The Eurovision Striking Contest - The Battle Begins!

[JoseRR]

Originally posted by NeoAC:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Walcott's Wonderkids:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by minisav:

So we have Europe, South America and Africa. How long until there is an Asian one of these

Well the benefits of Euro / African / S American versions of it are that they do a league format so everyone plays a similar amount of games. In Asia, some nations play far fewer games than others.

Saying that, wouldn't surprise me if someone did an Asian one sooner or later. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think I may be one of the few people who's a member of all three actually

I vote for one as well. It's bad enough I'm stuck in the Faroes. Don't need anymore misery. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I join you there

Oh and option 1 for me, although it would be nice to know our peak CAs and PA after this has finished!

[PaulHartman71]

Option 1

[Scott1990]

Option 1 for now, but I would keep the option to show them open.

[deadlydevices]

Option one, mystery is always fun. But it might be nice for you to keep track of all this and then let us after our players retired how we got along.

Great updates, KUTGW!

[aaberdeenn]

Option 1

[MikelLUFC]

Turkey win 5-0 and i don't even score!

Option 1 for me aswell

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

Votes so far

Option 1 = 11

Option 2 = Nil

Option 3 = Nil

Think option 1 is looking the way forward atm.

However, for democractic purposes I will keep the vote open for a while longer.

ps: The idea about keeping an ongoing record of CA is a good one. Will make a recording every other year for progression purposes.

[DodgeeD]

Originally posted by Walcott's Wonderkids:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by minisav:

So we have Europe, South America and Africa. How long until there is an Asian one of these

Well the benefits of Euro / African / S American versions of it are that they do a league format so everyone plays a similar amount of games. In Asia, some nations play far fewer games than others.

Saying that, wouldn't surprise me if someone did an Asian one sooner or later. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think Africa is the same though - they have prelim rounds for World Cup Qualifiers so some nations will only play two matches and then the odd friendly until African Nation Qualifiers come round. Those are every two years though so I suppose there's still a decent chance for games. Maybe a 'rest of the world' version would work with the top sides from North America, Asia and Oceania playing...

Anway, back on topic my vote is for option 1. (It may be embarassing to see my guy's CA after all those years at Ural followed by bench warming at Ascoli )

[SuperCupra]

I'll go for option 1 as well,

Did spain change there manager after the disastrous European championship?

[birdy123]

Option one for me.

[Adam C]

option 1

[Blackcats]

I like option one, however once everyone retires i think it would be interesting to see what everyones pa peaked at.

[Tomiscool]

Hmm I wouldn't mind seeing the CA spread.

But I do like the idea of when the sign up is over, the CA peak and PA could be shown?

Pleased about Tom Healy's injury time winner

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

Eurovision Poll: Votes so far

Option 1 = 17

Option 2 = 1

Option 3 = Nil

Votes cast = 18 / 52 (I will only vote if there is a split decision, unlikely as it is).

To make up for a lack of updates over the past couple of weeks, the October Update will also be along later tonight.

[wisla_krakow]

Option 3 to be different .

[PoopyPants]

I vote option 2

[5ergio]

Originally posted by Walcott's Wonderkids:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 5ergio:

I assume Kapono is still considered as the sub-striker in national squad Have to show some good finishing in EPL to make the national 11.

Nope, Kapono actually started the last game for Denmark.

Bendtner just hogged all the goals with a hattrick! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Pfft Option 1 for me also, have to agree with the peak CA being shown after retirement though. Any suggestion how I can outscore Bendtner in the following years?

[Adamw]

Option 2, would like to see distributions but would prefer not to see mine

[Robert_296]

Don't really care tbh. Seems like it will be 1 anyway. Would probably pick 2 if I had to though

[route1]

Buck the trend and say... option 1

Pendros still scoring for fun at the moment though. But gonna have to step it up if people are getting 4 goals a game!!

KUTGW

[Whoopy D]

Originally posted by wisla_krakow:

Option 3 to be different .

Damn I wanted to be the different one. Oh well I'll go for option 1.

[Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva]

Not bothered really, but Ill go for option 2.

[GazTheDoood]

Option 2.

No more caps for King Queen.

