The most successful manager of the last 20-odd years steps down tomorrow. His forthright opinions haven't always gone down well but no one can quibble at his record.
Still, enough about Alex Ferguson - Sheriff is leaving WSFFL. Here are the highlights from his managerial record.
1995/96 - The first title in our second season (as Athletico Sheriff IV) beating Rivermill Bassett by two points.
1997/98 - The first time the You Know Your Boston Rock FC name appeared on the honours board with a third place in the league.
1999/2000 - The start of the real trophy haul, a first FA Cup win, a 5-1 win over Elland Road Big Boys.
2000/01 - The Cup is retained after edging out Trusted 1-0 in a second replay.
2003/04 - The first Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy win, 5-2 over Final Fantasy.
2004/05 - The PCMT stays in the trophy cabinet with a 3-0 victory over San Dimas. There's a third place finish in the league too, two points behind the title-winners
2005/06 - It's a league and Cup double, Sheriff running away with the title by 11 points and beating the missus' team Prettier Than You 4-0 in the Cup.
2007/08 - The PCMT is back at the Enormodome with a 3-1 win over Claymore but there's a Cup Final defeat, 5-1 at the hands of the Muppets.
2008/09 - Another PCMT victory with a 3-2 win over ancient rivals Aardvark Abacus. The FA Cup is also on the mantelpiece thanks to a 2-0 win over the CFJs but Sheriff is runner by five points to the Aardvarks.
2009/10 - A third PCMT in a row, the Aardvarks are victims again, by a solitary goal. The CFJs are beaten in the FA Cup again too, this time by 5-1. Boston Rock complete the first ever WSFFL treble by winning the league by three points from the Aardvarks.
2010/11 - The last trophy win, a sixth PCMT (a fourth in a row) with another victory over the Aardvarks. There's also a runners-up trophy in the league too, failing to catch Fred by three points.
2011/12 - The last time Boston Rock's name appears on the trophy, as runner up in the FA Cup by 5-3 to Claymore Athletic.
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Week 29 Results
Advantage Claymore as we head into the last game.
Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Real Muppets 3 v 2 San Dimas High School
The Cheese Makers 0 v 3 Aardvark Abacus
The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 YTFIB
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
Has the title race taken its final twist or is there one more left? After nine weeks as leaders the CFJs have fallen two points behind Claymore with just one game to play.
All was looking well for Chris after an hour as he was two up against Mega Bucks through Clint Dempsey (after a weak clearance) and Grant Holt (after a comical goalkeeping blunder). The CFJs had keeper Rob Elliott dismissed for two yellows with ten minutes left and Dave's team proved strong at the death with cleans from Russell Martin and Maicon. Clive then took over top spot and finished Brian's outside hopes at the same time. Yoan Gouffran and Sergio Aguero had Clive two up but the Phoenix pulled one back through Shaun Maloney's free-kick in first half added time. Clive's defence has been in top form in recent weeks and three cleans made this look a one-sided contest.
The Aardvarks are still in good form and brushed aside the Cheese Makers this week with a brace from Lukas Podolski and one from the languid Emmanuel Adebayor. Ady's team level on points with the Phoenix now. Final Fantasy needed clean sheets to beat Fred after Gareth McAuley opened the scoring at the wrong end. Javier Garrido and Jose Enrique turned things in Ceri's favour and she looks set for fifth.
Danny Sturridge's hat-trick helped the Muppets past San Dimas. I'd led through Hatem Ben Arfa's penalty and made it 2-2 thanks to Theo Walcott but Sturridge assured himself of the match ball and his boss of all the points five minutes from time. Trusted appear to have got their flip-flops on ready for the holidays as they lost 2-1 to the Artisans. Loic Remy's penalty had Ben ahead early on but Chicarito levelled before the interval. The game was decided by Leighton Baines' clean and the two teams will fight over 7th and 8th place.
The Parrots are in a clutch of teams on 35 points after beating YTFIB. Robert Snodgrass and Dimitar Berbatov (what a signing he's been for Julian) got the goals that made it look like the points were being shared but Kolo Toure got the winning clean for Dean. Nil Satis twice took the lead against Boston Rock but had to be happy with a point in the end. Paul had twice led (through Steven N'Zonzi and Aaron Ramsey's first strikes of the season) but needed a Seamus Coleman clean to make it 3-3 after Frank Lampard, with two more for his Boston Rock total, and Rio Ferdinand advertised their clams for a contract when Kevin takes over.
Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC
Real Muppets 3 v 2 San Dimas High School
The Cheese Makers 0 v 3 Aardvark Abacus
The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 YTFIB
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | CC | SP | Pts | |
| 1 | Claymore Athletic FC | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 44 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 63 |
| 2 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 55 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 61 |
| 3 | Athletico Phoenix | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 75 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 55 |
| 4 | Aardvark Abacus | 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 38 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 55 |
| 5 | Final Fantasy XI | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 49 |
| 6 | Real Muppets | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 46 |
| 7 | Trusted By Millions | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 68 | 61 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | The Fabulous Artisans | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Mega Buck Bandits | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 44 | -1 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | San Dimas High School | 29 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 70 | -11 | 27 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | The Dead Parrots | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 52 | -11 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 64 | -3 | 27 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | YTFIB | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 58 | -24 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | The Cheese Makers | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 60 | -24 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 29 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 33 | 62 | -29 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
Has the title race taken its final twist or is there one more left? After nine weeks as leaders the CFJs have fallen two points behind Claymore with just one game to play.
All was looking well for Chris after an hour as he was two up against Mega Bucks through Clint Dempsey (after a weak clearance) and Grant Holt (after a comical goalkeeping blunder). The CFJs had keeper Rob Elliott dismissed for two yellows with ten minutes left and Dave's team proved strong at the death with cleans from Russell Martin and Maicon. Clive then took over top spot and finished Brian's outside hopes at the same time. Yoan Gouffran and Sergio Aguero had Clive two up but the Phoenix pulled one back through Shaun Maloney's free-kick in first half added time. Clive's defence has been in top form in recent weeks and three cleans made this look a one-sided contest.
The Aardvarks are still in good form and brushed aside the Cheese Makers this week with a brace from Lukas Podolski and one from the languid Emmanuel Adebayor. Ady's team level on points with the Phoenix now. Final Fantasy needed clean sheets to beat Fred after Gareth McAuley opened the scoring at the wrong end. Javier Garrido and Jose Enrique turned things in Ceri's favour and she looks set for fifth.
Danny Sturridge's hat-trick helped the Muppets past San Dimas. I'd led through Hatem Ben Arfa's penalty and made it 2-2 thanks to Theo Walcott but Sturridge assured himself of the match ball and his boss of all the points five minutes from time. Trusted appear to have got their flip-flops on ready for the holidays as they lost 2-1 to the Artisans. Loic Remy's penalty had Ben ahead early on but Chicarito levelled before the interval. The game was decided by Leighton Baines' clean and the two teams will fight over 7th and 8th place.
The Parrots are in a clutch of teams on 35 points after beating YTFIB. Robert Snodgrass and Dimitar Berbatov (what a signing he's been for Julian) got the goals that made it look like the points were being shared but Kolo Toure got the winning clean for Dean. Nil Satis twice took the lead against Boston Rock but had to be happy with a point in the end. Paul had twice led (through Steven N'Zonzi and Aaron Ramsey's first strikes of the season) but needed a Seamus Coleman clean to make it 3-3 after Frank Lampard, with two more for his Boston Rock total, and Rio Ferdinand advertised their clams for a contract when Kevin takes over.
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Week 28 Results
Victories for the top five so Chris still leads the way.
Aardvark Abacus 6 v 2 San Dimas High School
Athletico Phoenix 3 v 0 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 Real Muppets
The Dead Parrots 0 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 Final Fantasy XI
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 1 v 0 The Cheese Makers
YTFIB 0 v 0 The Fabulous Artisans
One way or another the title race will go to the last day.
The CFJs stay top after Holt and Bale grab late goals to beat the Parrots. Claymore see off the Bandits with two from Robson-Kanu and trim the goal difference deficit to five in case it comes to that.
The Phoenix cling to their outside chance with a 3-0 win over Fred. Callum McManaman opening his account for the club. The Aardvarks came from two down in the first 10 minutes to swamp San Dimas. Bryan Ruiz bagging a brace for Ady in the romp.
