WEEK TWENTY

It’s half time here with Golden Goals and as we begin to start the second half Paul Hudson remains top again this weekend. Paul has now been top for three straight weeks and now twleve over the season. Paul’s teams are Manchester City, Rangers and Watford.

Just one goal behind him we have Paul Davey who moves back into the number two spot with his Manchester City, Rangers and Wolves, while in third place down from two we have Chris Nunn with Chelsea, Manchester City and Rangers.

Our best team Rangers once again had no game over the last two weeks so remain on a total of 65 goals. In second place on 61 and catching up on Rangers is Manchester City. After their two wins over last week they have scored a total of 14 goals in their last four games. Leyton Orient keep third spot as they are now on 54 goals. Peterborough are fourth with 50 goals.

At the other end Crystal Palace picked up another blank score sheet at the weekend and remain on 12 goals. Aston Villa and Doncaster both picked up a single goal at the weekend to give them both 20 goals.

Well it’s that time of year once again and it is going to be a busy week here at Golden Goals HQ. We will be shutting down for a week, so we will keep you up todate when we return after the New Year.

I would like to thank each and every one who has taken time to look at this blog and hope that you will continue to do so in 2014.

So I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year where ever you are in this world of ours.

 

 

WEEK NINETEEN

Not long now before half time here at Golden Goals for our 31st Season. This week Paul Hudson is still at the top and just one goal clear of Chris Nunn who moves up to second place this weekend.

Paul is now in his 11th weekend at the top, picking up six goals at the weekend all from Manchester City. At the other end in that 103 slot, John Dove is now in his 6th weekend there and three goals behind Stuart kemp.

We had a good weekend for goals as Manchester City won 6-3 at home to Arsenal. City take their goals tally to 54. Arsenal are on 34 goals. Liverpool also did well by winning 5-0 away to Tottenham. Liverpool have scored a total of 15 goals in their last four games. Tottenham picked up their 6th blank score sheet of the season. Everton picked up four goals against Fulham in their 4-1 home win. Everton have picked up a total of 10 goals in their last four games.

With our three best teams this weekend, Rangers had no game due to the bad weather and so remain on 65 goals for the season. Manchester City move into second place on 54 while Leyton Orient move down to third with 52.

At the other end, Crystal Palace are now on 12 goals and still are our worst team followed by Aston Villa and Doncaster are both on 19 goals each.

More Cup news from last night games that did managed to get played. In the Capital One quarter-finals, Manchster United beat Stoke 2-0 away and that takes their goals tally to 32 goals now. Tottenham lost 2-1 at home to West Ham to pick up goal number 22.

Domestic Cup Missery

We had four of our Golden Goals teams in cup action last night and out of them only one has made it through to the next round.

In the FA CUP 2nd Round replay, Fleetwood Town lost 1-0 away to non-league team Burton. That was Fleetwood’s 6th blank score sheet of the season.

In the Capital One quarter final Manchester City beat Leicester City 3-1 away to take their goals tally to 57. Leicester are now on 46. Chelsea go out after they lost 2-1 away to Sunderland but picked up goal number 37.

WEEK EIGHTEEN

These last couple of weeks seem to be flying by and here we are nearly at half time in this season’s competition.

As you can see that Paul Hudson is back on top as he picks up a total of 16 goals over the whole of last week. Seven of the goals came from the weekend which was way above the average score of four goals. His teams are one again Manchester City, Rangers and Watford. That’s now ten weeks out of eighteen for the season.

Paul Davey moves down to second place as he picks up a total of 13 goals for the whole of last week. His teams are Manchester City, Rangers and Wolves who had no game this weekend. He is now three goals behind Mr Hudson this weekend.

At the other end, John Dove is still there at 103 after a total of five weeks. John picked up a total of 7 goals over the week but needs to do a lot better than that as he is now five goals behind the rest of the field. John has Arsenal, Bolton and Doncaster.

We have five people that have scored in every weekend which means no blank score sheets for them. They are Malcolm Cormack, Danny Harrington, Stuart Kemp, Laurie King and Ziggy (John Wood).

