GREETINGS SPORTS FANS AND WELCOME TO "THE BLITZ", YOUR ROUND-UP OF PHOENIX BLOODBOWL. I AM BJORNE MADMAN AND MY CO-HOST AS ALWAYS IS "SPLAT" THUMP-N-MAUL.

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WELL THE SEASON IS OVER AND DONE SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE THIRD SEASON

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LETS JUMP TO THE GODIVA CONFERENCE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED

STARTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CONFERENCE WE HAVE KAZMODAN RUNNERS. THESE WERE THE ONLY TEAM TO RETURN FOR SEASON THREE AND ALTHOUGH THEY MANAGED TO WIN MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS SEASON IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BRING THEM UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP. THE HIGHLIGHT WAS A 1-0 VICTORY OVER THE BORGIA BROTHERHOOD WHO WENT ON TO WIN THE GROUP.

NEXT UP IS RATATOILLE. THE SKAVEN STRUGGLED TO SCORE THIS SEASON BUT THAT MAY BE DOWN TO HAVING A DWARF COACH AT THE HELM. TWO WINS OVER KAZMODAN RUNNERS HELPED KEEP THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP BUT STILL LEFT THEM WITH THE WOODEN SPOON.

THE GOLDEN HORDE HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM AFTER HAVING MISSED THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON BUT MADE THE MOST OF THEIR RETURN WINNING FOUR OUT OF THE FINAL FIVE GAMES. THEY CAME BACK FIGHTING AND TOOK APART THE HICKSVILLE CLODHOPPERS WITH FIVE CASUALTIES IN A 3-1 VICTORY.

RUNNER UP FOR THE GROUP WAS DEPORTIVA LA CKOFTALENT. THEY, ALONG WITH THE NO-BODIES, DOMINATED THE GROUP WITH BOTH TEAMS ONLY GIVING AWAY ONE LOSS AGAINST EACH OTHER. THEY MADE THE MOST OF THEIR MATCH AGAINST RATATOILLE WITH A DOMINATING 4-0 VICTORY AND CLAIMING FIVE CASUALTIES TO BOOT. THE SECOND PLACE WAS ENOUGH TO GAIN THEM THE PROMOTION ONTO THE PHOENIX DIVISION FOR SEASON FOUR IF THEY RETURN. THEIR DEFENSE SET A NEW SEASON RECORD ALLOWING ONLY THREE SCORES AGAINST THEM ALL SEASON.

THE WINNERS OF THE GROUP WERE THE NO-BODIES. THE ROOKIE COACH SHOWED HIS METAL BY CLAIMING THE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH THE TIE-BREAKER. LIKE DEPORTIVA, THEY DOMINATED THE GROUP AND ONCE AGAIN THEIR BEST GAME WAS A 3-0 AGAINST RATATOILLE. LOSING ONLY FIVE PLAYERS ALL SEASON HAS PUT THE NO-BODIES INTO THE RECORD BOOKS. THE PHOENIX DIVISION AWAITS FOR THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.

OVER IN THE LEOFRIC DIVISION WE HAVE THE HICKSVILLE CLODHOPPERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE. THE PLUCKY SNOTLINGS GAVE THEIR ALL BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM HOLDING UP THE GROUP. ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER GOT A WIN THEY DID COME CLOSE WITH A 2-3 LOSS TO THE BORGIA BROTHERHOOD REMOVING FOUR OF THE DARK ELVES FROM THE PITCH.

THE GOBBY GITZ DROPPED OUT BEFORE THE SEASON CONCLUDED BUT MANAGED TO PICK OFF ENOUGH LEAGUE POINTS TO HOLD ONTO THE FOURTH PLACE IN THE GROUP. THEIR TOP PERFORMANCE WAS AGAINST THE OTHER STUNTY TEAM, THE HICKSVILLE CLODHOPPERS, WITH A 2-0 VICTORY. THEY SNEAKED THEIR WAY INTO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE KO CUP BUT HAD TO PULL OUT BEFORE THE GAME. THEIR COACH CLAIMED THE STUNTY CUP AFTER DEFEATING THE BARNSTORMERS IN THE STUNTY PLAYOFF GAME.

THE DARK HEARTED MAD MOB CLAIMED THE THIRD PLACE IN THE LEOFRIC GROUP. THEY BATTERED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SEASON WITH A TOTAL OF 25 CASUALTIES WHICH PUT THEM AT THE TOP OF THE CASUALTY TABLE. THIS INCLUDED A 2-0 VICTORY OVER THE HICKSVILLE CLODHOPPERS WITH SIX PLAYERS REMOVED FROM THE PITCH. ALTHOUGH THE SEASON DIDN’T GO ACCORDING TO PLAN THEY MADE THE MOST OF IT IN THE KO CUP AND CLINCHED A SPOT IN THE FINAL AFTER AN UNEXPECTED 1-0 WIN AGAINST THE SUPERSPREADERS.