Final Fantasy confirm their top-half finish by edging out Trusted. Phil Jones' og proving too much for Beef to come back from. Ryan has re-taken sixth after edging Nil Satis 1-0 thanks to a Danny Agger clean.
The Artisans look like bagging the last top-half spot despite being held 0-0 by YTFIB. Boston Rock jump two places to 11th after a Glen Johnson clean beats the Cheese Makers.
Aardvark Abacus 6 v 2 San Dimas High School
Athletico Phoenix 3 v 0 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Claymore Athletic FC 4 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 Real Muppets
The Dead Parrots 0 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 Final Fantasy XI
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 1 v 0 The Cheese Makers
YTFIB 0 v 0 The Fabulous Artisans
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | CC | SP | Pts | |
| 1 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 60 |
| 2 | Claymore Athletic FC | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 74 | 43 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 60 |
| 3 | Athletico Phoenix | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 55 |
| 4 | Aardvark Abacus | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 52 |
| 5 | Final Fantasy XI | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 | Real Muppets | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 56 | -1 | 23 | 1 | 43 |
| 7 | Trusted By Millions | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 67 | 59 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | The Fabulous Artisans | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 21 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | San Dimas High School | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 57 | 67 | -10 | 26 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | Mega Buck Bandits | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 42 | -1 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 61 | -3 | 27 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | The Dead Parrots | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | YTFIB | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 56 | -23 | 15 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | The Cheese Makers | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 57 | -21 | 26 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 65 | -33 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 59 | -29 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
One way or another the title race will go to the last day.
The CFJs stay top after Holt and Bale grab late goals to beat the Parrots. Claymore see off the Bandits with two from Robson-Kanu and trim the goal difference deficit to five in case it comes to that.
The Phoenix cling to their outside chance with a 3-0 win over Fred. Callum McManaman opening his account for the club. The Aardvarks came from two down in the first 10 minutes to swamp San Dimas. Bryan Ruiz bagging a brace for Ady in the romp.
Final Fantasy confirm their top-half finish by edging out Trusted. Phil Jones' og proving too much for Beef to come back from. Ryan has re-taken sixth after edging Nil Satis 1-0 thanks to a Danny Agger clean.
The Artisans look like bagging the last top-half spot despite being held 0-0 by YTFIB. Boston Rock jump two places to 11th after a Glen Johnson clean beats the Cheese Makers.
FA Cup Final Replay Result
Claymore Athletic FC who have retained the trophy with a hard-fought win over the CFJs.
Claymore Athletic FC 3
Robson-Kanu 12p, 62
Clichy [c]
v
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2
Holt 72p
Bale 86
(two cancelled cleans)
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard; Sagna, Evans, Clichy, Olsson; Osman, Robson-Kanu, Cleverley, Gomez; Aguero, Rooney
Subs: Mucha; Luiz; Kightly; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Mannone; Scharner, Riether, Sama, Vlaar; Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Lennon; Holt, Graham
Subs: Elliott; Coloccini; Sigurdsson; McCleary
At Wembley Stadium. Att: 90,000
Match Report
Hal Robson-Kanu was the unlikely Man of the Match as Claymore put their name on the famous old cup for the third time. The Welsh midfielder had only scored once this season but his double put Clive's team in command. Robson-Kanu's first came from the penalty spot on 12 minutes after he was fouled just inside the box. His second came just after the hour through an excellent curling effort.
The CFJs had been subdued and Chris feared the worst when Michu departed with a sore hamstring but that was the queue for the fightback. Grant Holt pulled one back with a spot-kick and then four minutes from the end Gareth Bale produced one of his specials from outside the area to take his tally for the season to 20. Chris must have thought that he'd earned another replay but the effort in getting back in the game proved too much and Gael Clichy notched the deciding clean sheet which keeps his team in with a shout of back-to-back League and Cup doubles.
