Two Games Left

As you might know that we here in Golden Goals that we have just two more games to be played before our 34^th Season is finally finished. The two games are both cup finals one for our English teams and the other for our Scottish teams.

The English have the FA CUP between ARSENAL v CHELSEA while in Scotland we have ABERDEEN v CELTIC in the WILLIAM HILL CUP. Both games are to be played on this coming Saturday.

These two remaining games will affect the Golden Goals table and the outcome to who will be our 34^th Champion. The votes for the four teams are as follows. Arsenal have a total of sixteen votes while Chelsea have fifteen. In Scotland Aberdeen have just one vote while Celtic have sixty-nine.

But some players here at Golden Goals have one, two or three of those four teams in their combinations.

At the top last weekend we have LEE CLARK, now Lee has just Celtic left to play. In second place is STEPHEN STUBBS who has Celtic and Chelsea.

So we are left with 1 player with Aberdeen and 55 with Celtic. Arsenal have 10 players while Chelsea have 6.

We then have 5 players with part combination of Arsenal and Celtic while 7 players have Celtic and Chelsea.

We will be keeping an eye on JOHN WOOD in fourth place who has Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea. Could John be our next champion although he is just two goals behind Lee Clark?

Week Forty-Two

It’s Week Forty-Two of Season 34 and  we are left with just four of our Golden Goals teams left to play and they are all in the cup competitions this weekend. They are ARSENAL v CHELSEA in the FA CUP and ABERDEEN v CELTIC in the WILLIAM HILL CUP.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We have finished with thirty-nine players that have scored 100 or more midweek goals and that is a Golden Goals record. So it is congratulations to DARYL NICHOLLS who has finished on a total of 136 midweek goals and has beaten our highest midweek score set by Paul Davey in our 2013/14 Season with a total of 132 goals. Daryl had Brighton, Celtic and Newcastle.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We only had twenty of our teams in action over the weekend,  and the good news is that only two of them failed to pick up any goals. The highest score that we had over the weekend was seven goals and they came from the English Premiership. That team was TOTTENHAM once again as they pick up a total of 13 goals in their last two games this season as they beat Hull 7-1 away in their very last game to pick up their highest score of the season. Tottenham finished on a total of 109 goals.

PREMIERSHIP

The very last Premiership games have now been played and Champions CHELSEA won their last league game 5-1 at home to Sunderland and they are on a total of 108 goals. Chelsea finished seven points in front of TOTTENHAM in second place. MANCHESTER CITY finished in third place after they won 5-0 away to Watford. City finished on a total of 98 goals. LIVERPOOL won 3-0 at home to finished in fourth place with 92 goals. ARSENAL landed in fifth place as they win 3-1 at home to EVERTON. Arsenal are on 99 goals while Everton finished in seventh place with 67 goals. In sixth place was MANCHESTER UNITED who won 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace and finished with a total of 78 goals. WEST HAM won 2-1 away to Burnley and they finished on a total of 51 goals. STOKE won 1-0 away to SOUTHAMPTON and end their season on 49 goals. Southampton picked up their sixteenth blank score sheet of the season and they had scored just two goals in their last six games. LEICESTER CITY finished on a total of 57 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to BOURNEMOUTH who finished on a total of 59 goals.

LEAGUE ONE Play-off Final

In the Play-off  we had both teams in this final and they were BRADFORD CITY who faced MILLWALL. It’s the second season that Millwall have been in this final but they made sure that they won this time 1-0. The single goal gave Millwall their 86thgoals. Bradford picked up their twelfth blank score sheet.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Scottish Premiership last games Champions CELTIC won 2-0 at home to Hearts and they are now on a total of 132 goals. ABERDEEN in second place won 6-0 away to Partick and they are on 88 goals.  RANGERS in third place won 2-1 away to fourth place St JOHNSTONE. Rangers finished on a total of 86 goals while St Johnstone finished on 66.

KILMARNOCK finished on 41 goals as they lost their last game 2-1 at home to Ross County.

