Week Four

Here in Week Four of the competition and this weekend we had another winner who won on a score of 11 goals once again. Our winner is LYANNA GRIMWOOD who picks up the full £5 cash prize money this weekend and becomes the fifth player to win this season. Lyanna is going solo this season after last season she shared with other family members. They finished in 34^th place with a total of 267 goals last season. Lyanna’s winning teams are

FULHAM 3, MANCHESTER CITY 5, SUNDERLAND 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT 

We can now have our third look at who is in the lead for our 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth £25 this season. The highest score that we had came from JOHN NICHOLL’s teams with 12 goals which is worthy of a weekend win. At last John has joined in with the midweek race. His teams are Arsenal 6, Aston Villa 6 and Swindon. In the lead after four weeks of football we still have GEOFF CARTHY and RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion both are still on a total of 23 goals. In second place we have PETER PORTER on a total of 22 goals. In third place all with 19 goals we have LUCIFER and BOB SAWYER both down from two with RAYMOND HARROD. In fourth place this week we still have EMMA SAWYER but now we have GUY DOWSETT (2), TOBY BICKNELL and SCOTT THOMSON (1) moving down from three with BOB SOPER. All are on a total of 18 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had another full weekend of fixtures and another good weekend for goals. We had just one of our teams with no game over the weekend with another fifteen of our teams that failed to score any goals. So this weekend the average score went down from seven last weekend to just 4 goals this weekend. So once again if your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend. The Highest score over the weekend was five goals and they came from MANCHESTER CITY as they win 5-0 at home to ARSENAL. City are now on a total of 10 goals while Arsenal are rock bottom with their third blank score sheet. 

Manchester City are one of our original teams from our very first season of 1983/84. They became our then 15^th most voted english team and they finished on a total of 73 goals. They have hit 100 or more goals in seven of the 28 seasons that they have appeared in to date. Their highest score is a total of 137 goals which they first scored in the 2013/14 Season and then again in the 2018/19 Season. Last season they finished on a total of 106 goals. They have scored a total of 2333 goals to date and that gives them an average score of 83 goals per season. 

PREMIER LEAGUE 

It’s all change here after they have all played their third league game and it’s now TOTTENHAM at the top after they won 1-0 at home to London rivals WATFORD. Tottenham have now scored three goals in their three games. Watford have picked up their second blank and now just one goal in their last three games. WEST HAM are in second place after they drew 2-2 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE. It’s 10 goals for West Ham and Palace are now on the score sheet. MANCHESTER UNITED are in third place as they win 1-0 away to WOLVES. United are on 7 goals while Wolves picked up their third blank of the season. CHELSEA are now in fourth place after they drew 1-1 away to LIVERPOOL who are now in fifth place. Chelsea. Both teams are on a total of 6 goals each. ASTON VILLA drew 1-1 at home to BRENTFORD and are on 11 goals while Brentford hit goal number 6. BRIGHTON picked up their first blank score sheet as they lost 2-0 at home to Everton. LEICESTER CITY won 2-1 away to Norwich and are on four goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

FULHAM are still top after as they won their fourth game out of five as they win 3-1 at home to Stoke. Fulham have now scored in all of their six games and are on a total of 15 goals. WEST BROM are still in second place as they win 1-0 away to PETERBOROUGH. West Brom are on 12 goals while Borough picked up their fourth blank and now two in a row. BARNSLEY drew 1-1 at home to Birmingham and they are on a total of 5 goals. CARDIFF lost 2-1 at home to Bristol City and they are on 12 goals. DERBY drew 1-1 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and they are on a total of 8 goals to Forest’s 6 goals. READING picked up their second blank of the season after they lost 4-0 away to Huddersfield. HULL have picked up their fourth consecutive blank score sheet as they drew 0-0 at home to BOURNEMOUTH. Bournemouth picked up their second of the week. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 0-0 away to Luton and that is their fourth blank of the season. PRESTON won 3-1 at home to SWANSEA and they are now on a total of 13 goals while Swansea hit goal number 11. 

LEAGUE ONE 

SUNDERLAND are top here this weekend with their fourth win of the season as they win 3-1 at home to WYCOMBE. Sunderland are now on a total of 13 goals while Wycombe are on 10 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are down to second place as they lost 1-0 away to Morecambe. That is Wednesday’s third blank of the season. OXFORD UNITED are up to third place as they win 3-1 at home to LINCOLN CITY. With their biggest win of the season to date, Oxford are now on a total of 9 goals while Lincoln picked up their sixth goal after two blank score sheets. BOLTON picked up their third blank and now two in a row after they lost 1-0 away to Cambridge Utd. CHARLTON won 2-0 at home to Crewe and they are on a total of four goals. IPSWICH drew 2-2 at home to AFC Wimbledon and they are on 8 goals. PLYMOUTH drew 1-1 at home to Fleetwood and they are on a total of 11 goals and they have now scored in all of their last six games. ROTHERHAM won 2-0 at home to Doncaster and they are on 6 goals. WIGAN won 1-0 at home against PORTSMOUTH and they are on 7 goals while Portsmouth picked up their second consecutive blank score sheet. 

