Week 16 Results - Wins for the top four

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC 

Markian United 3 v 2 Cheese Makers

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Real Muppets 0 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans 

The Wateringhole Society 2 v 3 Aardvark Abacus 

Trusted By Millions 4 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United 

Wheel Madrid 1 v 1 San Dimas High School 

YTFIB 0 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	16	11	1	4	50	29	21	34
2	The Fabulous Artisans	16	11	0	5	44	27	17	33
3	Claymore Athletic FC	16	10	1	5	38	30	8	31
4	Markian United	16	10	1	5	34	34	0	31
5	The Cow-Faced Juniors	16	9	2	5	37	28	9	29
6	The Wateringhole Society	16	8	2	6	38	30	8	26
7	Stanley and Gracie United	16	8	2	6	32	30	2	26
8	Trusted By Millions	16	7	3	6	44	33	11	24
9	Cheese Makers	16	7	2	7	31	34	-3	23
10	San Dimas High School	16	6	4	6	29	32	-3	22
11	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	16	6	2	8	37	38	-1	20
12	Real Muppets	16	5	4	7	30	35	-5	19
13	Mega Buck Bandits	16	5	2	9	18	28	-10	17
14	YTFIB	16	4	4	8	21	34	-13	16
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	16	2	2	12	17	36	-19	8
16	Wheel Madrid	16	1	4	11	25	47	-22	7

While the top five are trying to break away from the rest of the table I’m not convinced that they have the title race all to themselves.

The Aardvarks 3-2 win at the Wateringhole certainly marks them out as favourites. Kiran’s team led thanks to the returning Ivan Toney’s cheeky (sneaky?) free-kick but Ady hit straight back through Richarlison. Maxwell Cornet was on target at the far post to put the Society back in front before the break but two late Diogo Jota’s goals sent the Aardvarks away with the points. The Artisans are a point off the top but got their win in a different style this week, a 1-0 victory over the Muppets courtesy of a Billy Gilmour clean. 

Claymore are three points behind and picked up a 3-2 win at out-going champions (I think we can say that now) Fred. Clive’s team seemed to be cruising at 2-0 then Gabriel Martinelli scored twice in two injury time minutes to equalise for the Gardeners. Claymore weren’t fazed though and Craig Dawson’s clean gave Clive the winner. Markian are level on points with Claymore after beating Cheese Makers 3-2. Matthew’s team came from behind twice and Oscar Bobb’s injury time goal looked to have earned a point. There was still time for Darwin Nunez to get his second of the game to win it for Ian.

The CFJs stay in the title picture after a 4-2 win at Mega Bucks. This was another game where there was late action. Chris and Co. had been 2-0 and 3-1 up (Gabriel getting an early header and a clean) but Carlton Morris brought Dave back into it in injury time. The Cows confirmed the win thanks to a Max Kilman clean. Trusted are ten points off the top but I wouldn’t count them out of things just yet, especially after a 4-2 win over SGU. Beef’s team raced into a 3-0 lead at the break, Cole Palmer with the third from the spot. Palmer looking worth every pound of his £28m fee. Aaron hit back after the break with Ben Mee’s header but Leandro Trossard restored the three-goal lead a minute later and that was pretty much that.

San Dimas and Wheel Madrid played out a 1-1 draw. James Ward-Prowse got a late spot-kick for my team, Thiago Silva’s clean earned Paul W a point but his team drop to the foot of the table. That’s because Nil Satis won 2-0 at YTFIB. Clean sheets from Jose Sa and Jarrad Braithwaite lifting Paul’s team up to 15th.