2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Last - Transfer dealings

As with previous years here's a bit about the fantasy dealings...

Income

Total received in 2014/15 was a new record of £473.3m. That was swelled by an individual team record. One of our number bringing in £103.65m. Four other teams bagged £44.5m plus.

Expenditure

Another record here too, a massive £613.5m! Some of that is recycled in the league but that's small potatoes compared to the rest. One team spent over £100m, three more over £65m. At the other end of the scale four teams didn't muster £15m in purchases.

Business

Overall losses fell for the fourth successive season - now to £140m, £20m less than last year. The biggest loss by one team was in excess of £40m, three more teams were over £20m down.

Four teams turned a profit on transfers but that only added up to just over £20m between them.

We have a nine season sample of these figures now, every team has lost between £70m and £130m in that period. Interestingly ten of our teams fall into a losses bracket of between £80m and £95m.

2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Seven - Another VFM table

Because I've still got the calculation in the spreadsheet and well, why not, here's how many counters people got for their wage money...

	Team	Counters	Wage Bill (£m)	Counters per £m
1	YTFIB	48	1.5705	30.564
2	Final Fantasy XI	65	2.28075	28.499
3	The Fabulous Artisans	72	2.7645	26.044
4	Cheese Makers	77	3.64725	21.112
5	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	85	4.635	18.339
6	Mega Buck Bandits	58	3.33375	17.398
7	Athletico Phoenix	75	4.359	17.206
8	FCK2	83	4.872	17.036
9	Claymore Athletic FC	113	6.70425	16.855
10	Trusted By Millions	98	5.89425	16.626
11	San Dimas High School	70	4.30515	16.260
12	Real Muppets	86	5.45925	15.753
13	Aardvark Abacus	75	5.4495	13.763
14	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	106	7.884	13.445
15	The Dead Parrots	53	4.01475	13.201
16	The Cow-Faced Juniors	91	8.18075	11.124

2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Six - 1st - 4th

1st Claymore Athletic FC (up one place on last season)
Now the team by which all others must be judged. This was Clive's second title in four seasons and those wins sandwich two runners-up spots. There have also been four straight Cup Final appearances although this one ended in defeat to Fred. Claymore have the best striker in the league in Sergio Aguero and this season had the best defender in Branislav Ivanovic. Any team finishing above them next season will be upset if they don't win the league.
Star Player: Sergio Aguero (23 goals)
Disappointment: That Cup Final defeat

2nd Fred West LG XI (up six places)
Fred's return to the upper reaches is complete after four seasons of struggle, re-building and consolidation. In that order. He also picked up the FA Cup for the first time despite fielding an ineligible player. Wilfried Bony and Leo Ulloa led the line but Fred's penchant for expensive midfielders paid off with an excellent season for Eden Hazard. There's a solid defence too so they should be thereabouts next year.
Star Player: Cesar Azpilicueta (14 cleans)
Disappointment: Is it unfair to single out February no counters signing Juan Cuadrado?

3rd Athletico Phoenix (up ten places)
Another team bouncing back were the Phoenix who were always at the sharp end without having a squad to sustain a real threat to Claymore. Brian stuck his faith, and transfer record, in Diego Costa and was repaid with 19 goals. A good return for someone with a dodgy hamstring. Will his striking partner inspire RvP to former glories or is he now on his way out of Kingham Park? It will be an interesting window for Athletico.
Star Player: Diego Costa (19 goals)
Disappointment: Were the squad players up to it when they got the chance?

4th Trusted By Millions (down three places)
Beef's title defence was hardly a defence at all. The first half of the season was practically a write-off with the team in 13th after week 10. Things started to click after that and Trusted had cut the gap to five points with eight games to go but were never nearer and fell away again. The finger can be pointed at the forwards who failed to contribute anything like the number of 'counters' they needed to. The axe will fall on some of them before the new season.
Star Player: Gary Cahill (one goal, 14 cleans)
Disappointment: The front men

2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Five - 5th-8th

5th San Dimas High School (up one place on last season)
Perhaps a bit lucky to finish so high San Dimas bumped along in mid-table without really threatening to go further. Highlight of the season was finally adding the PCMT to the trophy cabinet after three losing finals. Attacking-wise this looks a good team on paper but didn't match those expectations in the scoring department. The defence, so solid in 2013/14, now looks in need of a serious overhaul if the luck is to continue.
Star Player: Saido Berahino (ten goals)
Disappointment: Does the manager know his best team?

