Sunday, 28 April 2019

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

Monday, 22 April 2019

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

Sunday, 14 April 2019

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