THE SPORTSMAN CHALICE The League Cup   CURRENTLY HELD BY JOHN LEWIS/NEVER KNOWINGLY UNDERSOLD...

The Chalice

Semi-finals:

The Undef*ckables 13 Bobs Boys 9

Never Knowingly Undersold 19 Stockport C*unty 12

Congratulations to Joby Hodgson and John Lewis. The final will be played over the final week of the season.

The Chairman is still under the weather. Normal service should be restored next week – hopefully! I have now swapped the flu for a chest infection, but am improving gradually – fingers crossed!

11/12/08.

Bobo United 7 Stockport C*unty 9
Bobs Boys 11 Ornamental Brown Star 7
Fortuna Huggies 9 Never Knowingly Undersold 16
Smug XI 8 The Undef*ckables 13

Draw for Semi-finals:

The Undef*ckables v Bobs Boys
Never Knowingly Undersold v Stockport C*unty

Matches to be played 2-8 Dec 2008.

28/11/08.

THE DRAW FOR THE CHALICE QUARTER-FINALS HAS BEEN MADE:

Bobo United v Stockport C*unty
Bobs Boys v Ornamental Brown Star
Fortuna Huggies v Never Knowingly Undersold
Smug XI v The Undef*ckables

MATCHES TO BE PLAYED THIS WEEK. GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

Apologies for late notification of this and the non-appearance of The Fogghorn this week. The Chairman currently has flu.
We hope to return to normal soon.

21/11/08.

Bobs Boys 21 Hull Tigers 7
Bobo United 13 Fugly XI 9
Skonto Riga Reserves 11 Stockport C*unty 14
Never Knowingly Undersold 15 The Partridge Family 6
Moody Blues 5 The Undef*ckables 13
Fortuna Huggies 26 Warmley Wombles 8
Skonto Reefa 9 Ornamental Brown Star 13
Smug XI 16 Emmas Orbs 9

Bobs Boys, Bobo United, Stockport C*unty, Never Knowingly Undersold, The Undef*ckables, Fortuna Huggies, Ornamental Brown Star and Smug XI go into the hat for the next round.

The draw for the Fourth Round will take place this weekend.

14/11/08.

Buffys Muff Club 16 Hull Tigers 38
Blue Army 15 Fortuna Huggies 53

Chalice: Third Round Draw

Bobs Boys v Hull Tigers
Bobo United v Fugly XI
Skonto Riga Reserves v Stockport C*unty
Never Knowingly Undersold v The Partridge Family
Moody Blues v The Undef*ckables
Fortuna Huggies v Warmley Wombles
Skonto Reefa v Ornamental Brown Star
Smug XI v Emmas Orbs

Some interesting ties in this one – Steve Ferguson takes on the role of underdog against Mr Thornton, whilst newcomers Bobo United meet fellow novices, Fugly XI. However, the stand-out tie has to be Jon Ward’s Skonto Reefa pitted against Paul Harding’s Ornamental Brown Star: the grudge match of the season if ever there was one. As the fireman said as he hurled the moggie out of the tree, fur will fly...

06/11/08.

Smug XI 9 Hugo ‘N Botty 6
Ornamental Brown Star 11 Chasers Chancers 10
Bobo United 15 Totalled Football 14
Bobs Boys 9 Seven Of Nine 0
Warmley Wombles 18 Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 15
Los Intergalacticos 2 Emmas Orbs 11
JC Lives 2 Never Knowingly Undersold 28
Keirlys Wurleys 11 Moody Blues 18
Skonto Riga Reserves 11 Treading Water 9
Fugly XI 20 Mandrake Slappers 7
The Partridge Family 16 Greasy Chip Butties 15
Skonto Reefa 12 Matty The Camel HIC 3
Gary Linekers Legs XI 9 The Undef*ckables 11
Stockport C*unty 21 The Memorial Marauders 2
Hull Tigers 16 Buffys Muff Club 16
Fortuna Huggies 11 Blue Army 11

Hull Tigers and Buffys Muff Club, Fortuna Huggies and Blue Army, could not be separated; in the absence of a bucket of water, they must replay this week.

Draw for the third round takes place this weekend; matches to be played 4 – 10 November 2008.

28/10/08.

Chadwick – Freak Or Unique? 2 Warmley Wombles 19

So: a right old spanking for Alex Chapman in this first round replay; a richly deserved result for such a diabolically named team.

