Week Fifteen

In Week Fifteen of the competition we had our eighteenth winner of the season who won on a score of  9 goals. Our winner is JOHN FILTNESS and he collects the full £6 cash prize money this weekend.

John has been with Golden Goals for a total of eight seasons now. He first started playing in the 2012/13 Season on where he finished in 88^th place out of 91 on a total of  206 goals. He picked up one weekend win. Last season John finished rock bottom with 188 goals. This season he has been as high as 67^th place in Week One and has only been on the third page once. John has picked up just one blank score sheet to date and his best team is Rangers. Here are his teams

FOREST GREEN ROVERS 4, LIVERPOOL 3, RANGERS 2

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Twenty-eight of us picked up a goal or two this week and the race for the cash has changed slightly once more. We had three players to pick up the most goals this week with six goals each. They are JAMES BLYTH, PETER JEFFREY and ANTHONY PIRES. All three had Portsmouth and West Brom as part of their combos.

So still in the lead with a total of 38 goals we have COLIN WEBB (2). In second place we still have JACQUI WILLIAMS but she is now with RICHARD WILLIAMS moving up from six, both on a total of 36 goals. In third place up we still have RYAN WILLIAMS with 35 goals. In fourth place we have ANDY EYLES with SCOTT THOMSON (2) moving back in with a total of 34 goals each. In fifth place all on 33 goals we still have SIMON DICKINSON, DANIEL HUGHES, PATRICK O’DONAGHUE, ADAM SANSOM and coming back in TOBY BICKNELL. In sixth place both still on 32 goals we still have MIKE HARRINGTON and PHIL REEVE.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Only one of our teams were without a game over the weekend and another nine that failed to score any goals. Our top teams are not hitting them big score’s once again this weekend. The weekends average score fell from six goals of last weekend to just 4 goals this weekend. But the good news is that we all once again picked up goals.

The highest score that we had this weekend came from the  Scottish Premiership where HEARTS picked up their highest score of the season by winning 5-2 at home against St Mirren after a three games with out a goal. Hearts are now on a total of 25 goals. 

Hearts are in their thirteenth season with Golden Goals and they first appeared in the 1986/87 Season finishing with a total of 72 goals. They are our eleventh Scottish team for us. Their highest score came in the 2014/15 Season with 98 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 72 goals. Over the years they have scored a total of 855 goals which gives them a total of 65 goals per season. They have just one vote this season and they have picked up a total of six blank score sheets to date.

FA CUP First Round

We had seventeen of our teams in this very first round of the Cup. But out of them, only six have made it through to round two so far. They are OLDHAM who won 2-1 away to non-league Gateshead to take their goals tally up to 22. BLACKPOOL won 4-1 at home to Morecambe and they are now on a total of 28 goals with eight coming from their last two games. PLYMOUTH are there after they won 1-0 away to Bolton to pick up goal number 29. FOREST GREEN ROVERS won 4-0 at home to non-league Billericay. Rovers are now on 24 goals. ROTHERHAM won 3-1 away to non-league Maidenhead Utd and they are now on a total of 31 goals. MANSFIELD can add their name to the list as they won 1-0 at home to non-league Chorley. Mansfield picked up goal number 29 and they have now scored in all of their last seven games.

But the good news is that we do have another six teams in replays. They are DONCASTER who drew 1-1 away to AFC Wimbledon and they are now on 25 goals. IPSWICH drew 1-1 at home to LINCOLN CITY after going a goal down. Ipswich are on 27 goals while City hit goal number 22. BRADFORD drew 1-1 away to Shrewsbury and they are now on 25 goals and they have now scored in all of their last twelve games. It’s 40 goals for PETERBOROUGH but they drew 1-1 away to Stevenage. SALFORD CITY drew 1-1 at home to Burton and they are now on 22 goals.

But it’s sad news that we have five of our teams that are out of the FA Cup. They are SOUTHEND who lost 1-0 away to non-league Dover to pick up their seventh blank and now just one goal in their last three games. ACCRINGTON STANLEY are out as they went down 2-0 at home to Crewe. Accrington picked up their sixth blank of the season and now four games with out a goal. LEYTON ORIENT lost 2-1 at home to non-league Maldon & Tiptree. Orient are now on 25 goals. SCUNTHORPE lost 4-1 away to Crawley Town and that is their 22^nd goal of the season. MK DONS go out after they lost 1-0 at home to Port Vale. The Dons pick up their tenth blank score sheet.

PREMIER LEAGUE

LIVERPOOL have remained top this weekend and they are eight points clear as they beat MANCHESTER CITY 3-1 at home. Liverpool have now won eleven out of twelve league games and they have kept their 100% scoring record after fourteen games. Liverpool are now on a total of 35 goals. City are now on a total of 41 goals and they have now dropped down to fourth place. LEICESTER CITY have moved up to second place after they won 2-0 at home to ARSENAL. Leicester are now on a total of 37 goals and they have now scored in all of their last nine games. Arsenal are now down to sixth place as they pick up their second blank of the season. CHELSEA are up to third place as they win 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace. Chelsea are now on a total of 35 goals and they have now scored in all of their last thirteen games.

