More Carabao Cup 2nd Round

 

We had a couple more of our teams playing in the cup last night and just one has made it to the next round. They are BRIGHTON as they picked up their biggest result after two games, as they won 6-0 away to Oxford Utd. Brighton are on a total of 7 goals. BRISTOL CITY went out after they lost 2-0 away to Fuilham and picked up their second blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED struggled to draw with league two, Grimsby Town 2-2 after the full 90 minutes. In the penalty shootout, United then lost an unbelievable 12-11. United are on a total of 3 goals.

Carabao/League Cup 2nd Round

We had a total of 15 of our Golden Goals teams in cup action last night and out of them, only 6 have made it through to the next round. They are WOLVES, who failed to score in their two opening league games, beat WEST HAM 3-2 at home. West Ham are on a total of 3 goals. CARDIFF CITY won 3-0 at home against Cheltenham and are now on a total of 12 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON picked up their biggest result to date after they won 3-0 away to NORWICH CITY. Southampton are now on a total of 8 goals and have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. Norwich picked up their first blank score sheet. WREXHAM won 3-2 away to PRESTON NE and are now on a total of 11 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. Preston are on a total of 7 goals and they have also scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. WYCOMBE drew 1-1 away to BROMLEY and then won 5-4 on penalties. Wycombe are on a total of 7 goals while Bromley are on 10 goals and have scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 1-1 away to SUNDERLAND and then won 6-5 on penalties. Huddersfield are on a total of 13 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. Sunderland picked up their fourth goal of the season. 

The other teams that went out are AFC BOURNEMOUTH who lost 2-0 at home to Brentford. That is Bournemouth’s first blank score sheet. BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 1-0 at home to Port Vale and picked up their first blank of the season. STOCKPORT COUNTY after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their first blank score sheet after they lost 1-0 away to Wigan. PLYMOUTH drew 1-1 away to Swansea but then lost 5-3 on penalties. Plymouth are on a total of 8 goals.

Lucky Win for Liverpool

In the Premier League, 10 men NEWCASTLE get their first goals of the season after they lost 3-2 at home to LIVERPOOL. Liverpool are now on a total of 7 goals after their first two games of the season.

Week Three

In Week Three of the competition we had our fourth winner of the season to take the full £5 weekend prize money. Our winner was BOB SOPER who won on a score of 11 goals making the highest win yet and his personal best weekend score. Bob started with Golden Goals back in the 2000/01 season on where he finished in 97th place out of 102 with a total of 221 goals. Last season Bob finished in 95th place out of 110 with a total of 265 goals. This season we can see Bob at his highest to date and his best team is Celtic. His teams for this season are

ARSENAL 5, BLACKBURN ROVERS 3, CELTIC 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We can take our second look at who is in the lead for our 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth a total of £25 this season. The prize money will go to the first person to reach 100 goals from their three teams.

Still in the lead after three weeks of football, we have DAVID BARRETT with 25 goals. In second place we now have EMMAF moving up from three with a total of 23 goals. In third place both down from two we have HAYLEY ADKINS and BISH-BASH-BOSH (Keith Rattle) still both on a total of 22 goals. Still in fourth place with 16 goals we have GUY DOWSETT (1). In fifth place we still have CHARLIE FARLEY (John Wood) and joining him TIM WOOD both with a total of 15 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had another near-full weekend fixture and although we had a few high scores, the season is still very disappointing. We had 6 teams with no game over the weekend with another 11 of our teams that failed to score any goals. So for our second weekend the average score was slightly better from three last weekend up to 4 goals this weekend. If your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend.

The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals and they came from the Premier League where ARSENAL after they won 5-0 at home against Leeds. With their biggest result they are now on a total of 6 goals.  Arsenal first appeared with Golden Goals back in our second season of 1984/85. In that season they became our 26th voted English team and they finished on a total of 75 goals. Arsenal have hit 100 or more goals in four of their seasons. Their highest being 103 goals in the 2002/03 season. Last season they finished on a total of 81 goals. Arsenal have been with us for 41 seasons and in that time theu have scored a total of 3323 goals, which gives them an average of 79 goals per season to date. This season they have a total of 26 votes and have started the season well. Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

