Although West Herts pulled a goal back in the second half, this did not change the final outcome. Leeds City still defeated them 2:1 at their home court.
This round of league upsets are frequent, and Leeds City’s 2:1 victory over West Herts at home is considered a good result:
Stan Park Rangers, who ranked first, suffered their first defeat of the season. They lost to twelfth-placed Abion 1:2 at their home court.
Manchester United drew 2:2 with the 14th-placed Highlanders away from home.
London Bridge lost 0:1 at home to 17th-ranked London Mars.
Tramed was tied 2:2 at home by newly promoted Holt, who ranked only 16th.
Battleship Port also failed to win. They played 2:2 away from home against the 19th-placed Peterborough United.
Among the top seven teams, only Leeds City and Widgerstown have won this round.
Although Stan Park Rangers lost, they still ranked first with 37 points: their points advantage is so great that even losing a league round will not have much impact.
In other words, the main impact is on the psychological level, rather than on the points ranking. The first defeat in the league caused the death of Stan Park Rangers' record of 30 consecutive unbeaten league games across seasons. This is a situation that makes Stan Park Rangers fans very unwilling and regretful.
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Since Stan Park Rangers lost to Manchester Athletic 1:2 in the away game in the 21st round of last season, they have remained unbeaten in the league and won the league championship last season as they wished. After entering the new season, the top 13
They are also undefeated in the league rounds, with twelve wins and one draw, and the momentum is amazing.
It also took advantage of the trend to create the longest unbeaten streak in the club's history.
Everyone had hoped that Stan Park Rangers could break the 48-match unbeaten record in the Premier League set by Trent at the turn of the century twenty-five years ago. The record was set by Trent in the 1999-2000 season and spanned two seasons.
century (at that time, people believed that the year 2000 was the beginning of the new century), so it was also called the "Invincible Century".
Trent, who created the "unbeaten century", have experienced a bankruptcy crisis, have already been relegated to the English Championship, and currently have no hope of promotion. However, the record they created is the longest unbeaten streak in the top league in the history of English football.
A record that no one can shake so far.
Stan Park Rangers fans originally hoped that their team could do this, so that they could be worthy of the media who clamored "The dynasty is coming" all day long.
As a result, it was ended in just thirty rounds. This result is not even ranked among the top five unbeaten records in England's top league... It's simply a stretch.
This dealt a fatal blow to the reputation of Stan Park Rangers fans.
Manchester Athletic drew with the Highlanders in an away game and had 27 points, but was overtaken by Leeds City who had won 28 points.
As a result, Leeds City once again became second in the league, while Manchester United returned to third place.
This is already the fourth time that the two teams have gone back and forth in the second and third positions, and the competition is very fierce.
At the same time, it also shows that it is reasonable for Manchester Athletic fans to still be dissatisfied with the team's performance after winning in the last round. It is not that they are hypocritical. Manchester Athletic's performance this season is indeed not stable enough.
In the past fourteen league rounds, Manchester United has never been able to win three consecutive league rounds.
Win one and draw one, win one and lose one, win two and lose one, win two and draw one...
With such a performance like a roller coaster, anyone who is a Manchester Athletic fan would be unhappy.
And many times the games they lose are against teams ranked lower in the middle and lower reaches.
For example, in the fifth round of the league, they lost 2:3 away to Peterborough United, which was ranked second from bottom at the time.
In the eighth round, they lost 0:2 at home to Woldhampton, which was ranked fifteenth at the time.
If you can't win against a weak team, then they are at best like Leeds City, robbing the rich and giving to the poor. However, Manchester Athletic did not win the three games against their direct competitors Stan Park, Leeds City, and North London Wanderers:
One loss and two draws. Lost to Stan Park Rangers, and were tied by Leeds City and North London Wanderers.
This is the direct reason why Manchester United fell behind Stan Park Rangers by double digits in points this season.
As for Tramed, London Bridge, Warships Harbor, and North London Wanderers, the four teams that are forced to go to G6, their performance this season is even worse, even worse than Manchester United. Otherwise, they would not be beaten by Leeds City.
Everything is pressed under me.
North London Rangers are particularly poor, and now they have simply fallen out of seventh place.
