Last site update

Tuesday 14th January 2020 at 7.30pm                          

 

Your entry contribution to be a "Manager" of a Utopian Football League Club plus sale of UFL items has helped raise £102 for Caroline's Great Wall of China Trek to support Marie Curie Thank you!

 

 

 

Result of final 'Spot the ball' competition

answer was "B" - 4 entries but only one winner - Ronnie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roll of Honour

 

Honours	Team	Manager
Champions	Juninho’s Boys	Richard
Runners Up – Second Place	Two Little Girls	Zena
Third Place	New Model Army	Mandy
Last Place – Wooden Spoon	Welshie's Wonders	Laura
Most Competition Website Wins	Ronnie’s Raiders	Ronnie
Best Kit (photo below)	Scouting For Goals	Robert
Best Team Name	Badger’s Rucksack	Terry
Scouting For Goals posing for the cameras below after being told of the award for best kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matchday 17 Summary

 

Crowning Glory for King Richard as Champions win last game

 

Juninho's Boys		Ronnie's Raiders
A Liverpool	1	A Burnley	0
D Sheffield United	0	D Chelsea	0
	1		0

Firminho's goal v Ronnie's Raiders below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between matchdays 3 and 13, Juninho’s Boys and Ronnie’s Raiders had led the league table as first and second place and from the second week onwards this match looked to be a potential title decider until Richard managed to put his previous UFL experience to good use late in the season. In the final spot the ball competition of the UFL season, 4 managers entered but only Ronnie correctly identified the location of the ball. This gave Raiders a defensive boost but as their Premier League defence (Chelsea) did not concede any goals it did not really help them on this occasion. As both defences remained tight, it became a battle for goals and in the end a Roberto Firminho goal was enough to settle the result for a 1-0 Liverpool win and the same result for Juninho’s Boys.  

 

Two Little Girls win battle of second place

 

Two Little Girls		Welshie's Wonders
A Sheff Utd	1	A  Aston Villa	1
D Liverpool	0	D Arsenal	-1
	1		0

 

Below, McBurnie scored for Two Little Girls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below, Allison makes a great save to deny Welshie's Wonders an equaliser v Two Little Girls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a dramatic match, which impacted on both ends of the table, Two Little Girls won 1 - 0 to secure a 2nd place finish for Zena and condemn Welshie's Wonders to bottom place. All is not as bad as it may seem for Laura - a small prize goes with this great honour. Well done to both managers.

 

New Model Army		Grangetown Tigers
A Chelsea	3	A Tottenham	0
D Newcastle	-1	D Norwich	-4
	2		-4

Below, Tammy Abraham scores against Grangetown Tigers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother knows best!

Another two Clubs in the late season mix for 2^nd or 3^rd place honours were in action at New Model Army’s ground. This Ball family ‘Derby‘ match (mother v daughter) was won convincingly by Mandy. Unlike her mother who used her magic sponge to good effect earlier in the season, Sophie’s late season use of the magic sponge to double any goals scored by her attack, Tottenham, proved too late. Spurs could not score against Liverpool. This was made worse for Grangetown as their Premier League defence supplied by Norwich, were hammered 4-0. Mandy’s attacking threat was lethal and Chelsea’s three goals with only one conceded by Newcastle helped seal a 2 to -4 win.

 

 

FC Trekers		Carlyall United
A Man Utd	4	A Wolves	2
D Southampton	-1	D Everton	0
	3		2

Marcus Rashford scores the first of 4 goals for FC Trekers which ended Carlyall United's hopes of a top 3 finish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United miss out in top three battle

Carlyall United have really risen to the challenge in a late season push for 2^nd or 3^rd place honours. Manager Janette used her magic sponge to good effect and this doubled her Premier League attack’s (Wolves) goals scored from 1 to 2 goals. She kept a clean sheet at the back to make sure that the pressure was on Caroline and her FC Trekers side which has been quite inconsistent this season and had lost their previous 2 matches. Janette was unlucky to find that Trekers had saved their best until last.  Four goals from Man United with only one goal conceded by Southampton’s defence gave Caroline a well-earned 3-2 win and the performance of the week award for beating a team which had been 10 places higher in the League before the match.

                       

Full Matchday 17 Results

Position at start

Position at start

10	Max's Mashers	0	v	-2	Real Padrid	13
16	Scouting for goals	-3	v	1	Aveit	11
7	Badger's Rucksack	0	v	5	Accrington Padley	9
18	Saltburn Lethargics	1	v	-1	Moir's Meerkats	15
1	Juninho's Boys	1	v	0	Ronnie's Raiders	3
2	Two Little Girls	1	v	0	Welshies Wonders	17
5	New Model Army	2	v	-4	Grangetown Tigers	6
12	Melon Crushers	2	v	-4	FC Strollers	8
14	FC Trekers	3	v	2	Carlyall United	4

 

 

 Final Utopian Football League Table after Matchday 17

 

 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Juninho's Boys	17	15	1	1	21	-5	26	46
2	Two Little Girls	17	11	2	4	11	-4	15	35
3	New Model Army	17	9	3	5	7	-1	8	30
4	Ronnie's Raiders	17	9	2	6	4	-4	8	29
5	Carlyall United	17	9	1	7	4	0	4	28
6	Accrington Padley	17	9	0	8	22	7	15	27
7	Max's Mashers	17	8	2	7	16	5	11	26
8	Grangetown Tigers	17	8	2	7	-2	4	-6	26
9	Badger's Rucksack	17	7	4	6	-1	3	-4	25
10	FC Strollers	17	8	1	8	-9	-3	-6	25
11	Aveit	17	7	2	8	0	2	-2	23
12	Melon Crushers	17	7	0	10	-4	1	-5	21
13	FC Trekers	17	6	2	9	-5	4	-9	20
14	Real Padrid	17	5	2	10	4	15	-11	17
15	Moir's Meerkats	17	5	2	10	-4	11	-15	17
16	Scouting for goals	17	5	2	10	-11	16	-27	17
17	Saltburn Lethargics	17	4	4	9	-8	-5	-3	16
18	Welshies Wonders	17	4	2	11	2	7	-5	14

 

 

 

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 Rules Reminder

 

Don't forget, if your Premier League attack is playing against your own premier league defence, your attacking score only will be included. e.g. no deduction for defensive goals conceded. Week 2’s matches see the first time this rule has been in play. The scores concerned will be highlighted in green to remind managers where this has happened. Over the course of the season, most teams will benefit from this rule and if not, managers will recall that the teams were all originally drawn from the hat to ensure a random element for fairness.

 

Scoring System

 

Simple scoring system = Each UFL Club has an attack (provided by a real life Premier League Team which they drew from the hat) and a defence (provided by a different allocated Premier League Team which they drew from the hat). The main Utopian League page provides more details on this.

 

So in each UFL match, a Club's weekly score is determined by the goals scored by their attack minus the goals conceded by their defence.  The first Prem League team under the UFL Club name is the attack and the second is the defence.

 

Any goals conceded by your defence are subtracted from your attack's goals scored to create your final UFL Club score in the match against your UFL opponent.

Appeals against scoring

 

If you ever think the League Secretary (and his little helper) may have made an error in scoring etc. please let me know and I'll review the result concerned. Thank you.