Arsenal Win FA Cup

ARSENAL are this season’s FA Cup winners as they beat Aston Villa 4-0 in a one way match.

Arsenal could have been two up before they even scored their first goal by Walcott in the 40^th minute and that was the score by half time. In the second half Arsenal had the field and their second goal by Sanchez in the 50^th minute was one of those FA Cup final goals that you are going to remember for a long time. Arsenals two other goals came from Mertesacker in the 62’ and Giroud in the 90’

Arsenal have now won the FA Cup a record twelve times.

The four goals give Arsenal a final total of 87 goals and we have 22 happy Arsenal voters here at Golden Goals.

Rangers Go Two Goals Behind

RANGERS are two goals behind in their Scottish Premiership Play-off Final as Motherwell wins the first leg game 3-1 away. Rangers have a lot to do now on Sunday but the single goals takes their goals tally to 87.

It now looks certain that Toby Bicknell will be our 32nd Champion as he picks up a total of nine goals from his combination last weekend. They came from Celtic 5 and Preston 4.

Just two more games left for this weekend and then we will print the final sheet here very soon after that.

One More Week To Go

We have now finished all of our league games this weekend and another season nearly finished.

Saturday RANGERS played their second leg Premiership final play-off game against Hibernian and lost that one 1-0 but the good news is that although Rangers picked up their 8^th blank score sheet of the season, they win the round 2-1 on aggregate. They will play Motherwell in another two leg final game this week. Staying in Scotland, Champions CELTIC picked up the biggest score for us on the day when they beat Inverness 5-0 at home. Celtic finished on a grand total of 110 goals.

In the English Premiership last league games of the season, Champions CHELSEA won 3-1 at home to Sunderland and they finished on a total of 89 goals. MANCHESTER CITY finished in second place as they win 2-0 at home to Southampton and finished on a total of 92 goals which is a far cry from last season’s total of 137. ARSENAL finished third as they win 4-1 at home to West Brom. Arsenal are now on a total of 83 goals and they still have the FA Cup final to play this weekend. In fourth place is MANCHESTER UNITED as they drew 0-0 away to Hull. That was their 10^th blank score sheet of the season and they have scored just three goals in their last six league games. They end on just 71 goals which is not their worst score with Golden Goals. We had to go back to 1989/90 to see one of their lowest scores of just 64 goals. TOTTENHAM finished on 75 goals as they beat EVERTON 1-0 away. Everton picked up their 13^th blank of the season. LIVERPOOL lost 6-1 away to Stoke to pick up goal number 68. CRYSTAL PALACE win their last game of the season with a 1-0 win at home to Swansea. Palace finished on 60 goals. QUEENS PARK RANGERS lost 5-1 away to Leicester City and finished on a total of 42 goals. 

In the League One Play-off Final, PRESTON are back into the Championship as they beat Swindon 4-0. Preston are now become our fifth team to score 100 goals as they finish on a grand total of 101 goals which is the best they have ever done with us. 

Today NORWICH are promoted back in to the Premiership as they beat Middlesbrough 2-0 at Wembley in the Championship Final Play-off. Norwich have ended on a total of 97 goals which becomes their second best end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Their best was back in our 2009/10 Season with 102 goals. 

So we are now left with just two of our teams left in action. ARSENAL (with 22 votes) take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup Final and from Scotland, RANGERS (with 40 votes) take on Motherwell in that Premiership Final Play-off. 

Gunners Firing Blanks

ARSENAL dropped some more points last night as they drew 0-0 at home to Sunderland. Arsenal have now had a total of five blank score sheets to date with just one more game left to play. Arsenal have scored just one goal in their last three games. They are at home to West Brom on Sunday.

In the Scottish Premiership play-off final, RANGERS takes the first leg as they beat Hibernian 2-0 at home. Rangers are now on a total of 86 goals and the second leg is to be played on Saturday.

Chelsea Feeling Blue

CHELSEA lost their third league game of the season to West Brom 3-0 away.  Chelsea have so far won 25 of their 37 league games to date but this is their third blank score sheet with Golden Goals.

Although they have scored more goals than last season’s 79, they are a long way from their biggest end of season total of 128 goals back in our 2009/10 Season.

Week Forty-One

This weekend we had just the English Premiership playing with a full fixture and some play-off games. The highest score that we had came from MANCHESTER CITY again as they win 4-2 away to Swansea. City have now taken their goals tally to 90 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games. 

