Week 16 Results - Wins for the top three

Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC 

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 0 v 3 YTFIB 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 4 The Wateringhole Society

Real Muppets 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

San Dimas High School 3 v 2 Markian United 

Stanley and Gracie United 1 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 1 Wheel Madrid

Trusted By Millions 4 v 3 Aardvark Abacus

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	16	10	3	3	48	29	19	33
2	Cheese Makers	16	10	2	4	42	28	14	32
3	Real Muppets	16	9	4	3	40	19	21	31
4	Trusted By Millions	16	9	2	5	49	36	13	29
5	The Wateringhole Society	16	8	4	4	37	25	12	28
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	16	7	6	3	35	27	8	27
7	Markian United	16	8	3	5	32	28	4	27
8	Stanley and Gracie United	16	7	3	6	29	28	1	24
9	The Fabulous Artisans	16	7	2	7	35	32	3	23
10	YTFIB	16	7	1	8	24	24	0	22
11	Claymore Athletic FC	16	6	1	9	29	41	-12	19
12	San Dimas High School	16	5	3	8	27	30	-3	18
13	Aardvark Abacus	16	4	5	7	34	39	-5	17
14	Mega Buck Bandits	16	4	2	10	14	38	-24	14
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	16	3	1	12	13	43	-30	10
16	Wheel Madrid	16	2	2	12	18	39	-21	8

FA Cup 1st Round - Holders walloped

Cheese Makers 3 v 0 Wheel Madrid 

Markian United 5 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United 

Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 3 YTFIB 

San Dimas High School 2 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus 

The Fabulous Artisans 7 v 1 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

The Wateringhole Society 4 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC 

Trusted By Millions 6 v 1 Real Muppets

Replays

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 4 San Dimas High School

YTFIB 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

The Muppets’ hold on the trophy didn’t last very long. Two down to Trusted at the break, a James McAtee hat-trick helped propel Beef into the quarters. The two early-season Cup winners, Wateringhole and Claymore, met and it was Kiran’s team that made it to the next round courtesy of three clean sheets in a 4-1 win.

Big winners of the week were the Artisans who snapped their bad run with a 7-1 win over GC TotW. Braces from Tyler Dibling and Joao Felix set Ben on the road. Ollie’s hopes of a pot in his first season rest on the league now. League leaders the CFJs are fighting on two fronts after beating the Aardvarks 3-2, two early goals keeping the Cows always one step ahead of Ady’s team.

Second in the league Cheese Makers strolled past Wheels 3-0, amazingly with different players scoring penalties in the same minute! Beaten PCMT finalists Markian fancy another cup run by the look of their 5-2 win over SGU. James Justin scored twice for Ian.

Two replays coming up this week. YTFIB (of course) came from 3-1 down to earn another crack at Mega Bucks, while Nil Satis and San Dimas will go again after a two-all draw.

Week 15 Results - CFJs stay top

Cheese Makers 5 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 3 v 0 Claymore Athletic FC

Markian United 0 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

Real Muppets 4 v 0 Aardvark Abacus

San Dimas High School 1 v 2 Wheel Madrid

Stanley and Gracie United 2 v 0 YTFIB 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 1 The Wateringhole Society

Trusted By Millions 3 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	15	9	3	3	46	28	18	30
2	Cheese Makers	15	9	2	4	40	27	13	29
3	Real Muppets	15	8	4	3	36	19	17	28
4	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	15	7	6	2	35	24	11	27
5	Markian United	15	8	3	4	30	25	5	27
6	Trusted By Millions	15	8	2	5	45	33	12	26
7	The Wateringhole Society	15	7	4	4	33	25	8	25
8	Stanley and Gracie United	15	7	3	5	28	24	4	24
9	The Fabulous Artisans	15	6	2	7	31	31	0	20
10	YTFIB	15	6	1	8	21	24	-3	19
11	Claymore Athletic FC	15	6	1	8	28	39	-11	19
12	Aardvark Abacus	15	4	5	6	31	35	-4	17
13	San Dimas High School	15	4	3	8	24	28	-4	15
14	Mega Buck Bandits	15	4	2	9	14	34	-20	14
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	15	3	1	11	13	39	-26	10
16	Wheel Madrid	15	2	2	11	17	37	-20	8

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Final

Claymore Athletic FC 2

Joelinton 19

Chalobah 31

v 

Markian United 0

(one cancelled clean)

At Wembley, Attendance: 90,000

Teams

Claymore

Hermansen; Munoz, Chalobah, Young, Akanji; Joelinton, Doucoure, Damsgaard, Gomes J; Hojlund, Cunha

Subs: Forster; Coady; Dominguez; Zirkzee

Markian

Johnstone; Porro, Zinchenko, Schar, Lacroiz; Onana, Caicedo, Paqueta, Sarr; Garnacho, Nunez

Subs: Bazunu; Udogie; Bissouma; Daka

Report

With a 2-2 draw in the league their most recent match there was little to choose between the sides. Claymore came into this game not having won a trophy for five years, Markian were in their first final. 

There was not much goalmouth action until Clive's team went ahead on 19 minutes. Joelinton attacked a cross from the left and looked to have headed Claymore in front but replays showed there might have been an inadvertent use of an arm. As the Markian players waited for VAR to chalk it off the referee pointed to the centre circle and the goal stood.

Markian's sense of hard luck increased with Claymore's second just after the half hour. Trevoh Chalobah headed in a corner but Ian's keeper was adamant a foul on him should have been awarded. Claymore went for the kill with Rasmus Hojlund firing just wide, Markian's only first half response was Moises Caicedo blazing a shot over.

