SESL Season 21
From Olmec Jaguar
| SESL Season 21 |
|
| Dates |
| July 2008 to Dec 2008 |
| Number of Teams |
| 48 |
| #League |
| 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division |
| Cups |
| CECIL Cup, SESL Cup |
| Cup Winners |
| CECIL Cup: |
| League: |
| SESL Cup: |
Contents |
Officers
| Duties: | Officer | Email Address | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissioner: | Mark Creasey | SESL at ukonline dot co dot uk | |
| Press Officer | Phil McIntosh | beagle at kvmo dot net | |
| Trade Dispute Committee | See below | ||
| Player Value Coordinator | Graham McDermott | gpmcd at bcs dot org | |
| Wiki Editor | Brian O'Farrell | ofarrell dot brian at gmail dot com |
A 'Trade Dispute Committee' will deal with any trade disputes reported e.g., another manager feels an agreed trade was too one-sided.
- Consists Steve Turner & Graham McDermott
Calender
[Forum Post] of Season 21 calender.
Schedule
| Session | Day | Match # | Event | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 23rd Jul | 1 | CECIL Cup | Qualifier 1st Leg |
| 2 | Sat 26th Jul | 2 | CECIL Cup | Qualifier 2nd Leg |
| Sun 27th Jul | First Auction | |||
| Sun 27th Jul | CECIL Cup Last 32 Random Draw | |||
| 3 | Sat 2nd Aug | 3 & 4 | League | 1 & 2 |
| 4 | Wed 6th Aug | 5 | CECIL Cup | 1st Round 1st Leg |
| 5 | Sat 9th Aug | 6 & 7 | League | 3 & 4 |
| Sun 10th Aug | Second Auction | |||
| 6 | Wed 13th Aug | 8 | CECIL Cup | 1st Round 2nd Leg |
| 7 | Sat 16th Aug | 9 & 10 | League | 5 & 6 |
| 8 | Wed 20th Aug | 11 | CECIL Cup | 2nd Round 1st Leg |
| 9 | Sat 23rd Aug | 12 & 13 | League | 7 & 8 |
| Sun 24th Aug | Third Auction | |||
| 10 | Wed 27th Aug | 14 | CECIL Cup | 2nd Round 2nd Leg |
| 11 | Sat 30th Aug | 15 & 16 | League | 9 & 10 |
| 12 | Wed 3rd Sept | 17 | CECIL Cup | Quarter Final 2nd Leg |
| 13 | Sat 6th Sept | 18 & 19 | League | 11 & 12 |
| Sun 7th Sept | Fourth Auction | |||
| 14 | Wed 10th Sept | 20 | CECIL Cup | Quarter Final 2nd Leg |
| 15 | Sat 13th Sept | 21 & 22 | League | 13 & 14 |
| Sun 14th Sept | Fifth Auction | |||
| 16 | Wed 17th Sept | 23 | CECIL Cup | Semi Final 2nd Leg |
| 17 | Sat 20th Sept | 24 & 25 | League | 15 & 16 |
| Sun 21st Sept | Sixth Auction | |||
| 18 | Wed 24th Sept | 26 | CECIL Cup | Semi Final 2nd Leg |
| Sun 28th Sept | SESL Cup Group Draw | |||
| 19 | Sat 27th Sept | 26 | CECIL Cup | Final |
| Sun 28th Sept | Seventh Auction | |||
| Sun 28th Sept | Mid Season Ageing | |||
| 20 | Wed 1st Oct | 28 | SESL Cup | Group Stage Match 1 |
| 21 | Sat 4th Oct | 29 | SESL Cup | Group Stage Match 2 |
| Sun 5th Oct | Eighth Auction | |||
| 22 | Wed 8th Oct | 30 | SESL Cup | Group Stage Match 3 |
| 23 | Sat 11th Oct | 31 | SESL Cup | Group Stage Match 4 |
| Sun 12th Oct | Ninth Auction | |||
