Week 22 Results - Three left in title race?

Claymore Athletic FC 3 v 0 Trusted by Millions

Fred West Landscape Gdg XI 1 v 3 Cheese Makers

Real Muppets 4 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

San Dimas High School 3 v 2 Aardvark Abacus

Stanley Athletic FC 2 v 0 Wheel Madrid

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 3 Markian United

The Wateringhole Society 6 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

YTFIB 0 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Wateringhole Society	22	14	5	3	60	33	27	47
2	Claymore Athletic FC	22	14	1	7	55	34	21	43
3	Trusted By Millions	22	13	3	6	53	36	17	42
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	22	12	2	8	46	35	11	38
5	The Fabulous Artisans	22	11	2	9	47	44	3	35
6	San Dimas High School	22	9	7	6	37	30	7	34
7	Cheese Makers	22	9	6	7	31	34	-3	33
8	Real Muppets	22	10	2	10	48	50	-2	32
9	Aardvark Abacus	22	10	1	11	50	39	11	31
10	Stanley Athletic FC	22	9	4	9	36	43	-7	31
11	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	22	9	4	9	28	36	-8	31
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	22	8	4	10	37	42	-5	28
13	Mega Buck Bandits	22	6	3	13	32	44	-12	21
14	Wheel Madrid	22	5	5	12	30	39	-9	20
15	Markian United	22	5	5	12	22	39	-17	20
16	YTFIB	22	5	0	17	19	53	-34	15

The Wateringhole Society extended their lead to four points and boosted their goal difference after this week\s results. They put the CFJs away 5-0 in the Cup a few weeks ago and it was 6-2 this time. Kiran fell behind too after Michael Keane shanked into his own goal after 14 minutes but was in front by half-time after Bukayo Saka found the top corner from 18 yards and Ivan Toney converted from close home. Toney completed his hat-trick early in the second half with a couple of penalties before Harvey Barnes and Christian Pulisic added goals to make it 6-1. The Cows could only reply with an Edouard Mendy clean. Claymore leapfrogged Trusted into a second after a 3-0 win over those opponents. This had been a tight game until the deadlock was broken in the 75th minute when Clive’s team went ahead through an early Kristoffer Ajer clean. Teemu Pukki’s close range volley doubled the lead in injury time and a Trevoh Chalobah clean finished the scoring.

The Artisans failed to make ground on the top four after falling to a 3-1 defeat against Markian. Martin Odegaard’s calm finish after an exchange of passes had Ben ahead on five minutes but the scores were level nine minutes later when Fabian Schar got up to head in at the near post. Ian was ahead eight minutes from the break when Harry Kane beat the offside trap to fire home and Kane completed the win with a well-placed volley ten minutes into the second half. San Dimas closed to within a point of the Artisans after edging the Aardvarks 3-2. Ady had been two up in this one, Son Hueng-Min firing through my keeper after 17 minutes and Lewis Dunk getting up highest to make it two after 55. Riyad Mahrez scored two excellent goals to level the game and I took all the points courtesy of Antonio Rudiger’s clean.

The Cheese are one point further back after an excellent 3-1 win at Fred West. Jean-Philippe Mateta got his first WSFFL goal after 19 minutes, smuggling in after picking the defence’s pocket. Phillippe Coutinho squeezed his shot in after 52 minutes to make it 2-0 and Danny Ings had the proverbial acre of space to make it three two minutes later. Fred could only muster an Ibrahima Konate clean in response. Real Muppets are back in the top half after a 4-2 win over Mega Bucks. Ryan’s team raced into a 3-0 lead, Kevin De Bruyne twice finding himself in the right place in the penalty area either side of Sadio Mane just keeping onside to steer in. Wilf Zaha’s penalty pulled one back before the break but it was 4-1 two minutes after the interval with fit-again Reece James smashing across the keeper into the far corner. Caglar Soyuncu’s clean for Dave came too late to influence the result.

Stanley join the Aardvarks on 31 points after a 2-0 win over Wheel Madrid. Kai Havertz scored both goals in a four-minute second-half burst. The first a far-post header, the second a tap-in. Nil Satis are the third team on the 31 point mark after winning 2-0 at YTFIB. This was heading for a goalless draw until Moussa Sissoko chested down and placed under the keeper three minutes from time and Matt Doherty’s clean gave Paul S the insurance of a second.

