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DT update

Here are the scores after first round of games played during March. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for March. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To March Comp).

2) Your Total Score As Of 3pm, March 9th.

3) Your Score For March So Far.

Jordan (suprisinsingly) leads the way with 32 points at this early stage but with just a few games taking place there are just 35pts separating the entire list of players. Weeksy currently sits in 2nd on 29pts with Dave, Shane, Claire and Jason all sharing 3rd spot on 24pts.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes with145 points, Arsenal’s defender Thomas Vermaelen on 186 points and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard is the top midfielder on 217 points. The red-hot Wayne Rooney is the top scoring forward (and player) with 317 points. Bernard Mendy of Hull is the worst player with minus18pts.

Team Name Prev Now Mar

BAFFIE’S BOYS 916 948 32

BRISTOL SPURS 1193 1222 29

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 1157 1181 24

SHE.W.C.WINS! 1180 1204 24

HIGHLIGHTS 978 1002 24

VICE SQUAD 1262 1286 24

FIORENTNINA 1233 1256 23

HERB’S S.DUCKS 1326 1345 19

XBOX FC 1174 1193 19

ALL-STARS 1133 1151 18

T.T.N VAILES 1049 1067 18

BUDDING STARS 1371 1387 16

PPOL XI 1103 1110 7

GET TO THE GYM XI 1131 1137 6

MAGIC MEN 1176 1179 3

1st CLASS 1250 1247 -3

The Gaffer remains in front with Herbert gaining another 3pts to reduce the lead to 42pts.Jason remains in 3rd but after a disastrous week Palmer has slipped from 4th to 5th (1247) with Nina taking 4th place (1256). A little gap of 25pts back to Weeksy in 6th (1222).

It is still very tight though as Jason in 3rd and Matt S in 10th (1179pts) are separated by just 107 points. Anyone who has a real strong finish could finish in the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan is last with 948pts. Only Jordan has failed to pass the 1000pt barrier as Shane this week earned 24pts to take him to 1002pts.

Season Standings – Top 10

Budding Stars 1387

Herbs Ducks 1345

Vice Squad 1286

Fiorentnina 1256

1st Class 1247

Bristol Spurs 1222

She W.C.Wins 1204

XBOX FC 1193

Sagna’s All Sorts 1181

Magic Men 1179

The next update will be on Tuesday 16th March after the midweek Premier League and Champions League games plus the weekends Premier League action. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com.

The Gaffer

How will it go?

Its now getting towards the end of the football season and so we caught up with The Gaffer to get his thoughts on who the winners will be come the summer.

English Premier League

It’s a 3 horse race with United, Chelsea and Arsenal currently separated by just 2 points. The game at Old Trafford on 3rd April between United and Chelsea is going to be massive and could play a major part in who wins the league. Arsenal with the easier run in cannot be ruled out but for me as long as Rooney stays fit United should just about edge it. I think Liverpool will clinch 4th champs league place and Man City and Spurs will finish 5th and 6th to qualify for the Europa League. Portsmouth will be playing championship football next season and in my opinion I believe Bristol City fans will also have the joy of playing Burnley and Hull. Stoke to finish 11th.

FA Cup

Chelsea are the obvious choice here as they are the only ‘Top 4’ side left in the competition. Villa won’t be easy in the semi final and neither will potential final opponents Spurs but Chelsea should be too strong for both and given that they have more depth in their squad their players are likely to be that little bit fresher than those of the smaller squads.

UEFA Champions League

United look set to go through having won in Milan and although Chelsea and Arsenal haves 2-1 defeats to turn around I do expect them both to join United in the last 8. Unfortunately I do feel United are a bit too dependant on one player (Not Berbatov but Rooney) to go all the way in Europe and against the top teams I can see Arsenal struggling to score goals if relying on an out of sorts Walcott or the goalscoring machine (Not) of Bendtner. Fabregas seems to be picking up a couple of injuries and Arshavin has not score many goals in the last few months. Chelsea will do well and of the English teams I feel they are the most likely to reach the final. However, I do not think they can win it as Cech being out injured is a big loss and although they have strength in depth they will be without Boswinga and Essien for the rest of the season and Ashley Cole has his problems as we know. We are left with the obvious of Barcelona and Real Madrid. Two terrific sides that play terrific football and Barcelona have a real chance of being the first side to win successive Champions League titles but I am going to go for Real Madrid who are playing some brilliant stuff at the moment and with Ronaldo, Kaka and Higuain I think they have the winning formula. They do still concede goals so is by no means a certainty but that’s my choice.

Europa League

England have two representatives left with Fulham and Liverpool due to play in the last 16 against Juventus and Lille respectively. I expect Juventus to eliminate Fulham but Liverpool should progress. Liverpool do have an obvious chance of going all they way in this competition but do not underestimate the competition they have with Juventus, Benfica, A.Madrid, Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Valencia and Marseille all still in the competition. Watch out for Rubin Kazan too as they gave a fright to Inter and Barca in the Champions League. My tip is going to be Wolfsburg because in Dzeko they have one of the top forwards in Europe and he forms a good partnership with Grafite. Strong in the midfield and well organised at the back they will be hard to beat. They do have a tough draw as they play Valencia but I fancy the Germans to go all the way.

World Cup

The Big One. Can England do it…….. YES. Do I think they will……..YES. I think there is a great chance we will come home with the trophy and here are my three main reasons why I think they can do it:

1) Right Manager – Capello has us well organised, has the respect of the players and know how to win major trophies. Plus he keeps the wags away!

2) Experience – Terry, Lampard, Gerrard, Ferdinand etc are all at the age now where they can handle the pressure and expectations of the nation.

3) Wayne Rooney – This man is in the form of his life and his goals could make him a national hero this summer.

Spain are the main danger with Xavi and Iniesta in their side but I think they will miss Torres who I personally don’t think will be fit to play in the World Cup (Because I am going to chainsaw his leg off). Brazil know how to win world cups blindfolded and will be a force to be reckoned with but I don’t feel they are as good as us defensively so as long as you can have some possession they can be beat. Italy are too old, Holland will bottle it and Argentina have the wrong manager (although I do think Higuain could be a star at the world cup). Germany don’t have enough goals in them and France are not good enough anymore. Portugal aren’t the side they were as key players are now passed it and the African Nations just aren’t on the same level.

Bristol Sunday Regional League Division One

Consistency has turned into complacency for leaders Real Bristol who have a 3pt lead at the top but also have two games in hand on Le Beq Reseves. This Sundays double header with Longwell Green is a huge, huge game for us and should we get the 6pts I cannot see us throwing it away. We do still go to Le Beq reserves in the league and that will be tricky but with the squad we have I think we are capable of seeing it out.

Do you agree with the gaffer? If so get down to William Hill…………..

Man United (Prem) 6/4

Chelsea (FA Cup) EVS

R.Madrid (C/League) 11/2

Wolfsburg (Europa) 14/1

England (W.Cup) 5/1

If you put £5 on and the gaffer is right and the teams above all win the competitions stated then you will collect £14,625!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real out of GP Cup

Real faced a heavy defeat to 3rd division leaders CK FC. Click reports to read more.

DT Update

Here are the scores after final round of games played during February. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for February. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To Feb Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of Midnight, Feb 28th.

3) Your Score For February.

Weeksy wins the month with a total score of 284pts for Feb. He won by 31pts with Vailesy hanging on to 2nd place for his first winnings of the season as he finished just 1pt ahead of the Gaffer (256pts to 255pts respectively). Bowler finished in 4th on 243pts and Palmer claimed another top5 finish with 239pts enough to secure 5th spot. A quiet month for Saha and Bent condemned Dave Herbert to bottom place for Feb with a measly 119pts!

1st WEEKSY £30

2nd VAILESY £20

3rd GAFFER £10

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (132 points), Arsenal have the highest scoring defender and midfielder with Thomas Vermaelen on 183 points and Cesc Fabregas on 205 points. The red-hot Wayne Rooney is the top scoring forward (and player) with 291 points. Bernard Mendy of Hull is the worst player with minus18pts.

Team Name Prev Now Feb

BRISTOL SPURS 909 1193 284

T.T.N VAILES 793 1049 256

BUDDING STARS 1116 1371 255

ALL-STARS 890 1133 243

1st CLASS 1011 1250 239

FIORENTNINA 1014 1233 219

VICE SQUAD 1054 1262 208

HIGHLIGHTS 771 978 207

GET TO THE GYM XI 939 1131 192

XBOX FC 999 1174 175

HERB’S S.DUCKS 1152 1326 174

MAGIC MEN 1005 1176 171

SHE.W.C.WINS! 1019 1180 161

BAFFIE’S BOYS 759 916 157

PPOL XI 961 1103 142

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 1038 1157 119

The Gaffer remains in front with Herbert gaining just 1pt in the final week reducing the lead from 46pts to 45pts. Carlos Tevez helps Jason move back up to 3rd place and within 64pts of 2nd place. Palmer is just 12pts further back in 4th (1250) and Nina completes the Top5 with 1233 points.

It is still very tight though as Jason in 3rd and Dick in 12th (1131pts) are separated by just 131 points. Anyone who has a real strong finish could finish in the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan is last with 916pts. Only Jordan and Shane Douglas (978pts) have failed to pass the 1000pt barrier.

Season Standings – Top 10

Budding Stars 1371

Herbs Ducks 1326

Vice Squad 1262

1st Class 1250

Fiorentnina 1233

Bristol Spurs 1193

She W.C.Wins 1180

Magic Men 1176

XBOX FC 1174

Sagna’s All Sorts 1157

The next update will be on Tuesday 9th March after the next round of Premier League/FA Cup Matches. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com.

The Gaffer

As the road to Wembley gets shorter and shorter for the remaining teams we caught up with The Gaffer to get his views on this weekends FA Cup ¼ Final Matches:

Pompey v Birmingham (12:30pm Saturday)

For all the financial problems and league worries that Pompey have had the FA Cup has proved to be a welcome distraction and the 2008 winners find themselves in a decent position to make the semi-finals. Jamie O’Hara has been their main man this season with some real eye-catching performances. Birmingham went on a great run on the league and to be safe by March and in a cup ¼ final is a terrific first season for them. Joe Hart has been crucial in getting them where they are and I feel he may need to be at his best if Birmingham are to progress:

Prediction: 2-1 Portsmouth Win.

Fulham v Spurs (5:20pm Saturday)

Two teams who are having terrific seasons with Spurs challenging for Champions League qualification and Fulham once again in the running for Europa League. Zamora will be hoping to keep up his recent good form against a former club whilst Crouch will be fired up for this after scoring twice in the England win on Wednesday. Fulham are very decent at home and do not concede many goals on home soil. It’s gonna be a tight one.

Prediction: 1-1 Draw

Reading v Aston Villa (1:45pm Sunday)

The only team outside the Premiership still left in the competition and most people will have this down as banker away win but do remember that everyone had Liverpool down as a banker win when they played Reading earlier in the competition (TWICE!). Reading know this is an uphill task though and they know they are going to need to be at their very best. They started very poorly in the league but have clmbed several places now. Shane Long will be the man looking to do the damage. Martin O’Neill has done wonders with Villa and despite losing Gareth Barry his side have once again performed superbly and are looking again to try and capture a Champions League spot. Richard Dunne has to go down as one of the signings of the season and along with James Collins and Carlos Cuellar he has helped Villa turn into a very sound team defensively.

Prediction: 2-0 Villa win.

Chelsea v Stoke (4pm Sunday)

The Big One. Nearly 30 years since Stoke last got to this stage of the competition and their reward for getting here is a trip to Stamford Bridge (Great!). Chelsea are an anbelivable side at home and this really does look like a tough task for The Potters. Chelsea have men to watch out for all over the pitch but one thing we know for sure is that if Stoke are to get any sort of result they will need to keep Didier Drogba quiet. Stoke will go into the game with confidence having suffered just one defeat in 2010 (last time out v Arsenal). With Cech out, Terry’s head all over the place (and dip in form) and Ashley Cole also out injured Stoke will be confident of causing problems, especially at set-pieces. Shawcross (banned) is a massive loss and they will be hoping the terrific form of Ricardo Fuller combined with the likely return of Matty Etherington will be enough to take something from the game.

Prediction: 1-0 Stoke win (don’t laugh!)

The Gaffer

Real bummer

Real's cup game with C.K.F.C is postponed due to unsafe pitch. Tie will be replayed on 7th March.

DT Update

Here are the scores after the games played so far in February. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for February. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To Feb Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of Midnight, Feb 22nd.

3) Your Score For February.

Weeksy leads the way with an impressive 218pts with Zamora and Drogba banging in the goals for him. A rare visit to the top end of the table for Vailesy who trails by 27pts in 2nd place. 2pts further back in 3rd is The Gaffer on 189pts and Palmer (170pts) and Bowler (160pts) complete the top 5. Just 90pts separate the top 9 so the last week should be interesting.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (124 points), Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne (182 points), Midfielders Frank Lampard of Chelsea and Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas are tied (both have 189 points) and Wayne Rooney is the top scoring forward (and player) with 291 points.

Team Name Prev Now Feb

BRISTOL SPURS 909 1127 218

T.T.N VAILES 793 984 191

BUDDING STARS 1116 1305 189

1st CLASS 1011 1181 170

ALL-STARS 890 1050 160

GET TO THE GYM XI 939 1094 155

HIGHLIGHTS 771 909 138

FIORENTNINA 1014 1151 137

XBOX FC 999 1128 129

SHE.W.C.WINS! 1019 1132 113

HERB’S S.DUCKS 1152 1259 107

PPOL XI 961 1063 102

MAGIC MEN 1005 1096 91

VICE SQUAD 1054 1143 89

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 1038 1123 85

BAFFIE’S BOYS 759 839 80

Please Note: These scores do not include Man U v West Ham (or any other midweek games).

The Gaffer regains the lead at the top, largely thanks to some impressive February form from Drogba, Rooney, Etherington and Ivanovic. He leads by just 46pts though with Herbert still right in contention. Palmer’s good month (so far) moves him up to 3rd in the overall standings with a total 1181pts and then we have Nina 4th on 1151pts and Jason is 5th on 1143pts. It is still very tight though as Palmer in 3rd and Bowler in 13th (1050pts) are separated by just 131 points. Anyone who has a real strong finish could finish in the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan is now last with 839pts.

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 1305

Herbs Ducks 1259

1st Class 1181

Fiorentnina 1151

Vice Squad 1143

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

MONEY OWED

I have not received D.Team money off people for a long time and I really need people to pay their arrears!!!!!!!!

My records show the following:

PLEASE NOTE: These amounts cover all months up to an inc Feb D.Team. They do NOT include Jan winnings though so in theory Herbs is owed £20 rather than owes £10.

Herbs £10

Dave £10

Vailesy £30

Weeksy £10

Dicky £10

Browner £30

Jason £15

Jordan £10

Shane £10

Matt S £20

Claire £5

Palmer Owed £15 (You won a total of £50 but have not paid for Dec, Jan and Feb. Paid £20 winnings so owed a further £15)

Smithy Owed £5 (Won £15 in Dec but not paid for Jan or Feb)

PLEASE BRING TO TRAINING THURS!!!!

The Gaffer

DT Update

Here are the scores after the last of the games played in January. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for January. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To January Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of Midnight, January 31st.

3) Your Score For January

Herbert wins the January competition after a great final round with his score for January 268pts. Claire finishes 2nd with 234 after a solid month and a great final week enables to Jason to secure some winnings for the first time this season as he finishes with 222pts. Dave Herb finished 4th (212) and Matt S 5th (194).

Congrats to:

Herbs £30

Claire £20

Jason £10

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (105 points), Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne (168 points), Midfielder Frank Lampard of Chelsea (181 points) and Wayne Rooney is the top scoring forward (and player) with 258 points.

Team Name Prev End Jan Jan

HERB’S S.DUCKS 884 1152 268

SHE.W.C.WINS! 785 1019 234

VICE SQUAD 832 1054 222

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 826 1038 212

MAGIC MEN 811 1005 194

XBOX FC 808 999 191

FIORENTNINA 837 1014 177

1st CLASS 853 1011 158

BUDDING STARS 960 1116 156

HIGHLIGHTS 633 771 138

PPOL XI 800 961 161

BRISTOL SPURS 779 909 130

BAFFIE’S BOYS 632 759 127

ALL-STARS 788 890 102

GET TO THE GYM XI 854 939 85

T.T.N VAILES 647 793 146

The Gaffer, for the first time since the October 1st update, does NOT lead the way in the overall standings. Drogba being away combined with the form of Rooney has really damaged his lead. Damaged so much that Herbs has taken over at the top with 1152 compared to The Gaffers 1116. Jason (1054), Dave Herb (1038) and Claire (1019) complete the Top 5. Very competitive table with Jason in 3rd and Browner in 9th (999pts) separated by just 55 points!!!!

Vailesy is now last with 729pts.

Season Standings – Top 5

Herbs Ducks 1152

Budding Stars 1116

Vice Squad 1054

Sagna’s All Sorts 1038

She W.C.Wins 1019

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Real bounce back with solid win

Breakaways 2

Real Bristol 4 (Jason 10, Matt S 18 + 58, Smithy 66

Read more under reports.

Fishponds Shock Real

Real suffered their first league defeat of the season as they went down 2-1 at Fishponds. With the gaffer still away, the only change from last weeks win over Lloyd was Matt Steele went upfront, and Bowler took Dicky's right mid place.

Not going into to much detail, this game is better off forgot as the Real team lacked everything you can think of. Bowler added to his total for the season and had a goal disallowed for offside.

Palmer said " This is one of the worst performances I have seen from a Real Bristol team since the club started back in 2004. The best thing we can do is to sweep this performanceunder the carpet and refresh our heads for the next league game"

Thankfully for Real, the gaffer is now back and some tough training will be dealt out.

 

Real continue unbeatun league run

Real showed fantastic bouncebackability without the gaffer present in their 2-0 victory over Lloyd Utd. Bowler's brace secured the win with Smithy missing a penalty in the second half. Match report up soon.

New arrival

Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Douglas on the birth of their baby daughter Erin.

Gaffer ties the knot

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs gaffer who got married on January 30th. The couple have jetted to to Cuba for a fortnights honeymoon.

Smithy faces fitness test

Smithy will face a late fitness test after breaking his toe in the GFA cup game against Downend. Smithy found out the news on Monday after visiting the hospital and being told it will take about 2 weeks to heal but he could probably play if he strapped his toe up.

Real have unhappy return at DRG

Real went down 2-1 against Downend in their first return to DRG in the GFA quarters. Read more under match reports.

DT update

Here are the scores after the latest games played in January. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for January. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To January Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 9:30am, Tuesday 26th January.

3) Your Score For January

Claire’s team is still top of the table with 164pts on the board. Anyone who hasn’t got Rooney has been taken over by anyone with Rooney after his 4 goals against Hull. The Gaffer and a few others are really missing Drogba and will be glad to see The Ivory Coast were eliminated early from the Africa Cup Of Nations. Herbs is one to benefit and he climbs all the way to 2nd with 149 on the board and Dave (110), Nina (101) and Browner (98) complete the top 5. 3rd – 10th is separated by just 29pts though so it could still all change in the final lot of games this month.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (96 points), Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen(158 points), Midfielder Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal and has 172 points and Wayne Rooney is the top scoring forward (and player) with 232 points.

Team Name Prev Now Jan

SHE.W.C.WINS! 785 949 164

HERB’S S.DUCKS 884 1033 149

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 826 942 110

FIORENTNINA 837 938 101

XBOX FC 808 906 98

VICE SQUAD 832 928 96

BUDDING STARS 960 1048 88

HIGHLIGHTS 633 719 86

1st CLASS 853 936 83

PPOL XI 800 881 81

T.T.N VAILES 647 721 74

BRISTOL SPURS 779 852 73

BAFFIE’S BOYS 632 697 65

MAGIC MEN 811 873 62

ALL-STARS 788 849 61

GET TO THE GYM XI 854 885 31

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 1044 pts. Herbs is now just 11pts further back on 1033 and in contention to take over at the top. Claire climbs from 7th to 3rd (949) with another impressive week. Dave remains in 4th on 942 and Palmer slips from 5th to 6th as he is on 936 and Nina, now 5th, is on 938. Jason remains in striking distance in 7th on 928.

It’s a very close thing though as just 76pts separate Claire in 3rd and Matt S in 10th (873). Jordan is now last with 697pts.

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 1044

Herbs Ducks 1033

She W.C.Wins 949

Sagna’s All Sorts 942

Fiorentnina 938

These are the scores as of 9:30am, Tuesday 26th January. The next update will not be until at least Friday February 19th due to my wedding/honeymoon. I will then be able to announce January winners, February table and an update on overall standings.

DON’T FORGET YOUR TRANSFERS NEED TO BE IN TO ME BY 9PM, WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY. FOR OUR COMPETITION THE TRANSFERS WILL GO THOUGH ON FEB 1ST SO JANUARY WILL BE COMPLETED BY YOUR CURRENT TEAM WITH FEBRUARY ONWARDS YOUR NEW PLAYERS WILL SCORE PTS FOR YOU.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Dream Team - Transfer Window 2

With Transfer Window 2 about to go through I thought we should take a look at some of the transfers managers made during the 1st window. Did The Gaffer profit with his moves? Did Herberts cost him dearly? We take a close look in this feature……..

Awards

Best Transfer Made: Nina

It looked an obvious one to make but still was good business by Nina who withdrew James Beattie and replaced him with Darren Bent. Since the window James Beattie has not scored a single point but Darren Bent has scored 56pts helping Nina climb the table.

Other good transfers included Bolwer swapping things round to remove Carrick for Fabregas, Vailesy getting Vermaelen in for Boswinga and Palmer replacing Robinho with Drogba.

Worst Transfer Made: Dave Herbert

There can only be one winner and what shocking transfer it has turned out to be. Dave replaced Carlos Tevez with Louis Saha and that transfer has cost Dave dearly. Tevez has scored 119pts since being removed while his replacement Saha has managed 44pts. Had Dave not made this change he would be 75pts better off!!!!!

Other shockers include Browner replacing Hart with Sorenson, Shane replacing low scorer McCarthy (earned him 18pts) with Beattie who has scored 0pts for him since coming in and Nina replacing (injured at the time) Onouha with Sam Ricketts (Scored -5 since coming in).

Shrewdest Move: Dicky

During the first transfer window Dick made a change to his team that came as a bit of a surprise. Leighton Baines had earned his team 52pts when we reached the window making him Dick’s highest scoring defender and was one of the best scoring defenders up until that point. But this didn’t stop Dick from replacing him with Richard Dunne.

Yes, Dunne was one of the top scoring players to bring in but there was no guarantee Dunne would keep on doing so well and to remove a player (Baines) who was contributing so much was brave but since then Baines’ pts have slowed gaining an additional 27pts since Window 1 whilst Dunne has continued to impress scoring a monstrous 88pts since Window 1. This transfer means Dick is 61pts better off. Shrewd.

Palmer also made quite a shrewd move by removing A.Ferdinand and Woodgate and replacing with Gallas and James Collins.

Conclusion

Choose wisely guys as it can make all the difference J

The Gaffer

Downend game OFF again

Once again the weather has got the better of the local football with a huge down fall of rain Thursday and Friday. The fixture will continue on to next week.

DT update

Here are the scores after the latest games played in January. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for January. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To January Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 8:30am, Tuesday 19th January.