The second half turned into a stroll for Claymore. Alejandro Garnacho ran around fruitlessly for Markian but Clive's team saw the game out without a real scare. It's Claymore's 13th winners trophy. No active manager has more. Ian will have to wait for his first.

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How They Got There

Semi-finals

Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Markian United 2 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

Quarter-final

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 0 Trusted By Millions 

Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 2 San Dimas High School

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 3 Markian United

Wheel Madrid 2 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors

First Round

Cheese Makers 1 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Garth Crooks’ Team of the Week 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions 

Mega Buck Bandits 4 v 2 The Wateringhole Society

Nil Satis Nisi Optum 1 v 5 Claymore Athletic FC 

Real Muppets 0 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans 

San Dimas High School 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus 

Wheel Madrid 2 v 1 Stanley and Gracie United 

YTFIB 0 v 2 Markian United (after 1-1, 2-2, 2-2 and 1-1 draws)

Charity Shield Final

Cheese Makers 1

Jones 49

v

The Wateringhole Society 2

Gakpo 45+1

van Hecke [c]

(two cancelled cleans)

At Emirates Stadium, Attendance: 60,271

Teams

Cheese Makers

Raya Martin; Diop, Lewis, Milemkovic, Robertson; Mac Allister, Soler, Murphy, Mbeumo; Jimenez, Joao Pedro            

Subs: Travers; Scarles; Jones; Gordon

The Wateringhole Society

Leno; Saliba, van Hecke, Gusto, Semedo; Kulusevski, Mitoma, Adingra, Hudson-Odoi; Rutter, Gakpo 

Subs: Kelleher; Cucurella; Barnes; Nkunku

Report

Cheese Makers were playing in their first final, the Wateringhole just their second but there were no early nerves from either side. Carlos Soler crashed an early shot off the bar for Matthew's team and Callum Hudson-Odoi flashed an effort over for the Society after 11 minutes. Cheese went close again on 25 minutes when Andy Robertson's flick header hit a post but it was Kiran's side that went in at the break one up - Cody Gakpo was the scorer, curling in from the edge of the area.

That could have knocked the Cheese off their stride but they were level four minutes after the restart when Curtis Jones sidefooted in a sharp cross from six yards. Gakpo thought he'd restored the lead on 68 minutes but was denied by an offside in the build-up. As the game headed into injury time Rico Lewis blazed over  and a Christopher Nkunku header was clawed away by the Cheese keeper.

The Cornwall side must have thought that had delivered them a second crack at the trophy but the Wateringhole delivered a Jon Paul van Hecke clean sheet and it's Kiran that will take the trophy back to his new Okus Stadium.

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How They Got There

Semi-finals

Stanley and Gracie United 0 v 4 Cheese Makers

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 0 YTFIB (after two 3-3 draws)

Quarter-finals

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 2 The Wateringhole Society 

Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Garth Crooks’ Team of the Week 2 v 5 Stanley & Gracie United

YTFIB 5 v 0 Real Muppets (after 1-1 draw)

Week 14 Results - Very tight at the top

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 2 Markian United

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 3 Cheese Makers

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 3 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week

The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 2 San Dimas High School

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 5 Trusted By Millions

Wheel Madrid 1 v 4 Real Muppets

YTFIB 0 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	14	8	3	3	44	27	17	27
2	Markian United	14	8	3	3	30	23	7	27
3	Cheese Makers	14	8	2	4	35	26	9	26
4	Real Muppets	14	7	4	3	32	19	13	25
5	The Wateringhole Society	14	7	4	3	32	23	9	25
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	14	6	6	2	32	24	8	24
7	Trusted By Millions	14	7	2	5	42	33	9	23
8	Stanley and Gracie United	14	6	3	5	26	24	2	21
9	The Fabulous Artisans	14	6	2	6	30	26	4	20
10	YTFIB	14	6	1	7	21	22	-1	19
11	Claymore Athletic FC	14	6	1	7	28	36	-8	19
12	Aardvark Abacus	14	4	5	5	31	32	-1	17
13	San Dimas High School	14	4	3	7	23	26	-3	15
14	Mega Buck Bandits	14	3	2	9	12	34	-22	11
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	14	3	1	10	13	36	-23	10
16	Wheel Madrid	14	1	2	11	15	35	-20	5

The CFJs are the WSFFL Christmas number one in an incredibly tight hit parade. The Cows beat YTFIB 2-0  to take top spot while last week’s leaders, Markian United were held 2-2 by Claymore in a PCMT Final dress rehearsal that drops Ian’s team to second.

Cheese Makers are a point behind those two after beating Mega Bucks 3-1, Jacob Murphy with a debut goal for Matthew. The Muppets are fourth after a 4-1 win at Wheel Madrid. Ryan’s team fell behind but four clean sheets got him home.

Like their opponents, the Wateringhole Society aren’t short of goals going into the PCMT Final against Cheese Makers but Kiran’s team were on the wrong end of a 5-3 scoreline against Trusted. Two early goals from Gabriel Jesus and a first WSFFL hat-trick from Alexander Isak see Beef just four points off the top. Two goals from Mohamed Salah had GC TotW in complete control at 3-0 up against Nil Satis but Paul found three clean sheets to grab a draw.

SGU and the Aardvarks fought out a 2-2 draw, Aaron’s team coming from behind twice to defy Ady’s team. The Artisans’ slump continues with a 2-0 defeat to San Dimas. Anthony Elanga got his first goal of the season for my team.