Bedistan Premier League, 2080 season
The Alexandria Porcupines found themselves looking for a third consecutive Bedistan Premier League title in the 2080 season, while the other two "Big Three" clubs, Floral and Rolestu, hoped to break the 'pines' stranglehold. But there was more competition arriving on the scene, as South Coast United and Sokojiwa City FC were beginning to come into their own and become serious threats. This season was sure to be an exciting one for all the fans.
Replacing the three relegated teams from last season were Dawson Springs, Washington, and Midway. None of the three had really seemed to make a huge impact with the fans, so their success was projected to be minimal at best.
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Spring semester
After the usual start-of-season shakeup that saw Bucks Lake Athletic, of all teams, reaching as high as second place, the league settled down and the top slots were contested by five clubs. As usual, Alexandria was the team most frequently out in front, but South Coast and Sokojiwa City were keeping pace, no more than three points behind. Jiwa dropped off slightly at midterm back to third and fourth place, while Rolestu and Floral, as always, fought each other for the remaining top-four slot. The relegation slots stayed mostly constant in the spring semester, almost always holding three clubs out of Washington, Yuba, Carter, and Midway.
MD | 1st Place Team | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
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1 | Jervis | Griffin | South Coast | Sokojiwa City |
2 | Sokojiwa City | Alexandria | Rolestu | Jervis |
3 | Sokojiwa City | Alexandria | San Solari | Bucks Lake |
4 | Sokojiwa City | Bucks Lake | Alexandria | South Coast |
5 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Bucks Lake |
6 | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | South Coast | Dionte |
7 | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | South Coast | Floral |
8 | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | Rolestu | South Coast |
9 | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | South Coast | Rolestu |
10 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Sokojiwa City |
11 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Sokojiwa City |
12 | Alexandria | South Coast | Sokojiwa City | Rolestu |
13 | Alexandria | South Coast | Rolestu | Sokojiwa City |
14 | Alexandria | South Coast | Rolestu | Sokojiwa City |
15 | South Coast | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | Rolestu |
16 | South Coast | Alexandria | Sokojiwa City | Floral |
17 | Alexandria | South Coast | Sokojiwa City | Rolestu |
18 | Alexandria | Rolestu | Sokojiwa City | South Coast |
19 | Alexandria | Rolestu | Floral | Sokojiwa City |
Bedistani Cup
Bucks Lake Athletic was the club perhaps most closely watched in this year's Cup after pulling off a major coup and reaching the final in 2079 despite a sixteenth-place finish in the BPL. As it so happened, Bucks Lake resided in sixteenth at the end of the spring semester, leaving fans wondering whether this season could be a repeat. Obviously, other candidates for reaching the final were seemingly-perennial league champions Alexandria, last year's Cup champions Esto, who had a mediocre 6-9-4 spring semester and were in 11th place in the league, and last year's semifinalists Rolestu and San Diego, at the time 2nd and 10th in the league, respectively.
Early rounds
One of the biggest matchups in the first round pitted Jervis FC against South Coast United, and surprisingly Jervis pulled off an upset 3-1 victory to proceed to the second round, leaving South Coast fans fuming. But for a while it looked like that upset would be comparatively small change. Incredibly, Floral FC found the score deadlocked at 1-1 after ninety minutes against non-league RC San Antón, making Floral manager Mike Davidson very nervous indeed. Luckily, his team pulled through in extra time to pick up the 3-1 win. Likewise, Dennis also was held to 1-1 by non-league Cheongju United, but they became even angrier and fired three goals past Cheongju's keeper in extra time for a 4-1 win. Floral continued its rough start with another 1-1 draw, this time against First Division RKA Warriors; again Floral won in extra time. San Solari fell 0-1 to relegation candidates Carter in the third round, which also saw the highest-scoring match in the Cup: 8-0, Uk-Tow Ri United over Jennerstown FC.
Round 4
Round four had another big-name matchup: Sokojiwa City versus Rolestu. This exciting match saw the teams tied at two after 90 minutes, then they each picked up one more goal in extra time, sending the match to a penalty shootout, which Rolestu edged out 4-2. Bucks Lake's dreams of a repeat performance ended in the fourth round when they were unfortunate enough to face Floral, the latter winning the match 3-1.
- Dennis Bears 3-2 Midway Wolves
- San Diego Iguanas 5-1 Khikhi United
- Sayle United 0-5 Washington Tigers
- RC Los Triesto 1-4 Carter FC APK (1-1 FT, 1-1 AET)
- Bucks Lake Athletic 1-3 Floral FC
- Alexandria Porcupines 3-0 Eastfield Rogues
- Navarre Town 2-0 Ilium Dragons
- Aeon United 0-3 Dawson Springs FC
- Afton FC 1-2 Yuba United AET (1-1 FT)
- Brooklyn FC 1-2 Esto Wanderers
- Sokojiwa City FC 2-4 Rolestu FC APK (2-2 FT, 3-3 AET)
- Springfield FC 0-5 Paradise Town
- La Porte Rangers 1-5 Cdredika City
- Dionte City 3-1 Leeco Rangers
- Uk-Tow Ri United 0-2 Griffin Zebras
- Jervis FC 2-0 Eagle's Rest United
Round 5
Of the sixteen clubs in the fifth round, only three were not from the BPL, and of those, only Navarre Town would reach the quarterfinals after an extra-time win over Dawson Springs. League leaders Alexandria fell in the fifth round as Floral continued their rampage, winning 2-1.
