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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Season 7

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League History

Final Table
Position
Club
Owner
W-D-L
GF
GA
+/-
1st
Kobe Beef
hoosiers76
31-3-4
137
35
+102
2nd
Ants
sportsfix22
28-6-4
81
24
+57
3rd
KH Shoguns
paellis11
28-5-5
96
33
+63
4th
Banana Boys
joannes3000
27-5-6
93
29
+64
5th
Spurs
GM_Zamjahn
25-5-8
102
40
+62
6th
Robots
cyno
24-7-7
75
35
+40
7th
FC Fishsticks
tasteit2
23-4-11
92
47
+45
8th
Suns
luvbuzzrdp
18-7-13
78
57
+21
9th
SWIFT

15-8-15
40
48
-8
10th
RD

14-8-16
58
71
-13
11th
OST

11-10-17
43
62
-19
12th
626

11-6-21
39
79
-40
13th
CRU

10-8-20
37
71
-34
14th
Fullerton

9-8-21
39
79
-40
15th
Mia

9-8-21
35
81
-46
16th
soccer sucks
bangarang7
9-6-23
50
89
-39
17th
Drift
spdracer
7-10-21
36
74
-39
18th
Japan

6-9-23
31
71
-40
19th
Raindrops

4-9-25
19
70
-51
20th
Workman
lcworkman
3-4-31
18
104
-86

Saturday, December 26, 2009

World 80 Japan League - A historical perspective

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Past Winners

Top 4 Finishes

The Big 4

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After reading the post that hoosiers did for World 80, I approached him about blogging for the league we compete in - The J-League. I had jokingly dubbed my team (the Banana Boys) the Liverpool of our league, given that we routinely finish in the top 4 but can't ever seem to finish in 1st. Hopefully we will see some built-in competitions for the top teams in the future, akin to the AFC Champions League.
I started to do a little homework to see if we did indeed have our own version of the Big 4, like in the Premier League. In the past seven seasons, the J-League has seen four teams take home first place. Godzilla - now defunct - took home the silverware in season 1, followed by two time winners Kobe Beef, the KH Shoguns, and two time winners in the Robots. As our seventh season comes down the final stretch, it comes as no surprise that a member of the Big 4 leads the way - the Kobe Beef. As I looked further into how the top 4 positions have panned out thus far, you can see a pretty clear picture.