Week 11 Results - Top two win again

Aardvark Abacus 4 v 1 Cheese Makers

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 4 San Dimas High School

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Real Muppets 1 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC

The Wateringhole Society 0 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

Trusted By Millions 1 v 3 Markian United 

Wheel Madrid 1 v 1 Stanley and Gracie United

YTFIB 2 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	11	9	0	2	38	17	21	27
2	Markian United	11	8	0	3	25	20	5	24
3	Aardvark Abacus	11	7	0	4	36	22	14	21
4	Stanley and Gracie United	11	6	2	3	22	19	3	20
5	Claymore Athletic FC	11	6	1	4	22	19	3	19
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	11	6	0	5	22	23	-1	18
7	The Wateringhole Society	11	5	2	4	22	20	2	17
8	Cheese Makers	11	5	2	4	24	25	-1	17
9	Mega Buck Bandits	11	5	2	4	16	17	-1	17
10	Trusted By Millions	11	4	3	4	26	21	5	15
11	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	11	4	1	6	24	30	-6	13
12	San Dimas High School	11	4	1	6	19	25	-6	13
13	Real Muppets	11	3	3	5	24	25	-1	12
14	YTFIB	11	3	3	5	17	23	-6	12
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	11	1	1	9	11	25	-14	4
16	Wheel Madrid	11	1	1	9	18	35	-17	4

he Artisans press on at the top with a 4-2 win over YTFIB. Julian was in front courtesy of Alex Iwobi but Ben had turned it round by the 26th minute thanks to an excellent free-kick from Raheem Sterling and Evan Ferguson’s placed shot from the edge of the area. Jamal Lascelles headed in on the hour to make it 3-1 but Julian wasn’t done - Hwang Hee-Chan’s penalty bringing it back to 3-2 with 15 minutes left. Aaron Ramsdale was back in favour at the Artisans to get the clean to finish the scoring. Markian keep on the heels of the leaders with a 3-1 victory at Trusted. With just three minutes on the clock Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring for Ian with a spectacular overhead kick (the second-best goal of the weekend.) Ten minutes later Alexander Isak was given too much space in the area to level for Beef. The next goal came late. The unfortunate Dara O’Shea putting into his own net with four minutes to go to restore the Markian lead and that was quickly followed by by an Oleksandr Zinchenko clean to round out the win.

The Aardvarks seem to be over their blip and are back up to third following a 4-1 win over Cheese Makers. Marcus Tavernier scored twice and Ollie Watkins fired into the corner on the hour to make it 3-0. Matthew found a lifeline with seven minutes left when Anthony Gordon cut in to score but it proved a false dawn and Andre Onana’s clean made it 4-1. SGU drop a place after being held to a 1-1 draw by bottom place Wheel Madrid. Michael Olise’s stunning solo run and shot (goal of the weekend) gave Paul the advantage with 16 minutes left but Harry Maguire’s clean grabbed Aaron a point.

Claymore lose ground on the leaders after a 1-1 draw at the Muppets. Matheus Cunha headed Clive in front after 22 minutes but that lead lasted only five minutes before Erling Harland was given just enough space to take a touch and fire in the leveller. The CFJs leapfrog the Wateringhole after beating those opponents 1-0. Tomas Soucek volleyed home the only goal of the game in injury time.

Mega Bucks are yo-yoing this season but bounce back to ninth with a 1-0 win over Nil Satis. Pau Torres’ header, deep into first-half injury time, was the only goal. A 4-2 win for San Dimas at Fred sees my team pull further away from the bottom two. Anthony Elanga’s header gave me the early lead, Gio Lo Celso hit back with a deflected shot. Joelinton latched on to a defensive error to put me back in front on 61 minutes, Morgan Gibbs-White got Fred’s second equaliser from the spot a quarter of an hour later. Kai Havertz squeezed in a far post header to put me in front for a third time on 89 minutes and a Victor Lindelof clean finally finished the game in my favour.

Cup semi-final draws

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy

Real Muppets v Cheese Makers

Wheel Madrid v Aardvark Abacus

Charity Shield

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI v Trusted By Millions

The Fabulous Artisans v Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Those games to be played in the midweek of 5/6 December.

