Dear All,

 

As we head into the final weekend of the DITB season, some teams are already in a position to crack open the champagne while others are already contemplating a strategy for the Conference League next season.

 

Some managers’ eyes have lit up as they now see possibilities that they didn’t before, while others are suddenly soiling their pants having been drawn into a dogfight that they didn’t think they were part of... until now. 

 

Yes, the final day of the season is here which means... SQUEAKY BUM TIME!!!  In fact some people would argue that mid table mediocrity is a nice place to be at times like this.

 

Looking at the PremierLeague, the title is not in doubt and it comes as no surprise that this year’s champion elect is Brother Festraerts and his Golden Generation (or Golden Shower as his team is known to many). 

 

Yes The Professor invested in a new magic calculator this season which saw him score well  even when there were no matches!  No seriously, another sterling performance from Kurt in winning his fourth DITB Premier League title.

 

Harpic Amsterdam are in line to finish second under some late pressure from Diaby Does Dallas, while a poor finish to the season has seen defending champion The Grapes pushed out of a UEFA Cup place by Probably The Best and Vuvuzola FC.

 

Lots of fun at the wrong end of the table though...

 

It’s all over for the Blue Monkeys who now officially have two days left in the Premier League.

 

But who would swap places with the four teams above him – all of whom have a major sweat on to keep out of the two remaining relegation spots.

 

The two Conors (Walls and Donnelly) are our Wigan and Blackpool equivalents but all of a sudden Brother McCauley has become Birmingham and Gulladuff FF is looking like Wolves.

 

Only 14 points separate 16^th to 19^th but two from four must go down.  A very exciting weekend ahead!!!

 

Turning to the Conference League, long term leader the Rio Chargers have been overtaken at the top by Kirbs ‘Too Good To Go Down’ Crawlers.  Promotion is guaranteed for both teams however and it remains to be seen who will join the Premiership as CL Champions.  Joining them in the PL next season will be Gunning for Glory - barring a miracle the likes of which we have never seen before.

 

Brother McAvoy will be glad to see the back of a horrendous season in which his shoulders have been totally banjaxed with 39 teams on top of them all season long.

 

Joining Mac in the relegation stakes are Dirty Dubs and Hoof Hearted Utd.  Shame on you Mr Bradley.

 

So that’s it folks.  I suppose all eyes are on the bottom of the Premier League on Sunday...

 

I’d hate to see the state of the Colonel’s underwear.

 

Good luck to everyone still with something to play for and I look forward to seeing you at the AGP  next Saturday.

 

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	Kurt Festraerts	Golden Generation	1712	16	1197	40038	103	688	166
2	Mark Molloy	Harpic Amsterdam	1613	19	1147	67307	77	62133	3538
3	Paul Brogan	Diaby Does Dallas	1596	22	1039	139127	94	5729	5235
4	Mark Stevenson	Probably the Best	1558	21	1190	43464	70	105894	11322
5	Philip Risley	VUVUZOLA FC	1557	4	1237	23904	85	25216	11537
6	Michael Rafferty	The Grapes of Raff	1548	8	1136	74194	89	13859	13575
7	Owen McNally	Maclacticos	1486	20	1046	134476	80	46117	33836
8	Gary McDonald	Gazza's Piping Hots	1482	12	1088	106333	71	99472	35576
9	Geoff Johnston	Minus Three FC	1475	8	1011	155982	77	62133	38668
10	Gavin Sheehy	prince of darkness	1453	2	1245	21285	77	62133	49335
11	Brendan Kelly	FlexysMidniteRunners	1437	14	1122	83277	67	125228	57827
12	Jules Eilledge	True Blue Strikers	1416	49	1164	57296	71	99472	69818
13	John McDermott	Sofa King Watt	1402	14	1021	150120	67	125228	78442
14	Francis Jones	Yer Ma's Athletic	1361	12	1169	54442	72	92936	103472
15	Declan Crudden	Bleedin Red	1358	20	1034	142248	73	86453	105298
16	Brendan Henry	Gulladuff FF	1334	16	1060	125336	67	125228	119474
17	Kevin McCauley	KFC Academical	1328	6	1051	131218	65	137496	122950
18	Conor Walls	Wallsy's Warriors	1321	18	1123	82617	67	125228	126764
19	Conor Donnelly	The Busted Sofas	1320	16	1028	145968	68	118874	127366
20	Brian Shields	The Blue Monkeys	1252	0	1127	79973	69	112367	161207

DITB CONFERENCE LEAGUE

POS	Manager	Team name	Total points	Week pts	Starting XI pts	Starting XI pos	Goals	Goal Pos	Overall Position
1	Andy Kirby	Kirbs Crawlers	1593	35	1140	71631	92	8293	5595
2	Andrew Jenkins	The Rio Chargers	1585	14	1197	40038	89	13859	6583
3	Barry Jones	Gunning for Glory	1508	14	1041	137816	83	32651	25306
4	Arnold Thom	Inshallah	1472	16	1056	127959	84	28745	40068
5	William Cherry	Cherry United	1422	0	1145	68515	76	67837	66299
6	Gavin Curran	Mattrua	1415	6	852	211423	85	25216	70444
7	Simon Jenkins	Stickshifter United	1407	8	1339	3866	66	131528	75286
8	Austin McGinley	Boys of Summer	1399	14	953	184429	71	99472	80296
9	Conor Nugent	the well hungarians	1389	12	1022	149543	76	67837	86441
10	Christopher Cherry	Jittery Dynamos	1383	24	1085	108393	87	18982	90067
11	Claire McCabe	MiniBabyBelleFC	1368	12	1236	24252	54	192868	99218
12	Andrew McCabe	Joeys Monsters	1353	12	1300	8477	78	56449	108205
13	Barry Corr	bazkinginglory	1350	18	1227	27434	69	112367	110119
14	Simon O'sullivan	HaHa Barca wankasFAF	1334	21	1007	158207	68	118874	119474
15	Joseph O'Sullivan	TORRES and co	1328	20	1016	153097	69	112367	122950
16	Brendan Henry	Fullofthepipe	1326	4	1112	90030	67	125228	124033
17	Joseph O'Sullivan	COOL DUDE ZOO	1315	6	884	205514	67	125228	130160
18	Gareth Bradley	Hoof Hearted UTD	1246	12	964	179785	55	188958	163714
19	Alan McCabe	Dirty Dubs XI	1232	0	935	191075	52	200078	169256
20	Conor Mcavoy	Real Goldfish	967	0	967	178498	56	184722	224083