Five games in, and Wolves dropped their first points of the season - Jamie Maycroft's side held 1-1 at Arsenal. Steve Bennett's Spurs close to within a point of the leaders after they beat Cardiff 3-0 at White Hart Lane, Arsenal stay third with Patrick Lyon's Southampton fourth after a 3-0 win over Man City. Anthony Brockway's United round out the top five, three points behind the leaders after winning 3-2 at Villa Park despite ending the game with only 9 men - Piszczek and Smalling sent off before Aubemeyang snatched a late breakaway winner.
First dropped points of the season for both Barcelona and Roma in Serie A too, Joe Hughes' Roma side were held 1-1 at a La Coruna side who played most of the game with 10 men. Kieran Hundal's side held a 1-0 lead for most of the game too - holding on despite being a man down but finally Balotelli levelled with seven minutes to go. Roma drop to second, Patrick Lyon's Bayern now top on goal difference after Messi got a brace in a 3-0 win at bottom club Fluminese. Barcelona dropped points for the first time too, a last minute Corluka goal sending them to a 2-1 defeat at Jamie Maycroft's Valencia, Barca drop to third in the table, Valencia climb to fourth.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Game 64 - Week 21
There will be a live turn in game 64 on Friday evening!
Deadline 5pm, kick off 6pm - both league titles and the final relegation place from each of the top divisions will be decided, along with the last promotion place from division 1.
The Premier division title will be decided in one match - as Bournemouth entertain Spurs. This week then, Anthony Brockway's Spurs maintained their two point lead at the top with a 4-1 win at home to Celtic, Ibrahimovic with all four goals, but Bournemouth won 3-1 at Wolves - and with home advantage next week know that the title is in their hands. As do Tottenham though - and Spurs only need a draw... Man City are out of it in third but they thumped Derby 5-0 despite playing most of the match with 10 men. At the bottom, disappointment for both Scarborough and West Ham fans as their teams lost - Craig Rathey's Scarborough beaten 2-1 at Chelsea, the Hammers losing 3-2 at Doncaster. Both are tied on 25 points, so whichever does better next week will stay up. Kirk Greenway's West Ham probably have the edge, as they're up against hapless Derby whilst Scarborough must play James West's Aston Villa.
Mark Lewry's Man United are promoted from division 1, and they lifted the divisional trophy after their 4-2 win at Newcastle this week. Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday had been second most of the season before a 0-0 draw at Liverpool on Friday saw them drop down the table at the expense of Kieran Hundal's Everton. Massive game this week though, Chris played Bob at Hillsborough - Wednesday winning 1-0 and they are back into second place! Three points away at Millwall will do it for them next turn.
Has it all gone wrong for Basle? Champions elect a week or two ago, when they beat Bayern in week 17, they've only won once since and are now in danger of throwing it all away. This turn they travelled to Richard Ladd's PSG needing a win to secure the title. Diego Costa had other ideas - scoring twice to earn his team a 2-1 win. Jamie Maycroft's Dnipro now have a huge chance - this week they overcame Gerard O'Brien's Bayern 2-0 with late goals from Bacca and Alcantara and are now just a point behind the leaders. In the final turn of the season, Basle must go to resurgent Mini Mars - Dave Burton's side unbeaten in their last six games - whilst Dnipro are up against relegated, and now managerless, PSV. It could be an exciting finish. Down at the bottom of the table, a 4-1 hammering at Real Madrid was enough for PSV to join Roma in Serie B next season, but enough to keep Real's hopes alive for another week. The final relegation place will be between Real, Antwerp and Juventus - Antwerp drawing 1-1 with Mini Mars this week, Juve beating Lazio 1-0.
Serie B sees AC Milan and Benfica comfortably promoted, the only thing to decide next week will be which of the two wins the league title, James West's Milan are currently a point ahead.
Deadline 5pm, kick off 6pm - both league titles and the final relegation place from each of the top divisions will be decided, along with the last promotion place from division 1.
The Premier division title will be decided in one match - as Bournemouth entertain Spurs. This week then, Anthony Brockway's Spurs maintained their two point lead at the top with a 4-1 win at home to Celtic, Ibrahimovic with all four goals, but Bournemouth won 3-1 at Wolves - and with home advantage next week know that the title is in their hands. As do Tottenham though - and Spurs only need a draw... Man City are out of it in third but they thumped Derby 5-0 despite playing most of the match with 10 men. At the bottom, disappointment for both Scarborough and West Ham fans as their teams lost - Craig Rathey's Scarborough beaten 2-1 at Chelsea, the Hammers losing 3-2 at Doncaster. Both are tied on 25 points, so whichever does better next week will stay up. Kirk Greenway's West Ham probably have the edge, as they're up against hapless Derby whilst Scarborough must play James West's Aston Villa.