In the Scottish League One Play-off Final 2^nd leg, PETERHEAD lost this leg as well 5-1 to Forfar and 7-2 on aggregate. Peterhead finished on a total of 58 goals.

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (132) TOTTENHAM (109) CHELSEA (108) Total of 349 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

OLDHAM (37) KILMARNOCK (41) STOKE (46) Total of 124 goals

Our Best team on form is still CELTIC after they have scored in all of their forty-six League and Cup games played and netting a total of 132 goals which still gives them an average score of 2.8 goals per game.

OLDHAM  have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-six out of their fifty league and cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are  HIBERNIAN after they won 8-1 away to non-league team Bonnyrigg Ross in the Fourth Round of the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP in Week Twenty-Five.

We have a new leader at the very top this weekend and they are LEE CLARK. Lee is in his very first season with Golden Goals and this is the first time that he has been top although he has been very close in the last few weeks. Lee has the combination of Celtic, Newcastle and Tottenham and with just two of them teams he has picked up a total of 20 goals with most of them coming from Tottenham. Lee is just one goal in front of  Stephen Stubbs who remained in in second place again this weekend. So how is Lee doing in the Champions league? well he has jumped up to third place but he needs a total of sixteen goals from Celtic in the cup this weekend to beat our record holder Laurie King’s score of 355 goals in the 2001/02 Season.

At the other end at number 136 we have JASON COOPER and the reason for that is that his teams have finished playing a couple of weeks ago. Jason had Bristol Rovers, Derby and Walsall. But Jason has been here before in week eight. He will finish in 8^th place in our Loser’s League.

     THIS      LAST                                                             M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        

     WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                   GOALS         GOALS        GOALS     

        1            5                 L. CLARK                                   113                 228                341               

          2                 -                 S. STUBBS                                  121                 219                340                 

         3                 15              M. FISHER                                   89                   250                339                 

         4                 7                JOHN WOOD                             92                   247                339                 

        5                 11              B. CLARK                                    97                   241                338                  

        6                 4                A. STUBBS (2012/13)               103                 234                337                 

        7                 1                J. TIGHE                                       118                 215                333                 

       8                 13              G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)       98                   234                332                 

       9                 8                TIM WOOD                                 94                   237                331                 

       10              6                 M. PEPPERRELL (2002/03)    112                 219                331              

Scottish Premiership Play-off Semi-final 2nd Leg

In the Scottish Premiership Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg game, FALKIRK drew their first leg      2-2 to Dundee Utd but they could not pull anything else out of the hat as they lost the second leg 2-1 at home and 4-3 on aggregate. Falkirk have finished on a total of 65 goals.

Another Team To Hit 100 Goals

In the English Premiership, TOTTENHAM have picked up the highest score of the week so far, as they win 6-1 away to LEICESTER CITY. Tottenham have now taken their goals total to 102 which now makes them our fifth team this season to score 100 or more goals. Leicester picked up goal number 56.

In the League Two Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg game LUTON’S season finally comes to the end as they drew their second leg game 3-3 at home to Blackpool and lost 6-5 on aggregate. Luton finished on a total of 88 goals.

Meanwhile in the Scottish Premiership, CELTIC are now on a total of 130 goals as they win 5-0 away to Partick. Celtic have smashed their record number of goals with Golden Goals which was 122 back in the 2000/01 Season. Celtic need just eight goals in their last two games to beat Manchester City’s top score of 137 goals in the 2013/14 Season.

Our Teams Were Doing So Well

In the English Premiership MANCHESTER UNITED had a chance to catch up to the big boys this week but they failed with a goalless draw with SOUTHAMPTON away. Although United have now had a total of nine blank score sheets this season, they have now scored just two goals in their last five games. Southampton fair no better by picking up their fifteenth blank score sheet they have also scored just two goals in their last five games.

In the Championship Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY drew their first leg game against Huddersfield 0-0 and they drew again in the second leg 1-1 after extra time. Wednesday will remain in the Championship next season as they go out 4-3 on penalties. Wednesday finished their season on a total of 62 goals.

