MARCH 2016

This is the present table as of 7th March. Only small variations to be honest. Spurs consolidate second spot - what a season for them - whilst some of the traditional big four or five are struggling a little to keep apace. Stoke and Chelsea looking more positive too. Sunderland just slightly up too, and well done the Cherries for a very decent showing in their first ever Premier league campaign, and well out of danger now I would guess. But the big talk has to be Leicester City, one of the finest seasons by a previously little fancied team in living memory - it’s a big hats off to them …

So here goes for the table:

Team – Played – GD - Points

• 1 Leicester 29 21 60
• 2 Tottenham 29 27 55
• 3 Arsenal 29 16 52
• 4 Man City 28 21 50
• 5 West Ham 29 12 49
• 6 Man Utd 29 10 47
• 7 Liverpool 28 6 44
• 8 Stoke 29 -3 43
• 9 Southampton 29 7 41
• 10 Chelsea 29 4 40
• 11 West Brom 29 -6 39
• 12 Everton 28 12 38
• 13 Watford 29 -1 37
• 14 Bournemouth 29 -10 35
• 15 Crystal Palace 29 -7 33
• 16 Swansea 29 -9 33
• 17 Sunderland 29 -19 25
• 18 Norwich 29 -23 24
• 19 Newcastle 28 -25 24
• 20 Aston Villa 29 -33 16

Last Update: March 7th 2016

How does this affect the Forum league table? Obviously Leicester are top here too, their fans obviously had loads of faith in their side whilst most of the rest of us didn’t. Even so, they’re starting to look greedy now!
But Leeds LUFC Talk and Doncaster’s Viking Chat are having very good second halves of the season, with the Arsenal Forum forum quite notable for their first inclusion ever.
Actually this year the differences are probably smaller than in most previous seasons, and it’s still well possible for a forum three-quarters of the way down at present to still shoot up into the medal and diploma positions …

Here goes for the big Forum table then:

Position - Pts – Bonuses - Name of Forum + Team

• 1 65 17 Foxes Talk Leicester City
• 2 72 8 Tudor Talk Hemel Hempstead
• 2 72 8 LUFC Talk Leeds United
• 4 73 7 Viking Chat Doncaster Rovers
• 5 75 3 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
• 6 76 6 WFC Forums Watford
• 7 78 6 Cardiff City Fans Forum Cardiff City
• 8 80 4 Arsenal Fan Forum Arsenal
• 9 82 2 North Stand Chat Brighton
• 9 82 2 Toffee Talk Everton
• 11 84 2 CourtOffside Bournemouth
• 11 84 0 The Longside Burnley
• 11 84 0 Claret and Banter Bradford City
• 11 84 0 Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site Spurs
• 15 85 1 Back Henry Street Blackpool
• 15 85 1 The Holmesdale Crystal Palace
• 15 85 1 United Lounge Manchester United
• 15 85 7 The Posh Forum Peterborough United
• 19 86 0 MCFC Fans Manchester City
• 19 86 0 Not 606 QPR Board Queens Park Rangers
• 19 86 0 This Northern Soul Wigan Athletic
• 22 88 0 BlackCatChat Sunderland
• 22 88 0 Not 606 – Southampton Board Southampton
• 22 88 0 Wolves Forum Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 22 88 0 Not 606 Hull Board Hull City
• 26 89 1 Extreme Football Forum All Teams
• 27 90 0 Royals Rendezvous Reading
• 27 90 0 Talk of the Tarn Barnsley
• 27 90 0 DCFC Fans Derby County
• 27 90 0 Cardiff City On-Line Cardiff City
• 27 90 0 Friends of Fulham Fulham
• 27 90 0 Sports262 - Luton Town FC Luton Town
• 27 90 0 Toon Forum Newcastle United
• 34 92 2 Joys and Sorrows Birmingham City
• 34 92 0 KopWorld Liverpool
• 36 96 0 Rovers Talk Blackburn Rovers
• 36 96 0 Not 606 Norwich Board Norwich City

Hope to have next review up in a fortnight or so. Good luck everyone …

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early MAY 2016

Hello again. The April Bonus Points have been calculated and added and included in the points shown today. This is the PENULTIMATE update of the season!!