LEAGUE TWO 

The highest team that we have here are SWINDON in fourth place now. They have won their third league game 1-0 at home to Mansfield. Swindon are on 6 goals. EXETER have scored again as they drew 1-1 away to Harrogate. Exeter are on a total of 5 goals. CARLISLE lost 2-1 away to Hartlepool and they are on four goals. SALFORD CITY won 3-0 at home to Newport and they are now on a total of 8 goals. SCUNTHORPE won their first league game 1-0 at home to Tranmere. Scunthorpe are on four goals. SUTTON lost 2-1 at home to Oldham after going a goal up. Sutton are on 5 goals. After a goal run of six games, STEVENAGE picked up their first blank after they lost 1-0 away to Walsall.   

SCOTTISH LEAGUES 

In the Premiership HEARTS are now our highest team here in second place. They won 2-0 away to Dundee Utd. Hearts are on 17 goals and they have now scored in all of their nine games. RANGERS are now in third place after they beat their rivals CELTIC 1-0 at home. Rangers are now on a total of 13 goals as Celtic picked up their first blank of the season. ABERDEEN have moved down to fourth place after they drew 1-1 at home to Ross County. Aberdeen are on a total of 7 goals. 

In the Championship  KILMARNOCK are down to third place after they lost 1-0 at home to Inverness CT.  Kilmarnock have now had two blank score sheets in their last three games.   

In League Two, It’s 20 goals for KELTY HEARTS and they are still on top of the league after they picked up their biggest win 4-1 away to STENHOUSEMUIR. Stenhousemuir are on 9 goals.  

Our BEST three teams this week are 

KELTY HEARTS (20) HEARTS (17) CELTIC (16) Total of 53 goals 

Our WORST three teams are 

CRYSTAL PALACE (2) TOTTENHAM (3) PETERBOROUGH (4) Total of 9 goals 

Our on-form team is HEARTS after scoring in all of their nine Cup/League games with a total of 17 goals. 

Our worst team this week is HULL CITY as they have picked up four consecutive blank score sheets out of six games.

Our highest goal scorers in our 39^th Season are CELTIC who have now hit six goals twice. They first won 6-0 at home against Dundee in their second league game in Week One and again 6-0 at home in their third league game in Week Three.

ARSENAL beat West Brom 6-0 away and ASTON VILLA won 6-0 away to Barrow both picked up their highest results in the second round of the Carabao/League Cup in Week Four. 

CHRIS BOLBERY is in his second consecutive weekend at the top and three weeks out of the four already played, after he picked up a total of 6 goals from the week. Chris’s teams are Bournemouth, Celtic and Sunderland. He is now two goals in front of second place Colin Webb this weekend who has Fulham, Rangers and West Brom picking him up a total of 7 goals this week. 

At the other end at 113 we have ZIGGY (John Nicholls) this weekend making him the third player to be there. Ziggy picked up 4 goals this week. John’s Ziggy has Crystal Palace, Scunthorpe and Stenhousemuir. 

Here are our top ten this week. 

  THIS      LAST                                                         M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

 WEEK     WEEK             NAME                               GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

       1            -                  C. BOLBERY (2017/18)       15                   27                  42

        2                 6                C. WEBB                              18                   22                  40

        3                 7                G. DOWSETT (2)                 18                   21                  39

         4                 9                R. HARROD                        19                   20                  39                

         5                 8                P, PORTER                           22                   17                  39

         6                 48              L. GRIMWOOD                 9                     29                  38

         7                 2                G. CARTHY                         23                   15                  38                

         8                 29              M. STUBBS                          9                     28                  37

         9                 30              JAMIE WOOD                     10                   27                  37

          10              3                R. WOOD (2007/08)*          23                   14                  37

Burton up to Fourth Place

In League One BURTON ALBION drew 1-1 at home to Cheltenham after going a goal down. Burton are on a total of 6 goals.

Arsenal Gunning for the Cup

In the Carabao/League Cup, we had another two of our teams playing in the second round. After failing to score any goals in their first two league games, ARSENAL are now on the score sheet after they beat WEST BROM 6-0 away. That is West Brom first blank of the season.

