Week Four Results

The end of the 100% records and a debut win for the new boys.

Aardvark Abacus 4 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI
Cheese Makers 1 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 0 v 1 Athletico Phoenix
Real Muppets 5 v 5 San Dimas High School
The Cow-Faced Juniors 5 v 1 The Wateringhole Society
The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 4 Claymore Athletic FC
Trusted By Millions 4 v 0 YTFIB
Wheel Madrid 1 v 3 Markian United


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	4	3	1	0	15	8	7	10
2	The Cow-Faced Juniors	4	3	1	0	10	3	7	10
3	San Dimas High School	4	3	1	0	11	8	3	10
4	Aardvark Abacus	4	2	2	0	7	4	3	8
5	Claymore Athletic FC	4	2	1	1	9	5	4	7
6	Athletico Phoenix	4	2	1	1	8	4	4	7
7	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	4	2	1	1	8	6	2	7
8	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	4	2	0	2	5	2	3	6
9	Trusted By Millions	4	2	0	2	7	5	2	6
10	Wheel Madrid	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
11	Cheese Makers	4	1	1	2	3	6	-3	4
12	Markian United	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4	3
13	The Fabulous Artisans	4	1	0	3	5	11	-6	3
14	The Wateringhole Society	4	1	0	3	4	13	-9	3
15	Mega Buck Bandits	4	0	1	3	2	5	-3	1
16	YTFIB	4	0	0	4	3	13	-10	0

There I was, 5-0 up - no time at all left, about to go top for the first time since week 15 in 2001/2, then Ryan produced a full house of clean sheets to get a draw and stay top. To rub salt into that wound San Dimas lost second place too on goal difference off the back of the CFJs beating the Wateringhole Society 5-1.

The Aardvarks are the fourth of our unbeaten teams after seeing off Fred 4-2 after trailing 2-1 to a Leroy Sane brace. Claymore are a point and a place behind after a clean sheet inspired 4-1 win over the Artisans.

Athletico are also on seven points after an early Chris Wood goal settled their match with Nil Satis in Brian’s favour. Paul S keeps a top half place on goal difference from Trusted after Gabriel Jesus scored twice in Beef’s victory over winless YTFIB.

A Jose Fonte clean was enough for Cheese Makers to notch their first win at the expense of Mega Bucks who drop to 15th and still have a 0 in the W column. I’ll save the last word for Markian United who won their first game in the league 3-1 against Wheels. A revitalised Harry Kane made the difference with two goals.

Week Three Results

The Muppets are made to work for it but stay top.

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC
Cheese Makers 1 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans
FCK2 0 v 2 Trusted By Millions
Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 2 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors
Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 0 Aardvark Abacus
San Dimas High School 1 v 0 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
The Wateringhole Society 1 v 3 Wheel Madrid
YTFIB 2 v 3 Real Muppets



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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	3	3	0	0	10	3	7	9
2	San Dimas High School	3	3	0	0	6	3	3	9
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	7
5	Nil Satis Nis Optimum	3	2	0	1	5	1	4	6
6	Wheel Madrid	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6
7	Aardvark Abacus	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	5
8	Athletico Phoenix	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	4
9	Claymore Athletic FC	3	1	1	1	5	4	1	4
10	Trusted By Millions	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
11	The Fabulous Artisans	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
12	The Wateringhole Society	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	3
13	Mega Buck Bandits	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
14	Cheese Makers	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1
15	YTFIB	3	0	0	3	3	9	-6	0
16	FCK2	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0

The Muppets top our table in the first international break of the season thanks to a narrow win over YTFIB. Raheem Sterling’s 97th minute effort taking the game out of Julian’s reach. San Dimas are the only other team with a 100% win record. Charlie Daniels was my hero with an early half-volley screaming effort that decided the game against Nil Satis.

Fred and the CFJs occupy third and fourth after their draw. Chris got two just before the break, Tammy Abraham opening his account, while Fred got two not long after to share the points. Wheel Madrid saw off the Wateringhole Society with thanks to cleans from Matip and Luiz.

The Aardvarks and Mega Bucks played out a goalless draw. Ady is still unbeaten, Dave still without a win. Athletico and Claymore are next to each other in the middle of the table after their draw. Fabregas scored for Clive, Jordan Ayew for Brian.

Trusted beat managerless (but not for long) FCK2 2-0 with contributions from indie dance band Jesus Jones. Sorry, Jesus and Jones. Matthew predicted that his game against the Artisans would be well down in the report. He was right. And beaten thanks to Femenia and Yoshida cleans for Ben.

Week Two Results

Five teams make it 2 out of 2 if my sums are right. And five making it none out of two.

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 1 Cheese Makers
Claymore Athletic FC 1 v 2 San Dimas High School
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 0 YTFIB
Real Muppets 3 v 1 FCK2
The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits
The Fabulous Artisans 0 v 4 Athletico Phoenix
Trusted By Millions 1 v 2 The Wateringhole Society
Wheel Madrid 0 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI


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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Real Muppets	2	2	0	0	7	1	6	6
2	Nil Satis Nis Optimum	2	2	0	0	5	0	5	6
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	6
5	San Dimas High School	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	6
6	Aardvark Abacus	2	1	1	0	3	2	1	4
7	Athletico Phoenix	2	1	0	1	6	3	3	3
8	Claymore Athletic FC	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	3
9	Wheel Madrid	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
10	The Wateringhole Society	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3	3
11	Cheese Makers	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1
12	Mega Buck Bandits	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0
13	Trusted By Millions	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0
14	FCK2	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0
15	YTFIB	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0
16	The Fabulous Artisans	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0

A second comfortable win for the Muppets keeps them on top of the pile. Shine Okazaki was on target after just 52 seconds against FCK2 and Sadio Mane and Raheem Sterling added late goals to keep Kevin pointless. I hope Paul S isn’t getting a nosebleed as his team’s high position. He’s yet to conceded too after thumping YTFIB 3-0. Marcos Alonso opened the scoring with a great free-kick on 24 minutes but the other goals came late on. Paul Pogba scored the second on 82 minutes and Alonso beat Julian’s keeper at the near post to round things off six minutes later.

Fred edged out Wheel Madrid to stay third, a Kurt Zouma clean the only score of the game, and it was a similar story for the CFJs who beat Mega Bucks 1-0 courtesy of a Geoff Cameron clean. San Dimas are fifth after a win at Claymore. Dusan Tadic’s penalty saw Clive take the lead but Eric Bailly poked over from no distance at all as half-time approached and then got the deciding clean sheet. I’m the last placed of the two wins out of two teams, the last unbeaten team are the Aardvarks. Ady needed a clean from Daley Blind to grab a point against Cheese Makers after Michy Batshuayi’s headed own goal had put Matthew in front with eight minutes left. The Cheesers’ cause not help by Morgan Schneidetrlin’s late red card.

If it was sendings off you wanted then the Goddard Park clash between the Artisans and Athletico was the game for you. Marko Arnautovic only lasted 33 minutes before a stray elbow saw him depart but Ben’s numerical advantage only lasted 11 minutes before Kyle Walker was also taking an early bath. Ten against ten seemed to suit Brian. Harry Maguire with a goal and a clean, Anthony Martial’s last strike and a clean from Ashley Williams made it a comfortable 4-0 win for the Phoenix and sends last year’s runner-up to the foot of the table. Trusted are also two defeats from two following a loss to the Wateringhole Society. Manolo Gabbiadini bagged his first of the season but Kiran’s recent signing Aaron Mooy stole the headlines with a great curling shot five minutes after the break. Beef could only muster a Phil Jones clean in response.