Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 3 The Cheese Makers
Final Fantasy XI 0 v 1 San Dimas High School
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 3 Athletico Phoenix
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus
The Dead Parrots 4 v 6 Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Trusted By Millions 3 v 2 Real Muppets
York’s Returning Glory 0 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | CC | SP | Pts | |
| 1 | Claymore Athletic FC | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 91 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 56 |
| 2 | Trusted By Millions | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 76 | 51 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 56 |
| 3 | The Fabulous Artisans | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 53 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 53 |
| 4 | Athletico Phoenix | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 53 |
| 5 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 55 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 52 |
| 6 | Aardvark Abacus | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | San Dimas High School | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 46 |
| 8 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 45 |
| 9 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 41 |
| 10 | The Cheese Makers | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 53 | -2 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | The Dead Parrots | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 71 | -26 | 31 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 58 | -19 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| 13 | Real Muppets | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 54 | 70 | -16 | 27 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Mega Buck Bandits | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 74 | -21 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Final Fantasy XI | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 54 | -11 | 25 | 0 | 27 |
| 16 | York's Returning Glory | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 76 | -38 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
Claymore got there, but only just. Clive picks up his third title (his first since 2004/5) and becomes the fourth manager, after Ryan, Sheriff and Ady, to complete the League and FA Cup double. The league was won on goal difference for the first time since 1996/97. Here's how the most exciting day in the history of football ever ((c) Sky) unfolded.
4 minutes - Claymore 0 Cheese 1 - Yossi Benayoun takes advantage of a goalkeeping blunder to put Matthew's team ahead. As it Stands Table - Claymore 55, Trusted 54, Artisans 54
11m - Claymore 0 Cheese 2 - Shane Long looked offside but doubles Matthew's lead with a firm sidefooted shot from the edge of the area. Claymore 55, Trusted 54, Artisans 54
12m - Claymore 0 Cheese 3 - Good grief! I know Matthew wanted to do his brother a favour but Franco Di Santo has gone and made it three. Claymore 55, Trusted 54, Artisans 54
20m - Claymore 1 Cheese 3 - Claymore get on the scoresheet thanks to Wayne Rooney ghosting on for a header at the far post but it's still a long way back. Claymore 55, Trusted 54, Artisans 54
31m - Artisans 0 Boston 1 - Deadlock broken at Goddard Stadium. John Terry arrives in the area with perfect timing to power in a header. Claymore 55, Trusted 54, Artisans 53
34m - Trusted 0 Muppets 1 - And now Trusted are losing too! Raul Meireles strikes from 20 yards. Claymore 55, Trusted 53, Artisans 53
55m - Trusted 0 Muppets 2 - It's playing into Clive's hands. Laurent Koscielny is gifted a close range goal from a mix-up at a corner. Claymore 55, Trusted 53, Artisans 53
63m - Artisans 0 Boston 2 - His brother might be doing him a favour but Ben's making a mess of this. Jermain Defoe is the fox in the box to double Sheriff's lead. Claymore 55, Trusted 53, Artisans 53
90m+2 - Trusted 1 Muppets 2 - Edin Dzeko powers a header home from a corner to breathe life into Beef's challenge. Claymore 55, Trusted 53, Artisans 53
90m+3 - Artisans 0 Boston 3 - It's all over for the Artisans as Steven Caulker completes the win for Boston Rock with a clean. Claymore 55, Trusted 53, Artisans 53
90m+3 - Trusted 3 Muppets 2 - What a turnaround! Clean sheets from De Gea and Jones have given Beef the win. Surely it's Trusted title. Trusted 56, Claymore 55, Artisans 53
90m+3 - Claymore 2 Cheese 3 - Hold on. It's game on again. Jonny Evans has given Clive a clean. One more score will clinch it. Trusted 56, Claymore 55, Artisans 53
90m+4 - Claymore 3 Cheese 3 - Can you believe your eyes?! Clive's snatched it at the very last gasp. Sergio Aguero takes a touch to evade the sliding defender and slams in at the near post. Final Table Claymore 56, Trusted 56, Artisans 53
Quite extraordinary! It's champagne and fireworks to Clive, runners-up medals to Beef and third place, by the smallest of margins, to Ben. As for their opponents - the Cheese Makers finish tenth after a decent first season in the hotseat for Matthew, the Muppets disappointing campaign sees them in the bottom four while Boston Rock finish on a high but outside the top half.
Athletico Phoenix were pipped for third on goals scored. Brian's team came from behind against Nil Satis twice, with a helping hand from a long-distance Tony Hibbert headed own goal, before William Gallas' clean gave Brian the winner. One point further back came the fast-finishing CFJs who beat the slow-finishing Aardvark Abacus to end above them in the table. Chris had to come from behind twice too with Grant Holt's shoulder and Danny Graham cancelling out goals from Adebayor and a flukey Mark Davies deflection before the winner came from a Gareth Bale clean (possibly his last).
San Dimas stayed in seventh place after a Kyle Naughton clean settled my game against Final Fantasy. Not a lot else to say about that one really! Two cleans for Fred against York's mean his team at least finish in the top half after a lame attempted title defence. Ceri and Julian both finish with 27 points but it's York's that prop the table up on goal difference. Mega Bucks leapt from the foot of the table and finished above their Okus rivals after a third straight high-scoring victory. Emerson Boyce put Dean's team 4-3 up on 79 minutes with a spectacular half-volley but Steven Fletcher equalised with four minutes to go and then Dave found two clean sheets for the three points.
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