Premier League
SHRKFKRS FC
The Sharks
SFC's maiden voyage in 2022 was a rocky one. With a record of 11-19, they found themselves anchored near the bottom of the standings, finishing in 9th place with 34 points. It was a tough initiation, but every team needs to find its sea legs — there were glimmers of hope and lessons learned that would guide them forward.
The 2023 season saw a slight uptick in performance. SFC posted a record of 15-22-1, improving their standing by one spot to finish 8th with 46 points. While not a dramatic turnaround, it was clear that Tighe's leadership was starting to steer the ship in a better direction.
Their campaign was strange for SFC because it inverted their usual pain — they rarely truly contended at all, and a ninth-place finish never matched what supporters expect from this club. But the back half of the season was more encouraging than the table suggests: Marmoush's hat trick, a 72-point avalanche over NELA, and wins over Bramley and the BGulls showed plenty of grit after their own top-four hopes were gone. The season failed, but the bite came back late.
SHRKFRS finally broke through. Aggressive early — smashing NELA in Gameweek 3 and knocking Osborn off the top in Gameweek 5 — they climbed to top of the table by Gameweek 15. Old ghosts lingered (a shocking loss to near-bottom Devilishly Seagulls, another to last-place Joe Lewis), and the final stretch became a fight for Top 4 survival rather than the title. But wins over Chickn Tikka MoSalah, NELA, and Elgin down the stretch set up a Gameweek 38 winner-take-all against Osborn — #4 vs. #2, Top 4 on the line. SFC edged Osborn, blocked their double, and secured the club's first-ever Top 4 finish. Their first Monster Energy Mango Loco Cup campaign ended at the group stage, finishing 11th.
SHRKFRS finally broke the glass. For years the Sharks had the reputation of a dangerous club that couldn't quite finish the job. The 25-26 season changed that with the franchise's first top-four breakthrough, capped by beating Osborn on the final day. All-time they sit at 65-76-3, 198 league points, one top-four finish, and 35.67 PPG — excellent against Seagulls (9-6), NELA (12-6), Osborn (10-7-2), Santa Monica (8-2), and Joe Lewis (8-6), dead even with Trey Burton Ernie, but a much tougher map against Andover (5-13), Bramley (8-9), Chickn Tikka MoSalah (7-13), Elgin (5-6), and West Adams (4-14). If 25-26 was the end of the heartbreak era, 26-27 has to be the start of the ruthless one.