Wednesday, 3 February 2016

FA Cup quarter-final results

Our holders hanging on to the Trophy.

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Claymore Athletic FC 6 v 0 The Wateringhole Society
Real Muppets 2 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Trusted By Millions 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Replay

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 0 Trusted By Millions

Our holders will need a replay if they're to make it into the last four. Fred's team scored early, through a Dele Alli follow-up, and late when solomon Rondon poked home in injury time but Beef had cleans from Borthwick-Jackson and Tomkins to earn a replay in Toronto this weekend.

Beaten finalists last time Claymore continue their dominant form meaning that there's no fairytale end to Kiran's first season. Clive was two up at the break through Sergio Aguero and Scott Dann and finally broke the remaining Wateringhole Society resistance with two late Ross Barkley penalties.

Nil Satis exit at the quarter-final stage for the fifth straight season. Paul and Dan going down to two Abacus cleans from Nacho Monreal and Daley Blind.

The Muppets will play their first FA Cup semi for four years after beating Athletico. Anthony Martial finished off a great move to put Brian ahead halfway through the first half but Ryan was level five minutes from time thanks to Cheik Kouyate's finish. The momentum was with the Muppets and Laurent Koscielny got the deciding clean.

Fred made it through at the second attempt. Goals in the last 20 minutes from Adam Lallana and Jermain Defoe saw off Trusted's challenge.

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