Dear All,

There's a credit crunch going on which means I can only afford a few words this week.

Well done to Feeder Club MUFC, ABCDE FC and Gulladuff FF.

This week's password is WHELAN.

I'll be in touch with another update before Christmas.

Until then......

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

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 4853 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 36 662 2 8796 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 34 647 3 10506 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 61 642 3 10506 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 33 642 5 15746 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 56 630 6 24477 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 47 615 7 25149 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 21 614 8 25861 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 24 613 9 38658 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 15 597 10 46167 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 26 589 11 47184 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 36 588 12 68090 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 49 569 13 74065 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 37 564 13 74065 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 29 564 15 86308 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 27 554 16 92680 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 31 549 17 97694 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 41 545 18 115530 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 24 531 19 161623 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 19 493 20 196816 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 29 455

Your league is placed 822 out of 10687 with an average score of 645. DITB Conference League Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 7880 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 32 650 2 23129 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 22 617 3 40424 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 24 595 4 52345 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 41 583 5 53436 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 40 582 6 55620 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 18 580 7 76508 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 26 562 8 90152 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 40 551 9 115530 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 26 531 10 120591 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 24 527 10 120591 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 40 527 12 126941 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 27 522 13 136976 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 25 514 14 161623 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 24 493 15 168026 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 22 487 16 170141 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 44 485 17 181922 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 18 473 18 183689 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 33 471 19 186288 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 32 468 20 192129 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 34 461 21 193668 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 21 459 22 220100 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 28 413 Your league is placed 4050 out of 10687 with an average score of 605.

Dear All,

Firstly, thank you to all managers who made an appearance at last Saturday's annual ACP. Some 16 teams were represented along with a few blow-ins so, as you can imagine, copious amounts of alcohol were consumed and Sunday was a write-off for most.

Anyway, back to the important business of the DITB League.

After a lot of bumming and blowing, The Blue Monkeys team have lost their position at the top of the Premiership to Minus Three FC.

Brother Shields admitted on Saturday that he did not enjoy life at the top of the table, and the pressure that comes with it. Once again, for the second time this season, it's Brother Johnston's turn to take the top spot, a position that is somewhat of a hot potato at the moment - particularly to those managers who don't have the required experience to handle it.

Whilst Mssrs Johnston and Shields top the table, the next three places are taken up by multiple trophy winners Making History, Maclacticos and The Grapes of Raff so there doesn't seem to be much room for slip-ups.

Surprisingly, Cherry United were the Premiership's top scorers with 60 points this week - a score that will be a dagger into the heart of relegation-threatened KFC Academical, who named Brother Cherry as a likely candidate to take his place in the bottom three by the end of the season. Brother McCauley now lies 30 points adrift of safety, although he was quite confident that he would catch a number of so-called "no hopers" by May. Too good to go down? We'll see!

Other top scores in the Premier League this week came from Minus Three FC (58) and Gulladuff FF (51).

While KFC and Minibabybelle are the most likely relegation candidates at this moment in time, the thrid position is really up for grabs with the whole bottom half of the table still in contention to go down to the Conference.

Never worry though, the season is still only about a third of the way through. Remember that Shieldsy was almost 40 points clear a few weeks back and now he's 13 points behind son anything can happen.

And it usually does!

The Premiership's laughing stocks this week are Yer Ma's Athletic (20), Harpic Amsterdam (22) and Making History (24) - not exactly disastrous scoring but someone has to be pointed out!

Overall it's good to see the Premier League break into the top 1000 super leagues but I expect us to do even better as we go forward.

Finally, this week's transfer password is, and I kid you not, WAGSTAFF.

Good luck over the weekend. 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 Week Pts Tot Pts 1 4865 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 58 626 2 8245 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 36 613 3 9605 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 33 609 4 16534 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 24 593 5 18720 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 39 589 6 23057 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 22 582 7 23751 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 48 581 8 28833 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 44 574 9 33718 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 39 568 10 38119 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 20 563 11 48754 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 42 552 12 67947 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 48 535 13 77844 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 38 527 13 77844 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 28 527 15 86688 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 51 520 16 89242 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 39 518 17 103676 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 35 507 18 107641 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 60 504 19 146716 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 41 474 20 196620 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 37 426

Your league is placed 993 out of 10687 with an average score of 606.

Dear All,

Have to go to Dublin in the morning so this week's update will be short and sweet.

Not one to scud himself, Premier League Brother Shields scored a massive 7 points which has seen his 37 point lead of two weeks ago cut to just one solitary point! Pressure? What pressure!!!!

I'm afraid that's all the hilarity I have time for this week. Sure we can all catch up on Saturday at the annual ACP. Kick-off is at 12.45 for anyone who fancies the Fulham v Man City game?

Finally, this week's transfer password is named after Liverpool and Arsenal legend Jimmy CARTER.

Good luck...........

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

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 8276 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 7 577 2 8587 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 29 576 3 11051 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 35 569 4 11442 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 31 568 5 14921 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 27 560 6 20215 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 16 550 7 24667 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 31 543 8 32231 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 36 533 9 34766 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 45 530 10 35593 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 29 529 11 54152 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 39 510 12 66517 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 20 499 13 78634 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 26 489 14 81107 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 24 487 15 91346 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 39 479 16 100604 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 34 472 17 104618 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 21 469 18 137764 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 23 444 19 151900 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 19 433 20 198254 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 35 389

Your league is placed 1042 out of 10686 with an average score of 570.

DITB Conference League Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 8909 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 27 575 2 14921 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 15 560 3 31474 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 36 534 4 36443 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 14 528 5 50895 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 21 513 6 71259 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 21 495 7 74882 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 28 492 8 108641 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 34 466 9 111278 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 36 464 10 123518 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 20 455 11 124814 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 16 454 12 127463 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 42 452 13 142974 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 31 440 14 145554 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 21 438 15 151900 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 27 433 16 173329 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 31 415 16 173329 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 12 415 18 174423 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 21 414 19 180632 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 26 408 20 185579 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 31 403 21 193915 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 30 394 22 220754 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 8 352 Your league is placed 3253 out of 10686 with an average score of 542.