Week 9 Results - Defeats for the top three

Cheese Makers 3 v 1 Aardvark Abacus

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 2 Markian United

Fred West Landscape Gardening XI 4 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans

Mega Buck Bandits 2 v 0 Stanley Athletic FC

The Cow-Faced Juniors 1 v 4 Real Muppets

The Wateringhole Society 3 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Trusted By Millions 2 v 1 YTFIB

Wheel Madrid P v P San Dimas High School

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	9	6	1	2	25	21	4	19
2	Stanley Athletic FC	9	5	2	2	21	16	5	17
3	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	9	5	2	2	24	25	-1	17
4	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	9	5	1	3	21	13	8	16
5	Real Muppets	9	4	2	3	25	18	7	14
6	Mega Buck Bandits	9	4	2	3	16	11	5	14
7	The Wateringhole Society	9	4	1	4	32	18	14	13
8	The Cow-Faced Juniors	9	4	1	4	21	15	6	13
9	Wheel Madrid	8	4	1	3	24	25	-1	13
10	Trusted By Millions	9	3	3	3	16	17	-1	12
11	The Fabulous Artisans	9	3	2	4	18	27	-9	11
12	Markian United	9	3	1	5	14	23	-9	10
13	YTFIB	9	2	2	5	13	17	-4	8
14	Claymore Athletic FC	9	2	2	5	12	19	-7	8
15	San Dimas High School	8	2	2	4	8	18	-10	8
16	Cheese Makers	9	2	1	6	14	21	-7	7

Last week’s top three were all beaten. The Aardvarks went down 3-1 at Le Stade Fromage but hang on to top spot. A classic Son Heung-Min cut in and shot from outside the box had Ady ahead on 13 minutes but Matthew’s side turned the game round late on. Clean sheets from Neco Williams, Andy Robertson and new signing Caomhin Kelleher bring the Cheese a bit closer to the teams above them. Stanley Athletic missed their chance to take over at the top going down 2-0 to Mega Bucks. Wilf Zaha got both goals in a 14 minute spell in the second half to lift Dave into the top six.

Fred’s up to third, two points behind, after a 4-2 win over the Artisans. Patrick Bamford opened the scoring for Ben on four minutes but a defensive slip led to Mo Salah’s equaliser twenty minutes later. A great strike from Gini Wijnaldum on 58 minutes restored Ben’s lead but a second equaliser came via the head of Kurt Zouma three minutes later. A brilliant turn and shot from Mason Greenwood put the Gardeners in front for the first time seven minutes later and a clean from Hugo Loris confirmed the win. Nil Satis are down to fourth after a 3-1 defeat to the Wateringhole. Dominic Calvert-Lewin slid Paul S ahead in first half stoppage time but the tide turned in the last 15 minutes. Marcus Rashford and Christian Pulisic got goals for Kiran and Sergio Reguilon got the clean to make it 3-1.

The Muppets are up to fourth after beating the CFJs 4-1. Kevin De Bruyne teed up Raheem Sterling inside five minutes and then converted a penalty himself to double Ryan's lead. Tomas Soucek stole in at the far post to pull one back for Chris and Co. but the Muppets held off the comeback and added cleans through Emerson and Christian Fuchs. Champions Trusted are still going the right way after edging YTFIB 2-1. Julian’s team held the lead for more than hour after Oli McBurnie’s header before the Beef comeback through cleans by Serge Aurier and Ben Mee.

Claymore and Markian remain in the bottom five after a 2-2 draw. Olivier Giroud slid in to put Clive in front after 27 minutes but he was 2-1 down at the break, Jannik Vestergaard heading in and then Harry Kane smashing in off the bar in the space of a minute. John Stones’ clean grabbed a point for Claymore. The Wheel Madrid/San Dimas game was postponed and will hopefully happen this week if everyone’s healthy.

