Apex League Season 2

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Division One

They say winning the league is one thing, but retaining it is quite another. Under the expert guidance of Bert Troutman, Akani Sands have acheived that feat. Despite a bit of a wobble during the middle of the season, the Storm have been sitting at the top looking down at the other teams for most of the year. Add to that a trphy cabinet adorned with a brand new shiny FAB Cup, and its fair to say the Akani Sands have been the dominant force in Bettian club football, and could be for quite a while.

Their success has be attributed to the overseas signings made during the pre-season. Nedalians Sammy Ewene and Trent Hardman along with Tiburon Smertin from the Liamist States have been the midfield bedrock for the team's triumph. Combined with the prowess of John Harding and Gwrlais Devanallt up front, and it's not diffcult to see why Akani Sands are celebrating.

The runner-up slot was filled by Gabalfa City who were a much more dangerous proposition than last season, and once again, this has been attributed to some astute overseas signings. Nedalian striker Bader Tayarra was nothing short of lethal all season, leading the goalscoring charts with 25 goals. At the other end, colossal Vtorbetin interantional Von Bietsch was a formible sight for any advancing forward.

The real shock of the season was lowly CPDP finishing in third place. For a newly promoted team to come within two points of winning the championship is unheard of in Bettian football, and perhaps in any football league. Liamist striker Oliver Stankovic was on top form weighing in with 22 goals, and will be looking forward to international club competition next season along with the rest of this small-time team from Porthbalfa.

Elsewhere, Ceffinton Town improved on their previous season finishing in 4th place, thanks in part to the efforts of Liamist States international striker Brennan Alasanne, with a Chicanadan rock in defence in the form of Ha'ji Diouf.

Sukatra Tigers finished in fifth, with Hypocrian midfield dynamo Marcus Baxter having what he described as 'the best season of club football of his life'. Krytenian forward Morgan Bartum contributed 20 goals to the cause, and would perhaps have scored more if it wasn't for the troublesome ankle injury that kept him out for two months.

Traditional giants of Bettian football Grappenhall and Lorshill United will be looking for major improvements after a mediocre season. Rhyngwladol Gabalfa will be thankful that they will be playing top-flight football again next season, avoiding the relegation spots by a single point.

Propping up the table is Roath Albion, who finished a full five points adrift after a poor campaign that has seen them battling at the wrong end all season. Joining them in Division Two are Tamrida by virtue of an inferior goal difference. Whitchurch were left to scrap it out in a playoff due mainly to them only scoring 28 goals - pretty poor by anyone's standards, and second only to Roath Albion who netted a paltry 26 goals, 19 of which were scored by international striker Cynfor Gwyns who is certain to leave the troubled outfit.


Results

  AKS BUT CEF CPP DWN EMC GBC GBR GRP LHC LHU MND OLD RGG ROA SUK TAM WHI
Akani Sands x 2-1 3-2 1-1 4-1 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-1 3-2 0-1
Butetown Dragons 2-3 x 2-2 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-4 0-2 2-3 3-1 1-0
Ceffinton Town 0-1 3-1 x 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-3 0-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-2 2-2 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-0
CPDP 1-0 1-1 2-1 x 0-4 0-2 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 3-1 1-0 2-0
Downton 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 x 0-1 2-1 0-2 2-0 0-1 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-2 2-1 1-0 1-2 0-0
Emcorn 1-0 1-0 1-3 2-2 1-2 x 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-2
Gabalfa City 1-1 1-2 2-1 1-3 1-1 2-1 x 4-0 2-2 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-2
Gabalfa Rovers 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 2-2 x 1-1 3-2 2-1 1-4 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 0-1
Grappenhall 3-2 2-3 1-0 1-0 0-1 3-3 1-4 1-1 x 1-2 1-1 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-2 1-3 3-0 1-0
Lorshill City 2-2 1-2 1-4 1-2 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-2 0-1 x 3-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 0-1
Lorshill United 2-3 1-1 0-2 2-0 0-2 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-0 0-2 x 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 4-0 3-2 0-0
Maindy 1-0 2-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 x 1-0 3-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 3-1
Old Maxwellians 1-0 0-1 0-3 2-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 0-4 2-1 1-3 1-1 3-0 x 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 0-3
Rhyngwladol Gabalfa 3-0 1-1 0-3 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 x 3-0 0-1 0-0 2-0
Roath Albion 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-1 x 1-0 0-2 1-0
Sukatra Tigers 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 1-1 2-0 1-3 2-2 1-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 x 2-1 0-1
Tamrida 0-2 0-3 0-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 3-0 0-2 1-1 0-1 2-2 2-0 x 2-1
Whitchurch 0-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 1-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 4-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 x