6th Real Muppets (down one place)
Another nearly season for Ryan who led the league early on but finished trophyless for the seventh straight season. An eight-game losing run in November and December did for his hopes this time. Goals were the problem for the Muppets who forked out £20m on Mario Balotelli who looked like a man who'd forgotten how to play at times. Daniel Sturridge could have been the saviour but spent more time on the treatment table than the pitch.
Star Players: Laurent Koscielny (two goals, eight cleans) and Alberto Moreno (ten cleans)
Disappointment: Balotelli or Sturridge's lack of game time? Take your pick.

7th FCK2 (up four places)
After two years languishing in the reserves Harry Kane got his chance and grabbed it with both hands scoring 14 times. Danny Ings and Diafra Sakho were also useful acquisitions making up for Andy Carroll's continued absence. John Terry continued to roll back the years in defence providing a solid base for Kevin's team to build on. If there is an area to address in this squad it could be the midfield although Wilshere and Grealish show promise.
Star Player: John Terry (three goals, 14 cleans)
Disappointment: Not turning enough draws into wins

8th Aardvark Abacus (down four)
How the mighty have fallen. And continue to fall. The team to have won most WSFFL trophies have gone five years without one. And this finish is the team's lowest since we went to a 16 team league. Ady's team did lead the league for eight weeks and were second after week 16 but came down with the Christmas lights losing 12 of their last 18 games. What next? Maybe a clear-out of the old guard and some young blood is what's needed to lift them back up.
Star Player: Phil Jagielka (three goals, ten cleans)
Disappointment: Adebayor, Jovetic, Nastasic, Coates. £63.5m spent, seven 'counters' between them.

2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Four - 9th-12th

9th The Cow-Faced Juniors (down six places on last season)
What's that sound? Is it a chorus of "Where's the money gone?" from the CFJs fans? Chris has trousered almost £160m from the sales of Bale and Suarez over the last two summers but went trophyless and dropped into the bottom half. Alexis Sanchez does look a good signing, Graziano Pelle blew hot and cold but Radamel Falcao has looked a shadow of the player Chris hoped he might be. The manager will be reviewing his transfer policy before auction night.
Star Players: Graziano Pelle and Alexis Sanchez (12 goals)
Disappointment: I think it's got to be Falcao

10th Final Fantasy XI (same as last season)
No Cup for Ceri this season, nor a top half finish but it always had the look of a season of consolidation. The team made an excellent start and were fourth after week eleven but fell away. Perhaps that was understandable as there wasn't a lot of investment in either transfer window so the team were reliant on last season's performers. Yaya Toure wasn't at his imperious best for much of the season and his future needs to be straightened out.
Star Player: Gareth McAuley (on goal, eight cleans)
Disappointment: The lack of goals

11th The Fabulous Artisans (down two)
Surely Ben's luck must change soon. For the second season his position was a long way from reflecting the amount of 'counters' his team racked up. There was defeat in the PCMT Final too. The Artisans made a dreadful start, propping up the table after four weeks, and never really strung a winning sequence of any note together. A fit Christian Benteke and a playing Loic Remy would be two reasons to be cheerful next season.
Star Player: Leighton Baines (three goals, nine cleans)
Disappointment: Lady luck being such a fickle mistress

12th Nil Satis Nisi Optimum (up three)
Neither good nor terrible. Paul's team spent 24 weeks between eighth and 12th place. There were enough wins to keep the head above water but runs of defeats to remind Nil Satis just how far the shore was out of reach. The manager still belongs to the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' camp but also is the founder member of the 'oh! it's broke, it'll fix itself' society. That thought will continue to hold this team back if it persists.
Star Player: Seamus Coleman (two goals, nine cleans)
Disappointment: The team not changing from October keeping John Stones out of the team.

2014/15 Co-Ord Round-up Part Three - 13th-16th

I start my usual annual team review with the bottom four...

