It was a midweek round. Plenty of goals, plenty of glory. The first team to get promotion has been announced, Whiskey de Bruyne complete 9-in-a-row and the title races continue unabated in all four leagues!

Mighty Fine Feeling topscored this week with 72, nine more than any other team and fifty more than their opponents, earning their 200^th win in all competitions in spectacular style.

On this page:
Premier League // Championship // League One // League Two // GW34 // Post-Season + As it Stands

Premier League

Championship

Qualified for Champions League:
Gloopy Yarbles, Housewives Favourite, Hung Like a Bony & The El Dude Brothers

IML Qualifying Round:
Webuiltthis City

League One

League Two

Promoted:
Real Bastardos

Qualified for Champions League:
Real Bastardos, Whiskey de Bruyne

IML Qualifying Round:
Goleta Hotspur

Next Up:

Gameweek 34

BFFA Premier League	BFFA Championship
Mighty Fine Feeling -v- Barons (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 34 – 35; GW25: 16 – 55) Sporting Wicker Park -v- Smash & Grab (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 50 – 67; GW25: 43 – 79) Vanishing Spray -v- Boss (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 39 – 37; GW25: 52 – 67) We have Kompany -v- Route 57 FC (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 30 – 40; GW25: 54 – 45) Wijnaldum Leviosa -v- TMT (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 33 – 38; GW25: 35 – 50)	All Star Gunners -v- Webuiltthis City (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 53 – 22; GW25: 84 – 35) FC Santa Barbara -v- Housewives Favourite (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 47 – 53; GW25: 45 – 70) GoFysFC -v- Gloopy Yarbles (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 19 – 37; GW25: 35 – 65) Hung Like a Bony -v- StillluvQPR (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 63 – 22; GW25: 44 – 28) The El Dude Bros -v- Chicken and Bane San (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 35 – 43; GW25: 68 – 21)
BFFA League One	BFFA League Two
AFC Chester -v- Peltier (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 38 – 25; GW25: 42 – 20) Klopps and Robbers -v- Atletico Topo Chico (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 66 – 62; GW25: 47 – 73) Jaysokker -v- East Loop United (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 31 – 41; GW25: 61 – 38) Ole’s at the wheel -v- Fergi Time (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 24 – 37; GW25: 24 – 47) Sugar Daddies -v- BattleVAR Galatico (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 54 – 36; GW25: 42 – 58)	Cedar Creek FC -v- Goleta Hotspur (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 27 – 55; GW25: 33 – 39) De Bruyne Trousers -v- Whiskey De Bruyne (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 32 – 34; GW25: 53 – 59) Harambe Hotspur -v- Conte’s Cockerels (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 44 – 53; GW25: 39 – 47) Real Bastardos -v- Orewa Ostriches (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 40 – 28; GW25: 50 – 53) ROK F.C. -v- CG XI (GW 7: 0 – 0; GW16: 32 – 34; GW25: 51 – 45)

The Post Season

The End of Season Approaches…!

Just three games to go!

These final few games will decide titles, relegations, play-offs and qualification for tournaments next season! Here’s what to watch for as we approach the Post Season:

The Playoffs!

The highlight of the post-season: our inaugural Promotion Play-offs.

At the end of the season – GW36 – the top two teams from the lower divisions will be promoted and the bottom two will be relegated. In previous seasons it was a straight three-up, three-down, but this year we are introducing Pro/Rel Play-Offs, giving the teams in eighth the opportunity to fight for their place. Third-placed teams, who should be much stronger and better prepared, no longer get an automatic promotion, but instead have to play two legs against a weaker team to get themselves over that line.

#1) 8th, Premier League vs. 3rd, Championship: Winner gets a Premier League place in Season 10.
#2) 8th, Championship vs. 3rd, League One: Winner gets a Championship place in Season 10.
#3) 8th, League One vs. 3rd, League Two: Winner gets a League One place in Season 10.
Two Legs, GW37 & GW38.

And here’s how the Post-Season affects everybody:

#1) Champion of Champions

The teams at the top of each league at the end of Gameweek 36 will win the title and the prizes attached to it. But there will be some discussion as to which of the four was the best team of the season, so in the final two gameweeks the four League Champions will playoff for another $50 and the title of Champion of Champions!

Three games, knockout style.
Ties broken by goals scored, assists, least reds, least yellows, Bonus Points then BPS.

