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Alfaz Fantasy Football League

- By Eric Malpus

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With two lots of Premier League fixtures again going into the Alfaz Fantasy Football League, it was another bonanza week for points with the average score soaring up to the second highest of the season to 54.38. The 11 midweek games and the nine Premier League matches at the week end contribute­d to the A .F.F .L . a total of 57 goals ,12 clean sheets ,66 yellow cards and three red ones which was Leicester City' s top defender Soyun cu. Crystal Palace' s Bent eke and Arsenal' s young talented Nk etiah. T here were also three own goals scored by Leicester City' s Evans, Newcastle' s Fernandez and Ever ton' s Keane all of which helped to make it another exciting week in the A.F.F.L.

With the finishing line in sig ht the two teams at the top of the League Chris' s Promotion Again& Wade' s Al li Barber will have to be wary of Simon' s team Wolves Will Tweet U and Eric' s Pea ky Blinders who are well within striking distance in 3 rd &4 th place. Terry' s Han na kins celebrated reaching the final of our K. O. Cup competitio­n by dropping down to 5 th. Bob' s team The Strike rs fell further behind Ly n' s Hand brak e City, the gap now 48 points.

Harley' s Ginger Ninjar in our Junior League have extended their lead over Lu ca' s Lucky Red F. C. to a comfortabl­e 42 points. Robbie' s Pi que Blinders slumped down 1 place joined by Santa Clara Kickers in 3 rd spot. Romeo' s team My Dad Supports Liverpool has landed back over the trap door and are just 1 point away from high scoring Bod en Boys.

Mark Carter ladies section: Debbie' s Foxy Filberts moved 32 points clear of Elaine' s team Dizzie Blonde who had replaced Liz' s Cookies Crew 61 in 2 nd place. Lyn' s Hand brake City are now 18 points away from Gil' s K ippax .

In another high scoring week Catherine' s Pompey Hammers managed to hold on to the summit of our G olden Boot League despite a strong challenge from Bill' s East Fife rs and Henry' s Old Salfodians.T op scoring players in this section was Manchester City' s Ra he em Sterling and West Ham' s Mikel Antonio who both plundered 28 points apiece after scoring 4 goals last week. There was a big difference in the number of managers who selected them with 78 choosing Sterling and only two picking Antonio and surprise, surprise, both were

Hammer Fans. Mark' s Tory Boys United clocked up 22 points thanks to Liver pools attacking full-back Robertson (10), Palace' s Z aha (7) and Go oner L acaz ette (5 ), unfortunat­ely they are still in the bottom spot and trail Kim' s Ginger United by just 4 points.

It's been on the cards for sometime that Wade' s Al li Barber would walk away with our Champion of Champions League having built up an unassailab­le 99 point lead over Martin' s Marauders.

Harrison' s Bod en Boys enter our monthly wine draw with a magnificen­t 104 points, one more than the previous highest. Lowest scoring team, Peter' s L eftback ers scored a reasonable 1 4 points joins them in the draw.

Manager of the month for July is a bottle of the winner' s choice-Gary' s team, Shack ladies Dream Team are favourites with a 20 point lead over William& Henry.

T here is another big week ahead for the 2 6 th A .F.F .L . with the F. A. Cup semi-final son the horizon so don't forget to follow your team's progress by logging onto our website at www. alfaz ffl.com where you can also read the full report.

With things getting better still remember to stay safe and be sensible.

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