League Cup News

Hopefully tomorrow I can give you sheet number twelve for this season, Just a couple of things to finish up on tonight. In the mean time we have had a few more games that have been played this week. On Monday night Watford played Brighton away and drew 1-1. That became Watford’s 32nd goal of the season. Tuesday night and last night we had the 4th Round of the Capital One Cup.

In this round we had a total of seven teams playing in this round and the good news is that four of them have made it through to the next round. In the North London clash, Arsenal went out 2-0 at home to Chelsea. That was the Gunners very first blank score sheet of the season after a run of ten games. Chelsea take their goals tally to 20. Birmingham drew 2-2 after extra time against Stoke but then went out 4-2 on penalties. Leicester City won 4-3 against Fulham to give them a total of 34 goals while Man UTD won 4-0 at home to Norwich. United are now on 19 goals. Man City are on 28 as they win 2-0 against Newcastle and Tottenham are out as they drew 2-2 after extra time against Hull to then go out 8-7 on penalties.

In the Scottish Communities League Cup quarter-finals Morton are out as they lost 1-0 at home to St Johnstone to pick up their 3rd blank score sheet of the season while Aberdeen won their game 2-0 away to Motherwell. Aberdeen are on 21 goals.

Other results, Scunthorpe are on 16 goals as they lost 4-1 away to York, while Wigan drew 0-0 with QPR to pick up their 7th blank and now three games on a row and Rangers 4th with two in a row.

Last Nights Games

We had fourteen of our teams in midweek action last night but there were no big scores to fill our boots.

Peterborough chasing their 129 goal record failed to score last night as they drew 0-0 at home to Sheffield UTD.  That was Boroughs 3rd blank score sheet this season while United picked up their 6th. After a fantastic run of thirteen games, MK DONS picked up their 2nd blank of the season as they lost 1-0 at home to Carlisle. Leyton Orient are now up to 35 goals as they lost 3-1 away to Coventry. Fleetwood Town picked up their 3rd blank and now two games in a row as they lost 1-0 at home to Scunthorpe. Scunthorpe picked up their 14th goal of the season.

WEEK ELEVEN

Sheet eleven of this season’s competition is now out and once again we see PAUL HUDSON is celebrating is fourth weekend at the number one spot again this week. Paul has in his combination Manchester City, Rangers and Watford which picked him up a total of 9 goals this weekend. Paul is now five goals clear of Chris Challis as he picks up 7 goals from his combination of Peterborough, QPR and Rangers.

At the other end of the table at number 103, we still have Stuart Kemp in there with his fifth weekend in a row and now six over the season. Stuart picked up 5 goals this week from his combination of Manchester UTD, Southend and Tottenham.

We still have three of our teams that have that 100% scoring record.  They are ARSENAL, NOTTINGHAM FOREST and RANGERS.

Rangers are still our best team this week with that total of 39 goals in just 10 league and cup games. That’s an average of just under four goals per game.

As you know we have been following Peterborough to see if they can beat that winning end of season score back in our 2010/11 Season. This weekend Peterborough are still one goal behind that record breaking score of 129 goals at this stage in that record season of 2010/11. Borough picked up another single goal at the weekend.

Not what the Palace fans wanted

Crystal Palace are not having the best of seasons as they lost last night 4-1 at home to Fulham. Although this was Palace’s 7th goal of the season, they are still second from bottom of the English Premiership. They have now scored two goals in their last five games.

We have more games being played tonight from the English Leagues One and Two.

The Magnificent Seven

We had a total of seven of our teams that all picked up a total of four goals each this weekend. They are Arsenal, Chelsea, Leeds UTD, Leyton Orient, Rangers, Reading and Swansea with Arsenal, Chelsea, Leeds UTD, Reading and Swansea all picking up their highest score of the season to date.

Birmingham picked up their sixth blank of the season as they lost 4-0 away to Leeds Utd. We had another six teams that picked up another blank score sheet this weekend.

The top three teams that we have are now Rangers (39) Peterborough (35) and Leyton Orient (34) total of 108 goals.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team this weekend as they had no game again last week. They have just 6 goals so far but they are playing tonight against Fulham.

England going to Brazil

It’s good to know that England will be with Golden Goals in the 2014 World Cup next year in Brazil, after they beat Poland 2-0 at Wembley last night. England finished top of Group H and just one point in front of the Ukraine. The goals came from Wayne Rooney and Steve Gerrard.

We are now down to 239 days to kick off on the 12th June 2014 in Sao Paulo.

WEEK TEN

Sheet Ten of this season’s competition is now out and a little early this week and as you can see PAUL HUDSON is at number one again this week. Paul is now just three goals clear of Chris Challis as Chris picks up a single goal from Peterborough at the weekend. Paul’s combination had no games all week. Paul has in his combination Manchester City, Rangers and Watford.

At the other end of the table at number 103, we still have Stuart Kemp in there with his third weekend. Stuart picked up just one goal from his combination of Manchester Utd, Southend and Tottenham.

We still have three of our teams that have that 100% scoring record.  They are ARSENAL, NOTTINGHAM FOREST and RANGERS.

The top three teams that we have are now Rangers (35) Peterborough (34) and Leyton Orient (30) total of 99 goals.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team this weekend as they had no game.

Rangers are our best team this week with that total of 35 goals in just 9 league and cup games. That’s an average of just under four goals per game. As you know we have been following Peterborough to see if they can beat that winning end of season score back in our 2010/11 Season.

