And that’s it, Season 9 has come to an end.

It’s been another fantastic season and one that some of us will remember for a long, long time. We had title races that went down to the Final Day, we had a Champions League Final that had to be replayed, we had a mid-season World Cup break (!) and we had a ton of high-scoring and phenomenally close matches.

And let’s not forget that we lost one of our own this year. Please raise a glass when you get home today and say thanks.

But we also achieved new highs. We have some talented new managers in the BFFA, three of whom (yes, three!) earned promotion and a fourth will be joining them in the Champions League next season too. We passed our 7,000^th match just a few weeks ago and we are now building up to another big milestone – the TENTH Draft of the BFFA. I wonder how many of the original members expected to see that?

So to conclude the season, we can now announce the final promotions, the Champions League & IML teams for next season, the postseason victors and the Best(ish) Team of the Season. Here are your final results!

On this page:
Playoffs // Champions League Qualifiers //

IML Qualifiers // Champion of Champions //

Pools & Friendlies // Best(-ish) Champion // Thanks

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Knockouts

Playoffs

Second Leg

Route 57 FC 32 – 20 Gloopy Yarbles

Route 57 FC win 102 – 84 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier League.

StillluvQPR 32 – 33 Atletico Topo Chico

Atletico Topo Chico win 80 – 70 on aggregate and are promoted to the Championship.

Ole’s at the Wheel 45 – 43 De Bruyne Trousers

De Bruyne Trousers win 104 – 98 on aggregate and are promoted to League One.

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CL Qualifiers

Second Leg

Fergi Time 29 – 44 All Star Gunners

Fergi Time win 76 – 71 on aggregate

CG XI 41 – 27 Peltier

CG XI win 81 – 65 on aggregate

Fergi Time and CG XI will be playing in next season’s Champions League!

The #1 Seeds (to be drawn into different Groups) in the 2023 Champions League will be: AFC Chester, Housewives Favourite, Mighty Fine Feeling and RB Monty.

The other twelve teams in the draw will be: Atletico Topo Chico, Barons FC, CG XI, De Bruyne Trousers, Fergi Time, Gloopy Yarbles, Hung Like a Bony, Klopps & Robbers, Smash & Grab, Sporting Wicker Park, The El Dude Brothers, and Whiskey De Bruyne

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IML Qualifiers

Finals

Premier League: Boss 26-32 Route 57 FC
Championship: Webuiltthis City 46-62 GoFys FC
League One: BattleVAR Galatico 46-40 East Loop United
League Two: Harambe Hotspur 45-43 Orewa Ostriches

Route 57 FC, GoFys FC, BattleVAR Galatico and Harambe Hotspur will be in the Intramural League next season.

In the First Round, these four teams will go straight into the Final Eight where they will play a team that gets knocked out of the Champions League after the Group Stage.

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Champion of Champions!

Four League Champions. Only one will win this postseason knockout and earn an additional $50.

The Final

Housewives Favourite 52 – 31 MIghty Fine Feeling

Housewives Favourites are this season’s Champions of Champions

Next season will open with Housewives Favourite playing an exhibition match against the BFFA Cup winners (Mighty Fine Feeling!)

Pools

The Runners-Up Trophy

Two weeks, ten teams. The most accumulated points wins an additional $30.

The Wooden Spoon Final

Jaysokker 44 – 23 Chicken and Bane San

Chicken and Bane San are the recipients of the S9 Wooden Spoon

— Final Week Friendlies —

Champion of Champions 3rd Place match:
AFC Chester 36 – 37 RB Monty

IMLQ Semi-Finalists:
Goleta Hotspur 38 – 47 We have Kompany
Wijnaldum Leviosa 55 – 10 Conte’s Cockerels

Sacko Survivors:
R.O.K. FC 23 – 31 TMT
FCSB 37 – 43 Vanishing Spray
Sugar Daddies 37 – 31 Cedar Creek

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And finally…

The Best-ish Team of 2023…

An accolade based on the fact that no matter how well you do in the BFFA, no matter the amount of points your squad may score, you will never, ever, be as cool as George Best.

They won the Championship, then this week they were crowned Champions of Champions; topping the Overall Table by a clear 132 Fantasy Points, the Best(-ish) team this year, ladies and gentlemen… we give you…:

Housewives Favourite!

1,930 Fantasy Points

Thanks to all of you for playing!

Thanks to everybody involved this season.

There have been so many great games, a lot of excitement, a few surprises and some absolute heroes standing out for us this season, not least our League Admins – Darren, Ben and Chris. You guys have a been brilliant, we wouldn’t be able to do this without your help!

We had a lot of fun and cannot wait to start on the next campaign! And don’t forget that we will also be enjoying the talent and flair of Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town in August!

I’d like to add on a personal note, that this is an amazing group and I’m so grateful to be a part of it, so thank you to all who got this started, and thank you to everyone who is here today! You guys rule. Thanks to Glenn for setting up the Discord forums last year, and shoutouts to anyone who has had anything to say on the Facebook Banter pages. I wish I had time to wisecrack with you jebends more often. I’ve had a lot of fun this year, and I can’t wait to start setting up my Draft Picks.

Thank you all for being great players and we’ll see you back here in two months for the 10^th BFFA Draft!

🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆 All the best! 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