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Abysmalis rejoice! Squu's team, [[Phraen Palace]] were just one place from the bottom and the left-sided midfielder scored a brilliant three own-goals in the season (unfortunately he scored twice at the other end of the pitch too) and received a red card on the final day to ensure his team didn't stay up. Truly an Abysmal!
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Revision as of 10:18, 25 September 2005

The 6th installment of the second-best League in the world. Damn those Vilitans.

Full Report to Come

Liga Starblaydia - Season 6

First Half

Phraen Palace didn't get off to their usual superb start - quite the opposite in fact. Instead it was Internashionale who signalled their intentions early as they destroyed the Palace 4-0 on the opening matchday with a hat-trick from Giovanni Lopez and one from Innit Point. Not to be outdone, James Chitterling bagged a hat-trick of his own on Matchday 2 to catapult Jhanna United to the top of the table in a 4-1 win over bottom of the table Montepool Waves. The Waves, however, soon notched up the highest score of the season with a 5-0 demolition of Neveheim County, new Turorian signing Jutar Ranaso bagging four of the five goals.

By Matchday Five the final undefeated records had gone as Tabeck FC, Inter and Vecchio Victors all fell to defeat as Dimitrios Steliopolous dragged his Veles side to the top. There were many surprises in the first half of the season. Jhanna United and the Beverington Hawks being at the top were somehow not the greatest surprise, however.

The true surprise packages were the Karak Ungor Chiefs, the all-Dwarf team from Karak Ungor. For five Matchdays towards the mid-point in the season they reigned supreme, having only been promoted to Liga Starblaydia last season after five years languishing in Liga Omega. A fairytale about to come true? The next 18 matchdays would find out.


MatchDay 1st Place Team 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place
1 Internashionale Karak Ungor Chiefs Jhanna United Tabeck FC
2 Jhanna United Beverington Hawks Internashionale Karak Ungor Chiefs
3 Beverington Hawks Tabeck FC Jhanna United Veles
4 Tabeck FC Veles Beverington Hawks Internashionale
5 Veles Beverington Hawks Corinthian Spirits Tabeck FC
6 Beverington Hawks Corinthian Spirits Veles Tabeck FC
7 Veles Beverington Hawks Jhanna United Corinthian Spirits
8 Beverington Hawks Veles Tabeck FC Jhanna United
9 Jhanna United Beverington Hawks Tabeck FC Veles
10 Tabeck FC Jhanna United Karak Ungor Chiefs Beverington Hawks
11 Tabeck FC Karak Ungor Chiefs Jhanna United Corinthian Spirits
12 Tabeck FC Jhanna United Karak Ungor Chiefs Corinthian Spirits
13 Karak Ungor Chiefs Tabeck FC Iskara Daii Jhanna United
14 Karak Ungor Chiefs Iskara Daii Jhanna United Tabeck FC
15 Karak Ungor Chiefs Iskara Daii Jhanna United Montepool Waves
16 Karak Ungor Chiefs Iskara Daii Jhanna United Montepool Waves
17 Karak Ungor Chiefs Iskara Daii Jhanna United Montepool Waves


Halfway Table

 Liga Starblaydia - Halfway Table, Season 6 
 Pos  Team                       P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  1  Iskara Daii                18  10   6   2   28   13   15   36
  2  Jhanna United              18  10   4   4   26   13   13   34
  3  Karak Ungor Chiefs         18  10   4   4   24   15    9   34
  4  Montepool Waves            18   8   8   2   34   19   15   32
  5  Tabeck FC                  18   8   5   5   17   14    3   29
  6  Jhanna City                18   7   7   4   26   19    7   28
  7  Beverington Hawks          18   8   3   7   22   24   -2   27
  8  Corinthian Spirits         18   7   5   6   24   20    4   26
  9  Veles                      18   8   2   8   21   20    1   26
 10  Vecchio Victors            18   6   7   5   19   24   -5   25
 11  Widdrington Wolves         18   6   6   6   24   23    1   24
 12  Hallad Reavers             18   6   5   7   25   27   -2   23
 13  Hecia                      18   6   4   8   21   21    0   22
 14  Penningworth United        18   6   4   8   22   25   -3   22
 15  Basian Valley              18   6   4   8   20   23   -3   22
 16  Internashionale            18   5   4   9   28   31   -3   19
 17  Hernsworth Cubs            18   5   4   9   21   31  -10   19
 18  Tuncastle Rovers           18   4   4  10   19   25   -6   16
 19  Neveheim County            18   4   4  10   17   30  -13   16
 20  Phraen Palace              18   3   4  11   19   40  -21   13


Tiberius Cup

The twenty teams of Liga Starblaydia vie for the Tiberius Cup.

In the First Round, the bottom Eight teams in the previous season's standings play off to reduce twenty teams to sixteen. A normal sixteen-team knockout, drawn randomly at the beginning of each round, resumes from there.

