The Very Last Games of 2014

We have now seen the very last football of 2014 played and the results are very disappointing for us here at Golden Goals. We had seven of our teams in action and out of them only three found their opponents net.

The highest score to date came from the English Premiership where LIVERPOOL played Swansea at home and won 4-1. This is their highest score of the season and they are now on a total of 33 goals.

Meanwhile in the Championship, FULHAM lost 2-0 at home to Brighton to pick up their 8^th blank score sheet of the season and now they have failed to score in their last two games. DERBY leaves 2014 on a total of 57 goals as they win 2-0 at home against LEEDS UTD. Leeds picked up blank number seven and now two games in a row. CHARLTON lost 3-0 away to Ipswich and they picked up their 7^th blank score sheet and WIGAN picked up their 9^th as they go down 1-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday.

In League One, LEYTON ORIENT won 3-0 away to Yeovil and that now gives them a total of 36 goals. They have now scored seven goals in their last two games. 

So this is the very last posting for 2014 from Golden Goals, so I would like to wish you all, where ever you are in the world a very Happy New Year.

Week Twenty-one and the start of the second half of the season

So the whistle has been blown for the start of the second half of this our 32^nd Season of Golden Goals. But it has not been a very good start to this half as the average score fell from five to just 2 goals each. Eighteen of us failed to pick up any goals and this was due to eleven teams that had no game or it was cancelled due to the bad weather and another ten teams that failed to score any goals and some were our highest voted teams.
Our highest score this weekend came from WATFORD as they win 4-2 away to CARDIFF. Watford are now on a total of 45 goals while Cardiff are on 37.
Although Watford have a total of three votes this season, they are one of our original teams from the very first season back in 1983/84. This is Watford's 19^th season with Golden Goals and they have done well over the seasons. Their highest score came in the second season when they finished on a total of 102 goals. The three that have picked Watford as part of their combination will be pleased that this will not be ending on their lowest score as back in our 2006/07 Season they finished on just 41 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 86 goals. They have now scored a total of 1,343 goals to date which gives them an average of 70 goals per season. 

PREMIERSHIP

Top of the table CHELSEA could only draw against Southampton away 1-1. That was Chelsea’s 48^th goal of the season and they have scored in all of their last seven games. MANCHESTER CITY are still second and three points behind Chelsea as they drew 2-2 at home to Burnley. City are on 48 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED remained in third place as they drew 0-0 away to TOTTENHAM. That was United’s 4^th blank score sheet and Tottenham’s 5th. ARSENAL are on 35 goals as they beat London Rivals 2-1 away to West Ham. on 28. QPR drew 0-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE to pick up their 8^th blank score sheet and palace their 7^th. EVERTON are now on 29 goal after they lost 3-2 away to Newcastle.  

CHAMPIONSHIP

DERBY have remained in fourth place after their Boxing Day win but they had no game over the weekend. ROTHERHAM are now on 22 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Blackpool while NOTTINGHAM FOREST picked up goal number 37 as they lose 3-1 at home to Birmingham. READING won 2-1 at home to NORWICH to take their goals tally to 34 while Norwich are on 47. WOLVES win again as they beat Brentford 2-1 at home. After picking up their highest score for a very long time, Wolves are on 30 goals going into 2015.  

LEAGUE ONE

BRISTOL CITY are still top here as they win 3-1 away to Gillingham and are now on 46 goals. PRESTON are now third as they drew 1-1 away to Crewe. Preston are on 43 goals. MK DONS moved down to fourth place as they lost 3-0 at home to Walsall. That was the Dons 5^th blank score sheet of the season. COVENTRY drew 0-0 at home to Chesterfield and that was their 7^th blank score sheet and now two games in a row. PETERBOROUGH drew 0-0 at home to DONCASTER to get their 9^th blank and Doncaster get their 8^th.  

LEAGUE TWO

Here all of our teams managed to play. LUTON are still our highest team here but now in fourth place as they drew 1-1 at home to PORTSMOUTH. Luton picked up goal number 35 while Portsmouth picked up goal number 29. BURY won 2-0 at home to Mansfield and are now on 41 goals while STEVENAGE are on 34 as they win 3-2 at home to Cambridge United.

