Week 25 Results

Only the Aardvarks left to keep the CFJs honest.

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

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	25	17	4	4	60	24	36	55
2	Aardvark Abacus	25	15	5	5	59	31	28	50
3	Real Muppets	25	12	10	3	72	40	32	46
4	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	25	14	4	7	72	51	21	46
5	San Dimas High School	25	13	5	7	55	52	3	44
6	The Fabulous Artisans	25	11	7	7	50	43	7	40
7	Claymore Athletic FC	25	10	6	9	54	43	11	36
8	Trusted By Millions	25	11	2	12	54	49	5	35
9	Athletico Phoenix	25	10	2	13	44	50	-6	32
10	Markian United	25	9	4	12	40	46	-6	31
11	Cheese Makers	25	9	4	12	33	46	-13	31
12	YTFIB	25	8	5	12	34	57	-23	29
13	Mega Buck Bandits	25	8	4	13	42	54	-12	28
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	25	8	1	16	29	42	-13	25
15	Wheel Madrid	25	6	2	17	30	58	-28	20
16	The Wateringhole Society	25	5	3	17	26	68	-42	18

The CFJs keep their five point lead despite a late scare at YTFIB. Chris and Co’s multi-million strike force of Morata and Sanchez scored in the first half-hour and Roberto Pereyra added a third straight after the break and it all looked comfy. Julian’s team hit back in the last ten minutes through Iborra and Defoe but a Shkodran Mustafi clean calmed the CFJs nerves. A late Alexandre Lacazette penalty secured a win for the Aardvarks at Markian and meant the gap to the leaders didn’t stretch to seven points.

The Muppets notched their tenth draw of the season (seven have been 2-2) when held by Claymore. Joao Mario smashed in to open his account for Clive on 13 minutes but Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane scored either side of half-time to put Ryan in front. Aaron Crewel’s clean meant the game ended level. Fred and Dave fought out a 5-5 draw which keeps the Gardeners in fourth. Leroy Sane smashed in early to put Fred ahead, Josh King’s penalty levelled by half time. A Dele Alli brace had Fred 3-1 up on 66 minutes, P-E Aubameyang pulled one back from the spot before goals from Rondon and Salah looked to have sealed it for Fred with four minutes left. Record signing Aubameyang struck again though and Wes Morgan and Antonio Valencia meant it was honours even.

I haven’t given up on a top tree place after beating Wheels three-one. A deflected shot from Romelu Lukaku and a spectacular scissor-kick from Ashley Barnes (who needs Cristiano Ronaldo?) put me in control and while Jamie Vardy pulled one back I had a Paul Dummett clean in reserve. Despite Xherdan Shari’s best efforts Nil Satis went down 2-0 to the Artisans. Kiko Femenia and a Christian Erksen stunner getting the job done before the interval.

When Marko Arnautovic is in the mood he’s a sight to behold. And he was in the mood this week for Athletico with a brace against Trusted. Gabriel Jesus’ header had Beef ahead in this one but Arnautovic struck twice (his second a superb side-foot volley), Chris Wood added a third and Victor Lindelof added his first counter of the season to round out the win. Last week Kiran got seven counters and lost to the Aardvarks. This week Kiran got one (courtesy of Florian Lejeune’s clean) against the Cheese and won. Funny old game.