13th Cheese Makers (down six places on last season)
After a top half finish last season Matthew's team fell back into the bottom four. Two poor runs did the damage, the stretch from late November to February without a win particularly painful. The return to form of Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini ensured the season finished on a high and the 'counters' table showed that the Cheesers were a bit unlucky. They'll be in the top half mix again next season if the strikers click.
Star Player: Jose Fonte (13 cleans)
Disappointment: The strikers - Just ten goals between Long, Mirallas, Ideye and Nugent

14th The Dead Parrots (same as last season)
Ah! The season of two halves! After week 13 the Parrots were seventh and everything in the outback looked rosy. Then the other 17 league matches garnered only 11 points and Dean's team finished with one point from the last nine and scored in just two of their last twelve matches. Last season's star man Rickie Lambert didn't get much playing time and the gamble don Didier Drogba didn't pay off. Much work ahead for the manager next term.
Star Player: Joe Hart (14 cleans)
Disappointment: The second half of the season

15th Mega Buck Bandits (down three)
Dave broke his transfer record to bring in the ex-Swindon striker Charlie Austin and spent £6m on Fraser Forster and while those moves were a success not much else was. A five game unbeaten run saw the Bandits hand their boss the October MOTM award but a spectacular run of one in 20 games in all competitions propelled the team into familiar territory. Dave will hope he picks up another couple of good 'uns next season.
Star Player: Charlie Austin (16 goals)
Disappointment: The Bandits old timers (maybe Charlie Adam excepted)

16th YTFIB (same as last season)
Julian propped up the table for the eighth time but it was a miracle he came so close to dodging that bullet. Halfway through the season the team had accumulated a mere five points and looked on for all sorts of unwanted records. Wins in weeks 16 and 17 hinted at a renaissance before order was restored with seven straight losses and then, something happened. April MOTM! One defeat in the last seven! Can YTFIB carry this on to next season?
Star Player: Mame Diouf (10 goals)
Disappointment The first half of the season

2014/15 Co-Ord Roundup part two - the Value For Money table

Who got most for their wage money* in 2014/15...

	Team	P	Pts	Wage Bill (£m)	Pts per £m
1	Final Fantasy XI	30	41	2.28075	17.977
2	YTFIB	30	25	1.5705	15.918
3	The Fabulous Artisans	30	39	2.7645	14.107
4	Athletico Phoenix	30	49	4.359	11.241
5	San Dimas High School	30	47	4.30515	10.917
6	Cheese Makers	30	38	3.64725	10.419
7	FCK2	30	46	4.872	9.442
8	Claymore Athletic FC	30	61	6.70425	9.099
9	Real Muppets	30	46	5.45925	8.426
10	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	30	39	4.635	8.414
11	Trusted By Millions	30	49	5.89425	8.313
12	Aardvark Abacus	30	44	5.4495	8.074
13	Mega Buck Bandits	30	26	3.33375	7.799
14	The Dead Parrots	30	29	4.01475	7.223
15	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	30	52	7.884	6.596
16	The Cow-Faced Juniors	30	42	8.18075	5.134

The top three are the same as last season but Final Fantasy take over at the top. The Phoenix also high in this table as well as in the real thing.

The CFJs will want more for their money next season while Fred's FA Cup and second place proved quite costly.

*If my sums are right - they'll be close anyway.

2014/15 Co-Ord Roundup part one - The 'Counters' Table

Here's the table if that was all that mattered in the game was 'counters'. Don't worry it won't be. (Well, not on my watch!)

1. Claymore Athletic FC - 113 (same place as real table, four more counters than last season)
2. Fred West LG XI - 106 (same place, nine more)
3. Athletico Phoenix - 98 (same place, 23 more)
4. The Cow-Faced Juniors - 91 (five places higher, 13 lower)
5. FCK2 - 86 (two places higher, 11 more)
6. The Fabulous Artisans - 85 (five places higher, 24 fewer)
7. Real Muppets - 83 (one place lower, three fewer)
8. Cheese Makers - 77 (five places higher, eight fewer)
=9. Trusted By Millions - 75 (five places lower, 29 fewer)
=9. Aardvark Abacus - 75 (one place lower, 14 fewer)
11. Nil Satis - 72 (one place lower, 2 more)
12. San Dimas - 70 (seven places lower, 19 fewer)
13. Final Fantasy - 65 (one place lower, five fewer)
14. Mega Buck Bandits - 58 (one place higher, 11 fewer)
15. Dead Parrots - 53 (one place lower, 13 fewer)
16. YTFIB - 48 (same place, four fewer)

What can we learn. The top three were thoroughly deserving of those spots, Chris, Ben and Matthew were slightly unfortunate with their finishing positions while Beef and I may have ridden our luck a little.