Mark Lewry's Man United are promoted from division 1, and they lifted the divisional trophy after their 4-2 win at Newcastle this week. Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday had been second most of the season before a 0-0 draw at Liverpool on Friday saw them drop down the table at the expense of Kieran Hundal's Everton. Massive game this week though, Chris played Bob at Hillsborough - Wednesday winning 1-0 and they are back into second place! Three points away at Millwall will do it for them next turn.
Has it all gone wrong for Basle? Champions elect a week or two ago, when they beat Bayern in week 17, they've only won once since and are now in danger of throwing it all away. This turn they travelled to Richard Ladd's PSG needing a win to secure the title. Diego Costa had other ideas - scoring twice to earn his team a 2-1 win. Jamie Maycroft's Dnipro now have a huge chance - this week they overcame Gerard O'Brien's Bayern 2-0 with late goals from Bacca and Alcantara and are now just a point behind the leaders. In the final turn of the season, Basle must go to resurgent Mini Mars - Dave Burton's side unbeaten in their last six games - whilst Dnipro are up against relegated, and now managerless, PSV. It could be an exciting finish. Down at the bottom of the table, a 4-1 hammering at Real Madrid was enough for PSV to join Roma in Serie B next season, but enough to keep Real's hopes alive for another week. The final relegation place will be between Real, Antwerp and Juventus - Antwerp drawing 1-1 with Mini Mars this week, Juve beating Lazio 1-0.
Serie B sees AC Milan and Benfica comfortably promoted, the only thing to decide next week will be which of the two wins the league title, James West's Milan are currently a point ahead.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Game 75 - Week 4
Doncaster are setting the pace in the Prem, Phil Cortes side have won four out of four this season, including an impressive 4-0 victory over Man United at Old Trafford this turn. Two goals from Hernandez and one from Boateng saw the newly promoted side shock Mark Richards' outfit who sit mid table after two wins and two draws. Craig Rathey's East Stirling are second after a 4-0 win away at struggling Liverpool, with Jamie Maycroft's Wolves side already four points behind the leaders in third place after their 1-0 win at Norwich.
Jamie's Barcelona top Serie A, they've a 100% record following a 4-0 drubbing of Deportivo. Steve Bennett's Bayern are second after a 4-0 home win over Werder Bremen, level on points with Yan Eriksson's Ajax who beat Milan 1-0 and Mark Preston's PSG who beat Real Madrid 1-0.
Jamie's Barcelona top Serie A, they've a 100% record following a 4-0 drubbing of Deportivo. Steve Bennett's Bayern are second after a 4-0 home win over Werder Bremen, level on points with Yan Eriksson's Ajax who beat Milan 1-0 and Mark Preston's PSG who beat Real Madrid 1-0.
Club Debt News
You may have seen from your printouts that teams who are more than £5 million in debt each week are listed in the newsletter, along with a number in brackets. This number indicates how many weeks the team has been on the debt list. Once this reaches 3 weeks, a player will be placed on the auction list and sold off the following turn to the highest bidder in order to help reduce the debt. The player will be picked at random from your squad, so beware! Best way to avoid this happening is to avoid getting in debt - if you are, clear the overdraft straight away!!!
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Game 64 - Week 19
Two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Anthony Brockway's Spurs a 2-1 home win over Man City - and put them two points clear at the top of the Premier League with three games to go. Glen Pine's Bournemouth were held 1-1 at James West's Villa - Higuain with the leveller for the home side in the final few seconds of the game - to drop behind the leaders. Benzema scored all five as Chelsea beat Celtic 5-0 to keep their faint mathematical title hopes alive, six points behind, whilst Doncaster are now also six behind after a 2-1 home defeat to Arsenal. Down at the bottom, Craig Rathey's Scarborough kept their hopes of avoiding the drop alive with a 2-0 win at relegated Derby, they move to just three points behind West Ham who lost at Wolves. The Hammers do have a better goal difference but there could still be a close finish there, Villa and Wolves though both look safe now, seven points ahead of Scarborough.
Promotion from the first division at the first attempt is almost secured by Marc Lewry's Man United - one more win from their final three games will do it. They lead Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday by six points and Kieran Hundal's Everton by seven. Those two, along with David Newton's Rangers and possibly still Nick Smith's Liverpool, will battle it out over the final three games for the last promotion place.
