Australian Open VII (23/01/2008 13:25)

Major Sponsor for Season 30: Srennug Lanesra - Bozo is the major sponsor of the Australian Open VII

The list of of competing teams  for the Australian Open VII were:

Team	Manager	Div	Dep't
Galacticos	GrannyRobo	2	4
Newcastle Blue Star	Dauphin	2	4
Illawarra Dragons	Helljumper	2	4
Hobart Hackers	Nookleboy	3	12
SpurON	milkbottle	2	4
Newcastle United Jets	Simple Simon Insane!	3	13
Travelling XI	jimjimjim	3	3
Aussie X1	jm234	3	14
bazas squad	baza	3	7
Chelsea Gunners	Harvz	3	16
Sydney FC	INVSTR	2	3
Wongwabinda	Mennie	2	3
Barce	alv	2	2
FinStars	ReDDvL	3	10
The Alteraters	ALTERATOR	3	3
Tasmanian Devils	TazDevil	3	14
Hawthorn Hawks	hawks	3	7
RaphMans Men	Raphman	3	14
moorebank hawks	kegdrinker	3	15
Heavy Horses	Mother Goose	2	2
Wellington Phoenix FC	Jake The Muss	2	2
Shellharbour	King_Arthur	2	2
South cardiff Gunners	bozo_69	2	2
Wanderous United	Mr Alex	3	12
Srennug Lanesra	Bozo	2	2
Northern Spirit FC	Robbie Slater	2	3
Canterbury Bulldogs	dogs_rule	3	12
Aotearoa	Bukem	3	7
Buttered Pigs	trev	3	6
FC Chaos	Saverok	2	1
Hobos United	Sir Fergie	2	4
Xero FC	DJWazly	3	14

The results of each round were:

Round One
Galacticos	1	v.	0	Hawthorn Hawks
Newcastle Blue Star	4	v.	0	RaphMans Men
Illawarra Dragons	4	v.	0	moorebank hawks
Hobart Hackers	0	v.	1	Heavy Horses
SpurON	0	v.	2	Wellington Phoenix FC
Newcastle United Jets	0	v.	4	Shellharbour
Travelling XI	2	v.	6	South cardiff Gunners
Aussie X1	0	v.	5	Wanderous United
bazas squad	0	v.	5	Srennug Lanesra
Chelsea Gunners	0	v.	4	Northern Spirit FC
Sydney FC	3	v.	0	Canterbury Bulldogs
Wongwabinda	4	v.	2	Aotearoa
Barce	0	v.	1	Buttered Pigs
FinStars	0	v.	4	FC Chaos
The Alteraters	0	v.	1	Hobos United
Tasmanian Devils	2	v.	1	Xero FC

Round Two
Newcastle Blue Star	2	v.	0	Illawarra Dragons
Heavy Horses	1	v.	2	Shellharbour
Srennug Lanesra	1	v.	3	Galacticos
Buttered Pigs	2	v.	1	Tasmanian Devils
Sydney FC	2	v.	1	Wongwabinda
Wellington Phoenix FC	1	v.	0	Northern Spirit FC
FC Chaos	1	v.	0	Wanderous United
South cardiff Gunners	2	v.	1	Hobos United

Quarter Final
South cardiff Gunners	1	v.	3	Galacticos
Shellharbour	5	v.	0	FC Chaos
Wellington Phoenix FC	2	v.	0	Sydney FC
Newcastle Blue Star	4	v.	0	Buttered Pigs

Semi Final
Shellharbour	2	v.	3	Galacticos
Wellington Phoenix FC	2	v.	1	Newcastle Blue Star

So the final came down to GrannyRobo vs Jake The Muss - It is always either Robo or myself but the common denominator in every final is Jake playing and beating us.

Grand Final
Wellington Phoenix FC	3	v.	1	Galacticos

Jake The Muss defended his Australian Open title for the third time in a row

The top Goalscorers were:

		Rounds
Club	Player	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Newcastle Blue Star	Guilherme Gomes	2	2	3	1		8
Shellharbour	Cameron Medcalf	1	1	1	1		4
Shellharbour	Raul Gregório	1		2	1		4
South cardiff Gunners	Obafemi Martins	4					4
Srennug Lanesra	Colin Cheddar	3	1				4
Galacticos	Christophe Guilbaud-Oulton		2			1	3
Galacticos	Johnny Warren			1	2		3
Wanderous United	Hayden Costello	3					3
Buttered Pigs	Ashton Spencer		2				2
FC Chaos	Nélio Salvador	2					2
Galacticos	Wesly Hickey			1	1		2
Illawarra Dragons	John Sampson	2					2
Newcastle Blue Star	Lionel Messi	2					2
Northern Spirit FC	Joel Klein	2					2
Shellharbour	Thomas Scarborough	1		1			2
South cardiff Gunners	Andrew Anderson		1	1			2
South cardiff Gunners	Fahad al-Rajjani	2					2
Sydney FC	Vegard Friestad	2					2
Wellington Phoenix FC	Jasper Snayth	1		1			2
Wellington Phoenix FC	Jimmy Leigh					2	2
Wellington Phoenix FC	Leu Petru		1		1		2
Wellington Phoenix FC	Tiago Lopes				1	1	2
Wongwabinda	Hanbal al-Mazini	1	1				2

The Wrap up: The season 30 iteration of the Aussie Open went off without any hitches and hopefully the managers involved enjoyed the opportunity to compete against other Aussie teams in a custom cup format. The total spectator count for the tournament was1,041,425 (up from 951,650 last season) with approximate takings of nearly $34 million (up $2 mill on last season) . The organisers wish to see you all come back to compete in the Aussie Open again next season.

Congratulations to the best of the Australian Managers for Season 30: