Monday, 8 December 2014

Cup semi-final replay results

PCMT semi-final replay
Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 2 San Dimas High School

My team edge through to my fourth PCMT Final - fourth time lucky?

Charity Shield semi-final replay
The Dead Parrots
 5 v 0 Cheese Makers

Dean sets up a Boxing Day clash with Brian.

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Charity Shield semi-final results

Athletico Phoenix are through to their third Charity Shield final

Cheese Makers   2   v  2  The Dead Parrots   
FCK2   1  v  2   Athletico Phoenix   

Athletico Phoenix are through to their third Charity Shield final following a 2-1 win at FCK2. Kevin Nolan scored from close range ten minutes before the break but Pablo Zabaleta dinked over the keeper ten minutes after half time to square things up. It was another of Brian's defenders, Big Funky German Per Mertersacker, who got the winning clean.

The other semi goes to a reply after the Parrots came from behind twice to draw with Cheese Makers. Maroune Fellaini powered a header home to open the scoring but a Papiss Cisse volley equalised early in the second half. Juan Mata restored Matthew's lead on the hour as his free-kick drifted in but Wayne Routledge forced a replay with a calm finish seven minutes from the end.

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy semi-final results

Ben has a chance to get his name on the PCMT for a second time but he'll need to wait to learn his opponents.

San Dimas High School   1  v  1    Mega Buck Bandits   
The Fabulous Artisans   3   v  0    Real Muppets   

The Artisans have been edging back into form in recent weeks and it all clicked in this one. Christian Benteke robbed a Muppets defender and raced forward to place the Artisans ahead on 32 minutes, Sone Aluko added a second at the start of the second half and with 17 minutes left Loic Remy held of Ryan's defenders to slide in the third.

San Dimas and Mega Bucks will try again on the weekend after a 1-1 draw. Much-maligned keeper Simon Mignolet scored an own goal with his face midway through the first half to put Dave ahead but Romelu Lukaku got me back on level terms 12 minutes later, smashing in from six yards. And that's where the scoring ended.

Sunday, 30 November 2014

Week 11 results

Ady and Clive steal a march on the chasing pack.

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 1 Cheese Makers
Athletico Phoenix 1 v 4 FCK2

Claymore Athletic FC 5 v 1 Real Muppets

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 1 The Fabulous Artisans

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 1 Final Fantasy XI

San Dimas High School 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits

The Dead Parrots 2 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Trusted By Millions 3 v 0 YTFIB



Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Aardvark Abacus 11 9 0 2 22 14 8 27
2 Claymore Athletic FC 11 7 2 2 35 20 15 23
3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 11 6 3 2 32 22 10 21
4 Final Fantasy XI 11 5 3 3 16 14 2 18
5 San Dimas High School 11 5 3 3 18 17 1 18
6 FCK2 11 4 5 2 21 15 6 17
7 Athletico Phoenix 11 5 1 5 25 27 -2 16
8 The Cow-Faced Juniors 11 4 3 4 27 24 3 15
9 Trusted By Millions 11 4 3 4 17 20 -3 15
10 Mega Buck Bandits 11 4 2 5 20 19 1 14
11 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 11 4 2 5 24 27 -3 14
12 Real Muppets 11 4 1 6 15 22 -7 13
13 Cheese Makers 11 3 3 5 15 15 0 12
14 The Dead Parrots 11 4 0 7 15 17 -2 12
15 The Fabulous Artisans 11 3 1 7 13 19 -6 10
16 YTFIB 11 1 0 10 8 31 -23 3

Ady picked up his ninth win of the season in a 2-1 win over Cheese Makers. Seven of those wins have been by a single goal, like this one. Two Aardvark cleans turning over Kevin Mirallas' brilliant strike. Clive is keeping pace with the Aardvarks after a big win over the Muppets. Goals from defenders Aaron Cresswell and Gael Clichy a welcome rarity for the Claymore boss.

Fred did lose ground following a 1-1 draw with the Artisans. Wilfried Bony scored with a sharp turn and shot on 15 minutes but Christian Eriksen's smart finish six minutes later meant this finished level. Final Fantasy stay fourth but were held by Nil Satis. Yaya Toure is finally running into form but his goal was cancelled out by Eric Die's clean.