Carabao/League Cup Second Round Results

 

In the second round of the Carabao/League Cup we had a total of 21 of our teams in action last night and only twelve have made it through to the next round. They are SWANSEA who won 4-1 at home to PLYMOUTH. Swansea with their biggest result of the season they are now on a total of 10 goals. Plymouth are also now on 10 goals. ASTON VILLA won 6-0 away to Barrow and with their biggest result to date, Villa are now on a total of 10 goals. SUNDERLAND won 3-2 away to Blackpool and are now on 10 goals. PRESTON won 4-2 away to Morecambe and with their biggest result of the season are now on a total of 10 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-1 at home to DERBY and they are on a total of four goals. Derby picked up goal number 7. WIGAN drew 0-0 at home to BOLTON but then won 5-4 on penalties. As Wigan picked up their first blank of the season, Bolton have now had two blanks. WOLVES have picked up their first goals of the season as they win 4-0 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST who have now failed to score in their last two games. FULHAM won 2-0 away to Birmingham and they are now on a total of 12 goals. BRENTFORD won 3-1 at home to Forest Green and they are now on 5 goals.  BRIGHTON won 2-0 away to CARDIFF CITY and they are on 6 goals while Cardiff picked up their first blank of the season. STEVENAGE drew 2-2 at home to WYCOMBE but then lost 5-3 on penalties. Stevenage are on a total of 9 goals and they have extended their goal run to six games. Wycombe are also on 9 goals. WATFORD won 1-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and are on four goals. Palace picked up their third blank in three games now.

Teams that also went out are BOURNEMOUTH who lost 6-0 away to Norwich and that is their first blank of the season. OXFORD UTD lost 2-0 away to QPR and that is their first blank score sheet.

Happy Hammers

 

In the Premier League, WEST HAM won 4-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY and are now top of the league. West Ham are now on a total of 8 goals from two games as Leicester picked up their second goal of the season.

Week Three

 Here in Week Three of the competition and this weekend we had three winners who all won on a score of 11 goals once again. Our winners are  MICHAEL PEPPERRELL, RYAN FC and RICHARD WILLIAMS who have shared the £5 cash prize money this weekend. All of our winners picked up their highest score to date collecting a total of £1.66 pence each. Two of our winners are past Champions and they are Michael in the 2002/03 Season where he finished in 4th place in our Champions League with a total of 266 goals. Last season he finished in 35^th place with a total of 266 goals. Richard Champion in the 2015/16 Season finished with a total of 298 goals and is our 28^th highest Champion. Last season Richard finished in 43^rd place with 263 goals. Ryan FC also belongs to Richard and the combo won some cash with two weekend wins last season. The combo finished in 100^th place with a total of 205 goals. Their winning teams are 

Michael BOURNEMOUTH 2, MANCHESTER CITY 5, RANGERS 4

Ryan FC  BARNSLEY 2, MANCHESTER CITY 5, RANGERS 4

Richard CELTIC 6, EXETER 4, MANCHESTER UNITED 1

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT 

We can now have our second look at who is in the lead for our 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth £25 this season. Taking the lead after three weeks of football we still have RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion and joining him is GEOFF CARTHY moving up from three last week. Both are on a total of 23 goals. A bit behind them in second place we have LUCIFER and PETER PORTER both up from three with BOB SAWYER up from four. All three are on a total of 19 goals. In third place all with 18 goals we have GUY DOWSETT (2) down from two and in the race this week we have TOBY BICKNELL and SCOTT THOMSON (1). In fourth place all with 17 goals we have EMMA NEWMAN, MICHAEL PEPPERRELL, EMMA SAWYER, ANN WELLARD and TIM WOOD. 

WEEKEND RESULTS 

We had another full weekend of fixtures and another good weekend for goals. We had just three teams with no game over the weekend with another fifteen of our teams that failed to score any goals. So for our second weekend the average score was 7 goals. So if your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend. 

The Highest score over the weekend was six goals and they once again came from CELTIC. They won 6-0 at home to St Mirren and it has taken their goals tally up to 16 goals in four games. They have just nine votes this season. 

PREMIER LEAGUE 

The premier league have now played their second league game and it’s now CHELSEA at the top after they won 2-0 away to London rivals ARSENAL. Chelsea are on a total of 5 goals while Arsenal have still yet to score any goals. LIVERPOOL are in second place after they won 2-0 at home to Burnley. Liverpool are also on a total of 5 goals. BRIGHTON are in third place after they won 2-0 at home to WATFORD. Brighton are on four goals now while Watford picked up their first blank of the season. Meanwhile ASTON VILLA won 2-0 at home to Newcastle and they are on four goals. MANCHESTER CITY are at last on the scoring sheet as they win 5-0 at home to Norwich. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 0-0 against BRENTFORD. Still no goals from Palace and Brentford picked up their first blank score sheet. MANCHESTER UNITED are on 6 goals as they drew 1-1 away to Southampton. TOTTENHAM won their first game 1-0 away to WOLVES and they are on two goals while Wolves picked up their second blank. 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

