Units reach 2000 supporters!

A significant milestone was reached last week when The Units welcomed their 2000th supporter: US president Barack Obama (seen here being congratulated on the prestigious occasion by best friend John McCain).
"This is obviously the proudest moment of my life" said Obama upon joining the mighty Units fan club, named after club hero Charlie "Bud" Tingwell. "I think I will offer "Bud" the vice-presidency - the current guy is actually a bit of a nobody".
When asked about his plans for his white house term, Obama said he will instead be focusing mostly on watching the Units matches, and will "probably leave most of the presidential stuff to Oprah."

Kameron Agung now part of U-20 Team Oceania!

The Loraxes home-grown star, Kameron Agung, has been selected as a forward for the U-20 Oceanian side. The popular young Lorax striker has shown much promise in his short career with the Green Loraxes, and has been focus of several poaching attempts from big league teams. Despite so much success in such a short period he remains a very down-to-earth young man with no arrogance or great ego as one might expect. When asked how is able to maintain such a normal attitude to life as well as be a role model for so many, he replied, "I am clearly the best in the world at being the least egotistical and the most modest. I think people realise that I am awesome, and I am ok with that. I think I can be a hero to many people. That is why I have written the book "Anyone can be Cool...But AWESOME takes practise". The book can be purchased at all good bookstores.

In his first match for Oceania, Agung was the best on field for Oceania, despite their loss to Romania 5-1.

...one giant leap for Gaeta FC!

A day of joy and prosperity has been bestowed upon the fans of Gaeta FC, with the promotion of the senior team up to the next division. "This is a momentous (sob) occasion with many a fan waiting for this day for so long (sob)" said one long time fan who then went on to cry like a baby. The streets of Gaeta were filled with screaming fans with one going as far as saying that he would name his first child after the team.

Grand Final - Season IV

We are finally approaching the end of Season IV of the Nuclear Cup. This week will be played the Grand Final, with the Loraxes taking on the formidable Units, in a rematch of the final of the first Nuclear Cup. Also, the Nuclear Cup veterans, BRAP2, will battle against the sensational rookie-of-the-year, Ginger Beards, to determine 3rd and 4th places. But also, there will be one more game the following week, with Bluthenthal and the shagging lizards facing off to determine 5th and 6th places.


This week:

Green Loraxes vs The Units (GRAND FINAL)
BRAP2 vs Ginger Beards (3rd and 4th)


Next week:

Bluthenthal da 3 vs the shagging lizards (5th and 6th)

Quarter-Finals

Next round (Quarter-Finals) will be:

HOME vs AWAY

BRAP2 vs the shagging lizards
Bluthenthal da 3 vs The Ginger Beards

Plus, there is a play-off for 7th and 8th:

More Fire! vs Mababies


Byes for The Units and Green Loraxes
Make sure you use CUP RULES.

*** See link on the side for the structure of the Nuclear Cup Finals!

Elimination Finals

Next Round of the Nuclear Cup will be:

Mababies vs Ginger Beards
More Fire! vs the shagging lizards

the battle for 9th and 10th between:

Gaeta FC vs Sugar Kick


It is a bye for Green Loraxes, The Units, Bluthenthal da 3, BRAP2 and darkness12 (and wooden spoon winner).

Hurraah!!! Mababies Ko Witbard finally was sold for approx. 8.3 million dollars!!! Hopefully this means i can get a decent midfield now!!!..but its going to be hard to find a replacement for him!...

And hopefully in the time i am away my account wont be too badly abused by the nuclear cup council!!!...xox

BUD vs FIPS: Legends face off

Two of the greatest ever Nuclear Cup players came face to face when The Units' Charlie "Bud" Tingwell and Green Loraxes' Fips Hanus (both pictured) lined up on opposite sides in Round 3 of the Nuclear Cup. In the first half, Fips made a great save to deny Bud, but in the second half Bud responded- soaring to head the ball past Fips for his 3rd goal in as many games. So, honours were even on the day between the two superstars, however Fips had the last laugh with the Loraxes, thanks in part to a spectacular 7-star performance by uber-midfielder Patrik Egggard (no typo- 3 g's!!), winning the match easily in the end 6-1 and going to the top of the table. Bluthenthal despite being hot favourites against Mababies, just managed to win 3-2, but still kept their chances of a top 2 finish alive. The other group A match saw BRAP2, bolstered by the return of a couple of stars from injury, defeat More Fire! 4-1.
Group B has become a three horse race for the 2 playoff spots, with Gaeta FC, The Ginger Beards and the shagging lizards all winning. Gaeta won their "bye" in a goal fest: 6-3. shagging beat darkness12 5-1, and The Ginger Beards continued their perfect start beating Sugar Kick 6-1.

Fips Hanus supporters show their support!

Fips Hanus supporters have come out in force to demonstrate their support of the aging Green Loraxes keeper. Rumours of an imminent sacking of Hanus have been growing in light of his recent bad form, and question marks over whether the Loraxes can still maintain such a lowly skilled player in their side. Lorax management however will clearly have a battle on their hands if they are to oust the keeper, especially if Fips' supporters have anything to do with it. Even celebrities are getting involved, including the beautiful "Faith Tones" trio who have named their upcoming album "Fips Use Me" (see picture) after the veteran keeper.

New Coach, New Approach

Gaeta FC has made the bold move of enlisting Todor Mingolov as the new team coach and sending Stefan Dryskog into a well deserved early retirement. Stefan helped immensely in establishing the team as a force to be reckoned with and GFC fans can only hope this standard of trainer can be matched and surpassed by Todor. Todor who is Bulgarian but of Austrian decent was quoted as saying "I will terminate all those who stand in the way of GFC... and I'll be back". The media had difficulty in understanding the relevance of Todor's last comment "I'll be back" and put it down to recording malfunctions.