 

PREMIERSHIP
Manchester City remain in second place with ARSENAL right behind them but now with a five point gap. They drew 1-1 away to MANCHESTER UNITED to pick up their 79^th goal of the season while United hit goal number 71 and keep fourth place. LIVERPOOL lost 3-1at home to CRYSTAL PALACE to pick up goal number 67while Palace are now on 59 goals. QUEENS PARK RANGERS are now on 41 goals as they beat Newcastle 2-1 at home. TOTTENHAM won 2-0 at home to Hull and are now on 74 goals after a two goal dry spell and EVERTON are on 51 as they beat West ham 2-1 away.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP-PLAY-OFF
NORWICH drew their first leg game 1-1 against Ipswich but made sure of being in the final in the second leg game 3-1 at home to ten men Ipswich. Norwich are now on 95 goals and they will face Middlesbrough in the final. 

 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                           
In the Scottish Premiership Play-off RANGERS won their 1^st leg game against Queen Of  South 2-1. In the second leg Rangers drew 1-1. Rangers win 3-2 on aggregate and they now have a total of 84 goals. Rangers will face Hibernian in the two leg final.
In the League One Play-off final , STENHOUSEMUIR drew their second leg final 1-1 against Queen of South and so win 2-1 on aggregate and avoid relegation. Stenhousemuir finish on a grand total of 53 goals. 

 

THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…

 

MK DONS (115) CELTIC (105) BRISTOL CITY (103) Total of 323 goals.

 

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE…

 

WIGAN (40) QPR (41) ROTHERHAM (48) Total of 129 goals.

 

WIGAN have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of 22 after playing a total of 48 games this season and they have now finished as our worst team of the season this weekend.

 

HEARTS have picked up the highest score for this season with a 10-0 home win against Cowdenbeath in the league.

  

Manchester City had that record breaking end of season score of 137 goals last season and in week forty-one last season, their season was over with that fantastic total of 137 goals for the season after forty-nine games played. They had four blank score sheet’s and their highest score was seven goals against Norwich in the league.
This season they picked up the four goals at the weekend. City are now on a total of 90 goals this weekend and they have had a total of five blank score sheet after forty games played. They are still 47 goals behind last seasons record run.

 

JOHN NICHOLLS  has remained at that number 106 position after he picked up two goals at the weekend from Everton. John’s combination is Bristol City, Everton and Wigan. With a total of 194 goals this weekend and with just Everton still left in action, John is still has our fifth best loser’s score to date.

 

TOBY BICKNELL has remained in the lead this weekend and he has now been there for twelve weekends and now eleven straight weeks at number one. Toby failed to pick up any goals from Celtic in midweek and the only other team that Toby has is Preston and they are still yet to play their final game. He has had four blank score sheets to date and he is now seven goals clear of  James Somerville who remains in second place this weekend. TOBY is still in 22^nd place this weekend. His combination is Celtic, Derby and Preston.

 

We still have just fourteen of our teams left in action over the next week of football. This is the last News Sheet from Golden Goals until the final sheet which will be out after the FA Cup Final against ARSENAL and Aston Villa which will be played on Saturday May 30^th. The very best of luck to you all.



Here is our last look at the top ten before our very last sheet of the season.

                  

THIS     LAST                                                M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        PRIZE

       WEEK   WEEK            NAME                        GOALS         GOALS        GOALS      MONEY

 

           1              -                 T. BICKNELL                 126                  176                302           £100.00
           2              -                 J. SOMERVILLE            113                  182                295             £50.00
           3              -                 G. GOODEY                     78                  215                293              £40.00
           4              -                 D. DAVIDSON               108                  184                292              £35.00
           5              -                 C. BOLBERY                   97                   190                287              £30.00
           6              -                 A. STUBBS (2012/13)      98                  188                286              £26.00
           7              -                 D. GOODSON                  99                   185                284              £22.00
           8              9                S. DICKINSON               112                  171                283              £19.00
           9              8                R. NETTING                     95                   186                281              £16.00  
           10           11              C. EVANS                          99                   177                276              £14.00

Celtic No Goals

Last Friday night, Scottish Champions CELTIC drew their fifth league game out of 39 played this season and picked up their fifth blank score sheet of the season when they drew 0-0 away to St Johnstone. Celtic have a total of 41 votes this season and that result was a bit of a blow to all of them.

At the moment Celtic are our third best team and remain on a total of 105 goals. Last season they finished on 110 goals.

Stevenage Remain in Second

STEVENAGE will stay in League two next season as they lost the 2^nd leg of the Play-offs 3-1 against Southend in extra time last night. Southend win 4-2 on aggregate after they drew 1-1 in their first game.