Claymore Athletic FC 3
Robson-Kanu 12p, 62
Clichy [c]
v
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2
Holt 72p
Bale 86
(two cancelled cleans)
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard; Sagna, Evans, Clichy, Olsson; Osman, Robson-Kanu, Cleverley, Gomez; Aguero, Rooney
Subs: Mucha; Luiz; Kightly; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Mannone; Scharner, Riether, Sama, Vlaar; Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Lennon; Holt, Graham
Subs: Elliott; Coloccini; Sigurdsson; McCleary
At Wembley Stadium. Att: 90,000
Match Report
Hal Robson-Kanu was the unlikely Man of the Match as Claymore put their name on the famous old cup for the third time. The Welsh midfielder had only scored once this season but his double put Clive's team in command. Robson-Kanu's first came from the penalty spot on 12 minutes after he was fouled just inside the box. His second came just after the hour through an excellent curling effort.
The CFJs had been subdued and Chris feared the worst when Michu departed with a sore hamstring but that was the queue for the fightback. Grant Holt pulled one back with a spot-kick and then four minutes from the end Gareth Bale produced one of his specials from outside the area to take his tally for the season to 20. Chris must have thought that he'd earned another replay but the effort in getting back in the game proved too much and Gael Clichy notched the deciding clean sheet which keeps his team in with a shout of back-to-back League and Cup doubles.
Monday, 29 April 2013
FA Cup Final Result
Honours even between the top two...
Claymore Athletic FC 2
Aguero 28
Luiz [c]
v
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2
Bale 9
Vlaar 31
(two cancelled cleans)
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard; Ivanovic, Luiz, Clichy, Hooiveld; Osman, Robson-Kanu, Schneiderlin, Gomez; Aguero, Rooney Subs: Mucha; J.Olsson; Cleverley; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Cesar; Scharner, Hill, Bramble, Vlaar; Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Sigurdsson; McCarthy, Graham Subs: Elliott; Onuoha; Lennon; Holt
At Wembley Stadium. Att: 90,000
Match Report
All the talk before the match was of the ban handed out to Luis Suarez but the CFJs showed thy can get goals without the Uruguayan and took an early lead, albeit in bizarre circumstances. Gareth Bale's scored some great goals this season but on nine minutes he charged down a clearance and the ball flew past Tim Howard off Bale's outstretched boot. Claymore shrugged off this setback and were level after 28 minutes. Sergio Aguero getting enough room at the near post to turn in a low cross. Clive's team only had parity for three minutes before Ron Vlaar restored Chris' lead. The big defender latched on to a loose ball and let fly from 30 yards and watched his low strike scud into the corner of the goal.
There weren't a lot of chances in the second period. Michu was kept quiet, Danny Graham ran around a lot, Wayne Rooney dropped back into midfield and it all got a bit cagey. With the CFJs unable to finish the game off if it was left to David Luiz to grab an equalising clean and earn Claymore a replay this week.
How they got there:
Semi-finals:
The Dead Parrots 1 Claymore Athletic FC 6
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 Trusted By Millions 2
Quarter-finals:
Aardvark Abacus 2 Claymore Athletic FC 4
Final Fantasy XI 0 The Dead Parrots 2
Trusted By Millions 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2
First round:
Athletic Phoenix 1 Trusted By Millions 3
Fred West LG XI 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3
Real Muppets 2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC 4
San Dimas High School 0 Aardvark Abacus 4
The Cheese Makers 2 Claymore Athletic FC 3
The Cow-Faced Juniors 6 Mega Buck Bandits 0
The Dead Parrots 3 The Fabulous Artisans 2 (after 4-4 draw)
YTFIB 0 Final Fantasy XI 2
Claymore Athletic FC 2
Aguero 28
Luiz [c]
v
The Cow-Faced Juniors 2
Bale 9
Vlaar 31
(two cancelled cleans)
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard; Ivanovic, Luiz, Clichy, Hooiveld; Osman, Robson-Kanu, Schneiderlin, Gomez; Aguero, Rooney Subs: Mucha; J.Olsson; Cleverley; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Cesar; Scharner, Hill, Bramble, Vlaar; Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Sigurdsson; McCarthy, Graham Subs: Elliott; Onuoha; Lennon; Holt
At Wembley Stadium. Att: 90,000
Match Report
All the talk before the match was of the ban handed out to Luis Suarez but the CFJs showed thy can get goals without the Uruguayan and took an early lead, albeit in bizarre circumstances. Gareth Bale's scored some great goals this season but on nine minutes he charged down a clearance and the ball flew past Tim Howard off Bale's outstretched boot. Claymore shrugged off this setback and were level after 28 minutes. Sergio Aguero getting enough room at the near post to turn in a low cross. Clive's team only had parity for three minutes before Ron Vlaar restored Chris' lead. The big defender latched on to a loose ball and let fly from 30 yards and watched his low strike scud into the corner of the goal.
