The multiple winners fall at the semi-final stage, the holders live to fight on.
San Dimas High School 6 v 0 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
The Fabulous Artisans 3 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors
I usually start these round-ups with the holders but I think there's a good reason not to this week. Boston Rock love this competition almost as much as I love a cold beer on a warm Christmas morning so part of me is sorry to inflict such a grievous defeat on him. But the other, bigger part is thrilled to be through to the final in such style. Theo Walcott got free in the first minute and his curled shot deflected past Ben Foster for a perfect start for me and there was a great end to the half when Romelu Lukaku smashed home a loose ball. The next goal was always going to be crucial and it came from an ex-Rocker in James Milner who rifled into the top corner from 25 yards to start repaying his transfer fee. Jon Walters header and two clean sheets were the coup de grace.
The holders staged an extraordinary fightback against the league leaders to earn a replay this weekend. The CFJs had raced into a three goal in little more than 15 minutes. Aaron Lennon and Michu scoring from close range and then Gareth Bale's free-kick deceived Asmir Begovic. It was Mario Balotelli's first goal of the season on 69 minutes that set the comeback in motion. Three minutes later a CFJs clearance clattered into Bale's face and flew into his own net and then, with ten minutes left, Christian Benteke powered home a header which means they'll try again at the Drove Stadium.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Charity Shield semi-final results
Athletico get a chance to keep the Trophy in Kingham.
The Cheese Makers 1 v 4 Athletico Phoenix
The Dead Parrots 4 v 0 YTFIB
The holders will get the chance to defend their trophy in next month's final. It took Robin van Persie just 32 seconds to score via a deflection and get the Phoenix off and running but the Cheese Makers battled back into the game and levelled on 28 minutes when Marouane Fellaini threaded a shot into the corner from 20 yards. The game then failed to ignite and it was clean sheets from Patrice Evra, Pablo Zabaleta and a first from Matthew Lowton that saw Brian through.
The other tie was one-sided with YTFIB suffering from travel sickness on the long haul Down Under. All four goals came in the first half. Wayne Routledge bundled in the opener on 11 minutes, Rickie Lambert got his sixth of the season on 32, Routledge added a second seven minutes later before Robert Snodgrass's free-kick on the stroke of half-time somehow eluded Boaz Myhill to complete the scoring. It was all a bit pipe and slippers for Dean after that.
The teams meet in the final on 22 December. I think I might have booked St James' Park for the game.
The Cheese Makers 1 v 4 Athletico Phoenix
The Dead Parrots 4 v 0 YTFIB
The holders will get the chance to defend their trophy in next month's final. It took Robin van Persie just 32 seconds to score via a deflection and get the Phoenix off and running but the Cheese Makers battled back into the game and levelled on 28 minutes when Marouane Fellaini threaded a shot into the corner from 20 yards. The game then failed to ignite and it was clean sheets from Patrice Evra, Pablo Zabaleta and a first from Matthew Lowton that saw Brian through.
The other tie was one-sided with YTFIB suffering from travel sickness on the long haul Down Under. All four goals came in the first half. Wayne Routledge bundled in the opener on 11 minutes, Rickie Lambert got his sixth of the season on 32, Routledge added a second seven minutes later before Robert Snodgrass's free-kick on the stroke of half-time somehow eluded Boaz Myhill to complete the scoring. It was all a bit pipe and slippers for Dean after that.
The teams meet in the final on 22 December. I think I might have booked St James' Park for the game.
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Week 11 Results
CFJ's lead cut to a point.
Aardvark Abacus 3 v 2 The Cheese Makers
Athletico Phoenix 0 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 0 Final Fantasy XI
Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors
San Dimas High School 0 v 4 Real Muppets
The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 3 Trusted By Millions
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
YTFIB 1 v 1 The Dead Parrots
A late fightback keeps the CFJs top. Chris trailed 3-1 to the Bandits before two cleans saved a point. Claymore closed in after a single goal win at the Phoenix. Jonny Evans got the winner for the Swordsmen.
Boston Rock up to third after beating Nil Satis. Two more for Jermain Defoe and even Andy Carroll got one for Sheriff. (Not sure he meant it though!) Trusted beat the struggling Artisans 3-1 to go fourth, Stephane Sessegnon on target again which is good news for Beef.
The Muppets are going the right way too. They took advantage of the leaky San Dimas defence with Ali Al-Habsi spooning one into his own net. 'Curse of the Commentator' struck Final Fantasy who lost by a clean sheet to Nil to Fred who are off the bottom following the win.
