Week 13 Results - Trusted go top

Aardvark Abacus 3 v 1 Fred West Landscape Gdg XI

Cheese Makers 1 v 1 Real Muppets

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 1 v 0 Markian United

San Dimas High School 0 v 2 Stanley Athletic FC

The Cow-Faced Juniors 3 v 0 YTFIB

The Wateringhole Society 0 v 5 Claymore Athletic FC

Trusted by Millions 6 v 0 Mega Buck Bandits

Wheel Madrid 3 v 2 The Fabulous Artisans

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	Trusted By Millions	13	9	2	2	38	23	15	29
2	The Wateringhole Society	13	8	3	2	37	24	13	27
3	Claymore Athletic FC	13	8	0	5	34	21	13	24
4	Stanley Athletic FC	13	7	2	4	23	18	5	23
5	San Dimas High School	13	6	4	3	22	15	7	22
6	The Cow-Faced Juniors	13	7	1	5	25	19	6	22
7	The Fabulous Artisans	13	7	1	5	34	30	4	22
8	Cheese Makers	13	6	3	4	17	19	-2	21
9	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	13	6	2	5	15	20	-5	20
10	Aardvark Abacus	13	6	0	7	28	26	2	18
11	Wheel Madrid	13	5	2	6	26	25	1	17
12	Real Muppets	13	5	1	7	25	32	-7	16
13	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	13	4	2	7	25	27	-2	14
14	Markian United	13	3	1	9	10	27	-17	10
15	Mega Buck Bandits	13	3	0	10	20	29	-9	9
16	YTFIB	13	2	0	11	11	35	-24	6

Contrasting results for last week’s top two. Trusted now lead the league after one of the season’s best performances in a 6-0 drubbing of Mega Bucks. Emmanuel Dennis opened the scoring on 24 minutes with a powerful header and Raphinha doubled the lead from the spot four minutes later. Conor Gallagher made it three four minutes before the break and the midfielder got Beef’s last goal three minutes into second half injury time, picking out the top corner from the edge of the area. Ben Mee and Alex Telles got the cleans to round out the win.

It was a different story for the Wateringhole Society who went down 5-0 at home to Claymore. Youri Tielemans opened the scoring with a penalty seven minutes before the break but it got worse for Kiran with the daft sending-off of Raul Jimenez before half-time. Clive’s team ran away with it in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the spot with 15 minutes to go, then Youri Tielemans smashed into the roof of the net, Joe Gelhardt scored his first WSFFL goal and Eric Bailly notched his first clean for his new club to send Clive third.

Stanley are back up to fourth after getting the better of San Dimas 2-0. A tight game was settled in Aaron’s favour by clean sheets from Virgil van Dijk and Harry Maguire. My team are fifth, one place above the CFJs who beat struggling YTFIB 3-0. Gabriel headed in just after the hour to put the Cows ahead and Aymeric Laporte and Vladimir Coufal added cleans. Also on 22 points are the faltering Artisans who went down 3-2 to Wheel Madrid. Ben was two up at the break too courtesy of a Martin Odegaard header and a sweeping near post Mason Mount finish. It turned round after half-time with Jorginho pulling one back from the spot for Paul W then James Maddison picked out the far corner to level with five minutes left before Jorginho converted his second penalty deep into injury time to take all the points.

Cheese Makers win streak came to an end, but their unbeaten run goes on after a 1-1 draw with the Muppets. Patson Daka put Ryan ahead on 57 minutes after a team move that sliced through the Cheese like a hot knife through Boursin. The equaliser came six minutes into injury time with Bryan Mbeumo the coolest man in Le Stade to slot home a penalty. Nil Satis kept their good run going with a 1-0 win over Markian. Grant Hanley got the game’s only clean after just 21 minutes. Just 18,065 made it to the Aardvark Abacus Aldi Arena to see the home side beat old rivals Fred 3-1. Alexandre Lacazette put Ady ahead on 21 minutes after a great team move but Fred got back on terms with a Mohamed Salah penalty midway through the second period. The home fans went home happy though as Kieran Tierney and Ben White got the cleans to deliver the win.

