'The Battle of Ely Bridge'

Although both our contestants live in Caerau.

Tonight's third TPC Quarter Final boasts a fierce Cardiff suburb rivalry between two passionate TTFE players, Joe 'Shabba' Newbury and Gareth 'Big G O'Neill. Being labelled as The Battle of Ely Bridge, both contestants will be representing West Cardiff as they will fight it out to meet Jon Ridout in the Semi Final.

It has been very quiet this week on the forum and Facebook groups, with both players giving no mention of any tactics or clues indicating how they will pick their teams this evening. However pundits and even academics believe that both Newbury and O'Neill will choose very similarly to reflect their personalities. Dr Rainer Flugelhoffer, Chief Sports Psychologist at the Munich Soccer Institute of Team Picking, states that tonight's affair will be tough to call as both players will be adopting an almost identical stance in tactics and player picking. 

"It is clear to me that both O'Neill and Newbury will play, as you British say, with your 'heart on your sleeve' - unrelenting and determined." stated Flugelhoffer. "Both will pick not necessarily for skill or talent but for passion and commitment - but of course the former is also important as well. What may be running through the minds of the contenders is whether this player will run themselves tirelessly for me, rather than whether or not he can be skilful on the ball." 

Dr Flugelhoffer would not be drawn on who would win the game, but he does feel that half time will be critical for O'Neill and Newbury. "I have a feeling who ever leads at half time will feel the most pressure to win despite the scoreline. Like we saw last week with Team Pugh being down 4 goals they fought hard to get 3 goals back and then ebbed away, but being behind, then having a chance to rethink and re-plan a strategy can often be key towards staging a comeback".

In other news, TPC officals have not given any more information about a possible 'ceremony' prior to tonight's game. Leaked reports suggested that TPC bigwigs were furious as they underestimated the appeal of last Friday's London Olympics opening ceremony, which captivated viewers worldwide.  In a bid to ensure viewers tune in to tonight's game, it is rumoured that tonight's game will have some type of 'opening' to add further glamour to the cup.

Our inside man informs us that players will be introduced with entrance music and also a special guest to begin the game, legendary boxing announcer  Michael Buffer. Our inside man told us: "TPC officials were fuming about the Olympics so they've pushed the boat out American style to ensure people are watching. The players will be introduced 'WWE wrestling style' while they've blown the budget to get Michael Buffer over here. It's going to be awesome I can tell you that."

Will we see Isambard Kingdom O'Neill? 

Or Joe Bond?