Newcastle Fight Back

In the English Championship last night it took seven goals to sort out these two teams both eager to get back into the premiership. But there was only one winner as NEWCASTLE beat NORWICH 4-3 at home.

Newcastle have now taken their goals tally to 25 while Norwich are on 27 and they have now scored in all of their last six games picking up a total of 10 goals in their last four games.

Midweek Results

We had a total of thirty-one of our Golden Goals teams in action last night and out of them only six failed to pick up any goals.

In the English Championship, BRENTFORD picked up the highest result here as they won 4-1 at home to Reading. Brentford now take their goals tally to 18. ASTON VILLA picked up goal number 11 as they drew 1-1 away to Barnsley. PRESTON are on 16 goals now as they drew 2-2 away to Birmingham. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 1-0 away to Blackburn and that was their 13^th goal of the season while LEEDS Lost 1-0 away to Bristol City to pick up their 3^rd blank score sheet of the season. QUEENS PARK RANGERS drew 1-1 away to Burton and they are now on 17 goals. DERBY are on 7 goals as they picked up their highest score of the season with a 2-0 away win against CARDIFF who picked up blank number seven. BRIGHTON drew 0-0 away to Ipswich and that was their 4^th blank while WOLVES picked up goal number 18 as they lost 2-1 away to Wigan.

In League One, SCUNTHORPE picked up the biggest score here as they won 4-1 away to WALSALL. Scunthorpe are now our highest English team with 27 goals. Walsall are now on 11. BRADFORD won 2-1 at home to Fleetwood and they are now on 12 goals while CHARLTON hit goal number 12 as they drew 1-1 at home to OLDHAM who picked up their 7^th goal after a three game dry spell for goals. It’s 12 goals for GILLINGHAM now as they drew 3-3 away to Chesterfield. MK DONS are on 18 goals as they lost 3-1 at home to Bury. PORT VALE won 3-1 at home to MILLWALL and they are now on a total of 16 gaols while Millwall are on 22. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 1-0 at home to BRISTOL ROVERS and they are on a goals tally of 14 while Rovers after a goal run of eleven games, picked up their first blank score sheet of the season. PETERBOROUGH drew 1-1 away to Shrewsbury and that was goal number 21 for them while SOUTHEND are now on 12 goals as they win 2-1 at home against Oxford.

In League Two, ACCRINGTON STANLEY are now on 15 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to Mansfield. PORTSMOUTH lost 3-1 away to Blackpool to pick up goal number 19 while YEOVIL lost 1-0 away to Cambridge to get their 5^th blank score sheet of the season. COLCHESTER drew 1-1 away to Crawley and that was goal number 16 for them and DONCASTER are on 21 goals as they drew 2-2 at home against Carlisle. LUTON also drew 1-1 away to Hartlepool and they are now on 22 goals. PLYMOUTH are on 13 goals as they beat LEYTON ORIENT 2-0 away. Orient picked up their 3^rd blank of the season.

Week Eight

It’s Week Eight and we had our seventh weekend winner of the season with the highest score for Season 34 with 15 goals and the £6 cash prize money went to ELLIE HOLDSWORTH.

Ellie is in her very first season with Golden Goals and she becomes our second lady winner to date. Although this is her highest score of the season she has had just one blank score sheet as we see Ellie back in the top fifty. This is her highest position to date with her lowest being 88^th in week three. We would like to congratulate Ellie and welcome her to the competition. Her teams are

CELTIC 6, LIVERPOOL 5, MANCHESTER UNITED 4 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

The highest number of goals to be picked up over midweek was a mega 13 goals and they went to BRUCE SELF.  Bruce has now taken his midweek goals total to 31. His goals came from Manchester United 3, Rangers 5 and Tottenham 5. Also the good news is that we all picked up some goals this week.

This week we have had a complete change in the race for the cash. DAVID SMITHERS has now taken up the lead with a total of 45 goals. In second place both on 41 goals we have CHRIS SETFORD who moves down one but up from five of last week we have DOUG MORBEY to join him. In third place down from one is  JOHN FILTNESS  and MANGO who moves up from four both are now on a total of 40 goals. In fourth place all on 39 goals we have TONY KING and JAMIE WOOD both down from three last week with TONY GUY (2) who comes straight in. In fifth place all on 37 goals we have down from four PETER GASPARELLI and down from two DARYL NICHOLLS. KEITH THOMSON has remained at five and straight in this week we have ANDY EYLES. As you can already see that the midweek race is now spreading out with the leader ahead by four clear goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

The average score for this weekend shot up- from four of last weekend to 8 goals this weekend. The reason for this is that we all once again all picked up some goals and some of our teams had a goal feast.

Out of our fifty-four teams that we have this season, only one team had no game and just seven had a blank score sheet and some of them picked up their very first blank score sheet of the season.

