Week 19 Results - Defeats for the top four

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


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	19	13	3	3	60	27	33	42
2	The Fabulous Artisans	19	10	4	5	41	26	15	34
3	Trusted By Millions	19	10	4	5	42	35	7	34
4	San Dimas High School	19	11	1	7	31	26	5	34
5	Stanley Athletic FC	19	10	2	7	49	43	6	32
6	Wheel Madrid	19	8	6	5	50	30	20	30
7	Mega Buck Bandits	19	9	3	7	33	30	3	30
8	Aardvark Abacus	19	9	3	7	32	30	2	30
9	The Wateringhole Society	19	7	7	5	38	38	0	28
10	Cheese Makers	19	8	3	8	36	39	-3	27
11	YTFIB	19	7	4	8	23	24	-1	25
12	Real Muppets	19	6	5	8	40	40	0	23
13	The Cow-Faced Juniors	19	7	2	10	22	35	-13	23
14	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	19	5	2	12	24	47	-23	17
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	19	5	0	14	24	45	-21	15
16	Markian United	19	1	3	15	13	43	-30	6

Claymore suffered their first defeat since November but other results went Clive’s way and keep him eight points ahead of the pack. It was the Wateringhole Society that inflicted a 4-2 defeat on the leaders. Kiran’s team had stormed into a 3-0 lead by the 51st minute, pick of the goals was probably Raul Jimenez’ header from a pinpoint cross. Claymore did get it back to 3-2, through Teemu Pukki’s penalty and Sergio Aguero’s finish from a slide-rule through ball, but Jannik Westergaard’s clean ensured the points stayed with the home side.

The Artisans stay second on goal difference after going down 3-2 to the on a charge Stanley Athletic. Aaron was three up in this one three minutes after the break. Nathan Redmond had smashed in from 18 yards, Chris Wood shinned in his tenth of the season and then Stuart Armstrong curled in from 25 yards against one of his former clubs. Roberto Firmino pulled one back for Ben and Kyle Walker got a clean but it wasn’t enough. Trusted and San Dimas both went down 1-0. Beef’s team were beaten by a stunning Ricardo Pereira strike for YTFIB, my team succumbed to Mark Noble’s penalty for Mega Bucks.

Wheels are sixth after letting a two goal lead slip against the Muppets. Jorginho’s penalty and Callum Wilson breaking his goal drought for Paul W were pegged back by cleans from Joel Ward and James Tarkowski for Ryan. The Aardvarks edged out Cheese Makers to take eighth place. Jordan Henderson ‘shouldered’ in to put Ady ahead on eight minutes, Troy Deeney scored a proper header for Matthew to level it by the break. Son Heung-Min put Ady ahead for a second time but the Cheesers thought they’d grabbed a point when a shot flew in off Tyrone Mings but Jack Stephens' clean was the Aardvarks winner.

The other two games concerned the bottom four. Nil Satis led twice at Fred West before going down 3-2. Moise Kean got his first for Paul S as his side went one up but the best goal of the game was Gabriel Martinelli’s length of the pitch run and shot that got the Gardeners back to 2-2. Cesar Azpilicueta got Fred’s winner, stabbing in at the near post with six minutes left. The CFJs and Markian United drew 0-0. Nothing else to say.