Top Scorers

Bader Tayarra (Gabalfa City)          25
Brennan Alasanne (Ceffinton)          24
John Harding (Akani Sands)            22
Oliver Stankovic (CPDP)               22
Lewis Bin Majd (Gabalfa City)         20
Morgan Bartum (Sukatra Tigers)        19
Cynfor Gwyns (Roath Albion)           19
Laurie LeClerc (Maindy)               17
Alex McLisha (Grappenhall)            17
Bobby Rosensteihl (Downton)           17
Jesse Suda (Gabalfa Rovers)           16
Gethin Ward (Gabalfa Rovers)          16
Baha Al-Bihmardi (Emcorn)             15
Varun Nasri (Butetown Dragons)        15
Husni Teague (Butetown Dragons)       15


Final Table

                         Pts  W   D   L  GF:GA   GD
1.  Akani Sands          60  17   8   9  46:36   10
2.  Gabalfa City         59  16  11   7  55:36   19
3.  CPDP                 58  16  10   8  45:36    9
4.  Ceffinton Town       54  15   9  10  51:35   16
5.  Sukatra Tigers       53  15   8  11  42:36    6
6.  Emcorn               49  13  10  11  37:33    4
7.  Butetown Dragons     47  12  11  11  45:43    2
8.  Downton              46  12  10  12  37:35    2
9.  Gabalfa Rovers       45  12   9  13  41:44   -3
10. Old Maxwellians      45  12   9  13  34:47  -13
11. Lorshill City        43  11  10  13  38:39   -1
12. Maindy               43  10  13  11  32:34   -2
13. Grappenhall          43  11  10  13  40:43   -3
14. Lorshill United      42  11   9  14  35:41   -6
15. Rhyngwladol Gabalfa  38  10   8  16  34:39   -5
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16. Whitchurch           37   9  10  15  28:34   -6
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17. Tamrida              37   9  10  15  33:43  -10
18. Roath Albion         32   7  11  16  26:45  -19


Play-off Result

Whitchurch 0-3 Rumnasih Rangers
Rumnasih Rangers promoted to First Division


Division Two

Kirkwood Town recovered from last season's relegation in the best way possible, bouncing back after winning the division by four points. The highly-rated Dylan Foyle finished as the division's top scorer with an incredible 29 goals, and the Diamonds will be hard pressed to hang onto him.

Joining them in the top flight will be plucky Treebrook Wanderers who not only gained automatic promotion but also enjoyed a fantastic cup run.

Battling it out with Whitchurch for a place in the First Division will be Rumnasih Rangers, who clinched third place courtesy of a last-day win over Kirkwood.

Dropping down a division are Arorair and Upper Sweeney, with [B]Banastra Forest[/B] given one last chance of survival via the playoffs.