The highest score over the weekend was six goals and they came from the Scottish Premiership where CELTIC won 6-1 at home to KILMARNOCK. With their highest score of the season Celtic are now on a total of 30 goals and they are just one of our teams still with a 100% scoring record this weekend.

Celtic are just one of  four  teams that have had a 100% appearances in the competition and they have done very well over the years. Celtic was our second voted Scottish team and in our very first season of 19983/84 they finished on a total of 116 goals. We had to wait till 2000/01 Season when they picked up their highest score of 122 goals. Last season they finished on 108 goals. Celtic have netted 100 or more goals in the last six seasons in a row which is a Golden Goals record and we could be seeing them making it number seven. Over the 34 seasons they have netted a total of 3199 goals which gives them an average score of 94 goals per season which is another Golden Goals record. They have a total of 69 votes this season. 

PREMIERSHIP

We now have just six of the top teams this weekend with MANCHESTER CITY still top again as they win their sixth league game out of six with a 3-1 away win over Swansea. City have now scored in all of their seven games played including a cup game and they are now on 20 goals. TOTTENHAM have moved into second place as they win 2-1 away to Middlesbrough. Tottenham are now on 15 goals and still with a 100% scoring record after seven games. In third place is now ARSENAL as they win 3-0 at home to London rivals CHELSEA. Arsenal have picked up a total of 13 goals in their last four games. They are now on a total of 19 goals. Chelsea’s goal run of seven games have come to an end with their very first blank score sheet of the season and they have dropped down to 8^th place. LIVERPOOL have jumped up to fourth place as they win 5-1 at home to Hull. Liverpool now have a total of 24 goals with 14 of them coming in their last four games. EVERTON are now to fifth place as they lost their first league game of the season 1-0 away to BOURNEMOUTH. MANCHESTER UNITED are back up to sixth place as they picked up their highest score of the season with a 4-1 home win against LEICESTER CITY. United are now on a total of 15 goals and they still have a 100% scoring record after seven games while City picked up their 10^th goal of the season. STOKE drew 1-1 at home to West Brom and they are now on 9 goals. WEST HAM lost their fifth league game against SOUTHAMPTON 3-0 at home. West Ham have conceded eleven goals in their last three league games. But saying that this is their first blank score sheet of the season. Southampton picked up their biggest score of the season and that now gives them a total of 9 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

NORWICH have moved to the top of the Championship this weekend as they win 3-1 at home to Burton. Norwich are now on 24 goals and one point in front of Huddersfield in second place. BRIGHTON are now third as they win 2-0 at home to Barnsley and are now on a total of 21 goals. NEWCASTLE have now dropped down to fifth place as they 1-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Newcastle are now on 21 goals while Villa picked up their 10^th goal of the season.  It’s 17 for WOLVES  as they win 3-1 at home to BRENTFORD while Brentford are now on 14. After a two game dry spell for goals CARDIFF are now on 8 goals as they win 2-1 away to Rotherham.  It’s now five goals in twelve games for DERBY as they lost 2-1 at home to Blackburn after going a goal up. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are now on a total of 12 goals as they win 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest. LEEDS UTD won 1-0 at home to Ipswich and they are on 14 goals while QUEENS PARK RANGERS are on 16 goals after they drew 1-1 at home to Birmingham. 

LEAGUE ONE

We are now down to three of the six top teams here with SCUNTHORPE still on top after they drew 2-2 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED. Scunthorpe are now on a total of 23 goals while United are on 13. BRADFORD are next in fourth place after they drew 0-0 away to Bolton and picked up their third blank of the season.  PORT VALE are now down to sixth place after they lost 2-1 away to BRISTOL ROVERS. Port Vale are now on 13 goals while Rovers are now on 16. MK DONS picked up the highest score here this weekend as they win 4-1 away to Fleetwood. The Dons with their biggest win of the season are now on 17 goals. GILLINGHAM are on 19 goals as they win 2-1 at home against Coventry while MILLWALL lost 3-2 at home to Rochdale but they are now on a total of 21 goals. SOUTHEND picked up their fourth blank of the season as they lost 4-0 away to Northampton. OLDHAM picked up their seventh blank and now three in a row as they lost 2-0 at home to Swindon. It’s 11 goals for CHARLTON as they drew 1-1 away to Oxford. PETERBOROUGH  Drew 1-1 at home to WALSALL to get their 20^th goal of the season while Walsall picked up their 10^th. 

