Cup quarter-final results

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-Finals

Aardvark Abacus 4 v 1 YTFIB 

Cheese Makers 2 v 0 Stanley & Gracie United 

Real Muppets 3 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

Wheel Madrid 3 v 2 The Wateringhole Society

Charity Shield Quarter-finals

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 1 Markian United 

The Fabulous Artisans 6 v 1 San Dimas High School 

Trusted By Millions 2 v 2 Claymore Athletic FC 

Replays

Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 5 Trusted By Millions

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 

PCMT

The Muppets took a step closer to defending the cup with a 3-1 win over the CFJs. Erling Haaland scored a first half penalty, added a header four minutes after the break and teed up Phil Foden to make it 3-0 with ten minutes left. Fabio Vieira got the Cows consolation with a late penalty. League leaders the Aardvarks made it through by the same scoreline. Diogo Jota put Ady in front after half an hour and Joel Ward turned a cross into his own net to make it 2-0 eight minutes after the break. Julian’s team were cut open again 13 minutes later for Son Heung-Min to apply the finish and while Hwang Hee-Chan pulled one back with twenty minutes to play there was no coming back for YTFIB.

Cheese Makers have made the semi-finals of this competition for the first time after beating SGU 2-0. An 84-minute clean from Aaron Hickey broke the deadlock and Bryan Mbeumo’s breakaway goal six minutes into injury time finished the job. Wheel Madrid have been struggling in the league but made the semi-finals for the third time with a 3-2 win against the Wateringhole. John McGinn put Paul ahead from a set-piece after 17 minutes, Callum Wilson hooked in five minutes later to double the lead and then converted a controversial penalty to make it three. Kiran replied through cleans by Ruben Dias and William Saliba but came up short in his search for an equaliser.

Charity Shield

The holders are out. My team going down 6-1 to the Artisans. Eddie Nketiah grabbed his first WSFFL hat-trick, Moussa Diaby lashed one in early in the second half and while Joao Palhinha’s excellent effort pulled it back to 4-1 there was still time for an unlucky Emi Martinez own goal and Kostas Tsimikas to notch a clean for Ben. Nil Satis picked up their first win of the season, downing third-placed Markian 3-1. Ian scored first through Darwin Nunez but Paul got back on level terms six minutes after the break when Dominic Calvert-Lewin converted a shot on the turn. Nil Satis got the win thanks to cleans from Jarrad Braithwaite and Nathan Patterson.

Two games still to sort out. Fred and Mega Bucks drew 1-1. Ethan Pinnock’s powerful header had Dave in front. Mohamed Salah equalised for Fred after a keeper blunder 20 minutes later. It was 2-2 between Claymore and Trusted. Charlie Taylor fired Clive into an early lead, a long-range debut goal from Philip Billing brought the game level and then Takehiro Tomiyasu looked to have won the game for Beef deep in injury time. John Stones' clean sheet made sure Claymore get a second bite at the cherry.

Replays

Claymore’s wait for the WSFFL Grand Slam will have to continue after a heavy defeat at home to Trusted. Most of the scoring happened in the first half, a Bernardo Silva brace helping to send Beef in 4-1 up. Luis Diaz got the emotional fifth in injury time. 

Fred’s team is the only one of the semi-finalists not to have won this before. After trailing to an early Neil Maupay three-yard header until injury time, Bruno Fernandes fired in an equaliser and Aaron Wan-Bissaka got the clean to knock out the Bandits.

2023/24 Week Eight Results - New leaders

Cheese Makers 5 v 4 Wheel Madrid

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 3 The Wateringhole Society

Markian United 3 v 2 Real Muppets

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors

San Dimas High School 0 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits 

Stanley and Gracie United 1 v 0 YTFIB 

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 3 Aardvark Abacus 

Trusted By Millions 2 v 4 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	8	6	0	2	27	13	14	18
2	The Fabulous Artisans	8	6	0	2	27	14	13	18
3	Markian United	8	5	0	3	17	16	1	15
4	Mega Buck Bandits	8	4	2	2	14	10	4	14
5	Cheese Makers	8	4	2	2	20	17	3	14
6	The Wateringhole Society	8	4	2	2	19	16	3	14
7	Stanley and Gracie United	8	4	1	3	14	14	0	13
8	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	8	4	1	3	18	20	-2	13
9	Claymore Athletic FC	8	4	0	4	16	17	-1	12
10	The Cow-Faced Juniors	8	4	0	4	15	17	-2	12
11	Real Muppets	8	3	2	3	20	18	2	11
12	Trusted By Millions	8	2	3	3	16	17	-1	9
13	YTFIB	8	2	3	3	13	15	-2	9
14	San Dimas High School	8	2	1	5	11	19	-8	7
15	Wheel Madrid	8	1	0	7	15	25	-10	3
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	8	0	1	7	7	21	-14	1

The top two went head-to-head last week and when it finished they were still to the top two. Only in a different order. That’s a long way of saying that Ady now heads the table after a 3-2 win at the Artisans. The Aardvarks were two up at the break, Son Heung-Min and Sean Longstaff both being given too much time in the box. Ben’s team pulled one back on 56 minutes, Jarrod Bowen wit a deflected long-range effort only for Ollie Watkins to slam in at the near post to restore the advantage 18 minutes later. Jamal Lascelles' clean for the Artisans wasn’t enough to stop his team losing top spot. Markian stay third after turning round a losing situation against the Muppets. Ryan was two up in half an hour. Erling Haaland became the first player to ten counters this season when finding the corner from the edge of the D and Scott McTominay added a second. Ian’s comeback started with an early Destiny Udogie clean and Fabian Schar and Pedro Porro added two more to complete the 3-2 win.