Here's the exact current League Table from the BBC

Played – GD - Points

1 Leicester 36 30 77
2 Tottenham 36 39 70
3 Arsenal 36 25 67
4 Man City 36 30 64
5 Man Utd 35 12 60
6 West Ham 35 17 59
7 Southampton 36 14 57
8 Liverpool 35 11 55
9 Chelsea 35 7 48
10 Stoke 36 -14 48
11 Everton 35 6 44
12 Watford 35 -6 44
13 Swansea 36 -13 43
14 West Brom 36 -14 41
15 Bournemouth 36 -20 41
16 Crystal Palace 36 -10 39
17 Newcastle 36 -25 33
18 Sunderland 35 -18 32
19 Norwich 35 -26 31
20 Aston Villa 36 -45 16

Last Forum Update: May 4th

And so to the amazing LEADERBOARD! Final run-in now, in two weeks time we’ll have the final one this season

Key: remember the LEAST points win (as in golf)
Position - Points – Bonuses part of main score – Forum Name & Team

1 49 21 Foxes Talk Leicester City – FORUM CHAMPIONS, almost surely
2 56 12 LUFC Talk Leeds United
3 58 12 Tudor Talk Hemel Hempstead
4 59 9 WFC Forums Watford
4 59 9 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion
6 61 11 Viking Chat Doncaster Rovers
7 65 7 Cardiff City Fans Forum Cardiff City
8 67 5 North Stand Chat Brighton
9 69 3 Toffee Talk Everton
10 71 1 Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site Spurs
11 72 2 CourtOffside Bournemouth
11 72 4 Arsenal Fan Forum Arsenal
13 73 1 Back Henry Street Blackpool
13 73 7 The Posh Forum Peterborough United
15 74 0 The Longside Burnley
15 74 0 Not 606 QPR Board Queens Park Rangers
17 75 1 The Holmesdale Crystal Palace
17 75 1 Extreme Football Forum All Teams
17 75 1 United Lounge Manchester United
20 76 0 BlackCatChat Sunderland
20 76 0 Claret and Banter Bradford City
20 76 0 Cardiff City On-Line Cardiff City
20 76 0 MCFC Fans Manchester City
20 76 0 Not 606 – Southampton Board Southampton
25 78 0 Royals Rendezvous Reading
25 78 0 DCFC Fans Derby County
25 78 0 Friends of Fulham Fulham
25 78 0 Toon Forum Newcastle United
25 78 0 Wolves Forum Wolverhampton Wanderers
25 78 0 This Northern Soul Wigan Athletic
31 80 0 Sports262 - Luton Town FC Luton Town
31 80 0 Not 606 Hull Board Hull City
33 82 0 Talk of the Tarn Barnsley
33 82 0 KopWorld Liverpool
35 84 2 Joys and Sorrows Birmingham City
35 84 0 Not 606 Norwich Board Norwich City
37 88 0 Rovers Talk Blackburn Rovers

Final table of the season after the last game has been played …

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MAY 2016 – GRAND FINALE !

Hello again. And the results are coming up!!! After a delay caused by an incompetent security firm, we have now seen all the results for the 15/16 season.

Here is the Final League Table according to the BBC.

