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1st Place: Herr Flick Lincoln City 55%
2nd Place: Craig 'Cattermole' Smith Grimsby Town 38%
3rd Place: Bela Guttmann Hereford FC 4%
What a battle!! What more can I say? Both these guys, Herr Flick & Craig 'Cattermole' Smith would've been worthy winners of the Division 5 title, but it was Mr Flick who took advantage of a slip from Smith's Grimsby side towards the end of the season, but justice was served as Grimsby made it through the playoffs, ensuring both of these sides will be playing Division 4 football next season!
Bela Guttmann (the man with 300 players) surprised a few by reaching the playoffs, time will tell if he sells off all these players for a profit there may be some relatively big names heading to Edgar Street.
great stuff mate and truly honoured to receive the award !!
ReplyDeletehad a gr8 battle with smith's grimsby all the way to the end and also had a good cup run with the highlight being an epic 5-4 victory over the swans...
hoping for another title challenge next season but playoffs may be more realistic in a tougher league
Thanks for the third place ward, I´m very happy for that. It was my first season in 279 GW. It might seem crazy 255 players in my team ... but the real story of Mister Bella Guttmann is craziest. One of many stories about Mister Bella Guttmann was when He arrived to sign with Benfica in early 60´s. To sign he asked for 300.000$00 about 1500€ if He won the European Champions cup, a lot of money for a Portuguese club in the 60`s. The Benfica directors thought that was impossible for Benfica to win the European Champions Cup, so They agreed despite not having that amount of money. Benfica won twice … the second one with Eusebio in the team.
ReplyDeleteSo Hereford is my crazy dream and Hereford fans can dream with me. We will win the First Division because dreaming is free and it doesn´t pay taxes.
Good luck to all the players in this 279 GW