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Welcome to week 15.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and are having a good new year. Julie and I are doing okay considering everything she is going through and we are trying to stay positive. A big thanks to everybody who sent gifts and cards just before christmas that was super kind of you and she really enjoyed the goodies and it cheered her up no end. Thanks again.

The reset is running and everybody's Orders have been received safely...

Data entry has started ( Wednesday morning )...

Friendly games have kicked off...

World Cup - Semi-Final results

Brazil 1 Spain 1 aet pens 5-4
Argentina 0 Germany 1

Congrats to Tom and Rich for reaching the final, good luck to both of you.

Gold Cup - Semi-Final results

Sweden 0 Ivory Coast 1
Nigeria 1 Norway 5

Congrats to Phil for making the final.

World Youth Cup - Semi-Final results

Argentina 1 Brazil 0
Italy 2 France 2 aet pens 4-5

Congrats to Ben on reaching the youth final.

The league games will kickoff at 1000 hours tomorrow morning ( Thursday )...

Thanks Paul, delighted to get to the World Cup final! Spain a really tough opponent with an even tougher manager in charge! Think I got lucky on pens in the end! 

Congrats to all the finalists, no mean feat getting there. 

Brazil youth side just fall short in what was always going to be a close game

We're approaching kickoff...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

We're approaching kickoff...

Big first week back - manager is stuck on a call so slightly delayed making his way to the dugout!

The ref blows his whistle and the games are underway, good luck to everybody today...

Feyenoord 0 Ajax 1 Taylor on 2 minutes.

Internacional 0 Santos 1 Gabigol on 3 minutes.
Cherry 1 Shamrock 0 Tattum header.
Spurs 0 Villa 1 Tielemans penalty.
Barcelona 1 Celta 0 Ruiz.
Newcastle 1 Soton 0 Ward-Prowse.

Criciuma 0 Botafogo 1 Hermoso header on 6 minutes.
Cherry 2 Shamrock 0 Willock.
Newcastle 1 Soton 1 Gallagher.
Celtic 1 Dundee 0 Higuain.
Aberdeen 1 Dundee Utd 0 Fellaini penalty.

Birmingham 1 Wimbledon 0 Daehli on 7 minutes.
Leverkusen 1 Bayern 0 Hazard.
Rangers 1 Morton 0 Guidetti header.

Everton 0 Burnley 1 Cullen freekick on 8 minutes.
Chicago 1 Cosmos 0 Matheus.

Man City 0 Man United 1 Fernandes on 9 minutes.
Birmingham 1 Wimbledon 1 Magennis.
Chicago 1 Cosmos 1 Kayo.

Cruzeiro 0 Fluminense 1 Coutinho on 10 minutes.
Charlton 1 Wednesday 0 Thiago.
Leverkusen 2 Bayern 0 Milinkovic-Savic.
Schalke 0 Wolfsburg 1 Kroos.

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 0 Pato on 12 minutes.
Rennais 1 Bastia 0 Kang-In.
Feyenoord 1 Ajax 1 Wijndal header.

Liverpool 1 Norwich 0 Roberts on 15 minutes.

Torminsk 0 Bate 1 Jovic on 16 minutes.
Palace 0 Leeds 1 Sinisterra.
Hannover 1 Hamburg 0 Sucic.
Benfica 0 Braga 1 Traore.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Cruzeiro 0 Fluminense 1 Coutinho on 10 minutes.
Charlton 1 Wednesday 0 Thiago.
Leverkusen 2 Bayern 0 Milinkovic-Savic.
Schalke 0 Wolfsburg 1 Kroos.

Wow, that's a hell of a post Paul!  I wouldn't bother doing anymore now....

Independente 1 Argentinos 0 Palacios on 17 minutes.

Criciuma 0 Botafogo 2 Casemiro on 19 minutes.
Newcastle 2 Soton 1 Bale.
Stoke 1 Wycombe 0 Cantwell.
Etienne 0 Lille 1 Bamba.
Rennais 2 Bastia 0 Diaby header.
Lazio 1 Ancona 0 Belotti.

Sociedad 1 Atletico 0 Aycicek on 20 minutes.