Week 11 Results

Only one of the top five manage a win this week.

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

Does anyone else love weeks like this where many of the top several are left with their tails between their legs? The Fabulous Artisans had won six league games in a row but were humbled by Final Fantasy. Seb Larsson smashed Ceri ahead on eight minutes after a goalkeeping fumble and a controversial penalty award allowed Demba Ba to make it two just after the hour. Ben's hopes of getting something out of the game were damaged by Mario Balotelli's red card which meant the Leighton Baines clean was just a consolation. Ben's lead is three points as Trusted were held by San Dimas. An early sending off for David Wheater put my team on the back foot. A lucky ricochet off Javier Hernandez just after the break looked like giving Beef the points but Neil Taylor's clean got me something out of the game.

The Aardvarks are up to third after brushing aside the Parrots 3-0. Two more for Emanuel Adebayor putting him on seven for the season. It's six defeats in a row in all competitions for Dean's team. The Cheese Makers have Caerphilly made their way back up the table after a confident win over struggling Mega Bucks. Dave's team took the lead on 14 minutes when Russell Martin hooked in from a corner but goals either side of half time from Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini turned the game in Matthew's favour and Franco Di Santo came off the bench to round off the win in injury time.

Athletico Phoenix and Fred West suffered setbacks after their recent good runs. Brian's team went down at Claymore. Youssuf Mulumbu opened the scoring with a glancing header on 10 minutes and with Robin van Persie shackled by Clive's defence cleans from Branislav Ivanovic and David Luiz gave the score a lop-sided look. The CFJs had picked up only one win in 11 attempts but had too much for Fred this week. Grant Holt was on as sub for the injured Danny Graham when he bundled Chris ahead on 73 points and another quiet outing from Fernando Torres meant Chris could confirm the win with a Richard Dunne clean.

The Muppets are making life difficult for themselves at the bottom. Two own goals were the difference in a 4-2 defeat to Boston Rock. It was four minutes after Daniel Sturridge had cancelled out John Terry's opener that Joleon Lescott deflected a shot in put Sheriff ahead. Half an hour later it was 3-1 when Thomas Vermaelen slid an attempted clearance into the far corner of his own net. Boston Rock are now seventh and only eight points behind the Artisans. Three cleans gave Nil Satis their first win since September. Luke Young and Peter Crouch had York's 2-0 ahead before Paul's clean sheet onslaught meaning it's seven defeats out of eight for Julian.