Dear All,

Another week over in which defences dominated and strikers couldn't hit a cow's backside with a banjo.

Goalless draws involving Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool led to some surprisingly high scores in the DITB leagues, whilst those with Arsenal defenders were left weeping into their half time cupasoups.

The week's highest scorer was Probably The Best with 59 points - no doubt angered by the barefaced cheek(s) of Bazking who had the nerve to take over at the top of the table for a brief period last week. Brother Stevenson now occupies top slot again, but only just from Brother Vegas.

In the premiership, maclacticos (53) and Yer Ma's Athletic (52) both passed the magical half century mark, lifting Brother, sorry I meant Doctor, McNally to second place, while Brother Jones eases into a comfortable 7th position.

The Blue Monkeys still lead the way by some margin despite a relatively poor week for Brother Shields, who'll be hoping that this is just a temporary blip rather than the first signs of weakness.

Confidence is obviously not a problem for Brother Shields as his last email clearly indicates that the league title is basically already his, or that he'll at least finish ahead of The Grapes.

I suppose he has good reason to be confident as, with only 24 league games and all of the FA Cup to play, we may as well tear our dockets. I hate it when the season is over before it's really begun!!!

Moving on, the top five in the Premiership is completed with Minus Three FC, The Grapes and Making History, with Harpic Amsterdam just one point behind (and probably crying his lamps out about it!).

The week's worst score was 19 points recorded by Sheer Kidology which sees Chuckle Brother Junior (aka Paddy Sulls) fall to a worrying 7th position in the Conference League. Maybe going straight back up to the Premiership isn;t going to be as easy as pads initially thought. Don't worry lad, things could be worse. You could be McAvoy!!!

Premiership teams Cherry United and Kirbs Crawlers didn't cover themselves in glory either, scoring 21 and 22 points respectively.

Looking at the relegation battles in both divisions, it's not looking good for Minibabybelle FC. Miss Baber is now 60 points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership with KFC and Cherry Utd filling the other two places. I can sense that the Colonel (alias Brother McCauley) is really feeling the pressure down there.

Master Eastwood's Virgin Surfers are currently the owrst team in the league, lying bottom of the Conference, along with newcomer Chamonix Albion and perennial struggler Cood Dude Zoo.

Finally The Premier League is 1910 places above the Conference in the league of super leagues. Not really surprising, is it?

So, following the exertions of mid-week Champions league football, it's back to action this weekend, and hopefully we'll see a few more goals - especially from Big Ish Miller!

"Big Ish Who?" I hear you say?

"No thanks. I hate the homeless*," I reply.

For anyone wishing to make some vital changes to their team this weekend, the transfer password is "please sir, can I have some MOORE points".

Until next week....

.......... READ 'EM AND WEEP!!!!

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/

* not true but rather a cheap attempt at humour from the chairman, who actually cares a lot for the homeless and does a lot of good work for charity without wanting to brag about it

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 4021 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 35 570 2 9600 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 53 547 3 13491 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 39 537 4 14870 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 48 534 4 14870 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 47 534 6 15334 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 47 533 7 27976 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 52 512 8 37567 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 49 500 9 40262 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 38 497 10 52037 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 35 485 11 58309 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 31 479 12 67330 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 36 471 13 76911 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 47 463 13 76911 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 28 463 15 95803 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 33 448 16 106286 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 37 440 17 108920 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 22 438 18 131657 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 21 421 19 140621 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 30 414 20 205134 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 30 354

Your league is placed 1021 out of 10686 with an average score of 544. DITB Conference League Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 9252 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 59 548 2 10312 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 45 545 3 26549 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 38 514 4 39307 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 46 498 5 44944 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 27 492 6 63919 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 26 474 7 75649 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 19 464 8 108920 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 45 438 9 112984 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 49 435 10 117078 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 45 432 11 122380 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 45 428 12 136802 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 45 417 13 145800 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 42 410 14 147042 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 30 409 15 150920 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 33 406 16 154696 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 29 403 17 166956 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 28 393 18 177220 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 34 384 19 179408 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 31 382 20 189677 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 31 372 21 197008 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 29 364 22 212002 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 27 344 Your league is placed 2931 out of 10686 with an average score of 519.

Update 21/11/08

Dear All,

Sorry folks but too busy this week to give you a full update.

Fair play to Shieldsy and Bazking though - both topping their respective divisions with 500+ points!

Can't believe that Probably The Best's lead was closed down so quickly... question is can anyone catch the Blue Monkeys?

Well done also to Micky Hartes XI and Minus Three FC for some impressive scoring.

Finally, The Fernandos have overtaken Real Goldfish so Maynesy might be in the money!!!

Read 'em and weep..........

Michael R.

PS: This week's password is HAYNES

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 2697 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 51 535 2 11955 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 62 498 3 13737 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 47 494 4 17249 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 56 487 5 17842 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 37 486 5 17842 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 50 486 7 37133 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 51 460 8 38087 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 28 459 9 45943 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 47 451 10 47020 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 45 450 11 49182 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 55 448 12 64187 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 36 435 12 64187 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 24 435 14 89308 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 20 416 14 89308 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 21 416 16 90745 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 41 415 17 108083 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 34 403 18 112522 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 33 400 19 136269 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 45 384 20 207871 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 18 324

Your league is placed 1114 out of 10685 with an average score of 500.

