Following on with shrewd tactics applied by Wayne Jemmott in the previous month, to come atop, to a different aspect of the tactics in December’s battle for the #1 spot, CF Real Benevento had made no transfer changes (to date) since the formation of the season in August. With the absolute faith placed in the players by the manager, it seemed to have paid dividends, as Alex Bovino is the manager of the month, and the last one to be awarded this accolade in 2007.

#	Team	Manager	Points
1	CF Real Benevento	Alex Bovino	364
2	Beese’s Wonders	Nick Beese	360
3	Moore Babes	Bryan Moore	353
4	Koppertopper	Wayne Jemmott	348
5	Cybe	Ayad Sarraf	344
6	Evil Minions	James Loveridge	339
7	Knighton’s Warriors	Ben Knighton	337
8	Gunners	Andrew Vorster	320
9	Football coming home	Neil Fox	318
10	Follow the Trawler	Christof Niklaus	318
11	Black&White Army	Christopher Kenward	298
12	Stubbszie’s Allstars	Ben Stubbs	279
13	Crazy Gang	Ivan Stone	271
14	Pharoah Baz’s XI	Bassim Baz	210

With the season half-way gone, who will reign supreme in the battle of wills, will it be the hot favourite, the Fulham DFC club captain Nick Beese or will it be a dark horse that will shoot up the table and pip the favourite at the post in May? Come back and find out each month as it progresses.