Football update

In the absence of any game for a few weeks and being on half term holiday, I thought I'd take the chance to catch up on the historic past weeks which have seen Sparkshop defy the odds to attain premier league status.

The big game came a few weeks back and saw us take to the field weakened through the loss of the big fella at the back but with a solid looking line up as we took on the might of the third placed side. As might have been suspected the game was a tight affair with chances few and far between. The key moment came into the second half as we turned round goalless. The defence and midfield, as so often this season, were resolute as they countered any threat on goal leaving us foraging on the odd break up front.

The ball was released to manager/skipper/guru Kev who smashed a shot across goal but slightly wide of its target. Fortuitously the ball winged its way to new Matt who reacted with lightning reflexes to sidefoot home from close in. The goal confirmed his status as top scorer in a very successful season.

The table provides all the evidence needed of a memorable season. Just two defeats, one by the odd goal and the other a 8 - 1 thrashing with a weakened side (Doug was in goal but they weren't all his fault!). Despite that result the goals against column shows the strength of the side allowing us to grab wins in closely fought games.

			P	w	d	l	f	a	gd pts
1	Chicken Dippers	10	9	0	1	32	6	26	27
2	Sparkshop	11	9	0	2	27	16	11	27
3	The Unknowns	11	8	0	3	27	6	21	24
4	G-UNITed	11	7	0	4	33	20	13	21
5	Super 7	11	6	1	4	26	17	9	19
6	Layby	10	5	0	5	18	12	6	15
7	FCUK	11	5	0	6	16	34	-18	15
8	Old Guns	11	3	2	6	9	23	-14	11
9	U-Drive	11	3	1	7	18	25	-7	10
10	Dark Knights	11	2	2	7	12	23	-11	8
11	Formula One	11	2	1	8	9	22	-13	7
12	Redefine	11	2	1	8	8	31	-23	7