In the last game of the FA CUP first round, lucky LEYTON ORIENT won 1-0 away to non-league Tamworth with an own goal in the 79th minute. Orient are on a total of 22 goals.
In the Premier League, SUNDERLAND drew 1-1 at home to Everton and are on a total of 13 goals and move up to fourth place.
In Week Thirteen of the competition we had our 17th winner of the season, picking up the full prize money of £5 and that went to our 1997/98 Champion MIKE HARRINGTON on a score of 10 goals. That is his personal best weekend score/.
Mike started with Golden Goals back in the 1996/97 season where he finished in the winning frame in 12th place on a total of 278 goals. He also picked up one shared weekend win. Mike became joint Champion in the following year with David Salmon. They won on a total of 276 goals. He also picked up three weekend wins. Last season, Mike finished in 65th place out of 114, on a total of 266 goals. He had one weekend win which was a Rollover. This season he has picked up three blank weekend scoresheets and 80th is his highest position in Week Three. His best teams are Arsenal and Ipswich Town. Mike’s winning teams are
ARSENAL 2, BIRMINGHAM CITY 4, IPSWICH TOWN 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
All but six of us picked up goals this week, which means that our top five have had a slight change again this week. The highest midweek score was 12 goals and they went to JAMES SOMERVILLE. James has Celtic, Chelsea and Luton Town. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with that total of 39 goals. Her teams are Ayr United, Brighton and Crewe. In second place we still have DAVID BARRETT now with 36 goals. In third place we still have HAYLEY ADKINS now with a total of 34 goals. In fourth place, we still have our joint 2023/24 Champion, JOHN FILTNESS with a total of 33 goals. In fifth place we now have BARBARA BARNES (1) down from four with 32 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 5 of our teams not in action over the weekend and another 10 teams that failed to score any goals. The average score this weekend went up from four goals last weekend to 6 goals. So if you picked up more than that, you have done well this weekend. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals once again, and they came from BIRMINGHAM CITY, HEARTS and IPSWICH TOWN.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
FA CUP 1St Round
We had a total of 17 of our teams in cup action where 9 have made it into the second round. The teams through to round two are BLACKPOOL after they won 1-0 at home to non-league Scunthorpe and are on a total of 14 goals. BOLTON won 2-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are on a total of 24 goals while Huddersfield are on 22 goals. MK DONS won 3-2 away to Colchester and are now on a total of 30 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. PETERBOROUGH UNITED won 1-0 at home to CARDIFF CITY and are on a total of 12 goals. Cardiff picked up their fourth blank of the season. SWINDON TOWN won 2-1 away to Rotherham and are on a total of 27 goals. CHESTERFIELD won 1-0 away to Stevenage and are on a total of 25 goals and a goal run of 8 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 3-1 away to Tranmere and are now on a total of 28 goals and a goal run of 10 league/cup games. WYCOMBE won 2-0 at home against PLYMOUTH and are on a total of 25 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. Plymouth picked up their seventh blank of the season, and now three games without a goal. WALSALL won 3-0 away to non-league Eastleigh and are now on a total of 22 goals.
Teams that went out are BROMLEY after they lost 2-1 at home against Bristol Rovers and are on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. CREWE lost 2-1 at home to Doncaster and are on a total of 22 goals. BARNET lost 2-1 away to Fleetwood and are on a total of 21 goals. GILLINGHAM drew 2-2 away to Newport and then lost 4-3 on penalties. Gillingham are on a total of 22 goals. NOTTS COUNTY drew 2-2 away to non-league Brackley Town and then lost 4-3 on penalties. County are on a total of 27 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Top of the table ARSENAL won 2-0 away to Burnley and are on a total of 22 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. MANCHESTER CITY have moved into second place after they won 3-1 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH. City are now on a total of 35 goals while Bournemouth are on 17 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LIVERPOOL moved up to third place after they won 2-0 at home to ASTON VILLA and are on a total of 20 goals. Villa after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their fifth blank of the season. BRIGHTON won 3-0 at home against Leeds and are now on a total of 29 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE won 2-0 at home to Brentford and are on a total of 18 goals. Bottom of the table WOLVES lost 3-0 away to Fulham and picked up their fifth blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last 4 games, NOTTINGHAM FOREST drew 2-2 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED and are on a total of 9 goals. United are on 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM picked up their third blank scoresheet and now two in a row after they lost 1-0 at home to CHELSEA. Chelsea hit goal number 24 and have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. WEST HAM UNITED have won their second league game 3-1 at home against NEWCASTLE UNITED. West Ham are on a total of 12 goals while Newcastle are on 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH who are still second in the league, after they lost 3-0 away to WATFORD. Middlesbrough picked up their fourth blank of the season while Watford, with their biggest win of the season, are now on a total of 18 goals. BLACKBURN ROVERS won 2-0 away to LEICESTER CITY and are on a total of 13 goals while Leicester picked up their third blank scoresheet and now two in a row. NORWICH CITY who are now second from bottom, lost 2-0 at home to Hull. Norwich picked up their fifth blank of the season. BIRMINGHAM CITY picked up their biggest win of the season with a 4-0 home win against Portsmouth. Birmingham have taken their goals tally to 17. IPSWICH TOWN won 4-0 away to QPR and have taken their goals total up to 22. SHEFFIELD UNITED lost 3-1 at home to Derby and are on a total of 11 goals. SOUTHAMPTON lost 2-0 at home to PRESTON NE and picked up their third blank of the season. Preston are on a total of 20 goals. BRISTOL CITY lost 5-1 away to Stoke and are on a total of 23 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Scottish League Cup semi-finals, CELTIC beat their 10 men rivals RANGERS 3-1 after extra time and will play St Mirren in the final on 14 December. Celtic are now on a total of 27 goals. Rangers are on 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS won their 9th league game 4-o at home to Dundee. Hearts are now on a total of 45 goals and have kept their 100% record going after playing in 16 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for HIBERNIAN after they remained in third place as they drew 2-2 away to Livingston. Hibs are on a total of 18 goals.
