, Mercia Bromham 28, Stanton Town 25

KFA Cup Third Round
And now things get tasty. Krytenia Emberton knock out Stanton, Mercia Bromham finally beat the Reds, and Camberley Town win again, this time knocking out Hastings. Caledon Simpson, meanwhile, are embarrassed away at Hoxton.

Matchdays 16-20
Casuals Osteria finally beat the Reds on Matchday Seventeen...and send them on a three-game losing streak. In all the confusion, Mercia top the table and aim for the title...but the Casuals are behind only on goal difference. At the bottom, Monthuez still haven't won since Matchday One; they're eleven points from safety.
TOP FIVE: Mercia Bromham 40pts, Casuals Osteria 40, Ousevale Borough 38, Emberton Reds 37, Stanton Town 36

KFA Cup Quarter-Finals
Only five O-League Premier clubs got this far...and only one match involved two of them, Avidia United beating Krytenia Emberton two-nil. Elsewhere, Camberley's brave run was ended by the Tigers, Mercia beat Hoxton, and Norton are the only non-Premier club remaining after beating Ousevale Juniors.

Matchdays 21-25
Osteria roar to the top; Mercia chase, and Ousevale slip at the wrong time. It's all getting close at the top. At the bottom? CFF finally win their second of the season, but they're as good as down.
TOP FIVE: Casuals Osteria 51pts, Mercia Bromham 49, Emberton Reds 47, Ousevale Borough 46, Stanton Town 42

KFA Cup Semi-Finals
Ousevale squeak past Norton at Wanderers Park, whist Mercia look to make it a cup "three-peat"...and put three past Avidia United at the Draconium to set up an all-Nova Mercian final.

Matchdays 26-30
A draw with Stratford Rovers relegates Monthuez on Matchday 26, and Aigburth follow a week later after defeat to Osteria. Casuals clean up the title with two games in hand, and all that's left is for Leston to get themselves relegated on Matchday 29, and the season's as good as over.

Code: Select all: LP Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Casuals Osteria 30 19 6 5 46 25 21 63 TQCC 2 Mercia Bromham 30 16 9 5 51 19 32 57 TQCC 3 Emberton Reds 30 16 9 5 39 17 22 57 TQCC 4 Ousevale Borough 30 13 13 4 47 19 28 52 GC 5 Stanton Town 30 12 11 7 40 24 16 47 GC 6 Avidia United 30 12 10 8 33 22 11 46 GC 7 Dereapolis City 30 10 9 11 26 35 -9 39 8 Caledon Simpson 30 9 11 10 36 32 4 38 9 Caversham 30 9 11 10 30 33 -3 38 10 Stratford Rovers 30 9 10 11 21 30 -9 37 11 Secklow 30 9 7 14 31 41 -10 34 12 Ellisham 30 6 14 10 21 34 -13 32 13 Krytenia Emberton 30 7 10 13 22 39 -17 31 14 Leston Town 30 3 16 11 12 31 -19 25 R 15 CFF Monthuez 30 5 8 17 20 47 -27 23 R 16 Aigburth Athletic 30 4 8 18 22 49 -27 20 R

KFA Cup Final - Ousevale Borough 2-1 Mercia Bromham (aet)
Pascal Germano's winner puts the white ribbons on the Cup.

Lower Divisions
Notegia finally, finally, made it into O-League Two's top three, winning the title on goal difference ahead of CF Avides. Bradwell Saints return after two seasons away, and Avidia just miss out on a Premier spot. Noton United, Westleigh Rovers and Hoxton go the other way. Lower down, Loco go from Two to Four in successive seasons, Beckton do the same in the opposite direction, and Camberley's cup-run reward is promotion to Three.

The ups and downs in full:
OL2 > OLP: Notegia Rangers - CF Avides - Bradwell Saints
OLP > OL2: Leston Town - CFF Monthuez - Aigburth Athletic

OL3 > OL2: Penniton United - Beckton Supermarine - Ousevale Juniors
OL2 > OL3: Noton United - Westleigh Rovers - Hoxton

OL4 > OL3: Shruton Town - Camberley Town - Oustia
OL3 > OL4: Locomotive Wolverton - Blakeland - Nenbridge

UICA Competition Qualification
Champions' Cup: Casuals Osteria, Mercia Bromham, Emberton Reds
Globe Cup: Ousevale Borough, Stanton Town, Avidia United
Series B Cup: Notegia Rangers, CF Avides, Bradwell Saints, Avidia City

by **Candelaria And Marquez** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:58 pm

Matchday Fifteen… Well that took long enough.

Nine weeks later, we finally have Green Island back where they belong, at the summit of Candelariasian football. An odiously simple demolition of Mayo Valley – hardly a stunner, given that the west Candelarians have won a single game since matchday two – was all it ultimately took, thanks to a pair of draws for the previous top two.

In Turkish’s case they deserved rather more, an Alexander free-kick equalised late in the first half with a John Potter penalty, but the second half was largely devoid of set pieces and the visitors strugglers to break through the unexpectedly packed defence of Gamboa. Castelão’s side lived on their nerves throughout however, with Danny Bakker highly unfortunate to be denied a spot kick of his own from a woeful Daniel Stride tackle – the first foot the young full-back has really put wrong since coming in for the injured Daniel Lacombe.

Besides the dropped points, Turkish would also see Bakker shown a second yellow late on, his suspension for next weekend set to coincide with an absence for Calabrese after his own worrying injury on international duty, though at least they have options to cover them. Bloody loads of ‘em, actually…

Port of Clotaire also suffered, with Ham Hyi-san limping off early, though in his case it doesn’t look quite as serious. His absence was enough to stop the Harpies adding more than one goal to their thus-far impressive tally, and the PoC were ultimately lucky to escape with a point at Barreto’s horribly inconsistent Marbles.

And talking of inconsistency: Albrecht FC, who get younger and more nymphish by the day. With Nakatsuru clearly carrying a knock and sub’d for Kouakou Kouamé early on, the Scorpions looked completely incapable of breaking down Caires Sports, who struck themselves half-way through the second half from – and this may surprise you – a counter-attack, Adirondu putting away the winner for one-nil. The Knights’ hopes of grabbing a TQCC spot from the Apertura still look grim, with MarquezOW six points ahead – and Caires City did their neighbours no favours in letting hold of a lead at home to the naranja to crumble to their sixth defeat of the season.

The boos rang out around the McNeil Bingo Arena, but it’s all for show – there’s no chance of them driving Dionísio out now, even if they’ve got almost no chance of even grabbing a Globe Cup place, in an outcome that’s really not going to help their international ranking (and isn’t great news for the CMSC’s flash coefficient as a whole)…

One man who is gone, however, is Da Silva at Catedral. A hapless three-nil defeat in Saurin provided his end, with a new man expecting in the dugout after the CMS Cup break. Quite what said individual can hope to achieve with a side with just six points to its name is unclear, but they still have the players for, let’s say, a fifteenth place finish. And if they don’t manage that, it could well be curtains for Cathedral City on a rather more permanent basis…

Albrecht FC 0-1 Caires Sports (Adirondu 71)
Arrigo Portuguese 2-2 Tenderville United (Macanás 44, Oughton 45+1; Night 48, Kuypers 90+2)
Caires City 1-2 Marquez-Onwere (Lewis 35; Smit 40, Sáez 83)
Candelaria-Allemali 0-0 AFC MN Smith
El din Marbles 1-1 Port of Clotaire (Herráez 26; Edwards 21)
Gamboa FC 1-1 Albrecht Turkish (Potter 40; Alexander 18)
Green Island 4-0 Mayo Valley (Young 43, Aldren 45, Anwamanë 46, Paterson 57)
McDonald SC 3-0 Cathedral City (Sheppard 1 and 72, Froggatt 31)
NAPPC 3-1 KT Hotspur (Van Dyke 46 and 51, González Rodríguez 58)

CMS Cup Last Thirty-Two… Oh lords above, must we?

First Round Proper
Cleal Beck 1-0 Exeter Trident
Sinjun City Alliance 2-0 Fallon Town
Chapon United 1-2 Bettney SC
Los Realejos Storks 1-1 Warbirds Talinger
Replay: Warbirds Talinger 2-0 Los Realejos Storks
Lower Wessaxontown Magicians 2-0 MSS Scorpions
Pranschke Island Athletics 1-2 Preece Town
Gómez United 4-1 Mount Lo
Warne Cities 0-1 Scruggs Picking Sharks
Bulent GBC 2-1 New Taylor Road
Lesperance Knights 1-0 Le Thipp Judek
Marquez Athletic 2-1 Catherin FC
Gustavo Sánchez 0-2 Korslund
San Juan 2-2 Club Atlético Fasnia
Replay: Club Atlético Fasnia 1-2 San Juan
Estrellas Brilliantes 0-2 Brodoff SC
Robert Simpson FC 1-1 Vo FC
Replay: Vo FC 1-1 Robert Simpson FC (2-2 AET) (Robert Simpson FC wins 4-3 on penalty kicks)
Abiodun South 1-1 Nader FC
Replay: Nader FC 1-0 Abiodun South

Second Round
Club Atlético Lugar 2-1 Sinjun City Alliance
Magnus United 2-1 Nader FC
Dyce FC 1-0 Lesperance Knights
Blackwell Island 2-1 Starless City Nationals
Bulent GBC 3-2 Dublynne Raiders
Chapon FC 4-1 Guerreros de Agujero
Arrigo C.d.F. 2-0 Lower Wessaxontown Magicians
Marquez Athletic 1-2 Condory Bantams
Gómez United 4-2 Club Marquez
Saurin I.A. 0-1 C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T.
Alber City Wasps 3-0 Swords of Bass
Bettney SC 2-1 Robert Simpson FC
Caires FC 1-0 Warbirds Talinger
Cleal Beck 2-0 Liverpool Knights
Thoth Town SC 1-1 Onwere University
Replay: Onwere University 0-3 Thoth Town SC
Newport Island 2-0 Di Alfonso Phoenix
Korslund 3-0 Brodoff SC
Hanlon Warbirds 0-0 Preece Town
Replay: Preece Town 1-0 Hanlon Warbirds
Scruggs Picking Sharks 1-1 The New Saints
Replay: The New Saints 2-0 Scruggs Picking Sharks
Bass FC 1-1 San Juan
Replay: San Juan 2-2 Bass FC (2-2 AET) (Bass FC wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)

Third Round
Caires FC 1-0 Cleal Beck
C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T. 1-1 The New Saints
Replay: The New Saints 2-2 C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T. (2-2 AET) (C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T. wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)
Korslund 4-1 Club Atlético Lugar
Thoth Town SC 2-2 Dyce FC
Replay: Dyce FC 1-1 Thoth Town SC (1-3 AET)
Alber City Wasps 0-1 Magnus United
Bulent GBC 0-2 Preece Town
Arrigo C.d.F. 1-0 Condory Bantams
Newport Island 0-1 Blackwell Island
Bass FC 0-1 Gómez United
Bettney SC 1-1 Chapon FC
Replay: Chapon FC 1-1 Bettney SC (1-2 AET)

Fourth Round
Sloane Wanderers 1-1 Candelaria Arsenal
Replay: Candelaria Arsenal 1-2 Sloane Wanderers
Blackwell Island 1-0 Castellano Hills FC
Khatib FC 2-0 Turks’ Club
Gómez United 2-2 Alvery Blades
Replay: Alvery Blades 2-2 Gómez United (3-3 AET) (Alvery Blades wins 3-2 on penalty kicks)
Webley Stadium 2-2 C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T.
Replay: C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T. 2-1 Webley Stadium
Fallon United 2-0 Candelaria-Allemali
Abiodun North 1-0 Korslund
Thoth Town SC 2-1 Radyukevich CSC
Arrigo C.d.F. 2-2 Castillo FC
Replay: Castillo FC 1-1 Arrigo C.d.F. (1-1 AET) (Arrigo C.d.F. wins 4-3 on penalty kicks)
Maidment SC 1-1 McDonald SC
Replay: McDonald SC 1-1 Maidment SC (1-1 AET) (McDonald SC wins 6-5 on penalty kicks)
Preece Town 1-3 Deportivo María
Ironside-Talinger 1-1 Miranda FC
Replay: Miranda FC 1-2 Ironside-Talinger
Melin Professionals 1-1 Caires FC
Replay: Caires FC 3-1 Melin Professionals
Bettney SC 2-1 Magnus United
Brayton Town 1-0 Melin & Nader
Riverton Olympic 0-2 Albrecht Independent FC

Okees, so running through it all nice and quickly… It’s an early tubby bye-bye for Tenderville, the reigning champions falling to defeat in the biggest upset by far of this round. With a second string side held by CMSC2 Albrecht Independent at the Home of the Dragon, the Nethertopians travelled to the Army Ground for the replay and were promptly turned over three-one – despite Drunn Deleks taking the lead after just seven minutes. T’was a very fine performance by the Indies, but rather served to sum up Tenderville’s slightly below-par season and the missed opportunity to become one of the barest handful of sides to retain the cup won’t go down especially well with the board, one would suspect. Unless, of course, it’s a signal of intent to the effect that, nine points behind Green Island in the league, Carson still sees the CMSC title as a genuine possibility, and the cup, therefore, as but a mere trinket. But probably not.

The defeated finalists from last term also went out, the Marbles unlucky to be drawn away at hatefully consistent cup side KT Hotspur, while all interest in the competition from the east of Rushmore was extinguished with Portuguese’s ousting of NAPPC. Elsewhere, the few valiant semi-pro sides left in the tournament were all ousted – though non-league Bettney SC, having excelled themselves merely to get this far in knocking out both Chapon clubs as well as Turkish’s feeder/reserve/B/youth team Magnus United in previous rounds, almost took Cathedral City to a replay before Nathan Paganel silenced the north-east Candelarian seaside town a minute from time.

Alvery Blades managed an upset, of sorts, with MN Smith going down to a single own goal, and will be joined by fellow CMSC2 side Brayton Town in the next round, while Arrigo C.d.F. are the last club drawn from the regional divisions to squeak into the last sixteen.

Marquez-Onwere 3-0 Fallon United (Gatti 16, Stot 45+1, Cotuba 89)
Alvery Blades 1-0 AFC MN Smith (Meyer og 57)
McDonald SC 1-3 Albrecht FC (Bastard 76; Hamizi 51 and 90+2, Kouakou Kouamé 72)
Arrigo Portuguese 2-1 NAPPC (De Woudt 75, Oughton 80; Van Dyke 65)
KT Hotspur 1-0 El din Marbles (Smith 64)
Port of Clotaire 2-2 Khatib FC (Van Dijk 20, Cooper 62; Hall 34, Gowans 41)
~ Replay: Khatib FC 1-2 Port of Clotaire (Knezevic 45; Ham 41, Hamblett 87)
Green Island 4-1 Abiodun North (va Drake 5 and 14, Clayton 32, Willis 72; TEN 42)
Caires FC 0-2 Arrigo C.d.F. (Fernández Gómez 53, Bellifemini 78)
Tenderville United 1-1 Albrecht Independent FC (Lewis 77; Hitchens 74)
~ Replay: Albrecht Independent FC 3-1 Tenderville United (Hitchens 29, Mangabe 87, Ibarra 90; Deleks 7)
C.G.y.F.d.C.d.L.T. 0-2 Caires Sports (Adirondu 65, Belmore 70)
Albrecht Turkish 1-1 Ironside-Talinger (Bakker 90; Folks 52)
~ Replay: Ironside-Talinger 0-2 Albrecht Turkish (Cohen 86, Robinson 80)
Mayo Valley 3-0 Blackwell Island (Szatmári 14, Subudhi 40, Milošević 90+1)
Bettney SC 1-2 Cathedral City (Galea 5; Yeboah 57, Paganel 89)
Gamboa FC 3-0 Deportivo María (Chinn 15, Stride 42, Roberto 74)
Thoth Town SC 1-1 Brayton Town (Kelly 71; Tana 63)
~ Replay: Brayton Town 3-2 Thoth Town SC (Tana 10 and 18 and 43; Doyle 15, Kelly 24)
Sloane Wanderers 0-3 Caires City (Jones 2, Lewis 61, Marshall 85)

Matchday Sixteen… So, as the final push for TQCC places until the next final push for TQCC is almost upon us, the biggest game of the weekend took place in the north-east of Candelaria.

Except that, to put it another way, it didn’t.

In another universe, Port of Clotaire versus KT Hotspur might well have been really and truly worth watching – a supreme test of attack versus defence, with a place in the Champions’ Cup at stake. Instead, the wicked fingers of goal difference spoiled our fun for, even if the Spur had closed the gap on the Harpies to just three points, the double-figures GD would still have been impossible to make up. It feels wrong, frankly. Football’s about winning, not scoring goals. ‘Goals For’ is surely an even bigger evil, but what right have the CMSC to legislate in any way against one preferred style or play or another? They could just as easily reward tight defences at times like these. It’s discriminatory. Something must be done.

