Dear All,

As we approach the business end of the season, things are definitely hotting up in the Premier and Conference leagues.

Harpic Amsterdam shows no sign of letting up in his quest for a first leage title. A score of 57 points saw Brother Molloy extend his lead at the top to 21 points over Minus three FC, with HIT THE BAR a further 12 points behind in third place.

Not a big difference to be honest but a difference all the same. It's nice to be top of the league at this time of year but I wouldn't like to see the shape of Molloy's kecks on a Saturday or Sunday evening!

ABCDE FC and maclacticos make up the top five, ahead of the Blue Monkeys, Making History and Diaby Does Dallas, who are still in contention.

A poor season of mid table mediocrity continues for The Grapes while Freeder club MUFC slip into the bottom half of the table for the first time in ages, much to Guru Walls' discontent.

Relegation is looking pretty nailed on with Minibabybelle a cert to go down, while the True Blue Strikers and Prince of Darkness can only carry a very slim hope that KFC Academical can blow it in the home straight.

With all this talk of going down and blowing it, I think it's time to move swiftly on the the Conference league where Probably the Best is still probably the best - but no longer the surefire certainlty that he has been all season.

Only 18 points separate Brother Stevenson from Flexys Fairies, and with Sheer Kidology, Boys of Summer and Bazkinginglory all close behind, promotion isn;t a guarantee for the season-long league leader.

It would be unthinkable for Probably the Best not to be promoted, let alone win the league, but there could be a few hairy moments between now and the end of May.

That's the worst thing about being a league leader, your laundry bill increases dramatically!

At the bottom of the Conference, it looks like Virgin Surfers are goners and it's two from three for the remaining two relegation places.

Can;t really see Cool Dude Zoo staying up as they;re rubbish so that leaves Real Goldfish to fight it out against the Dirty Dubs for survival - and to avoid being the first team ever to be relegated from the Premiership and Conference League in consecutive seasons.

Dont forget that if we have a lot of new entries next season, there may be a third division for Mac to be relegated from!

Highest scorer this week was Harpic Amsterdam (57) followed by Maclacticos and Busted Sofas on 54 - what happened you Maynesy? Can't keep up with the other O'Neill husbands?

Bottom of the scoring charts this week were Muckamore Uld with 14 points, just one point worse off than Virgin Surfers and Barry's Elite XI.

Overall, iun the league of super leagues, the Premiership has climbed to 415th position (from more than 10,000 other leagues), while the Conference is probably outperforming in 3569th position.

At this stage we don;t know how many transfers anyone has left - which could have a huge impact on league standings if used correctly.

For anyone who still has a few to burn, this week's password is HODDLE.

Speaking of which, it's time for me to head off the the Diamond Lights of Windermere Close.

Happy Easter and don't let the weekend's footie ruin your holiday - although you know that it probably will!

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 2667 Mr Mark Molloy Harpic Amsterdam 57 1293 2 4522 Mr Geoff Johnston Minus Three FC 43 1272 3 5952 Mr Declan Crudden HIT THE BAR 37 1260 4 7915 Mr John McDermott ABCDE FC 44 1248 5 10090 Dr Owen McNally Maclacticos 54 1237 6 16274 Mr Brian Shields the blue monkeys 43 1213 7 17490 Mr Kurt Festraerts Making History 46 1209 8 18142 Mr Paul Brogan Diaby Does Dallas 38 1207 9 26658 Mr Gary McDonald Gazzas Piping Hots 27 1184 10 27517 Mr Michael Rafferty The Grapes of Raff 42 1182 11 31174 Mr Conor Walls Feeder club MUFC 25 1174 12 46796 Mr Andy Kirby kirbs crawlers 33 1145 13 53576 Mr Brendan Devlin Brendys Bruisers 38 1134 14 69593 Mr Fra Jones Yer Ma's Athletic 30 1110 15 80944 Mr William Cherry Cherry United 29 1094 16 90003 Mr Matthew Henry Gulladuff F.F 29 1082 17 100536 Mr Kevin McCauley KFC Academical 46 1068 18 123592 Mr Gavin Sheehy Prince of Darkness 30 1037 19 125770 Mr Jules Eilledge True Blue Strikers 40 1034 20 164640 Miss Claire Baber MINIBABYBELLEFC 23 974 Your league is placed 415 out of 10684 with an average score of 1262. DITB Conference League Pos Overall Manager Team Week Pts Tot Pts 1 20160 Mr Mark Stevenson PROBABLY THE BEST 33 1201 2 27093 Mr Brendan Kelly flexys fairys 42 1183 3 29274 Mr Simon Patrick O'Sullivan Sheer Kidology 52 1178 4 32686 Mr Austin McGinley Boys of Summer 36 1171 4 32686 Mr Barry Corr bazkinginglory 49 1171 6 73008 Mr Brendan Henry HOWRTINGS 39 1105 7 85439 Mr Conor Donnelly The Busted Sofas 54 1088 8 92278 Mr colly mckenna micky hartes x1 26 1079 9 112515 Mr Simon Jenkins Stickshifter FC 44 1052 10 119126 Mr Gareth Bradley Hoofers UTD 24 1043 11 120670 Mr Conor Nugent The Well Hungarian 30 1041 12 133351 Mr Barry Jones Barry's Elite XI 15 1023 13 134758 Mr Alan Stewart Muckamore Uld 14 1021 14 135432 Mr Andrew McCabe Joeys Monsters 27 1020 15 161203 Mr paul maynes The fernandos 27 980 16 163473 Mr Philip McCabe Chamonix Albion 26 976 17 170236 Mr Connell McGinley Mighty Con Villa 21 964 18 171814 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Mersey Miracles 42 961 19 184446 Mr Alan McCabe Dirty Dubs XI 31 936 20 189961 Mr conor mc avoy REAL GOLDFISH 24 924 21 195751 Mr Stephen O'Sullivan Cool Dude Zoo 32 910 22 211202 Master Eamon Eastwood Virgin Surfers 15 864 Your league is placed 3569 out of 10684 with an average score of 1181.