How did i do it? Well what you do is as soon as you kick off start heading towards the opposition and hold the long pass button (on PS3 this is square) and it will do a massive lob. 9 times out of 50 you will not score but it can be done if timed correctly. I’ve known a few people that have done this including my work colleagues. Luckily i’ve never had this done against me online but people have attempted and the closest someones got is hitting the bar but it went over.

• Liverpool (me)
• Blackburn (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Barcelona (colleague 4)

Manchester United came first, Liverpool came second, Blackburn came third and Barcelona came last. Manchester United and Liverpool made it to the cup final where Manchester United beat Liverpool. Not to worry though because i said i want to use a team i’m good with and that’s Barcelona. So in league 6 i used Barcelona.

We have played league 6 and it’s the last league, we are giving Fifa 08 a break for now. League 6 looked like this:

• Barcelona (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Arsenal (colleague 4)

What an interesting league this was. The two best players (me and colleague 3) drew against the two worst players in our first games. However, we won against the worse players in the rest of our games. Now then, the hardest part is playing potentially the best player, colleague 3. The first game Manchester United beat Barcelona with a lucky injury time goal. BUT i’m glad to say Barcelona THRASHED Manchester United in second time around by not 1-0, not 2-0 but 3-0! This gave me the lead and won on goal difference by 3 goals.

So the competition has ended and altogether i won: £55 which isn’t bad at all. All i can say is that i were the best at Fifa 08 and no one could come close to me apart from colleague 3 who i tactically outclassed him in our last game.

What’s happening next is we are switching game to Project Gotham Racing 4. The colleagues have the advantage over me because it’s on the Xbox 360, they all own one and i don’t, i prefer the PS3.

We’ll have to see what happens.

League 4

Well, i didn’t win this league like i said i would, but i came second which i’m happy about.

• Hamburg SV (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 1)
• Sporting Lisbon (colleague 2)
• Barcelona (colleague 3)

Chelsea finished top, Hamburg second, Sporting Lisbon third and Barcelona fourth. The cup was a different story. I got knocked out in the first round and so did Sporting Lisbon. Guess who won the cup? Yes that’s right the colleague who has never won anything won the cup!

I have a few excuses to why i didn’t win the league or cup – i didn’t have a 5 star team so i didn’t have the pace of strength like Chelsea and Barcelona do.

We agreed that whoever comes top has to pick a 4 star team, second 4 and half star team, third and fourth 5 star teams. This makes it fair.

Anyway, i warned all colleagues that in league 5 i will be using a 4 and a half star team and i choose Liverpool.

League 5

League 5 will be an interesting one. It currently looks like this:

• Liverpool (me)
• Blackburn (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Barcelona (colleague 4)

I’ve played a game and beat Blackburn 3-0.  Blackburn (colleague 2) gave me some stick when he beat me in the previous league and i just warned him that i used the wrong team – 4 stars! I thrashed Blackburn – enough said. Carrying on, Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-0, which leaves us joint first.

I might be able to win this league, i think i will struggle against Manchester United – Anything can happen in football.

League 3

• Italy (me)
• England (colleague 1)
• France (colleague 2)
• Brazil (colleague 3)

France won the league this time, Italy came second, England came 3rd and Brazil came last. While i lost the league i thought i would be giving colleague 2 £5. We all proceeded with the cup, and Italy won the cup so i didn’t have to give any money out because if you win the cup you don’t have to pay, you keep the £5 you put in the pot.

League 4

We started league 4, we said that the top 2 players in the last league (me and colleague 2) would be 4 star teams and the other rubbish players would be 5 star teams. League 4 looks like this…

• Hamburg SV (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 1)
• Sporting Lisbon (colleague 2)
• Barcelona (colleague 3)

So far we have all played twice. So i lost to Chelsea and beat Sporting Lisbon (the best player next to me). Sporting Lisbon has lost 1 and won 1 and Barcelona has lost both games. Chelsea have won both games up to now. So that leaves Chelsea top, Hamburg SV in second, Lisbon in 3rd and Barcelona last.

I’m confident i will win this league again, i’m currently £45 up, i plan to stretch that to £60 and go on to win the cup.

If i don’t win the league, i might take the money and run.