That little rant from up Rosasharn way, echoed by Revault and a number of his squad following the final whistle in Clotaire, took quite some time to die; an impotent symbol of frustration that the club won’t be receiving any reward more significant than a Globe Cup spot for their toils this term, and denying us all a remotely entertaining Super 17 weekend. Phooey.

As it is, Ras Rataran’s curling free-kick two minutes into stoppage time pretty much goes to waste, at least in the short term, and leaves Port of Clotaire struggling for automatic TQCC qualification but otherwise comfortably cushioned inside the top four. Turkish’s defeat in Arrigo sees them lose even further ground on Green Island, and goal difference (boo, hiss) ensures that the Apertura title is the GIZ’s again short of a huge defeat against City and massive victory for Mannasuch’s side over Tenderville next time out. Turkish, MarquezOW and the PoC will battle it out for second to fourth.

AFC MN Smith 0-2 Green Island (Anwamanë 16, va Drake 56)
Albrecht FC 4-0 El din Marbles (Hamizi 17 and 76, Wanderley 69, St. Louis 79)
Arrigo Portuguese 3-2 Albrecht Turkish (Castro 8, Macanás 38, Anderson 44; Innisvale 12, Robinson 54)
Caires City 2-0 Candelaria-Allemali (González 7, Mulder 75)
Cathedral City 1-1 NAPPC (Paganel 38; González Rodríguez 2)
Gamboa FC 1-0 Caires Sports (Potter 50)
Mayo Valley 3-0 McDonald SC (Tillström 12, Szatmári 61, Subudhi 68)
Port of Clotaire 0-1 KT Hotspur (Rataran 90+2)
Tenderville United 2-4 Marquez-Onwere (Kuypers 55, Lewis 67; Oliveira Tavares 6, Smit 26 and 52, Souto Maior 42)

Matchday Seventeen… Well, thank heavens we didn’t have anything very much left to play for, eh, at least as far as mid-season qualification was concerned. So in lieu of some dribbling preamble, let’s just cut to the bloody chase, shall we? Please. Have a heart, for God’s sake.

Albrecht Turkish 1-3 Tenderville United (Innisvale 58; Lewis 70, Reargold 78, Kuypers 89)
Caires Sports 1-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Belmore 47; Macanás 72)
Candelaria-Allemali 0-1 Marquez-Onwere (Souto Maior 65)
El din Marbles 1-0 Gamboa FC (Pavoni 79)
Green Island 2-1 Caires City (va Drake 70, Young 77; Lewis 19)
KT Hotspur 1-1 Albrecht FC (Collins 88; Hamizi 87)
McDonald SC 2-1 AFC MN Smith (Sheppard 55, Andryan 85; Van der Laan 39)
NAPPC 1-0 Mayo Valley (Van Dyke 83)
Port of Clotaire 2-0 Cathedral City (Sánchez Garcia 20, Edwards 25)

CMSC1 XXXVI Apertura Table
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Green Island              17  12   2   3   40   14   26   38  TQCC
   2  Marquez-Onwere            17  10   5   2   33   20   13   35  TQCC
   3  Port of Clotaire          17  11   1   5   39   21   18   34  TQCC
   4  Albrecht Turkish          17   9   5   3   29   15   14   32  TQCC
   5  KT Hotspur                17   8   5   4   21   15    6   29  GC
   6  Tenderville United        17   7   5   5   34   31    3   26
   7  Arrigo Portuguese         17   6   7   4   25   19    6   25  GC
   8  Albrecht FC               17   5   9   3   26   20    6   24  GC
   9  Caires Sports             17   7   3   7   19   20   -1   24
  10  El din Marbles            17   5   7   5   19   24   -5   22
  11  Caires City               17   5   5   7   18   17    1   20
  12  Gamboa FC                 17   6   2   9   19   32  -13   20
  13  NAPPC                     17   5   4   8   15   26  -11   19
  14  Mayo Valley               17   4   6   7   17   20   -3   18
  15  Candelaria-Allemali       17   5   3   9   12   18   -6   18
  16  McDonald SC               17   4   2  11   19   31  -12   14
  17  AFC MN Smith              17   3   5   9    7   23  -16   14
  18  Cathedral City            17   1   4  12    9   35  -26    7

T4S CMSC2 XXXVI Apertura
   Pos  Team                     P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Ironside-Talinger         19  14   1   4   39   21   18   43  SBCC
   2  Radyukevich CSC           19  12   3   4   41   20   21   39  SBCC
   3  Turks’ Club               19  11   5   3   36   21   15   38  SBCC
   4  Riverton Olympic          19  11   3   5   23   15    8   36  SBCC
   5  Brayton Town              19  10   4   5   29   24    5   34
   6  Sloane Wanderers          19   9   3   7   32   23    9   30
   7  Webley Stadium            19   9   3   7   17   17    0   30
   8  Khatib FC                 19   8   3   8   29   22    7   27
   9  Albrecht Independent FC   19   8   3   8   27   24    3   27
  10  Castillo FC               19   7   6   6   27   24    3   27
  11  Melin Professionals       19   8   2   9   19   20   -1   26
  12  Melin & Nader             19   7   5   7   25   29   -4   26
  13  Miranda FC                19   7   3   9   21   20    1   24
  14  Deportivo María           19   7   3   9   22   35  -13   24
  15  Abiodun North             19   6   5   8   23   26   -3   23
  16  Candelaria Arsenal        19   6   4   9   15   23   -8   22
  17  Castellano Hills FC       19   6   3  10   19   24   -5   21
  18  Fallon United             19   5   2  12   12   29  -17   17
  19  Alvery Blades             19   3   4  12    9   27  -18   13
  20  Maidment SC               19   3   1  15    8   29  -21   10

Matchday Eighteen

A Good Day: For Green Island, who came back from behind in Onwere in a most spirited fashion; season’s-best performances from Young and Aldren in particular helping the visitors claw a two-one win. Ultimately though, MarquezOW could barely offer more than their seventh-minute opener, failing to register another shot on Stockley’s goal, and if that’s the best the Apertura’s second-best side can manage, we might as well all pack up and go home.

Ooh, now there’s an idea…

A Bad Day: For pretty much everybody else, with the drive for UICA places over the last month or so apparently taking it out of our major challengers as the Clausura gets underway. An insipid one-nil home defeat for Turkish against Caires Sports, and a similarly unimpressive showing for the PoC in Hodgehill, suggests that we could be in a for a bit of early realignment as far as the title race is concerned. Wooooo, I suppose.

A Bad Day: For Mark Water, jogging on the spot in his penalty box in a desperate attempt to keep warm during the utterly tedious second half in what shall dubiously be titled the Tenderville v CandelariaAM ‘clash’, who proceeded to drop to the grass in agony clutching his, I dunno, let’s say his calf, and was ruled out for a good couple of months not long after. Won’t do much for the Nethertopian CoH effort, if he doesn’t get back on his feet in time. We’re all very sad about that.

A Bad Day: For Jacin Raellis, or possibly Reallis, who received her fifth red card of this season this weekend in the Marbles’ one-nil defeat to Portuguese. That Barreto’s lot are where they are (or, more to the point, where they aren’t) is down in no small part to the Taeshanese veteran’s appalling disciplinary record this term, and one suspects that another recall to the starting XI is pretty much beyond her now, with Adrián Gallo, Freedom Weller and possibly even young teenager Darren Hastings all waiting in the wings to take her place. As an aside, it’s worth noting that Beth Nicholls, Loren Meyer, Brittany Paxson, Courtney Poole, Gloria Villasenior and Marion White have all received their marching orders at least once this term.

Not that I’m making a point, or anything. Just sayin’.

AFC MN Smith 1-0 NAPPC (Rogers 19)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-0 El din Marbles (Oughton 29)
Albrecht Turkish 0-1 Caires Sports (Valinial 60)
Caires City 3-3 McDonald SC (Lewis 61; Agostinho 72 and 77; Sheppard 16, Luke Williams 22, Andryan 67)
Cathedral City 0-1 Albrecht FC (Kim 7)
Gamboa FC 1-1 KT Hotspur (Potter 80; Jenkins 16)
Marquez-Onwere 1-2 Green Island (Oliveira Tavares 6; Aldren 43, Anwamanë 70)
Mayo Valley 2-1 Port of Clotaire (Subudhi 3 and 43; Van Dijk 70)
Tenderville United 1-1 Candelaria-Allemali (Night 15; Kenroe 53)

Matchday Nineteen

A Good Week: For goals, as it happens – thirty-three of the buggers, and we even manage to fit a goalless draw in there as well, a lesser-spotted species that should really be hiding away in the deepest jungle, waiting with existential dread to be poked at by a somewhat reluctant Stephen Fry. Although it did involve the Spur, so I don’t suppose we can really justify being all shocked and appalled.

A Better Week: For the PoC, who moved back into second place with an all very exciting comeback victory over MN Smith, and in a seven goal thriller to boot. Which is really rather what one has come to expect of the Harpies this term, somehow, and isn’t it nice how rapidly we’ve gotten used to that status quo. As for the Smudgers, it ain’t getting much better. If Catedral are down, poor things (and losing at home to Gamboa offers little in the way of real hope), then the Smith have to be prime candidates to follow them, even if there’s no clear gap opening up just yet. This was arguably their best performance of the season, but Medlin will need to summon all his skills (?) if his side are to recover from ultimately falling to defeat in what should have been a semi-famous victory.

Albrecht FC and Caires City picked up sizable away wins, meanwhile, but you can see that for yourself, dearest ones.

Albrecht Turkish 1-0 El din Marbles (Innisvale 75)
Caires Sports 1-1 Tenderville United (Made’er 6; Deleks 70)
Candelaria-Allemali 2-4 Green Island (Silva 72 and 80; Kures 10, va Drake 27 and 37, Anwamanë 45+1)
Cathedral City 2-4 Gamboa FC (Solaris 10, Paganel 50; Rojas 10, Chinn 29, Stride 55, Nixon 70)
KT Hotspur 0-0 Arrigo Portuguese
Mayo Valley 0-4 Albrecht FC (Go 3, Tekeste 22, Wanderley 60, Hamizi 58)
McDonald SC 2-2 Marquez-Onwere (Bastard 61, Sheppard 73; Pappas 26, Souto Maior 58)
NAPPC 0-3 Caires City (Lewis 22, González 29, Steele 67)
Port of Clotaire 4-3 AFC MN Smith (Garrett 12, Sánchez García 58, Andrews 71, Archer 85; Budden 20, Postman 52, Van der Laan 74)

See?

Matchday Twenty Two wins in a row! Caires City are back, baby!

Too bad there’s only one more weekend until we break for the World Cup, eh?

It wasn’t coincidental that this round marked the first start for Leo Williams since his return from injury. Though inevitably off the pace a little, and withdrawn with almost half an hour to spare, Williams did his job in a way that Luke Lewis simply couldn’t – his bulk and deftness of touch slotting into City’s manner of play far better than Lewis had managed, despite the former MN Smith striker’s recent run of goals, and giving Port of Clotaire’s Cooper and Andrews a really rough time of it. His own early opener was arguably a distraction from his all-round link play, opening up a string of chances for Agostinho and González and blahdi blahdi blah, so on and such forth, I’m not listening. We still tend to think strikers should actually be there to score goals, first and foremost, in these parts. God only knows how our national team are fourth in the bloody world.

As an aside, it also remains worthy of mentioning that Williams is entirely a product of semi-pro outfit Scruggs Pickings, only moving to City at the age of eighteen – making him a highly unusual individual and handing us some slightly naïve hope for the future, in an era where a much-vaunted academy like Albrecht FC’s is and has been full of Nethertopians, Cafundelenses, Han, Jesseltonians, Sterogans and that. The lower-league clubs really haven’t been pulling their weight when it comes to youth production, despite the best efforts of the CAMAFA, so Williams and his former side really are shining examples.

Anyway, you don’t care about any of that, don’t know why I mentioned it, let’s move on. An entirely deserved two-one win sees City back on form, with the gap on the Harpies closed to just the ten points…

Meanwhile in Tenderville, the Dragons attempted a controlling game against Green Island – playing four at the back rather than their usual three, in a really rather risky and highly out-of-character move that none the less worked a treat. Ultimately, we’ve had five years of GIZ domination now (arright, that’s exaggerating it a teensy bit, but…), with the principal reason – besides the fact that they’re rather handy – being the complete inability of their rivals to find a way of playing against them that works with any consistency. That’s all credit to Massimo, who has a Borg-like quality for adapting in the face of failure (his head doesn’t detach from his body, as far as we know, but we’re still hoping), so it wouldn’t be too bright to see an honourable one-all draw away from home as the beginning of the end – but at least it provides everyone else with a chink of hope.

With MarquezOW enjoying a sticky period indeed, meanwhile, a certain closing-up of the gap between the top four and the rest is underway – with Nakatsuru’s best performance of the season for Albrecht FC and a somewhat low-key ‘derby’ victory for Portuguese over Catedral revitalising Torrealba and Panadero’s distant respective title bids.

AFC MN Smith 1-3 Albrecht FC (Budden 90; Nakatsuru 52 and 88, Hamizi 68)
Albrecht Turkish 1-0 KT Hotspur (Lori 14)
Arrigo Portuguese 2-0 Cathedral City (Randjelovic 40, Macanás 90+1)
Caires City 2-1 Port of Clotaire (Williams 6, González 53; Sánchez García 89)
Gamboa FC 2-3 Mayo Valley (Chambers 15, Chinn 74; Subudhi 42 and 62 and 71)
El din Marbles 2-1 Caires Sports (Pavoni 18, Horrigan 21; Sinjinir 43)
Marquez-Onwere 1-1 NAPPC (Oliveira Tavares 15; Cuesta 4)
McDonald SC 2-0 Candelaria-Allemali (Andryan 2, Sheppard 61)
Tenderville United 1-1 Green Island (Night 85; Anwamanë 78)

Matchday Twenty-One… Okees, lesse, what’re we up to this weekend? Green Island beat some four-nil at home, nothing to report there…

Ahh, here’s something pleasantly implausible. Cathedral City’s second victory of the season. Nice.

Since we went all taciturn and that, Catedral went and did what just about everyone expected and went and nabbed Fran Russell from Riverton Olympic. His arrival wasn’t without objections – he’s not a Catedral man, his playing career spent across his native Candelaria before moving to Green Island (but not… ‘Green Island’ Green Island. Just Green Island generally), but no-one can argue what an utterly awesome job he’s done with Zapata’s second team over the last couple of years. Stripped of their finest talents after failing by a couple of spot-kicks to achieve an historic top-flight promotion, a new-look Riverton promptly went and qualified for the SBCC again, but there – one assumes – their story comes to an abrupt halt. Though the Olympic’s supporters are less than chuffed with seeing Russell trot off mid-season – particularly to a club liable to be in the same division as they next term – few can truly begrudge his hopes of awakening this sleeping giant.

With Mark Verdamme’s funds burning a hole in his back pocket, Russell will at least be able to spend for another promotion in the event they do suffer another unceremonious drop, but perhaps it’s too soon to be nailing up that particular coffin for the season. Still fiddling with his favoured XI, Russell handed starts to Enrique Daniel, Rubén García and Oscar Mendoza and was rewarded with an exceptional comeback display against Albrecht Turkish.

Two-nil down at the break, Russell made zip in the way of changes but to his personnel, but clearly shook up his side sufficiently to leave Turkish completely wrong-footed. Fabio Mannasuch may have centuries in the way of extra experience over his Catedral counterpart, but there was only so much he could do from the sidelines – principally, wave his arms about a bit and watch with increasing consternation as the bottom-of-the-table side stormed back to take victory – and leave Turkish ten points shy of the GIZ at the break.

All of a sudden, MarquezOW are in no better a position. Or, to put it another way; a worse one. Comprehensively beaten by Port of Clotaire, they’ve now won fewer than half their games and Costa da Blanco’s excellent start is fading fast. With Portuguese and the Scorpions creeping up ominously behind them, a tilt at a third personal Globe Cup title for the manager may yet prove their best hope for silverware over the next year or so.

Elsewhere, Caires Sports’ one-nil victory over the Spur (not a prime candidate for a DVD release in the club shop, that one) leaves them eighth on a 0 goal difference – but don’t discount that all-important sixth-place finish just yet. Gamboa are still getting the results to leave them comfortably clear of the drop zone meanwhile, with the Shining Sons and Peregrines sharing a point to leave them both just above the bottom three and with everything still to prove.

Basically, though, we’re left hoping for Espy va Drake, Jhanna Young and Don’t-call-me-Michelle Durosa to pick up season-ending injuries at the World Cup, if we’re going to have a remotely entertaining Clausura.

