Week 40: Congratulations to...

No damage whatsoever to the credibility of the administration of the OFFL.

Last Year's OFFL Cup Runners Up become this year's League Runners Up, Dave Clayton loses out on the title by just 6 points as Inter Milandrover limp home to their second consecutive OFFL Championship.  Congratulations Smasher, I'm sure you've done no damage whatsoever to the credibility of the administration of the OFFL.

Meanwhile, magnanimous mention must go to Malcolm [Pratt] for his FC Maalcoma's 23-week unbroken reign at the top of the table from Week 6 onwards.  For a moment there, the Mally Factor looked indestructible.  Highest lady, reminding her friends of her old college days, is Sarah Bingbong who put on a very good show indeed [headpat, headpat].  Even the failed transfer request to swap Suarez for Tevez wasez entertainingez.

Highest Scoring Players this season

Highest pensioner Smears somehow managed a top ten finish along with Bad Boy Beecroft who, in spite of an early Point Fine, managed to mend his ways to squeak into ninth.  Good to see former Double Winner Steve Tierney regain some managerial kudos by finishing sixth, 20 points behind fourth placer [manager of the 2008 League Champions and last year's OFFL Cup Winners] Neil McConaghy.

Fine efforts, one and all.  But what of the cup?

OFFL Cup Final

Result

Olympilimps FC  20 v  13  Real Mcdrid 
Gavin Ward                Craig McHugh

Congratulations Gavin Ward for winning the Match of the Day Annual 2013.  A victory by 7 points thanks mainly to final day goals from G Bale TOT and T Walcott ARS.  Ward's Manager of the Week certificate winning 20 point haul by his Olympilimps FC guaranteed cup victory over the 2011 OFFL Cup Winners Real Mcdrid.

On learning of his victory, Gavin Ward released this press statement:

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"I'm not going to say it was fate that led this victory to me, more that my worthy opponent let it slip through his buttery fingers. The minutes of intense concentration that went into the weekly review of the premier league have paid dividends that are far greater than I could have dreamed. 

"I'd like to thank Google search, the BBC website and the mouse wheel of luck for supporting me through this tough season. It is only fitting that I retire from the league with immediate effect with this unprecedented success still fresh in everyone's mind..... in order to plan a dramatic comeback in time for the new season. 

"Thank you to the Studmarks crew for running such a tight ship and getting results out on time almost every week.... 

"ahh - success has such a good taste, don't you think?"

--- Gavin Ward

On learning of his defeat Craig McHugh's Real Madrid PR Machine went spinning into action culminating in this statement:

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"The lads played well ‘arry’ but on the day were beaten by the better team… Pele is the greatest footballer in the world but unfortunately we didn’t have him!!

"Congratulations go to OLYMPILIMPS FC and Mr Ward on a great game – I thought on the day we were going to witness another one of those Wigan / Man City stories, with 'las minnows' (our new nickname!!) taking the crown - alas we were eaten by the kingfisher of life.

"As no substitutions were made, ultimately the responsibility for the defeat falls to me, I’ll therefore be resigning with immediate effect and moving to Italy taking up a higher paid (although less rewarding) vacancy in the sun, (Not!!)

"Congratulations also to Inter Milandrover on a great campaign and winning the league + next season’s key signing of Matilda in goal?? Until the next kick-off.. Adiós Real Mcdrid.

"All the very best, take care and i'm off weep in my orange juice..."

---Craig McHugh

How benevolent.

And with that we, here at Studmarks, bid you all a fond farewell. It's been comforting to see the League bottom being scraped by the 'experimental' team of musicians that Tom Vamos constructed. Though 96 points adrift is something special, isn't it? The Bookies slept well over that one. It has also been lovely to share the banterous nonsense with the usual suspects so thank you all for taking part.