FULHAM are still top after their fourth game after they won 2-0 at home to HULL. Fulham have scored in all of their four games and are on a total of 10 goals. Hull picked up their third consecutive blank score sheet. WEST BROM are now in second place as they win 2-1 away to Blackburn. BOURNEMOUTH drew 2-2 at home to Blackpool and they are on a total of 13 goals and a goal run of five games. CARDIFF have also extended their goal run to five games as they win 3-1 at home to Millwall. Cardiff are on 11 goals. READING lost 2-1 away to Coventry and that is goal number 7 for them. DERBY picked up their first blank fo the season after they drew 0-0 at home to Middlesbrough. PRESTON won 1-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH and they are on a total of 6 goals while Borough picked up their third blank score sheet. BARNSLEY drew 2-2 away to QPR and they are on a total of four goals. After a run of two games with out a goal, SHEFFIELD UNITED are on two goals as they lost 2-1 at home to Huddersfield. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 1-0 away to Stoke and that is their first blank score sheet. 

LEAGUE ONE 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are top here this weekend with their third win of the season as they win 2-0 away to ROTHERHAM. Wednesday are on 5 goals this week while Rotherham picked up their second blank of the season. WYCOMBE have moved down to second place after they win 1-0 at home to LINCOLN CITY. Wycombe are on 7 goals while Lincoln picked up their second blank in a row. PORTSMOUTH are now in third place after they drew 0-0 away to Doncaster. That is their first blank of the season. BOLTON won 2-1 at home to OXFORD UNITED and they are on a total of 9 goals to Oxford’s 6. BURTON ALBION lost 3-0 away to Cambridge Utd and that is their first blank of the season. CHARLTON lost 2-0 at home to WIGAN and that is their third blank score sheet as Wigan take their goals total to 6. IPSWICH drew 2-2 at home to MK Dons and they are now on 6 goals. PLYMOUTH won 3-0 away to Shrewsbury and they are now on a total of 9 goals. SUNDERLAND are on 7 goals as they win 1-0 at home to AFC Wimbledon. 

LEAGUE TWO 

The highest team that we have here are SWINDON in third place. They have won their second league game 1-0 away to SALFORD CITY. Swindon are on 5 goals while Salford picked up their second blank score sheet. CARLISLE picked up their third goal of the season as they drew 1-1 at home to Leyton Orient. After four consecutive blank score sheets, EXETER are on the score sheet after they won 4-1 at home to Bristol Rovers. SCUNTHORPE drew 1-1 at home to SUTTON UNITED. It’s goal number three for Scunthorpe while Sutton are on four. STEVENAGE drew 1-1 at home to Port Vale and they are on 7 goals. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES 

In the Premiership ABERDEEN are our highest team here in second place. They drew1-1 away to HEARTS in third place. Aberdeen are on a total of 6 goals while Hearts are on 15 goals and a goal run of eight games. Celtic are in fourth place and RANGERS are in fifth place as they win 4-2 away to Ross County. Rangers are now on a total of 12 goals. 

In the Championship  KILMARNOCK are now top of the league after they won 2-0 away to Hamilton.  Kilmarnock are now on a total of 12 goals.  

In League Two, new boys KELTY HEARTS are still on top of the league here after they won their third league game out of four with a 1-0 home win against Edinburgh City. Kelty have now scored a total of 16 goals. STENHOUSENUIR drew 1-1 at home to Cowdenbeath and they are on 8 goals.

Our BEST three teams this week are 

CELTIC (16) KELTY HEARTS (16) HEARTS (15) Total of 47 goals  

Our WORST three teams are 

ARSENAL (0) CRYSTAL PALACE (0) WOLVES (0) Total of 0 goals 

Our on-form team is HEARTS after scoring in all of their eight Cup/League games with a total of 15 goals. 

Our worst team is EXETER CITY as they have picked up four blank score sheets out of five games of the season. 

Our highest goal scorers in our 39^th Season are CELTIC. They have scored six twice now in four games. They first won 6-0 at home against Dundee in their second league game in Week One and now 6-0 at home in their third league game in Week Three.  

CHRIS BOLBERY is back at the top this weekend after picking up a total of 11 goals from the week. Chris s teams are Bournemouth, Celtic and Sunderland. In second place is Geoff Carthy who has Bournemouth, Rangers and West Brom, picked up a total of 14 goals this week.

At the other end at 113 we have SAM LEGHORN picking up six goals this week. Sam has Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham and it’s her second weekend there. 

Here are the top ten this week.

         THIS      LAST                                                         M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

 WEEK     WEEK             NAME                               GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

       1            2                 C. BOLBERY (2017/18)       12                   24                  36

       2                 7                G. CARTHY                          23                   13                  36

       3                 4                R. WOOD (2007/08)*           23                   12                  35

       4                 5                N. TREADWELL                  10                   24                  34                

       5                 10              S. GRIMWOOD                     7                     26                  33

       6                 14              C. WEBB                                16                   17                  33

       7                 1                G. DOWSETT (2)                  18                   15                  33                

        8                 3                P. PORTER                            19                   13                  32

        9                 8                R. HARROD                         16                   15                  31

         10              6                TIM WOOD                          17                   14                  31 

Swansea's First League Win

In the Championship, SWANSEA played their second game of the week. After losing their first game they have won their second game 1-0 away to Bristol City. With their first win of the season, Swansea are on a total of 6 goals.

