Week 23 Results - Top three keep winning

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 0 Aardvark Abacus 

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 0 v 5 Cheese Makers

Markian United 1 v 1 Stanley and Gracie United 

Real Muppets 1 v 0 YTFIB 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits 

The Wateringhole Society 4 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Trusted By Millions 1 v 0 San Dimas High School 

Wheel Madrid 0 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	23	16	4	3	53	29	24	52
2	Real Muppets	23	15	3	5	55	33	22	48
3	The Wateringhole Society	23	15	1	7	63	42	21	46
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	23	11	4	8	52	42	10	37
5	Aardvark Abacus	23	10	6	7	42	33	9	36
6	Cheese Makers	23	10	6	7	50	42	8	36
7	Stanley and Gracie United	23	10	6	7	47	40	7	36
8	Claymore Athletic FC	23	10	3	10	44	39	5	33
9	San Dimas High School	23	7	9	7	31	39	-8	30
10	Trusted By Millions	23	8	5	10	39	37	2	29
11	Mega Buck Bandits	23	8	3	12	35	48	-13	27
12	Markian United	23	7	5	11	35	37	-2	26
13	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	23	7	4	12	32	44	-12	25
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	23	6	5	12	27	52	-25	23
15	YTFIB	23	5	5	13	30	49	-19	20
16	Wheel Madrid	23	2	5	16	18	47	-29	11

FA Cup semi-final results

The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 6 Cheese Makers 

The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 3 San Dimas High School

Matthew makes his first FA Cup Final with his biggest FA Cup win, 6-1 over the CFJs. The game was settled in an extraordinary twenty-minute period before half time. Joao Pedro started the onslaught when sliding in a cross after 35 minutes but the Cows levelled a minute into first half injury time when Jorgen Strand Larsen slipped the ball through the legs of the Cheese keeper. Joao Pedro put the Cheese back in front six minutes into injury time when he dinked past the Cows keeper, incredibly there was still time for two more goals before the break. Anthony Gordon rammed a penalty straight down the middle for 3-1 and Casemiro’s header from a corner made it four. Joao Pedro completed his hat-trick with a tap-in on 64 minutes and James Hill added a clean

The Cheese will play three-time winners (and two-time beaten finalists) San Dimas High School who beat the league-leading Fabulous Artisans 3-0. After a quiet opening hour Crysencio Summerville curled in from 17 yards after a rare Artisans defensive mix-up. Ben’s injury-hit line-up couldn’t find a way to get back into the game and my team added clean sheets from Sepp van den Berg and Omar Alderete settled the match.

Week 22 Results - Artisans lead reduced again

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 1 Real Muppets

Cheese Makers 0 v 0 The Fabulous Artisans 

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 2 Markian United

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 3 The Wateringhole Society

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 5 The Cow-Faced Juniors

San Dimas High School 0 v 0 Wheel Madrid

Stanley and Gracie United 2 v 3 YTFIB

Trusted By Millions 0 v 1 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	22	15	4	3	49	29	20	49
2	Real Muppets	22	14	3	5	54	33	21	45
3	The Wateringhole Society	22	14	1	7	59	42	17	43
4	Aardvark Abacus	22	10	6	6	42	30	12	36
5	Stanley and Gracie United	22	10	5	7	46	39	7	35
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	22	10	4	8	49	42	7	34
7	Cheese Makers	22	9	6	7	45	42	3	33
8	Claymore Athletic FC	22	9	3	10	41	39	2	30
9	San Dimas High School	22	7	9	6	31	38	-7	30
10	Mega Buck Bandits	22	8	3	11	35	45	-10	27
11	Trusted By Millions	22	7	5	10	38	37	1	26
12	Markian United	22	7	4	11	34	36	-2	25
13	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	22	7	4	11	32	39	-7	25
14	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	22	6	5	11	27	48	-21	23
15	YTFIB	22	5	5	12	30	48	-18	20
16	Wheel Madrid	22	2	5	15	18	43	-25	11

A 0-0 draw for the Artisans at Cheese Makers means the second and third-placed teams gain ground on Ben’s team. The Muppets beat the Aardvarks 1-0 with a second-half Jurrien Timber header to close the gap to four points. The Wateringhole Society edged out Mega Bucks 3-2, Ruben Dias’ clean proving the winner after Dave’s team had fought back from two down.

SGU missed the chance to go fourth after going down 3-2 to YTFIB. Aaron’s team were two up inside 25 minutes only for Julian to turn it round before half-time with goals from Alex Iwobi, Kevin Schade and Antoine Semenyo. Big winners of the week were the CFJs who saw off Nil Satis 5-1. Two goals from Mikkel Damsgaard and strikes from Cows stalwarts Danny Welbeck and Tomas Soucek doing most of the damage.

