Week 21 Results

Tough times for the teams at the top. The Nil Satis/Muppets was called off due to oooh… let’s say an outbreak of Equine Flu at the Nil Satis training ground.

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

Re-arranged game

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4 v 5 Real Muppets

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	21	14	2	5	62	33	29	44
2	Aardvark Abacus	21	14	2	5	49	33	16	44
3	The Wateringhole Society	21	11	3	7	43	35	8	36
4	Athletico Phoenix	21	9	6	6	39	32	7	33
5	Real Muppets	21	10	2	9	40	35	5	32
6	Markian United	21	10	2	9	42	48	-6	32
7	San Dimas High School	21	8	6	7	44	36	8	30
8	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	21	9	3	9	45	41	4	30
9	Mega Buck Bandits	21	8	5	8	42	39	3	29
10	The Cow-Faced Juniors	21	9	2	10	43	46	-3	29
11	The Fabulous Artisans	21	9	1	11	40	50	-10	28
12	Cheese Makers	21	8	3	10	35	45	-10	27
13	Claymore Athletic FC	21	7	5	9	37	46	-9	26
14	Wheel Madrid	21	8	1	12	38	46	-8	25
15	Trusted By Millions	21	7	1	13	42	48	-6	22
16	YTFIB	21	4	2	15	20	48	-28	14

Let’s start with Fred who lost to that ninth-placed team, Markian. Salomon Rondon put the leaders ahead straight after the break, but the returning Harry Kane levelled the game 20 minutes later when racing onto a quickly taken throw. Cleans from Yedlin and Shaw gave the win to Markian who climb to fifth - the first time they’ve reached these heady heights. Fred’s defeat gave Ady the chance to go top but a draw with the Phoenix means the Aardvarks are second on goal difference. Brian’s team led twice too, an early goal from Ryan Babel and a second half header from Chris Wood. The Aardvarks hit back through Alexandre Lacazette and a Lascelles clean at the death.

The Wateringhole and San Dimas shared the points too. Nothing much happened in this game until ten minutes left. Sol Bamba scrambled in to put Kiran ahead, Ashley Barnes was alert at the far post to level things for me straightaway and Raul Jimenez had the mighty Society 2-1 up from the spot a minute later. Antonio Rudiger’s clean sent me home with a point. Mega Bucks could have ended the day in fifth but went down 3-2 at home to Cheese Makers. Josh King (penalty) and Michail Antonio (well-placed header) both got their first of the season for Dave but a thumping header from Issa Diop and two late goals from club legend Troy Deeney puts Matthew in striking distance of the top half.

The CFJs beat Trusted 2-0 to drop Beef’s team into the bottom two. Two clean sheets, from Aymeric Laporte and Shkodran Mustafi did the damage. The Artisans won again, beating the struggling YTFIB 5-0. OK, Chicarito’s handball goal probably shouldn’t have counted but there was nothing wrong with Gerard Deulofeu’s hat-trick. The second, a solo run from inside his own half was the highlight. Wheel Madrid beat Claymore 4-1 to leave those two teams in 14th and 13th respectively. Paul W led through Ayoze Prez’s first-time finish from 10 yards before Jonny Evans hit back with a close range goal of his own for Clive. Clean sheets from Luiz, Young and Matip kept the points at Stratton Park and gave Wheels back-to-back wins for the first time since September.