The Aardvarks edged the Cheese Makers with two cleans after Sebastian Bassong appeared to have won the game for Matthew in the 90th minute. The Parrots and YTFIB played out a 1-1 draw in their Charity Shield semi-final rehearsal.
Aardvark Abacus 3 v 2 The Cheese Makers
Athletico Phoenix 0 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 0 Final Fantasy XI
Mega Buck Bandits 3 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors
San Dimas High School 0 v 4 Real Muppets
The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 3 Trusted By Millions
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
YTFIB 1 v 1 The Dead Parrots
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | |
| 1 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Claymore Athletic FC | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Trusted By Millions | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Muppets | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Final Fantasy XI | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Mega Buck Bandits | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Athletico Phoenix | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | The Cheese Makers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | The Fabulous Artisans | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Aardvark Abacus | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | The Dead Parrots | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | YTFIB | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 7 |
| 16 | San Dimas High School | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 37 | -19 | 7 |
A late fightback keeps the CFJs top. Chris trailed 3-1 to the Bandits before two cleans saved a point. Claymore closed in after a single goal win at the Phoenix. Jonny Evans got the winner for the Swordsmen.
Boston Rock up to third after beating Nil Satis. Two more for Jermain Defoe and even Andy Carroll got one for Sheriff. (Not sure he meant it though!) Trusted beat the struggling Artisans 3-1 to go fourth, Stephane Sessegnon on target again which is good news for Beef.
The Muppets are going the right way too. They took advantage of the leaky San Dimas defence with Ali Al-Habsi spooning one into his own net. 'Curse of the Commentator' struck Final Fantasy who lost by a clean sheet to Nil to Fred who are off the bottom following the win.
The Aardvarks edged the Cheese Makers with two cleans after Sebastian Bassong appeared to have won the game for Matthew in the 90th minute. The Parrots and YTFIB played out a 1-1 draw in their Charity Shield semi-final rehearsal.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Week 10 results
The CFJs and Claymore are still racking up the goals and are looking like the teams to catch this season.
Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 3 Aardvark Abacus
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 2 YTFIB
Real Muppets 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
The Cheese Makers 0 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 4 San Dimas High School
The Dead Parrots 2 v 2 Athletico Phoenix
Trusted By Millions 1 v 0 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Chris stays three points clear after winning a ding-dong battle with San Dimas. My team led twice in the game, an excellently worked set-piece from Jon Walters on 13 minutes and then a Peter Odemwingie header early in the second half after Luis Suarez had equalised. The game was blown open in 13 minutes when Suarez, Michu, Gareth Bale and Mladen Petric put Chris 5-2 up and even though Jonathan de Guzman and Theo Walcott scored late on it's another three points in the bank for the CFJs. Claymore also had to come from behind to beat the Aardvarks and keep on Chris' coat-tails. Emmanuel Adebayor tapped in from close range on ten minutes to open his account for the season and then got himself sent off for a bad tackle soon afterwards. Despite this Ady doubled his advantage before the break through Lukas Podolski's fourth of the season. Olivier Giroud pulled one back on the stroke of half time and a dodgy penalty award allowed Sergio Aguero to level from the spot. An excellent glanced header from Anthony Pilkington had Ady in front again but another from Aguero and a Gael Clichy clean saw Clive come out on top.
Is it time to take Final Fantasy seriously? We're a third of the way through the season and Ceri lies third after a win over the Artisans. Junior Hoilett gave Ben the lead early in the second half but Jose Enrique got the equaliser and then Demba Ba found the winner deep in injury time. Ben's dropped to tenth and may have to focus his attention on defending the PCMT. Boston Rock lost ground with defeat at Trusted. Stephane Sessegnon hasn't looked anything like the player he was at the start of last season but he struck a superb winner from outside the box to keep Beef going the right way.
The Phoenix missed a chance to climb a place when being held at the Parrots. Rickie Lambert is looking like a £10m player and put Dean ahead with a close-range header but Brian was level a minute when his BFG Per Mertesacker scored a neck-muscle stretching header of his own. santi Cazorla slid in on the hour to put the Firebirds ahead but a Joe Hart clean grabbed a point for the Parrots. Mega Bucks aren't used to being in sixth place but that's where we find Dave after a win at the Cheese Makers. Matthew's chances of going third were damaged on the half-hour when Brede Hangeland saw red for a two-footed tackle and his stretched defence gave to much room to Steven Fletcher to slot home the winner.
