Teams Prepare for Nuclear Cup V: Round 1 next week!

Nuclear Cup teams have started their preparations for Nuclear Cup V! The competition will be returning to a single pool competition - with each team playing the other once, and with two rounds of finals to determine the supreme Nuclear Cup champion.

Will the Loraxes make it a three-peat? Will the inaugural champions, The Units, finally be able to go the extra step again and relive their season 1 victory? Will Bluthenthal finally have what it takes, or will the pressure get to them once again? Can BRAP2 do another BRAP and take out season 5 from nowhere? Will last seasons super-rookies, Ginger Beards and shagging lizards, prove themselves to be a legitimate force or just a flash-in-the pan? Can Mababies and More Fire! pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and prove everyone wrong? Will Gaeta once again become the giant-killer threat they once were? Or will Sugar Kick continue their solid rise and surprise everyone this season?

Stay tuned to Nuclear Cup Season V to find out!!!!


Round 1 starts next week, 25th February. Remember it is NORMAL RULES now!

Round 1 draw:

Home vs Away

The Ginger Beards - Sugar Kick
BRAP2 - The Units
Bluthenthal da 3 - Green Loraxes
the shagging lizards - Gaeta FC
More Fire! - Mababies

Retiring Fips Hanus enters Hall Of Fame

The outgoing superstar keeper of the Green Loraxes, Fips Hanus, is the first player to be inducted into the Green Loraxes Hall Of Fame. Affectionately referred to as "Fips" by team mates and fans, the lovable keeper has been a star of Loraxes since almost the beginning. Despite an impressive 2.5 star career best performance, he will probably be best remembered for the memorable Nuclear Cup showdowns with the Units legendary striker, Charles "Bud" Tingwell. Who will ever forget this classic Fips block:

Replay (Nuclear Cup Season 4):
The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 27 minutes, Charlie Tingwell found himself alone with the keeper. Fips Hanus made a great block, though.

Despite football being his life, he has embraced life outside of hattrick. He has taken up several hobbies, including car-racing and fishing. He is also rumored to be making media appearances on 'Dancing With The Stars' and 'The Bachelor'.

We wish him all the best in his life after Hattrick.

CHILD'S PLAY

Management of Gaeta FC would like to introduce to the media their newest addition, the formation of a youth team dubbed Gaetino FC. At this stage a misunderstanding in the requirements of a youth team has meant that experienced senior players are able to compete in the youth team as long as they are less than a metre tall. When asked how he felt about the new team, junior coach Greg Greiner said "Small people can do stuff too and shouldn't be discriminated against..." he then went on to say "I don't care if they lose, we will still take them to McDonalds after each game and they can play on the slide."

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