LEAGUE TWO

We have the top four teams in this league this weekend with PLYMOUTH still top after they drew 1-1 at home to Hartlepool. Plymouth are now on 11 goals. With their highest score of the season, PORTSMOUTH are in second place as they win 5-1 at home to Barnet after going a goal down in the first half. Portsmouth are now on 18 goals. LUTON are in third place as they win 3-1 at home to DONCASTER who are now fourth. Luton have taken their goals tally to 21 goals while Doncaster are on 19 goals. COLCHESTER lost 2-1 at home to ACCRINGTON STANLEY. Colchester are now on 15 goals while Accrington are on a total of 14. LEYTON ORIENT lost 3-1 away to Notts county but picked up goal number 14. YEOVIL picked up their highest score of the season as they win 4-2 at home to Cheltenham. Yeovil have now taken their goals tally to 12. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership CELTIC remain top this weekend after their big win while ABERDEEN are now in second place as they beat RANGERS 2-1 at home. Aberdeen are now on 12 goals while Rangers fall down to seventh place in the league and are now on 28 goals. St JOHNSTONE moved down to fourth place after they drew 1-1 away to Hamilton. St Johnstone are on a total of 23 goals.

In the lower leagues in the Championship HIBERNIAN are still in second place after they drew 0-0 away to Queen of South. Hibs goal scoring run comes to the end for this season after seven games with their first blank score sheet.   FALKIRK are on 15 goals as they win 2-0 at home to Ayr.

In League One STENHOUSEMUIR are rock bottom as they drew 2-2 at home to Alloa. Stenhousemuir are on 11 goals this weekend.  PETERHEAD are now second from bottom as they lost 2-1 away to Brechin to pick up their 15^th goal of the season. 

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (30) RANGERS (28) LIVERPOOL (24) Total of 82 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

DERBY (5) OLDHAM (6)  CARDIFF (8) Total of 19 goals 

Our Best team is CELTIC after they have scored in all of their eight League and Cup games played and netting a total of 30 goals which still gives them an average score of just under four goals per game.

Our worst teams are DERBY  and OLDHAM  this weekend as they all have picked up a total of seven blank score sheets each.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are now CELTIC with their 6-1 home League win against Kilmarnock from week eight. NEWCASTLE winning 6-0 away to Q. P. R in the league in week seven and  NORWICH by winning 6-1 at home to Coventry in the EFL League Cup Second Round in week four. 

DANIEL GOODSON now becomes our seventh player to reach the top spot this season. Daniel picked up a total of nineteen goals this week. With 7 goals in midweek he also picked up another 12 goals at the weekend from Celtic 6, Liverpool 5 and Newcastle 1. With his personal best weekend score, Dan has had just one blank score sheet to date.

At the other end at 136 we have a new name to that list as  JASON COOPER moves down this weekend after picking up a total of six goals for the week. Jason picked up just four goals at the weekend from Bristol Rovers 2, and one each from Derby and Walsall.  while He has also had  just one blank score sheet and he becomes our fourth player to be at 136.

       THIS      LAST                                                           M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

        WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                 GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

           1            9                 D. GOODSON                         31                   44                   75

              2                 -                 G. PHILLIPS                             32                   43                   75

              3                 24              R. HARROD                            19                   55                   74

              4                 7                G. GREENHILL                       20                   54                   74

              5                 1                STEPTOE & SON                    35                   39                   74

              6                 25              N. HORTON                             22                   51                   73                

              7                 5                D. NICHOLLS                          37                   35                   72

              8                 11              M. DORAN                              23                   48                   71

              9                 12              T. WARWICK                          25                   46                   71

              10              41              G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)   27                   44                   71

Preston Doing Well

In the English Championship last night we saw PRESTON playing in their second game of the week and the only team for Golden Goals to do so this week, They first beat Bournemouth in the League cup on Tuesday night and now they have beaten Wigan 1-0 at home in the league. Preston are now on a total of 14 goals.

Betfred Cup Quarter-final

ABERDEEN won 1-0 at home to St JOHNSTONE with a last minute goal to go through to the semi-finals of the BETFRED Cup. Aberdeen are now on goal number 10 while St Johnstone picked up their second blank of the season.

More EFL 3rd Round Games

We had another ten of our teams in action last night and once again most of them played in the 3^rd Round of the EFL Cup.

This is where the highest score came from as TOTTENHAM picked up their highest score of the season with a 5-0 home thrashing of GILLINGHAM. Tottenham have scored in all of their six games played this season and they are now on a total of 13 goals. Gillingham are out as they picked up their second blank of the season.

Also through are MANCHESTER UNITED who beat Northampton 3-1 away. That score takes United’s goals total to 11 goals. QUEENS PARK RANGERS are out as they went down 2-1 at home to Sunderland. Rangers are picking up the odd goal lately and they are now on 15 goals. SOUTHAMPTON are on 6 goals as they picked up their highest score of the season as they win 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace. STOKE are also out as they lost 2-1 at home to Hull. That was Stokes 8^th goal of the season. MANCHESTER CITY keep their 100% goal scoring going as they win 2-1 away to Swansea. City are now on 17 goals. WEST HAM picked up a very late win over ACCRINGTON STANLEY 1-0 to take them through and that gives them goal number eight.

