Week Ten results

Fred edges ahead.

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 0 Real Muppets
Athletico Phoenix 5 v 6 Wheel Madrid
Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 4 San Dimas High School
FCK2 3 v 0 Trusted By Millions 
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 The Wateringhole Society
YTFIB 0 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	10	8	0	2	33	17	16	24
2	Real Muppets	10	7	1	2	19	15	4	22
3	Wheel Madrid	10	5	2	3	22	17	5	17
4	Athletico Phoenix	10	5	1	4	24	19	5	16
5	Cheese Makers	10	5	1	4	16	17	-1	16
6	San Dimas High School	10	4	3	3	22	15	7	15
7	The Fabulous Artisans	10	4	3	3	15	12	3	15
8	Trusted By Millions	10	4	3	3	13	11	2	15
9	Aardvark Abacus	10	4	2	4	11	14	-3	14
10	Mega Buck Bandits	10	4	1	5	19	17	2	13
11	The Cow-Faced Juniors	10	4	1	5	21	20	1	13
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	10	4	1	5	19	18	1	13
13	Claymore Athletic FC	10	3	1	6	20	27	-7	10
14	YTFIB	10	3	1	6	16	28	-12	10
15	FCK2	10	2	2	6	11	17	-6	8
16	The Wateringhole Society	10	1	3	6	8	25	-17	6

Match of the Week

At last, a match of the week worthy of the name. One of the most crucial parts of it took place before the start when Adam Lallana failed a fitness test and Yaya Toure was drafted in to the Wheel Madrid starting XI.

That didn’t seem to bother Athletico early on as a Riyad Mahrez penalty opened the scoring on 15 minutes and James Morrison placed a second from range just a minute later. Toure celebrated his recall with a goal six minutes before the break to narrow the gap but Brian’s team were 3-1 up within two minutes, Diego Costa reacting quickest to a loose ball in the Wheels area. Victor Anichebe is back in the Phoenix fold and two second-half goals from the big striker looked to have secured all the points for his team. His second made it 5-2 after Toure’s close range steered finish a minute before. And then, something happened. Just as Brian was about to welcome all three points Paul’s team produced four cleans to turn the game on its head and win 6-5. That ‘clean sweep’ puts Paul in third above their opponents this week.

Elsewhere in the league

Fred has a two point lead after seeing off a determined Nil Satis. Jermain Defoe danced through the Nil Satis defence to continue his scoring run on 34 minutes but Paul’s team were probably the better side after that. Pedro had a couple of good chances go begging and Bojan wasted a chance from the spot before Seamus Coleman’s last minute header finally got him on level terms. For a couple of minutes before Fred had two cleans that gave him the win. His points lead is also courtesy of Real Muppets goalless draw against the Aardvarks. Anything else to say about that game? Er…no.

Cheese Makers needed a clean too to beat Mega Bucks 2-1 and go fifth. Dave had been ahead through another header from Michail Antonio but Juan Mata’s goal and Nathaniel Clyne’s clean kept the points at Le Stade. San Dimas are sixth after adding to Claymore’s woes. It took me just four minutes to get on the score sheet through Matt Phillips and I held that lead through to the 89th minute when substitute Olivier Giroud rose like a salmon to head an equaliser. My team shrugged that setback off and produced cleans from Allan Nyom, Paddy McNair and Charlie Daniels to complete the win. Clive has now lost five league games in a row. The last time that happened was shortly after the Earth cooled.

The Artisans have suddenly appeared in the top half after beating YTFIB 2-0. Etienne Capoue volleyed in after 33 seconds to put Ben ahead and nothing else happened until Patrick van Aanholt got a clean to double the advantage. Trusted missed a chance to keep the pressure on the top two when slipping to defeat at FCK2. Beef’s low scorers couldn’t make an impression and two goals from Harry Kane as the clock ran down gave Kevin’s team a rare win. The Wateringhole Society have shown signs of life in recent weeks but are still searching for a second win. This week Kiran held the CFJs to a 2-2 draw, Nathan Ake getting a goal and an equalising clean either side of Roberto Pereyra and Gylfi Sigurdsson goals for Chris and Co.