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