In Week Twenty-Two of the competition, we had our Christmas Jackpot of £15 which resulted in 5 players sharing the cash. Our winners all won on a score of just 7 goals and will collect a total of £3 each. Our winners are all first timers this season and they are MARTIN CORBETT, ANDY EYLES, DANNY HARRINGTON, TONY KING (1) and STALKY (2) (Bob Burgin) That now brings our winners total to 28.
Martin started with Golden Goals back in the 2017/18 season on where he finished in 128th place out of 149 players with a total of 239 goals. He did picked up one weekend win. Last season Martin finished in 37th place with 282 goals. He picked up one weekend win. This season he has been as high as 55th place in Week Sixteen. He has had just one blank weekend scoresheet to date and his best team is Wycombe.
Andy started in the 2004/05 season and finished in the winning frame in 25th place out of 105 players, with a total of 275 goals. Last season Andy finished in 29th place with 292 goals. He picked up one rollover weekend prize money. This season he has been as high as 10th place in Weeks Six and Week Nine. Andy has picked up three blank weekend scoresheets and Celtic is his best team.
Danny started in the 2006/07 season and finished in 43rd place with a total of 243 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. Last season he finished in 57th place with 268 goals. This season, Danny has been as high as 18th place in Week Sixteen and has had a total of four blank weekend score sheets. Celtic is his best team.
Tony(1) started from day one in the 1983/84 season and he finished in the winning frame in 3rd place out of 25 players, with a total of 295 goals. He also picked up 2 weekend wins. Tony has been having two combos and with his 1st one last season, he finished in 76th place with 258 goals. This season he has been as high as 28th place in Week two. He had had a total of three blank weekend scoresheet. Rangers is his best team.
Stalky (2) (Bob Burgin) started with us back in the 2000/01 season on where he finished in 38th place out of 102 players with a total of 266 goals. For a while now, Bob has had two combinations and last season his second combo finished in 62nd place with 265 goals. This season he has picked up four blank weekend scoresheets and his highest to date is 50th place in Week Twelve. Brighton is his best team.
Martin BIRINGHAM CITY 3, LIVERPOOL 2, WYCOMBE 2
Andy ARSENAL 3, CELTIC 1, PLYMOUTH 3
Danny ARSENAL 3, BIRINGHAM CITY 3, CELTIC 1
Tony MIDDLESBROUGH 4, NORWICH CITY 0, RANGERS 3
Stalky (2) BRIGHTON 2, NEWCASTLE UNITED 2, RANGERS 3
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Nearly all of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five has changed once again this week. We now have a total of 8 players that have reached the halfway mark.
Out in front this week we have BARBARA BARNES (1) now with a total of 56 goals. Barbara has Brighton, Manchester City and Wrexham. Down to second place we have SCOTT THOMSON (1) now on a total of 55 goals. In third place down from two we have EMMAF now with a total of 53 goals. In fourth place we now have MICHAEL FISHER down from third place and KEITH RATTLE up from fifth place both on a total of 51 goals. In fifth place we still have PETER PORTER but he is now joined with PHIL COLLINS and JAMES WISE all on a total of 50 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
The snow over the UK has hit the league fixtures this weekend and many were postponed. We had 40 of our teams in action over the weekend, and out of them 8 of them failed to score any goals. |It was not a great start to 2026 as the average score was just 4 goals. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals and they came from the Championship where MIDDLESBROUGH won 4-0 at home against Southampton.
Middlesbrough joined Golden Goals in the 1986/87 season where they finished on a total of 78 goals. They became our 58th voted English team in that season. Their highest end of season score is 92 goals which they scored in the 1996/97 season and then again in the following season of 1997/98. Last season they finished on a total of 67 goals. This is Middlesbrough’s 23nd season with us and over the years they have netted a total of 1575 goals. That gives them an average score of 68 goals per season. This season Brough have picked up a total of eight blank scoresheets and this is the second game of the season with four goals. They have just one vote this season.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We now have the top six teams this weekend with ARSENAL still top after they won 3-2 away to AFC BOURNEMOUTH. Arsenal are now on a total of 45 and a goal run of 20 league/cup games. Bournemouth are on a total of 31 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. In second place we still have MANCHESTER CITY who drew 1-1 at home to CHELSEA and are now on a total of 51 goals. Chelsea in 5th place are on a total of 42 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. ASTON VILLA are still in third place after they won 3-1 at home against NOTTINGHAM FOREST. Villa are now on a total of 34 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Forest are on a total of 21 goals. LIVERPOOL are in fourth place after they drew 2-2 away to Fulham and are on a total of 34 goals. BRIGHTON won 2-0 at home to Burnley and are on a total of 42 goals. Well, we all knew this was going to happen; bottom of the table WOLVES have picked up their first win of the season, by winning 3-0 at home against WEST HAM UNITED. Wolves are now on a total of 22 goals while West Ham picked up their 8th blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 36 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 2-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and are on a total of 36 goals. Palace picked up their 7th blank of the season. TOTTENHAM drew 1-1 at home to SUNDERLAND and are on a total of 31 goals. Sunderland are on 22 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
In second place we have MIDDLESBROUGH after they had failed to score in their last four games. They won 4-0 at home against SOUTHAMPTON. Brough have taken their goals tally to 37 while Southampton picked up their 5th blank of the season and now two in a row.
