Mid-Season Delight

As the season reaches the half way mark our views broaden as to who will and has been the top notch and the lowest of lows this season. The top 4 table is looking like most of us expected, but looking deeper into each round reveals a few upsets. We saw a founding team, the All Stars, fall victim to toxics poison, losing 12-8 in what most of us would have thought to be a comfortable win. But from that came a vengeful All Stars team, vengeance which was seen when they played against team Impervious, who they defeated 12-11 in a very tight game. And last but certainly not least, we saw the season 6 debut team Valiant overpower the table front runners 11-10 in what was probably the most exciting match this season.

Another month has passed, as another Player of the Month arrives. In the month of May we saw a few great battles between the top sides, creating a tight array of votes. But one player prevailed. This player has scored 43 goals and has 29 assists in 15 periods, giving him 2.9 goals per period, an astonishing achievement no doubt. It is my pleasure to award the May, Player of the Month award to the QQ striker, Hrvat! He’s been a great asset to QQ so far this season and continues to perform well with his team. Congratulations to Hrvat!

As some of you may or may not know, the Goal of the Season for Season 5 had not been chosen. This is no longer the case. After consulting a group of players who we believed had a sense of judgment which would grade each Goal of the Round fairly, Season 5’s Goal of the Season was…… H$ | Nikv’s beautiful trix-touch to himself, and amazing C. Ronaldo style top right corner finish, which can be seen, here. Congratulations to Nikv!

And now on to what lies ahead. It is time for players to part from their respective teams and use the skills they have for their state of origin. Last season we saw a new state take the championship, when the New South Wales giants were squashed in the remaining minutes by a great ball from Xpoze to Messi to give Victoria the win, and the first ever State of Origin championship to not be won the New South Wales. State of Origin applications are now open to anyone, and can be found here. Just follow the guidelines and you should be given access to your states forum.

That’s about it for now, let’s hope this season brings more upsets and creates more rivalries to make this seasons finals, one of the greatest.

@ 7pm June 3rd 2009

Update, POTM and Donations!!

As five rounds have passed since the beginning of the season, we have witnessed a very exciting start to the season with a few shock results and a very interesting league table. The fresh S6 team, Toxic, lies in fourth place after a very strong start, almost upsetting reigning champions Impervious who are currently in third, and also achieving a shock win over a very lifeless AS side that are currently sixth on the table. The other fresh S6 team, Quite Quality, lead the table going undefeated giving them a 5-0 record which amounts to 15 points. The newly formed side, Valiant, sit in second, just ahead of Impervious only by goal difference, with remaining teams HellSpawns, Kewell’s Jewells and Underdogs sitting in fifth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Now onto the Player of the Month award. The Player of the Month award for April will be shared by arguably the two most in form strikers this season, those two being the Toxic striker’s main man, Bocco, and the highly regarded Impervious striker, Roxas! Bocco, who helped lead Toxic to fourth place on the table, has had an amazing start to the season, spear-heading the Toxic attack and managing to score 29 goals in the first 4 rounds. Roxas has also had a great start to the season managing to help his team, Impervious, win some crucial matches to keep them high on the ladder.

A recent event, involving the funding of the ACSSL, is in need of an update to the public. As many of you know, the ACSSL fund was running low, but a kind reminder that donations were crucial revealed that this league has further to go. Within such a short space of time a figure of approximately $800 was raised, purely through user donations, which will be able to fund the servers for months to come. The ACSSL administration team would like to thank those who donated for their extreme generosity in what could have been a tough time for the league. That about sums it up for the first month of Season 6; let’s hope there’s more great action as the league matches continue!

@ 9pm May 19th 2009

Introducing, Season 6!

Hope everyone is having a good Easter and long weekend.

It certainly has been a long time since the main page has had an update or two, in fact it has almost been a month now since Fowler announced the end of the season and all the awards that go with it. [funnily enough it has been about that long since he last showed up to an AS scrim...] But alas, we can finally look ahead to Season 6 and the opening round which gets underway on Friday night between QQ and the All Stars, kickoff is due at 8pm so make sure you are in Vent about 7:45 and I'm sure somebody will step up and do commentary [looking at you Ivo]

As you may or may not have started to realise the website is currently being updated to prepare for the new season, so it will be good to finally kick the new season into gear. Another thing long overdue is the votes, which are [finally] displayed to us mere mortals for Season 5, so go have a look and abuse whoever you must. Lastly the High Council would like to inform you of a few things that will be happening soon, one being the voting of Goal of the Season for Season 5, this is I believe being voted by the High Council and experienced league players instead of a community wide thing which has been an issue in the past. The second thing being voted on currently is the implementation of new keeper skins, more information on this and the new ideas behind new league changes can be found in this following thread, here.

