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5 soccer teams: united, country, rovers, & thistle, took part in a league tournament. Their colors were white, yellow, green, red,& blue, though not necessarily in that order. No teams were tied in the standings at the end. From the following information determine for each team it's captain, colors, and position in which it finished the league.
1. rovers did not win the league, but finished higher than 4th. 2. neither albion nor the team in green finished in the top 3. 3.evans captained the team in yellow. 4. cooke's team finished ahead of county, which was captained by dixon. 5. allen's team finished 2nd and boyle's team finished last. 6. the team in white finished lower than both united & the team in blue, but above Evans team. 7. albion was not green&United was not blue.
 
Teams:
Albion, United, Country, Rovers, Thistle

Colors:
white, yellow, green, red, blue

Captains:
Allen, Boyle, Cooke, Dixon, Evans

Allen's team finished 2nd (clue 5)
Boyle's team finished 5th (clue 5)
Cooke's team finished either 1st or 3rd (clue 4)
Dixon's team (Country) finished either 3rd or 4th (clue 4)
Evans' team didn't finish in the top 3 (clue 6) or 5th (clue 5), so:
Evans' team finished 4th, and wore yellow (clue 3)
Dixon's team (Country) finished 3rd
Cooke's team finished 1st
Rovers did not finish 1st, 4th or 5th (clue 1), or 3rd (Country finished 3rd), so Rovers finished 2nd, and is captained by Allen
The 4th (Evans, yellow) and 5th (Boyle) place teams are Albion and the team in green, in some order - green is 5th (Boyle), Albion is 4th (Evans, yellow)
Country (Dixon) (3rd), was white (clue 6)
The 1st (Cooke) and 2nd (Allen, Rovers) place teams were United and blue, in some order - 1st (Cooke) was United, 2nd (Allen, Rovers) was blue
That leaves Thistle for 5th, captained by Boyles and wearing green
That leaves red for 1st place, United captained by Cooke

The standings:

1. United Cooke red
2. Rovers Allen blue
3. Country Dixon white
4. Albion Evans yellow
5. Thistle Boyles green
 
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