Also - only five teams scored more counters than last season. Overall we were almost 100 down on last term.

2014/15 Awards - £500k Team of the Season

(More of the same but this time with the players from the bargain basement.)

GK: Joe Hart (The Dead Parrots)

DEF: Gary Cahill (Trusted By Millions), Jose Fonte (Cheese Makers), Leighton Baines (The Fabulous Artisans), Craig Dawson (Fred West Landscape Gardening XI)

MID: Stewart Downing (Athletico Phoenix), Jason Puncheon (YTFIB), Gylfi Sigurdsson (The Cow-Faced Juniors), Raheem Sterling (The Real Muppets)

ATT: Harry Kane (FCK2), Papiss Cisse (The Dead Parrots)

Subs: Simon Mignolet (San Dimas); Ben Mee (Cheese); Steven Gerrard (Trusted); Mame Diouf (YTFIB)

Previous selection

2014/15 Awards - English Team of the Season

(Same rules as before but for the England-qualified players)

GK: Joe Hart (Dead Parrots)

DEF: John Terry (FCK2), Gary Cahill (Trusted By Millions), Phil Jagielka (Aardvark Abacus), Joleon Lescott (Trusted)

MID: Stewart Downing (Athletico Phoenix), Jason Puncheon (YTFIB), Raheem Sterling (Real Muppets), Steven Gerrard (Trusted)

ATT: Charlie Austin (Mega Buck Bandits), Harry Kane (FCK2)

Subs: Ben Foster (FCK2) ; Leighton Baines (The Fabulous Artisans), Ben Mee (Cheese Makers); James Milner (San Dimas); Saido Berahino (San Dimas High School)

Joe Hart makes his fifth straight appearance but only Terry, Cahill, Gerrard, Foster and Baines survive from last year's selection.

2014/15 Awards - Team of the Season

(All awards are made on basis of contributions in all WSFFL competitions. Where there is a tie, contributions in league matches take precedence. Then I'll try to separate them by goals scored. Then perhaps by number of tattoos. If you see two or more names as subs in a position I still couldn't split them.)

GK: Joe Hart (The Dead Parrots)

DEF: Branislav Ivanovic (Claymore Athletic FC), John Terry (FCK2), Gary Cahill (Trusted By Millions), Per Mertersacker (Athletico Phoenix)

MID: Eden Hazard, Nacer Chadli (both Fred West Landscape Gardening XI), Christian Eriksen (The Fabulous Artisans), David Silva (San Dimas High School)

ATT: Sergio Aguero (Claymore), Diego Costa (Phoenix)

Subs: David de Gea (Trusted); Cesar Azpilicueta (FWLG XI); Juan Mata (Cheese Makers); Charlie Austin (Mega Buck Bandits)

Only Mertersacker, Terry and Hazard survive from last year's starting XI while Juan Mata makes the bench again. Artisans, MegaBucks and Cheese Makers all represented despite indifferent seasons.

Last year's selection

2014/15 Awards - Players of the Season

(Awards are made on basis of contributions in all WSFFL competitions. Where there is a tie, contributions in league matches take precedence.)

Player of the season, Attacker of the season and Golden Boot:
Sergio Aguero (Claymore Athletic FC) - 23 goals

Repaying his £29m fee Aguero is truly one of the stars of football right now. An injury and quiet spell on his return slowed his scoring rate but he still drove Claymore to the title.

Golden Gloves:
Joe Hart (The Dead Parrots) - 13 cleans, one saved penalty

After missing out last year Hart is back on top of the 'keeping pile for the fourth time in five seasons. Did a great job for Dean's strugglers but can't score them as well!

Defender of the Season:
Branislav Ivanovic (Claymore Athletic FC) - three goals, 15 cleans

Player of the season in 2010/11 Ivanovic did his bit for Claymore this year too. Important goals and cleans when they were needed. he may be getting older, he's not getting worse.

Midfielder of the season:
Eden Hazard (Fred West landscape Gardening XI) - 12 goals

Perhaps not a vintage year for midfield scorers but the talented Hazard was a worthy winner. Fred doesn't always get his midfield signings right but the Belgian does set a high standard.

