Premier League Fantasy Football

[David Gilbert]

“I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in” - Terry Venables

WEEK 23 HEADLINES

After the mid-week round there’s no change among the top three, but Richard Beach and Barry Redburn extend their lead over the Tractor boy in third.

Our top mid-week man is Jono Graham with a super-duper 85, just enough to rise one place.

Quite a high low score this week, but Steven Smith’s 33 is still not enough to avoid a chain pulling.

At the bottom chris cantrill continues to close the gap on his rivals. Phew!


1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 63 1,458
2 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 67 1,423
3 Check This Richard Pert 61 1,395
4 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 56 1,380
5 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 46 1,380
6 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 53 1,367
7 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 79 1,364
8 Arselona Alan Tate 64 1,363
9 Frying high joe friar 52 1,360
10 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 44 1,344
11 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 56 1,340
12 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 70 1,335
13 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 62 1,329
14 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 66 1,328
15 Fools Gold John Garnett 58 1,326
16 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 53 1,323
17 Soulless Peter Staneland 62 1,323
18 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 49 1,313
19 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 67 1,313
20 The tree people George Georgiou 66 1,308
21 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 67 1,306
22 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 55 1,304
23 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 72 1,301
24 Haddocks David Gilbert 48 1,296
25 Scored Again James Redburn 49 1,289
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 71 1,272
27 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 56 1,256
28 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 83 1,238
29 Villaplus Robert Dale 68 1,225
30 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 69 1,221
31 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 85 1,215
32 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 56 1,201
33 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 58 1,183
34 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 62 1,168
35 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 48 1,167
36 Enter team name Steven Smith 33 1,153
37 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 53 1,147
38 What the Duck Andrew Garside 63 1,143
39 Inter Course Dewi Jones 49 1,135
40 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 60 1,128
41 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 42 1,124
42 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 54 1,124
43 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 35 1,120
44 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 42 1,117
45 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 43 1,100
46 Fergie kishan pattni 58 1,099
47 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 53 1,083
48 Beginner's Luck Kevin Williamson 46 1,069
49 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 41 1,055
50 Friar gambit james friar 40 1,044
51 Tal Order ihor lewyk 69 1,042
52 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 47 1,032
53 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 59 1,032
54 Laurelei Simon Brown 64 1,014
55 The spoffers jim friar 38 983
56 Bubbles Utd david grobler 51 968
57 65army Rob Ensor 44 967
58 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 34 949
59 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 46 946
60 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 69 921
61 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 63 896
62 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 50 890
63 RD11 Richard Dineley 48 881
64 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 48 877
65 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 44 855
66 killer-ball chris cantrill 55 823
67 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 0 2

[David Gilbert]

“We used to go around Europe every year, but this year we went to Norway and Austria.” Tommy Mooney, Birmingham's Youth Team Coach

WEEK 24 HEADLINES:

Richard Beach pulls out a 60 point lead at the top - some people think it’s all over?

In a low scoring week, Richard also took the top score with a sexy 69. Is there no stopping the man?

This week’s dung pile is won by Siddharth Swaroop with a pony 22.

At the bottom a magnificent 65 from Mike Lamb (maybe his best score ever!?) pulls him 55 points clear of chris cantrill, and within 5 points of Richard Bates.


1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 69 1,527
2 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 48 1,467
3 Check This Richard Pert 68 1,463
4 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 53 1,433
5 Arselona Alan Tate 62 1,421
6 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 36 1,416
7 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 51 1,415
8 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 50 1,409
9 Frying high joe friar 43 1,403
10 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 63 1,391
11 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 46 1,390
12 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 49 1,389
13 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 52 1,387
14 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 63 1,380
15 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 53 1,366
16 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 65 1,366
17 The tree people George Georgiou 57 1,365
18 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 55 1,364
19 Fools Gold John Garnett 36 1,362
20 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 37 1,360
21 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 47 1,353
22 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 53 1,353
23 Scored Again James Redburn 56 1,345
24 Soulless Peter Staneland 26 1,329
25 Haddocks David Gilbert 29 1,325
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 48 1,320
27 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 61 1,299
28 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 41 1,297
29 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 51 1,268
30 Villaplus Robert Dale 40 1,265
31 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 47 1,262
32 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 45 1,246
33 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 58 1,225
34 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 54 1,222
35 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 37 1,220
36 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 65 1,212
37 Enter team name Steven Smith 51 1,204
38 What the Duck Andrew Garside 58 1,201
39 Inter Course Dewi Jones 48 1,183
40 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 59 1,176
41 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 36 1,164
42 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 47 1,163
43 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 39 1,163
44 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 55 1,155
45 Fergie kishan pattni 59 1,154
46 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 22 1,142
47 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 56 1,139
48 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 43 1,098
49 Tal Order ihor lewyk 55 1,097
50 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 59 1,091
51 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 54 1,086
52 Friar gambit james friar 39 1,083
53 Laurelei Simon Brown 31 1,045
54 The spoffers jim friar 65 1,044
55 65army Rob Ensor 38 1,005
56 Bubbles Utd david grobler 30 998
57 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 38 987
58 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 61 982
59 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 35 981
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 48 944
61 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 41 931
62 RD11 Richard Dineley 48 929
63 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 48 925
64 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 65 920
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 42 865
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 0 2

