Week Thirty-Five

In Week Thirty-five the football seems to be going okay with only a few players going down with the virus. Most of the teams have played two or more games. We congratulate LIVERPOOL on winning this seasons title and to MANCHESTER CITY who become our second team to hit 100 goals this season.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had a total of 24 of our teams in action over the weekend but out of them eight failed to score any goals. The highest score that we had with our restart this weekend was once again three goals.

FA CUP Quarter-Finals

We had seven of the eight teams in cup action over the weekend and out of them four have made it through to the Semi-Finals. They are MANCHESTER UNITED as they win 2-1 away to Norwich. United are now on a total of 68 goals. CHELSEA won 1-0 away to LEICESTER CITY to pick up their 70^th goal of the season while City picked up their eighth blank and now two in a row this week. It’s 60 goals for ARSENAL as they win 2-1 away to SHEFFIELD UNITED. United after three restart games and no goals, hit goal number 39. MANCHESTER CITY stepped into the last spot in the semi-finals as they won 2-0 away to NEWCASTLE. City are now on a total of 102 goals while Newcastle picked up their thirteenth blank of the season.

The draw for the Semi-Finals are ARSENAL v MANCHESTER CITY and MANCHESTER UNITED v CHELSEA. Games to be played on the 18^th and 19^th July.

PREMIER LEAGUE

The only game that we had over the weekend was between ASTON VILLA and WOLVES where Wolves won 1-0 away. The single goal now gives Wolves a total of 47 and have scored in all of their three restart games. Villa remain second from bottom and that is their ninth blank of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP

All change here again as LEEDS UNITED move back on top as they win 3-0 at home to FULHAM. Leeds are now on a total of 64 goals while Fulham move down to fifth place with their eleventh blank of the season and two in a row. West Brom are now back down to second place.

In the Play-offs still we have all four teams with Brentford in third place and NOTTINGHAM FOREST in fourth place after they won 3-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD. Forest are now on a total of 56 goals while Huddersfield picked up their 46^th. As we have said that Fulham are in fifth place with CARDIFF in sixth. Cardiff won  3-1 away to PRESTON to take their goals tally to 67 while Preston picked up goal number 60. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are now on a total of 53 goals as they win 2-1 away to Bristol City. BARNSLEY picked up their fourteenth blank of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Millwall. BIRMINGHAM picked up their first goals of the restart as they drew 3-3 at home to Hull to take their goals total up to 55. QUEENS PARK RANGERS failed to score in their second restart game as they lost 1-0 away to Charlton. DERBY won 2-1 at home to Reading and they are now on 60 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH won 2-0 away to STOKE and they are now on 43 goals while Stoke picked up their fifteenth blank of the season. LUTON won 1-0 away to Swansea and they are now on 51 goals. BLACKBURN picked up their eight blank of the season after they lost 2-0 away to Wigan.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

CELTIC (108) MANCHESTER CITY (102) COVE RANGERS (82) Total of 292 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

PETERHEAD (33) STENHOUSEMUIR (36) WEST HAM (39) Total of 108 goals

Our highest goal scorers in our 37^th Season is still LEICESTER CITY from Week Thirteen after they won 9-0 away to Southampton in the league.  

GUY DOWSETT remains on top after he picked up a total of eight goals from Manchester City’s three games that they have played this week. This is Guy’s third week at the top and has now been at the top for a total of twenty-two weeks over the season. His other teams which are no longer playing are Celtic and Cove Rangers. He is now just one goal clear of Bradley Clark in second place as he picks up a total of twelve goals this week with his combination of  Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester City.

More good news for Guy as he moves up to 29^th place in our Champions League as he moves above Martyn Gent’s  final score of  289 goals from the 1984/85 Season and my score of 290 goals in the 2008/09 Season..

At the other end at 123 The SAINT has remained at the bottom, even though he still has all three of his teams playing. After picking up three goals at the weekend, The Saint has been at the bottom for a total of twenty-eight weeks. His teams are Barnsley, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

Our top ten this week are

     THIS      LAST                                                     M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL         

    WEEK     WEEK             NAME                            GOALS         GOALS        GOAL     

                                                                                                                

         1            -                  G. DOWSETT                      79                 213                292           

          2               -                  B. CLARK                            97                 194                291               

         3                 -                 M. LIDDLE                          84                 202                286               

         4                 -                 B. BARNES (1)                    98                 187                285               

         5                 -                 C. BOLBERY (2017/18)      83                 201                284                 

         6                 10              R. MILES                              80                 200               280               

         7                 -                 D. BARRETT                       83                 196                279               

         8                 6                K. STRATTON (2018/19)    84                 195                279                 

         9                 8                F. CARTHY                          86                 192                278                 

          10              13              C. DICKER                          89                 189                278      

Brentford Third

In the Championship, BRENTFORD move up to third place in the play-offs as they beat current leaders WEST BROM. Brentford are now on a total of 69 goals. West Brom have failed to score in their two restart games and when looking back over their games, West Brom have now scored just two goals in their last five games.

