Week 11 results

Ady and Clive steal a march on the chasing pack.

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 1 Cheese Makers
Athletico Phoenix 1 v 4 FCK2

Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 1 Real Muppets

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 1 Final Fantasy XI

San Dimas High School 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits

The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Trusted By Millions 3 v 0 YTFIB

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	11	9	0	2	22	14	8	27
2	Claymore Athletic FC	11	7	2	2	35	20	15	23
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	11	6	3	2	32	22	10	21
4	Final Fantasy XI	11	5	3	3	16	14	2	18
5	San Dimas High School	11	5	3	3	18	17	1	18
6	FCK2	11	4	5	2	21	15	6	17
7	Athletico Phoenix	11	5	1	5	25	27	-2	16
8	The Cow-Faced Juniors	11	4	3	4	27	24	3	15
9	Trusted By Millions	11	4	3	4	17	20	-3	15
10	Mega Buck Bandits	11	4	2	5	20	19	1	14
11	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	11	4	2	5	24	27	-3	14
12	Real Muppets	11	4	1	6	15	22	-7	13
13	Cheese Makers	11	3	3	5	15	15	0	12
14	The Dead Parrots	11	4	0	7	15	17	-2	12
15	The Fabulous Artisans	11	3	1	7	13	19	-6	10
16	YTFIB	11	1	0	10	8	31	-23	3

Ady picked up his ninth win of the season in a 2-1 win over Cheese Makers. Seven of those wins have been by a single goal, like this one. Two Aardvark cleans turning over Kevin Mirallas' brilliant strike. Clive is keeping pace with the Aardvarks after a big win over the Muppets. Goals from defenders Aaron Cresswell and Gael Clichy a welcome rarity for the Claymore boss.

Fred did lose ground following a 1-1 draw with the Artisans. Wilfried Bony scored with a sharp turn and shot on 15 minutes but Christian Eriksen's smart finish six minutes later meant this finished level. Final Fantasy stay fourth but were held by Nil Satis. Yaya Toure is finally running into form but his goal was cancelled out by Eric Die's clean.

My team are fifth after beating PCMT semi-final opponents Mega Bucks 2-1. For the second week running I had some help with an own goal and a Simon Mignolet clean gave me the win after Charlie Austin's equaliser for Dave. Another game where defenders had a say was in FCK2s win at the Phoenix. Chris Smalling and Glen Johnson getting close range goals on the way to a 4-1 win for Kevin. They'll meet again in the Charity Shield semis.

The CFJs missed a chance to close the gap going down 2-1 to the Parrots. Kolo Toure got Dean's winning clean after this one had turned round 1-1 at the break. The table looks a bit happier for Trusted after three clean sheets gave Beef all the points against YTFIB. Six points cover fourth to 14th.

Week ten results

Ady's lead stretches to four points.

Cheese Makers 3 v 1 Athletico Phoenix

FCK2 3 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 2 Claymore Athletic FC

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 1 Trusted By Millions

Real Muppets 0 v 1 Aardvark Abacus
The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum


The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 4 San Dimas High School
YTFIB 0 v 2 The Dead Parrots


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	10	8	0	2	20	13	7	24
2	Claymore Athletic FC	10	6	2	2	30	19	11	20
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	10	6	2	2	31	21	10	20
4	Final Fantasy XI	10	5	2	3	15	13	2	17
5	Athletico Phoenix	10	5	1	4	24	23	1	16
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	10	4	3	3	26	22	4	15
7	San Dimas High School	10	4	3	3	16	16	0	15
8	FCK2	10	3	5	2	17	14	3	14
9	Mega Buck Bandits	10	4	2	4	19	17	2	14
10	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	10	4	1	5	23	26	-3	13
11	Real Muppets	10	4	1	5	14	17	-3	13
12	Cheese Makers	10	3	3	4	14	13	1	12
13	Trusted By Millions	10	3	3	4	14	20	-6	12
14	The Dead Parrots	10	3	0	7	13	16	-3	9
15	The Fabulous Artisans	10	3	0	7	12	18	-6	9
16	YTFIB	10	1	0	9	8	28	-20	3

We're a third of the way through the season and it's a case of never mind the goals, feel the points advantage.

Ady stretched his lead at the top to four points after edging out the Muppets by the single goal. Stevan Jovetic swept in from close range on 19 minutes and Ryan couldn't respond. The Aardvarks are only the sixth highest scorer in the league but the defence is getting the job done. The Muppets have slumped after a good start and look like they need Daniel Sturridge back before they get moving in the right direction.