Mega Bucks are back up to fourth after a 2-0 win at San Dimas. Declan Rice broke the deadlock on 77 minutes, returning a poor clearance into an empty goal and Ethan Pinnock added a clean. Game of the day was the 5-4 Cheese win over Wheels. Six minutes after the break Matthew’s team were 4-0 to the good. Julian Alvarez, Anthony Gordon and Douglas Luiz with a brace putting Matthew in pipe and slippers mode. James Maddison pulled one back but the four goal lead was soon restored courtesy of a Bryan Mbeumo stunner. Callum Wilson found space to bring it back to 5-2, clever feet from Leon Bailey and it was 5-3 and Joel Matip’s clean brought it back to 5-4 before time ran out for Paul W.

The Wateringhole also needed cleans to turn over Claymore. A Chris Wood double, his second a textbook header, had Clive 2-1 up after Mikhailo Mudryk had chipped in an equaliser for Kiran. Guglielmo Vicario and Ruben Dias notched the cleans that gave the Society three points. Stanley and Gracie edged YTFIB 1-0 to get back in the top half. A clever flick from Dominic Solanke after 17 minutes proving to be the only score in the game.

Fred left it late to beat Trusted 4-2. After Cole Palmer and Mohamed Salah had traded penalties Leandro Trossard arrived at the back post to put Beef 2-1 up with six minutes left. Salah equalised on the break deep in injury time and cleans from Joel Veltman and Cristian Romero proved the difference. The CFJs kept Nil Satis winless with a 2-1 victory. Yoann Wissa converted from three yards on 25 minutes with Ansu Fati equalising for Paul on 73 minutes. Parity lasted just three minutes as an early Kristoffer Ajer clean proved to be the winner.

2023/24 Week 7 Results - First defeat for the Artisans

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4 v 1 Wheel Madrid

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 0 Stanley and Gracie United 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 1 Cheese Makers 

Real Muppets 3 v 3 Trusted By Millions 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans 

The Wateringhole Society 1 v 1 San Dimas High School 

YTFIB 2 v 4 Markian United 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	7	6	0	1	25	11	14	18
2	Aardvark Abacus	7	5	0	2	24	11	13	15
3	Markian United	7	4	0	3	14	14	0	12
4	Claymore Athletic FC	7	4	0	3	14	14	0	12
5	Real Muppets	7	3	2	2	18	15	3	11
6	The Wateringhole Society	7	3	2	2	16	14	2	11
7	Cheese Makers	7	3	2	2	15	13	2	11
8	Mega Buck Bandits	7	3	2	2	12	10	2	11
9	Stanley and Gracie United	7	3	1	3	13	14	-1	10
10	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	7	3	1	3	14	18	-4	10
11	Trusted By Millions	7	2	3	2	14	13	1	9
12	YTFIB	7	2	3	2	13	14	-1	9
13	The Cow-Faced Juniors	7	3	0	4	13	16	-3	9
14	San Dimas High School	7	2	1	4	11	17	-6	7
15	Wheel Madrid	7	1	0	6	11	20	-9	3
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	7	0	1	6	6	19	-13	1

The Artisans winning run is halted at six after going down 3-2 to the CFJs. Chris and Co. took an early lead but Ben seemed set for three points after Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson had put him in front with a quarter of an hour left. Mohammed Kudus levelled from the edge of the area on 89 minutes and Gabriel got the clean sheet winner for the Cows. Ben’s one consolation was that none of the top half sides won this week. The Aardvarks also went down 3-2, at home to Claymore. Matias Jensen put Clive ahead on 26 minutes but Micky van de Ven pulled Ady level seven minutes after the break. Abdoulaye Doucoure smashed in on the hour to restore Clive’s lead and an Anton Robinson own goal made it 3-1 eight minutes later. Van de Ven’s clean was only a consolation and Ady stays three points behind the leaders. Claymore are fourth, on counters, behind...

…Markian who jumped from tenth to third with a 4-2 win at YTFIB. Julian’s good start looked set to continue when Hwang Hee-Chan and Bobby Decordova-Reid scored within a minute of each other to put him two up. Early cleans from Oleksandr Zinchenko and Destiny Udogie put Ian level and two more cleans, from Pedro Porro and Ashley Young, delivered the win. A late, late  Muppets comeback against Trusted gave Ryan the point to see him in fifth. Three goals in 12 minutes saw Beef’s team in total control. Cole Palmer from the spot and then Alexander Isak found himself unmarked twice to finish from close range. With the Muppets 3-0 down in injury time, up stepped Scott McTominay who scored twice and then James Tarkowski found the equalising clean.

The Wateringhole also have 11 points after a 1-1 draw with San Dimas. Simon Adingra capitalised on an early San Dimas error to give the Society a lead on 20 minutes but a Tyrick Mitchell clean delivered me a point. Cheese Makers also got a 1-1 draw in a result that sees Nil Satis pick up their first point this season. James Garner fired Paul S ahead on eight minutes, Matthew’s equaliser was an early Rico Lewis clean. One more team on 11 points, Mega Bucks who were held 0-0 by Stanley and Gracie. Fred beat Wheel Madrid 4-1 to climb to tenth. Mohamed Salah scored twice in the last five minutes of the first half to put Fred ahead but an unlucky Wes Foderingham own goal with 14 minutes left gave Paul W some hope. That was snuffed out thank to cleans from Murillo and Cristian Romero.