Ellisian First Division
Three teams raced off to a fast start at the beginning of the season as after 10 games Argyres Myrmidons were leading the league, Lantisia were second and Nodnol City third. The next week Nodnol took the lead and held it for three weeks before Lantisia took the title lead.
As the season wore on Argyres and Nodnol began to drop off the pace and FC Jasque were starting to apply some serious pressure to Lantisia and took the lead in the title race after the 17th game of the season before Lantisia grabbed it back after game 20. FC Jasque then took the lead against after game 22 and the title race was now neck and neck between these two teams.
With three games to go in the season FC Jasque had 54 points to their name and games against struggling Balanvinski, San Angel, and midtable Shasarazade. Lantisia were on 50 points with games against Shasarazade, and early pace setters Argyres and Nodnol City.
Wednesday the 9th of April and Lantisia and FC Jasque are both playing game 28 of the season. Lantisia took an early lead against Shasarazade thanks to Patrick Rossa while FC Jasque went a goal down to Balanvinski through Peter Porter. As half-time approached there were equalisers in both games as Paul Quinn scored for Jasque and Paul Connolly for Shasarazade. With just over ten minutes to go in both matches a goal was scored in one of them, the orange and black hoops of Lantisia had, through Keith Treacy, grabbed a late goal against Shasarazade! A 2-1 lead and 3 points secured with FC Jasque only getting the 1, the title race was wide open again.
With FC Jasque now on 55 points, and Lantisia on 53, one more slip up by FC Jasque could cost them a title. It didn’t start well at San Angel when they went a goal down but it didn’t seem to matter when Argyres went two nil up before half-time at Lantisia. Jasque equalised before half-time as well to put them in a dominant position. Things became more tense when news filtered through that Lantisia had pulled one back but those thoughts were erased when Tuhuteru put FC Jasque 2 goals to 1 up with just under 20 minutes to go, it seemed the title was going to Nodnol. With ten minutes to go however San Angel fighting for a top four finish equalised and suddenly it was back to a 3 point lead as Lantisia couldn’t do the same at Herodotus Stadium.
The final weekend of the season approached and the atmosphere was tense. The problem for Lantisia was that Jasque’s goal difference was +25 and there’s was +17. They’d need to hammer Nodnol City, fierce rivals of FC Jasque, while at the same time hope that the attacking Shasarazade who were fighting for a top-half finish would hammer FC Jasque.
Delirium broke out at Witterbach Stadium when Shasarazade scored within 2 minutes of kickoff but this turned to silence when news broke that FC Jasque had a penalty. Remy missed for FC Jasque but before Lantisia fans could celebrate, he scored from the rebound and it was 1-1. The game at Lantisia remained scoreless through to half time. After half-time Lantisia were pressing hard and scored in the 54th minute, only for Nano to equalise for Nodnol. Shasarazade had taken the lead against FC Jasque and this news spurred Lantisia to attack and attack, they scored a second, and with a minute to go in the game scored a third. They were leading 3-1 and Shasarazade were winning 2-1. It wasn’t going to be enough. FC Jasque had won the title.
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | ECC | FC Jasque | | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 56 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | EC | Lantisia | | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 56 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | EC | Whitefield United | | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 52 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | EV | Grimme Athletic | | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 49 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | United Commonwealth Club | | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 46 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | San Angel | | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 44 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | Shasarazade | | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 42 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | Wegason | | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 42 | -4 | 42 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | | Nodnol City | | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 41 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | | Argyres | | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 46 | -4 | 39 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 11th | | Port Nelson | | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 38 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12th | | Newtonia | | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 46 | -16 | 34 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 13th | | Diamond Heights | | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 33 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 14th | | Faradafry City | | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 43 | -9 | 32 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 15th | | Stravchine Balanvinski | | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 45 | -8 | 29 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16th | R | Bozarburg | | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 57 | -27 | 27 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>
FC Jasque were going to enter the Champions League while Lantisia and Whitefield United entered the UEFA Cup, Grimme received the Intertoto Cup place. The performance of Lantisia and the other Ellisian teams in the European competitions this season had gained them an extra place in the UEFA Cup for the 2008/2009 season.
Ellisian Second Division
AFC Posul won the title by 4 points from Spark Rovers of Faradafry. Malastaire Rovers and Estaag United were only a point behind. Adelphia Spartans narrowly avoided relegation with a last day win over Wolverton to condemn Old Castle Swifts to the drop.
In the play-off, a determined Stravchine Balanvinski, who had endured a terrible season, crushed Spark Rovers over two legs 5-2 to maintain First Division status.
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1st | C | AFC Posul | | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 43 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2nd | | Spark Rovers | | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 39 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 3rd | | Malastaire Rovers | | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 38 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 4th | | Estaag United | | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 38 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 5th | | Midchestnut United | | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 6th | | Grimme City | | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 26 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7th | | Rayleigh | | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 25 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8th | | Windsor Castle | | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 25 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 9th | | Wolverton | | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 24 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10th | | Adelphia Spartans | | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 23 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 11th | R | Old Castle Swifts | | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 22 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 12th | R | Bainbridge Forest | | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | -16 | 16 | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>
Linear Mode