[David Gilbert]

"Sometimes you want Obertan to open his legs and do something a bit exciting" - Alan Pardew

WEEK 25 HEADLINES

The Tractor Boy is coming! He moves into second place behind Richard Beach, while the fading Barry Redburn drops to third.

Biggest score this week comes from Graham Ives’ SignalinNoise with a mighty 78.

The low score do-do goes to Dominic Rabbitte with a dark brown 26.

At the bottom the chris cantrill revival stalls and he’s now 74 points adrift of Mike Lamb and 79 behind Richard Bates.

Ben Edgell picks up an unwanted point and is now 3 points away from the magic zero. Exciting eh!

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 65 1,592
2 Check This Richard Pert 71 1,534
3 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 55 1,522
4 Arselona Alan Tate 67 1,488
5 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 72 1,487
6 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 78 1,487
7 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 52 1,485
8 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 66 1,482
9 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 75 1,455
10 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 64 1,453
11 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 57 1,444
12 Frying high joe friar 38 1,441
13 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 75 1,439
14 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 37 1,428
15 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 62 1,428
16 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 31 1,421
17 The tree people George Georgiou 55 1,420
18 Fools Gold John Garnett 57 1,419
19 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 56 1,416
20 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 54 1,407
21 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 57 1,406
22 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 35 1,397
23 Haddocks David Gilbert 71 1,392
24 Scored Again James Redburn 45 1,390
25 Soulless Peter Staneland 58 1,387
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 45 1,365
27 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 58 1,357
28 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 36 1,333
29 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 51 1,319
30 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 67 1,313
31 Villaplus Robert Dale 44 1,309
32 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 27 1,289
33 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 70 1,282
34 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 43 1,268
35 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 37 1,259
36 Inter Course Dewi Jones 74 1,257
37 Enter team name Steven Smith 49 1,253
38 What the Duck Andrew Garside 48 1,249
39 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 26 1,246
40 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 57 1,233
41 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 64 1,227
42 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 46 1,209
43 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 42 1,206
44 Fergie kishan pattni 54 1,200
45 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 42 1,197
46 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 61 1,196
47 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 32 1,174
48 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 74 1,160
49 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 61 1,159
50 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 55 1,146
51 Tal Order ihor lewyk 43 1,140
52 Friar gambit james friar 49 1,132
53 Laurelei Simon Brown 48 1,093
54 The spoffers jim friar 30 1,074
55 Bubbles Utd david grobler 71 1,069
56 65army Rob Ensor 41 1,046
57 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 53 1,035
58 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 41 1,028
59 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 35 1,016
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 62 1,006
61 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 59 990
62 RD11 Richard Dineley 48 977
63 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 49 974
64 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 49 969
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 30 895
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 1 3

[David Gilbert]

“I remember my first game against Fulham – I remember it like it was tomorrow.” David Moyes

WEEK 26 HEADLINES

It’s as you were at the top. Richard Beach makes small gains over his nearest rivals, Richard Pert and Barry Redburn, while Alan Tate has crept into fourth place.

In a week of automatic substitutions top slot belongs to Mark Leonard’s Westbury Flycatchers with a nice 83, moving his team into the top ten.

Simon Brown’s meagre 16 wins this week’s used toilet seat.