Anyone know any voodoo?

AFC MN Smith 0-1 Gamboa FC (Potter 49)
Albrecht FC 0-0 Caires City
Caires Sports 1-0 KT Hotspur (Made’er 84)
Candelaria-Allemali 1-1 NAPPC (Alvis 45; Veldkamp 70)
Cathedral City 3-2 Albrecht Turkish (Solaris 48, Paganel 56 and 74; Calabrese 8 and 37)
Green Island 4-0 McDonald SC (Shannon og 6, Johnson 22, Young 29 and 56)
Mayo Valley 0-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Lacamoire 53)
Port of Clotaire 3-1 Marquez-Onwere (Ham 10, Cotuba og 32, Andrews 80; Souto Maior 90+1)
Tenderville United 1-1 El din Marbles (Lewis 44; Pavoni 22)

Matchday Twenty-Two… Righty-doodle, then. Everyone’s back home, so let’s just pretend the last month of action never happened and focus on the real thrilling, moving and thought-provoking story of global football – the CMSC1 title race. Wooooo!

*sigh*

Of course, when we say everyone’s back home, we ignore those poor benighted, or possibly unbenighted, we can’t actually admit to being sure whether a state of benightivity is a good thing or not, and probably should do… We’ll check, one mo.

Well, slap my arse and call me Gurtie. That literal, eh? What a fool I’ve been.

So, point is, we’re missing a couple of dozen Cup of Harmony (no idea… I’ve been told there’s such a tournament, but I’m yet to be convinced) stars, and the presence of a whole load of exhausted World Cupping players also renders this weekend a little pointless. Unfortunately, the fixture list happened to vomit forth a sizable game in the form of freefalling MarquezOW against Albrecht FC.

Shall we have a brief roll call? Well, there was Harry Rosalia – World Cup final almosthero, Harry Rosalia, who really should have been rested for this one but wasn’t. And promptly pulled a muscle in the first half and had to be sub’d. St. Louis, Graves, William, Morrison, all present and accounted for, a central midfield comprising two nineteen year-olds in Go and Kouakou Kouamé, Kim Mihyeon making a rare start up front… As for MarquezOW, no Cincoski, Pappas and O’Brien rested, no Joãio, no Smit, and thusly starts for Sáez, Gatti, Juan Carlos Torres (not the Olympic boxer, that’s just a pure coincidence they happened to share the same name, it’s a very common name, after all, and the fact they came to public attention at more-or-less the same time is one of those funny little things that happen from time to time and… such) and Alejandro Valdez.

The real battle of the game turned out to be between Valdez – a left-back by trade, playing out of position and out of his skin in the centre of the park alongside Tonzing Wang – and Adam Kouakou Kouamé, making the most of Nakatsuru’s injury absence (oh yes, we do do continuity, bitches) and starting to look like a sure starter for next term. Notable, he’s put on a hell of a lot of beef over the last twelve months, and one suspects he may in time move further up the pitch – perhaps even leading the line, with Fahmi Hamizi drifting about behind him, and AKK gave the MarquezOW backline a truly torrid time all afternoon.

He deserved more than the one goal he managed, his failure to add to his thirty-four minute strike coming thanks largely to Valdez. Brushed aside by Kouakou Kouamé for the opener he soon repaid Da Costa Blanco’s trust with a performance that suggests Chris Stewart may well have problems breaking apart any forthcoming partnership between the young left-footer and O’Brien when he returns from his own injury lay-off in a fortnight’s time, and Valdez even played a part in the naranja’s equaliser, finding Oliveira Tavares free to set up Sáez. The next generation’s there, then, even if they’re being squished into geometrically awkward holes a lot of the time, which is nice.

Doesn’t matter to anyone but us, though, so let’s turn our focus momentarily to Green Island being all unpleasant to their latest unsuspecting victims, vis., NAPPC. Even without half their regular back four and with Young rested (fifteen minutes at the end of a game does take it out of one, poor girl), the GIZ never looked in the remotest danger in Peregrinus City, testing Javier Meléndez five times in barely more than five early minutes before Anwamanë finally delivered her fourteenth goal of the season. Green Island continued to press and…

And that’s when it suddenly went very wrong indeed. The term ‘afternoon to forget’ has never applied more strongly to any pair of players than Antonio José Cantero and Marcelo Augusto Conceição Silva, who started in place of Paterson and Raviranjan and proceeded to have westons on a barely credible scale. A slip from the Castillo native – still considered Paterson’s long-term replacement, for reasons we cannot hope to get our heads around – let in Kevin Taylor to equalise, and the second half saw a severely under-strength Peregines side hand the champions a four-one drubbing. A rupee or two on that scoreline would’ve bought you a house with a swimming pool and all the dancing girls you could wish for.

Well alright, a shack in El din with a pond and some locally-reared adolescent prostitutes. Our economy isn’t that bad.

Elsewhere, the PoC and Turkish made the most of the GIZ’s slip, while Portuguese moved forth and McDonald battered Tenderville’s threadbare first XI to move out of the bottom three. Dangnabbit.

Albrecht Turkish 1-0 Mayo Valley (Innisvale 25)
Arrigo Portuguese 2-0 AFC MN Smith (Macanás 42, Martinez 83)
Caires City 3-0 Gamboa FC (Jones 36, Williams 43, Lewis 84)
Cathedral City 1-2 Caires Sports (Paganel 58; Sinjinir 11, Belmore 45+2)
KT Hotspur 3-1 El din Marbles (Dariegan 55, Makedonski 72, Clayton 90; Pavoni 59)
Marquez-Onwere 1-1 Albrecht FC (Sáez 56; Kouakou Kouamé 34)
McDonald SC 3-0 Tenderville United (Sheppard 1 and 6, Connah 73)
NAPPC 4-1 Green Island (Taylor 31, Beender 56, González Rodríguez 70 and 90+1; Anwamanë 21)
Port of Clotaire 2-0 Candelaria-Allemali (Jackson og 19, Edwards 68)

Matchday Twenty-Three… Zapata. Yes. Let’s start there.

Massimo’s reaction to Cantero and Conceição Silva’s rank awfulness was nothing if not predictable – dropping both, giving George Heybourne a start, and introducing a 3-5-2 with Ben Clayton partnering Anwamanë, Valtheldorien Ealovaul seemingly having fallen terminally out of favour.

It was a brave move indeed against Port of Clotaire, themselves at full strength aside from the Harmoning Tom van Dijk, particularly after losing the previous fixture at Harper Street, but the visitors were soon pushed back by an unexpectedly relentless assault. Valanora versus Sorthern Northland – there was really no contest on this particular outing.

Except… The crucial figure would instead emerge as a Candelariasian, the goalkeeper Karl John. While rather less celebrated than his countryman Rosalia, or the two extensively-named Hispanic ‘keepers in the last C&M squad, and eternally maligned by his involvement in the Vahala Invitational II debacle, John has very quietly been getting on with becoming a very fine custodian indeed – and, this weekend, in front of a global audience of… some people, he pulled off a string of exceptional saves from rather more renowned figures to keep the scoreline goalless. And then launched the goal kick that found Todd Garrett, who layed off for Caleb Edwards, who shot low past Stockley from twenty-five yards out to confirm a one-nil smash-and-grab.

The GIZ’s lead is duly reduced to two points, and the evenness of the division (at least during this brief period) was underlined as MN Smith earned their fifth win of the season. Regular viewers probably won’t need telling who the major side to be upset was – the Smudgers always seem to get a point or three against their de facto arch rivals, Albrecht Turkish, and benefited from the visitors heavily depleted squad to take victory.

Elsewhere, Portuguese went down to ten men late on but still came away with the three points at the McNeil Bingo Arena, leaving them very much now in the title hunt. The El din clásico finished a point apiece – vaguely satisfactory for both sides, but Catedral still look pretty much doomed again and the Marbles are inexplicably sharing twenty-seven points with Mayo and Gamboa – while the Spur’s handy point in Tenderville was undermined somewhat by the sight of Dariegan being stretchered off shortly after half-time. If that’s as bad as it looked, you can wave b’bye to a rather promising season…

AFC MN Smith 2-1 Albrecht Turkish (Postman 20, Eenpalu 43; Robinson 28)
Albrecht FC 2-0 Candelaria-Allemali (Morrison 40, Kim 64)
Caires City 1-2 Arrigo Portuguese (González 32; Lacamoire 45+1, Macanás 62)
Gamboa FC 0-2 Marquez-Onwere (Oliveira Tavares 14, Pappas 41)
Green Island 0-1 Port of Clotaire (Edwards 79)
El din Marbles 1-1 Cathedral City (Soro 31; Paganel 69)
Mayo Valley 3-0 Caires Sports (NorthWalker 30, Tillström 38, Hostetter 84)
McDonald SC 3-1 NAPPC (Connah 43, Sheppard 48, Gantser 68; González Rodríguez 76)
Tenderville United 1-1 KT Hotspur (Holtz 42; Smith 54)

CMS Cup Last Sixteen

Good Week: For the PoC, who got knocked out.

Well, come on… They’ve only won this competition once, they haven’t done well in it for a dog’s age, the fans couldn’t care less (even a highly traditional club like the Harpies few the CMS Cup as an unnecessary distraction and one must recall that, despite the CAMAFA’s protestations to the contrary, a nationwide knockout competition is a relatively new addition to the Candelariasian footballing calendar), and they’ve got altogether bigger fish to fry. An under strength side went down at home to Portuguese, with Muscat no doubt hoping that the cup will continue to provide a distraction for the rest of the current top four, including Panadero’s Arrigo outfit who’ve never won this competition and would really rather like to.

Bad Week: For MarquezOW, who got knocked out.

Casual viewers might be surprised that the naranja have only lifted this trophy twice, such has been their consistent competitiveness and, with their aims of a first league title for a couple of decades fading fast, Ricardo Wendell no doubt put plenty of pressure on Blanco da Cruz to be all competitive like.

And, to be fair, you can’t really apportion any blame for their exit, coming after a classic replay at home to Turkish. With both teams still missing key stars – including Turkish’s entire front line – it was left to a mixture of perennial reserves and old warhorses to light up Thursday evening, with Taylor Vostakova providing a hint of what was to follow inside sixty seconds, the versatile forward breaking past Gloria Villasenior to receive Darren Robinson’s perfect long-ball and smashing his effort past S’toris. A Pappas corner soon had MarquezOW drawing level, but ten minutes later Kjarik Tashkir headed past his countryman and the visitors began a famous

Caires Sports 0-2 Green Island (Anwamanë 62 and 86)
KT Hotspur 1-1 Cathedral City (Collins 5; Pallotta 5)
~ Replay: Cathedral City 0-2 KT Hotspur (Nilsson 31 and 71)
Albrecht Turkish 1-1 Marquez-Onwere (Robinson 52; Pappas 54)
~ Replay: Marquez-Onwere 2-3 Albrecht Turkish (Cotuba 8, Pappas 81; Vostakova 1, Tashkir 18, Werner 90+4)
Port of Clotaire 1-2 Arrigo Portuguese (Ham 73; Oughton 41, Macanás 70)
Alvery Blades 0-0 Albrecht Independent FC
~ Replay: Albrecht Independent FC 1-1 Alvery Blades (1-1 AET) (Hitchens 17; Mitchell 49) (Alvery Blades wins 3-2 on penalty kicks)
Arrigo C.d.F 0-1 Caires City (Lewis 60)
Mayo Valley 3-0 Brayton Town (Hostetter 56, NorthWalker 61, Armas 85)
Gamboa FC 1-2 Albrecht FC (Nixon 62; Kim 4 and 86)

Matchday Twenty-Four… While there’s valid debate to be had in other, far-off lands regarding which club can said to be the ‘biggest’ in given country x – and even how that sobriquet should be best apportioned – we have no need for such a national conversation ourselves. It’s Albrecht FC. No argument there. The sky is blue, the sun rises from the east, it’s all the fault of them bloody moslems, innit, and Albrecht Football Club are the biggest in the country.

It’s a tag that’s proving tricky to hang onto.

Now, alright. Calm yourselves, angry of Brayton. Look, here’s another photo of Suri Cruise, that always helps your blood pressure. Nobody’s about to throw the babby out with the bathwater (we’re not gypsies for heaven’s sake, are we?), and we’re not suggesting that just because those oriental gentlemen appear to have pissed off from whence they came (we did warn you), leaving the Scorpions with a mountain of debt the size of Chosen Hopeless Nothingness, they’re on the verge of oblivion. They’re a powerful club with powerful friends. They’ll be okay.

Never the less, everything in life is transient. Albrecht FC have no manifest destiny to dominate. While they remain in their cramped, increasingly decrepit little home, feeding on the scraps of their youth set-up and slipping further into obscurity however, a shiny new chance is being presented to the rising forces of inner-city Albrecht. Semi-pro or amateur or even not yet in existence, community sides from nobby Bramlive to the hellhole that is Mary’s Park must be rubbing their hands together in glee. The Scorpions’ out-of-town supporters will soon drift off to Green Island, MarquezOW, Caires City and all as the former greats from Songstress fade away, and before too long the MSS will be hosting CMSC2 football and barely ten thou every fortnight.

Yes, ladies and gents. They’ve lost their fourth game of the season. Someone alert ofcom.

Presumably, because they’re from that there big fancy Albrecht, with its book-reading and cosmopolitan culture and such, as well as commonly supported by the lower orders and their turbans, Albrecht FC’s imminent demise appears to have been ongoing in much of the press (partikerly the Albrecht press, who tend not to step foot in the godawful place if they can help it) for the past thirty years but, you have to admit, going down four-one at home to Green Island isn’t an awesome sign. As a game, there wasn’t much one could say about it – the GIZ simply outplayed their hosts from start to finish, with Rosalia and William repeatedly forced into last-ditch saves and tackles off the visitors’ pointy, feminine forward line.

A true dynasty now, it’s hard not to see Green Island dominating the league for years to come. Frankly, we’re just running out of ways to say it.

Let’s say some other things. Turkish have a decent squad, let’s say that. A decent squad with a decent degree of depth, but the make-up of this Cup of Harmony was never going to play to their strengths and Caires City made short work of them this weekend. With Port of Clotaire held at home by McDonald, the GIZ’s week just kept getting better. MarquezOW’s late victory over Portuguese, meanwhile, was tarnished by a nasty-looking knock to Oliveira Tavares.

A gloriously threadbare Nethie derby saw Tenderville – who’re still fantastically middling this term, have we mentioned that recently? – take the three points, while Cassius Salt scored from the spot at Cathedral City to keep KT Hotspur’s top four dreams alive.

AFC MN Smith 1-1 Caires Sports (Budden 88; Belmore 90)
Albrecht FC 1-4 Green Island (Dorack og 30; Aldren 5, Durosa 32, va Drake 61, Anwamanë 70)
Caires City 2-0 Albrecht Turkish (Lewis 33, Agostinho 60)
Cathedral City 0-1 KT Hotspur (Salt 90)
Gamboa FC 2-2 Candelaria-Allemali (Chambers 47, Chinn 90+2; Alvis 33, Silva 50)
Marquez-Onwere 1-0 Arrigo Portuguese (Sáez 89)
Mayo Valley 1-0 El din Marbles (Johansson 79)
Port of Clotaire 0-0 McDonald SC
Tenderville United 3-1 NAPPC (Night 44, Deleks 68, Lewis 83; Cuesta 53)

Matchday Twenty-Five… Green Island. They’re good and that. Five-nil over Gamboa this weekend. Tore ‘em apart, so they did.

Right, what next? This weekend saw the return of a whole bunch of Rushmoris – Sterogans, Pocoans, West Zirconians and Nethertopians, oodles of ‘em, to fill out the ranks and bring plenty of relieved sighs to managers up and down the country. Those who actually had their players back, of course, were less than chuffed to have their favourite excuse for unexpected failure pulled from beneath them, but ye can’t please everyone, can you?

Among those benefiting greatly were NAPPC who… lost, fine, but that was against Port of Clotaire, so it’s understandable; and Tenderville who… also… lost. Away at Cathedral City. For the Cats’ second win of the season. My word, they really are cack, aren’t they? I thought it was just a vicious rumour.

Never mind. It’s a different picture for the El din Marbles, who could welcome the Visser cousins back into their warm eastislandian norks. And, ooh… lose. Away at MN Smith. Three-nil.

