Leicester Tigers triumphant in the league for the 3rd time!

Leicester Tigers have defyied the odds and won the League level 5, winning their 3rd league title in 5 seasons! This year was by far the toughest league the boys have ever took part in, with 4 or 5 teams that were capable of winning the league. After the last update, Tigers played round 20 at home to 11th place and managed to get the 3 points required to keep the winning moment going at the top of the table. The boys won 4-0. Round 21 saw the Tigers travel to a banana skin of a match against 10th place. A superb display of football saw the Welford Road men win 1-8. Round 22 is where the league got a whole lot tighter. Tigers were the visitors to title rivals, 2nd place Atletico Madrid. With 20 special fans in attendance for the home side, and a poor defensive display saw Tigers take a huge lose 5-1. This was quite possibly Leicester record defeat, especially in the league. In league context, Tigers were now level with 2nd and with 3rd place only 2 points behind, it was obviously about getting the goal difference up swell as trying to win these tough games. Meanwhile, in the cup, on the same day, Tigers beat the opponents 3-1 on Welford Road turf. However due to the way goal rule, the 3-3 aggregate scoreline wasn't in the favour of Tigers which sent them finishing just short of the final but the men were immensely proud of themselves winning their first ever cup trophy.

All of the attention was now on the league, going into round 23 against the inform 7th place who had won the last 5 games. Leicester looked lacking in confidence and understandably so but still managed to pull of an outstanding 4-0. However, Atletico madrid had closed the goal difference gap to just 6 goals with a 3-8 away victory. The men in green and red faced an away match to 12 place and won 0-7, this time opening the goal difference gap as Athetico Madrid only won 0-2 against the same team Tigers played the day before. Tigers then had to battle their nerve against 9th place at home, they won 3-0 but 2nd place won 6-0 3rd place also still 2 points behind ready to pick up the pieces if something went wrong.

Going into todays final round, Tigers had the toughest game against 4th place who are fighting to get in the Champions league. Barclays (3rd) had the easy game at home against the team at the bottom. Meanwhile, 2nd place played the team who Tigers played yesterday. Early in the morning, the news broke that a shock result had happened. 2nd place had lost 3-1 meaning all Tigers needed was a draw adjacent 4th place Umit FC. This, obviously unless Barclays won by 34 goals to undo the goal difference. Tigers got that draw away from home they needed to get 1-1. This wasn't enough for Umit to make the champions league as they lost out on goal difference and finished 5th. Barclays didnt manage the 34 goals despite scoring 3 goals in the first 5 mins to worry Leicester Tigers. Their 11-0 victory, meant that it was safe for the Leicester Tigers to be awarded with a well earnt league trophy. Final Standings

Tigers 63 (+99)
Barcalys 63 (+76)
Atletico Madrid 62 (+92)
Dun FC 57 (+85)
Umit FC 57 (+81)
Marcelemariel FC 51(+85)

What a fantastic League season!