Well, what an astonishing finish to this season's Premier League. As can be gathered from the spoilers above, the title was finally decided in the 88th minute of the game, when Jonny Evans picked up the game's fourth booking. Both title contenders decided to place all their hopes on DP, with Barney needing exactly 6 to win the title (or more than 12 with Mivi winning on the home advantage). In the end, he came close, but the title goes to our brand new Champion - Buck Pete!
However, if you thought Barney's been unfortunate, spare a thought for poor old HoinkDoink, who posted the day's second-best entry, only to see his opponent also pick the correct final score and top it off with Ibe as the first scorer for the three extra points. To make matters worse, the relegation battle wasn't decided until the very end, since a late Benteke winner would have still given both HoinkDoink and redforlife three points, with Mivi relegated. It wasn't to be, though, so HoinkDoink, who could yet finish second in the overall league, will find himself in the Championship next season.
Scores:
Barneylfc v BoRed 20-18
carraggeriise v KeegansPerm 12-12
HoinkDoink v ollyfrom.tv 24-27
Mivi v Buck Pete 15-16
Ndeyanka v rushyman 15-13
Phil M v fivein05 0-0 (no points awarded to either player for a 0-0 draw)
redforlife v Yorkshire-Red 21-23
RJH v MelwoodBoy 14-0
tylerjnorton v redman1974 11-13
Ycuzz v Kopite1971 0-0 (no points awarded to either player for a 0-0 draw)
Final standings (gf, ga, gd, pts, name (missed entries)):
586 489 +097 75 Buck Pete C
620 517 +103 74 Barneylfc
581 523 +058 70 redman1974
590 515 +075 66 Ndeyanka
576 526 +050 62 Kopite1971 (1)
525 511 +014 58 Yorkshire-Red (5)
611 555 +056 58 KeegansPerm
549 537 +012 56 tylerjnorton (2)
575 478 +097 54 RJH
577 528 +049 53 BoRed
560 568 -008 53 ollyfrom.tv (1)
546 554 -008 48 rushyman (1)
495 563 -068 47 MelwoodBoy (5)
544 509 +035 46 Ycuzz (1)
469 518 -049 46 Phil M (7)
531 526 +005 43 Mivi (1)
558 537 +021 43 redforlife
582 563 +019 40 HoinkDoink R
483 549 -066 37 carraggeriise (4) R
000 492 -492 00 fivein05 (38) R
Relevant head-to-head scores:
Yorkshire-Red v KeegansPerm 13-13 16-16 (away goals rule)
BoRed v ollyfrom.tv 12-8 9-10
Ycuzz v Phil M 14-11 11-0
Mivi v redfordlife 18-10 16-20
On a personal note, even though my results have been pretty miserable, I have to say I've enjoyed this season, especially the dramatic ending.
(Barney, I don't mean to say I enjoyed seeing you lose, I just enjoyed the drama, and would have enjoyed it equally had you won. Having said that, your tactics today were far from optimal, but since you both beat me and lost the title anyway, I'll spare you the lecture.
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I hope to see you all back next season for another exciting edition of the one and only Premier League!