Cup quarter-final results - Shield holders bow out

Paul Cartmell Memorial Trophy Quarter-finals

Aardvark Abacus 1 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 1 Trusted By Millions

Stanley Athletic FC 1 v 1 Real Muppets

YTFIB 0 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

Charity Shield Quarter-finals

Cheese Makers 0 v 0 Markian United

The Cow-Faced Juniors  3 v 4 San Dimas High School

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 3 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Wheel Madrid 2 v 3 The Wateringhole Society

Replays

PCMT

Real Muppets 4 v Stanley Athletic FC 0

Charity Shield

Markian United 2 v Cheese Makers 3

Report

Looks like Joelinton saves his best for cup matches. The man who got the winner in last season’s FA Cup final got the goal to take PCMT holders Claymore into the last four. A great strike from Raphinha 11 minutes from time brought Trusted level after Daniel Podence’s opener for Clive but then the big man stepped up with a minute left. And mis-hit a shot that the keeper would have thrown his hat on if it hadn’t been for a huge deflection which took the ball in. Fellow Evertonians Nil Satis are also into the semis after victory over last year’s beaten finalists the Aardvarks. A brilliant volley for Benjamin Mendy fired Paul S in front four minutes before the break, the in-form Diogo Jota equalised on the hour but the Nil Satis winner came courtesy of a Stuart Dallas clean.

Mega Bucks have made only their third PCMT semi-final in the past 20 seasons with a 2-0 win over YTFIB. Clean sheets from Javier Manquillo and Luke Ayling got the job done for Dave. The Muppets and Stanley will go again next week after a 1-1 draw. Angelo Ogbonna’s second-minute header was cancelled out by James Ward-Prowse’s set-piece half an hour later and that was that.

In the Charity Shield, holders Artisans went out after a 3-1 defeat to Fred. Jarred Bowen nodded Ben’s team in front straight after the break but the Gardeners had turned it round inside 20 minutes, Bruno Fernandes and Ferran Torres getting the goals. Kurt Zouma’s clean confirmed the win. The Wateringhole got the better of Wheel Madrid in a five-goal thriller. Jack Grealish and Pedro Neto exchanged first half goals,then Ruben Dias pocketed a clean after 70 minutes to put Kiran in front. Harvey Barnes made it 3-1 from close range four minutes from time and although Callum Wilson pulled one back straight away the Wateringhole held on.

A Riyad Mahrez hat-trick saw my team get past the CFJs 4-3. The Algerian’s first two saw me two-nil ahead but Jan Bednarek and Gabriel headers made it 2-2 at the break. Mahrez’s third might have finished the job but Edinson Cavani dived in two minutes into injury time for the equaliser. I got the decider thanks to Semi Ajayi’s clean sheet. The Cheese Makers and Markian played out a goalless draw and will try again at the weekend.

Replays

In the PCMT a Kevin De Bruyne inspired opening 26 minutes for the Muppets took the game away from a surprisingly lacklustre Stanley team. The Belgian teed up Raheem Sterling inside five minutes and then converted a penalty himself to double the lead. The Muppets coasted through the rest of the game and added two cleans to breeze into the last four.

A second half fightback saw Cheese Makers overturn a two goal deficit to make their fourth Charity Shield semi-final. Two Markian goals in two minutes just before the break seemed to have Ian in control but Neco Williams’ early clean turned the game Matthew’s way and more clean sheets from Andy Robertson and new signing Caomhin Kelleher put the Cheese Makers through. Can Matthew go one better this time?

