Dear All,

Five weeks down but plenty more to go.

If your team hasn’t started performing yet, then Week Six is surely when your season will burst into life.

I’m sure a lot of teams have suffered due to a series of niggling injuries and suspensions and, like me, you’ve probably used more transfers than you would have liked at this stage.  I’ve only three left with a midfield of Lampard, Fabregas and Dembele!

Ah well, hopefully Van Persie, Defoe, Walcott, Kuyt, Terry and Ferdinand will all return soon so I can start challenging the league leaders.

Speaking of league leaders, Harpic Amsterdam still leads the way in the Premier League with a nice 27 point lead over Diaby Does Dallas.  The Professor’s Golden Generation, Probably The Best and Vuvuzola FC complete the top five with a lot of teams in the chasing pack, headed by yours truly.

It’s been a terrible start for Minus Three FC who now sits at the bottom of the table in the esteemed company of relegation squatters KFC Academical and Gulladuff FF – more than 20 points from the safe haven currently occupied by Sofa King Watt.

Brother Johnston said that he’s relying on The Busted Sofas losing ground and taking his place in idiot’s corner – but for now he is the prize idiot in the DITB village.

Turning our attention as we must to the Conference League, we have a new leader in the shape of Boys of Summer whose massive score of 70 points saw Brother McGinley leapfrog his rivals to catch a glimpse of the Promised Land.

Minibabybelle FC has shaken off the shackles of her husband Joey’s Monster to claim second place from last week’s leader the Rio Chargers.

Arnold Thom, sounding more like an early Pink Floyd or Blur song every day, sits Cram-like in fourth position.  While Baz Corr sits Crabs-like in 7^th position!!! ;-)

At the bottom of the table, we see the appropriately named Gunning for Glory.  I would hate to see where Brother Jones would be if he let up a little and took his foot off the gas!! 

Newcomer Mattrua continues to struggle in a relegation zone which, it will come as no surprise, also features an O’Sullivan -  there’s usually one or other of them hanging around there like a bad smell.

So top of the pops this week is none other than Boys of Summer with 70 points, ahead of Maclacticos on 60 and Diaby Does Dallas on 59.

Hardly worth mentioning due to their ineptitude are Cherry United on 20, HaHa Barca wankasFAF on 23 and deadly duo KFC Academical and Gulladuff FF on 25 points apiece.

So that’s it for another week as we look forward to a feast of football.

Will Liverpool get their act together?  Will Chelsea struggle against a half decent team for a change?  Will Berbatoss continue his goalscoring start to the season while Rooney shags your granny and throws away her zimmer?

All will be revealed next week.

Until then.....

.......... READ ‘EM AND WEEP!!!!!!!!!!

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/ 

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

POS	Manager	Team name	Total points	Week pts	Starting XI pts	Starting XI pos	Goals	Goal Pos	Overall Position
1	Mark Molloy	Harpic Amsterdam	269	49	236	3272	20	839	943
2	Paul Brogan	Diaby Does Dallas	242	59	220	9957	12	65382	7906
3	Kurt Festraerts	Golden Generation	239	47	238	2811	16	11814	9710
4	Mark Stevenson	Probably the Best	234	35	212	16169	11	88023	13273
5	Philip Risley	VUVUZOLA FC	229	44	188	51584	15	19690	18111
6	Michael Rafferty	The Grapes of Raff	228	55	194	40233	13	46119	19220
7	Owen McNally	Maclacticos	222	60	205	23722	12	65382	26893
8	Gavin Sheehy	prince of darkness	222	50	220	9957	17	6720	26893
9	Declan Crudden	Bleedin Red	218	46	201	29008	17	6720	32916
10	Brian Shields	The Blue Monkeys	211	43	187	53643	15	19690	45519
11	Jules Eilledge	True Blue Strikers	200	28	200	30446	15	19690	70008
12	Gary McDonald	Gazza's Piping Hots	194	34	176	79231	11	88023	85104
13	Brendan Kelly	FlexysMidniteRunners	191	45	146	157122	11	88023	93104
14	Conor Donnelly	The Busted Sofas	176	30	159	123962	10	113486	133586
15	Conor Walls	Wallsy's Warriors	170	47	141	168508	9	139286	148966
16	Francis Jones	Yer Ma's Athletic	167	27	151	144767	10	113486	156313
17	John McDermott	Sofa King Watt	166	39	131	187777	7	183369	158666
18	Brendan Henry	Gulladuff FF	143	25	128	192567	4	220815	200830
19	Kevin McCauley	KFC Academical	142	25	142	166349	6	199811	202102
20	Geoff Johnston	Minus Three FC	128	27	91	221286	5	212296	215703