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OFFL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2012/2013

Inter Milandrover, Smasher [474 points]

OFFL LEAGUE RUNNERS UP

Pyeators, Dave Clayton [468 points]

2013 OFFL CUP WINNERS

Olympilimps, Gavin Ward

2013 Cup Runners Up

Real Mcdrid, Craig McHugh

AND FINALLY...

As with any season-end the boffins at OFFL HQ like to attempt the construction of a 'Team of the Year'.  A team that, imagining that no transfers were made during the season, would have been unbeatable in the League this season.  So far the highest scoring total is 630 points.  Studmarks reckons you might be able to beat that because, as with anything the OFFL seems to do, it's largely based on educated guesswork and very little Quality Thinking Time.  Have a look at this [http://j.mp/SelectYourTeam] and see if you can outpuzzle the Umpa-Lumpa boffins.  If you manage a total greater than 630, OFFL'll shoot three of them.

Here's their effort...

Team 22:  Team of the Year?           Lge Pos:   1
Manager:  OFFL                                Points
                                      Value Final 
     PIN  Pos  Name            Team    (M)  Week  Total
   1 115   GK  J Hart            MC    4.6     1   40
   2 155   FB  L Baines          EVE   4.5    -1   47
   3 208   FB  J O'Brien         WH    3.1    -1   28
   4 261   CB  G Cameron         STO   3.5     2   15
   5 222   CB  D Luiz            CHE   4.7     0   45
   6 565   MF  Michu             SWA   3.9     0   58
   7 453   MF  G Bale            TOT   5.4     3   79
   8 297   MF  S Cazorla         ARS   4.4     8   60
   9 322   MF  J Mata            CHE   5.3     3   67
  10 505   ST  L Suarez          LIV   7.1     0   89
  11 486   ST  R van Persie      ARS   8.5     3  102
  
                              Totals  55.0    18  630
                             
Can you beat it?

Yeah, right.

Next season then?

Yeah, right.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot

 --------------------------------------------------------

 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.1 13 474

 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0 14 468

 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       54.0 11 452

 4 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0 12 444

 5 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6 12 439

 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.7 15 424

 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          54.2 20 416

 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.4  9 393

 9 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6 15 382

10 Moobchester United     John King           53.5 11 372

11 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9  5 371

12 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     53.7 14 350

13 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 13 344

14 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8  5 337

15 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1 13 336

16 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5  9 333

17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 11 316

18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6 14 314

19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2  5 245

20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  8 184

21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  5  88

                          Week's Average Points        11

                          Total Average Points        356

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MEANINGLESS TABLES OF STATS
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You love this bit.

Goalkeeper of the Season:
 115 GK J Hart        MC   £4.6         40

Full Back of the Season:
 155 FB L Baines      EVE  £4.5         47

Centre Back of the Season:
 222 CB D Luiz        CHE  £4.7         45

Midfielder of the Season:
 453 MF G Bale        TOT  £5.4         79

Striker of the Season:
 486 ST R van Persie  ARS  £8.5        102


BEST VALUE FOR MONEY PLAYERS
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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value   Total pts/£
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 565 MF Michu         SWA  £3.9     58  14.87
 453 MF G Bale        TOT  £5.4     79  14.63
 297 MF S Cazorla     ARS  £4.4     60  13.64
 302 MF T Walcott     ARS  £5.2     66  12.69
 322 MF J Mata        CHE  £5.3     67  12.64
 505 ST L Suarez      LIV  £7.1     89  12.54
 486 ST R van Persie  ARS  £8.5    102  12.00
 609 ST C Benteke     AV   £5.5     65  11.82
 331 MF M Fellaini    EVE  £4.0     45  11.25
 493 ST R Lukaku      CHE  £6.0     65  10.83
 155 FB L Baines      EVE  £4.5     47  10.44
 538 ST R Lambert     SOT  £5.7     59  10.35

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TOP SCORING PLAYERS BY POSITION