My team are fifth after beating PCMT semi-final opponents Mega Bucks 2-1. For the second week running I had some help with an own goal and a Simon Mignolet clean gave me the win after Charlie Austin's equaliser for Dave. Another game where defenders had a say was in FCK2s win at the Phoenix. Chris Smalling and Glen Johnson getting close range goals on the way to a 4-1 win for Kevin. They'll meet again in the Charity Shield semis.

The CFJs missed a chance to close the gap going down 2-1 to the Parrots. Kolo Toure got Dean's winning clean after this one had turned round 1-1 at the break. The table looks a bit happier for Trusted after three clean sheets gave Beef all the points against YTFIB. Six points cover fourth to 14th.

Monday, 24 November 2014

Week ten results

Ady's lead stretches to four points.

Cheese Makers 3 v 1 Athletico Phoenix

FCK2 3 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Final Fantasy XI 2 v 2 Claymore Athletic FC

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 1 Trusted By Millions

Real Muppets 0 v 1 Aardvark Abacus
The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum


The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 4 San Dimas High School
YTFIB 0 v 2 The Dead Parrots




Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Aardvark Abacus 10 8 0 2 20 13 7 24
2 Claymore Athletic FC 10 6 2 2 30 19 11 20
3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 10 6 2 2 31 21 10 20
4 Final Fantasy XI 10 5 2 3 15 13 2 17
5 Athletico Phoenix 10 5 1 4 24 23 1 16
6 The Cow-Faced Juniors 10 4 3 3 26 22 4 15
7 San Dimas High School 10 4 3 3 16 16 0 15
8 FCK2 10 3 5 2 17 14 3 14
9 Mega Buck Bandits 10 4 2 4 19 17 2 14
10 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 10 4 1 5 23 26 -3 13
11 Real Muppets 10 4 1 5 14 17 -3 13
12 Cheese Makers 10 3 3 4 14 13 1 12
13 Trusted By Millions 10 3 3 4 14 20 -6 12
14 The Dead Parrots 10 3 0 7 13 16 -3 9
15 The Fabulous Artisans 10 3 0 7 12 18 -6 9
16 YTFIB 10 1 0 9 8 28 -20 3

We're a third of the way through the season and it's a case of never mind the goals, feel the points advantage.

Ady stretched his lead at the top to four points after edging out the Muppets by the single goal. Stevan Jovetic swept in from close range on 19 minutes and Ryan couldn't respond. The Aardvarks are only the sixth highest scorer in the league but the defence is getting the job done. The Muppets have slumped after a good start and look like they need Daniel Sturridge back before they get moving in the right direction.

Claymore and Final Fantasy shared four goals and are second and fourth respectively. Ceri led twice, through Yaya Toure and Moussa Sissoko, but Clive hit back - first through a rare Leon Osman goal and then, five minutes from time, with a Wayne Rooney breakaway. Both managers should be content with the first part of the season.

Fred also drew, 3-3 with FCK2. Wilfried Bony opened the scoring for Fred but four minutes later his team was behind as Danny Kings converted two tap-ins in two minutes. Eden Hazard levelled matters on 25 minutes but Harry Kane had Kevin in front again on the hour. It needed a Richie De Laet clean to earn the Gardeners a point. Fred is the 'counters' leader at this early(ish) stage while no team has lost fewer games than FCK2. Kevin's team's failure to convert draws into wins are costing them.

Athletico missed a chance to close in by falling to the Cheese Makers. A Jake Livermore long ranger put Matthew ahead early but a calm chest and volley from Diego Costa had Brian level three minutes later. The only other scores were Cheese cleans from Tim Krul and Brede Hangeland. Diego Costa has been a brilliant signing for Brian but he needs the rest of the team to step up. Matthew's team look to have finally got going.

The CFJs are sixth following a 1-1 draw with Nil Satis. Nathan Clyne's goal ten minutes from time came close to giving Paul all the points but Daryl Janmaat's clean was the equaliser for Chris. The CFJs have done well enough up front through Sanchez and Pelle but the defence isn't matching them. Paul will be happy with his start after recent struggles at the foot of the table.

Biggest win of the week was by San Dimas. My team were two up at the break - Romelu Lukaku (slightly offside) and a Jon Walters diving header with the goals. Ben's hope of a comeback ended by a bizarre seated own goal by Kieran Gibbs. My team are looking too inconsistent to mount a charge but the Artisans 'counters' have dried up and Ben's team are one off the bottom.

Mega Bucks are on a good run and nearly saw off Trusted this week. Gaby Agbonlahor's goal only cancelled out by a Gary Cahill clean for Beef. Dave will be pleased with his position and a PCMT semi-final, Beef will be wondering what on earth has happened to the champions.

