Last Post Of The Season

The final whistle has been blown on our historic 31^st  Season of Golden Goals and what a season we had. Although we did not have the success that we were hoping for with the number of entries,  the number of goals scored made up for that. The good news is that we do not have to wait long for the next season to start. Although we once again lost a few friends this season, we have also gained some new ones. Lets hope that we can continue with this nice run as we have had a lot of success over our full 31 year history of Golden Goals. This season we have had a few records that have been broken this season, but more on this later. I hope that you have had a lot of fun watching your name go up and down the table and here is the final position of the top winning frame.

             Final
          Position           Name                                         Midweek    Weekend      Total     Cash

          1              P. DAVEY                                       132                 216               348         £100.00

          2              P. HUDSON                                     128                 215               343           £50.00

          3              M. ADKINS                                     123                 219               342           £40.00  

          4              P. MARTIN                                      112                 229               341           £35.00

          5              A. EYLES                                         111                 227               338           £30.00

          6              C. NUNN                                          116                 220               336           £26.00

          7              S. THOMSON (2)                            105                  228              333           £22.00

          8              M. SEARLE                                     102                  230              332           £17.50p

          9              T. SHARP                                        118                  214               332           £17.50p

       10               V. CRUICKSHANK                          95                  231              326            £14.00

       11               STALKY (2)                                      93                  230              323            £13.00

       12               T. JENKINS                                       97                  225              322            £11.50p

       13               C. BOLBERY                                  115                  207              322            £11.50p

       14               J. TRANGMAR                               110                  203              313            £10.00

       15               G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)               94                  218              312            £  8.75p

       16               T. GOODEY                                      98                  214              312            £  8.75p

       17               J. HUNTER                                        97                 213              310             £  8.00

       18               D. MORBEY                                      89                 220              309             £  7.25p

       19               J. ATKINS                                        100                 209              309             £  7.25p

       22               M. PENTECOST                                75                 230              305             £  6.25p

       21               STEPTOE & SON                              91                 214              305             £  6.25p

       22               S. FERNANDES                                99                  203             302              £  5.25p

       23               B. BARNES (1)                                113                 189              302             £  5.25p

       24               D. MIDDLETON                               94                  207             301             £  4.50p

       25                J. WISE                                              68                  231            299              £  4.00

 

So it’s Congratulations to PAUL DAVEY as he now becomes our 31^st Champion with Golden Goals and takes the prize money of a grand total of £100 in winnings. He also had one shared weekend win to his name.  We can now add  Paul’s name in our history book and in the Champions League where he finished in 2^nd place on 348 goals. Paul had the combination of  MAN CITY (137) RANGERS (120) and WOLVES (91). Just two of his teams finished in our top best three teams and they were Man City and Rangers. Paul picked up  just two blank score sheet throughout the season and his highest score was 12 goals in week 8. Paul had a total of 9 week’s at number one. He also finished five goals clear of  Paul Hudson who finished in second place.

THE BEST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS 

MAN CITY (137) RANGERS (120) CELTIC (110) Total of  367 goals. 

 

We had four teams that picked up 100 or more goals this season. They are MAN CITY with that fantastic record breaking  score of 137 goals. They have beaten Peterborough's score of 129 goals set in our 2010/11 Season. This is City’s third season with 100 or more end of season goals total in twenty appearances and that is one hell of a total to beat. Or is it? This is then their best season in their last eight appearances in Golden Goals and they had a total of 27 votes. Their best score before this season was 124 scored back in our 2001/02 Season.
Our second best team was RANGERS with 120 goals, this is their best in their last twenty-one seasons as their best score of 126 was back in our 1992/93 Season. RANGERS have now rack up 14 seasons of 100 or more goals in 30 appearances. They had 38 votes this time round. Last season they picked up 107 goals. CELTIC left it till the very last moment to pick up another 100 goals to end their season. Celtic finished with 110 goals and have been in all of our season’s and as they pick up their 13^th season of 100 goals, they have now made it four season’s in a row. Their best score is 122 goals scored back in our 2000/01 Season. Celtic were our top team for votes with 41. Last season they finished on a total of 117 goals. So how did the rest of our top teams do this season? 
Our fourth best team was LIVERPOOL who ended the season with a total of 110 goals. With a total of 8 votes, this was Liverpool’s second best end of season score. Their best score is still 127 goals scored back in our 1985/86 Season. This is the sixth time that they have scored 100 goals or more in our 31 Season’s. Last season they finished on 78goals. Next came LEYTON ORIENT. They finished on 99 goals which is their biggest end of season score which they also finished on in our 1985/86 Season. Although they failed to win a place in the Championship this time round, they could be a team to look out for next season. They had a total of just one vote. Last season they finished on 80 goals. WATFORD finished on 86 goals which was their best since our 2005/06 Season with 88 goals. Their best score is 102 goals back in our 1984/85 Season. WOLVES finished on 91 goals and this was their best since our 2002/03 Season with 104 goals. PETERBOROUGH finished on 94 goals and that was their third best score out of their six season’s with Golden Goals. LEICESTER CITY picked up their biggest score with Golden Goals with 98 goals. They have beaten their 2008/09 Season score of 94 goals. BRISTOL CITY picked up their biggest end of season score with 80. They have beaten their best score of 79 which came in 1983/84 and then again in 2004/05 Season’s. FLEETWOOD TOWN finished on 73 goals which is their best score by far as last season they finished on 60 goals in their first season.
In Scotland, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH picked up their best score with 67 goals. This is their third season with us. ABERDEEN finished on 69 goals. We have not seen Aberdeen since 1997/98 Season when they finished on 50 goals, which is their worst score to date.  

