FA Cup Final Report

The Cow-Faced Juniors 0

v (2)

You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2
Bent 29
Johnson (c)

Wembley Stadium Att: 90,000

Sheriff is celebrating a Cup double tonight after his Boston Rock side saw off the CFJs in the WSFFL FA Cup Final. It was a disappointing game for the neutral with the pitch cutting up badly and preventing both teams from playing their natural free-flowing game. Darren Bent, who has taken more than his fair share of stick this season opened the scoring on 29 minutes. He was quickest to react when a cross from the right caught the CFJs defence in two minds and lashed the ball past Edwin Van der Sar. Sheriff couldn't contain his delight, vindicated by his continued faith in the striker.

The Boston Rock rearguard did the rest from there. Paul Robinson displayed the sort of form that made him England's first choice and Curtis Davies, on as a sub for an under-par Rafael, also gained the plaudits of the 90,000 crowd. It was former Boston Rock player Chris Samba who came closest to an equaliser but his looping header dropped wide. Glen Johnson finished off the CFJs challenge with his clean sheet. Congratulations Sheriff, more silverware to the Whitby Grove Enormodome, unlucky Chris, a good effort getting to a final in just your second season.

FA Cup Final Teams

In case you want to watch the game unfold yourselves, here are the teams...

The Cow-Faced Juniors

Gk - Van der Sar Sub - Stech

Def - Pantsil, Shorey, Onuoha, Samba Sub - Guthrie

Mid - Lennon, Song, Dempsey, Etherington Sub - Petrov

Att - Cisse, Anelka Sub - Zaki

You Know Your Boston Rock FC

Gk - Robinson Sub - Brown

Def - Rafael, Johnson, Ferdinand R, Ferdinand A Sub - Davies

Mid - Jenas, Lampard, Milner, Watson Sub - Stanislas

Att - Bent, Carroll Sub - Sears

Changes will be made if and when I am advised of any.

Week 26 Results

22 Legged Groove Machine 0 v 1 The Dead Parrots
Aardvark Abacus 5 v 0 York’s Returning Glory
Dynamo Kev 1 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 4 Final Fantasy XI
Real Muppets 1 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Trusted By Millions 4 v 0 San Dimas High School

Looks like the final blow in the title race may have been struck.
Final Fantasy off the bottom. Can't say who's replaced them!

FA Cup Final - The Contenders

The Cow-Faced Juniors
Current League Position: 7th

Route to the Final;
1st Round - Dynamo Kev 3-2
Quarter-Final - Final Fantasy XI 2-1
Semi-Final - Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2-1

Recent Results;
Week 25 - 5-4 v Fred West LG XI
Week 24 - 0-1 v Final Fantasy XI
Week 23 - 0-3 v Boston Rock
Week 22 - 1-7 v Aardvark Abacus

You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Current League Position: 2nd

Route to the Final;
1st Round - Trusted By Millions 3-2
Quarter-Final - The Fabulous Artisans 5-1
Semi-Final - 22 Legged Groove Machine 2-1 (after 2-2 and 3-3 draws)

Recent Results;
Week 25 - 2-1 v Nil Satis
Week 24 - 3-1 v Dynamo Kev
Week 23 - 3-0 v CFJs
Week 22 - 3-2 v Real Muppets

Recent meetings between the teams;
2008/9 Week 23 - Boston Rock 3 CFJs 0
2008/9 Week 4 - CFJs 1 Boston Rock 1
2007/8 Week 18 - Boston Rock 1 Eleven Imaginary Boys 3
2007/8 Week 5 - Eleven Imaginary Boys 3 Boston Rock 0

Good luck to both managers.

Week 26 Counting Fixtures

To remind me as much as you...

Saturday, 18 April 2009
Aston Villa v West Ham, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Fulham, 15:00
Portsmouth v Bolton, 15:00
Stoke v Blackburn, 15:00
Sunderland v Hull, 15:00

Sunday, 19 April 2009
Man City v West Brom, 15:00
Tottenham v Newcastle, 13:30

Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Liverpool v Arsenal, 20:00

Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Chelsea v Everton, 20:00
Man Utd v (Portsmouth) 20:00

Man Utd's goals and cleans against Portsmouth will count but not the other way round (except to wipe out any United clean sheets). Wigan are the team with no game this week.

The Ones That Got Away - Week 25

Another big batch of goals went begging in Week 25. Here's who missed out...

Andy Carroll (Boston Rock)
Chris Basham (pool)
Daniel Agger (Muppets)
David Ngog (Mega Bucks)
Dickson Etuhu (pool)
'Kiko' Macheda (Artisans)
Manucho (Aardvark)
Matthew Bates (pool)
Mido (Trusted)
Younes Kaboul (pool)

Week 25 Results

Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 2 22 Legged Groove Machine
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 0 Dynamo Kev
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors (revised from 4-5)
Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 Aardvark Abacus
San Dimas High School 2 v 2 Real Muppets
The Dead Parrots 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
York’s Returning Glory 2 v 5 Trusted By Millions
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Top two both win again. Time running out for Boston Rock now.

Week 24 Results

22 Legged Groove Machine 3 v 0 San Dimas High School
Aardvark Abacus 7 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Dynamo Kev 1 v 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 The Dead Parrots
The Cow-Faced Juniors 0 v 1 Final Fantasy XI
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 2 Claymore Athletic FC
Trusted By Millions 3 v 4 Real Muppets
York’s Returning Glory 0 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

The top two continue on their merciless way.
Final Fantasy close the gap at the bottom.

WSFFL Title Race - The Run-in (part two)

Aardvark Abacus are certainly in the title race driving seat. Even if Boston Rock win their last seven matches all Ady needs from these games is sixteen points.

The Earth-Pigs play...

Week 24 - Fred West Landscape Gardening XI (11th)
Week 25 - Mega Buck Bandits (14th)
Week 26 - York's Returning Glory (12th)
Week 27 - Claymore Athletic FC (8th)
Week 28 - The Dead Parrots (9th)
Week 29 - Nil Satis Nisi Optimum (10th)
Week 30 - Real Muppets (4th)

Like Sheriff, not too many opponents from the sharp end of the table. And also like Sheriff games against Nil Satis, Mega Bucks, York's and Claymore who all have roles as potential 'kingmakers'.

The Dead Parrots have had an excellent run of results and will be a handful but it's the first and last matches in the list that may tax Aardvark the most.

Fred has had a rotten season but has the players to do some damage. The Muppets' own title challenge has faded in recent weeks but Ady will not want to play Ryan's team needing a win for the title.

Will it be over by then though? We'll have to wait and see.