In the Scottish BETFRED Quarter-finals CELTIC score two late goals to beat Alloa 2-0 at home and that takes them up to 24 goals.

EFL Cup 3rd Round

We had seventeen of our Golden Goals teams in action last night and most of them were in cup action.

In the 3^rd Round of the EFL Cup, out of our thirteen teams that were playing, seven have made it through to the next round.

PRESTON are through as they beat BOURNEMOUTH 3-2 away in extra time. Preston have taken their goals total to 13 goals while Bournemouth are now on 7 goals. BRIGHTON go out as they lost 2-1 at home to Reading. Brighton picked up their 19^th goal of the season. It’s 19 goals for LIVERPOOL now as they beat DERBY 3-0 away. Derby picked up their 7^th blank score sheet and now they have scored just four goals in eleven games. NORWICH beat on form EVERTON 2-0 away to take their goals tally to 21 goals while Everton after a goal run of six games, picked up their very first blank of the season. LEEDS UTD scored a very late goal in their 1-0 home win against Blackburn and that was their 13^th goal of the season. LEICESTER CITY went two goals up in the first 34 minutes of their game against CHELSEA only to lose the game 4-2 at home after extra time. City are now on a total of 9 goals while Chelsea are on 17 goals. After beating NEWCASTLE 2-0 at the weekend the tables were turned around last night as WOLVES lost 2-0 away. Newcastle are now on a total of 20 goals while Wolves picked up their fourth blank of the season. ARSENAL picked up another four goals as they beat Nottingham Forest 4-0 away. Arsenal take their goals tally to 16 goals.

In the Scottish BETFRED Quarter-finals RANGERS picked up the highest score of the night for our teams as they win 5-0 at home to Queen of the South. Rangers after a couple of disappointing league results, take their goals total to 27.

We had a couple of league results from the English League Two where SCUNTHORPE drew 0-0 at home to CHARLTON which ends their goals run of nine games. Although Scunthorpe picked up their first blank score sheet, Charlton picked up their third. BRISTOL ROVERS are now on 14 goals as they win 2-1 away to Swindon.

Week Seven

It’s Week Seven and we had our first Double Rollover this weekend worth a fantastic sum of £18 and we did have a winner. Our sixth winner of the season won on a score of 10 goals and the cash went to MIKE ADKINS.

Mike has been with the competition for six seasons now and in his first season he finished in 90^th place on 234 goals. His best was in our 2013/14 Season where he finished in third place on 342 goals and collected £40 in cash. Last season he finished in seventh place on a total of 282 goals and picked up £26 in cash. This season he has had just one blank score sheet and his best team is Celtic netting him 22 of his total of 49 goals. This is the highest that he has been so far to date. Congratulations to Mike and his teams are 

ARSENAL 4, CELTIC 2, MANCHESTER CITY 4 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT 

The highest number of goals to be picked up over midweek was 8 goals and we had a total of four players to do so. They were BOB BURGIN (Stalky (2), JOHN DAVIES, DANIEL GOODSON and GRANT PHILLIPS.

So at last some action in the race for the cash in midweek. JOHN FILTNESS remains in the lead with CHRIS SETFORD up from fourth place and DAVID SMITHERS from last weeks fifth palce. All three are now on a total of 34 goals. In second place is DARYL NICHOLLS on 32 goals. We have three players in third place and they are JAMIE WOOD down from two and TONY KING who has remained there with STEPTOE & SON moving straight in. All three are on 31 goals. In fourth place on 30 goals we have PETER GASPARELLI and MANGO.

In joint fifth place all on 29 goals we have still have KEITH THOMSON but he is now joined with DOUG MORBEY and LUCIFER. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

The average score for this weekend fell down to just 4 goals.  The reason for this drop is that we had two teams with out a game and another twelve teams that failed to score any goals and some of them were our top teams.

The highest score over the weekend was five goals once again and they came from the the English Championship where BRENTFORD won 5-0 at home to PRESTON to pick up their highest result for this season. Brentford have a total of five votes this season and they are now on a total of 13 goals. Preston picked up their fourth blank of the season.

Brentford are now in their 15^th Season with Golden Goals and they are just one of our original starters in our first season. In 1983.84 Season they finished on a score of 84 goals but we had to wait till 1989/99 for them to pick up their highest end of season score with 95 goals. Last season they picked up 72 goals. Over the years they have now scored a total of 991 goals which gives them an average score of 66 goals per season. So far this season they have picked up just two blank score sheets in nine games. 

