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Fantasy League News: Superior
News Cups:
Bits & Bobs: Manager
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Martin Pearce and Steve Pearce 2001
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The Memorial Marauders 12 Treading Water 4
A richly deserved win in The Roy Pearce Trophy for Adrian Downs meant that a 15 year hoodoo came to an end for The Memorial Marauders. It was a dismal week for Lee Stefano; he also got relegated to the nursery division. There was comfort, albeit not much in the fact that for over half an hour I managed to wind Adrian up that he had actually lost this game. He swallowed it hook line and sinker.
3rd/4th Place Play-off:
Matty The Camel HIC 7 Skonto Riga Reserves 14
Another free franchise, this one going to Steve Ferguson for winning the third place play-off in the Trophy. Not a bad return for a steady season.
Chalice Final:
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 16 The Partridge Family 19
A close run thing in this final as the supreme champions did something of a double. A clean sheet from Samba was the final score in this game that settled it. Congratulations to Julian Partridge, and stop whining Trevor you went up didn't you?
3rd/4th Place Play-off:
Moody Blues 11 Ornamental Brown Star 12
Paul Harding squeaked into third place in the play-off for the Chalice, which was probably more than he deserved. If you think it didn't deserve that, cop a load of this: he also won a free franchise by winning the play-off.
The FA Cup League
This competition reaches its climax this weekend. The winner will receive the final free franchise. At present is likely to be between Tristan Harvey and Marcus Downs. May the best Tristan win.
Prize money and Free Franchise Allocation, 2009-10
(Subject to all Prize Fund contributions being received.)
Approximately half the total prize fund is allocated to Free Franchises (free entry for next season) and half to cash prizes – at present there are 15 Free Franchises – down two on last season as we have one division less.
Free Franchises:
1 Superior Division Champions
2 Superior Division Runners-up
3 Inferior Division Champions
4 Inferior Division Runners-up
5 Nursery Division Champions
6 Nursery Division Runners-up
7 Xtra Division Champions
8 Xtra Division Runners-up
9 Conference Champions
10 Conference Runners-up
11 The Roy Pearce Trophy Winners
12 The Chalice Winners
13 Highest Monthly Score
14 Highest Weekly Score
15 FA Cup League overall Champions
Secondary categories in the event of a manager securing more than one of the above criteria:
16 The Roy Pearce Trophy Runners-up
17 Chalice Runners-up
18 The Roy Pearce Trophy Third Place
19 Chalice Third Place
20 Highest Scoring 3rd Place in League
21 Highest Scoring 4th Place in League… etc.
Cash Prizes Breakdown:
The long established prize fund allocation is as follows
Champions each division: 50% of total prize pot – or 10% each.
Runners-up each division: 24% of total prize pot – or 4.8% each.
Third placed each division: 8% of total prize pot – or 1.6% each.
Roy Pearce Trophy Winners: 7% of total prize pot.
Roy Pearce Trophy Runners-up: 2% of total prize pot.
Chalice Winners: 7% of total prize pot.
Chalice Runners-up: 2% of total prize pot.
Prizes: 2009-10
This is how it could pan out.
The FA Cup league will be decided next week, but it will probably be between Marcus Downs and Tris Harvey.
15 Free Franchises winners – as of 5.00pm, 05/05/10 - shown in bold:
1 Superior Division Champions Julian
Partridge
2 Superior Division Runners-up Steve Pearce
3 Inferior Division Champions Trevor Cowles
4 Inferior Division Runners-up Phil Martin
5 Nursery Division Champions Adrian Downs
6 Nursery Division Runners-up Jon Pavey
7 Xtra Division Champions Alex Chapman
8 Xtra Division Runners-up Zond Flint
9 Conference Champions Tris Harvey
10 Conference Runners-up Juliet Whitehead
11 The Roy Pearce Trophy Winners Adrian Downs*
12 The Chalice Winners Julian Partridge*
13 Highest Monthly Score Barry Thompson (98)
14 Highest Weekly Score Adrian Downs* (51)
15 FA Cup League overall Champions tba
* Ineligible as one Free Franchise
already secured
** Free Franchises calculated at present rate of cost with Fantasy League (£26
per season).
The FA Cup League remains to be sorted…
This leaves one – and potentially, three - Free Franchises to be claimed:
16 The Roy Pearce Trophy Runners-up
Lee Stefano
17 Chalice Runners-up Julian Partridge*/Trevor Cowles*
18 The Roy Pearce Trophy Third Place Steve Ferguson
19 Chalice Third Place Paul Harding
20 Highest Scoring 3rd Place in League Corinne Thornton
Cash Prizes: £
Total Prize Fund: 735.00
Total Free Franchises (x15 @ £27.00): 405.00
Total Cash Prizes: 330.00
1% Prize monies = 3.30
The cash split pans out like this:
Category Prize x Total
Champion of division: 33.00 x5= 165.00
Runner-up of division: 15.84 x5=
79.20
Third place of division: 5.28 x5= 26.40
Roy Pearce Winner: 23.10 x1= 23.10
Roy Pearce Trophy Loser: 6.60 x1= 6.60
Chalice Winner 23.10 x1= 23.10
Chalice Loser: 6.60 x1= 6.60
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330.00
All this – of course – is dependent on all prize fund contributions being received - thanks to all of those who have sent in their cash already!
The contribution is £15 and helps reward those who have excelled! You may have been rewarded in the past! You may be rewarded this time around, or in the future! Whatever, your contributions are not just welcome, but required for the league to continue!
If you are considering leaving the league please let us know!
Auctions
The Auction Weekend is the First Weekend of August.
PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY AUGUST 2010:
CONFERENCE
XTRA DIVISION
NURSERY DIVISION
SUNDAY 8 AUGUST 2010:
INFERIOR DIVISION
SUPERIOR DIVISION
NB To be confirmed.
14/05/10.
Chalice Final:Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v The Partridge Family
The Chalice takes on a certain significance now as the top teams in the top two divisions go head-to-head for glory. Once it is over and the dust has settled they can have a go at each other once again at the auction!
3rd/4th Place Play-off:
Moody Blues v Ornamental Brown Star
This is not necessarily an empty fixture. A free franchise might just be on offer to the winner.
The Roy Pearce Trophy Final:
The Memorial Marauders v Treading Water
The smart money will undoubtedly be on The Marauders in the showcase final of the league's Premier cup competition. Therefore, expect Treading Water to cause a major upset by five o'clock on Sunday. And they will probably condemn the chairman to relegation at the same time.
3rd/4th Place Play-off:
Matty The Camel HIC v Skonto Riga Reserves
This is not necessarily an empty fixture. A free franchise might just be on offer to the winner.
08/05/10.
PrizesI am presently working out the prize structure for this season along with who is in the running for what. I anticipate that this should be worked out over this weekend. I hope to get a draft of how things stand at the moment out to you all over the weekend. Of course, this will only take us up to this last week, but it will give you an idea of who is in the running and what the prizes actually will be this season. This information will probably be forwarded to you in the form of a Word attachment, like this document.
30/04/10.
The Roy Pearce TrophySemi-final results:
The Memorial Marauders 19 Skonto Riga Reserves 5
Matty The Camel HIC 9 Treading Water 15
A good win for The Memorial Marauders and a deserved place in the final as a result. Adrian Downs will meet Lee Stefano in the final over the last week of the season; Treading Water saw off stiff competition from Ian Croom to make it through in the other semi.
The final will take place over the final week of the season. Good luck to both managers, but especially Lee Stefano, I hope you stuff the bugger. Even if it does mean that the trophy will end up in the dingy backwater that is BS15.
Skonto Riga Reserves and Matty The Camel HIC will meet in the third place play-off.
Nursery relegation ballot
The result of the nursery relegation ballot is now in. 35 managers took the opportunity to vote on this issue, a remarkable endorsement of this form of decision-making. I am too mathematically challenged to work out the percentage, but I bet it's higher than the turnout on 6 May. Hopefully, if managers do intend to resign from the league we will hear from them in good time so we may use this form of decision-making in the future as regards any realignment of our league. That's a polite way of saying that if you are thinking of throwing in the towel please let us know in the near future. It is, after all, only polite to let managers who wish to continue playing know where they stand. And now the result:
The overwhelming majority of votes were cast in favour of the first option - one down from the nursery, and three up from the Xtra. 21 votes were recorded in favour of this choice. Option B collected nine; Option C four; Option D just one. Now it really is all to play for in the league's third division!
23/04/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy - Semi-final draw:(Week 36 – this week):
The Memorial Marauders v Skonto Riga Reserves
Matty The Camel HIC v Treading Water
16/04/10.
Chairman embraces new technologyAfter much fiddling and faffing about, the Chairman finally took the plunge and made a few changes in the last week or so.
Out went Vista. In came Windows 7. All very exciting, I'm sure you will agree (well, it was for me, anyway). But the real change that arrives this week lies in the introduction of dictation technology to The Fogghorn. I had previously tinkered with Dragon 9.5 or thereabouts, but had found the results frustrating at best. Some of that might have been due to having almost a hundredweight of metal in my mouth, however. With the advent of Dragon 10, though, that no longer seems to matter, and consequently the majority of this week's Fogghorn has been composed using this technology. Unfortunately, next week I am back down the Dental Hospital and so all my studied training of this software will have been in vain. You may expect The Flosshorn - or some alternatively titled organ- to be composed entirely by finger from next week!
Meanwhile, feel free to proof read my efforts and see how it's gone! Oh, and Corinne, would it be okay if I call you Coleraine from now on?
09/04/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy - down to the last four.
Well it's all getting a bit serious now. Another four teams bowed out of the league's premier cup competition this week. The draw for the semi-finals will take place in the next 24 hours. You will be notified at that time...
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Quarter-final results:
Third Round:
Week 34 (30 Mar-5 Apr):
Blue Army 5 The Memorial Marauders 24
Pilgrims Progress 6 Matty The Camel HIC 26
Bobs Boys 16 Treading Water 26
Fortuna Huggies 7 Skonto Riga Reserves 14
Coming up soon the draw for:
Week 36 (13-19 Apr):
The Roy Pearce Trophy. Semi-finals.
Poll closes tomorrow - Saturday
The recent poll concerning
promotion and relegation to and from The Nursery Division will close on Saturday
at midday. For your vote count you must have voted by that time. Results of
the poll will appear in next week's Fogghorn.
If any other managers are considering leaving the league they should let us
know as soon as possible. With the impending resignation Mr Smug, there will
doubtless have to be a separate poll to determine what happens in the Inferior
Division. However, since Smug XI are presently scrapping for
promotion place exactly how this will affect the make-up of the league remains
to be seen. Keep an eye on the Fogghorn for developments.
09/04/10.
It was with not a little sadness that The Fogghorn has heard that Andy Woodward is intending to call it a day at the end of this season, just as he is on the brink of - I shudder to call it greatness, so let’s just call it elevation.
We hope that Mr Smug will reconsider his decision, especially as he may be a recipient of a free franchise if his season continues to take wing!
