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Premier League // Championship // League One // League Two
Gameweek 18 // The Belyea // The Big One
Team of the Week:
SkyPlayerinFPL
84 Points
Score of the Season:
Hung Like a Bony – 87 FPts (GW7)
Game of the Season:
Smash & Grab 70 – 61 Gloopy Yarbles (GW6)
Premier League
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Wives Fave win the Tussle at the Top and go three points clear.
• Smash & Dude close up on Gloopy. Now just one point separates the three.
🫣 The One to Watch:
Sporting Wicker Park -v- Smash & Grab – 7th v 5th // GW9: 39 – 46
Just to demonstrate just how ferocious the Premier League is, the teams currently in fifth and seventh are also the Numbers 1 & 2 in the World! They meet this weekend for the 13th time with the World #1’s (and new Champions League Champions) having not won this fixture since 2016, that’s eight losses and two draws ago!
Championship
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Allison Wonderland leap out of relegation zone.
• Hung leapfrog ASG.
🫣 The One to Watch:
Hung Like a Bony -v- Fergi Time – 4th v 6th // GW9: 41 – 30
Potential upward drives for the winner of this match begin here. Both pushing for playoffs, both still dreaming of automatic promotion.
League One
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• The top four win, the race for the title continues to rage on.
• Another 1-point win, WdB edges out C&BS in essential win to hold on to third.
🫣 The One to Watch:
De Bruyne Trousers -v- Whiskey De Bruyne – 4th v 3rd // GW9: 28 – 32
Why not enjoy the De Bruyne Derby this weekend as a playoff six-pointer rolls onto the field. Both hindered by Man City’s absence, but both seeking big numbers from Chelsea defenders and the Arsenal attack.
League Two
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Who called for another change at the top? You got it.
• 84 for SkyPlayer: 😲
🫣 The One to Watch:
Goleta Hotspur -v- SkyPlayerInFPL – 2nd v 7th // GW9: 44 – 44
Second-place League Two Vs. second-place Best-ish, a rematch after a score draw; first place within reach for Goleta, a winning streak in the making for SkyPlayer. There’s bound to be fireworks.
🌎 World Rankings 🌍
This week’s headlines:
World Rankings – Top 5 this week:
#1) (▲1) Sporting Wicker Park – 1910.03
#2) (▲2) Smash & Grab – 1868.33
#3) (▼2) Route 57 FC – 1859.37
#4) (▼1) Gloopy Yarbles – 1850.52
#5) Mighty fine feeling – 1842.40
Biggest Win:
Sporting Wicker Park: +21.99 points
After beating Gloopy Yarbles #7
Most Places Climbed:
SkyPlayerInFPL: +6 places to 60th
Next week’s League highlights:
Biggest pairing:
Sporting Wicker Park #1 vs. Smash & Grab #2
(Combined 3778.36 points)
Closest matchup:
Harambe Hotspur #41 vs. Ole’s at the Wheel #40
(2.89 points difference)
David vs Goliath Game of the Week:
Don’t Tripp on Silva #77 vs. Jaysokker #35
(315.30 points difference)
Best Streaks:
Peltier (6 Wins)
GW18: vs. East Loop United (LLLLWL -)
In GW9: Peltier 53 – 50 East Loop United
Next Up:
Gameweek 18
| BFFA Premier League | BFFA Championship |
| Farkelife -v- Barons 6th v 10th // GW9: 45 – 31 Housewives Favourite -v- Boss 1st v 9th // GW9: 46 – 31 Mighty fine feeling -v- Gloopy Yarbles 8th v 3rd // GW9: 35 – 47 Route 57 FC -v- El Dude Bros 2nd v 4th // GW9: 52 – 30 Sporting Wicker Park -v- Smash & Grab 7th v 5th // GW9: 39 – 46 | Allison Wonderland -v- Cullen the herd 7th v 3rd // GW9: 27 – 50 GoFys FC -v- All Star Gunners 9th v 5th // GW9: 38 – 60 Hung Like a Bony -v- Fergi Time 4th v 6th // GW9: 41 – 30 Vanishing Spray -v- A.F.C. Chester 2nd v 10th // GW9: 50 – 46 Webuiltthis City -v- Atletico Topo Chico 1st v 8th // GW9: 55 – 50 |
| BFFA League One | BFFA League Two |
| CG XI -v- BattleVAR Galactico 8th v 6th // GW9: 40 – 25 De Bruyne Trousers -v- Whiskey De Bruyne 4th v 3rd // GW9: 28 – 32 Peltier -v- East Loop United 1st v 7th // GW9: 53 – 50 StillluvQPR -v- FC Santa Barbara 9th v 10th // GW9: 49 – 29 Uncle Monty -v- Chicken and Bane San 2nd v 5th // GW9: 53 – 60 | Boudi’s Crew -v- Alleviate the Tedium 10th v 6th // GW9: 45 – 27 Jaysokker -v- Don’t Tripp on Silva 3rd v 8th // GW9: 36 – 51 Goleta Hotspur -v- SkyPlayerInFPL BFFA 2nd v 7th // GW9: 44 – 44 Ole’s at the Wheel -v- Harambe Hotspur 5th v 4th // GW9: 52 – 41 Shams army -v- The Phenoms 9th v 1st // GW9: 39 – 48 |
The Belyea Cup
Welcome back to The Belyea Memorial Cup, ‘Rewarding Excellence in Its Many Forms’, where everyone is a winner (except one).
