Week 10 Results - Artisans stay clear

Aardvark Abacus 6 v 2 Wheel Madrid

Cheese Makers 1 v 1 YTFIB 

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 1 Real Muppets

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 3 Stanley and Gracie United 

San Dimas High School 0 v 3 The Wateringhole Society 

The Cow-Faced Juniors 6 v 1 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week

Trusted By Millions 1 v 1 Markian United

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	10	8	1	1	22	11	11	25
2	The Cow-Faced Juniors	10	6	2	2	29	17	12	20
3	Aardvark Abacus	10	5	3	2	22	11	11	18
4	The Wateringhole Society	10	6	0	4	22	18	4	18
5	Stanley and Gracie United	10	5	2	3	18	17	1	17
6	Real Muppets	10	5	1	4	28	18	10	16
7	Claymore Athletic FC	10	5	1	4	16	14	2	16
8	Markian United	10	4	3	3	20	16	4	15
9	Cheese Makers	10	4	1	5	16	19	-3	13
10	San Dimas High School	10	3	4	3	11	19	-8	13
11	Mega Buck Bandits	10	4	0	6	10	23	-13	12
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	10	3	2	5	12	23	-11	11
13	Trusted By Millions	10	2	4	4	19	15	4	10
14	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	10	2	2	6	10	17	-7	8
15	YTFIB	10	2	2	6	14	22	-8	8
16	Wheel Madrid	10	1	2	7	10	19	-9	5

A third of the league season done then. Ben will certainly be happy with his early work, his five point lead intact after a 1-0 win at Mega Bucks. It took an injury time saved penalty by Bart Verbruggen to get the Artisans the points but there must be a cliche about winning when you’re not playing well that fits here. The CFJs certainly are playing well and beat GC TotW 6-1 to keep second place. There was an Eberechi Eze masterclass that earned him a hat-trick and also goals from Yeremy Pino and Danny Welbeck before Ollie’s team replied through Morgan Gibbs-White. Alex Jimenez’ clean for the Cows finished the scoring.

The Aardvarks also hit six this weekend and go third. Ady’s team turned a two-goal deficit against Wheel Madrid into a 6-2 win. Paul W’s team sat pretty at half-time thanks to a brace from Callum Wilson but Ady must have got stuck into his team at the interval to spark the turnaround. Morgan Rogers scored twice, Richarlison scored the goal of the game with a lob from distance and Marcus Tavernier added another from the spot. Dean Henderson and Ian Maatsen added cleans. The Wateringhole Society are fourth after sweeping San Dimas aside 3-0. My team hung on until the hour but Harvey Barnes struck twice for Kiran and Marc Cucurella added a clean sheet.

SGU are fifth, eight points off the top, after beating Nil Satis 3-2. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall fired in from the edge of the area to put Aaron ahead on the half-hour and a diving Pedro Neto made it two before the break. Enzo Fernandez added the third two minutes from time and SGU will be grateful he did as Paul S hit back with cleans from Michael Keane and Jake O’Brien but ultimately fell short. The Muppets and Claymore are joined on 16 points after Clive’s team beat Ryan’s 2-1 this week. Igor Thiago opened the scoring for Claymore from the spot on 29 minutes, Daniel Munoz doubled the lead on 63. Thiago missed another penalty late on but it didn’t prove costly as the Muppets could only find a James Tarkowski clean in reply.

Trusted and Markian played out a 1-1 draw that doesn’t really help either of them where the title race is concerned. Leandro Trossard’s deflected shot on the turn came close to winning it for Beef only for Ryan Sessegnon’s clean to level it for Ian. The other 1-1 draw was between Cheese Makers and YTFIB. Raul Jimenez steered in an excellent cross with six minutes left but Matthew’s team failed to close the game out and Julian equalised with a Nico Williams clean.

Cup Semi-final draws

Drawn by Mrs Co-Ordinator as is semi-traditional

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Semi-Finals

Aardvark Abacus v The Wateringhole Society

Trusted By Millions v The Cow-Faced Juniors

Charity Shield Semi-Finals

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week v Stanley and Gracie United

Mega Buck Bandits v Cheese Makers

Games to be played Midweek 2-3 December 2025.

Week 9 Results - Top four all lose

Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions

Markian United 0 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

Real Muppets 1 v 4 Aardvark Abacus

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 3 Cheese Makers

The Wateringhole Society 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

Wheel Madrid 2 v 3 San Dimas High School

YTFIB 1 v 3 Stanley and Gracie United

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

A first league defeat of the season for the Artisans, going down to Cheese Makers 3-2, but other results mean Ben retains his five point lead. First half goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Dan Ballard set Matthew up for the win and when Joao Pedro had the freedom of the penalty to make it 3-0 on 65 minutes it looked done and dusted. Ben’s team did hit back with a Matthew de Ligt header and Bart Verbruggen clean but it wasn’t enough. The CFJs lost by the same score to Nil Satis. The Cows led twice too, Giorgi Mamardashvili’s early penalty save was equalised by the excellent Jeremy Doku, Tomas Soucek’s goal on 77 minutes was cancelled out by Michael Keane’s shoulder four minutes later. Paul S picked up the points courtesy of Vitali Mykolenko’s clean.

