Isle of Sodor Premier League – matchday 28 (3/2-3) – Title contenders down to three

Matchday 28 (3/2-3) in Review

Sunday Feature Match:         ONE team got a road win today…and the magic ride keeps goin’!

Related imageAnd then there were three, realistically.   #5 Crovan’s Gate‘s loss leaves then ten points behind the league leaders.  And today’s Feature Match result saw #1 Dryaw FC obliterate #4 Kirk Ronan 3-10!  At nine points back with just nine matches to go, it’s safe to call the Churchmen cooked.

Winger Christopher Wilbertson was Dryaw‘s star, as he scored a gentleman’s hat trick (a goal and two assists) in each half.  After the match, Wilbertson, had this to say to Noob:

"We're neither tall nor fast.   We have to play intelligently.  Our game plan was to go for just those 50-50 balls we had an 80% chance of getting."

Dryaw is famous as a quiet vacation village for intellectuals, particularly authors.   Noob knows no one else could’ve spoken or written so…eloquently about the team’s game strategy.   (Ok, maybe Ian Darke  )

 

Sounds about  right for Wilbertson, who also nearly broke his fool neck trying to recreate the famous “Klinsmann dive”.

Sun., 3/3
#8      Glennock                7   vs.    5     T12     Vicarstown
#20   Arlesburgh Utd.   5   vs.    3     T12     Marron
#15    Lakeside                 2   vs.     1    #10      Suddery
#5      Crovan’s Gate      4   vs.     5     #9      Junction & Sheds
#4      Kirk Ronan            3   vs.     10   #1       Dryaw

Continue down for Saturday’s results and feature match recap.  Click [here]  for the updated league table.

Saturday Feature Match:     A change in the Relegation Zone!

Image result for Norramby crestIt’s hard to call it a true upset, but Noob predicted a draw.  Instead, Ulfstead have climbed above the Cutline with a resounding victory!   A 4-4 halftime score was inline with expectations, but Ffarquhar looked fatigued again just minutes into the second half.

Image result for FFFC football crestSo, Ffarquhar drop to 18th, two points behind today’s victors.  Ulfstead is up to 17th, next have struggling Brendam United in their sights in the table.

On the table’s top, Peel Godred eked out a low-scoring win, but that’s good enough to climb back into 2nd place!   How?  Because #2 Knapford Town went to Castle Rolf and got busted in the mouth.   Peel now sit just a point behind Dryaw, who have their hands full tomorrow as they visit #4 Kirk Ronan.

Here are the day’s full results.  The Page with the Table will be updated following tomorrow’s matches.

Sat., 3/2
#3     Peel Godred         2    vs.     0        #16    Brendam Utd.
#11    Castle Rolf          13    vs.    6          #2     Knapford Town
#7     Wellsworth          5    vs.    4          #6      E.C.D.
#19   Tidmouth City    6    vs.    1          #14    Brendam Harbor
#18    Ulfstead                8    vs.    4         #17     Ffarquhar

Isle of Sodor Premier League – matchday 27 – all results, updated table, new hotness

Matchday 27 in Review (2/23-24/19)

Saturday feature matchBrendam Darby goes United 0, Harbor 7

Image result for BHFC crest Saturday’s feature match may not have had league title implications, but a derby is a derby!   And sometimes a match can be a blowout, as Brendam Harbor took the first FA-official local derby 0-7 over Brendam United.

 

United are now in real danger of potentially sinking into the Relegation Zone after #18 Ulfstead‘s win.

KEPA HAS NOTHING ON SUDRIC GOALIE

Image result for sutton reserve goalie sitting The only drama came at 3′ when the match was delayed several minutes.

To honor retiring reserve goalkeeper Angus Waldroup, United chose to start him briefly.   When the planned time to pull him came, he sat, saying they could sub him out if they could carry him.  [Click to read the  ESPNFC article about Chelsea keeper Kepa refusing to be subbed out during yesterday’s FA Cup final.]

The solution?  Assistant Hugh MacDuff had the caterers set up the postgame food table early.  Word of that got Waldroup up off that fat ass and to the locker room at a terrifying speed.

Sunday feature match#2 closes gap on league-leaders

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Knapford Town rebounded from last week’s tough loss to defeat East Coast Diesel 2-8.  E.C.D. look wiped out after a grueling stretch of top teams faced in February.  KTFC lost their local derby last week 8-9, but their mettle was stronger.

 

Coupled #1 Dryaw FC‘s surprising home loss, Knapford now only trail the top table spot by two points.