That's really about it fellow ACSSL players, hopefully the first round goes ahead without dramas, I'm looking forward to finally having the season start, this season does promise to be an extremely tight affair as personally I've never seen the talent so evenly spread out amongst the teams, so good luck everyone for this upcoming season, hopefully you hear from me a few more times on the front page as the season progresses.

@ 11pm April 13th 2009

Maha The Great

In the closest final yet in ACSSL history, Impervious' debut season has been capped with an historic golden goal victory over fellow title challengers Armada to claim the Season 5 premiership title. In a historic coup for Impervious captain Mahamadou/Froob, he has now lead two sides to premiership glory and holds a formidible 5-0 record in grand finals. Mahamadou expressed his delight at his and his sides achievement, and was duly crowned Captain of the year in our recent ACSSL awards ceremony. Commiserations must be handed to Armada, who have now lost two extra time grand finals in a row and unfortunately have now disbanded due to the short-term retirement of inspirational captain Kirkn. We expect to see the remnants of Armada in a new side which will be contesting relegations.

Before we mention relegations though, we will recap the accolades handed out this season. The Golden boot award, handed out to the highest scorer in the season has been claimed by the now defunct-TDT striker Scoper. It is scopers second golden boot award, matching the one he achieved in Season 3 with his former side AS. Surprisingly, Scoper was not present in TDT's elimination final against Armada and it will forever remain a question of what if, had Scoper been there. Over the course of the finals, there is also an award handed out that is separate from our Player of the Season award that deems the recipient the best player of the finals. It is no surprise to the community that Armadas resurgence was due to one player, legendary ACSSL keeper Tortilla. Displaying his fabled shot stopping and assurance at the back, Tortilla was desperately unlucky to be on the losers end of the final and combined with captain Kirkn, dragged Armada to the brink of an historic victory, but it was not to be. It is unlikely that there will be any disagreements with the recipient of this accolade, with the majority of the community voting for Tortilla in unison. Congratulations to Tortilla and his remarkable finals campaign, we hope to see him remain in the league for the upcoming Season 6. Our final award is the well known player of the season award, which as widely known is decided by a 3-2-1 voting of each league match by the attending referees. The winner of this seasons Player of the Season was a player that ironically enough, was not involved in the Grand Final which has been the case comparatively for the past 4 seasons. Our Player of the Season for Season is none other than our very own community Administrator Xpoze. Xpoze capped a wonderful individual season with HS, stepping out of the shadows from his SK predecessors to establish himself as one of the leagues defensive rocks. Although HS made the finals, they were quickly bundled out in the first match but it was the almighty effort of Xpoze to get them there in the first place, not only being watertight at the back but also chipping in up front for some crucial goals. Xpoze is currently a free agent and looking for a team in Season 6, and with this addition to his trophy cabinet I'm sure there will be no shortage of interested parties.

Finally, as Season 5 has now come to a close, now begins the rise of Season 6 and the fresh hope of successful season for 8 sides. However, before league business gets underway we must first decide who is worthy of joining the current league sides. Relegations will commence on the 27th of February, with nominations to close this coming Friday the 20th of February. If you are interested in making or joining a side, there is no better chance than now but you must be quick as you only have until this friday to nominate your side.

Stay tuned for the next update, which will announce the successful relegation candidates and the starting date of Season 6.