West Brom go Top of Championship

With more results from the Championship, WEST BROM have moved above Fulham to go top after they won 4-0 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED. West Brom with their biggest result of the season so far, are on a total of 9 goals. United picked up their third blank of the season and now two in a row. BOURNEMOUTH are now on a total of 11 goals as they win 2-0 away to Birmingham. HULL lost 1-0 at home to DERBY and that is their second blank score sheet and now two in a row while Derby picked up goal number 6. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 2-1 at home to Blackburn. Forest are on a total of four goals.

Not Much to Cheer About

We had a lot of our teams in action last night and after a great weekend, we had a disappointing night. Here are their results and goal tally’s. 

In the Championship, FULHAM have remained top after they won their second league game 2-1 away to Millwall. Fulham are now on a total of 8 goals. BARNSLEY have picked up their second blank score sheet after they lost 1-0 at home to Luton. PRESTON are now bottom of the league as they lost 1-0 away to Huddersfield.  That is their first blank score sheet in four games played. PETERBOROUGH drew 2-2 at home to CARDIFF and they are on a total of four goals while Cardiff have now scored in all of their first four games with a total of 8 goals. SWANSEA lost 3-1 at home to Stoke and that goal is their fifth of the season. READING are on a total of 6 goals but lost 3-2 at home to Bristol City. 

In League One, PORTSMOUTH go top after they won 1-0 at home to Shrewsbury. That’s now 5 goals in four games. BURTON have move up to second place after they win 1-0 at home to SUNDERLAND. Burton are on 5 goals while Sunderland picked up their first blank of the season. IPSWICH lost 2-1 away to Cheltenham and they are on four goals. LINCOLN CITY lost 1-0 at home to BOLTON to pick up their first blank of the season. Bolton are on 7 goals. CHARLTON picked up their second goal of the season but lost 2-1 away to MK Dons. ROTHERHAM won 1-0 away to Morecambe and they are on four goals. OXFORD UTD won 1-0 at home to Crewe and that is goal number five for them. PLYMOUTH drew 1-1 at home to Cambridge Utd and they are on a total of 6 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 1-0 at home to Fleetwood and they are on three goals. WIGAN drew 1-1 at home to WYCOMBE and they are on four goals to Wycombe’s 6 goals. 

In League Two, EXETER picked up their fourth blank in four games as they drew 1-1 away to Barrow. STEVENAGE lost 4-1 away to Bradford and that was their sixth goal of the season. SALFORD lost 2-1 away to Crawley and they are on a total of 5 goals. CARLISLE drew 0-0 away to Port Vale and that is their third blank in four games. SWINDON drew 0-0 at home to Tranmere and that is their second blank of the season. After two consecutive blank score sheets, SCUNTHORPE picked up their second goal of the season after they drew 1-1 away to Walsall.

Week Two

Here we are with Week Two of the competition and this weekend, we had two winners who won on a score of 11 goals. Our winners were  ROBERT FULLER  and SANSA GRIMWOOD who share the £5 cash prize money this weekend. Both of our winners joined Golden Goals last season with Robert finishing in 57^th place with a total of 249 goals. He picked up one weekend win. Sansa finished in 34^th place with a total of 267 goals and this is her first win with us. Their teams are 

Robert CELTIC 3, CHELSEA 3, MANCHESTER UNITED 5 

Sansa CELTIC 3, MANCHESTER UNITED 5, WEST BROM 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We can now have our first look at who is in the lead for our 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth £25 this season. The prize money will go to the first person to reach 100 goals from their three teams. Taking the lead after two weeks of football we have RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion with 19 goals. In second place we have GUY DOWSETT (2) with 18 goals. In third place all with 17 goals we have GEOFF CARTHY, LUCIFER and PETER PORTER. In fourth place is BOB SAWYER with 16 goals while in fifth place we have a total of six players all with 15 goals each. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

So we had our very first full weekend fixture and what a fantastic start to the season. We had just four teams with no game over the weekend with another twelve of our teams that failed to score any goals. So for our very first weekend the average score was 5 goals. So if your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend.

The Highest score over the weekend was five goals and they came from two of our teams, FULHAM who won 5-1 away to Huddersfield. After just two games they are on a total of 6 goals. They have 8 votes this season. MANCHESTER UNITED won 5-0 at home to Leeds United in their first game of the season. United have  a total of 31 votes this season.

Fulham are one of our original teams as they started in our first season being the third highest voted team. In our 1983/84 Season they finished on a total of 68 goals. Their highest score came in the 2000/01 Season with 105 goals. Last season they scored just 32 goals which is now their lowest score ever. Fulham are in their 17^th Season with us and over the years they have scored a total of 1069. This gives them an average score of 62 goals per season.