This weekend Peterborough are now one goal behind that record breaking score of 129 goals at this stage in that record season of 2010/11. Borough only picked up one goal against Port Vale at the weekend. Can they regain their lead this weekend against Shrewsbury?

World Cup takes over!

Well there will not be much happening on this blog for a while this week as the FIFA World Cup Qualifying Rounds takes over the normal football fixture here in the UK.
This Friday England will be playing Montenegro in Group H and on Tuesday they will play their last qualifying game against Poland both games will be played at Wembley.

England are top of their group and one point in front of Ukraine after eight games. Hopefully England will be joining the 2014 World Cup Golden Goals competition next year.

Yes Golden Goals will be at Brazil next year and I hope that you will be too. There are only 245 days to go before kick off.   

WEEK NINE

Sheet nine of this season’s competition is now out and as you can see PAUL HUDSON is at number One again this week. Paul is now four goals clear of Chris Challis as Paul picks up a total of seven goals with his combination of Manchester City, Rangers and Watford.

At the other end of the table at number 103, we have had a different name each weekend. But this weekend we see Stuart Kemp in there with his second weekend. Stuart picked up just four goals from his combination of Manchester Utd, Southend and Tottenham.

BOURNEMOUTH picked up the highest score over the weekend with five goals. Bournemouth beat Millwall 5-2 at home and that score was their highest score of the season. Bournemouth have just one vote this season and this is their 8th Season with Golden Goals.

Bournemouth started with us back in our 1987/88 Season where they finished on a total of 63 goals. Their highest score to date is 79 scored in our 2002/03 Season. Their next appearance produced their lowest score of just 50 goals in our 2005/06 season. It was in 2008/09 season that they last appeared and finished with 61 goals.

So how are they doing this season? Well after a total of thirteen league and cup games, Bournemouth are now on 19 goals and they have had just one blank score sheet so far.

We still have three of our teams that have that 100% scoring record.  They are ARSENAL, NOTTINGHAM FOREST and RANGERS.

The top three teams that we have are now Rangers (35) Peterborough (33) and Watford (29) total of 97 goals.

Crystal Palace is our worst team again this weekend. They have only one vote this season and they have only netted a total of 6 goals in eight league/cup games. They have had four blank score sheets to date. The best that Palace has done with Golden goals was back in our 1996/97 Season with 93 goals.

Rangers are our best team this week with that total of 35 goals in just 9 league and cup games. That’s an average of just under four goals per game. As you know we have been following Peterborough to see if they can beat that winning end of season score back in our 2010/11 Season.

Well Borough are now three goals in front at this stage in that record season of 2010/11. Rangers could also beat this score as they are five goals in front this week.

Best Team Rangers this week

Just to confirm that Rangers are our best team this week with that total of 33 goals in just 8 league and cup games. That’s an average of four goals per games. As you know we have been following Peterborough to see if they can beat that winning end of season score back in our 2010/11 Season.

Well Borough have been doing well and they are just one goal in front at this stage in that record season of 2010/11. Rangers could also beat this score as they are three goals in front this week.

As we said that we had a new leader this week after Chris Challis stayed at number One for four weeks and Colin Webb was there for three weeks. Paul Hudson has had a very good start to the season.

The lowest that Paul had been is 7th place and he was there in week two. Paul picked up a total of 18 goals last week with his combination of Manchester City, Rangers and Watford. He has only had one blank score sheet so far but will Paul be there for another week? We will have to wait and see.

At the other end of the table we have Stuart Kemp. Stuart has been at number 103 for three weeks over the season so far but he has now been there for two weeks in a row. Stuart has Manchester UTD, Southend and Tottenham in his combination. Although Stuart has scored at every weekend the scores have not been high. Still he had a good week last week by picking up a total of 8 goals.

We have had a couple of games that have been played this week. On Monday night: Everton beat Newcastle 3-2 at home to take their goals tally to 12. Aberdeen drew 1-1 away to St Mirren and are now on 16. Tuesday night: Watford picked up their second blank of the season as they lost 1-0 away to Blackburn. After a two game dry spell for goals, Charlton picked up gaol number 14 as they drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest.  Forest kept their 100% scoring record going and they now have a total of 22 goals. Reading are on 14 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Barnsley. Blackpool picked up their second blank score sheet of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Bolton. Bolton picked up their 4th blank. Middlesbrough drew 1-1 at home to Huddersfield and are now on 14 goals while after a two game dry spell, Leeds Utd won 2-1 at home to Bournemouth. Leeds and Bournemouth both take their goals tally to 14. Leicester City picked up another two goals as they win 2-1 away to Yeovil. City are on 26 goals and they have scored two goals in each of their last six games. Birmingham are starting to pick up some goals as they win 4-0 at home to Millwall. Doncaster picked up their third blank of the season as they lost 2-0 at home to Burnley.

WEEK SEVEN & EIGHT

Sheet eight of this season’s competition is now out and as you can see we have our third person to be top this season and it’s PAUL HUDSON. Paul is three goals clear of Chris Challis who was at the top in week six but Chris was over taken by Colin Webb in week 7. Still anyone’s game.

At the other end of the table at number 103, we have had a different name each weekend. But this weekend we see Stuart Kemp in there with his second weekend.

We are now down to just 3 of our teams that have that 100% scoring record.  They are ARSENAL, NOTTINGHAM FOREST and RANGERS.

The top three teams that we have are Rangers (33) Peterborough (31) and Leyton Orient (27) total of 91 goals. More updates tomorrow.