Claymore and Final Fantasy shared four goals and are second and fourth respectively. Ceri led twice, through Yaya Toure and Moussa Sissoko, but Clive hit back - first through a rare Leon Osman goal and then, five minutes from time, with a Wayne Rooney breakaway. Both managers should be content with the first part of the season.

Fred also drew, 3-3 with FCK2. Wilfried Bony opened the scoring for Fred but four minutes later his team was behind as Danny Kings converted two tap-ins in two minutes. Eden Hazard levelled matters on 25 minutes but Harry Kane had Kevin in front again on the hour. It needed a Richie De Laet clean to earn the Gardeners a point. Fred is the 'counters' leader at this early(ish) stage while no team has lost fewer games than FCK2. Kevin's team's failure to convert draws into wins are costing them.

Athletico missed a chance to close in by falling to the Cheese Makers. A Jake Livermore long ranger put Matthew ahead early but a calm chest and volley from Diego Costa had Brian level three minutes later. The only other scores were Cheese cleans from Tim Krul and Brede Hangeland. Diego Costa has been a brilliant signing for Brian but he needs the rest of the team to step up. Matthew's team look to have finally got going.

The CFJs are sixth following a 1-1 draw with Nil Satis. Nathan Clyne's goal ten minutes from time came close to giving Paul all the points but Daryl Janmaat's clean was the equaliser for Chris. The CFJs have done well enough up front through Sanchez and Pelle but the defence isn't matching them. Paul will be happy with his start after recent struggles at the foot of the table.

Biggest win of the week was by San Dimas. My team were two up at the break - Romelu Lukaku (slightly offside) and a Jon Walters diving header with the goals. Ben's hope of a comeback ended by a bizarre seated own goal by Kieran Gibbs. My team are looking too inconsistent to mount a charge but the Artisans 'counters' have dried up and Ben's team are one off the bottom.

Mega Bucks are on a good run and nearly saw off Trusted this week. Gaby Agbonlahor's goal only cancelled out by a Gary Cahill clean for Beef. Dave will be pleased with his position and a PCMT semi-final, Beef will be wondering what on earth has happened to the champions.

The battle of the bottom two went the way of the Dead Parrots. Ricky Lambert struck inside 90 seconds and Dean finished the game with a Mike Williamson clean. The Parrots are having their usual tribulations in the bottom reaches of the league but Julian's team seem in danger of breaking the wrong sort of records.

PCMT and Charity Shield semi-final draws

As we're in a bit of an international lull at the minute it seemed the ideal time to do the cup semi-final draws.

I took the yellow bag to work where the names were drawn by a couple of the chaps on my team. Here how they came out...

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy

San Dimas High School v Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans v Real Muppets

Hard to pick a winner in this one at the moment.

Charity Shield

Cheese Makers v Dead Parrots
FCK2 v Athletico Phoenix

The previous winners kept apart.

Matches to be played midweek 2/3 December.

Week nine results

Defeats for the top three.

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 3 Final Fantasy XI

Athletico Phoenix 2 v 0 Real Muppets

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 5 The Cow-Faced Juniors
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 5 Cheese Makers

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4 v 0 YTFIB

San Dimas High School 0 v 0 FCK2

The Dead Parrots 0 v 1 Trusted By Millions

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	9	7	0	2	19	13	6	21
2	Claymore Athletic FC	9	6	1	2	28	17	11	19
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	9	6	1	2	28	18	10	19
4	Athletico Phoenix	9	5	1	3	23	20	3	16
5	Final Fantasy XI	9	5	1	3	13	11	2	16
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	9	4	2	3	25	21	4	14
7	FCK2	9	3	4	2	14	11	3	13
8	Mega Buck Bandits	9	4	1	4	18	16	2	13
9	Real Muppets	9	4	1	4	14	16	-2	13
10	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	9	4	0	5	22	25	-3	12
11	San Dimas High School	9	3	3	3	12	15	-3	12
12	Trusted By Millions	9	3	2	4	13	19	-6	11
13	Cheese Makers	9	2	3	4	11	12	-1	9
14	The Fabulous Artisans	9	3	0	6	11	14	-3	9
15	The Dead Parrots	9	2	0	7	11	16	-5	6
16	YTFIB	9	1	0	8	8	26	-18	3

The top three had daylight for a week but it's all come back together. The Aardvarks stay top but were dealt a heavy defeat by Final Fantasy. Ayoze Perez continued his recent spell of good form with the opener while Seb Larsson fired in a free-kick mid-way through the second half on the way to Ceri's 3-0 win. Claymore also lost by a three goal margin, 5-2 to the CFJs. Sergio Aguero (with the use of a hand in the build-up) gave Clive the lead but when the Argentine got his second it was to narrow the gap to 3-2. Fabricio Coloccini, Alexis Sanchez and Gylfi Sigurdsson with Chris's goals and cleans from Jason Shackell and Coloccini keep them in striking distance.