There weren't a lot of chances in the second period. Michu was kept quiet, Danny Graham ran around a lot, Wayne Rooney dropped back into midfield and it all got a bit cagey. With the CFJs unable to finish the game off if it was left to David Luiz to grab an equalising clean and earn Claymore a replay this week.
How they got there:
Semi-finals:
The Dead Parrots 1 Claymore Athletic FC 6
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 Trusted By Millions 2
Quarter-finals:
Aardvark Abacus 2 Claymore Athletic FC 4
Final Fantasy XI 0 The Dead Parrots 2
Trusted By Millions 3 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2
First round:
Athletic Phoenix 1 Trusted By Millions 3
Fred West LG XI 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3
Real Muppets 2 You Know Your Boston Rock FC 4
San Dimas High School 0 Aardvark Abacus 4
The Cheese Makers 2 Claymore Athletic FC 3
The Cow-Faced Juniors 6 Mega Buck Bandits 0
The Dead Parrots 3 The Fabulous Artisans 2 (after 4-4 draw)
YTFIB 0 Final Fantasy XI 2
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Cup Final Teams
Which of this season's 'Big Two' will make off with the trophy?
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard;
Ivanovic, Luiz, Clichy, Hooiveld;
Osman, Robson-Kanu, Schneiderlin, Gomez;
Aguero, Rooney
Subs: Mucha; J.Olsson; Cleverley; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Cesar;
Scharner, Hill, Bramble, Vlaar;
Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Sigurdsson
McCarthy, Graham
Subs: Elliott; Onuoha; Lennon; Holt
Claymore Athletic FC
Howard;
Ivanovic, Luiz, Clichy, Hooiveld;
Osman, Robson-Kanu, Schneiderlin, Gomez;
Aguero, Rooney
Subs: Mucha; J.Olsson; Cleverley; Gouffran
The Cow-Faced Juniors
Cesar;
Scharner, Hill, Bramble, Vlaar;
Bale, Dempsey, Michu, Sigurdsson
McCarthy, Graham
Subs: Elliott; Onuoha; Lennon; Holt
Monday, 22 April 2013
Week 27 Results
With the top two winning again it looks like the pursuers are running out of games.
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 4 Aardvark Abacus
Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 0 The Dead Parrots
Real Muppets 1 v 3 Trusted By Millions
San Dimas High School 0 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
The Cheese Makers 1 v 0 Final Fantasy XI
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 5 Athletico Phoenix
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2 v 2 YTFIB
Our top two win again so the chances of a team coming from outside that duo to take the title have receded. The CFJs boosted their goal difference by one more than Claymore though.
Chris' team conceded a headed goal to Nil Satis' Oscar mid way through the first half but a three goal burst in the last quarter of an hour won the day. Clint Dempsey steered in a Gareth Bale cross for the equaliser, Bale skipped through to chip the advancing keeper seven minutes later and Luis Suarez headed home on the final whistle. It might be the Uruguayan's last act of the season though as he could be in for a lengthy ban. Claymore only got the one goal in downing San Dimas. Yoan Gouffran flicked a header in after eight minutes and that was that. My team's purple patch mid-seasson looks a long time ago.
Athletico Phoenix keep up the chase with a big win over the Artisans. Robin van Persie scored another hat-trick (his second goal was a cracker) and Per Mertersacker nodded in before the break. Patrice Evra's clean completed the rout. The Aardvark Abacus defence is looking rock solid and four clean sheets turned round Ady's game against Fred. The Gardeners were ahead through Eden Hazard's spot-kick but then came the four Aardvark cleans.