THE WORST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS 

CRYSTAL PALACE (37) BLACKPOOL (39) DONCASTER (43) Total of 119 goals. 

 

Well the worst team for this season finished with just 37 goals in their 20 Season’s with Golden Goals and they were CRYSTAL PALACE. Palace picked up just 37 goals out of a total of 41 league/cup games. Their best score is 93 goals scored back in our 1996/97 Season. They had just one vote this season. BLACKPOOL  with 3 votes had the worst season to date with just 39 goals. Their  lowest score before this season was 63 goals back in our 1989/90 Season. Last season they picked up 65 goals. DONCASTER with a single vote were in their third season with us. They picked up their lowest score on record of only 43 goals. The last time that we had Doncaster was back in our 2006/07 Season when they finished on a total of 64 goals. CHELSEA with 79 goals picked up their worst score since 2000/01 when they finished again on 79 goals. They were a long way off  last season’s score of 108 goals. MAN UTD did even better by picking up their worst score since 1992/93 when they finished on a total of 73 goals. This season they finished on 75 goals. ASTON VILLA also picked up their worst score with 43 goals. Their lowest until now was 53 goals back in 1996/97 Season. In Scotland MORTON finished on 43 goals which is their lowest score to date by one goal. Back in our 2009/10 Season they finished on 44 goals. 

The highest score of the season came from RANGERS as they won 8-0 at home against Stenhousemuir in a league game. They also finished the season with a 100% scoring record of 120 goals in forty-three league and cup games. 

CHARLTON holds this seasons record for the most number of  blank score sheets with a total of  21 out of their total 53 league and cup games.   

Well that’s it, another season of GOLDEN GOALS has finished. I still can not believe that I have been doing this competition for 31 year’s and after all that, I am still looking forward to the next one. 
It’s a great shame that our Golden Goals blog has not been successful at all which is a great shame.I was hoping that we would attract people out in the big world wide, but although they seem to be looking in, we have had no enquiries at all. So I will keep on doing the World Cup on the blog and perhaps another season to see what happens out there.

Want To Win Some Cash?

Just  another  update to what’s going on in our  World Cup Golden Goals. We lunched this competiton a couple of week ago and we have had just  40 entries in to date. and we have just over today’s to go before we closethe books this Friday the 30^th May, we still need plenty more to join in, so why not you?

You can pick four natiions out of the 32 that are to take part in this World Cup and so far the home nation Brazil is still in the lead with 39 votes. Argentina are second with 27 votes followed by Germany  with 20 votes.  Spain are fourth with 14. England have now two vote to date. We have 18 out of the 32 teams voted.

So if you would like to take part in this football showcase in Braziland win some cash, then you can email me on goldengoals1983@gmail.com in which I will send you the rules of the competition and entry form.

At each stage of the competition you will receive a news sheet of where you are in the competition and how your teams are doing. You can win cash prize money at the end of the final game.

So come on if you would like to take part and support your country in Brazil 2014.

World Cup Golden Goals Up Date!

 

Just an up date to what's going on in our second competition, World Cup Golden Goals. We lunched this competiton a week ago and we have had just 29 entries in to date. Although we still have two weeks till the closing date of the 30^th May, we still need plenty more to join in, so why not you?

You can pick four nations out of the 32 that are to take part in this World Cup and so far the home nation Brazil has taken the lead with 27 votes. Argentina comes next with 17 votes followed by Germany 16 and Spain 10. England have just one vote to date. We have 17 out of the 32 teams voted.