The current number one in the league is Stan Park Rangers. They are nine points ahead of second place Leeds City, but their lead has been chased from double digits to single digits. Third place Manchester Athletic is 27 points, and fourth place Terra
Medley scored 24 points, fifth-place Wiggerston had 24 points, sixth-place London Bridge had 23 points, and seventh-place Warship Harbor had 21 points.
After the fourteenth league round, the betting company updated the winning odds of each team. Although Stan Park Rangers is still the most favored team, their odds have increased slightly.
Leeds City, on the other hand, has significantly reduced its previous offer of 1,000 to 1,000 to 100!
This odds means they went from "completely unlikely to win" to "maybe have a slight chance of winning".
This is an amazing progress!
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When Neil Mullin, a truck driver with a Leeds City football team scarf hanging around his neck, pushed open the company's lounge door again, he could feel that the eyes on him were different from the ones before.
"Hi, Neil, congratulations! It looks like you really have a chance to win the super prize!" A colleague raised his hand to greet Mullin.
This time they were not in a weird mood, and this was definitely not a sarcastic comment on Mullin.
Although the odds of 100 to 1 are still very high, compared with 5000 to 1 at the beginning of the season, Leeds City is getting closer to that almost impossible goal with its actual performance...
In the past, when others questioned Leeds City's championship, Mullin would always shrug and ask: "Why not?"
Use this kind of "strong words" to protect your hometown team.
Now he has a different attitude. He waved his hands: "I don't care whether Leeds City can win the championship. I am already very satisfied with the team's current performance and can't ask for more."
Andy Warman, a nearby Tramed fan, snorted: "Hypocrisy!"
Mullin smiled: "Yeah, fans of small teams have never seen the world, and they are scared enough to be ranked second in the league. They are afraid that they will collapse next. In order not to disappoint me too much, I can only lower the price."
Standard, as long as we can avoid relegation! Andy, Leeds City’s goal this season has been clear from the beginning that we are a relegation team.”
"Damn it, we're already second in the league and still asking for relegation! Isn't this hypocrisy?" Warman yelled.
"Then what do you want us to say, Andy? 'Yes, our goal is to compete for the championship!' And then when we are finally squeezed out of the top six, you will definitely laugh at us for overestimating our capabilities. Okay, Andy
, I know your tricks very well, so don’t take them out." Mullin waved his hand and went to get a can of Coca-Cola from the beverage cabinet.
He opened it with a bang, and the sweet smell accompanied by the gas sprayed out, making Mullin feel relaxed and happy.
Behind him, Andy Warman was speechless.
In this round of the league, Tramed was held to a draw by newly promoted Holt at home. With other strong teams falling behind one after another, Tramed failed to make any further progress and failed to live up to expectations.
This made Warman even more unhappy, feeling particularly unable to hold his head high in front of Leeds City fan Mullin.
He could only think in his heart: I don’t believe you can maintain this momentum! Christmas is coming, and the schedule around New Year is intensive. How can Leeds City, which has no advantage in lineup depth, compete with the giants? Now that the results are good,
That's because you haven't used up the physical fitness you've reserved in pre-season training, and you can still make a splash. Let's wait and see in the second half of the season, then you will be in the right position!
Joe Irosted, who was once a common friend of the two, saw the situation and came out to smooth things over: "It's really hard to say that we will win the league. Now Stan Park Rangers are nine points ahead. Even if they lose a game, everything will be normal next time."
Even if we perform well, we can still successfully defend the title... But in terms of the league's top scorer list, I think there may be no suspense..."
His words were echoed by others: "Yeah, Hu is in great shape. To be honest, I really didn't expect him to perform like this this season..."
"Hu's odds of winning the Premier League Golden Boot this season have dropped to 1 to 6. This basically means that there is no suspense for him to win the Golden Boot!"
"It's really scary! Leeds City really found a treasure this time! When they announced the signing of this player from China at the beginning of the year, I had never even heard of Hu's name... But now I can see him almost every week
I heard his name in media reports..."
Mullin did not express his daring to expect Hu Lai to win the Golden Boot as he did just now, but happily raised the Coke in his hand: "If Hu Zhen can win the Golden Boot, I will treat everyone to a drink!"
"oh!!"
His words caused the colleagues in the break room to cheer.
Amid the cheers, Andy Warman sneered again and again.