Big news at the bottom is that Richard Bates has ejected himself from the last three and he's replaced by a flagging Richard Dineley. The Monkey and the Killer remain rooted in the fork and spoon categories.


1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 56 1,648
2 Check This Richard Pert 54 1,588
3 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 50 1,572
4 Arselona Alan Tate 66 1,554
5 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 61 1,548
6 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 54 1,541
7 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 53 1,538
8 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 51 1,533
9 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 64 1,517
10 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 83 1,507
11 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 60 1,507
12 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 54 1,498
13 Frying high joe friar 49 1,490
14 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 48 1,487
15 Fools Gold John Garnett 55 1,474
16 The tree people George Georgiou 52 1,472
17 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 41 1,469
18 Haddocks David Gilbert 66 1,458
19 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 38 1,455
20 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 37 1,453
21 Scored Again James Redburn 62 1,448
22 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 41 1,447
23 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 35 1,442
24 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 38 1,435
25 Soulless Peter Staneland 42 1,429
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 41 1,406
27 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 44 1,401
28 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 67 1,380
29 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 54 1,373
30 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 35 1,364
31 Villaplus Robert Dale 52 1,361
32 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 58 1,340
33 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 62 1,330
34 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 39 1,328
35 Inter Course Dewi Jones 50 1,307
36 What the Duck Andrew Garside 52 1,301
37 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 39 1,298
38 Enter team name Steven Smith 36 1,289
39 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 47 1,280
40 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 17 1,263
41 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 26 1,253
42 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 53 1,250
43 Fergie kishan pattni 42 1,242
44 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 31 1,237
45 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 27 1,236
46 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 34 1,230
47 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 57 1,217
48 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 42 1,216
49 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 53 1,212
50 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 25 1,171
51 Friar gambit james friar 34 1,166
52 Tal Order ihor lewyk 18 1,158
53 Bubbles Utd david grobler 48 1,117
54 Laurelei Simon Brown 16 1,109
55 The spoffers jim friar 27 1,101
56 65army Rob Ensor 44 1,090
57 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 41 1,076
58 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 25 1,053
59 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 39 1,051
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 27 1,033
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 46 1,020
62 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 27 1,017
63 RD11 Richard Dineley 24 1,001
64 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 21 990
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 36 931
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 0 3

[Simon Brown]

In my defence, can I point out that four of my team would have been involved in the postponed matches last night? A Negredo hat-trick was almost a certainty.....

The others were useless though.

[LawrenceCooper]

In my defence, can I point out that four of my team would have been involved in the postponed matches last night? A Negredo hat-trick was almost a certainty.....

The others were useless though.

You can look forward to a bumper score in the weeks when the rearranged matches take place then

[Simon Brown]

If I remember not to transfer them.

Is that how it works then? Surely everyone will buy lots of Man City players in the week they have two matches?

[LawrenceCooper]

If I remember not to transfer them.

Is that how it works then? Surely everyone will buy lots of Man City players in the week they have two matches?

You can have a maximum of three from each team although in my case getting eleven players to play once a week is enough of a challenge

[David Gilbert]

“Sunderland players will be full of emulsion at half time.” Danny Dichio paints the scene.

WEEK 27 HEADLINES

Life's a Beach! The Good Vibes Revival go from strength-to-strength and are walking away with it. They move 99 points clear of the Tractor Boy in second. Alan Tate and Graham Ives continue to make progress into third and fourth positions at the expense of the fading Barry Redburn.

George Georgiou goes binary with a magnificent 101 for this week’s top score. His tree people move into the top ten.

It’s Bathroom Pints and Bubbles for Greg Breed and David Grobler as they can only reach a flatulent 26.

At the bottom chris cantrill and Mike Lamb drop further behind and need snookers to extricate themselves.

And (finally) Ben Edgell's score reaches his own age in his coming to nothing quest for a perfect zero!

