Week 21 Results - Top four in control

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans

Real Muppets 4 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC

Stanley and Gracie United 5 v 1 San Dimas High School 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 3 Cheese Makers 

The Wateringhole Society 2 v 0 Wheel Madrid

Trusted By Millions 4 v 3 Markian United

YTFIB 0 v 3 Aardvark Abacus

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	21	13	4	4	51	27	24	43
2	Trusted By Millions	21	13	2	6	67	44	23	41
3	The Wateringhole Society	21	12	4	5	52	33	19	40
4	Cheese Makers	21	12	4	5	51	36	15	40
5	Stanley and Gracie United	21	11	3	7	46	37	9	36
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	21	10	3	8	55	42	13	33
7	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	21	9	6	6	47	40	7	33
8	Markian United	21	10	3	8	41	37	4	33
9	The Fabulous Artisans	21	9	4	8	48	44	4	31
10	San Dimas High School	21	8	3	10	35	39	-4	27
11	Claymore Athletic FC	21	8	2	11	41	55	-14	26
12	Aardvark Abacus	21	6	5	10	40	46	-6	23
13	YTFIB	21	7	2	12	28	38	-10	23
14	Wheel Madrid	21	5	2	14	26	46	-20	17
15	Mega Buck Bandits	21	5	2	14	20	52	-32	17
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	21	5	1	15	26	58	-32	16

Four straight weeks at the top for the Muppets after a 4-1 win over Claymore. Clive’s team decided to leave Erling Haaland unmarked after 12 minutes and the league’s leading scorer made no mistake from six yards. Joao Gomes lashed in an equaliser six minutes later but the Muppets brought home the bacon thanks to cleans from Ederson, Jurrien Timber and Tosin Adarabioyo. Trusted also needed three cleans to get home 4-3 against Markian. Ismaila Sarr scored twice for Ian either side of Patrick Kluivert crashing home a goal of the month contender to make it 3-1 to Ian with 20 minutes left. Trent Alexander-Arnold picked up an early clean to reduce the deficit and then Murillo and Aphonse Areola added cleans of their own to keep Beef two points off the top.

The Wateringhole Society ended Wheel Madrid’s mini-revival with a 2-0 win. Christopher Nkunku stooped to head his team in front on 24 minutes, Marc Cucurella was given time to get the ball on his favoured foot and pick his spot after 78. After three league games without a win Cheese Makers are back in business, winning 3-2 at the CFJs. Joao Pedro gave Matthew the lead from the spot but the Cows were up at the break courtesy of Tomas Soucek and Yoane Wissa’s header in first half injury time. The Cheese turnaround came late with two cleans, Kostas Tsimikas and Nikola Milenkovic keeping Matthew in sight of the summit.

SGU are up to a season high fifth place thanks to a 5-1 beating of San Dimas*. Dominik Szoboszlai and Neto scored first half goals, my team were given brief hope two minutes after the break through Rodrigo Muniz only for Harry Maguire’s header from a corner to restore the advantage almost immediately. Cleans from Virgil van Dijk and Kieran Trippier wrapped it up for Aaron. Is the GC TotW 'winter wobble’ over? Ollie’s team beat Mega Bucks 2-0 with cleans from Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Ibrahima Konate.

The Artisans are another team who seem to have steadied the ship a bit. Ben’s team won 2-1 at Nil Satis. Mathias De Ligt fired a rebound high into the net on 26 minutes to put the Fabulous ones in front and Ricardo Calafiori’s clean doubled the lead at the interval. Jake O’Brien’s free header was only a consolation for Paul. The Aardvarks moved up to 12th after a 3-0 win at YTFIB. Goals from Levi Colwill and Morgan Rogers in an eight minute spell either side of the break had Ady in control, Antonee Robinson added a clean sheet at the end.

Week 20 Results - A gap for the top four

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 1 Real Muppets

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 3 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 Markian United

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 6 Trusted By Millions 

The Fabulous Artisans 3 v 3 Cheese Makers 

The Wateringhole Society 4 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

Wheel Madrid 1 v 0 San Dimas High School 

YTFIB 1 v 3 Stanley and Gracie United 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	20	12	4	4	47	26	21	40
2	Trusted By Millions	20	12	2	6	63	41	22	38
3	The Wateringhole Society	20	11	4	5	50	33	17	37
4	Cheese Makers	20	11	4	5	48	34	14	37
5	The Cow-Faced Juniors	20	10	3	7	53	39	14	33
6	Stanley and Gracie United	20	10	3	7	41	36	5	33
7	Markian United	20	10	3	7	38	33	5	33
8	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	20	8	6	6	45	40	5	30
9	The Fabulous Artisans	20	8	4	8	46	43	3	28
10	San Dimas High School	20	8	3	9	34	34	0	27
11	Claymore Athletic FC	20	8	2	10	40	51	-11	26
12	YTFIB	20	7	2	11	28	35	-7	23
13	Aardvark Abacus	20	5	5	10	37	46	-9	20
14	Wheel Madrid	20	5	2	13	26	44	-18	17
15	Mega Buck Bandits	20	5	2	13	20	50	-30	17
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	20	5	1	14	25	56	-31	16

The Muppets continue at the top after a 1-0 win over outgoing champions the Aardvarks. Lewis Miley was the unlikely scorer for Ryan’s team. Trusted are up to second after coasting to a 6-1 win over Nil Satis. Alexander Isak scored two in two minutes but pick of Beef’s goals was Omari Hutchinson’s first time left foot effort.

The Wateringhole Society beat the CFJs in the Cup last week and repeated the treatment in the league, 4-3 this time. The CFJs were 3-1 up after 26 minutes but second half goals from Gini Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and a winner from Dejan Kulusevski six minutes from time keep Kiran’s team very much in the title race. Cheese Makers drop to fourth after being held 3-3 by the Artisans. Matthew’s team seemed in control just after the hour when Nikola Milenkovic converted a backheel flick to make it 3-1 but Ben’s team grabbed a point through cleans by Lamare Bogarde and Marc Guehi.

