We are halfway through the season!

The Boxing Day games will soon be bringing us into the third quarter and we have two gameweeks between now and the FA Cup break.

This of course means that it will soon be time for the BFFA Cup Draw! Remember that First Round byes will be given to the 24 best-scoring teams at the end of Gameweek 20, so keep an eye on the Best-ish rankings (especially if you are close to that 25th place). More on that later.

But for now, here are the GW18 results and league tables at the mid-way point of the regular season.

On this page:
Premier League // Championship // League One // League Two
Gameweek 19 // The Belyea // The Big One

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Team of the Week:
Peltier
61 Points

Score of the Season:
Hung Like a Bony – 87 FPts (GW7)

Game of the Season:
Smash & Grab 70 – 61 Gloopy Yarbles (GW6)

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Premier League

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Top three lose; El Dude and Smash take advantage.
• El Dude move up to second thanks to that Solanke hatty. Solanke scored 17, El Dude win by 16.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Smash & Grab -v- Housewives Favourite // 3rd -v- 1st
GW 1: 49 – 56 // GW 5: 35 – 39 (CL) // GW 10: 51 – 38 // GW 10: 51 – 38 (CL)
First place on the line, mixed form from both in December, but both with high scoring potential. They’ve not met since that League/CL double-header at the end of October when they occupied 1st and 3rd in the PL, but the other way around.

Also: BFFA Match # 7,500: Barons -v- Mighty fine feeling

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Championship

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Cullen the herd have been preparing Christopher Nkunku since Gameweek 8. He plays 38 minutes and scores a consolation goal in the 96^th. Earns himself 2 Bonus Points, Cullen win by one and go second 😲
• Vanishing Spray now three points clear at the top after a convincing win.
• All Star Gunners impress with second-best score of the gameweek. Record their 200^th all-time win and now #2 in the Bestish table.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Cullen the herd -v- Vanishing Spray FC // 2nd -v- 1st
GW 1: 36 – 50 // GW 10: 41 – 56
Meeting #27 between the pair sees the two going head-to-head at the top of the Championship. Spray have won the last three meetings, but Cullen have won their last three games. A Cullen win sees them go top.

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League One

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Uncle Monty drops two points and Peltier increase their lead.
• The D.B. Trousers get revenge on Whiskey D.B., move level on points but own the playoff spot by virtue of a much greater matchpoints total.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Uncle Monty -v- De Bruyne Trousers // 2nd -v- 3rd
GW 1: 44 – 77 // GW 7: 38 – 47 (CL) // GW 8: 26 – 37 (CL) // GW 10: 36 – 45
You’ve got to love a playoff six-pointer. This matchup has been dominated by DBT this season, winning all four of their meetings in the first half of the season. And at stake this week is the right to be called title challengers. Winner takes second place. DBT may have the history, but Uncle Monty has the form – W4, D1 in their last five.

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League Two

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Goleta outscores the Bestish #2, goes top of the league
• Jaysokker nick a one-point win. Cards for Mitchell and Havertz cost DToS the win.
• Four teams sit within one point at the top at Christmas.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Jaysokker -v- Ole’s at the wheel // 3rd -v- 6th
GW 1: 31 – 55 // GW 10: 65 – 36
It’s all to play for with the top six so close. If Ole wins they will be one point behind Jaysokker and back in the playoff race. If Jaysokker wins they have a shout at top spot. Both teams have taken three points off each other so far, third meeting kicks off tomorrow.

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🌎 World Rankings 🌍

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Next Up:

