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

11 Neil's Diamonds            Neil McConaghy  55.0  7 345
12 1964 Prathletico Grande    Malcolm Pratt   54.4  6 341
13 Eggafield Rovers           Edgar Rayner    52.9 15 323
14 Radnorshire Tigers         Alun Edwards    52.5 17 303
15 Which Team                 Rachel Jones    52.8 10 301
16 Moanchester Ununited       Alex Blundell   55.0 17 300
17 Johnny's Heroes            Sarah Bielby    54.8  8 296
18 Lashings Of Cheese         Chris Walsh     54.4  0 292
19 Real Mcdrid                Craig McHugh    53.0  8 289
20 It's A Snickers            Ash Keeler      54.0  4 270
21 Botley Yellow              Kate Wilson     54.4  7 265
22 Moobchester Utd            Jon King        54.7  3 247
23 Mintal Institute           Minty Colquhoun 54.9  2 243
24 Mainly Bell Jam            Hercule Poirot  54.0  3 242
25 It Goes To Eleven          Tom Vamos       47.3  6 136


                              Week's Average Points    10
                              Total Average Points    326
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