With less than one week until the start of the new Premier League season, I’ve finally got round to setting up this year’s Slugger League. Now in its third season, the usual procedures apply. Go to the Fantasy FA site here and enter a team, before selecting the ‘League’ icon and inserting this code 884684-162136. Good luck!
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What’s this ? Foreign games ?
Entirely tangential but entirely relevant – I reckon Wales are number 12 in the Olympic medal table. How are you doing?
I’m in
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The Irish league cannot start owing to a referees dispute and it does not make
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That one would’ve been on my ‘to do’ list but was on hols last week.
Still, quite the mess…
Yes Chris, thought you must´ve been sick. Not like you to miss a bit of IFA bashing.
Anyway after being robbed of last season´s league by Stewart Downing and Sven I´m out for revenge this time.
Ally you should’ve been reading Three Thousand Versts!
http://threethousandversts.blogspot.com/2008/08/league-without-referees-another-ifa.html
I’ll enter me team again this year , but I will not take my eye off the ball, like I did at Xmas last year. And I was doing well until then too….DOH!
Meant to add…Man Utd..aka Champions.
Ah sure don’t all Unionist folk in NI sopport Liverpoo?
BTW, I deberately left out the last L.
If a league cannot start because of a referees strike then it is not IFA bashing to point this out.
Yeay, I’m in. Running out this season as ‘Bottom of the Barrel’.
I’m in too
Just so I can kick Damien OG’s ass
Watch the scores come in – Different Dinners – 0, Surreal Madrid – Fish
Seimi,
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Is this Seimi MacAndreasa?
Awrite Dee ;o)
How’s it goin mate?
Jaysis blessis. Send me an email you reprobate. Click on my name.
Sent ye a wee note. Headin’ up the road now, but I’ll get touch shortly. Hope this team of yours is good…. ;o)
And less of the reprobate IF you don’t mind….
Meant to add…Man Utd..aka Champions.
Ah sure don’t all Unionist folk in NI sopport Liverpoo?
BTW, I deberately left out the last L.
Posted by Greagoir O Frainclin on Aug 13, 2008 @ 03:05 AM……………………………………
No, I’m a proud member of the Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist community and I’m the defending Champion of the Slugger title. My team was called Flowers Of Manchester last season and has been renamed Champions_Of_Europe for the forthcoming season. I’m a regular member of Old Trafford’s Red Army at League/Champions League and FA Cup games and won’t have any Liverpool Murderers in my side, EVER…
competition for olympics medal tally count were too closed. you can check it here 2008 Beijing Olympics Medal Tally Count, Update Results, thanks a lot