In the Scottish Premiership second placed ABERDEEN beat third place RANGERS 2-1 away to take their goals tally to 82 while rangers hit goal number 84. It’s 65 goals for St JOHNSTONE as they win 1-0 at home to Hearts.

In the League One play-off 1^st leg, PETERHEAD lost 2-1 away to Forfar. Peterhead are now on a total of 57 goals.

More Goals For Golden Goals

In the English Premiership, MANCHESTER CITY have moved up to third place after they beat West Brom 3-1 at home. City have now taken their goals tally to 93. ARSENAL are now on a total of 96 goals as they win 2-0 at home to Sunderland. They remained fifth in the prem.

In the Scottish Premiership it’s 40 goals for KILMARNOCK who lost 3-1 away to Motherwell. In the Premiership Play-off Semi-final 1^st leg FALKIRK drew 2-2 away to Dundee Utd and they are now on 64 goals.

Chelsea Lead By Ten Points

In the English Premiership CHELSEA are now our second best team behind Celtic as they take their goals tally to 103 as they beat Watford 4-3 at home. Chelsea are now ten points clear of Tottenham, although Tottenham have a game in hand.

We now have four teams that have picked up 100 or more goals this season and they are

CELTIC (125) CHELSEA (103) SHEFFIELD UNITED (101) and NEWCASTLE (100)

Week Forty-One

It’s Week Forty-One of Season 34 and  most of our Golden Goals teams have now finished their season. We have five of our players that have finished their season and can now only wait to see how far they will fall down the table if at all.

Although most of you picked up some more midweek goals twenty-nine of you failed to pick any goals up at the weekend for one reason or another. So hang on to your hats as the next couple of weeks are going to be a very bumpy ride.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We now have thirty-three players that have now scored 100 or more midweek goals and we hope that we can get a few more by the end of the season.

DARYL NICHOLLS is still leading on a total of 131 goals this week. In second place on 122 goals is still LUCIFER the Cat or John Wood. In third place is GRANT PHILLIPS with 118 goals and in fourth place we have STEVEN CADWELL now on 115 goals. So we are back in that scenario that Daryl could beat our highest midweek score set by Paul Davey in our 2013/14 Season with a total of 132 goals as Daryl needs just two goals to beat that long standing record.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We only had sixteen of our teams in action over the weekend,  and the good news is that only two of them failed to pick up any goals. The highest score that we had over the weekend was four goals and they both came from the English Premiership.

They came from ARSENAL in fifth place in the league as they win 4-1 away to STOKE. Arsenal are now on a total of 94 goals while Stoke picked up goal number 45. LIVERPOOL also picked up four goals in their 4-0 away win over WEST HAM. As Liverpool take their goals tally to 89, West ham picked up their tenth blank of the season and now just one goal in their last four games.

 PREMIERSHIP

Champions Chelsea had no game this week and they are seven points in front of TOTTENHAM in second place after they won 2-1 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED. Tottenham are now on a total of 96 goals while United picked up goal number 76.  In third place is Liverpool with MANCHESTER CITY in fourth place as they win 2-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY. Manchester City take their goals tally up to 90 goals while Leicester are on 55 goals. BOURNEMOUTH are now on 58 goals as they win 2-1 at home to Burnley while SOUTHAMPTON also won 2-1 away to Middlesbrough to take their goals tally to 53 after a three games dry spell for goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP Semi-finals 1^st Leg Play-off

We had just one of the four teams here that were playing in the play-off and they are SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. They had to play Huddersfield and they drew 0-0 away to them. Wednesday picked up their ninth blank of the season after a goal run of eight games.

LEAGUE TWO Semi-finals 1^st Leg Play-off

In the Play-off  we once again only have one team and they are LUTON. They were away to Blackpool in the first leg and they lost 3-2. Luton have not had a bad season and they are now on a total of 85 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eleven games.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Scottish Premiership RANGERS in third place won 2-1 at home to Hearts and they are now on 83 goals. St JOHNSTONE in fourth place won 1-0 at home to Partick to pick up goal number 64. KILMARNOCK won 2-1 at home to Inveness CT and they are now on a total of 39 goals.

