CFA League Review (Part 2)

Originally written by Garry Pettigrew

Part 2 of the League Round Up.

Casual FA Division Two

-- Title Contenders --
El-Bombers lead the way in what is a very tight league. With only 8 points seperating the top 6 sides and FC Ajaxtreesdown in 6th place have 3 games in hand over the league leaders. It's anyones guess as to who will take the 5 promotion spots.

-- Relegation Battle --
Two sides without a win and both teams are on a point each - New Portsmouth and sonicgroove. TheMightyPenguins also find themselves adrift with only 7 points from 12 games. somerset sabers should have the games in hand to get themselves out of trouble which leaves Muppets Inc. and Longburton Wizards sweating.

-- Worth Mentioning --
El-Bombers currentyl on course for back to back League Titles.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Marco Pérez 14 goals in 16 games (El-Bombers)
Most Assists - Mario Conti 13 assists in 15 games (Lanky Legs XI)
Best Average Rating - Marco Pérez 7.46 over 14 games (El-Bombers)

Casual FA Division Three

-- Title Contenders --
Spartak Nickow have a 4 point lead over 2nd placed Tricky Trees Utd and look assured of a promotion spot. Making up the rest of the top 5 are Whitstable Galaxy, Birchieboys & Ajax Trees. Although Sporting Delft and Cowderys Lillywhites will be pushing hard to steal one of those spots.

-- Relegation Battle --
I TAz Aston Villa, Cowdenbeef Albion, The Wizzards all have something in common - they have each only won 1 game and are certain for the drop. AFC Lions, Third Lanark FC and Foyle Athletic will be fighting it out as - 2 of the three will find themselves joining the aforementioned threesome in going down.

-- Worth Mentioning --
Tricky Trees Utd and Ajax Trees have two of the best defences in the entire FA with only 7 goals conceded so far.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Gabriel Agbonlahor 16 goals in 14 games (Spartak Nickow)
Most Assists - Medy Elito 9 assists in 13 games (PNE_33)
Best Average Rating - Gabriel Agbonlahor 7.59 over 16 games (Spartak Nickow)

Casual FA Division Four

-- Title Contenders --
It looks like Arkham United can start celebrate promotion - with a 6 point lead at the top of the table. Newbury Pirates look likely yo make promotion as well - currently stitting in 2nd place. After that it's tight and only 7 points seperate 3rd from 11th.

-- Relegation Battle --
The Smurfs without a win - look destined for the drop. I Dont Care aren't fareing much better with just the 1 win. The othere 3 will come from O.P.E Apple Raiders, Chester Arrows, Rebel Pom United, Baby D Destroyers or Shepbecks County.

-- Worth Mentioning --
The Smurfs with only 4 goals so far are very weak in attack. With no wins yet this season - it's hard to see where that first win will come from.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Roman Razdelkin 10 goals in 14 games (Morleys Magic Masters)
Most Assists - Saulo Rodrigues 7 assists in 15 games (eltham bears united)
Best Average Rating - George Boyd 7.52 over 12 games (Van Cortlandt Rangers)

Casual FA Division Five

-- Title Contenders --
The Bazmanauts currently lead the way in a very close league. Tels LUFC will be pushing them all the way to th finish line. Just 4 points off the pace but with games in hand are Nirvanas and Manor AFC. Skreemburn Spartans hold the 5th promotion spot for the moment.

-- Relegation Battle --
No relegation here - but Premier 11 courtesy of their -38 GD are the bottom team of the FA.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Philippe Lassalle 10 goals in 9 games (Argentine)
Most Assists - Zeljko Loncarek 5 assists in 9 games (Argentine)
Best Average Rating - Sammir 7.51 over 7 games (Nirvanas)

Thanks for reading - as always feel free to reply with any feedback - good, bad or indifferent

CFA League Review (Part 1)

Heres the first of my promised season reviews - make of it what you will!

Premiership

-- Title Contenders --
Surprisingly Legless Ends FC lead the Casual FA Premier League 3 points ahead of nearest rivals Harlesden Harriers. Alea Iacta Est a side I had previously tipped for relegation find themselves in 3rd place, however they have played more games than anyone else in the league. Paddington Athletic hold the final Gold Cup place for the moment. My tip for the league title Razorshot FC find themselves firmly stuck in mid table - only just qualifying for the Bronze Cup.
-- Relegation Battle --
With only 5 points so far it looks like we will be saying goodbye to Real Garda Claudia. Anothe side that looks destined for the drop at this early stage is Seeteufel Konstanz. It looks to be a bit of a scrap for the other 3 spots and Donkey Rovers, Davos United, Hope Cove Utd and Tycoons Gunners will all be feeling the pressure.

