Bulletin 4 – 28 February 2020

Welcome to the fourth bulletin of the Monkey League 2019/20 Season.

Winners and Losers

Liverpool still sit at top of the Monkey Premier League as they equal Manchester City’s record of 18 consecutive Premier League victories. Sheffield United sneak into second place following another couple of wins, as they push to finish in a European spot – few would have predicted that at the start of the year. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal have moved off the bottom of the Monkey Premier League table as they are now unbeaten in 5, and it is North London rivals Spurs who take the honours of last place.

West Brom’s recent improved run sees them extend their lead at the top of the Monkey League Championship. Plenty of change in the places just below the Baggies, with Preston, Millwall and Blackburn now making up the top 4. Middlesborough’s dismal run sees them tumble even further down the table to 23rd place, with Stoke City still holding onto last place.

Wycombe still have a comfortable lead at the top of the Monkey League One table despite a shakey run of results, thanks to a very healthy handicap. Coventry City knock Rotherham out of second place, with the Sky Blues picking up 13 points from a possible 15 as they look to secure automatic promotion back to the Championship. The less said about Bolton and Southend the better, as both clubs haven’t picked up a single point from their last 5 games, and are getting further and further adrift at the bottom of the table.

Crewe Alexandra are our new leaders in the Monkey League Two table. Alexandra are one of 5 clubs who are battling for the automatic promotion places. Last time’s leaders Swindon are in second place, closely followed by Exeter. Seven consecutive defeats for now managerless Stevenage means that they now find themselves at the bottom of the Monkey League Two table.

The Monkey League Results

Craig Moran has found his way back to the top of our leaderboard, with Neringa Simonaitye and Andrew Hall hot on his tail. Graeme Denny is back in pole position for the wooden spoon, although Abbie Greenwood and Nicola Moore are kindly keeping Graeme company at the bottom of the table.

The most improved player this time is Mark Hampton, climbing an impressive 48 places to 38th on the leaderboard. George Kirrin is this week’s biggest faller, slipping from 49th spot all the way down to 105th

Quote of the week

“I do not know how I missed” said Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, as Arsenal crashed out of the Europa League last night on away goals. Although Aubamayang scored in 113th minute, he missed a far easier chance in the dying seconds that would have sent last year’s runners up through to the last sixteen.

News in Brief

It’s the final of the Carabao Cup this weekend, as reigning champions Manchester City take on Premier League newboys Aston Villa. It’s not been that long since the Villans last played at Wembley, and they will be hoping for a repeat of their play-off final success on Sunday afternoon.

Question of the Week

Last time we asked which six players scored 90 or more Premier League goals in the 2010s?

No answers to this one, but the answers are: Sergio Aguero Harry Kane

Wayne Rooney Romelu Lukaku Robin van Persie Jamie Vardy

This week we want to know who are the 2 players who have played and scored in the Premier League, whose first 2 letters of their surname are NZ?

James Allen

Results

Position Name Monkeys defeated Points 1 Craig Moran***** 996 271.0 2 Neringa Simonaityte 995 261.1 3 Andrew Hall***** 993 255.0 4 Paul Landreth***** 988 246.2 5 Claire Saunders 985 236.7 6 Steve Higginbottom**** 984 234.3 7 Neil Kempshall 975 222.0 8 Jane Carrington 961 211.7 9 Becky Thompson***** 961 211.3 10 Henry Tapper*** 952 206.1 11 Matthew Slater** 937 196.6 12 Jon Wilkes 931 194.2 13 Dale Walmsley***** 914 190.2 14 John Small***** 906 187.1 15 Gary Symons** 901 185.3 16 Marcus Johansson***** 893 182.8 17 Jack Presswell* 883 178.5 18 Paul Moloney**** 861 172.2 19 Jonathan Hugh*** 859 171.4 20 Michael Stock 855 171.0 21 Jenny Mahtani** 854 170.0 22 Stephen Moorse**** 850 168.9 23 Tim Jones***** 843 167.3 24 Dan Phillips 836 165.3 25 Brendan O'Connor***** 832 164.2 26 Emma Robinson**** 827 163.0 27 Sam Mullock* 817 160.3 28 Matthew Allen* 813 159.5 29 Dean Hornsby* 813 159.5

