Shock shock horror horror shock shock horror

Last week we saw a veritable clash of the titans, as the top two in the league faced off for the first time. It was the Jolly Farmer who took the honours in fine style, decapitating the Queen's Head 3-0 to send themselves roaring to the top by a clear 3 points. Elsewhere the Bell & Bottle continued their excellent form with a 3-0 drubbing of basement-dwellers the Brams, which catapults them all the way from 5th to the dizzy heights of joint second. The Brewers sadly lost a squeaker to the Wanderers by a single stick, while the Elephant & Castle somehow found a way to lose against the Hope & Anchor, and have now slipped all the way down to fourth. Here is the league table. Enjoy!

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Forfeit	Legs won	Legs lost	Points
.	Jolly Farmer	9	8	1	0	20	7	28
.	Queen's Head	9	7	2	0	19	8	25
.	Bell & Bottle	9	7	2	0	19	9	25
.	Elephant & Castle	9	6	3	0	19	8	24
.	Three Brewers	9	6	3	0	17	10	23
.	Wanderers	8	4	4	0	15	9	19
.	Pheasant	9	4	5	0	12	15	16
.	Norreys Barn	8	3	5	0	10	14	12
.	Frog & Wicket	8	3	5	0	10	14	12
.	Dog & Duck	8	2	5	1	8	16	10
.	Hope & Anchor	9	2	7	0	6	21	8
.	Bramshill Hunt	9	0	6	3	2	26	2

That league table in full

Amazingly, the league table is now up-to-date and all last week's results are in. After losing their first five, Norreys Barn have now won three in a row - albeit with a forfeit win against the Dog & Duck - and sit comfortably in mid-division on 12 points. Well done them. The Jolly Farmer, meanwhile, still lurk menacingly close to the top of the table, having leapt to 2nd with a 2-1 win over the Frog, while the Pheasant regained the winning thread with a 3-0 battering of the Brams.

Here is that table. Let me know if anything is wrong.

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Forfeit	Legs won	Legs lost	Points
.	Queen's Head	8	7	1	0	19	5	25
.	Jolly Farmer	8	7	1	0	17	7	24
.	Elephant & Castle	8	6	2	0	18	6	23
.	Three Brewers	8	6	2	0	16	8	22
.	Bell & Bottle	8	6	2	0	16	9	21
.	Wanderers	7	3	4	0	13	8	16
.	Norreys Barn	8	3	5	0	10	14	12
.	Frog & Wicket	8	3	5	0	10	14	12
.	Pheasant	8	3	5	0	9	15	12
.	Dog & Duck	7	2	4	1	8	13	10
.	Hope & Anchor	8	1	7	0	4	20	5
.	Bramshill Hunt	8	0	5	3	2	23	2

Another one for the good guys

Well, another week in the bag and another set of astonishing results. The Bell & Bottle continued their amazing run of scalps with a 3-0 demolition of the Evil Empire, allowing the Queen's Head to leap to the top with a 2-1 win over our erstwhile champions, the Wanderers. Meanwhile the Brewers served up a 3-0 creaming against the Hope & Anchor, scoring as many points in the third leg as the oppo managed in the entire game. Sadly they then decided to turn on the style in the beer leg, which meant that most of our team went home feeling a little bit poorer and not nearly as drunk as they'd like to be. Poor show. I may have to deduct a point or two for such bare-faced insolence (not that they have many to deduct in the first place).

Please keep those scores coming in. Here are the ones I have so far.

Queen's Head 2 - 1 Wanderers
Norreys Barn 3 - 0 Dog & Duck (forfeit)
3 Brewers 3 - 0 Hope & Anchor
Elephant & Castle 0 - 3 Bell & Bottle

Bah

Disasters all round this week, as the Evil Empire returned to form by shooting the Pheasant down 3-0, while the Queen's Head also served up a 3-0 kicking to the Hope & Anchor. The Jolly Farmer, previously only a point behind the leaders, now languish a further point behind after winning only 2-1 against the Wanderers. Meanwhile the Brewers' 5-game run of winning against crap teams has come to a predictable end, as the Bell & Bottle tore us a new one with a fairly comprehensive 2-1 victory. Brewers hearts were broken early in the first leg when, with the oppo chasing ten, some knob called Jordan drilled a particularly selfish SIX to settle nerves early for his team. The general consensus, in the Brewers camp at least, is that he is an almighty scrote. Happily the Brewers had the last laugh as their heroic and jaw-droppingly handsome captain tossed in a six of his own in the beer leg. The general consensus here is that it was thoroughly deserved and much more beautiful than the previous one, which everyone had forgotten about by then and wasn't that good anyway. So well done to Bill, our captain, hero and saviour. We could all learn a lot by his example.

Please keep those scores coming in. Some of you are proving to be particularly slack. So stop it.

Here is the abridged league table:

E&C 23
QH 22
JF 21
3B 18
B&B 17
Wan 15
Phe 8
F&W 7
NB 6
H&A 5
D&D 3
BH 1