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 79 1,727
2 Check This Richard Pert 40 1,628
3 Arselona Alan Tate 74 1,628
4 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 72 1,620
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 40 1,612
6 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 71 1,609
7 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 74 1,607
8 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 49 1,590
9 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 69 1,576
10 The tree people George Georgiou 101 1,573
11 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 64 1,571
12 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 93 1,562
13 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 37 1,554
14 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 55 1,553
15 Frying high joe friar 59 1,549
16 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 63 1,546
17 Haddocks David Gilbert 71 1,529
18 Fools Gold John Garnett 47 1,521
19 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 66 1,513
20 Scored Again James Redburn 59 1,507
21 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 72 1,507
22 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 53 1,506
23 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 48 1,503
24 Soulless Peter Staneland 54 1,483
25 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 39 1,481
26 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 77 1,478
27 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 43 1,449
28 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 66 1,439
29 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 40 1,420
30 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 46 1,410
31 Villaplus Robert Dale 45 1,406
32 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 76 1,404
33 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 55 1,395
34 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 61 1,391
35 What the Duck Andrew Garside 65 1,366
36 Enter team name Steven Smith 66 1,355
37 Inter Course Dewi Jones 48 1,355
38 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 64 1,344
39 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 26 1,324
40 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 58 1,321
41 Fergie kishan pattni 76 1,318
42 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 66 1,316
43 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 52 1,305
44 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 69 1,305
45 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 50 1,280
46 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 62 1,279
47 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 31 1,268
48 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 54 1,266
49 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 42 1,258
50 Friar gambit james friar 55 1,221
51 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 36 1,207
52 Tal Order ihor lewyk 27 1,185
53 Laurelei Simon Brown 56 1,165
54 The spoffers jim friar 63 1,164
55 65army Rob Ensor 67 1,157
56 Bubbles Utd david grobler 26 1,143
57 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 50 1,126
58 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 55 1,106
59 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 49 1,102
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 67 1,100
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 53 1,073
62 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 44 1,061
63 RD11 Richard Dineley 54 1,055
64 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 39 1,029
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 35 966
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 2 5

[David Gilbert]

"And now over to Barnet for another flash from Jacqui Oatley" - Ian Robertson

WEEK 28 HEADLINES

An excellent management performance from Alan Tate who leads his Arselona into second place in the table, but still miles behind runaway leader Richard Beach.

You need to look a long way down the list for this week’s top scorer. Ihor Lewyk’s Tal Order knocks a White Rose 73.

But it’s misery for Alex Bullen as he can only bash out a dirty dozen. Now wash your hands.

A big surprise at the bottom as Mike Lamb shocks the fantasy football world with an amazing 66 score that moves him away from the tail. His plastic fork position is captured by Matthew Parry, while the beleaguered chris cantrill remains in the lowest cutlery position.

Ben Edgell nil points? Hmmmmmmm!

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 51 1,778
2 Arselona Alan Tate 53 1,681
3 Check This Richard Pert 52 1,680
4 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 58 1,678
5 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 63 1,672
6 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 55 1,667
7 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 53 1,660
8 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 62 1,652
9 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 61 1,632
10 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 48 1,624
11 The tree people George Georgiou 50 1,623
12 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 55 1,617
13 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 62 1,616
14 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 61 1,614
15 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 59 1,605
16 Frying high joe friar 46 1,595
17 Fools Gold John Garnett 65 1,586
18 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 67 1,566
19 Haddocks David Gilbert 36 1,565
20 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 63 1,565
21 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 51 1,564
22 Scored Again James Redburn 46 1,553
23 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 66 1,547
24 Soulless Peter Staneland 70 1,545
25 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 36 1,539
26 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 52 1,530
27 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 68 1,517
28 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 71 1,510
29 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 71 1,491
30 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 67 1,471
31 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 53 1,463
32 Villaplus Robert Dale 41 1,447
33 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 38 1,433
34 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 37 1,428
35 Inter Course Dewi Jones 62 1,417
36 What the Duck Andrew Garside 45 1,411
37 Enter team name Steven Smith 50 1,405
38 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 59 1,383
39 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 34 1,378
40 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 69 1,374
41 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 56 1,361
42 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 37 1,358
43 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 38 1,354
44 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 65 1,345
45 Fergie kishan pattni 27 1,345
46 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 66 1,334
47 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 52 1,331
48 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 58 1,324
49 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 22 1,280
50 Tal Order ihor lewyk 73 1,258
51 Friar gambit james friar 36 1,257
52 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 27 1,234
53 Laurelei Simon Brown 68 1,233
54 Bubbles Utd david grobler 60 1,203
55 The spoffers jim friar 36 1,200
56 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 52 1,178
57 65army Rob Ensor 14 1,171
58 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 42 1,148
59 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 29 1,131
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 12 1,112
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 24 1,097
62 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 66 1,095
63 RD11 Richard Dineley 28 1,083
64 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 20 1,081
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 24 990
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 5 10

[David Gilbert]

"If you closed your eyes, you couldn't tell the difference between the two sides" - Phil Brown

WEEK 29 HEADLINES

Alan Tate reduces Richard Beach’s lead down to 98 points, while Graham Ives moves into third at the expense of the Tractor Boy who drops to fifth.