—- ALL MATCHDAY 27 RESULTS, UPDATED TABLE ——-

Sat., 2/23
T15     Brendam Utd.          0   vs.    7      #14    Brendam Harbor
#13     Marron                       7   vs.    4       #3     Kirk Ronan
#19    Tidmouth City         1    vs.    5       #5     Crovan’s Gate
T11      Castle Rolf                6   vs.    0       #10   Suddery
T8       Junction & Sheds    1   vs.    2       #15    Lakeside

2/24
#20    Arlesburgh Utd.       0   vs.     1       #4    Peel Godred
#6      East Coast Diesel     2   vs.     8      #2    Knapford Town
T11      Vicarstown                4   vs.     7      #18   Ulfstead
#7       Wellsworth                5   vs.    4      #17   Ffarquhar
#1        Dryaw                          5   vs.     6     #9     Glennock

1 1 Dryaw 19 5 3 62 League Champions
B B Knapford Town 19 4 4 60
4 3 Peel Godred 18 4 5 58
3 4 Kirk Ronan 17 5 5 56
5 5 Crovan’s Gate 16 7 4 55
6 6 East Coast Diesel 13 7 7 46
7 7 Wellsworth 14 3 8 45
9 8 Glennock 12 5 10 41
8 9 Junction & Sheds 12 4 9 40
10 10 Suddery 10 6 11 36
T11 11 Castle Rolf 9 7 11 34
T11 T12 Vicarstown 7 10 10 31
13 T12 Marron 9 4 14 31
14 14 Brendam Harbor 8 6 13 30
T15 15 Lakeside 8 5 14 29
T15 16 Brendam United 7 5 15 26
17 17 Ffarquhar 6 5 16 23
18 18 Ulfstead 6 4 17 22 Relegated to Sodor Championship
19 19 Tidmouth City 4 3 20 15
20 20 Arlesburgh United 4 1 22 13

Isle of Sodor Premier League – Matchday 26 results, table

Matchday 26 recap time!    Key matches are listed in bold.

The weekend’s featured match was the Yards-Sheds Classic in Knapford, home of both clubs.   And not to toot Noob’s own horn, but this went exactly as predicted in the preview posted a couple days back.   Junction & Sheds Image result for Junction FC crest  worry about little else but scoring.   High octane O or a semblance of D, Knapford Town tend to win big but lose close.  9-8 for “home” J&S (both clubs play on the same grounds)

In truth, two matches Saturday were at least as meaningful for the top of the table.   Kirk Ronan (#3) vs. Peel Godred (#4) finished in a 1-1 draw.  With three title challengers dropping points points, #1 Dryaw missed a   monster chance to put themselves truly in the driver’s seat.  But  they, too, dropped points, only mustering a 2-2 draw with #3 Crovan’s Gate.

Image result for soccer monster

 

 

(NOT the soccer-monster-chance idea Noob meant.  Still, nice work I guess, new IoS FA website helpers.)

 

 

All is clarified in the updated table below the weekend’s full slate of results.   The 2018-19 IoS PL table expanded Page will be updated tomorrow as well.

Sat., 2/16
#17  Ffarquhar               3        3        T16   Brendam Utd.
T12  Castle Rolf              0       2        #7     Wellsworth
#3    Kirk Ronan             1        1        #4     Peel Godred
T8    Glennock                 1        1        #6     E.C.D.
#19  Arlesburgh Utd.    1        5       #18   Ulfstead

Sun., 2/17
T8  Junction & Sheds    9        8       #2     Knapford Town
#5  Crovan’s Gate          2        2        #1      Dryaw
#14  Lakeside                   0        1        #10    Suddery
T12  Vicarstown              6        8       T16     Marron
#20  Tidmouth City      6        2       #13      Brendam Harbor

  new   W D L PTS  
1 1 Dryaw 19 5 2 62 League Champions
2 2 Knapford Town 18 4 4 57
3 3 Kirk Ronan 17 5 4 56
4 4 Peel Godred 17 4 5 55
5 5 Crovan’s Gate 15 7 4 52
6 6 East Coast Diesel 13 7 6 46
7 7 Wellsworth 13 3 8 42
T8 8 Junction & Sheds 12 4 8 40
T8 9 Glennock 11 5 10 38
10 10 Suddery 10 6 10 36
T11 T11 Castle Rolf 8 7 11 31
T11 T11 Vicarstown 7 10 9 31
T15 13 Marron 8 4 14 28
13 14 Brendam Harbor 7 6 13 27
14 T15 Lakeside 7 5 14 26
T15 T15 Brendam United 7 5 14 26
17 17 Ffarquhar 6 5 15 23
18 18 Ulfstead 5 4 17 19 Relegated to Sodor Championship
20 19 Tidmouth City 4 3 19 15
19 20 Arlesburgh United 4 1 21 13

 

Isle of Sodor Premier League matchday 25 results, updated table

The three key results are listed in bold.