Two 2-2s to finish the report with. Fred was two to the good at half-time at the Muppets with goals from midfielders Eden Hazard and David Silva but how Ryan is pleased to have Carols Tevez back in the fold. The Argentinian got both for his team, one from the spot, to share the spoils and keep Fred at the foot of the table. YTFIB and Nil Satis played out a draw too. Steven Naismith was most switched on in the box to stab home on ten minutes but Jason Puncheon and Joey O'Brien scored either side of half-time to put Julian ahead. The equaliser cam seven minutes from time when Anton Ferdinand stuck out a leg and steered a cross into his own net.
Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 3 Aardvark Abacus
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 2 YTFIB
Real Muppets 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
The Cheese Makers 0 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 4 San Dimas High School
The Dead Parrots 2 v 2 Athletico Phoenix
Trusted By Millions 1 v 0 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | |
| 1 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Claymore Athletic FC | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Final Fantasy XI | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
| 5 | Athletico Phoenix | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Mega Buck Bandits | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Trusted By Millions | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Real Muppets | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | The Cheese Makers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | The Fabulous Artisans | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | The Dead Parrots | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Aardvark Abacus | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | YTFIB | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 9 |
| 14 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 7 |
| 15 | San Dimas High School | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 7 |
| 16 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 6 |
Chris stays three points clear after winning a ding-dong battle with San Dimas. My team led twice in the game, an excellently worked set-piece from Jon Walters on 13 minutes and then a Peter Odemwingie header early in the second half after Luis Suarez had equalised. The game was blown open in 13 minutes when Suarez, Michu, Gareth Bale and Mladen Petric put Chris 5-2 up and even though Jonathan de Guzman and Theo Walcott scored late on it's another three points in the bank for the CFJs. Claymore also had to come from behind to beat the Aardvarks and keep on Chris' coat-tails. Emmanuel Adebayor tapped in from close range on ten minutes to open his account for the season and then got himself sent off for a bad tackle soon afterwards. Despite this Ady doubled his advantage before the break through Lukas Podolski's fourth of the season. Olivier Giroud pulled one back on the stroke of half time and a dodgy penalty award allowed Sergio Aguero to level from the spot. An excellent glanced header from Anthony Pilkington had Ady in front again but another from Aguero and a Gael Clichy clean saw Clive come out on top.
Is it time to take Final Fantasy seriously? We're a third of the way through the season and Ceri lies third after a win over the Artisans. Junior Hoilett gave Ben the lead early in the second half but Jose Enrique got the equaliser and then Demba Ba found the winner deep in injury time. Ben's dropped to tenth and may have to focus his attention on defending the PCMT. Boston Rock lost ground with defeat at Trusted. Stephane Sessegnon hasn't looked anything like the player he was at the start of last season but he struck a superb winner from outside the box to keep Beef going the right way.
The Phoenix missed a chance to climb a place when being held at the Parrots. Rickie Lambert is looking like a £10m player and put Dean ahead with a close-range header but Brian was level a minute when his BFG Per Mertesacker scored a neck-muscle stretching header of his own. santi Cazorla slid in on the hour to put the Firebirds ahead but a Joe Hart clean grabbed a point for the Parrots. Mega Bucks aren't used to being in sixth place but that's where we find Dave after a win at the Cheese Makers. Matthew's chances of going third were damaged on the half-hour when Brede Hangeland saw red for a two-footed tackle and his stretched defence gave to much room to Steven Fletcher to slot home the winner.
Two 2-2s to finish the report with. Fred was two to the good at half-time at the Muppets with goals from midfielders Eden Hazard and David Silva but how Ryan is pleased to have Carols Tevez back in the fold. The Argentinian got both for his team, one from the spot, to share the spoils and keep Fred at the foot of the table. YTFIB and Nil Satis played out a draw too. Steven Naismith was most switched on in the box to stab home on ten minutes but Jason Puncheon and Joey O'Brien scored either side of half-time to put Julian ahead. The equaliser cam seven minutes from time when Anton Ferdinand stuck out a leg and steered a cross into his own net.
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Cup semi-final draws
How do the last four shape up...
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy semi-final draw
San Dimas High School v You Know Your Boston Rock FC
The Fabulous Artisans v The Cow-Faced Juniors
Ben's holders have a tough game against our current league leaders and if I'm going to complete the clean sweep of WSFFL's major trophies I need to beat the man who's won it most of all.
