Sunday, 25 October 2015

Week Eight Results

Claymore take over at the top.

Cheese Makers 1 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 0 YTFIB
FCK2 4 v 0 Aardvark Abacus
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 1 Final Fantasy XI
Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
San Dimas High School 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions
The Fabulous Artisans 3 v 1 Real Muppets
The Wateringhole Society 3 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors


Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Claymore Athletic FC 8 6 2 0 31 11 20 20
2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 8 6 2 0 24 8 16 20
3 Athletico Phoenix 8 6 2 0 24 12 12 20
4 San Dimas High School 8 4 3 1 19 10 9 15
5 The Fabulous Artisans 8 4 2 2 16 9 7 14
6 FCK2 8 4 0 4 17 14 3 12
7 Aardvark Abacus 8 4 0 4 20 18 2 12
8 The Cow-Faced Juniors 8 3 2 3 18 20 -2 11
9 Cheese Makers 8 2 3 3 7 14 -7 9
10 The Wateringhole Society 8 3 0 5 11 20 -9 9
11 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 8 2 2 4 12 12 0 8
12 Final Fantasy XI 8 2 1 5 13 23 -10 7
13 Trusted By Millions 8 2 1 5 7 20 -13 7
14 Real Muppets 8 2 0 6 19 21 -2 6
15 YTFIB 8 2 0 6 6 17 -11 6
16 Mega Buck Bandits 8 2 0 6 7 22 -15 6

Three unbeaten teams all on 20 points but there has been a change at the top.

Claymore have regained top spot courtesy of their goal difference. It was another four-goal victory for Clive this week, over YTFIB this time, with first-half goals from Olivier Giroud and a deflected strike from Ross Barkley setting it up. Fred trailed Final Fantasy ion the first minute after Matt Ritchie's strike for Ceri but Salomon Rondon levelled on half time and Craig Dawson got the winning clean. 

Those results, and Athletico's draw with Cheese Makers, drop Brian's team to third. Troy Deeney (who sounds like he should be a magician - 'The Great Troidini' - I digress) got his first goal for Matthew's club but that was equalised by Jordan Ayew's first goal for the Phoenix. San Dimas are the team that lost their unbeaten record. Trusted took the lead through Erik Lamela and although Jamie Vardy got his customary goal for me Phil Jones' clean won it for Beef to give him only his second win.

The Artisans have gone on a bit of a run and are up to fifth. Billy Jones and Christian Benteke put Ben two up against the Muppets and although Sadio Mane pulled one back for Ryan he then got sent off and Jones finished it with a clean. FCK2 have leapt over the Aardvarks into sixth after beating those opponents 4-0. Harry Kane clearly inspired by last week's dig at him in the report and responded with a match-winning hat-trick.


If it's tight at the top then what about the bottom half? Three points cover all eight teams. Kiran's Wateringhole Society need a nickname so I don't have to type so much every time (The Waterboys? Please explain that one to him Ben) and they secured the points late against the CFJs. Chris and Co had led through Gylfi Sigurdsson but Andre Ayew levelled with three minutes to go and Joe Hart and Nathan Ake sent Kiran into the top ten. Mega Bucks got their first win since week one but are still bottom. It was a late show at Okus too with Steven Fletcher's shinny volley breaking the deadlock against Nil Satis with four minutes left and Wes Morgan's clean finished the game in Dave's favour.

Monday, 19 October 2015

Week Seven results

The top four keep their unbeaten records in emphatic style.

