Week Eighteen

In Week Eighteen of the competition and we had our twentieth winner of the season to take the full £6 cash prize money, as DEREK CORMACK picks up a total of 14 goals which is his personal best.

Derek is in his third season with us as he started back in the 2017/18 Season on where he finished in the winning frame in 18^th place on a total of 304 goals. With two weekend wins, Derek won £23 in cash. Last season he finished in 73^rd place on a total of 287 goals. This season this is his first time on being on the first page so this is his highest to date. Derek has picked up three blank score sheets and his best team is Rangers. His teams are

BRENTFORD 7, MANCHESTER CITY 2, RANGERS 5

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Over half of us picked up some more goals this week and the race for the cash has changed slightly once again. We had a total of four players that picked up the highest midweek score with seven goals each. They are JAMES BLYTH, PETER JEFFREY, ANTHONY PIRES and EMMA SAWYER.  

This week we have COLIN WEBB (2) who is in front with a total of 46 goals. In second place on 42 goals we still have RICHARD WILLIAMS but he is now joined with STEVE MEDHURST up from three last week. In third place up from four we have ANDY EYLES now with a total of 41 goals. In joint fourth place we still have SCOTT THOMSON (2) but he is now joined with PATRICK O’DONAGHUE up from five. In joint fifth place both on 39 goals we have PHIL REEVE up from six with EMMA SAWYER moving back in the race. In joint sixth place both on 38 goals we have TOBY BICKNELL down from five and coming back in we have STEVE STUBBS.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had twelve of our teams with out a game over the weekend and another eight teams that failed to score any goals. So the weekends average score has remained at 7 goals for the second weekend running. The reason for that is once again that we all picked up some weekend goals with some big scores.

The highest score that we had came from the Championship where BRENTFORD picked up their highest result of the season by winning 7-0 at home to LUTON. Brentford are now on a total of 30 goals. While Luton picked up their six blank of the season.

Brentford are one of our original teams from our very first season and they became our 9th voted team to come in. They finished on a score of 84 goals. This is their eighteenth season with Golden Goals and their highest score came in the 1998/99 Season with 95 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 87 goals. Over the years they have scored a total of 1245 goals, which gives them an average score of 69 goals per season to date. So far this season they have picked up a total of eight blank score sheets and they have four votes.

FA CUP Second Round

We had a total of nine of our teams in cup action but only three are through to the next round. They are BLACKPOOL who won 3-1 at home to non-league Maidstone Utd. Blackpool are now on 35 goals. PETERBOROUGH will be with them as they won 3-0 at home to non-league Dover. Borough are now on 46 goals. PORTSMOUTH won 2-1 at home to non-league Altrincham and they are now on 35 goals but they have now extended their goal run to eight games. But it’s not all bad news here as we have another three teams in replays. They are PLYMOUTH who drew 1-1 away to Bristol Rovers and that is goal number 33 for them. IPSWICH drew 1-1 away to Coventry and they are now on 31 goals. FOREST GREEN ROVERS are now on 30 goals as they drew 2-2 at home to Carlisle.

Teams that are out are DONCASTER who lost 3-0 away to Gillingham and that is their sixth blank of the season and now two in a row. OLDHAM lost 1-0 at home to Burton and that is their eighth blank of the season. MANSFIELD lost 2-0 away to Shrewsbury and that is their eighth blank score sheet.

PREMIER LEAGUE

LIVERPOOL have remained top after they won 2-1 at home to Brighton. Liverpool have kept their 100% scoring record in tack as they chalk up sixteenth consecutive game. Liverpool are now on a total of 39 goals and still eight points clear of LEICESTER CITY in second place. Leicester won 2-1 at home after going a goal down against EVERTON. City are now on a total of 41 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eleven games. Everton picked up goal number 22. MANCHESTER CITY remain in third place after they drew 2-2 away to NEWCASTLE. City have taken their goals total up to 45 goals and they have now scored in all of their last seven games. Newcastle are now on 14 goals. CHELSEA who are still in fourth place picked up their second blank of the season after a goal run of fourteen games, after they lost 1-0 at home to London rivals WEST HAM. West ham are now on a total of 19 goals. TOTTENHAM are now in fifth place after they won again 3-2 at home to Bournemouth. Tottenham have taken their goals tally to 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last six games. WOLVES are down to sixth place after they drew 1-1 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED in seventh place. Wolves picked up goal number 21 and they have also now scored in all of their last fifteen games. Sheffield picked up goal 19 and a goal run of six games. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 2-2 at home to ASTON VILLA and they are now on 24 goals to Villas 32. It’s 30 goals for ARSENAL after they drew 2-2 away to Norwich.