The Marbles truly are a head-scratcher. Looking, at least in theory, a distant reflection at most of their Soro-era selves; the Marbles play reasonably attractive, if a trifle robust, football and certainly don’t look as confuzzled with life in general as they once did. But it still isn’t working. The defence and midfield are working well, but only on entirely separate basis…es, as if they’ve never been formally introduced before. During those rare moments when it all comes together, everyone seems fully satisfied and ready for a beautiful future – but before too long the back four and midfield five soon wake up, stare with horror into each other eyes, hastily throw on their clothes and retreat back to their own flats without so much as swapping numbers. And poor old Erik Visser gamely runs about up front looking utterly miserable. They’re not going down – but otherwise the club seem to be pottering around waiting for Luis Jiménez’s voice to break and generally treading water. Sad, really.

Turkish, Portuguese and MarquezOW all squat on forty-forty points, meanwhile – fully ten off the lead, and not nearly enough to make the top four this time last term – while Albrecht FC registered yet another draw and were fortunate even in that. Doomed, if you ask me.

AFC MN Smith 3-0 El din Marbles (Van der Laan 30; Budden 68 and 90+2)
Albrecht Turkish 2-0 Marquez-Onwere (Bakker 8, Alexander 89)
Caires Sports 0-0 Caires City
Candelaria-Allemali 1-3 Arrigo Portuguese (Silva 78; Álvarez 21, Salgado 45+1, Randjelovic 76)
Cathedral City 2-1 Tenderville United (Pallotta 23, Ferreira og 80; Deleks 20)
Green Island 5-0 Gamboa FC (Paterson 1, Durosa 20, Tinúviel 54, va Drake 66, Kures 80)
KT Hotspur 1-0 Mayo Valley (Nilsson 75)
McDonald SC 0-0 Albrecht FC
NAPPC 1-3 Port of Clotaire (Van Dyke 80; Ham 16, Sánchez García 37, Van Dijk 49)

Matchday Twenty-Six… Aha, me hearties. Has Riverton Olympic miracle-worker Fran Russell got it right at Catedral at last?

Somewhat jammy though their victory over Mayo Valley was, a second straight set of three points lifts the Cats rightback into contention. Alright, they still need to make up eight points from eight games, but there were some confident performances to enjoy here from their young stars – enough, certainly, to suggest the squad will be ripped apart should they indeed succumb to the drop – and their quiet young manager appears in a boisterous mood. Talented though he is, he’s still one of those deeply annoying moaners, particularly after victories, berating the standard of the refereeing, the distracting presence of Ilga NorthWalker (former Catedral star Ilga NorthWalker… didn’t really think that one through, our Fran) and bemoaning the fact he couldn’t make mid-season signings. Because he’s the only manager in Candelariasian football to suffer that indignity, isn’t he?

Curiously, if this week’s rumours are to be believed, he won’t have to for a whole lot longer…

Elsewhere, Albrecht FC took to the field without Harry Rosalia – ruled out for the rest of the season with an embarrassing personal problem (a sink plunger, who knew?) – but managed to take away a one-nil off of still disappointing NAPPC, while Portuguese’s bid to be almost as good as stupid sexy Carlos says they are suffered at home to Green Island.

Turkish, meanwhile, who get Calabrese and Lori back next weekend, turned around a two-goal deficit in Allemali. And McDonald drew nils-all. Again.

AFC MN Smith 0-2 KT Hotspur (Nilsson 21, Collins 54)
Albrecht FC 1-0 NAPPC (Hamizi 46)
Arrigo Portuguese 1-2 Green Island (Macanás 51; Aldren 12, Anwamanë 54)
Caires City 0-1 El din Marbles (Pavoni 53)
Candelaria-Allemali 2-5 Albrecht Turkish (Jurrie 10 and 19; Werner 22, Robinson 25, Bakker 50, Innisvale 59 and 85)
Cathedral City 2-1 Mayo Valley (Pallotta 31, Paganel 59; Szatmári 62)
Gamboa FC 0-0 McDonald SC
Marquez-Onwere 1-1 Caires Sports (Souto Maior 69; Belmore 35)
Tenderville United 2-2 Port of Clotaire (Martinez 10, Alan 25; Sánchez García 24, O’Airmeadhaigh 45+1)

Matchday Twenty-Seven… Well, here was the Big One – Turkish travelling to Zapata. A victory, and it’s all back on. Defeat, and it’s all over. What a ridiculously simplistic way to look at the situation. Let’s run with it.

The visitors actually started rather well. With Werner and Lori both playing stifling game in deep and Mannasuch going with one up front, Turkish certainly weren’t fighting fire with fire, never mind playing to their strengths. For a goodly long while however, it all worked out rather nicely.

And then… genius. Amidst Green Island’s galaxy of stars, one could be forgiven for missing the emergence of Jameson Aldren as a truly special player. A dynastic starlet in the style of Young – his John father likewise a professional, albeit at a rather more lowly level, and brother Justin currently a benchwarmer at Portuguese – the twenty-one year-old could well be set to force his way past fellow Green native Lee McKenzie in C&M reckoning after a sublime first full season. While the presence of Durosa and va Drake, among others, has been able to mask the odd youthful failing but his talent for picking the killer pass, finding slivers of space and – crucially – scoring makes him a clear Young Player of the Season contender. Even a player of Dwier Titenburg Jr’s standard was forced to hold up his pretty, pretty hands this weekend and acknowledge the young man’s ability as Aldren, playing neat one-twos with Young and va Drake as he drifted into the box, looked up, and curled a beautiful shot past Lyle Gwyther.

Let’s be honest – no-one really expected that youth production would be among Massimo’s foremost concerns at Green Island, with ‘Allan Puckett’ a name that, for good reason, doesn’t suggest inherent pointyness in his role as senior YTS coach. But, if Academy league performances are to be believed – along with young winger Jacob Pond’s exceptional displays for Riverton this term – this club’s future is extraordinarily bright.

Turkish’s own Vanorian revolution may yet reap similar rewards, but for now Mannasuch is relying on more prosaic products. Aldren could run rings around his opposite number, Denny Alexander, all day and all night if he had to, but the Turkish ‘star’ can still deliver a monster of a free-kick on occasion – and did just that, not only for the visitors’ hardly deserved equaliser but for the goal that saw them take an improbably lead. Aldren, however, would certainly have the last laugh – his tenth goal of the season, four minutes from time, seeing him capitalise on a Gwyther slip, while worse was to follow for the young Turkish ‘keeper barely sixty seconds later – taking out Anwamanë, he was forced to note his red card from a horizontal position, having done himself rather more of a mischief than her and being stretchered off, his season done and dusted.

Remarkably, eighteen year-old sub Cockburn Wu palmed out the shaken Anwamanë’s penalty kick, but Durosa followed up to hand the GIZ a victory that took them nine points clear at the top of the table. As for Turkish, they cling on to forth, and will be most grateful for Paxson’s return from the Harmony next weekend.

Elsewhere, we were treated to another display of the team spirit at play in the KT Hotspur camp. With a far from inspiring squad – especially with Dariegan looking a long way from fitness right now – Revault’s men are continuing to string together impressive results, as well as the best defensive record in the division, and fought for eighty minutes against Caires City’s side until a breakaway orchestrated by Rataran ended in Shawn O’Connell deflecting past Andy Nilsson.

City’s hearts had already been broken with Leo Williams forced off the field of play yet again. The forward’s persistent ankle problems are becoming a real concern now, for Errant Knights and C&M supporters alike, and he looks set to be hurried towards the operating table as the club’s season continues to drift its merry way towards utter anonymity.

Albrecht FC 1-0 Port of Clotaire (Wanderley 53)
Caires Sports 3-1 Candelaria-Allemali (T’saal 10, Sinjinir 34, Valinial 44)
Cathedral City 0-1 AFC MN Smith (Rogers 45+1)
Green Island 3-2 Albrecht Turkish (Aldren 37 and 86, Durosa 89; Alexander 61, Bakker 75)
KT Hotspur 1-0 Caires City (O’Connell og 80)
Marquez-Onwere 3-0 El din Marbles (Sáez 4, Keyes 35, Gatti 88)
Mayo Valley 0-0 Tenderville United
McDonald SC 1-1 Arrigo Portuguese (Sheppard 6; Macanás 35)
NAPPC 3-0 Gamboa FC (Cuesta 5 and 59, Van Dyke 69)

CMS Cup Quarter-Finals… Replays! No end of the buggers!

The only tie decided on the night was in Rose of Sharon – one-nil, as you might imagine, but it was the visiting Turkish team that took the honours. Cue sighs of relief from telly bosses far and wide, then, with Mannasuch’s boys and girl much the more tempting draw should they make their first final since XXX.

One suspects that by the time the semis roll around they’ll have nothing else left to play for, domestically or overseas, while it was no surprise that Caires City were also giving it their all mid-week in an attempt to salvage something from a dog of a season. Their visit to Hodgehill was one of the most one-sided nil-nils you could ever see, with Luke Lewis – and he must be in for some sort of award this term, after doing a sterling goalscoring job every time he’s come in for hopalong Williams – peppering Greg Tipping’s goal without success.

The return leg, stuffed into the calendar on a Friday night, was a different story – thanks largely to the inspired form of Salvador González. Having identified that the Toyur duo of Johansson and Lilja appeared less than comfortable with the former Catedral midfielder, Dionísio handed the twenty-six year-old a free role – a hat-trick being the ultimate result, with Nic Lloyd capping off González’s first half brace to down Mayo comprehensively. With City requiring something close to a complete overhaul before next season, their entire focus is now surely on making this final.

Though eight points ahead in the league, Portuguese are perhaps in a similar situation and the desperate need to win something during the modern era of Candelariasian football is weighing increasingly heavy upon Morales and Panadero alike. It took a replay to see them past Alvery Blades, mind you, and a late Yannick de Woudt headed corner at that, but they’re so frustratingly inconsistent that they absolutely mustn’t be ruled out.

Aaaand then the other one – Green Island versus Albrecht FC. Well, at least we can say for the first leg that it was rather closer than the previous meeting; Graves and William coping much better with the inevitable assault and Drake Malan in goal excelling himself in a rare chance to impress potential new employers. The GIZ still found the net, of course, but had to wait until the seventy-eight minute all the same.

Not long after, Fahmi Hamizi equalised. If there’s one obvious contender to steal from Aldren his anointed YpotS crown, the Jesseltonian striker may well be the man. Clearly set to lead Albrecht FC’s line for many a year to come, his chances have been damaged by injury and the competition offered by Kim, Wanderley and Kouakou Kouamé, but there’s few players out there who can get the better of Ladordren Dorack quite so easily.

The replay at the MSS saw Hamizi put Albrecht FC into an early lead, before Nakatsuru – on his first start since the World Cup – went and did something really rather unexpected, and scored the winner.

Leaving Massimo, with his much-vaunted record as a cup boss, once again out before even the semi-finals.

Curious.

Arrigo Portuguese 1-1 Alvery Blades (Nicholls 60; Mitchell 40)
~ Replay: Alvery Blades 0-1 Arrigo Portuguese (De Woudt 87)
Green Island 1-1 Albrecht FC (Young 78; Hamizi 84)
~ Replay: Albrecht FC 2-0 Green Island (Hamizi 7, Nakatsuru 44)
Mayo Valley 0-0 Caires City
~ Replay: Caires City 4-0 Mayo Valley (González 15 and 33 and 75, Lloyd 35)
KT Hotspur 0-1 Albrecht Turkish (Bakker 20)

by **Swartaz** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:44 am

Swartaz Super league final table season 5
(have not reported the last 3 seasons)

Code: Select all: C. Vaarstrada FC (TQCC) ----------------------------------- 2. Volerander FC (GC) ----------------------------------- 3. Jaarguzmuz FC (GC) 4. AFC Tranzversa 5. Jasmuur Ospreys FC 6. Grouberswanichelli FC 7. Goaun Town 8. IFK Gratenbourg 9. Kimini United 10. Muamano FC 11. Mauser 12. Grengenstrall 13. Sopenkensatrell 14. Undersmenkial 15. Bravia Motors 16. Jion Grouber Sports Club 17. Heimerswillhimer United ----------------------------------- R. Mautesa FC R. Storvansten Pirates R. Jasmuur Lions

A suprise victor in the Swartaz Super League this season, with Vaarstrada FC snatching the crown from AFC Tranzversa with 2 games to go. The League evoled in number again, going from 16 to 20 teams. All 3 relegated teams joined the league this season. The other team, Sopenkensatrell, finish a suprisingly strong 13th, with the team also looking strong for next season.

Swartaz Second Division 2049

Code: Select all: C. Storvansten Sharkes (SBCC) P. Jasmuur Tigres (SBCC) P. Mauntenbourg FC (SBCC) ----------------------------------- 4. Haerstanraer FC 5. Oipengaul Dragons 6. Germaskeren 7. Hedes Jamas Kofas 8. Varedgeas 9. Rougen 10. Asmansedreakaes 11. Loimanesternam 12. Sports club Breanva 13. Tournamhanacas 14. Kinfas FC ------------------------------------ 15. Esadam 16. Qusamkasana

The Second Division Saw Storvansten Sharks overtake their illustrios rivals in division. The Quality of 2nd division football in Swartaz continues to rise and new foriegn and youth talent are beginning to exel in this league. Jasmuur Tigres and Mauntenbourg FC went straight back up, while the other relegated team, Kinfas FC, only just stayed up, showing how they've slipped in 2 years.

by **Jesselton** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:00 pm

News deleted. No news is getting out of the Jesselton's border. Hail the new regime.

by **Jesselton** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:19 pm

News deleted. No news is getting out of the Jesselton's border. Hail the new regime.

by **Commerce Heights** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:58 pm

Updated coëfficients are now available.

The entry quotas for the next season of UICA competitions are as follows:

TakilQuip Champions’ Cup 18: The number of teams allowed is determined according to league coëfficients, with the following distribution:

Associations ranked 1–6 (Cafundéu, Candelaria And Marquez, Capitalizt SLANI, Septentrionia, Elves Security Forces, and Ad’ihan) are allowed to enter four teams.
Associations ranked 7–16 (Jasĭyun, Vephrall, Sorthern Northland, Dancougar, Estresse Intenso, Aguazul, West Zirconia, Taeshan, Krytenia, and Nethertopia) are allowed to enter three teams.
Associations ranked 17 and below, and unranked associations, are allowed to enter two teams.

Globe Cup 15: Every association is allowed to enter three teams.
Samseong Series B Champions’ Cup 15: Every assocation is allowed to enter four teams.

The following assocations did not provide evidence of results generated in the previous season, and will be required it to satisfy this requirement (e.g., by posting a league table for their next season) in order to enter teams in the next season of UICA competition:

Estresse Intenso
Nethertopia (per precedent, Tenderville United and NAPPC are exempt)

The next season will start after World Cup 48, but not necessarily immediately after World Cup 48. As usual, a notice of the exact deadline will be posted a week in advance.

by **Queer Poco el Mono Ara** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:00 am

Una Serie, Week 6: Results & Table

Salaga F.C 0 – 2 Pythons
Pythons maintained their winning streak by overcoming Salaga away from home. The reigning champions seem determined to prove the loss of Ishmael Van Dyke hasn’t affected them and taking maximum points from their opening 6 games is a good way to prove this.
The fans heavy criticism of manager Mark Sloan over the sale of their star striker has since subsided as Enrico Dossena has stepped to the forefront and hit a brace against Salaga.
The young star’s opener came just before half time following a succession of near misses. Dossena found himself open at the near post and managed to squeeze the ball underneath Umit Ozan in the home goal. He doubled his tally and the goal deficit in the second half with a penalty after being tripped in the box by Xavi Torres.
Salaga manager Khalid Farooz shrugged off the defeat

“It’s always difficult against the champions, atleast they didn’t hit us for six this time though.”

Augustus 0 – 0 Valengren Kickers
Neither side looked capable of breaking the dead lock with both teams exhibiting a rather scrappy midfield.
The best chance of the game fell to Augustus new boy Kristoffer Svenson who managed to head the ball wide from 8 inches out of the goal. Following that missed opportunity both sides continued much in the same way with neither having a clear opportunity to score.
Valengren fans were happy however to go home with a point with one expressing

“Every point this year is important. We don’t have much shape or strength in depth and have to grab every point we can take, otherwise we are f****d.”

Skyte City 2 – 0 Real Minanda
A resurgent Skyte picked up another three points as they looked to put last year’s terrible season behind them.
Skyte currently find themselves second in the league and look to continue in their quest to forget the previous season, however there are rumors the board are looking to replace caretaker manager Neil Howzer with Jonastown manager Ricky Ortega. Much to the displeasure of fans and players alike.

“Neil has done a great job since he took over in the summer and it’s only fair he gets to continue. Bringing in a new coach will only disrupt the players.”

Words of goalkeeper and captain Fabien Fabianzki. However at present the speculation as to whether Skyte will make an approach for the J-Town boss is yet to be substantiated, with no board members willing to comment.

On the pitch new boy Gaston Batista opened the scoring with a thunderous freekick on the hour mark before veteran striker James Phillips doubled the lead minutes later with a powerful header at the back post.