Top scorer in a short week is Graham Mill-Wilson whose 66 shines brightest of all.

Oh dear, oh dear, Rob Ensor. He can’t even reach double figures. It’s an infinitesimal eight, winning his own personal squat toilet.

At the bottom the Dancing Monkey drops back into the plastic fork position, while nothing changes for chris cantrill who can pick up the wooden spoon whenever he likes.

Ben Edgell? Another 2 points. Whatever!

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 43 1,821
2 Arselona Alan Tate 50 1,723
3 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 41 1,719
4 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 40 1,712
5 Check This Richard Pert 23 1,703
6 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 47 1,699
7 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 40 1,696
8 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 25 1,688
9 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 63 1,683
10 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 44 1,672
11 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 52 1,669
12 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 48 1,662
13 The tree people George Georgiou 30 1,653
14 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 34 1,650
15 Fools Gold John Garnett 59 1,645
16 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 36 1,641
17 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 55 1,616
18 Frying high joe friar 20 1,615
19 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 38 1,604
20 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 28 1,592
21 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 61 1,591
22 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 40 1,587
23 Scored Again James Redburn 34 1,587
24 Haddocks David Gilbert 21 1,586
25 Soulless Peter Staneland 28 1,573
26 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 49 1,559
27 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 20 1,559
28 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 38 1,555
29 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 56 1,547
30 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 29 1,500
31 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 60 1,480
32 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 16 1,479
33 Villaplus Robert Dale 26 1,473
34 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 34 1,467
35 Enter team name Steven Smith 45 1,450
36 Inter Course Dewi Jones 32 1,449
37 What the Duck Andrew Garside 15 1,426
38 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 27 1,410
39 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 20 1,394
40 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 31 1,392
41 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 10 1,388
42 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 46 1,387
43 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 63 1,387
44 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 45 1,376
45 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 11 1,369
46 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 12 1,366
47 Fergie kishan pattni 16 1,361
48 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 25 1,359
49 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 19 1,299
50 Friar gambit james friar 21 1,278
51 Tal Order ihor lewyk 19 1,277
52 Laurelei Simon Brown 29 1,262
53 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 22 1,256
54 Bubbles Utd david grobler 38 1,241
55 The spoffers jim friar 17 1,217
56 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 66 1,214
57 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 29 1,207
58 65army Rob Ensor 8 1,179
59 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 23 1,154
60 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 42 1,139
61 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 24 1,136
62 RD11 Richard Dineley 39 1,122
63 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 33 1,114
64 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 10 1,105
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 21 1,011
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 2 12

[David Gilbert]

If you look at the last ten games and you turn the league table upside down, we wouldn't be far off top six. - Stephen Hunt.

WEEK 30 HEADLINES

Richard Beach is so far ahead he looks uncatchable, so interest shifts to the runner-up spot where there are eleven teams within 50 points of glory, led by Alan Tate.

This week'stop dog with 76 is a one-legged-man aka Hendrik Hoffmann. Brilliant!

Richard Dineley and chris cantrill with nineteen apiece bag this week's continence management set.

At the bottom.......oh I can't be bothered.