| 24 | Wed 15th Oct | 32 | SESL Cup | Group Stage Match 5 |
| 25 | Sat 18th Oct | 33 & 34 | League | 17 & 18 |
| 26 | Sat 25th Oct | 35 & 36 | League | 19 & 20 |
| Sun 26th Oct | Final Auction | |||
| Fri 30th Oct | Trade Window Closes | |||
| 27 | Wed 5th Nov | 37 | SESL Cup | 2nd Round |
| 28 | Sat 8th Nov | 38 & 39 | League | 21 & 22 |
| 29 | Wed 12th Nov | 40 | SESL Cup | 3rd Round |
| 30 | Sat 15th Nov | 41 & 42 | League | 23 & 24 |
| 31 | Wed 19th Nov | 43 | SESL Cup | Quarter Final |
| 30 | Sat 22nd Nov | 44 & 45 | League | 25 & 26 |
| 32 | Wed 26th Nov | 46 | SESL Cup | Semi Final |
| 33 | Sat 29th Nov | 47 & 48 | League | 27 & 28 |
| 34 | Wed 3rd Dec | 49 | SESL Cup | Final |
| 35 | Sat 6th Dec | 50 & 51 | League | 29 & 30 |
| 36 | Sat 20th Dec | 53 | League | Playoffs |
League
| Div 1 | Div 2 | Div 3 |
|---|---|---|
| [Aberdeen] | [Airdrie United] | [Albion Rovers] |
| [Celtic] | [Arbroath] | [Alloa Athletic] |
| [Deveronvale] | [Ayr United] | [Annan Athletic] |
| [Dumbarton] | [Buckie Thistle] | [Berwick] |
| [Dundee United] | [Clyde FC] | [Brechin City] |
| [Dunfermline Athletic] | [Cowdenbeath] | [Clydebank] |
| [East Fife] | [Falkirk] | [Dundee FC] |
| [Fraserburgh] | [Huntly] | [East Stirlingshire] |
| [Greenock Morton] | [Montrose] | [Elgin City] |
| [Hearts] | [Motherwell] | [Forfar Athletic] |
| [Hibernian] | [Nairn County] | [Hamilton Accies] |
| [Inverness] | [Peterhead] | [Partick Thistle] |
| [Kilmarnock] | [Queen of the South] | [Raith Rovers] |
| [Livingston] | [Queens Park] | [Ross County] |
| [Rangers] | [Saint Johnstone] | [Stenhousemuir] |
| [Saint Mirren] | [Stranraer] | [Stirling] |
These links are to the landing pages of the teams on [SESL] website.
The Cups
CECIL CUP
Qualifying Round
Matches to take place Wed 23rd July and Sat 26th of July, to decide who will enter the main draw.
| Round | Match Ups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COW v RR | MON v NAI | AI v ELG | STE v ANN | HUN v BUC | ALO v HAM | FOR v StJ | PT v DEE | |
| 4 v 1 | 1 v 6 | 3 v 0 | 0 v 0 | 2 v 1 | 0 v 0 | 0 v 0 | 4 v 2 | |
| 2 v 1 | 0 v 1 | 1 v 0 | 0 v 2 | 1 v 1 | 0 v 1 | 2 v 0 | 1 v 3 | |
| ARB v QP | CB v STI | MOT v AYR | PET v EST | SRA v ROS | CLY v FAL | BRE v ALB | BER v QoS | |
| 1 v 2 | 1 v 0 | 0 v 0 | 3 v 2 | 2 v 3 | 4 v 1 | 2 v 0 | 0 v 0 | |
| 0 v 2 | 5 v 1 | 0 v 0 | 1 v 2 | 4 v 0 | 0 v 1 | 0 v 0 | 0 v 3 | |
COW, NAI, ELG, STE, BUC, HAM, FOR, DEE, QP, CB, AYR, EST, SRA, CLY, BRE, & QoS advance.
DEE & EST advanced on away goals and AYR won 4-3 on penalties.
CECIL CUP Draw
Sunday 27th July 2008 CECIL Cup Last 32 Random Draw
CECIL CUP Rounds
Matches played on Wednesday alternating against League play on Saturday.
Matches are home and away two leg affairs.
The final is Saturday 27th September.