                                                   

SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                                   
In Scotland we had one team that had no game and another two that failed to score any goals and this is where 81 of us failed to get the goals. CELTIC picked up their 3^rd blank of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Ross County. RANGERS also picked up their 3^rd as they lost with their biggest defeat of the season 4-0 away to Hibs. Meanwhile STENHOUSEMUIR are on 27 goals as they win 2-0 away to Stranraer. After their win in midweek, HEARTS win again 1-0 away to Livingston. Hearts are on 48 goals. 

THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

MK DONS (62) DERBY (55) RANGERS (49) Total of 166 goals. 

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

QPR (21) ROTHERHAM (22) CRYSTAL PALACE (25) Total of 68 goals. 

QPR are back as our worst team this weekend as they have only picked up just one goal in their last two games played over last week. Rangers have played a total of 20 games and in that time they have picked up a total of eight blank score sheets. 

ROTHERHAM have picked up the most number of  blank score sheets in our 32^nd season.  After a total of 26 games played, Rotherham have picked up twenty-two goals and  had a total of 11 blank score sheets to date.

We have had two teams that have picked up the highest score this season. First MANCHESTER CITY won their Capital One Cup third round tie against Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 at home.  MK DONS won 7-0 at home to Oldham in the league.

 

We are still following Manchester City record breaking end of season score of 137 goals from last season, In Week twenty-one last season, City scored two goals in midweek and one goal at the weekend. Their goals tally has now risen to 64 goals after twenty-two games played. They have still had two blank score sheet’s and their highest score was seven goals against Norwich in the league. 

This season they picked up three goals in midweek and at the weekend they picked up two. So City are now on a total of 48 goals this weekend. They have still had two blank score sheet after twenty-one games played. They are now 16 goals behind last seasons record run. They are at home to Southampton on New Years Eve.

 

Here is our last look at our top five for 2014

                THIS     LAST                                                   M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

               WEEK   WEEK          NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

                         1              -               S. THOMSON                       60                  92                152

                     2              7              C. EVANS                             60                  91                151              

                     3              2              J. SOMERVILLE                  56                  94                 150

                     4              9              M. PEPPERRELL (2002/03) 51                  94                145

                     5              4              T. BICKNELL                        53                 92                 145

 

Boxing Day Games Results

 

Let’s catch up on the Boxing Day games as we had a full English League fixture played.

The highest score of the day belonged to NORWICH from the Championship where they picked up their highest score of the season with a 6-0 win over Millwall at home. That has taken Norwich’s goals tally to 46. They have just one vote this season. 

In the Premiership, CHELSEA remained top as they win again 2-0 at home to London rivals West Ham. Chelsea are now on 47 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are still three points behind them as they also win 3-1 away to West Brom. City are now on a total of 46 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED are third as they win 3-1 at home to Newcastle. ARSENAL won 2-1 at home to QPR and that gives them a total of 33 goals while Rangers are now on 21. LIVERPOOL hit goal number 29 as they win 1-0 away to Burnley. CRYSTAL PALACE lost 3-1 at home to Southampton but the goals takes their goals tally to 25. EVERTON picked up their fifth blank of the season and two games in a row as they lot 1-0 at home to Stoke. TOTTENHAM won 2-1 away to Leicester City and are now on 33 goals. 

In the Championship, DERBY are back up to third place as they win 4-0 away to Birmingham. Derby are now on a total of 55 goals. WATFORD are in sixth place as they lost 1-0 at home to WOLVES. Watford picked up their fifth blank of the season while Wolves picked up goal number 28. FULHAM picked up their seventh blank score sheet as they lost 2-0 away to top of the table Bournemouth. Its 32 goals for READING as they drew 2-2 away to Brighton. CHARLTON are on 28 as they drew 1-1 at home to CARDIFF. Cardiff are now on a total of 35. WIGAN are on 25 as they win 2-0 away to LEEDS UTD. Leeds picked up their sixth blank of the season and have now scored just one goal in their last three games. NOTTINGHAM FOREST picked up their sixth as they went down 3-0 away to Middlesbrough. Our worst team to date ROTHERHAM have scored again as they drew 2-2 at home to Huddersfield and are now on 21 goals.  