Third-place Fred were taking a heavier defeat to Cheese Makers. All the action came in the last quarter of the game. Juan Mata rifled in to give Matthew the lead. Shane Long doubled it before Nacer Chadli smashed home from an acute angle to reduce the deficit. Long added his second wuth ten minites left and the Cheesers even survived Kyle Naughton's late sending-off to add two more cleans. Athletico are on the heels of the top three after beating the Muppets. Diego Costa was on target again for Brian midway through the second period and Ryan's hopes of a comeback were ended when Martin De Michelis glanced into his own net with 14 minutes left.

FCK2 are seventh after a goalless draw with San Dimas. Nothing else to say on that one. Moving swiftly on, Mega Bucks recent good form continued and Dave's team round out the top half after beating the Artisans. Charlie Austin had two efforts ruled out before he opened the scoring on 21 minutes and it took Ben until the 76th to equalise through a Leighton Baines penalty. Aly Cissokho's clean gave Dave the last word and the three points.

Nil Satis have had no trouble scoring this season but have left their back-gate unbolted on far too many occasions. This week against YTFIB Paul's team turned the key and pulled the chain across as they ran out 4-0 winners over Julian's team. Bojan Krkic and Bafetimbi Gomis opened their WSFFL accounts in the win. Beleaguered Trusted finally picked up another win, Gary Cahill's close range finish proving enough to edge out the Dead Parrots.

Week eight results

Ady, Fred and Clive concentrating on the league by the looks of it. 

Cheese Makers 0 v 1 San Dimas High School

FCK2 1 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans
Final Fantasy XI 1 v 3 Athletico Phoenix

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 0 The Dead Parrots

Real Muppets 0 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 5 Aardvark Abacus

Trusted By Millions 0 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

YTFIB 1 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	8	7	0	1	19	10	9	21
2	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	8	6	1	1	27	13	14	19
3	Claymore Athletic FC	8	6	1	1	26	12	14	19
4	Athletico Phoenix	8	4	1	3	21	20	1	13
5	Real Muppets	8	4	1	3	14	14	0	13
6	Final Fantasy XI	8	4	1	3	10	11	-1	13
7	FCK2	8	3	3	2	14	11	3	12
8	The Cow-Faced Juniors	8	3	2	3	20	19	1	11
9	San Dimas High School	8	3	2	3	12	15	-3	11
10	Mega Buck Bandits	8	3	1	4	16	15	1	10
11	The Fabulous Artisans	8	3	0	5	10	12	-2	9
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	8	3	0	5	18	25	-7	9
13	Trusted By Millions	8	2	2	4	12	19	-7	8
14	The Dead Parrots	8	2	0	6	11	15	-4	6
15	Cheese Makers	8	1	3	4	6	11	-5	6
16	YTFIB	8	1	0	7	8	22	-14	3

Bit of daylight for the top three after this week's matches. The Aardvarks found themselves two down to the CFJs (both goals from Alexis Sanchez) but Ady's defence is really firing and five clean sheets keep him two points clear. Fred still second but only on goals scored after victory over the Muppets. An unlucky own goal from Esteban Cambiasso just after the break set Fred on his way and Eden Hazard and Nacer Chadli added goals from midfield later on.

Claymore had a fright against YTFIB but came through to win and stay third. Mame Diouf put Julian ahead but Sergio Aguero slammed in seven minutes later and recent signing Sebastien Pocognoli plus old stager Tim Howard secured the points. The Phoenix have leapt to third after beating Final Fantasy. Brian and Ceri exchanged goals in the 73rd, Stewart Downing and Ayoze Perez with the goals, but Athletico could count on cleans from Per Mertersacker and Ashley Williams to make the difference.

FCK2 were another top half loser this week, 3-1 to the improving Artisans. Enner Valencia headed Ben in front but Harry Kane's first goal, a deflected last minute free-kick, looked to have grabbed a point until Kieran Gibbs and Federico Fernandez chipped in with cleans. San Dimas just edged out the struggling Cheese Makers thanks to a dodge and a clean from Neil Taylor.

Mega Bucks good run goes on. Like with Fred it took an own goal to break the deadlock. The Parrots' Wes Brown blundered in at his near post ten minutes into the second half and a clever Charlie Austin flick seven minutes later finished matters. Nil Satis leapfrogged Trusted with a 2-0 win over those opponents. Oscar getting Paul's goal and Seamus Coleman added a clean. What has happened to the Champions?