DITB Conference League Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 11141 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 53 500 2 16185 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 34 489 3 24126 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 44 476 4 32653 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 65 465 5 44952 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 42 452 6 49182 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 49 448 7 52564 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 28 445 8 122997 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 16 393 9 131861 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 31 387 10 133355 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 21 386 11 137704 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 31 383 12 143486 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 33 379 13 150806 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 50 374 14 152259 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 41 373 15 153628 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 43 372 16 159048 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 47 368 17 163216 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 40 365 18 181228 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 37 351 19 182391 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 49 350 20 192250 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 19 341 21 198375 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 36 335 22 212976 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 54 317 Your league is placed 3074 out of 10685 with an average score of 476.

Update 14/11/08

Dear All,

Very busy this week so I'm afraid I have no time to provide with anything other than the scores and the transfer password which is RUDDOCK. Good luck!

Read 'em and weep!!!!!!!!!!!.............

Michael R.


DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos Overall Manager Team Tot Pts
1 2896 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 484
2 12959 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 449
3 13933 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 447
4 20390 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 436
4 20390 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 436
6 24020 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 431
6 24020 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 431
8 42851 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 411
9 45109 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 409
10 49896 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 405
11 51083 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 404
12 57439 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 399
13 61493 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 396
14 62875 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 395
15 65556 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 393
16 94235 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 374
17 102378 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 369
18 105727 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 367
19 151972 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 339
20 196508 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 306


Your league is placed 1298 out of 10686 with an average score of 450.




DITB Conference League
Pos Overall Manager Team Tot Pts
1 10238 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 455
2 13933 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 447
3 23243 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 432
4 36461 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 417
5 44001 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 410
6 56150 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 400
7 57439 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 399
8 89451 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 377
9 108987 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 365
10 124090 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 356
11 130759 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 352
12 140614 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 346
13 162597 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 332
14 167070 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 329
15 172846 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 325
16 174307 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 324
17 177106 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 322
18 178405 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 321
19 187476 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 314
20 201640 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 301
21 203548 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 299
22 225862 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 263


Your league is placed 2912 out of 10686 with an average score of 432.

Update 07/11/08

Dear All,

Embarrassing defeats for Liverpool and Arsenal, and a win for Man Utd which saw them concede three goals to Hull, all paved the way for The Blue Monkeys to not only climb back to the top of the Premier League table but to open up a cushion of almost 30 points in the process.

Brother Shields' team is looking strong and this time the bookies are taking note!!

Minus Three FC's reign as leader didn't last too long but Brother Johnston will be content in second place, ahead of Maclacticos, The Grapes and Feeder Club MUFC.

The Premier table is as tight as a [blank] with arguably only the bottom two of Minibabybelle and KFC Academical being really off the pace.

Surely The Colonel isn't thinking that relegation is a real possibility at this early stage???

In the Conference, Probably The Best still leads the way from nonw opther than Bazkinginglory, the gap considerably less than before. Flexy's fairies are still in third place with Sheer Kidology on the coat-tails, and no doubt not enjoying being out of those promotion places. Could be a nervous season ahead for Paddy Sulls in his quest to gain promotion back to the top flight.

At least Sulls and Flexy have a chance, unlike the disappointing Real Goldfish who are swimming in 18th position and look a lot more at home there than in the elite league. maybe Brotehr McAvoy has found his comfort zone alongside like-minded teams such as perennial relegation strugglers The Fernandoes and Cool Dude Zoo.

Another full programme this weekend, which includes the big match between Arsenal and Man Utd, should make this weekend's scores very interesting.

And the return of Fernando Torres against West Brom may, or may not, throw a few spanners in the works.

Anyone wanting to go for El Nino, or alternatively that assist king Rory Delap, can do so with this week's transfer password KENDALL.

Good luck to one and all. You'll need in for the tough season ahead.

Until next week.........

........... READ 'EM AND WEEP!!!!!!!!



Michael R.
Diving in the Box FF League Chairman
http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos
Overall Manager Team Tot Pts
1 2251 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 445
2 8808 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 417
3 15219 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 404
4 21358 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 395
5 23699 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 392
6 26349 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 389
7 27267 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 388
8 30059 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 385
9 48878 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 369
9 48878 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 369
11 56169 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 364
12 57690 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 363
13 63770 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 359
14 71717 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 354
15 75074 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 352
16 96169 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 340
17 130019 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 322
17 130019 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 322
19 160734 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 305
20 198594 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 279


Your league is placed 1129 out of 10686 with an average score of 411.


DITB Conference League
Pos Overall Manager Team Tot Pts
1 5844 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 426
2 11456 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 411
3 15821 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 403
4 22934 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 393
5 44979 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 372
6 48878 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 369
7 66959 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 357
8 85394 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 346
9 113051 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 331
10 120594 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 327
11 130019 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 322
12 146643 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 313
13 165780 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 302
14 170655 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 299
15 172282 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 298
16 192514 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 284
17 193789 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 283
18 198594 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 279
19 199788 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 278
20 207988 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 270
21 209840 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 268
22 228627 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 233