In League One, BRISTOL CITY are still top as they win 2-1 at home to Yeovil and are now on a total of 43 goals. MK DONS are second as they win 1-0 away to Nott’s County to take their goals total to 62. PETERBOROUGH lost 3-2 away to Chesterfield and are now on 32 goals. DONCASTER are on 32 as they win 2-0 at home to COVENTRY who picked up their sixth blank of the season. LEYTON ORIENT are back on the goals trail as they win 4-1 at home against Crawley. Orient are now on 33 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED are on 40 as they lose 2-1 away to Port Vale. PRESTON picked up goal number 42 as they win 1-0 at home to BARNSLEY who picked up their sixth blank of the season. It’s 33 goals for SCUNTHORPE as they win 2-1 at home against Rochdale. 

In League Two, LUTON are still our highest team here even though they dropped a place as they drew 1-1 away to Wycombe. STEVENAGE won 2-0 away to Redbridge and are now on 31 goals while BURY are on 39 as they win 3-2 away to Northampton. PORTSMOUTH lost 2-0 at home to Wimbledon and picked up their tenth blank score sheet of the season. 

The good news is that all of our Golden Goals players have picked up quite a lot of midweek goals and that will change the race for the Midweek Cash. Next up the weekend results and more.

It was the night before Christmas

Just a quick catch up before the Boxing Day games with just two results.
On Monday night CHELSEA won 2-0 away to Stoke and that now gives Chelsea a goals total of 45.
Last Night was had a Scottish game with HEARTS winning 2-0 away to Cowdenbeath. Hearts are now on 47 goals.
Christmas and the New Year is a very busy period for me here at the Golden Goals HQ. So I must try to keep a clear head here.

But to our one follower and for those who have made a visit here now and again to this blog, may I wish you and your families a very

Happy Christmas 

Week Twenty and Half Time

 

It’s half time here with Golden Goals in our 32nd season. The reason for this is that we had another very good weekend for goals although nine of our teams failed to net any goals and one team that had no game this weekend.

Our highest score this weekend came from MK DONS as they win 7-0 at home against Oldham. This is Don’s highest score of their season and they are now on a total of 61 goals.  
The MK Dons are in their sixth season with Golden Goals and they first started in our 2007/08 Season where they finished on a total of88 goals. It was in our 2011/12 season that they picked up their highest score with 105 goals. Last season they finished on 76 goals. With their 61 goals this season they are on a total of 477 goals to date. This gives them an average of 79 goals per season.

 

PREMIERSHIP
CHELSEA are still top this weekend even though they had no game.  They are on top on goal average as MANCHESTER CITY won 3-0 at home to CYRSTAL PALACE. City are now on 43 goals and also on 39 points with Chelsea. Palace picked up their sixth blank of the season but they have now scored just one goal in their last four games.
MANCHESTER UNITED remained in third place as they drew 1-1 away to Aston Villa to hit goal number 30. ARSENAL drew 2-2 away to LIVERPOOL and they are now on a total of 31 goals while Liverpool are on 28. It’s 31 for TOTTENHAM as they win 2-1 at home to Burnley. QPR are now on 20 goals as they win 3-2 at home to West Brom after they went down 2-0 in the first 20 minutes. EVERTON picked up their 4^th blank of the season as they lost 3-0 away to Southampton.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP
DERBY have dropped down to fifth place and our highest team here as they drew 2-2 at home to NORWICH. Derby are now on a total of 51 goals while Norwich are on 40. WATFORD are right behind Derby as they win 1-0 away to READING. Watford picked up their 41^st goal of the season while Reading picked up their 9^th blank score sheet of the season. CHARLTON picked up their 7^th blank score sheet as they lost 2-0 away to Blackburn. It’s 34 goals for CARDIFF as they lost 3-2 at home against Brentford. It’s been a while since FULHAM had a big score as they win 4-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday. Fulham are now on a total of 40 goals. NOTTINGHAM FOREST drew1-1 at home to LEEDS UTD and are on 36 goals while Leeds are on 28. After scoring just one goal in their last seven games, ROTHERHAM win 2-1 away to WIGAN. Rotherham are our worst team this weekend and they are now on 19 goals. Wigan also not doing all that well are on 23 goals. WOLVES have picked up another single goal as they drew1-1 at home to Brighton. Wolves are on 27 goals.
 