Position Name Monkeys defeated Points 30 Richard Lunt*** 811 158.0 31 Peter Norman***** 799 155.0 32 George Kennedy* 797 154.7 33 Neil Kennedy**** 793 153.8 34 Chris Marson**** 792 153.3 35 Andy Britton** 788 152.6 36 James Gardner* 786 151.8 37 Richard Buck* 785 151.6 38 Mark Hampton* 779 150.2 39 Mel Wilson***** 777 150.1 40 James Saxton** 774 149.6 41 Adul Fiddler* 769 148.9 42 Andy Yates**** 761 147.5 43 Stan Hutchinson***** 761 147.1 44 Paul Devine***** 752 145.8 45 Eddie Hopkins***** 748 145.3 46 David Bramham** 747 145.0 47 Dan Jinks**** 747 144.9 48 James Smith***** 747 144.9 49 Chas Goddard***** 747 144.7 50 Jane Boorman***** 747 144.6 51 Marcos Abreu 738 142.7 52 Nick Saxton* 734 141.5 53 Ben Law 731 141.3 54 Ranbir Khinda 718 138.0 55 Caroline Parker*** 714 136.9 56 Josh Allison 714 136.8 57 Martin Blades**** 702 134.0 58 Craig Walker**** 698 133.2 59 Gregor Stronach 688 131.5 60 Adam Robertson*** 687 131.4 61 Mark Williams 681 130.4 62 Aaron Love***** 681 130.1 63 Will Greaves 667 128.0 64 John Hope**** 646 124.2 65 Ian Shepherd 626 121.0

Position Name Monkeys defeated Points 66 Andy Illingworth 626 120.9 67 Daniel Shipp 620 120.1 68 Scott Harrison***** 619 119.9 69 Alyson Hampton* 617 119.3 70 Mark Warnes***** 615 118.9 71 Tim Poil***** 613 118.4 72 Thomas Harrington 608 117.9 73 Marina Sanders 608 117.8 74 Roger Arnold***** 603 116.9 75 Colin Freeman***** 598 116.5 76 Duncan Carter***** 573 112.7 77 Mitesh Dayalji 560 111.4 78 Nicole Dobson**** 559 111.2 79 Mark Riches 550 109.2 80 Dylan O'Reilly**** 544 108.2 81 Katie Sutton* 542 107.9 82 Hilary Salt**** 542 107.8 83 James Allen**** 537 107.2 84 Lesley Denny***** 537 107.2 85 Rob Heeley 528 106.1 86 Isaac Hunt 525 105.6 87 George Bilsby*** 521 104.8 88 Sandra Young 505 102.6 89 Graham Bates 500 101.8 90 Jen Hodgson 483 98.1 91 Rohit Siqueira** 483 97.8 92 Lisa Orange 479 97.5 93 Max Mauchline***** 479 97.4 94 Sean Delaney***** 477 97.1 95 Wendy Ludman**** 475 97.0 96 Paul Mason 465 94.7 97 Paul Marriott***** 455 92.9 98 Lauren Coulthard* 451 92.5 99 Andy Taylor* 446 92.2 100 Rachel Coe** 445 91.8 101 Chris Williams**** 445 91.6

Position Name Monkeys defeated Points 102 Amrita Dasgupta** 435 90.3 103 Caroline Gower* 430 89.9 104 Kester Young***** 430 89.8 105 George Kirrin***** 427 89.3 106 Lance Havell***** 426 89.2 107 Kapil Sheth* 399 84.3 108 Darren Goodall***** 399 83.8 109 Derek Allen* 399 83.8 110 Shona Stronach 389 81.3 111 Charlotte White 379 80.2 112 Jennifer Jackson 376 79.6 113 Daniel Morris 376 79.4 114 John Stock 371 78.8 115 Daniel Sirl* 367 78.4 116 Simon Holderness*** 354 76.9 117 Joe Pearce 352 76.7 118 Tony Barnard**** 340 75.0 119 Amy Friel* 320 71.6 120 Victoria Richards 297 67.2 121 Helen Butters*** 284 65.3 122 Tim Barlow**** 276 61.4 123 Micah Derbyshire* 255 57.3 124 Keith Taylor 254 57.0 125 Robin Holderness***** 234 51.7 126 Megan Sullivan* 222 48.8 127 Alvyn Mzwimbi 222 48.8 128 Graham Edmonds***** 222 48.3 129 Andrew Pritchard***** 218 47.1 130 John Ingoe 206 43.9 131 Steven Pickles** 199 41.5 132 Toni Johnson***** 182 38.5 133 Stephen Kilgannon**** 181 37.6 134 Declan Keohane***** 178 36.9 135 Lea Salter 154 30.7 136 Matthew Ward 153 29.5 137 Steve Houghton* 139 25.2

Position Name Monkeys defeated Points 138 Manjula Satheesan** 117 19.9 139 Oliver Nicholls* 115 19.4 140 Sharon Royston* 88 8.9 141 Chris Chivers***** 85 7.4 142 Rob Young** 73 3.9 143 Michelle Smith 65 -0.1 144 Graham Hutchings 59 -3.6 145 Phil Leary** 22 -25.4 146 Andrew Grant* 20 -29.6 147 Nicola Moore*** 15 -39.9 148 Abbie Greenwood 15 -40.1 149 Graeme Denny**** 13 -41.6