Spartak Daisy romp to title glory
The final whistle has blown on another rollercoaster Royal Gazette Fantasy Football season.
No more praying for a Charlie Austin consolation goal, cursing bringing in Harry Kane too late or slamming your mouse down in disgust as José Mourinho rests your captain without warning.
Our league — which featured 446 managers — got off to a flying start and kept pace to the very end, something the real league failed to do.
At stake was a total of $3,000 worth of prizes — $1,000 for the overall winner, $500 for the runner-up, $300 for third and $200 for fourth. There was also a $100 monthly gift certificate, or cash if the winners prefer, for each monthly winner.
And it has to be said, there was something Mourinho-esque in the way dugout guru Bruce Stocker led his Spartak Daisy side to overall glory with 2348 points. No doubt he’s planning the open-top bus parade through Front Street as we speak. Congratulations, sir, the $1,000 is all yours.
Applause as well to the rest of the top four, which finished as follows: 1 Spartak Daisy (Bruce Stocker) 2348; 2 Middletinho (Dave Middleton) 2240; 3 Buddyroe’s Guns (Blenn Bean) 2213; 4 Monkey’s Eleven FC (Filip Mangovic) 2184.
Not all our monthly winners, now complete after Darren Choonucksing clinched May honours, have collected their prizes. So here’s a reminder of which manager won the respective months:
August: Nelson Arruda (196 points)
September: Blenn Bean (185)
October: Mike Harvey (202)
November: Filip Mangovic (254)
December: Richard Madeiros (389)
January: Mike Musson (284)
February: Mike Tait (252)
March: Andrew Fairgrieve (246)
April: Bruce Stocker (302)
May: Darren Choonucksing (288)
For all our winners, including those who have not yet picked up their monthly prize, e-mail jburton@royalgazette.com to arrange a time to come in and collect your winnings.
Thanks to everyone for playing and see you soon for the 2015-16 season.