Competition Update 08/04/2024

Scorecast

A scrollable, full table can be seen here: toontalk.uk/scorecast

Here's the top 20.

A joint-top score by Yin Mo sees him return to the top of the pile, but only by a point. The others with 14 were Ryan Gibson and Stephen Renforth. Kay Waters stays at her season's-best position of 7th, and Martin Soulsby is in the top 10 for only the 2nd time. Julie Roseblade is in a personal-best 4th place, and Joseph Askew makes it six rounds in a row in the top 10.

Round 20 deadline is 13th April, 12:30pm. Enter your predictions here if you haven't already:

toontalk.uk/scorecast

Tablecast

A scrollable, full table can be found here: toontalk.uk/tablecast

Here's the top 20:

The top two keep their places while Angie Stanger-Leathes returns to her season's best position in 3rd place. Anj Luzanycia-Hird and Ron Patterson are in the top 10 for the first time this season.

Here's a comparison of the top 4:

Robert Pentland, it would seem, has the relegation battle nailed on with the bottom 4 all exactly correct, whereas Joseph has more bullseyes overall.

If the bottom of the table stays the same, it's Robert Pentland who'll benefit whereas Angie and Julie, similar to Joseph, enjoy most of their success predicting the teams who'll narrowly escape relegation. The gents in 1st and 2nd both have Liverpool, correctly, in 2nd place, whereas the ladies in 3rd and 4th have Arsenal taking 2nd spot. It could well be the very top of the table that decides the title, this year.

Fantasy League

All of the information on the Fantasy League can be found at toontalk.uk/fantasy-league or on the spreadsheet linked below.

Jonathan Adamson - if you're reading this, I can no longer see your team on Fantasy Premier League for some reason. As such, I'm going to have to put zeroes in for your score. Please let us know if you're having issues - we'll be able to correct things retrospectively.

Mobile version of the Fantasy League interface is taking a while to put together. For now, please use a desktop PC or Mac, or a tablet, or "desktop mode" on your phone. If you have a phone (or other device) with Google Sheets, you can access the view-only full record of all of the Fantasy League results by clicking this button. I would recommend doing this if you have the facility, as it's the best way to view all the tables, fixtures, etc. and has a much quicker load time than the website.

Toontalk FPL Spreadsheet

Fixtures and Results - League Divisions

Here's a link to all the tables. You can also find these on the spreadsheet, with form, position history, full Manager of the Week and Manager of the Month tables.

Toontalk FPL Division Tables

Game 20 in the league saw Stephen Towers overtakes Kim Fong after their meeting, the former winning 68-60 to go back to the top of the Premier League for the first time since Game 13. No change in the top 3 or bottom 3 in the Championship, while Graham Clark holds on to first place for the second week running in League One. Ashley Birchall keeps hold of first place in League Two despite losing twice on the bounce, while in National League One, John Thomas remains top having STILL not lost a game since Gameweek 3. He's 20 points clear and will win the division. Ben Harper's 7-game winning streak was broken by Graham Testo in National League Two, but Ben remains top of the league. Ryan Jensen looks like the favourite to take the National League Three title despite similarly good form from 2nd-placed Stuart Latimer, and in National League Four, Ilkka Pentilla looks comfortable at the top despite a minor blip a few weeks ago.

Here are all of the results from the division fixtures:

Manager of the Month awards for March were as follows:

PREMIER LEAGUE: Andrew Young 105, Lee Petty 103, Susan Kinghorn 94 CHAMPIONSHIP: Craig Purvis 103, Dean Hadfield 103, Rob Hutchinson 100 LEAGUE ONE: Chris Abbott 108, Graham Clark 107, Yiu Keung Tsang 101 LEAGUE TWO: Jack Robson 110, Reid Huntington 106, Lee Riley 99 NATIONAL LEAGUE ONE: John Thomas 130, Neil Wilson 109, Mark Robson 104 NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO: Graham Testo 121, Ben Harper 94, Dubai Micky 90 NATIONAL LEAGUE THREE: Colin Wesbroom 110, Laura Martin 106, Joshua Lian 103 NATIONAL LEAGUE FOUR: Jonathan McGrath 105, Ilkka Pentilla 103, Matthew Pike 94

Click this button to see the awards page:

Toontalk FPL Division Awards

... or do it on the spreadsheet.

Here are the fixtures coming up this weekend:

Toontalk FPL Tournament

The Tournament's semi-final first leg is the most recent fixture in the competition, and was reliant on the results of the past few days. After that first leg, here is how the scores stand:

Graham Clark starts with a lead of 11 points over Peter Thompson in the first semi-final, while Ben Harper's lead of 16 points makes things difficult for John Thomas - it's the first fixture he's lost since the second leg of Round 3, and only the third defeat he's suffered this season in all competitions.

The second leg of the semi-final will take place in Gameweek 34, which starts a week on Saturday.

For the full Tournament listings, please click here:

Toontalk FPL Tournament

... or view it on the spreadsheet.

Toontalk FPL Cup

The Toontalk FPL Cup semi-finals took place during the final Gameweek of March, and the scores were as follows:

Graham Hall beat Rob Hutchinson 64-48 to book his place in the final against Alex Banks, who overcame Enda McGuane by a somewhat narrower margin. The cup final between Graham and Alex will take place, along with the Playoff finals and the Tournament final, on the last day of the season.

For the full schedule of all of the Toontalk FPL competitions, please click this button:

Toontalk FPL Schedule

For more information on any of the competitions, please email rob@toontalk.uk