Belle-Isle 2 – 2 Royal Khaldoon
Belle-Isle were on the unfortunate end of a Royal comeback. The team who find themselves at the foot of the table took an unexpected lead in the 17th minute when David Pallister’s shot took a deflection off Ron Johnson and wrong footed Somewhereistonian Nikolai Baskovic. BIS doubled their lead 20 minutes later when Pallister’s luck again proved decisive when his shot was adjudged to have been handled by Tomasz Poborsky. Pallister took the penalty and placed the ball down the middle.
Royal came to life in the second half and Karbul Bak pulled them back to one goal behind with a well taken scissor kick, driving the ball into the Belle-Isle goal. Royal maintained their pressure and it paid off in the 87th minute when Sargossa Juan Segura beat the offside trap and rounded the keeper to slot home into an empty net.

Almondvale 1 – 0 Athletic Khaldoon
Almondvale maintained third place with a last gasp winner over Athletic Khaldoon. Adrian Belmont’s shot was scrambled off the line before on loan midfielder Miguel González could side foot past Brad Johnson.
After the game Fletcher Goodwin confessed

“I never lost faith and always believed we could win. We were the better team for 90 minutes and completely deserved the 3 points. We know Athletic aren’t pushovers but today they lacked any spirit and didn’t really challenge us.”

A comment which didn’t go down well with Athletic manager Alan Fenwick

“We challenged for every ball and pushed played on an even plain for 90 minutes until they stole a lucky winner. If anything we deserved a point from this game.”

Ridgemont Town 1 – 2 Jonastown
Performances like this are why United’s manager has caught the eye of the Skyte board. Jonastown dominated this game from start to end and only came undone via a Ridgemont long throw which threw the defence into a shambles.
Ridgemont took the lead through Craig Jones who benefited from Ahmed Khan’s long throw which managed to elude every J-Town defender for Jones to head in from 6 yards.
J-Town rallied and equalized just before half time thanks to Somewhereistonian Alexis Berklas who fired home from the edge of the box.
After the break the visitors continued to push and Cafundeu striker Carlos Borges well worked one-two with Hidalgo put the striker clean through on goal. Borges composure was greater than the Ridgemont keeper’s and he managed to wait until the keeper went down before placing the ball in the corner. After the game Ortega commented

“There is nothing in the rumors connecting me to the manager’s job at Skyte. I am happy here at Jonastown United and I want to take the team forward and perhaps qualify for the Globe Cup.”

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W L D Pts 1 Pythons 6 6 0 0 18 2 Skyte City 6 4 1 1 13 3 Almondvale 6 4 2 0 12 4 Ridgemont Town 6 4 2 0 12 5 Royal Khaldoon 6 3 2 1 10 6 Jonastown United 6 3 3 0 9 7 Valengren Kickers 6 2 2 2 8 8 Athletic Khaldoon 6 2 3 1 7 9 Augustus 6 1 3 2 5 10 Salaga F.C 6 0 3 3 3 11 Belle-Isle on Sea 6 0 4 2 2 12 Real Minanda 6 0 5 1 1

by **West Zirconia** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:31 am

The West Zirconian National League reaches its sixteenth season:

Code: Select all: Season Champions Runners-up Third Place 1 Banks Bradley Hornets St. Martin University* 2 Banks Markham St. Martin University* 3 Houghton Kestrels Civil Service Banks 4 Bradley Swifts Banks New Toronto 5 Banks St. Martin University* Markham 6 Stanley United Moorcroft Wanderers Houghton Kestrels 7 Banks Bradley Hornets St. Martin University* 8 Banks Bradley Hornets Markham 9 Banks Bradley Hornets Mort Park 10 Banks Markham Stanley United 11 Banks St. Martin University* Stanley United 12 Banks Stanley United Civil Service 13 Banks Mort Park Bradley Hornets 14 Banks Bradley Hornets Houghton Kestrels 15 Bradley Hornets Mort Park Markham * now playing as Etruria

Can Banks bounce back? Can Bradley Hornets become the new Banks? Can Mort Park actually win something? Let us see:

It took twelve matches for the last unbeaten run to end. Not Banks, nor Bradley Hornets, not even Mort Park, but the unlikely Taylor's Cross. Although ever-present in the First Division, they have hardly ever set it alight. Except this time. Bradley Hornets, Markham and Etruria were hot on their heels, though, with Banks in a surprising fifteenth.

By half-way, the Foxes were still holding on to their lead, with Bradley Hornets four behind and Markham a further four behind. Still, there was plenty of opportunity for that to change. Sure enough, it did, when Bradley Hornets caught them up. However, just as it was looking like a sure Hornets-Foxes one-two, Mort Park and Stanley United came from nowhere to challenge, and together with the Hornets were in contention as the last match approached.

Bradley Hornets must have been favourites, at home to formerly doomed Hyland Town. Stanley United, at home to struggling Civil Service, must have also fancied their chances, while Mort Park must have been outsiders, away at Houghton Kestrels.

The vital last day results were:
Bradley Hornets 1-0 Hyland Town
Houghton Kestrels 3-0 Mort Park
Stanley United 6-1 Civil Service

giving the Hornets a second consecutive title. The relegation of city rivals Bradley Swifts only made the occasion that bit sweeter.

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Bradley Hornets 34 21 5 8 82 47 35 68 2 Stanley United 34 19 7 8 97 61 36 64 3 Mort Park 34 20 3 11 89 69 20 63 4 Taylor's Cross 34 19 5 10 65 52 13 62 5 Markham 34 16 10 8 76 54 22 58 6 Houghton Kestrels 34 14 10 10 65 58 7 52 7 Etruria 34 13 10 11 59 60 -1 49 8 Banks 34 13 7 14 69 67 2 46 9 Civil Service 34 12 8 14 72 81 -9 44 10 St. Andrew's 34 11 9 14 54 57 -3 42 11 Sephton County 34 11 8 15 59 70 -11 41 12 St. Martin Athletic 34 11 8 15 56 72 -16 41 13 East Snaith 34 12 5 17 53 74 -21 41 14 Houghton Hawks 34 10 10 14 73 73 0 40 15 Hyland Town 34 12 3 19 68 79 -11 39 16 Redwood Forest 34 10 8 16 50 62 -12 38 17 Bradley Swifts 34 9 8 17 58 86 -28 35 18 Combined Armed Forces 34 7 8 19 59 82 -23 29

As for the Second Division:

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

Could the excitement of the top flight be matched?

Crompton Town were the front-runners from the start, and by half-time had built up a nine-point lead over Ashton Rovers in second. Having said that, ten other teams had their eyes on that second spot too.

Then suddenly Crompton collapsed, allowing the chasing pack to catch up, and AFC Stanton to overtake them. However, their first-half form kept them in the competition, and as the last game approached, this division also had three teams in contention. Crompton, leading by a point, were away at Anderton United. AFC Stanton were at home to Felton Athletic, and Ashton Rovers were away at New Toronto. You would have put your money on Stanton, but would it have paid off?

The final results:
AFC Stanton 4-4 Felton Athletic
Anderton United 1-3 Crompton Town
New Toronto 4-0 Ashton Rovers

giving Crompton the title, and Stanton a return to the top flight.

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Crompton Town 34 18 7 9 63 51 12 61 2 AFC Stanton 34 16 10 8 90 68 22 58 3 Currie 34 16 7 11 72 57 15 55 4 Ashton Rovers 34 17 4 13 68 62 6 55 5 Moorcroft Wanderers 34 13 13 8 72 62 10 52 6 New Toronto 34 15 6 13 85 71 14 51 7 Underwood Town 34 15 6 13 68 64 4 51 8 Moorcroft City 34 15 5 14 80 76 4 50 9 Kirkham Town 34 14 7 13 73 67 6 49 10 Wolverton Town 34 13 9 12 51 52 -1 48 11 Anderton Town 34 14 4 16 57 63 -6 46 12 West Coast Angels 34 13 5 16 59 58 1 44 13 Mount Vernon 34 12 8 14 59 67 -8 44 14 Tîm Cymru 34 12 7 15 69 66 3 43 15 Felton Athletic 34 10 13 11 48 58 -10 43 16 Anderton United 34 10 6 18 58 72 -14 36 17 Stanley Athletic 34 9 7 18 66 95 -29 34 18 Walton 34 9 6 19 64 93 -29 33

So Bradley Swifts and Combined Armed Forces are relegated, to be replaced by Crompton Town and AFC Stanton. The playoff will be contested by Redwood Forest, Currie, Ashton Rovers and Moorcroft Wanderers.

by **West Zirconia** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:54 am

Not forgetting the Cup, of course:

Code: Select all: Season Champions Runners-up Final Score 1 Markham Houghton Kestrels 3-1 2 Stanley United Banks 4-1 3 Banks Stanley United 3-0 4 Banks Taylor's Cross 6-0 5 Markham Stanley United 3-0 6 Banks St. Martin University 5-1 7 Wacker Neustadt Taylor's Cross 4-2 8 Bradley Hornets Bradley Swifts 3-2 9 St. Andrew's Currie 5-0 10 Banks Stanley United 4-3aet 11 Bradley Hornets Taylor's Cross 2-0 12 Etruria Banks 1-1aet (3-0pen) 13 Redwood Forest Banks 4-3 14 Stanley United St. Martin Athletic 1-1aet (3-0pen) 15 Banks Mort Park 3-2aet

Let us begin, as is customary, in the First Round. Culshaw Town started again where they left off last season with a 3-1 win at Moorcroft City. Cup débutants Knifton Town and KVV Koehorst started their campaigns off with upsets, 6-4 at home to Walton and 2-1 at Felton respectively.

First Round
Moorcroft City 1-3 Culshaw Town
Stanley Athletic 1-2 Anderton United
Crompton Town 2-2 Wolverton Town
Replay: Wolverton Town 1-1 Crompton Town (1-1 AET) (Wolverton Town wins 1-0 on penalty kicks)
Mount Vernon 1-2 Kirkham Town
Currie 3-1 Ashton Rovers
Underwood Town 0-2 Moorcroft Wanderers
Tîm Cymru 2-4 Anderton Town
AFC Stanton 4-1 Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd
New Toronto 3-0 West Coast Angels
Knifton Town 6-4 Walton
Kesterton 1-0 Heppenstall Town
Hilton Athletic 2-1 Oglesby United
Redwood University 3-1 St. Martin Medical Institute
Felton Athletic 1-2 KVV Koehorst

And on to the banana-skin-laden Second Round. Kirkham Town's 3-2 win at Markham was the biggest upset, but let it not detract from the others, namely AFC Stanton's 4-2 win over East Snaith, Anderton Town's 3-2 win over Combined Armed Forces and Knifton Town's 1-0 win at First Division underdogs Houghton Hawks. An interesting town-gown match in Redwood saw Forest win 2-1 against the University.

Second Round
East Snaith 2-2 AFC Stanton
Replay: AFC Stanton 4-2 East Snaith
Moorcroft Wanderers 2-3 Wolverton Town
Anderton Town 3-2 Combined Armed Forces
Culshaw Town 0-1 New Toronto
St. Martin Athletic 2-2 Bradley Swifts
Replay: Bradley Swifts 4-2 St. Martin Athletic
Taylor's Cross 4-1 KVV Koehorst
Redwood Forest 2-1 Redwood University
Houghton Hawks 0-1 Knifton Town
Stanley United 3-2 Hilton Athletic
Currie 1-2 Sephton County
Houghton Kestrels 1-1 Kesterton
Replay: Kesterton 1-2 Houghton Kestrels
Anderton United 3-3 Bradley Hornets
Replay: Bradley Hornets 2-0 Anderton United
St. Andrew's 1-3 Hyland Town
Mort Park 4-2 Civil Service
Markham 2-3 Kirkham Town
Banks 4-1 Etruria

Now it gets serious. Tie of the round must surely be Mort Park's 6-5 win over Bradley Hornets.

Third Round
Knifton Town 2-3 Hyland Town
Sephton County 2-1 Redwood Forest
Mort Park 6-5 Bradley Hornets
Taylor's Cross 3-1 Kirkham Town
Anderton Town 1-1 AFC Stanton
Replay: AFC Stanton 5-1 Anderton Town
Banks 3-0 Houghton Kestrels
New Toronto 1-1 Wolverton Town
Replay: Wolverton Town 0-1 New Toronto
Bradley Swifts 5-3 Stanley United

Now most of the men and boys have been separated, along came the Quarter-Finals, which completed the task.

Quarter-Final
Taylor's Cross 4-1 AFC Stanton
Mort Park 0-4 Bradley Swifts
Banks 4-1 Sephton County
New Toronto 2-3 Hyland Town

On to the Semi-Final, where Banks' domestic slump was complete.

Semi-Final
Banks 3-3 Hyland Town
Hyland Town 1-0 Banks
Aggregate: Banks 3-4 Hyland Town

Taylor's Cross 1-1 Bradley Swifts
Bradley Swifts 1-4 Taylor's Cross
Aggregate: Taylor's Cross 5-2 Bradley Swifts

Hyland Town-Taylor's Cross hardly sounds like an appetising Final, but it proved to be one, with the Foxes collapsing at the crucial moment in league and cup alike.

Final
Hyland Town 2-1 Taylor's Cross (at Marc Edwards Memorial Stadium, Redwood)

by **Queer Poco el Mono Ara** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:25 am

At the half way stage

And so we reach week 22, or mid-season and it appears the $20 million Royal Khaldoon splashed on midfielder Vytautas Törk is working as the team from the capital find themselves precariously balanced on top of the table by a single point. A few dodgy results has seen three time champions Pythons slip to second, but the gulf between the top two and everyone else is a huge 11 points.
Jonastown United have managed to keep hold of manager Ricky Ortega and he has guided them to third place at the mid-way point. If he can maintain this tempo and the good vibes around the Caiman Stadium. Ridgemont and Augustus find themselves tucked comfortably behind them in joint 4th and will be looking to sling shot their way past J-Town during the second stage of the season. Behind them Skyte City have capitalized on their new found cojones and the fact Neil Howzer has stuck around. With a steady coach at the helm Skyte looked destined to find themselves in the top half of the table again and like many fans suggest, where they belong.
Athletic Khaldoon are once again embroiled in that mid-table battle they have become accustomed to and going head-to-head with them are an underperforming Almondvale side whose high expectations for this season look to be headed down the drain despite manager Fletcher Goodwin stating there’s another 22 games to go before this season ends. Real Minanda complete the mid-table places and will look to continue much in the same way to maintain their Una Serie status.
The bottom three are only separated by 5 and as everybody suspected, Salaga, Valengren and Belle-Isle are those scrapping for survival. Having won only 1 game at home Belle-Isle need to improve their home form if they are to stand a chance, they will also have to beat both Salaga and Valengren in the relegation battle – a feat they have been unable to achieve at this half way stage.

