FA Cup Quarter-final draw

Cheese Makers v San Dimas High School

Markian United v The Fabulous Artisans

The Cow-Faced Juniors v The Wateringhole Society

YTFIB v Trusted By Millions

Only San Dimas, Trusted and the Artisans have won the trophy before.

Those games to be played w/c 15 February.

Week 18 Results - Muppets lead again

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 3 v 0 Wheel Madrid

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus 

Real Muppets 2 v 1 Cheese Makers

San Dimas High School 2 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC

Stanley and Gracie United 3 v 1 Markian United

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 3 Mega Buck Bandits 

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 2 YTFIB

Trusted By Millions 3 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	18	11	4	3	44	21	23	37
2	Cheese Makers	18	11	2	5	44	30	14	35
3	The Wateringhole Society	18	10	4	4	46	29	17	34
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	18	10	3	5	50	34	16	33
5	Trusted By Millions	18	10	2	6	56	40	16	32
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	18	8	6	4	40	33	7	30
7	Stanley and Gracie United	18	8	3	7	34	32	2	27
8	Markian United	18	8	3	7	33	32	1	27
9	The Fabulous Artisans	18	8	2	8	40	37	3	26
10	San Dimas High School	18	7	3	8	33	33	0	24
11	YTFIB	18	7	1	10	26	31	-5	22
12	Claymore Athletic FC	18	7	1	10	34	46	-12	22
13	Aardvark Abacus	18	5	5	8	37	42	-5	20
14	Mega Buck Bandits	18	5	2	11	19	44	-25	17
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	18	4	1	13	19	48	-29	13
16	Wheel Madrid	18	3	2	13	21	44	-23	11

Real Muppets go top for the second time this season after beating last week’s leaders, Cheese Makers, 2-1. Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty late in the first half put Ryan’s team in front but a twice taken Bryan Mbeumo spot-kick had Matthew level on 66 minutes. Parity only lasted a couple of minutes when the Cheese keeper went walkabout and Erling Haaland lobbed in the winner for the Muppets. A second straight defeat for the CFJs means they stay third. The Cows went down 3-2 to Mega Bucks. Dango Ouattara was Dave’s unlikely second-half hat-trick hero and the Cows could only find two cleans in response.

The Wateringhole are third after beating YTFIB 3-2. Cody Gakpo put Kiran’s team in front twice, Julian hit back thanks to Jamie Vardy in top poaching action and an injury time strike from Antoine Semenyo but William Saliba's clean gave the Society the points.Trusted’s eight game winning run was ended by the Artisans. The game finished 4-3 in Ben’s favour after Beef went 3-0 up in the first half. Noni Madueke opened the scoring after three minutes after an Artisans defensive calamity and Alexander Isak added two more, one from the spot, by the half hour mark. An early Matthias De Ligt clean got the Artisans into the game and a controlled half-volley from Riccardo Calafiori pulled another one back with 16 minutes left. Cleans from Diogo Dalot and Calafiori completed the turnaround. 

Have GC TotW emerged from their recent wobble? Ollie’s team beat Wheel Madrid 3-0 this week, Mohamed Salah smashing in from a tight angle in the first half, a deflected shot and a clean from Lisandro Martinez in the second. SGU beat Markian 3-1 to leapfrog those opponents in the table. It was an all-action start at Girdlestone Park, Ian’s team taking the lead on nine minutes through Justin Kluivert’s run and accurate shot, Aaron equalising a minute later courtesy of Jan Bednarek’s header followed by Dominik Szoboszlai striking from 18 yards a minute after that! Harry Maguire got the clinching clean for SGU.

San Dimas’ good form continued with their 2-1 win over Claymore. Josko Gvardiol passed into an empty net three minutes before the break, Bilal El Khanouss got his first WSFFL goal five minutes after and Clive’s team could only reply with a Lenny Yoro clean. Nil Satis climbed off the bottom of the table following their 3-1 win over the Aardvarks. Sandro Tonali raced through the Aardvark rearguard to put Paul ahead on 51 minutes but Ady looked to have grabbed point through Jacob Greaves’ diving header. Nil Satis weren’t finished though, cleans from Mykolenko and Branthwaite claimed all thee points.

Week 17 Results - Cheese back on top

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 0 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Markian United 0 v 1 Cheese Makers 

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 4 San Dimas High School 

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 2 Real Muppets 

The Wateringhole Society 6 v 2 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

Wheel Madrid 3 v 2 Stanley and Gracie United 

YTFIB 0 v 4 Trusted By Millions 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Cheese Makers	17	11	2	4	43	28	15	35
2	Real Muppets	17	10	4	3	42	20	22	34
3	The Cow-Faced Juniors	17	10	3	4	48	31	17	33
4	Trusted By Millions	17	10	2	5	53	36	17	32
5	The Wateringhole Society	17	9	4	4	43	27	16	31
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	17	7	6	4	37	33	4	27
7	Markian United	17	8	3	6	32	29	3	27
8	Stanley and Gracie United	17	7	3	7	31	31	0	24
9	The Fabulous Artisans	17	7	2	8	36	34	2	23
10	YTFIB	17	7	1	9	24	28	-4	22
11	Claymore Athletic FC	17	7	1	9	33	44	-11	22
12	San Dimas High School	17	6	3	8	31	32	-1	21
13	Aardvark Abacus	17	5	5	7	36	39	-3	20
14	Mega Buck Bandits	17	4	2	11	16	42	-26	14
15	Wheel Madrid	17	3	2	12	21	41	-20	11
16	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	17	3	1	13	16	47	-31	10

No team has led the league for more than three weeks in a row this season and the WSFFL-gods decided that was enough for the CFJs this time as they went down 2-0 at the Aardvarks. Ady’s team had been unlucky in defeat recently and took the lead when Ollie Watkins smacked in off the bar mid-way through the second half before Antonee Robinson’s clean clinched it. On the subject of unlucky, Ian will be rueing his team selection in his 1-0 defeat to Cheese Makers. The only score an Andy Robertson clean. That result sends Matthew back to the top and is the 12th change of leader this season which ties the league record.