The game is simple – if you get the best score of the remaining teams, you escape.
Each week at least one team gets out, sometimes more, because they are excellent!
▲ You get up to 38 gameweeks to remove yourself from consideration. ▲
▼🏆▼ The last team to be eliminated… gets the Belyea Cup. ▼🏆▼
If there’s more than one team left after the final gameweek then they all, you know, jointly receive this unique award!
With a phenomenal 84 fantasy points, League Two’s SkyPlayerInFPL topscores this week (by a clear 15 points). It was the second-biggest score of the season, lifts them all the way up to second in the Best-ish rankings, and rightfully remove themselves from this competition. Setting the bar high.
In Week Eighteen: 21 teams – Barons, Farkelife, Housewives Favourite, Mighty fine feeling, Route 57 FC, Sporting Wicker Park, AFC Chester, Allison Wonderland, Fergi Time, GoFYS FC, Vanishing Spray FC, BattleVAR Galactico, CG XI, FC Santa Barbara, Uncle Monty, Whiskey de Bruyne, Boudi’s Crew, Harambe Hotspur, Jaysokker, Ole’s at the wheel, The Phenoms.
The Big One
It’s the BFFA Big One. The tried and tested (albeit inferior) traditional form of English Fantasy Football that requires each manager to build a team with a budget of £150,000,000. These teams must have no more than three players from any PL club, excessive transfers are penalised by point deductions, and everyone gets a Haaland (if they want one). Every team also gets to pick a Captain and there are bonus chips to play across the season – Wildcards, a Bench Boost, a Free Hit and Triple Captain points. This is a classic-style fantasy league, open to all BFFA managers past and present.
This week’s top scorers:
Jaysokker: 75 FPts
Lingardium Leviosa: 74 FPts
Gloopy Yarbles: 72 FPts
Kinder Mbeumo: 68 FPts
You Beto Believe It: 67 FPts
On top of hosting a league for the BFFA faithful, we are also involving some unsuspecting stars of the game in our classic league. This week… Rob Green! The former England ‘keeper and West Ham’s Hammer of the Year 2007-08 is now managing Wonky XI in the Fantasy 606 leagues alongside Maisie Adam and a few legends of the EPL, some of which we might encounter later in the season…
Rob has 12 England caps to top his 255 appearances in the Premier League and 658 total apps. The Premier League statisticians inform us that he has kept 53 PL clean sheets and made 795 saves – roughly three a game. Not bad at all. However, he currently ranks 20th in our league, so maybe he was a better player than a fantasy manager… just saying. He is currently very busy reporting and offering punditry here, there and everywhere, and I’m led to believe that he is also studying (and promoting) a business management degree. That’s certainly not to be scoffed at and we wish him well.
And speaking of goalkeepers, we’d like to give huge congratulations to Mary Earps, our first in-game celebrity back in Week Four, on winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Nice one!
Next week, another star who’s turned out for Leeds United and also Norwich City. A midfielder who has, like Rob, also been included in the PFA Team of the Year. He was once the League One Player of the Year playing for Brentford and although his name now adorns the Norwich City teamsheets, he will be here on Boxing Day representing Leeds United on behalf of the backroom staff in a festive nod to all the hard work that they do behind the scenes. More on that next week.
Until then, MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🍻⚽🎄🎁⚽🎄🎁⚽🎄🎁⚽🥂
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