2023/24 Week 10 Results - Goals Galore

Cheese Makers 1 v 3 Trusted By Millions

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 0 YTFIB

Markian United 3 v 2 Wheel Madrid 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 2 The Wateringhole Society

San Dimas High School 3 v 2 Real Muppets 

Stanley and Gracie United 4 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 4 Aardvark Abacus 

The Fabulous Artisans 5 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	10	8	0	2	34	15	19	24
2	Markian United	10	7	0	3	22	19	3	21
3	Stanley and Gracie United	10	6	1	3	21	18	3	19
4	Aardvark Abacus	10	6	0	4	32	21	11	18
5	Claymore Athletic FC	10	6	0	4	21	18	3	18
6	The Wateringhole Society	10	5	2	3	22	19	3	17
7	Cheese Makers	10	5	2	3	23	21	2	17
8	Trusted By Millions	10	4	3	3	25	18	7	15
9	The Cow-Faced Juniors	10	5	0	5	21	23	-2	15
10	Mega Buck Bandits	10	4	2	4	15	17	-2	14
11	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	10	4	1	5	22	26	-4	13
12	YTFIB	10	3	3	4	15	19	-4	12
13	Real Muppets	10	3	2	5	23	24	-1	11
14	San Dimas High School	10	3	1	6	15	23	-8	10
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	10	1	1	8	11	24	-13	4
16	Wheel Madrid	10	1	0	9	17	34	-17	3

The Artisans returned to their early season form with a 5-0 win over Mega Bucks. It was only 1-0 at the break, Raheem Sterling with an easy task at the back post, and it fell apart for Dave’s team after the hour. Jarrod Bowen headed in a corner and two minutes later Nicolas Jackson was quickest to a rebound. An early clean from Billy Gilmour made it four and Diogo Dalot’s clean was the icing on the cake for Ben. There’s a new name in second after this week’s games, Markian United. Ian’s team fought back to beat Wheel Madrid 3-2. Lucas Paqueta had given Ian the lead after just three minutes but he trailed by half-time. Thiago Silva’s header from a corner and then John McGinn’s drilled shot into the corner had Paul ahead until the 74th minute. One of his old players, Oleksandr Zinchenko, half-volleyed the equaliser and then Rodri’s shot deflected off Silva to give Ian the win with four minutes left. Wheels have lost five games by a single score.

Stanley and Gracie have suddenly appeared in third, Aaron’s team beating Fred 4-3. The defending champions were 2-0 up at the break through Taiwo Awoniyi’s follow-up tap-in and Mo Salah’s shot across the keeper. Dominic Solanke pulled one back on the hour but Salah made it 3-1 with a far post header. Solanke’s close range flick narrowed the gap and he turned the game round with cleans from Harry Maguire and Virgil van Dijk. The Aardvarks have slipped to fourth after being on the wrong end of a nine-goal thriller with the CFJs. Brennan Johnson and an Eberechi Eze penalty gave the Cows the perfect start with goals in the first five minutes. Antonee Robinson’s unlucky own goal made it 3-0 before the half hour mark. Josh Brownhill’s deflected shot brought it back to 3-1, an Ollie Watkins close range effort made it 3-2 and an early Max Aarons clean was the equaliser. The 74th minute saw goals from both sides, Odsonne Edouard for Chris, Diogo Jota for Ady but it was Tomas Soucek’s header with two minutes left making it 5-4 to the CFJs that was the final and decisive counter.

Claymore eased past YTFIB 3-0 and are sixth. Manuel Akanji’s thumping header in first half injury time broke the deadlock, Abdoulaye Doucoure added the second straight after the break and Raul Jimenez made it three from eight yards with twenty minutes left. The Wateringhole Society went one down to Nil Satis in the first minute but came back to win 2-1. Vitali Mykolenko was Paul’s goalscorer but a fantastic run and 1-2 finish from Simon Adingra levelled the game five minutes later. William Saliba's second half close range header was the winner for Kiran.

Trusted round out the top half after a 3-1 win at Cheese Makers. A brave Leandro Trossard header opened the scoring for Beef just before the interval but an unlucky Adam Webster own goal levelled the game on 74 minutes. Cole Palmer’s penalty deep in injury time and a Trent Alexander-Arnold clean decided the game in Trusted’s favour. San Dimas beat Real Muppets 3-2 to edge away from the bottom two. Ryan’s team were two up, that man Erling Haaland with a first half penalty and sliding in the second straight after half time. Victor Lindelof lashed in on the hour to get me back in it. Anthony Elanga’s first time strike four minutes later was the equaliser and Lindelof’s clean completed the fightback.