Week 21: Leaves

Due to the numerous and wrong leaves falling on the lines there has been a delay in the arrival of this email.

But it's OK because nobody noticed.

Hmm?

Manager of the Week is Craig McHugh.  Game of Throw Ins scored 57 points.  Which is a lot.

Week 20: Winning and Whining

Not that kind of 'whining'

Alex Blundell is still whining about his first round OFFL Cup exit.  And while we ignore that snigger at the back, we continue by pointing out that this week his fortunes have taken a turn for the better as Moanchester United nick back the League's top spot from Neil's Diamonds.

Radnorshire Tigers leap into the top ten this week by scoring a walloping 62 points earning Manager Alun Edwards a second consecutive and well-deserved Manager of the Week certificate.  He joins Mike Smears in winning the most certificates [3] this season which really does question the already suspect relationship between number of certificates earned and League loftiness.

Argh, brush it under the carpet.  Like the rest of this season's little anomalies.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                 Manager             (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Moanchester United   Alex Blundell        49.4 40  897
 2 Neil's Diamonds      Neil McConaghy       49.7 28  888
 3 Bayern Bru           Guy Harewood         49.6 38  870
 4 Pyeators             Dave Clayton         49.9 25  841
 5 RS-TBOY              Rick Beecroft        49.8 20  820
 6 Livercoolio          Russell Bielby       50.0 41  808
 7 Pogboom              Nick and Sam Reed    49.3 42  801
 8 Brighton Beautiful   Karyn Meaden-Pratt   49.2 27  787
 9 Radnorshire Tigers   Alun Edwards         50.0 62  787
10 Inter Milandrover    Smasher              49.8 29  781

Week 18 & 19: OFFL Cup RESULTS

Alex Blundell

OFFL Cup

Group Stage Results

                              Week
Group A                        17    19  Total
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Johnny's Heroes               111    35   146
What's Scotland For?           95    49   144
Moanchester United             86    45   131

Group B                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Neil's Diamonds                98    44   142
Inter Milandrover              87    44   131
RockRollford United            67    34   101

Group C                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Pyeators                       92    48   140
Minty's Minions                84    46   130
Suits You Sur-man              69    36   105

Group D                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
RS-TBOY                       118    38   156
Ali McMoist                    90    54   144
Rushden Academicals 2nd XI     76    30   106

Group E                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Bayern Bru                    128    47   175
Radnorshire Tigers             91    57   148
Wardy's Wasters                45    28    73

Group F                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Game Of Throw Ins             113    44   157
Brighton Beautiful             87    42   129
Obi Wan Kenobi Nil             68    28    96

Group G                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Livercoolio                    98    53   151
Irishpool                      73    19    92
Sheep City                     43    26    69

Group H                        17    19  Total
---------------------------------------------
Pogboom                       101    47   148
Moobchester United             86    35   121
Crystal Phallus                44    26    70


At last! Alex Blundell's Moanchester United have something to moan about.

After scaling the heights to remain in contention for winning the League this season, Moanchester United have fallen at the first OFFL Cup hurdle, the group stage.  Indeed, the Moaners are the only seeded team to have failed to push through to the knockout stages of the competition leaving Manager Blundell in fear of his job.  And while his wife quietly, slowly begins to pack a bag amongst the blurred backdrop behind him, we look at the other sad and pathetic Cup Exiteers.

Other sad and pathetic Exiteers include:

Eg Rayner's RockRollford United
Sarah Bingham's Suits You Sur-man
Mally Meaden-Pratt's Rushden Academicals 2nd XI
Gavin Ward's Wardy's Wasters
Chris Walsh's Obi Wan Kenobi Nil
Martyn Field's Sheep City
Guy Salter's Crystal Phallus

So, so sad.

And pathetic.

Talking of pathetic, current OFFL Cup Holders, Inter Milandrover, live on to fight another day.  Not that anyone cares, of course.

Meanwhile, Radnorshire Tigers pat home 57 points helping manager Alun Edwards to a Manager of the Week Certificate.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                 Manager             (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Neil's Diamonds      Neil McConaghy       49.7 44  860
 2 Moanchester United   Alex Blundell        49.4 45  857
 3 Bayern Bru           Guy Harewood         49.6 47  832
 4 Pyeators             Dave Clayton         49.9 48  816
 5 RS-TBOY              Rick Beecroft        49.8 38  800
 6 Livercoolio          Russell Bielby       50.0 53  767
 7 Brighton Beautiful   Karyn Meaden-Pratt   49.2 42  760
 8 Pogboom              Nick and Sam Reed    49.3 47  759
 9 Inter Milandrover    Smasher              49.8 44  752
10 Game Of Throw Ins    Craig McHugh         49.0 44  751

Week 17: OFFL Cup Group Stage So Far

Manager of the Week is, again, Bayern Bru's Guy Harewood.  A remarkable score of 128 points, screwing up our league table columns, sees Mr Harewood's Bayern firmly into Third Place behind Moanchester United and new leader/current Champions Neil's Diamonds.

And the OFFL Cup situation so far...

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OFFL Cup
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Group Stage, Weeks 17 & 18

Top two teams of each group go through to knockout stage.

Group A                       17   18   Total
---------------------------------------------
Johnny's Heroes               111         111
What's Scotland For?           95          95
Moanchester United             86          86

Group B
---------------------------------------------
Neil's Diamonds                98          98
Inter Milandrover              87          87
RockRollford United            67          67

Group C
---------------------------------------------
Pyeators                       92          92
Minty's Minions                84          84
Suits You Sur-man              69          69

Group D
---------------------------------------------
RS-TBOY                       118         118
Ali McMoist                    90          90
Rushden Academicals 2nd XI     76          76

Group E
---------------------------------------------
Bayern Bru                    128         128
Radnorshire Tigers             91          91
Wardy's Wasters                45          45

Group F
---------------------------------------------
Game Of Throw Ins             113         113
Brighton Beautiful             87          87
Obi Wan Kenobi Nil             68          68

Group G
---------------------------------------------
Livercoolio                    98          98
Irishpool                      73          73
Sheep City                     43          43

Group H
---------------------------------------------
Pogboom                       101         101
Moobchester United             86          86
Crystal Phallus                44          44

What's that?  Moanchester United at the bottom of their group?  Gedoutovit.



T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                 Manager             (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Neil's Diamonds      Neil McConaghy       49.7 98  816
 2 Moanchester United   Alex Blundell        49.4 86  812
 3 Bayern Bru           Guy Harewood         49.6128  785
 4 Pyeators             Dave Clayton         49.9 92  768
 5 RS-TBOY              Rick Beecroft        49.8118  762
 6 Brighton Beautiful   Karyn Meaden-Pratt   49.2 87  718
 7 Livercoolio          Russell Bielby       49.6 98  714
 8 Johnny's Heroes      Sarah Bielby         48.1111  712
 9 Pogboom              Nick and Sam Reed    49.3101  712
10 Inter Milandrover    Smasher              49.8 87  708