3) Your Score For January

We are past halfway stage of the month and Claire’s team is still top of the table with 106pts on the board. Browner had moved from 4th to 2nd but has now slipped back to 4th (90pts) as Jason moves up 2 places to take 2nd with 96pts. Dave Herbert’s team has had a great week climbing 9 places as he goes from 12th to 3rd with 92pts. Herbert completes the Top 5 with 85pts and The Gaffer, with Drogba away, is just outside the Top 5 with just 1pt less than Herbert. Only 47pts separate the top 12 in the league though so it could all change so quickly.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (96 points), Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne (156 points), Midfielder Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard have159pts and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 197 points.

Team Name Prev Now Jan

SHE.W.C.WINS! 785 891 106

VICE SQUAD 832 928 96

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 826 924 92

XBOX FC 808 898 90

HERB’S S.DUCKS 884 969 85

BUDDING STARS 960 1044 84

FIORENTNINA 837 908 71

BAFFIE’S BOYS 632 699 67

PPOL XI 800 868 68

MAGIC MEN 811 873 62

1st CLASS 853 917 64

T.T.N VAILES 647 707 61

HIGHLIGHTS 633 687 54

BRISTOL SPURS 779 831 52

ALL-STARS 788 826 38

GET TO THE GYM XI 854 884 30

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 1044 pts. Herbs is just 75pts further back on 969. Jason moves up a place to 3rd (928) with Dave climbing back up to 4th on 924 and Palmer slipping from 3rd to 5th with 917. Nina is hot on the heels of the top 5 with 908 and Claire’s team is up to 7th with 891.

It’s a very close thing though as just 60pts separate Jason in 3rd and Smithy in 10th (868). Dougals is still last with just 687 points. That is 357pts behind the leader.

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 1044

Herbs Ducks 969

Vice Squad 928

Sagna’s All Sorts 924

1st Class 917

These are the scores as of 8:30am, Tuesday 19th January. The next update will be on the website on Tuesday 26th January.

DON’T FORGET YOUR TRANSFERS NEED TO BE IN TO ME BY 9PM, WEDNESDAY 27TH JANUARY. FOR OUR COMPETITION THE TRANSFERS WILL GO THOUGH ON FEB 1ST SO JANUARY WILL BE COMPLETED BY YOUR CURRENT TEAM WITH FEBRUARY ONWARDS YOUR NEW PLAYERS WILL SCORE PTS FOR YOU.

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The Gaffer

The Week Ahead

Monday

Big clash in the Championship as Newcastle take on West Brom at St. James’ Park. It is the first of two matches in 6 days between these 2 sides as West Brom will host Newcastle on Saturday in the FA Cup. That one will be tough to call but with home advantage I fancy Newcastle to win this one 2-0.

Africa Cup Of Nations matches continue and tonight will see Group A decided. Both games kick off at 4pm. Angola v Algeria is very tough to call with both sides having won their last game they will be confident. I think Algeria may just snatch it 2-1. Mali v Malawi is the other game and although it won’t be easy I think Mali may take this 3-2.

Tuesday

City have their FA Cup 3rd round replay away to Cardiff. A home tie against Leicester awaits the winner and unfortunately for Jordan & Co I think the winner will be Cardiff (2-0). The Gills also have Cup action and I fancy them to win 2-1 at Accrington Stanley. Forest Green are finally hoping to get their game played at Notts County where I expect the league side to win 3-0.

Carling Cup Semi Final 1st Leg between Man City and Man U will be Live on Sky and this will be tough for United so a 1-1 draw will be a happy draw for the visitors.

In League One The Gas go to Huddersfield where I expect them to get beat (3-1) and finally, in the Northern Final 1st Leg of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy I can see Leeds winning 3-1 against Carlisle at Elland Rd.

Burkina Faso v Ghana is the sole Africa Cup Of Nations match on this day where only a win will do if Ghana are to progress to the next round otherwise it is Burkina Faso who will progress with Ivory Coast from Group B. I fancy Ghana though to win this 2-0.

Wednesday

Carling Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg between Villa and Blackburn. Villa take that useful 1-0 lead to Villa park and I think that will be extended with a 2-0 win on the night.

Arsenal host Bolton in the Premier League as the sides face each other for the 2nd time in 4 days. Unfortunately for Coyle and his troops I think another defeat looks likely (3-0). A massive game at Anfield as Liverpool take on Spurs. The loser of this could be out of the race for 4th spot and this could finally be the end for Rafa Benitez as I fancy Spurs to win 2-1 against injury plagued Liverpool.

Southern Final 1st Leg of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and MK Dons take on Southampton. This looks like a 1-1 draw to me.

Group C Action in The Africa Cup Of Nations and at 4pm Egypt play Benin and Nigeria take on Mozambique. A Egypt are already qualified they rest a few and draw 1-1 with Benin but I expect Nigeria to win and progress with them with a 2-0 win over Mozambique.

Thursday

Group D Action in The Africa Cup Of Nations and at 4pm Cameroon take on Tunisia and Gabon play Zambia. I can see 2-0 victories for Cameroon and Zambia which will see them both progress to the next round.

Friday

No Action.

Saturday

FA Cup 4th Round Action and the Live game at 12:45 will see Chelsea take on Preston at Deepdale. On Saturday Chelsea hit Sunderland for 7 while Preston were busy conceding 4 goals to Bristol City so I don’t give them too much of a chance (even though Preston are a lot better at home) and can see Chelsea winning this 3-0.

At 3pm The Gills take on Fulham (this is if they have beaten Acc. Stanley by then). With home advantage they could give Fulham a run for their money and cause a replay with a 1-1 draw. If City have somehow got past Cardiff I think they will beat Leicester 1-0 but I really don’t think City will be playing in the FA Cup come Saturday. Premiership Action and one game as United take on Hull. Hull have absolutely no chance here and will get beat 4-0. In League One The Gas host Hartlepool and this is a good opportunity for Rovers who could win 2-1.

At 5:15pm the live game will see Leeds trying to pull off another shock in The FA Cup as the reward for winning at Old Trafford is a game at White Hart Lane against Spurs. I think Leeds could be given a reality check here and get beat 4-0.

Sunday

Real Bristol could at last get their game on and are at home to Downend in the Quarter-Final of The GFA Senior Cup. This will be very tough but I fancy a 3-1 home win.

Stoke host Arsenal in a 1:30pm kick off in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Can the Potters repeat the 2-1 success of last season at The Brit? Going to be very difficult but I will back my lads to get a 1-0 win (praying lol). Scunthorpe take on Man City at 4pm and Mancini’s side should have no problems and win 3-1.

Top Tip: I am calling this one the ‘Tuesday Trouble’ as I can see defeats for the travelling sides at Cardiff, Villa, Huddersfield and Leeds. This 4-timer should pay odds of around 4/1 I reckon so get on!

DT Update

Here are the scores after the latest games played in January. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for January. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To January Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 10:30am, Friday 15th January.

3) Your Score For January

It still early days but Claire’s team is still top of the table with 59pts. Browner has moved from 4th to 2nd (55pts) and The Gaffer has 3rd with 44pts. Jason is 4th with 42 pts and then with 39pts Herbs is 5th. Only 48pts separate the entire league though so if one player gets a hat-trick for you this weekend you could go from one end of the table to the other.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (91 points), Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen (142 points), Midfielder Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard have144 points and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 197 points.

Team Name Prev Now Jan

SHE.W.C.WINS! 785 844 59

XBOX FC 808 863 55

BUDDING STARS 960 1004 44

VICE SQUAD 832 874 42

HERB’S S.DUCKS 884 923 39

BAFFIE’S BOYS 632 667 35

PPOL XI 800 833 33

HIGHLIGHTS 633 666 33

MAGIC MEN 811 843 32

BRISTOL SPURS 779 811 32

FIORENTNINA 837 867 30

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 826 855 29

1st CLASS 853 879 26

T.T.N VAILES 647 668 21

GET TO THE GYM XI 854 869 15

ALL-STARS 788 799 11

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 1004 pts. Herbs is 81pts further back on 923. Palmer climbs to 3rd on 879 and then just 4pts further back comes Jason on 874. Dicky is 5th on 869 and Nina is hot on the heels of the top 5 with 867!

It’s a very close thing though as just 68pts separate Palmer in 3rd and Weeksy in 12th (811).

Extremely close at the bottom as in 14th Place we have Vailesy on 668, 15th is Jordan on 667 and Dougals is last on 666.

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 1004

Herbs Ducks 923

1st Class 879

Vice Squad 874

Gym Xl 869

These are the scores as of 10:30am, Friday 15th January. Due to all the postponements the next update will be on Monday 18th January after the weekend’s premier league games.

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The Gaffer

New signing still pending

Real's latest capture is still not complete as the league meeting had to be postponed and is re scheduled for 13 January.

Real should tie up the signing once the transfer is complete from the league.

The Week Ahead

Monday

Man City take on Blackburn at Eastlands and I cannot see too many problems for Mancini’s side. Could be yet another clean sheet and I will go for a 2-0 home victory.

Africa Cup Of Nations and Group A fixtures will see Malawi face Algeria at 13:45. Algeria should prove too strong and win 2-0. I fancy Ivory Coast to cruise to a 3-0 win at 4pm over Burkina Faso. The best clash would have been at 6:30 but Ghana v Togo is postponed due to the infamous shooting earlier this week!

Tuesday

City have their FA Cup 3rd round fixture against Cardiff at Ashton Gate and I am backing Bristol City to win 1-0. The Gills also have Cup action and I fancy them to win 2-1 at Accrington Stanley.

Egypt v Nigeria should be decent to watch at 4pm when both sides take to the field for their opening fixture in The Africa Cup Of Nations. I actually fancy Egypt 2-1. The 6:30pm kick off is the other fixture in Group C and it will see Mozambique play Benin. Don’t know a great deal about these two but I know Benin have had a few good wins over some or the bigger teams in the last couple of years so will go for a 2-0 Benin win.

Wednesday

Can Liverpool make it 2nd time lucky when facing Reading in The FA Cup 3rd round replay. Reading gave a terrific account of themselves at The Madjeski but surely at Anfield Rafa’s Liverpool side will not have too many problems and should cruise to a 3-0 win. I fancy Newcastle to win by the same score line in their FA Cup Replay at home to Plymouth.

Group D Action in The Africa Cup Of Nations and Cameroon (4pm) look good to win 3-1 against Gabon. Tunisia (6.30pm) should beat Zambia (2-0).

Thursday

Re-scheduled Carling Cup Action as Blackburn take on Aston Villa in the 1st Leg at Ewood Park. I fancy the home side to win this one 1-0.

Back to Group A for the 2nd round of games and Angola v Malawi is not a game I know too much about but I am sure it will be interesting to watch and I will go for a 1-1 draw. The other game looks more appealing at 4pm and I think Mali could give Algeria a run for their money but come out on the receiving end of a 2-1 score line.

Friday

More Africa Cup Of Nations action with A Group B match. At 6:30pm a cracker between Ivory Coast and Ghana. Whilst Ivory Coast have a few more regular names to most The Ghanaians are a well organised side and I can see an entertaining 2-2 draw between these two sides. The other game would have been Burkina Faso against Togo but this is postponed due to the infamous shooting earlier this week!

Saturday

12:45 Live on Sky Sports 1 will see an interesting game between Stoke City and Liverpool. I think IF Stoke can keep a clean sheet for the opening 30mins then they can pull of an upset and win 2-1 (I hope). At 3pm I will predict the following scores: Chelsea 2 v 0 Sunderland, United 3 v 0 Burnley, City 1 v 1 Preston, Leyton Orient 1 v 1 Gas, Swindon 2 v 0 Gills. The Live game at 5:30 is covered by ESPN and will see the first major test for Mancini as his Man City team got to Goodison to play Everton. I think Everton could cause a lot of problems and I fancy them to get at least a draw (2-2).

Africa Cup Of Nations Group C: 4.00pm - Nigeria 1 v 1 Benin. 6.30pm - Egypt 3 v 0 Mozambique.

Sunday

Real Bristol could at last get their game on and are at home to Downend in the Quarter-Final of The GFA Senior Cup. This will be very tough but I fancy a 3-1 home win.

Three Prem fixtures and I like the look of one home, one draw and one away with Villa home to West Ham (2-1), Blackburn home to Fulham (0-0) and Bolton home to Arsenal (1-2).

Africa Cup Of Nations Group D: 4.00pm - Gabon 1 v 1 Tunisia. 6.30pm – Cameroon 3 v 0 Zambia.

Top Tip: Couple of recommendations. The Prem treble Sunday – 1 Home, 1 Draw, 1 Away looks good (Villa to bt West Ham, Blackburn draw with Fulham and Arsenal win at Bolton). Should be around 7/1!!!!!

My TOP,TOP Tip though has to be Swindon to bt The Gills (Sorry Herbs). Swindon have lost just 1 of 11 home games in the league whilst The Gills are one of only 3 teams in the Football League who have not won an away game (Played 12, Drew 2, Lost 10!) and only 3 teams have conceded more goals than them away from home. Lump on Swindon!!!!!

Have to tip Africa Cup Of Nations: Ghana at around 11/2 are good value. Ivory Coast worthy 2/1 favourites but Ghana at their price is a better bet!!!

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL AFRICA CUP OF NATION GAMES ARE LIVE ON EUROSPORT!!!!!

D/T update

Here are the scores after the games played so far in January. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for January. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To January Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 12:30pm, Saturday 9th January.

3) Your Score For January

It is early days but Claire’s team looks like may be coming back into form with an impressive 54pts in the opening week. Jason is second on 40pts and The Gaffer shares 3rd spot with Browner on 36pts. A rarity as we see Jordan in the top 5. He shares 5th spot with Herbs as they both have 32pts. A disappointing week for Palmer and Dicky who occupy the bottom 2 spots. Not the end of the table we are used to seeing them but there are so many games left and it really is early days.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Tottenham’s Mario Gomes (91 points), Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen (142 points), Midfielder Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard have144 points and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 197 points.

Team Name Prev Now Jan

SHE.W.C.WINS! 785 839 54

VICE SQUAD 832 872 40

BUDDING STARS 960 996 36

XBOX FC 808 844 36

HERB’S S.DUCKS 884 916 32

BAFFIE’S BOYS 632 664 32

PPOL XI 800 831 31

HIGHLIGHTS 633 659 26

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 826 849 23

FIORENTNINA 837 859 22

BRISTOL SPURS 779 801 22

T.T.N VAILES 647 663 16

MAGIC MEN 811 825 14

ALL-STARS 788 799 11

GET TO THE GYM XI 854 861 07

1st CLASS 853 861 06

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 996 pts. Herbs is 80pts further back on 916. Jason’s Vice Squad springs up 3 places taking 3rd spot with 872. Dick and Palmer on 861 are tied for 4th and then comes Nina in 6th on 859. It’s very close though as just 41pts separate Jason in 3rd and Smithy in 10th (831).

2nd with 884pts, closing the gap at the top to 76pts. Dick is 3rd with 854pts. Palmer moves up a place to 4th with 853pts and Nina is 5th with 837pts. Jason not too far further back is 6th (832). Last place is close with Douglas (633) holding off Jordan (632).

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 996

Herbs Ducks 916

Vice Squad 872

Gym Xl 861

1st Class 861

These are the scores as of 12:30pm, Saturday 9th January. Due to all the postponements the next update will be on Friday 15th January after the two remaining weekend league games and the midweek Cup ties.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Another week off

Weather across the country got the better of football again and with more snow expected, Real will be lucky to play a game at all in January.

DT update

Here are the scores after the games played in December. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for December. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To December Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 1:00pm, Thursday 31st December.

3) Your Score For December

Palmer wins the money with an impressive 285 points, 38pts clear of 2nd place which was tied between Nina and Smithy (both 247). Palmer wins £30 with Nina and Smithy winning £17.50 each!

Palmer £30

Nina £17.50

Smithy £17.50

PLEASE PAY MONIES OWED ASAP SO CAN PAY WINNERS!!!!

It was really close as Herbs was just 1pt further back on 246 and Dicky had 245. Browner finished 6th this month (238pts) but was only 9pts behind 2nd place!!

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Birmingham City defender Roger Johnson. Top Scorers for each position are Man City’s Shay Given (85 points), Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen (142 points), Midfielder Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal 144 points and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 197 points.

Team Name Prev Now Dec

1st CLASS 568 853 285

FIORENTNINA 590 837 247

PPOL XI 553 800 247

HERB’S S.DUCKS 638 884 246

GET TO THE GYM XI 609 854 245

XBOX FC 570 808 238

BUDDING STARS 740 960 220

BRISTOL SPURS 561 779 218

MAGIC MEN 593 811 218

VICE SQUAD 615 832 217

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 614 826 212

ALL-STARS 576 788 212

T.T.N VAILES 447 647 200

HIGHLIGHTS 458 633 175

SHE.W.C.WINS! 627 785 158

BAFFIE’S BOYS 481 632 151

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 960 pts. Herbs cements 2nd with 884pts, closing the gap at the top to 76pts. Dick is 3rd with 854pts. Palmer moves up a place to 4th with 853pts and Nina is 5th with 837pts. Jason not too far further back is 6th (832). Last place is close with Douglas (633) holding off Jordan (632).

Season Standings – Top 5

Budding Stars 960

Herbs Ducks 884

Gym Xl 854

1st Class 853

Fiorentnina 837

These are the scores as of 1:00pm, Thursday 31st December. The next update will be on Tuesday 5th January after the weekends FA Cup ties.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

The Week Ahead

Monday

Bank Holiday means a full fixture list with many of the sides we follow in action.

Spurs v West Ham is Live on Sky Sports and a 12:45pm kick off. West Ham have turned a corner but I still have to fancy Spurs with home advantage (2-0). At 3pm Chelsea play Fulham whilst an in-form Birmingham travel to play Stoke at The Brit. I think Chelsea and Stoke could pick up 2-1 home wins. There is more Prem Action Live on Sky as Wolves take on Man City (7:45 kick off). Looks like an ideal opportunity for Mancini to pick up another win and another 2-0 victory sounds about right to me.

Elsewhere at 3pm City host Watford in the Championship. City have lost only 1/11 league matches at Aston Gate this season and I fancy them to beat Watford. Watford on their day are as good as any team in the league but are so inconsistent. Going for a 2-1 home win. League 1 may see defeats for Gillingham (2-1 away to Exeter) and Bristol Rovers (3-0 away to Millwall).

Tuesday

Villa take on Liverpool (7:45 Sky Sports 1) in what may prove to be a huge game in the battle for 4th place. I think both teams will be disappointed but have to settle for a 1-1 draw. The other fixture (8pm kick off) is just as important at the other end of the table as Hull take a trip to The Reebok to take on Bolton. Bolton may prove too strong at home and so I am tipping them to win 2-0.

Wednesday

Live action from Fratton Park (7:45 Sky Sports 1) where Arsenal are the visitors to take on Avram Grants Pompey side. Not an easy place to go on a cold December night and so I fancy Pompey to pick up a point with a 1-1 draw. An 8pm kick off at Old Trafford where the home side should have no problems picking up 3 points against Wigan (3-0).

Thursday

No Action

Friday

No Action (Apart from some Blue Square Premier Rubbish – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday

Full list of fixtures as The F.A Cup truly begins. City take on Cardiff (12:45 kick off Live on www.TheFA.Com). I fancy City to get a 1-0 win. Liverpool surely won’t be defeated away to Reading. I fancy a 2-0 away win but if they do lose this Benitez is surely gone. Stoke should thump York City (4-0) and Spurs should breeze past Peterborough (5-1).

No games for The Gills or The Gas as they are out the cup and not allocated a league fixture.

Sunday

Real Bristol should at last get their game on and are at home to Downend in the Quarter-Final of The GFA Senior Cup. This will be very tough but I fancy a 3-1 home win.

In the FA Cup 3rd Round Chelsea should cruise past Watford (3-0) and remember to keep an eye out for local side Forest Green Rovers who have an away tie against Sven’s Notts County. I would love to see a shock but I don’t expect one and I am predicting a 3-0 home win. Arsenal have a very tricky game at West Ham and I actually believe the Hammers could pull of a 2-1 victory here to see the first of the Top 4 teams eliminated from the competition.

Top Tip: Chelsea, Spurs, Stoke, Everton, Fulham and Liverpool to win in FA Cup. 6 team accumulator at odds of probably around 2/1 or 5/2 looks ‘Easy Money’!

Real and Downend frozen out

The long awaited GFA quarter final tie against Real and Downend will now go ahead on 3rd Jan.

The Week Ahead

Today

Wigan take on Bolton at the DW Stadium. Bolton have improved as of late but Wigan are decent at home. I fancy a 2-1 win for the home side. The only other game will see Bournemouth take on Notts County in League Two. I will go 1-1 here.

Tuesday

No Action

Wednesday

No Action

Thursday

No Action

Friday

No Action – MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday

Full list of fixtures for Boxing Day. The Gills could record another home win (1-0) home to Brentford when they kick off at 12 30. The 12:45 Live Game will see in-form Birmingham take on an out of sorts Chelsea side. Despite their current form I fancy Chelsea to win 2-0. City kick off at 1pm away to QPR and I can’t see City getting anything here so will say 1-0 to the hosts.

At 3pm all eyes will be on Mancini as he takes charge of his first game at home to Stoke. Jason and The Gaffer travel to Eastlands in the hope of an upset. Stoke played well at Villa and Man City look poor at the back so I am gonna back my boys to grab a point in an entertaining 2-2 draw. Elsewhere The Gas should win (3-1) against Walsall at The Mem. Liverpool take on Wolves in the live game at 5:30 and you cant go for anything over than a home win. It should be a comfortable 3-0 victory.

Sunday

If Real Bristol are asked to play this week it will be at home to Downend in the Quarter-Final of The GFA Senior Cup. This will be very tough but I fancy a 3-1 home win.

Top Tip: QPR to bt City, Chelsea to bt Brum and The Gas to bt Walsall. A Xmas treble. Also fancy Tuncay to score anytime at The City Of Manc Stadium!

DT update

Here are the scores after the games played so far in December. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for December. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To December Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 2:00pm, Monday 21st December.

3) Your Score For December

With thanks to Crouch and Dunne, Palmer takes over at the top with 195pts scored in December so far. Nina remains 2nd and still trails by just 10. Dicky drops to 3rd with 166. The Gaffer is creeping closer to the money and is tied for 4th with Weeksy on 154. Shane Douglas continues to drop and has now gone from 10th to 15th.

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 894 pts. Herbs regains 2nd with 783pts and Dick is in a share of 3rd with Nina on 775pts. After a great week Palmer creeps into the tops 5 with a season total of 763pts. Jordan has climbed off the bottom (579pts) with Douglas on 574pts and Vailesy wedged in between on 577pts.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Villa Goalkeeper Brad Friedel (76 points), Villa defender Richard Dunne (132 points), Midfielders Cesc Fabregas, Frank Lampard and James Milner all have 124 points and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 190 points.

Team Name Prev Now Dec

1st CLASS 568 763 195

FIORENTNINA 590 775 185

GET TO THE GYM XI 609 775 166

BUDDING STARS 740 894 154

BRISTOL SPURS 561 715 154

MAGIC MEN 593 743 150

PPOL XI 553 702 149

HERB’S S.DUCKS 638 783 145

XBOX FC 570 713 143

VICE SQUAD 615 755 140

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 614 752 138

T.T.N VAILES 447 577 130

ALL-STARS 576 696 120

HIGHLIGHTS 458 574 116

BAFFIE’S BOYS 481 579 98

SHE.W.C.WINS! 627 712 85

These are the scores as of 2:00pm, Monday 21st December. The next update will be on Tuesday 29th December after the Christmas Period.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

The Week Ahead

Today

Of the action today focus is on the 4 prem games taking place. United should bounce back to winning ways with a 3-0 home victory against Wolves. Elsewhere it may finish Brum 0 v 0 Blackburn, Bolton 3 v 1 West Ham and Sunderland 1 v 1 Villa.