Played – GD - Points

1 Leicester 38 32 81
2 Arsenal 38 29 71
3 Tottenham 38 34 70
4 Man City 38 30 66
5 Man Utd 38 14 66
6 Southampton 38 18 63
7 West Ham 38 14 62
8 Liverpool 38 13 60
9 Stoke 38 -14 51
10 Chelsea 38 6 50
11 Everton 38 4 47
12 Swansea 38 -10 47
13 Watford 38 -10 45
14 West Brom 38 -14 43
15 Crystal Palace 38 -12 42
16 Bournemouth 38 -22 42
17 Sunderland 38 -14 39
18 Newcastle 38 -21 37
19 Norwich 38 -28 34
20 Aston Villa 38 -49 17

Few except probably North London fans would begrudge the Foxes of their first title ever. A lot on that has already been said so I won’t try to be clever in inventing anything new on their amazing achievement. At the other end it was a big shame to see Newcastle go down into the second tier but I suppose it was odds-on that a North-east team would plummet and luck shone with Sunderland at the end. As a Royals fan myself I can look forward to games against the Toons with trepidation, and also withNorwich, these are nearly always good games with adrenaline flying from both teams.
Well done to the Cherries on maintaining Premier league status, no small feat when you haven’t had previous experience. I imagine their South coast neighbours Saints can be pretty pleased too, as can the Hammers and Stoke. Chelsea finally recovered to be a top-10 team, most of us didn’t see that happening at the half-way point. Watford did indeed have plenty of previous top tier experience but amply held themselves afloat first season back.

Last Forum Update of the season: May 18th 2016

And so to the amazing LEADERBOARD! It had to be Leicester again, however they were being caught up and had to rely on their bonus points for carrying off the Fan Forum title. So it’s certainly also a big “well done” to all those following football sites getting ever closer at the end of the season …
Also big congratulations to the Arsenal, Bradford and Southampton forums taking part for the first time and who all did notably well. And the fact that the Sunderland and Reading forums – the two organizers – were never in the running shows just how fair and above board this all is!!

Key: remember the LEAST points win (as in golf)
Position - Points – Bonuses part of main score – Forum Name & Team

• 1 46 22 Foxes Talk Leicester City - GOLD
• 2 52 14 LUFC Talk Leeds United - SILVER shared
• 2 52 12 WFC Forums Watford - SILVER shared
• 4 55 11 West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion - BRONZE
• 5 56 12 Viking Chat Doncaster Rovers – DIPLOMA OF HONOUR I
• 6 58 12 Tudor Talk Hemel Hempstead – DIPLOMA OF HONOUR II
• 7 61 5 Toffee Talk Everton – nearly!
• 8 62 6 North Stand Chat Brighton
• 9 63 7 Cardiff City Fans Forum Cardiff City
• 10 68 4 Arsenal Fan Forum Arsenal
• 11 69 1 Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site Spurs
• 12 70 2 CourtOffside Bournemouth
• 12 70 0 Claret and Banter Bradford City
• 12 70 0 Not 606 QPR Board Queens Park Rangers
• 12 70 0 Not 606 – Southampton Board Southampton
• 16 71 1 The Holmesdale Crystal Palace
• 17 72 0 BlackCatChat Sunderland
• 17 72 0 The Longside Burnley
• 17 72 0 Cardiff City On-Line Cardiff City
• 17 72 0 MCFC Fans Manchester City
• 21 73 1 Back Henry Street Blackpool
• 21 73 1 United Lounge Manchester United
• 21 73 7 The Posh Forum Peterborough United
• 24 74 0 DCFC Fans Derby County
• 24 74 0 Toon Forum Newcastle United
• 24 74 0 Wolves Forum Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 24 74 0 This Northern Soul Wigan Athletic
• 28 75 1 Extreme Football Forum All Teams
• 29 76 0 Royals Rendezvous Reading
• 29 76 0 Talk of the Tarn Barnsley
• 29 76 0 Friends of Fulham Fulham
• 29 76 0 Sports262 - Luton Town FC Luton Town
• 29 76 0 Not 606 Hull Board Hull City
• 34 78 0 KopWorld Liverpool
• 35 82 2 Joys and Sorrows Birmingham City
• 35 82 0 Not 606 Norwich Board Norwich City
• 37 84 0 Rovers Talk Blackburn Rovers

BUT ... just wait to next post!!!

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