So the Premier League played their second league game of the season. TOTTENHAM have won their first two games of the season as they beat MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 away. Tottenham are on a total of 5 goals. City with their first loss of the season, picked up their first blank of the season. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won their first league game 1-0 at home to WOLVES. Bournemouth are on a total of 3 goals while Wolves, still yet to win a game, picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet. ASTON VILLA lost their first league game 1-0 away to Brentford and that is their second consecutive blank scoresheet. SUNDERLAND picked up their first blank scoresheet after they lost 1-0 away to Burnley. Still no win for CRYSTAL PALACE after they picked up their first goal of the season as they drew 1-1 at home against NOTTINGHAM FOREST. Forest are on a total of 4 goals. BRIGHTON lost 2-0 away to Everton and that is their first blank scoresheet. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 away to Fulham to get their first goal of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP

After three games now, MIDDLESBROUGH are in second place after they won their third league game 2-1 away to NORWICH CITY. Both teams are on a total of 6 goals each. LEICESTER CITY won 1-0 away to Charlton and picked up goal number 6. BLACKBURN ROVERS picked up their biggest win to date, winning 3-0 away to Hull. Rovers are now on a total of 5 goals. WATFORD drew 1-1 away to Swansea and are on a total of 4 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 1-0 at home against Oxford and are on a total of 6 goals. PRESTON NE won 1-0 at home to  IPSWICH TOWN and are on a total of 5 goals, while Ipswich, who have still yet to win a game, picked up their first blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED lost again 1-0 at home to Millwall and that is their second consecutive blank scoresheet. SOUTHAMPTON lost 2-1 at home to Stoke and are on a total of 5 goals. WREXHAM are still trying to win their first game as they drew 2-2 at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Wrexham are on a total of 8 goals.

LEAGUE ONE 

CARDIFF CITY move to the top of the table after they won 1-0 away to LUTON TOWN. City are on a total of 9 goals while Luton picked up their second blank scoresheet. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are now in second place after they won 1-0 at home to Stevenage. Huddersfield are on a total of 10 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. BOLTON drew 1-1 at home to Lincoln and picked up goal number 8. Bolton have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LEYTON ORIENT lost 4-1 away to Mansfield and are on a total of 6 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 2 games, PETERBOROUGH drew 1-1 at home to Bradford and are on a total of 3 goals. PLYMOUTH won their first league game 1-0 at home to BLACKPOOL. Plymouth are on a total of 7 goals while Blackpool picked up their third blank scoresheet and now 2 in a row. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 2-1 at home to Burton and are on a total of 12 goals. Still no wins for WYCOMBE as they drew 2-2 at home to Reading. Wycombe are on a total of 6 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

CREWE are still top of the table after they lost their first league game 1-0 away to GILLINGHAM. After a goal run of 6 league/cup games, Crewe picked up their first blank of the season. Gillingham are on a total of 9 goals. CHESTERFIELD are still in second place after they win 2-1 away to Harrogate. Chesterfield are on a total of 9 goals. MK DONS won 2-1 away to Newport and are on a total of 10 goals. WALSALL won 1-0 at home against Salford to pick up their 5th goal of the season. BARNET won again, 1-0 away to Cheltenham and are on a total of 6 goals. NOTTS COUNTY drew 2-2 at home to BROMLEY. County are on a total of 9 goals while Bromley are also on 9 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. SWINDON TOWN won 2-1 at home to Shrewsbury and are on a total of 9 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, CELTIC move to the top of the table after they won their third league game 3-0 at home to Livingston. Celtic are now on a total of 10 goals. HEARTS in second place drew 3-3 at home to Motherwell and have taken their goals tally to 25 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. Still no win for RANGERS after they drew their third league game, 1-1 away to St Mirren and picked up goal number 7.

In the Championship, after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, AYR UNITED drew 2-2 away to Greenock Morton and are on a total of 17 goals. ROSS COUNTY have still yet to win as they lost 3-1 at home to Partick. County are on a total of 14 goals.

In League One EAST FIFE won 2-1 at home to Kelty Hearts and are on a total of 10 goals. COVE RANGERS are still looking for their first win as they lost 3-1 away to Peterhead. Rangers are on a total of 9 goals. After a goal run of 5 league/cup games, STENHOUSEMUIR drew 0-0 at home to Queen of the South and that is their third blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE are still waiting for their first league win after they drew 1-1 away to Stranraer. Clyde are on a total of 9 goals. DUMBARTON picked up their biggest result after they won 4-3 away to Annan and have taken their goals tally to 11 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.

