Month 9 May 2021
So another season comes to an end, a season with no fans until the end but now there is hope! We say goodbye to Sergio Aguero, one of the greatest strikers to play in the Premier League, and provider of one of the most iconic moments (See above). 
Month 9 May, and the Fantasy Kick Off league came to a conclusion. When the dust settled Canada had a new hero to worship in Adam Kilbride. He's right up there with Celine Dion, Jim Carrey, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling and Michael Buble!  Adam had a storming end to the season, leaving everyone in his wake. His performance was so impressive he finished 1376th in the whole game, and 15th in the whole of Canada (narrowly beaten by Celine Dion). Barney Le Fevre a former champion himself, was the only person in touching distance of Adam, after another very good season. After a brilliant last month, Mike Barnard came from nowhere to claim 3rd place and Jason Parsons narrowly claimed the last money place in 4th. Adam wins £170, Barney £70, Mike £45, and Jason £25.
MOTM for May was Mike Barnard who got off to a flyer in Week 35 (see more details later) and held off all comers to win the month with an impressive 321 points. Kieran Follett and Adam Kilbride shared the Runner up spot with 310 points. Mike wins £40 and Kieran and Adam pick up £10 each. Jon Banks, Dickon Payne and Marvin Simmonds were the unlucky players to miss out, all scoring 302 points.
I got worse and worse as the season went on, which all came to a head in Week 35. Man Utd had 3 games, so obviously 3 players and Captain. I thought I'd go a bit left field to catch everyone out, MOTW, MOTM and highest weekly score were in the bag!. Captain Shaw, scored 2 points (doubled to 4) from 3 games, Fred scored 4 points, and Wan Bissaka 8 points. So playing Bench Boost and everyone playing at least twice I managed only 87 points. Worse was to come the following week where I forgot to check my team so had Captain and Vice Captain not even playing! At the end of the season I finished 33rd, only 378 points behind Adam. 
Rollover '100' - First person to score exactly 100 points wins £25, the last person will win £100. We didn't have to wait very long as in Week 2 new player Hazar Khan scored the magical 100 points to bag himself an early £25. However, this was matched in Week 14 by Trish Dutfield / Dave Targett, then in Week 22 Road Man put himself in pole position, only to be knocked off by Neil Pattison and Richard Collins in Week 26. Loads more players have come very close scoring 99 and 101 points. *remember the last person(s) to score 100 points in the season wins the £100 jackpot (continued below)...
Then drama in Week 35 when Karl Jones scored 99 points but because John Stones didn't play he was replaced by his only player on the bench to play, who was Nampalys Mendy of Leicester, scoring the all important 1 point for his 13 minutes on the pitch, giving Karl the magical 100 points and the £100 prizepot! (I'm not sure he even realises he's won)
The Kick Off Cup Final took place in May 2021 with the Top 2 players for the MONTH of April battling it out. It ended in quite a one sided affair with Adam Kilbride easily beating Joe Stone by 50 points. Adam picks up another £50 and Joe £25.
Highest Weekly Score  - The first Highest Weekly score was in Week 2 with Hazar Khan scoring 100 points, that was overtaken in Week 14 by Barney Le Fevre with 103 points but that was blown out of the water in Week 19 by Metin H scoring a massive 140 points. Remember its the score shown on the website, so isn't adjusted for extra transfers (cont. below)....
Then in Week 35 Mike Barnard played his Bench Boost (35 points) and Captained Bruno Fernandes (38 points). Along with some other good performances, Mike finished the week on 152 points to claim the £50 prize.
The TJG League was easily won by Adam Kilbride on 2548 points, with Mike Barnard 2nd with 2415 points and Joe Stone in 3rd place with 2380 points. Jon Banks was next but out of the prizemoney. Adam wins £70, Mike £25 and Joe £15.