Wednesday

More Prem action with A mouth-watering tie at White Hart Lane the pick of them (Live on Sky). I do expect goals and think that Spurs may pinch this one 3-2. Elsewhere Arsenal should win at Burnley (2-0), Chelsea should wallop Pompey (4-0) and Liverpool must bounce back with a win at home to Wigan. I think they will win 3-1. There is also a must win game for Fulham in Basel. Only a win will do if they are to progress to the next round and although it won’t be easy I think they are in good form and can come away with a 1-0 win.

Thursday

Everton are already through so will rest players at home to BATE. I still think they may win (2-1).

Friday

League Two action with Grimsby facing Morecambe and Hereford taking on Lincoln. I fancy 2-1 victories for Morecambe and Hereford.

Saturday

Full list of fixtures. The 12:45 Live game will see Pompey take on Liverpool. This will be tough for Liverpool and I fancy Portsmouth to snatch a point with a 1-1 draw. At 3pm we will see United travel to Fulham and Man City host Sunderland. Difficult game for United but with players slowly returning from injuries I think they may win this game 2-1. Man City should win 3-1. Stoke have a very difficult game away to Villa but I have to back my boys to get a point (1-1). City should beat a poor Reading side (3-1), The Gas could get a 1-1 draw at Tranmere and The Gills have a good chance of picking up 3pts with a 2-1 home win against Stockport.

Sunday

Real Bristol are at home to Downend in the Quarter-Final of The GFA Senior Cup. This will be very tough but I fancy a 3-1 home win.

Prem action as Wolves play Burnley (1:30k.o). Wolves have been decent enough at home and I fancy them 2-0. 3pm k.o for Everton as they host Brum and another 2-0 home win looks about right. The Live 4pm k.o will see Chelsea at West Ham. West Ham are just too poor at the moment so a 3-0 Chelsea win could be on the cards.

Cracking championship game as Newcastle face Boro in a local derby which kicks off at 1pm. I actually fancy Boro to get a 1-1 draw.

Top Tip: Saturday Treble: Drogba is on fire at the moment. Back him to score anytime against Pompey on Wednesday and anytime against West Ham on Sunday. This should pay around 3/1 and I think this is great value for a striker to score against two teams who are in the relegation zone!

Dream team update

Here are the scores after the games played so far in December. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for December. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To December Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 10:00am, Tuesday 15th December.

3) Your Score For December

Dicky takes over at the top with a very healthy 148 points. Nina has climbed from 11th to 2nd and with 138 points trails by just 10. With Weeksy just 6pts further back on 132 and Magic on 125 in 4th it is still all to play for. Palmer on 113 completes the Top 5. Keep an eye out too for The Gaffer who climbed from 13th to 6th.

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 844 points. Dicky is now 2nd on 757pts. Herbert 3nd on 732pts and Nina has climbed from 7th to 4rd with a total of 728pts. Then we have Magic 5th on 718 and Dave 6th (707pts).

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Man City Goalkeeper Shay Given (74 points), Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen (1118 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (116 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 190 points.

Team Name Prev Now Dec

GET TO THE GYM XI 609 757 148

FIORENTNINA 590 728 138

BRISTOL SPURS 561 693 132

MAGIC MEN 593 718 125

1st CLASS 568 681 113

BUDDING STARS 740 844 104

PPOL XI 553 649 96

T.T.N VAILES 447 541 94

HERB’S S.DUCKS 638 732 94

HIGHLIGHTS 458 552 94

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 614 707 93

XBOX FC 570 663 93

VICE SQUAD 615 698 83

ALL-STARS 576 648 72

BAFFIE’S BOYS 481 534 53

SHE.W.C.WINS! 627 668 41

These are the scores as of 10:00am, Tuesday 15th December. The next update will be on Monday 21st December after this weeks Europa League and Premiership Matches.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Hot streak continues as Real go 6 points clear

Read more under reports.

Scott responds to press reports

It has been reported in some of the local and national newspapers that there has been some turmoil at the club recently with one player walking away from Sundays training session and then a rift breaking out at last nights session in Southmead. The news broke just days after turmoil was reported at both Stoke City and QPR.

The Gaffer of Real Bristol has released the following statement:

‘’The events that have happened at QPR and Stoke are unfortunate but in football these things happen. I am not going to go into details about what may and may not have happened this week as what happens within the club stays within the club. All I will say is that there has been an incident and it has been dealt with internally by the football club. As always the press have blown everything out of proportion and there is no story here. I have had a chat with certain people and it ends there. The fans can be assured that team spirit remains high. This club has a huge game on Sunday at BAWA and that is what we remained focus on’’.

Real Bristol go into the game at BAWA with a 3point lead at the top of the table over their rivals. With a game in hand this is potentially a 6 point lead but a win for the hosts will really open things up at the top of the table and Real Bristol Manager Scott Budding is under no illusions in terms of the task that lies ahead.

‘’This week is a massive game for this club. A lot of the talk in recent weeks has been about the delayed GFA Cup Quarter Final with Downend and so this game has really gone quite unnoticed but the truth is that they are both huge games for us. In fact, if we could only win one of these fixtures the BAWA game is the one I would chose to win. The cup runs are great for everyone at the club but the league is our bread and butter and to think that come Sunday night we could be 6 points clear with a game in hand is remarkable.

We have had a few weeks off at a time when we were really on a roll but I know the lads will still be ready and if there is one team we will always be up for it is BAWA. We know what a good side they are and they have some good individuals but we are also aware of our own ability and we will go into the game with a positive attitude and believing we can come away with the 3 points. What we mustn’t do is think that because we have won all our games so far that it automatically gives us the right to win the next one. We cannot and will not take them for granted’’.

Scott hopes to have a full squad to choose from with just two doubts with Vice-Captain Jason Steele missing training yesterday due to flu and Matthew Collier-Brown missing training once again adding to the speculation that he is set for a transfer in the January window. Scott had this to say:

‘’ Jason didn’t train with the rest of the lads yesterday as he is suffering with the flu. He still has a chance of being fit for Sunday and we hope he will be available. Like the rest of the team he has been in terrific form. It is true that MCB didn’t train again yesterday but it is believed that he is still alive and he should be there on Sunday. We have not received any offers for MCB but as far as the club is concerned we are not looking to sell MCB or any other player.’’

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the games played so far in December. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for December. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To December Comp)

2) Your Total Score As Of 9:00pm, Monday 7th December.

3) Your Score For December

The Gaffer finds himself in unfamiliar territory with just 3 people below him in the monthly standings. Matt Steele leads the way with an impressive 80 points but Shane is hot on his heels with 74 points and Dick is just 6 points further back in 3rd place with 68 points. With just 40 points separating 1st to 14th it can and probably will change dramatically as the month unfolds.

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 782 points. Herbs extends the gap from 2nd to 3rd place. Herbs now has 697points with Dick 3rd on 677. Magic climbs into 4th (673) with Claire completing the Top 5 (671). Dave Herbert drops out of The Top 5 for the first time since October 15th. A good start to December means Vailesy has relegated Jordan to last place (504 to 502 points respectively).

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Man City Goalkeeper Shay Given (76 points), Chelsea’s John Terry (109 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (114 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 169 points.

Team Name Prev Now Dec

MAGIC MEN 593 673 80

HIGHLIGHTS 458 532 74

GET TO THE GYM XI 609 677 68

HERB’S S.DUCKS 638 697 59

BRISTOL SPURS 561 618 57

T.T.N VAILES 447 504 57

PPOL XI 553 608 55

1st CLASS 568 622 54

XBOX FC 570 623 53

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 614 667 53

FIORENTNINA 590 640 50

SHE.W.C.WINS! 627 671 44

BUDDING STARS 740 782 42

VICE SQUAD 615 655 40

ALL-STARS 576 609 33

BAFFIE’S BOYS 481 502 21

These are the scores as of 21:00, Monday 7th December. The next update will be on Monday 14th December after this weeks Champions League and Premiership Matches.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the last round of games for November. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for November. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To Nov Comp)

2) Your Score For November

3) Your Total Score As Of 2:00pm, Tuesday 1st December.

The Gaffer wins again with 185pts, 13 clear of Palmer in second place. Bowler with 160pts pips Matt Steele by 2 pts to secure 3rd spot. Congrats to the three winners who pick up £30, £20 and £10 respectively.

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 740 points. Herbs climbs from 5th to 2nd on 638 points. Claire (627), Dave (614) and Dick (609) complete the top 5 spaces. This means the lead at the top is extended from 96 points to a 102 point lead for The Gaffer but there is a very, very long way to go!!!!

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Peter Cech of Chelsea (68 points), Chelsea’s John Terry (111 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (112 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 161 points.

Team Name Prev Nov Now

BUDDING STARS 555 185 740

1st CLASS 396 172 568

ALL-STARS 416 160 576

MAGIC MEN 435 158 593

FIORENTNINA 455 135 590

GET TO THE GYM XI 474 135 609

HERB’S S.DUCKS 504 134 638

SHE.W.C.WINS! 495 132 627

PPOL XI 427 126 553

T.T.N VAILES 323 124 447

VICE SQUAD 491 124 615

XBOX FC 449 121 570

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 508 106 614

BRISTOL SPURS 455 106 561

HIGHLIGHTS 387 71 458

BAFFIE’S BOYS 429 52 481

These are the scores as of 14:00, Tuesday 1st December. Apologies for the delay but been off work for a week and all stuff I need is at work. Will calculate the scores for December by tomorrow night so they should be on the website either Tuesday evening or Wednesday.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

The Week Ahead

Due to my sickness from work ‘The Week Ahead’ had a week off but now its back……………………

Today

Championship action with Watford playing QPR. Watford have produced the goods at home this season and a 2-0 home win looks the bet.

Tuesday

Champions League Action returns and I fancy United to get the 1 point they need to win Group B with a 1-1 draw. Chelsea, although they have nothing to play for, should cruise to a 4-0 home win against Apoel Nicosia.

In the FA Cup I expect Leeds to win 2-0 at Elland round against Kettering to secure a third round game at Old Trafford.

Bristol City are struggling to score goals right now and face a tough Championship Fixture away to Leicester and a 2-1 win for The Foxes looks the bet here.

In League One The Gas travel to Charlton and will lose 2-0. The Gills could bounce back from their defeat at The Mem by beating Yeovil at home 3-1.

Wednesday

Liverpool will grace us with their presence for the last time in this seasons competition (lol). They face Fiorentina at home. With nothing at stake for the hosts a 1-1 draw looks good.Arsenal will be happy with a draw in Olympiakos and another 1-1 draw looks likely. Rangers will surely round off a miserable European campaign by getting thrashed in Sevilla (3-0).

Coventry v Newcastle play in the Championship and with these teams at opposite ends of the table I will predict a 2-1 away win for The Toon.

Thursday

No Action

Friday

Brighton v Colchester in League One is the only action and I will predict a 1-0 win for the home side.

Saturday

Full list of fixtures. Sky Sports has Stoke City v Wigan (12:45pm k.o) and with Stokes home form and Wigans away form a 2-0 win for The Potters looks good.

At 3pm Chelsea should beat Everton at The Bridge (2-0). Bristol City will get beat at Doncaster (2-1) in The Championship but The Gas may have more luck in League One when they host Swindon (2-1 Rovers). The Gills will get beat 2-0 at Huddersfield.

At 5:45pm Live Action comes from Old Trafford with United hosting Villa. This will not be easy but I do fancy United to sneak it 2-1.

Sunday

Real Bristol are away to BAWA. BAWA know they need to win to stay in contention but they will be up against it when the leaders visit them and Real look good value for a 4-1 victory.

Liverpool face Arsenal at 4pm Live On Sky. Should be a classic. Think this could end up 2-2. The earlier game (1:15 k.o) will see Boro host Cardiff and with Kitson and Lita hitting form for Boro they could win this one 3-1.

X-Factor final: Would like Olly to win but Joe WILL win.

Top Tip: Saturday Treble: Huddersfield To Bt Gills, Stoke To Bt Wigan and Chelsea to Bt Everton.

Real Bristol Talk To Bath Star (Not Jordan Lol)

Real Bristol had the chance to catch up with former Bristol Rovers Captain and current Bath City midfield star Lewis Hogg ahead of Saturdays FA Cup 2nd Round home tie against Forest Green Rovers. Real Bristols very own Aaron Vailes posed the questions for an exclusive interview for www.real-bristolfc.co.uk.

AV: ‘’Lewis. A big game against tough opponents in this 2nd round FA Cup tie. How do you feel it will go?’’

LH: “I think that Bath City really has what it takes to make it to the third round. It is great that a team like Bath City are being recognised nationally because of this great run we are having. The FA Cup really is magical and this is the reason why.”

It is a strange tie in the sense that the southwest is hardly renowned for a surplus of top end teams. However a pattern is starting to emerge when we look at recent FA Cup runs. Last year Hallen FC almost made it

to the first round proper, losing narrowly to fellow minnows Canvey Island. This year we had Paulton Rovers who beyond all expectations managed to find there way to the 1st round proper where they were awarded

with a dream tie against high flying Norwich, who clearly outclassed them at the Athletic Field 7-0, and this year we also have representatives Bath City and Forest Green Rovers battling it out against each other for a

place in the 3rd round draw.

Based on current form neither side seem to be running away in the particular leagues. Forest Green will be favourites on the day being a league higher but they have scored just 17 goals and conceded 40 in only 20 games. Conceding an average of 2 goals per game is not a great record. Bath City however are sitting mid-table in the Blue Square Southern League.

AV: ‘’Based on current form and looking at the tables what you think the result will be Lewis?’’

LH: “I think that we have what it takes to win 2-1 against Forest Green, on our day we are capable of beating quite a lot of teams. It is a real good bunch of lads here and there is a lot of belief within the team. It will be a great atmosphere on the day I imagine there will be about 2500 people attending the game. The 3rd round is all we want though. It is great to know we are this close to rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s greatest players, a chance that doesn’t come up often at this level. We have to concentrate and get the job done. We have worked to hard to not let it slip now.”

Real would like to thank Lewis for taking the time to answer some of our questions and who knows, if Bath City do win we might be hearing from him again in the near future.

Good luck to Lewis and to Bath City for Saturday.

The Week Ahead

After the Stag do ‘The Week Ahead’ had a week off but we are back and hopefully a successful ‘Top Tip’ coming your way…….

Today

Championship action Live on Sky Sports 1 with Preston hosting Newcastle. This could be a cracker as Newcastle are flying high but Preston are superb at home. Michael Tonge is set to make his debut following his loan move from Stoke and I fancy him to help Preston to a 2-1 victory!

Tuesday

Champions League Action returns and all eyes will be on Liverpool and Rafa Benitez. They have to win in Debrecen and hope Lyon do them a favour and get something at Fiorentina. I think Liverpool will win 2-0 but fancy Fiorentina to beat Lyon 2-1 which will eliminate Liverpool from the Champions League. What a shame! Arsenal are virtually already through and will beat Liege at The Emirates 3-1. The other standout tie is Barcelona v Inter. Barca may have one eye on the big league game with Madrid but they really need the win here as 1 point separates all 4 teams in Group F. I think this one will finish 2-1 Barca.

In League One The Gas travel to Charlton and will lose 2-0. The Gills could bounce back from their defeat at The Mem by beating Yeovil at home 3-1.

Wednesday

United are though but should have no problems at Old Trafford against Besiktas (2-0 home win). Chelsea face a tricky game in Porto. They have already qualified so will probably be happy enough with the 1-1 draw I am predicting. Premier League Action with Fulham hosting Blackburn (0-0) and Hull facing Everton (1-2).

Thursday

No Action

Friday

No Action

Saturday

Full list of fixtures. At 3pm United travel to Pompey. United should win (2-0). Stoke face Blackburn at Ewood Park (0-0), City face Sheff Utd (1-0) and in The 2nd Round of The FA Cup Gillingham should progress with a home victory over Burton Albion (2-1). Also in Round Two we have Bath City hosting Forest Green Rovers. It is terrific than one of these sides will be in the draw for round 3 when the hug clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea and Stoke come into the tournament. I fancy Forest Green to pinch this one (2-1).

5:30pm kick off on Sky will see goals as Spurs travel to Villa. I can see an entertaining 2-2 draw here.

Sunday

Real Bristol are away to Breakaways. Breakaways seem to be very up and down with some good results and some bad ones. I don’t expect too many issues for the League Leaders though and predict a 6-0 victory.

3 games and 3 local derbies in The Prem. It’s a 12 noon kick off at Molineaux as Wolves face Brum. I fancy Wolves to take the 3 points with a hard fought 1-0 victory. Everton face Liverpool (1:30ko) at Goodison and after the midweek exit from the Champions League a defeat here would surely seal Rafa’s fate. I don’t think they will lose though and I actually think they may win 1-0. The 4pm kick off will see Arsenal face Chelsea at The Emirates. The title race could be back on with a 2-1 win for The Gunners.

Barcelona play Real Madrid (6pm kick off) on Sky and again there has to be goals. Could be 2-2 again!

Top Tip: Over 2.5 goals in the following 2 games: Villa v Spurs, Barca v Real Madrid and Under 2.5 goals in the Blackburn v Stoke game. Looks a great treble!

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the latest round of games for November. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for November. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To Nov Comp)

2) Your Score For November So Far

3) Your Total Score As Of 2:00pm, Monday 23rd November.

The Gaffer leads the way with 118pts, largely due to Jermaine Defoe bagging 5 goals. Palmer climbs to 2nd (105pts) after Ireland, Valencia and Bent all scored well this weekend. Bowler (97pts), Dick (96pts) and Matt Steele (87pts) complete the top5 positions. Browner is the highest climber moving from bottom to 6th in the space of a week.

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 673 points. Dave (577), Claire (570), Dick (570) and Herbs (562) complete the top 5 spaces. A healthy 96 point lead for The Gaffer but there is a very, very long way to go. Poor Vailesy is last on 382 points so trails by a massive 291 points!!!!

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Peter Cech of Chelsea (52 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (96 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (109 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 141 points.

Team Name Prev Nov Now

BUDDING STARS 555 118 673

1st CLASS 396 105 501

ALL-STARS 416 97 513

GET TO THE GYM XI 474 96 570

MAGIC MEN 435 87 522

XBOX FC 449 83 532

SHE.W.C.WINS! 495 75 570

PPOL XI 427 75 502

SAGNA’S ALL SORTS 508 69 577

FIORENTNINA 455 66 521

BRISTOL SPURS 455 63 518

T.T.N VAILES 323 59 382

HERB’S S.DUCKS 504 58 562

VICE SQUAD 491 57 548

HIGHLIGHTS 387 56 443

BAFFIE’S BOYS 429 23 452

These are the scores as of 14:00, Monday 23rd November. The next update will be on Tuesday 1st December after the remaining games in November have been played. With Champions League and Premiership games still to come this month there are sure to be few twists.

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR TRANSFERS HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH AND YOUR AMENDED TEAMS CAN BE VIEWED UNDER ‘FUN STUFF’.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the first (proper) round of games for November. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for November. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (Prior To Nov Comp)

2) Your Score For November So Far

3) Your Total Score As Of 3:00pm, Tuesday 10th November.

The Gaffer continues to tick along nicely with 62 points scored so far this month (Joint 2nd with Dicky) but it is Collier-Browner who leads the way with 67 points. Bowler and Douglas find themselves at a different end of the table than they are used to as they occupy 4th spot along with Weeksy (all on 55pts). Its early days though and only 42 points separate the entire 16 participants!

The Gaffer leads the way overall with 617 points. Dave (548), Claire (542), Dick (536) and Herbs (534) complete the top 5 spaces. A healthy 69 point lead for The Gaffer but there is a very, very long way to go. 38 points separate Dave in 2nd and Weeksy in 8th!!!!

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Shay Given of Man City (47 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (96 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (109 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 141 points.

Team Name Prev Nov Now

XBOX FC 449 67 516

BUDDING STARS 555 62 617

GET TO THE GYM XI 474 62 536

ALL-STARS 416 55 471

HIGHLIGHTS 387 55 442

BRISTOL SPURS 455 55 510

SHE.W.C.WINS! 495 47 542

1st CLASS 396 45 441

MAGIC MEN 435 44 479

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 508 40 548

T.T.N VAILES 323 35 358

VICE SQUAD 491 33 524

FIORENTNINA 455 31 486

HERB’S S.DUCKS 504 30 534

BAFFIE’S BOYS 429 26 455

PPOL XI 427 25 452

These are the scores as of 15:00, Tuesday 10th November. The next update will be on Monday 23rd November after the International break and next round of Premier League games.

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR TRANSFERS HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH AND YOUR AMENDED TEAMS CAN BE VIEWED UNDER ‘FUN STUFF’.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Real Xmas party booked

Real have booked their Xmas party for Saturday 19th December. The venue is the village hall which claims to be the cheapest night ever. Stay tuned for more.

Real net grant

Real Bristol have been awarded £450 from the sports foundation. Real have purchased a new full size samba goal, training equipment, water bottles and mitre match balls. The goods should be with us in a week or 2.

The Week Ahead

The Old Firm defied the odds and grabbed draws in Europe to mess up the Top Tip last week. Lets see what lies ahead this week:

Monday

Liverpool v Brum is an 8pm kick off, live on ESPN. Benitez surely needs a win to save his job. I think he will get it with a comfortable 3-0 victory. Liverpool fans will probably be hoping they get beat so they do get rid of him. In the Championship Barnsley host Sheff Utd (7:45 kick off live on Sky Sports 1). This will be fiery I am sure and Sheff United really need something after a dreadful run of results. A 1-1 draw looks the bet. In the FA Cup I expect a 2-0 win for Millwall against AFC Wimbledon.

Tuesday

JPT Action. Those gamblers out there – LEAVE IT ALONE. These JPT games are not to gamble on. The one game you should be able to rely on is Live on Sky Sports 1 (7:45 K.O). Leeds face Grimsby at Elland Road and there can only be one winner. 3-0 to Leeds.

Wednesday

One game and its live on Sky Sports 1 (7:45 K.O). Will predict Southampton 2 v 0 Charlton.

Thursday

No Games.

Friday

Only action is again Live on Sky Sports 1(8pm K.O). Northern Ireland U21’s will surely be no match for Germany U21’s and could be on the worng end of a 3-1 scoreline. The Gaffer and 13 others fly out to Dublin for his stag do. It’s gonna get messy! First up its F1 Go-Karting on Friday.

Saturday

Paintballing Saturday morning for the stag party. Lots of football action with the following selected: Brazil 1 v 1 England, N.Ireland 1 v 1 Serbia, Wales 0 v 0 Scotland. World Cup Play Off Qualifying Games: Greece 2 v 1 Ukraine, Portugal 3 v 1 Bosnia, Russia 2 v 0 Slovenia and The Stag party will be in Dublin cheering on Rep.Ireland to a 2-1 win against France.

Sunday

The Stag party will be recovering from the night before arriving back at Bristol Airport at 9:30pm. No football action on Sunday anywhere.

Top Tip: Jordan to be sick first Liverpool, Millwall (Both Monday) and Leeds (Tuesday) all to win. Banker treble!

10/10 after a Real A1 performance

Fans witnessed a remarkable achievement this morning when Real Bristol beat fierce rivals A1 Sports 6-1 to make it 10 wins out of 10 (All comps). Click reports for more.

Real in Pullin Quarters

Real Bristol recieved a bie in the next round of Gilbert Pullin Cup. They are now in the quarters and will have to wait until next month to find out who they will play.

