Week Twenty-Two

In Week Twenty-Two of the competition we had a total of two players to share the cash Prize Money of £6 and they are first time winners this season, which brings our winners total up to Twenty-three. Our winners are ANDY EYLES and BOB SAWYER and they both won on a score of 11 goals each. Andy started with us back in the 2004/05 Season, on where he finished in the winning frame in 25^th place with a total of 275 goals. Last season Andy finished in 63^rd place with 275 goals. This season with his personal best score, Andy has picked up just two blank score sheets at the weekends and this is his highest position to date as he picks up a total of twenty goals this week. Bob started with us in the 2010/11 Season and he finished in second place with a total of 302 goals. With two weekend wins, Bob won over £62 in cash. Last season he finished in the winning frame again in 24^th place with a total of 295 goals. This season he has been at the top in Week Three for a week but he has never fallen below thirteenth place since then. Bob has picked up three weekend blank score sheets and this his personal best score. Their winning teams are 

Andy  BRENTFORD 7, LIVERPOOL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 1 

Bob  BRENTFORD 7, CELTIC 1, LIVERPOOL 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS

All of us picked up some goals this week once again and it has changed the order in the race for the cash once more. We had another forty-three players that have scored 50 or more midweek goals, taking our total up to ninety-eight players that are on or over the halfway stage to the cash. It was STUART KEMP’s first combo that picked up the most number of midweek goals with a total of 14 goals. They came from Manchester City 5, Oxford United 4 and Tottenham 5. Stuart is now on a total of 56 midweek goals. So here are the top five places this week. In the lead this week we still have RAYMOND HARROD now with a total of 67 goals. His teams are Brentford, Celtic and Manchester City. In second place moving down from number one of last weekend we have CHRIS SETFORD with a total of 66 goals. In third place up from four is MICHAEL JACOBSON with a total of 65 goals. In fourth place all with 64 goals we still have ANDY EYLES but with him this week we have STEVE REEVE down from two. DEAN ZANIOUS moves up from five and CHRIS BOLBERY moves back in the race. In fifth place we still have BADLEY CLARK but with him this week we have BOB SAWYER down from two with MARK GREGORY coming down from four. All are on a total of 63 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

This weekend we had the weather interfering with our games as the coronavirus cancels the odd game now. We had a total of twelve of our teams without a game over the weekend with another eighteen that failed to score any goals. The good news is that only two players failed to pick up any goals at the weekend. After fantastic results from our midweek games, it was not so good at the weekend. The weekends average score fell from five of last weekend back down to just 3 goals this weekend. The Highest score over the weekend was seven goals and they came from the Championship where BRENTFORD won 7-2 at home to Wycombe. Brentford are now on a total of 57 goals. Brentford are one of our original teams from our first season, and they were our 9^th most voted team in that season of 1983/84. They finished the season with a total of 84 goals. This is their nineteenth season with Golden Goals and their highest score came in the 1998/99 Season with 95 goals. Last season they finished with 86 goals. Over the years they have netted a total of 1358 goals which gives them an average score of 71 goals per season. This season they have a total of 18 votes which is our fourth highest English team. They have had just five blank score sheets to date. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

We have the top ten teams here with MANCHESTER CITY at the top after they won just 1-0 at home to bottom of the table Sheffield United. With the goal being scored in the first nine minutes, City are on a total of 54 goals and have extended their goal run to thirteen games. MANCHESTER UNITED are in second place after they drew 0-0 away to ARSENAL. As United picked up their sixth blank of the season, Arsenal picked up their tenth. LIVERPOOL are third as they win 3-1 away to WEST HAM. Liverpool have scored six goals this week and are now on a total of 56. West Ham are on 45 goals and they have now scored in all of their last seven games and are in fifth place in the league. LEICESTER CITY are fourth after they lost 3-1 at home to LEEDS UNITED. Leicester who have now scored in all of their last ten games, are now on 44 goals. Leeds have taken their goals tally to 36. WOLVES picked up their eighth blank and now two in a row after they lost 1-0 away to Crystal Palace. EVERTON lost 2-0 at home to Newcastle and that is their fifth blank of the season. ASTON VILLA won 1-0 away to Southampton and they are on 41 goals. WEST BROM drew 2-2 at home to FULHAM and they are on 24 goals while Fulham are on 22. BRIGHTON beat TOTTENHAM 1-0 at home to give them a total of 32 goals as Tottenham picked up their fourth blank of the season after a goal run of eight games. CHELSEA with their new manager, won 2-0 at home to Burnley and they are now on a total of 49 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

NORWICH are still top here after they drew 0-0 at home to MIDDLESBROUGH. Norwich have now not scored in their last two games and have a total of six blank score sheets. Middlesbrough picked up their twelfth and now three games without a goal. SWANSEA are still in second place after they won 3-1 away to ROTHERHAM. Swansea have now scored in all of their last six games and are now on a total of 40 goals. Rotherham picked up goal number 29 and they have scored in all of their last eight games.

In the Play-Off’s we still have all four teams with Brentford now in third place after their big win. Watford are down to fourth place with Reading still in fifth place. Bournemouth remained in sixth place this week.