Stevenage have had a very good season in the professional League and although they only received one vote in Golden Goals this season, they have finished on a grand total of 65 goals and finished in 6^th place in the league. Perhaps a team to look out for next season?

Stenhousemuir Win First Leg

STENHOUSEMUIR took a step closer to the Scottish Championship as they win their first leg League One Final play-off game against Queen Park 1-0 with the only goal coming in the 55^th minute. Stenhousemuir are now on a total of 52 goals and they have now scored in all of their last nine games. The second leg game is to be played this Saturday.

Arsenal Missed Chance

ARSENAL missed out on catching up with Manchester City last night as they lost 1-0 at home to Swansea. If they had won they would have been on equal points with City’s 73 and they would still have a game in hand.  The blank score sheet now give Arsenal a total of four to date.

In the League One Play-off second leg game between Swindon and SHEFFIELD UNITED what a game both sets of fans had. Swindon won the first leg 2-1 and last night they drew 5-5 with United.

Swindon wins this round on an aggregate score of 7-6. With their biggest score of the season,
Sheffield United finished on a grand total of 91 goals. Swindon will be playing Preston in the final.

Week Forty

We are now playing in injury time and what a week we have had with our last remaining teams in action. Barbara Barnes’s second combination picked up the highest score over the weekend with 11 goals. They came from Man City 6, Preston 3 and Rangers 2. Only one of us failed to collect any goals over the weekend and that was John Nicholls.

This weekend we had just the English and Scottish Premiership playing with a full fixture. The highest score that we had came from the English Prem where MANCHESTER CITY won 6-0 at home to poor old QUEENS PARK RANGERS.
City have now taken their goals tally to 86 goals while Rangers picked up their 14^th blank of the season and now just one goal in their last four games. They are also relegated down to the Championship.

PREMIERSHIP
Champions CHELSEA are now just eleven points clear of Manchester City in second place as they drew 1-1 at home to LIVERPOOL. That was Chelsea’s 86^th goal of the season while Liverpool hit goal number 66. Arsenal are third with MANCHESTER UNITED still in fourth place as they won 2-1 away to CRYSTAL PALACE. United are now on 70 goals while Palace picked up goal number 56 after a three game dry spell for goals. TOTTENHAM picked up their 11^th blank and now two games in a row as they lost 3-0 away to Stoke. EVERTON lost 2-0 at home to Sunderland and that was their 12^th blank of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP-PLAY-OFF
We have just one of our teams here in the play-off and they are NORWICH. They had to play Ipswich in the first leg away and drew 1-1. That was their 92^nd goal of the season. In the other game Brentford lost 2-1 at home to Middlesbrough.

LEAGUE ONE-PLAY-OFF
We have two of the four teams here and after winning their first leg game against Chesterfield during the week, PRESTON made sure of the 2^nd leg and won 3-0. Preston won 4-0 on aggregate but who will they be playing in the final, Swindon or SHEFFIELD UNITED? Preston are now on a total of  97 goals.

LEAGUE TWO-PLAY-OFF
Just one out of four in this one and they are STEVENAGE. They drew their first leg game 1-1 at home to Southend and picked up goal number 64. In the other game, Wycombe won 3-2 away to Plymouth.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                           
In Scotland Champions CELTIC won 1-0 away to Aberdeen and picked up goal number 105. In the Premiership Play-off RANGERS won their 1^st leg game against Queen Of  South 2-1 away. Rangers are now on a total of 83 goals. In the League One Play-off, STENHOUSEMUIR won their 2^nd leg game against East Fife 3-1 at home after extra time to win 4-2 on aggregate. Stenhousemuir are now on 51 goals. Stenhousemuir will play Queen’s Park in the final lst leg on Wednesday night.

THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

MK DONS (115) CELTIC (105) BRISTOL CITY (103) Total of 323 goals.

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE… 

QPR (39) WIGAN (40) ROTHERHAM (48) Total of 127 goals.

QUEENS PARK RANGERS are still our worst team this weekend after they lost 6-0 away to Manchester City at the weekend. Rangers have now had a total of 14 blank score sheets.

WIGAN have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of 22 after playing a total of 48 games this season.

HEARTS have picked up the highest score for this season with a 10-0 home win against Cowdenbeath in the league.

Manchester City had that record breaking end of season score of 137 goals last season. In Week forty last season, City picked up four goals in midweek and another two goals at the weekend. They are now on a total of 137 goals for the season after forty-nine games played. They have had four blank score sheet’s and their highest score was seven goals against Norwich in the league.
This season they picked up the six goals at the weekend. City are now on a total of 86 goals this weekend and they have had a total of five blank score sheet after thirty-nine games played. They are still 51 goals behind last seasons record run.

