The Boxing Day Fixtures are done. Here are the tables after 19.

On this page:
Premier League // Championship // League One // League Two
Gameweek 20 // The Belyea // The Big One

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Team of the Week:
Boss
65 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:
• 2-point win keeps Wives’ Fave top and extends their lead.
• Gloopy beat El Dude Bros, replace them in second.
• The BFFA’s 7,500^th match sees Mighty Fine Feeling earn fifth-successive triumph over Barons.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Mighty fine feeling -v- Smash & Grab – 7th -v- 4th
GW 2: 17 – 49 // GW 11: 64 – 30
Not only is this the twenty-first meeting between the pair, but they are also this week’s biggest matchup in the World Rankings AND the closest pairing too. And because it’s so tight at the top, if SWP lose this weekend, the winner of this game becomes the new World #1.

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Championship

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Cullen the herd win the battle of the top two, replace Spray at top.
• Web City lose six-pointer by one-point in final day anguish. Nicolas Jackson goal ruled offside and JWP replaced on penalties by Benrahma in the 96th, who had his shot saved.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Hung Like a Bony -v- Cullen the herd – 5th -v- 1st
GW 2: 57 – 46 // GW 11: 32 – 31
We watch the league leaders once again this week. Now top for the first time this season, they face a Hung LaB team that they have never beaten, falling to a one-point loss in GW11.

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League One

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Peltier’s 7-game winning streak broken by lowest-ranking FC Santa Barbara.
• De Bruyne Trousers topple Uncle Monty, reclaim automatic promotion place.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Peltier -v- Uncle Monty – 1st -v- 4th
GW 2: 31 – 48 // GW 11: 45 – 62
Still only five points apart after both lost last week, two brilliant teams go back at it again over New Year. The top two high-scoring teams in the league, Peltier #1 overall, but Uncle has gotten the better of Pelkey on both previous occasions.

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League Two

😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Three teams level at the top now. Only two automatic promotion spots available.
• Jaysokker eek out a one-point win to remain in the leading pack.
• SkyPlayer with fourth win in five, now right back in contention too.

🫣 The One to Watch:
Goleta Hotspur -v- Harambe Hotspur – 4th -v- 3rd
GW 2: 35 – 24 // GW 11: 28 – 29
The Hotspur Derby, contested by two teams that are in their tenth and eighth seasons respectively, is a crucial one this weekend as 3rd plays 4th, two points apart, with the winner having the potential to go top. Just one matchpoint separated the pair in GW 11 – a completely unnecessary N. Jackson 97th-minute tap-in cost Vicario a point in the last match of the gameweek!

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🌎 World Rankings 🌍

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Next Up:

Gameweek 20

BFFA Premier League	BFFA Championship
El Dude Bros -v- Boss 3rd -v- 9th GW 2: 43 – 28 // GW 11: 66 – 18 Housewives Favourite -v- Gloopy Yarbles 1st -v- 2nd GW 2: 58 – 44 // GW 11: 25 – 18 Mighty fine feeling -v- Smash & Grab 7th -v- 4th GW 2: 17 – 49 // GW 11: 64 – 30 Route 57 FC -v- Farkelife 5th -v- 6th GW 2: 32 – 42 // GW 11: 27 – 53 Sporting Wicker Park -v- Barons 8th -v- 10th GW 2: 49 – 38 // GW 11: 51 – 21	Atletico Topo Chico -v- All Star Gunners 7th -v- 4th GW 2: 26 – 52 // GW 11: 30 – 40 GoFysFC -v- A.F.C. Chester 8th -v- 10th GW 2: 50 – 28 // GW 11: 49 – 50 Hung Like a Bony -v- Cullen the herd 5th -v- 1st GW 2: 57 – 46 // GW 11: 32 – 31 Vanishing Spray FC -v- Fergi Time 2nd -v- 6th GW 2: 49 – 35 // GW 11: 40 – 26 Webuiltthis City -v- Allison Wonderland 3rd -v- 9th GW 2: 22 – 39 // GW 11: 38 – 22
BFFA League One	BFFA League Two
CG XI -v- Whiskey De Bruyne 7th -v- 3rd GW 2: 45 – 47 // GW 11: 31 – 39 De Bruyne Trousers -v- Chicken and Bane San 2nd -v- 6th GW 2: 54 – 22 // GW 11: 40 – 21 East Loop United -v- FC Santa Barbara 8th -v- 10th GW 2: 28 – 28 // GW 11: 53 – 10 Peltier -v- Uncle Monty 1st -v- 4th GW 2: 31 – 48 // GW 11: 45 – 62 StillluvQPR -v- BattleVAR Galactico 9th -v- 5th GW 2: 39 – 49 // GW 11: 47 – 31	Alleviate the Tedium -v- The Phenoms 5th -v- 1st GW 2: 24 – 43 // GW 11: 32 – 46 Boudi’s Crew -v- Jaysokker 10th -v- 2nd GW 2: 22 – 45 // GW 11: 28 – 24 Goleta Hotspur -v- Harambe Hotspur 4th -v- 3rd GW 2: 35 – 24 // GW 11: 28 – 29 Ole’s at the wheel -v- Don’t Tripp on Silva 6th -v- 8th GW 2: 45 – 31 // GW 11: 48 – 46 Shams army -v- SkyPlayerInFPL BFFA 9th -v- 7th GW 2: 68 – 29 // GW 11: 31 – 52

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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!

Mighty fine feeling did it last week, and Boss did it two weeks before that. They were the top two this week, and there were three teams in third – ATC (out GW13), Hung LaB (out GW7), but the third haven’t had the honour yet, so this week’s Belyea pat-on-the-back, show-you-to-the-door goes to GoFys FC, and they are outta here.

In Week Twenty: 19 teams –
Barons, Farkelife, Housewives Favourite, Route 57 FC, Sporting Wicker Park, AFC Chester, Allison Wonderland, Fergi Time, 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, Leeds United hero Patrick Bamford. Over the last five years, Bamford has helped Leeds rise up into the Premier League (and later relegated with them too), has scored 51 goals in 162 games. He also played in the Premier League with Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Burnley and Middlesbrough. He has played just the once for the England National Men’s team, passing on the chance to appear for the Republic of Ireland for whom he played U18 international football.

In between juggling football and fatherhood, Patrick also manages a fantasy team called Hillside fc in the Leeds United Training league, amongst many others. He sits fourth at the end of this gameweek, about 50 matchpoints behind the league leader, club Doctor Rishi Dhand. He is however, a long way above fellow players Joe Gelhardt, Karl Darlow and Luke Ayling.

Next week, we will be going form one Patrick to another by inviting another former Middlesbrough player, someone that overlapped him at the Riverside. They played for just six weeks and as many friendlies together before Bamford signed for Leeds United. Paddy #2 is a Northern Ireland international that has had spells at Manchester United and Sunderland. He was also Middlesbrough Player of the year in 2021.

Oh, and in case you were wondering about the Hawkes Derby last week – Chesney Hawkes was crushed 68-37 by his son, Indiana. Jeez.

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See you back here next week. Have a happy new year!
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