Charity Shield semi-final draw
The Cheese Makers v Athletico Phoenix
The Dead Parrots v YTFIB
The holders here won't fancy a trip to the improving Cheese Makers while one of Julian or Dean will be in the final.
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy semi-final draw
San Dimas High School v You Know Your Boston Rock FC
The Fabulous Artisans v The Cow-Faced Juniors
Ben's holders have a tough game against our current league leaders and if I'm going to complete the clean sweep of WSFFL's major trophies I need to beat the man who's won it most of all.
Charity Shield semi-final draw
The Cheese Makers v Athletico Phoenix
The Dead Parrots v YTFIB
The holders here won't fancy a trip to the improving Cheese Makers while one of Julian or Dean will be in the final.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Week 9 Results
Chris starts a third spell on top.
Aardvark Abacus 1 v 0 The Dead Parrots
Athletico Phoenix 1 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 3 The Cheese Makers
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors
San Dimas High School 1 v 5 Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans 3 v 0 Real Muppets
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 5 v 2 Final Fantasy XI
YTFIB 2 v 2 Trusted By Millions
The CFJs knocked Fred out of the PCMT last week and victory over the same team put Chris top. he could even afford to give Fred a start when the ball cannoned in off Ron Vlaar before Luis Suarez (with the aid of a push) levelled ten minutes later. Cleans from Cameron, Turner and Shorey gave the CFJs a comfortable win and leave the Gardeners at the bottom of the table. Claymore took the lead against the Cheese Makers after some fancy footwork from Sergio Aguero but Matthew's team fought back to take the win. Marouane Fellaini has been in great form lately and equalised with 14 minutes left. Cleans from Wilkinson and Bassong completed the victory while Clive will be cursing not bringing Olivier Giroud on earlier.
A stunning first half performance from Boston Rock steered them to victory over Final Fantasy. Headers from John Terry and Steven Caulker in the space of a minute blew the game open and Kevin Nolan and a Gary Caldwell own goal made it four by the break. Nathan Dyer added a fifth in the second half before a Mark Schwarzer saved penalty and a Kaspars Gorkss clean reduced the deficit. Athletico Phoenix have lost ground after succumbing to Nil Satis. Brian's team were ahead on the half hour with a close range James Morrison header but he'll be upset after the man he pinpointed as the danger, Nikica Jelavic, eluded his defence to equalise late on. Robin van Persie hit the bar twice but it was Chris Gunter who scored the winner for Paul with a clean.
No voodoo needed for the Artisans this week who strolled to a win over the Muppets. Arouna Kone and Adam Johnson both scored in the two minutes before the break and there was no real response from Ryan's team and an Asmir Begovic clean rounded off the scoring for Ben. I must have run over a black cat or not saluted a magpie or something as Mega Bucks became the latest to produce their best game against San Dimas. My team were ahead on 40 minutes through an Alex Kacaniklic header but the second half was all Dave's. Charlie Adam got his first goal of the season, Sean Morrison got a clean on debut, Maicon got his first WSFFL clean and John Ruddy and George McCartney picked up cleans too.
The Aardvarks win a game! The Aardvarks win a game! It wasn't a classic, a close range Lukas Podolski goal was all it took for Ady's team to beat the Dead Parrots but it's a first win since week three and there will be sighs of relief all round the Aldi Arena. Trusted came from two down to grab a draw at YTFIB. Dimitar Berbatov is proving a great signing for Julian and scored twice taking his tally to five this season. Edin Dzeko struck with two minutes to go to drag Trusted back into it and a James Tomkins clean earned Beef a point.
Aardvark Abacus 1 v 0 The Dead Parrots
Athletico Phoenix 1 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 3 The Cheese Makers
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors
San Dimas High School 1 v 5 Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans 3 v 0 Real Muppets
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 5 v 2 Final Fantasy XI
YTFIB 2 v 2 Trusted By Millions
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | |
| 1 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Claymore Athletic FC | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| 4 | Final Fantasy XI | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | The Cheese Makers | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Athletico Phoenix | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Real Muppets | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | The Fabulous Artisans | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Mega Buck Bandits | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Trusted By Millions | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Aardvark Abacus | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | The Dead Parrots | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | YTFIB | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 8 |
| 14 | San Dimas High School | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 7 |
| 15 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 6 |
| 16 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 5 |
The CFJs knocked Fred out of the PCMT last week and victory over the same team put Chris top. he could even afford to give Fred a start when the ball cannoned in off Ron Vlaar before Luis Suarez (with the aid of a push) levelled ten minutes later. Cleans from Cameron, Turner and Shorey gave the CFJs a comfortable win and leave the Gardeners at the bottom of the table. Claymore took the lead against the Cheese Makers after some fancy footwork from Sergio Aguero but Matthew's team fought back to take the win. Marouane Fellaini has been in great form lately and equalised with 14 minutes left. Cleans from Wilkinson and Bassong completed the victory while Clive will be cursing not bringing Olivier Giroud on earlier.
A stunning first half performance from Boston Rock steered them to victory over Final Fantasy. Headers from John Terry and Steven Caulker in the space of a minute blew the game open and Kevin Nolan and a Gary Caldwell own goal made it four by the break. Nathan Dyer added a fifth in the second half before a Mark Schwarzer saved penalty and a Kaspars Gorkss clean reduced the deficit. Athletico Phoenix have lost ground after succumbing to Nil Satis. Brian's team were ahead on the half hour with a close range James Morrison header but he'll be upset after the man he pinpointed as the danger, Nikica Jelavic, eluded his defence to equalise late on. Robin van Persie hit the bar twice but it was Chris Gunter who scored the winner for Paul with a clean.
No voodoo needed for the Artisans this week who strolled to a win over the Muppets. Arouna Kone and Adam Johnson both scored in the two minutes before the break and there was no real response from Ryan's team and an Asmir Begovic clean rounded off the scoring for Ben. I must have run over a black cat or not saluted a magpie or something as Mega Bucks became the latest to produce their best game against San Dimas. My team were ahead on 40 minutes through an Alex Kacaniklic header but the second half was all Dave's. Charlie Adam got his first goal of the season, Sean Morrison got a clean on debut, Maicon got his first WSFFL clean and John Ruddy and George McCartney picked up cleans too.
The Aardvarks win a game! The Aardvarks win a game! It wasn't a classic, a close range Lukas Podolski goal was all it took for Ady's team to beat the Dead Parrots but it's a first win since week three and there will be sighs of relief all round the Aldi Arena. Trusted came from two down to grab a draw at YTFIB. Dimitar Berbatov is proving a great signing for Julian and scored twice taking his tally to five this season. Edin Dzeko struck with two minutes to go to drag Trusted back into it and a James Tomkins clean earned Beef a point.
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-final replay result
Sheriff makes it into the last four.
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 5 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
A stunning first half performance from Boston Rock steered them to victory over Final Fantasy. Headers from John Terry and Steven Caulker in the space of a minute blew the game open and Kevin Nolan and a Gary Caldwell own goal made it four by the break. Nathan Dyer added a fifth in the second half before a Mark Schwarzer saved penalty and a Kaspars Gorkss clean reduced the deficit.
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 5 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
A stunning first half performance from Boston Rock steered them to victory over Final Fantasy. Headers from John Terry and Steven Caulker in the space of a minute blew the game open and Kevin Nolan and a Gary Caldwell own goal made it four by the break. Nathan Dyer added a fifth in the second half before a Mark Schwarzer saved penalty and a Kaspars Gorkss clean reduced the deficit.
Monday, 5 November 2012
Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-final results
The Artisans edge out Claymore to keep up their hopes of defending the trophy.
Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Trusted By Millions 0 v 2 San Dimas High School
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 1 v 1 Final Fantasy XI
The Fabulous Artisans ended Claymore's hopes of holding all three trophies at the same time with a single goal win. The goal came early and fortuitously. A free-kick hit the woodwork, thudded into Tim Howard's back and into the net. Clive had a chance to draw level just before the break but Wayne Rooney dragged a penalty wide. Jonjo Shelvey had chances to double the lead but ultimately there was no Claymore fightback. The CFJs are flying high in the league and are into the last four of the PCMT. Chris opened the scoring against Fred with a Michael Turner clean ten minutes into the second half and a quality finish from Luis Suarez doubled the lead 12 minutes later. Fred pulled one back through Pablo Hernandez but a Vlaar clean saw Chris through.