Athletico Phoenix 4 v 1 The Wateringhole Society
Final Fantasy XI 1 v 4 Aardvark Abacus
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans
Real Muppets 7 v 2 Cheese Makers
San Dimas High School 3 v 0 FCK2
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 5 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Trusted By Millions 1 v 7 Claymore Athletic FC
YTFIB 1 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits


Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Athletico Phoenix 7 6 1 0 23 11 12 19
2 Claymore Athletic FC 7 5 2 0 27 11 16 17
3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 7 5 2 0 22 7 15 17
4 San Dimas High School 7 4 3 0 18 8 10 15
5 Aardvark Abacus 7 4 0 3 20 14 6 12
6 The Fabulous Artisans 7 3 2 2 13 8 5 11
7 The Cow-Faced Juniors 7 3 2 2 17 17 0 11
8 FCK2 7 3 0 4 13 14 -1 9
9 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 7 2 2 3 12 10 2 8
10 Cheese Makers 7 2 2 3 6 13 -7 8
11 Final Fantasy XI 7 2 1 4 12 21 -9 7
12 Real Muppets 7 2 0 5 18 18 0 6
13 YTFIB 7 2 0 5 6 13 -7 6
14 The Wateringhole Society 7 2 0 5 8 19 -11 6
15 Trusted By Millions 7 1 1 5 5 19 -14 4
16 Mega Buck Bandits 7 1 0 6 5 22 -17 3

Athletico remain our leaders, coming from a goal down to the Wateringhole Society to win 4-1. Brian will no doubt be pleased that Diego Costa is back among the goals. With Sergio Aguero ruled out for a month there was to be no repeat of a 9-0 win for Clive. It was 7-1 instead. Trusted were the victims this week and four goals from Gio Wijnaldum meant that Aguero wasn't missed.

Fred was bumped down a place on goal difference despite a 5-2 win at the CFJs. Wilfried Bony scored early and late, either side of van Dijk and Sanchez for the CFJs, but Fred had an excellent defensive performance from his team to get three cleans and the points. San Dimas saw off FCK2 3-0 thanks to two from this year's Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy. Last year's Harry Kane, Harry Kane, yet to show the same sort of form for Kevin and Jon.

As well as the CFJs two other teams are in double figures points-wise and chasing down the top four. The Aardvarks had two early goals, from Herrera and Murray, and two cleans to beat Final Fantasy. Ayoze Perez now has a lot on his young shoulders for Ceri's team with Callum Wilson ruled out. The Artisans don't seem to have many goals in them but they were defensively solid against Nil Satis to get the cleans to take the win after Aaron Ramsey's late goal for the Salehs. 


The Muppets are hauling themselves away from the foot of the table after their rotten start and fired seven past Cheese Makers this week. A Raheem Sterling hat-trick in the first 45 minutes gave Ryan a lead he didn't relinquish. The battle at the bottom went the way of YTFIB. Boaz Myhill's clean was the only score and keeps Dave rooted to the bottom.

Friday, 16 October 2015

WSFFL Players of the Month

A list of winners of this award, introduced for the 2015/16 season.

Multiple Winners

6 - Mohamed Salah
5 - Harry Kane
5 - Sergio Aguero
4 - Bruno Fernandes
4 - Jamie Vardy
4 - Marcus Rashford
4 - Son Heung-Min
3 - Erling Haaland
3 - Raheem Sterling
3 - Sadio Mane
2 - Cole Palmer
2 - Cristiano Ronaldo
2 - Eden Hazard
2 - Ilkay Gundogan
2 - Michail Antonio
2 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2 - Trent Alexander-Arnold 


Who they played for

14 - Fred West LG XI
10 - Real Muppets
9 - Claymore Athletic FC
7 - Trusted By Millions
6 - Aardvark Abacus
6 - Mega Buck Bandits
6 - The Wateringhole Society
5 - Wheel Madrid
4 - San Dimas High School
4 - YTFIB
3 - Athletico Phoenix
3 - Markian United
2 - Stanley and Gracie United
2 - FCK2 
1 - Garth Crooks' Team of the Week
1 - Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
1 - The Cow-Faced Juniors
1 - The Fabulous Artisans

