Pixel Golf Football - Season Three

[honeybadger64]

Pixel Golf Football is back for a third season. 
this is the link to the score sheet

With all the upheaval in gameplay and Tour participation the League will stay pretty much as it was in terms of number of participants. The Premier Division have lost Season One Champions Burton Albion and Barcelona who were both relegated, replaced by Celtic and Bristol City. Coventry managed to avoid promotion by a single shot in 515. Chelsea left and Northampton didn't complete enough games so they are replaced by Carlisle United and Leeds United in the Championship and Juventus will also participate there.

The eagle-eyed amongst you will see that the Championship has eleven teams in it and this means that each week at least one side will be playing two matches (their rounds counting that week in two fixtures). It's messy but just bear with me on this one. All fixtures will use the PGF scoring adjustment as will the Sweet FA Cup which will debut in a couple of weeks.

Premier Division

Ajax Amsterdam - fransslabak
Aston Villa - avjpfc
Bristol City - Giraffe72
Cassino Calcio - cassinochips (reigning champions)
F91 Dudelange - up mup kupen nup
Glasgow Celtic - Celtic Wolf (championship winners)
Liverpool - crushtastic
Manchester United - jason755
Orlando Pirates - Art Vandelay
West Ham United - rob4590

Championship

Barcelona - mbuenger
Burton Albion - LEFTY79
Canterbury United Dragons - statelyowl
Carlisle United - Riotous
Coventry City - SkyBlueBen
East Fife - me
Herne Bay - sid snott
Hyvinkään Palloseura - Tombanator
Juventus - FutureBuckeye11
Leeds United - xcltaff1980
Tranmere Rovers - thetaffman

All the usual stuff. Play the first half by Wednesday night if humanly possible and report your score in the thread. Even if you miss the cut play the other rounds as it avoids complications at the end of the season when people can lose a shot at promotion because someone gifts a win to a rival.

Week One sees a lot of old rivalries renewed such as Liverpool and West Ham meeting for what seems to be the tenth time. Newly promoted Celtic travel to Amsterdam to face playoff winners Ajax, whilst the other new boys Bristol City, face a tough start in the Italian mountains at the reigning champions Cassino. There is a heavyweight bout in Brum where the Villa host David Bowie's favourite Luxembourger side, All the Young Dudelangers. Man Utd visit the Mayor's office in Soweto for their opener.

Relegated Barcelona have the chance to get off to a flyer with matches against two of last season's strugglers in East Fife and Tranmere Rovers. They will be looking to get off to a good start, as will their fellow demotees, Burton, who host Coventry City. Most people in the know are tipping Juventus to do well/walk the Championship but the Finnish part-timers Hyvinkään Palloseura have the first chance to throw a spanner in the works of the Grand Old Lady. Leeds United will probably not have tasted the hospitality of Herne Bay but will soon learn that they have more shots than a firing squad. Delighted to welcome the refined Sam Pond back to the fold as he takes Carlisle to Canterbury, though the Cumbrians may be looking forward to a coach trip, that's Canterbury, New Zealand.

Play well, have fun and see you all at Marriot Oceanview.

[honeybadger64]

In before the gif

[up mup kupen nup]

In after the gif

[up mup kupen nup]

Wait... There is no gif.

[SkyBlueBen]

Coventry City are pleased to inform their Championship rivals that all their home games will be played in Godiva's City at the Coventry Building Society Arena (formerly Ricoh Arena) which will be far more pleasant for visiting teams than the Small Heath of last season. There will no longer be a need to pay the local 10 year old hoodlum's a fiver to look after the team bus.

On the pitch many changes have been made after the team's implosion in the closing weeks of Season 2. New players have been brought in, then moved on, then some brought back again and gaps filled by further new players. Team still playing like they don't know a 5 iron from fence post. 

