Alfaz Fantasy Football League
T he sun shone on the last day of the P remier L eag ue which g av e us plenty of ups and downs, especially if you are a V illa fan. A ltog ether the sev en P remier L eag ue g ames in midweek and the full fix ture list at the week end prov ided the A lfaz F antasy F ootball L eag ue with 5 1 g oals, nine clean sheets, 5 9 yellow cards and one red one which was ex M anchester U nited player and now playing for L eicester C ity J ohnny E v ans.
W ith only the F .A . C up final to come C hris's team P romotion A g ain hav e a slim 1 2 point lead at the top of the A .F .F .L . ov er W ade's team A lli B arber. B oth front-runners hav e one player each who could be inv olv ed in the F .A . C up final. C hris's team hav e the young A merican P ulisic while W ade's team will be pinning their hopes on young M ason M ount. K apur's team Napali E lev en who led the L eag ue early on in the season, made up g round on the leaders but not enoug h to chang e the final outcome. D own at the foot of the table, B ob's team T he S trik ers are waiting for the trap door to open a bit lik e B ournemouth, W atford and Norwich fans at the week end.
H arley's G ing er Ninjar will definitely be pick ing up some silv erware as they hav e clinched the J unior L eag ue by tak ing a massiv e 6 0 point lead at the top ov er W illiam & H enry who hav e just leapt up three places to 2 nd. A t the other end of the table, G ian's F leetpool had a g reat week bag g ing 6 2 points but unfortunately they are still anchored at the bottom 4 points adrift of H arrison's B oden B oys.
In our M ark C arter ladies section, E laine's D iz z y B londe may just hav e enoug h points to k eep D ebbie's F ox y F ilberts in 2 nd place and g o on to win this section. D ebbie's team, who led this div ision for week s and are now g oing to be luck y to g et the runners-up spot with I sobel's B luebells breathing down their neck just 2 points behind. No chang e at the bottom, with G il's K ippax look ing nailed on to receiv e the wooden spoon.
T here were plenty of g oals flying into the back of the net at the week end which g av e the av erag e score for the G olden B oot L eag ue a total of ov er 2 5 points. L eag ue leaders H enry's O ld S alfordians k ept up their g ood form by pick ing up 3 6 points which k eeps C atherine's P ompey H ammers along with G ary's S hack ladies D ream T eam 1 3 points behind. T he problem P ompey H ammers hav e is that they hav e run out of players in the F .A . C up and are now just waiting to be pick ed off by the D ream T eam or 4 th placed L aurel & V ardy. D own in the basement, M ark 's T ory B oys U nited hav e A rsenal's L acaz ette left in the F .A . C up and he would hav e to score fiv e g oals to g et M ark 's team off the bottom spot. M ore chance of being struck by lig htning . W ooden spoon on the way M ark !
W ade's A lli B arber had our C hampion of C hampions L eag ue wrapped up for C hristmas. M artin's M arauders are fav ourites to finish up runnersup. S o the fig ht for 3 rd place is between three teams, L ucy's L uck who are in 3 rd place at the moment and K eith L ard F .C . and C ome on you C ock ers. A t the opposite end it's a bit more simple with G il's K ippax trailing L una's L iv er B ird by 4 2 points.
T he top scoring team this week was M itchell's K emp U nited with a g rand total of 9 6 points courtesy of his top players M anchester C ity's D e B ruyne (2 0 ) S terling (1 9 ) A rsenal's A ubameyang (1 7 ) and S outhampton's C he A dams (1 1 ). T he lowest scoring team was H av e E mery X mas with a fairly respectable 1 1 points. B oth teams will g o into our monthly wine draw. F ebruary winner was H ammered A g ain.
O ur manag er of the month for J uly is a bottle of the winners choice and currently G ary's S hack ladies D ream T eam hav e a slender 5 point adv antag e ov er S arah's L ucy's L uck . B arbra's X I and W illiam & H enry are up there but with only the C up F inal to come it's probably a bridg e too far for them.
T erry's team H annak ins won our K .O . C up F inal ag ainst J ack 's team W inners by 2 8 -2 4 in a v ery close g ame M anchester C ity's K ev in D e B ruyne prov ed to be the main M an with two g oals and an assist ag ainst releg ated Norwich.
T he 2 6 th A .F .F .L . is nearly ov er ex cept for this week 's F .A . C up F inal between A rsenal and C helsea so it's important to check out where your team has finished after a hard foug ht season by log g ing on to our v ery popular website which is www,alfaz ffl.com. Y ou could be among st the priz es.