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the last round of games for October. There are 5 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for October. The table shows:

1) Your Previous Total (as of Midnight Sep 30th)

2) Your Total Score As Of Midnight Oct 31st

3) Your Score For October

4) Your Score For November (Man City v Brum)

5) Your Total Score As Of 10:00am, Tuesday 3rd November.

The Gaffer had a great last week to win the October competition and open up a healthy lead at the top. Nina switched places with Dave Herbert and they finish 2nd and 3rd respectively for October.

Congrats to ME (£30), NINA (£20) & DAVE (£10)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mrs Gaffer is back up to second in the overall standings on 511 trailing her fiancé by 60 points. Dave Herbert is just 3 points further back with Herbert another 4pts further back on 504.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Wolves Jody Craddock. Top Scorers for each position are Shay Given of Man City (49 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (93 points), Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard (96 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 124 points.

Team Name Prev Oct 31st Oct Nov Now

BUDDING STARS 340 555 215 16 571

FIORENTNINA 259 455 196 - 455

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 319 508 189 - 508

BAFFIE’S BOYS 257 429 172 - 429

HERB’S S.DUCKS 341 504 163 - 504

VICE SQUAD 330 491 161 - 491

HIGHLIGHTS 242 387 145 24 411

ALL-STARS 271 416 145 - 416

SHE.W.C.WINS! 362 495 133 16 511

GET TO THE GYM XI 344 474 130 16 490

XBOX FC 329 449 120 - 449

MAGIC MEN 309 435 126 - 435

1st CLASS 272 396 125 2 398

BRISTOL SPURS 335 455 120 4 459

T.T.N VAILES 207 323 116 - 323

PPOL XI 326 427 101 - 427

These are the scores as of 10:00, Tuesday 3rd November. The next update will be on Monday after the midweek European games and the weekends Premier League games.

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR TRANSFERS HAVE NOW GONE THROUGH AND YOUR AMENDED TEAMS CAN BE VIEWED UNDER ‘FUN STUFF’.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Real draw Downend at home in GFA Quarters

Real Bristol will face Downend at home in the quarter finals of the GFA Cup. The Regional league PRem club only have 1 league win this season and 2 defeats at the hands of table toppers Sporting Bristol and Lebeq.

Quarter final draw:

Hanham Sunday Vs Stapleton Sunday

Lebeq Vs Ashton

Real Vs Downend

Beaufort Vs Easton Cowboys Sunday

The Week Ahead

Fresh off the back of a correct ‘Top Tip’ (Were you on?) here is the latest edition of ‘The Week Ahead).

Today

Championship Action with Newcastle at Bramall Lane to take on Sheff Utd. This looks tough so will go for 1-1.

Tuesday

Champions League action returns and Chelsea travel to play Atletico Madrid. This will not be as easy as it proved to be at The Bridge and I fancy a 1-1 draw. United host CSKA Moscow and should have no problems cruising to a 3-0 victory at Old Trafford. The other stand out tie will see Real Madrid away to Milan. I fancy a lot of goals again and will plump for a 2-2 draw.

Wednesday

More British interest in the Champions League with Arsenal home to AZ Alkmaar. They shouldn’t find this too tricky so will say 2-0 to The Gunners. Liverpool really need a win in Lyon but I really think 0-0 looks the bet there. Rangers have all sorts of issues and will get beat at Unirea Urziceni 3-1. Premiership action at Upton Park. West Ham in much need of 3 points against Villa. This has a draw written all over it, 1-1.

Thursday

Europe League action with 3 British clubs in action but unfortunately I cant see a win for any of them. Everton host Benfica in what looks like the biggest opportunity for a British win but they got hammered by Benfica and are surely focusing on improving their league position. Add to this they are missing a load of players through injury and I just cannot see a home win. Will say 0-0. Fulham will lose 2-0 at Roma and Celtic have little chance at Hamburg and could also lose 2-0.

Friday

FA Cup Action. The Gas may be haunted by the return of Rickie Lambert as I fancy The Saints to win 2-1. Huddersfield will beat Dag & Red 2-1 and Notts County will win 2-0 in the other first round tie. Derby host Coventry in The Championship. I fancy Derby to win 2-1.

Saturday

Full fixture list with Arsenal live on TV (5:30 k.o) away at Wolves. They will surely be too good for Wolves (3-0 win). The Gills host Southend in Round One of the FA Cup and The Gills will be in the hat after a 1-0 home win. City travel to Forest and are not in the best of form. Adebola and Co to beat City 2-1. In The FA Cp keep a look out for Paulton Rovers who play Norwich. A massive day for this local club against one of the biggest clubs in the competition at this stage. I think Norwich will prove way too strong and will go for a 6-0 win (hope I am wrong).

Sunday

Real Bristol are at home against A1 as top plays second. I fancy Real Bristol to make it 10 wins out of 10 with a hard fought 4-0 victory. Great TV coverage on Sunday with Hull facing Stoke (1 30ko) up first. Stoke could be about to hammer the nail into Phil Browns coffin. I will go for a repeat in last season scoreline in this fixture – a 2-0 win for The Potters. West Ham v Everton and Wigan v Fulham both kick off at 3pm (2 x 1-1 draws perhaps) with the 2nd TV game coming from Stamford Bridge where Chelsea host United. This will be a hell of a game and I am going to say it will finish 2-2.

Top Tip: Rangers (Wed), Celtic and Fulham (Both Thurs) all to lose away from home in Europe .

Real On Cloud Nine As They Reach Quarter Finals

In horrible conditions Real Bristol brushed aside Regional Premier Division side AXA 2-0 to reach the Quarter-Finals of the GFA Premier Cup. A goal from Matt Steele in each half secured the victory in Pilning that now means Real Bristol have won 9 / 9 matches so far this season.

First Half

Real were up against the wind first half and should have struggled but did really well in the blustery conditions and still manage to create chances. They went close on a few occasions with Shane Douglas hitting the post and Matt Steele hitting the bar with a terrific overhead kick. With some good balls into the box from both channels Real were looking strong. The first goal came on the half hour mark. Smithy found Matt Steele with a pass and he turned the defender before shooting on the turn with his left foot. The keeper should have done better but it somehow found its way past him to the delight of the home fans. When called upon the defence stood strong and Lips was up to the task and on hand to make a save when required.

Half Time: Real Bristol 1 v 0 AXA

Second Half

Now playing with the wind you would perhaps have thought the game was now a forgone conclusion. You would be wrong. Playing with such a strong wind proved to be very difficult and the opening stages saw both teams getting forward. Jason tested their keeper early on in the half with two shots well struck from outside the area. Unfortunately the keeper got down well to save them both. Vailesy was extremely unlucky when he rose well to head a corner goalwards. The ball came back off the inside of the post before being cleared. A great opportunity for a second came when Shane Douglas was judged to have been fouled inside the area and the ref pointed to the spot. Smithy stepped up but sent the kick over the crossbar. 3 substitutions were made with Bowler, Collier-Browner and Macey replacing Dick,Smithy and Weeksy respectively. The crucial second goal finally arrived, and it was in bizarre fashion. A free kick deep in our own half was taken by Lips and wind assisted the ball bounced over the goalkeeper. He turned to see the ball come back off the inside of the post and fall straight to Matt Steele who made no mistake from 6 yards. Collier-Browner went close to making it 3-0 towards the end, cutting in from the left before shooting wide with the outside of his right foot.

Full Time: Real Bristol 2 v 0 AXA

Match Stats

Real Bristol AXA

61% Possession 39%

9 Shots On Target 3

5 Shots Off Target 6

7 Corners 4

2 Offsides 2

0 Yellow cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

MAN OF THE MATCH: Jason Steele. Another battling, box-to-box performance.

Managers Comments

‘’ The conditions today were atrocious with really strong winds making it very difficult for both teams. Having said that both teams did get the ball down and looked to play and that was great to see. I thought we played some fantastic stuff and the desire that my lads have shown is terrific. Against that wind in the first half we did brilliantly and fully deserved our lead at the break. We created some good chance and played some truly sexy football at times given the conditions. To reach the last 8 of the GFA Premier Cup is a fantastic achievement and the players deserve a lot of credit for the way they are performing. To have won all 9 fixtures so far this season is terrific and if we keep working hard then that run can continue. There is no easy game in the ¼ finals but I would like a home tie. ‘’

The Gaffer

Player Ratings

Lips 7.5 - Not overly worked but he was good vocally and did really well when called upon.

Herbs 7.5 - Best display of his so far this season. Used the midfield well keeping the ball on the ground.

Vailesy 7.5 - Solid performance. Coped well with the long ball in the wind and composed in possession.

Palmer 7.5 - Excellent as always. Similar story to Vailesy.

Weeksy 8 - Put in a great shift and did well defending and supporting attacks.

Jordan 8 - Worked his socks off. Crunching tackles and great leadership by the skipper.

Jason 8 - M.O.T.M. The In-form midfielder showed his class with good tackling, passing and decent attempts at goal.

Shane 7.5 - Supported attacks well and linked up really well with the other 2 amigos also.

Smithy 7.5 - Got some decent balls into the box in the first half. An assist for the opening goal too!

Dick 7.5 - Got at his full back on several occasions and some good crosses put in.

Magic 8 - Another 2 goals and another good performance.

Subs

Bowler 6.5 - Difficult game to come on. Did well though and nearly got through a couple of times.

Collier-Browner 6.5 - As above really. Went close on one occasion with a shot towards the end.

Macey 6.5 - Slotted in nicely when Weeksy came off and didn’t put a foot wrong.

Goals

Matthew Steele 11

Smithy 7

Shane Douglas 6

Scott Bowler 6

Collier-Browner 5

Jason Steele 3

Aaron Vailes 3

Dick 2

Nik Weeks 1

Assists

Scott Bowler 12

Shane 5

Smithy 5

Matthew Steele 4

Weeksy 3

Jason 3

Jordan 2

Rusty 1

So Who Can We Play. Know Your Opposition.

The Quarter Final Draw will consist of the following:

1) Real Bristol

2) Downend

Experienced Regional Sunday Premier Division Side. Won Gilbert Pullin Cup last season. Only one league win from their 3 games but still manage to bag 11 goals in the process.

Round One: 8-2 (Away v Fishponds Town) Last 16: 4-3 AET (Away v All Saints)

3) Ashton

Bristol & Wessex Prem Side. 2 wins from 3 games with a +6 goal difference.

Round One: 3-1 (Home v Breakaways) Last 16: 2-1 (Home v Southmead Community Sports Sunday)

4) Easton Cowboys

Bristol & District Sunday Premier Division Side. Beaten Finalists In Last Years GFA Senior Cup Final. Only 1 league win so far this season but although they have a -9 goal difference from their 6 games they have had some very tough fixtures (Le Beq, Hanham etc).

Round One: 2-0 (Away v Longwell Green Sports Sunday) Last 16: 4-1 (Home v UWE Dynamics)

5) Le Beq FC

Bristol Regional Sunday Premier Division Side. 3rd so far this season with 2 wins from 4 games. Well established side winning many titles.

Round One: 3-2 (Home v Sportsman) Last 16: 2-1 (Home v Katsura)

6) Beaufort

Bristol & District Sunday Premier Division Side. Excellent team who fight for title each year with Le Beq and Hanham Sunday. Currently 3rd this season and hot on the heels of the big two again. Beat Le Beq Tavern Courage (The Best Le Beq) in the last 16.

Round One: 8-1 (Away v Quayside). Last 16: 3-3 AET, 5-3 on Pens (Away v Le Beq Tavern Courage)

7) Stapleton Sunday

Regional Sunday Premier Division Side. Second in the table with 3 wins from 5 games scoring 13 goals in the process and conceding 7.

Round One: 5-2 (Away v The Castle) Last 16: 8-6 (Home v AFC Redland)

8) Hanham Sunday

Bristol & District Sunday Premier Division Side. Current holders of The GFA Senior Cup. Top of the league this season with 5 wins from 5 scoring 34 and conceding just 4.

Round One: 10-1 (Away v Shireway Sports) Last 16: Walkover (Away v Post Office Sports)

Le Beq 8 it as they are be

Le Beq Reserves 1

Real Bristol 3

Real made it 8 wins out of 8 with a hard fought victory away to Le Beq reserves in Round Two of The Gilbert Pullin Cup. Apologies there is not much of a report but was very busy on the sideline this week.

5 - Le Beq force several corners, one after the other but it comes to nothing.

12 - Le Beq Shoot over.

15 - Jason flies in with a crunching tackle that is late and he is shown a yellow card.

18 - Le Beq Striker shoots wide

26 - Corner for Le Beq. Cleared.

35 - Gaol (1-0). Le Beq winger gets space down the left after beating two Real players. He sends in a great cross which results in Palmer heading into his own goal to give the home side the lead.

40 - Well worked move with a through ball finding Matt Steele. He rounds the keeper but the whistle goes as the linesman flags offside.

42 - Lips mashalls the ball out of play for a goal kick. In the process he goes shoulder to shoulder with the Le Beq forward. They sqaure up to one another and the Le Beq striker pushes his head into Lippys sending him to the ground. Lips gets back up and he is pushed off. The ref has seen it all and the Le Beq forward is shown a straight red card.

45 - HALF TIME: Le Beq Res 1 v 0 Real Bristol

53 - Substitution: Weeksy replaces Macey with Herbs moving over to RB.

60 - Goal (1-1). Smithy slides to send a through ball in Matt Steeles direction and makes no mistake, poking the ball past the Le Beq keeper to equalise for the visitors.

63 - Goal (1-2). The game is turned on his head in a matter of 3mins. Dick, on the half way line, nutmegs a defender before passing inside to Shane. He puts through a great ball for Matt Steele to run onto. He takes a great touch before sending the ball past the keeper.

69 - Goal (1-3). A third goal in a great 10 minute spell. Weeksy sends in a corner and Shane gets up really well to head goalwards. Its cleared off the line but falls straight to Aaron who smashes the ball home to make it 3-1.

80 - Dick sqaures to Matt Steele who has a great chance to kill the game off and bag his hat-trick but he shoots over the bar.

83 - A scramble in the box which sees Lips make a fantastic save before its cleared.

85 - Le Beq look certain to score from close range but Weeksy comes from nowhere and slides to block/tackle the Le Beq striker.

90 - FULL TIME: Le Beq Res 1 v 3 Real Bristol

MATCH STATS

Le Beq Real

58% Possession 42%

4 Shots On Target 6

6 Shots Off Target 3

10 Corners 2

3 Offsides 5

0 Yellow cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

Man Of The Match: Jason. The fans, players and the manager all agreed. Fantastic effort. Well deserved.

Managers Comments

‘The lads did really well again today. Considering the fact that changes were made going into such a big game I am really pleased to have beaten Le Beq Reserves on their own turf. The first half was always going to be difficult against such strong winds and although they may point to the sending off as the pivotal moment I do believe we would have still turned it around in the second half. Matt has taken his goals well, the 5 in midfield worked their socks off and the defence stood up to them and won their battles. Lips was immense also. Overall, I am pleased to get the win and it gives us further confidence going into our GFA Cup game against AXA, which I feel we be our biggest test yet.

I am not worried about who we get in the next round of The Gilbert Pullin. To be the best you have to beat the best. Would like a home draw though.

Very well done to all the lads. 8/8 this season. Lets keep our feet on the ground, keep working hard and take it one game at a time.’

The Gaffer

Player Ratings

Lips 8 - Did extremely well not to retaliate in ‘that incident’. Good keeping also throughout.

Herbert 7 - Winger got in behind a few times but looked to win tackles and headers where possible.

Vailsey 8 - Crucial 3rd goal to kill them off and defended well.

Palmer 8 - Fantastic leader at the back never put a foot wrong

Macey 7 - Passing not as precise as last week but defensively sound getting stuck in and competing in the air.

Shane 8 - Worked really hard and made himself available all the time. One assist too.

Jason 9 - He was everywhere with crunching tackles and neat passing. A great performance.

Jordan 8 - As always he ran his socks off for the cause and broke the play up really well.

Smithy 8 - Another impressive game for Smithy. Put in a huge shift and grabbed an assist for the equalizer.

Dick 7 - Really wasteful at time but in the final 3rd he put in some good low crosses and played big part in 2nd goal.

Matt S 8.5 - Scored two goals to turn game on its head. They say its hard playing up front on your own but he continues to do it superbly.

Subs

Weeksy 7 - Came on for last 37 mins and did brilliantly. Good in possessiona dn a goal saving tackle.

Dwain 6 - Came on for 15mins and made one of there guys bump to the floor. Ouch. Did all he could in time he had.

Goals

Matthew Steele 9

Smithy 7

Shane Douglas 6

Scott Bowler 6

Browner 5

Jason Steele 3

Aaron Vailes 3

Dick 2

Nik Weeks 1

Assists

Scott Bowler 12

Shane 5

Matthew Steele 4

Smithy 4

Weeksy 3

Jason 3

Jordan 2

Rusty 1

aten again

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after the 3rd round of games for October. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for October. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August and September Combined) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition).

Herbert has moved from 11th to 4th but it is still his younger brother who leads the way. Nina continues to do well. Could we have a girl winning two months in a row? She trails by 10 points in second place.

The Gaffer has the overall lead with 486 points. Weeksy having only added 20 point slips in the overall standings from joint second to 8th with Dave Herbert 2nd on 474 and Mrs Gaffer 3rd on 457.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Stoke Citys Abdoulaye Faye. Top Scorers for each position are David James of Pompey (43 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (86 points), Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard (86 points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 106 points.

Team Name Prev Now Oct

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 319 474 155

FIORENTNINA 259 404 145

BUDDING STARS 340 486 146

HERB’S S.DUCKS 341 473 132

BAFFIE’S BOYS 257 381 124

VICE SQUAD 330 429 99

HIGHLIGHTS 242 340 98

SHE.W.C.WINS! 362 457 95

ALL-STARS 271 366 95

XBOX FC 329 422 93

1st CLASS 272 363 91

MAGIC MEN 309 396 87

BRISTOL SPURS 335 416 81

T.T.N VAILES 207 285 78

GET TO THE GYM XI 344 417 73

PPOL XI 326 399 73

These are the scores as of 14:00, Tuesday 27th October. The next update will be on Monday after the midweek Carling Cup games and the weekends Premier League games.

PLEASE NOTE: MATCHES PLAYED SAT 31st OCT GO TOWARDS OCT COMP. GAMES PLAYED ON SUNDAY (1st NOV) GO TOWARDS NOV COMP.

2 DAYS LEFT TO GET TRANSFERS IN. CUT OFF IS 5PM THURSDAY!

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

The Week Ahead

Today

Carling Cup Action with Man Utd travelling to Barnsley. Despite certain rotation United should be too strong for their Championship opponents so I will predict a 2-0 win. Peterborough will surely be more focused on league matters and so a trip to Blackburn could see them on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline. After the heroic win at White Hart Lane The Potters travel to play Pompey where another 1-0 away win looks good. Sunderland to draw 1-1 with Villa and Spurs to bounce back with a 2-0 home win against Everton. In League One Rovers are on a slippery slope right now and should get beat at home to Leeds (3-1).

Wednesday

More Carling Cup Action: Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool, Chelsea 2-0 Bolton, Man City 3-0 Scunthorpe.

Thursday

No matches

Friday

QPR v Leicester in the Championship. After a good win at Reading last night Leicester will be feeling confident but QPR are a lot stronger than Reading and I expect a 2-0 home win. The Gills go to Southend in League One and in League Two Grimsby face Accrington Stanley. I am thinking a couple of 1-1 draws for these.

Saturday

Full fixture list with The North London derby kicking things off (12:45 k.o). Arsenal look good going forward and although they are conceding also I still think they will win this one (4-2). At 3pm the following take place: Bolton 1-1 Chelsea, Stoke 2-0 Wolves, Bristol City 2-1 Sheff Wed, MK Dons 4-1 Gas. The tea-time game (5:30 k.o) will see United take on Blackburn at Old Trafford. Blackburn conceded 6 at Arsenal, 5 at Chelsea and so 4 at Old Trafford seems possible (4-0).

Sunday

Real Bristol are at home for just the 3rd time in 9 matches when AXA come to play us in the GFA Cup. This will be a very big test for us but having won all 8 games so far a home win under conditions that AXA wont like looks on the cards (4-2). In the Prem Man City should win (2-1) away at Brum. Cardiff could win by the same scoreline at home to Forest. In league One it will finish Oldham 0-0 Huddersfield.

Top Tip: Unfortunately The Gas are there for the taking at the moment. Home to Leeds and then Away to MK Dons in the next 5 days. Looks like 2 defeats to me. Jump on the double!

Dream Team Update

NOTE: TRANSFERS IN BY 5PM THURSDAY 29TH OCT. THEY GO THROUGH AS OF 1ST NOV.

Here are the scores after the second round of games for October. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for October. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August and September Combined) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition).

Dave Herbert has moved from 2nd to 1st with a 2 point lead over Shane Douglas. Shane, whos team started really slow, are finally coming good and he is well in the mix for October having climbed 8 places this week. 3rd – 9th are separated by just 13 points so it really is all to play for.

Claire and The Gaffer (soon to be wed-wahoo!) are tied for the overall lead with 405 points. Dave Herbert and Weeksy are hot on their tails with 396 points.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Blackburn midfielder David Dunn. Top Scorers for each position are David James of Pompey (35 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (84 points), Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshvin and Blackburns David Dunn (64points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 96 points.

Team Name Prev Now Oct

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 319 396 76

HIGHLIGHTS 242 316 74

FIORENTNINA 259 325 66

BUDDING STARS 340 405 65

1st CLASS 272 335 63

BRISTOL SPURS 335 396 61

BAFFIE’S BOYS 257 314 57

MAGIC MEN 309 364 55

XBOX FC 329 382 53

GET TO THE GYM XI 344 389 45

HERB’S S.DUCKS 341 385 44

SHE.W.C.WINS! 362 405 43

T.T.N VAILES 207 250 43

PPOL XI 326 360 34

ALL-STARS 271 304 33

VICE SQUAD 330 357 27

These are the scores as of 12:00, Tuesday 20th October. The next update will be on Monday after the midweek European games and the weekends Premier League games. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

The week ahead

After two weeks absence ‘The Week Ahead’ returns……...

Today

Lots of action with Liverpool taking on Lyon at Anfield in the Champions League. I do fancy Liverpool to bounce back here with a 2-0 home win and although Arsenal have a tougher game away at AZ Alkmaar I do fancy them to get the win also, 2-1. Rangers host Unirea Urziceni and they look a good thing and should win (2-0). In the Championship City will beat Plymouth 3-1.

Wednesday

Utd kick off at 5:30pm in Moscow where a 0-0 draw looks a good bet and a good result. Chelsea host Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge and although the visitors can cause problems I expect Chelsea to be too strong (2-0). In Group C Real Madrid take on AC Milan in a mouth-watering clash at the Bernabeau. Even without Cristiano Ronaldo I think it looks like yet another home win (2-1).

Thursday

Europa League action with many games. British interest as Celtic face Hamburg at Celtic Park. Celtic don’t lose many at home but after failing to score against Motherwell last weekend it doesn’t give me much confidence against a strong Hamburg side. They may score but will say a 1-1 draw. Fulham, who have been resting players in their games in The Europe League, will surely put out a full strength side when they host Italian Giants Roma at Craven Cottage. I think they will get a creditable 1-1 draw. Earlier (6pm k.o) Everton may not be quite so successful when they travel to face Benfica. Unfortunately for Moyes and his side I think they will get beat 2-1.

Friday

Championship fixture between Watford and Sheff Wednesday. Watford will be in good spirit after beating Boro away on Saturday so a 2-1 home win against The Owls looks a good prediction.