A mild surprise saw Trusted go out to San Dimas. Beef's team had been in good form recently but a Peter Odemwingie goal in each half (a deflected shot in the first, a great header in the second) saw my team into the semis for the first time in eight years. You have to go a year further back (Ceri's first season) to find Final Fantasy's last appearance in the semis and she has another chance to end that run. Final Fantasy took an early lead through Kaspars Gorkss, only the second Latvian to score a WSFFL goal (pop quiz hotshots, who was the first? answer below) against multiple winners Boston Rock. Sheriff had to wait until the last minute when Steve Sidwell popped up at the back post to poke home and earn a replay.
Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Trusted By Millions 0 v 2 San Dimas High School
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 1 v 1 Final Fantasy XI
The Fabulous Artisans ended Claymore's hopes of holding all three trophies at the same time with a single goal win. The goal came early and fortuitously. A free-kick hit the woodwork, thudded into Tim Howard's back and into the net. Clive had a chance to draw level just before the break but Wayne Rooney dragged a penalty wide. Jonjo Shelvey had chances to double the lead but ultimately there was no Claymore fightback. The CFJs are flying high in the league and are into the last four of the PCMT. Chris opened the scoring against Fred with a Michael Turner clean ten minutes into the second half and a quality finish from Luis Suarez doubled the lead 12 minutes later. Fred pulled one back through Pablo Hernandez but a Vlaar clean saw Chris through.
A mild surprise saw Trusted go out to San Dimas. Beef's team had been in good form recently but a Peter Odemwingie goal in each half (a deflected shot in the first, a great header in the second) saw my team into the semis for the first time in eight years. You have to go a year further back (Ceri's first season) to find Final Fantasy's last appearance in the semis and she has another chance to end that run. Final Fantasy took an early lead through Kaspars Gorkss, only the second Latvian to score a WSFFL goal (pop quiz hotshots, who was the first? answer below) against multiple winners Boston Rock. Sheriff had to wait until the last minute when Steve Sidwell popped up at the back post to poke home and earn a replay.
Charity Shield Quarter-final results
The Phoenix make the last four in their defence of the trophy.
Aardvark Abacus 2 v 3 Athletico Phoenix
The Cheese Makers 4 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 Real Muppets
YTFIB 2 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The holders march on. Athletico Phoenix saw off the Aardvarks 3-2. Ady's team have been free-falling so fast they've approached Felix Baumgartner to be General Manager and were behind as early as the third minute. Robin van Persie latched onto an attempted clearance and fired into the far corner. Patrice Evra was allowed to head home mid-way through the second half and Santi Cazorla curled in a third in injury time. The Aardvarks then woke up with two cleans in reply but the game was up. Clean sheets saw the Parrots past the Muppets in their tie. Gaby Agbonlahor got his first of the season from close range for Ryan but the surprisingly reliable Emerson Boyce and Kolo Toure got the cleans to take Dean through.
Biggest win of the week came at the Stade de Fromage with Matthew's team seeing off the Bandits. Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring from a tight angle just before the break and two from Marouane Fellaini, either side of a Djibril Cisse reply, had the Cheesers 3-1 up before Sebastian Bassong's clean put the icing on the cheesecake. After getting their first win of the season last week Nil Satis reverted to type and crashed 2-0 at YTFIB. Bradley Johnson headed his first of the season on 44 minutes and Joey O'Brien clinched it for Julian with a clean.
Aardvark Abacus 2 v 3 Athletico Phoenix
The Cheese Makers 4 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 Real Muppets
YTFIB 2 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The holders march on. Athletico Phoenix saw off the Aardvarks 3-2. Ady's team have been free-falling so fast they've approached Felix Baumgartner to be General Manager and were behind as early as the third minute. Robin van Persie latched onto an attempted clearance and fired into the far corner. Patrice Evra was allowed to head home mid-way through the second half and Santi Cazorla curled in a third in injury time. The Aardvarks then woke up with two cleans in reply but the game was up. Clean sheets saw the Parrots past the Muppets in their tie. Gaby Agbonlahor got his first of the season from close range for Ryan but the surprisingly reliable Emerson Boyce and Kolo Toure got the cleans to take Dean through.
Biggest win of the week came at the Stade de Fromage with Matthew's team seeing off the Bandits. Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring from a tight angle just before the break and two from Marouane Fellaini, either side of a Djibril Cisse reply, had the Cheesers 3-1 up before Sebastian Bassong's clean put the icing on the cheesecake. After getting their first win of the season last week Nil Satis reverted to type and crashed 2-0 at YTFIB. Bradley Johnson headed his first of the season on 44 minutes and Joey O'Brien clinched it for Julian with a clean.
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