GW37:	⚽ Highest-scoring Champion vs. Lowest-scoring Champion ⚽ Champion #2 vs. Champion #3
GW38:	⚽ *Winner vs.* Winner**

The outright winner will also be set-up to play in the just-for-fun Dare Holdren Community Shield against the BFFA Cup Winners in Gameweek 1 next season.

#2) The Runners-Up Trophy

All the teams finishing 2nd and 3rd will qualify for the 2023 Champions League next season, as will the current Champions League Champions – Gloopy Yarbles – and the BFFA Cup Winners (to be decided).
(If the CL Winners and/or the BFFA Cup winners finish the season in the top three, then the fourth-placed team in that League will also get an automatic Champions League placement and be entered into the Runners-Up Trophy.)

These ten teams will play in a post-season mini-tournament – two weeks, the most accumulated points wins an additional $30.

#3) The Champions League Qualifiers

The 2023 Champions League will again be contested by 16 teams, split into four groups of four (again with one League Champion in each group).

The top three teams from each league this season, plus the Champions League Champions (or the 4th-placed in their league) and the BFFA Cup winners (or the 4th-placed in their league) will make up fourteen of the qualified teams, meaning we need two more.

Starting this season we will invite four teams to play two matches during the Post-Season, and the two winners from those games will earn a place in the CL Draw in August. Initially, those four teams will be the 4x 4th-placed teams at the end of the season, but as some will qualify for the Champions League via other means, those slots will open up.

We know now that the top four in the Championship will automatically qualify for the Champions League (three league places plus Gloopy as CL holders) so as it stands Peltier would get a play-off match as the next-best unqualified teams in the BFFA.

Similarly, if the BFFA Cup winners finish in the top four, then a second reserve will get a shot at Champions League qualification too. This means that the high-scoring teams will want to keep an eye on the Best-ish table every week as teams fall out of the top three and the double gameweeks shake up the rankings.

#4) The Intramural League Qualifiers

If you don’t make the Champions League places or the Qualifiers then you could qualify for next season’s Intramural League.
Each League will send one representative to the IML in September.
(Once there, the Premier League team will play the League Two rep across two legs in the First Round, and the Championship side will play a League One club).
In GW37, ⚽ 5th will play 8th & ⚽ 6th plays 7th.
⚽ The winners of each game will playoff in GW38 for qualification.
Less than four teams? Then the top team(s) get a first-week bye. Lovely.

#5) The Wooden Spoon

The bottom two from each league will unfortunately miss out on the IML Qualifiers and instead have their own little tournament to play in. The aim is simply to avoid being the season’s worst team. No-one wants that. If you finish ninth or tenth in your league then you will no doubt already be under pressure to keep your job as a head coach! Pass this test and you could be off the hook.

Eight teams – the worst two scores in Gameweek 37 will be set up in a final week showdown ⚽ Win there and save your blushes. Lose that and you’ll be made to remember it (but be thankful that we didn’t set any forfeits this year!)

Basic postseason direction — ^{Opening postseason split. This will change when the Champions League winners and BFFA Cup winners are confirmed.}

As It Stands…

So first things first, we know that Real Bastardos will be playing League One football next season. Congrats to them. And if they win one more of the final three games, then they will be going up as Champions. Similarly, Whiskey De Bruyne are just a win from clinching promotion with them.

In League One, the top three all lost meaning that 4th, 5th & 6th had the chance to close the gap. With the top three all to play each other again, the midtable teams could threaten to steal those promotion places and the glory.

Conversely, in the Championship the top three all won and look fairly settled where they are. Hung Like a Bony would need a small miracle to knick third, but it’s not impossible. Housewives’ Favourite will get promotion next week with a point, while El Dude Bros and Gloopy Yarbles plough on in their fight for second.

The Premier League continues to enthrall the masses with a lot to play for, and no early clinchers in sight. Barons hold on to their one-shot lead, but could lose it any weekend if they can’t keep the momentum going. MFF & SWP can practically take the lead, but will have to earn it. Top plays second next week and later arons play SPW in the final game of the season. Can Barons survive the threat from two fronts? Moreover, can either challenger take it to them? Can Smash & Grab ruin the party when they play MFF & SWP next?! And what will Kompany & Wijnaldun do to the top four? Can Boss seal Premier League survival? Can R57 rise up? ⚽⚽⚽ It’s all-go!!! ⚽⚽⚽