Another three games played today. Commentaries on the games below and a first league table. Early days, some players will have had more players appearing compared to others!!
ENGLAND 6 IRAN 2
No-one had any of the 5 England goalscorers! Harry Kane was the 4th most popular pick in the tournament – 21 players will be disappointed he never joined the goal-fest but he did chip in with 2 assists to earn 8 points. Emma Bissett, Steve Smith and Ewan White will be disappointed with the 2 Iran goals costing them a clean sheet!
Chris Mowles and Kevin Robinson get 13 points from Mehdi Taremi’s brace. Ben Corrie and Shaun Sparkes lose points from Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s booking.
SENEGAL 0 NETHERLANDS 2
Jason Harrison and David Owen lose points from Nampalys Mendy’s yellow card, as does Philip Haigh from Idrissa Gueye.
Ste Corbett and Albert Au gets points from Cody Gakpo’s goal, as does Jason Harrison from Davy Klaassen. Nobody gets the assist from Frankie de Jong. 7 players get a clean sheet from Denzel Dumfries, as does Ben Corrie from Nathan Aké.
USA 1 WALES 1
Only 4 players picked an American in their squads. Nobody gets the points from Timothy Weah’s goal – Emma Bisset, Gary Nelson and Paul Sparkes get points from Christian Pulisic’s assist.
6 players get points from Gareth Bale’s penalty but lose points from his booking.
| POS | MANAGER | TEAM | TEAM NO. | PLAYERS LEFT | GD | POINTS |
| 1 | Kevin Robinson | Boro Lad | 19 | 20 | 177 | 34 |
| 2 | Chris Mowles | Out in the Quarters | 5 | 20 | 160 | 33 |
| 3 | Martin Grierson | The Jester’s Tear | 14 | 20 | 147 | 29 |
| 4 | Gary Nelson | MMDG | 21 | 20 | 264 | 22 |
| 5 | Jason Harrison | Brutal Deluxe | 8 | 20 | 160 | 20 |
| 6 | Melvin Pool | MELVINHO XI | 10 | 20 | 153 | 20 |
| 7 | JAMES GRIERSON | TOFFEE DOWN UNDER | 15 | 20 | 171 | 20 |
| 8 | Dave Nicholls | CuddaWuddaShudda | 3 | 20 | 156 | 19 |
| 9 | Gisela Mowles | Hopp Schwiiz | 6 | 20 | 154 | 19 |
| 10 | Steve Smith | Cube of sixty four | 16 | 20 | 213 | 19 |
| 11 | Ross Hunt | Last Minute 11 | 33 | 20 | 140 | 19 |
| 12 | Christopher Grierson | Qatar Payoff | 12 | 20 | 199 | 18 |
| 13 | Nick & Emma | Nick & Emma | 28 | 20 | 166 | 18 |
| 14 | Shaun Sparkes | Do You Put The Kekkle On | 35 | 20 | 200 | 18 |
| 15 | Philip Haigh | Sonly a Game | 18 | 20 | 138 | 16 |
| 16 | Lauren Haigh | Rodri, you plonker | 29 | 20 | 151 | 16 |
| 17 | Paul Maiden | Pride of Europe | 9 | 20 | 171 | 15 |
| 18 | Emma Bisset | GodsHand | 1 | 20 | 145 | 14 |
| 19 | Allan Jones | AllStars | 2 | 20 | 176 | 14 |
| 20 | Robin Horsler | No Transfer Demons | 20 | 20 | 109 | 14 |
| 21 | Michael Grierson | Grio FC | 24 | 20 | 171 | 14 |
| 22 | Josh Wignall | Haven’t Jota clue | 25 | 20 | 154 | 14 |
| 23 | Neil Metcalf | Jubilee Invincibles | 26 | 20 | 196 | 14 |
| 24 | Ian O’Brien | Boss Nights | 4 | 20 | 130 | 13 |
| 25 | Ste Corbett | No Chance FC | 7 | 20 | 150 | 12 |
| 26 | Ewan White | The Briggs Ballers | 11 | 20 | 209 | 12 |
| 27 | Albert Au | WeDontTakeLs | 23 | 20 | 174 | 11 |
| 28 | Ben Corrie | Jack Warner’s brown envelope | 17 | 20 | 137 | 10 |
| 29 | Mike Sparkes | Bluemoon | 31 | 20 | 158 | 10 |
| 30 | Paul Sparkes | Best team in all the land and world | 34 | 20 | 121 | 8 |
| 31 | Ben Donafee | Karim Bensteama | 30 | 20 | 152 | 6 |
| 32 | Madison and Rhys | Mad dogs | 32 | 20 | 148 | 6 |
| 33 | David Owen | Dasus United | 22 | 20 | 159 | 4 |
| 34 | colin eunson | UE’s go aussie | 13 | 20 | 151 | 2 |
| 35 | Tracey Corrie | Ta-ra Qatar | 27 | 20 | 146 | 2 |
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