Monday, 19 August 2019

Week Three

Here we are with Week Three of the competition and this weekend, we had a total of three winners to share the cash of £6.  They all won on a score of 8 goals each which is the lowest of the season. We have now had a total of five winners to date.
Our winner was GRANT PHILLIPS, SCOTT THOMSON (1) and DAVID SOMERVILLE.
Grant has been with us for eight seasons now as he started with us back in the 2012/13 Season where he finished in the winning frame in 10th place on a total of 295 goals.With three weekend wins, Grant won over £21 in cash. Last season he finished in 79th place on 280 goals.
Scott has been with us even longer as he started with Golden Goals in the 2006/07 Season where he finished in the winning frame in 17th place with a total of 261 goals. He won just over £7 in cash. Last season Scott had two combinations. His first finished in 76th place on 282 goals while his second did better and finished in 43rd place on 305 goals.
David can do even better and that as he started with us back in the 1995/96 Season. He had to wait till 2009/10 before he became our 27th Champion by winning on a total of 332 goals. He currently is sixth in the Champions League. Last season he finished in 5th place taking home a total of £33 in cash including one weekend win. He finished with a total of 327 goals.
All of our three winners are at their highest position to date. Their teams are

Grant -BRADFORD CITY 3, LIVERPOOL 2, RANGERS 3
Scott -CELTIC 2, LINCOLN CITY 4, MANCHESTER CITY 2
David -MANCHESTER CITY 2, NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3, RANGERS 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
In Week three most of us have picked up some midweek goals for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth £30. The prize money will go to the first person to reach 100 goals from their three teams.
Taking the lead after three weeks of football we have two at the moment both on 10 goals each. They are MICHAEL FISHER and RYAN WILLIAMS. In Second place we have GRAHAM HARRIS, LUCIFER and EMMA SAWYER all with 8 goals each while in third place with 7 goals each we have a total of nine players. They are TOBY BICKNELL, MARTIN CORBETT, SIMON DICKINSON, PETER GASPARELLI, MIKE HARRINGTON, SIMON PERFECT, ADAM SANSOM, JED WEARDEN and PETER WELLARD. We then have a total of 12 players all on 6 goals each.

WEEKEND RESULTS
With our second full weekend fixture we had another fantastic week. We had five teams with no game over the weekend with another nine teams that failed to score any goals. So for our weekends average score was down to 6 goals.
The Highest score over the weekend was four goals and they came from LINCOLN CITY from League One. With their highest score of the season they beat SOUTHEND UNITED 4-0 at home. After four games they have kept their 100% scoring record going. They are now on a total of 9 goals. Southend picked up their second blank of the season.
Lincoln City became our 70th voted English team and they started with Golden Goals back in the 1988/89 Season where they finished on a score of 71 goals. This is their seventh season with us and they have been in all of the last three seasons. Their biggest score came last season when they netted a total of 84 goals. Over the seasons they have netted a total of 441 goals which gives them an average score of 63 goals per season to date.

PREMIERSHIP
So the Premiership played their second league game of the season and all of them scored goals, but we still are having goals cancelled due to VAR again this week. LIVERPOOL are top this week after they won 2-1 away to Southampton. Liverpool are now on a total of 6 goals. ARSENAL are now in second place after they won 2-1 at home against Burnley. Arsenal are now on 3 goals. MANCESTER CITY are down to third place after they drew 2-2 at home to TOTTENHAM. City are now on 7 goals while Tottenham are on five. SHEFFIELD UNITED won their first game after they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 at home. United are on 2 goals. EVERTON get their first goal of the season by winning 1-0 at home to Watford. LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 away to CHELSEA for both teams to pick up their first goals of the season. WEST HAM drew 1-1 against Brighton away and that was their first goal of the season. ASTON VILLA lost 2-1 at home to Bourenmouth but it’s their second goal of the season. NEWCASTLE lost 3-1 away to Norwich to pick up their first goal.

CHAMPIONSHIP
LEEDS UNITED are top this weekend after they won 2-0 away to Wigan. Leeds are now on a total of 9 goals and  have scored in all of their four games this season. After a two game dry spell for goals, BARNSLEY drew 2-2 at home to Charlton and that now gives them a total of 3 goals. BLACKBURN ROVERS are now on 5 goals as they win 1-0 at home to MIDDLESBROUGH who picked up their second blank of the season. BRENTFORD drew 1-1 at home to Hull and that is their third goal of the season. QUEENS PARK RANGERS picked up their first blank score sheet after a run of three games as they lost 2-0 away to Bristol City. WEST BROM keep their 100% goals record intact as they win 2-1 away to LUTON. West Brom are now on 6 goals after four games while Luton are now on 8 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY picked up their first blank score sheet after they lost 1-0 away to Millwall. NOTTINGHAM FOREST have picked up their highest score to date by winning 3-0 at home against BIRMINGHAM. Forest have scored in all of their four games and are now on 6 goals while Birmingham picked up their second blank of the season. Both STOKE and DERBY are on 5 goals each after they drew 2-2. PRESTON are on 9 goals but lost 3-2 away to Swansea. CARDIFF lost 3-0 away to Reading and that is their first blank score sheet of the season.