@ 7pm February 16th 2009

You gotta go there to come back

The pointy end of the season has dawned upon ACSSL in Season 5, with front runners TDT becoming the first side to go undefeated throughout a season, a magnificent achievement for a side that was only resurrected two seasons prior. Their record breaking run includes 12-game winning streak which stretches back to October 2008. Deservedly showing that their position is no fluke, TDT have hit the back of the net an incredible 47 times more than their nearest opponent Impervious. This deadly showing up in front is complemented perfectly in tune at the back, as their watertight defence has only conceded a mere 73 goals at a frugal rate of 5.3 goals a game, or just under 2 goals a period. A symphonic fusion of clinical finishing and determined defending, TDT have been setting the benchmark this season and has left their mark on ACSSL history with their record breaking run. It is no surprise then that Januarys player of the month is none other than TDT striker Statica. TDT's run to the top has coincided with Staticas superb showings, and this month has been no exception. In the three league games contested (due to Armada forfeit in the final round), Statica has hit a remarkable 24 goals and 21 assists, an average of 8 goals and 7 assists in each of the past three league matches. This has helped TDT solidify their place at the top and fire the first shot of the finals. There have been rumours however that cultured striker Statica could be on the move at the conclusion of this season, but at the time of publication we could get no word on what his future plans are. Whether that has any impact on TDT's title charge, we will find out shortly.

In other ACSSL-related news, the finals now may be out of reach for the bottom three sides, but the fight is not over yet as relegation beckons. Stay tuned to ACSSL as after the finals have been completed, the fight for S6 survival begins.

@ 6pm January 26th 2009

Double Stuffed

As the new year approaches, the month of December comes to a close and what a month of it has been in the ACSSL with two historical moments unfolding. For the first time since the birth of the league New South Wales were dethroned by Victoria as State of Origin champions. The Big V, lead by Captain Xpoze fought off a fighting Queensland outfit in the first round, and managed to hold off a comeback by the Queenslanders in the last period. Then the Vics went on to do the unthinkable and beat New South Wales by just one goal. New South Wales took an early lead and held onto the lead til the last period where in the dying minutes of the game Victoria leveled the scores. With mere seconds on the clock Captain Xpoze produced a magical ball to Impervious striker, Messi who sunk the ball into the back of the net in which possibly would of been his most cynical finish to date. Congratulations to Victoria and Captain Xpoze on taking out Season 5 state of Origin.

Another ACSSL first comes with crowning the first ever Goalkeeper player of the Month. I would like to announce Player of the Month December 2008 to Impervious Co Captain Oreo. Oreo has produced some rock solid efforts in the net this season for Impervious. Oreo is arguably the best goal keeper to ever grace the ACSSL, and being the only keeper in history to be awarded with Player of the Month may just plead his case. I congratulate Oreo on this historic Player of the Month December title.

@ 11pm December 28th 2008

POTM: November 2008 & SoO

As the season passes its half way mark, we see another month of unpredictability go past and also the highly anticipated State of Origin draw nearer. This month has brought many mixed feelings with sides crumbling under the pressure, captains departing, players changing sides, new faces joining the league and league powerhouses continuing to dominate. With the month of November done and dusted, comes another player of the month. To no surprise, this stand out attacking defender has been a vital addition to the HellSpawns recent successes. I congratulate H$ spearhead defender Xpoze, with Season 5 player of the month November. The HellSpawns have had a rollarcoaster season with looses that should of been wins and matches against stronger sides that have slipped up. With that being said, the form of Xpoze hasn't faded, as he continues to produce the goods on the scoreboard and in the defensive half.

A reminder from the ACSSL administration, that all State of Origin team sheets must be handed in by Friday the 5th of December. The entry to the sides have already closed. The State of Origin last season saw New South Wales take out the hattrick in State of Origin victories. With a lot of new faces around, and old lions no longer keen, who knows what State could come out on top. With season 5 already set to make history by crowning new League Champions, will season 5 also be remembered for New South Wales finally being dethroned as Australia's finest combination of KA stars?

November brought the community several memorable moments, as the holiday season kicks in, it is now make or break as the competition is destined to heat up in December.

State of Origin commences on the 19th of December 2008

@ 12am December 2nd 2008

POTM: October 2008

With four rounds gone, the month has been concluded and the votes for the Player of the Month October have been tallied. The player who took out this month’s award is neither stranger to the spotlight nor a stranger to the player of the month award. I congratulate Impervious superstar striker Roxas on adding another Player of the month title to his name making it his fifth title. Roxas has played a key role in Impervious this season, whose side have shocked many with its push for a top 2 spot on the table and its impressive win over league giants Armada.

