Week 25 Results - Title race back in the balance

Aardvark Abacus 5 v 1 Wheel Madrid

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 0 v 2 Cheese Makers

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 1 Markian United

Stanley and Gracie United 2 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

The Cow-Faced Juniors 4 v 1 Real Muppets 

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits 

Trusted By Millions 2 v 2 San Dimas High School

YTFIB 2 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	25	15	4	6	57	36	21	49
2	The Wateringhole Society	25	14	5	6	61	38	23	47
3	Cheese Makers	25	14	5	6	59	40	19	47
4	Trusted By Millions	25	14	3	8	74	53	21	45
5	The Cow-Faced Juniors	25	13	3	9	67	48	19	42
6	Stanley and Gracie United	25	12	3	10	53	48	5	39
7	San Dimas High School	25	11	4	10	48	42	6	37
8	The Fabulous Artisans	25	11	4	10	55	51	4	37
9	Markian United	25	11	4	10	45	42	3	37
10	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	25	10	6	9	51	48	3	36
11	Claymore Athletic FC	25	11	2	12	49	62	-13	35
12	Aardvark Abacus	25	9	5	11	54	53	1	32
13	YTFIB	25	9	3	13	34	42	-8	30
14	Mega Buck Bandits	25	6	2	17	25	62	-37	20
15	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	25	6	2	17	30	68	-38	20
16	Wheel Madrid	25	5	3	17	27	56	-29	18

The CFJs must be kicking themselves after their seven-game losing streak and gave us a glimpse of what might have been with a 4-1 win over leaders the Muppets. There was a fast start from the Cows with Rayan Ait-Nouri and Eberi Eze both getting on the scoresheet in the first eight minutes. Kevin De Bruyne fired in a free-kick for Ryan to pull one back on 33 minutes and show the league what we’ll be missing from next season. The CFJs weren’t finished though. Jorgen Strand Larsen had a far post tap-in to make it 3-1 and Yoann Wissa hooked in from six yards to complete the win.

Ryan’s comfortable five-point lead has shrunk to just two after wins for the Wateringhole Society and Cheese Makers. Kiran is second on goal difference after beating Mega Bucks 3-0. Harvey Barnes scored twice in the 20 minutes after the break and an Ezri Konsa clean finished things off. Cheese Makers needed two clean sheets to beat Garth Crooks’ Team of the Week. Kostas Tsimikas got the first on the hour, Tyrone Mings clinched the win for Matthew’s team. Trusted lost a bit of ground with a 2-2 draw with San Dimas. Luis Diaz opened the scoring on 18 minutes but an early Marcos Senesi clean had me level at half-time. Trusted led again when James McAtee raced clear to finish on 56 minutes but it was an Emi Martinez clean that grabbed a point for my team.

SGU have lost three in a row since I suggested they’d got themselves on the fringes of the title race. Sorry Aaron. they went down 3-2 to Claymore this week. SGU led too, through Thomas Partey on the hour with Clive hitting back through Donyell Malen. Matty Cash bagged an 85th minute clean for Claymore only for Virgil van Dijk to head Aaron level in the 89th minute but there was still time for Abdoulaye Doucoure to get an injury time winner for Clive. The Artisans lost 2-1 to YTFIB. Julian’s team took less than a minute to go ahead through Antoine Semenyo and doubled the lead when Chris Richards headed in 20 minutes later. Ben got one back when Omar Marmoush slammed home on 36 minutes but that was the end of the scoring.

Markian seem to be leading the charge for the sun-beds this season. Their good start seems a long time ago and they went down 3-1 to Nil Satis this week. Sandro Tonali volleyed Paul S ahead while a low Alejandro Garnacho drive levelled the game for Ian. Cleans from Jake O’Brien and Jarrad Braithwaite lift Nil Satis off the bottom of the table. Wheel Madrid are propping us all up again after being in the wrong end of a 5-1 result against the Aardvarks. You must know it’s not your day when your keeper palms the ball into Djed Spence’s face for an own goal! Mathys Tel and Ollie Watkins (his tenth of the season) made it 3-0 and although John McGinn pulled one back Ady sealed it with cleans from Jordan Pickford and Ian Maatsen.