SHEFFIELD UNITED are now in fifth place after they drew 1-1 away to TOTTENHAM. United are now on a total of 15 goals while Tottenham are on 18. It’s 20 goals for WOLVES after they won 2-1 at home to ASTON VILLA. Wolves have now scored in all of their last thirteen games. Villa are now on 28 goals. NEWCASTLE have now won their fourth league game of the season by winning 2-1 at home to Bournemouth. Newcastle are now on 12 goals. EVERTON have now scored in all of their last five games as they win 2-1 away to Southampton. Everton are now on a total of 21 goals.WEST HAM lost again 3-0 away to Burnley. West Ham have picked up their fifth blank of the season and now they have lost five of their twelve league game so far. MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-1 at home to Brighton. United have taken their goals tally to 19 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

WEST BROM are now back on top here after they won 1-0 away to Hull. West Brom are now on a total of 30 goals and they have now scored in all of their last six games. PRESTON are now in second place after they won 3-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD. Preston have taken their goals tally to 37 goals while Huddersfield picked up goal number 18. LEEDS UNITED have moved back down to third place after they won 2-1 at home against BLACKBURN ROVERS.

Leeds have taken their goals tally to 26  while Rovers picked up their 24^th goal of the season. NOTTINGHAM FOREST are now in fifth place after they won 1-0 at home to DERBY. Forest are now on 24 goals while Derby picked up their sixth blank of the season and now just three goals in their last five games. After a two game dry spell FULHAM won 1-0 away to BIRMINGHAM to pick up goal number 24 while Birmingham picked up their seventh blank of the season. LUTON picked up their fifth blank score sheet after they lost 3-0 away to Reading. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are now on 22 goals as they drew 2-2 at home to Swansea. BRENTFORD won 3-0 away to Wigan and they are now on a total of 22 goals. CARDIFF lost 1-0 at home to Bristol City and they have now had five blank score sheets this season.  We have the bottom three teams this week. BARNSLEY are now bottom as they lost 4-2 at home to STOKE. Barnsley are now on 16 goals while Stoke move up to second from bottom with their biggest win of the season. After a three game dry spell for goals, they are now on a total of 21 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH are now third from bottom as they drew 2-2 away to QUEENS PARK RANGERS. Brough after four blank score sheets in a row are now on 15 goals. Rangers are now on 29 goals.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Premiership, CELTIC are joint leaders here as they win 2-0 at home to Motherwell and they are now on 48 goals. RANGERS are still with them as they win 2-0 away to Livingston. Rangers are now on 42 goals and a goal run of ten games.

In League One, RAITH ROVERS  have moved to the top here on goal difference after they won 3-1 at home to Stranraer. Rovers are now on32 goals. FALKIRK lost 2-1 at home to Airdrie and they are now on 29 goals. PETERHEAD won 2-1 away to Clyde and they are now on 18 goals. 

In League Two, COVE RANGERS are still top after they won again 1-0 at home to Stirling and they are now on 41 goals. After a three game dry spell for goals, STENHOUSEMUIR picked up their 16^th goal after they lost 2-1 away to Albion.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

CELTIC (48) RANGERS (42) MANCHESTER CITY (41) Total of 131 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

NEWCASTLE (12) MIDDLESBROUGH (15) SHEFFIELD UNITED (15) Total of 42 goals

Our Best team is LIVERPOOL this week after they still have a 100% scoring record after fourteen games. They have a total of 35 goals which gives them an average score of 2.5 goals per game.

Our worst team is MK DONS again this weekend as they picked up their tenth blank of the season. The Dons have scored just two goal in their last eleven games. They have a total of 19 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.  

GUY DOWSETT has stayed at the top for another week after he picked up just four goals this weekend. Guy has now been at the top for a total of fourteen weeks.  Guy has the combination of Celtic, Cove Rangers and Manchester City. Guy is still just one goal in front of  Mike Liddle in second place, after he also picked up just four goals from his teams of  Celtic, Manchester City. and Peterborough.

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

        So here is how the top ten looks this week and the good news is that we have two past                            Champions back in.

              THIS      LAST                                                      M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

      WEEK     WEEK             NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

                                                                                                                

           1             -                 G. DOWSETT                      22                  108                130

            2                 -                 M. LIDDLE                          21                  108                129

            3                 -                 B. BARNES (1)                    30                  96                  126

            4                 5                R. MILES                              21                  103                124              

            5                 6                B. CLARK                            24                  100                124              

            6                 4                R. COLLINS                         19                  104                123

            7                 12              C. BOLBERY (2017/18)      20                  100                120            

            8                 9                STEPTOE & SON                28                  92                  120  
            9                 7                R. HARRINGTON               29                  91                  120              

                      10              14              K. STRATTON (2018/19)    19                  100                119