LEAGUE ONE
BRISTOL CITY are still top here as they lost 1-0 away to Crewe. City picked up their 4^th blank of the season. We know that the MK Dons are in second place with PRESTON in fourth as they win 1-0 away to PETERBOROUGH. Preston picked up goal number 41 while Borough picked up their 8^th blank score sheet. SHEFFIELD UNITED are on 39 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to Walsall. BARNSLEY are on 40 goals this weekend as they win 2-0 at home to LEYTON ORIENT. Orient picked up their 9^th blank score sheet. SCUNTHORPE drew 1-1 away to Bradford and are now on 31 goals while COVENTRY  are on 26 as they drew 1-1 at home to Fleetwood. It’s another single goal for DONCASTER as they win 1-0 away to Swindon. Doncaster are now on a total of 30 goals.
 
LEAGUE TWO
LUTON is our highest team here now in third place as they win3-0 at home to Newport. Luton are now on 33 goals. DERBY are on 51 goals and they become our second team to get half way to 100 goals, as they drew 2-2 at home to York. PORTSMOUTH are on 28 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Cheltenham. STEVENAGE win 1-0 at home to Exeter to pick up their 29^th goal.
                                                     
SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                                   
In Scotland all of our five teams were in action but two of them failed to pick up any goals. CELTIC lost their third league match to Dundee UTD as they went down 2-1 away. Celtic are on 47 goals. RANGERS won 2-0 at home to Livingston and are now on 49 goals while HEARTS won 2-0 at home to Alloa and are on a total of 45 goals. DUNFERLINE picked up their 5^th blank of the season as they lost 1-0 at home Stranraer. STENHOUSEMUIR lost 2-0 at home to Brechin to get their 7^th blank score sheet of the season.
 
THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

MK DONS (61) DERBY (51) RANGERS (49) Total of 161 goals.

 

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

ROTHERHAM (19) QPR (20) WIGAN (23) Total of 62 goals.

 

ROTHERHAM are our worst team this weekend in our 32^nd season.  After a total of 24 games played, Rotherham have picked up nineteen goals and they have had a total of 11 blank score sheets to date.

 

We have had two teams that have picked up the highest score this season. First MANCHESTER CITY won their Capital One Cup third round tie against Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 at home then this weekend, MK DONS won 7-0 at home to Oldham in the league.

 

We are still following Manchester City record breaking end of season score of 137 goals from last season, In Week twenty last season, City scored three goals in midweek and another four goals at the weekend. Their goals tally has now risen to 61 goals after twenty games played. They have still had two blank score sheet’s and their highest score was seven goals against Norwich in the league.
This season they picked up three goals at the weekend so they are now on a total of 43 goals this weekend. They have still had two blank score sheet after nineteen games played. They are now 18 goals behind last seasons record run. They are at away to West Brom on Boxing day and then at home to Burnley at the weekend.

Here is how our top five stand this weekend before Christmas

THIS     LAST                                                        M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

       WEEK   WEEK            NAME                                  GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

 

            1              -                 S. THOMSON (1)                     53                   90                 143
            2              3                J. SOMERVILLE                      49                   92                 141              
            3              5                T. KING                                     60                   80                 140
            4              2                T. BICKNELL                           48                   91                 139
            5             18               K. THOMSON                         45                   93                 138

 

Midweek Domestic Cup Rounds

We had nine of our teams in cup action in midweek in two of our domestic English cup rounds this week. First with the Capital One Cup quarter-finals where we had five of them playing and out of them four went through to the semi-finals. This is where the highest score came where TOTTENHAM beat Newcastle 4-0 at home. That took Tottenham’s goals tally to 29. Also CHELSEA won 3-1 away to DERBY and they are now on 43 while Derby picked up goal number 49. SHEFFIELD UNITED are also through with a 1-0 home win against Southampton to give them a goals total of 38. LIVERPOOL won 3-1 away to Bournemouth and are now on 26 goals.

