Some tight matches but all finalised ..............> Draw for the Semi

Ish Beg (2) and Lynne/Phil Stokoe managed to both win with a bonus point but Ish secured it on goal difference.

Paul Gerrard and Matt Wakeman similarly won with a bonus but Paul's 9-3 secured it on goal diff. Matt having dropped Hernandez cost him a double bonus and a place in the semis.

Patrick Williams comfortably beat Simon Waller by 5 pts to 1

Matt Hall losing was very fortunate to beat Simon Barrett on goal diff as both players lost.

Semi's will be played in 3 weeks (week 28)

After Paul Gerrard's incredible 9 goals he is now just 1 goal off the pontoon. He is scoring so many he may be just a bit close. Adrian Franklin after his win on pontoon 2 is trying to double up and is 3 off.  

Team	Manager	Pontoon 1 (start: Week 01)	Pontoon 2 (start: Week 07)	Pontoon 3 (start: Week 13)	Pontoon 4 (start: Week 22) 5
The Luminous Fish Effect	Gerrard, Paul	24: Week 06	23: Week 15	22: Week 22	20: Week 25
Jersey Allstars	Franklin, Adrian	24: Week 08	21: Week 12 win	24: Week 23	18: Week 25
The Butt Monkeys	Highton, Graham	22: Week 08	22: Week 14	23: Week 24	16: Week 25
Tottyboy	Jeffries, Graham	21: Week 09	22: Week 15	22: Week 22	15: Week 25
The Team with No Name	Highton, Margaret	21: Week 08	26: Week 12	21: Week 23	15: Week 25
Harrop Imps	Franklin, Royce	22: Week 09	24: Week 14	27: Week 22	15: Week 25

Cisse, Djibril	Striker	Premier	QPR
Jelavic, Nikita	Striker	Premier	Everton
Pogrebnyak, Pavel	Striker	Premier	Fulham
Pizzaro, David	Midfielder	Premier	Manchester City

Adrian Franklin leads the way but not much in it!

Team	Manager	Pontoon 1 (start: Week 01)	Pontoon 2 (start: Week 07)	Pontoon 3 (start: Week 13)	Pontoon 4 (start: Week 22) 5
Jersey Allstars	Franklin, Adrian	24: Week 08	21: Week 12 win	24: Week 23	12: Week 24
Vote of Confidence	Keech, Alan	22: Week 09	23: Week 12	23: Week 23	11: Week 24
Tottyboy	Jeffries, Graham	21: Week 09	22: Week 15	22: Week 22	11: Week 24
The Luminous Fish Effect	Gerrard, Paul	24: Week 06	23: Week 15	22: Week 22	11: Week 24
About 4-ish	Beg, Ishtiaq	22: Week 08	22: Week 16	23: Week 23	11: Week 24

Ish Beg (2) with his 5-2 win saw off Andrew Highton (3-1 defeat) this midweek and will now play Lynne/Phil Stokoe this weekend.

The other QF matches are:

Matt Wakeman v Paul Gerrard

Patrick Williams v Simon Waller (CU)

Matt Hall v Simon Barrett

................with Lynne/Phil Stokoe 2nd and Paul Gerrard 3rd

This midweek games also include the 2nd round cup replay

It has been pointed out to me (I hadn't noticed!) that the two championship games this weekend have been moved from next midweek when we will be having another full set of fixtures counting.

Therefore :

Reading v Bristol C

Peterborough v Portsmouth

will count this weekend but these 4 teams will be classed as having no fixture midweek. Normal rules will apply.

Paul

Scholes, Paul	Midfielder	Premier	Manchester Utd
Keane, Robbie	Striker	Premier	Aston Villa
Redmond, Nathan	Striker	Championship	Birmingham City
Cisse, Papiss Bemba	Striker	Premier	Newcastle United

See map...............> Draw

All results completed apart from Andrew Highton and Ish Beg who both lost 5-1 and go to a replay in week 24.

Otherwise the QF draw is complete:

Lynne/Phil Stokoe will play the winner of the replay

Matt Wakeman v Paul Gerrard (come on the Wakemanator!)

Patrick Williams v Simon Waller (CU)

Matt Hall v Simon Barrett

The QF games will be played in week 25.

I have asked if you can take the hit of -1 goal instead of having your 3rd defence automatically selected in one of your defences does not play. Unfortunately not. If you have been hanging onto a cheap 3rd defence it might come and bite you on the backside over the next few weeks.

