Monday, 27 October 2014

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy quarter-final results

The holders are out and leave an unlikely looking semi-final line-up.

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 4 Mega Buck Bandits
Real Muppets 4 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors
San Dimas High School 6 v 0 Trusted By Millions

It won't be three in a row for the CFJs who were dumped out by the Muppets. Alexis Sanchez's second of the game in the last minute, latching on to a goalkeeping mishap, looked to have put Chris through But cleans from Alderweireld, Moreno and Bellerin who too much for the holders. The league leaders are out too. Emanuel Adebayor nodded Ady in front in the first 20 minutes but Ben supplied cleans from Gibbs and Fernandez to turn things round. This appears to be the Artisans tournament - this is the fifth straight year they've made at least the semi-finals.

Conversely, Claymore haven't got a great record in this tournament and they were battered by Mega Bucks who've suddenly developed a taste for it. Charlie Austin scored twice for Dave and he added two cleans to make it a rout while Branislav Ivanovic saw red for Clive. What has happened to Trusted? Last year's champions conceded seven last week and six this to San Dimas. Three goals and three clean sheets for me, the pick of the bunch from the twinkle-toed David Silva.

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