FA Cup 1st Round draw

Aardvark Abacus v The Wateringhole Society

Cheese Makers v San Dimas High School

Claymore Athletic FC v The Fabulous Artisans 

Markian United v Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

The Cow-Faced Juniors v Mega Buck Bandits 

Trusted by Millions v Stanley Athletic FC

Wheel Madrid v Fred West Landscape Gdg XI

YTFIB v Real Muppets

A tough tie for holders Trusted.

Games to be played 7-10 January 2022

Week 12 Results - Daylight for the top two

Claymore Athletic FC 0 v 1 The Cow-Faced Juniors

Fred West Landscape Gdg XI 1 v 1 Wheel Madrid

Markian United 1 v 3 Cheese Makers

Mega Buck Bandits 0 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Real Muppets 0 v 1 San Dimas High School

Stanley Athletic FC 3 v 4 The Wateringhole Society

The Fabulous Artisans 4 v 5 Trusted by Millions

YTFIB 0 v 4 Aardvark Abacus

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
1	The Wateringhole Society	12	8	3	1	37	19	18	27
2	Trusted By Millions	12	8	2	2	32	23	9	26
3	San Dimas High School	12	6	4	2	22	13	9	22
4	The Fabulous Artisans	12	7	1	4	32	27	5	22
5	Claymore Athletic FC	12	7	0	5	29	21	8	21
6	Stanley Athletic FC	12	6	2	4	21	18	3	20
7	Cheese Makers	12	6	2	4	16	18	-2	20
8	The Cow-Faced Juniors	12	6	1	5	22	19	3	19
9	Nil Satis Nisi Optimum	12	5	2	5	14	20	-6	17
10	Aardvark Abacus	12	5	0	7	25	25	0	15
11	Real Muppets	12	5	0	7	24	31	-7	15
12	Fred West Landscape Gardening XI	12	4	2	6	24	24	0	14
13	Wheel Madrid	12	4	2	6	23	23	0	14
14	Markian United	12	3	1	8	10	26	-16	10
15	Mega Buck Bandits	12	3	0	9	20	23	-3	9
16	YTFIB	12	2	0	10	11	32	-21	6

It’s another week at the top for the Wateringhole Society after beating Stanley Athletic 4-3. Kiran’s team took hold of the game in the first 20 minutes - Harvey Barnes threading in the opener and three minutes later the faintest touch from Ezri Konsa diverting in a header to double the lead. A back post header from Konsa made it 3-0 nine minutes after the break before Fred (yes, Fred!) struck with an excellently-placed shot with 13 minutes to go. The Society went 4-1 up eight minutes into injury time when Neil Maupay teed up a volley for himself and that meant that the Stanley cleans from Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire weren’t enough to grab a point.

Trusted needed cleans to get past the Artisans in a 5-4 thriller and stay second. Bernardo Silva opened the scoring for Beef just after the half hour but Ben was 2-1 up at the break thanks to a measured Mason Mount volley and then Martin Odegaard from 10 yards. Jared Bowen made it 3-1 from the edge of the area on 56 minutes before Silva’s stunner reduced the deficit. Richarlison levelled the game with 11 minutes to go but the returning Patrick Bamford put Ben 4-3 ahead (was it a thigh or a knee?) only for Trusted to take the points with cleans from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alex Telles.

San Dimas are somehow up to third following a 1-0 win at the Muppets. Tyler Roberts slid in a cross from six yards out for a first goal of the season. Claymore slipped back after going down 1-0 to the CFJs. The only score in this one was a Ben Davies clean. The Cheese Makers win streak goes on after they beat Markian 3-1. Manuel Lanzini opened the scoring from the spot five minutes before the break but Ian was back on terms mid-way through the second half after Davinson Sanchez smashed in. Matthew was back in front on 74 minutes when Cucho Hernandez followed up on his own rebound and Andy Robertson’s clean made sure of the points. 

Nil Satis are also having a good spell and an excellent Demarai Gray strike in injury time gave Paul a 1-0 win over Mega Bucks. Have the Aardvarks turned a corner? Ady’s team saw off YTFIB 4-0. Clean sheets just after the hour were bagged by Japheth Tanganga and Kieran Tierney , Son Heung-Min wriggled free to finish from nine yards and Jamaal Lascelles' clean completed a miserable day for Julian.