First Round

Hallad Reavers 3-2 Tuncastle Rovers
Widdrington Wolves 0-1 Phraen Palace
Hernsworth Cubs 0-4 Corinthian Spirits
Jhan Province 1-2 Sciapos AET, FT 1-1

Second Round

Vecchio Victors 2-0 Hallad Reavers
Montepool Waves 3-0 Penningworth United
Tabeck FC 0-1 Jhanna City
Iskara Daii 4-1 Basian Valley
Beverington Hawks 1-3 Corinthian Spirits
Phraen Palace 0-4 Internashionale
Jhanna United 3-2 Hecia
Sciapos 0-1 Veles

Quarter-Final

Internashionale 2-2 Montepool Waves AET, FT 2-2, Montepool win 4-3 on penalties
Veles 0-3 Jhanna City
Corinthian Spirits 2-0 Vecchio Victors
Jhanna United 1-2 Iskara Daii

Semi-Final

Montepool Waves 2-1 Corinthian Spirits
Iskara Daii 2-2 Jhanna City AET, FT 0-0, Jhanna City win 4-2 on penalties

Final

Jhanna City 2-4 Montepool Waves

Nelson de Montford gets to lift the Tiberius Cup for Season Six, though only through a Man-of-the-Match performance from Turorian Striker Jutar Ranaso. Montepool last won the cup in Liga Starblaydia Season 1

Second Half

The Final Matchday

 Liga Starblaydia - Penultimate Matchday, Season 6 
 Top
 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  1  Iskara Daii                37  18  13   6   50   28   22   67
  2  Jhanna City                37  19   8  10   57   39   18   65
  3  Montepool Waves            37  17  11   9   60   46   14   62
  4  Tabeck FC                  37  17  10  10   50   37   13   61
 Liga Starblaydia - Penultimate Matchday, Season 6 
 Bottom
 17  Basian Valley              37  10   9  18   41   55  -14   39
 18  Hernsworth Cubs            37  10   7  20   44   64  -20   37
 --  ---------------            --  --   -  --   --   --  ---   --
 19  Phraen Palace              37   9   7  21   43   72  -29   34
 RR  Neveheim County            37   7   8  22   35   61  -26   29


Penningworth Vs Hernsworth

For Phraen to stay up, they would need provincial rivals Penningworth United to give them a leg-up by thrashing Hernsworth's goal-difference. Rabindra Singh and Dave Wilkey duly obliged, chopping the Cubs down by four goals, almost halving the difference between Phraen and Hernsworth's Goal difference.

Final Score: Penningworth United 4-0 Hernsworth Cubs

Phraen Palace Vs Hecia

Phraen Palace had destiny within their own hands. They needed to win, and win big. They started well as Inivilati Yen and Waldo Gelmer provided them with goals, but after Abysmali Squu was sent off for being rubbish, Hecia got back into the game with two goals of their own, sending Palace down to Liga Omega.

Final Score: Phraen Palace 2-2 Hecia

Jhanna United Vs Iskara Daii

With the fate of the Liga Starblaydia title to be determined exclusively in the captial, Jhanna, Iskara Daii only needed a bare draw to have the title sewn up barring a JCFC romp. United, as per all season, upset the Daii apple-cart with goals from James Chitterling and Joe Kippenberger denying the Daii a final-day win. It was now up to Jhanna City to merely win and they would be crowned Champions.

Final Score: Jhanna United 2-1 Iskara Daii

Jhanna City Vs Karak Ungor

Those paying attention would have realised that this would not be the easiest of matches for JCFC as they faced the superb Chiefs, though one wonders quite where their skills have come from. Itechton Matranga, as per usual, gave JCFC the lead, though it needed Contall Rumaoa to toe-poke a second goal past the Dwarven 'keeper before City could celebrate their new title in style.

Final Score: Jhanna City 2-1 Karak Ungor Chiefs
Jhanna City are Champions

Final Standings

 Liga Starblaydia - Final Standings, Season 6 
 Pos Team                        P   W   D   L   GF   GA   GD  Pts
  C  Jhanna City                38  20   8  10   59   40   19   68
  2  Iskara Daii                38  18  13   7   51   30   21   67
  3  Montepool Waves            38  18  11   9   62   46   16   65
  4  Tabeck FC                  38  18  10  10   51   37   14   64
  5  Jhanna United              38  18   9  11   57   47   10   63
  6  Veles                      38  17  10  11   54   42   12   61
  7  Hallad Reavers             38  15  11  12   58   50    8   56
  8  Internashionale            38  15  10  13   67   58    9   55
  9  Karak Ungor Chiefs         38  15   9  14   49   50   -1   54
 10  Hecia                      38  14  10  14   53   44    9   52
 11  Tuncastle Rovers           38  15   7  16   51   50    1   52
 12  Beverington Hawks          38  15   7  16   48   53   -5   52
 13  Penningworth United        38  15   6  17   50   53   -3   51
 14  Widdrington Wolves         38  12  11  15   50   54   -4   47
 15  Vecchio Victors            38  11  14  13   41   54  -13   47
 16  Corinthian Spirits         38  11  13  14   48   51   -3   46
 17  Basian Valley              38  11   9  18   44   55  -11   42
 18  Hernsworth Cubs            38  10   7  21   44   68  -24   37 
 RR  Phraen Palace              38   9   8  21   45   74  -29   35
 RR  Neveheim County            38   7   9  22   38   64  -26   30

Season 6 Awards

Player of the Year

Itechton Matranga - (Jhanna City)

Three seasons on from his first Player of the Year award, Itechton Matranga comes romping back to be the first player to clain the award twice. A superb season for the Jhanna City team and, as its inspirational Captain, he takes a lot of the plaudits for it.