Meanwhile BIRMINGHAM drew 1-1 at home to Coventry and that is goal number 19 for them. LUTON lost 1-0 away to Blackburn and that is their thirteenth blank of the season. CARDIFF drew 1-1 at home against Millwall and they are on 33 goals. DERBY won 1-0 at home to BRISTOL CITY and are on 18 goals. Bristol picked up their tenth blank of the season. STOKE drew 1-1 away to Huddersfield and that is goal number 36 for them. NOTTINGHAM FOREST drew 0-0 at home to Barnsley and that is blank number twelve after a goal run of six games. PRESTON lost 1-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday and that is their eleventh blank score sheet and two in a row. 

LEAGUE ONE

HULL are top still by goal difference after they won 1-0 at home to SWINDON. Hull are now on 46 goals this week while Swindon picked up their tenth blank and now two in  a row.  LINCOLN CITY are still in second place after they lost 1-0 at home to Doncaster. That is their seventh blank od the season after a goal run of six games.

In the Play-off’s we still have three of our teams out of the four with PETERBOROUGH in third place after they lost 2-0 away to Shrewsbury. Borough picked up their seventh blank and now two games in a row without a goal. Portsmouth are down to fifth place with SUNDERLAND moving up to sixth place after they drew 2-2 at home to Gillingham. Sunderland are on a total of 32 goals and they have also now scored in all of their last six games.

Meanwhile CREWE have extended their goal run to thirteen games after they drew 1-1 at home to Ipswich. Crewe are now on a total of 40 goals. It’s 40 goals for OXFORD UNITED as they win 1-0 at home to FLEETWOOD TOWN. Fleetwood picked up their eleventh blank and now three in a row. PLYMOUTH drew 2-2 at home to ACCRINGTON STANLEY and they are on 47 goals and a goal run of eleven games. Accrington are on 31 goals. 

LEAGUE TWO

We still have two teams here in the Play-off’s who are CHELTENHAM now in fourth place after they drew 0-0 away to Forest Green. That is Cheltenham’s sixth blank of the season. TRANMERE are in fifth place after they won 1-0 away to Morecambe. Tranmere are on 36 goals.

Meanwhile BOLTON won 2-0 at home to Leyton Orient and they are on 33 goals. EXETER lost 1-0 away to Carlisle and that is their seventh blank and now two in a row. HARROGATE TOWN won 2-1 at home to Newport and they are on 31 goals. SALFORD CITY lost 2-1 away to Oldham and that is goal number 34 for them. It’s 20 goals for SOUTHEND but they lost 5-1 away to Port Vale. Southend are still bottom of the league. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership Rangers, who had no game this week, are still 23 points in front of CELTIC in second place, as they lost their third league game out of twenty-four played. Celtic lost 2-1 at home to St Mirren. Celtic are on a total of 51 goals. ABERDEEN drew 0-0 away to Livingston to pick up their eighth blank score sheet and now two games without a goal. Aberdeen are still in third place.

In the Championship, HEARTS are still top after they won 1-0 at home to Dunfermline. Hearts are now on a total of 47 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games.

All Scottish football below Championship level are still suspended. 

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals. They are 

RANGERS (72) BRENTFORD (57) LIVERPOOL (56) Total of 185 goals 

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE 

DERBY (18) BIRMINGHAM (19) SOUTHEND (20)  Total of 57 goals  

Our Best team this week are RANGERS after they have now scored in all of their last twenty-four league/cup games. They have scored a total of 72 goals which now gives them an average score of 2.5 goals per game. 

Our worst team this weekend is BIRMINGHAM CITY who have scored just two goals in their last seven games played. 

DERBY have picked up the most number of blank score sheets with fifteen out of their twenty-nine league/cup games. 

Our highest goal scorers in our 38^th Season are RANGERS their 8-0 win at home against Hamilton in the league in Week Ten.  

JED WEARDEN has remained at the top after he picked up a total of fifteen goals this week. Jed has now been at the top for a total of thirteen weeks and now seven weeks in a row. His teams are once again Brentford, Liverpool and Rangers. Steve Reeve has moved up to second place as I picked up a total of fifteen goals for the week. I am just two goals behind Jed this week and this is the highest that I have been all season. My teams are Brentford, Manchester City and Rangers.

At the other end at 116 we still have John Nicholls who has now been there for six consecutive weeks. Johns teams picked up six goals this week from Bristol City, Fulham and West Brom.

So here are our top ten for this weekend.

     THIS      LAST                                                M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

    WEEK     WEEK             NAME                       GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

        1             -                 J. WEARDEN                 60                  125                 185

        2                 3                S. REEVE (2008/09)       64                  119                 183

        3                 2                M. JOHNSTON               61                  121                 182              

        4                 6                G. PHILLIPS                   57                  118                 175

        5                 4                M. FISHER                     60                  115                 175              

        6                 7                K. THOMSON                58                  116                 174              

        7                 8                S. MARSHALL              51                  119                 170

        8                 5                B. BARNES (2)              52                  118                 170

        9                 12              A. EYLES                      64                  103                 167

        10               9               C. WEBB                        52                   113                 165