Una Serie League Table

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W L D Points 1 Royal Khaldonn 22 14 3 5 47 2 Pythons 22 15 6 1 46 3 Jonastown United 22 10 7 5 35 4 Ridgemont Town 22 9 7 6 33 5 Augustus 22 9 7 6 33 6 Skyte City 22 9 9 4 31 7 Athletic Khaldoon 22 8 8 6 30 8 Almondvale 22 8 12 2 26 9 Real Minanda 22 7 10 5 26 10 Salaga F.C 22 5 10 7 22 11 Valengren Kickers 22 5 11 6 21 12 Belle-Isle on Sea 22 4 13 5 17

League I

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Villa Ortiz 22 15 2 5 22 47 2 Barbossa 22 13 4 5 16 43 3 New Boys Royceton 22 12 3 7 9 39 4 Valengren Rovers 22 10 4 8 3 34 5 Racing Cruzeira 22 10 3 9 2 33 6 Sunset Village 22 10 2 10 -7 32 7 Rydell United 22 10 1 11 -4 31 8 Port Los Renato 22 9 3 10 7 30 9 Garrincha F.C 22 9 1 12 -8 28 10 MS Leighton 22 7 3 12 -16 24 11 Burston Wanderers 22 6 3 13 -11 21 12 1860 Flumineiro 22 6 1 15 -13 19

League II

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Hunslet Wanderers 22 11 7 4 12 40 2 Palampas 22 12 4 6 7 40 3 Burley United 22 11 6 5 11 39 4 Old Forrest 22 10 8 4 5 38 5 Allied Motor Trade 22 10 4 8 8 34 6 Ajax Khaldoon II 22 8 6 8 8 30 7 Renato Albion 22 8 3 11 -5 27 8 Athletico Palampas 22 7 5 10 -4 26 9 East Khaldoon Park 22 6 5 11 -6 23 10 Stourton Town 22 3 12 7 -6 21 11 Racing Minanda 22 5 6 11 -12 21 12 Villa Flumineiro 22 4 8 10 -18 20

Elsewhere Villa Ortiz find themselves top of League I and look to finally return to the Una Serie after a 3 year absence. However Barbossa are looking to crash that party and return to the Una Serie themselves. In League II, the top 4 can only be separated by 2 points setting up the second half of the season for an exciting conclusion.

by **Swartaz** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:30 am

Vaarstrada FC
Volerander FC
Jaarguzmuz FC
AFC Tranzversa
Jasmuur Ospreys FC
Grouberswanichellel FC
Goaun Town
IFK Gratenbourg
Kimini United
Muamano FC
Mauser
Grengenstrall
Sopenkensatrell
Undersmenkial
Bravia Motors
Jion Grouber Sports Club
Heimerswillhimer United
Storvansten Sharks
Jasmuur Tigres
Mauntenbourg FC

These are the teams taking part in the 6th Swartaz Super League. For the first time in the league's history, the number of teams is the same as the previous season. Mauntenbourg, champions 4 years ago, make a return, and 2 new teams, Storvansten Sharks, and Jasmuur Tigres, debutant in the league. We look forward to a good season, starting tomorrow with Volerander FC taking on new boys Jasmuur Tigres in the 12:45 game

by **Candelaria And Marquez** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:19 am

UICA Qualification Clarification

TQCC18 – Green Island, Marquez-Onwere, Port of Clotaire, Albrecht Turkish
TQCC18 Stadium – Solidarity Stadium, Albrecht [cap. 66,200]
GC15 – KT Hotspur, Arrigo Portuguese, Albrecht FC
GC15 Stadium – The White Palace, Rose of Sharon [cap. 41,472]
SBCC15 – Ironside-Talinger, Radyukevich CSC, Turks’ Club, Riverton Olympic
SBCC15 Stadium – New Sausages Arena, Allemali [cap. 46,208]

LOCUST Football Championship [Pre-IUCC 20]

Albrecht Conference

 Pos  Team                                   P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  St. Mary’s College, Albrecht          30  20   3   7   74   43   31   63*
   2  University College, Albrecht          30  20   3   7   56   29   27   63*
   3  People’s College, Albrecht            30  15  11   4   66   41   25   56*
   4  New Hall, Albrecht                    30  15   8   7   52   39   13   53
   5  Bove University                       30  14   8   8   57   46   11   50
   6  New College, Albrecht                 30  12  12   6   41   27   14   48
   7  Rupert Haining College, Albrecht      30  14   6  10   42   29   13   48
   8  Gifton College, Albrecht              30  12   9   9   51   36   15   45
   9  Mathieu’s College, Albrecht           30  13   6  11   40   36    4   45
  10  National College of Medicine          30  10  11   9   47   54   -7   41
  11  Royal College of Albrecht             30  10   7  13   43   55  -12   37
  12  University of Lexaton                 30   7   8  15   27   41  -14   29
  13  Hoxton University of Technology       30   7   5  18   25   47  -22   26
  14  Liverpool Hills Girls Grammar School  30   7   5  18   33   67  -34   26
  15  McMillan Institute of Technology      30   4   7  19   29   58  -29   19
  16  Lippey University                     30   3   5  22   18   53  -35   14

Arrigo Conference

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Ciudad Española, UIGA     20  15   3   2   53   14   39   48*
   2  Arrigo Harbour, UIGA      20  13   4   3   51   29   22   43*
   3  Lalla Bay University      20   6   5   9   21   39  -18   23
   4  Arrigo Polytechnic        20   4   8   8   18   28  -10   20
   5  Rasgones del Ángel, UIGA  20   3   6  11   23   44  -21   15
   6  El Matthews, UIGA         20   2   8  10   15   27  -12   14

Onwere Conference

 Pos  Team                                  P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Onwere University Political College  18  10   5   3   21   10   11   35*
   2  Onwere University College of Arts    18   9   2   7   26   24    2   29*
   3  Onwere Johnson College               18   6   5   7   14   17   -3   23
   4  Royal College, Onwere University     18   4   2  12   14   24  -10   14

North Candelaria Conference

 Pos  Team                                      P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Gassett College of Sports Development    18  12   3   3   36   21   15   39*
   2  Clotaire School of Arts & Science        18  10   4   4   25   14   11   34*
   3  Caires Metropolitan University           18   9   4   5   25   18    7   31*
   4  University of Saurin                     18   9   3   6   32   26    6   30
   5  Applied Arts & Technology (Arne)         18   7   7   4   28   22    6   28
   6  Thomas Perperna Dental College           18   5  10   3   24   20    4   25
   7  Carpenter University-College             18   5   4   9   15   21   -6   19
   8  University of Webley                     18   4   3  11   18   32  -14   15
   9  Rose of Sharon Technical School          18   4   2  12   26   41  -15   14
  10  Gentle School of Theology                18   3   4  11   14   28  -14   13

South Candelaria Conference

 Pos  Team                                          P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Allemali University                          18  12   5   1   24   10   14   41*
   2  National Maritime Warfare School             18  10   7   1   32   12   20   37*
   3  University of Vo                             18   8   4   6   24   24    0   28*
   4  Brayton & Derby College of Higher Education  18   5  10   3   20   15    5   25
   5  Orchard College of Learning                  18   7   3   8   24   19    5   24
   6  Pearson Hills School of Art & Science        18   6   2  10   19   27   -8   20
   7  Catherin College                             18   5   5   8   14   24  -10   20
   8  Portsmouth Institute of Higher Education     18   5   4   9   12   23  -11   19
   9  Hanlon Institute of Higher Education         18   4   5   9   11   17   -6   17
  10  Preece Institute for Research Science        18   2   7   9   12   21   -9   13

Marquez and the Outliers Conference

 Pos  Team                                   P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  University of El din                  18  10   5   3   33   22   11   35*
   2  Universidad de Melin                  18  10   4   4   24   15    9   34*
   3  Zapata School of Tertiary Education   18   8   4   6   26   21    5   28*
   4  Rummery School of Cheese Studies      18   8   3   7   27   20    7   27
   5  Instituto Tecnológico de Nader        18   7   3   8   18   24   -6   24
   6  Universidad de Castillo               18   5   8   5   24   20    4   23
   7  Fasnia College                        18   6   5   7   19   18    1   23
   8  Marquez College of Pharmacy           18   5   5   8   15   24   -9   20
   9  Catholic University of Pastrana       18   3   8   7   23   31   -8   17
  10  Marquez University                    18   5   1  12   13   27  -14   16

First Round
Onwere University Political College 2-1 Zapata School of Tertiary Education
Gassett College of Sports Development 1-0 Onwere University College of Arts
National Maritime Warfare School 4-3 Clotaire School of Arts & Science
Ciudad Española, UIGA 6-1 People’s College, Albrecht
Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 2-0 University of Vo
Allemali University 3-2 Caires Metropolitan University
St. Mary’s College, Albrecht 3-0 Universidad de Melin
University of El din 2-0 University College, Albrecht

Quarter-Finals
Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 3-1 National Maritime Warfare School
National Maritime Warfare School 2-4 Arrigo Harbour, UIGA
Aggregate: Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 7-3 National Maritime Warfare School

University of El din 2-1 Onwere University Political College
Onwere University Political College 1-3 University of El din
Aggregate: University of El din 5-2 Onwere University Political College

Allemali University 2-2 St. Mary’s College, Albrecht
St. Mary’s College, Albrecht 3-1 Allemali University
Aggregate: Allemali University 3-5 St. Mary’s College, Albrecht

Ciudad Española, UIGA 3-0 Gassett College of Sports Development
Gassett College of Sports Development 1-1 Ciudad Española, UIGA
Aggregate: Ciudad Española, UIGA 4-1 Gassett College of Sports Development

Semi-Finals
Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 1-1 St. Mary’s College, Albrecht
St. Mary’s College, Albrecht 1-2 Arrigo Harbour, UIGA
Aggregate: Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 3-2 St. Mary’s College, Albrecht

Ciudad Española, UIGA 1-2 University of El din
University of El din 1-2 Ciudad Española, UIGA (2-2 AET)
Aggregate: Ciudad Española, UIGA 3-4 University of El din

Grand Final

Arrigo Harbour, UIGA 1-1 University of El din (1-1 AET) (Arrigo Harbour, UIGA wins 4-2 on penalty kicks)

Third-Place & IUCC XX Qualifying Play-off

St. Mary’s College, Albrecht 0-3 Ciudad Española, UIGA

IUCC 20 Qualification

1) Arrigo Harbour, UIGA
2) University of El din
3) Ciudad Española, UIGA

by **Dancougar** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:40 am

As it appears unlikely that Dancougar will complete scorination of a college season before the next IUCC deadline, we're going to ignore RPinin this time around and just announce competitors based on the most recent completed season. And by that, I mean we're going to throw the results out the window and ask a committee to do it. It's okay, soon there will be results - glorious results! - for seasons and tournaments, all crushed into a single report that will be painful to read and even peruse.

Thane College, defending champions of the IUCC, gains one of Dancougar's three slots

The remaining two slots will be taken by nobody and nobody. Wait, what? Yes, Dancougar is giving up two of its three slots for this tournament as part of a self-imposed sanction in the wake of the last IUCC registration snafu. The Sports Ministry requests that the IUCC committee not extend additional invitations to Dancougaran teams to fill out the allotment.

by **Commerce Heights** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:29 am

International qualification—Academy Sporting Association
International University Challenge Championship 20: Great Northern University, Woodruff Culinary Institute, Paruvia Institute of Technology

by **West Zirconia** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:42 pm

Oops - nearly forgot: The latest WZAL table.

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 St. Martin Medical Institute 22 13 5 4 44 25 19 44 2 Moorcroft University 22 10 7 5 42 32 10 37 3 St. Mark's College, Mort Park 22 11 4 7 47 40 7 37 4 Stanley University 22 10 5 7 37 34 3 35 5 St. Martin University 22 10 4 8 41 37 4 34 6 Markham University 22 10 4 8 44 43 1 34 7 Banks Theological College 22 9 4 9 53 46 7 31 8 Eastham College of Technology 22 9 4 9 44 41 3 31 9 Prifysgol Gymraeg Caernewydd 22 8 5 9 36 36 0 29 10 Bradley University 22 7 3 12 33 46 -13 24 11 Snaith Maritime College 22 5 5 12 23 36 -13 20 12 Redwood University 22 2 6 14 22 50 -28 12

So, needless to say, the IUCC qualifiers are St. Martin Medical Institute, Moorcroft University and St. Mark's College, Mort Park.

by **Toddeslavia** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:37 pm

Toddeslavian Ministry of Activity is pleased to release this early image of the Toddeslavian football squad (circa turn of the century - exact date unavailable):

Thank you and Splendide Mendax!
The Toddeslavian Ministry of The Exterior

by **West Zirconia** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:28 pm

To finish the whole charade, here are the results of the playoff:

Semi-Final
Currie 3-0 Ashton Rovers
Ashton Rovers 2-1 Currie
Aggregate: Currie 4-2 Ashton Rovers

Moorcroft Wanderers 5-1 Redwood Forest
Redwood Forest 1-2 Moorcroft Wanderers
Aggregate: Moorcroft Wanderers 7-2 Redwood Forest

Final
Currie 0-1 Moorcroft Wanderers (at City of Houghton Stadium)

So Moorcroft Wanderers, after a season in the Second Division wilderness, return, replacing Redwood Forest.

So the qualifications are as follows:
TQCC: Bradley Hornets, Stanley United, Hyland Town.
Globe Cup: Mort Park, Taylor's Cross, Markham.
SBCC: Crompton Town, AFC Stanton, Currie, Ashton Rovers.

As the only stadium capable of hosting the TQCC final (Manchester Street) has already done so, bids for the foreseeable future will simply be for the other two competition finals. As Williamson Park hosted the last Globe Cup final, only the following will be entered:

SBCC: Whitby Park, Snaith (capacity 32,500)

by **The Babbage Islands** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:18 pm

FFB Premier League Season 21

Parisian win their third consecutive Premier League crown, with Four Towers as runner-up for the second straight campaign. Sporting Boulder lasts only one season in the Premier League, joined for relegation by The Orange after a spectacular collapse.

Premier League Season 21

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Parisian                  22  16   4   2   49   24   25   52
   2  Four Towers               22  13   5   4   42   25   17   44
   3  Gernsback United          22  11   9   2   44   29   15   42
   4  Charleston FC             22   9   6   7   33   33    0   33
   5  Dover City                22   7   9   6   30   29    1   30
   6  Greenville Rovers         22   9   2  11   37   42   -5   29
   7  FC Green Star             22   7   5  10   40   46   -6   26
   8  Southland FC              22   7   4  11   30   33   -3   25
   9  South Side AC             22   6   6  10   23   35  -12   24
  10  Cardiff FC                22   5   5  12   33   36   -3   20
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  11  The Orange                22   5   5  12   26   41  -15   20
  12  Sporting Boulder          22   4   6  12   32   46  -14   18

FFB Championship Series Season 21

Real Santa Catalina return to the Premier League after a seven-season absence. They beat North Fork FC 1-0 in the Championship Series final. North Fork will also promote to the Premier League for the first time.

Championship Group A Season 21

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Real Santa Catalina       22  14   5   3   50   23   27   47
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   2  OGC Nancy                 22  11   6   5   42   34    8   39
   3  Cardston FC               22  12   2   8   49   40    9   38
   4  Baden 98                  22  11   4   7   43   30   13   37
   5  West Scoville Athletic    22   8   8   6   37   32    5   32
   6  Xianggang FK              22   5   8   9   38   41   -3   23
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   7  Hooligans                 22   6   2  14   33   50  -17   20
   8  West Scoville Tigers      22   2   2  18   22   58  -36    8

Championship Group B Season 21

 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  North Fork FC             22  14   4   4   52   26   26   46
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   2  Fylkir                    22  12   4   6   60   36   24   40
   3  Handcarters               22  11   5   6   38   27   11   38
   4  Belgium FC                22  12   1   9   47   38    9   37
   5  Bloomfield National       22   8   7   7   35   37   -2   31
   6  Viktoria Baden            22   6   9   7   43   49   -6   27
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   7  FK Maribor                22   5   5  12   29   57  -28   20
   8  Wye Celtic                22   2   2  18   24   64  -40    8

Championship Final: Real Santa Catalina 1-0 North Fork FC

Islands Cup X

Bloomfield National of the Championship Series win their second Islands Cup, defeating The Orange 2-1 in an intense final at The Great Dome in Gernsback. Sixteen-year-old striker Debbie Sherman scored both goals for the victors.

Code: Select all: Islands Cup X (after season 21) Opening Round Moroni Blue 1-1 Wright FC (1-1 AET) (Wright FC wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) Gernsback United 2-0 FK Kabe FK Maribor 0-0 Handcarters (0-0 AET) (Handcarters wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) OGC Nancy 3-1 Red Devils FC FK Waringhien 1-2 West Scoville Tigers FK Verdurbo 3-4 Cardston FC The Orange 4-0 Gimnastic Windsor FC 0-1 Xianggang FK Blue Ridge FC 1-0 Golden FC Dover FC 0-1 Three Rivers Pilots Hooligans 0-0 Futbalo-Libereco (0-1 AET) Wye Celtic 2-1 AC Santa Catalina South Side AC 2-0 Moundsville AC Capital AC 3-2 Forest Park Rangers Viktoria Baden 3-2 La Movado Charleston United 2-3 Dover City Fylkir 3-0 Centralia FC Real Valencia 2-3 Charleston FC Far Point Islanders 1-4 Greenville Rovers Baden 98 3-1 Moroni White Longview FC 3-5 FK Tesla Sporting Boulder 0-1 Four Towers Bloomfield National 2-0 Southland FC Lehi FC 1-4 Tardis FC FC Green Star 0-0 Atletico Valencia (1-0 AET) North Fork FC 3-3 Cardiff FC (3-3 AET) (Cardiff FC wins 4-1 on penalty kicks) AS Paris 1-2 Belgium FC West Scoville Athletic 2-1 FC Urbana Round of 32 Gernsback United 0-0 Cardiff FC (0-0 AET) (Cardiff FC wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) Dover City 3-3 West Scoville Athletic (3-4 AET) Great Falls Cymru 0-1 The Orange Fylkir 0-2 Blue Ridge FC Capital AC 1-1 Three Rivers Pilots (2-1 AET) Tardis FC 1-2 Wright FC Handcarters 1-1 OGC Nancy (2-1 AET) South Side AC 0-1 Charleston FC Baden 98 2-3 Greenville Rovers Parisian 6-0 Futbalo-Libereco Real Santa Catalina 3-0 Xianggang FK West Scoville Tigers 2-2 FC Green Star (3-2 AET) Belgium FC 1-1 Cardston FC (1-2 AET) Viktoria Baden 1-2 Bloomfield National Brigham City Pioneers 1-1 Wye Celtic (1-1 AET) (Brigham City Pioneers wins 3-0 on penalty kicks) FK Tesla 0-2 Four Towers Round of 16 Bloomfield National 3-0 Cardston FC Parisian 2-3 Greenville Rovers Real Santa Catalina 1-0 West Scoville Tigers Cardiff FC 1-2 The Orange Wright FC 1-1 Capital AC (1-3 AET) Four Towers 1-2 Blue Ridge FC Charleston FC 2-1 West Scoville Athletic Brigham City Pioneers 1-2 Handcarters Quarterfinals Blue Ridge FC 0-3 Bloomfield National Handcarters 1-1 Charleston FC (2-2 AET) (Charleston FC wins 4-2 on penalty kicks) Real Santa Catalina 3-1 Greenville Rovers The Orange 2-0 Capital AC Semifinals Bloomfield National 2-1 Charleston FC Real Santa Catalina 0-1 The Orange Final Bloomfield National 2-1 The Orange

The Football Federation of Babbage announce the following qualifications to the various international club events:

TQCC: Parisian (Premier League champions 20-21), Four Towers (Premier League runners-up 20-21)
Globe Cup: Bloomfield National (Islands Cup champions 21), Dover City (Islands Cup champions 20), Gernsback United (Premier League third place 21)
SSBCC: Real Santa Catalina, North Fork FC (Championship Series group winners 21), OGC Nancy, Fylkir (Championship Series runners-up 21).

