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.
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