Basle saw their lead at the top of Serie A cut to seven points, but they're still just one win from the title. Dnipro beat them 2-0 to make Coach Pine wait another week for his trophy, Alcantara and Bacca scoring for Jamie Maycroft's side. Gerard O'Brien's Bayern are second after a 3-0 win at Roma, Lazio dropping out of the running with a 1-1 draw at Mini Mars. Relegation is still pretty open, PSV losing at Juve to drop to second bottom, Real Madrid beating Antwerp 3-0 to move up to 10th. Antwerp and Juventus are still definitely in trouble, Mini Mars may still need another point or two but are probably high enough up the table to feel like they'll be playing in Serie A again next season.
Benfica and AC Milan both secured promotion back to Serie A this week, Louis King's Benfica beating Shaktar Donetsk 3-0, James West's Milan with a 3-0 win at Barcelona. The two of them will now battle it out for the divisional title.
This week also saw the Champions League semi finals. Bayern Munich followed a 2-0 home win against Lazio with a 2-1 victory away from home to secure their place in the final, Bournemouth beat stable mates Basle 2-1 to join them after a goal-less first leg. In the Europa semis, NY Red Bull beat Paris St. Germain 2-1 on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, and a 1-1 draw for Man City at Villa Park was enough for them to go through 3-1 on aggregate.
Promotion from the first division at the first attempt is almost secured by Marc Lewry's Man United - one more win from their final three games will do it. They lead Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday by six points and Kieran Hundal's Everton by seven. Those two, along with David Newton's Rangers and possibly still Nick Smith's Liverpool, will battle it out over the final three games for the last promotion place.
Basle saw their lead at the top of Serie A cut to seven points, but they're still just one win from the title. Dnipro beat them 2-0 to make Coach Pine wait another week for his trophy, Alcantara and Bacca scoring for Jamie Maycroft's side. Gerard O'Brien's Bayern are second after a 3-0 win at Roma, Lazio dropping out of the running with a 1-1 draw at Mini Mars. Relegation is still pretty open, PSV losing at Juve to drop to second bottom, Real Madrid beating Antwerp 3-0 to move up to 10th. Antwerp and Juventus are still definitely in trouble, Mini Mars may still need another point or two but are probably high enough up the table to feel like they'll be playing in Serie A again next season.
Benfica and AC Milan both secured promotion back to Serie A this week, Louis King's Benfica beating Shaktar Donetsk 3-0, James West's Milan with a 3-0 win at Barcelona. The two of them will now battle it out for the divisional title.
This week also saw the Champions League semi finals. Bayern Munich followed a 2-0 home win against Lazio with a 2-1 victory away from home to secure their place in the final, Bournemouth beat stable mates Basle 2-1 to join them after a goal-less first leg. In the Europa semis, NY Red Bull beat Paris St. Germain 2-1 on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, and a 1-1 draw for Man City at Villa Park was enough for them to go through 3-1 on aggregate.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Game 1 - Week 19
Arsenal are one win from the Premier division title, Louis Browne's side winning 2-0 at Charlton this week to maintain a six point lead over Niall Cunningham's Liverpool with three games to go. James Bartaby's Man United are all but mathematically out of the running, nine points back and with a far worse goal difference.
Serie A could go right down to the last kick of the season though, Jamie Maycroft's Valur beating James Bartaby's Bayern 3-0 to move above them and top of the league, three points clear of their German rivals. Louis Browne's PSG are a point behind Jamie's side after a 1-0 home win over Real Madrid who drop down to third. Juventus are possibly still in the running, Mark Wheat's side five points behind after a 3-2 win at Parma, Dave Burton's FC Tucson six points adrift after beating Ajax 3-0.
Serie A could go right down to the last kick of the season though, Jamie Maycroft's Valur beating James Bartaby's Bayern 3-0 to move above them and top of the league, three points clear of their German rivals. Louis Browne's PSG are a point behind Jamie's side after a 1-0 home win over Real Madrid who drop down to third. Juventus are possibly still in the running, Mark Wheat's side five points behind after a 3-2 win at Parma, Dave Burton's FC Tucson six points adrift after beating Ajax 3-0.
Friday, August 07, 2015
Game 64 - Week 17
One point from two games means that Bournemouth have blown a five point lead and have been knocked off the top of the Premier League table by Tottenham. Last week, Glen Pine's side were held to a 0-0 draw at Ethan Bailey's Arsenal, this week they experienced a brace from Romelo Lukaku and a 2-0 defeat at Kirk Greenway's West Ham. Spurs battered Scarbrough 4-0 in week 16 then won 3-1 at Niall Cunningham's Celtic this turn to go top of the table - Zlatan Ibrahimovic with five of the goals for Spurs. Doncaster are still in the title race then, Sam Roberts' side three points off the top after they beat Villa 2-0 at home this turn, Man City five points behind after a 3-3 draw with Scarborough. City actually trailed 3-1 at the break, so this was a good come back for them - and a bad result for Craig Rathey's side who are now six points from safety following that draw and the win for the Hammers. Derby picked up their first win of the season but are officially relegated nonetheless, along with bottom club Celtic.
