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SEASON
7
***************Seventh
Season***********************
Division Two was re-extended to
8 teams as chertseychoppers, Turnip Torsoes and No Surrender Gers entered
the fray. Kingsway Athletic and Pirates were replaced. The league was hit
by a scandal just days before its oppening. Norfolk boss Nicholas
Millar and Hoole FC manager Machinehead were sacked by the xpert 11 crew
for alleged "duplicate accounts". Nick returned but Machinehead was
replaced by Tom Daltrey - who himself was later sacked for the same
reason. Nick decided to resign two weeks into the season and was replaced
by Matt Sanders who was replaced at Car Fax by Ricky.
The season
itself was a story of 2 sides as Dutch Warriors and White Riot shared
the 3 major honours between
themselves
----------------------Norfolk
league--------------------------
A fascinating season saw the
title decided in the 90th minute of the last game of the season. 6 sides
were in contention and only 5 points separated them all with 5 games to
play. Then came a series of "knockout" games with the loser effectively
out of the race. First Dutch Warriors beat Hotshots in week 10 to end
their hopes. Then in week 11 the Warrios ended Ash Samba Boyz hopes with a
3-0 away win. Week 12 saw the Warriors end HM Gunners title charge whilst
in week 13 White Riot won away at toon rejects to end their hopes. That
left the Dutch Warriors with a 3 point lead over defending champs White
Riot with a 3 goal advantage on goal difference. The Riot did their
job with a 2-0 win at Shawfield but as the Warriors clash with toon
rejects entered stoppage time, trailing by 1-0 the title looked set to be
decided on head-to-head record. However Itay Seviliya's 90th minute goal
handed the Riot their 3rd straight title.
Things at the bottom were
much more straight forward. Both Shawfield and Hoole FC were cut adrift
early on and both were relegated comfotably before the end of the
season.
----------------------Division
One--------------------------
Dros Delnoch romped to promotion
to the top flight for the first time. They lead from week 3 onwards and
claimed the title by 4 points. The race for 2nd was a little closer.
Smallville, who had held a promotion place for most of the
season, entered the final day with a 2 point advantage over Armoth's
Norfolk And Chance. Smallville gained the required 3 points with a 2-1 win
at Wilson FC.
At the bottom, N.Y.Muggers first season at this level
ended in relegation. A run of just 2 points from their last 6 games saw
them finish 6 points off safety. The fight to avoid the remaining place
went down to the final day. Wilson FC had been in the bottom 2 for most of
the season but an excellent late run guaranteed them survival with a game
to spare. It was between MJH Athletic who had started strongly, and
Norfolk Enchants who lay a point behind their local rivals. Norfolk fell
to a 5-0 defeat at Dros Delnoch which condemed them to the
drop.
----------------------Division
Two--------------------------
Ross County Reserves, under new
management from MacLeod, dominated the early stages of the season
winning their first 6 games. After that they steadily paced their way to
the title - although they needed a last day victory to hold off Car Fax.
Car Fax saw an early season change of manager and their season seemed to
be in disaray after losing their first 4 games. An amazing 10 match
winning streak transformed their season and beat off tough competition
from Adhogan's Turnip Torsoes, who themselves had been lurking around the
top 4 positions for most of the
season.
----------------------Norfolk League
Cup-------------------
A 90th minute winner from Jochem de
Ridder gave Dutch Warriors their 3rd league cup victory with a 2-1 triumph
over White Riot. Robert Swales had put the Riot ahead just after the break
but a mad 4 minutes from Tommi Persbrant changed the final. First he
missed a penalty and then earnt a straight red card. Remco Goosen
equalised on 72 minutes before the late winner from de Ridder.
Dros
Delnoch produced the best performance of a side outside the Norfolk
League. They reached the semi-finals having beaten toon rejects, Hotshots
and Hoole FC.
The game of the tournament saw Norfolk And Chance
fall to a courageous 4-3 defet away at Dutch Warriors. Smallville also
defeated Dinot Riders by the same scoreline whilst the most
entertaining tie was probably the 1st round clash between No
Surrender Gers and Norfolk And Chance which saw the latter triump 5-4 on
aggregate.
----------------------Norfolk
Trohpy--------------------------
The trophy belonged to
White Riot again. They demolished Dutch Warriors 4-0 in the final.
Division Two newcommers chertseychoppers nearly caused the upset of the
tournament as they conceded a 119th minute equaliser to the Warriors
in their semi-final before losing on penalties. Ross County also flew the
flag for Division Two before being knock out by the choppers in the
quarter finals.
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