Our BEST three teams are

HEARTS (25) AYR UTD (17) ROSS COUNTY (14) Total of 56 goals

Our WORST three teams are

ASTON VILLA (0) WOLVES (0) NEWCASTLE UNITED (0) Total of 0 goals 

Our best performing team are HEARTS after they have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. With a total of 25 goals, their average score is still 3 goals per game. 

Our worst performing team is PETERBOROUGH UNITED this weekend as they have picked up 3 blank scoresheets in their 6 games of the season. They have just 3 goals. 

Our highest goal scoring team in our 43rd Season are ROSS COUNTY. They won 8-0 at home against Edinburgh City in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.

DAVID BARRETT is at the top again this weekend for the third weekend running after he picked up 6 goals from the weekend. David’s teams are Celtic, Hearts and Liverpool. He is now 4 goals clear of Hayley Adkins in second place. Hayley picked up a total of 3 goals and her teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City.

At the other end at 111 we still have MANDY WRIGHT for the third weekend running as she picked up just 2 goals for the week. Mandy has AFC Bournemouth, Brighton and West Ham.

Another week has past but our teams are still warming up. Here is our top 10 this week.

 THIS      LAST                                          M/WEEK   W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK    NAME                          GOALS     GOALS     GOALS 

       1             -         D. BARRETT                   25               12               37

       2             3        BISH-BASH-BOSH         22               11               33

       3             2        H. ADKINS                       22               11              33

       4             5        EMMAF                            23                 6              29

       5           29        GRAHAM PHILLIPS        6                20              26

       6             4       CHARLIE FARLEY         15                11              26

       7             6       TIM WOOD                      15                11              26

       8             9       V. CRUICKSHANK           7                18              25

       9           30       M. WALKER                      7                18              25

     10           49       T. GUY (10/11 & 22/23)     8                17             25

Chelsea's First League Win

In the Premier League WEST HAM suffered their second league defeat against London rivals CHELSEA. Both teams picked up their first goals of the season as Chelsea won 5-1 away to West Ham. 

In the Championship BRISTOL CITY drew 1-1 away to Derby and picked up goal number 7.

Notts County's First Win

In League One BOLTON drew 1-1 at home to Reading and that is their 7^th goal of the season. 

In League Two NOTTS COUNTY won their first league game and picked up their biggest win to date, after they won 4-1 at home against Shrewsbury and have taken their goals tally up to 7 goals.

Season 43 is Warming up

In League One CARDIFF CITY won 1-0 away to AFC Wimbledon and are on a total of 8 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN won 2-0 at home against Doncaster and are on a total of 11 goals. They have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games played. LUTON TOWN won 1-0 at home to Wigan and picked up goal number five. BLACKPOOL lost 2-0 away to Mansfield and picked up their second blank scoresheet. PETERBOROUGH are still without a win after they lost 1-0 at home to Barnsley. That is their third blank of the season and now 2 in a row. PLYMOUTH still need a win as they lost 1-0 at home to LEYTON ORIENT. Plymouth have now had 2 blank scoresheets while Orient are on a total of 5 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY lost 2-1 at home to Bradford and are on a total of 10 goals and have scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. WYCOMBE WANDERERS picked up their first blank of the season as they went down 1-0 at home to Exeter. 

In League Two BROMLEY won 2-1 away to Cheltenham and are on a total of 7 goals. MK DONS drew 1-1 away to Crawley and are on a total of 8 goals. CREWE picked up their biggest result to date after they won 4-1 away to Fleetwood and have taken their goals tally to 11 goals. They have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. GILLINGHAM have doubled their goals total as they win 4-1 at home to CHESTERFIELD. Gillingham are now on a total of 8 goals and have scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. Chesterfield lost their first game of the season and are on a total of 7 goals. SWINDON TOWN picked up their first blank of the season after they lost 2-0 at home to BARNET. Barnet picked up their first league win of the season and are on a total of 5 goals. WALSALL lost 1-0 at home to Grimsby and picked up their third blank scoresheet.