PREMIERSHIP

We now have all seven top teams here this weekend with MANCHESTER CITY still top as they win 4-0 at home against BOURNEMOUTH. City have now scored in all of their five games played and they are on a total of 15 goals. Bournemouth picked up their second blank of the season. In second place is EVERTON. After winning 3-0 in midweek against Sunderland they carried on their goal rush with a 3-1 home win against Middlesbrough. Everton are now on a total of 14 goals and still have a 100% scoring record. In third place is TOTTENHAM as they win 1-0 at home to Sunderland. Tottenham are now on 8 goals.  ARSENAL are now in fourth place as they win 4-1 away to Hull. They are on 12 goals. Chelsea drop down to fifth place with Liverpool in sixth. MANCHESTER UNITED are now down to seventh place as they lost 3-1 away to Killers Watford. United picked up their 8^th goal of the season. Last seasons champions LEICESTER CITY won 3-0 at home to Burnley to take their goals tally to seven. WEST HAM lost 4-2 again this weekend but now by West Brom. West Ham are now on 7 goals. SOUTHAMPTON are on four goals as they win 1-0 at home to Swansea. After a two game dry spell STOKE lost 4-1 away to Crystal Palace and they are now on 7 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

NORWICH have moved up to second place this weekend as they win 2-1 away to Nottingham Forest. Norwich are now on 19 goals. NEWCASTLE have dropped down to third place as they lost 2-0 at home to WOLVES. Newcastle have now picked up their second blank of the season while Wolves take their goals tally to 14. Brentford moved up to sixth place after their mega win. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY picked up goal number 10 as they lost 2-1 away to Birmingham. DERBY drew 1-1 away to Bristol City and after a three game dry spell for goals, Derby are now on 4 goals. BRIGHTON won 1-0 away to Burton and they are now on 18 goals while LEEDS UTD are on 12 goals as they win 2-0 away to CARDIFF who picked up their 6^th blank score sheet and now two in a row. QUEENS PARK RANGERS are on 14 goals as they lost 2-1 away to Huddersfield. ASTON VILLA drew 0-0 away to Ipswich which gave them their third blank of the season. 

LEAGUE ONE

We still have four of the six top teams here with SCUNTHORPE on top after they won 1-0 away to Shrewsbury to pick up goal number 21. Scunthorpe have scored in all of their nine games. BRADFORD have moved down to fourth place as they drew 1-1 at home to BRISTOL ROVERS.  Bradford are now on 10 goals while Rovers are on 12. PORT VALE are in fifth place as they win 2-1 at home to GILLINGHAM. Port Vale are on 12 goals while Gillingham are on 17 goals. In sixth place is SHEFFIELD UNITED after they win 1-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH. United are on 11 goals while Borough picked up their second blank of the season. Meanwhile CHARLTON lost 2-1 at home to AFC Wimbledon but they are now on 10 goals. OLDHAM picked up their sixth blank of the season and now two in a row as they drew 0-0 away to Coventry. MK DONS picked up their second as they drew 0-0 at home against Oxford. SOUTHEND are in 10 goals this weekend as they win 3-1 at home to MILLWALL who are now on 19 goals. WALSALL won 1-0 at home to Bolton and that was their 9^th goal of the season. 

LEAGUE TWO

We have the top two in this league with PLYMOUTH still top after they won 2-0 away to Exeter. Plymouth are now on 10 goals. DONCASTER have moved up to second place after they won 2-0 at home to Newport. Doncaster are now on 18 goals. PORTSMOUTH are now in fifth place as they 1-0 away to ACCRINGTON STANLEY. Portsmouth have picked up their third blank of the season while Accrington take their goals tally to 12 goals. COLCHESTER are in sixth place as they drew 1-1 away to Barnet and that was goal number 14. LUTON lost 2-0 away to Crawley and that was their second blank of the season. YEOVIL won 1-0 away to LEYTON ORIENT and they are now on 8 goals while Orient picked up their second blank score sheet. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership CELTIC remain top after they drew 2-2 away to Inverness. Celtic are now on 22 goals. RANGERS after a run of ten games picked up their first blank score sheet as they drew 0-0 at home to Ross County and drop down to fifth place in the league. St JOHNSTONE are now in third place after they won 1-0 at home to second place Hearts. St Johnstone are now on 22 goals. ABERDEEN won 3-1 away to Dundee to move them up to fourth place and they are now on a total of 9 goals after their biggest win of the season to date.

In the lower leagues in the Championship HIBERNIAN are down to second place after they lost 2-1 at home to Ayr. Hibs are now on 13 goals.  FALKIRK are on 13 goals as they win 3-1 at home to Dundee Utd.

In League One STENHOUSEMUIR picked up their 9^th goal of the season as they drew 2-2 at home to PETERHEAD who are on 14 goals. 

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (22) St JOHNSTONE (22) RANGERS (22) Total of 66 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

DERBY (4) SOUTHAMPTON (4) BOURNEMOUTH (5) Total of 13 goals 

Our Best team is CELTIC after they have scored in all of their six League and Cup games played and netting a total of 22 goals which still gives them an average score of four goals per game.

