Hello again from Banterbury HQ , I trust you all had a fab New Year. It’s been a busy time here at HQ with the continuation of the leagues, the 4th round of the Cup and the up and coming start of the Shield.
Banterbury Leagues
Premier
Cookie’s Monsters recorded his 16th win of the campaign, beating Where’s The Dosh? to stay top – The Dosh, who qualified for the Shield, has lost his last two and are 12pts behind Cookie now and have fallen to 6th place. Arsene’s Boys & Bench also win to keep the pressure on Cookie and stay 2nd and 3rd respectively, while Bocadillo Allstars win in the both Cup and the League and are 4th , holding a 5 point lead over 5th Pork n Cheese United. Reubens Rioters, Gasco’s athletic & Horse FC all move up a place to 7th, 8th & 9th dropping PUT THE OLD DOG DOWN to 10th & Eddy to 11th. Sitting 12th are Killer Instincts who were sitting bottom with just a point after 10 game-weeks – this should give Mutts some encouragement , though I hope it does not start for Mutts in the next game-week as we meet and could really dent my title hopes. Mutts lost again and has decided to activate his January wildcard – as a seasoned fantasy football veteran, i fully expect him to bounce back in the 2nd half of the season. Prutsers; allemaal sit 2nd bottom and are dropping like a lead balloon, having lost their last 4. TheKopKnightRISES move up a place to 18th after beating Kojak’s Fireball who drop to 17th, Kop Warriors & UD Stoke need to watch their backs as both are only a point above the dropzone.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/843/standings/
Championship
Moving into the Championship and despite Gallow going for the treble, he slipped to defeat this game-week and drops to 2nd, with james101 taking over at the top. One Under Parr move 3rd and one of our other resident geordie’s, Shylass @ the finish move to 4th with his 4th straight win. Dropping to 5th are WhoIsRonaldo, while staying 6th & 7th are Son of a Pitch & elleffcee after both winning. In 8th is my top tip for the top 3 come the end of the season, namely Mito’s Mercenaries, who have now won 7 of their last 8 – though I was i little worried to hear he had no idea who Bob Paisley OBE was!! Down at the bottom where things are getting very tight, with bottom club Pathético Morbid and 13th placed Glebe Farm Rovers separated by just 5 points , after a big win for Pathético Morbid over The Reds 17th and must feel they are now back in the dog fight for survival.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9338/standings/
League 1
The Top 4 stay the same though they all swap places. CFC(Awesome) drop to 2nd with Monty (Caz Daz) hitting top spot – up to 3rd are Deano’s DavesRedDevils and dropping to 4th we have we love manchester . Powerful Potty Fc are 5th and have lost 8 in a row in a startling run of form – he now only sits 1 point above the chasing pack that includes Ajax Trees, Fergie’s Henchmen & BRYAN MUNICH FC. The bottom 4 all stay the same despite 3 of the bottom 4 winning, and a massive shout-out to Nifty’s Hotshots who had lost 16 on the trot – he recorded a much needed win over Fergie’s Henchmen but stays bottom.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9479/standings/
League 2
4th Place Trophy remain top and are now 6 points above ChorleyRocks who move 2nd after beating previously 2nd place White Boys Day, who drop to 3rd. In 4th stay Norfulk-in-chance , but the battle is hotting up in mid-table, with 4th place and 13th place separated by just 3pts. Prata has risen from bottom to 9th. At the basement, destroyers & Bryan Munich remain the bottom two and are six points adrift of 18th, while a win for Wanderers1869 sees them close the gap with those above them. 15th to 18th are separated by just a single point.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/9698/standings/
Banterbury Cup 4th Round Results
New Year’s Day saw our Cup competition reach The Last 16.
Park Bench Exports 42 v 51 Fergie’s Henchmen
Busby Babes 46 v 56 Bocadillo Allstars
Gasco’s athletic 58 v 56 Monty (Caz Daz)
Son of a Pitch 42 v 49 Cookie’s Monsters
Horse FC 53 v 50 Manlet F.C
Kop Warriors 50 v 53 DavesRedDevils
WhoIsRonaldo 47 v 52 Buzz’s Bomb Squad
Owls Rule 45 v 54 Gallowgators
Banterbury Cup Quarter Final’s Draw/ Ties to be played 8th/9th Feb:
Fergie’s Henchmen v Gallowgators
Buzz’s Bomb Squad v Bocadillo Allstars
Gasco’s athletic v DavesRedDevils
Horse FC v Cookie’s Monsters
With two of the quarter-finalists still dreaming of an unprecedented Banterbury treble, Cookie’s Monsters and Gallowgators both have tough ties in the last 8. Cookie will have to conquer fellow Premier League side Horse FC, while Gallow will need to put one over his young protégé, Fergie’s Henchmen. In the other two ties, Gasco’s Athletic are up against Dave’s Red Devils from League 1 & finally there is an all Premier League quarter final as Buzz’s Bomb Squad take on Bocadillo Allstars.