(OOC: Domestic league scheduling runs on a RL calendar not synced to the international season.)

by **Queer Poco el Mono Ara** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:08 am

Week 23

Pythons 1 – 0 Jonastown United
Pythons retake the league lead with a scrappy win over J-Town. The home side pressurized the visitors for much of the game and were rewarded with a deflected goal in the 77th minute.
International midfielder Dean Bowyer found space on the edge of the box and rifled in a shot which rebounded off the outstretched leg of Sargossan Javier Vilche and took the ball beyond the J-Town keeper.
Frederico could have doubled the lead in the 84th minute when he was left unmarked at the back post but the striker scuffed his effort and saw the ball trickle wide of the goal.
Jonastown defended well and will feel they at least deserved a point. Manager Ricky Ortega commented

“We were under pressure for most of this game but we dealt well with it. The goal was a fluke and I am so disappointed for the players and the fans. We’ll be looking to bounce back next week and get three points to continue our push for a Globe Cup spot.”

Augustus 1 – 0 Royal Khaldoon
The local derby ended with Augustus the victors, knocking Royal Khaldoon off top spot in the league. Augustus Koseli midfielder Kazim Hayrettinoglu scored his first goal in an Augustus shirt in the first half. A well worked passing move down the left wing left the midfielder available, free on the edge of the box to curl the ball beyond Nikolai Baskovic.
Khaldoon came close to an equalizer through Juan Segura who met a clever over-the-top ball from Vytautas Törk only to have his volley crash cruelly against the Augustus bar.
The three points move Augustus into third in the league and manager Gianfranco Vianna believes the club can still crash the TQCC places.

“There are still 20 games to play and 60 points to be won. We can still make the dream TQCC come true.”

Salaga F.C 2 – 2 Belle-Isle on Sea
This relegation scrap ended in a brawl with a number of players fighting in the tunnel after the game.
Belle-Isle took the lead through William Varney, but were immediately pipped back when Ugo Stowell headed home from a corner. Salaga then took the lead just before half time when record signing Benito Gabrini who managed to beat two defenders before putting the ball between the goalkeeper’s legs.
Belle-Isle then stole a late equalizer when David Pallister went down in the box. The striker tumbled under a Conrad Magull challenge and was awarded the penalty. The Salaga players reacted badly as they believed Pallister should be booked for simulation and a heated confrontation began in the Salaga box with all 22 players involved. The referee regained control and Pallister scored from the penalty spot.
The argument continued after the game and a number of players were involved in a fracas. The incident is currently being looked into by the QPMAFA.

Skyte City 3 – 0 Valengren Kickers
Strugglers Valengren were easily thwarted by Skyte who scored all three goals in the first half. Sargossan Gaston Bastia opened the scoring in only the third minute following a long ball up field which the Kickers defence failed to deal with.
Bastia assisted the second when he cut the ball back across the Kickers box for James Phillips to cheekily backheel home to double the lead.
Sorthern Northland midfielder Amets Mendiluze corner caused confusion in the Kickers box for Starblaydi defender Onome Agu to power home a header to finish off Valengren after only 42 minutes.
Neil Howzer made a few substitutions for the second half, resting players expected to play in the Trofeo Royal as Skyte look to gain some silverware this year.

Almondvale 0 – 2 Real Minanda
Almondvale’s poor season continued as Real Minanda capitalized on some dodgy goalkeeping from Jerome Makandwire. The goal keeper’s first error saw him charge out of his box to meet Minanda forward Ayhan Genc only to have the striker easily round him and slot home into an empty goal.
Makandwire’s second mistake saw him attempt to punch the ball clear only to miss the ball entirely. Fortunately Alan Sherington’s effort was tame and was easily cleared off the line.
Minanda’s second goal was again fortuitous as Makandwire allowed the ball to slip out from his chest and back into the box for Richard Ramirez to slide into the corner of the goal. After the match Fletcher Goodwin refused to blame his keeper for the defeat

“Everybody has an off day once in a while. Unfortunately Jerome had one the same day the rest of the team was off. Hopefully this is just a one off and he’ll be back to his best next week in the Trofeo Royal.”

Ridgemont Town 1 – 2 Athletic Khaldoon
The home fans were treated to a disappointing defeat to Athletic Khaldoon. The defeat sees the slip two places in the league and leap-frogged by Athletic.
Athletic’s young striker Ludovig Valeny opened the scoring just before half time with a diving header at the back post. Just after the break Athletic doubled their lead via a Ruud Seedorf freekick. Seedorf’s effort cleared the wall before dipping perfectly just under the crossbar. Ridgemont’s Candelarian striker Tom Smith pulled the team back into the game after coming on as a substitute. That goal was the forwards 11th after making appearances off the bench. Ridgemont continued to attack but were unable to find an equalizer thanks to the superb reactions of Brad Johnson in the Athletic goal.

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W L D Points 1 Pythons 23 16 6 1 49 2 Royal Khaldoon 23 14 4 5 47 3 Augustus 23 10 7 6 36 4 Jonastown United 23 10 8 5 35 5 Skyte City 23 10 9 4 34 6 Athletic Khaldoon 23 9 8 6 33 7 Ridgemont Town 23 9 8 6 33 8 Real Minanda 23 8 10 5 29 9 Almondvale 23 8 13 2 26 10 Salaga F.C 23 5 10 8 23 11 Valengren Kickers 23 5 12 6 21 12 Belle-Isle on Sea 23 4 13 6 18

BREAKING NEWS: Almondvale Football Club have released a statement this afternoon announcing the sacking of coach Fletcher Goodwin. The under fire coach has failed to deliver any semblance of the success of previous seasons and the board believes it is time for a change in direction.
The team currently find themselves 3 points above the relegation scrap and only 8 points above bottom team Belle-Isle on Sea.
Questions now surround Almondvale as to who will take over as coach at the club. Former Skyte City and international Futsal team manager Daryl Ferguson is favorite, however the list also includes former Royal Khaldoon manager Keith Fletcher who is currently without a club and former Barbossa coach Alfonse Marescha who successfully prevented the relegation of Barbossa in Una Serie 1.

Goodwin had built a good reputation at Almondvale having lead the team to progressively higher finishes in the league whilst working with a minimal amount of funds, however the form of the team this season has reflected poorly on the manager and the board has decided to try kick start the remainder of the season under a new coach.

Goodwin commented

“I’m not entirely surprised that the board has come to this decision. I am disappointed at having to leave the club, we have had three great seasons and even played some international football. But I guess it is time for a change following recent results, I just hope whoever takes over from me is prepared to work on a shoestring budget.”

A spokesman for Almondvale stated
“We wish Mr. Goodwin all the success in the World and thank him for his effort during his time at Almondvale.”

When asked about a replacement the spokesperson responded

“The club is following a number of possible avenues and hopes to have a new man in charge in the next 10 days or so.”

by **Somewhereistonia** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:55 am

The Somewhereistonian Liigas are broughy to you by: Hyeondae

So, season number six it is in Somewhereistonia (or so we are told). Atlantas look to have temporarily ended their expensive enpenditure. Qasarian Sparta and everyone else appear to be doing very little exchange wise either, it's almost as though the person behind the teams has been busy doing other things, not that that is possible.

So how did it all go?

The Results

Code: Select all: Meistriliiga Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Atlantas Klaipaada 38 24 8 6 102 52 50 80 C/TQCC 2 Dinamo Karrakiv 38 25 4 9 109 65 44 79 TQCC 3 Qasarian Sparta 38 22 7 9 101 65 36 73 GC 4 Metalurgs 38 22 6 10 103 73 30 72 GC 5 Kalev Talla 38 20 9 9 80 62 18 69 GC 6 Qasarian City 38 19 8 11 91 64 27 65 7 Kabano Zeppelin 38 18 11 9 98 82 16 65 8 Skonto Liepaja 38 17 10 11 82 60 22 61 9 Ventspils Redwings 38 18 6 14 84 77 7 60 10 Vetra Jurmala 38 17 7 14 73 67 6 58 11 FK Koltelcia 38 14 8 16 69 71 -2 50 12 FBK Kedainiai 38 12 13 13 60 69 -9 49 13 Vetra Karrakiv 38 13 6 19 76 84 -8 45 14 FK Ekranos Panev 38 12 7 19 57 72 -15 43 15 Hawks Sporting Academy 38 12 7 19 79 100 -21 43 16 Silute City 38 11 7 20 42 61 -19 40 17 Ventspils Bluewings 38 10 4 24 79 112 -33 34 18 Tammeka Kuressaare 38 8 4 26 47 95 -48 28 19 Old Suvisians 38 7 7 24 49 103 -54 28 R 20 Olnavia United 38 6 7 25 56 103 -47 25 R

Atlantas to do the double! Surprise? Only as far as a double is unlikely, the team definitely have the strength to do this, having once again failed to qualify for the TQCC proper. Atlantas managed to win the title with two games to go, they then lost the last two games in a way which must have felt mocking to the Dinamo team. Qasarian Sparta and Metalurgs were off the pace for the title, but once again easily made their way into the top four, and the Globe Cup with that. Kalev Talla surprisingly find themselves in fifth place and in the last Globe Cup place after a great season under new management.

Everyone else finished in surprisingly unsurprising positions in the table, in all honsety, other than the precise positions, this was quite a boring season. Everything just went according to plan, as it were. Well, maybe Atlantas can win the TQCC and continue with the plan. Somehow that seems doubtful. Would be interesting though.

Code: Select all: Esiliiga Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Trans Lazvor 38 25 8 5 81 46 35 83 C/SBCC 2 Olimpiskais Kaljak 38 21 11 6 90 54 36 74 P/SBCC 3 FBK Karrakiv 38 20 10 8 94 59 35 70 SBCC 4 Olimpiskais Lazvia 38 21 7 10 87 66 21 70 SBCC 5 FK Alytus 38 20 7 11 94 64 30 67 6 FK Kabano 38 17 9 12 78 61 17 60 7 FBK Kujenai 38 17 8 13 99 83 16 59 8 Modraine Pirates 38 14 11 13 68 65 3 53 9 ISC Rig 38 14 11 13 60 59 1 53 10 FK Karrasiana ühendatud 38 14 8 16 67 70 -3 50 11 Rig City 38 12 13 13 60 67 -7 49 12 FBK Kedainiai 38 14 7 17 67 79 -12 49 13 Nica Zeppelin 38 13 8 17 53 71 -18 47 14 Dinamo Moletai 38 12 6 20 68 80 -12 42 15 FK Vindava 38 11 9 18 64 77 -13 42 16 Vilsuv State 38 12 5 21 57 77 -20 41 17 Trakai Sparta 38 9 12 17 68 78 -10 39 18 Vetra Sakiai 38 10 7 21 52 91 -39 37 19 FK Samseong Dreiliņaja 38 9 9 20 48 76 -28 36 R 20 Balti Talla 38 9 6 23 63 95 -32 33 R

Code: Select all: Koliliiga Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 FK Narva 38 26 7 5 84 41 43 85 C 2 FK Kuka 38 22 8 8 91 59 32 74 P 3 CS Sept-Onze Loksa 38 21 4 13 75 65 10 67 4 FK Roja 38 17 9 12 72 59 13 60 5 FK Vilāni 38 18 5 15 74 67 7 59 6 Vili ühendatud 38 16 9 13 59 54 5 57 7 Locomotiv Talsi 38 16 8 14 69 70 -1 56 8 SK InfoInternet 38 15 9 14 71 69 2 54 9 Rig Falcons 38 13 12 13 69 70 -1 51 10 FBK Kardla 38 13 11 14 49 51 -2 50 11 FBK Dagda 38 13 10 15 70 69 1 49 12 Dinamo Vōru 38 11 16 11 45 49 -4 49 13 FK X-Cell 38 12 11 15 50 65 -15 47 14 FK Nida 38 12 10 16 58 72 -14 46 15 Okainiai Zeppelin 38 11 12 15 73 78 -5 45 16 FK Landsberg 38 10 10 18 62 72 -10 40 17 FK X-Spordiga 38 10 10 18 53 68 -15 40 18 Poikimitagiin DFE Narva 38 10 9 19 57 71 -14 39 19 FBK Mustvee 38 9 12 17 55 69 -14 39 R 20 Valka 38 9 10 19 50 68 -18 37 R

Liistriik Kruus – later rounds

Quarterfinals
FK Samseong Dreiliņaja 1-3 Dinamo Karrakiv
Metalurgs 3-1 Olimpiskais Kaljak
FK Ekranos Panev 1-5 Atlantas Klaipaada
Ventspils Bluewings 1-1 Hawks Sporting Academy
Replay: Hawks Sporting Academy 2-2 Ventspils Bluewings (2-5 AET)

Semifinals
Dinamo Karrakiv 1-3 Metalurgs
Metalurgs 1-3 Dinamo Karrakiv (1-3 AET) (Dinamo Karrakiv wins 4-3 on penalty kicks)
Aggregate: Dinamo Karrakiv 4-4 Metalurgs

Atlantas Klaipaada 4-2 Ventspils Bluewings
Ventspils Bluewings 0-5 Atlantas Klaipaada
Aggregate: Atlantas Klaipaada 9-2 Ventspils Bluewings

Final
Dinamo Karrakiv 2-3 Atlantas Klaipaada

International Club Qualifiers

TQCC:

Atlantas Klaipaada
Dinamo Karrakiv

Globe Cup:

Qasarian Sparta
Metalurgs
Kalev Talla

SBCC:

Trans Lazvor
Olimpiskais Kaljak
FBK Karrakiv
Olimpiskais Lazvia

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

by **Vephrall** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:46 pm

Collegiate Sporting Alliance, 1776 season

(really, really late again. I sense a pattern here.)

Since no conference champion finished outside the top sixteen in the rankings this year, determining the playoff competitors is simple — the top sixteen are in.

Also, tiebreakers are now only applied when they actually matter — either to decide the conference title, or if it decides whether or not a top-16 ranked team would finish in the bottom half of its conference and thus be ineligible for the postseason (not bloody likely).