Our worst teams are CARDIFF , DERBY  and OLDHAM  this weekend as they all have picked up a total of six blank score sheets each.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are now NEWCASTLE who won 6-0 away to Q. P. R in the league in week seven and  NORWICH by winning 6-1 at home to Coventry in the EFL League Cup Second Round in week four. 

STEPTOE & SON now becomes our sixth player to reach the top spot this season. Steptoe & Son picked up a total of nine goals this week. With six in midweek from Newcastle the other goals came at the weekend from Celtic 2, Newcastle 0 and St Johnstone 1. 
At the other end at 136 we have KATHY SOMERVILLE back for her third weekend of the season. Kathy picked up just two goals at the weekend from Tottenham and Yeovil one goal each while Oldham failed to score.

It's another change around in the table this weekend but our leader has a three goal lead.

     THIS      LAST                                                 M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

   WEEK   WEEK             NAME                         GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

         1            2                 STEPTOE & SON             31                   31                  62

         2            21               G. PHILLIPS                      26                   33                  59

         3             7                I. SMITH                            26                   33                  59

         4             5               C. SETFORD                     34                   25                  59

         5            18              D. NICHOLLS                   32                   26                  58

         6            11              P. DAVEY (2013/14)          14                   42                  56

         7            24              G. GREENHILL                 14                   42                  56

         8            -                 B. BURROUGHS              22                   34                  56

         9            27              D. GOODSON                   24                   32                  56

        10           3                K. STRATTON                  25                   31                  56             

Chelsea Lose First League Game

CHELSEA lost their first league game last Friday night 2-1 at home to LIVERPOOL after going down 2-0 at half time. The good news is that Chelsea have kept their 100% scoring record in tack and they have extended their run to six games. They are now on a total of 13 goals. But do you know that this is their lowest amount of goals that they have scored in a game this season to date.

Liverpool take their goals tally to 16 goals and they have now scored a total of 12 goals in their last four games.

Villa Draw

In the Championship last night ASTON VILLA drew against BRENTFORD 1-1 to pick up their 9^th goal of the season while Brentford netted goal number eight.

Both clubs started in our very first season of 1983/84. Aston Villa became our 23^rd voted team in that season and they finished on a total of 87 goals. It was not until 1999/00 that they picked up their highest score with 108. Last time out was in the 2013/14 Season and they finished on a grand total of 61. Villa are in their 16^th Season and over the years they have now netted a total of 1119 goals which gives them an average score of 69 goals per season.

Brentford was voted our 9^th best team in our first season and they finished on a total of 84 goals. Their highest score came in 1998/99 Season with 95 goals. Last Season they finished on 72 goals. This is Brentford’s 15^th Season and over the years they have netted a total of 986 goals which gives them an average score of 65 goals per season.

Newcastle Hit Six

EVERTON won their third league game on Monday night with a 3-0 away win against Sunderland. That result takes them up to third place in the premiership just behind Chelsea both are now on ten points. Everton take their goals tally to 11 and they have scored in all of their five games played this season. They have just one vote this season. Everton are our 41^st voted team in Golden Goals and in their very first season they finished on their highest score of 111 goals in the 1985/86 Season. Last season they finished on a total of 82 goals. This is their 18^th Season with us and over the years they have netted a total of 1185 goals which gives them an average score of 65 goals per season.

Last night we had the English Championship in action and it was another great night for our Golden Goals teams. The highest score of the night went to NEWCASTLE who won 6-0 away to QUEENS PARK RANGERS not only that but was also their biggest result of the season. Newcastle are now on a total of 18 goals while Rangers picked up their second blank of the season. After a two game dry spell for BRIGHTON they picked up goal number 17 as they won 1-0 at home to Huddersfield. DERBY have now picked up their third blank in a row and their sixth of the season as they lost 1-0 at home to Ipswich. LEEDS UTD won 2-1 at home against Blackburn and they are now on 10 goals while NORWICH are on 17 goals as they win 2-1 at home to Wigan. PRESTON picked up their biggest score of the season as they won 3-0 at home to CARDIFF to take their goals tally to 10 goals while Cardiff picked up their fifth blank score sheet. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY also picked up their highest score as they won 3-2 at home to Bristol City.  Wednesday are now on a total of 9 goals. WOLVES have now only scored one goal in their last three games as they lost 4-0 at home to Barnsley. That was Wolves third blank of the season.

Just one League One result where BRISTOL ROVERS drew 1-1 at home to WALSALL to get goal number 11 while Walsall hit goal number eight.

Week Six

This weekend we should of had our second Rollover of the season but in Week Six we had a total of fourteen players that picked up a total of 11 goals each from their combinations.

