Week 21 Results

Claymore now have daylight - three points over the Muppets.

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
FCK2 3 v 1 Athletico Phoenix

Final Fantasy XI 1 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 2 The Dead Parrots

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 1 San Dimas High School

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 0 YTFIB

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 5 Cheese Makers

Trusted By Millions 2 v 3 Real Muppets


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	21	14	1	6	52	36	16	43
2	Real Muppets	21	12	4	5	47	32	15	40
3	Trusted By Millions	21	11	4	6	38	30	8	37
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	21	11	2	8	50	36	14	35
5	Aardvark Abacus	21	9	6	6	35	34	1	33
6	San Dimas High School	21	9	5	7	40	35	5	32
7	Cheese Makers	21	9	4	8	40	37	3	31
8	The Fabulous Artisans	21	8	4	9	55	50	5	28
9	Athletico Phoenix	21	8	3	10	34	46	-12	27
10	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	21	7	5	9	47	49	-2	26
11	FCK2	21	7	5	9	37	40	-3	26
12	Mega Buck Bandits	21	7	5	9	31	35	-4	26
13	Final Fantasy XI	21	7	5	9	29	34	-5	26
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	21	7	3	11	32	42	-10	24
15	YTFIB	21	5	5	11	21	39	-18	20
16	The Dead Parrots	21	4	5	12	24	37	-13	17

Bit of separation at the top of the league now. Clive followed the win against San Dimas with a 3-1 win over Final Fantasy. Curiously enough through the same scorers, Giroud (2) and Yoshida. Ceri found a reply through Yaya Toure with 20 minutes left but couldn't find any more. The match between the second and third placed teams went the way of the Muppets. Daniel Sturridge got another two, I think moving him to the top of this season's goalscoring charts, but it was Laurent Koscielny that picked up what proved to be the winner. Jordan Henderson's brace for Beef not enough on this occasion.

The CFJs are three points further back after beating YTFIB 2-0. Chris's team still not convincing though and needed cleans from Fabricio Coloccini and new signing Joseph Yobo to get the points. The Aardvarks are fifth but it was another draw for Ady. His team fell two down to a Wilfried Bony brace for Fred but cleans from Vincent Kompany and Alex Bruce meant the Aldi Arena side grabbed a point.

San Dimas are on the slide now and went down 2-1 to Nil Satis. Nikica Jelavic has found his goalscoring boots at last and got both goals for Paul's team. Maynor Figueroa's clean a consolation for me. Another team in desperate form are the Artisans and Ben's team were thumped 5-1 by Cheese Makers. This was level at 90 minutes, Loic Remy's calm finish levelling Jake Livermore's goal but Matthew then rolled out the clean sheets from Tim Krul, James Chester, Nemanja Viic and Sebastian Bassong for a comprehensive win. 

Athletico's recent good run was halted by FCK2 who are on a bit of a roll themselves. Carlton Cole opened the scoring for Kevin from a melee before Robin van Persie bagged Brian's equaliser from the spot just after the hour. Kevin Nolan's overhead effort put FCK2 back in front nine minutes later and a last minute goal, perhaps fortuitously credited to John Terry, completed the win. mega Bucks had also been on a run but that came crashing down at home to the lowly Parrots. Clean sheets from Mike Wiiliamson and the recently maligned Kolo Toure gave Dean a first league win in nine.

Week 20 Rearranged game

Clive makes the most of his game in hand.

San Dimas High School 0 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC


Week 20 Results

A three way tie at the top now but Claymore have a game in hand.

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 2 FCK2

Cheese Makers 3 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 3 Mega Buck Bandits

Real Muppets 1 v 4 Athletico Phoenix

San Dimas High School P v P Claymore Athletic FC

Trusted By Millions 2 v 0 Final Fantasy XI

YTFIB 3 v 0 The Dead Parrots

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	20	11	4	5	44	30	14	37
2	Claymore Athletic FC	19	12	1	6	46	35	11	37
3	Trusted By Millions	20	11	4	5	36	27	9	37
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	20	10	2	8	48	36	12	32
5	San Dimas High School	19	9	5	5	39	30	9	32
6	Aardvark Abacus	20	9	5	6	33	32	1	32
7	The Fabulous Artisans	20	8	4	8	54	45	9	28
8	Cheese Makers	20	8	4	8	35	36	-1	28
9	Athletico Phoenix	20	8	3	9	33	43	-10	27
10	Mega Buck Bandits	20	7	5	8	31	33	-2	26
11	Final Fantasy XI	20	7	5	8	28	31	-3	26
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	20	7	4	9	45	47	-2	25
13	FCK2	20	6	5	9	34	39	-5	23
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	20	6	3	11	30	41	-11	21
15	YTFIB	20	5	5	10	21	37	-16	20
16	The Dead Parrots	20	3	5	12	22	37	-15	14

Two-thirds of the way through the season (one game excepted) and three teams are locked together at the top.