Paul 

is FA cup weekend, some teams will not playing so be aware of that. This season if you select a team or player for a team who is not playing in your 7 they will be replaced with either your spare team or your next player on the list (no 8) and so on if you have more than one missing.

This will be more handy for short notice postponements but will also assist in cup weekends. 

If you have two defences missing, one will play and automatically concede a goal. If you have all 3 missing you will concede 2 goals.

I provide a list of none playing teams.

Wolves

Nottm Forest

Leeds

Man C

West Ham

Barnsley

Coventry

Crystal Palace

Doncaster

Ipswich

Blackburn

Burnley

Wigan

Cardiff

Paul

Anthony Lee's 2-2 draw secured his place in round 2 over Owen Griffiths (Drew 0-0) on goals scored.

The next set of games will be played next weekend .......................> Draw

Tim Owen wins pontoon 3, thats all I have to say on the matter!!!

With pontoon 1 and 2 taking just 6 weeks, the latest one has now been going 8 already. Surely with so many players so close it must be won on week 9.

Tim and Dan Owen sit on 20 goals and are possibly too close, a further 4 players are 18, Matt Wakeman, Phil/Lynne Stokoe, John/Phil Kelly, Royce Franklin with loads of others still with a chance.

It looks like we will fit 5 in at this rate with a full win netting £28 out of a pot of £140

Please see link.................> Map

Nice to see Mr Owen out! 

Owen Griffiths and Anthony Lee is the only replay next weekend as both drew 1-1.

Latest scores are now in, we did have a little issue which has been now been solved thanks to Richard (thanks mate!).

If you are looking for some fresh blood then players have added to the list.

Henry, Thierry	Striker	Premier	Arsenal
Vaz Te, Ricardo	Striker	Championship	Barnsley
Phillips, Matt	Midfielder	Championship	Blackpool
Donovan. Landon	Striker	Premier	Everton
Harewood, Marlon	Striker	Championship	Nottingham Forest
McManaman, Callum	Striker	Championship	Blackpool
Easter, Jermaine	Striker	Championship	Crystal Palace
Shelvey, Jonjo	Midfielder	Premier	Liverpool
Pearson, Stephen	Striker	Championship	Bristol C
El Hadji Diouf	Striker	Championship	Doncaster
Frecklington, Lee	Midfielder	Championship	Peterborough
Futacs, Marko	Striker	Championship	Portsmouth
Lua Lua, Lomano	Striker	Championship	Blackpool
Noone, Craig	Midfielder	Championship	Brighton
Butterfield, Jacob	Midfielder	Championship	Barnsley
Taylor, Paul	Striker	Championship	Peterborough
Sigurdsson, Gylfi	Midfielder	Championship	Swansea

Still up for grabs. Leaders shown below.

Team	Manager	Pontoon 1 (start: Week 01)	Pontoon 2 (start: Week 07)	Pontoon 3 (start: Week 13) 5
My Lost Bottle	Owen, Tim	22: Week 05	22: Week 13	17: Week 18
Pine Villa	Wakeman, Matthew	22: Week 13	23: Week 15	16: Week 18
Mean Machine	Owen, Dan	21: Week 08	24: Week 15	15: Week 18
Robbies Foulers	Bushell, Rob	22: Week 10	21: Week 12 win	15: Week 18

Please click on link to see who you play in round 1 of the cup.......................Draw

You can also who you will play in future rounds all the way to the final.

Ish Beg (About 4-ish)           L0-5        -1          v  Margaret Highton             D2-2              1                  Margaret Highton

Shaun Moody                        D2-2         1           v  Paul Keech                       L1-3               0                 Shaun Moody 

Jordan Watkiss                     L2-3         0           v  Ish Beg (2)                        D4-4              1                  Ish Beg (2)

Alan Keech                             L1-2         0          v  Ian Cowburn                     L2-3                0                 Ian Cowburn (goals scored)

Tim Owen                              L1-4          0          v  Dan Owen                         L0-3                0                 Tim Owen (goals scored)

Allison Moody                        L1-3          0          v  Rob Bushell                      L3-5               -1                Alison Moody

Simon Baldwin                     L2-4          0           v   P/C Gerrard                      L2-3               0                P/C Gerrard (goal diff)

Colin Rigby                           L2-3           0           v Paul Gerrard                      D4-4              1                 Paul Gerrard

Wayne Moody                       L1-3           0          v Matt Wakeman                   W2-1              3                 Matt Wakeman

Bottom Half

Paul Leech                            L0-2          0           v  John Sparke                      L2-5               -1               Paul Leech

