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Championship

Everton 51 +47
Man United 42 +21
Westham 41 +19
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Birmingham 41 +16
Banstead 40 +13

Everton and Man United join the top flight as expected and should do very well with Westham just hanging on in third despite losing this week, their good form has been down to the excellent form of Joe Hart but they'll be sorely tested in the top flght next season. Banstead just missed out but it was great fun and an enthralling competition right until the end. Cant see next season being any easier with Newcastle Wednesday and Spurs coming down.

League One

Leicester 51 +30
Leeds 47 +25
Blackburn 44 +28
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Coventry 39 +12

Jamie Vardy has fired Leicester to promotion after a stellar season for them. All three sides will make the Championship even tougher next year.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Premiership

Watford 57 +55
Charlton 48 +37
Plymouth 39 +3
Aston Villa 32 +9
Man City 32 +8
Arsenal 32 +6
Chelsea 32 +4

No separating some of these teams but who will emerge next season to challenge the top two ? it will need to be a very good effort if somebody manages it.

Chuffed with Plymouth given I didn't really give them any attention this season - one more push I think next season to see if I can challenge!

League Two

Brighton 53 +51
Bournemouth 51 +36
Ipswich 40 +9
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Swansea 35 +11

There was never much doubt which of the teams were going to finish in the top two, they have both been outstanding all season, and in the end brighton's victory at Bournemouth back in week thirteen proved crucial, as often happens when the top teams meet each other. Tony Hennessey's Ipswich also won promotion to complete an excellent season for him.

France

Nantes 61 +65 TIC Tom Hurst
Paris 50 +31 FAS Alain Joubert
Etienne 49 +41 FAS Alain Sturgeon
Monaco 41 +3 SLO Lionel Gabon

Nantes have dominated French football again and completed yet another league and cup Double at the expense of Paris St Germain, but the Paris boss had this to say "My team will be much harder for Nantes to beat next season, we may have lost in both games this season, but it was only by the odd goal, and we're getting closer". Fans werent so optimistic and have taken out a contract on the Nantes manager...

Germany

Bayern 57 +61 WBK Matthew Moore
Schalke 51 +66 FAK Andy Le Butt
Gladbach 41 +14 WHV Mark Hoyland
Stuttgart 40 +14 FAS Mal Davies

Matt chalked up his third Bundesliga title in his time at Bayern and was said to be "Over the frigging moon, but next season will be tougher as some of my nexus players get a bit older". He may be talking about right wingback Rocha whose pivotal contribution this season did not go unnoticed in what was a very attack minded wingback formation. Fans want more of the same next season but I'm sure Schalke will strengthen and challenge again next time round. A great season of improvement for Stuttgart as they begin to get back to their stellar best.

Italy

Lazio 58 +66 WIN Dave Brothers
AC Milan 50 +37 Johnny Goldsmith
Juventus 47 +26 Paul Jones & Sons
Inter Milan 43 +18 Pat Stewart

A great repeat title for Lazio who thoroughly deserved it with the highlight no doubt the 6-0 drubbing of Inter Milan in week twenty, Inter fans were not happy and demanded changes at all levels within their club, and next season the boss hopes to deliver better results with a hugely talented crop of young italian talent he is assembling. Did anyone ever win anything with kids ?

Norway

Lillestrom 57 +45 FAS Graham bridges
Rosenborg 56 +68 WIB Paul Walker
Valerenga 47 +39 WHV John Fraser
Viking 40 +36 WHV Colin Hooper

Lillestrom were demolished in week nineteen by Rosenborg and it all looked so rosey for Paul Walker's side but then disaster, they lost at no hopers Brann allowing Lillestrom to go back to the top and stay there by winning their last three games. So a great season for Lillestrom who win the title for the sixth time. What happened to Viking who suffered eight defeats, an unprecidented number for them. Fans were demanding changes and a return to the tried and tested. We shall see what happens.

Portugal

Benfica 61 104-10+94 FAS Davie gallacher
Lisbon 59 81-9+72 FAS Greg Mullery
Porto 51 69-11+58 WHV Martin Jones
Setubal 39 +10 reality manager

Its no surprise who the top three were and with only Boavista managed of the others some of the scores were eye wateringly high, thats why Benfica smashed all records to score 104 goals, helped of course by their stellar attacking trio of Sanches, Felix and Goncalo. "At last we have a strikeforce that works well" was the bosses only comment. Cup success against Porto and Lisbon saw Benfica grab another Double "We are very ambitious and the Champions league is our priority next season".