DITB CONFERENCE LEAGUE

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POS	Manager	Team name	Total points	Week pts	Starting XI pts	Starting XI pos	Goals	Goal Pos	Overall Position
1	Austin McGinley	Boys of Summer	230	70	196	36704	17	6720	16992
2	Claire McCabe	MiniBabyBelleFC	221	53	231	4654	13	46119	28305
3	Andrew Jenkins	The Rio Chargers	219	42	200	30446	18	3588	31346
4	Arnold Thom	Inshallah	212	50	149	149758	10	113486	43606
5	Simon Jenkins	Stickshifter United	208	50	200	30446	11	88023	51591
6	Andrew McCabe	Joeys Monsters	202	38	185	57821	13	46119	65139
7	Barry Corr	bazkinginglory	201	41	179	71794	13	46119	67569
8	Alan McCabe	Dirty Dubs XI	198	58	144	161711	11	88023	74906
9	Christopher Cherry	Jittery Dynamos	197	51	176	79231	14	31049	77391
10	Conor Nugent	the well hungarians	192	49	165	107800	11	88023	90476
11	William Cherry	Cherry United	183	20	185	57821	10	113486	114683
12	Andy Kirby	Kirbs Crawlers	182	27	173	86697	13	46119	117397
13	Gareth Bradley	Hoof Hearted UTD	181	38	176	79231	9	139286	120118
14	Joseph O'Sullivan	COOL DUDE ZOO	176	49	163	113103	12	65382	133586
15	Simon O'sullivan	HaHa Barca wankasFAF	176	23	180	69382	8	162778	133586
16	Conor Mcavoy	Real Goldfish	176	29	176	79231	10	113486	133586
17	Brendan Henry	Fullofthepipe	176	32	170	94354	9	139286	133586
18	Joseph O'Sullivan	TORRES and co	168	33	139	172792	10	113486	153962
19	Gavin Curran	Mattrua	168	30	119	204556	12	65382	153962
20	Barry Jones	Gunning for Glory	160	49	134	182521	9	139286	171963

Dear All,

As we enter another FF-interrupting international break, things are starting to take shape in the DITB leagues after three weeks.

Some managers will be glad of the break, whilst others will wish it hadn’t arrived to curb their early season form.

In the latter camp will be Harpic Amsterdam, who after a disappointing season last year is back with a vengeance at the top of the table. Brother Molloy is off to a flyer with a total score of 181 points, 16 ahead of nearest rival Probably The Best.

Up next are the familiar (and ugly) faces of Brothers Festraerts, Brogan and Rafferty –all of whom are showing their intent right from the kick-off.

True Blue Strikers and Bleedin Red show some early form which will undoubtedly falter very soon, whilst Vuvuzola FC is now heading southwards after a great start.

The Doc, The Monkeys, The Prince and The Piping Hots are all sitting pretty in mid-table while at the bottom, Minus Three FC holds up the rest of the table, including fellow relegation candidates Sofa King Watt and Yer Ma’s Athletic (sorry lads but no prozes for clever team names in this game!).

In the Conference League, the Rio Chargers are indeed charging ahead and looking strong at the top, ahead of Cherry United, who will be looking for an instant return to the Premiership this season, and MiniBabyBelle FC.

As seems the norm, Hoof Hearted Utd are again in the promotion race but the question as always is for how long (?), followed by Boys of Summer and Cherry Junior’s Skittery Dynamos (sorry I meant Jittery Dynamos).

Bottom of the Conference League going into the break are Gunning for Glory (yeah right!!!), Fullofthepipe (definitely full of something!!!) and Mattrua, a name that deserves no attempt at a funny comment - new boy Curran obviously finding it hard to pick a decent team name as well as adjust to the pace of Conference League football (i.e., it’s too feckin’ slow).

On the topic of team names, the King of Subtlety title must go to Simon O’Sullivan with his particularly clever wordplay. I don’t know how some people think of them!!! J

And if The Professor’s team doesn’t live up to expectations, will the Golden Generation become the Golden Shower?

Top scorer in week three was Brother Stevenson with 59, followed by Bleedin Red on 57 and Torres and Co on 52.

This week’s prize numpties are all from the Premiership... Gulladuff FF (21), Sofa King Watt (24) and surprisingly the Golden Generation (26). Damn you Fat Frank!!!!

