Charity Shield Final

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4
Townsend 49
Alonso 60, [c]
Danilo [c]

v

The Cow-Faced Juniors 4
Mustafi 25
Morata 46
Sanchez 62, 66

(no cancelled cleans)

At Old Trafford    Att: 75,046

Teams

Nil Satis: Lossl; Simpson, Danilo, Mendy, Alonso; Davies, Mkhitaryan, Shaqiri, Ramsey; Calvert-Lewin, Pedro         Subs: Bravo; Coleman; Townsend; Vlasic

The CFJs: Speroni; Mustafi, Schindler, Cameron, Janmaat; Willian, Ozil, Pereyra, Choupo-Moting; Morata, Sanchez    Subs: Butland; Duffy; Brunt; Abraham

Report

A high-scoring final saw struggling Nil Satis earn a second chance against the league-leading CFJs. Paul S stuck with the team that has found league wins hard to come by while Chris and Co. had £63m of talent leading the line.

Nil Satis made the early running with Xherdan Shaqiri going close but on 25 minutes the favourites were in front from an unlikely source - Shkodran Mustafi left alone at the back post to score from a tight angle. One almost became two straight after when Eric Choupo-Moting was denied from close range by Jonas Lossl. Paul would have been relieved to get his team in at the break just one goal down but 52 seconds after the break the lead was doubled. Record signing Alvaro Morata was left with too much space in the Nil Satis box to convert trademark header.

This setback sparked Nil Satis into action. Andros Townsend scored from inside the box three minutes later to reduce the deficit and then, after going close twice, Marcos Alonso glanced in a header on the hour to level matters. Two minutes later it was the CFJs' turn to react. Alexis Sanchez scoring twice in five minutes, the second racing onto a ball that cut-out the whole Nil Satis defence, to restore a two-goal advantage. The CFJs failed to kill off their doughty opponents though and cleans from Man of the Match Alonso and Danilo meant the game finished 4-4 and the two sides will try to sort it out again this weekend.

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How they got there:

Semi-finals

Cheese Makers 0 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Wheel Madrid 0 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors (after 2-2 draw)

Quarter-finals

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 4 Cheese Makers
Claymore Athletic 2 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors (after 1-1 draw)
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 0 The Wateringhole Society
Wheel Madrid 1 v 0 Markian United

Week 16 Results

The CFJs lead the league into Christmas.

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

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	16	11	3	2	38	12	26	36
2	Real Muppets	16	10	4	2	51	23	28	34
3	Aardvark Abacus	16	8	4	4	34	19	15	28
4	San Dimas High School	16	8	4	4	37	37	0	28
5	The Fabulous Artisans	16	8	3	5	37	33	4	27
6	Claymore Athletic FC	16	8	2	6	39	29	10	26
7	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	16	8	2	6	41	33	8	26
8	Trusted By Millions	16	7	1	8	35	31	4	22
9	Athletico Phoenix	16	7	1	8	26	32	-6	22
10	Markian United	16	6	3	7	28	32	-4	21
11	YTFIB	16	6	3	7	23	35	-12	21
12	Cheese Makers	16	6	2	8	17	26	-9	20
13	Mega Buck Bandits	16	6	1	9	28	35	-7	19
14	Wheel Madrid	16	4	2	10	18	37	-19	14
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	16	4	1	11	20	30	-10	13
16	The Wateringhole Society	16	2	2	12	17	45	-28	8

FA Cup 1st Round draw

The yellow bag went in to work for the 1st Round FA Cup draw. Hayley drew the home teams - Sophie the away teams. Ian from Markian made sure it was all above board.

Aardvark Abacus v YTFIB
Cheese Makers v Athletico Phoenix
Mega Buck Bandits v Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Real Muppets v San Dimas High School
The Cow-Faced Juniors v Trusted By Millions
The Fabulous Artisans v Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
The Wateringhole Society v Markian United
Wheel Madrid v Claymore Athletic FC

Fred’s defence starts at Goddard Park against a tough-to-beat Artisans side.

Games to be played 5-8 January 2018.

Week 15 Results

The Muppets are owning Fred!

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



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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	15	10	3	2	50	22	28	33
2	The Cow-Faced Juniors	15	10	3	2	35	12	23	33
3	Aardvark Abacus	15	8	3	4	33	18	15	27
4	San Dimas High School	15	7	4	4	35	37	-2	25
5	The Fabulous Artisans	15	7	3	5	34	32	2	24
6	Claymore Athletic FC	15	7	2	6	36	27	9	23
7	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	15	7	2	6	39	32	7	23
8	Trusted By Millions	15	7	1	7	35	28	7	22
9	Athletico Phoenix	15	7	1	7	25	30	-5	22
10	YTFIB	15	6	3	6	21	31	-10	21
11	Mega Buck Bandits	15	6	1	8	26	32	-6	19
12	Markian United	15	5	3	7	24	30	-6	18
13	Cheese Makers	15	5	2	8	15	25	-10	17
14	Wheel Madrid	15	4	2	9	17	34	-17	14
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	15	4	1	10	19	28	-9	13
16	The Wateringhole Society	15	2	2	11	17	43	-26	8

Halfway through the season and the top two are opening a gap. The Muppets slammed Fred in the PCMT in midweek and did it again in the league. Mo Salah took his total for the season to 11 when opening the scoring for Fred just before the break but the last 20 minutes was all Ryan. Kevin de Bruyne slammed home with 20 minutes left and Raheem Sterling added two more to take him into double figures fro the season. Hector Bellerin and Andrea Christensen added cleans to add to Fred’s pain. The CFJs join the Muppets six points ahead of the rest after edging the third-place Aardvarks 1-0 thanks to Mesut Ozil’s stunning volley halfway through the first half.

San Dimas and the Artisans are fourth and fifth respectively after a 4-4 draw. Christian Benteke powered home a header after 19 minutes to open the scoring for Ben while headers from Dejan Lovren and Romelu Lukaku put me in front after another eight minutes. Jesse Lingard squared things up by the break and the Artisans were on the verge of the points after second-half goals from Roberto Firmino and Christian Eriksen. Cleans from Lovren and Gaetan Bong rescued a point for me. Claymore are sixth after edging Markian 3-2. A Gylfi Sigurdsson stunner had Markian ahead 20 minutes into the second half but Clive’s side hit back through Abdoulaye Doucoure and a Wayne Rooney penalty (Rooney had missed one late in the first half). Diafro Sakho got a late equaliser but Aaron Cresswell’s clean left Claymore on top.

It’s four league defeats in a row for Trusted after defeat against Mega Bucks. Dave has outstanding midfielders in Phillippe Coutinho and Wilf Zaha and they were both on target in the first half. Gary Cahill’s clean not enough for Beef’s team to get back on terms. Athletico had been in better form recently but ran into an improving YTFIB. Ilkay Gundogan stooped to head home on 14 minutes and Joe Gomez and Charlie Taylor added cleans for Julian.

The bottom two drew 2-2 to leave a five-point gap between the sides. Aaron Mooy opened the scoring for Kiran but Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Marcos Alonso scored for Paul in first-half injury time to put Nil Satis ahead. Mooy converted a penalty in the last minute to share the points. Cheese Makers and Wheel Madrid played out a goalless draw and stay 13th and 14th respectively.