The Muppets also slipped to defeat, 4-1 to the Aardvarks who are up to fourth. Erling Haaland’s header gave Ryan the lead by the half hour but Ady turned it around late. Mathijs Tel’s deflected shot after 84 minutes drew his side level, and Richarlison’s flick header in injury time put the Aardvarks in front. Cleans from Lewis Dunk and Wesley Fofana put a one-sided look on the final score. Another comprehensive win, 4-0 over Mega Bucks, sees The Wateringhole Society up to fifth. 1-0 at the break thanks to Harvey Barnes smart shot on the turn, Malo Gusto and Bukayo Saka scored within three second half minutes of each other to take the game away from Dave. Marc Cucurella’s clean the final counter in the game.

Markian dropped to seventh after their 3-0 defeat to Claymore. A tight game went in Clive’s favour thanks to an Igor Thiago brace in the last 15 minutes, one from the spot, and Trevoh Chalobah’s clean. SGU are quietly going about their business and are three points off second after beating YTFIB 3-1. Zian Flemming’s first-half header was cancelled out by Kevin Schade after 56 minutes before Aaron wrapped it up in a two minute burst. First Harry Maguire bagged an early clean then Pedro Neto was on the end of a sweeping move to finish from close in.

San Dimas just got the better of Wheel Madrid 3-2 after falling two goals behind. Emi Buendia’s precision free-kick and Callum Wilson had Paul W two up at the interval, the San Dimas revival started with an Emi Martinez saved penalty and then Josko Gvardiol and Martinez got cleans to send my team away with all the points. Late goals gave Trusted a 2-1 win at GC TotW. Ollie’s team went ahead with 22 minutes left, Morgan Gibbs-White heading home. A stunning strike from Leandro Trossard restored parity six minutes later and an injury time Elliott Anderson penalty won the game for Beef.

Week 8 Results - Wins for the top three

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 3 Markian United 

Cheese Makers 3 v 0 The Wateringhole Society 

Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 3 Garth Crooks' Team of the Week 

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 0 Wheel Madrid 

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 2 YTFIB

San Dimas High School 0 v 4 Real Muppets 

Stanley and Gracie United 1 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans 

Trusted By Millions 1 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Fabulous Artisans	8	7	1	0	19	8	11	22
2	The Cow-Faced Juniors	8	5	2	1	21	13	8	17
3	Real Muppets	8	5	1	2	26	12	14	16
4	Markian United	8	4	2	2	19	12	7	14
5	Aardvark Abacus	8	3	3	2	12	8	4	12
6	The Wateringhole Society	8	4	0	4	15	18	-3	12
7	Mega Buck Bandits	8	4	0	4	10	18	-8	12
8	Stanley and Gracie United	8	3	2	3	12	14	-2	11
9	Claymore Athletic FC	8	3	1	4	11	13	-2	10
10	San Dimas High School	8	2	4	2	8	14	-6	10
11	Cheese Makers	8	3	0	5	12	16	-4	9
12	Garth Crooks' Team of the Week	8	2	2	4	8	9	-1	8
13	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	8	2	2	4	7	18	-11	8
14	YTFIB	8	2	1	5	12	18	-6	7
15	Trusted By Millions	8	1	3	4	16	13	3	6
16	Wheel Madrid	8	1	2	5	6	10	-4	5

The Artisans continue to be the team to catch and notched up a 3-1 win over SGU to keep a five point lead. Harry Wilson’s measured finish had given Aaron the lead just after the hour but Ben soon levelled with an early Riccardo Calafiori clean sheet. And it was cleans, from Marc Guehi and Conor Bradley keep the Artisans at the head of affairs. The CFJs saw off the October MOTM Beef’s side 4-1 to stay second. Early goals from Danny Welbeck and Viktor Gyokeres had the Cows two up inside 15 minutes but Trusted got back into it through Jean-Philippe Mateta’s well-guided header. It was Tomas Soucek who made the game safe in the seventh minute of second half injury time and Gabriel added a clean sheet.

The Muppets are third and look to have improved on their title-winning form from last season. A large part of that is down to Erling Haaland who scored twice in a 4-0 win over San Dimas. That’s 11 in the league now for the Norwegian, he’s well on track to break his own record*. Amad Diallo added a late third and Reece James’ clean rounded off the win for Ryan.  Markian leapt up to fifth after dispatching the Aardvarks 3-0. Ryan Sessegnon broke clear to open the scoring on nine minutes and Lucas Paqueta’s shot from the edge of the are doubled Ian’s lead ten minutes before the break. Maxence Lacroix added a clean for good measure.

The Wateringhole Society lost ground after going down 3-0 to a Cheese Makers side that appear to be waking from their early season slumbers. All the scoring was done inside 34 minutes. It took just four of those minutes for Jacob Murphy to rifle home and half an hour later both Casemiro and Joao Pedro were on target for Matthew. Mega Bucks are up to seventh after a 1-0 win over Wheel Madrid. Declan Rice getting the only goal with a thumping header after 35 minutes. All five of Wheels’ league defeats have been by a single counter.

GC TotW continued their good week with a 3-0 win at Claymore. Ollie’s team were gifted the lead at the end of the first half when Mohamed Salah latched on to a terrible pass from the Claymore keeper. Morgan Gibbs-White added a second straight after the break and Cristian Romero’s clean wrapped up the points. There were two own goals in the Nil Satis/YTFIB game before Julian ended up 2-1 winners. Sven Botman slid into his own net at the end of the first half, Nathan Collins headed into his six minutes after the interval. Ryan Gravenberch’s deflected shot on 58 minutes proved to be the YTFIB winner.