The Muppets are now second are a 2-1 win at the Artisans. Ililman Ndiaye’s excellent run and finish opened the scoring, Emile Smith-Rowe stooped to head Ben level just after the break and Mr Inevitable Erling Haaland got Ryan’s winner. Trusted are now three points off the top after beating YTFIB 4-0. Jean-Philippe Mateta got goals either side of Noni Madueke’s tap-in and Trent Alexander-Arnold added a clean.

Managers have stepped up against Ollie’s team lately (25 goals against in seven games) and he was on the wrong end again this week, 6-2 to the Wateringhole. The Garths were 2-1 up at the break but that all changed on the hour when both Marc Curcurella and Kaoru Mitoma were on target. There were two more for Kiran’s team in a two-minute spell later in the half - Giorginio Rutter latching on to a keeper blunder and a cute chip from Dejan Kulusevski. SGU stay eighth but slip further out of the title picture after going down 3-2 to Wheel Madrid. Jan Bednarek equalised Chris Wood’s first half goal but a diving header from Youri Tielemans was soon followed by a first time Adama Traore finish to secure a win that lifts Paul W’s team off the foot of the table.

Nil Satis drop to bottom after losing 4-3 at Claymore. Paul S was 3-0 up to courtesy of goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Matt Doherty and Jeremy Doku. Clive turned it round with four clean sheets. After a poor start San Dimas are only three points off the top half now. My team won 4-2 at Mega Bucks with Yankubah Minteh,  Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz all on target.

Week 16 Results - Wins for the top three

Cheese Makers 2 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC 

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 0 v 3 YTFIB 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 4 The Wateringhole Society

Real Muppets 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

San Dimas High School 3 v 2 Markian United 

Stanley and Gracie United 1 v 4 The Fabulous Artisans

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 1 Wheel Madrid

Trusted By Millions 4 v 3 Aardvark Abacus

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Cow-Faced Juniors	16	10	3	3	48	29	19	33
2	Cheese Makers	16	10	2	4	42	28	14	32
3	Real Muppets	16	9	4	3	40	19	21	31
4	Trusted By Millions	16	9	2	5	49	36	13	29
5	The Wateringhole Society	16	8	4	4	37	25	12	28
6	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	16	7	6	3	35	27	8	27
7	Markian United	16	8	3	5	32	28	4	27
8	Stanley and Gracie United	16	7	3	6	29	28	1	24
9	The Fabulous Artisans	16	7	2	7	35	32	3	23
10	YTFIB	16	7	1	8	24	24	0	22
11	Claymore Athletic FC	16	6	1	9	29	41	-12	19
12	San Dimas High School	16	5	3	8	27	30	-3	18
13	Aardvark Abacus	16	4	5	7	34	39	-5	17
14	Mega Buck Bandits	16	4	2	10	14	38	-24	14
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	16	3	1	12	13	43	-30	10
16	Wheel Madrid	16	2	2	12	18	39	-21	8

They weren’t at their best but the CFJs stay top after  2-1 win over Wheels. Paul’s team led, thanks to Chris Wood’s early goal, until the last ten minutes when Yoane Wissa found himself with time to lift over the keeper and Tino Livramento quickly added a clean. Cheese Makers stay second after a 2-1 win of their own, over Claymore. Carlos Soler with his first WSFFL goal and Anthony Gordon put Matthew two up, Clive could only reply with a clean.

The Muppets stay third after seeing off Mega Bucks 4-0. Amad Diallo was Ryan’s hero with a 13-minute hat-trick late in the game. Trusted are still going the right way after beating the Aardvarks 4-3. Cole Palmer scored early and two goals before the break, from Trossard and Isak, had Beef’s team 3-1 up. Ady got it back to 3-2 through Ollie Watkins but Isak’s second kept Trusted one step ahead.

The Wateringhole beat Nil Satis 4-0 to climb to fifth. It all happened in the second half, Kiran taking the points with goals from Mitoma and Rutter and a couple of cleans. Ollie’s team slip to sixth after going down 3-0 to YTFIB. Alex Iwobi scored twice for Julian in identical circumstances, a cross drifting past everyone without getting a touch. 

Markian are down to seventh after losing 3-2 to San Dimas. Ian seemed to have the game under control with goals from Kluivert and Paqueta but three cleans from my team see me up to the heights of 12th. Have the Artisans stopped the rot? Ben’s team won 4-1 at SGU, an unlucky own goal off Dominic Solanke giving him the breakthrough and a controlled volley from Marc Guehi doubling his advantage. Aaron pulled one back in injury time but the Artisans held off any fightback with a couple of cleans.