Week 11: HAIL THE NEW LEADER

Neil McConaghy finally hops to the top of the pile as Smasher fails to continue to press the pace. Ant Reeves, current champions, is sneaking up on the top two tusslers by jostling himself into third and within striking distance of his throne. Tom Vamos on the other hand also displays his season-upon-season consistency.

Managers of the Week are Mark and Maddy Weavers and Rob Ivison of David Brentford FC and Wife #3 respectively. 22 points apiece. Not bad, not bad.

Everybody stare at Mike Smears of Irishpool. 1 point. Down six places. It's like kicking an old man when he's down, isn’t it?

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And a Happy Birthday to Craig McHugh McScrimgeour. May his attempt to attend a Loopy performance on Wednesday the 7th November end pleasantly. I.e. by him changing his mind at the last minute cos he's noticed there's something more interesting on TV.

Week 10: Come On England!... Oh.

A European Championship Tournament with an England team present is like asking for a poll-positioned Lewis Hamilton racing car with a sticky neutral gear.

Which has just been unknowingly topped-up with diesel.

With the brakes unseeingly jammed on.

All very exciting to begin with, with commentators bleating that it's not over till the cheerful-personalited lady sings but ultimately it'll all end in tears. Like the Rugby. Perhaps.

So, let us rejoice in the fact that it's all unlikely to happen.

Now we, at Studmarks, come to think of it, remember the last time the Chairman enjoyed a healthy summer without any heart murmurs was 1994. The World Cup In Which England Didn't Qualify. Ah yes, the good old days.

Hey, at least the Chairman isn't Welsh.

[Gasps of indignant shock from a quarter of the League]

And while the nostalgia kicks in, we see that this week's highest climbers are Mark and Maddy's David Brentford FC and 'Hunt and Peck' keyboard-Specialist Paddy Mirams's Muffins Revenge. Both teams clamber upwards six places.

Managers of the Week... oh that makes sense; managers Mark, Maddy and Paddy. Another folk group awaiting formation.

Everyone stare at birthday boy Craig McHugh... minus 2. Shame.