In the FA CUP Second Round Replays we had four teams playing in this one but two have made it through to the next round. BARNSLEY are through to round three and now on 38 goals as they win 3-0 away to Chester. LUTON won 1-0 at home to BURY and that was their 30^th goal and Burys 6^th blank of the season. SCUNTHORPE are also through although they drew 1-1 after extra time but then went on to win 14-13 on penalties against non-league team Worcester away. Scunthorpe are now on 30 goals.

Just one league result and that was EVERTON winning 3-1 at home to Q.P.R. Everton are now on 27 goals while Rangers picked up goal number 17.

 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
This is the part of the competition where goals are scored from midweek i.e Monday to Friday are counted up and the first person to 100 midweek goals receives a nice cash prize.

Just over half of us managed to pick up some more midweek goals with the highest coming from DOUG MORBEY with a total of 10 goals. They came from Chelsea and Liverpool three goals each and Tottenham with four. Doug is now on 33 midweek goals this week. So we have a little bit of a change for the cash this week.
TONY KING is still out in front this week on a total of  60 goals after picking up a goal from Derby. SCOTT THOMSON (1) remained  in second place with a new total of 53 goals. In third place on 52 goals we have ALEX DAVEY who moves down one.  In fourth place down from three we have JAMES SOMERVILLE and up from sixth place CRIAG EVANS both on 49 goals. In fifth place we have TOBY BICKNELL and PHIL REEVE both down from four with PAUL DAVEY down from three. Also up from sixth place we have  CHRIS NUNN all on a total of 48 goals.  In sixth place both on 48 goals we have NICK GATES down from fifth place and BRIAN WAKEFIELD down from four.

Week Nineteen

There were some midweek games which I have not posted the results on this blog so here they are. We had just three of our teams in midweek action this week but one of them failed to pick up any goals. That team was RANGERS as they went down 2-0 away to Queen of the South. That was Rangers second blank score sheet in their last four games. MANCHESTER UNITED won 2-1 away to Southampton.
In the WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP 4^th Round, DUNFERMLINE are out of the cup as they lose 3-2 at home to Stranraer.

As we are near half time with this season already the weekends average score moved back up to 5 goals which is much better. The reason for this is that we had some very good results although seven of our teams failed to net any goals and another four teams that had no game this weekend.Our highest score this weekend came from NORWICH as they win 5-0 at home to Huddersfield. This is Norwich’s highest score of their season and they are now on a total of 38 goals.
Norwich never have been a high voted team as they only have one vote this season. Norwich have been with Golden Goals for thirteen seasons now and they started with us in our second season in 1984/85. Their highest score was in 2009/10 where they finished on 102 goals. Last time out in the following season they finished on 88 goals which is still very good. Over the thirteen seasons they have netted a total of 873 goals to date which gives them an average of  67 goals per season.

 

