In sport, as in life, piling in behind the heavy favourite will often come back to bite you.

No strangers to thriving under pressure, the Bulldogs wore the playoff panel slight as a badge of honour, knocking out top-seed Les Braves in the semis before blanking FC Rosso 3-0 in the cold October rain to snatch the FC1 championship despite an admittedly lacklustre season. Shoutout to Dahlia for going against the grain and singling out the serial champs.

A SNEAK PEAK AT WEEK 20

FC Titans face a monstrous task this Sunday as they battle mighty RDJOU in the top women’s finale, but not before another clash between C5B titans FC Bambino and FC Roubla promises to captivate the Thanksgiving crowds.

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