Manchester United are also from our original season where they were our fourth most voted team. In their first season they finished on a total of 79 goals. Their highest score came in the 1993/94 Season with 117 goals. They have scored 100 or more goals in four of their season’s with us. Last season they finished on a total of 87 goals. This is their 39^th Season with Golden Goals and they have netted a total of 3266 goals which gives them an average score of 83 goals per season.  

PREMIER LEAGUE

So the Premier League played their first league game of the season and most of them had a great start. Manchester United went straight to the top after their win with CHELSEA in second place. They won their first game 3-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE. LIVERPOOL are third as they win 3-0 away to Norwich. WEST HAM are fourth after they won 4-2 away to Newcastle. Brighton won 2-1 away to Burnley while LEICESTER CITY won 1-0 at home to WOLVES. WATFORD won 3-2 at home to ASTON VILLA. TOTTENHAM beat last season’s champions MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 at home. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

After two games now, Fulham are top after their second game with CARDIFF CITY in second place. They won their first game 2-0 away to Blackpool. Cardiff are on a total of 6 goals. WEST BROM are in fourth place after they won 3-2 at home to Luton.  West Brom are on 5 goals. BARSNLEY won 1-0 at home to Coventry and are on two goals. HULL picked up their first blank score sheet as they lost 3-0 at home to QPR. BOURNEMOUTH won 2-1 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and they are on a total of 9 goals. Forest are on four goals. PETERBOROUGH picked up their first goals of the season as they win 2-1 at home against DERBY. Derby are on 5 goals. READING won 2-1 at home to PRESTON and are on four goals. Preston hit goal number 5. SWANSEA drew 0-0 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED to pick up their first blank score sheet while United picked up their second after three games. 

LEAGUE ONE

WYCOMBE are top here with their second win of the season as they win 3-1 away to Cheltenham. With their biggest win of the season they are now on 5 goals. PORTSMOUTH are in second place and they have won both games as they win 2-0 at home to Crewe. Portsmouth are on four goals. In third place is SUNDERLAND as they picked up their second league win with a 2-1 away win over MK Dons. Sunderland are on 6 goals. BOLTON drew 3-3 away to AFC Wimbledon and they are now on a total of 6 goals. BURTON ALBION won 2-1 at home against IPSWICH. Burton are on four goals while Ipswich picked up their third. LINCOLN CITY won 2-1 at home to Fleetwood and they are on 5 goals. OXFORD UNITED won 2-1 at home to CHARLTON. Oxford are on four goals while Charlton picked up their first goal of the season. PLYMOUTH won 1-0 at home to Gillingham and they are on 5 goals this week. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY picked up their first goals with a 2-0 home win against Doncaster. WIGAN won 1-0 at home to ROTHERHAM to take their goals tally to three while Rotherham picked up their first blank score sheet. 

LEAGUE TWO

The highest team that we have here is STEVENAGE in second place. They have won their second league game 2-0 away to Bristol Rovers and are now on a total of 5 goals. EXETER lost 3-0 away to Leyton Orient and that is their third consecutive blank. SCUNTHORPE picked up their second blank and now two in a row after they drew 0-0 away to Rochdale. SALFORD CITY drew 0-0 at home to SUTTON UNITED. Both teams picked up their first blanks of the season. CARLISLE picked up their first goals after they won 2-1 away to SWINDON. Swindon are on a total of four goals. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Scottish League Cup Second Round we had just five of our teams in at this stage. But the sad news is that only two have made it through to the third round. They are RANGERS who won on Friday night and CELTIC. They won 3-2 at home to HEARTS. Celtic are now on a total of 10 goals while Hearts are on a total of 14 goals and have a goal run of 7 games.  Teams that are out are ABERDEEN who lost 2-1 away to Raith Rovers after going a goal up. They are on a total of 5 goals. KILMARNOCK lost 2-0 away to Hibernian and after a goal run of 6 games, Kilmarnock picked up their first blank of the season. 

In League Two, new boys KELTY HEARTS are still sitting on top of the league here after they drew 2-2 away to second place Forfar. Kelty have now scored a total of 15 goals.   

So lets have a look at our BEST three teams this week 

KELTY HEARTS (15) HEARTS (14) CELTIC (10) Total of 39 goals 

Our WORST three teams are 

EXETER CITY (0) MANCHESTER CITY (0) ARSENAL (0) Total of 0 goals 

Our on-form team is HEARTS after scoring in all of their seven Cup/League games with a total of 14 goals. 

Our worst team is EXETER CITY this weekend as they have picked up three blank score sheets in their first three games of the season. 

Our highest goal scorers in our 39^th Season are CELTIC who won 6-0 at home against Dundee in their second league game in Week One.  