Saturday

A few of our teams involved. Stoke have what looks a daunting trip to White Hart Lane and you have to be brave to think Stoke will get something here. My head is telling me 2-1 to Spurs but f#ck my head I am going with my heart and predicting a 2-2 draw. At 5:30 Chelsea take on Blackburn and with home advantage should cruise to a 3-0 win. City travel to Barnsley where 1-1 looks good and in League One The Gas have a local derby as they host Yeovil. Despite successive defeats I think The Gas will bounce back here and win 3-1. In the same division The Gills face Charlton and I fancy Herbs lads to spring a surprise here (2-1).

Sunday

Real travel to play Le Beq reserves in the Gilbert Pullin Cup. This is going to be a difficult game but as long as we take work hard and give it 100% then we should win (3-1). Liverpool face United at Anfield for a 2pm kick off and the fitness of Gerrard and Torres will play a big part in which way this game goes. The truth is I think they are both struggling for fitness and therefore I can see all 3 points heading to Old Trafford with United winning 1-0. Arsenal travel to West Ham and after what I think will be a tough work out at AZ I think they will probably leave West Ham with a solitary point (1-1). Elsewhere I will predict Bolton 1-1 Everton and Man City 4-0 Fulham.

Top Tip: United to draw in Moscow (Wed) and Celtic to draw hosting Hamburg (Thus). Looks to certain draws and at over 8/1 for the double has to be backed.

Real cruise to 7th win with 7 goals

Real crush Lloyd by 7 goals to nil. Read more under match reports

Real left short for Lloyd trip

Real will be without 4 players on their away visit to Lloyd Utd. Herbs, Weeksy, Rusty and Browner are all on winter holidays, Browner apparently has been looking forward to his "holiday" for some time now!

Dream Team updated

Here are the eagerly anticipated scores after for the first week of October. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for October. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August and September Combined) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition).

The Gaffer leads the way after a terrific start to October scoring 45 points. Dave Herbert trails by only 7 points and with 3rd – 12th separated by just 16 points it really is all to play for. With may games left this month is sure to be ‘all change’ at some point.

Claire still leads the season standings with 387 points. The Gaffer climbs several places to move into second and just 2 points off the lead. Dicky moves down from 2nd to 3rd with 365 points.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is a tie between Burnley Keeper Brian Jensen and Stoke City Striker Dave Kitson. Top Scorers for each position are David James of Pompey (36 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (81 points), Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas (60points) and Didier Drogba is the top scoring forward (and player) with 88 points.

Team Name Previous Current October

BUDDING STARS 340 --385 -----45

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 319 357---- 38

BAFFIE’S BOYS 257 ---290 -----33

1st CLASS ----272--- 301 -------29

BRISTOL SPURS 335 --363 ------28

SHE.W.C.WINS! 362 --387 -----25

XBOX FC----- 329---- 353 ------24

GET 2 GYM XI ---344 --367--- --23

MAGIC MEN ----309-- 331 ------22

HIGHLIGHTS ---242-- 263 ------21

FIORENTNINA 259--- 279------ 20

T.T.N VAILES 207---- 226------ 19

HERB’S S.DUCKS 341 -358 -----17

PPOL XI---- 326 -----335------- 9

ALL-STARS--- 271--- 278------ 7

VICE SQUAD- 330---- 333------ 3

These are the scores as of 14:00, Thursday 15th October. The next update will be on Monday after this weekends Premier League games.. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Adidas tracksuits and training jumpers are in

The waiting is over. Real have now recieved the new Adidas tracksuits and windbreakers and Real would like to say a huge "Thankyou" to new sponsors "The Old Tavern" in Stapleton for supplying the new clothing.

The tracksuits and windbreaks RRP at £55 for both and RBFC players are snapping them up for £20 for the lot. Players are also reminded that you can spread the payments out of either £1 a week, or £4 a month.

Super Real extend their lead

Real extended their lead and are now 5 points clear from second place after their 4-0 win over Lebeq Reserves.

In a fast flowing game, Real went in at half time 3-0 up thanks to Matt Steele, Scott Bowler and Shane Douglas getting on the score sheet.

Lebeq Reserves had a player sent off for a second bookable offence in the second half and when Scott Bowler was hacked down in the area, Smithy had a great chance to wrap the game up and he made no mistake from the penalty spot.

The referee had to blow up 15 minutes early due to constant abuse from the Lebeq sideline.

Real travel to Lebeq Reserves in Pullin Cup

Real will face Lebeq Reserves twice in 3 weeks as they were drawn against them in the Gilbert Pullin Cup which will be played on October 25th at Packers playing field, Whitehall.

Real back @ Greenway centre

Real's training sessions will now be held back at the Greenway Centre on Thursday's at 20.30 til 21.30. Players are asked to bring a £1 to cover the cost of the indoor court.

Short gets Real trial

Gaffer Scott Budding has taken Dwain Short on trial. Budding said "Dwain is looking to get involved and has set his sights on next season so he will training with us to get his fitness up.

Having played with Dwain a few years ago, I think he could be a great addition to the team"

Dream Team

As I am away for a week from today I will be calculating the dream team scores upon my return to the country.

I will be watching the Greece v Latvia World Cup Qualifier on advice of our European Scout. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Greek Football Association for the VIP invitation to the Karaiskákis Stadium and I am grateful for their hospitality.

With no Premier League games in England next weekend the dream team scores not being calculated yet wont cause to many problems.

If you want check yours in the mean time then feel free to work out your score by visiting www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Real winning streak continues

Real beat last season's 3 lions semi finalist's Quayside 8-3. Read more under match reports.

Dream Team Update

Here are final scores for September Dream Team. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for September. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition).

Monthly Winners:

1st £30 - Claire wins by an impressive 11 points and 30 clear of 3rd place.

2nd £20 – Smithy. 16pts clear of 3rd. The goals of Torres firing him to second.

3rd £10 – Dicky. Pipped Jordan by 1 point. Only 6 points separated 3rd – 8th!

Congratulations to Claire. A win for the girls that us lads should be ashamed of. Well done to all the winners this month.

Claire also leads the season standings by 18 points. Dick is second with Herbs and The Gaffer just 3pts and 4pts behind him. The Top 5 is completed by Weeksy who is 5 points behind The Gaffer.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is a tie between Burnley Keeper Brian Jensen and Stoke City Striker Dave Kitson. Top Scorers for each position are Robert Green of West Ham (36 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (74 points), Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun (51 points) and Wayne Rooney of Man Utd is the top scoring forward (and player) with 84 points.

Can you all please pay your money for September Dream Team ASAP.

October competition starts today! Europe league action tonight will start proceedings.

----------Team Sep Aug Current

SHE.W.C.WINS! 194 168 362

PPOL XI --------183 143 326

GET 2 THE GYM XI 167 177 344

BAFFIE’S BOYS 166 91 257

BRISTOL SPURS 164 171 335

VICE SQUAD ---163 167 330

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 160 159 319

BUDDING STARS 161 179 340

XBOX FC -------152 177 329

HERB’S S.DUCKS 152 189 341

FIORENTNINA -151 108 259

ALL-STARS ----134 137 271

MAGIC MEN ---129 180 309

1st CLASS ----128 144 272

T.T.N VAILES --103 104 207

HIGHLIGHTS --97 145 242

These are the scores as of 09:00, Thursday 1st October. The next update will be after this weekends League games.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Real drawn at home in Round Two

Real Bristol will have home advantage when they face AXA Sunday in the second round of the G.F.A Cup on Sunday November 1st.

AXA Sunday, who play in The Bristol Regional Sunday Premier Division progressed following an impressive 4-1 victory at BAWA on Sunday and will pose as serious opposition to in-form Real Bristol.

Manager Scott Budding commented on the draw and his sides chances and he seemed optimistic:

‘’ I am very pleased with the draw we have because I feel home advantage is important. There are no easy games in The G.F.A Senior Cup and so when you play these sides it is good to get them on, what for them, is unfamiliar ground. AXA Sunday have been a top Sunday side for a number of years and are a truly well established club. They had a terrific result in round one and also picked up a good point in the league against Bristol Athletic. Make no mistake about it, we will have to be at our very best to reach the ¼ Finals but I really do believe that we are capable of winning the tie and reaching the ¼ finals which would be a fantastic achievement for everyone at the club. The lads are playing well, working hard and I am sure they will give it their all when the time comes. ’’

The draw for the second round threw up some mouth-watering clashes with Post Office Sports hosting last seasons winners Hanham Sunday and Le Beq Tavern Courage being drawn at home against league rivals Beaufort (who Le Beq beat 2-0 a few weeks back).

The G.F.A Senior Cup Draw In Full:

All Saints v Downend

Post Office Sports v Hanham Sunday

Easton Cowboys v UWE Dynamos

Stapleton Sunday v AFC Redland

Real Bristol v AXA Sunday

Ashton v Southmead Community Sports Sunday

Le Beq Tavern Courage v Beaufort

Le Beq v Katsura Sunday

A look at the football week ahead

After two weeks in a row getting the ‘Top Tip’ last week was a disaster with Chelsea and The Gas letting me down so gonna make amends this week.

Today

Man City face West Ham at Eastlands. Expect goals and a home win, possibly 3-1.

Tomorrow

Champions league action with Liverpool facing a tough trip to Italy to face Fiorentina. Maybe my heart rules my head but I fancy Liverpool to get beat (1-0). Arsenal should beat Olympiacos (3-0) and finally Rangers face a tough European game at home to Sevilla. They will give it their all but I cant see them winning. Will say a 1-1 draw. In the Championship City face in-form Blackpool at The Gate and this could be another 1-1. The Gas are likely to be outclassed at St.Marys and lose to Southampton (2-0).

Wednesday

Chelsea go to Cyprus to face Apoel Nicosia where they should win. Nicosia will be no pushovers as they drew 0-0 at Atletico Madrid but I think Chelsea will win 2-0. United also face a good test with a home game against Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg have good, strong forwards but I cant help but think they will be too weak at the back so I will say 2-0 United. In the Championship Newcastle v QPR is the stand out and I think this looks like another home win (2-0).

Thursday

Europa League action with many games. British interest as Celtic face Rapid Vienna. They showed Villa that they can play by eliminating them in the previous round but I think Celtic will win (2-1). Fulham are likely to make changes against Basel but should win (1-0) and Everton face a tough trip to play BATE. They have a big league game against the mighty Potters on Sunday so are likely to rest players so I will go for a 1-1 draw.

Friday

No Action.

Saturday

A lot of our teams involved. Here are the scores I predict: PREM – United 2 Sunderland 0, Newcastle 3 City 1, Norwich 3 Gas 1, Saints 2 Gills 0.

Sunday

Real travel to play Quayside in the league. This looks like a difficult game as they are a well established division one side and have some good players but we are on a roll at present and as long as we take nothing for granted and give it 100% then we should win (3-0). Arsenal should beat Blackburn (3-0) and there is a cracker at 4pm with Chelsea playing Liverpool. Cech being suspended is a big loss and I will go with a 1-1 draw. Stoke face a huge task at Goodison Park. My head says 3-1 Everton, my heart says we can get a 1-1 draw. We will see

Top Tip: Arsenal (v Olympiacos), Newcastle (v QPR), United (v Sunderland), Arsenal (v Blackburn), Newcastle (v City), Norwich (v Gas) and Saints (v Gills). Get on the Accumulator! Not looked at the odds but I reckon this will be around 14/1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dream Team Update

Here are the latest scores after for the September Dream Team. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for September. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition).

As you can see Claire is top of the September league having moved up 6 places many thanks to Robbie Keane. Smithy is just 4 points behind and with Just todays game and the Champions League games left of this months competition it looks like being one of these two who will win. Dickys Gym Xl were the biggest movers climbing from 13th to 4th. The race for the 3rd place prize money looks set to go to the wire with just 10 points between 3rd and 7th.

Claire also now leads the season standings moving up 6 places to lead by 18 points from Dicky. Herbs, who was leading the way, has dropped 5 places to 6th.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is a tie between Burnley Keeper Brian Jensen and Stoke City Striker Dave Kitson. Top Scorers for each position are Robert Green of West Ham (37 points), Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen (69 points), Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun (51 points) and Wayne Rooney of Man Utd is the top scoring forward (and player) with 84 points.

Team -----------Sep Aug Current

SHE.W.C.WINS! 189 168 357

PPOL XI --- ---185 143 328

BRISTOL SPURS 162 171 333

GET 2 THE GYM XI 162 177 339

BAFFIE’S BOYS 158 91 249

VICE SQUAD ---155 167 322

BUDDING STARS 152 179 331

XBOX FC -------144 177 321

HERB’S S.DUCKS 135 189 324

FIORENTNINA ---134 108 242

T.T.N VAILES ----132 104 236

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 129 159 288

MAGIC MEN -----127 180 307

1st CLASS ------123 144 267

ALL-STARS -----111 137 248

HIGHLIGHTS ----82 145 227

These are the scores as of 09:00, Monday 28th September. The next update will be after this weeks Champions League games on Wednesday. The scores, as calculated on Thursday morning (1st Oct) will determine the monthly prize winners. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

The Gaffer

Coalpit feel they been Shaft-ed as Real triumph

Read more in the match reports

Real secure sponsor

Real Bristol FC have secured a sponsorship with The Old Tavern public house, Blackberry Hill, Stapleton. The Real Bristol board, gaffer and captain met with the owner and the sponsor is now complete.

The RBFC board had this to say " It seemed like it had been a long time coming after giving other company's time to decide on a sponsorship but The Old Tavern have been fantastic and we can now put the sponsorship side under the carpet and kick on with our season. The Old Tavern has just had a full revamp and is a fantastic pub with all the extra's of, plasma's, sky tv, pool table and darts and new garden and a very lovely cheap pint of Stella "

Adidas tracksuits and windbreakers have now been ordered and will be here in a couple of weeks.

Dream Teams

You can now view the players dream teams under the fun section of the site.

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after Week 2 of the September Dream Team. There are 3 scores present for everyone: The list is in the order of your score for September. The table also shows your Previous Total Score (For August) and Your New Total Score (Season Competition). As you can see The Gaffer is top of the September league but with just 28 points separating the top ten it really is all to play for. PPOL Xl are on the march moving from 13th to 4th in the September competition. Herbs leads the season competition by 2 points over The Gaffer.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Burnley Keeper Brian Jensen. He isn’t the top scoring goalkeeper though as Robert Green of West Ham is top with 37 points. The top scoring defender is Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen with 64 points. The top scoring midfielder is Yossi Benayoun with 48 points. Wayne Rooney of Man Utd is the top scoring forward (and player) with 81 points.

Team ---------- Sep Aug Current

BUDDING STARS 113 179 292

HERB’S S.DUCKS 105 189 294

BRISTOL SPURS 103 171 274

VICE SQUAD --- 97 167 264

PPOL XI -------- 96 143 239

BAFFIE’S BOYS - 94 91 185

SHE.W.C.WINS!- 91 168 259

FIORENTNINA --- 89 108 197

MAGIC MEN ----- 88 180 268

SAGNA’S ALL STA 86 159 245

XBOX FC -------- 85 177 262

T.T.N VAILES -----79 104 183

GET 2 THE GYM XI 72 177 249

ALL-STARS ------ 71 137 208

1st CLASS ------- 70 144 114

HIGHLIGHTS ----- 36 145 181

These are the scores as of 09:00, Tuesday 22nd September. The next update will be after this weeks Carling Cup and weekend Premier league matches. For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

A look at the football week ahead

After two weeks in a row getting the ‘Top Tip’ correct the pressure is now on. Not a lot of midweek action with the Carling Cup providing the games. For you gamblers out there the Carling Cup is not something you want to be betting on.

Today

Non-League action only.

Tomorrow

Carling Cup action with Stoke home to Blackpool. Pulis is likely to make 10 changes for the game but I still fancy The Potters (2-0). Arsenal Kids should beat West Brom (2-1). The live game comes from Elland Road where Leeds face Liverpool. Benitez likely to rest his major stars and an upset is not impossible. I will say Liverpool to win 2-1 after extra time.

Wednesday

Chelsea and Man Utd have home games against QPR and Wolves respectively. Both Ancelotti and Ferguson will surely rotate and give some of the fringe/youth players a game. I still feel both of these teams will be too strong on home soil and expect both Chelsea (3-1) and Utd (2-0) to win their matches.

Thursday

No action.

Friday

Mouth-Watering League Two action with Accrington Stanley facing Crewe. A score-draw looks likely (1-1 maybe).

Saturday

Proper football returns with a lot of our teams involved. Gaffer is off to The Britannia Stadium to see Stoke play Manchester United. The greatest team in the world against Manchester United. Going to say 1-1 with Abdoulaye Faye and Rooney getting the goals. Elsewhere, Arsenal go to Fulham and I expect the Gunners to win. They are scoring for fun and I fancy a 2-0 victory. Wigan, Fresh from a whooping against Arsenal, now have the pleasure of facing Chelsea. Although at home they will be beaten (3-1). Bristol City travel to Derby and could pinch a 2-1 win. Rovers are on fire and should win (2-0) home to Brighton. Sorry Herbs but fancy The Gills to get beat at home to Norwich (2-1).

Sunday

Real travel to play Coalpit Shaft in the GFA Cup. This looks like a difficult game but we are on fire and I will predict a 3-1 victory. Sunderland face Wolves in the only Premiership fixture and I can see the home side being triumphant (3-1). The only other game will see Plymouth take on Forest in the Championship. Sturrock is under pressure and needs a result. He may get it (1-0).

Top Tip: Arsenal to win at Fulham, Chelsea to win at Wigan, Gas to beat Brighton and Sunderland to beat Wolves. Get on the accumulator!

Another win as Real cruise to cup win at Keynsham

Match report now online against AFC Keynsham.

Palmer speaks about dream start

Ben Palmer has spoke about Real's flying start to life in division 1. He went on " We have had a terrific start but we need to keep our feet on the ground. The first half against The Castle was the best football I have ever seen from the club since we started in 2004 but we cant get carried away. I think a few players did in the second half and we were a totally different team and I can understand why the gaffer was left angry and disapointed. We need to keep working as a team on the pitch and at training as I believe we have one of the best manager's in local football.

When Wayne and myself statred the club, we talked about premier football and hopefully in the very near football I believe our dreams will be with us and it will be a magnificent achievement from the gaffer and everyone at the club"

Real have a fortnight off league action as they travel to AFC Keynsham in the Pullin cup and then Coalpit Shaft in the GFA Cup the week after.

Dream Team Update

Here are the scores after Week 1 of the September Dream Team. There are 3 scores present for everyone: Your Score for September, Your Previous Total Score and Your New Total Score.

According to the stats the best VFM (Value For Money) player is Burnley Keeper Brian Jensen. He isn’t the top scoring goalkeeper though as Robert Green of West Ham is top with 36 points. The top scoring defender is Stoke City’s very own Abdoulaye Faye with 38 points. After his hat-trick on the weekend, with 40 points, the top scoring midfielder is Yossi Benayoun. Wayne Rooney of Man Utd is the top scoring forward (and player) with 73 points.

Team Sep Prev Current

BRISTOL SPURS 66 171 237

HERB’S S.DUCKS 61 189 250

BUDDING STARS 55 179 234

XBOX FC 50 177 227

SAGNA’S ALL STARS 48 159 207

T.T.N VAILES 48 104 152

FIORENTNINA 43 108 151

MAGIC MEN 43 180 223

VICE SQUAD 38 167 205

BAFFIE’S BOYS 36 91 127

SHE.W.C.WINS! 34 168 202

GET TO THE GYM XI 28 177 205

1st CLASS 27 144 171

PPOL XI 25 143 168

HIGHLIGHTS 13 145 158

ALL-STARS -1 137 136

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

A look at the football week ahead

Off the back of last weeks successful Top Tip coming in (England, Germany Women, Holland and Real Bristol all to win) we will now look at the week ahead.

Today

The only action in England is in League One with what looks a mouth-watering tie as Norwich travel to play MK Dons. This is surely going to be close game but I fancy Norwich to snatch a 2-1 win.

Tomorrow

It’s back. The Champions League group stage resumes and Man Utd and Chelsea represent England on Tuesday night. Utd face a tricky trip to Turkey to play Besiktas where a draw probably won’t be a bad result. I can see them getting the win though as Rooney is on fire at the moment (2-1 to United). Chelsea face a Porto side at Stamford Bridge that is nowhere near the same class as their Mourinho days and will struggle at The Bridge. 3-0 Home win.

Note: Malouda is being tracked by the police so may not feature. He is being charged with robbery. The incident took place at The Britannia Stadium on Saturday when 94 minutes into the match.

In the championship City travel to Swansea and a draw looks on the cards (1-1).

Wednesday

More Champions League action with Liverpool and Arsenal both having great opportunities to open with a win. Liverpool should be far too strong at Anfield for Debrecen (4-0) and although Arsenal are away from home their trip to Standard Liege should not pose too many problems (2-0 win). One other tie worth mentioning that just jumps out at you is Inter Milan v Barcelona. This has all the makings of a classic. I fancy Inter to win 2-1. I think Eto’o will score but will Eto’o celebrate? We will see.

Thursday

Europe League Group Action and Everton should be off to a winning start against AEK Athens at Goodison (2-1). Fulham (0-0) away at CSKA Sofia and Celtic (1-1) away at Hapoel Tel-Aviv will both be pleased with the draws I predict. They should be as these are difficult countries to visit.

Friday

Sheffield Derby at Bramall Lane and I think The Blades will be too strong. Fancy 2-0 home win.

Saturday

A lot of the teams we follow our in action and here is what I predict: Stoke to win 1-0 away at Bolton, City to beat Scunthorpe 2-1 at The Gate, Brentford to draw with The Gas 1-1 and The Gills to lose 3-0 at Leeds. Apart from The Gills game (sorry Herbs) they look like tight ones. Got a sneaky feeling Kitson will score at Bolton and you would be silly not to think Maynard will score with the form he is on. Elsewhere Arsenal should beat Wigan (2-0) and I fancy Liverpool to take all three points away from Upton Park (2-1).

Sunday

Real travel to Keynsham for the second week running. This time they play in The Gilbert Pullin Cup against AFC Keynsham. I will predict a 5-0 away win. Chelsea play Spurs at Stamford Bridge and I fancy them 2-1. Also think Utd will win by the same scoreline at Old Trafford against Man City.

Top Tip: Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton all to win midweek European games. Looks an easy accumulator to me.

Real go top as The Castle get brushed aside

Real continued their good start in division 1 by beating The Castle 5-2 at Fry's. Read more under match reports.

A look at the football week ahead

Today

International Friendly between Rep Of Ireland and S.Africa takes place. Fancy the Rep to win this one 2-0. Some U21 qualifying matches also with England away at Greece. Not an easy game but think Stuart Pearce’s side could pinch a 1-0 win.

Tomorrow

England play Croatia at Wembley and I expect a tough match but I do think England will win the game. Modric will be missed massively by the Croats and I am going to say England 2 Croatia 1. Northern Ireland have a huge match against Slovakia and they could end up qualifying for the World Cup with a win but I just cannot see it happening and a 1-1 draw looks on the cards. Scotland are in a similar position in their group and a point at home to the Dutch is all they need to secure a play-off place. Again I cannot see them getting the result they are looking for. Holland have won 7 from 7 and will want to finish in style. They have scored 16 and conceded 2 in the process whereas Scotland have a -4 goal difference (For 6, Against 10). The Dutch will win (2-0). Wales will probably lose at home to Russia (2-1 defeat).

Thursday

England women play in the Final of the European Championships against Germany. They have done fantastically well to get this far but the Germans rule the women’s game. Let’s face it their women aren’t exactly built like ours are they. Unfortunately I am predicting a 3-0 German victory.