So if you would like to take part in this football showcase in Brazil, then you can email me on goldengoals1983@gmail.com in which I will send you the rules of the competition and entry form.

At each stage of the competition you will receive a news sheet of where you are in the competition and how your teams are doing. You can win cash prize money at the end of the final game.

So come on if you would like to take part and support your country in Brazil 2014.

ARSENAL Win the FA Cup

 

Congratulations to ARSENAL in winning the FA Cup 2014. The game was one to remember as Arsenal went  2-0 down in the first 8 minutes against Hull to come back and win the game 3-2 after extra time. Their first bit of silver wear in nine years.

Arsenal had a total of twenty-three people that picked them as part of their combination this season in Golden Goals and they finished on a total of 85 goals. Not a good season in respect for where they finished in the premiership and by the number of goals scored. Last season they finished on a grand total of 92. Their highest end of season goals total stands at 103 goals scored back in our 2002/03 Season.

We also had the League Two play-off 2^nd leg game between SOUTHEND and Burton. Southend were 1-0 down from the first leg and drew 2-2 in the second leg. Burton are the one’s to go through to the final play-off 3-2 on aggregate.They will meet FLEETWOOD TOWN in the final.

Midweek League Play-off's 2nd Leg Games

In the Championship Play-off’s 2^nd leg, QPR had drawn with WIGAN in their first leg game 0-0 but won the second game 2-1. Rangers win 2-1on aggregate and are now on a total of  64 goals, while Wigan picked up their final goal of the season and ended on a total of 75 goals. QPR will take on Derby in the final who won their two leg games 6-2 on agg against Brighton.

League One Play - Off’s 2^nd leg, We had three of the four teams in this league’s with PETERBOROUGH drawing 1-1 to LEYTON ORIENT in their first leg game. But it was Orient who won this leg 2-1 to win 3-1 on agg. Peterborough finished on a total of 94 goals while Orient are on a total of  97. PRESTON is our third team and they drew 1-1 in their first game against Rotherham but then lost 3-1 in their 2^nd leg. Rotherham win 4-2 on agg and will take on Leyton Orient in the final. Preston finished on a total of 86 goals for the season.

League Two Play - Off’s In this one we have just two teams. Finally FLEETWOOD played their first leg game and won 1-0 away toYork. In their 2^nd leg game they drew 0-0. So Fleetwood win 1-0 on agg and they are on a total of 72 goals and have now had a total of sixteen blank score sheets this season. SOUTHEND failed to score against Burton in their first leg game and their 2^nd leg game is at the weekend.

WEEK FORTY

Well we are into extra time here at Golden Goals and it look’s likely that Paul Davey will be our next Golden Goals Champion as he remains top again this weekend after his combinations of  teams picked him up a total of 6 goals. Paul has in his combination  Man City, Rangers and Wolves and is now five goals clear of second place, Paul Hudson.
Paul has stayed in second place after collecting a total of  6 goals for the week his combination is  Man City, Rangers and Watford. Both of them have finished their season.

In the 103 spot we still have Malcolm Cormack who has now been there for fifteen weeks, and now sixteen over the season. Malcolm did not pick up any goals this week from his teams of Charlton, Portsmouth and Swindon as they have finished all of  their games. Above him in 102 is still Jim Howard as his teams  havealso finished for the season. 

In The Premiership, It was all down to the very last game of the season to find out who would be this season’s Champions.  And as you all know by now that it was MAN CITY  that stayed on top as they won 2-0 at home against West Ham. That took City’s impressive goals tally to 137 goals which beats Peterborough’s biggest score of 129 goals back in our 2010/11 Season by eight goals. City have also scored in all of their last sixteen games. LIVERPOOL finished second in the table as they win 2-1 to Newcastle after going down 1-0 at half  time. Liverpool finished on a total of 110 goals. CHELSEA came in at number three as they win 2-1 away to Cardiff also going down 1-0 at half  time. Chelsea finished on a total of 79 goals. Fourth was ARSENAL who won 2-0 away to Norwich to take their goals tally to 82 goals. EVERTON won 2-0 away to Hull and finished on 77 goals. TOTTENHAM finished on a high as they win 3-0 at home to ASTON VILLA. Tottenham finished on a total of  62 goals while no goals all week gave Villa blank number seventeen. MAN UTD have had a very bad season and they finished on a total of just 75 goals even though they drew1-1 away to Southampton after being1-0 down by half time. CRYSTAL PALACE drew their last game 2-2 away to Fulham and finished on a total of 37 goals. SWANSEA finished on 60 goals as they win 3-1 away to Sunderland.   