GUY DOWSETT (2) is at the top this weekend after picking up 10 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Kelty Hearts, Liverpool and Rangers. Guy is just one goal in front of last weekend leader Chris Bolbery.

At the other end at 113 we have SAM LEGHORN picking up just one goal this week. Sam has Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham.

Here are our top ten for Week Two

         THIS      LAST                                                       M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

         WEEK     WEEK             NAME                              GOALS         GOALS        GOALS

             1            2                 G. DOWSETT (2)                 18                   8                    26

              2                 1                C. BOLBERY (2017/18)      10                   15                  25

              3                 6                P. PORTER                           17                   6                    23

              4                 3                R. WOOD (2007/08)*          19                   4                    23

              5                 4                N. TREADWELL                 8                     14                  22

              6                 16              TIM WOOD                         15                   7                    22

              7                 -                 G. CARTHY                        17                   5                    22                

               8                 36              R. HARROD                      14                   7                    21

               9                 -                 B. SAWYER                      16                   5                    21

                10              17              S. GRIMWOOD               3                     17                  20

Brentford Win Their First Premier game

In the English Premier League, newly promoted BRENTFORD played their first league game and beat their London rivals ARSENAL 2-0 at home. 

In the Scottish League Cup Second Round, RANGERS picked up their biggest result of the season so far as they win 5-0 at home against Dunfermline. Rangers are now on a total of 8 goals.

In League Two, STENHOUSEMUIR lost 1-0 away to Edinburgh City and that is their second blank of the season. 

More Carabao Cup Second Round Results

 

We had another three of our teams in cup action as the last of the second round games were played. With that two have made it through to the next round. They were NOTTINGHAM FOREST who won 2-1 at home to Bradford City. Forest are now on a total of three goals. Also through are OXFORD UNITED as they drew 1-1 away to BURTON ALBION. Both teams are on a total of two goals each.

Carabao League Cup Second Round

In the Carabao Cup Second Round we had 26 of our teams in action and out of them eleven are through to the next round. They are CARDIFF CITY who won 3-2 at home to SUTTON UTD. Cardiff are on a total of four goals while Sutton are on three. DERBY drew 3-3 at home against SALFORD CITY and with no replays or extra time this season Derby won 5-3 on penalties. Derby and Salford are both on a total of four goals each. HULL drew 1-1 at home to WIGAN with Wigan winning 8-7 on penalties. Hull are on a total of 5 goals while Wigan picked up goal number two. PRESTON won 3-0 away to Mansfield and they are on a total of four goals. SUNDERLAND are on four goals after they won 2-0 away to Port vale. SHEFFIELD UNITED picked up their first goal of the season as they win 1-0 at home to CARLISLE. Carlisle have failed to score yet with their second blank score sheet in two games. BOLTON drew 0-0 against BARNSLEY and then went on to win 5-4 on penalties. Both Bolton and Barnsley picked up their first blank of the season. EXETER CITY drew 0-0 at home to WYCOMBE and then lost 4-3 on penalties. Exeter have failed to score in their first two games of the season while Wycombe picked up their first blank score sheet. PLYMOUTH won 4-0 away to PETERBOROUGH to pick up their first goals of the season. Borough picked up their second blank in two games. STEVENAGE drew 2-2 at home to Luton and then won 3-0 on penalties. Stevenage are now on three goals. SWANSEA won 3-0 away to READING to pick up their highest score to date. Swansea are on four goals while Reading picked up their first blank of the season. 

Other teams that went out are SCUNTHORPE who lost 1-0 away to Barrow to pick up their first blank of the season. ROTHERHAM lost 2-1 at home to Accrington and they are on three goals. LINCOLN CITY lost 4-2 on penalties after they drew 2-2 in normal time. Lincoln are on three goals. SWINDON drew 0-0 against Cambridge Utd away and then lost 3-1 on penalties. That is Swindon’s first blank of the season. Still no goals from CHARLTON after two games as they lost 1-0 at home to AFC Wimbledon. IPSWICH town lost 1-0 at home to Newport and that is their first blank of the season. PORTSMOUTH lost 2-1 away to Millwall and that is their second goal of the season.

 

Week One

So how did the voting of teams for this season finally end up. It was MANCHESTER CITY that picked up the biggest number of votes once again but they came in with just a total of 39 votes. Last season they had a total of 72 and scored a total of 106 goals. So this was no surprise that they would be the most voted teams this season again. 

With our Scottish teams the highest voted team comes from the Scottish Premiership again and they are RANGERS with 54 votes which is a lot better than last seasons of  just 16. Celtic could only pick up a total of 9 votes due to last seasons performance of  just 81 goals. 

The Scottish teams had another poor turn out this season with a total of  just seven teams being picked. We have four from the Scottish Premiership, with just one from the Championship and two from League Two.

