The AM Challenge Cup - Semi Final Results

What a night! In my 27 years on this planet we have only beaten Arsenal a handful of times, and I must admit I'd forgotten what it was like to celebrate 3 points against them. To make things sweeter we end their title challenge whilst keeping ourselves in the race for 4th place. There are some very unhappy Arsenal fans in my office this morning & it makes a nice change :)

It wasn't just a good night for Spurs - I managed to salvage some pride thanks to Bale's match winning goal & outstanding 19 points, a very useful 9 from N'Zogbia & Bendtner's consolation another 10. This lifted me up to 85 points for the week, 320th overall.

But was 85 enough to make it through to the final of The AM Challenge? See below...

  

Rank	Team	Week 30
1	Welcome to Man City (S11)	121
2	Simply Da Best	120
3	Juan Sebastian Veron	112
4	pk all stars	110.5
5	Rizal Plate F.C.	109.5
6	‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›	106
7	Shock The Monkey	106
8	chuggington	104
9	iceman_tsc	103.5
10	Remedial Spastics	103.5
11	Steve Bob FC ***	102.5
12	No Longer Defending Chaffs	102.5
13	INDIA ©	100.5
14	FC Skwarek	98
15	No Name FC	98
16	gamatoilrefinery	98
17	TM yang 1	95
18	VANDE MATARAM	94.5
19	Kop Kings (BB)	94
20	CF Aimarcia	93.5
21	Unintended XI	93.5
22	Ipswich town FC	93
23	TLLA	93
24	Sam Adams	92.5
25	DaBears	91.5
26	Newcastle Rocks	91
27	The Arch	91
28	Brighton Till I Die	90.5
29	CCFC Wannabees	90
30	HE HATE ME UNITED	88
31	pvtsnappersgooners(S11)	88
32	bullrun	87.5
33	Ovche Pole Blancos	87
34	Red Beach Ball +10	86.5
35	Dare to Devil	86.5
36	Supermassive FC	86
37	Computer Science Student	86
38	xX~B♥N~Xx	86
39	李華月x彭丹	85.5
40	Modric is God	85
41	Maestro Harriers	84.5
42	HARPOONS FC	83
43	Bo 7aMaNi	82.5
44	Rosa's Leg Ends	82.5
45	Total Football FC	80.5
46	MU4ever	80.5
47	aaaaaaaaa	80
48	International Dog Squad	79.5
49	Sadiq 11	79.5
50	Fantomerik	76.5
51	PBS Lions	75.5
52	Balls to that!	75
53	coqKODOKpisang	73
54	KyoXFC	70
55	[ Bench Warmer ]	68
56	AbsolutelyFabregas	64.5
57	Read	61
58	HIV Eindhoven	60
59	FC United of Toronto	54
60	NY Cosmos	50
61	KNOXY95	49.5

The answer, sadly, is no. The cut off to reach the final was 93.5, meaning I bow out by 8.5 points (I'll never forgive myself for picking Myhill over Kirkland!). Huge congratulations to the 21 teams who made it through to final taking place in Week 33 - good luck to you all!

Unfortunately (unlike The Blog Cup where the winner will get replica shirt of their choice) I cannot afford to provide a prize for The AM Challenge but I'm sure you were all in it for the buzz of beating 599 fellow competitiors anyway, and in 3 weeks time 1 manager will be celebrating AM Cup glory!

That's all for now - I'm planning to spend my lunch break on my Week 31 Player Picks, so I aim to have the posted up this evening.

Are you through? Let me know how you ended Week 30, & who came in on the barndoor!

Cheers,
AM