PREMIERSHIP
CHELSEA are still top after they beat Hull 2-0 at home. Chelsea are on a total of 40 goals this weekend and three points clear of MANCHESTER CITY. City won just 1-0 away to Leicester City and that was their 40^th goal of the season.  MANCHESTER UNITED are now in third place and are currently on winning form as they win again this weekend 3-0 at home to LIVERPOOL. United are now on 29 goals and have picked up ten goals in their last four games. Liverpool picked up their 5^th blank score sheet and now two games in a row. ARSENAL have picked up their highest score of  the season as they win 4-1at home against Newcastle. Arsenal are now on 29 goals. TOTTENHAM are on a total of 25 goals this weekend after a two game dry spell as they win 2-1 away to Swansea. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 1-1 at home to Stoke to give them their 24^th goal of the season after a two game dry spell.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP
DERBY are no longer top as they lost 2-0 away to Middlesbrough. Derby are now in third place as they picked up their 4^th blank of the season.  WATFORD are in sixth place as they win 2-1at home against WIGAN. Watford are now on a total of 40 goals while Wigan picked up their 22 goal of the season.  It’s 30 goals for READING as they lost 6-1 away to Birmingham while CARDIFF lost 5-3 away to Bournemouth. Cardiff are now on 32 goals. CHARLTON drew 2-2 at home to Blackpool and are now on 27 goals. FULHAM are on 36 goals as they win 1-0 away to LEEDS UTD.  Leeds pick up their 5^th blank of the season. ROTHERHAM are really getting into trouble now as they drew 0-0 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST to pick up their 11^th blank of the season. Rotherham are fourth from bottom in the league and they have now scored just one goal in their last seven games. Forest picked up their 5^th blank of the season. WOLVES have picked up another single goal in their 1-0 away win over Sheffield Wednesday. Wolves are now on 26 goals.

 

LEAGUE ONE
BRISTOL CITY are top here as they win just 1-0 at home to Crawley. City picked up their 41^st goal of the season. MK DONS are now third just in front of PRESTON as they drew 1-1 away. The Dons are on 54 goals while Preston are on 40. SHEFFIELD UNITED are fifth as they drew 1-1 away to Fleetwood. United are now on a total of 37 goals. DONCASTER are on 29 goals this weekend after they lost 2-1 at home to Gillingham while PETERBOROUGH after a two game dry spell won 2-1 away to LEYTON ORIENT. Borough are now on 30 goals while Orient hit goal number  29. COVENTRY are on 25 goals as they win 2-0 away to Port vale. SCUNTHORPE won 2-1 at home against Crewe and are now on 29 goals. BARNSLEY are on 35 but lost 2-1 away to Walsall.

 

LEAGUE TWO
LUTON is our highest team here in fourth place as they lost 3-0 away to Morecombe. Luton picked up their 6^th blank of the season. BURY lost 2-1 away to Oxford and are now on 34 goals while PORTSMOUTH are on 27 goals as they lost 3-2 at home to Accrington. STEVENAGE lost 2-0 away to Newport to pick up their 7^th blank of  the season.

                                                     

SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                           
In Scotland only three of our five teams were in action over the weekend. CELTIC picked up another four goals in their 4-1 home win against St Mirren. Celtic top in the premiership are now on 46 goals. DUNFERMLINE are on 38 goals as they lost 3-1 away to Airdreonians while STENHOUSEMUIR won 3-2 away to Ayr to give them a total of 25 goals this weekend.

 

THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

MK DONS (54) DERBY (48) RANGERS (47) Total of 149 goals.

 

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

QPR (16) ROTHERHAM (17) WIGAN (22) Total of 55 goals.

 
QUEENS PARK RANGERS are still our worst team for this season. After a total of sixteen games, in which fifteen are league games and a cup game, Rangers have picked up sixteen goals and they have now had seven blank score sheets.

 

MANCHESTER CITY  have picked up our highest score of  the season when they won their Capital One Cup third round tie against Sheffield Wednesday 7-0 at home.

 

ROTHERHAM have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of 11 in 23 games played.
 
We are still following Manchester City record breaking end of season score of 137 goals from last season, In Week nineteen last season, City scored six goals at the weekend. Their goals tally has now risen to 54 goals after eighteen games played. They have still had two blank score sheet’s and their highest score was seven goals against Norwich in the league.
This season they picked up just one goal at the weekend so they are now on a total of 40 goals this weekend. They have still had two blank score sheet after eighteen games played. They are now 14 goals behind last seasons record run. They are at home to Crystal Palace this weekend.

Here are our top five again this week and once again not a great change to the running for Champion.

THIS     LAST                                                      M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

        WEEK   WEEK            NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

 

             1              -                 S. THOMSON (1)                 52                   83                 135
             2              4                T. BICKNELL                       47                   87                 134              
             3              5                J. SOMERVILLE                  48                   86                 134
             4              2                N. GATES                              46                   87                 133
             5              3                T. KING                                 59                   72                 131