Final Fantasy's brilliant season is in danger of petering out. Ceri's team went down to an Andy Wilkinson clean for the Cheese Makers. Beef is now closing in on Ceri's fifth place after winning the battle for sixth against the Muppets. Stephane Sessegnon is back on song for Trusted and he fired in the first goal just before the break. Daniel Sturridge equalised for Ryan seven minutes into the second period but cleans from David de Gea and Robert Huth claimed the win for Trusted.
It was cleans for Mega Bucks as well (from Artur Boruc and Guy Demel) that snapped Dave's four game losing streak and enabled his team to leapfrog this week's opponents, The Parrots. YTFIB and Boston Rock stay 12th and 13th respectively after a 2-2 draw. Samir Nasri got a fifth minute opener for Julian but Sheriff had the lead with ten minutes left after Jermain Defoe and Kevin Nolan scored within a minute of each other. Joey O'Brien's clean grabbed a point for YTFIB.
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 4 Aardvark Abacus
Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 0 The Dead Parrots
Real Muppets 1 v 3 Trusted By Millions
San Dimas High School 0 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
The Cheese Makers 1 v 0 Final Fantasy XI
The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 5 Athletico Phoenix
You Know Your Boston Rock FC 2 v 2 YTFIB
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts | |
| 1 | The Cow-Faced Juniors | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 53 | 33 | 57 |
| 2 | Claymore Athletic FC | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 57 |
| 3 | Athletico Phoenix | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 41 | 30 | 52 |
| 4 | Aardvark Abacus | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 36 | 20 | 49 |
| 5 | Final Fantasy XI | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 43 |
| 6 | Trusted By Millions | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | Real Muppets | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 40 |
| 8 | The Fabulous Artisans | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 38 |
| 9 | San Dimas High School | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 61 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | Mega Buck Bandits | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | The Dead Parrots | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | YTFIB | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 56 | -23 | 30 |
| 13 | You Know Your Boston Rock FC | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 61 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | The Cheese Makers | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 56 | -20 | 27 |
| 15 | Fred West Landscape Gardening XI | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 62 | -30 | 24 |
| 16 | Nil Satis Nisi Optimum | 27 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 19 |
Our top two win again so the chances of a team coming from outside that duo to take the title have receded. The CFJs boosted their goal difference by one more than Claymore though.
Chris' team conceded a headed goal to Nil Satis' Oscar mid way through the first half but a three goal burst in the last quarter of an hour won the day. Clint Dempsey steered in a Gareth Bale cross for the equaliser, Bale skipped through to chip the advancing keeper seven minutes later and Luis Suarez headed home on the final whistle. It might be the Uruguayan's last act of the season though as he could be in for a lengthy ban. Claymore only got the one goal in downing San Dimas. Yoan Gouffran flicked a header in after eight minutes and that was that. My team's purple patch mid-seasson looks a long time ago.
Athletico Phoenix keep up the chase with a big win over the Artisans. Robin van Persie scored another hat-trick (his second goal was a cracker) and Per Mertersacker nodded in before the break. Patrice Evra's clean completed the rout. The Aardvark Abacus defence is looking rock solid and four clean sheets turned round Ady's game against Fred. The Gardeners were ahead through Eden Hazard's spot-kick but then came the four Aardvark cleans.
Final Fantasy's brilliant season is in danger of petering out. Ceri's team went down to an Andy Wilkinson clean for the Cheese Makers. Beef is now closing in on Ceri's fifth place after winning the battle for sixth against the Muppets. Stephane Sessegnon is back on song for Trusted and he fired in the first goal just before the break. Daniel Sturridge equalised for Ryan seven minutes into the second period but cleans from David de Gea and Robert Huth claimed the win for Trusted.
It was cleans for Mega Bucks as well (from Artur Boruc and Guy Demel) that snapped Dave's four game losing streak and enabled his team to leapfrog this week's opponents, The Parrots. YTFIB and Boston Rock stay 12th and 13th respectively after a 2-2 draw. Samir Nasri got a fifth minute opener for Julian but Sheriff had the lead with ten minutes left after Jermain Defoe and Kevin Nolan scored within a minute of each other. Joey O'Brien's clean grabbed a point for YTFIB.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)