Friday, 25 March 2011

The Federation - Final Table Season 11

The second season of The Federation has now finished, and the points have been counted. Here is the final table:

1. CFA 1002 FP
2. DFA 937 FP
3. OFA 447 FP
4. EFA 355 FP
5. GFA 342 FP
6. VFA 210 FP
7. RFA 11 FP

Congratulations to the CFA for once again taking the title and earning that £1m extra in prize money to be distributed through their community extra competitions.

The DFA finished runners-up for the second season running and will not want to see arch rivals the CFA take it for a third time. We can also expect a stronger challenge from the EFA this coming season, as they have gained a number of strong, active members.

Inter Federation Leagues PT2

And the second part of the Inter Fed League piece:

League F:
1st place = 30 FP - Brewers Athletic (OFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Punjab Police FC (VFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Pelham White Star (CFA)
4th place = 15 FP - 1873 Rangers (EFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Macduff Mob (GFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - 1873 Rangers (EFA)
                                                     - Brewers Athletic (OFA)
                                                     - Punjab Police FC (VFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Brewers Athletic 13 yellows, 0 red (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Brewers Athletic (OFA)

League G:
1st place = 30 FP - woodhouse celtic (CFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Missing In Action (GFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Aylesbury Fc (EFA)
4th place = 15 FP - FC Black SEA (OFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Braaaaaaaaaap Attack (DFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Gianvito Plasmati, Missing In Action 10 goals (GFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - FC Black SEA 3 yellows, 0 red (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Aylesbury Fc:team#501748> (EFA)
                                      - Braaaaaaaaaap Attack (DFA)
                                      - Missing In Action (GFA)

League H:
1st place = 30 FP - ebola (OFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - United Road (CFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Os Magnificos (VFA)
4th place = 15 FP - Internazionale Bucharest (GFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Prypiat Becquerels Rangers (EFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Djibril Cissé, ebola 8 goals (OFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Prypiat Becquerels Rangers 6 yellows, 0 red (EFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - United Road (CFA)

League I:
1st place = 30 FP - Trotters Independent Traders FC (EFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Bulgarian Team (CFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Charlies Angelz (VFA)
4th place = 15 FP - Clydebank (OFA)
5th place = 10 FP - FC-Steaua (GFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Mike Schut, Trotters Independent Traders FC 7 goals (EFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Charlies Angelz 7 yellows, 0 red (VFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP -

League J:
1st place = 30 FP - Panama Crusaders (OFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Fumon F.C. (DFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Pony Feeder (VFA)
4th place = 15 FP - Alabaster FC  (CFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Convicts United (GFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Fumon F.C. (DFA), Alabaster FC  (CFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Alabaster FC  10 yellows, 0 red (CFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Panama Crusaders (OFA)
                                        - Convicts United (GFA)

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Inter Federation Leagues (PT1)

The Inter Fed leagues consist of 10 leagues with 10 qualifiers from each FA. Each league has one member from each FA in each league, with fed points given based on nothing but finishing position.

With 10 leagues to report on, here’s how it went:

League A:
1st place = 30 FP - TheStoneColds FC (CFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - AFC Watford (DFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Stumpville Megastars (VFA)
4th place = 15 FP - Real Iwo FC (EFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Dynamo Dave FC (OFA)
6th place = 5 FP - Austin Aztex FC (GFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Frédéric Techer, AFC Watford 7 goals (DFA)
                                                      - Romelu Lukaku, TheStoneColds FC 7 goals (CFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Stumpville Megastars:team#502007> 9 yellows, 0 reds (VFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - AFC Watford (DFA)
                                      - Real Iwo FC (EFA)
                                      - Dynamo Dave FC (OFA)

League B:
1st place = 30 FP - Brooks AFC (OFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Bosnian Brawlers (DFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - PuRe MaDnEsS v3 (CFA)
4th place = 15 FP - MagiCube (GFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Lazio United (VFA)
6th place = 5 FP - TMNT FC (EFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Tony McCall, Brooks AFC (OFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - Brooks AFC 5 yellows, 0 reds (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - TMNT FC (EFA)
                                      - Bosnian Brawlers (DFA)

League C:
1st place = 30 FP - Floriana Fc (DFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Huddersfield Town (CFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Having a Mare (EFA)
4th place = 15 FP - Mad Butchers (GFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Maisy MooMoo FC (VFA)
6th place = 5 FP - esteghlal fc (OFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Eduardo Salvio, Floriana Fc (DFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - esteghlal fc 5 yellows, 0 reds (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Having a Mare (EFA)

League D:
1st place = 30 FP - Market Square Heroes:team#501085> (EFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Hexfire Garwolin (DFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Lichfield Samba (CFA)
4th place = 15 FP - FC Bay3rn Munich (GFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Buckley Hangmen (VFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Nikão, FC Bay3rn Munich 7 goals (GFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - FC Bay3rn Munich 10 yellows, 0 red (GFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Buckley Hangmen:team#501384> (VFA)
                                      - Lichfield Samba (CFA)

