06/07/2024
📅Day Nineteen - Saturday 6th July📅
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I’m not 100% sure how, but England are in the semis. That’s great news, if you picked them. However, there are 661 others who also picked them so it really comes down to where you ranked them. Another penalty shoot out tonight, meaning both England and the mighty Swiss (how many times did the commentators try to convince us how good a team they were?) get two points for a goal and 2 points for a draw.
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And they face the Netherlands in the final four, who came back from a goal down to defeat the brave Turks. A surprisingly high 233 of you fancied the Turks - the Dutch have only been selected 111 times - and you were nearly proven right. What a header, and what a cross for the winner. A win and two goals gives the Dutch another 9 points and a place in the semi-finals. The Turks, our final Wildcard, exit with a 2 additional points, meaning they currently have more points than the Netherlands (41 to 39).
🏆Augher Stars Youth FC🏆
This one is still up for grabs! Stephen Phair still leads by 14 points and he has three teams remaining. An England v Spain final would give him the prize, but Ruairi Maguire has the French ranked one position higher so if Les Bleus lift the trophy without the need of penalties, then the title could be his. Interestingly, fourth-placed Gareth Erskine has the French in second spot but has 27 points to make up. Maybe?
🏆Banbridge Town FC🏆
Nathan Andrews lead is down to just 6 points, with Thomas Hennings gaining ground thanks to England and Turkey. The same two teams helped third placed Chris Jess even more, however, as he moves within 19 points of the title. With England ranked first, the money could be his if football really did come home.
🏆Bourneview Mill FC🏆
Only England can stop Phillip Carville from walking off with the prize money! Pauline McCusker’s chances probably disappeared with Turkey (unless France get a huge negative score in either the semi-final or final), so Ian Megaw become Phillip’s main threat. He’s still over 50 points back but has the English ranked second, so every point would be multiplied by 8. It’s possible…
🏆Drumaness Mills FC🏆
Vera O’Reilly is almost there. She’s obviously miles ahead and with Spain, France and England still in the mix. Gavin Mooney, in third place, and exactly 100 points behind, will be hoping Southgate releases the handbrake and England rattle off two high scoring victories to lift the trophy. For example, two consecutive 13 point hauls would mean 260 points for Gavin. That would, however, require England to beat the Dutch and either Spain or France by a 3-0 scoreline. Chances?
🏆Fivemiletown Utd FC🏆
This one has been over for a long, long time. It doesn’t take Carol Vorderman to see that there’s no way any of Cheryl Long’s chasers can catch her. You'd have to go down as far as 21st place to find anyone with the Netherlands so maybe a couple of 15-0 results in the next two rounds could make things interesting. England defend with 10 behind the ball so it’s unlikely they’d ship that many.
🏆Portadown FC Ladies🏆
Paulo Tavares still leads but he’s just lost his Wildcard, and possibly his chance of victory. Dave Wiggins may be three points adrift but his higher ranking of both Spain and France, and the backup of England, would suggest he is the hot favourite. Lyn Hoey is right there too, but with similar teams to Dave and ranked lower. Only large negative scores can help Lyn at this point. I hate to say it, but his biggest threat is probably Mark Beattie and the Netherlands. If they defeat England (before penalties) and win the Final, then it could be enough to close that gap.
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Eight goals across four quarter-final ties, takes us up to 108 goals. We’ve only three matches left! If the current goal rate continued then our final total would be 115. We’ve had this one before - eight of you predicted it but Jamie Wright of Bourneview Mill wins the plaudits tonight with the highest Super6 total in that select group.
📅📅The Semi-Finals are on Tuesday & Wednesday. See you then!
🥊Semi-Final 1 - Tuesday 9th July
⚽️Spain v France 8pm
🥊Semi-Final 2 - Wednesday 10th July
⚽️Netherlands v England 8pm
📢 Bourneview Mill FC
📢 Portadown FC Ladies
📢 banbridgetownfc
📢 Drumaness Mills FC
📢 Fivemiletown United FC
📢 Augher Stars Youth Football