Chicken United

Club info · CUN · first played Season 1

Seasons
4
League titles
1
Cups won
1
Cup ties
7
StatureModest

Small money and a small profile. Anything in the top half is a good year.

FanbaseSmall

Few of them, and none of them quiet.

StandingFledgling

Something on the board, and not yet enough of it to be known for.

Expectation
Low, which is exactly how they like it
Identity
Dangerous precisely when nobody is watching, and once actually champions

The smallest club in the league to have made anybody nervous, and a Modest club with a league title and a cup to its name — both from the old APL, which is as many trophies as all three Heavyweights above them have. No money, a small support and no expectation whatsoever, which has turned into an advantage. Nothing they do is a crisis and nobody prepares for them properly.

The best climb the league has seen: nineteenth in Season 1, then sixth, thirteenth, and fifth in Season 4. That is their best counted finish and three places above Goats United. Six defeats in thirty-four, fewer than anybody bar the unbeaten champions, and fourteen of those games were draws. Nothing won since the old league, and never comfortable to play.

The brief

SeasonDivisionSigned up toFinishedOutcome
Season 1Division 1
  • Hold a mid-table placetop 15 → 19th
  • Reach the quarter-finalsthe quarter-finals → the quarter-finals
  • Be one of the division's scorerstop 14 → 15th

the board's default 3 (nothing was signed)

19thMissed · 1/3
Season 2Division 1
  • Hold a mid-table placetop 15 → 6th
  • Reach the quarter-finalsthe quarter-finals → the quarter-finals
  • Be one of the division's scorerstop 14 → 9th

the board's default 3 (nothing was signed)

6thBeaten · 3/3
Season 3Division 1
  • Hold a mid-table placetop 15 → 13th
  • Reach the quarter-finalsthe quarter-finals → the round of 16
  • Be one of the division's scorerstop 14 → 13th

the board's default 3 (nothing was signed)

13thMet · 2/3
Season 4Division 1
  • Hold a mid-table placetop 14 → 5th
  • Reach the quarter-finalsthe quarter-finals → the round of 16
  • Be one of the division's scorerstop 12 → 7th

the board's default 3 (nothing was signed)

5thMet · 2/3
Season 5Division 1
  • Hold a mid-table placetop 14 → -
  • Reach the quarter-finalsthe quarter-finals → -
  • Be one of the division's scorerstop 12 → -

the board's default 3 (nothing was signed)

-Not played yet

The board's target depends on the club's size and its division, not on last season.

Honours

League

1

One from the old APL (no season recorded)

APL Cup

1

One from the old APL (no season recorded)

Trophies from the old APL count too, but have no season recorded.

Rivalries

The Underdog Derby

Goats United

HeatWarm

A fixture both sets of supporters look for, without anybody losing sleep.

Two clubs who spent three seasons proving nothing, and then both found something.

Goats United were seventeenth in Season 1. Chicken United were nineteenth. Neither had a trophy, neither had a star, and neither had a reason to be looked at. Then Goats climbed to ninth, fifth and eighth, and in Season 4 they won the APL Cup, beating Dog CF 4-3 in the final, having lost the Season 2 final 3-2 to Penguin Palace on the way. They also took Lion City to the Super Cup final in Season 4 and lost it 2-0 at home. Their academy won the Season 3 Academy title.

Chicken United climbed too, quieter about it: sixth in Season 2, thirteenth in Season 3, and fifth in Season 4, their best finish, three places above Goats United, as they were in Season 2.

So the balance flipped. Goats United are now the club with the cabinet and the pressure that comes with it; Chicken United are the club that finished above them anyway. For Goats, losing here undoes a season. For Chicken, winning here is the whole argument.

Scrappy, ugly, and never settled.

Head-to-head

OpponentDivisionPWDLGFGAGDPensLast met
Penguin PalaceDivision 1104151215-3-Season 4 · Matchday 32
AFC DolphinDivision 194321110+1-Season 4 · Matchday 30
FC CatDivision 19414910-1-Season 4 · Matchday 24
Giraffe AthleticDivision 192431314-1-Season 4 · Matchday 19
Dog CFDivision 19324912-3-Season 4 · Matchday 26
Beaver BilbaoDivision 19126822-14-Season 4 · Round of 16
Real RabbitsDivision 18503157+8-Season 4 · Matchday 33
FC PigDivision 18341139+4-Season 4 · Matchday 18
Cobra CityDivision 18332118+3-Season 4 · Matchday 28
Toucan CityDivision 183321512+3-Season 4 · Matchday 34
Fish UnitedDivision 18332108+2-Season 4 · Matchday 23
Goats UnitedDivision 18242880-Season 4 · Matchday 29
Panther UnitedDivision 1831412120-Season 4 · Matchday 31
Celta FerretsDivision 181341112-1-Season 4 · Matchday 22
Capybara AthleticDivision 18404912-3-Season 4 · Matchday 27
Stork UnitedDivision 18224913-4-Season 4 · Matchday 21
Lion CityDivision 18224510-5-Season 4 · Matchday 20
Crimson BullsNot in this season6411137+6-Season 3 · Matchday 36
Beaver UnitedNot in this season630396+3-Season 3 · Matchday 32
AL-Camel SCDivision 2Never played-
Buffalo UnitedDivision 2Never played-
Dragon UnitedDivision 2Never played-
Hippo FCDivision 2Never played-
Orcas UnitedDivision 2Never played-
Pigeon PlazaDivision 2Never played-
Praying Mantis Sporting FCDivision 2Never played-
Royal Otter FCDivision 2Never played-
Sloth UnitedDivision 2Never played-
Swan RoversDivision 2Never played-
Unicorn RoversDivision 2Never played-

From cup ties only. A tie decided on penalties counts as a draw.

Cup runs

SeasonCompetitionReachedHow it endedTies
Season 4APL CupRound of 16Lost to Beaver Bilbao 1–51
Season 3APL CupRound of 16Lost to Dog CF 0–12
Season 2APL CupQuarter-finalsLost to Giraffe Athletic 1–22
Season 1APL CupQuarter-finalsLost to AFC Dolphin 0–12