Friday

League One action as Leeds travel to Roots Hall to play Southend. Leeds are on a roll so will predict a 2-1 away win. The only other action sees Accrington take on Darlington and a drab 0-0 looks on the cards.

Saturday

Gaffer is off to The Brit to see Stoke play Chelsea. With Tuncay set to make his first start off the back of an impressive double scored for Turkey (v Estonia) I think Chelsea could be in for a tough game. Maybe my heart is ruling my head but I am going to say 1-1. Others selected: Man City 1-1 Arsenal, Spurs 2-2 United, Coventry 1-2 City, Gas 2-0 Oldham, Gills 1-1 Millwall.

Sunday

Real travel to Frys to play The Castle. This will be a tough game against a side who earned a very good point against LeBeq Reserves on the opening weekend. I still expect Real to get three points and will predict a 3-0 away win. Birmingham play Villa in the prem and I think a typical derby 1-1 draw looks on the cards. Fulham face Everton in the other prem game. Could be another 1-1 draw. Cardiff host Newcastle in the Championship. A hat-trick of 1-1’s? Could be.

Top Tip: England, Germany Women, Holland and Real Bristol all to win.

Revenge is sweet four real

Real Bristol started life in Division one with a well deserved 4-1 victory over BAWA. Read more in the reports section.

Man in black

Jon Rogers will be the man in charge when Real face BAWA in the first game of the season. Rogers has took a total of 4 games in charge for Real and is in the top 5 ref's of the regional league.

Real face away trips in cups

Real will travel to 3rd division AFC Keynsham in the Gilbert Pullin cup on 20th September and will be on the road the week after in the GFA cup when they travel to wessex premier team Coalpit Shaft who finished 3rd in the league last season.

Real on the move

Real Bristol will be playing their football and Pilning Village hall this season. After seeing the pitch at Real's presentation night, alot of thinking and debating took place on whether to leave DRG. The move has now finally gone ahead and Real will host Bawa at their new ground on September 6th.

Palmer said " It was a very hard decision, maybe the toughest since the club was formed but in the end we are confident it is the right move. The move is not about making the club money, it is about being in a comfortable position and rewarding the players every year. DRG is the perfect setup and I am hopefull in a few years we can get Pilning Village hall near enough identical as DRG ".

A look at the football week ahead

Today

Newcastle are well fancied to continue their good start and should win 2-0 against Leicester. In the only other game I fancy Peterborough to get the better of Palace and secure a 1-0 home win.

Tomorrow

Transfer deadline day should be fun and keep us all busy. Watch out for more new faces at The Brit. Kranjcar the latest name being linked. JPT action and I fancy: Hereford 1-2 Gas, Gills 2-1 Colchester. These games are always very unpredictable. Thinking of having a bet in the JPT games……….. DON’T!

Wednesday

No action

Thursday

No action.

Friday

European U-21 Qualifying matches and England travel to Macedonia. A horrible place to go but fancy a 2-0 victory for Stuart Pearce’s side. Wales and N,Ireland will probably get beat against Czech Rep and Italy respectively. Again could be some more 2-0 scorelines. A couple of league one and league two games also taking place. Oldham 3-1 Hartlepool, Southend 1-1 L.Orient, Morecambe 0-0 Rochdale and Northampton 3-1 Barnet.

Saturday

England play an International friendly at Wembley against Slovenia. England should be too strong. I expect a 3-0 home win. Qualifiers for some of the home nations look promising. I predict: Poland 2-1 N.Ireland, Cyprus 0-1 Rep.Ireland, Scotland 3-1 Macedonia. Rovers have a tasty game at The Mem against Millwall and I think they may get a point (1-1). I expect a home win against Exeter for The Gills (1-0).

Sunday

RBFC host BAWA in the opening league game. A tough match to start with but with the pre-season we have had I predict a 3-0 home win for Real. No pro matches of any significance take place.

Dream Team Update

Here is the table after all games in August. Shay Given (29pts), William Gallas (40pts), Andrei Arshavin (31pts) and Wayne Rooney (39pts) are the top scoring players for each position. According to the stats Brian Jensen at £1 million stands as the best VFM (Value For Money) player so far.

Very tight at the top with 12 points separating the top 5. Browner went from leading to falling just sort of any prize money as he tied 4th with Dicky. Claire did the girls proud climbing 5 places to finish a very respectable 7th and just 11 points short or a prize. Douglas moved up 6 places from bottom to 10th. Jordan got the wooden spoon. Congrats to Herbert, Magic Man and Me for winning cash. Those who have not paid me please do so ASAP so can pay winners.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

1st Herbs Seating Ducks 189pts £30

2nd Magic Men 180pts £15

3rd Budding Stars 179pts £10

4th Get To The Gym XI 177 pts

- XBOX FC 177 pts

6th Bristol Spurs 171 pts

7th She Who Claires, Wins! 168pts

8th Vice Squad 167pts

9th Sagna’s All Stars 159 pts

10th Highlights 145 pts

11th 1st Class 144 pts

12th PPOL XI 143 pts

13th All-Stars 137 pts

14th Fiorentnina 108 pts

15th This Team Never Vailes 104 pts

16th Baffie’s Boys 91pts

These points all contribute towards the season total. September competition starts tomorrow and will include all games up to and including Wednesday 30th September. Next update will be in a couple of weeks as there are internationals next week.

The Gaffer

Real suffer pre-season defeat

Real Bristol 2 (Matt Steele x 2)

Little Stoke 3

Real suffered defeat at the hands of the Suburban Prem 2 side but were unlucky to do so having put in a fine performance. Matt Steele gave us a deserved lead when he superbly headed home a well delivered free kick from Smithy. Lips made a rare error when he allowed a pea roller type shot to trickle through his hands and creep over the line. A gift for the visitors and the lead was surrendered within 10 mins. It was a good first half performance with some decent football being played despite difficult playing conditions. There was also some great defensive work being displayed during a very encouraging 45 mins. Real were very unlucky to not be leading at half time and could have had a few more goals. Smithy in particular had a great opportunity when making a fantastic run in behind Matt Steele but unfortunately he didn’t quite execute his left footed volley and the ball sailed wide. Matt may have had another goal if he knew he had time when shooting on the turn from 12 yards out on the angle. He had a call but didn’t hear.

The starting eleven returned to the field including Jason who was bravely continuing despite taking a horrible kick to the chin which was clearly causing a lot of pain. It continued to be a well contested affair with some good play by both teams. It was very end to end until there came a decisive turning point in this game, A ball over the top got their winger chasing in behind our defence and when Lips came out to clear the danger it was looking like a close race to the ball. As Lips went to launch the ball up field their winger just got their first and clipped a shot towards goal. As he did so Lips, already committed, caught their player and sent him to the ground. The shot he had bounced agonisingly wide for the visitors. Amazingly the ref pulled it back, awarded a penalty and sent off Lips. Little Stoke had their forward sent off as he had reacted to the tackle by pushing Lips twice, with the second push to the face forcing Lips to the ground.

Jason, still in a lot of pain and clear swelling to his chin, was replaced by Macey as we changed to a 4-3-1-1 formation. Macey made a great effort to save the penalty but although he got a touch to it the ball still found the bottom corner. Little Stoke hardly had time to celebrate though as some good football got us to the edge of the box and when Browner beat a man the ball fell to Matt Steele who, with the keeper off his line, chipped an effort goal wards that crept in at the near post to make it 2-2. With around 10 mins remaining the visitors got what proved to be the winning goal. An effort from the edge of the area looked like being a comfortable save for Macey but unfortunately for the stand-in keeper as he went to save it with a kick up field he missed/sliced the ball and it found the bottom corner. Real pressed for the equaliser but it wasn’t meant to be and the game finished 2-3.

‘’ I am very pleased with the performance from the lads. I am not worried about the result at all because what is important is that the lads showed effort, commitment and desire and they certainly did. I thought that despite a difficult pitch there was some good football by both teams and it was a very competitive game. They have got 3 very fortunate goals and we have scored 2 excellent goals. We have played the last half hour without our 1st choice keeper and we were also missing 3 regulars so to put in a performance like that against a very good side is extremely encouraging. There were some terrific individual performances and it goes to show that you can take any 3 players out of our squad and we will still have a side that can compete and play decent football. Depth is important.

It was pleasing to see Matt Steele confirming to everyone he really has found his goalscoring touch with another couple of goals and I will give a special mention to Palmer who was immense at the back. There are many others who I could talk about as there really were some fine performances. We should take the positives out of this game and I am sure their keeper, who plays for the BAWA, will be going back with a clear message – ‘’That Real Bristol mean business’’. Yes we do and we are ready. Let’s have it! ‘’

The Gaffer

Ps Many thanks to all who helped prepare pitch etc and who helped tidy after. Much appreciated.

Dream Team Update

Here is the table after the two weeks of games in August. Brian Jensen (23pts), William Gallas (34pts), Cesc Fabregas (28pts) and Jermaine Defoe (39pts) are the top scoring players for each position. According to the stats Shawcross at £1.5 million stands as the best VFM (Value For Money) player so far.

Very tight at the top with 7 points separating the top 5. Browner was the biggest mover climbing 11 places to go from 12th to 1st where as there were disappointing weeks for Palmer (dropping 10 places to 13th) and Vailesy (dropping 7 places to 14th). Poor old Douglas is still bottom.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

1st XBOX FC 129pts

2nd Bristol Spurs 128pts

3rd Herbs Seating Ducks 125pts

4th Budding Stars 124pts

5th Magic Men 122pts

6th Get To The Gym XI 118pts

7th Vice Squad 110pts

8th All-Stars 107pts

9th Sagna’s All Stars 100pts

10th PPOL XI 97pts

11th Fiorentnina 94pts

12th She Who Claires, Wins! 93pts

13th 1st Class 83pts

14th This Team Never Vailes 73pts

15th Baffie’s Boys 68pts

16th Highlights 61pts

These states are correct as of today (Tuesday) and do include pts gained from the Monday night games. Next update will be next week after the midweek and weekend fixtures. The scores will be worked out after 31st Aug matches and the winners will be announced. Then the fun starts again.

The Gaffer

A look at the football week ahead

Today

Liverpool play Villa at Anfield and you have to fancy the home side to win 2-0. Elsewhere Norwich play Sunderland in the Carling Cup. Will Bruce play his first team? I don’t think he will as they have a tough away game at Stoke on Saturday. Therefore will say 1-0 to Norwich.

Tomorrow

More Carling Cup action and here are a few of the selected matches. Think the Gills will lose 2-1 home to Blackburn and another game worth keeping an eye on is West Ham v Millwall. If they haven’t killed eachother by kick off then fancy a 2-0 home win to what will probably be West Ham reserves.

Wednesday

In the Carling Cup I fancy Bristol City to beat Carlisle 2-1 and Stoke to get a result at Leyton Orient (2-0 win). Cardiff should have too much for the Gas and win 2-0. Think these sides will rest players with Stoke likely to make 10 or 11 changes. Still fancy the 3 tipped teams to be too strong, Elsewhere Arsenal play their Champions League qualifying second leg at the Emirates and with a 2-0 lead they will find Celtic coming at them from the word go. This will automatically make them vulnerable to Arsenal on the counter and with their current form they could again beat Celtic 2-0, no problem.

Thursday

The final Carling Cup game and Man City travel to Selhurst Park. Last season I may have predicted an upset but Man City now have a great squad to work with and although many will be rested I think they will get the result (2-1 win). Thursday also sees the Europa Cup 2nd leg matches and I believe Villa can turn around their 1-0 loss in Austria and beat Rapid Vienna 3-0 to progress. Fulham, who lead 3-1 after the 1st leg travel to play Amkar Perm’ and I think they will draw 0-0 to sail through. Sigma Olomouc were thrashed 4-0 at Goodison but I fancy an upset here with a 1-0 home victory. Everton who need to get off the mark in the league are clearly already through and with a big prem game against Wigan on Sunday I believe they will rest a load of players. Hearts may get a creditable 1-1 draw home to Dinamo Zagreb but after 4-0 1st leg defeat they will not be going through.

Friday

Again we see Millwall are providing the domestic football on a Friday night. Didn’t quite get that win as I predicted at Southend last Friday but a home game against Brighton should be a lot easier. Will say 3-0. Elsewhere the European Super Cup takes place in Monaco and I fancy a 3-1 Barcelona win over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Saturday

Browners Stag and a full list of fixtures. Stand out games: Stoke 2-1 Sunderland. Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal. Bolton 1-2 Liverpool. City 0-1 Middlesbrough. Wycombe 3-1 Gas. Walsall 1-1 Gills.

Sunday

Villa could get off the mark with a 2-1 win home to Fulham. Everton should beat Wigan 2-0 and struggling Pompey could be 4 defeats out of 4 as they host Man City. I think it will be tight but fancy Man City to pinch it 2-1.

Real smash 9 as goals continue to flow

Real Bristol 9 (Matt Steele 2, Shane 2, Scott, Browner, Herbs, Smithy, Own Goal)

Almondsbury Sunday 0

Real Bristol continued their good goalscoring from defeating Almondsbury Sunday FC 9-0. With a fine Matt Steele strike and a tap in for Smithy Real lead 2-0 at the break. Almondsbury were working hard to try and stop Real from carving them open and saw very little of the ball as the hosts continued to play good, flowing, possession football. Not quite as explosive in and around the box as we had been in the previous matches but still looked a massive threat.

The goals really started to come thick and fast in the second half with some great team goals leading to Shane getting 2 goals and Scott Bowler, Browner, Matt Steele (his second of the game) and an own goal all coming in the second half. The passing in the build up to some of these goals was truly great to watch and it’s not just the goalscorers we should remember as everyone from Lips through to the strikers was working hard and doing their best for the team. Amongst the second half goals there was a terrific strike from Herbert which flew into the far corner from all of 25/30 yards. Lips made a top save too when in a rare occasion he was called upon.

‘’ The team did really well. We have now scored 28 goals in our last 3 game, conceding just one in the process. We can only beat the teams that are put in front of us and we are doing so really well. With all due respect if we were winning these sorts of matches 3-0, 4-2 or something then it would not be so reassuring. We are ripping the teams apart and in the final third we look more dangerous than ever. The midfield have showed again today just how good on the ball they are and the defence have also shown they are organised and reliable, playing through the midfield at every opportunity. Lips breathes confidence into our defence and has had another fine game.

I am really pleased with the fitness levels being shown and the work rate of the players. The goals we are scoring are a joy to watch as is our football.’’

The Gaffer

Dream Team Update

Here is the table after the first round of games in August. Robert Green (21pts), Ryan Shawcross (20pts), Cesc Fabregas (20pts) and Didier Drogba (25pts) were the top scoring players for each position. According to the stats Shawcross at £1.5 million stands as the best VFM (Value For Money) player after week 1.

For more details or if you would like to double check your team scores visit www.dreamteamfc.com

1st - Bristol Spurs - 75pts

2nd - Budding Stars - 55pts

3rd - Magic Men - 50pts

- 1st - Class - 50pts

5th - All Stars - 49pts

6th - Sagna’s All Sorts - 48pts

7th - This Team Never Vailes - 47pts

8th - Fiorentnina - 46pts

9th - Get To The Gym XI - 43pts

10th - Herbie’s Seating Ducks - 42pts

11th - She who Claires, Wins! - 40pts

12th - XBOX FC - 37pts

13th - PPOL XI - 34pts

14th - Baffie’s Boys - 31pts

15th - Vice Squad - 27pts

16th - Highlights - 24pts

Next update will be next week after the midweek and weekend fixtures.

Meant to say Sunday when saw you all that Nina had entered a team called Fiorentnina. It was sent to me Friday night.

The Gaffer

Ten out of Ten against Whiteladies FC

Real Bristol cruised to a 10-0 victory on Sunday when they played new Saturday side Whiteladies FC. 3 goals from Summer signing Scott Bowler (9 in 3 games now) as well as goals for Lips (Pen), Weeksy x2, Browner, Shane, Own Goal and Macey (Yeah really Macey- this is NOT a typo lol).

The game from start to finish was very comfortable and we were given far too much time on the ball. We punished them well though with some fantastic free-flowing football.

‘’ Whiteladies FC really never caused us any problems at all. I think Lips made one save all game and that shot only came because it was a free-kick. They are a brand new team and it did show but I hope this performance doesn’t put them off too much as they will not be playing teams of our standard in Suburban Division 6. They were a good bunch of lad and I am sure that over time they will improve. We wish them all the best.

Regardless of whom the opposition were I thought everyone worked really hard and the football being played was beautiful to watch. Yes they were slow in closing us down but our lads were finding space really well and we moved the ball very quickly. We scored some fantastic goals and more importantly our fitness looks good at this stage. With a few more weeks to work on it our fitness levels are looking a lot better.

No disrespect to Real Thornbury/Whiteladies FC when I say this but we were hoping for more of a test from our friendlies so far. We arranged friendlies with these two brand new clubs not really knowing how great or poor they would be. We had hoped for at least one testing fixture from these games but it hasn’t turned out that way. I am therefore looking to arrange a fixture for Sunday against one of the teams in the division above us.’’

The Gaffer

A look at the football week ahead

Today

Arsenal go to Parkhead to face Celtic in the Champions league qualifier 1st leg and I can see Arsenal coming away with a 2-0 victory. There are many league games too with Chelsea visiting Sunderland. This one could be a very close game but like Saturday I feel they will pinch it 2-1. Elsewhere, Bristol City host QPR and seeing as the away teams are not allow to score goals at Ashton Gate I will go for a 1-0 home win. Rovers play Hartlepool away and this is not an easy ground to go to. I will say 1-1, a creditable draw. Gills to win 2-1 home to Colchester.

Tomorrow

Stoke and The Gaffer visit Anfield tomorrow night and this will surely be a massive task for Stoke to come away with anything. My head says 3-0 home win but my heart says 1-1. The other stand out tie is champions Man Utd away to Burnley. Like Saturday, I believe Burnley will lose 2-0.

Thursday

Mark Hammond visits Little Stoke for training session. Thursday will also see the qualifying games take place of UEFA’s new Europa League. Although Everton were thumped at Goodison on the weekend I expect an easy 3-0 win over Sigma Oloumac. Fulham should win home to Amkar Perm (maybe 3-1). Villa face a tougher game, travelling to Austria to play Rapid Vienna where I believe they will settle for a 1-1 draw and then be ready to do them at Villa Park. The only other British Club are Hearts who I think could be on the wrong end of a 3-1 result when travelling to Croatia to face Dinamo Zagreb.

Friday

Southend host Millwall in the only football league fixture. Millwall played really well when away to Southampton so sure they will fancy this. 2-1 Millwall. I fancy Schalke, off the back of an impressive 3-0 victory over Bochum, to take all 3 points at last years surprise package Hoffenhiem. A 1-0 victory perhaps.

Saturday

Full list of Fixtures. Stand out games: Arsenal 3-0 Portsmouth. Birmingham 1-2 Stoke. Liverpool 2-0 Villa. Wigan 0-1 Man Utd. Fancy Rovers will beat Huddersfield and The Gills to beat Hartlepool (both 2-1).

Sunday

Real Bristol may have a friendly against Sunday Regional Premier side Sportsman (TBC). Will be tough game but fancy Real to win 3-2. Elsewhere I fancy Fulham to get a point at home to Chelsea (1-1) and Cardiff to win 2-0 at home to Bristol City (Sorry Jord/Ben etc).

5 Wicket Haul For Bowler

Real Thornbury 1

Real Bristol 9 (Scott x 5, Browner, Jordan, Rusty, Herbert (Pen))

Scott Bowler built on his decent debut when coming on and scoring against Littlesea by notching 5 goals in a comfortable victory over Real Thornbury in the battle of the Real’s in Pilning.

The first half started a bit shaky with Real Bristol trying to adapt to playing 3-5-2 and Real Thornbury did have a few great opportunities. Lucky for us, when called upon, Lips was on hand making several fine saves/clearances. On what was a ‘different’ type of pitch to play on, we soon found our stride and 2 first half goals from Scott Bowler and a fine header from Rusty gave us a deserved 3-0 lead going into half time. It was Rusty’s 2nd goal in as many games.

The second half was pretty much all one way traffic. 3 more goals for Scott Bowler, one for Browner, one for Jordan and a Herbert penalty rounding off a very comfortable victory for the visitors. Real Thornbury did manage a consolation amongst our 2nd half goals but from the first 5 mins they never looked a match for us.

‘’There was some good passing football with all players looking composed on the ball. After the initial 20/30 mins the players started to keep the ball better and played possession football with a lot more confidence. We scored some good goals and although they got in behind us a few times early on I would like to think this is largely due to playing a different type of formation for the first time and playing on a different (difficult) pitch too. I am very pleased to have scored as many goals as we have but the main thing is that we are improving our fitness and working hard as a team so we are ready for the new season. We can push on again now and take confidence going into our friendly on Sunday against Whiteladies F.C’’.

The Gaffer

Dream Team

We have now had entries in for this seasons Dream Team competition. A total of 15 teams have been entered and a list of everyones teams can be found under the ‘fun’ page. Sheets detailing everyones teams have been typed up and are to be handed out in due course.

Entry - £5 per month. Collected on/around 1st each month. First payment to be paid by Thurs13th Aug. I am pleased to be able to confirm the prizes:-

Prizes

Monthly Prize - £30 Winner - £15 Runner-Up - £10 Third Place

Annual Prize - £80 Winner - £40 Runner-Up - £30 Third Place - £20 Fourth Place - £10 Fifth Place

Its great fun and will lead to good banter in changing rooms etc. I will put updated tables for our little min-league on our website on a regular basis.

The first ‘month’ as such is all games between Saturday 15th August up to Monday 31st August inclusive. The scores for each team as of the morning of Sep 1st will determine the first monthly winners.

The Gaffer

Bowler in the driving seat

Congratulations to Scott Bowler who passed his driving test on Monday morning. Scott successfully passed his test at the first attempt picking up just 7 minors in the process. He said if anyone wants a lift, get a bus pass!....... He didn’t really.

Real start pre season with comfortable win

Real Bristol started their pre season campaign with a 4-1 win over Littlsea FC. Weeksy, Browner, Rusty and Bowler got the vital goals for Real.

Real Sends Regards

Real Bristol would like to send their best wishes to the family and friends of the great Bobby Robson. As you know Bobby passed away last week and the world is a worse place to be without him. Everyone loved Bobby whether he managed a club you supported or not. A truly special man who was due to come and watch our pre-season friendly against Littlesea on Sunday, having been a close friend of Chairman Ben Palmer for the last couple of seasons.

In memory of the great man here are my top 3 quotes:

1) Journalist: "So Shola, do you have a nickname at the club?"

Shola Ameobi: "Not really, no."

Journalist: "What do the lads call you?"

Ameobi: "Shola."

Journalist: "What does Bobby Robson call you?"

Ameobi: "Carl Cort."

2) "What can I say about Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is Peter Shilton. He has been Peter Shilton since the year dot."

3) After playing Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup Finals: "We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought."

R.I.P Bobby Robson (1933 – 2009)

August Dates

Sunday 2nd, 10am - 12pm

Training - Little Stoke Fields

Monday 3rd, 7pm

Pitch Viewing - Pilning Hall

Thursday 6th, 6pm - 8pm

Training - Little Stoke Fields

Sunday 9th, 10:30am K.O

Tournament - Patchway Sports & Leisure

Thursday 13th, 6pm - 8pm

Training - Little Stoke Fields

Sunday 16th, 10:30am K.O

Friendly TBC

Thursday 20th, 6pm - 8pm

Training - Little Stoke Fields

Sunday 23rd, 10:30am K.O

Friendly (Opponents TBC)

Thursday 27th, 6pm - 8pm

Training - Little Stoke Fields

Saturday 29th, 1pm

Browners stag do - Torquay

Sunday 30th

No Training / Friendly

If you are unable to make any of these dates then can you please let me know in advance. I can adapt training to the numbers attending. If I know in advance I can plan a different session.