Goalkeeper
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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value       Total
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 115 GK J Hart        MC   £4.6         40
 106 GK P Cech        CHE  £4.4         28
 113 GK J Reina       LIV  £4.0         25
 117 GK D De Gea      MU   £4.5         24
 101 GK W Szczesny    ARS  £4.1         21
 108 GK T Howard      EVE  £3.7         19
 127 GK A Begovic     STO  £3.3         17

 591 GK H Lloris      TOT  £3.8         16

The Best Goalkeepers

Full Back

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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value       Total

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 155 FB L Baines      EVE  £4.5         47

 152 FB B Ivanovic    CHE  £4.7         40

 162 FB G Johnson     LIV  £4.2         40

 169 FB P Evra        MU   £5.0         40

 161 FB J Enrique     LIV  £4.1         38

 153 FB A Cole        CHE  £4.9         34

 575 FB C Azpilicueta CHE  £4.4         30

 165 FB P Zabaleta    MC   £4.7         30

 208 FB J O'Brien     WH   £3.1         28

 167 FB G Clichy      MC   £4.9         27

The Best Full Backs

Centre Back
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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value       Total
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 222 CB D Luiz        CHE  £4.7         45
 214 CB P Mertesacker ARS  £4.2         41
 232 CB D Agger       LIV  £4.2         35
 273 CB J Vertonghen  TOT  £4.1         32
 242 CB J Evans       MU   £4.9         28
 595 CB M Nastasic    MC   £4.6         26
 272 CB S Bassong     TOT  £3.8         26
 227 CB S Distin      EVE  £3.9         25
 228 CB P Jagielka    EVE  £4.0         25
 238 CB V Kompany     MC   £5.2         25

The Best Centre Backs

Midfielder

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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value       Total

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 453 MF G Bale        TOT  £5.4         79

 322 MF J Mata        CHE  £5.3         67

 302 MF T Walcott     ARS  £5.2         66

 297 MF S Cazorla     ARS  £4.4         60

 565 MF Michu         SWA  £3.9         58

 348 MF S Gerrard     LIV  £5.8         52

 323 MF F Lampard     CHE  £5.9         47

 331 MF M Fellaini    EVE  £4.0         45

 478 MF S Maloney     WIG  £3.8         36

 332 MF S Pienaar     EVE  £4.0         34

 384 MF R Snodgrass   NOR  £3.8         34

 468 MF K Nolan       WH   £3.9         34

The Best Midfielders

Striker

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PIN Pos Surname      Club_Value       Total

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 486 ST R van Persie  ARS  £8.5        102

 505 ST L Suarez      LIV  £7.1         89

 609 ST C Benteke     AV   £5.5         65

 493 ST R Lukaku      CHE  £6.0         65

 538 ST R Lambert     SOT  £5.7         59

 514 ST W Rooney      MU   £8.0         56

 510 ST E Dzeko       MC   £7.0         54

 482 ST L Podolski    ARS  £6.6         53

 492 ST E Hazard      CHE  £6.8         53

 516 ST D Ba          NEW  £6.4         53

 

The Best Strikers

Week 39: The OFFL Final and the Last Week of the Season

Time to retire after a highly successful career

Is it too late for this week's Manager of the Week, Dave Clayton, to finally take the top spot in the table on the last day of the season?  Probably, but let's not crush his spirit just yet.  His Pyeators took 16 points this week, 13 more than leaders Inter Milandrover leaving themselves just 7 points adrift from the title.

So, far from over then.

Maybe.

Otherwise it looks like this could be the first season that the OFFL Championship has been retained by the current Champions.  Manager Smasher must think it's time to retire.  Or something.

In the meantime, there's another title to be won...

The OFFL Cup Final

To be played over Week 40

OLYMPILIMPS FC [£54.2m]  v   REAL MCDRID [£54.1m]
Gavin Ward                   Craig McHugh

In the event of a draw, Real Mcdrid would win on Points per Pound difference. 

So let's have a look at their teams.

Firstly, it's not very interesting to note that Olympilimps FC is registered as Team 15 and is lying in Seventh whereas Real Mcdrid is Team 7 lying in Fifteenth.  Spooky, huh?  Here are the players that count in this fixture.