Manchester City 100 Goals

Liverpool were confirmed as Champions last night after MANCHESTER CITY lost 2-1 away to CHELSEA. Golden Goals knew that Liverpool was going to be Champions way back at the start of the year. Well done Liverpool with their first title in 30 years. But let’s not take away Chelsea’s win over last season’s Champions. Chelsea have won both of their restart games and they have now taken their goals total up to 69.

City might have lost out on being Champions again, but they have now scored 100 goals and it’s their sixth season with Golden Goals that they have netted 100 or more goals over our 37 year history. Last season they picked up a total of 137 goals which equals their highest score also of 137 goals from the 2013/14 Season. This remains a Golden Goals Record.

As City becomes our second team to score 100 goals this season, They are now just eight goals behind Celtics end of season total of 108 goals.

Meanwhile, ARSENAL have won their first restart game as they win 2-0 away to Southampton. Arsenal are now on a total of 58 goals.

A Win for Champions Liverpool

We have had another seven of our teams in action last night from the Premier League. The highest score that we had came from LIVERPOOL. They won their first game in the restart by beating Crystal Palace 4-0 at home. Liverpool are, for now, 23 points clear of Manchester City and they have taken their goals tally to 81 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-0 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED and they are now on a total of 66 goals. Sheffield have failed to score any goals in their three games played and that was blank number eleven. NEWCASTLE are now on 41 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to ASTON VILLA who are now on 56 goals. EVERTON picked up their first goal in the restart with a 1-0 away win over Norwich. Everton are now on 48 goals. WOLVES won 1-0 at home to Bournemouth and that is goal number 46 for them.

Tottenham Move up to Seventh

In the Premier League, we had another three teams to play their second game in this season’s restart. LEICESTER CITY drew 0-0 at home to Brighton to pick up their seventh blank score sheet of the season. In the London derby, TOTTENHAM beat rivals WEST HAM 2-0 at home. Tottenham are now on a total of 58 goals and have moved up to seventh place in the league. West Ham picked up their thirteenth blank of the season and have failed to score any goals in this restart. West ham could now be looking at relegation this season.

City Killers

It seems that the break from football has not affected MANCHESTER CITY as they win their second game 5-0 at home to Burnley in the Premier League. City have now scored eight goals in their two games and that has taken their goals tally up to 99. They are now just 20 points behind leaders Liverpool.

Week Thirty-Four

Hello and welcome back to Golden Goals Season 37. I must admit that I thought that the rest of the games would not be played here in the UK, but happy that they have now restarted. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

Out of a total of 57 teams that started this season we are left with just 31 of our current teams in action. There are no Scottish games what so ever and in the English Leagues One and Two it’s just the play-offs to finish off the season.

Well out of the 27 teams that did play over the weekend, eleven of them failed to score any goals. The highest score that we had with our restart this weekend was three goals and we had three of our team’s that picked them up. But here are the results.

PREMIER LEAGUE

LIVERPOOL are still on top this week as they drew 0-0 in the local Mersey derby against EVERTON away. Liverpool have now picked up four blank score sheets while Everton picked up their ninth.  Manchester City are now just 23 points behind Liverpool after their win in midweek. LEICESTER CITY are in third place after they drew 1-1 away to Watford. Leicester are now on a total of 75 goals. In fourth place is CHELSEA as they win 2-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Chelsea have taken their goals total up to 67 goals while Villa, still second from bottom are now on 55. NEWCASTLE won 3-0 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED and that has now taken them up to a total of 40 goals while United picked up their tenth blank of the season and two in a week. ARSENAL’s restart has taken a bit of a dive as they lost again 2-1 away to Brighton to pick up their 56^th goal of the season. WEST HAM lost 2-0 at home to WOLVES to pick up their twelfth blank of the season while Wolves are now on a total of 45 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

All change here as WEST BROM move back on top on goal difference as they drew 0-0 at home to BIRMINGHAM CITY. As West Brom pick up their sixth blank of the season, City have now had thirteen. LEEDS UNITED are now in second place after they lost 2-0 away to CARDIFF and that is their ninth blank score sheet while Cardiff have taken their goals tally up to 64.

