Week 25 Results - Claymore keep up the pressure

Aardvark Abacus 0 v 2 Real Muppets

Cheese Makers P v P Stanley Athletic FC

Markian United 0 v 4 Claymore Athletic FC

Mega Buck Bandits 1 v 0 YTFIB

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum P v P San Dimas High School

The Fabulous Artisans 1 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gdg XI

Trusted by Millions P v P The Wateringhole Society

Wheel Madrid 0 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Wateringhole Society	24	14	6	4	62	39	23	48
2	Claymore Athletic FC	25	15	2	8	62	38	24	47
3	The Cow-Faced Juniors	25	14	3	8	54	38	16	45
4	Trusted By Millions	24	13	3	8	55	41	14	42
5	The Fabulous Artisans	25	13	3	9	53	47	6	42
6	Real Muppets	25	12	3	10	53	52	1	39
7	Aardvark Abacus	25	12	1	12	56	41	15	37
8	Cheese Makers	24	10	7	7	35	34	1	37
9	San Dimas High School	24	9	8	7	38	34	4	35
10	Stanley Athletic FC	24	10	4	10	39	45	-6	34
11	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	24	9	6	9	31	39	-8	33
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	25	8	6	11	40	48	-8	30
13	Mega Buck Bandits	25	8	4	13	37	47	-10	28
14	Markian United	25	6	5	14	26	46	-20	23
15	Wheel Madrid	25	5	5	15	30	48	-18	20
16	YTFIB	25	6	0	19	23	57	-34	18

With three games off this week due to (make something up) the attention was on Claymore to see if they could close in on the absent leaders.. Clive’s team made no mistake with his strikers having a field day at Markian. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second hat-trick in a month and Teemu Pukki added the other, firing in off the post seven minutes after the break. The CFJs also won 4-0 to stay at the sharp end of the table. Wheel Madrid were the victims, Paul’s team only have one goal in their last seven games and haven’t scored more than one in a league game since December. Jan Bednarek put the Cows in front a minute before half-time, Tomas Soucek added the second on 74 minutes and cleans from Edouard Mendy and Bednarek completed the Cows’ victory.

The Artisans missed a chance to gain ground after being held 1-1 by Fred. The Gardeners took a ninth minute lad when Ibrahima Konate headed in and Ben had to wait until the 76th minute for an equaliser, Mason Mount sliding in from inside the box. The Muppets 2-0 win at the Aardvarks jumped them over those opponents and into sixth place. Sadio Mane got both goals in the first half, taking advantage of a dozing Abacus keeper for their first and slamming in at the near post for the second. The other game saw Mega Bucks beat YTFIB 1-0 courtesy of a 62-minute Matt Lowton clean sheet.

Week 24 Results - Tense at the top

Aardvark Abacus 4 v 0 Wheel Madrid

Claymore Athletic FC 2 v 2 Mega Buck Bandits

Real Muppets 2 v 2 Fred West Landscape Gdg XI

San Dimas High School 0 v 0 Cheese Makers

Stanley Athletic FC 2 v 0 Markian United

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 2 Trusted by Millions

The Wateringhole Society 2 v 2 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

YTFIB 1 v 3 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Wateringhole Society	24	14	6	4	62	39	23	48
2	Claymore Athletic FC	24	14	2	8	58	38	20	44
3	Trusted By Millions	24	13	3	8	55	41	14	42
4	The Cow-Faced Juniors	24	13	3	8	50	38	12	42
5	The Fabulous Artisans	24	13	2	9	52	46	6	41
6	Aardvark Abacus	24	12	1	11	56	39	17	37
7	Cheese Makers	24	10	7	7	35	34	1	37
8	Real Muppets	24	11	3	10	51	52	-1	36
9	San Dimas High School	24	9	8	7	38	34	4	35
10	Stanley Athletic FC	24	10	4	10	39	45	-6	34
11	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	24	9	6	9	31	39	-8	33
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	24	8	5	11	39	47	-8	29
13	Mega Buck Bandits	24	7	4	13	36	47	-11	25
14	Markian United	24	6	5	13	26	42	-16	23
15	Wheel Madrid	24	5	5	14	30	44	-14	20
16	YTFIB	24	6	0	18	23	56	-33	18

A second straight week where the top three go without a win. The Wateringhole Society fought out a 2-2 draw with Nil Satis. Anthony Gordon’s deflected shot put Paul ahead after 27 minutes but second half goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Ivan Toney turned things back into the leaders’ favour midway through the second half. Nil Satis snatched a point with a Seamus Coleman clean. It was a 2-2 draw for second-place Claymore too, against Dave’s Mega Bucks. Wilf Zaha nodded in his own penalty rebound to put his team ahead on 65 minutes but an early Kristoffer Ajer clean levelled the scores with seven minutes left. Jack Harrison’s 18 yard strike put the Bandits back in front two minutes later but that was immediately cancelled out by a low Teemu Pukki shot.

Trusted went down 3-2 to the CFJs who have put themselves in with a chance of a late run for the top. Pierre Lees-Melou opened his WSFFL account to put the Cows in front early on but Trusted led before the half hour with goals from Raphinha and Leandro Trossard. Rodrigo Moreno capitalised on a defensive error on 73 minutes to bring the game level and Ben Davies’ clean won it for the Cows. The Artisans are a point behind that top four after beating YTFIB 3-1. Mason Mount struck in each half and a Martin Odegaard long range effort looped in after a deflection in the last minute before Julian mustered a consolation Ben Gibson clean.

The Aardvarks are probably too far behind to get in the shake-up at the top but they’re back in form with a 4-0 win over Wheel Madrid. A fine hat-trick from Son Heung-Min did most of the damage and Diogo Jota got the other to keep Paul’s injury-hit team down near the foot of the table. Cheese Makers and San Dimas cancelled each other out in an entertaining goalless draw to both stay in mid-table.

Cup finalists Stanley ended the Markian renaissance with a 2-0 win. Kai Havertz tapped in after 11 minutes to open the scoring and Rico Henry closed out the win for Aaron with a clean. The Muppets and Fred gave us the third 2-2 draw this week. Ryan’s team raced into an early lead when Kevin de Bruyne had a shot deflected in after five minutes but Fred levelled before the half hour with an early Kurt Zouma clean. Sadio Mane restored the lead straight after half-time but Cristian Romero’s clean made sure the game finished level.