Athletico Phoenix 4 v 2 Markian United
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 1 The Wateringhole Society
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Real Muppets 1 v 3 Mega Buck Bandits
San Dimas High School 5 v 1 YTFIB
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
Trusted By Millions 3 v 3 Cheese Makers
Wheel Madrid 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus
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The CFJs have fallen across the line somewhat and a draw with the Artisans means it’s four without a win for the champs. An unmarked Badou N’diaye chipped Chris and Co. into a first half lead but Ben turned it round when Lukas Fabianski saved a penalty and Patrick van Aanholt rounded the keeper to slot his team in front. Aymeric Laporte got the clean that shared the points. There’s no top three place for Ben this year but he does hit the 50-point mark again.
Fred was only second in the table for two weeks this season - the first, and more importantly the last. Other results combined with his win at Nil Satis handed the runners-up spot to last years champ’s. Mo Salah’s smart turn and shot proved enough for the Gardeners but Paul S could have got on terms if Xherdan Shaqiri hadn’t wasted a chance from the spot. Despite his investment in the likes of Danilo and Benjamin Mendy it’s bottom four again for Paul.
Defeat for the Aardvarks at Wheel Madrid dropped Ady to third. Jamie Vardy’s flick header on four minutes got Paul W off to great start and the striker smashed in to double the lead 17 minutes from time. Oumar Niasse pulled one back straight away but Callum Wilson found an injury time goal to take it away from the Aardvarks. It’s been a difficult second season for Wheels - Ady will be satisfied with a Cup win.
The Muppets lost just five games all season but a final day loss to Mega Bucks dropped Ryan out of the top three. That man Aubameyang slid in to put Dave in front after 38 minutes but a stunning Kelechi Iheanacho strike levelled it up just after the break. The Bucks won it in the space of four minutes - Wilf Zaha cushioning in a cross at the near post on 70 and Josh King fired in to the top corner on 74. Dave lost just one of his last nine - dark horse for next season? Ryan has the PCMT in his cabinet but may be wondering what might have been.
Claymore ended the season in sixth after finishing with a draw against The Wateringhole Society. Kiran would have wanted more out of Marcus Rashford this season but the striker did put him ahead on 34 minutes, calmly sidefooting under the keeper. Clive had to wait for a John Stones clean to rescue a point. Clive’s ended in the same place as last year, Kiran has won more matches than last season but finished bottom.
San Dimas waited for the last game of the season to produce their biggest win, YTFIB were the victims. It was all down to my defence too. Dejan Lovren powered in a header on 40 minutes but Julian was on terms a minute later when Peter Crouch stooped to head in his only goal of the season. An unlucky deflection off Christian Fuchs put me back in front and then Lovren, Eric Bailly and Paul Dummett added cleans so that I finish in my traditional 5th-9th place. Julian isn’t bottom for the first time in five years.
Trusted round off the top half of the table after a 3-3 draw with Cheese Makers. Good game this - Manuel Lanzini found the bottom corner to put Matthew ahead six minutes before half-time, Erik Lamela tapped in to level four minutes after. Another close-range Lamela finish had Beef in front on the hour but Lanzini again and then Andrew Robertson put Matthew’s team ahead with five minutes left. Gabriel Jesus earned Beef a point with a calm lob deep into injury time. Matthew’s season fizzled out (eight without a win) Trusted’s never really got going.
Markian win the top of the bottom half championship despite defeat to Athletico. Harry Kane added two more goals to his total but they came wither side of thumping strikes by Riyad Mahrez and Marko Arnautovic and a fortunate finish by Chris Wood, Virgil van Dijk’s clean secured the points for Brian who will be pleased to see the back of this season after his Diego Costa problems. Mark and Ian will get their collective heads to gather to see how they can build on their first campaign.
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