Olympilimps FC             7th    Real Mcdrid               15th
Gavin Ward                        Craig McHugh
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Pos Name           Team Total     Pos Name           Team Total
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 GK P Cech         CHE      29     GK T Howard       EVE      13
 FB J O'Brien       WH      19     FB K Gibbs        ARS      11
 FB G Clichy        MC      28     FB J Riise        FUL       5
 CB J Vertonghen   TOT       5     CB D Luiz         CHE      36
 CB R Shawcross    STO      17     CB W Reid          WH       4
 MF T Walcott      ARS      15     MF G Sigurdsson   TOT      14
 MF G Bale         TOT      79     MF Nani            MU       9
 ST R Lambert      SOT       0     ST D Berbatov      MU      37

                  Totals   192                      Totals   129
                  
The winning manager will be awarded the 2013 Match of the Day Annual.  Yes, 'awarded'.

Good luck all.

T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.1  3 461
 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0 16 454
 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       54.0  7 441
 4 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0 11 432
 5 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6  1 427
 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.7  9 409
 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          54.2  0 396
 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.4  6 384
 9 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6  4 367
10 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9  5 366

11 Moobchester United     John King           53.5  5 361
12 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     53.7  2 336
13 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8  2 332
14 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 11 331
15 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5  7 324
16 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1  5 323
17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 10 305
18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6  7 300
19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2 14 240
20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  8 176
21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7 -4  83


                          Week's Average Points         6
                          Total Average Points        345

Week 38: Clayton's Clawback

Dave Clayton Claws Back [6 points]

Dave Clayton's second place Pyeators claw back 6 points from the current OFFL leaders, and OFFL Champions, Inter Milandrover while third placers FC Maalcoma win their manager - Twitter's very own @MallyFactor - yet another Manager of the Week certificate.  That makes it 5 Manager of the Week certificates so far for Malcolm Pratt this season.

It's all 'Go' here.

Meanwhile, having leapfrogged his colleague in the table last week, Chris Walsh suffers the indignity of being immediately leapfrogged back by the previously leapfrogged colleague Russ Bielby. Leapfrogged Livercoolio leapfrog Lashings of Cheese and go up into seventeenth while Mrs Bielby's week, on the other hand, hasn't been so wonderful.  Her Johnny's Heroes fall two places after notching up the worst score of the week.

And as if you were interested, the other Real-Sense manager, Lord Rick Beecroft, bounced his infamous RST-BOY up a place into ninth.

So, no change in the top eight places overall this week, though Steve Tierney's WWMC have just reached the 400 point mark.  We thought that worthy of note, at least.

We were wrong.

Mr Tierney joins Mr Smears and Lady Colquhoun in making transfers this week.  Look at the fools they're drafting in these days, oof.

THE OFFL Cup

The Final

To be played over Week 40

Olympilimps FC [£54.2m]  v   Real Mcdrid [£54.1m]
Gavin Ward                   Craig McHugh

In the event of a draw, Real Mcdrid would win on Points per Pound difference.





T h e   T a b l e
                                            Value Points
   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.1 15 458
 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0 21 438
 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       54.0 22 434
 4 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6 17 426
 5 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0 15 421
 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.8 15 400
 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          54.2 20 396
 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.6 20 378
 9 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6 17 363
10 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9 14 361

11 Moobchester United     John King           53.5 11 356
12 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     54.1 15 334
13 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8  8 330
14 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 11 320
15 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1 11 318
16 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5  4 317
17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 14 295
18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6 11 293
19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2  7 226
20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  9 168
21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  1  87


                          Week's Average Points        13
                          Total Average Points        339

Week 37: OFFL Cup Semi-Finals, Results

All About The Cup

It's all about the OFFL Cup this week but before we get on to that, let us give Mr Tierney's tiny trumpet a toot for gaining a second Manager of the Week certificate.  His Wymondham Working Men's Club fetched him 32 points.