JOHN NICHOLLS  has moved back into that number 106 position after he failed to pick up any goals this week from his combination of Bristol City, Everton and Wigan. With a total of 192 goals this weekend and with just Everton left in action, John is still has our fifth best loser’s score to date.

At the Top TOBY BICKNELL is in 22^nd place this weekend. Toby with a  score of 302 goals picked up just five goals for the week. His combination is Celtic, Derby and Preston.

Here is our top ten for this week and once again not much of a change..

   THIS     LAST                                                   M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        PRIZE
 WEEK   WEEK            NAME                            GOALS         GOALS        GOALS      MONEY

      1              -                 T. BICKNELL                    126                  176                302           £100.00
      2              -                 J. SOMERVILLE                113                  178                291            £50.00
      3              -                 G. GOODEY                         78                  211                289             £40.00
      4              6                D. DAVIDSON                    108                  180                288             £35.00
      5              7                C. BOLBERY                        97                  186                283             £30.00
      6              4                A. STUBBS (2012/13)          98                   185                283             £26.00
      7              5                D. GOODSON                      99                   184                 283             £22.00
      8              9                R. NETTING                         95                   182                 277             £19.00
      9              10              S. DICKINSON                   107                  170                  277             £16.00  
      10           8                J. WEARDEN                       113                  161                  274             £14.00

League One Play-off's

In the English League One 1^st leg play-off’s, we have two of the four team’s trying to win a place in the Championship for next season. PRESTON could be that team as they win 1-0 away to Chesterfield to take their goals total to 94. In the other game, SHEFFIELD UNITED lost their first game 2-1 at home to Swindon. United are now on 86 goals.

Stenhousemuir Still With A Chance

STENHOUSEMUIR are still in with a chance to stay up in the Scottish League One last night after they drew their first leg game 1-1 away to East Fife. That was Stenhousemuir’s 48^th goal of the season. Their second lag game is to be played on Saturday. They have just one vote this season.

Arsenal Continue To Pick Up Points

On Bank Holiday Monday night here in the UK ARSENAL remained in third place in the Premiership after they won 3-1 away to Hull. Arsenal are now on a total of 78 goals with three games left to play.

Week Thirty-Nine

Our last full league fixture of 2014/15 gave us an average score of just three goals each. Although we had some teams that picked up their highest score of the season for a while, six people failed to pick up any goals from their combinations this weekend. The reason for that is that ten of our teams did not score any goals.
The highest score that we had came from League One where League Champions, BRISTOL CITY picked up their highest score of the season with a 8-2 thrashing of Walsall at home. City have finished on a grand total of 103 goals.
This is their 13^th season with Golden Goals and they were one of our original teams from our very first season where they finished on a total of 79 goals. Their highest score was 80 goals from last season, so this is a record for Bristol City. They now become our 37^th team in 32 years to score100 or more goals and they are now in 28^th place in the 100 Goals Club.
City have scored a total of 962 goals over the seasons and that gives them an average score of 74 goals per season.

 

PREMIERSHIP
Champions CHELSEA won just 1-0 at home to London rivals CRYSTAL PALACE to take their goals tally to 85 while Palace picked up their 13^th blank and now three games with out a goal. MANCHESTER CITY in second place, picked up goal number 80as they win 1-0 away to TOTTENHAM. Spurs have now had a total of ten blank score sheets. MANCHESTER UNITED in fourth place lost 1-0 at home to West Brom and that was their 9^th blank and no goals in their last three games. LIVERPOOL won2-1 at home to QUEENS PARK RANGERS and they are now on 65 goals after a two game dry spell for goals. Rangers are now on 39 goals. EVERTON are on 49 goals as they lost 3-2 away to Aston Villa.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP
WATFORD drew 1-1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday which means that they have finished second to Bournemouth in their final game. Watford finished on 92 goals. In the play-off zone we have ended up with just NORWICH playing in them after they won 4-2 at home to FULHAM. Norwich are on 91 goals while Fulham finished on 72 goals. DERBY fell out of the zone after they lost 3-0 at home to READING. Derby picked up blank number nine with 100 goals. Reading finished on 61 goals. WOLVES won 4-2 at home to Millwall to finish on 75 goals while WIGAN picked up blank number twenty-two after they lost 3-0 away to Brentford and are relegated to League One. They finished on just 40 goals. CHARLTON picked up their 14^th blank of the season as they lost 3-0 at home to Champions Bournemouth. LEEDS drew their last game 0-0 with ROTHERHAM and picked up a total of fourteen blank score sheets while Rotherham picked up eighteen. NOTTINGHAM FOREST finished on 75 goals as they lost 2-1 at home to CARDIFF who finished on a total of 66 goals.

