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Josh's Phil's Weekly Awards 2021 - Week 1 & 2
The NFL is back! With full stadiums, and no players missing games due to Covid (yet), it almost feels like the world is back to normal. I am…
23 September 2021 · 9 min read
League news
Rookie Draft 2021 - Round 1 recap
It's almost a year since I introduced the 2020 first round recap with pithy words about a global pandemic, then quite new news but which at the time…
8 May 2021 · 12 min read
Reports
Seahawks win Britannia Bowl V
The Oxford Seahawks have clinched Britannia Bowl V in dramatic fashion. The Spartans' 2TE spectacular of Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski had put up a combined 39.7, and…
29 December 2020 · 1 min read
League news · Awards
Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 13
These are your final standings for the 2020 season! It is crazy that the highest scoring team in the league only got into the playoffs in the last…
13 December 2020 · 5 min read
League news
Playoffs 2020
After a peaceful, boring year with nothing unusual to talk about, finally we have some drama in 2020. North division winners: Nottingham Bandits (11-2, 1592.22 PF) Midlands division…
9 December 2020 · 1 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 12
We have all three of our division winners: North – Nottingham Bandits Midlands – Coventry Eagles South – Oxford Seahawks The byes are taken by the Bandits and…
3 December 2020 · 7 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 11
I've had to rewrite this intro a few times as the playoff possibilities have been scrambling my brains! The race for the number 1 seed stalled as both…
26 November 2020 · 7 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 10
We have our first division winner and guaranteed playoff place taken! Congratulations to Josh and his Bandits as they have taken the North title with three games to…
19 November 2020 · 7 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 9
The intra-divisional round had mixed results, offering a little bit of clarity in the North and Midlands but muddying the waters in the South. This was the Seahawks…
11 November 2020 · 6 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 8
I believe this is how it stands after week 8 but after my awards snafu last week, I'm not taking anything I do as certain! Division Team Wins…
5 November 2020 · 6 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 7
It’s stats week! I believe this is how it stands after week 7. The Bandits and the Seahawks have the first round byes and my Eagles are in…
30 October 2020 · 6 min read
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Phil's Weekly Awards 2020 - Week 6
Thanks to everyone who chipped in to the awards last week, it was nice to be on the other side of it and read the highest quality writing…
22 October 2020 · 8 min read