| Round | Match Ups | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 32 | QP v EF | QoS v INV | DEV v ANN | FRA v RAN | HAM v NAI | DFA v LIV | COW v DUU | FOR v DEE | DUM v HIB | SM v CEL | KIL v CLY | CB v AYR | GM v BRE | HEA v ABE | SRA v HUN | EST v AI |
| Sweet 16 | 1 v 4 | 5 v 8 | 9 v 12 | 13 v 16 | 17 v 20 | 21 v 24 | 25 v 28 | 29 v 32 | ||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | 1 v 8 | 9 v 16 | 17 v 24 | 25 v 32 | ||||||||||||
| Semi-Finals | 1 v 16 | 17 v 32 | ||||||||||||||
| Final | 1 v 32 | |||||||||||||||
Penalty Shootouts
SESL CUP
SESL CUP Draw
Sunday 21st September 2008 SESL Cup Group Stage random draw
SESL CUP Group Stage
Sun 23-Mar-08 SESL Cup Group play draw <p>
| Group A | Pts | Group B | Pts | Group C | Pts | Group D | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELG | 0 | AI | 0 | PET | 0 | SM | 0 |
| HEA | 0 | ANN | 0 | EST | 0 | NAI | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | DEV | 0 | CB | 0 | LIV | 0 |
| FRA | 0 | DUU | 0 | CEL | 0 | FOR | 0 |
| COW | 0 | MON | 0 | ARB | 0 | SRA | 0 |
| DUM | 0 | GM | 0 | MOT | 0 | RR | 0 |
| Group E | Pts | Group F | Pts | Group G | Pts | Group H | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT | 0 | EF | 0 | ROS | 0 | QOS | 0 |
| HUN | 0 | DEE | 0 | CLY | 0 | KIL | 0 |
| BUC | 0 | BER | 0 | ALO | 0 | AYR | 0 |
| DFA | 0 | RAN | 0 | HIB | 0 | BRE | 0 |
| FAL | 0 | STI | 0 | STE | 0 | HAM | 0 |
| ABE | 0 | INV | 0 | STJ | 0 | QP | 0 |
SESL CUP Knockout stages
| Round | Match Ups | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 32 | A1 v C4 | E3 v G2 | A3 v C2 | E1 v G4 | A2 v C3 | E4 v G1 | E2 v G3 | A4 v C1 | B1 v D4 | F3 v H2 | B3 v D2 | F1 v H4 | B2 v D3 | F4 v H1 | F2 v H3 | B4 v D1 |
| Sweet 16 | A1 v G2 | C2 v E1 | A2 v G1 | E2 v C1 | B1 v H2 | D2 v F1 | B2 v H1 | F2 v D1 | ||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | A1 v E1 | G1 v C1 | B1 v F1 | H1 v D1 | ||||||||||||
| Semi-Finals | A1 v C1 | B1 v D1 | ||||||||||||||
| Final | A1 v B1 | |||||||||||||||
Penalty Shootouts
Awards
Manager of the Season
Each Division will have Manager of the season, as voted by all the managers in the forum.
- 3CP
Golden Boot
Golden Boot
- 300k
Silver Boot
- 200k
Bronze Boot
- 100k
Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
- 200k
Silver Gloves
- 100k
Bronze Gloves
- 50k
Other Awards
Most Man of the Match awards
- +1 OTF
Rookie Hotshot
- 200k
- Age 0 only
Golden Oldie Hotshot
- 100k
- Age 5+ only
Worst Shooter
- 50k
Fair Play Team Award
- +1 OTF
- 1CP to weekly winners
- 1st Overall +5 OTF
- 2nd Overall +4 OTF
- 3rd Overall +3 OTF
- 4th Overall +2 OTF
- 5th Overall +1 OTF
Prediction Competition
Season 21 sees the continuation of the Prediction League.
This is conducted on the [forum].
All predictions must be on forum 3 hours prior to a match deadline.
This is for fun and participation.
There will be 10 rounds in total over the course of this season 21, and team(s) with most points each individual week shall get 1CP.
If round winner tied, then ALL winning teams shall win 1CP.
All prizes will be awarded at Season's End.
If overall winners tied, then up to 10 teams in total can win cumulative awards, so again lower placed teams per league table may be deciding factor, (or at Commish discretion)
Newspaper
This section will be used to post and record interesting or controversial issues from the SESL league as judged by the Commish or Wiki Editor.
Press Rules
Taken from the Press officers post on July 22nd in Season 21.
Clyde & Calvin, your favorite felines of SESL, are here to offer helpful hints and suggestions for your press participation this season. Before you ask, no, this is not a reprint of the past three seasons. We just keep saying the same things over and over and over and nobody seems to listen. Be assured that within the first few weeks of the season someone will post an angry blog entry or send a flaming e-mail to Mark or Phil or both about an issue clearly addressed in this text. Sigh. That being said, let's get started. This doesn't encompass all SESL press rules, but it should come pretty close...
PRESS IS FUN--Easy enough?
- SESL is fun.
- Games are fun.
- Soccer is fun.
- Wheeeee....we're all having fun!
So don't ruin it by being a sour grape on the blog or journal page. Personal attacks, slurs and pouting are rarely well received, and they always end up poorly for the initiator. Usually with an apology, or resignation or suspension. Just don't do it. Also, keep in mind that insults to OLMEC are actually a slight to OLMEC's creator, Al Sellers.
He does a lot for you. Don't bite the hand that feeds OLMEC.
GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE
Can we be any more clear about this?
We don't have a magic ruler that measures the quality or value of each sentence you type. We read the press. We read all the press. We gauge the value of your contributions to the overall discussion on the boards. Sometimes you get less than you deserve. Sometimes you get more than you deserve. As a general rule, it all works out in the end. Steve, Dave, and Brian will tell you that consistent contributions will earn you a consistently high participation bonus. They will also tell you that they don't always get the top prize every week, even though they feel like they earned it. Hopefully, they'll also tell you that the system works and hateful blog posts or e-mails are not necessary or productive.
