ULSeason05

Season 05 of United League ran from March to seemingly August, 2001.

Summary
''The original intention was two pyramids of 20 teams each for a total of 40 teams. There were only 10 teams in AML by mid-season.'' Competing Teams (UPL) : Ascension, BCTR, BegInner Circle, Brutal Deluxe, DragonWings, EpiK, ERECTION, Forsaken, FriendlyFire, Ghost Squad, jee?, Lord of the Rings, MasteR, Ministry of Funk, PB-Elite, phatsmurfs, Rebels, Symphony, Warlords, WWF. Competing Teams (UAL) : AML-Stars, Bananas In Pyjamas, Birds Of Prey, BlackNike, Blasphemy, Gods, Militancy , monologic, Prestige, Prevail, SkyRakerz. Competing Teams (???) : Mixed Fruits, Predators. Preseason Teams : (no guarantee that they played season proper) : The9, Battle Squad, Bent on Mischief, Freebies, Spiral, SS CRIPS, WWI Waiting List Teams : Lostboys, Silvers-AML. Champions: Forsaken. Runners-Up: Brutal Deluxe

Results
This season was set up as a dual-pyramid system (UAL and UPL), incorporating movement even between the two groups.

Regular Season
Round 1 - March 10/11, 2001 : United Premier League : Ascension 11 def Warlords 8 Forsaken v Brutal Deluxe jee? v BegInner Circle PB-Elite v Predators United Amateur League : Due to a smaller number of teams (10), the pyramid system was shelved in favour of a fixed schedule until such time as more teams were to come on board. Division Unknown : DragonWings v FriendlyFire Ministry of Funk v EpiK Lord of the Rings v ERECTION MasteR v phatsmurfs BCTR v Rebels Monologic v Prestige Bananas In Pyjamas v SkyRakerz WWF v Prevail Symphony v Mixed Fruits Blasphemy v BlackNike March 17, 2001 - No Matches Round 2 - March 24, 2001 : United Premier League : Warlords 12 def BegInner Circle 2 (played April 1) Round 3 - April 8, 2001 : United Premier League : PB-Elite v Warlords - POSTPONED ''April 14/15 - Easter Weekend. Likely no matches.'' Round X / Round 5 - April 21/22, 2001 : United Premier League : UPL matches were postponed due to website issues, until further notice. United Amateur League : UAL matches were to continue as originally scheduled. monologic v AML-Stars BlackNike v Prevail Blasphemy v Gods Bananas In Pyjamas v Prestige SkyRakerz v Militancy Round X / Round 5 - April 28/29, 2001 : United Premier League : Warlords were expecting to play two matches this weekend. United Amateur League : Birds Of Prey v ? (BoP replaced Militancy, starting at 0-0) Round 4/X - May 5/6, 2001 : No UAL matches this weekend to assist UPL in catching up - but probably UPL Round 4 was played. Round 6 - May 12/13, 2001 : Round 6 for UAL, Round 5 for UPL - unconfirmed but probable United Premier League :' Forsaken v Rebels ERECTION v Warlords EpiK v BCTR May 26/27 - 2001 - No matches ( Memorial Day weekend ) '''Round ? - June 2/3, 2001 :''' United Premier League: FriendlyFire v BCTR Brutal Deluxe v BegInner Circle ERECTION v Lord of the Rings jee? v Ministry of Funk EpiK v Rebels PB-Elite v PhatSmurfs DragonWings v Ascension MasteR v WWF Symphony v Warlords United Amateur League: SkyRakerz v AML-Stars BlackNike v Birds of Prey Blasphemy v Prestige Bananas in Pyjamas v Prevail monologic v Gods The regular season was 9 rounds in length, at least for UAL (Amateur Division).

Standings
Pyramid For Week 7 - as at June 6, 2001 : (Likely a couple of rounds shy of the end of regular season) Rung 1: Rung 2: Rung 3: Forsaken, Rebels, jee? Rung 4: Ministry of Funk, PhatSmurfs, DragonWings, EpiK Rung 5: Ascension, PB-Elite, Lord of the Rings, )(MasteR)(, Friendly Fire Rung 6: BCTR, ERECTION, WWF Rung 7: BegInner Circle, Brutal Deluxe, Symphony Rung 8: Warlords, Ghost Squad

Play-Offs
Play-Offs Round 1 Makeup Round - August 5, 2001 : Friendly Fire v Lord of the Rings )(MasteR)( v WWF Semi-Finals - September 29/30, 2001 : Brutal Deluxe def phatsmurfs Forsaken def Ascension Finals - October 6/7 & 13/14, 2001 : Forsaken def Brutal Deluxe