CHAMPIONSHIP

You can not take your eyes off this league as LEEDS UNITED go back on top after they won 4-0 at home to MIDDLESBROUGH. It’s been a long while since Leeds had a big score like that but that now takes their goals tally up to 33. Brough picked up their eighth blank of the season. West Brom are back down to second place as they had no game over the weekend. Fulham are in third place after their two wins in midweek. NOTTINGHAM FOREST are in fourth place a they lost 1-0 at  home to CARDIFF. As Forest picked up their fourth blank score sheet, Cardiff are now on a total of 27 goals. Bottom of the table BARNSLEY won their second game of the season as they win 3-1 at home against Hull. With their biggest result of the season, Barnsley are now on 21 goals. BIRMINGHAM drew 1-1 at home to Millwall and that is gaol 19 for them. HUDDERSFIELD lost 5-2 away to Bristol City but they are now on a total of 22 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 3-1 away to Charlton and they are now on a total of 27 goals. DERBY drew 1-1 at home to QUEENS PARK RANGERS and that is their 21^st goal of the season to Rangers 31. STOKE second from bottom, lost 2-1 at home to BLACKBURN ROVERS and they are now on 24 goals while Rovers are now on 30.  

LEAGUE TWO

We had just one game here and that was BRADFORD CITY who drew 1-1 away to Macclesfield to pick up their 27^th goal of the season.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Premiership, CELTIC are still top on goal difference as they win 4-1 away to Ross County. Celtic are now on a total of 56 goals. RANGERS once again keep up the pressure as they win 5-0 at home to HEARTS. Rangers are now on a total of 50 goals and a goal run of twelve games. Hearts pick up their eighth blank score sheet and now two in a row. They have scored just six goals in their last nine games. 

In League One, RAITH ROVERS are in second place as they win 1-0 away to Montrose. Raith are now on a total of 34 goals. FALKIRK are in third place after they won 3-0 at home to Stranraer and they are now on 34 goals. PETERHEAD lost 2-1 away to Forfar and they are now on 19 goals.

In League Two, COVE RANGERS have lost their second league game of the season after they went down a whopping 6-1 away to Annan. Rangers are still top here with a total of 45 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR are now on 18 goals after they won 2-1 away to Brechin.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

CELTIC (56) RANGERS (50) PETERBOROUGH (46) Total of 152 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

NEWCASTLE (14) STENHOUSEMUIR (18) MIDDLESBROUGH (18) Total of 50 goals

Our Best team is LIVERPOOL this week after they still have a 100% scoring record after sixteen games. They have a total of 39 goals which gives them an average score of 2 goals per game.

Our worst team is MK DONS again this weekend but they had no game this week. They have picked up a total of eleven blank score sheets in twenty-two games played. The Dons have scored four goals in their last thirteen games. They have a total of 21 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 has moved back to the top after he picked up a total of nine goals all coming from the weekend. Mike has now been at the top for two weeks so far this season. Mike’s combination is Celtic, Manchester City and Peterborough and is now just one goal in front of  last week’s leader Guy Dowsett. He picked up seven goals all coming from the weekend. Guy has the combination of Celtic, Cove Rangers and Manchester City.  

At the other end at 123 we have The SAINT with his twelfth consecutive weekend there. The Saint picked up eight goals for the week.  He has Barnsley, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

We are coming up to half time here at Golden Goals and here is how it all looks this weekend.

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

            1             2                M. LIDDLE                          23                  124               147

             2                 1                G. DOWSETT                     22                  124               146

             3                 -                 B. BARNES (1)                   30                  112               142

             4                 5                R. COLLINS                        21                  120               141              

             5                 4                B. CLARK                           24                  116               140              

            6                 7                C. BOLBERY (2017/18)      22                  116               138

            7                 8                C. BAMBRIDGE                 23                  115               138              

            8                 6                R. MILES                             21                  116               137               

            9                 10              K. STRATTON (2018/19)   23                  114               137
            10               11              STEPTOE & SON               28                  108               136