 

LEAGUE ONE
As stated BRISTOL CITY are Champions after that fantastic win against Walsall. In second place came MK DONS as they win 5-1 at home against Yeovil. The dons finished on a grand total of 115 goals which beats their best score of 105 goals back in our 2007/08 Season. We have two teams in the play-off zone who are PRESTON and after they scored in all of their 35 games it all came to the end as they lost 1-0 away to Colchester to pick up their 3^rd blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED are also there as they drew1-1 at home to Chesterfield. That was United’s 85^th goal of the season. BARNSLEY won 5-0 at home to Rochdale to finish on a total of 70 goals while COVENTRY finished on 51 goals after they won 2-1 away to Crawley. DONCASTER won 5-2 at home to SCUNTHORPE and finished on 68 goals while Scunthorpe end on 69. PETERBOROUGH drew their last game 1-1 away to Oldham to finish on 55 goals. LEYTON ORIENT drew 2-2 away to Swindon and finished on 63 goals but they are relegated to League Two.
 
LEAGUE TWO
BURY finished third in the league as they win 1-0 away to Tranmere. Bury finished to a total of 66 goals. In the play-off zone we have just one team and they are STEVENAGE as they lost 2-0 away to LUTON. That was their 14^th blank while Luton finished on 62 goals. PORTSMOUTH finished on 55 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to York.

 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES                                                                                                           
In Scotland Champions CELTIC had no game at the weekend while RANGERS in the Championship, could only draw again 2-2 away to Champions HEARTS. Rangers are on 81 goals while Hearts finished on 98 goals. DUNFERMLINE lost 3-2 away to Airdrie and finished on 59 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR are on 47 as they lost 3-2 away to Stirling and have ended up in the play-offs for League One.
 
THE BEST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

MK DONS (115) CELTIC (104) BRISTOL CITY (103) Total of 322 goals.

 

THE WORST THREE TEAMS ARE…  

QPR (39) WIGAN (40) STENHOUSEMUIR (47) Total of 126 goals.

 

QUEENS PARK RANGERS are still our worst team this weekend after they lost 2-1 to Liverpool at the weekend. Rangers have had a total of 13 blank score sheets.

 

WIGAN have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of 22 after playing a total of 48 games this season.

 

HEARTS have picked up the highest score for this season with a 10-0 home win against Cowdenbeath in the league.
 
Manchester City had that record breaking end of season score of 137 goals last season. In Week thirty-nine last season, City picked up three goals at the weekend. They are now on a total of 131 goals for the season after forty-seven games played. They have had four 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. City are now on a total of 80 goals this weekend and they have had a total of five blank score sheet after thirty-eight games played. They are now 51 goals behind last seasons record run.
 
PHIL COLLINS has moved into that number 106 position after he picked up just two goals at the weekend but five over the week with his combination of Chelsea, Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers. With a total of 192 goals this weekend, Phil has moved up to our fifth best loser’s score and he still has all of his combination left playing. Phil has had a total of seven blank score sheets to date.

 

At the Top TOBY BICKNELL is moving up our Winners League into 22^nd place this weekend. Toby has beaten R. Wood/G. Eyei 2007/08 score of 293 goals and Tony Axford's score of 279 final score back in our 1991/92 Season.

Here is how the top ten looks this week and we do not have that many weekends left to play.
Is Toby Bicknell this seasons Champion?

 

  THIS     LAST                                                  M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        PRIZE

WEEK   WEEK            NAME                           GOALS         GOALS        GOALS      MONEY

 

     1              -                 T. BICKNELL                   125                  172                297          £100.00

     2              -                 J. SOMERVILLE              113                  171                284            £50.00

     3              -                 G. GOODEY                       78                  204                282             £40.00

     4              7                A. STUBBS (2012/13)         98                  182               280             £35.00

     5              4                D. GOODSON                     96                  183               279             £30.00

     6              5                D. DAVIDSON                  107                  170               277             £26.00

     7              6                C. BOLBERY                      97                  179                276             £22.00

     8              12              J. WEARDEN                   113                  159               272             £19.00

     9              10              R. NETTING                        95                  174               269              £16.00  

     10           8                 S. DICKINSON                  106                  163               269              £14.00