It was a lovely sunny afternoon in Manchester. 20 Players turned up for this highly anticipated Tournament this was Menace's first admined offline event. Players from all across the UK turned up to make this a spectacular event.

In attendance were Uk NO.1 Footimaster, London winner The_greek, Manchester 2x Winner Menace, NvS Manchester Runner up Igod, Rascal94, and my fellow admins Azyboy10, Pirate, Bad_boy_g and Keysersoze79.

I cant not forget to mention the man himself Pure domination :)

The event itself was an International Event getting ready for the world cup even though most players were either Brazil or Argentina apart from Keysersoze was England. The venue was buzzing and ready to go when the clock hit 11.45am! Groups were announced and additional prizes were announced for:-

Top Goalscorer (in the groups)
Less Conceded (in the groups)
Best Newcomer (in the groups)

Prizes were a PESrankings Mousemat, Pad, Pen and 1GB USB stick.

Here are the groups and how they ended up:-

Manchester Play.com Event Group 1

Group 1 saw Mr M carrying on from his fine form in London topping the group with ease. New boy tmk-tomek suprised us all by coming 2nd not a player to take easily. Our man pure dom coming in 3rd and taking the last qualifing spot was Honekawa. Keyser's england just couldnt handle the argies and brazils :(

Manchester Play.com Event Group 2

Group 2 aka. THE GROUP OF DEATH! yet again Footimaster and bad_boy_g find theirselves in a group of death just like in London. Again Footimaster proves why hes the best in the UK by cruising the groups winning every game and only conceded 2 goals (which were against the greek). The_greek took up 2nd with again fantastic performances was unlucky against footimaster and only conceded 4 goals (3 against footi). Bad_boy_g takes 3rd and igod 4th.

Manchester Play.com Event Group 3

Group 3 aka. Menaces car group :) (Menace had Azy, footi, irfy and pirate in his car) So just missing Footimaster from this group then that would of been interesting lol on a serious note Irfy the boxing legend shocked alot of people by topping the group with good performances against Menace (1-1) and azy (4-2). Azy strolled in 2nd place and played a blinder against pirate 10-4!! Pirate did get some stick on the way back home in the car :) Menace took up 3rd. 4th was taken up by the new guy Scy charledward! There was some debate about the game between Scy CharlEdward and Pirate the game that determined who would go through, but i would like to say big thank you and understanding to pirate, very proffesional.

Manchester Play.com Event Group 4

The final group, group 4. R2Sequens seems to be a dark horse this year hes always putting in the results and a few manchester events ago he was the only player to beat Menace on the day Menace won the tournament. Again proved this by topping the group! Rascal claims 2nd with some good performances. 3rd was Cresswell86 and 4th was Eddablin. Also like to make a big thank you to The Lizard (aka. Greeks dad) for playing in the event but his son needs to teach him a few things though :)

What a group stage! Footimaster seems favourite to win it! Footi vs Greek final if they miss each other!
Here are the Knockouts:-

Manchester Play.com Event - Knockout stage : Round 1

The last 16 was underway R2sequens again proving he is a top player by beating Mr M. Bad_boy_g got some revenge on menace as the last Manchester Event Menace beat him, top performance and a top sportsmanship from Bad Boy G. Greek silenced our man Pure Dom, it was that quiet no one knew they were playing we all thought they were still in the menus :) another class performance from Greek. Shock of the last 16 Scy CharlEdward who just scrapped through in the groups puts out London player Rascal! Match of the last 16 was the lover boys Azy and Footi, you could feel the tension of the match though and footi was in control at 3-0 but azy the confidence was there cause he brought it to 3-2 and was pushing but footi held on, class match! As you can see Irfy, tmk-tomek and igod all went through aswell.

Manchester Play.com Event - Knockout stage : Quarter Finals

Now the Quarter Finals first match R2sequens again! Wins! Knocking out a great player Bad Boy G, he could set up a Semi final with Greek wins now that would be some match! The_greek does win and in style 4-0 against Scy CharlEdward, its going to be a tough Semi final for Greek. In the other hald of the draw saw UK No.1 Footimaster again crush an opponent he was 5-0 up but tmk-tomek brought back some dignity and scored 2 might i add great performance from the new lad Tmk-tomek keep an eye out for him. Who was going to meet footi in the semi? Irfy has suprised us all he couldnt go one step futher! Igod had something to say about that and ended irfy's dreams 4-0 igod.

Manchester Play.com Event - Knockout stage : Semi Finals

Now Semi Final action! R2sequens now is his chance to shine, can he cause the upset of the day? To start of with R2Sequens was handling the pressure well but once greek got away with that first goal there was no stopping this young lad! Sequens will learn from this and im sure will be able to handle this if he plays greek again, awesome display from him today though keep it up mate! That defeat from Footimaster on greek doesnt have seem to affected him hes in the final!
The other semi final saw a NvS rematch Footimaster and Igod! Match kicked off and within 20mins igod had taken the lead! There was no brap brapping from igod though he was concentrated! But instant reply from Footimaster! Then went 2-1 and then 3-1 Footi, late on in the match Igod scored to make it 3-2 but it was too late. Igod had his chances very unlucky but footi has done it again! Set up the perfect final against The_greek!

Manchester Play.com Event - Knockout stage : Final

The Final! Footimaster vs The_greek, Brazil vs Brazil, Kaka vs Kaka! The players shake hands and get the final underway! As you remember previously in the groups it was 3-2 to Footi. Goal! from Greek 1-0 and looks to be having all the chances but cant seem to put them away. Goal back from Footi 1-1! Game on! Half time comes, no change of tactics from either player yet. Dead even at the moment 60th min and footi makes a change moving Pato into the CF role replacing Fabiano. Instantly this change is causing problems Pato running through the defence. Pato gets his chance! Goal! Late on! No hope of greek getting back now but hes pressing! Footi holds on and is the Manchester Play.com Champion!

Such a stunning display of football today from all of the players but one in particular Footimaster! proven hes the best in the UK! Very unlucky from the_greek came close to beating Footi on 2 occasions today just is he could of put away those chances im sure hes happy and will bounce back at the next event in London or maybe Manchester!

Congratulations to Footimaster winning Manchester £100 Play.com Voucher and to Greek for winning the £50 Play.com Voucher!

Additional Prizes -
Top Goalscorer (in the groups) - Azyboy10 (20 Goals)
Less Conceded (in the groups) - Footimaster (2 goals)
Best Newcomer (in the groups) - tmk-tomek

I hope you all enjoyed it :) I had great fun running it and keep your eyes on the look out because Manchester's Last event for this season is soon to be announced! Hopefully everyone can make an appearance to end Manchester's Last event on a high!

Thank you to Keyser, Pirate, Azy and BadboyG for helping me making it a smooth and enjoyable event.

Thanx Again

Menace