Seriously, the league would be a poorer place for the loss of a devotee of Andy’s calibre, as I am sure you would all agree. Not only as a manager, but also helping out as a Transfer Officer and at the Auctions, Andy has been a model of fairness and reliability, and we thank him for that and hope he will reconsider.
The Roy Pearce Trophy
Down to the last eight.
Third Round: Week
34 (30 Mar-5 Apr):
The Quarter-finals are due to be played this week. What a shame it wasn’t
last week, eh Marcus?
Blue Army v The Memorial Marauders
Pilgrims Progress v Matty The Camel HIC
Bobs Boys v Treading Water
Fortuna Huggies v Skonto Riga Reserves
01/03/10.
Transfer Deadline DayThe Transfer Deadline Day falls this coming Tuesday. Any bids arriving after midnight Tuesday are invalid. There will be no more bids after that time until the Auctions!
24/03/10.
Poll
The Poll is set up on the Fantasy League website league pages now for you to vote on the Promotion/Relegation Debate to decide how many teams will drop out of and climb into the Nursery Division. Use your vote! Only five managers have voted to date!
24/03/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Second round results:Los Intergalacticos 8 The Memorial
Marauders 25
Warmley Wombles 15 Bobs Boys 19
Chasers Chancers 9 Treading Water 17
Surreal Madrid Fish 3 Skonto Riga Reserves 17
Hull Tigers 6 Blue Army 9
Seven Of Nine 12 Pilgrims Progress 13
Fortuna Huggies 11 Courage Haddock 6
Buffys Muff Club 2 Matty The Camel HIC 30
Draw for the Third
Round: Week 34 (30 Mar-5 Apr):
Here it is, the eagerly anticipated draw:
Blue Army v The Memorial Marauders
Pilgrims Progress v Matty The Camel HIC
Bobs Boys v Treading Water
Fortuna Huggies v Skonto Riga Reserves
The Father/Son final won’t be happening this year!
Odds for the Trophy at this stage:
The Memorial Marauders
7/4
Fortuna Huggies 2/1
Blue Army 4/1
Pilgrims Progress 5/1
Skonto Riga Reserves 5/1
Matty The Camel HIC 11/2
Treading Water 15/1
Bobs Boys 50/1
The window for bets has now closed.
Transfer Deadline
The Transfer Deadline falls – as ever – on the last Tuesday of the month – the 30th. After that you must do or die with what you have.
19/03/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Second round:(Has already begun this week – go to the FL site to work out the latest scores).
Los Intergalacticos v The Memorial
Marauders
Warmley Wombles v Bobs Boys
Chasers Chancers v Treading Water
Surreal Madrid Fish v Skonto Riga Reserves
Hull Tigers v Blue Army
Seven Of Nine v Pilgrims Progress
Fortuna Huggies v Courage Haddock
Buffys Muff Club v Matty The Camel HIC
12/03/10.
Prize FundPrize Fund contributions are now due.
Please send £15 to the Chairman at the usual address as soon as you can PLEASE!
The Roy Pearce Trophy:
Match 6: Week 29 – Results:
The Memorial Marauders 20 Totalled Football 7
Matty The Camel HIC 9 Emmas Orbs 9
Hinton Ununited 10 Pilgrims Progress 9
Rajadan Rovers 3 Stockport C*unty 4
Wags To Witches 13 Blue Army 3
The Gull Ables 17 Seven Of Nine 9
Chasers Chancers 7 Limping Club Toostokes 6
Moody Blues 9 Bobs Boys 6
The Partridge Family 15 Fortuna Huggies 12
Hugo ‘N Botty 12 Mount Morget Gas 7
Hull Tigers 10 Liversalts FC 2
Surreal Madrid Fish 15 Mandrake Slappers 9
Warmley Wombles 10 Keirlys Wurleys 6
MC Hammerheads 21 Treading Water 13
Los Intergalacticos -1 Never Knowingly Undersold 5
Smug XI 4 Leedslads 6
Only the top team in each group qualifies.
Second Round games are
to be played this coming week:
Week 31 (9 – 15 March)
Draw will be held this very moment – and here it is:
Los Intergalacticos v The
Memorial Marauders
Warmley Wombles v Bobs Boys
Chasers Chancers v Treading Water
Surreal Madrid Fish v Skonto Riga Reserves
Hull Tigers v Blue Army
Seven Of Nine v Pilgrims Progress
Fortuna Huggies v Courage Haddock
Buffys Muff Club v Matty The Camel HIC
05/03/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy: Results:Match 5: Week 28
Gary Linekers Legs XI 6 Totalled Football 4
Chadwick Freak Or Unique 15 Emmas Orbs 12
Partick Thistle 506 7 Pilgrims Progress 15
Buffys Muff Club 18 Stockport C*unty 8
The Minus Touch 9 Blue Army 11
Random Rovers 10 Seven Of Nine 14
The Undef*ckables 5 Limping Club Toostokes 5
Real Galacticos 9 Bobs Boys 5
Nermals Eleven 11 Fortuna Huggies15
Courage Haddock 19 Mount Morget Gas 14
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 9 Liversalts FC 16
Rainham End Rowdies 18 Mandrake Slappers 6
Fugly XI 7 Keirlys Wurleys 10
Bobo United 9 Treading Water 12
Greasy Chip Butties 22 Never Knowingly Undersold 9
Skonto Riga Reserves 19 Ornamental Brown Star 18
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Phase One Tables are here
Only the top team in each group qualifies!
Final qualifying round games:
Match 6: Week 29
– This week!
