Week 37: Second hand books

Gone?

This week's Manager of the Week is Smasher with a score of 22 points.  This lifts his current OFFL Champions, Inter Milandrover, into second place - a mere 35 points behind Russ Bielby's Livercoolio.

Alex Blundell's Moanchester Ununited steps back over to the wrong side of the 300 point mark after losing 2 points and Mintal Institute completes the journey from the top of the table [from Weeks 2 - 5] to the bottom [ignoring It Goes To Eleven] by letting Mainly Bell Jam take twenty-third spot.

Neil's Diamonds are about to kick Gone Poyet Gone out of the top ten.

And that's as exciting as it gets for the close of this season.  Unless you're in the OFFL Cup fighting for a second hand book.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Livercoolio                Russ Bielby     55.0  9 473
 2 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.5 22 438
 3 Pyeators II                Dave Clayton    54.0 16 434
 4 Blat Setter's Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward      53.5 16 428
 5 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     54.8  7 419
 6 Fattered Tanj              Sarah Bingham   52.9 18 403
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   55.0  6 389
 8 Tierney's Twonks           Steve Tierney   53.3 16 380
 9 Woolyback Returns          Guy Harewood    54.9 12 376
10 Gone Poyet Gone            Nick Reed       54.8  8 357
11 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  55.0 12 357
12 1964 Prathletico Grande    Malcolm Pratt   54.4  5 346
13 Eggafield Rovers           Edgar Rayner    52.9 10 333
14 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    52.5 15 318
15 Johnny's Heroes            Sarah Bielby    54.8 10 306
16 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    52.8  2 303
17 Moanchester Ununited       Alex Blundell   55.0 -2 298
18 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.0  6 295
19 Lashings Of Cheese         Chris Walsh     54.4  3 295
20 It's A Snickers            Ash Keeler      54.0  8 278
21 Botley Yellow              Kate Wilson     54.4  9 274
22 Moobchester Utd            Jon King        54.7  3 250
23 Mainly Bell Jam            Hercule Poirot  54.0  4 246
24 Mintal Institute           Minty Colquhoun 54.9  2 245
25 It Goes To Eleven          Tom Vamos       47.3  8 144


                              Week's Average Points     9
                              Total Average Points    335
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Week 36: Little tinkling in bed

OMG Chairman's Bed-Bound Equipment Of Choice

OFFL Cup

Semi-Finals Results, played in Week 36

RS-TBOY           19 v 18 Livercoolio
Woolyback Returns 23 v 16 Pyeators II

As some of you may be aware, Our Most Gracious [and parsimonious] Chairman doesn't like to give too much away.  Particularly when it's to just one manager.  You may remember the season, ten years ago, in which both the OFFL Cup and the OFFL Championship went to Steve Tierney's Tierney's Twonks - in a fit of cantankerous pique, OMG Chairman had to take to his bed with his little beckoning bell for two months after that.

This season, He's been fearing the worst again.  Indeed, rampant Russ Bielby has been giving him cause to polish that beckoning bell once more, replacing the little clapper that Mrs Chairman so carefully removed in order to dust and couldn't remember where she'd mislaid it.  Up until now, Bielby's boys looked certain to repeat Mr Tierney's 2004 feat. Thankfully though, The Chairman need not have worried.  Rick Beecroft to the rescue. Rick's RST-Boy have knocked out OFFL Champs Elect Livercoolio by just one point.  Bye bye Bielby.

The horrible reality for Mr Bielby is that if only he hadn't transferred out Paulinho TOT 9 minutes before the transfer deadline [Monday 1730hrs]. Paulinho's score would have meant Lord Beeky's exit instead, by just 1 point.  The inverse tragedy struck our other defeated Semi-Finalist, Dave Clayton.  His transfer request for Sterling LIV missed the deadline by 3 hours.  Sterling scored 8 points and would have won the tie for Pyeators II by, yes, 1 point.

And maybe that's as exciting as this season's going to get for us.  Well, for Finalists Rick and Guy at any rate.

The OFFL Cup Final will be played between RST-Boy and Woolyback Returns.

Congratulations Guys.  And Ricks.

The Bromance of the Cup lives on.