Thanks

The Gaffer

The Search Continues

With no announcements on further signings there have been rumours that the summer spending spree has already drawn to a close. Contrary to the reports manager Scott Budding revealed otherwise:

‘’ We have been unsuccessful with a couple of attempts but the search is ongoing. I am still looking at other potential targets and I can assure the fans that there will be at least one new player signing on the dotted line’’.

The latest story coming out of Manchester is that Real Bristol had joined Stoke and Sunderland in the race to sign Richard Dunne. Reports suggested that a Real were lining up season-long loan move.

‘’Richard went down to Bristol to have a look at DRG. He seemed quite impressed with the set up at the club but has declined the move’’ stated Mark Hughes. Scott Budding added the following: ‘’Richard is a top lad. He did come down to see us but it wasn’t for him’’.

When asked about the rumours surrounding Stoke Goalkeeper Steve Simonsen he replied ‘’Steve is a player I have always admired but he is a Stoke City player. He has a contract with them and we have to respect that’’.

If there are any deals done you will hear about them here first on the clubs official website.

Predictions

In the build up to the new season we caught up with the Magic Man himself, Matthew Steele, to see what he predicts for World football this season.

Premiership Winners: Liverpool

Premiership Runner-Up: Man Utd

Premiership 3rd: Chelsea

Premiership 4th: Man City

Premiership Relegated: Burnley, Hull and Wolves

Premiership Top Scorer: Drogba

Championship Winners: West Brom

Championship Runner-Up: Boro

Play-Off Winners: Cardiff

League 1 Winners: MK Dons

League 2 Winners: Notts County

SPL Winners: Rangers

La Liga Winners: Barcelona

La Liga Top Scorer: Messi

Serie A Winners: Inter Milan

Serie A Top Scorer: Ibrahimovic

Bundesliga Winners: Hamburg

Ligue 1 Winners: Lyon

Champions League Winners: Chelsea

Europa League Winners: Bremen

FA Cup Winners: Man Utd

Carling Cup Winners: Man City

World Cup Winners: Spain

World Cup Runners-Up: England

World Cup Top Scorer: Rooney

How will England do: Runner-up

Next Up: Rusty – Will his predictions differ from Matt. Be sure to come back soon to find out.

Just for fun

Check out quizzes and competitions on the new "fun page" of the website. You can find the fun page in the drop down menu between "squad" and "find/contcact".

Two depart

It has been confirmed this morning that two players have left the club and will not be signing on this season. Defenders JB and Ashley, who have been at the club since it formed in 2004, will not be part of the playing squad this season. Manager Scott Budding released the following statement:

‘’ JB and Ashley have both been fantastic servants to this football club. We should not forget that if it were not for people such as these two then the club would never have had the foundations upon which we are building on. They both found themselves struggling for starts in the latter half of last season and after discussions between all parties (on and off field issues) these two players will not be playing for the football club. They both have our best wishes and we hope to still see them at games cheering us on’’.

When questioned as to whether or not Budding would be seeking replacements he responded with the following quote:

‘’ I will be looking to bring in one defender perhaps. We do have numerous options already but I am looking for one quality signing to help strengthen this part of my squad. I have been in discussions with a couple of players for other positions in the last week but as of yet nothing has been completed. I hope to tie up a deal or two in the next 7 days but we will see. I will only bring in the right type of players who I believe will help take the club forward and challenge for honours’’.

Interesting comments from The Gaffer and if there are any signings to be announced then the first place to see them is right here at the clubs official website.

Dream Team

The Sun will soon be publishing details for the new season. When picking your teams you will need to follow all the rules that are given (Eg Budget allowed, Restriction of players from any one side etc). The details of how your team scores points will be issued in the paper and you can follow your team by checking the paper regularly or alternatively checking online.

Entry - £5 per month. Collected on/around 1st each month. First payment to be paid at start of Aug.

Prizes (Based on 10 entries):

Monthly Prize - £25 Winner £10 Runner-Up

Annual Prize - £70 Winner £40 Runner-Up £25 Third Place

Its great fun and will lead to good banter in changing rooms etc. If you are interested please let me know and will write your name down. Although the cut off point in The Sun is normally 12:00 on the day of Kick-Off I would like your team in no later than training on Thursday 6th August. I can then type them all up and hand out everyones teams on Sunday 9th August.

I will put updated tables for our little min-league on our website on a regular basis.

The Gaffer.

Real continue to seek improvement

We caught up with Real Bristol manager Scott Budding to get the latest surrounding the transfer market.

Q/ Are the rumours true that you are looking at new recruits?

A/ As with any team there are always room for improvements and with us going up last season it would be silly if I was not to look at strengthening the squad. I am not looking to replace specific players in the side but adding a quality player or two to the current squad of players will do no harm.

Q/ You already have one signing in the bag with Scott Bowler. You must be pleased!?!?!

A/ Of course. It goes without saying. Scott is a player I have always had in mind and he will prove to be a great addition to the squad. He has a good touch, fantastic pace and a brilliant eye for goal. He has played with many of our players for a while so should not take too long to gel.

Q/ With one in the bag do you foresee many others coming in?

A/ I cannot mention names for obvious reasons but I do have one player who I am looking to bring to the club. I expect discussions to take place over the next week and we will hope tot tie up a deal. I would also like to sign one other player for an area where I feel we need someone. There are a couple of people in mind but I am still exploring options with that one. We will not bring people in for the sake of it and if no further deals get done then I have full confidence in the players that we currently have. I do expected a couple in and a couple out though.

Real Bristol Send Regards To Fan

Real Bristol F.C would like to take a moment to express their sadness to hear off the news that Michael Jackson has passed away.

Michael Jackson was a big fan of ours and recently ordered A Real Bristol Mug and Polo Shirt through staff at the club. Michael Jackson, the undisputed king of pop, will never be forgotten and our best wishes go out to his kids and all of this family at what is obviously a very difficult time.

Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009).

Real Starts Pre season training.

Training for Real Bristol has now got underway, Training will be held on Thursdays 18:00-20:00 and Sundays 11-13:00. Players are NOT being charged a signing on fee this year but will be asked

to pay £1.50 for training sessions. Hope to see you all there.!!

The Awards

The presentation evening took place on Saturday night and it was a great night which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. The winners were as follows:

Top Scorer - Matthew Steele

32 goals this season in what I estimate was around 28 games. That is 1.14 goals per game. Fantastic. They include a 40 yard screamer at Frys and an overhead kick at DRG. Matt has scored a variety of goals including many headed goals and his movement has been impressive, always making himself available for a pass. His predatory instincts inside the area have also helped build his reputation as one of the league best strikers, receiving praise from opposing teams on several occasions. A real team player he is the Magic Man!!!!

Sportsman Of The Year - Smithy

Smithy has showed a fantastic attitude this season and although he found starts hard to come by he never moaned, always worked hard in training and always gave 100%. He would always get behind the team and showed that he cares more about the club than himself. Excellent stuff. Was a close call between Smithy and Vailesy but in the end Smithy won by a split decision. Well done Smithy.

Most Improved - Rusty

Quite a few players could be considered for this award as several players have showed great improvement over the last 12 months but one player stood out to those running the club and that person was Rusty. Rusty really has showed this season that he can be a quality defender. When you look at that performance on the opening day when he gave a silly penalty away for a reckless tackle you would not have been blamed for thinking that we would be seeing the same old Rusty this season but he has improved with every game. He is not reckless now but still gets stuck in. He positions himself well and has improved all aspects of his defensive game forming a solid partnership with Palmer, especially in the second half of the season. He always gives 100% and deserves his recognition as the ‘Most Improved’. Well done Rusty.

Fans Players Of The Year - Jordan

Votes for Shane Douglas and Lips but the person with the most votes was the skipper. A fantastic season by Jordan. He has skippered the side to promotion, a GFA cup semi final and led the side out at Frys for the Three Lions Cup Final. Consistent performances have caught the eye with his great work rate, tough tackling and desire to win just a few things that spring to mind. He even got a goal (cost me a fiver - damn). Well done Jord.

Players Player Of The Year - Matthew Steele

Picked up the award to go with the one he collected for being ‘Top Scorer’ having. There were votes for several players and that was no surprise to see because there have been great seasons for so many players but it was Matt Steele in the end who received the most votes from his teammates. A fantastic season and the votes he received will not just be because of his 32 goals. Matt has learned to play with his back to goal and brings players into the game very effectively. He holds the ball up really well allowing the midfield to join the attack and in the air he has been dominant against the majority of side winning countless flick-ons for our wingers to run onto. A great season and a deserved trophy. Well done Matt.

Managers Player Of The Year - Shane Douglas

This was not a straight forward decision but for me Shane Douglas was the player of the year. He literally covers every blade of grass with every game he plays and since joining the team has proved to be a crucial player for us. He has given us something we were missing and with the other 2 amigos with him he has formed a formidable midfield for Real Bristol. He breaks up the play so well and gets forward at every opportunity with good effect. In the air he is unreal, at times winning balls in the air that he has no real right to win (that goal where he out jumped the keeper springs to mind). Slick passing and tough tackling Shane can be proud of his displays this season. He has scored a couple of cracking goal too (Eg A1 goal). Fully deserves his recognition. Well done Shane.

I just want to congratulate ALL the players for a fantastic season. I appreciate all your effort this season and I have no doubt that with continued hard work we will continue to take this club forward. Work with me, not against me just like you have done this season and I am guaranteeing success. You have all been great to manage this season and if you did not pick up an award please do not think you have not been recognised because I know and appreciate the contribution each and every one of you have made. There are many of you that were in the running for the above awards and it so easily could have gone to you and people would not have complained. As a team you have been great and I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the Stoke Signed shirt. It was a lovely gesture and is something I will cherish forever. Remember ‘VIS UNITA FORTIOR’ – It is tattooed on my back and it means ‘UNITED STRENGTH IS STRONGER’. It is so true and our teams united strength enables us to compete with the best of sides. We need to stay united as a team and work hard this summer so we are ready to challenge Division One next season.

Ps Congrats to JB who won main prize in the raffle – A whole season paying no subs. In the entire 2009/10 season he will pay £0!

Pps – Many thanks to Connie and Chris for their hard this work and also a special thank you to my lovely fiancée Claire who has supported me all season and been there to support the side throughout.

Pre-Season Training

Training started on the 5th of July. Venue to be confirmed. Provisionally, the training dates/times are as follows:

Sunday 5th July - 11am – 1pm

Thursday 9th July - 6pm – 8pm

Sunday 12th July - 11am – 1pm

Thursday 16th July - 6pm – 8pm

Sunday 19th July - 11am – 1pm

Thursday 23rd July - 6pm – 8pm

Sunday 26th July - 11am – 1pm

Thursday 30th July - 6pm – 8pm

Training will then continue throughout Aug. Dates/Time to be confirmed.

Many Thanks

The Gaffer

Presentation night

This years presentation night is being held at Pilning Hall on 23rd May. Players will pay £10 for free beverages all night while guests pay £5 for the same benefits.

Although it is a free night, please bring a few quid as there is a raffle with some excellent prizes.

Bawa win 3 Lions Cup

Bawa Athletico lifted the 3 Lions Cup by beating Real Bristol 4-2. Real went 1-0 up through highlights but then lost Jordan Bath through a horrific facial injury. Real then conceded 2 quick goals and failed to get a grip on the game. Smithy did get a last minute penalty but it was not enough.

Saturday night

This Saturday a table has been booked for 17 this Saturday night at Bella Pasta, The Venue, Cribbs Causeway. The table has been booked for 7:30pm so please all try to be there for 7:15 sharp so we are able to be seated on time. After some fine Italian cuisine we will move onto Hollywood Bowl for a game of bowling. Hope to see you all there. Can anyone beat the Gaffer!

 

Sunday

A minibus is being booked for us. We are asking for £20 off of you. That £20 will cover your minibus journey to and from the game and will also cover the cost of your ticket for your end of season do. We are asking you pay £10 Sunday and £10 by the day of the presentation evening.

Meeting at The Parkway for 8:45am. Minibus will be doing a pick up in Bradley Stoke and a pick up The Parkway. Full details to follow.

Dress Code – White Shirt, Black Trousers and Shoes. And of course the Real Bristol Tie. If you have not yet received your Tie please contact The Gaffer, Palmer or Macey A.S.A.P. Ties are £5 and that covers match days subs too!

 

Presentation Evening

This will be held at a hall in Pilning. Tickets for guests will be £5. We are looking at Saturday 23rd May. We are in process of booking and full details will follow. Once you have paid your entry the only cost will be your taxi home. There is no bar so all drinks will be provided for you. HAPPY DAYS!

 

Monies Owed

If you owe money for Mugs, Ties, Subs, Jackets, Training, Fines, T-shirts, Polo Shirts or any other please ensure you get this cleared this week if possible. If there are any issues please contact The Gaffer, Palmer or Macey A.S.A.P.

 

Jason to have fitness test

Jason Steele will have a late fitness test to see if he can make the 3 Lions Cup final. Jason had to be substituted after only 15 minutes with hamstring trouble in Real's promotion game against Longwell Green.

Real boast of best defence in division

Real Bristol have the best defence in the division, FACT. Real have conceded 28 goals this season with 9 players sharing the defensive positions. Al Lip also picks up best keeper award of the division.

Real and Bawa up for the double

With Bawa and Real Bristol both having promotion seasons, one team is 90 minutes away from doing the double. The 3 Lions cup final will be held at Fry's in Keynsham with a 1030am kick off. Real players then pick up their runners up trophies at approximately 12.45.

Real promoted

Real Bristol have been promoted to division 1 after beating Longwell Green 3-1. Real produced some of the best football all season in the first 45 minutes to go into half time 3-0 up. Match report to follow.

Budding signs 3 year contract

Manager Scott Budding has signed a 3 year contract with Real Bristol and had these words to say " It was an offer too good to refuse. Having enjoyed the first year at the club so much I had no hesitation in signing the contract put in front of me by the board. When I signed for the first year I said this club has potential and can go places fast. The results show I was not lying. When we clinch promotion on Sunday I have a two year plan to get to the top flight and we will kick on from there. I am grateful to the chairman for showing his commitment to me with this lucrative deal and I look forward to at least 3 more happy years. ‘’

Monies owed

With the season only weeks away, players must pay the monies owed no later than May 10th so Real can go ahead with the presentation plans.

Real set for nail biting finale

After Real's 2-0 win over The Castle and Longwell green's win over A1, the final game of the season will see Real or Longwell green promoted to division 1. Real face Longwell green in what will be another big day in the clubs history.

Palmer to represent City in FA cup final day at Crystal Palace on 24th April

As you may be aware, at 3.30pm on Friday 24th April 2009 it will be 100 years to the minute since the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Bristol City kicked off.

With the FA agreeing this centenary match, both teams will wear a replica kit the players wore 100 years ago, City in a bizarre colour of blue.

For more info, click here.

Real keep the pressure on

Real eased to a 4-0 win over Argonauts at DRG. A brace from Browner and a goal each from Matt Steele and Palmer bagged another 3 points for Real. Match report to follow.

Real get suited and booted for final

Real Bristol have rewarded the squad for reaching their first final by splashing out on Hugo Boss ties for the players.

The ties RRP £27 but Real broke the bank and are charging players £5 for the ties which include finals day subs and powerade refreshments.

Quiz time

1) ILL MAN SHAT

2) Where did our opening league game take place?

3) This player starred ‘vs Freddy’ in a horror film. Who is he?

4) HIRING HARD CARD

5) Who did Reubs make his debut against?

6) This player shares his first name with an ‘England Winger’. That’s a ‘fact’. Who is he?

7) DRAMA LIARS DRENCH RL HUSSY

8) Which players were on the scoresheet in the 4-0 semi final win against Longwell Green (1pt for each)

9) This player is not a ‘Welsh’, ‘English’ or ‘Irish’. Who is he?

10) ITALLIA TIPPEX

11) Real have drew 2 games this season in the league. Who against? (1pt for each)

12) This player links a very famous Michael and a racecourse not too far from us. Who is he?

13) ET WHEELS T MATE

14) We have played Bemmydorm 3 times this season. What was the score in each game? (1pt for each)

15) This player has had some of the ‘highlights’ of the season. Who is he?

Real's titles chances thrown away.

Real Bristol went down 4-2 to division 2 champions Redfield Rangers. Click here for more.

Macey to miss final

Wayne Macey wil miss the 3 Lions cup final after his red card a fortnight ago against A1. His ban then ends at the end of the season but then starts again at the start of the 09/10 season.

Team Mates

You can find out what your team mates have said in the drop down list under "squad".

Who is he?

Below are 10 clues to players I our squad. Try and figure out which players we are referring to. There is an example to show you how it works.

E.g This player is one of the ‘flowerpot men’. Who is he?

Answer Ben Palmer.

1) This player is ‘more brown’ than any other. Who is he?

2) This player is ‘corroding’. Who is he?

3) This player surely doesn’t use this ‘make-up’ on his mouth. Who is he?

4) This player also plays in the premiership. Who is he?

5) This player is not ‘days’ or ‘months’ but maybe in between. Who is he?

6) This centre forward is a ‘metal’. Who is he?

7) This player shares his surname with an american president. Who is he?

8) This player shares his first name with celebs Mr Brown and Mr Morrison. Who is he?

9) This player is a ‘knob’. Who is he?

10) This player can be found in the tub and shares his name with a ‘Major’. Who is he?

Good Luck

The Gaffer

Two more wins see Real climb to 3rd in the league

Real Bristol won both of their games on Sunday morning to see them reach a season high 3rd position in the table. Click here for the results and reports against Lazz FC.

Match Odds

Real 1/8

Draw 4/1

Lazz 5/1

How many goals will Real score in Game 1? How many goals will Real score in Game 2?

Under 4 7/4 Under 4 7/4

Exactly 4 2/1 Exactly 4 7/4

Over 4 7/4 Over 4 2/1

Which Game will Real score more goals in?

Game 1 5/6

Game 2 Evs

First Goalscorer

Matt Steele 6/4 Herbert 11/2 Jordan 14/1 Palmer 33/1

Browner 9/4 Smithy 11/2 Ashley 22/1 Macey 33/1

Dick 3/1 Douglas 7/1 JB 25/1

Any Lazz 3/1 Weeksy 10/1 Vailes 33/1

Jason 5/1 Reubs 10/1 Rusty 33/1

First Bookings

Dick 5/2 Matt Steele 6/1 Reubs 14/1 Herbert 33/1

Smithy 3/1 JB 7/1 Ashley 14/1 Vailes 33/1

Rusty 7/2 Macey 8/1 Weeksy 16/1

Lips 9/2 Jordan 10/1 Palmer 16/1

Jason 11/2 Douglas 14/1 Browner 20/1

Who will score the most goals on Sunday in total?

Matt Steele 1/2

Browner 2/1

Dick 5/2

Jason 5/1

Jordan 500/1

Other players available on request.

Total Bookings / Corners / Goals (Both games combined)

Bookings: Under 15pts 7/4 Corners: Under 10 2/1 Goals: Under 7.5 5/6

15-35pts inc 6/4 10-12 7/4 Over 7.5 5/6

Over 35pts 2/1 Over 12 7/4

Booking – 10pts

S/Off – 25 pts

Any one player can only score a max of 35pts.

Handicap Market – Both games combined

Real Bristol (-6) Evs

Draw 2/1

Lazz (+6) Evs

Specials

Balls Of Steele - Both Steele brothers to score on Sunday 2/1

Matt Attack - Both Matt’s to score in both games 7/4

Early Bath - One of the Bath’s to be sent off 16/1

Kris Cross - Reubs booked 5/1

What a Dick! - Dick to miss a one on one 3/1

Alex Lippy - Lips booked for dissent 6/1

Ash Bash - Ashley Nixon clatters someone and gets booked 10/1

Ginger Nut - Herbert headbutts someone 100/1

‘Shane’ Ward - ‘That’s my goal‘ – Douglas to score on Sunday 5/2

Anagrams

Last week we had a Real Bristol Quiz. This week another game for all you Real Bristol fans. Rearrange the letter to reveal the name of one of the players at the club. See if you can get all ten.

1) REM JET BASHER

2) THROWN A WET BM

3) CAME ANY YEW

4) HOUSE AND SLAG

5) EX NAN IS HOLY

6) BUNKER RISE

7) SAVE ON A RAIL

8) NOT JAB HARD

9) LESS NEAT JOE

10) REAL BP MEN

Team Mates

Real Bristol caught up with leading scorer Matthew Steele to get his thoughts and feeling on the season so far. Click here for more.

Real see off A1 to record 5th straight win

Real secured a satisfying victory over their rivals this morning when coming out on top in a somewhat fiery contest that aw both sides reduced to 10 men. Read more here.

Reubs shows his class in rep game

Real Bristol’s very own Kris Reuben (Reubs) captained the Gloucestershire County Representative side on Wednesday evening. Further more he was on the scoresheet in their 2-1 win. Well done Reubs!

How well do you know your club?

The Real Bristol Quiz

 

Q1/ Only 2 players have appeared in every game this season? Can you name them? (2pts for each answer)

Q2/ There was one game this season where everyone was awarded a match rating of 10. Who were the opponents? (1pt)

Q3/ Jordan hasn’t scored all season but his brother JB has scored once this season. Who was that against? (3pts)

Q4/ We have lost 3 league games this season. Who inflicted these defeats? (1pt for each answer)

Q5/ Who scored the first ever goal wearing the brand new Adidas Kit? (3pts)

Q6/ How many red cards have been issued to Real Bristol this season? (1pt)

Q7/ How may league game have we played so far? (1pt)

Q8/ Who is the oldest player at Real Bristol? (2pts)

Q9/ True or False? Matt Steele has scored a hat-trick this season for Real Bristol. (1pt)

Q10/ Who do Real Bristol play in their final league game of the season? (1pt)

Don’t cheat and see how you score out of 20. Answers will be revealed at The Parkway after Sundays game.

Good Luck.

The Gaffer.

Real reach 3 Lions final

With goals from Matt Steele, Dicky and a brace from Browner helped Real Bristol to their first ever cup final. Click here for more.

Real will face BAWA Athletico in the cup final which will be held at Fry's on 10th May with a 1030 KO.

Semi-Final scare as Captain nearly torched

There was nearly a horrid incident on Monday evening at The Gaffers Flat. Jordan, Smithy and Vailesy had popped round for a bit of Fifa action and for a bite to eat. The food was put in and checked after 10 mins. The gaffer checked the Chicken Breasts that were put under the grill and found that they were stone cold. Failing to establish why the grill was not actually working Jordan stepped in.

He bent down and inspected the grill. Despite the gaffer having no success igniting the grill Jordan reached over and pressed the ignition button. That immediately sent a huge flame shooting from the grill and past his face. It was literally a centimetre or two away from his face. The Gaffer stood over him and could see the huge flame shoot across him. He was amazed he had not been injured. He said ''I expected Jordan to turn around and have no eye-brows where the flame went across the front of his face. On a serious note he was VERY fortunate to not be badly hurt''.

This will come as a relief to the club as they prepare for their second cup semi of the season. We have a fully fit squad to choose from and we hope it stays that way.

Bemmydorm 0 Real Bristol 4

Déjà vu as Real beat Bemmydorm 4-0 but this time in the league. Read more here.

Real 3 Lloyd 1

A fine second half performance saw Real Bristol claim a crucial 3 points at DRG on a wet Sunday morning. Read more here.