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 56 1,877
2 Arselona Alan Tate 46 1,769
3 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 49 1,764
4 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 50 1,762
5 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 59 1,755
6 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 62 1,750
7 Check This Richard Pert 41 1,744
8 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 44 1,739
9 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 65 1,734
10 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 48 1,731
11 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 59 1,721
12 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 70 1,720
13 Fools Gold John Garnett 59 1,704
14 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 47 1,703
15 The tree people George Georgiou 49 1,702
16 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 44 1,685
17 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 66 1,678
18 Frying high joe friar 56 1,671
19 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 62 1,666
20 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 73 1,660
21 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 67 1,659
22 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 59 1,650
23 Haddocks David Gilbert 49 1,635
24 Scored Again James Redburn 42 1,629
25 Soulless Peter Staneland 54 1,623
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 67 1,622
27 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 56 1,615
28 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 43 1,602
29 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 50 1,597
30 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 76 1,543
31 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 62 1,541
32 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 39 1,539
33 Villaplus Robert Dale 65 1,538
34 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 35 1,515
35 Enter team name Steven Smith 50 1,500
36 Inter Course Dewi Jones 49 1,498
37 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 60 1,470
38 What the Duck Andrew Garside 43 1,469
39 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 57 1,445
40 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 39 1,433
41 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 45 1,432
42 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 36 1,428
43 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 37 1,424
44 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 47 1,423
45 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 53 1,419
46 Fergie kishan pattni 54 1,415
47 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 37 1,406
48 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 42 1,401
49 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 40 1,339
50 Tal Order ihor lewyk 56 1,333
51 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 71 1,327
52 Friar gambit james friar 43 1,321
53 Laurelei Simon Brown 38 1,300
54 Bubbles Utd david grobler 40 1,281
55 The spoffers jim friar 60 1,277
56 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 55 1,269
57 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 29 1,236
58 65army Rob Ensor 24 1,203
59 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 42 1,196
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 46 1,182
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 34 1,173
62 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 30 1,144
63 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 37 1,142
64 RD11 Richard Dineley 19 1,141
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 19 1,030
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 2 14

[David Gilbert]

"City midfielder James Milner joins us to look ahead to yesterday's remarkable display." Alan Brazil

WEEK 31 HEADLINES

A midnight feast of a week. Loads of hundreds. Pineapple chunks, tinned sardines, hard-boiled eggs, pickled onions and lashings of ginger beer all round. Alan Tate makes tiny in-roads into Richard Beach's overall lead.

Alan Tate's record high score of 167 is one of 48 century makers. Special mention Mark Leonard for his 164.

In any normal week a 55 score would be reasonable, but for Siddharth Swaroop this week it's Harpic!

In the lower reaches it's a load of chris cantrill.


1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 154 2,027
2 Arselona Alan Tate 167 1,936
3 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 146 1,904
4 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 138 1,902
5 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 158 1,897
6 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 144 1,894
7 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 139 1,890
8 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 164 1,887
9 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 148 1,878
10 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 147 1,868
11 Fools Gold John Garnett 151 1,855
12 Check This Richard Pert 111 1,855
13 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 133 1,853
14 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 156 1,851
15 The tree people George Georgiou 144 1,846
16 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 157 1,838
17 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 142 1,816
18 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 145 1,811
19 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 151 1,801
20 Frying high joe friar 129 1,800
21 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 119 1,779
22 Haddocks David Gilbert 133 1,768
23 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 110 1,765
24 Soulless Peter Staneland 149 1,760
25 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 141 1,756
26 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 129 1,751
27 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 143 1,741
28 Scored Again James Redburn 90 1,719
29 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 109 1,706
30 Villaplus Robert Dale 136 1,674
31 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 119 1,660
32 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 112 1,651
33 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 105 1,648
34 Enter team name Steven Smith 141 1,641
35 What the Duck Andrew Garside 144 1,613
36 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 90 1,605
37 Inter Course Dewi Jones 83 1,581
38 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 104 1,574
39 Fergie kishan pattni 151 1,566
40 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 119 1,564
41 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 127 1,555
42 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 121 1,544
43 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 115 1,539
44 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 105 1,538
45 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 135 1,536
46 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 89 1,521
47 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 88 1,507
47 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 101 1,507
49 Tal Order ihor lewyk 127 1,460
50 Laurelei Simon Brown 136 1,436
51 Friar gambit james friar 99 1,420
52 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 55 1,394
53 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 61 1,388
54 The spoffers jim friar 106 1,383
55 Bubbles Utd david grobler 88 1,369
56 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 86 1,355
57 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 108 1,304
58 65army Rob Ensor 93 1,296
59 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 59 1,295
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 74 1,256
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 60 1,233
62 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 73 1,215
63 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 69 1,213
64 RD11 Richard Dineley 61 1,202
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 69 1,099
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 1 15

[David Gilbert]

"Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago" - Ray Houghton

WEEK 32 HEADLINES

The gap at the top is down to 88 points, but it's not coming down fast enough for Alan Tate to catch Richard Beach. Paul Cooksey has been in the top ten for most of the season, now he’s in the top three.