The Muppets stay at the head of affairs despite a big defeat to Athletico. Daniel Sturridge raced on to a superb through ball to open the scoring for Ryan just before the break but he was unable to increase his lead. Brian has looked to his big names this season but it was one of his lesser lights, Victor Anichebe, that glanced the equaliser with three minutes left. Then the Phoenix big guns brought out the cleans, Per Mertersacker, Jan Vertonghen and Patrice Evra bringing home the points for Brian's team. Claymore stay second but now have a game in hand after their game against San Dimas fell victim to the wind.

Trusted join the top two on 37 points after a 2-0 victory over Final Fantasy. Beef left it late with an injury time penalty from Steven Gerrard and a James Tomkins clean against Ceri's depleted team. The CFJs missed a chance to close in on the leaders crashing 3-1 to Cheese Makers. Everyone's current favourite player Chico Flores put Chris in front just after the break but Matthew levelled with a scrambled Jose Fonte goal. Fonte also provided a clean as did Nemanja Vidic for his new club to secure the points.

In the last couple of seasons the Aardvarks have looked to mount a challenge and then fallen away. It could be happening again. Ady looked like getting back in the shake-up when two more goals from Emanuel Adebayor had him well placed against FCK2 but he was unable to get the job done and Kevin struck back through cleans from Luke Shaw and Steven Caulker to grab a point. Looks like the Artisans hopes of silverware are gone for this season after a defeat to Fred. Paulinho put the Gardeners in front but a James Collins header levelled matters and set the game up for a grandstand finish. That finish came from Fred's Nacer Chadli, excellently curling a shot form outside the area into the far top corner with two minutes left.

Mega Bucks are in a fine vein of form right now and took advantage of a Nil Satis team missing some regulars. Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring for Dave late on, Artur Boruc and Guy Demel added cleans. When Dean assesses why his team are bottom he might want to consider Kolo Toure's contribution. This week against YTFIB the Ivorian spooned a cross into his own goal in the first ten minutes and it was downhill from there. Peter Crouch and a Ben Turner clean now give Julian a six point advantage over the Parrots.

Week 19 Results

Tough week for the top half. The Muppets are the only winners and go top as a result. 

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 0 Trusted By Millions 
Cheese Makers 1 v 1 San Dimas High School

Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 1 Aardvark Abacus

FCK2 4 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Final Fantasy XI 1 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits 
The Dead Parrots 2 v 4 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

YTFIB 1 v 4 Real Muppets


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	19	11	4	4	43	26	17	37
2	Claymore Athletic FC	19	12	1	6	46	35	11	37
3	Trusted By Millions	19	10	4	5	34	27	7	34
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	19	10	2	7	47	33	14	32
5	San Dimas High School	19	9	5	5	39	30	9	32
6	Aardvark Abacus	19	9	4	6	31	30	1	31
7	The Fabulous Artisans	19	8	4	7	53	43	10	28
8	Final Fantasy XI	19	7	5	7	28	29	-1	26
9	Cheese Makers	19	7	4	8	32	35	-3	25
10	Athletico Phoenix	19	7	3	9	29	42	-13	24
11	Mega Buck Bandits	19	6	5	8	28	33	-5	23
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	19	6	4	9	43	46	-3	22
13	FCK2	19	6	4	9	32	37	-5	22
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	19	6	3	10	30	38	-8	21
15	YTFIB	19	4	5	10	18	37	-19	17
16	The Dead Parrots	19	3	5	11	22	34	-12	14

With most of the title chasers slipping up it's the Muppets that take over at the top. Raheem Sterling was Ryan's star man this week, notching twice in a 4-1 win over YTFIB. Claymore lose pole position after drawing with the Aardvarks. Joe Ledley scored on debut for Clive but Emanuel Adebayor got Ady's equaliser.