In the Scottish League One Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg, PETERHEAD drew their first tie with Montrose 1-1 and they made sure of of their second leg game by winning 3-0 to win 4-1 on aggregate. Peterhead are now on a total of 56 goals and they will be playing Forfar in the final 1^st leg on 17^th May.

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (125) SHEFFIELD UNITED (101) NEWCASTLE (100) Total of 326 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

OLDHAM (37) KILMARNOCK (39) STOKE (45) Total of 121 goals

Our Best team on form is still CELTIC after they have scored in all of their forty-four League and Cup games played and netting a total of 125 goals which still gives them an average score of 2.8 goals per game.

OLDHAM  have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-six out of their fifty league and cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are  HIBERNIAN after they won 8-1 away to non-league team Bonnyrigg Ross in the Fourth Round of the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP in Week Twenty-Five. 

JUNE TIGHE is in her eleventh weekend at the top as she picks up a total of three goals all from midweek.  June only had Celtic left with games. Her other teams were Newcastle and Sheffield United. June’s lead has now been cut to two goals clear of Stephen Stubbs who has moved back in to second place this weekend. June has also remained in 7^th place in our Champions League.

At the other end at number 136 we still have KATHY SOMERVILLE who picked up two goals from her only team left with games, Tottenham. Her other teams were Oldham and Yeovil. Kathy has now been at number 136 for a total of twenty-one weeks over the season. She is now just two goals behind Jason Cooper who has finished playing this season with his three teams. Kathy has remained in 10^th place in our Loser’s League again this weekend. 

     THIS      LAST                                                              M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        

     WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                    GOALS         GOALS        GOALS     

         1            -                  J. TIGHE                                      113                 213                326                

            2                 3                S. STUBBS                                  112                 212                324                  

            3                 2                G. PHILLIPS                               118                 204                322                  

            4                 5                A. STUBBS (2012/13)                94                  227                321                 

            5                 4                L. CLARK                                    102                 219                321                  

            6                 7                M. PEPPERRELL (2002/03)    105                  214                319                  

            7                 13              JOHN WOOD                              81                   237                318                  

            8                 6                TIM WOOD                                  86                   230                316                  

            9                 10              N. HORTON                                 87                   229                316                 

            10              8                M. DORAN                                  109                  206                315             

Chelsea ARE Champions

In the English Premiership CHELSEA are now officially Champions this season as they beat West Brom 1-0 away. Although here at Golden Goals we have been saying this for months, the goal now gives them a total of 99.  EVERTON hit goal number 66 as they win 1-0 at home to Watford to take them up to a total of 125 goals

In the Scottish Premiership, Champions CELTIC won 3-1 away to ABERDEEN which is the best they have ever done in Golden Goals. They have now scored in all of their forty-four league and cup games played this season. Aberdeen have remained in second place with a total of 80 goals.

Another Arsenal Win

In the English Premiership, ARSENAL have kept up their momentum of winning to stay in the top flight as they beat SOUTHAMPTON 

2-0 away. Arsenal have now taken their goals tally to 90 goals while Southampton picked up their fourteenth blank of the season and now three games in a row without a goal.

In the Scottish League One Play-off Semi-final 1^st leg, PETERHEAD drew 
1-1 away to Montrose and that was their 53^rd goal of the season.

Chelsea Still Fighting

In the English Premiership, CHELSEA have extended their lead to seven points once again to second place Tottenham as they beat Middlesbrough 3-0 at home. Chelsea needs to win one more game to become Champions and they are now on a total of 98 goals with fourteen of them coming from their last four games.

Week Forty

It’s Week Forty of Season 34 and we had some of our teams that have already finished playing their games for this season.

