Liverpool FC were declared 2024 / 25 season champions on April 27th, with a staggering 5 games left to play, following an impressive demolition of Spurs at Anfield. It was a very different story in the extremely competitive FON mini league, where the result was not decided until the final whistle of the season blew.
Mid-table influencers
Unexpectedly strong, consistent performances from the Premier League’s mid-table teams coupled with their ability to take points from the former ‘top 5’ teams made the 2024/25 PL season one of the most unpredictable yet, aside of Liverpool’s impressively dogged ability to grind out win after win, creating an unbridgeable gap at the top.
In the FON mini league mid-table teams were equally influential, with positions constantly changing, and an astonishing 10 different players winning the ESL-sponsored Manager of the Month Award – and no monthly winner managing to do it more than once!
Highs and lows
From the monthly winners the highest monthly score was a staggering 409 in February from Mike Ferris and the lowest monthly winning score was a lowly 137 in March from James Pontin.
An impressive 71 managers competed in this year’s Fuel Oil News league and almost 1000 points separated the bottom of the league from the eventual winner.
The Fuel Oil News team clearly spend way too much time discussing form, with 3 of them featuring in the final top 10 – a feat not matched by any other company… a challenge to everyone for next season?
At the halfway point of the season, we had Conor MacMahon of Mackin Talent top of the league with Adrian Major of FON in hot pursuit along with Blend’s Ruben Lancaster. So how did they fare in the final table?
A strong second half of the season saw Fuel Oil News’ own Adrian Major overhaul the gap to Conor MacMahon and finish the season at the top of the table as this year’s Champion with a 14-point gap to second-placed Adam Woodward. Conor slipped to a respectable 3rd, while Ruben’s season finished with more of a whimper than a bang, leaving him ending the season in 5th spot and just hanging on to his imaginary place in Europe.
Thanks to our sponsor
Our inaugural sponsor when we launched the mini league for the 2023/24 season, ESL Fuels continued their fantastic support this season and we are grateful to them for both their support and their intense competition in the league.
ESL Fuels is a family business that designs, blends, processes and supplies a range of fuels for the road, heating and marine markets, with a focus on innovation and sustainability.
It also falls to our sponsors to pick the team names they consider to be the most innovative or witty so a shout out to:
Neville Wears Prada Claudia Weeks
Escape from Alcaraz Matt Finch
Kinder Mbeumo Morgan Webb
The Konate Kid Harrison Chettle
Livin’ Saliba Loca Mark Clouter
The new season announced!
Fuel Oil News, in partnership with ESL Fuels, will be running a fresh competition for the upcoming 2025 / 26 season with more fabulous monthly and seasonal prizes.
For your chance to win, get ahead by clicking here to sign up or email margaret@fueloilnews.co.uk and we’ll send full details to join our league!
Look out for regular updates here on the website
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