-- Worth Mentioning --
Razorshot FC have won 7 of the last 8 Premier League titles (with 1 runners up spot) - 10th place - surely not good enough
-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Bojan 10 goals in 11 games (Harlesden Harriers)
Most Assists - Lee Phillips 11 assists in 10 games (Legless Ends FC)
Best Average Rating - Bojan 7.71 over 10 games (Harlesden Harriers)

Casual FA Championship

-- Title Contenders --
The Birmingham Bearded Women lead the way just 3 points ahead of Little Badgers. Erdington Villans only 4 points of top place will fancy there chances as they have 2 games in hand on TBBW and 1 game on LB. Making up the top 5 as correctly predicted by me are Balls Of Steel and Ann Arbor Arsenal.

-- Relegation Battle --
At the other end of the table things don't look good for our 2 Swedish sides Windy Forest FC with 5 points and Gothia FC with 6 points - just 1 win each for both so far. Just a couple of points ahead and with the worst goal difference in the league are Basildon Town Y.F.C who have played a couple more games than Windy and Gothia. Se SK and Petworth Panthers make up the rest of the relegation places although eveybody up to PITSIOTA FC in 13th place will be feeling the pressure.

-- Worth Mentioning --
If you want excitement the The Wright Stuff is NOT the team for you - with only 7 goals this season they have the worst attack although they make up for this with the 2nd best defence having only conceded 7 goals - so a goal difference of 0 and only 14 goals in total in the games they have been involved in.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Paulo Henrique 13 goals in 13 games (The Birmingham Bearded Women)
Most Assists - Arnaud Marchal 7 in 11 games (Balls Of Steel)
Best Average Rating - Paulo Henrique 7.71 over 13 games (The Birmingham Bearded Women)

Casual FA Division One

-- Title Contenders --
Old Avenellonians have made a good start to life in Division 1 with a 5 point lead over 2nd placed Throw In The Howell although they have played 2 more games. Belesta SV will also fancy their chances of winning the title - neatly placed in 3rd place. If Sloane Square Rangers can win their game in hand they can go within 4 points of the league leaders. Everybody as far down as Kung Fu Hamsters in 8th place will still be aiming for promotion.

-- Relegation Battle --
Without a win I think it's safe to say Rejects United are going down. Likely to be joining them are Smaley's Rams, Highbury United, Bill Quay Bombers FC and SV Furburger.

-- Worth Mentioning --
If your playing Relegation Fodder it's pretty likely to end up a point each - over half their games have ended in draws this season. However Arkadius United are yet to draw a game with 4 wins and 6 defeats.

-- Top Performers --
Most Goals - Daniel Morales 15 goals in 10 games (Throw In The Howell)
Most Assists - Pablo Alvarado 7 assists in 12 games (Kung Fu Hamsters)
Best Average Rating - Daniel Morales 7.98 over 10 games (Throw In The Howell)

Thats it from me for just now - Hope you enjoyed reading and Part 2 to come some time later today or maybe tomorrow

CFA League Preview (Part 2)

Originally written by Garry Pettigrew

The 2nd part of my preview - apologies in advance if I put the kiss of death on anyone
Casual FA Division Two - again a plethora of new teams. Again a very difficult league to predict - I think it gets harder from here and on! I expect Lanky Legs XI & El-Bombers to battle it out for the title with FC Ajaxtreesdown, Take Me To The Hospital and The K.L.A. making up the top 5. I wouldn't be too surpised to see Paul Inniss's highly expensive youngsters 4ytry make it either.

Who'll go down? Well King Street Rovers avoided the drop last season but unfortunately I don't think they escape this season, Joining them will be Longburton Wizards, Muppets Inc., sonicgroove and Baghdad Bears.

Casual FA Division Three - a league where activity can pay off. My tip for the top is PNE_33 who will be closely followed by Spartak Nickow, skegblade utd, Ajax Trees and Birchieboys. It's a very tight league and one where I fully expect to look foolish at the end of the season .
Anyway going down I think we'll see - I TAz Aston Villa, Third Lanark FC, SELHURST STARS, Foyle Athletic and The Wizzards.

Casual FA Division Four - the 2nd bottom league in the FA. Niko FC narrowly missed out on promotion last season but should manage it this time around. FC Hadouken should have enough about them to secure a promotion spot and I expect Newbury Pirates, Take Your Life 3000 and Rebel Pom United to join them.