Look forward to doing battle with you all. We go again!! PUSB

[FutureBuckeye11]

May 29, 2021 13:28:20 GMT -5 honeybadger64 said:

Pixel Golf Football is back for a third season. 
this is the link to the score sheet

Relegated Barcelona have the chance to get off to a flyer with matches against two of last season's strugglers in East Fife and Tranmere Rovers. They will be looking to get off to a good start, as will their fellow demotees, Burton, who host Coventry City. Most people in the know are tipping Juventus to do well/walk the Championship but the Finnish part-timers Hyvinkään Palloseura have the first chance to throw a spanner in the works of the Grand Old Lady. Leeds United will probably not have tasted the hospitality of Herne Bay but will soon learn that they have more shots than a firing squad. Delighted to welcome the refined Sam Pond back to the fold as he takes Carlisle to Canterbury, though the Cumbrians may be looking forward to a coach trip, that's Canterbury, New Zealand.

Play well, have fun and see you all at Marriot Oceanview.

It didn't take long this offseason for big changes in the ranks of Juventus. La Vecchia Signora has already brought in a new manager for the upcoming season and more player changes are surely on the horizon. We hope to get off to a strong start this season as the pressure appears to be on given the media keep pegging us as favorites to lift the trophy (the dreaded media curse!). Though we have a strong foundation we know there are many formidable opponents (especially when other good players are getting strokes each round lol) so we must not take anything for granted. Either way, I am excited for what is to come and plan to have a lot of fun in this format!

Forza Juve!

[rob4590]

In for the opportunity to post a gif.....

[crushtastic]

What's a gif??

[cassinochips]

May 29, 2021 15:48:56 GMT -5 crushtastic said:

What's a gif??

A type of peanut butter.


honeybadger64 For some wholly unknown reason, probably a clerical error at PGFIFA and/or domestic terrorism, I have been thrust into the ranks of Kinetic. So for the next 2-3 weeks I'll be at -2 before I get unceremoniously dumped back to the CC rank and file.

[crushtastic]

May 29, 2021 20:26:01 GMT -5 cassinochips said:

May 29, 2021 15:48:56 GMT -5 crushtastic said:

What's a gif??

A type of peanut butter.


honeybadger64 For some wholly unknown reason, probably a clerical error at PGFIFA and/or domestic terrorism, I have been thrust into the ranks of Kinetic. So for the next 2-3 weeks I'll be at -2 before I get unceremoniously dumped back to the CC rank and file.

Welcome to the K klub.

[Art Vandelay]

May 29, 2021 15:48:56 GMT -5 crushtastic said:

What's a gif??

Isn't this about time?  The past is a memory, the present is a gif and the future is the jelly that goes with the peanut butter?

Orlando, the most defiant rag tag group of pixel gawlf footballers to ever avoid relegation in the history of PGF (go ahead, look it up. I'll wait.), has been training ever since they were ceremoniously bounced from the polling thingy (oooo, technical terms abound!).  You know, doing passing drills...getting haircuts...scouring the bush for a new keeper...



Had to put the new recruit on the injured list.

The pitch in Soweto has been groomed properly to welcome our old friends Man U jason755.  Will the Bucs play rather than stand in awe of the Red Devils?  Tune in this week to find out.

Onward!

[Giraffe72]

There's the Gif!

[Giraffe72]

A trip to the Champions is my reward for winning promotion, better get my game head on! I've got nothing to lose, except maybe my sanity playing this game. Our Rome holiday may have been postponed until next year, but at least my pixelated golfer gets to pay that great country a visit.

Good luck all!

[SkyBlueBen]

The Sky Blues limped into this season in pretty much the way they limped out of last season. Doubt the late rally will be enough to save the game against the Brewery.

Team's tempo was all over the shop (as it was earlier in Pro). Is the the players fault (probably) or some dark outside forces?

Round 1 70 (-2)
Round 2 74 (+2)
Round 3 71 (-1)
Round 4 64 (-8)

[Art Vandelay]

May 30, 2021 4:45:37 GMT -5 SkyBlueBen said:

The Sky Blues limped into this season in pretty much the way they limped out of last season. Doubt the late rally will be enough to save the game against...

Team's tempo was all over the shop (as it was earlier in Pro). Is the the players fault (probably) or some dark outside forces?

Round 1 70 (-2)
Round 2 74 (+2)
Round 3 71 (-1)
Round 4 64 (-8)

I think there is voodoo afoot, across the board.   But it might be affecting others oppositely.  Case in point:  Here is my first round of the day, round 1 of TST:



Same sad sack that shot 72-85 last week.  Go figger.

Onward.

EDIT:  Fixed it.  Round 2 +6.  All is right with the cosmos.