Liga Starblaydia Season 3

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Liga Starblaydia - Season 1

First Half

Liga Starblaydia Season 3 started off pretty evenly for all teams, as by Matchday Seven no-one had an unbeaten record. By that matchday, a few large scorelines had cropped up, mostly including the free-scoring Tuncastle Rovers, giving Rejistanian Sike~nni~l Vanataraselidene his first goals for his new club, along with his strike partner Rhys Owens of Druida, they lit up the early weeks with their play and great goals. Marco Del Blanco also weighed in with a couple, but the Rovers couldn't rip joint-top spot from the defensive Daii, or the Hawks or Wolves. Surprisingly, for some, all the five Liga Starblaydia teams from Nova Britannicus were in the Top-Eight.

Noteable Scorelines

  • MD3: Ionia United 3-5 Tuncastle Rovers
  • MD6: Tuncastle Rovers 4-0 Sciapos
  • MD7: Beverington Hawks 3-3 Montepool Waves

Matchday 7 Standings - Top

 Pos Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  1  Iskara Daii                7   4   2   1    9    4    5   14
  2  Beverington Hawks          7   4   2   1   11    7    4   14
  3  Widdrington Wolves         7   4   2   1   10    7    3   14
  4  Tuncastle Rovers           7   4   1   2   16    8    8   13
  5  Tabeck FC                  7   4   1   2   13    8    5   13
  6  Foxchester Raiders         7   4   1   2    9    6    3   13
  7  Hallad Reavers             7   3   3   1    9    6    3   12
  8  Montepool Waves            7   3   3   1   12   10    2   12
  9  Vecchio Victors            7   3   2   2    9    8    1   11
 10  Jhanna United              7   3   1   3   10    9    1   10
 11  Jhanna City                7   2   3   2    6    7   -1    9
 12  Snowcroft City             7   2   3   2    7    9   -2    9

Noteable Scorelines

  • MD12: Tabeck FC 5-2 Ionia United

Tabecks' thrashing of newcomers Ionia gave the Bekkside club a boost ip to second place at the half-way mark, leaving the Defending Cup Champions just behind the defending League Champions. Ionia were flat bottom of the Liga, with Dimitrious Steliopolous' Veles alongside them, and the first Nedalian to play overseas, Innit Point, lighting up his Inter sides' matches but not helping out on the defence side much. Surprise - so far - of the season were newcomers Snowcroft City, having only been promoted to Liga Starblaydia last season.

Halfway Table

 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  1  Iskara Daii                19  11   6   2   27   12   15   39
  2  Tabeck FC                  19  11   5   3   37   21   16   38
  3  Montepool Waves            19  10   7   2   36   20   16   37
  4  Tuncastle Rovers           19  10   4   5   34   23   11   34
  5  Jhanna United              19   9   5   5   30   20   10   32
  6  Vecchio Victors            19   8   4   7   22   23   -1   28
  7  Snowcroft City             19   8   4   7   24   28   -4   28
  8  Hallad Reavers             19   7   6   6   26   24    2   27
  9  Hecia                      19   7   5   7   17   21   -4   26
 10  Widdrington Wolves         19   7   4   8   23   23    0   25
 11  Jhanna City                19   6   6   7   28   23    5   24
 12  Basian Valley              19   7   3   9   25   26   -1   24
 13  Beverington Hawks          19   6   6   7   24   30   -6   24
 14  Phraen Palace              19   5   8   6   20   18    2   23
 15  Foxchester Raiders         19   6   4   9   23   26   -3   22
 16  Corinthian Spirits         19   5   6   8   20   28   -8   21
 17  Sciapos                    19   4   8   7   19   30  -11   20
 18  Internashionale            19   4   6   9   23   27   -4   18
 19  Veles                      19   4   5  10   18   27   -9   17
 20  Ionia United               19   3   2  14   18   44  -26   11

Tiberius Cup

Second Half

Fortress Jhanna for Jhanna City

Lead up front by the imperious Itechton Matranga, JCFC began to dominate at home, winning by some colossal scorelines. Matranga, Grimann, Tripton, Fullbright and Bonilla took a firm grasp of every game while playing at the Jhanna City Stadium. Unfortunately they weren't as good away from home, failing to capitalise on some stonking wins by losing away with lacklustre performances.

Noteable Scorelines

  • MD16: Jhanna City 5-0 Corinthian Spirits
  • MD18: Jhanna City 5-1 Internashionale
  • MD21: Jhanna City 4-0 Phraen Palace
  • MD31: Jhanna City 5-0 Sciapos

The Final Matchday

With one game to go at the top, the title is still in the grasp of three teams. Tabeck FC are the only ones with destiny in their own hands as their goal difference over the Daii needs a mathematical miracle to be overcome. The Waves keep on hanging in there as they play relegation-threatened Inter. Tabeck host mid-table Corinthian Spirits while the Daii play in a Jhanna derby against high-flying City.

 Top
 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  1  Tabeck FC                  37  19  11   7   65   40   25   68
  2  Iskara Daii                37  18  14   5   54   37   17   68
  3  Montepool Waves            37  19  10   8   63   44   19   67
  4  Tuncastle Rovers           37  18  10   9   63   44   19   64

At the bottom, Ionia go straight back down again despite having been worth Liga Omega champions last year. Anything other than a Phraen victory against Hecia will send them down, though the other three teams will all be trying to pick up points to make sure that doesn't happen.