- Dennis Bears 3-1 San Diego Iguanas
- Washington Tigers 0-1 Carter FC
- Floral FC 2-1 Alexandria Porcupines
- Navarre Town 2-1 Dawson Springs FC AET (1-1 FT)
- Yuba United 1-3 Esto Wanderers
- Rolestu FC 3-2 Paradise Town AET (2-2 FT)
- Cdredika City 0-4 Dionte City
- Griffin Zebras 0-2 Jervis FC
Quarterfinals
Navarre and Floral would meet in the quarterfinals, and Floral wasted no time eliminating the last non-BPL contender with another 2-1 win.
- Dennis Bears 1-0 Carter FC
- Floral FC 2-1 Navarre Town
- Esto Wanderers 0-3 Rolestu FC
- Dionte City 1-3 Jervis FC
Semifinals
With Rolestu, Floral, Jervis, and Dennis making the final four, virtually all bets were on one of the first two. Floral held up their end of the bargain with their third consecutive 2-1 win over Dennis, but Rolestu's offensive cylinders failed to fire and they crashed 0-1, putting Jervis FC in the final.
- Dennis Bears 1-2 Floral FC
- Rolestu FC 0-1 Jervis FC
Final
At that time, Jervis had no Cups or league titles to their name, and Floral had only their Cup win from six years previously, so both were hungry for the win. The final match, though, proved to be no contest, and the final 2-0 scoreline was actually quite flattering to Jervis as Floral cruised to their second Bedistani Cup trophy.
- Floral FC 2-0 Jervis FC
Fall semester
Alexandria quickly jumped out to a five-point lead at the top, but the teams below them slowly reeled the Porcupines back in. The whole way through the fall semester, the title was contested by just four teams – Alexandria, Floral, South Coast, and Rolestu. Most of the way, it looked like Alexandria was well on its way to its third consecutive league title, but a poorly-timed 1-1 draw with Carter in week 36 cut Alexandria's lead over Floral to a single point. To make matters worse, Alexandria proceeded to lose to Bucks Lake the following week, giving Floral a two-point lead with just one match left to play. Both teams were to play opponents who had not done very well this season. Floral faced Yuba United, locked into a 17th-place finish, and Alexandria faced already-relegated Dawson Springs. Alexandria's match was first, and they got a rather easy 3-0 victory. This put Alexandria on 77 points and Floral on 76, but to make things even more interesting, they had identical goal difference – +28. This meant that all Floral needed to finally win their first league title was a draw, as they had already scored five goals more than Alexandria in the season. But it seemed unlikely that they would pull it off after Sara Knight's 65th-minute header gave Yuba the 1-0 lead. Like so many times before, Floral would fall at the final hurdle. Or so it seemed. But then Billy English came to save the day for Floral after a rare mistake by Yuba defender Kansu Kynsu left him wide open for the equalizer in the dying minutes. 1-1 was the final score, and Floral at long last won the league on goals scored.
MD | 1st Place Team | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
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20 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
21 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
22 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Rolestu |
23 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Rolestu |
24 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Rolestu |
25 | Alexandria | South Coast | Floral | Rolestu |
26 | Alexandria | Floral | South Coast | Rolestu |
27 | Floral | Alexandria | Rolestu | South Coast |
28 | Floral | Alexandria | South Coast | Rolestu |
29 | Floral | Alexandria | South Coast | Rolestu |
30 | Alexandria | Floral | South Coast | Rolestu |
31 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
32 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
33 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
34 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
35 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
36 | Alexandria | Floral | Rolestu | South Coast |
37 | Floral | Alexandria | Rolestu | South Coast |
38 | Floral | Alexandria | Rolestu | South Coast |
Final standings
P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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C | 1 | Floral | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 77 |
2 | Alexandria | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 77 | |
3 | Rolestu | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 67 | |
4 | South Coast | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 63 | |
5 | Griffin | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 61 | |
6 | San Diego | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 58 | |
7 | San Solari | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 56 | |
8 | Sokojiwa City | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 56 | |
9 | Dennis | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 55 | |
10 | Jamaica | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 50 | |
11 | Bucks Lake | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 48 | -4 | 50 | |
12 | Dionte | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 52 | -6 | 50 | |
13 | Esto | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 49 | |
14 | Jervis | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 46 | |
15 | Carter | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 55 | -16 | 44 | |
16 | Charleston | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 54 | -8 | 43 | |
17 | Yuba | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 51 | -15 | 37 | |
R | 18 | Dawson Springs | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 59 | -23 | 31 |
R | 19 | Washington | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 59 | -28 | 31 |
R | 20 | Midway | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 68 | -35 | 28 |
Foreign players
coming soon
End-of-season transfers
The transfer window was ordered closed by the Bedistan Football Association during the 2080-81 offseason due to internal restructuring.
Football in Bedistan |
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Cup competitions: Bedistani Cup | League Cup | BFA Trophy |
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