Although we have finished giving away the £6 Weekend Prize Money we had a very good weekend for goals. But you must fill sorry for SIMON DICKINSON this weekend as he picked up a total of 15 goals from his combination and had equaled this season top score. Simon received his goals from Celtic 4, Manchester City 5 and Portsmouth 6.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We still have twenty-nine players that have now scored 100 or more midweek goals and we hope that we can get a few more there by the end of the season.

DARYL NICHOLLS is still leading on a total of 128 goals this week. In second place on 122 goals is still LUCIFER the Cat or John Wood. In third place is GRANT PHILLIPS with 115 goals and in fourth place we have STEVEN CADWELL and CHRIS SETFORD both now on 112 goals. I think that we can now say that our highest midweek score set by Paul Davey in our 2013/14 Season with a total of 132 goals will stay with us for another season.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Although we did not have all of our teams in action over the weekend,  the average score for the weekend moved up from six goals last weekend to 7 goals. What a crazy weekend we had as some of our teams went out in s flurry of goals.

Even though we had thirteen teams without a game this weekend with another nine that failed to score any goals.

The highest score that we had over the weekend was six goals and they came from the English League Two Champions PORTSMOUTH.  They picked up their highest score of the season in their very last game in league two as they win 6-1 at home to Cheltenham. Portsmouth have ended their season on 82 goals.

PREMIERSHIP

Champions Chelsea had no game this week and they are just four points in front of Tottenham in second place. In third place is LIVERPOOL who drew 0-0 at home to SOUTHAMPTON. As Liverpool picked up their eighth blank score sheet of the season, Southampton picked up their thirteenth and now two in a row. In fourth place is MANCHESTER CITY who won 5-0 at home to Crystal Palace to take their goals tally up to 88 goals. In fifth place MANCHESTER UNITED lost 2-0 away to ARSENAL and they have now had a total of eight blank score sheets. Arsenal take their goal total to 88 and keep their sixth place in the league. EVERTON remained in seventh place after they lost 1-0 away to Swansea. That was their ninth blank score sheet and now three in a row. BOURNEMOUTH are now on 56 goals as they drew 2-2 at home to STOKE who are now on 44 goals after a two game dry spell for goals. LEICESTER CITY won 3-0 at home to Watford and that takes them up to a total of 54 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWCASTLE played their last game of the season and won 3-0 at home to Barnsley to go top of the league and Champions. Newcastle finished on total of 100 goals. BRIGHTON are promoted but lost out as champions as they drew 1-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Brighton finished on a total of 86 goals while Villa ended on 48.

We will have just one team in the play-offs and they will be SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY in fourth place as they lost 2-1 at home against Fulham. Wednesday are on a total of 61 goals.

Meanwhile LEEDS UNITED have missed out of the play-offs as they drew their final game 1-1 away to Wigan to pick up their 69^th goal. NORWICH won 4-0 at home to QUEENS PARK RANGERS and they have finished on a total of 97 goals with twelve goals coming from their last four games. Rangers picked up their fourteenth blank score sheet of the season.

BRENTFORD finished on a total of 80 goals as they lost 3-1 away to Blackburn. After a dry spell of two games with out a goal, CARDIFF won 3-0 away to Huddersfield and they end on a total of 61 goals. DERBY drew 1-1 away to Rotherham and they end on 61 goals. WOLVES end on 62 goals and win 1-0 at home to PRESTON. Preston picked up eleven blank score sheets over the season.

LEAGUE ONE Semi-finals 2^nd Leg Play-offs

BRADFORD CITY are through to the finals as they drew 0-0 in their second leg game to win 1-0 on aggregate against Fleetwood. Bradford picked up their eleventh blank of the season. In the other game which ended 0-0 in the first leg was finally won by MILLWALL 3-2 away to SCUNTHORPE. Millwall are now on a total of 85 goals while Scunthorpe finish this season on 86. Bradford will play Millwall in the final on the 20^th May.

