Week Thirty-Four

In Week Thirty-Four of the competition and we had a total of just thirty-six players that picked up some weekend goals with the highest score coming from Stephen Ayres with six goals. They came from Coventry 4 and Wigan 2. His third team is Middlesbrough. But due to the lack of teams that did not have any games over the weekend, we will have a Rollover which means that the cash prize money will be a worth £18 for the Easter weekend next week.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Although the prize money for the first player to reach 100 Midweek Goals was won by (me) STEVE REEVE we still have the record for the highest midweek goals to go for. Now who could win this perhaps this season? The record stands at 136 goals by Daryl Nicholls from last season. Just to remind you all, I have the combination of Manchester United, Rangers and Wolves. JAMES BLYTH in second place has a total of 95 goals with his combination of Blackburn, Celtic and Wolves. In third place on 92 goals is BARBARA BARNES (1). Fourth place is TOM BAXTER with 91 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Due to the International games over the weekend, we had just twenty-two of our teams in action. We had a total of thirty-six of our teams that had no game this weekend and another six that failed to score any goals.

The highest score that we had came from the English League Two where COVENTRY won 4-0 at home to Grimsby. That is their highest result to date and they are now on a total of 57 goals. They have now scored in all of their last eight games.

Coventry became our 66th voted English team and they did not start with Golden Goals until our 1987/88 Season where they finished on a total of 52 goals. Their highest score came in our 2012/13 with 76 goals. They last played with us back in the 2014/15 Season where they finished on a total of 51 goals. Coventry are in their tenth season and they have scored a total of 589 goals which gives them an average score of 58 goals per season. This season they have just one vote and a total of twelve blank score sheets.

LEAGUE ONE

WIGAN are out top team here in second place as they win 2-0 away to Bury. Wigan have picked up a total of five goals this week and they are now on a total of 85.

In the play-off zone we still have three teams. Blackburn have moved down to third place with SCUNTHORPE still in fifth place  after they drew 1-1 at home to Rochdale. Scunthorpe are now on a total of 60 goals. PETERBOROUGH are now in sixth place as they drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers which now gives them a total of 77 goals.

Meanwhile PLYMOUTH lost 2-0 away to CHARLTON and that is their ninth blank of the season while Charlton are now up to a total of 53 goals after a two game dry spell. BRADFORD after a three game dry spell are now on 56 goals as they win 1-0 at home to Gillingham. FLEETWOOD TOWN won 2-0 at home to Northampton and they are now on 56 goals. MK DONS picked up their fourteenth blank of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Blackpool. SOUTHEND won 2-0 at home to Rotherham and they take their goals tally to 45. It’s been a while since PORTSMOUTH had a big win as they win 3-0 at home against Oxford Utd. Portsmouth are now on a total of 49 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

LUTON are back on top on goal difference after they won 2-0 at home against Barnet. Luton have taken their goals tally up to 88 goals.

In the play-off zone we still have three of our teams in this weekend. They are EXETER in fifth place after they won 3-1 at home against Swindon. Exeter are now on a total of 59 goals. Coventry are in sixth place with MANSFIELD moving down to seventh place after they lost 2-0 away to FOREST GREEN. As Mansfield picked up their tenth blank of the season, Forest Geeen are now on a total of 52 goals.

Meanwhile LINCOLN CITY drew 0-0 away to Morecambe and that is their twelfth blank of the season. After a two game dry spell, COLCHESTER are now on a total of 48 goals as they win 1-0 away to Stevenage. PORT VALE drew 0-0 away to Wycombe and that is their fourteenth blank of the season and now two in a row.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

We had just four of our Scottish teams in action over the weekend and they are in League One where RAITH ROVERS won 2-1 away to Airdrie to take their goals tally up to 67  but they are still in second place in the league. In League Two, PETERHEAD have moved back up to first place after they won 1-0 at home to Anna. Peterhead are now on 90 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games. ELGIN CITY are on 51 after they beat STENHOUSEMUIR 2-0 away. Stenhousemuir picked up their seventh blank of the season.

OUR BEST THREE TEAMS this week with Golden Goals are

MANCHESTER CITY (102) PETERHEAD (90) LUTON (88) Total of 280 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

BURTON ALBION (32) WEST BROM (34) CRYSTAL PALACE (35) Total of 101 goals

The team with the best run of goals is currently TOTTENHAM who have scored in all of their last twenty-four games.

BURTON ALBION have picked up the most number of  blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-one out of a total of forty-two games played.

Our highest goal scoring team in our 35^th Season is PETERHEAD from the Scottish League Two. They picked up our highest score in week eleven as they won 9-0 at home to non-league team Colville Park in the WILLIAM HILL CUP Second Round.  

No change in the top ten this weekend but the top three have pulled away from the chasing pack.

     THIS      LAST                                                      M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

    WEEK     WEEK             NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

         1             -                 C. BOOM                              83                 194                277              

          2                 -                 P. DAVEY (2013/14)            83                 192                275                                 3                 -                 C. BOLBERY                            82                 190                272              

          4                 -                 G. WARMAN                       88                 179                267

          5                 -                 P. REEVE (87/88 & 11/12)   81                 185                266

          6                 -                 D. GOODSON                      75                 189                264

          7                 -                 C. DICKER                           85                 177                262              

          8                 -                 STEPTOE & SON                82                 179                261                                9                 -               T. BAXTER                               91                 170                261                           
    10              -                 B. CLARK                                  84                 175                259