Young Player of the Season: 
Harry Kane (FCK2) - 14 goals

Kane signed for Kevin's predecessor in May 2012 but had to wait until tis season to break into the team. Took his chance with both hands and will be leading the line at Furze Fields for years.

£500k Player of the season: 
Gary Cahill (Trusted By Millions) - one goal, 14 cleans

Trusted didn't come close to defending their title but Cahill was Beef's Mr Reliable and quietly went about his business accumulating clean sheets.

Last season's winners

Week 30 Results and final table

Despite all the permutations there wasn't much change to the table. 

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 3 San Dimas High School

Athletico Phoenix 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 

Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 2 FCK2

The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits
The Dead Parrots 0 v 2 Cheese Makers

Trusted By Millions 1 v 1 Real Muppets

YTFIB 4 v 2 Final Fantasy XI

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	30	18	7	5	85	49	36	61
2	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	30	14	10	6	74	43	31	52
3	Athletico Phoenix	30	15	4	11	70	50	20	49
4	Trusted By Millions	30	14	7	9	49	44	5	49
5	San Dimas High School	30	14	5	11	48	55	-7	47
6	Real Muppets	30	14	4	12	58	47	11	46
7	FCK2	30	12	10	8	52	44	8	46
8	Aardvark Abacus	30	14	2	14	48	59	-11	44
9	The Cow-Faced Juniors	30	11	9	10	71	59	12	42
10	Final Fantasy XI	30	12	5	13	42	58	-16	41
11	The Fabulous Artisans	30	12	3	15	54	64	-10	39
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	30	11	6	13	50	63	-13	39
13	Cheese Makers	30	10	8	12	45	43	2	38
14	The Dead Parrots	30	9	2	19	32	61	-29	29
15	Mega Buck Bandits	30	6	8	16	44	57	-13	26
16	YTFIB	30	7	4	19	37	63	-26	25

And with that, the 2014/15 season was over.

Clive rounded off his title-winning season with a win over the unbelievably unlucky Artisans. Ben had led through a Loic Remy brace but Sergio Aguero scored one of his easiest of the season and then three cleans swept Claymore to the win. Aguero must be looking forward to the glittering award ceremony whenever I make that up. Fred and Athletico stayed in second and third after a 2-2 draw. Frank Lampard and Diego Costa gave Brian a two-goal half-time lead but Leo Ulloa chested in after the break and Fazio got the levelling clean.

A late Andrej Kramaric goal helped Trusted hang on to fourth. The Muppets led through Esteban Cambiasso but that late equaliser cost Ryan fifth place. San Dimas nicking that in a no way lucky fashion despite a negative goal difference with a 3-0 win over the Aardvarks. Theo Walcott bagged a first-half hat-trick, any would think he was after a new contract.

FCK2 finished with a win over Nil Satis thanks to two goals from English forwards. Danny Ings and Harry Kane certainly did their bit for Kevin this season. The Aardvarks' defeat could have dropped them out of the top half but none of the chasers took advantage. The CFJs needed two cleans to earn a point against Mega Bucks after two Charlies (Adam and Austin) had Dave ahead.

That point ensured YTFIB finished bottom despite Julian's win over Final Fantasy. Mame Diouf's early brace for YTFIB had been cancelled out by headers from Moussa Sissoko and Gareth McAuley but it was another header, from Peter Crouch with four minutes left, that set Julian up for victory. Dean's spectacular non-scoring run (10 in the last 12 without troubling the scorers) continued with defeat Cheese Makers. James Chester and Ben Mee's cleans for Matthew the only scores in this game. Matthew finishing 13th but with a positive goal difference. Funny old game.

Week 29 Results

Claymore's hopes of a points record ended in two minutes 56 seconds.