League E:
1st place = 30 FP - Oldland Rangers (DFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Small Heath Allianze (CFA)
3rd place = 20 FP - Wrekenton Wanderers (EFA)
4th place = 15 FP - A Kick In The Goulies (GFA)
5th place = 10 FP - Vev 67 5 (OFA)
Top individual goal scorer = 15 FP - Cristiano Ronaldo, Oldland Rangers (DFA)
Best discipline = 15 FP - A Kick In The Goulies 10 yellows, 0 red (GFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Oldland Rangers (DFA)

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

The Ultimate U21 League

The Ultimate U21 League is set to take as many youth teams as possible into one competition. The way it works is that there is one group in the first stage, followed by tiered groups in the second stage. Obviously the best in the first stage go into the best leagues in the second stage. The theory is that this is the ultimate U21 competition in the game world.

Fed Points awarded:
Winner of the qualifying league = 20 FP - The Mongol Bashers (CFA)
Runners-up of the qualifying league = 15 FP - Brooks AFC (OFA)

Winner of the Premiership = 45 FP - Town United FC (CFA)
Runners-up of the Premiership = 40 FP - Austin Aztex FC (GFA)

Winner of the Championship = 35 FP - Cardiff Capitals (CFA)
Runners-up of the Championship = 30 FP - Bulgarian Team (CFA)

Competitions top scoring team = 20 FP - Monkeypisle FC 99 goals (CFA)
Team conceding the least = 20 FP - FC 360 47 goals (DFA)
Team with the most shots on target % = 15 FP - The Mongol Bashers 50% (CFA)
Worst discipline = minus 15 FP - Arabs United 97 yellows, 10 reds
AI of over 90% = minus 10 FP - CFA -90 FP, EFA -30 FP, OFA -60 FP, GFA -40 FP, VFA -20 FP, DFA -50 FP

Total Football

The Total Football competitions - one senior, one youth - consist of a multi stage competition where it pays to play the game in the way that it was intended. Aside from the obvious points for performance, you also gain FP here for having the best pass completion % and tackles won %. We have tried to make these cups to make members think about how they set up their team.

Dominated by the DFA here as AFC Watford and Borrussia Urteeth competed the Final after beating FC 360 (also DFA) and OFA’s Boot  and Shoe Villa in the Semi’s. Huddersfield Town gave CFA’s best effort, losing 3-2 to FC 360 in the Quarter Final.

Fed Points earned for the senior version:
Winners = 30 FP - AFC Watford (DFA)
Runners-up = 20 FP - Borrussia Urteeth (DFA)
Most goals scored = 15 FP - FC 360 35 (DFA)
Highest overall pass completion % = 15 FP - Freudian's Lips 82% (VFA)
Highest overall tackles won % = 15 FP - Prypiat Becquerels Rangers 70% (EFA)
                                                               - Fiftyfifty 70% (CFA)
Least amount of fouls committed = 10 FP - LivingLegendsFC 56 (EFA)
Worst discipline = minus 10 FP - AFC Watford 28 yellows, 3 reds (DFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - sadly too many to list, but here’s the summary - CFA 8 100%’ers = -80 FP, EFA -20 FP, OFA -30 FP, GFA -40 FP, VFA -10 FP

The youth version makes good reading for the FA’s lower in the table, with an EFA OFA final between A White Pele and Brooks AFC. It took an 81st minute goal from Radek Urbanek to take the title back to the EFA and into A White Pele‘s trophy cabinet.

Fed Points earned:
Winners = 30 FP - A White Pele (EFA)
Runners-up = 20 FP - Brooks AFC (OFA)
Most goals scored = 15 FP - Brooks AFC (OFA)
Highest overall pass completion % = 15 FP - Deportivo Harford FC 81% (OFA)
Highest overall tackles won % = 15 FP - Buckley Hangmen 69% (VFA)
Least amount of fouls committed = 10 FP - Yammachino Wanderers 0 fouls (DFA)
Worst discipline = minus 10 FP - Rochdale cowboys 20 yellows, 2 reds (CFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - again, far too many to list, summary: CFA -90 FP, EFA -30 FP, OFA -60 FP, GFA -30 FP, VFA -10 FP, DFA -40 FP

League Of Gentlemen

The League Of Gentleman is a competition that gives Fed Points for fair play. Points gained for committing the least fouls and for the best discipline record, whilst minus points for committing more fouls and having the worst disciplinary record. Of course points given for finishing in the top 3.

Another win here for the GFA and their MVP Bugs Bunny and Co, taking the title from the DFA’s Bosnian Brawlers by 3 points, with CFA’s Huddersfield Town taking up 3rd spot.

