Well, here we are. The season is over - one blighted by covid-19 and VAR in equal measures. There hasn't been one like it before and we all sincerely hope that there wont' be again. We have had a spectacular ride round the rollercoaster, and quite a few of us have had queasy moments. Now that the Cup has been decided, we can safely say it definitely is all over - in August.
GW38+ had a few turns, with things happening all over the place as the games were played all at once. Bournemouth winning couldn't keep them up, and now Eddie Howe and Ake have gone. Hawkeye's failure in the first week of comeback has its part to play in that. Norwich got thumped but then, they're not alone amongst City opponents - Hernandez' great goal got disallowed for offside, which was a shame, as it was early enough to have made a difference to the game. Although De Bruyne got 2 and an assist, it still wasn't his show! Arsenal (Aubameyang) beat Watford 3-2 to send them down, but not without a fighting performance from the relegated team, Welbeck doing himself no damage. Brighton ran out out the winners too, as last day nerves had been eased beforehand. It didn't go to plan for Wolves' Europe spot as Mount got the better of them for Chelsea - Wolves then needed Chelsea to beat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final for a spot. At Palace, Kane did his thing but Schlupp equalised - no matter as it gave Spurs their European slot. Naturally a win would have been better, but our Steve didn't have to say 'Dammit, Palace!' on the last day. Leicester were disappointed as Utd ran over them. Fernandes scored, as did Lingard - no one saw that coming!
Over to the Reds and Champions - Gayle did score, but Virgil, Divock and Sadio put the Toon in their place - not a rerun of former classic games but not TOO bad

Newcastle are still in the grip of a takeover nightmare, the Saudi one being ruled out, but hopefully the new offer being talked about will be a good one. Liverpool now have the trophy safe. Over in Southampton, that Ings popped up again to help sink the Blades, who have done themselves proud this season.

And lastly, Spam had one job - to send Villa down - and failed. Hmm.
I can announce that the very
BIG SHOUT OUT this week goes to Damage Dunfermline with a stonking 114 points, which IIRC is a record? If not, it should be! And also a special mention for Faith Rovers with 102 as well as many scorers in the 90's. Well done all!
The Head 2 Head, suspended because of lockdown and the unbelievably complicated convolutions needed to get it right again, goes to Damage Dunfermline as the last
CROWN wearer
The long time holder of the
YELLOW JERSEY stayed firmly at the top in GW38 - Congratulations and well done to DynaMo Salah (our Graham) who as the Mish's captain and co-Keeper Of The Spreadsheets has done a sterling job all season
And now, the moment you have all been waiting for.. it's been very tight at the top lately but some one had to win!
Stop right there, IGM, it wasn't us. We've done a last season Liverpool - nay, even a Utd from a few years back. Right on the button we went and lost it, by 52 points.
Blood Brothers & Sisters snatched it from under our noses by being a bit more together than we were. Ah well. Next season, right? Congratulations to The Mish lot

and EIB have certainly not been slackers by any means. One of Graham's teams has won a trophy for the second time in a few weeks
Thank you all so much for playing through thick, thin and lockdown. Until next time then - 20/21 season KOs on 12th September with the additions of Leeds (!), West Brom, and either Fulham or Brentford. Come on you Nylons! The three of us hope you'll carry on playing - there's a new rule saying that you have to find another fan to replace you if you leave...

Details will be up when we get them.
Slight soppy stuff here - many, many thanks to both Steve and Graham for all of the number crunching and scratching heads they do to make sure all of the tables are correct. It's not all done by the FPL website, ya know. I'm just the frontwoman (though I'm better at it than Kellyanne Conway or that ditz they've got now).

to you both!