The Memorial Marauders v Totalled Football
Matty The Camel HIC v Emmas Orbs
Hinton Ununited v Pilgrims Progress
Rajadan Rovers v Stockport C*unty
Wags To Witches v Blue Army
The Gull Ables v Seven Of Nine
Chasers Chancers v Limping Club Toostokes
Moody Blues v Bobs Boys
The Partridge Family v Fortuna Huggies
Hugo ‘N Botty v Mount Morget Gas
Hull Tigers v Liversalts FC
Surreal Madrid Fish v Mandrake Slappers
Warmley Wombles v Keirlys Wurleys
MC Hammerheads v Treading Water
Los Intergalacticos v Never Knowingly Undersold
Skonto Riga Reserves v Leedslads
Smug XI v Leedslads
Second Round games are to be played: Week 31 (9 – 15 March)
Draw will be held next week!
26/02/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy:Next fixtures:
Match 5: Week 28
Gary Linekers Legs XI v
Totalled Football
Chadwick Freak Or Unique v Emmas Orbs
Partick Thistle 506 v Pilgrims Progress
Buffys Muff Club v Stockport C*unty
The Minus Touch v Blue Army
Random Rovers v Seven Of Nine
The Undef*ckables v Limping Club Toostokes
Real Galacticos v Bobs Boys
Nermals Eleven v Fortuna Huggies
Courage Haddock v Mount Morget Gas
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Liversalts FC
Rainham End Rowdies v Mandrake Slappers
Fugly XI v Keirlys Wurleys
Bobo United v Treading Water
Greasy Chip Butties v Never Knowingly Undersold
Skonto Riga Reserves v Ornamental Brown Star
19/02/10.
Trophy - resultsMatch 4: Week 26 (1 Feb – 8 Feb 2010)
The Memorial Marauders 11 Gary Linekers
Legs XI 7
Matty The Camel HIC 18 Chadwick Freak Or Unique 15
Hinton Ununited 7 Partick Thistle 506 9
Rajadan Rovers 15 Buffys Muff Club 19
Wags To Witches 13 The Minus Touch 28
The Gull Ables 13 Random Rovers 8
Chasers Chancers 3 The Undef*ckables 2
Moody Blues 7 Real Galacticos 10
The Partridge Family 22 Nermals Eleven 13
Hugo ‘N Botty 6 Courage Haddock 16
Hull Tigers 23 Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 10
Surreal Madrid Fish 21 Rainham End Rowdies 21
Warmley Wombles 19 Fugly XI 15
MC Hammerheads 5 Bobo United 14
Los Intergalacticos 22 Greasy Chip Butties 11
Ornamental Brown Star 14 Smug XI 10
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Phase One Tables are here
Only the top team in each group qualifies!
Next fixtures:
Match 5: Week 28
Gary Linekers Legs XI v
Totalled Football
Chadwick Freak Or Unique v Emmas Orbs
Partick Thistle 506 v Pilgrims Progress
Buffys Muff Club v Stockport C*unty
The Minus Touch v Blue Army
Random Rovers v Seven Of Nine
The Undef*ckables v Limping Club Toostokes
Real Galacticos v Bobs Boys
Nermals Eleven v Fortuna Huggies
Courage Haddock v Mount Morget Gas
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Liversalts FC
Rainham End Rowdies v Mandrake Slappers
Fugly XI v Keirlys Wurleys
Bobo United v Treading Water
Greasy Chip Butties v Never Knowingly Undersold
Skonto Riga Reserves v Ornamental Brown Star
12/02/10.
The Roy Pearce TrophyMatch 3: Week 25
(26 Jan – 01 Feb 2010)
The Memorial Marauders 35 Totalled Football 11
Matty The Camel HIC 18 Emmas Orbs 22
Hinton Ununited 8 Pilgrims Progress 22
Rajadan Rovers 21 Stockport C*unty 15
Wags To Witches 23 Blue Army 31
The Gull Ables 20 Seven Of Nine 22
Chasers Chancers 17 Limping Club Toostokes 9
Moody Blues 20 Bobs Boys 27
The Partridge Family 23 Fortuna Huggies 30
Hugo ‘N Botty 17 Mount Morget Gas 20
Hull Tigers 17 Liversalts FC 11
Surreal Madrid Fish 29 Mandrake Slappers 26
Warmley Wombles 16 Keirlys Wurleys 24
MC Hammerheads 4 Treading Water 20
Los Intergalacticos 23 Never Knowingly Undersold 16
Skonto Riga Reserves 31 Leedslads 26
The Roy Pearce Trophy – The Trophy -Tables are here
Only the top team in each group qualifies!
Next fixtures:
Match 4: Week 26
(1 Feb – 8 Feb 2010)
The Memorial Marauders v Gary Linekers Legs XI
Matty The Camel HIC v Chadwick Freak Or Unique
Hinton Ununited v Partick Thistle 506
Rajadan Rovers v Buffys Muff Club
Wags To Witches v The Minus Touch
The Gull Ables v Random Rovers
Chasers Chancers v The Undef*ckables
Moody Blues v Real Galacticos
The Partridge Family v Nermals Eleven
Hugo ‘N Botty v Courage Haddock
Hull Tigers v Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds
Surreal Madrid Fish v Rainham End Rowdies
Warmley Wombles v Fugly XI
MC Hammerheads v Bobo United
Los Intergalacticos v Greasy Chip Butties
Ornamental Brown Star v Smug XI
05/02/10.