Cheese Makers 1 v 2 Aardvark Abacus

FCK2 0 v 1 Athletico Phoenix

Final Fantasy XI 4 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 2 San Dimas High School

Real Muppets 3 v 0 Claymore Athletic FC

The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 0 The Dead Parrots

The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 5 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

YTFIB 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	29	17	7	5	81	47	34	58
2	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	29	14	9	6	72	41	31	51
3	Athletico Phoenix	29	15	3	11	68	48	20	48
4	Trusted By Millions	29	14	6	9	48	43	5	48
5	Real Muppets	29	14	3	12	57	46	11	45
6	Aardvark Abacus	29	14	2	13	48	56	-8	44
7	San Dimas High School	29	13	5	11	45	55	-10	44
8	FCK2	29	11	10	8	50	44	6	43
9	The Cow-Faced Juniors	29	11	8	10	69	57	12	41
10	Final Fantasy XI	29	12	5	12	40	54	-14	41
11	The Fabulous Artisans	29	12	3	14	52	60	-8	39
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	29	11	6	12	50	61	-11	39
13	Cheese Makers	29	9	8	12	43	43	0	35
14	The Dead Parrots	29	9	2	18	32	59	-27	29
15	Mega Buck Bandits	29	6	7	16	42	55	-13	25
16	YTFIB	29	6	4	19	33	61	-28	22

Claymore's bid for their points record was ended in style by the Muppets. Well, Sadio Mane to be precise who scored a hat-trick in two minutes 56 seconds early in the first half for Ryan. When Cesc Fabregas saw red on the half hour after booting a ball into a group of players it was pipe and slippers for Ryan and slippers for Clive. Fred now has a strong claim on second after beating the Artisans 5-2. Twice Fred led through Lallana and Chadli, twice Ben replied with Benteke and Brunt. There was no reply to Wilfried Bony's last minute pass in off the post or cleans from Craig Dawson or Marcos Rojo.

The four teams in the running for second and third are playing each other in the final games. The Phoenix beat FCK2 this week with a well worked Stewart Downing goal and play Fred on Sunday. Any win will do for Brian to snatch third and a six-goal victory will nab second place. If Brian does slip up Trusted are poised to take advantage after beating YTFIB. Emmanuel Riviere broke his WSFFL duck in slightly flukey style for Beef but another Jason Puncheon free-kick had Julian level at the break. The winner came from Marc Muniesa clean and Trusted need to better the Athletico result to take third. Trusted take on the Muppets where a big win for Ryan could yet see him take third if results go his way.

The Aardvarks haven't quite sealed a top half spot despite edging out Cheese Makers. A side-foot volley and a Glenn Murray penalty follow-up getting it done for Ady. His last game is against San Dimas who are on the same number of points. My team led twice against Mega Bucks and Romelu Lukaku looked to have snatched the win with his late header but Wes Morgan's clean earned a share of the points for Dave. That's probably enough to stop him finishing bottom. The CFJs added to Dean's woes with a big one to give Chris a chance of a top-half finish. Gylfi Sigurdsson broke the deadlock bang on half-time but pick of the goals was Leroy Fer's screamer on the hour. Final Fantasy are also tucked in ready to take advantage of any slips from the top half teams. Ceri's team swept aside Nil Satis 4-1 this week, Yaya Toure adding two more to his tally either side of a Bafe Gomis reply that had the most awful big cat impression celebration you're likely to see.

Week 28 results

Claymore in no mood to get their flip-flops on.

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits

Athletico Phoenix 3 v 4 Claymore Athletic FC

Cheese Makers 2 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors

FCK2 2 v 2 YTFIB

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Real Muppets 0 v 2 Final Fantasy XI
San Dimas High School 1 v 0 The Dead Parrots

The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 1 Trusted By Millions


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	28	17	7	4	81	44	37	58
2	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	28	13	9	6	67	39	28	48
3	Athletico Phoenix	28	14	3	11	67	48	19	45
4	Trusted By Millions	28	13	6	9	46	42	4	45
5	FCK2	28	11	10	7	50	43	7	43
6	San Dimas High School	28	13	4	11	43	53	-10	43
7	Real Muppets	28	13	3	12	54	46	8	42
8	Aardvark Abacus	28	13	2	13	46	55	-9	41
9	The Fabulous Artisans	28	12	3	13	50	55	-5	39
10	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	28	11	6	11	49	57	-8	39
11	The Cow-Faced Juniors	28	10	8	10	64	57	7	38
12	Final Fantasy XI	28	11	5	12	36	53	-17	38
13	Cheese Makers	28	9	8	11	42	41	1	35
14	The Dead Parrots	28	9	2	17	32	54	-22	29
15	Mega Buck Bandits	28	6	6	16	40	53	-13	24
16	YTFIB	28	6	4	18	32	59	-27	22

Claymore show no signs of letting up despite having safely secured the title. Two more wins would give Claymore their points record in a 16-team league season. Sergio Aguero's hat-trick got the job done this week after they had trailed early to a Riyad Mahrez brace. Brian called him into the side just before kick-off an he rewarded his boss with his first two WSFFL goals inside 20 minutes but they eventually counted for nought. That Athletico defeat has put Fred in charge of the race for second place after victory over Nil Satis. Jermain Defoe and Bafe Gomis traded goals in the 85th minute but Fred came through thanks to cleans from Mangala and Zouma.