FA Cup semi-final draw

Cheese Makers v Claymore Athletic FC

Stanley Athletic FC v The Wateringhole Society

That bottom tie means we’ll have at least one first-time finalist.

Games to be played 12-14 March.

Week 21 Results - Top five all win

Aardvark Abacus 2 v 3 The Wateringhole Society

Cheese Makers 2 v 0 YTFIB

Markian United 1 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gdg XI

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 3 Claymore Athletic FC

The Cow-Faced Juniors 4 v 1 Real Muppets

Trusted by Millions 3 v 0 Stanley Athletic FC

Wheel Madrid 1 v 1 San Dimas High School

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Wateringhole Society	21	13	5	3	54	31	23	44
2	Trusted By Millions	21	13	3	5	53	33	20	42
3	Claymore Athletic FC	21	13	1	7	52	34	18	40
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	21	12	2	7	44	29	15	38
5	The Fabulous Artisans	21	11	2	8	46	41	5	35
6	Aardvark Abacus	21	10	1	10	48	36	12	31
7	San Dimas High School	21	8	7	6	34	28	6	31
8	Cheese Makers	21	8	6	7	28	33	-5	30
9	Real Muppets	21	9	2	10	44	48	-4	29
10	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	21	8	4	9	36	39	-3	28
11	Stanley Athletic FC	21	8	4	9	34	43	-9	28
12	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	21	8	4	9	26	36	-10	28
13	Mega Buck Bandits	21	6	3	12	30	40	-10	21
14	Wheel Madrid	21	5	5	11	30	37	-7	20
15	Markian United	21	4	5	12	19	38	-19	17
16	YTFIB	21	5	0	16	19	51	-32	15

The Wateringhole Society continue at the top after a 3-2 win at the Aardvarks. Dejan Kulusevski looks another shrewd Kiran signing and put the Society ahead on 15 minutes but his side were on the back foot late in the second half. Ollie Watkins, on 64 minutes, and Son Heung-Min, five minutes from time, both raced on to through balls to score and put Ady ahead. Kiran’s team earned the win with cleans from Ruben Dias and Ezri Konsa. Trusted are still hot on the leaders’ heels after a 3-0 win over Stanley. All the goals came in the first half. Jeff Schlupp opened the scoring on nine minutes, poking in from six yards, Che Adams hooked in from even closer on 36 minutes before an unmarked Joe Willock smacked high into the net a minute from the break.

Claymore are two points further behind after beating Evertonian rivals Nil Satis 3-1. Matt Doherty arrived at the far side of the box to fire Paul S ahead on 10 minutes but the lead only lasted seven minutes before Matty Cash smacked in off the post from the edge of the box to bring Clive level. There were no more goals but Claymore took the win through cleans from Cash and John Stones. Another two points back are the CFJs who beat the Muppets 4-1 to keep their title hopes alive. Tomas Soucek stuck out a leg to steer a cross in and put the Cows ahead just before the hour but Ryan’s team were level eight minutes from time when Phil Foden reacted quickest to a loose ball to score from close in. Three cleans from Tino Livramento, Jan Bednarek and Aymeric Laporte delivered the win to Chris and Co.

The Artisans are nine points behind but not completely out of the picture after a 3-0 win at Mega Bucks. Clean sheets all the way for Ben this week with Mohammed Salisu, Victor Lindelof and Emil Krafth on the scoresheet. San Dimas drew 1-1 with Wheel Madrid to stay seventh. Joelinton (best midfielder in Europe right now?) delivered a towering far post header to put me ahead after 33 minutes but I couldn’t finish the game off and a Raphael Varane clean meant the points were shared. 

Cheese Makers are back in the top half following a 2-0 win over YTFIB. It was cleans for Andrew Robertson and Tyrone Mings that saw Matthew home. Fred edged Markian 2-1 and the Gardeners are slowly climbing the table. Ian went ahead when Harry Kane steered a volley across the keeper after 27 minutes. The lead lasted until 83 minutes when Pepe controlled with his right foot, pirouetted and finished with his left before Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s clean gave Fred all three points.