Tuesday 8 July 2008

Private Leagues: Liverpool Friendly League (Liverpool)

Today has just finished the Liverpool Friendly League, one of the hardest around without any doubts. It looks like Dirty Sanchez FC (robb) run away with the title one more time. I´m not sure if there is 7 or 8 in a row, only god knows.
First a brief introdution by Terry one of the members of the board and then you can see the final table. Thanks a lot for your help Terry.

The Liverpool Friendly League started out in Jan 2007 as a 12-team Private League for the top teams on Liverpool server, with the aim of livening up the forums. The Liverbirds Shield was a success, and so many others wanted to get involved that the next season had a Premier and Championship each with 16 teams. Jimmy (anji) and Robert (cliché/lotus_blossom) were involved in the Planetfootball Friendly League, and decided to set it up along the same lines, with teams promoted and relegated between four divisions, and a 64-team Cup. Generous sponsorship from a handful of managers meant there were plenty of prize credits available in each division, and CatGames also contributed extra credits for the Cup. The Spirit of Anfield FL Cup is a permanent name, remembering the many highs, and a couple of lows, of our great club and the home it will soon be leaving. The names of the divisions change each season, honouring Liverpool’s great players and managers. Almost all the top managers on our server take part, but it allows up and coming managers to develop their skills and tactics as well. Most importantly, it stimulates banter and friendships, and makes the game worth staying with. We’re in the tenth season of the Liverpool FL proper, and though we’ve contracted to just three divisions, and 32 teams in the Cup, the competition is just as intense. Not that you could tell from the roll of honour; as well as winning the two Liverbirds seasons, Jimmy’s Liverbirds won the Premiership in FL seasons 1 & 2, and have won the SoA Cup 3 times. But that’s been surpassed by Rob’s Dirty Sanchez, who have won it the next seven seasons in a row, and achieved the League & Cup double 5 times. Hopefully, it’ll keep on running for a long time, but hopefully Rob’ll let someone else win it soon!


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