Week 10 Results

The Muppets go marching on.

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 0 Claymore Athletic FC
Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 7 v 0 YTFIB
Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 5 San Dimas High School
The Cow-Faced Juniors 4 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 1 Trusted By Millions
The Wateringhole Society 0 v 1 Markian United
Wheel Madrid 0 v 6 Real Muppets


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	10	7	3	0	38	15	23	24
2	The Cow-Faced Juniors	10	6	3	1	26	10	16	21
3	Trusted By Millions	10	6	1	3	28	15	13	19
4	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	10	6	1	3	30	19	11	19
5	Aardvark Abacus	10	5	3	2	24	11	13	18
6	San Dimas High School	10	5	3	2	24	26	-2	18
7	The Fabulous Artisans	10	5	1	4	19	21	-2	16
8	Claymore Athletic FC	10	4	1	5	21	18	3	13
9	Markian United	10	4	1	5	14	19	-5	13
10	Athletico Phoenix	10	4	1	5	15	22	-7	13
11	YTFIB	10	4	1	5	13	24	-11	13
12	Mega Buck Bandits	10	3	1	6	17	19	-2	10
13	Cheese Makers	10	3	1	6	11	20	-9	10
14	Wheel Madrid	10	3	1	6	12	27	-15	10
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	10	3	0	7	13	17	-4	9
16	The Wateringhole Society	10	1	0	9	12	34	-22	3

The Muppets were in no mood to relinquish their league lead at Stratton Park this week and hit Wheel Madrid for six. Paul’s team must have gone into the break slightly optimistic at 0-0 but Kevin de Bruyne unleashed an unstoppable left-foot shot four minutes into the second half and the Muppets were in a cosy position and brought home five clean sheets too. (Frustrated Wheels striker Callum Wilson looked on from the stand.) The CFJs are up to second following their 4-1 win over Nil Satis. Morata, Choupo-Moting, Mustafi and Sanchez all on the scoresheet on the first half for the CFJs, it’s just two wins in ten for Nil Satis.

Trusted lost ground after losing at the Artisans. Ben benefited from a controversial early penalty award that Leighton Baines tucked away but Gabriel Jesus got an equaliser on the stroke of half time after a mesmerising passing move. It was a tense second period with the only score being Kiko Femenia’s clean sheet winner for the home side. YTFIB don’t play in front of the league’s biggest crowd very often and perhaps they froze on the big stage as they shipped seven to Fred. Eden Hazard and the electric Mo Salah both bagged a brace as the champions became the third team (along with the Aardvarks and Muppets) to hit seven this season. (Rafa tells me it only happened three times all last season.)

A cagey game between old rivals Ady and Clive was settled by a single goal in the Aardvarks favour. Oumar Niasse slotted home from just inside the box in first half injury time to take the points but the striker may miss a couple of games after some falling over shenanigans. A good tussle between Mega Bucks and San Dimas eventually went my way. Wilf Zaha put Dave ahead on 35 minutes but I was ahead before the break with Ashley Barnes and Pascal Gross on target. Phillippe Coutinho brought it back to 2-2 but parity only lasted six minutes before Romelu Lukaku smashed home. Two cleans were a bit unfair on Dave and boosted my goal difference.

Markian are up to the rarefied atmosphere of ninth place after adding to Kiran’s woes. Chris Smalling rose highest at the back post to head the only goal of the game in first half injury time. Cheese Makers knocked Athletico out of the Charity Shield last week and beat the same opponents this week. Brian was ahead through Anthony Martial’s header before the interval but Matthew’s team hit back through Richarlison. With no more goals it was Steve Cook’s clean that kept all the points at Stade de Fromage.