Rangers are dominating this season’s goals race as they are now on a total of 65 goals and now 14 goals in front of second place Leyton Orient who are on 51. Our third best team is Manchester City on 48 while in fourth place on 46 is Peterborough.

Our worst team is Crystal palace with just 11 goals in sixteen league/cup games. They have had a total of eight blank score sheets through the season but that is not our worst. For the most number of blank score sheets goes to Bristol Rovers with nine out of twenty-three league/cup games.

Premiership leaders Arsenal have a total of 31 goals to date and they have only had two blank score sheets so far. Manchester United are on 27 goals after two defeats last week. United have had a total of four blank score sheets and now two in a row.

Celtic March on

Celtic are back on form as they beat Motherwell 5-0 last Friday night. Celtic now have a total of 42 goals and they have scored in all of their last nine games netting 19 in their last four games.

Liverpool See Red

We had a much better night last night for goals, from our teams that played. Out of twelve teams only two failed to get any more goals and one of them were Manchester United. They picked up their 3rd blank of the season after a run of twelve scoring games. They lost 1-0 at home to Everton how are now on 26 goals.

Biggest score of the night came from Liverpool who won 5-1 at home to Norwich. With their biggest score of the season to date, Liverpool are no won 34 goals. Its 30 goals for Arsenal as they won 2-0 at home to Hull while Chelsea won 4-3 away to Sunderland to take their goals total to 32. Aston Villa are now on 19 goals as they win 3-2 away to Southampton. Three goals for Swansea against Newcastle in their 3-0 home win, takes their goals tally to 21. Tottenham are on 19 as they win 2-1 away to Fulham.

Middlesbrough picked up goal number 29 as they lost 2-1 away to Derby while Leeds Utd Won 2-0 at home to Wigan. Leeds are on 31 goals while Wigan picked up blank score sheet number nine.  Portsmouth drew 2-2 at home to Wycombe and are on 28 goals.

A Good night for Ranger Fans

We had thirteen of our teams in action last night and out of them five failed to pick up any goals.Charlton have picked up blank number eight and now two in a row as they lost 1-0 away to Reading. Reading picked up goal number 27. Bolton and Watford both picked up their sixth blank score sheet. Bolton Lost 1-0 at home to Huddersfield and picked up their second blank score sheet in a row. Watford drew 0-0 away to Burnley and now they have had three blank score sheets in a row. Blackpool picked up their fourth as they lost 1-0 away to Yeovil while Bournemouth also picked up their fourth as they lost 3-0 away to QPR. Queens Park Ranger’s picked up their biggest score of the season to date and they are now on a total of 24 goals. Birmingham drew 1-1 at home to Doncaster to pick up their 35th goal of the season and for Doncaster their 19th.

 

The best result that we had last night was from our best team Rangers. They won again 6-1 at home to Forfar. Rangers keep their 100% scoring record going after a total of seventeen games. They now have a total of 62 goals.

Leicester City picked up goal number 43 as they lost 2-1 away to Sheffield Wednesday. Nottingham Forest drew 2-2 away to Millwall to give them a total of 34 while the shock of the night is that Crystal Palace picked up their 9th goal of the season after beating West ham 1-0 at home.

We have the English Premiership playing tonight, so another update tomorrow.

WEEK SEVENTEEN

We have another new person at the top this weekend and that person is Paul Davey. Paul picked up a total of ten goals over the last week and a total of 17 over the last two weeks. He has only had two blank score sheets at the weekend to date. Paul’s combination is Manchester City, Rangers and Wolves.

After a run of nine straight weeks at the top Paul Hudson moves down to second place this weekend. The reason for that is that one of his combinations, Watford, has let him down over the last six weeks. Still he is six goals clear of third place Mike Adkins who has now been there for five weeks.

We had a very good week for goals last week. Rangers are still far our best team with 56 goals this season. They have picked up a total of five goals this week and they have scored in all of their sixteen League/cup games. They have a total of 38 votes. Leyton Orient are still our second best team as they picked up another three goals over last week. Orient have a total of 50 goals. Manchester City are third as they have picked up nine goals in their last two games.

At the other end, Crystal Palace are still our worst team this weekend. They lost 1-0 away to Norwich to pick up their 8th blank weekend score sheet to date.