Unless there's some Frank Lampardesque change of heart in the offing then Trusted will be saying goodbye to Steven Gerrard before too long. He'll be missed by Beef's team and he got the only goal against the Artisans this week, nodding in at the far post. FCK2 are still harbouring hopes of a top three finish but they could only draw with a YTFIB side still making a nuisance of themselves. Kevin's team led twice. John Terry getting one early on and then Danny Ings firing in from close range just after the hour. Each time Julian hit back, a Jason Puncheon free-kick and then Mame Diouf turning in from a tight angle keeping his unbeaten run going.

Julian's still on the bottom though after Mega Bucks picked up their first win since December. Charlie Adam has hit some screamers recently but this one was a header and was the only goal that inflicted another defeat on the Aardvarks. The inconsistent San Dimas also needed just the one goal this week, David Silva finding room in the Dead Parrots defence to break the deadlock.

Another team that can never quite string a run together are the Muppets. They went down 2-0 to Final Fantasy this week. I don't believe I've used the phrase 'forest of legs' for a while so I will now. Ayoze Perez shot through a forest of legs just before the break to give Ceri the lead and a Michael Duff clean doubled the advantage. Matthew's top half hopes are just about over after being held by the CFJs. Cheese Makers had been two up through a Juan Mata penalty and a Marouane Fellaini header but cleans from Ron Vlaar and Geoff Cameron completed Chris' comeback.

FA Cup Final result

Congratulations to Fred West Landscape Gardening XI who win the FA Cup for the first time.


Claymore Athletic FC 1
Aguero 29

v

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3
Hazard 45
Mangala [c]
Azpilicueta [c]

(one cancelled clean)

At Wembley - Attendance: 90,000


Claymore: Howard; Dann, Cresswell, Yoshida, M.Dawson; Barkley, Ledley, Fabregas, Fernandinho; Aguero, Rooney           Subs: Robles; Wollscheid; Colback; Giroud

Fred: Courtois; Mangala, Azpilicueta, Varela, Zouma; Chadli, Lallana, Hazard, Cuadrado; Bony, Sanogo                    Subs: Lloris, ~, Paulinho, Ulloa

Before the game Fred warmly congratulated his opposite number on the title win and then set about denying him a second 'Double'. There were some surprise team changes in both line-ups. Claymore had left out Branislav Ivanovic, surely one of the defenders of the season, and Alex Kolarov who had scored against these opponents last week. Up front the Claymore boss selected the returning from injury Wayne Rooney over Olivier Giroud. Fred had knocked up a pre-match veg stir-fry for his team and that ruled out January signing Jermain Defoe and consigned Leonardo Ulloa to the bench while an administrative error meant he couldn't field a defensive sub.

Sergio Aguero was the focus in the early stages and he'd already gone close a coupe of times before opening the scoring for Claymore on 29 minutes. Timing his run to perfection he beat the Fred offside trap and had the freedom of the penalty area to smash in at the near post. The sides were level at the break though. Eden Hazard, perhaps the top midfielder of this campaign, won a penalty, missed the penalty and then nodded in the penalty rebound.

The second half also had a premium on chances. Aguero just failed to wrap his foot around a shot following a one-two with Fernandinho and missed the target from close range on the hour. Wilfried Bony and Paulinho perhaps should have done better with late chances that went their way. With no further goals it was clean sheets from Eliaquim Mangala and Cesar Azpilicueta that gave Fred victory and takes the trophy to New Cromwell Street.

