Carrick to Calgary

Well, the 04/05 season is winding to a close, Chelsea walked off with the Premiership (amazing what you can do with Russian oil money) and the Rocky Mountain Rovers are making a late surge at the foot of the table. Having spent several weeks hovering dangerously close to the dreaded relegation slots at the very bottom (#27 and #28) in position # 26, they've finally stirred themselves and shot up to a faintly-respectable first-season #24 with 914 points, a comfortable 27 points ahead of #25 (Dirty Den's Diamond Geezers). The Polish Plums are in #16 with 1118 points, Robbo's Robbers in #12 with 1159 and The Calgary Visitors are a creditable #4 with 1345. Looks like no-one's going to catch the top spots, Come On You Irons, who have to thank Terry for 348 points, Lampard for 330 points, Henry for 276 and Defoe for 201. Oddly, the Irons have 5 of their team sheet in common with the Rocky Mountain Rovers (Jenas, Okocha, Weir, Stubbs and the awful Campo), which just goes to show what a funny old game it is. The Rovers have to thank Lauren (130 pts), Dickov (123 pts) and Cech (146 pts) for their avoidance of relegation this season. Anelka and Viduka did well too, but couldn't maintain their form when it mattered.

As the third official says:

Only the two midweek games, the last full day on Sunday and the two cup
finals are left. Some people are on the pitch......... They think it's all over...

One final update left, on the finishing positions and the post-season analysis (in true Alan "what a shocker" Hansen style) and tips for next season.

J