Match 2: Week 23
Gary Linekers Legs XI
19 Totalled Football 15
Chadwick Freak Or Unique 21 Emmas Orbs 13
Partick Thistle 506 17 Pilgrims Progress 15
Buffys Muff Club 6 Stockport C*unty 5
The Minus Touch 3 Blue Army 13
Random Rovers 11 Seven Of Nine 17
The Undef*ckables 17 Limping Club Toostokes 9
Real Galacticos 11 Bobs Boys 18
Nermals Eleven 5 Fortuna Huggies 19
Courage Haddock 7 Mount Morget Gas 16
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 12 Liversalts FC 4
Rainham End Rowdies 5 Mandrake Slappers 10
Fugly XI 16 Keirlys Wurleys 14
Bobo United 4 Treading Water 7
Greasy Chip Butties 13 Never Knowingly Undersold 17
Leedslads 9 Ornamental Brown Star 14
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Phase One Tables
Only the top team in each group qualifies!
Next fixtures:
Match 3: Week 25
(26 Jan – 01 Feb 2010)
The Memorial Marauders v Totalled Football
Matty The Camel HIC v Emmas Orbs
Hinton Ununited v Pilgrims Progress
Rajadan Rovers v Stockport C*unty
Wags To Witches v Blue Army
The Gull Ables v Seven Of Nine
Chasers Chancers v Limping Club Toostokes
Moody Blues v Bobs Boys
The Partridge Family v Fortuna Huggies
Hugo ‘N Botty v Mount Morget Gas
Hull Tigers v Liversalts FC
Surreal Madrid Fish v Mandrake Slappers
Warmley Wombles v Keirlys Wurleys
MC Hammerheads v Treading Water
Los Intergalacticos v Never Knowingly Undersold
Skonto Riga Reserves v Leedslads
23/01/10.
Fixture white-out due to weatherA reduced fixture list due to the weather means a reduced Fogghorn as a result – not many points or games to report on. However, The Roy Pearce Trophy still went ahead – though the matches were quite low scoring in the main! The outcomes are listed below. The first set of tables are on The Trophy -Tables page.
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Phase One – Match #1
Match 1: Week 22
The Memorial Marauders 9 Gary Linekers Legs XI -4
Matty The Camel HIC 2 Chadwick Freak Or Unique -1
Hinton Ununited 5 Partick Thistle 506 1
Rajadan Rovers 0 Buffys Muff Club 2
Wags To Witches 0 The Minus Touch 1
The Gull Ables -1 Random Rovers 3
Chasers Chancers -1 The Undef*ckables 0
Moody Blues 10 Real Galacticos -2
The Partridge Family -1 Nermals Eleven 19
Hugo ‘N Botty 0 Courage Haddock 5
Hull Tigers 3 Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 12
Surreal Madrid Fish 9 Rainham End Rowdies 10
Warmley Wombles 5 Fugly XI -2
MC Hammerheads -3 Bobo United -1
Los Intergalacticos 5 Greasy Chip Butties 0
Skonto Riga Reserves 9 Smug XI 6
All in all, a very strange set of results, I think you’ll agree! Let’s hope the weather improves this weekend!
And hold on to your hats, these are due this weekend!
Match 2: Week 23
Gary Linekers Legs XI v Totalled Football
Chadwick Freak Or Unique v Emmas Orbs
Partick Thistle 506 v Pilgrims Progress
Buffys Muff Club v Stockport C*unty
The Minus Touch v Blue Army
Random Rovers v Seven Of Nine
The Undef*ckables v Limping Club Toostokes
Real Galacticos v Bobs Boys
Nermals Eleven v Fortuna Huggies
Courage Haddock v Mount Morget Gas
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Liversalts FC
Rainham End Rowdies v Mandrake Slappers
Fugly XI v Keirlys Wurleys
Bobo United v Treading Water
Greasy Chip Butties v Never Knowingly Undersold
Leedslads v Ornamental Brown Star
15/01/10.
The Roy Pearce Trophy – Phase OneGroup 1:
a The Memorial Marauders
b Gary Linekers Legs XI
c Totalled Football
Group 2:
a Matty The Camel HIC
b Chadwick Freak Or Unique
c Emmas Orbs
Group 3:
a Hinton Ununited
b Partick Thistle 506
c Pilgrims Progress
Group 4:
a Rajadan Rovers (Holders)
b Buffys Muff Club
c Stockport C*unty
Group 5:
a Wags To Witches
b The Minus Touch
c Blue Army
Group 6:
a The Gull Ables
b Random Rovers
c Seven Of Nine
Group 7:
a Chasers Chancers
b The Undef*ckables
c Limping Club Toostokes
Group 8:
a Moody Blues
b Real Galacticos
c Bobs Boys
Group 9:
a The Partridge Family
b Nermals Eleven
c Fortuna Huggies
Group 10:
a Hugo ‘N Botty
b Courage Haddock
c Mount Morget Gas
Group 11:
a Hull Tigers
b Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds
c Liversalts FC
Group 12:
a Surreal Madrid Fish
b Rainham End Rowdies
c Mandrake Slappers
Group 13:
a Warmley Wombles
b Fugly XI
c Keirlys Wurleys
Group 14:
a MC Hammerheads
b Bobo United
c Treading Water
Group 15:
a Los Intergalacticos
b Greasy Chip Butties
c Never Knowingly Undersold
Group 16:
a Skonto Riga Reserves
b Smug XI
c Leedslads
d Ornamental Brown Star
30/12/09.
Important messageWe wish you a Happy Christmas and a great 2010.
I’ve already thrown my coins into the fountain at The Mall and made my traditional Three Wishes for the festive season:
Paul Rabbitts, Steve Gingell and Lee Stefano: You heard it here first.
The Roy Pearce Trophy
The draw for the First Group Phase of The Roy Pearce Trophy will be made later today. Details shortly. Matches begin in the New Year (5-11 Jan 2010)
Holidays
The WebMcMeister is having his traditional winter break in a Scottish castle. The Fogghorn will be updated once he returns.
