Week 38 results
LEEDS UNITED 3 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 0
Leeds took a huge step towards safety with a victory that puts bottom side Wolves on the brink of relegation from the Premier League. Nobody got this spot-on, but 22 did have the outcome.
HULL CITY 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1
Tomoki Iwata ensured Hull's Championship play-off push continued to stutter with a brilliant late equaliser for Birmingham. 3 had this spot-on, and nobody got the outcome.
WATFORD 0 SHEFFIELD UNITED 2
Patrick Bamford's second-half double helped United to victory at out-of-form Watford. Again nobody got this spot-on, though 6 did have the outcome.
WREXHAM 2 STOKE CITY 0
Wrexham revived their Championship play-off hopes with a much-needed victory over strugglers Stoke, who failed to have a shot on target. A magnificent 7 had this spot-on, and a further 12 got the outcome.
AFC WIMBLEDON 1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 3
Plymouth kept their League One play-off hopes alive with a win at struggling Wimbledon. Another game with no 3 pointer, but 13 did have the outcome.
EXETER CITY 3 STOCKPORT COUNTY 3
Exeter goalkeeper Jack Bycroft scored a sensational 96th minute equaliser to salvage a point for his side in a six-goal thriller. Yet another game with no 3 pointer, though 4 did get the outcome.
NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1 DONCASTER ROVERS 3
Doncaster secured their League One survival with a comfortable win at already-relegated Northampton. And another game with no 3 pointer, but 12 did have the outcome.
CREWE ALEXANDRA 1 MILTON KEYNES DONS 3
MK Dons need one win to secure promotion after they eased to a comfortable 3-1 success. Only Jorash63 and Blue4U2 had this spot-on, and another 15 got the outcome.
GILLINGHAM 1 GRIMSBY TOWN 4
Grimsby boosted their League Two play-off hopes with this convincing win. A final game this week with no 3 pointer, but 8 did have the outcome.
NOTTS COUNTY 1 BARNET 2
Kabongo Tshimanga's brace earned Barnet a victory and sealed Bromley's promotion to League One for the first time in their history – without the Ravens having to kick a ball. 3 had this spot-on, and one more got the outcome.
We went into the final week of the season with a few issues still to be decided, but despite an incredible great escape almost being pulled off in the Premier, it ended with no changes, after another week short on 3 pointers, thanks to six games failing to have one. The other four games did have a reasonable 15 in total, mainly due to the seven from the Wrexham 2-0.
Last week I said in my twelve years of administrating the Happy League I thought this season was the worst one for 3 pointers, As can be seen from the figures below, it was, but only just. Ironically it was after last season was the best.
2014/15 595 spot-ons (24 members) 24.79 average per member
2015/16 580 spot-ons (25 members) 23.20 average per member
2016/17 594 spot-ons (24 members) 24.75 average per member
2017/18 499 spot-ons (23 members) 21.70 average per member
2018/19 676 spot-ons (28 members) 24.14 average per member
2019/20 710 spot-ons (29 members) 24.48 average per member
2020/21 696 spot-ons (27 members) 25.78 average per member
2021/22 674 spot-ons (28 members) 24.07 average per member
2022/23 630 spot-ons (25 members) 25.20 average per member
2023/24 682 spot-ons (26 members) 26.23 average per member
2024/25 671 spot-ons (24 members) 27.96 average per member
2026/26 517 spot-ons (24 members) 21.54 average per member
With only four games having a 3 pointer, it was a great effort from Lewis_1 to get three, the wins for Wrexham and Barnet and the Hull 1-1, and four outcomes, to make him the weeks top scorer with a fantastic 13 points. Two members did well to have two 3 pointers, with the best coming from Daniel, who had the wins for Wrexham and Barnet, and a good five outcomes, to give him an excellent 11 points. Also Jorash63, who got the wins for MK Dons and Barnet, and four outcomes, to give him an excellent 10 points. Best of those to have one 3 pointer was oxfcolu, who had the Wrexham 2-0, and six good outcomes, to give him a decent 9 points.
In the Premier It is congratulations to concordman on winning his third title in five seasons. After taking the lead in Week 13 he has never really been threatened. Six outcomes this week turned out to be his final winning margin. The excellent week for Jorash63 completed a good first season for him in the Premier, and his reward is making the end of season Durham Exile Memorial Shield. After finishing one place above relegation last season, Sector4 spent most of this season in the top three, and ended with a decent third place. After spending the first 24 weeks in the bottom three, RSCOSWORTH had a strong end to season, and finished fourth. It was a slow start for ghughes11, where he was in the bottom three for the first 9 weeks. but gradual improvement from thereon, saw him finally finish fifth. After a good seconf finish last season, blueeagle spent most of this season in mid table, and that is where he finished in sixth. Last seasons champ mfb_cufc spent the whole of this season in the bottom half, despite getting more outcomes than anyone in both divisions. But it was a real lack of 3 pointers that almost got him relegated, and he finished seventh. After his promotion, it was good start to the season for bwildered, where he spent the first 12 weeks in the top half, but it was the bottom half for the rest of the season, and he just avoided relegation on the final day to finish eighth. It almost turned out to be a disasterous missed week for thrillseeker, as he had spent the whole season in no danger of going down. In fact he had spent the first 26 weeks in the top half, but the fantastic week from Lewis_1 almost pulled off a great escape. In the end he fell 2 points short, and makes an instant return after last seasons promotion. An excellent week for Daniel was not enough to stop him going down, after spending two seasons in the Premier. They are joined by unitedwhites, whose five season stay in the Premier comes to an end.
In Division One It is congratulations to noah4x4 on winning the Division One title for the third time. After taking the lead in Week 7 he never looked back, and to use a horse racing analogy, he had the race won at the halfway stage, and he returns to the Premier, after losing in the play-offs last season. After spending most of the first half of the season in the bottom half, a great second half from basher2010 got him an instant return to the Premier, in the other automatic spot. Going 2-1 all games after his passing, got durham_exile a play-off place in third. A very consistent season for Tropical_Us, that was spent all bar one week in the top half, ended with him in fourth, and making the play-offs for the fifth season in a row. A lightning start to the season for BFG, where he lead for the first 6 weeks, finally saw him finish fifth, after a mid season blip. After spending most of the seaon in the top half gerry_us ends in the final play-off place. After spending most of the season in the play-off places, Blue4U2 loses out by a point, and finishes seventh. After a slow start to the season oxfcolu improved to spend a couple of weeks in the play-offs, but had to settle for eighth. It was a season of almost, but not quite, for wessex_exile, as he spent 5 weeks during the season in the play-off places, but fell away to finish ninth. A good first half to the season for NME_cufc, where he spent many weeks in the play-offs, just couldn't be sustained, and he finished tenth. I will end this roundup by wishing Madeira163 well after his health issues.
THE FINAL TABLES (280 out of 280 played)
(Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
The draw for the Durham Exile Memorial Shield Semi-finals
concordman (Premier Champ) v Blue4U2 (Happy Cup Winner)
Jorash63 (Premier Runner-up) v noah4x4 (Division One Champ)
The Division One Play-off Semi-finals
durham_exile v gerry_us
Tropical_Us v BFG
Full details for the above games will be on a separate thread tomorrow (Sunday). [Post edited 18 Apr 23:52]
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(even if mine did ultimately end in relegation!) 