The Shield
Finally our New Competition, The Banterbury Shield, gets underway in GW21 – here are the opening round’s fixtures:
Group 1 Cookie’s Monsters v ChorleyRocks , James 101 v Powerful Potty Fc
Group 2 Gallowgators v Where’s The Dosh?, CFC (Awesome) v White Boys Day
Group 3 Monty (Caz Daz) v WhoIsRonaldo, Norfulk-in-chance v Arsene’s Boys
Group 4 4th Place Trophy v we love manchester, Park Bench Exports v Son of a Pitch
Happy New Year and good luck to all!
This Article was written by Bench@BanterburyLeagues
Tis up now cheers cookie for editing 😉
Well done Bench, great write-up mate – your organisation and admin in running these leagues, is as popular and appreciated as ever – great stuff and thanks!
Thanks Cookie your have one hell of a season , we meet next week in a 6 pointer
excellent pal, bring that one on, I can’t create a nice cushion !!
Good stuff Bench,cheers!
Thanks NIN
Good work as usual Bench! well done pal
Cheers Migs
Hi guys, this is my first year on FF247 and I was wondering how do you qualify for the leagues? Looks great and I’m interested in joining next season if it’s open to new comers?
Yes Cliffy there will be a H2H qualification League with the winner earning a invite into the main Leagues tho there will be some Cup places up for grabs earn on next season too, for your chance to go for glory
Sorry there maybe up to 4 H2H qualification Leagues so 4 places up for grabs
Bench – Does that mean that the classic league qualifier will be scrapped for next season?
Yes I thinking so NiN
Bench – Okay cheers mate,i better get my skates on and get top 2 so,i’m being hammered in the H2H qualifier haha,a solid 12 points behind flingy already!! it’s a tough auld station so it is.
Very tough look at poor HL he lost all 8 i see uou won 53-52
Also NiN remember you need to just get into the top 8 in the H2H Qualifier as GW36,37 & 38 are Knock-out rounds , win takes it all
Bench – Yeah HL has been barely beaten on numerous occasions,that’s the difficulty with H2H i suppose,you can be doing very well in classic and overall leagues and just get pipped every week in H2H’s,great competition though. Yeah my lot got a well needed win vs Sanchez last time out,if memory serves me right i have farq next up which should be interesting,he’s fond if taking hits so hopefully i can have a head start on him,i have a trick or two up my sleeve this week too..hopefully it works.
Bench – Yep,i’m currently around 40th ish so it will be tough to get in there as all teams are strong,back to back 1 point defeats really hurt my chance recently,we shall see though,whether i qualify or not,i’m enjoying the competition so it’s all good!!
Great stuff, I’ll keep an eye out for the H2H qualification. I’ve been in the FF247 league since this season as ‘Riddlesden Rovers’
Cliffy Biro if you send me out a e mail with your ff247 username and Fpl team-name i will be sending out info about next season , normally as with in a couple of days of FPL opening for the new season
E-mail banterburyleagues@gmail.com
Cheers
Bench
Cheers Bench, I’ve just sent that email over to you.
Nice work B!
Cheers James well done on hitting top spot in the Championship & good luck in the Shield
Quality stuff, Bench !!!
Highly Appreciated !
Too bad I’m being extremely unlucky in the QH2H Banter League :noshake:
Hope my luck will change in 2014 as it is time to turn things around, b4 it gets too late…
Cheers
HL 😉
Best of Luck HL , you real are no getting any luck , remember you only need to make the top 8 as Gw36,37 & 38 are knock-out rounds winner take all
Not giving up, Bench…no,no :red-flag:
One of my goals for the 2nd half of the season is to be in the “H2H Top8” – and to achieve this
I will probably start to study my opponents more closer now b4 every H2H, deffo !
A little bit of luck would be needed, too – but it’s ’bout time the gods of fortune smile back at me 😉 …
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