NDP PlayOffs 2006/2007

What makes our league so great is our history! But we can't overfill the homepage and keep all the news reports, so this page archives all the announcements!

A seriously tough month for scoring has come to a close and the NDP Month 1 champion is Mr Oliver Laity!!! He takes the title with 59 points, 4 ahead of brother and arch rival Richard and at one stage last night it looked as if Richard was going to overhaul Oli and win his 7th monthly title, but Ashley Young fired in a crucial goal against Spurs last night to hand Oli his first ever monthly title!!! Early month 1 leader Andrew Harris was back in third with 46 points.

I would like to be the first to congratulate Oli and a very much deserved and long overdue victory, he has been a great NDP supporter right from our very first season and has come so close on numerous occasions but a title had always eluded him. So it gives me great pleasure to draw up the £25 cheque and winners certificate which i'll be presenting in the next couple of weeks. The question for me is now Oli has got over this hurdle of a first title, will we see a flood of titles coming his way ... much like Padraig Harrington with major golf titles???

So no sooner has month 1 finished than month 2 begins, the action kicks off this Saturday 20th September and you have unlimited transfers up until Saturday morning to re-adjust your teams!

The month 1 title race is providing fantastic entertainment for the world's media, Chopper Harris the leader going into this weekend has dropped to third with 36 points and the big gainers this weekend were the Laity brothers! 6 time champion Richard has moved up to second with 37 points whilst Oliver has hit the front with 41 points in his quest for a first ever title ... both teams benefited from the Defoe show at Goodison Park on Saturday combined with some resolute defending from their respective back 4's! in other news, I am very sad to say that C4 will NOT be running their Fantasy Italian league game this season, so unless it makes a dramatic return in the next few seasons then Stuart Brennan will go down in history as the only winner of the NDP Italia season title! http://c4footballitalia.fantasyleague.com/Index.aspx

One of our founding members is returning to the league after a long abscence all be it this time as an international manager! Roland Chappell will manage team affairs from his HQ in Cyprus where he has unlimited access to his coaching staff, scouts and the ability to select his team pool side!!! For those unaware of the NDP history, back in the winter of 2002 the very first NDP league was created with 4 founding members ... Nick Saunders, James Windsor, Roland Chappell and of course myself as Chairman ... now finally the original 4 are back in what I believe is the strongest season yet in terms of management quality!!

Former season title winner Adrian White has hit the front with a very impressive 17 points attributed largely to his Chelsea duo of Anelka and Lampard, he is followed by double monthly winner Julian Baker on 15 points and then a whole host of managers on 13 points ... what is more striking is the fact the top 3 from the last years season table are in the bottom 6!! ... Phil Grant (-3), Alex Davey (3), Mark Scott (4) all struggled out of the blocks.

After some long contract negotiations this summer we are pleased to announce the month 4 champion from the 2004/05 season is back in the NDP! Kelly Webbe returns with a big reputation after some time away from the NDP managing in Europe. The close season has also seen some exciting developments in terms of signing new managers, Ronnie Richmond, Stu McNeil and Dale Owen are onboard bringing with them some fearsome fantasy football pedigree!

Yes folks that's right. The photographs that Ok, Hello and Good Housewives have been desperate to get hold of are now available on the NDP Website! Just click on the NDP Photo Gallery tab in the menu bar to view the pictures in their full glory!

We have finally obtained the rights to show the moment where Mr Scott and Mr Gilbert met their hero Mr Steven Gerrard. We all here at NDP HQ hope you mentioned the NDP during your brief encounter!

NDP favourite Mr Stuart Brennan started his preparation a couple days ago for the bet that he lost to Mr Al Davey. Details are sketchy at the moment, but reports are coming through to us that a T-Shirt was bought for £2, and pictures will hopefully be available soon. Mr Brennan used the trip to the charity shop to catch up on a few hints and tips from Ruud Gullit, Alistair McGowan and Sven.......... Who's views Mr Brennan did not agree with!