3-2 was a popular score this week, Claymore blew a two goal lead against Markian but picked up the winner late on when Thierno Barry and the ball were bundled into the net by one of Ian’s defenders. Clive’s team take over from San Dimas in eighth after my team played out a goalless draw against Wheel Madrid. A brilliant Morgan Gibbs-White strike gave GC TotW a 1-0 win at Trusted and moves Ollie’s team to within one point of Beef’s.

FA Cup Semi-final draw

Midweek 3-5 March 2026: FA Cup Semi-Finals

The Cow-Faced Juniors v Cheese Makers 

The Fabulous Artisans v San Dimas High School

Mrs Co-Ordinator with the draw as usual. Semi-final form guide…

Cheese Makers - Unbeaten in 13, 28 counters in last six league games

San Dimas - Unbeaten in 8, 17 counters in last six league games

The CFJs - 5 wins out of last 7, 18 counters in last six league games

Artisans - 8 wins out of last 11, 20 counters in last six league games.

Week 21 Results - Artisans stretch the lead again

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 1 v 0 Claymore Athletic FC 

Markian United 1 v 2 Aardvark Abacus 

Real Muppets 1 v 1 San Dimas High School 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 1 Trusted By Millions 

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 0 Stanley and Gracie United 

The Wateringhole Society 1 v 6 Cheese Makers 

Wheel Madrid 0 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

YTFIB 2 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	21	15	3	3	49	29	20	48
2	Real Muppets	21	13	3	5	53	33	20	42
3	The Wateringhole Society	21	13	1	7	56	40	16	40
4	Aardvark Abacus	21	10	6	5	42	29	13	36
5	Stanley and Gracie United	21	10	5	6	44	36	8	35
6	Cheese Makers	21	9	5	7	45	42	3	32
7	The Cow-Faced Juniors	21	9	4	8	44	41	3	31
8	San Dimas High School	21	7	8	6	31	38	-7	29
9	Claymore Athletic FC	21	8	3	10	38	37	1	27
10	Mega Buck Bandits	21	8	3	10	33	42	-9	27
11	Trusted By Millions	21	7	5	9	38	36	2	26
12	Markian United	21	7	4	10	32	33	-1	25
13	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	21	6	5	10	26	43	-17	23
14	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	21	6	4	11	31	39	-8	22
15	YTFIB	21	4	5	12	27	46	-19	17
16	Wheel Madrid	21	2	4	15	18	43	-25	10

With the Artisans’ frontline going a bit cold Ben’s relying on his defence more and his 5-4-1 formation got the job done 3-0 over SGU. The clean sheet scorers for Ben this week were Diogo Dalot, Chadi Riad and Milos Kerkez. The Artisans’ lead is back out to six points after the Muppets were held 1-1 by San Dimas. Anton Stach bent in a free-kick for my team after 31 minutes, Adrien Truffert’s clean got Ryan a point.

In some north American Greek restaurants you can get a dish called Flaming Saganaki, fried cheese which is then flambeed with brandy or ouso at the table. I think this is roughly how hot Matthew’s team are at the moment. Cheese Makers battered the Wateringhole Society 6-1 this week. Raul Jimenez and Nico O’Reilly both bagged a brace, Joao Pedro and Alexis Mac Allister were also on target. Kiran’s title hopes are fading, Matthew has his eyes on the top four for a second successive season. The Aardvarks currently hold fourth spot after winning 2-1 at Markian. Dean Henderson’s penalty save put Ady in front just before half-time, Benjamin Sesko hit back for Ian with 20 minutes left only for Tammy Abraham to thigh in the winner for the Aardvarks in the 88th minute.

The CFJs have been a bit more like themselves over the last month or so and brushed Trusted aside 5-1 to end Beef's recent revival, Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres both scoring twice for the Cows. Claymore missed a chance to climb into the top half with a 1-0 defeat to GC TotW. Ollie’s second season hasn’t gone as well as he’d have hoped but Ibrahima Konate’s winning clean pulls him well clear of bottom spot…

… where Wheel Madrid now seem cut adrift after going down 2-0 too Mega Bucks. Enzo Le Fee’s second half penalty and an Alisson clean keep Dave’s team in with a sniff of a top half finish. YTFIB are seven points clear of the aforementioned Wheels following a 2-0 win over Nil Satis. Alex Iwobi’s composed finish after 85 minutes broke the deadlock and Chris Richards added a clean sheet.