Chalice Second Round Draw:

Smug XI v Hugo ‘N Botty
Ornamental Brown Star v Chasers Chancers
Bobo United v Totalled Football
Bobs Boys v Seven Of Nine
Warmley Wombles v Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds
Los Intergalacticos v Emmas Orbs
JC Lives v Never Knowingly Undersold
Keirlys Wurleys v Moody Blues
Skonto Riga Reserves v Treading Water
Fugly XI v Mandrake Slappers
The Partridge Family v Greasy Chip Butties
Skonto Reefa v Matty The Camel HIC
Gary Linekers Legs XI v The Undef*ckables
Stockport C*unty v The Memorial Marauders
Hull Tigers v Buffys Muff Club
Fortuna Huggies v Blue Army

Matches are to be played this week!

23/10/08.

Partick Thistle Nil 10 Blue Army 12

Argyle Sweater FC 2 Fugly XI 3

Courage Haddock 7 Gary Linekers Legs XI 8

Emmas Orbs 11 The Minus Touch 3

Warmley Wombles 12 Chadwick – Freak Or Unique? 12

Hull Tigers 7 Real Madyid 1

Matty The Camel HIC 9 Mount Morget Gas 4

Bobo United 16 Liversalts FC 6

Leedslads -2 Bobs Boys 4

Limping Club Toostokes 8 Keirlys Wurleys 9

JC Lives 7 MC Hammerheads 4

Random Rovers 1 Fortuna Huggies 21

The Drunken Slobs 2 Moody Blues 4

Nermals Eleven 4 The Undef*ckables 12

Greasy Chip Butties 12 Real Galacticos 4

Warmley Wombles and Chadwick Freak Or Unique? must replay the week after next (Week 10) after being locked 12-12 this week.

Skonto Reefa, Mandrake Slappers, Ornamental Brown Star, Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds, Seven Of Nine, Los Intergalacticos, Stockport C*unty, Treading Water, The Partridge Family, Hugo ‘N Botty, Smug XI, Buffys Muff Club, The Memorial Marauders, Skonto Riga Reserves, Never Knowingly Undersold, Totalled Football and Chasers Chancers all join the winners of Round One in the hat for the Second Round.

08/10/08.

The First Round of the Chalice kicks off this week. Fifteen matches in the preliminary round, with the winners of those fifteen games going through to meet the seventeen teams that were given byes due to their position last season (i.e. the top seventeen teams by divisional ranking).

Sportsman’s Chalice – First Round

Partick Thistle Nil v Blue Army

Argyle Sweater FC v Fugly XI

Courage Haddock v Gary Linekers Legs XI

Emma Orbs v The Minus Touch

Warmley Wombles v Chadwick – Freak Or Unique?

Hull Tigers v Real Madyid

Matty The Camel HIC v Mount Morget Gas

Bobo United v Liversalts FC

Leedslads v Bobs Boys

Limping Club Toostokes v Keirlys Wurleys

JC Lives v MC Hammerheads

Random Rovers v Fortuna Huggies

The Drunken Slobs v Moody Blues

Nermals Eleven v The Undef*ckables

Greasy Chip Butties v Real Galacticos

Skonto Reefa, Mandrake Slappers, Ornamental Brown Star, Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds, Seven Of Nine, Los Intergalacticos, Stockport C*unty, Treading Water, The Partridge Family, Hugo ‘N Botty, Smug XI, Buffys Muff Club, The Memorial Marauders, Skonto Riga Reserves, Never Knowingly Undersold, Totalled Football and Chasers Chancers all received byes to Round Two.

There are some juicy ties here, but the pick of the round has to be Argyle Sweater FC meeting up with newcomers and bedfellows Fugly XI in a titanic Mr & Mrs struggle that can only reduce Strathmore Road to rubble. If only Alan Taylor had lived to see that one...

02/10/08.

The First Round of the Chalice takes place next week. See below to see who you have drawn...

Draw due this weekend.

26/09/08.

In The Chalice, replays (if required) will be held on the week following the original ties where possible. Only one replay is permitted. If scores are still level, the team with the highest number of goals for the week of the replay progresses, if they are still level, assists, clean sheets, fewest goals conceded will decide in that order. No replay is permitted for the final. If scores are level in the final, the team with the highest number of goals wins, then assists, clean sheets, fewest goals conceded, then penalties (5 flick of a coin).

18/09/08.