Simon Waller (CUFC)         W2-0         4            v Jeff Miller                            L2-4               0                Simon Waller

Russ Farnham                     L1-3          0            v Owen Griffiths                    L2-3               0                 Owen Griffiths (goal diff)

Matt Hall                                 L2-4          0            v Andrea Howard                  L2-5              -1                Matt Hall

Chris Lyons                           L1-2         0             v John/Phil Kelly                   L0-3               0                 Chris Lyons

Ben Watson                          L0-3          0            v  Steve Chaney                    L0-4               0                 Ben Watson

Richard Smith                      L4-5          -1            v  Islam Ahmed                    W3-1            3                  Islam Ahmed

Dave Leech                          L1-4          0              v  Ant Lee                              L0-1              0                 Anthony Lee (goal diff)

Craig Frost                           L0-1           0             v  Andy Peaden                    L0-3               0                 Craig Frost (goal diff)

Sunderland last gasp goal against Man C has cost Matt Wakeman (and me I might add!) top spot for the month. Needing a 0-0 draw to win the month as Matt had both teams the goal took away Matt's bonus leaving him with not much of a consolation with a tenner in 3rd place.

Royce Franklin has benefited from this and picks up £50 with his first monthly win. Graham Jeffries takes £20 for 2nd place.

Paul

Not bad only 8 minutes late!

Remember every player or club not purchased currently are now half price. Some players are even free!

Paul

A Happy New Year to all our players from the committee at MLW.

After the new year sale has been activated tomorrow morning we will look to add some new players for you. Watch this space!

The early days of MLW consisted of the magnificent spreadsheet to run the league and lots of work (not like the easy league we have today). In the first few years much work also went into producing the Fantasy League Chronicle (a vehicle for slagging off Mr Keech - things haven't changed much!). We now have the first edition scanned!!

Paul

Thanks to Hannah Keech and her friend Bailey Kelsall. Games played this weekend

Top Half of draw

Ish Beg (About 4-ish)  v  Margaret Highton

Shaun Moody  v  Paul Keech (thanks Bailey!!)

Jordan Watkiss  v  Ish Beg (Need£80wintobreakeven)

Alan Keech  v  Ian Cowburn

Tim Owen  v  Dan Owen (quality!!!)

Allison Moody  v  Rob Bushell

Simon Baldwin   v   P/C Gerrard

Colin Rigby  v Paul Gerrard

Wayne Moody v Matt Wakeman

The following receive a bye - Graham Jeffries, Simon Waller (Stanton), Phil Hall, Royce Franklin, Lynne/Phil Stokoe, Graham and Andrew Highton

Bottom Half

Paul Leech  v  John Sparke

Simon Waller (CUFC) v Jeff Miller

Russ Farnham v Owen Griffiths

Matt Hall v Andrea Howard

Chris Lyons  v John/Phil Kelly

Ben Watson  v  Steve Chaney

Richard Smith  v  Islam Ahmed

Dave Leech  v  Ant Lee

Craig Frost   v  Andy Peaden

Byes - Keech/Frost, Sarah Burrows, Adrian Franklin, Simon Barrett, Patrick Williams, Austin Kershaw, Luke Barrett

 

 

The draw for the prelim round will made tomorrow. There will be 18 prelim games for this weekend. 9 will be drawn from the top half of the draw below. The cup map will then be constructed and you will be able to plot your route to the final.

and 9 from the bottom half of the draw below.

