FA Cup Quarter Final results

A rather inconclusive week, apart from the CFJs.

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Real Muppets 1 v 1 San Dimas High School

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Wheel Madrid 3 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Replays

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4 v 0 Wheel Madrid

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 The Wateringhole SocietySan Dimas High School 3 v 1 Real Muppets

Fred’s bid for a third FA Cup in a row is still on but he needed a clean to earn a replay against Wheel Madrid. Craig Dawson’s deflected shot put Fred ahead on 10 minutes but Paul W was level on 21 with Gareth McAuley bundling after a good old goalmouth melee. Wheels led for the first time on 28 with Jamie Vardy netting his first goal for his new club but it was 2-2 at the break, Dele Alli sliding in at the far post. Vardy’s second, a header, came on the hour and looked to have settled it before Lloris’s clean sheet leveller.

It wasn’t the only 3-3 draw this week, The Wateringhole Society and Nil Satis also sharing six goals. The lead changed hands in this one too. Idrissa Gueye fired Paul S ahead five minutes before the break but big-money signing Manolo Gabbiadini prodded in for Kiran in first-half injury time. Three minutes after the break TWS led, Gabbiadini again with an excellent turn and shot. Pedro had Nil satis back on terms with the TWS keeper making a mess of his shot on 72 minutes. Parity lasted only four minutes before Michael Keane had Kiran ahead one more time but Seamus Coleman’s clean means these two will try again next week.

There’s one more replay ahead too as the Muppets and San Dimas failed to settle their tie. The significant action happened late on. Romelu Lukaku went on one of his typical barnstorming runs to put me ahead with ten minutes to go but a clean from Mamadou Sakho got Ryan the replay.

The one result in the quarters went the way of the CFJs. Ady’s Aardvarks had led six minutes before the break, Danny Drinkwater’s long-range half-volley was his first of the season, but Chris and Co were level by the time the half-time oranges were dished out. Fernando Llorente given far too much room from a set-piece to power in a header. We had to wait until the death for the final action, clean sheets from Hennessy, Davies and Janmaat completed the 4-1 win.

In the replays, Fred’s bid for an unprecedented FA Cup hat-trick is still alive after seeing off Wheel Madrid in comfortable style. Two goals in each half did the job over a Wheels side on the slide.  Only the now-departed Boston Rock have won the FA Cup more times than San Dimas and my team turned round a half-time deficit to beat the Muppets. That man Gabbiadini is still keeping up his goal a game record for The Wateringhole Society and this time it was the only goal of the game against Nil Satis and gets Kiran into the last four.