Pixel Golf Football - Season Two

[honeybadger64]

Pixel Golf Football - Season Two

We kick off Season Two on Sunday March 14th at Pinedale Trails, home of the Vandelay Industries Cup, sponsored by our very own Art Vandelay , boss of the Orlando Pirates

Five new teams join the competition;

Nothampton Town - waldini1985
Barcelona - mbuenger
Chelsea - bogeyman
Hyvinkään Palloseura - Tombanator
Canterbury Utd Dragons - statelyowl

They represent CC-H through to Kinetic so there truly is a place for everyone. Last season we had several people ask to join after we had started the season so if you fancy some football-based pixel golf speak now or forever hold your peace. It is just a case of playing the four CC rounds each week and reporting your progress in this thread, We have a score adjustor system to maintain a degree of competitiveness.


SkyBlueBen the Lockdown Cup winner, fransslabak , Giraffe72 , Celtic Wolf , sid snott , thetaffman , rob4590 , crushtastic , up mup kupen nup , cassinochips , LEFTY79 , jason755 , avjpfc and our stricken brother xboxjonnyuk have all made season one a good laugh and are back (although Jonny is on the injury list).

Further details to follow when numbers can be finalised.

[honeybadger64]

Pre-Season Preview

Twenty teams have confirmed for Season Two so it will be two divisions of ten teams playing each other once. There will be promotion relegation playoffs after the regular season.

Premier Division

The eight teams who made it into the Covid Champions League in Season One will be joined by F91 Diddeleng and Barcelona. Winner of the Lockdown Cup, Coventry City threatened a walk out if they had to play in the top division and Kevin and newcomer Mark Beunger deserve their chance in the top flight. We still have representation of the CC flights in there and if the Luxembourgers don't sort their defence and attack they might find themselves in a relegation dogfight. 

They start with a Battle of the Low Countries at home to the mercurial Ajax side, anything but a friendly match, this one. Villa host the Italian entrants from Cassino whilst Man United travel to Soweto for a sweaty encounter with this week's tournament sponsor. Many eyes will be on Anfield where Champions League finalists Liverpool host last season's brilliant West Ham side. Barcelona make their debut against the other finalists, Burton Albion and it will be intriguing to see how the rapidly promoted Spaniards fare against one of last season's most consistent performers.

Week One fixtures

F91 Diddeleng up mup kupen nup vs Ajax Amsterdam fransslabak
Aston Villa avjpfc vs Cassino Calcio cassinochips
Orlando Pirates Art Vandelay vs Manchester United jason755
Liverpool crushtastic vs West Ham United rob4590
Barcelona mbuenger vs Burton Albion LEFTY79

Championship

Four new teams join the second tier which keeps some familiar faces and old rivals. The fixture computer has thrown up some fascinating opening day match-ups. Celtic and Bristol City played out a titanic 13th place playoff last week. In probably one of the games of the season they could only be separated by penalties as Celtic squeezed through. Both teams found a new lease of life with improvements in XBox performance and the Robins will be out for instant revenge.

Unregistered players and dodgy pitch measurements at Herne Bay saw Tranmere victorious last week in the Battle for the Wooden Spoon but the Kent part-timers have a chance to settle scores immediately in a re-match. Two unknown quantities meet at the Sixfields Stadium. Northampton Town host the Finnish side that made F91 Diddeleng seem like household names, Hyvinkään Palloseura. Due to the abnormal number of A's in their name they will probably be known as HyPA henceforth.

If you thought that a trip to South Africa was a big undertaking, spare some sympathy for my East Fife outfit. The reward for putting this together is a trip to New Zealand to play new boys Canterbury United Dragons. It will be hard enough trying to understand what is going on in a country which changes all the vowel sounds without having to cope with too many elements in their host's name. In the final match of week one Season One substitute Pete Mollon gets to represent his own team Chelsea as they host Lockdown Cup winner and resident paddy-thrower Ben Tough's beloved Sky Blues of Coventry.

Week One Fixtures

Glasgow Celtic Celtic Wolf vs Bristol City Giraffe72
Canterbury United Dragons statelyowl vs East Fife 
Northampton Town waldini1985 vs HyPA Tombanator
Tranmere Rovers thetaffman vs Herne Bay sid snott
Chelsea bogeyman vs Coventry City SkyBlueBen

Good luck to all, have a blast and you can find all the gubbins here (The spreadsheet link for those struggling with Northern vernacular)

[waldini1985]

Hi, sorry to be a div but where is the course info for what we play?

[Giraffe72]

J1!!!!

[Giraffe72]

Mar 13, 2021 7:03:17 GMT -5 waldini1985 said:

Hi, sorry to be a div but where is the course info for what we play?

It's played out of the Challenge Circuit, just need to play your four rounds whether you make the cut or not.

[honeybadger64]

Mar 13, 2021 7:03:17 GMT -5 waldini1985 said:

Hi, sorry to be a div but where is the course info for what we play?