26 (25)	Bowling for Soup	Howard, Andrea	17	7	2	8	34	37	-3	3	2	24
27 (31)	Jazzy Jeff	Miller, Jeff	17	6	4	7	30	37	-7	3	1	24
28 (33)	Ascot 4me and drinking!	Frost, Craig	17	7	2	8	42	44	-2	4	4	23
29 (35)	Champs are Back	Keech Paul/Frost Craig	17	7	4	6	33	41	-8	1	3	23
30 (28)	Harry the Haddock	Watson, Ben	17	5	5	7	34	36	-2	4	2	22
31 (29)	Shearer206Legend	Griffiths, Owen	17	6	4	7	36	39	-3	2	2	22
32 (26)	Sezy knows FA	Burrows, Sarah	17	6	4	7	35	39	-4	2	2	22
33 (32)	Jersey Allstars	Franklin, Adrian	17	6	2	9	47	49	-2	3	2	21
34 (30)	Latics Winter Warmers	Barrett, Simon	17	6	2	9	30	38	-8	2	1	21
35 (36)	PEAS FSC	Williams, Patrick	17	5	4	8	38	41	-3	2	1	20
36 (37)	Oh Dear FC	Kershaw, Austin	17	5	2	10	37	41	-4	3	0	20
37 (34)	Rot-Weiss Venna Brucke	Peaden, Andy	17	6	1	10	34	38	-4	2	1	20
38 (39)	DJFC	Kelly, John/Phil	17	5	5	7	36	45	-9	2	3	19
39 (38)	Super Kevin Phillips!!	Farnham, Russ	17	3	7	7	35	38	-3	2	0	18
40 (45)	The only Saint in Runcorn	Chaney, Steve	17	4	3	10	26	37	-11	1	1	15
41 (40)	MenofLowMoraleFibreFC	Leech, Paul	17	5	0	12	36	52	-16	3	3	15
42 (47)	CUFC	Waller, Simon	17	5	1	11	37	56	-19	3	4	15
43 (42)	Deadasadodo	Leech, Dave	17	3	5	9	29	44	-15	3	3	14
44 (41)	Uxello Geeks	Smith, Richard	17	4	4	9	34	49	-15	1	4	13
45 (46)	Friend or Enema	Lyons, Chris	17	2	7	8	17	33	-16	1	1	13
46 (44)	Walshaw Warriors	Lee, Anthony	17	3	5	9	36	54	-18	2	3	13
47 (43)	Odyssey	Hall, Matt	17	3	4	10	25	43	-18	1	1	13
48 (49)	Bombay Rollers	Ahmed, Islam	17	3	4	10	17	44	-27	2	2	13
49 (50)	Quorn FC	Barrett, Luke	17	4	1	12	18	40	-22	0	1	12
50 (48)	Sparkey's Slashers	Sparke, John	17	3	2	12	28	43	-15	1	2	10

Pontoon 3 is coming to its climax. The Owen's lead the way with Matt Wakeman on their tails.

Team	Manager	Pontoon 1 (start: Week 01)	Pontoon 2 (start: Week 07)	Pontoon 3 (start: Week 13) 5
My Lost Bottle	Owen, Tim	22: Week 05	22: Week 13	16: Week 17
Mean Machine	Owen, Dan	21: Week 08	24: Week 15	15: Week 17
Pine Villa	Wakeman, Matthew	22: Week 13	23: Week 15	14: Week 17

After a well earned break in deepest, darkest Wales (lovely weather amazingly) I have now updated any appropriate transfer changes onto the player list. I will keep doing this on a daily basis. Any new ones will be added by the end of July so be aware when making your final selections. Any significant transfers in August will be added after the deadline once all teams are in.

You should have all received your welcome email by now. I will keep sending reminders out right up until the deadline.

You will see one brave soul has gone in v.early with his team. As the teams are received they will added onto the site for all to see (it makes it fair and above board) by logging in and going to the selections menu. I am sure doing this will mean more last minute entries than ever before as you will all want to keep the winning team to yourself as long as you possible can. Remember you can amend your team once before the deadline.

We will be doing some final system testing on Sat 4th Aug so the site may need to be brought down for a short period on that day.

Any problems email or use the contact us form on the website.

Paul

MLW

 

 

Player and Team prices are now available for 07/08.

The official welcome email will go out later today but if have been enterprising enough to logon to the website you have abit of a head start.

Please note one further update of transfers will be made (by the end of July).

The entry form is also now available. It would be appreciated if you would use this when entering your team.

Remember if you enter early (perhaps you are going away or are just keen) you are allowed to amend your initial team once before the 8th Aug deadline.

Thanks

MLW 

 

Progress over the last week has been rapid.

We have been testing the systems to make sure all the results and tables calculate correctly. We have been developing the `your selections' page (when you login). It will allow you to look at your team, transfers, loans etc. This will be extended to all other competitors teams.

The club/players lists are now done (again within selection). The committee (once Russ returns from Poland) will do an update of recent transfers at the end of this week and then create the new season which will bring the correct price lists onto the site. You will also see these lists will show how many times a player/team has been selected.

Richard will develop the entry and transfer form shortly.

You will also see tables on the front page. This will show the current overall top and bottom of the table as a snapshot.

I have also added a payments page (you must login) so you can see when any payments you have made have been received.

Finally we have also had a bit of interest from some old friends wanting to rejoin and also some possible new competitors.

Once we launch I expect the forum to start picking up again.

Apart from a couple of people you should have received your login details via email.