THE BILGE RATS TOOK THE RUNNER UP SPOT IN LEOFRIC AND BROUGHT IT DOWN TO THE FINAL GAME AGAINST THE BORGIA BROTHERHOOD. THEY TIED FOR TOP SCORERS WITH 21 TOUCHDOWNS BUT THIS WASN’T ENOUGH TO CLAIM THE TOP SPOT. A RESOUNDING 4-1 WIN AGAINST RATATOILLE HELPED THEM ACHIEVE THE TOP SCORER SPOT.

THE WINNER OF THE LEOFIC GROUP WAS THE BORGIA BROTHERHOOD. THE DARK ELVES DODGED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE GROUP WITH ONLY TWO LOSSES. THE REMATCH AGAINST THE HICKSVILLE CLODHOPPERS WAS THEIR BEST GAME AND IT LOOKED LIKE REVENGE WAS ON THE BOOKS WITH A 5-2 WIN. THE BROTHERHOOD HAVE CLINCHED THE CHANCE TO JOIN DEPRTIVA AND THE NO-BODIES IN THE TOP FLIGHT FOR SEASON FOUR.

AND NOW TO THE PHOENIX DIVISION WHERE THE COV COUNTS SIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE AFTER THEIR COACH DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY PART WAY THROUGH THE SEASON.

THE BARNSTORMERS ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL OF NOT COMING LAST. AFTER LOSING THE DOOMDIVER IN WEEK SIX IT WAS AN UPHILL STRUGGLE BUT THEY BATTLED ON. A SURPRISING 4-3 SHOOTOUT AGAINST THE COV COUNTS WAS THEIR TOP GAME THIS SEASON BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SEND THEM DOWN TO DIVISION TWO. WITH FOUR KILLS TO THIER NAME THEY MANAGED TO SET A NEW RECORD ALONG THE WAY.

CLAIMING THE FOURTH PLACE IN THE FINAL GAME ARE THE MARITIME METALS. SLANN TOOK TO THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LEAGUE’S HISTORY AND BOUNCED THEIR WAY TO FOUR WINS. A 3-1 WIN AGAINST THE BARNSTORMERS CLAIMED THEM THE FOURTH PLACE BUT THESE WILL JOIN THE BRANSTORMERS IN DIVISION TWO FOR THE NEW SEASON. WITH FOUR PLAYERS KILLED OFF THIS SEASON THEY TIE THE RECORD SET BY THE HONKYTONK BADONKADONKS.

IN THIRD WE HAVE THE SUPERSPREADERS WHO GAVE THEIR ALL BUT JUST COULDN’T MATCH THE DOMINANCE OF THE TOP TWO. THEY SEALED A PLACE IN THE TOP DIVISION FOR SEASON FOUR WITH A 2-0 WIN AGAINST BLOOD AND GORY. MAKING IT THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE KO CUP MEANS THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM TO ACHIVE THIS FEAT TWICE.

BLOOD AND GORY WERE THE RUNNERS UP THIS SEASON AFTER MOVING UP FROM A DOMINATING VICTORY IN DIVISION TWO LAST SEASON. A FEW DISASTROUS GAMES KEPT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO REPEAT THIS IN THE TOP FLIGHT. A 3-0 WIN OVER THE VAMPIRES WAS THEIR TOP GAME OF THE SEASON. THEIR COACH ALSO CLAIMED THE LADDER TROPHY ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE SEASON SO THEY DO NOT END THIS SEASON WITHOUT A TROPHY. THEY WILL BE RETURNING NEXT SEASON WITH THE TROPHY IN THEIR SIGHTS.

THE WINNER ON THE PHOENIX DIVISION WAS THE CURSED CADAVERS. THOSE WOLVES TERRORISED THE OPPOSITION ALL SEASON AS THEY DOMINATED THE DIVISION WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE GAME. ONLY THE BARNSTORMERS AND COV COUNTS MANAGED TO HOLD THEM TO A DRAW. THEY DREW FOR TOP SPOT IN SCORING ALONG WITH BILGE RATS AS WELL AS CLAIMING THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WITH A COMBINED SCORES AND CASUALTIES OF 44. ON TOP OF THIS THEY CLAIMED THE KO CUP TITLE WHICH MEANS THEY COMPLETED THEIR SEASON WITHOUT A LOSING GAME.