Athletico Phoenix are a different proposition now their big-hitters are back. Brian's team have won three in a row for the first time this season after a late Robin van Persie tap in downed Trusted. The CFJs performances are heading in the opposite direction. Chris's team crashed 4-1 at FCK2 and have only one point from their last 12. A lovely Steve Sidwell cushioned volley set Kevin on his way and Kevin Nolan bagged another brace straight after the break.

Cheese Makers held San Dimas to a draw. Shane Long scored for Matthew early doors but a Kyle Walker clean was my equaliser. I'm four games without a win in the league but still only five points off the top. If it rained soup, Artisans manager Ben would only have a fork on him. His team were two Martin Skrtel goals ahead against NSNO inside 10 minutes but conceded first league goals of the season to Nikica Jelavic and Mikel Arteta (from the spot). Paul's winner came from a Michel Vorm clean.

The Okus derby went the way of Mega Bucks. February signing Tom Ince made an impression on debut, scoring after 15 minutes, but Dave turned this one round with two cleans. The Parrots are a little bit detached at the bottom. An excellent Rickie Lambert free-kick put them ahead on six minutes but an Eden Hazard hat-trick steered the game in Fred's favour.

FA Cup semi-final draw

Final Fantasy XI v Aardvark Abacus

YTFIB v Trusted By Millions

The big two kept apart. Games to be played w/c 8 March.

Week 18 Results

Claymore eke out their lead a little bit more. 

Athletico Phoenix 3 v 2 Cheese Makers

Final Fantasy XI 0 v 0 YTFIB

FCK2 4 v 2 The Dead Parrots

Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 0 San Dimas High School

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

The Cow-Faced Juniors 0 v 2 Real Muppets

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 2 Claymore Athletic FC

Trusted By Millions 2 v 0 Aardvark Abacus

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	18	12	0	6	45	34	11	36
2	Real Muppets	18	10	4	4	39	25	14	34
3	Trusted By Millions	18	10	4	4	34	26	8	34
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	18	10	2	6	46	29	17	32
5	San Dimas High School	18	9	4	5	38	29	9	31
6	Aardvark Abacus	18	9	3	6	30	29	1	30
7	The Fabulous Artisans	18	8	4	6	51	40	11	28
8	Final Fantasy XI	18	7	5	6	27	27	0	26
9	Cheese Makers	18	7	3	8	31	34	-3	24
10	Athletico Phoenix	18	6	3	9	28	42	-14	21
11	Mega Buck Bandits	18	5	5	8	26	32	-6	20
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	18	5	4	9	39	44	-5	19
13	FCK2	18	5	4	9	28	36	-8	19
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	18	5	3	10	27	36	-9	18
15	YTFIB	18	4	5	9	17	33	-16	17
16	The Dead Parrots	18	3	5	10	20	30	-10	14

I wonder if we're weeding down the challengers to four after this week. Clive stays top and put eight points between himself and Ben when beating the Artisans 2-1. It took cleans from Bacary Sagna and David Luiz to turn this in Clive's favour. The Muppets are second after denting the CFJs chances. Early goals from Fabio Borini from the spot and Daniel Sturridge winning it for Ryan.

Trusted are third after a win over the Aardvarks which leaves Ady six points adrift. This could be an FA Cup Final rehearsal and a goal like Jay Rodriguez produced would be a fitting winner in any competition. San Dimas were the only member of the top seven not playing another but completely missed the opportunity to make inroads losing 3-0 to Mega Bucks. Two goals from Charlie Adam (the second a 'worldy') more than enough to do for me.

The Phoenix have missed Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for most of the season and the midfielder burst back onto the scene to add two goals to one from Robin van Persie and beat Cheese Makers 3-2. Kevin Mirallas brilliant free-kick for Matthew counting for nothing. Nil Satis edged out Fred 2-1. Paul trailed to a Paulinho goal but Steven Naismith and a Nathaniel Clyne clean sealed Paul's first league win since week 11.

Kevin Nolan has been more notable for red cards than goals this season but two first-half strikes set Kevin up for a rare win over the Parrots.  We had another possible FA Cup Final rehearsal in Final Fantasy v YTFIB. Absolutely nothing happened.