Week 8 Results - Aardvarks back on top

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 1 Mega Buck Bandits

Markian United 0 v 3 Wheel Madrid

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 4 Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Real Muppets 2 v 1 The Wateringhole Society

San Dimas High School 0 v 4 Trusted By Millions

Stanley Athletic FC 3 v 1 Claymore Athletic FC

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 1 Cheese Makers

YTFIB 2 v 2 The Cow-Faced Juniors 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Aardvark Abacus	8	6	1	1	24	18	6	19
2	Stanley Athletic FC	8	5	2	1	21	14	7	17
3	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	8	5	1	2	20	10	10	16
4	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	8	4	2	2	20	23	-3	14
5	The Cow-Faced Juniors	8	4	1	3	20	11	9	13
6	Wheel Madrid	8	4	1	3	24	25	-1	13
7	Real Muppets	8	3	2	3	20	17	3	11
8	Mega Buck Bandits	8	3	2	3	14	11	3	11
9	The Fabulous Artisans	8	3	2	3	16	23	-7	11
10	The Wateringhole Society	8	3	1	4	29	16	13	10
11	Trusted By Millions	8	2	3	3	14	16	-2	9
12	Markian United	8	3	0	5	12	21	-9	9
13	YTFIB	8	2	2	4	12	15	-3	8
14	San Dimas High School	8	2	2	4	8	18	-10	8
15	Claymore Athletic FC	8	2	1	5	10	17	-7	7
16	Cheese Makers	8	1	1	6	11	20	-9	4

A win for Ady and a defeat for Paul S means the Aardvarks are back on top. It took just five minutes for Ady’s team to go ahead against Mega Bucks, Son Heung-Min on target again, and Diogo Jota doubled the lead with a header four minutes before half-time. Matt Lowton’s clean for Dave wasn’t enough to force a point. Nil Satis cruised into a two-nil lead but ended up on the wrong end of a 4-3 defeat to Fred, the result dropping them to third. Dominic Calvert-Lewin is up to ten goals for the season after two in the opening half-hour and it took until the 56th minute for Fred to get on the scoresheet through Bruno Fernandes' penalty. Theo Walcott restored the two goal advantage two minutes later but it was all the Gardeners after that. Giovanni Lo Celso finished off a quick break to pull it back to 3-2 and cleans from Zouma and Wan-Bissaka delivered the win.

Stanley Athletic are ominously up to second after seeing off Claymore 3-1. Clive went ahead on 35 minutes when Abdoulate Doucoure was left unmarked to head home but Aaron turned it round with cleans from Maguire, Masuaku and Lindelof. The CFJs are fifth after coming from two down to grab a 2-2 draw at YTFIB. Bobby Reid (for short) finished a great team move to put Julian ahead on 15 minutes and a great strike from Solly March made it two on 56 minutes. The Cows pulled one back when Tammy Abraham slipped in with 25 minutes left and Vladimir Coufal got the equalising clean.

Wheels saw off Markian 3-0 and are sixth. It was clean sheets all the way from Paul W for a change thanks to Meslier, Matip and Robinson. The Muppets beat the Wateringhole 3-1 to leapfrog Kiran’s team in the table. Sebastian Haller hasn’t really repaid his transfer fee but he smashed in the opener for Ryan from the edge of the box on 56 minutes. Pedro Neto was alert at the far post to level with a quarter of an hour left but cleans from Ogbonna and Tarkowski finished the game in Ryan’s favour.

The Artisans were held 1-1 by bottom-placed Cheese Makers. Jonny Evans headed into his own net on 21 minutes to give Matthew the lead and it took until four minutes from time for Ben to find an equaliser, Roberto Firmino heading in at the right end. Trusted are moving in the right direction after a 4-0 win at San Dimas. All Beef’s counters were cleans - Schlupp, Telles, Mee and Koch getting the job done.

Cup Quarter-final draws

PCMT

Aardvark Abacus v Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Claymore Athletic FC v Trusted By Millions

Stanley Athletic FC v Real Muppets

YTFIB v Mega Buck Bandits

Charity Shield

Cheese Makers v Markian United

The Cow-Faced Juniors  v San Dimas High School

The Fabulous Artisans v Fred West Landscape Gardening XI

Wheel Madrid v The Wateringhole Society

All those games will be kicking off on Friday 27 November.