26/12/09.
Trophy draw soonThe Draw for The Roy Pearce Trophy is to be held this coming week. As soon as it has been done I will get the details out. The group fixture list will appear shortly after (as long as Vista doesn’t keep crashing on me! Anyone else having problems with it? I thought so...)
17/12/09.
Chalice Semi-finals:Semi final results:
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 12 Moody
Blues 4
Ornamental Brown Star 11 The Partridge Family 22
Matches played 1 December through to 7 December.
Congratulations to Trevor Cowles and Julian Partridge who contest the final over the final week of the season, when all your players are either injured, or being rested for the World Cup!
That paragraph was especially for Trevor Thornton, who I know will appreciate its sentiments.
The Fogghorn in Adobe
Do you miss the days when the Fogghorn used to plop through your letterbox and land – a bit dog-eared - on your mat, towards the end of the week? I thought so. To that end, I have been thinking about the possibility of resurrecting The Fogghorn in a printable form with a bit of visual content.
The idea would be to still have it on the website, but also to paste the content into an Adobe Document so you could print it up yourselves. It’s only an idea at this stage, but I would welcome comments from as many of you as possible before I begin researching the idea. It costs a bit and I would probably only go ahead if there was enough demand. What I need to know to begin with is who would be interested in principle to getting the league’s news in that format. Then I can make some decisions and do a bit of learning. Adobe is a bit pricey, but as a one-off investment it could be worth it for me. I also need to know how many of you already have Adobe Acrobat – or whatever it’s called this week – and which version is most prevalent. Let me know – don’t keep me in the dark!
League Series! Shhhhhhhh! League Series...
This next bit is tip-top secret, so don’t tell anyone, OK?
Alright everyone, huddle round and listen closely – I will say this only once...
You can now go onto the website and access the League Report for each division, for each week, to see how everyone did. Brill, eh? And long overdue, you may say. You may be aware of that, or you may not.
However, what you’re probably not aware of is that you can get a Printable Version of the Report. I wouldn’t recommend you print it – it runs to over 20 pages – but if you get it up on the screen you also get The League Series Standings in each division! FL have made a boob and put it in, even though we haven’t paid for it! The League Series is a big Head-to-Head league that pits us against each other each week. The results are interesting. To check out how you’re doing just go to your league report and then click on PRINTABLE REPORT. But don’t tell anyone I told you, OK?
The Roy Pearce Trophy
The League’s main Cup Comp kicks off after Christmas. The draw is coming VERY SOON. Details in your mailboxes in due course.
Euro News
To see how everyone’s doing in Europe just click on the Cup icons on the league tables.
10/12/09.
Chalice Semi-finals:Semi final draw:
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Moody Blues
Ornamental Brown Star v The Partridge Family
Matches to be played 1 December through to 7 December.
03/12/09.
Chalice Fifth Round results:Moody Blues 12 The Minus Touch 6
Rajadan Rovers 2 Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 17
The Partridge Family 11 Los Intergalacticos 9
Ornamental Brown Star 6 Greasy Chip Butties 3
Semi final draw:
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Moody Blues
Ornamental Brown Star v The Partridge Family
Matches to be played 1 December through to 7 December.
27/11/09.
Chalice Round 5 Draw:Moody Blues v The Minus Touch
Rajadan Rovers v Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds
The Partridge Family v Los Intergalacticos
Ornamental Brown Star v Greasy Chip Butties
Matches to take place during Week 17.15 (November 17-23).
20/11/09.
Chalice Round 4 Results:The Minus Touch 10 Hinton Ununited
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Liversalts FC 7 Los Intergalacticos 15
Seven Of Nine 5 Moody Blues 20
The Memorial Marauders 7 The Partridge Family 11
Bobs Boys -1 Rajadan Rovers 7
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 8 Totalled Football 4
Wags To Witches 7 Greasy Chip Butties 19
Chadwick Freak Or Unique 14 Ornamental Brown Star 16
Congratulations to the winners; the draw for the quarter-finals will take place this weekend.
We are back on track with the Chalice in the Calendar. The Quarter-finals – Round 5 – will take place during Week 17.15 (November 17-23).
It is 17.15 because this is season 17 – hence Season 17, Week 15 – 17.15 – in case anyone wondered at my shorthand.
13/11/09.
Chalice Round 3 – replay:Hugo N Botty 7 Los Intergalacticos 8
Liversalts FC 11 Fugly XI 6
Chalice Round 4 Draw:
The Minus Touch v Hinton Ununited
Liversalts FC v Los Intergalacticos
Seven Of Nine v Moody Blues
The Memorial Marauders v The Partridge Family
Bobs Boys v Rajadan Rovers
Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds v Totalled Football
Wags To Witches v Greasy Chip Butties
Chadwick Freak Or Unique v Ornamental Brown Star
06/11/09.
Chalice Round 3 - ResultsThird Round:
Real Galacticos 3 Seven Of Nine 7
Never Knowingly Undersold 3 The Memorial Marauders 19
Mandrake Slappers 10 Moody Blues 13
Warmley Wombles 4 Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds 9
Treading Water 0 The Partridge Family 12
Wags To Witches 14 Limping Club 6
Los Intergalacticos 8 Hugo N Botty 8
Surreal Madrid Fish 6 Ornamental Brown Star 8
Stockport C*unty 3 Hinton Ununited 9
Chasers Chancers 12 Rajadan Rovers 24
Bobo United 12 The Minus Touch 14
Chadwick Freak Or Unique 14 Courage Haddock 7
Pilgrims Progress 4 Greasy Chip Butties 15
Leedslads 12 Totalled Football 14
Bobs Boys 22 Buffys Muff Club 11
Fugly XI 13 Liversalts FC 13
There were a couple of draws this week, so the replays of those fixtures will take place this coming week (17.12):
Hugo N Botty v Los Intergalacticos
Liversalts FC v Fugly XI
Once these ties are resolved (17.12) the round of eight matches can take place (17.13; 3 Nov – 9 Nov). The draw for the Round of Eight will take place this weekend.
