Viking North Utsire Division 3d, Ultimate League Manager: VelvetAndroid

Last hurrah for VNU as drop looms

Viking North Utsire ground out a somewhat fortunate win over Ultimate League whipping boys Square Hammer last Monday to keep their top-tier survival hopes technically alive with two games to play, but common sense says it is all over bar the shouting. One positive from the game was that Viking's two younger forwards each scored. 22-year-old Xavier Klovning's first-minute opener proved a false dawn however as the Norsemen could not conjure another shot until 24-year-old Viktor Austrheim finally made the game safe in the 71st -- and they were outshot 4 to 2 across the 90 minutes by a Hammer team who may be pointless but still have more than enough class in the side to cause everyone else problems. The real sucker-punch came in the closing stages however, where senior midfielder and by far the Utsirans' most effective player this season Haakon Austrheim was carried off with an injury that will likely rule him out of the crucial penultimate fixture tomorrow at The Outcasts. With a four-point gap to safety and a massive 14-goal deficit to even the nearest teams Partizan Belgretna and Glorious Bastards, it is thus plain that VNU are, on every level, only mathematically still in it. The chief interest tomorrow is thus seeing whether last season's promotion companions Cardiff Dragons can cap their stunning debut campaign in the top flight by wrenching the title from Jesus and his Pandas' iron grasp when the pair go head to head in the cauldron of 26 Bank Street.

2020-07-17 00:29 950 Views Reporter: TonyBrazil

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2023-05-28 20:23	Promotion hopes hurt again by draw
2023-05-08 02:22	Back to winning ways
2023-04-16 01:23	Cup stalemate
2023-04-06 00:04	1st leg advantage
2023-03-07 22:52	Four new signings
2023-01-29 15:28	Does anyone want to win this division..?
2022-11-19 00:04	Mass exodus as Operation Warchest begins
2022-11-10 09:19	Survival...
2022-11-06 23:48	Viking fight for survival on last day
2022-10-24 09:05	Another stalemate for score-shy Utsirans
2022-06-20 00:10	Bad week for Viking as cup run ends
2022-05-25 00:00	Resue mission at Easter Road
2022-04-27 00:04	Handicapped
2022-03-06 21:42	Cup exit and league stall for VNU
2022-01-23 22:16	Say it loud, they're brutes and proud
2022-01-03 00:50	Amazing Change Report
2021-12-26 19:05	End of the line for Viking
2021-12-14 01:17	Viking into first ever UL Cup semi-final
2021-11-09 02:01	A week of triumph and dismay
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2021-08-08 20:38	Worst injury luck ever...
2021-06-30 10:13	Unacceptable
2021-06-15 00:53	Four for Conrad in curtain-raiser
2021-06-06 02:17	Knights promoted into Division of death!

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