LEAGUE TWO

The last league two game shave now been played and we  had all of the top three which are promoted to league one next season. They are PORTSMOUTH who be come Champions after their big win with PLYMOUTH finishing in second place after they drew 1-1 away to Grimsby and a total of 74 goals. DONCASTER have finished in third place after they lost 2-1 away to Hartlepool but they end on a total of 87 goals.

In the Play-off’s in fourth place is LUTON. They won 3-1 at home to Morecombe and they are on a total of 83 goals and that was their tenth consecutive game with goals.

Meanwhile COLCHESTER missed out in the play-offs as they win 2-0 at home to YEOVIL. Colchester finished on a grand total of 68 goals while Yeovil picked up their eighteenth blank of the season. ACCRINGTON STANLEY finished on 67 goals with a 3-0 away win over Stevenage. LEYTON ORIENT lost their last professional league game 3-1 away to Blackpool. Orient were already relegated and they finish on 49 goals.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Scottish Premiership Champions CELTIC have equaled their best score with Golden Goals of 122 goals as they win 4-1 at home to St JOHNSTONE. ABERDEEN in second place won 2-1 away to Hearts and are now on 79 goals while RANGERS in third place won 2-1 away to Partick and they are now on 81 goals. KILMARNOCK picked up their fifteenth blank score sheet as they lost 1-0 at home to Dundee.

In the Championship, Champions HIBERNIAN drew 1-1 at home to St Mirren and they end on a total of 76 goals while FALKIRK in second place won 1-0 away to Dumbarton and are on a total of 62 goals. In League One, PETERHEAD won 3-2 at home to Alloa to take their goals tally to 52 and send STENHOUSEMUIR down to the bottom of this league as they drew 1-1 at home to Brechin. Stenhousemuir are relegated down to league two and they end on a total of 52 goals.

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (122) SHEFFIELD UNITED (101) NEWCASTLE (100) Total of 323 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

OLDHAM (37) KILMARNOCK (37) STOKE (44) Total of 118 goals 

Our Best team on form is still CELTIC after they have scored in all of their forty-three League and Cup games played and netting a total of 122 goals which still gives them an average score of two goals per game.

OLDHAM  have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-six out of their fifty league and cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are  HIBERNIAN after they won 8-1 away to non-league team Bonnyrigg Ross in the Fourth Round of the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP in Week Twenty-Five.

JUNE TIGHE is in her tenth weekend at the top as she picks up a total of seven goals all from the weekend.  June only had two of her teams left and they were Celtic and Newcastle. Her third team was Sheffield United. June’s lead has now been cut to four goals clear of Grant Phillips who has moved back in to second place this weekend. June has also moved up to 7^th place in our Champions League as she has now beaten our 2000/01 Champion Janice Conway who finished on a total of 318 goals and Alice Stubbs from the 2012/13 Season also on 318 goals. With 322 goals and now with our eighth best score is Tony Patman from the 1999/00 Season.

At the other end at number 136 we still have KATHY SOMERVILLE after her combination failed to pick her up any goals for the week. Tottenham failed to score in midweek against West Ham and Yeovil failed to score at the weekend. Her third team was Oldham. Kathy has now been at number 136 for a total of twenty weeks over the season. She is now four goals behind Jason Cooper who picked up just one goal over the weekend. So with no goals this week Kathy has remained in 10^th place in our Loser’s League this weekend. 

     THIS      LAST                                                            M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        

     WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                  GOALS         GOALS        GOALS     

         1            -                  J. TIGHE                                     110                213               323                

            2                 4                G. PHILLIPS                              115                204               319                  

            3                 2                S. STUBBS                                105                 212               317                  

            4                 3                L. CLARK                                  99                  217               316                  

            5                 -                 A. STUBBS (2012/13)             87                  227               314                  

           6                 -                 TIM WOOD                                83                 228               311                  

           7                 -                 M. PEPPERRELL (2002/03)   100               210               310                

           8                 11              M. DORAN                               106                204               310                  

           9                 8                D. NICHOLLS                          128                180               308                  

           10              13              N. HORTON                              82                  225               307