Cup quarter-final results

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 2 San Dimas High School
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 5 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Cheese Makers

My two year reign as PCMT holder came to a shuddering halt at Claymore. Sergio Aguero gave Clive the lead twice in the first half hour (his second was a beaut) but Dejan Lovren and Romelu Lukaku headers had everything level five minutes into the second half. My defence gave Ross Barkley far too much room on 76 minutes and he made no mistake, Claymore held on this time and added two clean sheets into the bargain. It was also 5-2 for Fred over the Artisans. The Gardeners were two up in six minutes through Wilfried Bony and Eden Hazard and despite an Alfie Mawson own goal and Roberto Firmino on target for Ben, Fred was always one step ahead and Bony, Jermain Defoe and Emre Can added second half goals to make things safe.

Alexis Sanchez notched a brace for the CFJs which proved the difference against Cheese Makers. Those goals for Chris were either side of a Vincent Janssen penalty for Matthew while Daryl Janmaat added the clean to make it 3-1. A clean was the decider for Ady against Athletico. Two great goals had lit up this match - a magnificent Gaston Ramirez solo effort for Ady’s team cancelled out by Diego Costa curling in form long range for Brian. Daley Blind’s clean was the winner for the Aardvarks.

Charity Shield 

FCK2 2 v 3 Trusted By Millions
Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 4 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Real Muppets 2 v 1 Wheel Madrid
The Wateringhole Society 2 v 2 YTFIB

Replay

YTFIB 2 v 1 The Wateringhole Society

Trusted, the only previous winners in the field, KO’d FCK2 after being two down. James McArthur got both of Kevin’s goals with his head but three cleans from bed’s men saw his side home. The league-leading Muppets are through too. They fell behind to Wheel Madrid, a power header from Joel Matip, but a rare Stewart Downing goal and a rarer Calum Chambers clean turned things in Ryan’s favour. Nil Satis cruised past Mega Bucks 4-0. A brave Ahmed Musa finish at the start of the second half set Paul up and three cleans finished the job.

YTFIB and TWS have only won three times between them this season so little surprise this one ended in a draw. Two late goals from Ilkay Gundogan (whose signing went a bit under the radar with Julian grabbing Zlatan and the transfer headlines) looked to have won it but cleans from Victor Valdes and Michael Keane have given Kiran a second bite of the cherry this weekend.

The replay went the way of Julian. Zlatan finding his form after a quiet time and getting both the YTFIB goals before Jason Denayer could reply with a clean.