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

October 2012 Fixtures

Sat Fixtures

Groups 1-6

Groups 7-9

Weds Fixtures

Groups 1-6

Groups 7-9

Tables

Groups 1-3

Groups 4-6

Groups 7-9

Eurovision Striking Contest 2012/13

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Eurovision Striking Contest 2012/13 Top 10 Table

Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals Points

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1 Magnus Donaldson N Ireland 3 7 104

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2 Tyler Burrows Bosnia 3 5 82

3 Benjas Kyriagkos Belgium 2 5 76

4 Jason Healy Scotland 3 4 74

5 Parker Reynolds Poland 3 4 72

6 In Der Van Dude Slovenia 3 4 66

7 Robert Boyle Estonia 3 4 55

8 Kyle Van Smith Albania 1 4 53

9 Chu Haowan Hungary 3 3 53

9 dafuge Macedonia 3 3 53

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Eurovision Soccer League 2012/13 Tables

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Eurovision Premier Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Magnus Donaldson N Ireland 3 7 2 0 0 95 9 104

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2 Jason Healy Scotland 3 4 2 0 0 65 9 74

3 In Der Van Dude Slovenia 3 4 1 0 0 60 6 66

4 Robert Boyle Estonia 3 4 0 0 0 55 0 55

5 Kyle Van Smith Albania 1 4 1 0 0 50 3 53

6 Chu Haowan Hungary 3 3 1 0 0 50 3 53

7 dafuge Macedonia 3 3 1 0 0 50 3 53

8 Diego Polo San Marino 3 2 1 0 0 40 4 44

9 Brendan Petersen Liechtenstein 3 2 1 0 0 40 3 43

10 Derren Brown Serbia 3 2 0 -1 0 32 3 35

11 James Knowles Germany 3 1 0 0 0 25 9 34

12 Robert Dillon Luxembourg 3 1 0 0 0 25 0 25

13 Sneaky Ninja Moldova 2 1 0 0 0 20 0 20

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14 Ulf Chaoc Georgia 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 18

15 Felix Lithuania 3 0 0 0 0 15 1 16

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16 Mini Saville Austria 3 0 0 0 0 15 1 16

17 Paddy O'Furniture Finland 3 0 0 -1 0 12 3 15

18 Mike Bird Croatia 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 8

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Eurovision Second Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Tyler Burrows Bosnia 3 5 2 0 0 75 7 82

2 Parker Reynolds Poland 3 4 2 0 0 65 7 72

3 Tom Collantine Spain 3 2 0 0 0 35 9 44

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4 Arthur Li Montenegro 2 2 1 0 0 35 6 41

5 Brucie Bonus Belarus 3 2 0 0 0 35 3 38

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6 Arthur White Azerbaijan 3 2 0 0 0 35 0 35

7 Jim Alex Romania 2 2 0 0 0 30 0 30

8 Juan King Turkey 3 1 0 0 0 25 3 28

9 Tom Healy Wales 3 1 0 0 0 25 3 28

10 Pendros Greece 2 1 0 0 0 20 6 26

11 Ryan Andrews Faroe Islands 3 1 0 0 0 25 0 25

12 Jason Demir Kazakhstan 3 1 0 0 0 25 0 25

13 Triple H Armenia 2 1 0 0 0 20 3 23

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14 Adam Wilkinson Latvia 2 1 0 0 0 20 0 20

15 Julius Kapono Denmark 2 0 0 0 0 10 6 16

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16 Alexei Lloyd-Hooker Andorra 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 15

17 Adam Moxon Sweden 2 0 0 0 0 10 4 14

18 Yhon Wi England

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Eurovision Third Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Benjas Kyriagkos Belgium 2 5 2 0 0 70 6 76

2 Larry De Poopinho Italy 2 2 0 0 0 30 6 36

3 Steven Kemp Malta 3 1 1 0 0 30 3 33

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4 Robaldinho Czech Rep 2 1 0 0 0 20 4 24

5 Damon Lowe Iceland 2 1 0 0 0 20 0 20

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6 Suk-Yo Bum Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 18

