Dear All,

It seems like ages since I’ve been in touch with the international break and then no update last week - for which I apologise.

Believe it or not, sometimes I have better and more important things to do than send a load of in-bred reprobates emails about football!  I hope that doesn’t cause any offence – none intended! J

Anyway, being the slack-jawed yokels that you are, I can hear you all chomping at the bit to hear about the latest movers and shakers in the DITB League - and to laugh at Kevin McCauley of course!

Turning firstly to the Premiership, Harpic Amsterdam continues to lead the way with more points, and indeed more goals, than anyone else.

Brother Molloy is the first of us to pass the 400 point barrier, ahead of The Professor (surprise surprise!!), Premiership debutant VUVUZOLA FC and Probably The Best.

Defending champions The Grapes of Raff are still clinging on to 5^th position - despite having Cesc Fabregas, Dedryck Boyata, Jamie Carragher, Richard Dunne and Scott Carson in my team!!!  

In a very tightly packed top 10, okay then... top nine, only 29 points separate second place from ninth, with Brother Brogan threatening as usual, Brother Shields making progress (having undoubtedly turned to his beloved Chelsea again for inspiration), and Brother Sheehy flattering to deceive.  Maclacticos, as always, also continue to hang around like a bad smell.

Fast forwarding through the realms of mid table mediocrity to the quicksand of relegation, Minus Three FC as promised has (temporarily?) escaped the dropzone, to be replaced by the Busted Sofas with the human yoyo Gulladuff FF not far behind.

Then, here comes the funny bit, almost 50 points further back and stranded at the bottom off the table is perennial struggler KFC Academical.

Even at this early stage, maybe Brother McCauley has pushed the annual Houdini act a step too far.

In the Conference League, the Rio Chargers continue to lead the way but by only a single point from Joey’s Monsters .  Brother McCabe will be hoping that last year’s experience of leading from the front, only to fill his togs at the last minute, will stand him in good stead this year.

Boys of Summer occupy the third promotion place ahead of Stickshifter United, Bazking in Glory and a plethora of also-rans.

And at the bottom, the lowest of the low, we once again see Real Goldfish.  Chuckle Brother Junior can’t afford to smile either in 19^th place, nor can the appropriately titled Gunning for Glory – but at least they’re within single digits from safety.

Arguably the biggest surprise of the season so far is that Cool Dude Zoo is in mid table, which is definitely good news for anyone currently in the bottom three, as surely it’s only a matter of time...

Highest scorer in the DITB League this week is The Blue Monkeys on 51 points, ahead of Joeys Monsters on 48 and Bazking on 45.

Lowest scorers were The Busted Sofas on 16, Real Goldfish on 18 and Inshallah on 21.

So that’s it for this week folks.  Remember it’s a marathon not a sprint so plenty of time yet to turn things round (or throw it all away).

Keep the faith.  Until next week..........

......... 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	402	32	363	4975	27	2137	4331
2	Kurt Festraerts	Golden Generation	384	39	352	8134	25	6210	10891
3	Philip Risley	VUVUZOLA FC	380	38	308	40112	19	58071	13063
4	Mark Stevenson	Probably the Best	372	40	322	25705	19	58071	18644
5	Michael Rafferty	The Grapes of Raff	369	39	312	35462	21	32083	21075
6	Paul Brogan	Diaby Does Dallas	368	36	315	32298	20	43955	21928
7	Brian Shields	The Blue Monkeys	362	51	311	36603	22	22592	27688
8	Gavin Sheehy	prince of darkness	359	39	338	14374	23	15250	30911
9	Owen McNally	Maclacticos	355	39	295	57205	16	110402	35580
10	Brendan Kelly	FlexysMidniteRunners	338	42	240	152396	18	73994	60109
11	Declan Crudden	Bleedin Red	337	39	279	83075	23	15250	61712
12	Jules Eilledge	True Blue Strikers	318	35	314	33347	20	43955	95540
13	Gary McDonald	Gazza's Piping Hots	314	34	261	115301	16	110402	103143
14	Conor Walls	Wallsy's Warriors	309	35	258	120835	17	91756	112584
15	Francis Jones	Yer Ma's Athletic	296	41	272	95243	15	129411	136460
16	John McDermott	Sofa King Watt	290	33	216	185985	12	179477	146906
17	Geoff Johnston	Minus Three FC	279	38	186	210541	10	202963	164442
18	Conor Donnelly	The Busted Sofas	277	16	254	127878	16	110402	167343
19	Brendan Henry	Gulladuff FF	274	32	219	182515	9	211379	171550
20	Kevin McCauley	KFC Academical	227	28	224	176246	10	202963	214104

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	371	36	315	32298	26	3717	19409
2	Andrew McCabe	Joeys Monsters	370	48	327	21564	22	22592	20256
3	Austin McGinley	Boys of Summer	365	41	299	51636	23	15250	24691
4	Simon Jenkins	Stickshifter United	359	37	334	16729	18	73994	30911
5	Barry Corr	bazkinginglory	349	45	309	38945	21	32083	43560
6	Andy Kirby	Kirbs Crawlers	343	43	295	57205	23	15250	52257
7	Claire McCabe	MiniBabyBelleFC	341	42	350	8805	18	73994	55401
8	Arnold Thom	Inshallah	333	21	229	169393	18	73994	68474
9	Alan McCabe	Dirty Dubs XI	324	40	212	190330	14	147612	84441
10	Joseph O'Sullivan	COOL DUDE ZOO	314	37	240	152396	19	58071	103143
11	William Cherry	Cherry United	313	33	303	46351	15	129411	105025
12	Gareth Bradley	Hoof Hearted UTD	309	38	244	145614	15	129411	112584
12	Gavin Curran	Mattrua	309	33	213	189317	17	91756	112584
14	Joseph O'Sullivan	TORRES and co	306	35	231	166361	20	43955	118234
15	Conor Nugent	the well hungarians	302	38	270	98908	16	110402	125664
16	Brendan Henry	Fullofthepipe	290	26	261	115301	16	110402	146906
17	Christopher Cherry	Jittery Dynamos	285	31	265	107868	21	32083	155173
18	Barry Jones	Gunning for Glory	284	36	231	166361	15	129411	156782
19	Simon O'sullivan	HaHa Barca wankasFAF	277	34	310	37786	11	192399	167343
20	Conor Mcavoy	Real Goldfish	256	18	256	124419	13	164459	192851