Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy 1st round results

The holders made life difficult for themselves but see off Athletico by the odd goal in seven.

Athletico Phoenix 3 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors
FCK2 1 v 5 Real Muppets
Final Fantasy XI 0 v 1 Aardvark Abacus
Mega Buck Bandits 4 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 4 Claymore Athletic FC
The Dead Parrots 0 v 1 San Dimas High School
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 0 Cheese Makers (following 4-4 and 1-1 draws)
YTFIB 0 v 1 Trusted By Millions

Chris's hold on the trophy was looking pretty tenuous after 67 minutes when Diego Costa completed his hat-trick and put the Phoenix 3-0 up. The CFJs fought back to grab the win but I don't suppose anyone expected Julian Speroni to be the hero with a saved penalty and a clean.

Cheese Makers were another team to find themselves 3-0 down and live to fight another day. The Fabulous Artisans looked to have picked up their first win of the season, even after Matthew had brought it back to 3-2, when Loic Remy extended the lead with nine minutes to go. Cleans from Jose Fonte and Ben Mee means this one goes back to the Stade de Fromage this weekend.

Two big wins this week. The Muppets 5-1 over FCK2, an early John Terry own goal set Kevin off on the wrong foot and he never recovered. Claymore were much like their old selves and were emphatic 4-0 winners of the 'Bluenose Derby', Morgan Schneiderlin curled in a beauty in the last minute to end any hope of a Nil Satis comeback.

A narrow win that was big in meaning came from the Mega Bucks. Dave's team are into the quarters after 11 straight failed attempts. September signing Gabby Agbonlahor had scored early on debut but Fred looked safe at 3-1 up until three Mega Bucks cleans made history.

Three 1-0 wins to report too. The Aardvarks inflicted Ceri's first defeat of the season thanks to Ander Herrera's goal, Beef needed new signing Abel Hernandez's header to beat YTFIB while a goal after two minutes from Romelu Lukaku was the difference between San Dimas and the Parrots.

Replay

After a 1-1 draw in the second game the Artisans made it through in the second replay thanks to cleans from Federico Fernandez and Patrick van Aanholt.