In the Play-offs we have 3 of the four teams. They are Ipswich Town in 3rd place and PRESTON NE in 4th place. They won 2-0 away to BRISTOL CITY and are on a total of 41 goals. City picked up their 8th blank of the season. Watford are in 6th place.
Meanwhile BIRMINGHAM CITY won 3-2 at home to Coventry and are now on a total of 37 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 3 games, BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 2-2 at home to Charlton and are on a total of 25 goals. WREXHAM won 2-1 away to Derby and are on a total of 47 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. NORWICH CITY picked up their 7th blank of the season after they lost 2-0 at home against Stoke.
LEAGUE ONE
In the Play-offs HUDDERSFIELD TOWN in 4th place drew 2-2 at home to Exeter and are on a total of 49 goals and a goal run of 13 league/cup games. BOLTON WANDERERS in 5th place drew 0-0 at home to Northampton and picked up their 7th blank scoresheet. STOCKPORT COUNTY in 6th place lost 1-0 away to Reading and picked up their 6th blank of the season and now two in a row.
Meanwhile PETERBOROUGH UNITED lost 5-2 away to Lincoln and are on a total of 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. BLACKPOOL lost 2-1 at home against Bradford and are on a total of 36 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 games. CARDIFF CITY won 1-0 at home to Wigan and are on a total of 52 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. PLYMOUTH won 3-0 at home against Burton and are now on a total of 36 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 2-0 at home to AFC Wimbledon and are on a total of 39 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
In the Play-offs the only game that we had playing here was MK DONS who drew 2-2 at home against CHESTERFIELD. The Dons, in 5th place, are on a total of 52 goals while Chesterfield in 7th place, are on a total of 44 goals.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS won 1-0 at home against Livingston and hit goal number 56 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. Second place, CELTIC lost their second league game in a row as their rivals RANGERS beat them 3-1 at home. Celtic picked up goal number 46. Rangers in third place have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games and are now on a total of 37 goals. HIBERNIAN won 3-1 away to Kilmarnock are now on a total of 38 goals.
In League One STENHOUSEMUIR are now top of the table after they won 2-0 at home against Queen of the South. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 30 goals.
In League Two, CLYDE in 3rd place drew 1-1 at home to Forfar and are on a total of 38 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. DUMBARTON lost 2-0 away to The Spartans and picked up their 5th blank of the season.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (56) MANCHESTER CITY (51) CARDIFF CITY (52) Total of 159 goals
Our WORST three teams are
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (21) SUNDERLAND (22) WOLVES (22) Total of 65 goals
Our best performing team is ARSENAL after they have now scored in all of their last 20 league/cup games. With a total of 45 goals, their average score is 1.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is now NOTTINGHAM FOREST this weekend, as they have picked up 10 blank scoresheets in their 21 league/cup games.
Our highest 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.
We now have GRAHAM PHILLIPS back at the top this week as he picks up a total of 11 from the week. This is his second time to reach the top this season, as he was there in Week Sixteen. Graham’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Vincent Cruickshank remains in second place this weekend as he picks up a total of 5 goals from his teams this week. Vincent is still now 2 goals behind Graham with his teams of Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.
At the other end at 111 we now have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) back there, as he was there in Week Fourteen. John picked up just 2 goals this week. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir.
With so many games being played since our last News Sheet, things have changed in the top ten for the start of 2026.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 3 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 27 116 143
2 - V. CRUICKSHANK 34 107 141
3 1 H. ADKINS 43 98 141
4 5 B. BARNES (1) 56 84 140
5 11 T. GUY (3) 49 89 138
6 7 M. WALKER 30 107 137
7 12 T. GUY (10/11 & 22/23) 37 99 136
8 4 D. BARRETT 40 94 134
9 8 P. O’DONOGHUE 40 94 134
10 14 C. SETFORD 41 93 134