Sunday, 31 August 2025

Week 3 Results - CFJs the last 100% team standing

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 2 San Dimas High School 
Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 1 v 3 Stanley and Gracie United 
Markian United 3 v 2 YTFIB
Real Muppets 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans 
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 2 Cheese Makers 
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits 
Wheel Madrid 1 v 2 The Wateringhole Society

TeamPWDLFADiffPts
1The Cow-Faced Juniors330011659
2Aardvark Abacus32108087
3The Fabulous Artisans32106427
4The Wateringhole Society32017706
5Mega Buck Bandits320146-26
6Nil Satis Nisi Optimum31202115
7Real Muppets31118714
8Markian United31116604
9Stanley and Gracie United311156-14
10San Dimas High School311136-34
11Cheese Makers31025503
12Claymore Athletic FC310245-13
13YTFIB301246-21
14Wheel Madrid301235-21
15Garth Crooks' Team of the Week301225-31
16Trusted By Millions301214-31

The CFJs are our only team with three wins out of three. They trailed twice to Cheese Makers but a late Brajan Gruda goal and a Tino Livramento clean gave the Cows a 3-2 win. Previous table-toppers the Aardvarks are second after being held 0-0 by Nil Satis. Paul’s team are sixth and unbeaten this season.

The Artisans beat the Muppets 2-1 to inflict the first defeat on the champions. Erling Haaland put Ryan ahead, a stunning Marc Guehi strike brought Ben level and Jarrad Bowen won it six minutes from the end. The Wateringhole are fourth after beating Wheels 2-1. Kiran needed cleans from Maio Gusto and Marc Cucurella after Paul looked to have won it with Callum Wilson’s injury time header.

There was another good win for Mega Bucks, 2-1 over Trusted. Enzo Le Fee’s penalty was Dave’s winner after Beto had equalised Evanilson’s opener. Has Beef broken some mirrors while walking under a ladder or something? Markian got their first win, 3-2 over YTFIB thanks to a saved penalty from Robin Roefs plus goals from Ismaila Sarr and Lucas Paqueta. Julian hasn’t had a lot of luck with opponents so far.

SGU got their first win, 3-1 at GC TotW. Kieran Dewsbury-Hall and Enzo Fernandez scored within a minute of each other to take the game away from Ollie. There was a first win for San Dimas too, 2-1 at Claymore. I needed cleans from Dan Burn and Marcos Senesi to get the job done.

Monday, 25 August 2025

Week 2 Results - Only two 100% records left

Cheese Makers 2 v 0 Trusted By Millions
Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC 
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 0 Wheel Madrid 
San Dimas High School 0 v 4 Aardvark Abacus 
Stanley and Gracie United 2 v 5 The Cow-Faced Juniors 
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 2 Markian United 
The Wateringhole Society 3 v 5 Real Muppets 
YTFIB 0 v 0 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

TeamPWDLFADiffPts
1Aardvark Abacus22008086
2The Cow-Faced Juniors22008446
3Real Muppets21107524
4The Fabulous Artisans21104314
5Nil Satis Nisi Optimum21102114
6Cheese Makers21013213
7Claymore Athletic FC21013303
8The Wateringhole Society210156-13
9Mega Buck Bandits210125-33
10Markian United201134-11
11YTFIB201123-11
12Wheel Madrid201123-11
13Garth Crooks' Team of the Week201112-11
14Trusted By Millions201102-21
15Stanley and Gracie United201125-31
16San Dimas High School201115-41


Friday, 22 August 2025

Six-counter defeats

OK - so pre-2001 we don’t have the info. 2001-2007 I’m not 100% sure that counter numbers are complete and as I’ve skimmed through this (about 6,000 games) there’s a chance I’ve missed something.

But after all that I’ve found 9 six-counter plus defeats to join the ‘Greatest Game’. Which makes it pretty rare.

Week 12 2004/5

Aardvark Abacus                                  4-3     San Dimas High School
Scholes 2                                              (3)      Terry 2
Alonso                                                             Kanoute
Gudjonsen                                                                                                       44,530

Week 16 2005/6

Claymore Athletic FC                           5-4     The Dead Parrots
Hleb                                                      (2)      Fowler
Henry 3                                                           Harewood
Osman                                                            Albrechtsen
                                                                        Neill                                     36,700

Week 10 2009/10

The Fabulous Artisans 4 v 7 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Franco 5                         (2) Defoe 51, 54, 58, 69 , 87
Sorensen sp8                 Dunn 32
Skrtel 50                         D.Bent 71
Ireland 76                                                             Att: 75,169

Week 25 2009/10

You Know Your Boston Rock FC 6 v 5 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Lampard 15, 44p, 62p, 90         (1) Berbatov 69, 78
Dunn 20p                                  Higginbotham [c]
G.Johnson 32                                  Evra [c]
                                                                          Vidic [c] Att: 43,121

Week 1 2014/15

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4 v 5 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Coleman 19                 (2) Chadli 12, 37
Dier 30                          Hazard 77
Jelavic 42                 Kaboul [c]
Naismith 45                 Azpilicueta [c] Att: 43,217

Week 18 2014/15 (A seven counter defeat!)

San Dimas High School 5 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans
Lukaku 2                         (3) Eriksen 6
Walters 21, 34, 90         Remy 41
Silva 45                         Shelvey 83
                                                                van Aanholt [c] Att: 30,943

Week 10 2016/17

Athletico Phoenix 5 v 6 Wheel Madrid
Mahrez 15p        (1) Toure 39, 83
Morrison 16         Luiz [c]
Costa 41                 Francis [c]
Anichebe 62, 84 Matip [c]
                                                        McAuley [c]                 Att: 75,264

Week 18 2017/18 (A seven counter defeat!)

Aardvark Abacus 5 v 4 The Wateringhole Society
Son 62, 87         (3) Kenedy 2, 29
Cech sp62         Rashford 14,24
Tosun 76
Kompany [c]                                                 56,904

FA Cup Semi-final 2020/21

San Dimas High School 4 v 3 Real Muppets
McNeil 24                 (3) Iheanacho 39, 69, 78
Perez 64
Cancelo [c]
Fofana [c]                                                 60,275

Week 25 2021/22

Incomplete records here but what we do know is...

Cheese Makers 1     v     2 Stanley Athletic FC 
Robertson 62?        (5)      Ward-Prowse 45, 54

Week 1 2025/26

Markian United 1 v 2 The Wateringhole Society
Cherki 81         (5) Ekitike 37
Gakpo 49                                                                                 42,526

And there’s also been a seven-counter draw (Week 30 2015/16)

Aardvark Abacus 5 v 5 Claymore Athletic FC
McCarthy 19         (2) Giroud 5, 78, 80
Bertrand 75p         Fabregas 66p
Drinkwater 82         Wijnaldum 73p
Davis 87
Jagielka [c]                                         Att: 60,007