Season Results

  ARO BAN DYD FIL FOY GIR KIR LLN LHE LWR MOB PEN PER RCG REN RUM TRE UPR
Arorair x 1-2 0-2 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 2-0 0-1 1-2 2-2 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 0-1
Banastra Forest 0-1 x 1-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-1 1-5 0-1 1-2 2-1 1-0 0-4 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-0
Dynamo Dini 1-0 0-1 x 0-1 0-3 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-2 0-0 3-2 2-1 1-2 2-1
Fiilghud Town 2-0 0-2 1-0 x 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-3 0-0 4-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 1-2
FOYNLS 2-0 2-1 1-2 0-0 x 2-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-3 2-3 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0
Girimukti Subarnas 1-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 x 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-4 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 3-0 0-0
Kirkwood Town 2-0 1-0 2-0 4-1 2-5 2-3 x 2-0 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-3 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 2-2
Llanedalia 0-2 2-4 0-2 1-2 1-3 1-1 0-3 x 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1
Lorshill Engineers 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 3-3 0-1 1-2 x 1-0 1-1 3-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-2
Lower Sweeney 0-0 3-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 0-3 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-2
Mihangel's Old Boys 1-0 1-2 2-0 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 x 0-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 2-2
Pen-y-Bydd 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 3-2 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-0 0-1 x 1-0 3-2 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-1
Persifera 2-1 1-0 2-0 4-3 1-0 0-1 4-2 0-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 x 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2
Racing Club Gabalfa 3-2 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-3 0-3 1-1 0-2 0-2 2-0 3-2 0-0 x 2-2 0-1 2-2 1-1
Rendrew Town 4-2 0-0 1-0 2-3 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-1 1-3 0-0 1-1 x 0-2 0-2 2-1
Rumnasih Rangers 4-0 2-1 0-3 0-2 4-0 1-0 1-0 0-2 3-3 0-1 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 0-3 x 1-1 0-2
Treebrook Wanderers 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 2-2 0-1 2-0 2-1 0-3 1-3 1-2 0-2 3-1 3-1 x 2-0
Upper Sweeney 0-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 4-2 0-2 2-2 2-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-3 2-1 0-4 1-2 x


Final Table

                         Pts  W   D   L  GF:GA   GD
1.  Kirkwood Town        59  18   5  11  48:37   11
2.  Treebrook Wanderers  55  16   7  11  41:37    4
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3.  Rumnasih Rangers     53  15   8  11  42:37    5
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4.  Llanedalia           53  14  11   9  39:37    2
5.  Girimukti Subarnas   51  12  15   7  43:35    8
6.  Pen-y-Bydd           51  14   9  11  42:38    4
7.  Fiilghud Town        50  13  11  10  36:35    1
8.  Persifera            49  14   7  13  40:32    8
9.  Dynamo Dini          47  13   8  13  35:34    1
10. Lorshill Engineers   45  11  12  11  47:40    7
11. FOYNLS               45  12   9  13  43:40    3
12. Racing Club Gabalfa  44  10  14  10  45:40    5
13. Lower Sweeney        44  12   8  14  30:40  -10
14. Rendrew Town         43  12   7  15  43:45   -2
15. Mihangel's Old Boys  41  10  11  13  35:40   -5
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16. Banastra Forest      38  11   5  18  33:44  -11
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17. Upper Sweeney        35   8  11   5  33:49  -16
18. Arorair              33   9   6  19  28:43  -15


Play-Off Result

Banastra Forest 2-0 Deudregg Derw
Banastra Forest remain in Second Division


Division Three

Celebrating promotion from the lower leagues this year are Fforest Hen, who won the Third Division by healthy five point margin ahead of Hyppo Fernley, who are promoted despite their pitch being ruined by a herd of wild Hyppos that had crossed over the border from Hypocria. Deudregg Derw will face Banastra Forest for the right to play in Division Two nest season.

Plummetting down to the basement are Gabalfa students UCG and Chinterford Town, with Pontybalfa United facing a nervy playoff to survive.


