It took a good old fashioned team barbeque for FC Scarpelle to finally shake the ten-game winless streak right out of their haunted summer.

“One too many hard fought battles had gone to waste. One too many games had been discarded in the second half” explains Marco Moranelli in a one-page essay entitled “Is F.C. Scarpelle Worthy of a Cinderella Finish?,” cleverly setting up the squad’s dramatic late-season rise from C3 cellar to 6-4 victor over big shot Boiseries Elegance.

Now, with two consecutive wins under their belt and a mere point separating them from an actual playoff spot, FC Scarpelle will hungrily await a rematch against division powerhouse Italtech. “Numbers can be deceiving. We hope to use our ninth place ranking to our advantage.”

POTG: Striker Steven Toste gets praise from two team mates for his great finishing ability – a fact perhaps not adequately reflected in his modest team-leading nine goals.