7 David Pitt Slovakia 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

7 Bobinho Cyprus 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

9 Jaradafred Zadabheer Israel

9 King Queen Ukraine

9 Alex Drew Rep. Ireland

9 Pablo Gonzalez Switzerland

9 The Man Norway

9 Adam C Portugal

9 Joo Russia

9 Bob McBob France

9 Marek Almonde Holland

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The Points System

Int Appearance = 5

Int Goal = 10

Int Own Goal = -10

Int MoM Award = 5

Int Yellow Card = -3

Int Red Card = -8 (2 yellows --> 1 red = -8)

Team Win = 3

Team Draw = 1

Bonus Points:

Top scorer in the EURO / World Cup Qual Tournaments = 25

Top scorer in the EURO / World Cup Finals = 50

First to 100 Caps = 25

100 Caps = 15

First to 50 Goals = 50

50 Goals = 35

Break National Caps Record = 25

Break National Goalscoring Record = 25

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Magnus Donaldson continues his electric form, scoring the winner against Cyprus and then cracking home a hattrick away to Macedonia. N Ireland are deservedly top of their league, but Spain lurk large!

Jason Demir and Kazakhstan can take consolation in winning the 2nd half against France 1-0, with Demir scoring. They should just avoid the fact that they lost the 1st half 8-0!!! Losing 0-6 to Russia as well capped off a miserable week for them.

Elsewhere there were plenty of high scoring games, 5-4, 3-7, 6-1, 4-5, 6-0 and this excludes the Kazak games!

Well done to Larry De Poopinho, who finally made his Italian senior debut and has made quite the impression - 2 sub appearances and 2 goals as Italy won both games.

Benjas Kyriagkos made only his 2nd and 3rd appearances for Belgium but made one hell of an impact, a hattrick against Latvia followed up by a brace against Wales - Belgium are probably wishing why they didn't play him alot more earlier than now.

Finally, yet another mention for Scotland who continue an amazing run of 11 straight victories! They are top of their WC Qual Group and have moved upto 9th in the World Rankings!

Eurovision Striking Contest Roll of Honour

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2007/08 - Robert Boyle / Estonia ( 73 points)

2008/09 - Paddy O'Furniture / Finland ( 94 points)

2009/10 - Mike Bird / Croatia (128 points)

2010/11 - Diego Polo / San Marino (163 points)

2011/12 - James Knowles & Bob Van Bob / Germany & Portugal (158 points)

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[Whoopy D]

Don't see much hope for Derren Brown this season, only on 1/3 of Magnus Donaldson's score but I'll be happy just to stay in the Premier Division with Serbia not doing so well.

[wisla_krakow]

Clearly that one cap I got for Rep. of Ireland will be my last .

[coldkohmew]

option 1.

Finally, yet another mention for Scotland who continue an amazing run of 11 straight victories! They are top of their WC Qual Group and have moved upto 9th in the World Rankings!

Did we break the National record ?

Or maybe you can show the world rankings.

Scored 4 out of the 6 we scored.

I am 30 points away...

[Living_Legend]

In relegation zone of Premier Division and Finland lose at home to MALTA!!!!

Great updates WW!

Option 3 for me. (Option 1 will not lose this vote though!)

[DodgeeD]

Ah, Kazazhkstan - they complain that they are the subject of international ridicule due to a certain fictional 'cultural' reporter and then they produce football results like that! Obviously, Jason Demir was a flash in the pan and there have been no other quality players coming through since.... Still, a goal's a goal, points man prizes and all that. Plus, as far as the league goes, it doesn't make much difference if you lose 2-1 or 8-1 - you still miss out on the team bonus.

Great updates again.

[Sidnv]

Option 1 for me too.

[aaberdeenn]

Finally bagged a goal, things looking rather interesting at the top anyway. Goals flying in all over the place.

[JoseRR]

2 games and a goal! Would be interesting to see the national squads at the next round of games if its not too difficult WW, if not don't worry and KUTGW!

[NeoAC]

Nice to see the Faroes playing Germany and Sweden so close, but I still didn't score!

[Arthur Li]

Option 3 please.

[Haowan]

option 3 for me

[PaulHartman71]

Great Update, shame I haven't played for Norway yet, but tbh, I wasn't really expecting to in my first year anyway. Oh, by the way, have any of the newbies got U21 caps or U19 caps?

[Robert_296]

7 goals overall and 4 for me \o/ although we lost both games

[SJ234]

option 1

i can see it now the end of bob's carrer

bob "the unlucky" mcbob

anyway KUTGW WW

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

Eurovision Poll: Votes so far

Option 1 = 22

Option 2 = 6

Option 3 = 4

Votes cast = 32 / 52

I'm actually going to keep this poll going until next Saturday whether we reach the majority landmark of 27 votes or not - as it is a sly way of seeing who is actually reading these updates still or not.

So if you haven't voted yet - vote! (I know some of you are on holiday etc etc, that has been noted)

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

Originally posted by JoseRR:

2 games and a goal! Would be interesting to see the national squads at the next round of games if its not too difficult WW, if not don't worry and KUTGW!

Ummm, 53 national squad screen profiles - that sounds like fun!

I'll tell you what, at the end of this season I'll see what I can do.

[Fudger]

Sorry for lack of posts, had jet lagg. Anyway, id like to vote numbero 1. Best to wait and see hehe.

[PoopyPants]

Larry de Poopinho made his debut and scored

[kingrooney]

I vote option 1.

An amazing start for Van smith with albania beating Serbia and me scoring all 4 goals.

thought there was nore to cone a challenge for the title

but then what happened did i get injured becuase i did not play the next two games where Albania lost to SAn Marino and Scotland without scoring a goal.

Did i just not get picked? beacuse after 4 goals the Albania manager must be headshot.

[lfcfannic]

I vote option one.

Enjoyed being top of Third Division while it lasted...how is it that people are scoring like 4 goals per game! I wanna do that!

BTW KUTGW - love the updates!

[EvilDave]

Option 1 please, perhaps reveal PA retirement?

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

Eurovision Poll: Votes so far

Option 1 = 26

Option 2 = 6

Option 3 = 4

Votes cast = 36 / 52

Option One requires one more vote to seal the majority it needs.

Next updates to come Weds evening at some point.

[Ridleys]

Originally posted by Walcott's Wonderkids:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JoseRR:

2 games and a goal! Would be interesting to see the national squads at the next round of games if its not too difficult WW, if not don't worry and KUTGW!

Ummm, 53 national squad screen profiles - that sounds like fun!

I'll tell you what, at the end of this season I'll see what I can do. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why not just post a national squad screen for people who request it as I don't think I will need to see mine for Cyprus because well.. its not exactly going to be brilliant.

[minisav]

Well I think I'd be one of the ones that request it. Depends.

[jbleeds]

Option 1

[Walcott\'s Wonderkids]

November 2012 Fixtures

Sat Fixtures

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Weds Fixtures

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Eurovision Striking Contest 2012/13

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Eurovision Striking Contest 2012/13 Top 10 Table

Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals Points

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1 Magnus Donaldson N Ireland 5 9 137

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2 Parker Reynolds Poland 5 6 113

3 In Der Van Dude Slovenia 5 6 105

4 Ryan Andrews Faroe Islands 5 4 91

5 Tyler Burrows Bosnia 3 5 82

6 Robert Boyle Estonia 5 5 78

7 Benjas Kyriagkos Belgium 3 5 78

8 Kyle Van Smith Albania 1 4 78

9 Juan King Turkey 5 3 62

10 Sneaky Ninja Moldova 3 2 61

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Eurovision Soccer League 2012/13 Tables

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Eurovision Premier Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Magnus Donaldson N Ireland 5 9 2 0 0 125 12 137

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2 In Der Van Dude Slovenia 5 6 2 0 0 95 10 105

3 Robert Boyle Estonia 5 5 0 0 0 75 3 78

4 Kyle Van Smith Albania 1 4 1 0 0 50+25 3 78

5 Jason Healy Scotland 3 4 2 0 0 65 9 74

6 Sneaky Ninja Moldova 3 2 0 0 0 35+25 1 61

7 Diego Polo San Marino 5 2 1 0 0 50 4 54

8 Chu Haowan Hungary 3 3 1 0 0 50 3 53

8 dafuge Macedonia 3 3 1 0 0 50 3 53

8 Brendan Petersen Liechtenstein 5 2 1 0 0 50 3 53

11 James Knowles Germany 5 1 0 0 0 35 12 47

12 Ulf Chaoc Georgia 4 1 0 0 0 30 6 36

13 Derren Brown Serbia 3 2 0 -1 0 32 3 35

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14 Robert Dillon Luxembourg 5 1 0 0 0 35 0 35