League One Play - Off’s We had three of the four teams in this league’s 1^st leg play-off’s and they are all still in with a chance of winning after they all drew their games. PETERBOROUGH drew 1-1 at home to LEYTON ORIENT and that takes their goals total to 93. Orient are on 95. PRESTON are on 85 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to Rotherham.

League Two Play - Off’s In this one we have just two teams. SOUTHEND failed to score against Burton in their first leg game and so they picked up their 11^th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away.  FLEETWOODS game was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch.

In the Scottish Leagues, CELTIC finished on a total of 110 goals as they win 3-1 at  home against Dundee Utd while ABERDEEN lost their last game 1-0 at home to Motherwell to pick up blank number eight for the season. In the Scottish Championship 2^nd leg play-off, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH won their first game but lost the second leg 3-1 away to Falkirk after extra time and 4-3 on agg.

The three best teams to date in Golden Goals are Man City wth 137 goals followed by Rangers on 120. Celtic Hve moved into third place with 110 goals and in fourth place on 110 goals we now have Liverpool.

Crystal Palace will be our worst team of the season as they finished with a total of just 37 goals out of a total of 41 league/cup games.

World Cup Golden Goals Starts Today!

 

Here is the day that you have been all waiting for, the start of the Golden Goals World Cup 2014 competition.
Now how would you like to win some cash this summer by watching the World Cup 2014 on your TV?
Well you can by picking four country's and a small entry fee, this could come true.
This will be our seventh World Cup that we have been involved in and we would love this one in Brazil to be the very best that we have had.

To join in could not be any easier as all you have to do is email me at goldengoals1983.gmail.com
and I will send you back all the rules and your entry form. The closing date is the 30th May 2014.

All the action will be put on this blog as well as you receiving a News Sheet at each stage of the competition. If you have been following this blog through the 2013/14 Season, then you know that we are genuine.

Midweek Results

 

Okay, let's get right up to date with last week's, midweek results. We had a total of ten of our teams in action and the highest score goes to Manchester City as they win 4-0 at home to Aston Villa. They have now well beaten that Peterborough's goal scoring record of 129 goals back in our 2010/11 Season as they are now on a total of 135 goals. Villa picked up their 16th blank score sheet of the season. Liverpool drew 3-3 away to Crystal Palace and are now on 108 goals while Palace are on a total of 35 goals. Manchester United won 3-1 at home to Hull to take their goals tally to 74 while for our Scottish Teams, Celtic drew 3-3 away to St Johnstone and are now on 107 goals. Aberdeen are on 69 as they win 3-1 away to Dundee Utd.

In the Scottish Championship play-off, Queen of the South won their first leg 2-1 at home against Falkirk and are now on a total of 66 goals.

In the first of the Play-off's from the Championship, Wigan drew 0-0 at home to QPR in their first leg game. Wigan picked up their 19th blank score sheet while Rangers picked up their 16thof the season.

Tomorrow we will see the launch of our seventh World Cup Golden Goals. If you would like to take part in this competition, then come back tomorrow and take a look at this blog to find out how to get your hands on the competition rules and entry form.

Till then, take care

WEEK THIRTY-NINE

Paul Davey could very well be our next Golden Goals Champion as he still remains top again this weekend after his combinations of teams picked him up a total of 7 goals. Paul has in his combination Man City, Rangers and Wolves and is now five goals clear of second place.

Paul Hudson has stayed in second place after collecting a total of 6 goals for the week his combination is  Man City, Rangers and Watford.

In the 103 spot we still have Malcolm Cormack who has now been there for fourteen weeks, and now fifteen over the season. Malcolm picked up 10 goals again this week from his teams of Charlton, Portsmouth and Swindon. Above him in 102 is still  Jim Howard as his teams  picked him up another 6  goals and is now seven goals in front of Malcolm.

Rangers still have that 100% scoring record after a run of fourty-three league/cup games.