Other Nominees: Giovanni Lopez, Nick Cavaletti

Young Player of the Year

Cherry Garcia - (Jhanna City)

It's not affirmative action or women's lib or anything like that, it's the simple fact that Cherry Garcia was the best player in Liga Starblaydia who was under 21 when the Season started. Pretty obvious, considering her pace, crossing and goalscoring abilities.

Other Nominees: Deitmar Mussorgsky, Raul Diaz-Arca

Striker of the Year

Giovanni Lopez - (Internashionale)

Just how good is this kid at scoring goals? Wham, bam, thanyou Giovann'.

Other Nominees: Jutar Ranaso, Florencio Zaragoza

Midfielder of the Year

Contall Rumaoa - (Jhanna City)

Young Vilitan midfielders always seem to do well in Liga Starblaydia - they all look young, of course, must be because they grow old twice as gracefully as anyone else - and Contall is no exception. Employed on the left wing in the best team of the year, Contall was a crucial midfield factor in JCFC's dazzling show.

Other Nominees: Cherry Garcia, Zack Vincent

Defender of the Year

Tulio Arizmendi - (Jhanna City)

Never has Tulio lived up to his tag of 'a one-man back-four' quite as well as this season. Though with an excellent goalie behind him, Tulio's one-man-show at the back of an excellent JCFC team ensured their Liga Starblaydia victory. They wouldn't have their title without him, which is saying something.

Other Nominees: Quentin Phillips, Leopoldo Lopez

Goalie of the Year

Nick Cavaletti - (Iskara Daii)

Breaking the record for number of clean sheets in a season as well as the least ammount of team goals conceeded in a season, 'The Cat' retains his 'Keeper of the year title over stiff competition from two of Starblaydia's finest.

Other Nominees: Thaddeus Gonzalez, Elwood Deangelo

Goal of the Season

Menecrates - (Corinthian Spirits) (Corinthian Spirits 2-2 Karak Ungor Chiefs, Matchday 25)

A pin-point cross on a great counter-attack gives young Menecrates a chance for a scorching scissor-kick at the back post that practically breaks the net, never mind breaking the hearts of the Dwarven Chiefs fans who had been 2-0 up.

Golden Boot

Golden Boot Top 10

 Player                 Goals    Team
 Giovanni Lopez          23      Internashionale
 Itechton Matranga       21      Jhanna City
 Carmine Mbidzo          20      Iskara Daii
 Florencio Zaragoza      20      Tabeck FC
 Rhys Owen               19      Tuncastle Rovers
 Jutar Ranaso            19      Montepool Waves
 Akira Jones             18      Beverington Hawks
 James Chitterling       17      Jhanna United
 Syku Isita              16      Widdrington Wolves
 Robbad I. Asay          15      Hecia
 Menecrates              15      Corinthian Spirits


Other Players in Double-Figures

 Player                 Goals    Team
 Trevor Bent             14      Vecchio Victors
 Innit Point             14      Internashionale
 Contall Rumaoa          14      Jhanna City
 Raul Diaz-Arca          13      Corinthian Spirits
 Rabindra Singh          13      Penninworth United
 Toby Tzikas             13      Basian Valley
 Zikey Vanataraselidene  13      Tuncastle Rovers
 Arthur Peacock          12      Hernsworth Cubs
 Raphaelo                12      Iskara Daii
 Cherry Garcia           11      Jhanna City
 Isiah Sodek             11      Tabeck FC
 Inivilati Yen           11      Phraen Palace
 Kurt Bangor             10      Basian Valley
 Rupert Hawksworth       10      Montepool Waves
 Roberto Vega            10      Internashionale

Foreigner Report

Abysmalistan

Abysmalis rejoice! Squu's team, Phraen Palace were just one place from the bottom and the left-sided midfielder scored a brilliant three own-goals in the season (unfortunately he scored twice at the other end of the pitch too) and received a red card on the final day to ensure his team didn't stay up. Truly an Abysmal!

Audioslavia

Bedistan

Cockbill Street

Druida

Fmjphoeinix

Insane Inflation

Liverpool England

Nedalia

Rejistania

Spruitland

Turori

Vilita

Preceded by:
Liga Starblaydia Season 5
Liga Starblaydia Succeeded by:
Liga Starblaydia Season 7