In the Play-offs we have all four teams as FULHAM, in third place lost 2-0 at home to fourth place BRENTFORD. Fulham have now had a total of ten blank score sheets while Brentford take their goals total up to 68. NOTTINGHAM FOREST are in fifth place as they drew 1-1 away to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. Forest are now on 53 goals to Wednesday’s 51. In sixth place is PRESTON as they drew 1-1 away to LUTON. Preston picked up goal number 59 while Luton hit goal number 50. It’s blank number thirteen for MIDDLESBROUGH as they lost 3-0 at home to Swansea. BLACKBURN picked up the high score here as they win 3-1 at home against Bristol City. Rovers are now on a total of 60 goals. HUDDERSFIELD lost 2-0 at home to Wigan and that is their eleventh blank fo the season. DERBY also picked up three goals in their 3-2 away win over Millwall. Derby are now on a total of 58 goals. BARNSLEY are on 48 goals as they win 1-0 away to QUEENS PARK RANGERS, who picked up their twelfth blank of the season. STOKE drew 1-1 away to Reading and that is goal number 54 for them.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

CELTIC (108) MANCHESTER CITY (94) COVE RANGERS (82) Total of 284 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

PETERHEAD (33) STENHOUSEMUIR (36) SHEFFIELD UNITED (38) Total of 107 goals

Our highest goal scorers in our 37^th Season is still LEICESTER CITY from Week Thirteen after they won 9-0 away to Southampton in the league.  

We still have GUY DOWSETT on top after he picked up the three goals from Manchester City in midweek. This is Guy’s twenty-first week at the top and his other teams which are no longer playing are Celtic and Cove Rangers. He is still five goals clear of Bradley Clark in second place with his combination of  Celtic, Liverpool and Manchester City. There is good news for Guy as he moves up to 31^st place in our Champions League as he moves above Adam Porter’s final score of  284 goals from the 2006/07 Season.

At the other end at 123 The SAINT has remained at the bottom, even though he still has all three of his teams playing. After picking up two goals at the weekend, The Saint has been at the bottom for a total of twenty-seven weeks. His teams are Barnsley, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.

Her are out top ten of the restart season.

   THIS      LAST                                                        M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL         

  WEEK     WEEK             NAME                               GOALS         GOALS        GOALS       

                                                                                                                

        1            -                  G. DOWSETT                        73                  211                284           

         2               -                  B. CLARK                              87                  192                279               

        3                 -                 M. LIDDLE                            78                  200                278                 

        4                 5                B. BARNES (1)                      92                  185                277                 

        5                 4                C. BOLBERY (2017/18)        77                  199                276               

        6                 -                 K. STRATTON (2018/19)      78                  193                271                 

        7                 10              D. BARRETT                         76                  194                270               

        8                 7.               F. CARTHY                            80                  190                270                 

        9                 8                I. SMITH                                90                  180                270                 

         10              11              R. MILES                               72                  197                269

Our Third Restart Game

In our third restart game in the Premier League, TOTTENHAM drew 1-1 at home against MANCHESTER UNITED. Tottenham had scored in all of their previous nine games before the season stopped and they are now on a total of 56 goals. United picked up goal number 63.

Restart of Season 37

Welcome back to the restart of our 37^th Season of Golden Goals. We restart the season with the first two English Premier League games of which all four of them are our teams. After waiting 100 days for football, the first restart game ended 0-0 as ASTON VILLA took on SHEFFIELD UNITED at home. Villa failed to score in their last league game before the virus and with another blank score sheet they have now had a total of eight. United had scored in all of their last six games before the season came to an erupted end. That is their ninth blank score sheet of the season.

In the other game, MANCHESTER CITY won 3-0 at home against ARSENAL. City have cut Liverpool’s lead down to 22 points and have now taken their goals total up to 94 goals. Arsenal picked up their sixth blank of the season. Both games were played behind closed doors.

Another Update

Well, so we have more good news is that it seems that the Premier League and Championship are still restarting their season. In the first Championship game, FULHAM will play against BRENTFORD on the 20 June with the rest later that day. Leaders LEEDS UNITED will return to action against CARDIFF on 21 June.

The play-offs are now expected to follow, with 2 or 3 August targeted as a potential date for the final.

Restart of FA Cup

The restart of the FA Cup with the sixth round, will start on Saturday 27^th June with Norwich and MANCHESTER UNITED. All of our Golden Goals teams are in capital letters as always. The other games are to be played on the Sunday 28^th June.

LEICESTER CITY v CHELSEA

NEWCASTLE v MANCHESTER CITY

SHEFFIELD UNITED v ARSENAL

More Updates

Although the Premier League will start on 17^th June, the EFL Championship could start as early as 20^th June.  Not only will they play all of their games left to play, but also the play-offs. This could also be extended to Leagues One and Two for their play-offs only.