Surprising Dryaw FC increase their lead to four in the table.   But who’s closest to the leaders now — there’s been a change at #2!

The updated table follows below the Results, and now includes the clubs’ table positions from the weekend prior.   Hey, it’s the first year ever for IoS FA to exist!   The website improvements come slowly but surely.

2/9

#6 East Coast Diesel  4     8     #1 Dryaw
#3 Knapford Town     9     4     #2 Kirk Ronan
#5 Crovan’s Gate         2      2     #13 Brendam Harbor
#7 Junction & Sheds   1      4     T10 Suddery
#15 Brendam United  1      6    #9 Glennock

2/10

#17  Ffarquhar             6      4    #19 Arlesburgh United
#4 Peel Godred            5      5    #14 Lakeside
#8 Wellsworth             8      5    #20 Tidmouth City
T10 Castle Rolf             1       1     T10 Vicarstown
#16 Marron                  14      7    #18 Ulfstead

1 1 Dryaw 19 4 2 61 League Champions
3 2 Knapford Town 18 4 3 57
2 3 Kirk Ronan 17 4 4 55
4 4 Peel Godred 17 3 5 54
5 5 Crovan’s Gate 15 6 4 51
6 6 East Coast Diesel 13 6 6 45
8 7 Wellsworth 12 3 8 39
7 T8 Junction & Sheds 11 4 8 37
9 T8 Glennock 11 4 10 37
T10 10 Suddery 9 6 10 33
T10 T12 Castle Rolf 8 7 10 31
T10 T12 Vicarstown 7 10 8 31
13 13 Brendam Harbor 7 6 12 27
T14 14 Lakeside 7 5 13 26
T14 T16 Brendam United 7 4 14 25
16 T16 Marron 7 4 14 25
17 17 Ffarquhar 6 4 15 22
18 18 Ulfstead 4 4 17 16 Relegated to Sodor Championship
19 19 Arlesburgh United 4 1 20 13
20 20 Tidmouth City 3 3 19 12

Isle of Sodor Premier League matchday 24 results, updated table

The three key results from last weekend’s fixtures are in bold.    

#1 vs #2 was a rout in favor of the league leaders.   They lead by just three, but the contenders have changed.   How far did former #2 Peel Godred fall?  Did either of the Relegation candidates’ upsets move them above the cutline?   Scroll down past the results for the updated table.

2/2 #3 Kirk Ronan 9 5 #T7 Wellsworth
#T13 Brendam Harbor 10 10 #T7 Junction & Sheds
#9 Glennock 4 8 #20 Arlesburgh Utd.
#11 Vicarstown 5 5 #19 Tidmouth City
#18 Ulfstead 8 3 #T13 Brendam Utd.
2/3 #16 Marron 2 7 #4 Knapford Town
#5 Crovan’s Gate 6 8 #6 E.C.D.
#12 Suddery 6 3 #10 Castle Rolf
#T13 Lakeside 5 7 #17 Ffarquhar
#1 Dryaw FC 13 3 #2 Peel Godred
  W D L PTS  
1 Dryaw 18 4 2 58 League Champions
2 Kirk Ronan 17 4 3 55
3 Knapford Town 17 4 3 54
4 Peel Godred 17 2 5 53
5 Crovan’s Gate 15 5 4 50
6 East Coast Diesel 13 6 5 45
7 Junction & Sheds 11 4 7 37
8 Wellsworth 11 3 8 36
9 Glennock 10 4 10 34
10 Castle Rolf 8 6 10 30
10 Suddery 8 6 10 30
10 Vicarstown 7 9 8 30
13 Brendam Harbor 7 5 12 26
14 Lakeside 7 4 13 25
14 Brendam United 7 4 13 25
16 Marron 6 4 14 22
17 Ffarquhar 5 4 15 19
18 Ulfstead 4 4 16 16 Relegated to Sodor Championship
19 Arlesburgh United 4 1 19 13
20 Tidmouth City 3 3 18 12