Week 29 Results - The Artisans are Champions

Aardvark Abacus 4 v 2 The Wateringhole Society

Cheese Makers 1 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United 

Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 2 Wheel Madrid 

Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 1 YTFIB

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 3 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week

San Dimas High School 3 v 0 The Fabulous Artisans 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 1 Markian United 

Trusted By Millions 2 v 1 Real Muppets

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	29	19	5	5	63	36	27	62
2	Real Muppets	29	18	3	8	67	44	23	57
3	Aardvark Abacus	29	15	6	8	57	43	14	51
4	The Wateringhole Society	29	16	2	11	71	55	16	50
5	Stanley and Gracie United	29	14	8	7	60	48	12	50
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	29	14	7	8	69	48	21	49
7	Cheese Makers	29	13	7	9	66	53	13	46
8	Trusted By Millions	29	12	5	12	59	48	11	41
9	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	29	11	5	13	41	49	-8	38
10	Claymore Athletic FC	29	11	4	14	51	55	-4	37
11	San Dimas High School	29	8	12	9	41	55	-14	36
12	Markian United	29	9	7	13	50	48	2	34
13	Mega Buck Bandits	29	9	4	16	40	58	-18	31
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	29	7	6	16	35	69	-34	27
15	YTFIB	29	7	5	17	38	62	-24	26
16	Wheel Madrid	29	3	6	20	26	63	-37	15

The Artisans got there. A 3-0 defeat to San Dimas (my first win in the league since week 18) had Ben quickly turning his attention to the Muppets game at Trusted. Eli Kroupi fired Beef ahead after 39 minutes but as the clocked ticked down Erling Haaland fired in an equaliser. A Muppets winner would have taken the title fight to the last weekend but it was Trusted that took the points with new signing Jaka Bijol getting a clean on debut.

The third place battle still isn’t settled but the Aardvarks are in pole position after beating the Wateringhole Society 4-2. Morgan Rogers and Antonee Robinson had Ady two up at half-time, Ollie Watkins scored twice in the second before Kiran found a couple of cleans to reduce the deficit. SGU join TWS on 50 points after a 2-1 win at Cheese Makers. Two headed goals from Virgil van Dijk, either side of Bryan Mbeumo’s goal for Matthew, gives Aaron a shot at getting on the league honours board again. 

The CFJs need the three teams above them not to win if they’re to take third after a 1-1 draw with Markian. Ismaila Sarr struck an early penalty for Ian, Gabriel’s clean rescued a point for the Cows. GC TotW are enjoying their best run of the season and are up to ninth after beating Nil Satis 3-1. Brian Brobbey and Morgan Gibbs-White were on target for Ollie, Joel Valtman added a clean. 

Claymore will miss out on a spot in the top half for a second straight season after defeat to Wheel Madrid. Paul W went ahead with a first half Victor Lindelof clean which was levelled by a controversial Matheus Cunha goal. A brilliant John McGinn strike in the last minute gave Wheels a rare win. Two goals from Dango Ouattara and one from Enzo Le Fee gave Mega Bucks a 3-1 win over YTFIB. It guarantees Dave 13th place. Which is nice.

Week 28 Results - Artisans kept waiting

Aardvark Abacus 3 v 1 San Dimas High School 

Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits 

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 2 v 1 YTFIB 

Markian United 2 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans 

Real Muppets 3 v 1 The Wateringhole Society 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United 

Trusted By Millions 3 v 0 Cheese Makers 

Wheel Madrid 0 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	28	19	5	4	63	33	30	62
2	Real Muppets	28	18	3	7	66	42	24	57
3	The Wateringhole Society	28	16	2	10	69	51	18	50
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	28	14	6	8	68	47	21	48
5	Aardvark Abacus	28	14	6	8	53	41	12	48
6	Stanley and Gracie United	28	13	8	7	58	47	11	47
7	Cheese Makers	28	13	7	8	65	51	14	46
8	Trusted By Millions	28	11	5	12	57	47	10	38
9	Claymore Athletic FC	28	11	4	13	50	53	-3	37
10	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	28	10	5	13	38	48	-10	35
11	Markian United	28	9	6	13	49	47	2	33
12	San Dimas High School	28	7	12	9	38	55	-17	33
13	Mega Buck Bandits	28	8	4	16	37	57	-20	28
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	28	7	6	15	34	66	-32	27
15	YTFIB	28	7	5	16	37	59	-22	26
16	Wheel Madrid	28	2	6	20	24	62	-38	12

The Artisans still not quite there after being held 2-2 by Markian. Ben’s team needed a late fightback to grab that point too. Ian was two up through goals from Ismaila Sarr and Rayan, Omar Marmoush fired across the keeper two minutes into injury time to pull one back and Marc Guehi’s equalising clean edges Ben closer to his first title. The Muppets won again to keep the race alive, beating the Wateringhole 3-1. Ryan’s team flew into a two goal lead inside six minutes through Jack Hinshelwood and James Tarkowski. Harvey Barnes gave Kiran hope after 74 minutes but that was extinguished a minute later by Erling Haaland.