LEAGUE ONE
Lincoln City are top here with their third win of the season with BLACKPOOL down to second place after they won 2-1 at home to Oxford Utd. ACCRINGTON STANLEY drew 1-1 away to AFC Wimbledon to pick up their second goal of the season. ROTHERHAM won 1-0 away to Burton Albion and they are now on a total of 7 goals. DONCASTER picked up their highest result so far as they win 3-2 at home to Fleetwood. After a run of two games with out a goal, PETERBOROUGH drew 2-2 at home to IPSWICH and they are now on 3 goals to Ipswich’s five. SUNDERLAND keep their 100% goal record going after they won 2-1 at home to PORTSMOUTH. Sunderland are now on 7 goals to Portsmouths six. MK DONS are on 5 goals after they lost 3-2 away to Wycombe.

LEAGUE TWO
FOREST GREEN are our highest here in third place after they won 1-0 at home against Grimsby. BRADFORD picked up their highest score to date as they win 3-0 at home against OLDHAM. Bradford are now on 4 goals while Oldham picked up their second blank of the season. MANSFIELD won 2-0 away to Carlisle and they are now on 8 goals. LEYTON ORIENT drew 0-0 at home to Stevenage and that is their third blank of the season and now three in a row. PLYMOUTH picked up their first blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Newport. After a run of two games with out a goal, new boys SALFORD CITY drew 1-1 at home to Port Vale. Salford are now on 3 goals. SCUNTHORPE drew 2-2 at home to Crawley and they are now on 3 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Scottish Betfred Cup Second Round, we had all three of our premiership teams playing in this round and they have all made it through to the next round. We already know about Hearts win played on Friday night but CELTIC had a narrow escape as they won 2-1 at home after extra time against Dunfermline. Celtic keep their 100% scoring record after three games with 14 goals. RANGERS had a comfortable win against East Fife with a 3-0 away win. Rangers also have a 100% scoring record after three games and they are now on 11 goals.
In League One, FALKIRK are now top here after they won 2-1 at home to Montrose. Falkirk are now on a total of 14 goals. PETERHEAD lost 3-2 away to Dumbarton and they are now on a total of 6 goals.  
In League Two, new boys COVE RANGERS are still sitting on top of the league after they won 3-2 at home to Cowdenbeath.  Cove have now scored in all of their last five games and have a total of 18 goals.  STENHOUSEMUIR won 1-0 away to Elgin and they are now on 8 goals and they have also scored in all of their last five games.

So lets have a look at our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals. They are

COVE RANGERS (18) CELTIC (14) FALKIRK (14) Total of 46 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

WOLVES (0) LEYTON ORIENT (1) CHELSEA (1) Total of 2 goals

Our Best team is CELTIC after scoring in all three of their League/Cup games with a total of 14 goals.

Our worst team is LEYTON ORIENT this weekend as they have picked up three consecutive blank score sheets after just four games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 37th Season are CELTIC who won 7-0 against St Johnstone in their first league game in Week One.  

GUY DOWSETT is in his third weekend at the top after picking up seven goals all coming from the weekend once again. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Cove Rangers and Manchester City. Guy is now four goals in front of Cliff Bambridge in second place for his third week running. Cliff has Celtic, Falkirk and Manchester City.
At the other end at 123 we have Jacqui Williams with her second weekend there. Jacqui picked up just four goals with her teams of Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester City.

Well here are our top ten for this week.

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

            1            -                  G. DOWSETT                     6                    33                  39
             2                 -                 C. BAMBRIDGE                6                    29                  35
             3                 9                S. THOMSON (1)              1                    29                  30
             4                 6                D. GOODSON                     3                    27                  30
             5                 7                D. NICHOLLS                     2                    27                  29
             6                 10              B. SAWYER                        6                    23                  29
             7                 17              S. PERFECT                        7                    22                  29
             8                 22              R. HARRINGTON              3                    25                  28
             9                 18              C. BOLBERY (2017/18)     4                    24                  28
              10              15              K. STRATTON (2018/19)   1                    26                  27

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