But not to worry folks, it’s only week three and there’s a long long way to go, so anything can happen.

Having said that, Brother Johnston, you’re already more than a hundred points off the lead so your season’s basically over. Nice while it lasted (all of three weeks).

That’s it for now. Until next time.........

.......... READ ‘EM AND WEEP!!!!!!!!

Michael R.

Diving in the Box FF League Chairman

http://divinginthebox.blogspot.com/

DITB PREMIER LEAGUE

POS	Manager	Team name	Total points	Week pts	Starting XI pts	Starting XI pos	Goals	Goal Pos	Overall Position
1	Mark Molloy	Harpic Amsterdam	181	48	164	2476	15	435	883
2	Mark Stevenson	Probably the Best	165	59	155	6137	10	21600	4368
3	Kurt Festraerts	Golden Generation	159	26	159	4145	11	11638	7536
4	Paul Brogan	Diaby Does Dallas	155	41	149	10273	8	57544	10707
5	Michael Rafferty	The Grapes of Raff	151	50	138	23984	10	21600	14704
6	Jules Eilledge	True Blue Strikers	147	37	147	12105	13	2687	19928
7	Declan Crudden	Bleedin Red	145	57	145	14156	11	11638	22937
8	Philip Risley	VUVUZOLA FC	139	31	130	40057	8	57544	34234
9	Owen McNally	Maclacticos	135	31	135	29288	7	84115	43365
10	Brian Shields	The Blue Monkeys	126	37	109	106228	11	11638	69412
11	Gavin Sheehy	prince of darkness	121	44	120	67989	7	84115	86159
12	Gary McDonald	Gazza's Piping Hots	119	34	119	71191	8	57544	93159
13	Brendan Kelly	FlexysMidniteRunners	117	31	104	124229	7	84115	100375
14	Conor Donnelly	The Busted Sofas	102	31	93	161797	6	114708	153772
15	Conor Walls	Wallsy's Warriors	97	37	82	191084	5	144945	169379
16	Brendan Henry	Gulladuff FF	94	21	91	167869	3	195056	177876
17	Kevin McCauley	KFC Academical	93	36	93	161797	3	195056	180524
18	Francis Jones	Yer Ma's Athletic	91	38	83	188838	7	84115	185599
19	John McDermott	Sofa King Watt	85	24	83	188838	3	195056	199060
20	Geoff Johnston	Minus Three FC	76	31	69	211837	3	195056	213106

DITB CONFERENCE LEAGUE

POS	Manager	Team name	Total points	Week pts	Starting XI pts	Starting XI pos	Goals	Goal Pos	Overall Position
1	Andrew Jenkins	The Rio Chargers	153	38	146	13112	15	435	12598
2	William Cherry	Cherry United	140	41	137	25615	8	57544	32246
3	Claire McCabe	MiniBabyBelleFC	134	33	134	31240	8	57544	45927
4	Gareth Bradley	Hoof Hearted UTD	132	45	133	33301	8	57544	51317
5	Austin McGinley	Boys of Summer	131	36	125	53008	8	57544	54058
6	Christopher Cherry	Jittery Dynamos	129	27	126	50231	10	21600	60023
7	Andrew McCabe	Joeys Monsters	129	42	129	42469	8	57544	60023
8	Barry Corr	bazkinginglory	128	29	115	84575	9	36397	62983
9	Andy Kirby	Kirbs Crawlers	125	28	117	77899	10	21600	72596
10	Arnold Thom	Inshallah	123	40	80	195204	6	114708	79269
11	Simon Jenkins	Stickshifter United	121	37	121	64869	6	114708	86159
12	Joseph O'Sullivan	COOL DUDE ZOO	115	33	98	145335	7	84115	107564
13	Joseph O'Sullivan	TORRES and co	111	52	92	164890	8	57544	122188
14	Conor Mcavoy	Real Goldfish	111	29	111	98965	7	84115	122188
15	Conor Nugent	the well hungarians	108	44	101	134967	4	172442	133013
16	Simon O'sullivan	HaHa Barca wankasFAF	107	31	109	106228	4	172442	136509
17	Alan McCabe	Dirty Dubs XI	107	34	93	161797	4	172442	136509
18	Gavin Curran	Mattrua	100	31	90	170802	7	84115	160132
19	Brendan Henry	Fullofthepipe	99	40	99	141796	3	195056	163216
20	Barry Jones	Gunning for Glory	75	34	75	204182	3	195056	214294