Final Table

                            Pts  W   D   L  GF:GA   GD
1.  Fforest Hen             61  17  10   7  50:30   20
2.  Hyppo Fernley           56  15  11   8  42:31   11
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3.  Deudregg Ddrew          55  15  10   9  41:36    5
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4.  Grappenhall University  53  13  14   7  37:29    8
5.  Southward Ho!           49  13  10  11  46:39    7
6.  Budiwati City           49  13   9  12  42:38    4
7.  Ryoga Bay               46  10  16   8  36:28    8
8.  Gabalfa St Norbert      46  11  13  10  43:43    0
9.  Lorshill Park Rangers   46  13   7  14  42:44   -2
10. Llanbedistan            45  11  12  11  28:26    2
11. Betws-y-Triw            44  10  14  10  32:33   -1
12. Sonastra FC             43  10  13  11  29:29    0
13. Gorseborough Town       42  10  12  12  34:39   -5
14. Alfalfa Kickers         41   8  17   9  39:44   -5
15. Mare's Tail Village     41  10  11  13  36:41   -5
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16. Pontybalfa United       38   9  11  14  37:44   -7
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17. Chinterford Town        29   6  11  17  29:51  -22
18. UCG                     28   5  13  16  39:57  -18


Play-Off Result

Pontybalfa United 2-0 Gabalfa Steelworks
Pontybalfa United remain in Third Division


Division Four

Going up from Division Four this year are Drutton United, who have been top virtually from day one, and Spiddaford Town, who have given the folks of this beautiful Banastran town something to smile about after the abject failure of their gridiron team. Gabalfa Steelworks will be facing Pontybalfa United to see who will be playing Third Division football.

'Hurnford Harriers and Shabilah will be playing with the non-leaguers next season after their relegations, and are replaced by BAF Chinterford and Huwbridge Colliery. Gilang Chandra will be fighting for their league survival against Whitchurch South End.


Final Table

                        Pts  W   D   L  GF:GA   GD
1.  Drutton United      59  16  11   7  49:32   17
2.  Spiddaford Town     57  16   8  10  42:30   12
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3.  Gabalfa Steelworks  53  13  14   7  41:29   12
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4.  Pen-yr-Heol         50  14   8  12  39:43   -4
5.  Lara Kencana        49  13  10  11  39:34    5
6.  Al-Sheemal Tamrida  49  14   7  13  40:36    4
7.  Lovage Town         48  12  12  10  39:32    7
8.  Tinting Warren      48  12  12  10  36:29    7
9.  Sageham             48  13   9  12  38:34    4
10. Thymeford           47  11  14   9  38:33    5
11. Ceffinton United    46  12  10  12  28:35   -7
12. Cockbill Green      44  11  11  12  31:31    0
13. Porthbalfa Navy     42   9  15  10  33:34   -1
14. Marjaham Town       42  10  12  12  37:44   -7
15. Huwbridge Town      42  11   9  14  33:40   -7
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16. Gilang Chandra      36   9   9  16  33:46  -13
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17. Shabilah            33   9   6  19  34:45  -11
18. Hurnford Harriers   33   8   9  17  28:51  -23 

Hurnford Harriers and Shabilah relegated.
BAF Chinterford and Huwbridge Colliery promoted to Division Four.


Play-Off Result

Gilang Chandra 4-1 Whitchurch South End
Gilang Chandra remain in Fourth Division

FAB Cup

First Round

Cockbill Green 0-0 Betws-y-Triw (AET: Cockbill Green win 3-2 on penalties)
Hurnford Harriers 1-3 Southward Ho!
Gabalfa St Norbert 0-1 Tinting Warren
Porthbalfa Navy 0-3 Ryoga Bay
Huwbridge Town 2-1 Al-Sheemal Tamrida
Shabilah 0-3 Lorshill Park Rangers
Gilang Chandra 2-2 Chinterford Town (AET: Gilang Chandra won 6-4 on penalties)
Lovage Town 2-1 Pontybalfa United
Gorseborough Town 1-2 Budiwati City AET
Spiddaford Town 0-1 Sonastra FC
Mare's Tail Village 1-2 Fforest Hen
Grappenhall University 1-0 Huwbridge Colliery
Lorshill Victoria 1-0 Lara Kencana
BAF Chinterford 0-0 Thymeford (AET: Thymeford won 1-4 on penalties)
Pen-yr-Heol 0-1 Deudregg Dderw
Gabalfa Steelworks 3-4 Sageham AET
Drutton United 1-2 Marjaham Town
Hyppo Fernley 2-1 Whitchurch South End AET
Alfalfa Kickers 1-0 UCG AET
Ceffinton United 2-3 Llanbedistan


