Monday, June 13, 2011

The managers - The W's

Neil Wallis - 3rd Div 2 (promoted), 5th in Play-Off table, 6th overall, 3 MoW
A great season for Neil which ended with promotion, and a nice little chunk of prize money. Neil was another that finished the season strongly. I mean all season he was strong but he was on top form as the season came to a close even jumping from 9th to 5th in Play-Off table in the final week earning him another £50.

Simon Ward - 6th Div 2 (promoted), 9th in Play-Off table, 10th overall, 0 MoW
Wonderful season for Bingo and by far his best ever. Play-Off contender and believe it or not, title challenger for many weeks. Simon was top Of Div 2 for 11 weeks and was the first person to reach 1,000 points in week 26. 3 weeks before the season ended Simon almost imploded though. He was 3rd overall and in spitting distance of Ken and Rob but a collapse saw him end 9th in the Play-Off table and it lost him £110 in the process

Chris Waterman - 27th Div 2, 55th overall, 0 MoW
A point more than Muddy, a disappointing season from Chris. This was his first finish and there have been plenty of bad ones in his 13 year association with the N&R FL.

Alan Waters - 28th Div 2, 56th overall, 0 MoW
Muddy made a welcome return to the N&R FL but true to form he didn't make any transfers and that showed finishing 56th.

Mark Wenman - 27th Div 1 (relegated), 49th overall, 0 MoW
Better than last season incredibly from Wenners but the days of 2nd (2005) and 4th (2003) seem light years ago. After a rubbish start Mark improved considerably and was 6th in week 10. It then went a bit Peter Tong like it did for his beloved Hammers. He dropped into the relegation places at week 24 and never recovered. Div 2 for Wenners next season.

Neville White - 10th Div 2 (promoted), 21st overall, 0 MoW, N&R Cup Winner
An inspired season from Neville. Promotion to the elite, and an exciting N&R Cup victory over Rob preventing him from doing the double. Neville gave himself no chance, hence the name, and for many weeks he swum around the middle of the table. A brief soiree in 9th in week 29 gave him confidence. It was 7 weeks later that Neville appeared in the promotion zone again, but lost his place in weeks 39 and 40. He was 4 points behind Davor going into the final week, which also doubled as the Cup Final. Neville turned in a beauty and snatched promotion and lifted the Cup.

Henry Williams - 20th Div 1, 34th overall, 0 MoW
We thought he was down. I even told Henry as much in an email before the last week. But Henry who is shortly moving to Australia did just enough in that last week to send Soozie and Danny down instead and stayed up by 4 points to begin next season in the top tier.

Ricky Wood - 8th Div 2 (promoted), 17th overall, 2 MoW
Promotion achieved in Ricky's first season. Before the turn of the year Ricky was finding his feet in mid table, he improved in January and February but was still not in the reckoning. Then in March he started to make his move and he spent 8 of the last 10 weeks and crucialaly the last one in the promotion places and knocked out of the running Davor and Andy.

Chris Wright - 5th Div 1, 11th overall, 1 MoW
A big improvement on last season for Chris. He spent the entire 41 weeks in the top 7 of Div 1 hitting top place in week 16. One of just 4 managers that led the division he would have frustrated at missing out on the Play-Off's by only 28 points.

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