We are now close to the half way point of the season, wins at this point are vital as the season is arguably undergoing its most competitive season to date. Can Impervious and The Dream Team keep the form following and hold out for the rest of the season to maintain their top two positions? Will the lads at Armada pull up their socks and turn the league on its head as many thought they would this season? The all important 4th spot still hangs in the balance can The Drunk Muppets hold on to their spot? Or will the HellSpawns get their act together and play at the quality level the side has produced in its past? At the bottom end of the scale The All-Stars and Kewell’s Jewell’s both sit on one win, but both would like to add some points to their tallies and hope to not only stay clear of relegations but even make a push for top 4. Sitting in last, and with little momentum are The Venomous Shooters. VS are known for survival, but with no wins after five rounds will this be the end of VS?

Only time will tell as Season Five is set to make history.

@ 12am November 11th 2008

Lights, Camera, Action!

First things first. My appologies for the lack of updates on the main page. I've been breaking news via Wavelength of late and found it alot easier. We should probabbly find someone who is dedicated to writing up news reports for our league aye?

Now lets get down to business. As many of you may know recently our foreign correspondent and ex-HellSpawns striker, Zidane has put together a movie dedicated to the memories of his season 1 HellSpawns side. The movie has recieved a much deserved praise and rightfully so as it is in my belief the best video thus far to be made about our game.

The movie was so good and captured every aspect of our game and community so well that i thought it deserved a front page write up/announcement. Anyone who is visiting our league for the first time, take a sneak peak at what our league and this game is all about. Whether it be Yianni going postal on the league or Nikv mooing, you're gonna love it.

Click the above link to view or if you want to download a higher quality version, head to the downloads section and find the link under movies.

@ 1am October 19th 2008

Thanks for the Memories

Way back in March we saw the fourth season of ACSSL get underway, with an interesting transfer window it seemed Soccer Kings were once again the team to beat, if there was any doubt in the minds of the public it started to ebb away after their first round dismantling of the All Stars.
As the season progressed, Armada started to hit their straps and looked likely that they would once again be there or there abouts come finals time. Armada lead by their captain Kirkn, won important games against The Dream Team and Soccer Kings nearing the end of the season as they took out the minor premiership for the first time, with their new found success they entered the final series full of confidence and as firm favourites.
It seemed a case of 'same old same old' for Soccer Kings who had a habit or producing their best football when it counts, with the big news of their imminent disbanding right before the grand final it seemed to add that added incentive required for the Soccer Kings to go out with a bang. And that they did, in one of the most memorable games the league has ever seen, the Soccer Kings and Armada drew in normal time and went to extra time in only the 2nd time in ACSSL history as the Soccer Kings proved too strong once again and now bow out of the league as the most successful team ever.
It comes as no surprise that this year's Player of the Season comes from the team who dominated the regular season, Armada comfortable took out the minor premiership and it's thanks to their captain Kirkn. Kirkn lead by example, often noted for his words spoken throughout the community, but it's obvious that when it boils down to it, his feet can also do the talking as he had one of the most consistent seasons we have ever seen in the leagues existence, each month he came close to winning the award and is was his solo efforts during the grand final that almost looked to complete the fairy tale.

Roxas who seems to be bowing out along with the Soccer Kings has once again won the Golden Boot, only 1 goal shy of the magic 100 mark, he has impressively won 3 out of 4 Golden Boot awards and is easily the most prolific goal scorer this league has seen to date.
Congratulations to Roxas on this season's Golden Boot.

The world of football is always seeing change, so this may come as no surprise to us all now, but over the past month or so rumours and the eventual change of hands has now been complete.
We now see Awesome X fill in the role that Robbie Fowler previously did, I'd like to personally thank Robbie Fowler for his continued efforts that he has put into the league, without his services this league would not be anywhere near the level it is at today, his departure brought questions about the stability of the league but rest assured that what ACSSL needed was change, all this has seemingly come at a good time as we now get fresh ideas brought onto the league as it reaches its maturity.
I wish Awesome X a smooth transition in the role and ask of us all to give him the time and respect as he starts to implement some of his own ideas into this ever growing league.

One final thing, it is important that ALL TEAMS competing in this season's relegation to have their forms in by the 31st of august, relegations are set to commence on the 5th of September.

@ 3am August 24th 2008

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