But under our competition rules for this season, that we would not pay out less than a pound in winnings to our winning players which now means that next weekend we will have a Double Rollover worth £18 in cash. Our very unlucky players are C. BAMBRIDGE, T. BICKNELL, F. CARTHY, L. CLARK, S. DICKINSON, G. DOCKERILL, M. FISHER, D. GOODSON, R, HARROD, K. SETNA, D. STAINS, J. WEARDEN, N. WILLIAMS and J. WISE all but one had Celtic as part of their combination who were just one of our high scoring teams this weekend. 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT 

We did not have any of our teams in action once again in midweek due to the Internationals so the race for the cash remains the same as last weeks.

JOHN FILTNESS remains in the lead with a total of 33 goals. His teams are Brighton, Colchester and Rangers. In Second place is JAMIE WOOD with 30 goals. In Third place we have TONY KING on 29 goals while in fourth place on 28 goals we have CHRIS SETFORD. In joint fifth place all on 27 goals we have DAVID SMITHERS, KEITH THOMSON and RICKY WOOD. In sixth place we have DOUG MORBEY on a total of 26 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS  

At last we get a full league fixture for the weekend, and what a weekend we had for goals. This weekend we had our highest average score of the season with 7 goals. Everton was the only teams not to play over the weekend.

We had just eight of our teams that failed to score this weekend and that is why we have a high average score this weekend.

The highest score over the weekend was five goals and we had two teams to pick them up. They came from CELTIC in the Scottish Premiership and DONCASTER in League Two.

It was the Rival game of the season where CELTIC took on RANGERS in a head to head clash. We have been waiting four years for this and what a disappointment it was. Celtic out played Rangers in this first clash with easy as they humped Rangers 5-1 at home. With yet another five goals, Celtic take their goals tally to 20 goals and after just five games, they are scoring four goals per game. Celtic have a 100% appearances with Golden Goals and their best season was in the 2000/01 Season with 122 goals. Last season they netted a total of 108 which was their 15^th season with 100 or more goals. Over the years they have netted a total of 3189 goals which gives them an average score of 93 goals per season.they have a total of 69 votes this season and a 100% scoring record. Rangers picked up their 22^nd goal of the season.

DONCASTER picked up their biggest score this season with a 5-1 away win over Morecombe. That takes their goals total to 16. Doncaster are in their 5^th Season with us and their highest score came in their very first season with 84 goals in our 2003/04 Season. They became our 100^th voted team in the competition and last time out in 2014/15 they finished on 68 goals. They have netted a total of 275 goals over the years and that gives them an average score of 51 goals per season. They have two votes this season and they have scored in all of their eight games played.

PREMIERSHIP

We have all six teams at the top this weekend with MANCHESTER CITY still number one as they beat rivals MANCHESTER UNITED 2-1 away. City have now scored in all of their four games this season and they are now on a total of 11 goals. United remain in third place with their 8^th goal of the season but they still have kept their 100% scoring record in tack after four games. City are now two points clear of CHELSEA in second place as they could only draw 2-2 away to Swansea. Chelsea After five games also have a 100%scoring record and they are now on a total of 12 goals. Moving into fourth place we have TOTTENHAM. They picked up their highest score of the season as they win 4-0 away to STOKE. Tottenham are now on 7 goals and also with a 100% scoring record. Stoke picked up their second blank of the season and two in a row and they are now rock bottom of the prem. LIVERPOOL are in fifth place as they beat last seasons champions LEICESTER CITY 4-1 at home. Liverpool take their goals tally to 14 goals after just five games while Leicester picked up goal number four. ARSENAL moved into seventh place as they win 2-1 at home to SOUTHAMPTON. Arsenal are now on 8 goals while Southampton are on three after four games. The shock here over the weekend was that WEST HAM went 2-0 up against Watford but then lost 4-2 at home by the end of the game. Still it was West Hams highest score to date and they are now on 5 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWCASTLE are our highest team here in second place after they won 2-0 away to DERBY. Newcastle have now scored in all of their last six games and they are now on a total of 12 goals. Derby picked up their ffifth blank of the season and now they have scored just three goals in eight games. NORWICH take their goals tally to 15 as they win 3-2 at home to CARDIFF. Cardiff are now on 6 goals. ASTON VILLA are on 8 goals as they drew 2-2 at home to Nottingham Forest while BRENTFORD are on 7 goals as they win 2-0 away to BRIGHTON who picked up their third blank score sheet and now two in a row. LEEDS picked up their second blank as they lost 1-0 at home to Huddersfield. It’s seven for PRESTON as they lost 2-1 at home to Barnsley. QUEENS PARK RANGERS drew 1-1 at home to Blackburn to hit goal number thirteen while SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are on 6 goals as they win 2-1 at home to Wigan. WOLVES drew 1-1 at home to Burton to pick up their 12^th goal of the season. 