(Ed. confirms this)
QUALITY VS. QUANTITY
To make things easier, we've decided to award press points soley on the number of entries you have and words that you type. Ah, just kidding! Can you imagine how dry and stale that would become? And poor Graham McDermott gets carpal tunnel syndrome trying to stay one step ahead of Stewart Gordon. Seriously, don't get caught up in quantitiy. It is great to see you present on the blog throughout the week...perhaps even daily. That keeps the chatter flowing. BUT, please contribute meaningfully in the process. If you are not really advancing the conversation, your time may be better spent shelling peanuts in your cellar. It is not uncommon for one well written commentary or analysis to take the top prize even though other managers post far more frequently. Can I get a witness, Mark Boland?
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Keep it clean.
Younger fans view this site, and Al Sellers occasionally displays this site to his employer for evidence of his skills. The last thing he wants to see is a personal feud between two managers over whether BC needs a boost (Ed. it does), and he certainly doesn't want to see the F-bomb.
Clyde & Calvin rarely deduct points from your score, but profanity will do the trick.
(Ed. Confirms this)
AMOUNTS
The top prize is 50K per period.
Sometimes no one will hit that mark. It seems like once a season, or maybe twice, the chatter really slows and nothing meaningful is said. If that's the case, the top prize may only be 40k. Sometimes multiple managers will win 50k. We do grade on the curve. What is good for top prize one week may be mediocre the next if everyone picks up the pace.
PERIODS
Press is graded throughout the season. Typically, you can expect an award every week to ten days. Grading is not easy and can be somewhat time consuming. We really do review each item. Our personal schedules (eat, sleep, litter box, eat, sleep, litter box, eat, sleep, Oprah, litter box) sometimes creates a variance in the grading period.
CREATIVITY
Kevin Hull will tell you that creative items wins big points from the cats. His stick men are legendary, but Phil's mockery of the stick men is classic literature. Let's face it, few managers really want to read a 1000 word recap of your last match. Some of that is okay, but creative items will be recognized.
STYLE
Managers do not receive a lot of extra credit for big type face or photos unless it REALLY adds to the meaning of the entry. In fact, some managers don't like it. Just be courteous in your typefaces, etc., and everyone will be fine.
BLOG VS. JOURNAL
- Only the blog and journal count toward your participation bonus.
- Pre- and post-match commentary is not included.
Please do not send an e-mail insulting our parentage because you weren't rewarded for your match commentary. Forum posts are also outside the scope of press awards.
MINIMUM PRESS
<p> THREE, 3 that's the number of press awards each manager must earn every season. If you don't, Clyde & Calvin have to do extra work to identify you and then they have to say bad things about you on the blog. THEN, Mark Creasey gets involved and people start resigning and....well, you get the picture.
That should be enough to get you started. It got us to our first 50k award anyway. :-)
Meow,
Clyde & Calvin
Language Barrier Ruling
Al and Mark (Ed. Al Sellers, OLMEC GOD, Mark COMMISH) have been pretty clear since the beginning, that no manager should be penalized for language barriers.
If a manager struggles with English, that would put them at an immediate disadvantage to participate in the game.
Clyde & Calvin always grade more leniently when they know English is not your first language.
That being said, Stewart is correct. We probably need to post in a common language.
If English is a barrier for you, please let us know and we will adjust your scores accordingly.
Trade Guide
Taken from the forum posted by the commish after consultation with several managers. </p>
Player Value GUIDE as at START of season 20.
Therefore assume all players have PU of 0.
As season progresses, values of older players may dip especially leading up to mid-season ageing skill level loss.
This is a very rough GUIDE as a basis to trade on, and these are average values based on feedback from 8 long standing current SESL managers.
- GK: add 10% to these values.
- Multipositional add 20% to these values.
Age 0
Age 0/05 - 300 (purely an average of the price for an apprentice)
Age 0/10 - 800 (unseasoned)
Age 0/15 - 1400 (unseasoned)
Age 1
Age 1/05 - 150
Age 1/10 - 400
Age 1/15 - 750
Age 1/20 - 1500
Age 2
Age 2/10 - 250
Age 2/15 - 450
Age 2/20 - 950
Age 2/25 - 1500
Age 3
Age 3/10 - 150
Age 3/15 - 300
Age 3/20 - 700
Age 3/25 - 1100
Age 3/30 - 1600
Age 4
Age 4/10 - 100
Age 4/15 - 250
Age 4/20 - 600
Age 4/25 - 800
Age 5
Age 5/10 - 50
Age 5/15 - 150
Age 5/20 - 400
Age 5/25 - 600
Age 5/30 - 800