Bottom
 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
 16  Internashionale            37   9  13  15   48   55   -7   40
 17  Foxchester Raiders         37  10  10  17   44   51   -7   40
 18  Veles                      37  11   7  19   43   52   -9   40
 --  ------------------         --  --  --  --   --   --  ---   -- 
 19  Phraen Palace              37   8  14  15   34   44  -10   38
 RR  Ionia United               37   7   5  25   41   80  -39   26

Tabeck FC 0-2 Corinthian Spirits

Tabeck's loss means that the Daii failing to lose or the Waves picking up a win would deny the defending Tiberius Cup winners their first and most unlikely Liga Starblaydia title.

Jhanna City 2-2 Iskara Daii

This draw, a short trip across the captial city from Iskara, gave the Daii the point they though they'd need to win their third Liga Starblaydia title in a row, having come back from 2-1 down to scrape the draw

Montepool Waves 1-0 Internashionale

Montepool's last-minute winner was announced at Jhanna City's ground at almost the same time that news of the Daii's draw reached the Montepool Stadium. Montepool fans invaded the pitch upon hearing that they were champions, then Inter fans joined in the celebrations as they heard the other results from around the league.

Snowcroft City 4-1 Foxchester Raiders

Surprise package of Snowcroft thrashed the Raiders, the first team to be cursed with the 'best team in Nova Britannicus' tag. This left the Raiders on 40 points with a worse goal-difference than the defeated Internashionale, and if the two tems below them picked up points, the Raiders were down.

Widdrington Wolves 0-2 Veles

Veles' first points in three games lifted them well out of the relegation zone as Captain Steliopolous kept his team up once more.

Phraen Palace 2-1 Hecia

Hecia were hoping to claw their way back up the table on the last day, but a spirited Palace side, led by their aging Insane Inflationary stars, survive for one more campaign, putting the Raiders down into Liga Omega.

Final Standings

 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  C  Montepool Waves            38  20  10   8   64   44   20   70
  2  Iskara Daii                38  18  15   5   56   39   17   69
  3  Tabeck FC                  38  19  11   8   65   42   23   68
  4  Tuncastle Rovers           38  19  10   9   66   45   21   67
  5  Vecchio Victors            38  18   7  13   55   43   12   61
  6  Jhanna City                38  16  10  12   64   43   21   58
  7  Hallad Reavers             38  15  13  10   55   44   11   58
  8  Hecia                      38  15  11  12   43   43    0   56
  9  Widdrington Wolves         38  16   7  15   51   48    3   55
 10  Snowcroft City             38  14  11  13   46   50   -4   53
 11  Jhanna United              38  11  17  10   50   42    8   50
 12  Corinthian Spirits         38  12  12  14   44   52   -8   48
 13  Beverington Hawks          38  12   9  17   46   58  -12   45
 14  Veles                      38  12   7  19   45   52   -7   43
 15  Basian Valley              38  12   7  19   43   56  -13   43
 16  Sciapos                    38   9  15  14   39   61  -22   42
 17  Phraen Palace              38   9  14  15   36   45   -9   41
 18  Internashionale            38   9  13  16   48   56   -8   40
 RR  Foxchester Raiders         38  10  10  18   45   55  -10   40
 RR  Ionia United               38   7   5  26   42   85  -43   26

Season 3 Awards

Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Striker of the Year

Midfielder of the Year

Defender of the Year

Goalie of the Year

Goal of the Season

Golden Boot

Golden Boot Top 10

 Player                 Goals    Team
 John Pompey             26      Montepool Waves
 Itechton Matranga       25      Jhanna City
 Nikki Inostraza         22      Jhanna United
 Akira Jones             21      Beverington Hawks
 Trevor Bent             20      Vecchio Victors
 Nick Matranga           19      Montepool Waves
 Michalis Mitrofanis     19      Hecia
 Royal Seaford           18      Tabeck FC
 Carmine Mbidzo          17      Iskara Daii
 Quentin Bentley         16      Foxchester Raiders

Other Players in Double-Figures

 Player                 Goals    Team
 Darius Belizaire        15      Iskara Daii
 Syku Isita              15      Widdrington Wolves
 Rapahel Delgado         14      Hallad Reavers
 Toby Tzikas             14      Basian Valley
 S. Vanataraselidene     14      Tuncastle Rovers
 Juan Miguel Aguilera    13      Vecchio Victors
 Juan Silva de Souza     13      Corinthian Spirits
 Florencio Zaragoza      13      Tabeck FC
 Rhys Owens              12      Tuncastle Rovers
 Innit Point             12      Internashionale
 Neil Swallow            12      Hallad Reavers
 T.I. Yen                12      Phraen Palace
 Kurt Bangor             11      Basian Valley
 Darrly Carpenter        11      Internashionale
 John Schofield          11      Widdrington Wolves
 Isiah Sodek             11      Tabeck FC
 Dimitrious Steliopolous 11      Veles
 Marcus Tripton          11      Jhanna City
 Marco Del Blanco        10      Tuncastle Rovers
 Phil Cox                10      Beverington Hawks
 Paul Fortier            10      Corinthian Spirits
 Ilias Provatidis        10      Hecia
 Wilburforce Jones       10      Foxchester Raiders


Foreigner Report

Bedistan

Druida

Insane Inflation

Liverpool England

Nedalia

Sarzonia

Turori

Vilita

Preceded by:
Liga Starblaydia Season 2
Liga Starblaydia Succeeded by:
Liga Starblaydia Season 4