Promotion / Relegation & not playing matches - it all happened this weekend!

So congratulations to Kate who's Norwich got promoted on Saturday - shame you didn't get to see them Kate - no claim if they sink back down.  Also promoted was Kevin's Sheffield Utd (he wisely did see them), after a weird situation today when Leeds let Aston Villa score an equalising goal after a fracas when Leeds scored when a player was injured. The rules say 'play to the whistle' and the ref did not blow up to stop the game for Villa's injured player so Leeds had every right to play on (and then they scored) rather than be kind and kick the ball out of play.  A change of rules in the future - unlikely as that could result in players feigning injury even more than they already do!  But back to today... so mathematically it may have been hard for Leeds to get automatic promotion, but it was still possible when Leeds apparently just let Villa score (not seen it yet to know quite what happened) and then that begs the question as Mick so rightly pointed out .. the bookies and betting - if you had 1-0 Leeds you'd be a little unhappy with a gifted goal, so will the bookies end up paying for 1-0 and 1-1 and then they will be grumpy instead.  Wait to see if the FA comment...

Dave, Karen and Amy are guaranteed a playoff place.  Elsewhere yesterday Jim's Derby beat Kelly's Bristol City to claim the 6th spot.  Kelly has a game in hand so could still clinch 6th if she wins both her games and Jim and Colin's Middlesborough lose their final matches or if the results go the right/wrong way Colin could take 6th.

At the expensive end of the table, Neil's Rotherham have now been confirmed as relegated along with Jan and Sue.  But naughty Sue's financial troubles caught up with her (and the new guys who wants to buys doesn't seem to want to give up the cash) so the players went on strike and refused to play against Dan's Brentford.  They have been told they have to play during this week.. watch this space.  Any points deductions etc will impact Bolton next season if they happen - so no let off there Jan.  It was a busy weekend...

Team		Pts	Owes
Norwich	Kate	91	£        -
Sheff Utd	Kevin	88	£    0.15
Leeds	Dave	83	£    0.65
West Brom	Karen	80	£    1.10
Aston Villa	Amy	76	£    1.91
Derby	Jim	70	£    3.41
Middlesbrough	Colin	70	£    3.41
Bristol City	Kelly	66	£    4.82
Sheff Wed	Ted	64	£    5.62
Nottm Forest	Mick	63	£    6.07
Swansea	Anna	63	£    6.07
Preston	Scott	61	£    7.17
Hull	Shirley	61	£    7.17
Blackburn	Keith	59	£    8.48
Brentford	Dan	58	£    9.18
Stoke	Margs	54	£   12.19
Birmingham	Chris	51	£   14.60
Wigan	Andy	49	£   16.30
QPR	Paula	48	£   17.21
Reading	Lyn	46	£   19.11
Millwall	Sharon	44	£   21.12
Rotherham	Neil	40	£   25.33
Bolton	Sue	32	£   34.16
Ipswich	Jan	28	£   38.78

CCC - only a few games left

So Norwich didn't get promoted today, but Dave has reduced his chances of automatic promotion after losing to Dan today (nice time down the pub with 1/3 of the CCC crew - except for the result).  Since I last posted Sue's Bolton have been relegated.  Not happy that I an spending more than the £11 - not sure that I will manage to get under (again!).  Amy's Villa is the inform team with Aston Villa winning 10 in a row.  Still pricey for Jan and Sue.  Info about the curry to be emailed out soon.

Team		Pts	Owes
Norwich	Kate	88	£        -
Sheff Utd	Kevin	85	£    0.16
Leeds	Dave	82	£    0.48
West Brom	Karen	77	£    1.27
Aston Villa	Amy	75	£    1.69
Derby	Jim	67	£    3.80
Middlesbrough	Colin	67	£    3.80
Bristol City	Kelly	66	£    4.17
Sheff Wed	Ted	63	£    5.44
Swansea	Anna	62	£    5.92
Nottm Forest	Mick	60	£    6.97
Preston	Scott	60	£    6.97
Hull	Shirley	60	£    6.97
Blackburn	Keith	59	£    7.66
Brentford	Dan	58	£    8.40
Stoke	Margs	53	£   12.36
Birmingham	Chris	50	£   14.90
Wigan	Andy	48	£   16.70
QPR	Paula	48	£   16.70
Reading	Lyn	46	£   18.70
Millwall	Sharon	43	£   21.88
Rotherham	Neil	40	£   25.20
Bolton	Sue	32	£   34.50
Ipswich	Jan	28	£   39.36

Bye Bye to one of the founders

A draw for Jan against Chris saw one of the founder members of the CCC, Ipswich, leave the division with relegation.  With Dave hoping for Lees promotion, could next season be the first without any of the three teams? Or will Pompey make it back up (fingers crossed).  Sue's Bolton are not doing well and if Sue's finances are similar to that of her club, she won't be able to pay for the curry - players and staff have not been paid for weeks.  It is possible that Jan might not finish bottom as they are picking up the odd point along the way. Four or five games left....

Position	Team		Pts	Owes
1	Norwich	Kate	85	£        -
2	Leeds	Dave	82	£    0.17
3	Sheff Utd	Kevin	79	£    0.50
4	West Brom	Karen	73	£    1.50
5	Aston Villa	Amy	69	£    2.39
6	Bristol City	Kelly	65	£    3.50
7	Middlesbrough	Colin	64	£    3.83
8	Derby	Jim	63	£    4.22
9	Hull	Shirley	60	£    5.55
10	Sheff Wed	Ted	59	£    6.05
11	Nottm Forest	Mick	57	£    7.17
12	Preston	Scott	57	£    7.17
13	Swansea	Anna	56	£    7.83
14	Brentford	Dan	54	£    9.28
15	Blackburn	Keith	53	£   10.05
16	Stoke	Margs	52	£   10.89
17	QPR	Paula	48	£   14.44
18	Birmingham	Chris	46	£   16.33
19	Reading	Lyn	44	£   18.33
20	Millwall	Sharon	42	£   20.44
21	Wigan	Andy	41	£   21.55
22	Rotherham	Neil	40	£   22.72
23	Bolton	Sue	32	£   32.49
24	Ipswich	Jan	28	£   37.60