Real paired with Longwell Green in Semi's

Real Bristol face Longwell Green Sports Sunday in the 3 Lions cup semi finals. The tie will be held at a neutral ground at Fry's. The game is scheduled for 22nd March with a kick off time of 10am.

Fifa kings

Jason and Palmer were crowned Fifa kings on Wednesday night as they beat Scott and Ging 3 games to 2. Jason and Palmer were 2 down without scoring in both games but after a change of buttons from Palmer, they came back to win 3 games on the trott. They are still waiting for the trophy!

Real Madrid Bristol gives Bemmydorm what 4!

Real will play in another semi final as they beat Bemmydorm 4-0. Read more here.

Real back on winning ways

A Matt Steele hatrick helped Real Bristol in to the Quarter Finals of the 3 Lions cup. Read more here.

Real throw away 2 goal lead and crash out in extra time

Poor individual performances cost Real a place in the GFA Cup final. Read more here.

Double training for Real

Real Bristol will have 2 training sessions up to their GFA Cup semi final game on Sunday. The first session will be held at Goals (aka pro 5) on Tuesday and the usual indoor training at Southmead on Thursday, same time as usual. A flu bug has been hovering around the squad with the gaffer missing from Tuesday session and numerous players with coughs and colds.

Weather makes history...

With the heavy snow all around the UK, it was the weather that made history by postponing every local football match in the Saturday and Sunday league so Real will now have their 3 Lions cup game against Breakaways after the GFA Cup tie.

Gaffers delight on win over Redfield

‘’The lads were terrific again today. Redfield are top of our league and whether people believe it or not the table doesn’t lie and they have only lost 1 league game all season. To add to that they have only conceded 15 in 9 games so to put 4 past them is pleasing. And it could have bee more really. I feel after a slow start it was a well deserved victory and we had them on the back foot for large spells.

We need to make sure we don’t slip back into giving silly goals away. We were very guilty of this earlier in the season but had put it right. The two goals we gave away are disappointing. If we do not switch of at crucial times and our midfield ensure they work back as quick as they work forward then these goals that we are giving away will be avoided and the clan sheets will begin to trot up.

That aside, it was a good performance by all from Lips in goal right through the team. We worked hard as a unit, got stuck in and tried to play football. The slick passing on what was a difficult surface at times was very encouraging and some of the goals were of a good standard indeed.

There is a belief in the squad at the moment and I think we are going places. The signing of Roobs looks a great one. He was fantastic today and has settled in really well with the rest of the lads. There were many other great performances with all 14 players involvd putting in fine displays. Long may that continue. We play Breakaways Sunday this weekend in the next round and I am sure that it is a game that we can go and win. They are in the league above us and although 1 from bottom should be respected. So should we though because we are a team in form and I do not fear anyone.

Well done to the lads for today. Well done to the guys who came on/off also. They showed a good attitude.’’

 

Real edge Redfield to go into 2nd round of 3 Lions cup

A brace from top scorer Matt Steele helped knock out division 2 leaders Redfield Rangers 4-2 at DRG in the 3 Lions cup. Browner and Jason were also on the score sheet as Real continued their excellent form. Real will play division 1 outfit Breakaways on Sunday 8th Feb at the Imperial club.

Fitness boost for Real players

Real Bristol players were put through their paces as they had a extreme workout with Lee from TNT Gym Southmead.

The players went through 45 minutes of pure hell to gain on the fitness they lost over the xmas period.

After the workout, Lee commented on the the teams performance. Lee said: They are a great bunch of lads who gave me 100%. I have been here for 9 years, and I am absolutely positive I can get the players in the shape they want to be in".

After the work out there were some suprisingly positive notes from the players. 98% of the players said they would definately do it again every 3 weeks then look to do it fortnightly, where some said they would rather eat 6" nails.

 

Real play the waiting game.

With a last minute down pour over Saturday night, Reals 3 lions cup game was again called off with only 3 games going ahead.

DRG water logged for 3 Lions cup but the GFA Cup semi final draw is made.

The weather delayed another game for Real and now the 3 Lions cup game against Redfield will go ahead on 25th January.

However, the 2 other GFA Cup quarter final games took place yesterday and Real will face Post Office Sports of the Bristol and Wessex Senior division. Post Office Sports came out 4-1 winners against Carpenters Arms.

Meanwhile, Lebeq Tavern Courage Res booked their place in the semi's with another 4-1 win over AFC Redland. Lebeq will face Southmead Community Sports Sunday.

The semi final ties will commense on 15/02/2008.

PL update

Click here to see who is leading the way in the prediction league.

Gaffer's review now online!

Read the gaffer's review of the dramatic GFA Cup against DKL Sports here.

BHM update

Following on from previous news we are putting up the training plan with training starting on Mon 12th Jan. If not started and want to be involved then catch up. This is designed in mind of running the 10k on Sunday 10th May. This will lead us nicely to running the half marathon. If you want to be entered for one or both of these runs please let Macey know ASAP so your name can be entered.

Below is week 1. Will put up week 2 towards end of the week. Any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Many Thanks

Gaffer

Training Schedule – Week 1

Mon 12th Jan - Rest..

Tues 13th Jan - 20 min run.

Wed 14th Jan - Rest.

Thurs 15th Jan - Training. If cant make- do run of 4x 6mins quick pace with 2 mins slow jog btwn.

Fri 16th Jan - Rest.

Sat 17th Jan - If you play for a side then that’s your workout otherwise 20mins easy run.

Sun 18th Jan - If you are playing then that’s you done for week 1 otherwise ‘rest’.

Note: Where it says Rest you need to do 50 sit ups and 50 press ups.

Bowler brace sends Real into Semi's

Scott Bowlers 2 goals in 2 minutes sent Real Bristol into the GFA Cup semi finals with will be held on 15th February at DGR.

In a one sided match, Real got there reward in the last couple of minutes to break the hearts of the DKL players.

Click here for the match report.

 

Real Bristol FC are doing their bit for charity by running the Bristol half marathon in September 2009. Hopefully we can get the whole team participating in this and if you feel you are man enough to enter, training for this event must start quite soon for the 13 mile treck. I have a charity in mind but we can have a vote if a few charitys are named. It would be nice to run the marathon in the kit but again, we can discuss this when we get a total amount of people.

GFA Cup Ground switch

The GFA quarter final tie against DKL Sports and Real Bristol will now be played at BAWA. With DRG under water due to burst water pipes, DKL have informed me that the council have postponed all games this weekend so the game will be held at a neutral ground.

GFA tie delayed

Real's quarter final tie against DKL Sports was postponed due to a frozen pitch and will now be scheduled for Sunday 11th Jan at Dundridge lane, Hanham.

January week 1 PL now online

Click here to see the scores.

Happy New Year from Real Bristol!!

Real Bristol would like to wish a very Happy New Year to everyone involved in and outside of the club.

We would like to thank all fans for their continued support and heres hoping that 2009 will be as exciting and successful for the club as we all hope it will be.

PL Update

With December over, the final table is up. Click here to see if you are a winner.

Real march on to quarter's

Real Bristol eased through to the GFA Cup quarter finals with a 4-1 victory over fellow rivals Lloyd Utd.

Matt Steele and Dicky got a brace each to put Real through to the next round who will now face DKL Sports at DRG on Sunday.

Click here for the match report.

GFA Sunday Intermediate Cup quarter final.

Carpenters Arms v Post Office Sports

DKL Sports v Real Bristol

AFC Redland v Lebeqs Tavern Courage Res

White Tree v Southmead Community Sports

 

 

PL Update

Boxing days scores are up and now its wide open with only 6 of the 14 players predicting their scores. Click here for more.

Week 5 Games:

Man Utd v Boro

W.Ham v Stoke City

City v Palace

Northampton v Gas

Gills v Wycombe

Merry Christmas!!

Real Bristol FC would like to wish everyone a very merry christmas and a prosperous new year.

GFA Cup draw

The winners of the Real Vs Lloyd Utd will Bristol and Disctrict Division 1 outfit DKL Sports who are currently bottom of their division. DKL Sports shocked league leaders Easyton Cowboys as the score were level 1-1 at full time but DKL won on penalties.

Prediction league update.

Week 3 scores now online. Click here for more

GFA Cup game waterlogged

Real face another week without play but this time it was due to the rain. Real will make it third time lucky on 21st when they face Lloyd Utd.

Christmas party details..

With the Xmas party booked over 2 months ago, we all know that the Real Bristol FC Xmas party will be taking place on 20th December which is being held at our partner's function room at The Parkway.

Again, Real Bristol FC are putting their players first and will be charging £20 person. This £20 obviously includes a disco, food, and I am not talking about boring sandwiches and mini sausage rolls. The food on offer is lasagna, hot chicken and indian nibbles and a few more pieces. The price also includes drinks. Not 1 drink, not 2 drinks, but free drinks ALL night. Real Bristol FC are rewarding their players by putting enough money behind the bar to make this a one off special Xmas you will not want to miss. Now obviously when you have a xmas party, your partner is invited (if they are not, then something is wrong!!) and to make things more easier, children are also invited to the party.

Now we know some players are not attending because there is a pub crawl going on that night. That is fine as players will not be pressured into what they should do with their own time. Those attending the party are sure to have a night to reember. For only £20 for your whole night you will eat well, drink as much as you can and dance the night away. The choice is yours but Real Bristol FC are saying that ALL our players are welcome and we respect the decision you make, as long as you are making that decision and know one else.

On the night will be a raffle (minimum prize of £17) and more fun and games a chance to win £20 which of course will pay for your evening.

Dress code for the Xmas party is smart/smart casual and doors open at 19.30.

Whatever you decide to do with your evening we hope you have fun, wish you a merry xmas and a very prosperous new year!

 

GFA Cup game frozen out

Real's GFA Cup game against Lloyd Utd will now go ahead on 14th December as the weather freezes the pitch for todays fixture.

December prediciton league

Here are the scores for week 1. There are 14 people in it this month so prize money will be:

1st - £30
2nd - £20
3rd - £15
4th - £5

‘Real’ chance to beat arch rivals ruined by first half display

Real go down 4-3 at A1 on Sunday. Click here to see match report and ratings.

November prediction over. Click here to see who won what.

New kit has arrived.

The waiting is over. Real Bristol's new Adidas Aquilla kit is finally here but the players will have to wait another week until they can get to wear it. A1's new colours are also red and black so Real will be wearing their away kit on Sunday.

Real will be kitted out the following week in the GFA Cup tie at Lloyd Utd and hopefully Real Bristol FC will be unveiling another Adidas garment for the players. The winner of this match will see them in to the quarter finals of the GFA Cup.

Prediction league update,

Can Aaron hold on to top spot for the last week in the predicition league. Will Mrs Browner end up bottom of the league for the second time running? Find out where you are in the table by clicking here.

Week 5 November

Man City v Man United

Chelsea v Arsenal

Stoke v Hull

Preston v City

Gillingham v Stockport

"Real" shame as 2 goal lead is thrown away.

Real share points with Bemmydorn. Click here for more.

Week 4 of the prediction league.

With Aaron and Herbert neck and neck and only Bowler seemingly able to catch them we head into we head into week 4.

The fixtures are:

Aston Villa v United

Stoke v West Brom

Palace v City

Gas v Swindon

Bury v Gills

 

Surely it is a 3 horse race now. Never know. Get 3 of the scores right and you could go up near the top!

GAFFER

Real snap up another sponsor.

Real Bristol are delighted to have captured www.soccerkings.co.uk to sponsor them during the 08/09 season. Soccerkings now supply Real Bristol FC and Hereford United (football league division 2) their kit and training wear. You can find full details of SoccerKings under the sponsor link at the top of the page.

Smithy spot-on to grab late point for Real

It was deja vu for Real against Lloyd Utd with Smithy netting a late equaliser. Read more here.

Real reveal new signing

Real Bristol has signed midfield dynamo Shane Douglas. Shane 24, will go straight in the squad for Sunday's league clash with Lloyd Utd.

Scott described Shane as a work-acholic on the pitch with great vision and will be a splendid addition to the team.

Vailsey leads the way in Prediction league.

Week 3 see's Aaron leading the pack but Herbert is only 20 points behind in second place. To see the current table and week 3 results, click here.

Budding delighted with cup win

We caught up with the gaffer to get his views on Real's memorable win against Bristol 5. Budding had this to say:

‘’ I am so pleased with each and every one of the lads. The performance they put in yesterday was absolutely fantastic. We showed a never say die attitude that if maintained will surely see us have a successful season. Many, and I mean MANY teams would have given up when 4-2 down with 10 men, especially after being 2-0 up. But the lads have shown fantastic character to come back and get the result. When you take into account the injuries we picked up also it really was a magnificent result.

The pitch got really bad and that was something that really played into their hands as they had the extra body out there but the players were everywhere. They wanted every ball and worked hard for one another. When you have some players showing strength individually it is good but when the team are strong as a unit it is wonderful.

Vis Unita Fortior! - United Strength Is Stronger!

There were some fantastic goals, some great challenges and some top saves. Every one of the players did themselves, the club, the fans and myself proud and we now look forward to playing Lloyd in the next round. It is a game I am sure we can win but if we are to succeed then we must not lose focus. It is one game and we cannot get carried away. We must keep our feet on the ground and take each game as it comes. We get a chance to see Lloyd in action as we have them in the league on Sunday. Lets show them what’s to come for them in the Cup! ‘’

Real face rivals Lloyd Utd in GFA Cup round 3

Real Bristol will travel to Lloyd Utd twice in a month after being drawn away to Utd in the GFA cup 3rd round, only 2 weeks after the 2 teams meet at Lloyd for division 2 action.

Real Bristol 6 v 4 Bristol 5 (AET)

Real Bristol recorded an historic win pulling of a fantastic result against Bristol 5 to progress to the next round of the GFA Cup despite being reduced to 10 men. Read more here.

November prediction league week 2

The predictions have been made. Click here to view them.

Real no go as DRG is waterlogged,

Real must postpone league action against Lazz FC as Real must play Bristol 5 in an arranged game at DRG on 09/11/08.

November week 1 under way..

As Real face a frustrating week of no action due to a water logged pitch, the November week 1 gets under way. Click here for more info.

Gaffer and Captain predict success...

While the gaffer and captain share top prize for October, this Saturday will see week 1 of November competition. October comp proved to be a success and with 5 weeks worth of games in November and more people expected to join prize money is going to be sweet. Click here for week 1 of November's fixures.

Real crash out of the cup.

A poor first half performance cost Real a place in the next round of the Pullin cup. Read match report and ratings here.

Up For The Cup

This Sunday will see Real Bristol host Division One side Sportsman in the Gilbert Pullin Cup. We caught up with Real Manager Scott Budding to talk about his sides chances:-

‘’ I believe it is a game we can win for sure. They are a decent side and it will not be easy but we are improving with every game and I am sure a repeat of our performance on Sunday (especially the second half) will see us victorious. They are doing well in their division and we will need to be ready from the word go as they will fancy their chances against us but as long as we do not give silly goals away I believe we will have enough going forward to come out on top.

We will need to defend as a unit and defend from the front. They are a team who will look to play the ball around and it is up to us to press them. We need to close them down quickly and prevent them from getting into any sort of flow. We will go out there and play our own game. We will go out there and enjoy the game and all being well we will progress to the next round. The league is our priority this year and I make no secret of that but at the same time I have always enjoyed cup runs and beating a side like Sportsman on Sunday can only be good for our confidence for when we return to league duties against Lazz next week. ‘’

Real Bristol prediction league update..

With the Gaffer leading the way going into the final week can anyone catch him? Click here for the latest table.

Week 3 - Final Week For October.................

Man City v Stoke
Barnsley v City
Gas v Southend
Gills v Chester
+ A game of your choice

Please pay your £1s to The Gaffer on Sunday and pay double if did't pay last week.

Prize Money:

1st £15
2nd £10
3rd £5

Real get back to back wins on the road..

Real Bristol continued their push up the table as they beat The Castle 5-2 at Fry's. Click here for the reports and player ratings.

Real Bristol Prediction Game

The table for week one is updated, click here to see who is leading the way..

Week 2

Saturday

Bristol City v Norwich

Huddersfield v Bristol Rovers

Bradford v Gillingham

Sunday

Stoke City v Spurs

+ A game of your choice on either sat or sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many Thanks

Gaffer

Entry to week 2 is now closed and you can see who made tHe deadline with their scores by clicking here

FIVE STAR REAL GET OFF THE MARK!

Real get their first win away to The Argonauts. Read more here.

Real Bristol link up with Paypal

You can now pay your match day subs via Paypal. £16 per month will cover your monthly subs. Click "subscribe" to sign up.

Real Bristol Prediction Game

Starting this week you can win yourself some cash. Entry is just £1 per week. Click here for more details and to find out who predicted who to win the international games.

Scott finally gets his man..

Real manager Scott Budding has signed another striker for the club. Scott Bowler has signed on the dotted line to bolster the attack. Budding describes Bowler " A prolific striker who will get 20 goals +".

Real get home tie in GFA Cup!

Real Bristol will entertain Bristol 5 from the Bristol and District league in the 2nd round of the GFA Cup. Bristol 5 are currently top of division 2 after 3 games played.

Longwell Green take the points..

Real Bristol continued their slow start to the season with a 3-2 home defeat against Longwell Green Sports. Cick here for more...

Managers Views

We caught up with new Real Bristol manager Scott Budding to get his views on the season so far on and off the pitch….

Q/ How do you feel you have settled into the role as manager of the club?

A/ I feel I have settled in very well. It was always going to be difficult coming in so close to the start of the season. I had no time to work with the players pre-season but I do feel things are already looking promising for the club.

Q/ One win and one defeat. Happy with the start?

A/ No, not really. You are only a winner if you think like one and I want to win every game. It was very disappointing to lose that first game but I would like to add that the performance in that game was pretty good. We certainly did enough to win the game but it was just one of those days. We responded well in the cup and we will kick on from here. We had a good training session last Sunday and the effort the lads put in was very pleasing.

Q/ Any more additions to the squad likely to happen?

A/ I said when I took over that the existing players will be given an opportunity. I haven’t said to anyone that I would like to release them from the squad and I don’t plan to. Everyone has a chance to prove themselves. I have brought in a couple of players in areas we were short or needed improving and I have a couple of other players signing on who will add competition for places if I bring them in.

They may have to wait for their chance though as we have a big squad. Not including myself we had 13 at the last game and with Palmer and Macey to come back in that gives me 15. Having said this there can be no room for complacency and if changes need to be made to take the club forward then I will not hesitate to make them. But make no mistake, the current squad has the ability to succeed this season and if we continue to work together we can achieve great things. I will only make changes to the squad if necessary not for the sake of it.

Q/ Good news about the sponsorship yes!?!?!?!?

A/ Fantastic news. The deal that has been struck with The Parkway is terrific for the football club. We are in the process of ordering a brand new kit of the highest quality and a few other purchases which will soon be on view for all to see. Not only does it allow us to go out and buy these things but it makes the club financially stable which is very, very important. The Parkway has done a fantastic thing for us so I hope all the players show their appreciation and ensure they try to attend The Parkway after matches etc.

Q/ Any thoughts on the Pullin Cup draw?

A/ Well we have been handed a challenging game against ‘Sportsman’. I do not know too much about them personally but they are a division above us and are an established side in the 1st division so they are sure to provide a stern test. I am very pleased the game is at home though and with the home advantage I certainly feel we can, and will, progress to the next round.

Q/ And Sunday?

A/ Longwell Green Sunday. I have been told they are a good side. There will be no easy games this season in this division and we will have to work hard to get the result. They had an impressive result against Argonauts but did lose to an A1 Sports side missing some of there key players. Again we are at home so I will say 3pts for Real. I really want DRG to be a fortress this year. Would like to remain undefeated at home all season. It’s important we defend well. I have always said ‘If you don’t concede then you cannot lose!’. It’s obvious I know but that is the truth. We can score goals. We will always score goals and if we do not give goals away at the other end then we have the winning combination we are looking for.

Sunday 5th October – Real Bristol v Longwell Green Sunday. 10:30 am Kick-Off.

Real get home tie

Real Bristol entertain Sportsman in the second round of the Gibert Pullin cup. Tie to take place on 26th October.

Real net huge sponsor

Real Bristol FC have netted a 4 figure sponsor deal with The Parkway Tavern public house. The ongoing talks finally came to an end on Sunday night when the 2 partys struck a deal which will see Real Bristol comfortable for many years to come.

Ben commented "The amount of time and effort again from Scott,Jordan,Wayne and myself has been rewarded by this sponsor deal and we cannot thank The Parkway enough"

Scott added " We have been working non stop behind the scenes to land this sponsor and to get more than we planned is fantastic. I want to take this club to the highest standards and with the financial backing we have, I can work the players with enough training equipment to get us in the premier division, beating Lebeq and Scafftec."

Wayne said " Most of us are still buzzing from this news and we hope we can repay the Parkway with our performances on the pitch and hopefully our push up the leagues "

Jordan, Real's captain had this to say " After being captain from the start I am over whelmed that my team and pub and joined together again ."

The Adidas Aquilla kit has been chosen and will be here soon.

Real Bristol FC and The Parkway Tavern, what a perfect life.....

 

Real hit Jaguars for 6!

Real Bristol progressed to round 2 of the Cup with a comfortable victory over Bristol Jaguars. Read more under match reports.

Rangers show 10 man Real how to finish..

Redfield Rangers took all 3 points in the first game of the season but Real will be kicking themselfs as Lips saw red but Real still called the shots in the opening game of the season. Read more in the match reports.

Bristol Athletic Colts fold.

Bristol Athletic Colts have folded without even kicking a ball in the Bristol Regional League. Real's division 2 rivals decided to make the decision after the resignation of their manager last week.

 

Rained off !!

Well all the years I have been playing football i never would have thought a game would be called off in September.

Last month Real had not 1 but 2 friendlies called off due to rain. Is it time for a change in the league structure or a season start date being pulled back to late may?

One thing I do know is we have 15 players itching to play football..C,mon mother nature let up for gods sake!!

Real v Bristol athletic colts off!!

Real looking to improve.

Over the last month or so Real has noticed a down turn in its fortunes with player generally not show respect for the club i.e. not showing for training and committing them self's to other clubs.

New manager Scott budding reacted with a word of warning ." If you think this club is a stepping stone you are strongly mistaken, We have ambitions and want to move forward, With or without Current players"

 

Scott Budding revealed as new Real Bristol manager

Scott Budding, Real Bristols "managers player of the season 07/08" has been revealed as the new manager of Real Bristol. The young but very experienced player was delighted to take the hot seat as he believes he is ready to take Real Bristol to higher stages. Scott spoke to the board and said " I am honoured to be part of this fantastic club and I truely believe I can take this club higher and give the chairman (Ben and Wayne) there wish of being up there with the Lebeq's and Scafftec's and challenging for the premier title.

When I was offered the job I knew I couldn't turn it down and with a few names under my hat, I am ready to bring fresh idea's into the club.

Wayne commented on Scott's arrival and said " This is absolutely fantastic for us to have a guy like Scott on board. We have been looking for a new manager for a few months now and we are very excited and condifent Scott can take us places".

Ben followed up " Scott was always in our thoughts for manager and with a change of circumstances at Scott's end, we knew we could land our man and we did. Already we have seen what Scott offer's and there is a new buzz around the changing room's and we have agreed that Scott has our backing on every decision he makes ".

Real Bristol FC Poloshirts £10.

Real Bristol have added another garment to there growing selection of casual wear. The new poloshirt has arrived and is proving very popular. It's black with the club logo embroider on to it. Stock is running out fast so to own your RBFC T-shirt Give the Gaffa a call.

 

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