NEXT GAME; Oct 28th Vasco da Gama

The crazy race is nearly over. The final game of the season is upon us and the league is running to a nail biting conclusion at both ends of the table! Vasco da Gama and the Norwalk Mariners are duking it out at the top end of the table while Madison, Fairfield and Guilford are clinging on for dear life at the other end. The simple facts are that Norwalk Mariners have to win and hope that Vasco drop a point for them to take the championship. And guess who Vasco are playing? Yes, the Madison Celts! In another twist of fate Fairfield are playing Norwalk Mariners in their last game. If Fairfield gain a point then they are safe assuming Guilford do not win their last two games. If Fairfield lose, then for us to stay up we simply have to beat Vasco Da Gama. The only other unlikely scenario is that we draw against Vasco and Norwalk hammer Fairfield 14-0 to demolish their hugely advantageous goal difference. Either way it should make for a very interesting last day of the league.

I'm not sure how we got ourselves into these dire straights after a reasonable start to the season. But the facts don't lie and the Celts have only won two points out of a potential 24 over the last 8 games. That's relegation form in anyone's books. All we can do now is go out on Sunday and enjoy ourselves.... i know we can do that!

Beers for the last game? I brought some last Sunday and a few of us had a few after the game. I can bring some more and if someone else wants to share the load just holler

See you Sunday!!  It's a 10 am kick off at Town Campus. Turn up early so we can warm up.

I've copied another update on the end of the season from Garry Archer of the SASL;

With only one week remaining in the season, there are still several issues
not resolved making for a very exciting end to the SASL 2012 for some teams.

The SASL Masters League Second Division has almost nothing resolved as yet
-- except Vasco da Gama CC and Norwalk Mariners will be promoted to the
First Division next season.

With only one week left to go it is still a dogfight at the bottom end of
the SASL Masters League Second Division to see who will survive and who
will be relegated with four teams still involved.  Ironically, Vasco and
the Mariners are playing teams involved in the relegation battle and they
need the points also to see who will be Champions.  Here are their
remaining matches with the home teams listed first:

    - Greenwich Arsenal versus 7th-placed Norwalk Sport Colombia FC.
Arsenal are safe and Sport Colombia only need one point from this game and
a make-up game to be assured of safety themselves.  Sport Colombia have
drawn more games than any other team in the division.

    - Norwalk Mariners versus 8th-placed Fairfield GAC.  The already
promoted Mariners must not lose in order to stay in contention for the
Championship and would prefer all three points, meaning a very tough
road-trip for GAC.  One point from this game may be all GAC need, but they
cannot afford to take that chance, a win would assure safety.

    - 9th-placed Madison Celtic FC versus Vasco da Gama CC.  Vasco are also
already promoted, but are looking over one shoulder at the Mariners in the
race for the Championship, they cannot afford to slip up.  Celtic would
need to win and Fairfield GAC to lose to avoid relegation.  A draw would
not be enough owing to GACs superior goal difference -- unless GAC were
beaten by something like 14 goals!

    - Easton Rhinos versus 10th-placed Guilford Bell Curve.  The Rhinos are
already safe, but Bell Curve must win.  A win would still leave Bell Curve
in 10th place, but they have a game in hand, a game that they must also win
in order to stand any chance of survival.

    - Norwalk Sport Colombia FC versus Guilford Bell Curve.  This is a
make-up game scheduled to be played at Guilford.  As stated earlier, Sport
Colombia only need a point to be assured of safety, but depending on their
earlier result against Greenwich Arsenal, they may already be safe.  Bell
Curve must win.  Even if Bell Curve win their last two games, depending on
how other results go, it may not be enough to save them from relegation.

Good luck to all teams in the next week or so!