Russell Bielby's Livercoolio win the OFFL Championship for the second time |
What might be interesting is that in the last week, Dave Clayton's Pyeators II jumped two places to usurp Gavin Ward's Blat Setter's Mad Hatters to finish as Runners Up this season. Champs for the last two years, Inter Milandrover, finish in turd. Third.
Meanwhile the Wooden Spoon has been won in emphatic style by Mr Tom Vamos. His It Goes To Eleven finished an impressive 99 points below penultimate place, which in itself went to one-time League leaders Mintal Institute.
OFFL Cup
And now, for the Cup denouement.Whose front door mat will get a jolly good thwonking from the much coveted Stanley Matthews' Football Album?
Well, thanks to the midweek games before the final Premiership Sunday of the Season, it was all square in the OFFL Cup at 10 points each. But then Saturday came...
OFFL Cup Final
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FINAL SCORE
RST-Boy 20 v 40 Woolyback Returns
Rick Beecroft Guy Harewood
So, the Manager of the Week certificate not only goes to Guy Harewood for scoring 40 points but it also ensures that his Woolyback Returns wins the OFFL Cup Final with relative ease, doubling the points of his opponent, Rick Beecroft. Congratulations Mr Harewood - I'm sure the England legend's Footballing Annual will receive the utmost respect up there in the Clackmannanshire Republic of Scotland.
So, for most of you, another season ends with humiliating disappointment. A brief look back over the last 39 weeks will probably make perfect sense of it all for you. But right now it's over. Over and done with. There's nothing left for you here. Move along please.
As always, Studmarks and all the staff at OFFL HQ, would like to thank you for taking part; for absorbing the barbed comments and ritual haranguing. Next season will be the 20th year of this nonsense. If you can stomach it, you'd probably all be welcome.
Yes, twenty years.
By the time this missive is dispatched The Chairman will have given himself up to the authorities before planning, in time for next season, his inevitable escape from whichever inadequately secured institute in which he finds himself.
Nurse yourself through the forthcoming OFFL-less weeks with the month-long World Cup. This season's abject failure to make any impact on the OFFL campaign will be adequate preparation for the witnessing of England's expected progress.
Which reminds us... where are all the metatarsal injuries now, eh?
Roll credits.
OFFICE FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2014
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Livercoolio, 492 points
Russ Bielby
OFFL CUP WINNERS 2014
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Woolyback Returns
Guy Harewood
OFFICE FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE RUNNERS UP 2014
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Pyeators II, 465 points
Dave Clayton
OFFL CUP RUNNERS UP
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RST-Boy
Rick Beecroft
Many, many, MANY congratulations.
Worth a mention: After a season-long battle for many to finish in the top ten, Nick Reed's Gone Poyet Gone sneak past Neil's Neil's Diamonds to retake tenth place. 105 points behind the Champions mind, but it's the top ten, nevertheless.
T h e T a b l e
Value Points
Team Manager (GBPm)Wk Tot
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1 Livercoolio Russ Bielby 55.0 10 492
2 Pyeators II Dave Clayton 54.0 22 465
3 Inter Milandrover Smasher 54.5 16 461
4 Blat Setter's Mad Hatters Gavin Ward 53.5 12 459
5 Irishpool Mike Smears 54.8 22 452
6 Fattered Tanj Sarah Bingham 52.9 27 435
7 RS-TBOY Rick Beecroft 55.0 20 421
8 Woolyback Returns Guy Harewood 54.9 40 412
9 Tierney's Twonks Steve Tierney 53.3 19 406
10 Gone Poyet Gone Nick Reed 54.8 23 387
11 Neil's Diamonds Neil McConaghy 55.0 21 386
12 1964 Prathletico Grande Malcolm Pratt 54.4 17 362
13 Eggafield Rovers Edgar Rayner 52.9 19 354
14 Radnorshire Tigers Alun Edwards 52.5 24 350
15 Johnny's Heroes Sarah Bielby 54.8 28 337
16 Which Team Rachel Jones 52.8 4 322
17 Real Mcdrid Craig McHugh 53.0 13 322
18 Moanchester Ununited Alex Blundell 55.0 7 317
19 Lashings Of Cheese Chris Walsh 54.4 17 314
20 Botley Yellow Kate Wilson 54.4 25 303
21 It's A Snickers Ash Keeler 54.0 3 294
22 Moobchester Utd Jon King 54.7 17 272
23 Mainly Bell Jam Hercule Poirot 54.0 13 261
24 Mintal Institute Minty Colquhoun 54.9 6 253
25 It Goes To Eleven Tom Vamos 47.3 4 154
Week's Average Points 17
Total Average Points 359
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