No unbeaten teams after only three weeks. Must be some sort of record.
Athletico Phoenix 2 v 0 Cheese Makers
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 2 Aardvark Abacus
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4 v 1 The Wateringhole Society
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 2 FCK2
San Dimas High School 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits
Wheel Madrid 1 v 2 Real Muppets
YTFIB 1 v 6 The Cow-Faced Juniors
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | |
| 1 | Claymore Athletic FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Athletico Phoenix | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Trusted By Millions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Wheel Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Cheese Makers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Aardvark Abacus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Real Muppets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | The Fabulous Artisans | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | San Dimas High School | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | FCK2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | YTFIB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 15 | Mega Buck Bandits | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | The Wateringhole Society | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
Match of the Week
These two old rivals have been slugging it out since the league’s formation. They have five league titles apiece and between them have topped the league for 183 weeks since August 2000. Clive has held the upper hand for the last few seasons but every now and again there are signs that Ady’s team might be on the way back.
Claymore had made fast starts in both their previous matches but the Aardvark defence held firm. In fact there was to be no breakthrough until injury time at the end of the match. After three goals in the first two games much was expected of Sergio Aguero but he made headlines for the wrong reasons. A sly elbow has him facing a charge and Claymore could lose him for the PCMT and two league games.
Eventually Clive’s team made the breakthrough. Defender Scott Dann had been thrown forward late on and his perfectly placed header from the edge of the box levelled the game. It should have been the winner but Ady had cleans from Daley Blind and Danny Rose to give him the win. Amazingly Claymore stayed top as none of their nearest rivals could get a result to take over the league lead.
Elsewhere in the league
Cheese Makers missed their chance to go top with 2-0 feat at Athletico. Santi Cazorla is back for Brian and converted an early penalty while they could also afford Riyad Mahrez missing one. Paul W knows what it’s like to lose a WSFFL game now as he went down 2-1 to a Raheem Sterling brace for the Muppets. Ryan has converted Sterling to a forward and his confidence has returned. Nil Satis were our last unbeaten team after two weeks but they went down to FCK2. Kevin got his first points of the season thanks to clean sheets from the chocolate manufacturing paring of Terry and Shaw.
Those results mean Fred has jumped to second. The Gardeners took an early lead from Eden Hazard’s mazy run and shot and they doubled the lead with a Defoe spot-kick against Wateringhole. Kiran did pull one back, Marcus Rashford from close range, but Fred had a couple of cleans. Trusted also made it two out of three with a win at San Dimas. Jamie Vardy had opened his account for me but rare goals from Jay Rodriguez and Victor Moses have Beef on two wins out of three.
The CFJs had been looking for their first counter of the season and found six to beat YTFIB. Three of them came in the five minutes before half-time, Mesut Ozil’s header the pick of them. Ben had his defence to thank for a share of the points with Mega Bucks. Dave’s team had led twice but the final equalising score was a Leighton Baines clean for the Artisans.