All the winners

Dec 2024 - Alexander Isak (Trusted By Millions)
Nov 2024 - Mohamed Salah (Garth Crooks' Team of the Week)
Oct 2024 - Chris Wood (Wheel Madrid)
Sep 2024 - Cole Palmer (Trusted By Millions)
Aug 2024 - Erling Haaland (Real Muppets)
Apr 2024 - Cole Palmer (Trusted By Millions)
Mar 2024 - Rodrigo Muniz (San Dimas)
Feb 2024 - Rasmus Hojlund (Claymore Athletic FC)
Jan 2024 - Diogo Jota (Aardvark Abacus)
Dec 2023 - Dominic Solanke (Stanley and Gracie)
Nov 2023 - Harry Maguire (Stanley and Gracie)
Oct 2023 - Mo Salah (Fred West LG XI)
Sep 2023 - Son Heung-Min (Aardvark Abacus)
Aug 2023 - James Maddison (Wheel Madrid)
Apr 2023 - Erling Haaland (Real Muppets)
Mar 2023 - Bukayo Saka (The Wateringhole Society)
Feb 2023 - Marcus Rashford (The Wateringhole Society)
Jan 2023 - Marcus Rashford (The Wateringhole Society)
Nov/Dec 2022 - Martin Odegaard (The Fabulous Artisans)
Oct 2022 - Miguel Almiron (The Cow-Faced Juniors)
Sep 2022 - Marcus Rashford (The Wateringhole Society)
Aug 2022 - Erling Haaland (Real Muppets)
Apr 2022 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Claymore Athletic FC)
Mar 2022 - Harry Kane (Markian United)
Feb 2022 - Joel Matip (Wheel Madrid)
Jan 2022 - David De Gea (Trusted By Millions)
Dec 2021 - Raheem Sterling (Real Muppets)
Nov 2021 - Trent Alexander-Arnold (Trusted By Millions)
Oct 2021 - Mo Salah (Fred West LG XI)
Sep 2021 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Claymore Athletic FC)
Aug 2021 - Michail Antonio (Mega Bucks)
May 2021 - Joe Willock (Trusted By Millions)
Apr 2021 - Jesse Lingard (YTFIB)
Mar 2021 - Kelechi Iheanacho (Real Muppets)
Feb 2021 - Ilkay Gundogan (YTFIB)
Jan 2021 - Ilkay Gundogan (YTFIB)
Dec 2020 - Bruno Fernandes (Fred West LG XI)
Nov 2020 - Bruno Fernandes (Fred West LG XI)
Oct 2020 - Son Heung-Min (Aardvark Abacus)
Sep 2020 - Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Nil Satis)
Aug 2020 - No award
Jul 2020 - Michail Antonio (Mega Bucks)
Jun 2020 - Bruno Fernandes (Fred West LG XI)
May 2020 - No award
Apr 2020 - No award
Mar 2020 - No award
Feb 2020 - Bruno Fernandes (Fred West LG XI)
Jan 2020 - Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC)
Dec 2019 - Trent Alexander-Arnold (Trusted By Millions)
Nov 2019 - Sadio Mane (Real Muppets)
Oct 2019 - Jamie Vardy (Wheel Madrid)
Sep 2019 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Mega Buck Bandits)
Aug 2019 - Teemu Pukki (Claymore Athletic FC)
Apr 2019 - Jamie Vardy (Wheel Madrid)
Mar 2019 - Sadio Mane (Real Muppets)
Feb 2019 - Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC)
Jan 2019 - Marcus Rashford (The Wateringhole Society)
Dec 2018 - Virgil van Dijk (Athletico Phoenix)
Nov 2018 - Raheem Sterling (Real Muppets)
Oct 2018 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Mega Buck Bandits)
Sep 2018 - Eden Hazard (Fred West LG XI)
Aug 2018 - Lucas Moura (Fred West LG XI)
Apr 2018 - Wilfried Zaha (Mega Buck Bandits)
Mar 2018 - Mo Salah (Fred West LG XI)
Feb 2018 - Mo Salah (Fred West LG XI)
Jan 2018 - Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC)
Dec 2017 - Harry Kane (Markian United)
Nov 2017 - Mo Salah (Fred West LG XI)
Oct 2017 - Leroy Sane (Fred West LG XI)
Sep 2017 - Harry Kane (Markian United)
Aug 2017 - Sadio Mane (Real Muppets)
Apr 2017 - Son Heung-Min (Aardvark Abacus)
Mar 2017 - Romelu Lukaku (San Dimas High School)
Feb 2017 - Harry Kane (FCK2)
Jan 2017 - Dele Alli (Fred West LG XI)
Dec 2016 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (YTFIB)
Nov 2016 - Diego Costa (Athletico Phoenix)
Oct 2016 - Eden Hazard (Fred West LG XI)
Sep 2016 - Son Heung-Min (Aardvark Abacus)
Aug 2016 - Raheem Sterling (Real Muppets)
Apr 2016 - Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC)
Mar 2016 - Harry Kane (FCK2)
Feb 2016 - Fraser Forster (Mega Buck Bandits)
Jan 2016 - Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC)
Dec 2015 - Odion Ighalo (Aardvark Abacus)
Nov 2015 - Jamie Vardy (San Dimas High School)
Oct 2015 - Jamie Vardy (San Dimas High School)
Sep 2015 - Anthony Martial (Athletico Phoenix)
Aug 2015 - Andre Ayew (The Wateringhole Society)

