Week Thirteen

In Week Thirteen of the competition we had our sixteenth winner of the season who won on a score of 11 goals. Our winner is RICKY MILES and he collects the full £6 cash prize money for this weekend.

This is Ricky’s first season with us but he did take part in our 2014 World Cup competition. This season Rick has picked up just two blank score sheets and this is not his first time reaching the number four spot. His best team is like most of you  is Celtic. Here are his teams

CELTIC 4, CHELSEA 4, MANCHESTER CITY 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Most of us picked up a goal or two this week and the race for the cash has changed. The player to pick up the most goals was STEVE MEDHURST who picked up a total of 14 goals from his combination. They came from Doncaster 7, Fulham 3 and Peterborough 4. 

So in the lead with a total of 34 goals we still have COLIN WEBB (2). In second place now with 31 goals we have STEVE MEDHURST moving straight in. In third place down from two is EMMA SAWYER with 30 goals. In fourth place we still have RYAN WILLIAMS but he is now joined with SCOTT THOMSON (2) both with a total of 29 goals. In fifth place down from two we have STEVE STUBBS with 28 goals. In sixth place all on 27 goals we have ANDY EYLES down from three with JACQUI and RICHARD WILLIAMS.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had ten of our teams with out a game over the weekend and another nineteen that failed to net any goals. So, remarkable as  it seems the weekends average score shot up from four goals of last weekend to 6 goals this weekend. Once again we can thank the Celtic/Manchester City combo as they picked up seven goals between them. But the good news is that we all picked up some goals once again.

The highest score that we had this weekend came from the English Premier League and the Scottish  Premiership with four goals each. They came from the Premier League, where CHELSEA  won 4-2 away to Burnley. Chelsea have now scored in all of their last ten games and they are now on a total of 30 goals. In the Scottish Prem CELTIC are in the frame once again after they won 4-0 away to Aberdeen and they are now on a total of 39 goals with ten of them coming from their last two league games. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

LIVERPOOL have remained top this weekend even though they went a goal down in the first half to come back and beat TOTTENHAM 2-1 at home. Liverpool have now won nine league games out of ten and they have kept their 100% scoring record after eleven games. Liverpool are now on a total of 25 goals. Tottenham picked up goal number 16. MANCHESTER CITY are still in second place and still six points behind Liverpool as they win 3-0 at home against ASTON VILLA. City are now on 35 goals while Villa picked up their third blank of the season. Leicester City are still in third place with Chelsea still in fourth place and they have now scored in all of their last ten games. ARSENAL are in fifth place after they drew 2-2 at home to Crystal Palace to give them a total of 20 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED scored their biggest score since their opening game of the season with a 3-1 away win over Norwich. United are now on 14 goals. NEWCASTLE drew 1-1 at home to WOLVES and they are now on 7 goals while Wolves are on 14 goals and a goal run of ten games. EVERTON lost 3-2 away to Brighton and they are now on 16 goals. WEST HAM picked up goal number 14 as they drew 1-1 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED who are now on 11 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

WEST BROM are still top after they drew 2-2 at home to Charlton. West Brom are now on 27 goals. PRESTON have moved in to second place after they won 3-2 at home to BLACKBURN ROVERS. Preston have taken their goals tally to 33 goals while Rovers are on 21. LEEDS UNITED have moved down to third place after they drew 0-0 away to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. As Leeds pick up their third blank of the season, Wednesday picked up their fourth. CARDIFF picked up their fourth blank after a goal run of eight games as they lost 1-0 away to Swansea. BIRMINGHAM are now on 14 goals after they won 2-1 at home to LUTON who are now on 27 goals. HUDDERSFIELD won 2-1 at home to bottom of the table BARNSLEY.  Huddersfield take their goals total to 16 while Barnsley hit goal number 12. DERBY lost 2-0 away to Hull and that is their fifth blank score sheet. MIDDLESBROUGH drew 0-0 at home to FULHAM and that is their sixth blank and now three in a row. Fulham picked up their fourth blank of the season. STOKE picked up their fifth blank and now two in a row after they lost 2-0 away to Millwall.