Fed points earned:
Winners = 30 FP - Bugs Bunny and Co (GFA)
2nd place = 25 FP - Bosnian Brawlers (DFA)
3rd place = 20FP - Huddersfield Town (CFA)
Least fouls commited = 40 FP - LivingLegendsFC 547 fouls (EFA)
Least Yellow/Red cards = 40FP - A White Pele 85 yellows, 1 red (EFA)
Most fouls commited = Minus 20 FP - Athletico Coombe 829 fouls (DFA)
Most Yellow/Red cards = Minus 20 FP - RC Blessy with an astonishing 16 reds and 133 yellows (OFA)

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Reputation Leagues

The Reputation League’s consist of three rep banded league competitions and run the length of the season. Set up to satisfy demand, these reputation competitions are designed to give everyone a chance of earning some points for their FA.

This season the Lower Rep League (rep band 1-7) gained 20 members, with a nice balance of entrants between all domestic FA’s. It has been proved in the past that the season long competitions are where the less active FA’s make up most of their points, and this season has proven to be much of the same. The highest placed CFA/DFA side here was DFA‘s Fumon F.C. who ended up in 5th position, with the top 4 being made up of teams from the EFA, GFA and OFA. Trotters Independent Traders FC finished top of the table, finishing 7 points ahead of nearest rivals Will's Allstars. What was more impressive though was their style of play, scoring 107 goals in the 38 games in which they played. An average of nearly 3 goals per game is an impressive amount for the side from the EFA.

Fed Points earned:
Winners = 30 FP - Trotters Independent Traders FC (EFA)
Runners-up = 25 FP - Will's Allstars (GFA)
3rd-5th = 15 FP - LivingLegendsFC (EFA)
                          - Munchen Carpet (OFA)
                          - Fumon F.C. (DFA)
Best overall goal difference = 10 FP - Trotters Independent Traders FC +48 (EFA)
Competition top goalscorer = 10 FP - Juan Pablo Bazán, Fumon F.C. 28 goals (DFA)
Best discipline = 5 FP - Munchen Carpet 44 yellows, 0 reds (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Will's Allstars (GFA)
                                        - Ultimos SP (OFA)

The Mid Rep league is open to teams with a reputation of 8-13, and attracted the interest of 25 teams for this season. Finishing 1st and 3rd, this competition went the way of the DFA, as they bid to close the gap in the table with the CFA. It could have gotten much closer at the top though, with Hexfire Garwolin and CA Taboao da Serra both finishing on 91 points, and also finishing with the same goal difference of +34. But it was Hexfire’s 98 goals scored that won them and the DFA the title. It was refreshing again to see the top 5 made up of teams from the GFA and OFA, but surprisingly, nothing again for the CFA.

Fed Points earned:
Winners = 30 FP - Hexfire Garwolin (DFA)
Runners-up = 25 FP - CA Taboao da Serra (GFA)
3rd-5th = 15 FP - Sex Panther FC (DFA)
                          - Brewers Athletic (OFA)
                          - Fc Felgueiras (OFA)
Best overall goal difference = 10 FP - Hexfire Garwolin +34 (DFA)
                                                        - CA Taboao da Serra +34 (GFA)
Competition top goalscorer = 10 FP - Federico Coppiardi, Hexfire Garwolin 36 goals (DFA)
Best discipline = 5 FP - Pelham White Star 48 yellows, 1 red (CFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Monkeypisle FC (CFA)

The Upper Rep League consists of sides with a rep of 14-20 and really is the best league in the game world. The best of the best from each FA all in one, 30 team league competition. It just goes to show how difficult this competition is when one of the best teams in the game world - and the DFA - finish in 5th position, beaten by members of the OFA and GFA once again. These competitions have been a huge FP booster for the less active FA’s, maybe not gaining them enough to catch up with the CFA and DFA, but definitely enough to earn them the respect that they deserve. In the end it was GFA’s Bugs Bunny and Co who won the league, taking the title from Dynamo Dave FC by just 3 points.

Fed Points earned:
Winners = 30 FP - Bugs Bunny and Co (GFA)
Runners-up = 25 FP - Dynamo Dave FC (OFA)
3rd-5th = 15 FP - Brooks AFC (OFA)
                          - Huddersfield Town (CFA)
                          - Bosnian Brawlers (DFA)
Best overall goal difference = 10 FP - Bugs Bunny and Co +80 (GFA)
Competition top goalscorer = 10 FP - Tony McCall, Brooks AFC 45 goals (OFA)
                                                        - Daniel Moretto, Oaklands Raiders 45 goals (DFA)
Best discipline = 5 FP - esteghlal fc 33 yellows, 1 red (OFA)
100% AI = minus 10 FP - Deportivo Harford FC (OFA)