Friday, 9 October 2015

Cup quarter-final results

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 0 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Claymore Athletic FC 9 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
FCK2 1 v 5 Aardvark Abacus
Real Muppets 2 v 4 San Dimas High School

Sergio Aguero in Golden Boot mood this week. The holders are through to the last four too.

I'd normally start with the holders but I probably ought to defer to Claymore this week.

Clive's 9-0 win, driven by Sergio Aguero's five in 20 minutes, is his biggest win since records began*. It is the biggest margin win in a Cup match, the most goals scored by one team in the PCMT and equals the biggest margin in any WSFFL game. More importantly for Clive it's the first time he's got past the quarters since the 2007/8. One team with a decent record in this competition are San Dimas and they made it four years in a row of reaching at least the semis. After blowing a four goal lead against Clive last week I was starting to get concerned when Ryan reduced a 3-0 deficit to 3-2 in seven minutes but a Yannick Bolasie header on 68 minutes saw me home.


Athletico and Fred fought out a 1-1 draw in the league last week and it was close again this week. Carl Jenkinson was Brian's unlikely hero, nodding in in first half injury time for the game's only goal. FCK2 and the Aardvarks was close for a bit before Ady ran away with it. Harry Kane lashed into his own net on the half hour and Sean Davis and that man Odion Ighalo had added to the lead by the break. Heurelho Gomes' saved penalty came too late to influence the result.


Charity Shield

Cheese Makers 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
The Cow-Faced Juniors 4 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
The Wateringhole Society 2 v 0 Final Fantasy XI
Trusted By Millions 0 v 1 YTFIB

Father v son final perhaps?

Not so many goals in this competition but part of that was down to Chris keeping Alexis Sanchez on the bench and leaving out Graziano Pelle against Mega Bucks. After an early burst of goals left him 2-1 up after 10 minutes there was no more scoring until two cleans proved too much for Dave. Jeremain Lens opened his WSFFL account with a delightful chip for Cheese Makers but his sending off in the second period left his team vulnerable. Two free-kick goals from Christian Eriksen took Ben through.


Kiran got back to winning ways with victory over Final Fantasy. August Player of the Month Andre Ayew had gone a bit quiet but he opened the scoring and an Erik Pieters clean clinched it. Another team that had been waiting for a win were YTFIB. They got one against Trusted courtesy of Marco Arnautovic's goal ten minutes after half-time.