Midland Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   3  Military            15   9   4   2   33   16   17   31
   4  Siellal             15   9   3   3   24   10   14   30
   7  Riestre State       15   9   2   4   33   17   16   29
      Riestre             15   8   2   5   22   14    8   26
      Riestre Tech        15   8   2   5   19   13    6   26
      Shentarong Tech     15   7   3   5   21   19    2   24
      Taeschand           15   4   7   4   18   16    2   19
      Westlake            15   5   3   7   23   19    4   18
      North Shentarong    15   4   4   7   18   28  -10   16
      NW Salle            15   4   2   9   16   30  -14   14
      Till State          15   1   4  10    9   33  -24    7
      NE Riestre          15   0   3  12    9   40  -31    3

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[/float] Champions:
Vephrese Military Academy
Knights
(last season: Riestre State)

Southern Crescent Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   8  Shentarong Southern 15   8   4   3   34   15   19   28
  15  Shentarong State    15   8   3   4   25   17    8   27
      Shentarong          15   6   6   3   26   20    6   24
      Darnai              15   5   7   3   18   16    2   22
      Fekliir State       15   6   4   5   23   22    1   22
      Astenast State      15   6   4   5   21   21    0   22
      Southwestern        15   5   5   5   21   19    2   20
      East Point          15   5   5   5   19   18    1   20
      Sumbobor State      15   5   2   8   23   37  -14   17
      Sumbobor            15   5   0  10   18   23   -5   15
      Twin Cities         15   3   5   7   23   29   -6   14
      Nenbondle           15   2   5   8   14   25  -11   11

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[/float] Champions:
Shentarong Southern University
Sharks
(2nd consecutive season)

Lowland Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   1  Chezlot             15  11   4   0   28    8   20   37
   2  Jishmid             15  10   4   1   33   14   19   34
   6  NW Sumbobor         15   9   3   3   26   13   13   30
      Sumbobor Tech       15   6   4   5   22   16    6   22
      Narrows             15   5   6   4   17   14    3   21
      Baseng              15   6   3   6   20   21   -1   21
      Bayside             15   5   4   6   21   18    3   19
      Speilers            15   4   4   7   13   19   -6   16
      Dettune State       15   4   3   8   19   34  -15   15
      Middle Bektys       13   3   5   5   15   18   -3   14
      Central Sumbobor    15   2   5   8   13   23  -10   11
      Mersira             15   1   2  12    8   39  -31    5

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[/float] Champions:
Chezlot University
Falcons
(last season: NW Sumbobor)

Isthmian Conference

Rank  Team                P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  10  Bektys State       15   8   3   4   25   17    8   27
  11  BTI                15   7   5   3   28   12   16   26
      Scusenany          15   8   2   5   24   17    7   26
      Fishbog            15   7   2   6   20   20    0   23
      Flaarickug         15   6   4   5   25   18    7   22
      Bektys Coastal     15   6   2   7   20   18    2   20
      North Bektys       15   6   2   7   15   20   -5   20
      Eastern Darnai     15   5   4   6   17   21   -4   19
      Western Shentarong 15   6   1   8   18   26   -8   19
      South Bektys       14   3   8   3   15   14    1   17
      Riestre-Clyddly    15   3   6   6   15   18   -3   15
      Isthmian           15   4   3   8   21   35  -14   15

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[/float] Champions:
Bektys State University
Bulldogs
(last season: Scusenany)

East Coast Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
   5  Salle               15   9   3   3   25   12   13   30
   9  Till                15   7   7   1   20   11    9   28
  13  Solonds             15   8   4   3   24   18    6   28
  16  Sheoron             15   8   2   5   26   19    7   26
      Salle Southern      15   7   4   4   18   16    2   25
      Calamen-Custles     15   5   4   6   18   21   -3   19
      North Salle         15   5   4   6   13   19   -6   19
      Rascenass           15   5   3   7   18   22   -4   18
      Calamen-Petaki      15   5   3   7   21   27   -6   18
      Calamen             15   3   8   4   17   20   -3   17
      Defae               15   4   4   7   16   21   -5   16
      Southeastern        15   2   2  11   12   27  -15    8

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[/float] Champions:
Salle University
Palms
(2nd consecutive season)

Big West Conference

Rank  Team                 P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  12  Highland            15   7   6   2   32   18   14   27 *
  14  Dettune             15   7   6   2   26   17    9   27 *
      Seibeng             15   6   5   4   22   17    5   23
      Western Darnai      14   6   5   3   22   19    3   23
      Anhenir             15   6   5   4   22   21    1   23
      Virdys              15   6   4   5   16   19   -3   22
      Sirinis             15   5   5   5   22   20    2   20
      Western Dettune     15   5   5   5   19   17    2   20
      Northern Darnai     15   3   7   5   16   20   -4   16
      Sirinis Ag          15   3   5   7   17   22   -5   14
      South Sirinis       15   3   5   7   19   25   -6   14
      Dettune Mtn         15   2   4   9   14   25  -11   10
	  
* Highland drew Dettune 2-2, wins conference on goal difference

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[/float] Champions:
Sumbobor Highland College
Wolves
(last season: Sirinis)

National Championship Tournament

First Round
(1) Chezlot 6-1 (16) Sheoron
(8) Shentarong Southern 2-1 (9) Till
(5) Salle 1-1 (12) Highland (1-1 AET, 3-5 PKs)
(4) Siellal 1-2 (13) Solonds
(6) NW Sumbobor 1-2 (11) BTI
(3) Military 1-1 (14) Dettune (1-2 AET)
(7) Riestre State 0-1 (10) Bektys State
(2) Jishmid 1-2 (15) Shentarong State

Quarterfinals
(1) Chezlot 4-3 (8) Shentarong Southern
(12) Highland 3-2 (13) Solonds
(11) BTI 0-1 (14) Dettune
(10) Bektys State 3-4 (15) Shentarong State

Semifinals
(1) Chezlot 2-0 (12) Highland
(14) Dettune 2-2 (15) Shentarong State (2-2 AET, 2-4 PKs)

Third Place Playoff
(12) Highland 1-3 (14) Dettune

Final
(1) Chezlot 1-4 (15) Shentarong State

The Shentarong State University Boars are the new national champions!

Joining the Boars in the next IUCC are the Chezlot University Falcons and Dettune University Spartans.

by **Sargossa** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:08 am

What with Olympics and World Cup qualifiers going on it seems an awfully long time since we last checked in on the domestic front so let’s take an arbitrary point in the season, say 22 games in, and take a peek.

They haven’t had it quite their own way in the past few seasons but the big three have been trying to put that right this year, occupying, as they do, the top three spots in the SuperLiga. For now at least. Sporting San Marquez are looking the team to beat at the moment with their attacking triumvirate of Diego Lara, Agapito López Santos and Marcinho, deployed behind lone striker Roberto Ordóñez, causing the opposition all kinds of trouble. Ciudad Soluca under Hane Davis finally look to be putting up a title challenge again but seven defeats in twenty two will worry the boss slightly. As will the overreliance on the ‘hoof it up to big Zac Adekunde’ tactic. Reigning champions El Nacional lurk with intent, four points behind the leaders. A position boss Otto van Belhamel won’t complain about too loudly having been faced with the distractions of losing players to international duty, TakilQuip Champions Cup commitments and the loss of key midfielder Rafael Balbo, who surprisingly move to Queer Poco el Mono Ara.

A glance at the league table also highlights a situation that has been coming more and more apparent. Once a two horse race, at best, the Sargossan top flight is becoming increasingly competitive. The loss of so many of the league’s top performers to the likes of the CMSC, D-League and Cafundéu First Division has levelled the playing field dramatically. Now five, or maybe even seven, sides are in with a shout of the title while further down the league a mere five points separates sixth place from seventeenth. Creating a more competitive, exciting and popular competition. There are those that argue that it also signals a dilution in quality but the improving performances of Sargossan sides in international cup competitions suggests otherwise.

Current SuperLiga Standings
1:  Sp. San Marquez    22    11    7     4    33    21    12    40 (TQCC)
2:  Ciudad Soluca      22    11    4     7    24    21     3    37 (TQCC)
3:  El Nacional        22    9     9     4    29    22     7    36 (GC)
4:  Dínamo Maturín     22    9     7     6    29    20     9    34 (GC)
5:  Deportivo Cordova  22    9     7     6    22    16     6    34
6:  Juventudé          22    9     5     8    30    28     2    32
7:  Defensor           22    9     5     8    21    22    -1    32
8:  Deportivo Soluca   22    7     10    5    25    23     2    31
9:  Porto Alegro Azul  22    8     5     9    27    26     1    29
10: Atlético Ensenada  22    8     5     9    29    30    -1    29
11: Petro Mercada      22    7     7     8    21    24    -3    28
12: Alianza Jucaro     22    7     7     8    24    28    -4    28
13: Rubio Bayamo       22    7     7     8    24    26    -2    28
14: Estrella Torreón   22    7     7     8    30    30     0    28
15: Dunas Del Sol      22    6     10    6    29    28     1    28
16: Mercadel S.C.      22    7     7     8    29    26     3    28
17: Santos             22    8     3     11   27    30    -3    27
18: S.C. Goza          22    5     8     9    24    33    -9    23 (R)
19: Moruga S.C.        22    5     6     11   23    33   -10    21 (R)
20: Jaguarés           22    4     8     10   21    34   -13    20 (R)

Following national coach Rob Kietecs’ announcement that he intends to retire should Sargossa reach the World Cup finals, which they currently look good to do, media attention has been dragged away from the players for a change, instead focusing it firmly on the men in the dugouts. It’s believed the FFS are looking to appoint a Sargossan to the position should Nethertopian Kietecs step down, with Dínamo Maturín and Olympic coach José Marín, Under-21 boss Juan Manuel Del Rios, El din Marbles’ Félix Barreto and Israel Quintana of Deportivo Cordova all mentioned in dispatches. But with the top three domestic sides all coached by foreigners another non-native in the post cannot be ruled out.

Copa Sargossa

North Eastern Rushmore’s premier cup competition has just completed it’s quarter final stage, a round that threw up a particularly mouth-watering clash. Arch rivals Ciudad and El Nacional went head to head for the third and fourth times this season and once again it was the boys from the capitol he came away with the honours. After a win at the ediraf and a draw in Goza in the league Hane Davis’ side were confident heading into the first leg in Soluca and duly won the game courtesy of a Zachary Adekunde header. A week later the big Candelariasian was at it again with a first half brace at the Independiente. Francisco Fontova managed a consolation but El Nacional went out 3 – 1 on aggregate.

The prospect of a league and cup double is still very much on for José Felipe Cassumba Domingos and Sporting. The Larissan giants were relatively comfortable 2 – 1 winners home and away over Alianza Jucaro. Elsewhere there loomed the prospect of Segunda Liga representation in the last four for the first time since we don’t know when following Sportivo Maturín’s home 1 – 0 over Juventudé. But the SuperLiga side showed their quality in the second leg with a 3 – 0 victory. And S.C. Goza’s miserable season continued when they lost 3 – 1 away at Moruga S.C. to exit the competition 4 – 3 on aggregate.

by **Queer Poco el Mono Ara** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:06 am

Week 43, The Last Stretch

Valengren Kickers 2 – 1 BOS
Valengren Kickers confirmed their Una Serie status and condemned Belle-Isle on Sea to an immediate return to League I with a display of sheer grit.
The Kickers came out guns blazing in front of the home fans and took the lead in the tenth minute when Jurgen Lahm out jumped everyone in the box to power his header home. Valengren continued to push and Belle-Isle’s relegation seemed imminent as the team failed to string any possession together.
The Kickers doubled their lead 20 minutes later when Lahm’s pace took him beyond Conrad Magull and straight in on goal, the forward then slid the ball underneath the advancing goalkeeper and put Valengren clearly in the driving seat.
The Belle-Isle team collapsed under the pressure and their impending doom and failed to rally. They did however pull back a late consolation goal, which offered little consolation as they were headed back down, when Lester Burnidge directed the ball toward goal off his shin following a sloppy Valengren clearance.

After the game Belle-Isle manager Gavin Dickinson stated

“I, like everyone else, am disappointed at being relegated. However, I expect to be in charge next season and will be looking to guide the team straight back.”

In comparison Ray Hodgson commented

“Today’s result is a massive relief, we can now try get a decent result in our final fixture against Athletic Khaldoon and begin restructuring for next season.”

However the manager’s plans for reconstruction may soon be halted as rumors are circulating he is set to be another manager facing the chop. Since the inception of the Una Serie five coaches have been sacked and it is highly likely Hodgson will be the sixth.

Royal Khaldoon 1 – 1 Athletic Khaldoon
Champions Royal Khaldoon collected another point as they continue to break the accumulated points total since confirming the league title just 2 weeks ago. Athletic however will be thankful for the point as it keeps them firmly embroiled in the battle over mid-table position. The teams in 5th and 9th could all still see changes in the final week and any point leading up to the finale is needed.
Athletic took a surprise lead in first half extra time when Emile Karembeu seized upon a short back pass and smashed home beyond the Royal keeper.
Their lead however was soon nullified when Karbul Bak played Omid Rustu through on goal for the homegrown forward to see his shot tamely pushed away by Brad Johnson. Bak pounced on the loose ball and scored the equalizer.
The game then proceeded to become a stalemate with neither side taking the initiative and failing to make a clear goal scoring opportunity.

Royal captain Tomasz Poborsky gushed after the game

“This is the best season yet in Una Serie, but were not done yet, we’re looking to do the double then bring in a few more players and dominate even more so next year.”

Ridgemont Town 2 – 2 Pythons
Pythons saw their league title slip further away as Ridgemont came from behind to secure their globe cup position next season.
Frederico got the visitors on their way with a goal in the 26th minute when he managed to get on the end of a Dean Bowyer pass and knock the ball over the oncoming keeper. Pythons doubled their lead before the break as Enrico Dossena went down in the box under an Ahmed Khan challenge. Dossena brushed himself down and took the penalty himself and sent the keeper the wrong way to make it 2-0.
Midfielder Frank Le Tissier grabbed a lifeline for Ridgemont when his looping cross swerved in the air and found its way into the Pythons goal.
Supersub Tom Smith came off the bench to score his 17th of the campaign for Ridgemont and secure their globe cup spot with a game to go. After the game Le Tissier commented

“It’s great to be heading into another successive international club competition. And who knows, maybe next year we can make the group stages.”

Augustus 1 – 3 Almondvale
Almondvale romped to an away victory over Augustus and look to be putting the mediocrity of the current season behind them with a late flurry.
First half goals from Adrian Belmont and Ulli White were added to mid way through the second half with a 40 yard Piledriver from Nethertopian Klaas Breinburg.
Augustus did however grab a late consolation goal when Andrea Di Vaio became the lucky recipient of a poor punched clearance from a corner and tapped into an empty net.

Salaga F.C 0 – 2 Skyte City
Neil Howzer looked to finalize his revamp of Skyte as they fight for a Globe Cup spot until the final day of the season. Overcoming Salaga in fixture 43 went a long way to aiding this as Augustus slipped up at home to Almondvale.
Goals from James Phillips and Rafael Balbo were enough to take all three points and Howzer said after the performance

“Following the disastrous nature of last season Globe Cup qualification will go a long way to erasing those memories. We have a one final chance next week and will need to beat Pythons, who will be smarting after losing the championship.”

Jonastown United 0 – 0 Real Minanda
J-Town and Minanda played out a scoreless draw as both teams look toward the conclusion of what can be considered a successful season with both teams comfortably avoiding relegation and even at one stage appearing to be International Club Competition qualification challengers.
Ricky Ortega will be disappointed his team didn’t snatch all three points in the dying moments as Carlos Borges scuffed a golden opportunity to score and have his effort trickle weakly out for a goal kick. After the game Minanda coach Hector Gonzales congratulated his side on a decent performance this season as the team further cement their position in the league and widen the gulf between the teams in the mid-table positions and those battling for survival.

“It’s been a good year and I can’t complain about the effort the lads have put in, they’ve been great this year and we still have another game we can get points from next week.”

League Standings

Code: Select all: Pos Team P W L D Points 1 Royal Khaldoon 43 27 8 8 89 2 Pythons 43 24 11 8 80 3 Ridgemont Town 43 20 12 11 71 4 Augustus 43 18 12 13 67 5 Skyte City 43 19 17 7 64 6 Jonastown United 43 16 14 13 61 7 Almondvale 43 18 20 5 59 8 Athletic Khaldoon 43 16 17 10 58 9 Real Minanda 43 15 18 10 55 10 Salaga F.C 43 11 19 13 46 11 Valengren Kickers 43 8 24 11 35 12 Belle-Isle on Sea 43 7 27 9 30

by **Vephrall** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:41 pm

International University Challenge Championship 20
presented by Nakiti Corporation

Welcome to the milestone twentieth edition of the IUCC, the premier tournament for university football teams around the multiverse.

The number of entrants declined this time, with only nineteen institutions electing to enter the competition. As convenient as it would have been to reach the much nicer number of twenty by inviting another entrant from defending champion nation Dancougar, the IUCC organizing committee has been explicitly forbidden from doing so this time. So nineteen the number shall remain, and we'll work through it.

As the IUCC charter stipulates that the group stage must involve 16, 20, or 24 teams, we will obviously be aiming for 16 this time around. Therefore, there will be a preliminary round involving the six lowest-ranked teams — well, almost. We are continuing with the stipulation that every participating nation must have at least one automatic qualifier. But aside from that, it's the bottom six. In addition, we shall ensure that if a nation has two teams in the preliminary stage, they will not face each other.

The draw for the preliminary round is as follows:

St. Mark's College, Mort Park [WZI] – Woodruff Culinary Institute [ASA]
Strawberry Fields University [TAE] – Paruvia Institute of Technology [ASA]
Moorcroft University [WZI] – Reynea Area Community College [TAE]

The preliminary round will be two-legged, with the lower-ranked team (shown at left above) playing the first leg at home.

Schedule
Preliminary round — Monday 5 October
Group stage — Tuesday 6 October
Knockout rounds — Wednesday 7 October

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