LEAGUE ONE

IPSWICH are still top but on goal average with Wycombe in second place after they won 3-1 away to SOUTHEND. Ipswich are now on 25 goals after a two game dry spell for goals. Southend picked up goal number 19. PETERBOROUGH are still in third place after they drew 2-2 at home against Coventry. Borough are now on a total of 36 goals. ACCRINGTON STANLEY picked up their fourth blank and now two in a row after they lost 1-0 at home to Gillingham. It’s 20 goals for PORTSMOUTH after they drew 2-2 away to Bristol Rovers. BLACKPOOL drew 0-0 away to Burton and that is their fourth blank of the season. MK DONS lost their tenth league game after they lost 1-0 away to Fleetwood. The Dons have now picked up nine blank score sheets and now five in a row. ROTHERHAM lost 1-0 at home to Wycombe and that is their fifth blank score sheet. SUNDERLAND picked up their fourth blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Shrewsbury.

LEAGUE TWO

Forest Green Rovers are our top team here in fourth place with Bradford down to sixth place after they had no game. PLYMOUTH lost 4-0 away to Exeter and that is their fourth blank. LEYTON ORIENT drew 1-1 at home to Carlisle and they are now on 24 goals. OLDHAM drew 0-0 away to Port Vale and that is their seventh blank of the season. SALFORD CITY are now on 19 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to SCUNTHORPE. Scunthorpe are now on 21 goals and they have now scored in all of their last six games. MANSFIELD won 2-1 away to Walsall and they are now on 26 goals.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP Second Round, STENHOUSEMUIR are out after they lost 3-0 away to non-league Penicuik Athletic. Stenhousemuir have now had a total of three blank score sheets. 

In the Premiership, Celtic are on top on goal difference after they win with rivals RANGERS at home against Motherwell. Rangers are now on 33 goals and they have now scored in all of their last seven games. HEARTS drew 0-0 away to Livingston and that is their fourth blank and now just one goal in their last four games.

In League One, RAITH ROVERS have just about keeping top here after they drew again 1-1 at home to East Fife. Rovers are now on a total of 29 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eleven games. FALKIRK are still in third place after they lost 1-0 at home to Clyde. Falkirk picked up their fifth blank of the season. PETERHEAD lost 1-0 away to Dumbarton and that is their sixth blank and now two in a row.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

CELTIC (39) PETERBOROUGH (36) MANCHESTER CITY (35) Total of 110 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

NEWCASTLE (7) SHEFFIELD UNITED (11) BARNSLEY (12) Total of 30 goals

Our Best team is LIVERPOOL this week after they still have a 100% scoring record after eleven games. They have a total of 25 goals which gives them an average score of 2 goals per game.

Our worst team is MK DONS this weekend as they have picked up their ninth blank score sheet and now five in a row. The Dons have scored just one goal in their last nine games. They have a total of 18 goals.

Our highest goal scorers in our 37^th Season is LEICESTER CITY from Week Thirteen as the beat Southampton 9-0 away in the league.  

MIKE LIDDLE becomes our second player to hit the number one spot after he picked up a total of thirteen goals for the week. Mikes teams are Celtic, Manchester City. and Peterborough. Guy Dowsett after a run of twelve weeks at the top, picked up a total of seven goals all coming from the weekend. His teams are Celtic, Cove Rangers and Manchester City. Guy’s is just two goals behind Mike.

At the other end at 123 we have The SAINT with their seventh consecutive weekend there. The Saint picked up six goals for the week from Barnsley, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

All change once again at the top this week.

      THIS      LAST                                                      M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

      WEEK     WEEK             NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

                                                                                                                

           1            2                 M. LIDDLE                          16                   94                 110

            2                 1                G. DOWSETT                      14                   94                 108

            3                 -                 R. COLLINS                        12                   92                 104

            4                 5                R. MILES                            15                   89                 104              

            5                 16              B. BARNES (1)                    22                   82                 104              

            6                 -                 F. CARTHY                         20                   83                 103

            7                 13              R. HARRINGTON               23                   79                 102
           8                 -                 K. STRATTON (2018/19)    12                   89                 101              

            9                 7                B. SAWYER                         20                   81                 101              

             10              9                D. NICHOLLS                     13                   87                 100