In the Premiership, Manchester City  are now back on top as they win 3-2 away to Everton. City have now scored in all of their last fourteen games and they have beaten Peterboroughs highest end of season score of 129 goals back in our 2010/11 Season, and they still have games to play. Everton are now on 75 goals. Liverpool although on the same number of points, did not have any game this week so they have moved down to second place. Chelsea are now third as they drew 0-0 at home to Norwich. That was their 9^th blank score sheet of the season. Arsenal are now fourth as they win 1-0 at home against West Brom. Arsenal picked up goal number 80. Everton are now in fifth while Tottenham are sixth as they lost 2-0 away to London rivals West Ham. Tottenham picked up their 12^th blank of the season. Aston Villa have not had a big win for a while as they win 3-1 at home to Hull. Villa are now on 43 goals. Manchester Utd picked up their 9^th blank score sheet as they lost 1-0 at home to Sunderland. Swansea picked up blank number eleven as they lost 1-0 at home to Southampton.

In the Championship, Champions Leicester City win just 1-0 at home to Doncaster to take their end of season goals tally to 98. Doncaster picked up their 19^th blank of the season and they have only scored one goal in their last four games. Doncaster are relegated. In the play-off zone we have only two out of the four teams. They are QPR who won 3-2 away to Barnsley who are also promoted to the Premiership. Rangers have a total of 62 goals. Wigan have made it to the play-off’s even though they lost 4-3 away to Blackburn. Wigan are on 74 goals. Reading who fell one point sort of the play-off’s drew their last game 2-2 at home against Burnley. Reading  finished on a total of 70 goals. Charlton won 3-0 away to Blackpool and end on 55 goals. Blackpool picked up their 17^th blank score sheet and finished in our worst team frame on just 39 goals. Bolton drew their last game 2-2 at home to Birmingham. Bolton finished on 65 while Birmingham finished on 75. Leeds drew their last game with Derby 1-1 and had a grand total of 64 goals. Bournemouth lost their last game 1-0 away to Millwall and picked up their 12^th blank of the season. Nottingham Forest finished on 81 goals as they lost 2-1 at home to Brighton. Watford lost 4-1 at home to Huddersfiled but finished on a total of 86 goals. Middlesbrough finished on a very high score of four goals which they have not done since week twelve. Brough won 4-1away to Yeovil and finished on a total of 63 goals. 

In League One, Champion  Wolves won their last game 3-0 at home to Carlisle. Wolves finished on a total of 91 goals. Brentford, also promoted, won 2-0 at home against Stevenage. Brentford had a tally of 82 goals. In the play-off zone, we have three of the four teams. Leyton Orient are there as they win 3-1 away to Mk Dons. Orient are on 94 goals while the Dons finished on 76. Preston are there even though they lost 2-1 away to Crewe. Preston are on 84 goals. Our third team is Peterborough as they drew 0-0 at home to Port Vale. That was their 14^th blank of  the season and they are on 92 goals. Sheffield Utd finished on 66 goals as they win their last game 2-1 at home to Coventry. Bristol City picked up goal number 80 as they drew1-1 against Crawley in their final game. Gillingham drew 1-1 at home to Shrewsbury and finished on a total of 61 goals. Swindon lost their last game 2-1 at home to Rotherham and finished on a total of 66 goals.

In League Two, Scunthorpe are promoted to League One but drew their last game 2-2 at home to York.  Scunthorpe finished on a total of  69 goals. In the play-off’s we have two out of four again. Fleetwood Town lost 2-1 away to Chesterfield but are now on 71 goals. Southend are on 66 as they won 1-0 at home against Burton. Portsmouth had left it very late to pick up goals and they picked up a total of eleven goals in their last four games. At the weekend they drew 3-3 at home to Plymouth. Portsmouth finished on 57 goals. Sad news for Bristol Rovers as they are relegated out of the football league as they lost 1-0 at home to Mansfield. That was Rover’s 18^th blank score sheet and they finished on a total of  52 goals.

In the Scottish Leagues, In Scotland, Celtic picked up the highest score the weekend with a 5-2 home win against Aberdeen. Celtic are now on 104goals while Aberdeen are on 66. With the biggest thrashing of the season, Morton lost their last game 10-2 away to Hamilton. Morton finished on a total of 43 goals. Queen Of The South finished on 64 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Cowdenbeath. Rangers finished on 120 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Dunfermline. Stenhousemuir won 3-1 away to Brechin and finished on 69 goals. 

The three best teams to date in Golden Goals are Man City wth 131 goals followed by Rangers on 120. Liverpool are third with 105 goals and in fourth place on 104 we have Celtic.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team to date but now with a total of just 32 goals out of a total of 39 league/cup games.

We only have five more days to go before the WORLD CUP GOLDEN GOALS 2014 entry forms go out. If you would like to be a part of this great competition, then keep looking at this blog and on Monday the 12th May, we will give you the details of how to get a copy of the entry form.