The only daft question is the one that wasn't asked. Just play the four rounds of the Challenge Circuit each week so this week it is the Vadalay Industries Cup at Pinedale Trails running from tomorrow. That way I can check the scores on the TCGT leaderboards. Those players who find themselves in the rarified atmosphere of the Posh Boy's flights have to post a screenie of their final summary but that isn't required for CC-A to CC-L. Only thing we ask for is to get the first two rounds played by the Wednesday cut and if you do miss a cut please play the other two rounds by Saturday night.

[waldini1985]

Mar 13, 2021 7:11:13 GMT -5 honeybadger64 said:

Mar 13, 2021 7:03:17 GMT -5 waldini1985 said:

Hi, sorry to be a div but where is the course info for what we play?

The only daft question is the one that wasn't asked. Just play the four rounds of the Challenge Circuit each week so this week it is the Vadalay Industries Cup at Pinedale Trails running from tomorrow. That way I can check the scores on the TCGT leaderboards. Those players who find themselves in the rarified atmosphere of the Posh Boy's flights have to post a screenie of their final summary but that isn't required for CC-A to CC-L. Only thing we ask for is to get the first two rounds played by the Wednesday cut and if you do miss a cut please play the other two rounds by Saturday night.

Ahhh ok I think you did say, must be getting old hahaha

[sid snott]

After getting pulled in the last match of season one against Tranmere for fielding illegal players ( I thought I was getting Lionel Messi, instead I got Leon Messy) Herne Bay shall be returning with the old players from season one.
Just had a call from some Nigerian Prince offering the services of Ronaldinho for season two. Ronald McDonald?
We look forward to the grudge match against Tranmere. Now I wonder if the keys still fit the Tranmere home side changing room?

[Tombanator]

Pre-season report: Finnish football on the rise? The curious case of Hyvinkään Palloseura, also known as HyPS

In one of the most exciting bits of news in recent times for Finnish football (besides being part of the upcoming Euros for the first time in the country's history), plucky amateurs Hyvinkään Palloseura (Hyvinkää's Ballclub or HyPS for easier abbreviation that most here use anyway) have been rumored to have received what some reports have described to be a "silver ticket". Not many people know what this means, but based on what we know so far, this apparently means an entry to the prestigious competition known as "Pixel Golf Football Championship". Also according to early reports, this has meant that the enthusiasm has gone overboard in the dingy offices of the Palloseura.

Since they seem to have believed that this ticket they received must be worth quite a bit of money down at the pawn shop, the board went on a crazy spending spree on new items for the office to impress investors and sponsors. Their hopes were placed on the belief that they would receive a hefty compensation from the ticket to offset inevitable losses and fill up the coffers once more. They had estimated the ticket to be worth roughly "500 billion euros", according to an anonymous source or two. Turns out, after spending 100 million euros on a golden statue of the team's financial advisor, Ivan Nomauny, they took the ticket to the local pawn shop where it was appraised to be worth "probably a cheese burger at McDonalds and a cup of coffee". Feeling heartbroken, the owners were left scrambling desperately to scrape up funds for new player acquisitions for the upcoming season, but all they could apparently get was "about €3.50".

This bit of news has meant that the squad for the week 1 fixture at Northampton Town will be wildly different to the usual squad with plenty of new players involved in the action, leaving the "Pässit" fanbase (or "the Rams") of the club confused and worried whether or not this team will amount to a lot down the line. The optimism is in our pessimism though, so the new boys of the Palloseura will be hoping to make an impact against the heavily favored, more professional side in week 1 and from there see if they can realistically challenge for the victory of the Championship.

[bogeyman]

In other news Chelsea manager Thomas (don't mention the war) Tuchel said he was looking forward to the fixture against the sky blues. He said Coventry had been in good form recently but all good things had to come to an end. Watch this space.

[cassinochips]

Looking to recapture the form that shot them to the top of Group B in the qualifying stages, Cassino Calcio has once again sequestered themselves in the Abbey of Montecassino. Since a weekend seemed to carry them through the qualifying phase, but abandoned them thereafter, for this go 'round, the Azzurri are staying in for an entire week and saying 50 Hail Marys and 20 Our Fathers every three hours.

Reached for comment before going into the sanctum, the Italian manager said "Hey, it couldn't hurt again, right?"

[LEFTY79]

Since we're playing them this week, I feel I am now compelled to order one. I'm sure the East Fife honeybadger64 mug costs a lot more! 

[crushtastic]

Mar 13, 2021 17:43:45 GMT -5 LEFTY79 said:

Since we're playing them this week, I feel I am now compelled to order one. I'm sure the East Fife honeybadger64 mug costs a lot more! 

Now that Burton are the defending champions, I'm sure you could up that price to, at least, £6.49.

[Art Vandelay]

The clock has started on how long it will take for Pirate Relegation! Place your wagers, all bets considered and if won will be paid out in booty. ARRRRRRR!

[rob4590]

The mighty Hammers clearly took off on holiday to Brazil right after claiming 3rd place in Season 1......as they played some samba football for most of the first three rounds......and then sangria football for round 4......