Scotland

Aberdeen 51 35-14+21 SLO Mark Horwell
Motherwell 46 53-24+29 SAM Jim Vickery
Hibs 42 44-23+21 FAS Cammie Melrose
Celtic 41 46-21+25 FAS Steve Mumford

What an exciting season totally surprised me as I didnt expect any of the top three to be in the top three so well done to all the managers for a great achievement, you certainly upset the applecart. The Rangers manager had this to say "We werent expecting such a big hike in the quality of the mid table teams and that tripped us up especially in away games, but we will be better prepared next season". Mark Horwell won Aberdeen's second league title, the first for eighteen seasons and he smiled calmly as fans chanted his name during the bus tour around the city centre after the game.

Spain

Barcelona 61 +43 SLO Rob Wilson
Real Madrid 52 +49 WIN Richard Allen
Real Betis 47 +41 Adrian Smith
Sevilla 40 +29 Mark Sanderson

Another great season in the league for Barcelona having suffered just one draw at Real on week one and one loss at Malaga on week twenty, more incredibly they only conceded goals in two of those matches, keeping no less than twenty clean sheets. Always a strong outfit they will be looking to move to the next level and give teams like Genk and Nantes more of a challenge nexy season. Sevilla have had a stellar season breaking into the top four is a fine achievement and with Atletico on the up next season should be very interesting indeed. Watch this space.

MLS

Cosmos 59 75-16+59 FLP Brandon Eaton
Chicago 58 93-9+84 SAM Pete Heddings
Harrisburg 49 +32 WIN Josh Eaton
NewYork 44 +14

Brandon added his sixth Title trophy to a huge collection of trophies owned by the Cosmos, having held off a stern challenge from Chicago they thoroughly deserved the win. Since the club was formed in season ten they have amassed an astonishing 21 trophies and 15 runnerup accolades mostly since Brandon took over. Chicago came close again but no biscuit and unlike two season ago Harrisburg were languishing back in third as the best of the rest, "We need to add a bit of quality" is what Josh told me. Good to see the old clubs coming back into favor.

Transfers now...

Big deals this week included

Andrej Kramaric joined Inter from Ruzomberok for £125m.
Mauro Icardi left Inter and went to River Plate for £125m.
Giovani Lo Celso also joined River Plate from Inter for £125m.
Casemiro left Schalke and moved to Botafogo for £110.5m.
Matheus henrique left Napoli for Nantes in exchange for £100m.

Guendouzi joined Barcelona from Nantes for £32.5m.
Facundo Medina joined Independente for £25m from Velez.
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany and £20m.
Marcus Rashford moved to Man City from Watford in exchange for James Maddison.

amongst others...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany

amongst others...

Another one of my future targets gone 

gary@chelsea wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany

amongst others...

Another one of my future targets gone 

When I spoke to Geoff he didnt say you were interested so maybe he didnt know.

gary@chelsea wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany

amongst others...

Another one of my future targets gone 

Sorry Gary!!

Lindelof and Willian? 

Paul Hemmings wrote:

gary@chelsea wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany

amongst others...

Another one of my future targets gone 

When I spoke to Geoff he didnt say you were interested so maybe he didnt know.

My own fault I should have enquired but not really in a position to make an offer at moment.

Phil@Watford wrote:

gary@chelsea wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany

amongst others...

Another one of my future targets gone 

Sorry Gary!!

Lindelof and Willian? 

Lindelöf maybe...Willian if I could get another DY otherwise squad is buggered lol

late deals

Thiago Silva from Nantes to Paris for £15m.
Saint-Maximin to Fluminense in exchange for Malcom who moves to Paris.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

late deals

Thiago Silva from Nantes to Paris for £15m.
Saint-Maximin to Fluminense in exchange for Malcom who moves to Paris.

Thanks Paul

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Big deals this week included

Andrej Kramaric joined Inter from Ruzomberok for £125m.
Mauro Icardi left Inter and went to River Plate for £125m.
Giovani Lo Celso also joined River Plate from Inter for £125m.
Casemiro left Schalke and moved to Botafogo for £110.5m.
Matheus henrique left Napoli for Nantes in exchange for £100m.

Guendouzi joined Barcelona from Nantes for £32.5m.
Facundo Medina joined Independente for £25m from Velez.
Antonio Rudiger left Man City heading to Genk in exchange for Vincent Kompany and £20m.
Marcus Rashford moved to Man City from Watford in exchange for James Morrison.

amongst others...

A few massive deals there, some really good ones but I've got to be honest I think Geoff has had Phils pants down.....

I suspect it's part of a larger deal....?

Andy@Schalke wrote:

I suspect it's part of a larger deal....?

I was thinking the same thing. 

Even if not, I'm not questioning Phil's logic given his record this year. He could bring back Guti and I'd still not question it 

Maybe, but even so, he had a good couple of years for West Brom but at 34 years old not sure what he can bring to the Watford side......

It was of course James Maddison not James Morrison, didnt mean to give Phil a heart attack.