Much of the following article was contained in Tales number 52. The statistics were taken from the website www.sports.com and obviously this survey can only be as accurate as their information allows.

		CONFERENCE CLOGGERS LEAGUE
		FINAL TABLE 2000-2001
			Players booked	Sent off (5)	Sent off (4)	Bookings	Total points
		Boston United	29	3	1	104	227
		Southport	18	1	5	83	191
		Hednesford Town	20	5	2	78	189
		Kingstonian	21	6	1	72	178
		Woking	22	1	2	80	173
		Scarborough	23	2	2	77	172
		Stevenage Borough	26	3	4	70	171
		Dover Athletic	18	2	1	75	164
		Ru$hden & Dickheads	16	4	4	62	160
		Kettering Town	21	3	0	71	157
		Hayes	20	3	1	68	155
		Northwich Victoria	23	4	3	59	150
		Doncaster Rovers	21	2	1	67	148
		Chester City	17	1	3	64	145
		Telford United	18	3	0	65	145
		Nuneaton Borough	20	2	1	64	142
		Forest Green Yokels	23	1	0	67	139
		Morecambe	22	2	3	58	138
		Dagenham & R.	20	1	1	62	133
		Leigh Trainspotters	18	1	4	46	113
		Yokel Town	15	2	1	49	112
		Hereford United	15	1	1	51	111

Well, there you have it. There is little change from the Cloggers League table that appeared in the last issue of Tales, at the end of last season. Boston United have not only held on to their top spot, they actually increased their lead with a flurry of bookings in the last week of last season. They fully deserved their title, as those of you who saw them last season will testify. They equalled the record score of 227 points in a season, which was set by Altrincham in 1996-97. Perhaps they'll beat it next season! Dagenham were surprisingly well-behaved last season, with only Hereford, Yeovil, and Leigh having amassed fewer points. Morecambe were once again down near the bottom, but Forest Green? The six clubs following behind Boston are just the ones you would expect to have bad disciplinary records, but then comes Dover! Were we really that dirty last season? With almost two bookings per match, perhaps we were. Ru$hden have had the most sent off (8), with Stevenage, Kingstonian, andHednesford not far behind.Surprisingly, Forest Green have had the least - just one! We have had three sent off, but an awful lot of bookings, and we are eighth - which is around our usual spot in the table.
The individual placings for last season were:

34 points Norbury(Hednesford)
32 P.Beesley(Chester)
30 Bolland(Southport)
29 Munday(Dover)
28 Patterson(Kingstonian)
26 Ellender(Scarborough), Dick(Boston)
25 Roddis(Woking)
24 Strouts(Dover), Howarth(Boston)
23 Norman(Kettering)
22 McGorry(Telford), Robertson(Northwich), A.Foster(Forest Green)
21 Crowley(Nuneaton), Colkin(Hednesford)
20 Gouck(Southport), McKimm(Hayes)

Well, there you are! Norbury's score is the second-best ever in the Cloggers League; only Mr.McIntyre's 37 last season bettered it. McIntyre notched only 15 points last season, which includes the booking for that wild lunge on Stuart Munday at Crabble. Norbury's temperament has finally paid dividends for him, with this well-deserved recognition, but Mr.Elbows of Chester was close behind. Not far behind him was a certain Mr.Munday. Always likely to pick up a booking for a mis-timed tackle, he can now ply his trade at Kingstonian, who are certainly no angels themselves! Many of the other names here are familiar ones - will they feature again this season?
The first set of statistics from this season will be featured in the next issue of Tales, which could well be out in a couple of months. Will Boston retain their title, or will a dark horse come through to surprise us all? Margate, perhaps?