Reports and stuff
I have now come up with a temporary solution to the problem of League Reports and reporting them. I shan’t bore you with the details, but hopefully normal service can now resume.
30/10/09.
Chalice Second Round:Chasers Chancers 12 Skonto Riga Reserves 7
Never Knowingly Undersold 5 Smug XI 4
Draw for the Third Round:
Real Galacticos v Seven Of Nine
Never Knowingly Undersold v The Memorial Marauders
Mandrake Slappers v Moody Blues
Warmley Wombles v Scrumpy Jacks Cider Eds
Treading Water v The Partridge Family
Wags To Witches v Limping Club
Los Intergalacticos v Hugo N Botty
Surreal Madrid Fish v Ornamental Brown Star
Stockport C*unty v Hinton Ununited
Chasers Chancers v Rajadan Rovers
Bobo United v The Minus Touch
Chadwick Freak Or Unique v Courage Haddock
Pilgrims Progress v Greasy Chip Butties
Leedslads v Totalled Football
Bobs Boys v Buffys Muff Club
Fugly XI v Liversalts FC
Due to the extra fixtures last week, this round will be played this week (Week 11) to straighten the calendar out. If there are no draws requiring replays, the round of 8 matches will be played the following week (Week 12).
That’s it for this week. Unfortunately, Fantasy League is now wiping off the weekly report almost as soon as it appears! Bloody stupid as that sounds, but it is a fact. Consequently, I can’t get details of who has done what for whom! I see from the FL website that a printable league report is in development – to be back-datable – and I am trying to find out when that will be about. I’ll keep you posted.
All this means I will have to change tack on The Fogghorn in the short term and probably write up reports from sketched notes compiled over the weekend – a chore, but there appears to be no alternative. The other alternative is to write it up on Saturday night and then add to it on Sunday - messy. However, as the scores on the weekend are only ever provisional – as I understand it – until they are confirmed on the Monday or Tuesday, I may be reporting inaccuracies!
I am still of a mind to write to Andrew Wainstein about the shambles they have created this time around and would appreciate any comments you can supply me with for ammo.
Martin
23/10/09.
Chalice Second Round:Chasers Chancers v Skonto Riga Reserves
Never Knowingly Undersold v Smug XI
Matches played this weekend.
16/10/09.
The Chalice – First Round replayKeirlys Wurleys -1 The Minus Touch 7
Matt Wood’s ball goes into the Chairman’s drawstring bag for the Second Round draw this weekend!
Problems
Thanks to all of you who reported problems with getting around the FL website recently – your prompt replies ensured that we were able to identify the glitch and get FL to react to it.
On the subject of glitches and problems, last week’s Fogghorn was disrupted at my end due to connectivity issues in BS7 – I ended up doing transfers from an internet cafe in town as Virgin Broadband was down in this area! Normal service is resumed this week, and is even better now that I have a League Report to work on, though how long FL will keep the League Report up on the site for the week is another matter!
Incidentally, I am considering writing to Andrew Wainstein – the Founder of Fantasy League – to point out my concerns at the changes that have been implemented on the site. No doubt like yourselves, I have a lot of issues with the format and feel that it has all been unnecessarily disruptive. If you have issues that you want raised with Andrew you should write to me and detail them and I will include them in my missive. No rush for now, but give it a bit of thought. My real fear is that the recent changes will alienate people from wanting to play a game that has become nothing less than a phenomenon; previously, Fantasy League had hardly put a foot wrong. Let me know your thoughts.
06/10/09.
Chalice First Round results:Warmley Wombles 16 Random
Rovers 8
Mount Morget Gas -2 Hinton Ununited 13
Fortuna Huggies 6 Real Galacticos 10
Pilgrims Progress 18 Matty The Camel HIC 16
Limping Club 32 Partick Thistle 506 17
Greasy Chip Butties 25 Blue Army 4
Nermals Eleven 7 Surreal Madrid Fish 12
The Undef*ckables 7 Wags To Witches 24
Bobs Boys 10 Hull Tigers 8
Emmas Orbs 14 Fugly XI 19
Bobo United 11 MC Hammerheads 4
Rainham End Rowdies 7 Leedslads 9
Liversalts FC 22 The Gull Ables 3
The Minus Touch 15 Keirlys Wurleys 15
Chadwick-Freak Or Unique? 22 Gary Linekers Legs XI 9
Replaying this week:
Keirlys Wurleys v The Minus Touch
3/10/09.
Chalice First Round draw(Playing this week!)
Warmley Wombles v Random Rovers
Mount Morget Gas v Hinton Ununited
Fortuna Huggies v Real Galacticos
Pilgrims Progress v Matty The Camel HIC
Limping Club v Partick Thistle 506
Greasy Chip Butties v Blue Army
Nermals Eleven v Surreal Madrid Fish
The Undef*ckables v Wags To Witches
Bobs Boys v Hull Tigers
Emmas Orbs v Fugly XI
Bobo United v MC Hammerheads
Rainham End Rowdies v Leedslads
Liversalts FC v The Gull Ables
The Minus Touch v Keirlys Wurleys
Chadwick-Freak Or Unique? v Gary Linekers Legs XI
These matches to be played this week! Week 7! If you haven’t played a cup game before, it’s a head-to-head: your score for the week versus your opposition’s weekly score. Best of luck!