With the English teams things have changed as they always do in this competition. We have a total of  13  Premiership teams in this years competition with MANCHESTER CITY becoming our top team again this season.  Next came MANCHESTER UNITED with 30 votes. They were our sixth most voted team last season with 12 votes. In third place with 29 votes  we have LIVERPOOL. They were our second most voted team last season with 30 votes. In fourth place down from three last season is CHELSEA. They have 20 votes compared to 21 last season. Our fifth team is BOURNEMOUTH with 18 votes. They were our eighth most voted team last season with 10 votes. 

In the Championship we have picked up 14 teams compared to 17 last season,  while in League One we have 13 with 7 teams taken from League Two. 

We have two news teams to join Golden Goals this season. They are  SUTTON UNITED from the English League Two and KELTY HEATRS from the Scottish League Two. Both have one vote each. 

Week One in our very first weekend of the new season, we are already starting to pay out the prize money as we had just the one winner for our first £5 weekend prize money for this season. Our winner is our 2017/18 Champion CHRIS BOLBERY who picked up this weekends highest score with a total of 8 goals. Chris is currently in fifth place in our Champions League after he won with a total of 334 goals. Chris’s teams are  

BOURNEMOUTH – CELTIC 6, SUNDERLAND 2 

WEEKEND RESULTS 

The lower English leagues were all in action in our first weekend of the new season as the Scottish played their second game. We had a good start to the season with CELTIC picking up the highest score over the weekend with six goals. They won 6-0 at home to Dundee. Celtic who lost their first league game have moved up to fourth place and are now on a total of 7 goals. Celtic this season have only picked up a total of 9 votes which other players might regret as the season progresses. Last season Celtic scored just 81 goals. Celtic have been in every thirty-nine seasons with Golden Goals and this must be the lowest votes that they have ever had. Over the years they have netted a total of 3704 goals which gives them an average score of 94 goals per season. 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

HULL are top after they picked up the highest score here with a 4-1 away win against PRESTON. SWANSEA lost 2-1 away to Blackburn Rovers while CARDIFF drew 1-1 at home to BARNSLEY. DERBY drew 1-1 at home to Huddersfield and PETERBOROUGH lost their first game 3-0 away to Luton. READING lost 3-2 away to Stoke. SHEFFIELD UNITED lost 1-0 away to Birmingham while FULHAM drew 1-1 at home to Middlesbrough. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 2-1 away to Coventry. 

LEAGUE ONE 

ROTHERHAM are top after they won their first league game 2-0 at home to PLYMOUTH. BOLTON drew 3-3 at home to MK Dons. OXFORD UD drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd. PORTSMOUTH won 1-0 away to Fleetwood while LINCOLN CITY drew 1-1 away to Gillingham. IPSWICH drew 1-1 at home to Morecambe. BURTON won 1-0 away to Shewsbury. WYCOMBE won 2-1 at home to Accrington. SUDERLAND won 2-1 at home to WIGAN. CHARLTON drew 0-0 at home to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. 

LEAGUE TWO 

SWINDON are top here after they won 3-1 away to SCUNTHORPE. EXETER drew 0-0 at home to Bradford. New boys SUTTON UTD lost 2-1 away to Forest Green. SALFORD drew 1-1 at home to Leyton Orient. STEVENAGE won 1-0 at home to Barrow. CARLISLE drew 0-0 at home to Colchester. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES 

In the Premiership ABERDEEN are now in second place after they won their second league game 2-1 away to Livingston. Aberdeen are on a total of 4 goals in two games. After winning their first game, RANGERS are down to 5^th place as they pick up their first blank score with with a 1-0 defeat against Dundee Utd away. HEARTS won  2-1 away to St Mirren and they are now on a total of 12 goals and a goal run of six games. 

In the Championship KILMARNOCK are our only team here this season and they won 1-0 away to Queen of the South. Kilmarnock are now on a total of 10 goals and they have extended their goal run to six games. 

In League Two, new boys KELTY HEARTS are top as they win their second league game 3-1 away to Stirling. Kelty are now on a total of 13 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR drew 2-2 away to Albion and they are on a total of 7 goals.  

Our Best Three Teams this Week are  

KELTY HEARTS (13) HEARTS (12) KILMARNOCK (10) Total of 35 goals. 

Here are our top ten for the first week.

        FIRST                                                              M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

          WEEK              NAME                                    GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

               1                C. BOLBERY (2017/18)              8                     8                    16

                  2                G. DOWSETT (2)                        13                   3                    16

                   3                R. WOOD (2007/08)*                 14                   1                    15

                   4                N. TREADWELL                        8                     6                    14

                   5                A. NEWMAN                              10                   2                    12

                   6                P. PORTER                                  10                   2                    12

                   7                G. CARTHY                                12                   0                    12

                   8                LUCIFER                                    10                   1                    11

                   9                B. SAWYER                                10                   1                    11

                           10               G. BOLBERY                              9                     1                    10