LEAGUE ONE

We have four of the six top teams here with SCUNTHORPE in second place after they won big again 4-0 at home to SOUTHEND. Scunthorpe have scored in all of their eight games played and they are on a total of 20 goals. Southend picked up their third blank of the season and now just one goal in their last three games. BRADFORD are now in third place after they drew 1-1 away to GILLINGHAM. Bradford are  now on a total of 9 goals while Gillingham picked up goal number 16. MILLWALL are down to fifth place this weekend after they drew 1-1 at home to Coventry after going a goal down. Millwall are now on 18 goals after scoring in all of their nine games played. Behind them in sixth place is PETERBOROUGH after they drew 2-2 at home to PORT VALE. Borough are on 19 goals to Port Vales 10.  SHEFFIELD UNITED won 3-2 away to AFC Wimbledon to take their goals tally to 10 with their biggest win of the season. It’s 13 goals now for the MK DONS they drew 1-1 away to Bolton. It’s still a 100% scoring record for BRISTOL ROVERS as they drew 2-2 at home against Rochdale. Rovers take their goals total to 10. CHARLTON are on nine as they drew 2-2 away to Fleetwood WALSALL picked up their 4^th blank score sheet as they went down 2-0 away to Northampton. Poor Old OLDHAM drew 0-0 at home to Chesterfield to pick up their fifth blank score sheet of the season. 

LEAGUE TWO

We have the top five in this league with PLYMOUTH moving to top after they won 2-1 at home to Cambridge. Plymouth are now on 8 goals. PORTSMOUTH move up to second place after they picked up their biggest win with a 4-2 home win over Wycombe. Portsmouth are now on 13 goals. LUTON have dropped down to third place after they lost 2-1 at home to Grimsby. That was Luton’s 18^th goal of the season. Doncaster are now in fourth place with COLCHESTER right behind them as they won 3-2 at home to Blackpool. Colchester are now on a total of 13 goals. LEYTON ORIENT are also on 13 goals as they drew 2-2 away to Carlisle. ACCRINGTON STANLEY won 2-o away to Notts County and they are now on 11 goals. YEOVIL picked up their 7^th goal of the season but lost 2-1 at home to Hartlepool. Yeovil have scored just two goals in their last six games. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership Celtic are top with Rangers in third place followed by St JOHNSTONE in fifth place after they won 2-0 away to Partick. St Johnstone are now on 21 goals. In the lower leagues in the Championship HIBERNIAN are top after they won 1-0 away to Dumbarton. Hibs are now on 12 goals after six games. FALKIRK are on 10 goals as they 2-0 away to Raith. In League One STENHOUSEMUIR picked up their third blank of the season as they lost 4-0 away to Albion. PETERHEAD won their first league game 2-0 at home to Queen’s Park. Peterhead are now on 12 goals. 

Our Best Three Teams Are

RANGERS (22) St JOHNSTONE (21) CELTIC (20) Total of 63 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

DERBY (3) SOUTHAMPTON (3) LEICESTER CITY (4) Total of 10 goals 

Our Best team is RANGERS after they have scored in all of their ten League and Cup games played and netting a total of 22 goals which still gives them an average score of two goals per game.

Our worst teams are DERBY  and OLDHAM  this weekend as both teams have picked up a total of five blank score sheets each.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are NORWICH who won 6-1 at home to Coventry in the EFL League Cup Second Round in week four. 

It’s our joint 2007/08 Champion RICKY WOOD who has now moved up to the top this weekend and he becomes our fifth player to do so this season. As you can see that Ricky has been with Golden Goals for a few seasons now. Ricky picked up seven goals this weekend and they came from Peterborough 2, Portsmouth 4 and Rangers 1.

At the other end at 136 we have SANDRA NICHOLLS back for her third weekend of the season. Sandra only had two of  her teams in action over the weekend and they picked her up just one goal each. They came from Leicester City and Manchester United. Everton is her third team who had no game this week. Sandra has had two blank weekends to date this season.

Here are our top ten for this weekend and there is still no break away for Champion.

    THIS      LAST                                                                 M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

   WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                         GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

        1            4                 R. WOOD (2007/08)*                  27                     27                   54

          2                 11              STEPTOE & SON                         25                     28                   53

          3                 1                K. STRATTON                              25                     28                   53

         4                 18              F. CARTHY                                   16                     36                   52

         5                 2                C. SETFORD                                 28                     24                   52

         6                 12              J. HUNTER                                    15                     36                   51

         7                 14              I. SMITH                                       20                     31                   51

         8                 3                B. BURROUGHS                         22                     29                   51

        9                 10              L. KING (2001/02)                       25                     26                   51

        10              5                J. FILTNESS                                  33                     18                   51