Week 24 Results

Clive goes level at the top and the Aardvarks are up to third.

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

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	24	15	5	4	75	47	28	50
2	Claymore Athletic FC	24	16	2	6	64	40	24	50
3	Aardvark Abacus	24	14	2	8	48	31	17	44
4	Athletico Phoenix	24	13	4	7	55	38	17	43
5	Final Fantasy XI	24	13	3	8	48	35	13	42
6	Trusted By Millions	24	11	4	9	59	52	7	37
7	Real Muppets	24	10	7	7	46	49	-3	37
8	San Dimas High School	24	11	1	12	54	56	-2	34
9	The Fabulous Artisans	24	9	5	10	45	49	-4	32
10	Mega Buck Bandits	24	9	4	11	38	35	3	31
11	The Dead Parrots	24	7	7	10	37	45	-8	28
12	YTFIB	24	7	7	10	28	47	-19	28
13	You Know Your Boston Rock FC	24	7	4	13	52	54	-2	25
14	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	24	6	5	13	31	56	-25	23
15	The Cheese Makers	24	5	5	14	32	55	-23	20
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	24	6	1	17	28	51	-23	19

Six games to go and it's “levels you devils” at the top but is the momentum swinging Claymore’s way?

The CFJs hold on to top spot but only on goal difference after a hard-fought draw with the Phoenix. Brian’s side grabbed an early lead when Jan Vertonghen marauded up field and then superbly controlled and slotted home. Chris was level on 21 minutes through none other than Gareth Bale who rifled home from the edge of the area before the Phoenix keeper could move. (It reminded me of me, the 'keeper bit, not Bale. My left foot was barely good enough to stand on.) It was a similar story in the second half. Santi Cazorla put Brian back in front with a beautifully curled strike straight after the break but Michu’s towering header to share the points was the last action. While this was going on Claymore were dealing a fatal blow to Final Fantasy’s title hopes. After a goalless first half Ceri took the lead with a Mark Schwarzer saved penalty. The game turned with two goals in a minute. Olivier Giroud fired in a crisp left-footer and Hal Robson-Kanu dived to head in at the far post. Cleans from Tim Howard and Gael Clichy mean Clive is right back in the title mix.

With Athletico Phoenix drawing the Aardvarks are up to third after beating the Muppets. Carlos Tevez gave Ryan the lead four minutes before the break but Vincent Kompany, returning after injury got the goal and clean to give Ady the win. I looked up 'Inconsistent' in the dictionary and it said 'see Trusted By Millions'. Beef's team slipped to defeat against the Parrots this week. Rickie Lambert gave Dean the lead with an excellent free-kick 15 minutes before the break but Steven Gerrard levelled from the spot on the hour. The winner came from an unlikely source, Parrots defender Emerson Boyce getting the deciding clean.

San Dimas have the last spot in the top half after a come-from-behind win against Boston Rock. Sheriff looked like breaking his winless streak when headers from Andy Carroll and John Terry had him two up by 33 minutes. An injured Rafael limped off with a clean soon after to reduce the deficit but the game looked over with ten minutes when Carroll restored the advantage with a superb controlled volley. Steve Sidwell then got himself sent off and things changed. Graham Dorrans got his first of the season from the penalty spot and cleans from Sylvain Distin and Maynor Figueroa (a first of the season) gave my team the 4-3 win. All the scoring between Fred and Ben was done in the first half. Christian Benteke powered the Artisans ahead on 31 minutes but Ben's team left David Silva too much space in the area and he doesn't miss those opportunities.

YTFIB beat Mega Bucks with two goals from Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian has been a superb signing for Julian and is now in double figures for the season. The Stade de Fromage has turned into Fondue Fields in recent weeks. The Cheese Makers soft underbelly was exposed by Mikel Arteta with a 77th minute penalty and John Heitinga and Seamus Coleman cleans completed the victory for Nil Satis.