The trombone plays for Dewi Jones as his 76 hits the high note.

Chris Cantrill is once again the winner of the limescale on the wall with a putrid 25.

At the bottom - yes it’s chris cantrill, still.

1 Good Vibes Revival Richard Beach 43 2,070
2 Arselona Alan Tate 46 1,982
3 Spartak Cox Green Paul Cooksey 62 1,959
4 Turner and Huth Grant Bucher 48 1,952
5 Peregrinewellies Barry Redburn 54 1,948
6 Real Ronin Peter Musgrove 57 1,947
7 SignalinNoise? Graham Ives 43 1,945
8 Keep Cov in Cov Mark Page 64 1,932
9 Westbury Flycatchers Mark Leonard 42 1,929
10 Unreal Madrid Conor Murphy 45 1,919
11 Check This Richard Pert 66 1,917
12 Gandalf the Red Ken Morrison 59 1,912
13 The tree people George Georgiou 49 1,895
14 Fools Gold John Garnett 37 1,892
15 iTeam Gareth Harley-Yeo 39 1,890
16 Harley Hotspurs Andrew Harley 37 1,875
17 roobarb 'n' custard Neil Graham 57 1,873
18 Brilliant Corners Jonathan Tait 39 1,850
19 Frying high joe friar 49 1,849
20 Woodbridge Wanderers Adam Hunt 60 1,839
21 GreasedWeasels Jim Everson 37 1,838
22 Haddocks David Gilbert 53 1,821
23 Leeds the Way Samuel Milson 54 1,815
24 Soulless Peter Staneland 55 1,815
25 One Size Fitz Hall Alan Walton 46 1,797
26 The Oxted Royals Matthew Lunn 41 1,793
27 Lamb Tagine Simon Ansell 50 1,791
28 Soccer XI Shanjida Parvin 74 1,780
29 Scored Again James Redburn 31 1,750
30 Villaplus Robert Dale 62 1,736
31 Pleased to Michu Craig Hanley 61 1,721
32 Obi-Wan Kenobi Nil Jono Graham 56 1,707
33 one legged men Hendrik Hoffmann 56 1,704
34 Enter team name Steven Smith 49 1,690
35 Evesham Wanderers Daniel Lambourne 69 1,674
36 Inter Course Dewi Jones 76 1,657
37 What the Duck Andrew Garside 31 1,644
38 4 Pint Attack Greg Breed 64 1,638
39 Wengerboys Lawrence Cooper 69 1,613
40 HolyBeardHair Dave Ledger 53 1,608
41 Anfield Attackers Matthew Payne 43 1,607
42 Fergie kishan pattni 41 1,607
43 Penyffordd pirates Bob Clark 57 1,593
44 Barcelona XI Mahmud Hasan 69 1,590
45 Chilli Bankers John Reyes 48 1,587
46 Tinkeraround Neil Milson 44 1,582
47 Oldbury Ocelots Alex Holowczak 44 1,551
48 Rabbits that bite Dominic Rabbitte 33 1,540
49 Tal Order ihor lewyk 73 1,533
50 Laurelei Simon Brown 65 1,501
51 Friar gambit james friar 59 1,479
52 The spoffers jim friar 70 1,453
53 E4 Effort Mitchell Burke 50 1,438
54 Annihilationism Siddharth Swaroop 27 1,421
55 wotnorooney? Graham Mill-Wilson 65 1,420
56 Bubbles Utd david grobler 48 1,417
57 The Pussies Sabrina Chevannes 35 1,339
58 lc fifavids luke cavanaugh 33 1,328
59 65army Rob Ensor 29 1,325
60 Bullen's Bashers! Alex Bullen 47 1,303
61 Pinstick XV Richard Bates 30 1,263
62 Dance Monkey Dance Mike Lamb 46 1,261
63 Brandeis and Bourbon Matthew Parry 30 1,243
64 RD11 Richard Dineley 28 1,230
65 killer-ball chris cantrill 25 1,124
66 This_Is_My_Year Ben Edgell 1 16

[John McKenna]

As one of the uninitiated, I'd just venture ask - why the big difference in levels of scores reported in the last two posts? Was it systematic or did everyone have a good day followed by a bad one next time, by chance?