Baller League UK: Angry Ginge’s ‘Yanited’ The Team To Beat After Matchday 5
by Devesh Jaganath | by Devesh Jaganath
Yanited Take Outright Lead With Victory Over Deportrio
Coming into Night Five of Baller League UK, only two teams held unbeaten records in Yanited, managed by YouTuber Angry Ginge, and Deportrio, led by former football greats and the hosts of the podcast The Rest Is Football, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.
What made this all the more relevant was that these sides were set to put their unbeaten records on the line, facing each other for the first time this season in a match that would decide the front-runners in the inaugural season of Baller League UK.
Leading up to the match, all the best online betting sites had installed Deportrio as the clear favourites, and while Shearer and Lineker were not in attendance, Richards was on the bench and full of confidence that his side would remain unbeaten at London’s Copper Box Arena.
However, Yanited, donning the famous colours of Newton Heath, have arguably been the most solid-looking team in the league over the first four weeks, and Angry Ginge had no doubt that his side would emerge with the three points.
In fact, the YouTuber was so confident in his side’s chances that he proposed a wager if his team won!
Angry Ginge is well known for wearing a pair of crocs that features the Cars character Lightning McQueen, and ahead of the match, he wagered that if Yanited beat Deportrio, Richards would need to wear his crocs live on Sky Sports. If Yanited lost, Angry Ginge would have had to wear a blonde wig for an entire stream.
As it turned out, Yanited were too good for Deportrio on the night and secured a 3-0 victory, with Razzaq Coleman, Henry Ochieng, and star player Tyler Winters all getting on the scoresheet to keep their side’s unbeaten record intact, while forcing Richards to fulfil his side of the bet.
| Pos | Team | PLD | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanited | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | VZN FC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Deportrio | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Santan FC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | MVPs United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Trebol FC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | M7 FC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | F.C RTW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 5 |
| 9 | Wembley Rangers AFC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | 26ers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | SDS FC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | N5 FC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 1 |
The victory kept Angry Ginge’s side at the top of the table with 15 points and as the only team yet to taste defeat. Deportrio dropped to third place with 13 points, one point below Sidemen star Tobi Brown’s VZN FC.
Troy Deeney Sent Off On Baller League UK Debut
Baller League features a unique set of rules that have bridged the gap between traditional football and entertainment, and one of these rules is that teams are allowed to bring in Wildcard players on any match night.
Over the first four Nights, we have already seen former Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott feature for Deportrio and ex-Liverpool winger Jordan Ibe suit up for John Terry’s 26ers, while on Night 5, Ian Wright’s Wembley Rangers AFC called up Troy Deeney.
Deeney, the former captain of Watford FC, is known for his no-nonsense, physical style of play, and even at 36, he still possesses that competitive spirit, as we saw last night when he left one on an FC RTW defender just minutes into his debut.
The tackle, which was committed right under the nose of referee Mark Clattenburg, brought an angry reaction out of the FC RTW bench, who rushed to confront Deeney, which in turn caused Wright to get involved as he tried to defend his player.
A melee ensued, and at the end, Deeney was shown a red card, leaving his team a man down. Wembley Rangers also ended up losing the match 4-3. Speaking after the match, the former Watford skipper said:
“We knew the team was going to be physical so we tried to match their physicality and at the start we weren’t really on that so I tapped back into the old Troy and be a little bit more physical than I probably wanted to be.”
Matchday 6 of Baller League UK will take place next Monday, April 28, at the Copper Box in London, with fixtures set to be released this coming weekend.