Gameweek 19

BFFA Premier League	BFFA Championship
Barons -v- Mighty fine feeling 10th -v- 8th GW 1: 34 – 43 // GW 10: 40 – 48 Boss -v- Route 57 FC 9th -v- 4th GW 1: 28 – 53 // GW 10: 37 – 55 Farkelife -v- Sporting Wicker Park 6th -v- 7th GW 1: 32 – 37 // GW 10: 42 – 57 Gloopy Yarbles -v- El Dude Bros 5th -v- 2nd GW 1: 42 – 37 // GW 10: 33 – 36 Smash & Grab -v- Housewives Favourite 3rd -v- 1st GW 1: 49 – 56 // GW 10: 51 – 38	A.F.C. Chester -v- Atletico Topo Chico 10th -v- 7th GW 1: 43 – 27 // GW 10: 27 – 52 All Star Gunners -v- Webuiltthis City 4th -v- 3rd GW 1: 34 – 49 // GW 10: 53 – 48 Allison Wonderland -v- Hung Like a Bony 8th -v- 5th GW 1: 24 – 29 // GW 10: 25 – 54 Cullen the herd -v- Vanishing Spray FC 2nd -v- 1st GW 1: 36 – 50 // GW 10: 41 – 56 Fergi Time -v- GoFysFC 6th -v- 9th GW 1: 59 – 47 // GW 10: 46 – 25
BFFA League One	BFFA League Two
BattleVAR Galactico -v- East Loop United 6th -v- 7th GW 1: 20 – 63 // GW 10: 47 – 66 Chicken and Bane San -v- CG XI 5th -v- 8th GW 1: 24 – 47 // GW 10: 27 – 47 FC Santa Barbara -v- Peltier 10th -v- 1st GW 1: 24 – 32 // GW 10: 37 – 56 Uncle Monty -v- De Bruyne Trousers 2nd -v- 3rd GW 1: 44 – 77 // GW 10: 36 – 45 Whiskey De Bruyne -v- StillluvQPR 4th -v- 9th GW 1: 46 – 38 // GW 10: 37 – 24	Don’t Tripp on Silva -v- Goleta Hotspur 9th -v- 1st GW 1: 33 – 34 // GW 10: 35 – 66 Harambe Hotspur -v- Shams army 4th -v- 8th GW 1: 37 – 34 // GW 10: 51 – 39 Jaysokker -v- Ole’s at the wheel 3rd -v- 6th GW 1: 31 – 55 // GW 10: 65 – 36 SkyPlayerInFPL BFFA -v- Alleviate the Tedium 7th -v- 5th GW 1: 35 – 74 // GW 10: 51 – 38 The Phenoms -v- Boudi’s Crew 2nd -v- 10th GW 1: 55 – 39 // GW 10: 29 – 40

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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!

It looks like we’ve reached the point in the year where the remaining teams are struggling to get out. Either that or it’s just plain difficult to high-score in the lowest-scoring week of the season. Today we resort to the fourth-best score to find our winner as Peltier (61 FPts), ASG (48) and El Dude Bros (41) have all already taken the invitation to leave. Fourth in line to the door are Mighty fine feeling and I’m sure they’re not complaining.

In Week Nineteen: 20 teams –
Barons, Farkelife, Housewives Favourite, 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.

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The Big One

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… Adam Forshaw and the Leeds United backroom staff! We restart on Boxing Day, which was traditionally the day of the year when the servants of the wealthy were allowed the day to visit their families. Their employers would give each servant a box to take home containing gifts, bonuses, and sometimes leftover food. This week, with Boxing Day matches for us, we are putting the spotlight on some of the staff that contribute so much to their club.

In the TA FPL league, Adam Forshaw (now at Norwich City FC) and Joe Gelhardt are competing in a league that is comprised of Leeds United doctors, physios and media reps. From their group, we have selected Lads on Toure to represent the league on Christmas Week (primarily because they’re the only ones with a kit design, see above). Led by physiotherapist Will Franklin, Lads on Toure are third of eight in the league and collected 43 more this week with goals from Son, Salah and Solanke (x3). Solid picks.

Next week, we are going to return to the pool of Leeds United ballers, starting with a journeyman forward that has enjoyed the following career path: Nottingham Forest → MK Dons → Derby County → Middlesbrough → Crystal Palace → Norwich City → Burnley → Middlesbrough → Leeds United, with a few appearances for England along the way. A former Championship Player of the Year and League One Player of the Month, this guy is hoping to help get Leeds United back into the Premier League at the first attempt.

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We hope you enjoy the Christmas games and we hope all of your family and friends are happy and well this festive period!
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