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Match 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.

A 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.

Group 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.

We 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.

The 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Minus Touch 10 Hinton Ununited 8
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.

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.

Third 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.

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.

Chasers Chancers v Skonto Riga Reserves

Never Knowingly Undersold v Smug XI

Matches played this weekend.

16/10/09.

Keirlys 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.

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.

(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.

The 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.

I 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.

Still no PDFs from FLHQ yet, so a necessarily truncated Fogghorn as a result.

28/08/09.

It 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.

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.