T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Livercoolio                Russ Bielby     55.0 18 464
 2 Pyeators II                Dave Clayton    55.0 16 418
 3 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.5 19 416
 4 Blat Setter's Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward      53.5  6 412
 5 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     54.8 15 412
 6 Fattered Tanj              Sarah Bingham   52.9 18 385
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   55.0 19 383
 8 Tierney's Twonks           Steve Tierney   53.3 21 364
 9 Woolyback Returns          Guy Harewood    54.9 23 364
10 Gone Poyet Gone            Nick Reed       54.8  4 349

Week 35: David and Guyliath

Pyeators II and Woolyback Returns, David and Guyliath

Well, we've entered Week 36 and the OFFL Cup Semi-Finals are being played right now. Rick and Russ slap it out to see which will meet the victor of David and Guyliath.

OFFL Cup

Semi-Finals

 RS-TBOY            v   Livercoolio
[Rick Beecroft]        [Russ Bielby]

 Woolyback Returns  v   Pyeators II
[Guy Harewood]         [Dave Clayton]

Meanwhile, Neil McConaghy nabs another Manager of the Week certificate for himself by guiding his Neil's Diamonds to 16 points and climbing one place into eleventh.

Also of note, four teams in the top six have exhausted their transfer quota while Steve Tierney's Twonks and Guy's Woolybacks swap places in the top ten.  At the bottom it's close too (If you exclude Wooden Spoon certainties, It Goes To Eleven that is). The panicked bundle to avoid the Wooden Fork involves the three M's: Mainly Bell Jam, Minty's Mintal Institute and King Jon Moob's Moobchester Utd.

Mmm.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Livercoolio                Russ Bielby     54.4  7 446
 2 Blat Setter's Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward      53.5  8 406
 3 Pyeators II                Dave Clayton    55.0  9 402
 4 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.5 13 397
 5 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     54.8 13 397
 6 Fattered Tanj              Sarah Bingham   52.9  8 367
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   55.0  9 364
 8 Gone Poyet Gone            Nick Reed       54.8  5 345
 9 Tierney's Twonks           Steve Tierney   53.3  8 343
10 Woolyback Returns          Guy Harewood    54.9  4 341

Week 34: Belieb in the Bielby's

Russell Bielby has 38 followers

Bloody Bielby's!  She's won another Manager of the Week certificate and he's still miles ahead at the top of the table.  And, and, AND their beloved Liverpool are having their most exciting season for twenty five years.  Too much joy in one household at any one time should be policed out of this country.  It can only do no good.

It's enough to make one take to the twitter and shout about it.

Sods.

Bielby's taken to The Twitter to shout about it

So, yes, Sarah Bielby is Manager of the Week with 18 points which helps her Johnny's Heroes bump up two places closer to Hubby the Boy Bielby.

Meanwhile, the most exciting thing about this season's league is the fight to stay in the top ten.  Not that that's an actual Thing.  But hey ho.

I suppose there's the OFFL Cup.  Did you see the Semi-Final Fixtures?

Of course you did...

OFFL Cup

Semi-Finals, to be played in Week 36

RS-TBOY              v Livercoolio
[Rick Beecroft]          [Russ Bielby]

Woolyback Returns    v   Pyeators II
[Guy Harewood]           [Dave Clayton]

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                       Manager       (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Livercoolio                Russ Bielby     54.4  7 439
 2 Blat Setter's Mad Hatters  Gavin Ward      53.5  9 398
 3 Pyeators II                Dave Clayton    55.0  5 393
 4 Inter Milandrover          Smasher         54.5  1 384
 5 Irishpool                  Mike Smears     54.8  6 384
 6 Fattered Tanj              Sarah Bingham   53.4  3 359
 7 RS-TBOY                    Rick Beecroft   55.0 12 355
 8 Gone Poyet Gone            Nick Reed       54.8  9 340
 9 Woolyback Returns          Guy Harewood    54.9 12 337
10 Tierney's Twonks           Steve Tierney   53.3  6 335
11 1964 Prathletico Grande    Malcolm Pratt   54.4  9 331
12 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  55.0  8 322
13 Eggafield Rovers           Edgar Rayner    52.9  3 308
14 Lashings Of Cheese         Chris Walsh     54.4  8 294
15 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    52.8 -3 285
16 Johnny's Heroes            Sarah Bielby    54.8 18 282
17 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.0  4 281
18 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    52.5 17 278
19 Moanchester Ununited       Alex Blundell   55.0  3 276
20 Botley Yellow              Kate Wilson     54.4  9 257
21 It's A Snickers            Ash Keeler      54.0  6 255
22 Mainly Bell Jam            Hercule Poirot  54.0  9 242
23 Mintal Institute           Minty Colquhoun 54.9  2 242
24 Moobchester Utd            Jon King        54.7  6 239
25 It Goes To Eleven          Tom Vamos       47.3  3 128


                              Week's Average Points     6

                              Total Average Points    309