Impressive.  But was it enough to get him through to the next round of the OFFoh yeah he went out ages ago.

Also of note, up into Fourth is Sarah Bingham whose enormous 28 points saw her leapfrog the Diamonds.  But was it enough to get her through to the next round of the OFFoh yeah she went out ages ago.

Etc.

OFFL Cup

Semi-Final Results

         Minted  22 v 30  Olympilimps FC
Minty Colquhoun           Gavin Ward

    Real Mcdrid  22 v 22  Neil's Diamonds
   Craig McHugh           Neil McConaghy
   

Real Mcdrid go through on Points per Pound difference, 0.41 v 0.40

In spite of the sweeping changes designed to conquer her opponent, Minty Colquhoun fell 8 points shy of her impressive superior, Gavin Ward, whose own transfers - designed to do the same - lost him a point this week.

Still, the real drama occurred in the other Semi-Final with Real Mcdrid and Neil's Diamonds battling out an exciting score draw.  The end result fell to a PpP shoutout which was won by Craig McHugh's Real men 0.407 to 0.400.  Foof.

And so, we have our final...

Olympilimps FC  v  Real Mcdrid
Gavin Ward         Craig McHugh

...two former colleagues, desperate for a bit of Match of the Day 2013 Annual action.

So to speak.

The Table

                                            Value Points
   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot
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 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.1 31 443
 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0 26 417
 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       54.0 15 412
 4 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6 28 409
 5 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0 22 406
 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.8 32 385
 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          54.2 30 376
 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.6 15 358
 9 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9 20 347
10 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6 19 346
11 Moobchester United     John King           53.5 23 345
12 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8 21 322
13 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     54.1 22 319
14 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5 20 313
15 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 22 309
16 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1 31 307
17 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6 23 282
18 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 17 281
19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2 13 219
20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  7 159
21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  3  86


                          Week's Average Points        20
                          Total Average Points        325

Week 36: OFFL Semi-Finals

Gavin Ward and Minty Colquhoun:
biting back at a lacklustre season

Manager of the Week this week is Chris Walsh, his Lashings of Cheese, who were cruelly knocked out of the OFFL Cup in an earlier round, scored a high and mighty 28 points.  In spite of the much cherished MotW certificate to balm his wounds it is, ultimately, another trophy-less season for this member of the highly competitive Real-Sense stable.

Real Mcdrid and Neil McConaghy:
not exactly baring their teeth at each other

Meanwhile, biting back at a lacklustre season so far... both Gavin Ward and Minty Colquhoun [Olympilimps FC and Minted, respectively] are rattling their sabres at each other by making team changes ahead of their forthcoming OFFL Cup Semi-Final clash. Intriguingly, however, the other Semi-Finalists, both OFFL Cup winners from the past two years: Craig [2011 Winners] and Neil [2012 Winners], have demonstrated a toothless approach to their own fixture.  Not exactly baring their teeth at each other.


And has the weekend's jaw-dropping [and quickly jaw-closing-again-on-soft-flesh] controversy involving a certain uncontrollably violent Uruguayan set off an avalanche of team kick-outs?  Well, not really.  Two, so far.

OFFL Cup

Semi-Finals, being played now.

         Minted   v   Olympilimps FC
Minty Colquhoun       Gavin Ward

    Real Mcdrid   v   Neil's Diamonds
   Craig McHugh       Neil McConaghy

Stay tuned with the OFFL facebook or twitter pages for score updates and latest news.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points
   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.7 22 412
 2 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       54.0 17 397
 3 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0 10 391
 4 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0 18 384
 5 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6 26 381
 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.8 21 353
 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          55.0 24 346
 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.6 24 343
 9 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9 14 327
 9 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6 22 327

11 Moobchester United     John King           53.5 16 322
12 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8 17 301
13 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     55.0  7 297
14 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5 14 293
15 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 19 287
16 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1 21 276
17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 10 264
18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6 28 259
19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2  7 206
20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  4 152
21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  5  83


                          Week's Average Points        16
                          Total Average Points        304

Week 35: Russ's wife

Russ Bielby: husband of
Sarah-Jane John who wins the
Manager of the Week
certificate this week.