The CFJs and SGU stay in the third place fight after a 2-2 draw. Goals from Enzo Fernandez and Zian Flemming had Aaron’s team on top but the Cows were rescued by cleans from Gabriel and Nassar Mazraoui. Sandwiched between these teams are the Aardvarks. (Mmmm… Aardvark sandwich.) Ady’s team saw off San Dimas 3-1 thanks to goals from Lewis Dunk and Ollie Watkins plus a Dunk clean.

A first league defeat for Cheese Makers since Week 12 probably sees the end of Matthew’s third place hopes. The Cheese went down 3-0 to Trusted (Beto, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Leandro Trossard all on target for Beef) who are in the top half of the table for the first time this season. Trusted bumped Claymore down to ninth after Clive’s team were held 0-0 by Mega Bucks. That’s a first point for Dave after six straight defeats.

After an excellent early Ryan Gravenberch strike for YTFIB Julian’s team were beaten 2-1 at GC TotW. Ollie turned it round with cleans from Lisandro Martinez and Joel Veltman. Nil Satis landed their first win since week 17, 2-0 at Wheel Madrid. Jeremy Doku and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (from the spot) got the goals for Paul S that keeps Paul W in danger of equalling a couple of unwanted records.

Week 27 Results - Not over yet

Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC 

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 Aardvark Abacus

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4 v 4 San Dimas High School

Stanley and Gracie United 3 v 2 Trusted By Millions

The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 1 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 2 Markian United

Wheel Madrid 1 v 3 Real Muppets

YTFIB 0 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	27	19	4	4	61	31	30	61
2	Real Muppets	27	17	3	7	63	41	22	54
3	The Wateringhole Society	27	16	2	9	68	48	20	50
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	27	14	5	8	66	45	21	47
5	Cheese Makers	27	13	7	7	65	48	17	46
6	Stanley and Gracie United	27	13	7	7	56	45	11	46
7	Aardvark Abacus	27	13	6	8	50	40	10	45
8	Claymore Athletic FC	27	11	3	13	50	53	-3	36
9	Trusted By Millions	27	10	5	12	54	47	7	35
10	San Dimas High School	27	7	12	8	37	52	-15	33
11	Markian United	27	9	5	13	47	45	2	32
12	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	27	9	5	13	36	47	-11	32
13	Mega Buck Bandits	27	8	3	16	37	57	-20	27
14	YTFIB	27	7	5	15	36	57	-21	26
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	27	6	6	15	32	66	-34	24
16	Wheel Madrid	27	2	6	19	24	60	-36	12

A bump in the road for the Artisans who went down 1-0 at home to GC TotW. Ollie’s winner was a Miles Lewis-Skelly clean and Ben’s first league defeat since week 19 means he must wait at least one more week for his first title. The Muppets are still within range, just in case, after beating Wheel Madrid 3-1. Lewis Hall and Adrien Truffaut notching cleans for Ryan after Paul’s team had found a late equaliser from Emi Buendia.

The Wateringhole lead the battle for third after edging Markian 3-2. After trailing 2-1 Harvey Barnes grabbed a late leveller for Kiran who then won it with William Saliba’s clean. The CFJs shrugged YTFIB aside 4-0 to stay three points behind TWS. Viktor Gyokeres added another two goals to his seasonal tally.

Cheese Makers beat Claymore 2-1 to stay in the third place conversation. Joao Pedro’s injury time bicycle kick made it 1-1 and James Hill got Matthew’s winning clean. SGU are on the same 46-point mark after a 3-2 win over Trusted. The game turned on a first half injury time penalty. Cole Palmer took it, Mats Selz saved it and that set Aaron’s team up for a Domonik Szoboszlai winner straight after the break.

The Aardvarks are a point further back after winning the Bevan Derby 2-1. Ben White’s clean was Ady’s winner. Nil Satis ended their run of nine straight defeats with a 4-4 draw against San Dimas. Jeremy Doku scored two crackers, one late on to make it 4-1 but my team grabbed a point with three clean sheets.