Man United disasterously threw away a three goal lead to see the gap at the top of division 1 cut to four points. Welbeck had scored a tremendous 11 minute hat-trick which looked to put Marc Lewry's side well in control, but Grimsby came back brilliantly to grab a late 3-3 draw. Promotion still looks odds on for United, but Sheffield Wednesday are closing in, Chris Burton's team four points off the top after a 4-1 win at home to Notts County. The Owls are a point ahead of Kieran Hundal's Everton who won 4-0 at Norwich. Rangers are down to fourth after losing to the league leaders last week, this week though David Newton's side won 1-0 at Millwall. Nick Smith's Liverpool are fifth, five points outside the automatic promotion places, after a 2-1 win at Birmingham.
Basle are now within touching distance of the Serie A title - they could have it wrapped up in a weeks time if results go their way. This week title holders Bayern Munich were put firmly in their place - Gerard O'Brien's team going down 3-0 in Switzerland. In truth, the tie was pretty close for more than half an hour - then Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for the visitors and after that it became very one sided. Bayern drop to third and Jamie Maycroft's Dnepro become nearest challengers after a 3-1 home win against Patrick Lyon's New York Red Bull who also had a man sent off early on. Rich Ladd's PSG are up into fourth after a 4-0 home win over bottom club Roma.
Wins for Benfica and Milan in Serie B have those two in the driving seat for automatic promotion, Louis King's Benfica top after a 4-1 win over Schalke, James West's Milan second following their 3-0 win at Sampdoria. Sam Roberts' Stromsgodset drop to five points away from the automatic promotion places with a 0-0 draw at Shaktar Donetsk.
Man United disasterously threw away a three goal lead to see the gap at the top of division 1 cut to four points. Welbeck had scored a tremendous 11 minute hat-trick which looked to put Marc Lewry's side well in control, but Grimsby came back brilliantly to grab a late 3-3 draw. Promotion still looks odds on for United, but Sheffield Wednesday are closing in, Chris Burton's team four points off the top after a 4-1 win at home to Notts County. The Owls are a point ahead of Kieran Hundal's Everton who won 4-0 at Norwich. Rangers are down to fourth after losing to the league leaders last week, this week though David Newton's side won 1-0 at Millwall. Nick Smith's Liverpool are fifth, five points outside the automatic promotion places, after a 2-1 win at Birmingham.
Basle are now within touching distance of the Serie A title - they could have it wrapped up in a weeks time if results go their way. This week title holders Bayern Munich were put firmly in their place - Gerard O'Brien's team going down 3-0 in Switzerland. In truth, the tie was pretty close for more than half an hour - then Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for the visitors and after that it became very one sided. Bayern drop to third and Jamie Maycroft's Dnepro become nearest challengers after a 3-1 home win against Patrick Lyon's New York Red Bull who also had a man sent off early on. Rich Ladd's PSG are up into fourth after a 4-0 home win over bottom club Roma.
Wins for Benfica and Milan in Serie B have those two in the driving seat for automatic promotion, Louis King's Benfica top after a 4-1 win over Schalke, James West's Milan second following their 3-0 win at Sampdoria. Sam Roberts' Stromsgodset drop to five points away from the automatic promotion places with a 0-0 draw at Shaktar Donetsk.
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Game 1 - Week 14
Gerard O'Brien's Real Madrid beat Parma 2-0, Messi scoring both, to keep their two point lead at the top of Serie A intact, Louis Browne's PSG and Jamie Maycroft's Valur still close behind after both won too this week. Valur recorded a 2-0 home win against Fiorentina, PSG with a 3-0 win at home to FC Tucson. James Bartaby's Bayern recorded the biggest win of the week, battering James Teager's Juventus 5-1 to go fifth in the table, level on points with Mark Wheat's Barcelona who beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0, those two just four points behind the leaders.
Louis Browne's Arsenal have a three point lead at the top of the Premier League, a 4-1 home win against Millwall this week also improving their superb goal difference. Niall Cunningham's Liverpool are second after a 3-0 win this week in the Merseyside derby. It's between those two for the title - third placed United are nine points off the leaders, fourth placed City are 12 points back.
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