In the Championship, ROSS COUNTY lost 3-0 away to Arbroath and picked up their fourth blank of the season.
In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR have dropped down to second place after they drew 1-1 away to Queen of the South and are on a total of 17 goals. EAST FIFE drew 1-1 at home to Hamilton and picked up goal number 22. They have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Bottom of the table COVE RANGERS lost 2-1 at home to Peterhead. Rangers are now on a total of 14 goals.
In League Two, CLYDE won 3-1 at home against DUMBARTON and are now on a total of 28 goals. Dumbarton are on 23 goals and have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (45) MK DONS (30) CARDIFF CITY (30) Total of 105 goals
Our WORST three teams are
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (9) ASTON VILL (10) SHEFFIELD UNITED (11) Total of 30 goals
Our best performing team is still HEARTS, after they have now scored in all of their 16 league/cup games. With a total of 45 goals, their average score is 2.8 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is still NOTTINGHAM FOREST this weekend, as they have picked up 6 blank score sheets in their 11 league/cup games.
Our highest scoring team in our 43rd Season is 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.
HAYLEY ADKINS remains at the top for her sixth consecutive weekend. Hayley picked up a total of 14 goals from the week. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City. David Barrett has moved back into second place after picking up a total of 15 goals from the week. David's teams are Celtic, Hearts and Liverpool.
At the other end at 111 we have ANN WELLARD back there after she picked up just 8 goals from the week. Ann has now been there for eight weeks this season. Ann has Aston Villa, Celtic, and Sheffield United.
Nice to have a bit fo a change in our top ten this week.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - H. ADKINS 34 56 90
2 3 D. BARRETT 36 54 90
3 4 B. BARNES (1) 32 50 82
4 2 EMMAF 39 41 80
5 6 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 14 65 79
6 8 J. BLYTH 19 58 77
7 14 T. GUY (3) 28 49 77
8 5 K. SETNA (2005/06) 30 47 77
9 11 M. WALKER 17 59 76
10 31 RYAN FC 25 51 76
In the first game of the FA CUP 1st Round, LUTON TOWN had a tough game against non-league Forest Green Rovers, scoring a late goal to win 4-3 at home. With their biggest win of the season, Luton have taken their goals tally to 19.
In the Championship, WREXHAM won their fourth game of the season with a 3-2 home win against Coventry City. Wrexham are now on a total of 28 goals.
IN the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Dunfermline and picked up their fifth blank of the season. Ayr have now failed to score in their last two league games.
Here we go with more games in the Carabao/League Cup 4th Round. This time we had nine of our teams in action and out of them, five have made it to the quarter-finals. They are ARSENAL who won 2-0 at home to BRIGHTON and are on a total of 20 goals. Brighton, after a goal run of 9 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season. CRYSTAL PALACE won 3-0 away to LIVERPOOL and are now on a total of 16 goals. Liverpool’s 100% scoring record comes to an end after a total of 10 games and picked up their first blank scoresheet. MANCHESTER CITY won 3-1 away to Swnsea and are now on a total of 22 goals. CHELSEA won 4-3 away to WOLVES and have taken their goals tally to 23 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Wolves are now on a total of 15 goals. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 2-0 at home against TOTTENHAM and are on a total of 15 goals. Tottenham, after a goal run of 7 league games, picked up their second blank of the season.
In the Scottish Premiership, leaders HEARTS drew their second league game 2-2 away to St Mirren and are on a total of 41 goals. Hearts have now scored in all of their 15 league/cup games. Second place CELTIC won 4-0 at home against Falkirk and have taken their goals total to 24. RANGERS moved up to third place after they won their third league game 1-0 away to HIBERNIAN. Rangers picked up goal number 18 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Hibs picked up their fourth blank of the season.
In the start of the Carabao/League Cup 4th Round, we had three teams in action and out of them only one has made it through to the quarter-finals. WYCOMBE WANDERERS drew 1-1 at home to Fulham but then lost 5-4 on penalties. Wycombe are out of the competition as they picked up goal number 23 and have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. WREXHAM are out after they lost 2-1 at home against CARDIFF CITY. Wrexham are on a total of 25 goals while Cardiff move on, and are on a total of 30 goals.
In League One, PLYMOUTH lost their 9th league game 2-0 away to Mansfield. Plymouth picked up their sixth blank scoresheet and now they have failed to score in their last two league games.
In League One, STOCKPORT COUNTY won 3-0 away to Port Vale and go top of the league. County are now on a total of 25 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games.
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
39 HEARTS (98)
29 AYR UNITED (76)
28 CARDIFF CITY (106)
27 MK DONS (115)
26 BIGHTON (91)
25 CLYDE (60)
25 NOTTS COUNTY (106)
25 SWINDON TOWN (100)
25 ROSS COUNTY (101)
25 STOCKPORT COUNTY (94)
Here is the list of teams that have so far qualified for the World Cup 2026. They are as follows,
Hosts: Canada, Mexico, United States.
Africa: Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
Asia: Australia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Uzbekistan.
Europe: England.
Oceania: New Zealand.
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.