The battle of the bottom two went the way of the Dead Parrots. Ricky Lambert struck inside 90 seconds and Dean finished the game with a Mike Williamson clean. The Parrots are having their usual tribulations in the bottom reaches of the league but Julian's team seem in danger of breaking the wrong sort of records.

Thursday, 20 November 2014

PCMT and Charity Shield semi-final draws

As we're in a bit of an international lull at the minute it seemed the ideal time to do the cup semi-final draws.

I took the yellow bag to work where the names were drawn by a couple of the chaps on my team. Here how they came out...

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy

San Dimas High School v Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans v Real Muppets

Hard to pick a winner in this one at the moment.

Charity Shield


Cheese Makers v Dead Parrots
FCK2 v Athletico Phoenix

The previous winners kept apart.

Matches to be played midweek 2/3 December.

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Week nine results

Defeats for the top three.

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 3 Final Fantasy XI

Athletico Phoenix 2 v 0 Real Muppets

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 5 The Cow-Faced Juniors
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 1 v 5 Cheese Makers

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4 v 0 YTFIB

San Dimas High School 0 v 0 FCK2

The Dead Parrots 0 v 1 Trusted By Millions

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits




Team P W D L F A Diff Pts
1 Aardvark Abacus 9 7 0 2 19 13 6 21
2 Claymore Athletic FC 9 6 1 2 28 17 11 19
3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 9 6 1 2 28 18 10 19
4 Athletico Phoenix 9 5 1 3 23 20 3 16
5 Final Fantasy XI 9 5 1 3 13 11 2 16
6 The Cow-Faced Juniors 9 4 2 3 25 21 4 14
7 FCK2 9 3 4 2 14 11 3 13
8 Mega Buck Bandits 9 4 1 4 18 16 2 13
9 Real Muppets 9 4 1 4 14 16 -2 13
10 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 9 4 0 5 22 25 -3 12
11 San Dimas High School 9 3 3 3 12 15 -3 12
12 Trusted By Millions 9 3 2 4 13 19 -6 11
13 Cheese Makers 9 2 3 4 11 12 -1 9
14 The Fabulous Artisans 9 3 0 6 11 14 -3 9
15 The Dead Parrots 9 2 0 7 11 16 -5 6
16 YTFIB 9 1 0 8 8 26 -18 3

The top three had daylight for a week but it's all come back together. The Aardvarks stay top but were dealt a heavy defeat by Final Fantasy. Ayoze Perez continued his recent spell of good form with the opener while Seb Larsson fired in a free-kick mid-way through the second half on the way to Ceri's 3-0 win. Claymore also lost by a three goal margin, 5-2 to the CFJs. Sergio Aguero (with the use of a hand in the build-up) gave Clive the lead but when the Argentine got his second it was to narrow the gap to 3-2. Fabricio Coloccini, Alexis Sanchez and Gylfi Sigurdsson with Chris's goals and cleans from Jason Shackell and Coloccini keep them in striking distance.

Third-place Fred were taking a heavier defeat to Cheese Makers. All the action came in the last quarter of the game. Juan Mata rifled in to give Matthew the lead. Shane Long doubled it before Nacer Chadli smashed home from an acute angle to reduce the deficit. Long added his second wuth ten minites left and the Cheesers even survived Kyle Naughton's late sending-off to add two more cleans. Athletico are on the heels of the top three after beating the Muppets. Diego Costa was on target again for Brian midway through the second period and Ryan's hopes of a comeback were ended when Martin De Michelis glanced into his own net with 14 minutes left.

FCK2 are seventh after a goalless draw with San Dimas. Nothing else to say on that one. Moving swiftly on, Mega Bucks recent good form continued and Dave's team round out the top half after beating the Artisans. Charlie Austin had two efforts ruled out before he opened the scoring on 21 minutes and it took Ben until the 76th to equalise through a Leighton Baines penalty. Aly Cissokho's clean gave Dave the last word and the three points.

Nil Satis have had no trouble scoring this season but have left their back-gate unbolted on far too many occasions. This week against YTFIB Paul's team turned the key and pulled the chain across as they ran out 4-0 winners over Julian's team. Bojan Krkic and Bafetimbi Gomis opened their WSFFL accounts in the win. Beleaguered Trusted finally picked up another win, Gary Cahill's close range finish proving enough to edge out the Dead Parrots.