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How they got there:

Semi-finals

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 7 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Trusted By Millions 2 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

Quarter-finals

Athletico Phoenix 2 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 0 The Fabulous Artisans
San Dimas High School 2 v 4 Claymore Athletic FC
YTFIB 1 v 2 Trusted By Millions

First round

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC
Athletico Phoenix 2 v 2 The Dead Parrots (2-0 in replay)
Final Fantasy XI 0 v 2 YTFIB
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 3 v 1 Real Muppets
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits
San Dimas High School 6 v 2 FCK2
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 4 Trusted By Millions
The Fabulous Artisans 2 v 0 Cheese Makers

Week 27 Results

They think it's all over - that's because it is. Congratulations to Claymore who have claimed the point they need to become the 2014/15 WSFFL Champions.

Week 26 Rearranged game

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 5 Athletico Phoenix

Week 27

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 3 Athletico Phoenix
Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 Final Fantasy XI

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 San Dimas High School
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Real Muppets

The Dead Parrots 2 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans

Trusted By Millions 0 v 0 FCK2

YTFIB 2 v 1 Cheese Makers


	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Claymore Athletic FC	27	16	7	4	77	41	36	55
2	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	27	12	9	6	64	38	26	45
3	Athletico Phoenix	27	14	3	10	64	44	20	45
4	Real Muppets	27	13	3	11	54	44	10	42
5	FCK2	27	11	9	7	48	41	7	42
6	Trusted By Millions	27	12	6	9	45	42	3	42
7	Aardvark Abacus	27	13	2	12	46	54	-8	41
8	San Dimas High School	27	12	4	11	42	53	-11	40
9	The Fabulous Artisans	27	12	3	12	50	54	-4	39
10	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	27	11	6	10	48	54	-6	39
11	The Cow-Faced Juniors	27	10	7	10	62	55	7	37
12	Final Fantasy XI	27	10	5	12	34	53	-19	35
13	Cheese Makers	27	9	7	11	40	39	1	34
14	The Dead Parrots	27	9	2	16	32	53	-21	29
15	Mega Buck Bandits	27	5	6	16	39	53	-14	21
16	YTFIB	27	6	3	18	30	57	-27	21

After finishing runners-up in the previous two seasons, Claymore are celebrating their second title in four years.

Clive got the point he needed in a 2-2 draw with closest rivals Fred West. Sergio Aguero won't score many easier than his opener on three minutes when the beneficiary of a scuffed clearance and former Fred defender Alex Kolarov doubled the Claymore lead on 66 Minutes, finding a gap in his former teammates' defensive wall with a 25 yard free-kick. Nacer Chadli got Fred back into it four minutes later when proving too strong for the Claymore rearguard and firing into the far corner. Craig Dawson got the equalising clean but the Gardeners couldn't find the winner that would have prolonged the title race.

The Phoenix are in third after a 3-1 win at the Aardvarks. James McCarthy opened the scoring for Ady on five minutes after skipping through the Athletico defence. Brian's team turned it round after the break. Dame N'Doye levelled with a tap-in and scored on the breakaway as time expired. Carl Jenkinson's clean made the game safe. The Muppets are fourth but were outplayed by the CFJs, going down 3-1. Graziano Pelle has finally awoken from his quiet spell and got two for Chris , the second a superb header, either side of a Gylfi Sigurddson strike. Any hopes FCK2 had of getting involved in the title picture have been ruined by draws and there was another one this week, 0-0 against Trusted who are also on 42 points.

San Dimas edged Nil Satis thanks to a Dejan Lovren clean in a game that won't live long in the memory. The Dead Parrots scored! Twice! But still lost. Nelson Oliveira opened his WSFFL account on the stroke of half time for Dean against the Artisans and Jack Cork doubled the lead with 20 minutes left. The Artisans hit back with three clean sheets to extend Dean's losing streak.

Final Fantasy won the Okus derby but Dave will be ruing Charlie Austin's penalty miss. Ceri's team went in front on 20 minutes when Ayoze Perez latched on to a defensive mix-up and despite the spot-kick miss the Bandits were level seven minutes later with a Charlie Adam rocket. Clint Hill's clean proved the Final Fantasy winner and it's Dave doing the washing up at Okus Stadium for the next week. Worse than that, YTFIB now have the same number of points at the bottom. Cheese Makers took the lead with a quarter of an hour left when Kevin Mirallas beat the offside trap and slotted home but Julian turned it round thanks to cleans from Pauls McShane and Konchesky. Could YTFIB yet escape the bottom place?