| With the CYKI website not running a league
for the 2002/03 season, the Geordie Fantasy League found
itself turning to the official Premier League website to
host the competition. The league developers were the same
people from the CYKI website, but poor organisation meant
that the league didn't actually kick off (or so we thought)
until 4 weeks into the season. It then transpired that the
league was to be put back a further 2 weeks, therefore the
first 6 weeks of the season were missed due to the Premier
League's official website.
Pre-Season
On what was thought to be the first week of scoring (pre-season
actually - see above), the league was topped by Real
Morpeth, followed by Teasas Army.
This turned out to be rather ironic considering the final
league standings for these teams (bottom & second bottom!).
Pre-season week 2 saw Chickenlips Toon
at the top of the table, but the important stuff was about
to start.
Season Proper
The early weeks of the season are very tight with the top
spot changing from week to week - Washington Geordies,
Sandy's Muppets and Big Red Lob Stars
all seeing the top spot at one point or another, but Chickenlips,
Robbos Rockets & Chester Flyers are
all there or thereabouts. Eventual winners Dry White
Toast seem to be just outside the top places, where
they stay for most of the season.
Surprisingly, reigning champions Easy Tigers
spend most of the time in the bottom half of the table,
until the latter half of the season where they make some
solid scores which eventually sees them finish 5th in the
table.
Pre-season leaders Real Morpeth & Teasas
Army, find themselves at the bottom of the table
most of the season, along with fellow mediocre and "mid
table" teams Hackers Utd, Left Foot Screamers,
Beadlesfists, and Bazzas Blinders.
In the Christmas period, the Lob Stars
hit some form and spend several 6 weeks in the top spot,
while the other teams jockey for position. They are knocked
off by Chickenlips for a short time, but
soon reclaim it.
Sandy's Muppets spend some time at the
top after new year, but in Dry White Toast
then start to put a good run together, and climb from mid-table
to contenders.
In a climatic finish to the season, any of the top four
(Sandy's Muppets, Chickenlips Toon, Dry White Toast
& Big Red Lob Stars) could
win going into the final week, and all teams gamble with
substitutions and captaincy to try and nick it, however
Dry White Toast, go to the top of the league
for the first time in the season and in the process take
the title.
All in all, a very exciting and varied season, in stark
contrast to the 2001/02 season.
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