SGU are up to fifth following their 3-1 win at YTFIB. Enzo Fernandez, Christian Norgaard and Dominik Szoboszlai all netted in the first half for Aaron. Markian join SGU and the CFJs on 33 points after a 2-1 win at Mega Bucks. Ryan Yates gave Dave the lead in the last minute only for Pedro Porro and Maxence Lacroix to get the cleans to give Ian the points.

GC TotW round out the top half after going down 3-2 at Claymore. Goals from Abdoulaye Doucoure, Matheus Cunha and Daniel Munoz proving too much for Ollie’s injury-hit squad. Wheel Madrid lifted themselves off the bottom by beating San Dimas 1-0. Djed Spence’s deflected shot with 13 minutes left was Paul W’s match winner.

FA Cup Quarter-final results

Cheese Makers 2 v 4 San Dimas High School

Markian United 1 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

The Cow-Faced Juniors 0 v 1 The Wateringhole Society

YTFIB 0 v 3 Trusted By Millions

What a debut from the Artisans’ new £52m man Omar Marmoush. His hat-trick helped Ben’s team to a 4-1 win at Markian. There were no other trebles this week but doubles from Yankubah Minteh and Mikel Merino saw San Dimas to a 4-2 win at Cheese Makers.

Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Liam Delap in a ten minute spell just after half-time gave Trusted control against YTFIB and Beef’s team went on to a 3-0 win. The tie between The CFJs and the Wateringhole was settled in Kiran’s favour by an outrageous piece of skill by Kaoru Mitoma in scoring the only goal of the game.

Week 19 Results - Top four fail to win

Cheese Makers 1 v 1 YTFIB 

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans 

Markian United 3 v 0 Aardvark Abacus

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 4 Wheel Madrid 

Real Muppets 2 v 5 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

San Dimas High School 1 v 0 The Wateringhole Society

Stanley and Gracie United 4 v 3 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 0 v 1 Trusted By Millions

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	19	11	4	4	46	26	20	37
2	Cheese Makers	19	11	3	5	45	31	14	36
3	Trusted By Millions	19	11	2	6	57	40	17	35
4	The Wateringhole Society	19	10	4	5	46	30	16	34
5	The Cow-Faced Juniors	19	10	3	6	50	35	15	33
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	19	8	6	5	43	37	6	30
7	Markian United	19	9	3	7	36	32	4	30
8	Stanley and Gracie United	19	9	3	7	38	35	3	30
9	The Fabulous Artisans	19	8	3	8	43	40	3	27
10	San Dimas High School	19	8	3	8	34	33	1	27
11	YTFIB	19	7	2	10	27	32	-5	23
12	Claymore Athletic FC	19	7	2	10	37	49	-12	23
13	Aardvark Abacus	19	5	5	9	37	45	-8	20
14	Mega Buck Bandits	19	5	2	12	19	48	-29	17
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	19	5	1	13	24	50	-26	16
16	Wheel Madrid	19	4	2	13	25	44	-19	14

This season continues to throw up surprises with none of last week’s top four winning. The Muppets lost, 5-2 to 15th-place Nil Satis, but stay top. Ryan had to level twice, Erling Haaland’s header equalising Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s early goal and a 90th minute effort from a persistent Iliman Ndiaye cancelling Vitali Mykolenko’s early clean. Nil Satis weren’t to be denied and added cleans from Jose Sa, Matt Doherty and Jarrad Branthwaite for a big win. Cheese Makers missed the chance to return to the top when they were held 1-1 by YTFIB. Raul Jimenez’s deflected effort just after the hour looked like being the winner for Matthew but Neco Williams shot high into the net from six yards with a minute left to grab Julian a point.

A big win could have taken the Wateringhole Society back to the top but Kiran’s team went down 1-0 to San Dimas. Kai Havertz shot into the far corner on 76 minutes gave my team the win. The CFJs went down 1-0 too, to Trusted who leapfrog them into third. Liam Delap escaped the Cows defence to score Beef’s goal after 31 minutes. When all around them are losing their heads, Trusted are keeping it together.

SGU won a seven goal thriller with GC TotW to join that team on 30 points, only seven points off the top! Ollie’s team were two up at the break then pegged back by Thomas Partey’s deflected strike and an unlucky Aaron Wan-Bissaka own goal. Mo Salah’s measured finished restored the lead a minute later but Aaron turned it round at the death thanks to cleans from Ola Aina and Virgil van Dijk. Sandwiched between those teams on 30 points are Markian United who saw off the Aardvarks 3-0. Lewis Dunk steered into his own goal to give Ian an early lead and he finished it with cleans from Pedro Porro and Maxence Lacroix.

The Artisans and Claymore played out a fantastic 3-3 draw. Abdoulaye Doucoure gave Clive the lead after 10 seconds, Martin Odegaard equalised a minute later. The end of the game was as frantic as the start. Paul Onuachu latched onto a rebound to put Clive ahead with three minutes left, Ethan Nwaneri struck from the edge of the area three minutes into injury time to level. Matheus Cunha’s calm finish seven minutes into injury time put Clive back in front only for Marc Guehi’s clean to give Ben the draw. Eyebrows were raised when Wheel Madrid paid £15m for Chris Wood earlier in the season. Those same eyebrows are firmly back in pace after the forward scored a hat-trick* in a 4-0 win against Mega Bucks to drag Dave’s team fully into the ‘basement battle’.

* Wood’s only previous WSFFL hat-trick was almost four years ago, for Cheese Makers against Nil Satis.