If your team is not listed above you have a bye to the Second Round.
FLHQ website
If, like me, some of you experienced problems getting around the FL website last weekend using Internet Explorer, apologies are due. I am told that an advertisement on the site was responsible for the freeze-ups. I’m not sure if this has been fixed yet, but my advice is use Mozilla Firefox instead of IE; it’s faster, more reliable and entirely compatible with the Fantasy League site.
25/09/09.
Cup draws due this weekendThe calendar has been drawn up; all that remains is for the balls to come out of the bag.
The draws for both cup competitions – The Roy Pearce Trophy and the Chalice – will be made later today (hopefully).
Outcomes to be posted shortly.
Access Issues
I am still waiting to hear if FLHQ are going to do a proper report as before so I can give you all the gossip and news of who did what, where and for whom; unfortunately all I have had so far is a brief one paragraph item about who was the top scorer for the week (hence this one paragraph, as a result). Matters have been further complicated by the fact that Internet Explorer keeps freezing whenever I go to the FL site – a cause of much frustration. Yesterday it took me two-and-a-half hours to action NINE transfers. I am in discussion with Fantasy League regarding this problem. Meanwhile, if any of you are having similar problems, let me know so I can add your weight to mine when speaking to FL. I think it may be a bandwidth issue, but who knows? It certainly seems strange that the problem only occurs when on their site – everywhere else is fine...
19/09/09.
Reports still not availableI mentioned recently that Fantasy League send out a PDF report that details what has been happening each week and that is a great help to me in compiling my reports of who’s done what. As yet this report hasn’t appeared this season – due, I think to the disruption that the new website design has had at FLHQ. Whilst, it isn’t vital to my copy, it is a great tool for me that helps me put together my sniping comments or grating praise.
Obviously, the changes at FLHQ have caused quite a few ructions and the dust is still settling – many of the features that FL usually have on the site aren’t functional as yet and the non-appearance so far of the Weekly PDF is symptomatic of the problems they are having – I think it’s quite a way down on their list of priorities. We are, however, promised a new improved PDF – can you hear the scepticism in my words? I thought so – which will provide more detail. I sincerely hope so.
I have emailed Ian Hart at Fantasy League (Games Manager) with my concerns and have also informed him that many of our managers are concerned that they cannot access other divisions to see how friends/rivals/enemies/ones-most-hated are doing in their respective leagues. I know that FL intend to have a linked league facility, but as in the past this has simply been a joint table of all managers in the league, I’m not hopeful – interesting as that table has been. The one solution to this I see – and it is a clumsy solution, I admit, but do-able – is that once the PDF reports are up-and-running I will be able to forward copies to all of you so you can gloat or grind teeth over the stats. As I say, it’s not a perfect solution, but it would work.
In the meantime I will keep on FL’s case – they must be getting sick of me and the other hundreds/thousands of managers who are pestering them about the new format and the problems it brings. The recent email from Andrew Wainstein – the Founder of Fantasy League – is an email of how concerned they must be at the way the season has started. In the 16 years we have been with them they have barely put a foot wrong, so I think it has been a kick up the backside the way things have started out this season.
In the meantime, the Calendar is next on my agenda and should be with you all shortly, along with the cup draw for the First Round of The Chalice. If you finished in the top 15 places of the league last term (Superior Division 1st-10th + Inferior Division 1st-5th), you can stand easy; you lucky people have a bye to the Second Round!
06/09/09.
No reports yetStill no PDFs from FLHQ yet, so a necessarily truncated Fogghorn as a result.
28/08/09.
Clubs hit by Arsenal blitzIt was a rip-roaring start for those managers who splashed out on Fabregas as the Arsenal mainstay of the midfield picked up a cool 10-pointer to begin the new campaign. However, if you had banked on an Everton defender, the omens weren’t quite so promising. Go to divisional pages for most details.
Reports
Each week I get a PDF report from Fantasy League, which is a great help in compiling my round-up. However, the gremlins appear to have got at them – along with a lot of other stuff, this week – and so this week’s report will carry a lot less detail.
As always, midweek games go towards next week total and will feature in next week’s round-up.
Calendar and Cup Draws
The League Calendar and Cup Draw will be sorted shortly as soon as I have a chance to catch breath. As usual the action in the cups won’t begin for a few weeks, but the Chalice will be a straightforward knock-out comp and The Roy Pearce Trophy a Champions League Group format. Keep an eye on your mail box for further details.
Accessing teams
By now all of you should be alright accessing your teams and the initial problems should be resolved. Anyone still experiencing problems should contact me ASAP, though I will be out of town this weekend.
Conference Sealed bids
Please make sure you title all bids as Sealed Bids in yr emails, lest I overlook them
22/08/09.
Season 17 – The curtain rises!Hello everyone and welcome to another nine months of hopes, schemes, and cruelly dashed dreams.
I’d like to welcome you all back to the best league in the land and hope you have a great season. I’d also like to extend a welcome to all our new managers in the Conference – you have a lot of learning to do!
The Calendar and the Cup Draws will be sorted shortly and you will be receiving details regarding Transfers shortly – watch your email Inbox! Keep the name of your Transfer Officer safe!
My predictions are now completed – a very extensive review this term, so go to those pages now, and be amazed (or appalled) at what I think the next nine months has in store for you!
If you need to contact me – mountmorget@yahoo.co.uk is the best place to go about it!
14/08/09.