Second Round

Grappenhall University 0-1 Fforest Hen
Tinting Warren 2-1 Lorshill Victoria AET
Hyppo Fernley 3-2 Ryoga Bay AET
Sageham 2-1 Gilang Chandra
Marjaham Town 1-0 Southward Ho!
Lovage Town 0-3 Budiwati City
Sonastra FC 3-1 Llanbedistan
Huwbridge Town 2-1 Deudregg Dderw AET
Lorshill Park Rangers 2-0 Thymeford
Alfalfa Kickers 0-2 Cockbill Green


Third Round

Banastra Forest 3-1 Huwbridge Town
Tinting Warren 0-1 AFC Rendrew
Kirkwood Town 0-0 Llanedalia (AET: Kirkwood Town won 5-4 on penalties)
Pen-y-Bydd 2-0 Persifera
FOYNLS 1-0 Rumnasih Rangers
Lorshill Engineers 3-1 Cockbill Green
Girimukti Subarnas 3-3 Budiwati City (AET: Budiwati City won 6-7 on penalties)
Racing Club Gabalfa 2-3 Treebrook Wanderers
Lorshill Park Rangers 1-0 Dynamo Dini
Sonastra FC 1-3 Upper Sweeney
Mihangel's Old Boys 1-1 Arorair (AET: Arorair won 3-5 on penalties)
Fiilghud Town 3-2 Sageham
Hyppo Fernley 0-2 Lower Sweeney
Fforest Hen 2-1 Marjaham Town AET


Fourth Round

Butetown Dragons 1-0 Lorshill United
CPDP 0-1 Lorshill City
Pen-y-Bydd 1-0 Lorshill Engineers
Tamrida 0-1 Treebrook Wanderers
Gabalfa City 2-0 Fforest Hen AET
Rendrew Town 2-3 Sukatra Tigers AET
Banastra Forest 2-0 Lower Sweeney
Upper Sweeney 0-4 Ceffinton Town
Gabalfa Rovers 0-2 FOYNLS
Lorshill Park Rangers 0-2 Roath Albion
Old Maxwellians 1-0 Downton AET
Emcorn 2-1 Grappenhall
Akani Sands 5-0 Kirkwood Town
Whitchurch 0-1 Rhyngwladol Gabalfa
Maindy 1-0 Budiwati City AET
Arorair 1-0 Fiilghud Town AET


Fifth Round

Ceffinton Town 1-2 Maindy
Butetown Dragons 3-2 Old Maxwellians AET
Arorair 1-0 Emcorn
Pen-y-Bydd 0-1 Sukatra Tigers AET
Gabalfa City 1-3 Lorshill City
Banastra Forest 0-3 Treebrook Wanderers
FOYNLS 2-2 Akani Sands (AET: Akani Sands won 6-7 on penalties)
Roath Albion 0-1 Rhyngwladol Gabalfa


Quarter Finals

Treebrook Wanderers 2-1 Lorshill City
Akani Sands 2-1 Rhyngwladol Gabalfa
Butetown Dragons 1-2 Maindy
Sukatra Tigers 1-0 Arorair AET


Semi Finals

Akani Sands 2-1 Treebrook Wanderers
(played at The Gasworks, Gabalfa)

Sukatra Tigers 1-1 Maindy (AET: Sukatra Tigers won 5-3 on penalties)
(played at The Stamping Ground, Lorshill)


Final

Akani Sands 1-0 Sukatra Tigers AET
(played at Stadiwm Bettia, Gabalfa)