The top three positions compress once more, with scores differing over a very tiny ten point range.

Manager of the Week this week is the Lovely Sarah-Jane John, the doting Mrs Russ Bielby.  Her Johnny's Heroes scored 12 points this week.  She'll be popping her certificate on the mantel piece right next to the one her husband won last week. Bless.  Oops!, she nearly knocked off that framed picture of Russ in his Showgirl days, yes, the one that leads this week's blog post again at http://offl.littlesmasher.com.

Meanwhile, it's time to prepare for the Semi-Finals of the OFFL Cup.  The prize, this year, is the 2013 Match of the Day annual. This will be sent to the winner's home. They will not have a choice.  And neither will there be a return address.

Here we go...

OFFL Cup

Semi-Finals, to be played over Week 37

         Minted   v   Olympilimps FC
Minty Colquhoun       Gavin Ward

    Real Mcdrid   v   Neil's Diamonds
   Craig McHugh       Neil McConaghy


Good luck.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points
   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot
 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.7  5 390
 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0  8 381
 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       55.0  9 380
 4 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0  4 366
 5 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6  3 355
 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.8 11 332
 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          55.0  3 322
 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.6  6 319
 9 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9  5 313
10 Moobchester United     John King           53.5  5 306

11 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6  4 305
12 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     55.0 11 290
13 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8  6 284
14 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5 12 279
15 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1  6 268
16 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1  5 255
17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6  6 254
18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6  7 231
19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2  3 199
20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  3 148
21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  0  78


                          Week's Average Points         5
                          Total Average Points        288

Week 34: Russ's Week

I WILL use ANY excuse
to use this photo

Manager of the Week for Week 34 is Russell Bielby with his Livercoolio scoring a mildly mega 13 points.  Also worthy of note are Craig's and Kate's Real Mcdrid and Botley Yellow respectively - both notch up 11.

Steve Tierney's Wymondham Working Men's Whatnot have moved up a place into sixth as they desperately seek to secure a super sought-after top four finish.

Meanwhile, the OFFL power cut has meant that Studmarks is just one week behind.

Bear with.

T h e   T a b l e

                                            Value Points

   Team                  Manager            (GBPm)Wk Tot

 --------------------------------------------------------

 1 Inter Milandrover      Smasher             54.7  6 385

 2 Pyeators               Dave Clayton        54.0  5 373

 3 FC Maalcoma            Malcolm Pratt       55.0  5 371

 4 Neil's Diamonds        Neil McConaghy      55.0  6 362

 5 Multiple Scorgasms     Sarah Bingham       54.6  3 352

 6 WWMC                   Steve Tierney       54.8  5 321

 7 Olympilimps FC         Gavin Ward          55.0 -1 319

 8 Irishpool              Mike Smears         54.6  6 313

 9 Double's United        Rachel Jones        53.9 -4 308

10 Moobchester United     John King           53.5  1 301

10 RST-BOY                Rick Beecroft       54.6  7 301

12 Minted                 Minty Colquhoun     55.0  5 279

13 It's A Snickers        Ashley Keeler       54.8  2 278

14 Johnny's Heroes        Sarah-Jane John     54.5  4 267

15 Real Mcdrid            Craig McHugh        54.1 11 262

16 Radnorshire Tigers     Alun Edwards        54.1  9 250

17 Livercoolio            Russ Bielby         54.6 13 248

18 Lashings of Cheese     Chris Walsh         53.6  7 224

19 Botley Yellow          Kate Wilson         54.2 11 196

20 Moreton Rovers         Edgar Rayner        51.4  2 145

21 West Vam               Tom Vamos           43.7  2  78

                          Week's Average Points         5

                          Total Average Points        282