15 Mini Saville Austria 5 0 0 0 0 25 4 29

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16 Felix Lithuania 4 0 0 0 0 20 1 21

17 Mike Bird Croatia 3 0 0 0 0 15 6 21

18 Paddy O'Furniture Finland 3 0 0 -1 0 12 3 15

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Eurovision Second Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Parker Reynolds Poland 5 6 3 0 0 100 13 113

2 Ryan Andrews Faroe Islands 5 4 0 -1 0 62+25 4 91

3 Tyler Burrows Bosnia 3 5 2 0 0 75 7 82

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4 Juan King Turkey 5 3 0 0 0 55 7 62

5 Tom Collantine Spain 3 2 0 0 0 35 9 44

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6 Brucie Bonus Belarus 4 2 0 0 0 40 3 43

7 Arthur Li Montenegro 2 2 1 0 0 35 6 41

8 Julius Kapono Denmark 4 1 0 0 0 30 9 39

9 Jim Alex Romania 3 2 0 0 0 35 3 38

10 Arthur White Azerbaijan 3 2 0 0 0 35 0 35

11 Pendros Greece 3 1 0 0 0 25 9 34

12 Adam Wilkinson Latvia 4 1 0 0 0 30 0 30

13 Tom Healy Wales 3 1 0 0 0 25 3 28

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14 Jason Demir Kazakhstan 3 1 0 0 0 25 0 25

15 Alexei Lloyd-Hooker Andorra 5 0 0 0 0 25 0 25

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16 Triple H Armenia 2 1 0 0 0 20 3 23

17 Adam Moxon Sweden 3 0 0 0 0 15 7 22

18 Yhon Wi England

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Eurovision Third Division

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

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1 Benjas Kyriagkos Belgium 3 5 2 -1 0 72 6 78

2 Steven Kemp Malta 5 2 1 -1 0 47 6 53

3 Robaldinho Czech Rep 4 1 0 0 0 30 7 37

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4 Larry De Poopinho Italy 2 2 0 0 0 30 6 36

5 Damon Lowe Iceland 3 1 0 0 0 25 3 28

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6 Suk-Yo Bum Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 18

7 David Pitt Slovakia 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

7 Bobinho Cyprus 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

7 Pablo Gonzalez Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

10 Jaradafred Zadabheer Israel

10 King Queen Ukraine

10 Alex Drew Rep. Ireland

10 The Man Norway

10 Adam C Portugal

10 Joo Russia

10 Bob McBob France

10 Marek Almonde Holland

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The Points System

Int Appearance = 5

Int Goal = 10

Int Own Goal = -10

Int MoM Award = 5

Int Yellow Card = -3

Int Red Card = -8 (2 yellows --> 1 red = -8)

Team Win = 3

Team Draw = 1

Bonus Points:

Top scorer in the EURO / World Cup Qual Tournaments = 25

Top scorer in the EURO / World Cup Finals = 50

First to 100 Caps = 25

100 Caps = 15

First to 50 Goals = 50

50 Goals = 35

Break National Caps Record = 25

Break National Goalscoring Record = 25

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Firstly, apologies to Kyle Van Smith, I just realised that he had broken the National Goalscoring record for Albania. Also, during the month of November Ryan Andrews & Sneaky Ninja broke the national scoring records of Faroe Islands & Moldova. All 3 gained 25 bonus points.

Magnus Donaldson keeps on scoring for N Ireland - 2 more games, 2 more goals and maintains top of the overall table!

Another solid month for In Der Van Dude & Parker Reynolds who have moved up into the remaining top 3 positions.

Scotland failed to win for the first time in over a year during November, only managing a draw against Cameroon before picking up another win against Hong Kong.

Finally, well done to Pablo Gonzalez who made his first appearance in a Switzerland shirt for blooming ages!

Eurovision Striking Contest Roll of Honour

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2007/08 - Robert Boyle / Estonia ( 73 points)

2008/09 - Paddy O'Furniture / Finland ( 94 points)

2009/10 - Mike Bird / Croatia (128 points)

2010/11 - Diego Polo / San Marino (163 points)

2011/12 - James Knowles & Bob Van Bob / Germany & Portugal (158 points)

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