Who's for relegation to the bottom tier of a 133 team FA - well sadly I expect the following teams to end there - Van Cortlandt Rangers, Peacemakers United, Arkham United, O.P.E Apple Raiders and Shepbecks County.
Finally Casual FA Division Five - pretty much all newcomers to the GW - so hello Who do I think will get those all important promotion spots - this one is the most difficult to predict . Lee's sunny siders fc restarted and his FML experience should help guide him to the top of the league. I've seen Peter actively asking for advice and I think he has what it takes to guide Saxo Rovers to a promotion spot on his debut season. Clough veteran Tahaa should have enough know how to ensure Argentine get promoted.
I have a good feeling about this one Tels LUFC watch out for him making his way up the leagues. And lastly my final league prediction - The Bazmanauts will be playing Division 4 football next season.

As it such a small leage all Division 5 sides have also been entered into the Casual FA Victory Shield - where I expect to see the 5 aforementioned sides competing for another honour

THE CUPS
Casual Football Association Cup - the Main event a knock out Cup with all FA members participating - expect to see Razorshot FC triumph, Dark Horses - Kung Fu Hamsters

Casual FA Elite Cup - for Premier League and Championship Clubs. Favourites - Little Badgers, Dark Horses - Marsh Factor.

Casual FA Challenge Cup - D1 and D2. Favourites - Relegation Fodder, Dark Horses - Lanky Legs XI.

Casual FA Trophy - D3 to D5. Favourites - Ajax Trees, Dark Horses - AFC Lions.

Thats it folks.

I wish you all the best of luck Have a good season and hopefully you'll hear from me soon with an update on how everyone has started.

CFA League Preview (Part 1)

Originally written by Garry Pettigrew

This is the first of hopefully many CFA round ups. (Anybody who wants to contribute please get in touch with either myself, Dave or Coach)

The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that the Casual Football Association now has a new logo - thanks to Craig "Tweej" MacLean I'm sure most of you will agree it definately looks the part. If not feel free to let me know
The CFA has now expanded to 133 teams - with many newcomers from other FAs and some brand new members to Clough. I hope you feel welcome. Teams have been placed as appropriately as possible in the correct league - without disadvantaging existing FA members.
Here's my thoughts on the forthcoming campaign - please take with a pinch of salt. If you disagree feel free to pin it up on your dressing room wall and use it as motivation.

First up the Casual FA Premier League with 4 Gold Cup places up for grabs competition is sure to be fierce - Favourites to retain their crown are Clough stalwarts Razorshot FC, a team that will hope to be hot on their heels are Harlesden Harriers. Which will leave 2 places and I can see several teams fighting it out for these - so pick 2 from:Marsh Factor, Red Arrow FC, Tycoons Gunners & LetsTalkAboutCesc. With 4 Silver Cup places also we'll see another scramble for places with 2 of the above qualifying and 2 from: Kavchester City, Davos United, Werder Preben. Which leaves us with a brand new UFFA competition - the Bronze Cup. 2 from the Premier League will enter this as well as the Championship winners. Which means top 10 in the Premier League qualifies for entry into UFFA competitons. Well I've named 9 sides so I might as well be brave and predict another to give you my top 10 so here it is - Pimpslord.

Now for relegation With 5 teams down I feel it will be quite a battle to beat the drop - as in real life some of last seasons Championship teams may struggle so with that in mind I predict that 5 from these 6 will face the dreaded drop - Seeteufel Konstanz, Papagaios do Rio, Donkey Rovers, Real Garda Claudia, AS Saint Dicky & Alea Iacta Est. Folks I wish you luck and hope you prove me wrong .

Next up the Casual FA Championship a notoriously difficult division to get out of. This season it gets even harder with the addition of Little Badgers, The Birmingham Bearded Women and Erdington Villans whom add on newly promoted from Division 1 - Balls Of Steel as well as Ann Arbor Arsenal, Southsea & Citadel Benfica and we've got 7 very good teams and only 5 promotion places.

Going down I see The Wright Stuff, Petworth Panthers, Basildon Town Y.F.C, Gothia FC, PITSIOTA FC having a hard time and are my pick for the drop.
Casual FA Division One another league with lots of newcomers to the FA. Another tough league to call in terms of the promotion contest. It's too tight for me to call an outright favourite but I see Relegation Fodder & Sloane Square Rangers fighting it out for top spot. Closely followed by Kung Fu Hamsters, Belesta SV, Old Avenellonians who will go up alongside them.

For the chop - Rejects United, Swansea Jacks AFC, Insane S.F., Highbury United and Alrewas Athletic

Thats my predictions for the top 3 Divions Divisions 2-5 will follow and you never know I may even find the time to look at the Youth or Cup competitions.

Like I said at the start please don't take it too seriously - it's just my opinion.

Good luck to everybody this season and don't be afraid to let me know what you think