Russ and I met with Richard (our website wizard) on Monday.

Much of the discussion related to the backend results and tables so we can bring up the usual high standard results service.

There will be a selection section when you login. This will give you access to an entry form (when created), the player/team list, your team (and transfers used) and an option to look at everyone elses team. You will be able to make a transfer via the transfer form.

The league cup may be added (with the site creating the random draw).

The Manager of the Week questions have been added and you will be assigned a slot when you will complete the details.

The player/team prices are pretty much done and will be added shortly.

The aim is to launch by the 13th July so that you have everything you need to pick that winning team in time for the deadline of Wed 8th August..

Preparations are well under way for 07/08 season.

The rules are now set, check them out - rules

No real drastic changes but here are some detail:

1            The transfer window has been scrapped and we return to the previous rule.

2            Additional bonus point for 8 goals.

3            The player/team limit will vary depending on the no of entries.

4            Some minor changes to transfer procedures.

The player/team list is nearly complete and priced.

The next meeting with our website designer will happen on Mon night (25th) so there will be some major changes happening in the next couple of  weeks so keep an eye on the website. 

Firstly you will receive a logon (for the website) in the next few days. This will give you access to the Managers area.  

Just one final point to confirm we will run the same service next season if you do not have regular access to the web. Further details to follow.  

  

 

The committee is now confirmed for 07/08. Thanks to Craig Frost for all the hard work over the last few years. He has now stepped down as he will too busy with his new job over the summer to give the preparation its full committment. Ian Cowburn has now taken on the role, welcome Ian. Also a big thanks to Graham Highton for expressing an interest.  

One of the committee members has dropped out due to lack of time, therefore we now have a vacancy. Anyone fancy it ?

Let me know and I will provide job spec.

The end of season review has now been sent out. I will try and organise the report to be added to the website. Enjoy the read !

Prep will start for the new season next month and we will confirm the rules and player lists when available. Keep checking the website for developments, keep using forum and dont forget if you want to contribute to next seasons league any ideas for improvements will be considered.

Enjoy the summer, it will soon be Aug when it all starts again. 

 

An incredible final week turnaround saw yours truly (no its not a fix !) overhaul Shaun Moody's 4 pt lead with a stunning 5-0 two bonus point victory. This is my second title following on from my initial success in 1999. I know this wont please most of you but you know what I don't give a damn !   To everyone - thanks for competing - see you next season.  

 

Congratulations to Ian Cowburn (despite being in the bottom 2 nearly all season) who secured the final monthly award (£60). Graham Highton's 2-1 win gave him the runner-up spot (£20). Shaun Moody's 15 goal haul provided the £10 top scorer bonus.

All winnings will be despatched within 7-10 days of the season end. I will email to let you know what you have won and request a decision asap as to whether you want it sending or adding to the pot for next season. If I send it please let us know when you have received it. The end of season review will follow asap.  

 

With just 1 week to go it looks like newcomer and Watford fan Shaun Moody will gain some consolation for his teams relegation by winning the My Lost Weekend Fantasy League for this season. He would also get the bonus of the Trophy for 12 months. Lets see if he can hang on.

Amazingly after 4 years the much coveted trophy has turned up (see MLW - League section of the forum). Ken Trainer has located the prize possession (probably at the back of the wardrobe). He probably thought winning it for the 2nd time entitled him to keep it (does he not realise that you must win it 3 times, dont tell Tim though). I have requested Mr Bushell, who received the surprise news, to go through hell and high water to retrieve the trophy in time for the end of this season. We can clean it up (remove the fishy smell!) and get the additional plaques added.  

What with the new website and the offer of the trophy as an additional prize we are going to have to fight them off with a stick next season.

Only 6 weeks to go. With the busy Easter programme nearly upon us and only one monthly prize available time to get them final transfers/loans arranged before it is too late.

Shaun Moody in his first MLW season has collected the March monthly prize (and the top scorer prize) and finds his way into the Hall of Fame. Stu Jones amazingly landed 2nd spot from 12th place as all the challengers fell away in the last week. This is Stu's 3rd runner up prize in 4 months but the main monthly prize eludes him.

Congratulations to Graham Highton on his cup victory over Tim Owen last weekend. This is Graham's first success (apart from the original table prize last season). About time some might say!

This is where the important MLW news items will be displayed!

The forum is now open for business! If you are a member of MLW then you will receive an email shortly with your username and password details.

Update - all members of MLW should now have received an email - time to get posting !!!