World Cup Day Ten

In Group A Up to this point the NETHERLANDS had won their first game and drew their second. Their last game was against the host nation Qatar, in which they won 2-0. Not a bad game although I think that the Dutch still have not got in gear. The Netherlands finished with a total of 7 points and are on a total of 5 goals. Qatar are the first team to go out of the tournament as they had failed to win any of their three games. This will be a Golden Goals World Cup record for a host nation to go out of the games after the first round group stage. They did manage to score one goal. SENEGAL won their last game 2-1 against ECUADOR to finish second in the group. Senegal have won two and lost one. They are on a total of 5 goals. Ecuador are also out of the tournament as they finished in third place with a total of 4 goals. Ecuador won one drew one and lost one. They were last with us in 2014 Brazil where they finished on a total of 3 goals and went out in the first round group stage. 

The final group table finished like this after all have played their third game. NETHERLAND are top with 7 points with SENEGAL finishing in second place with 6 points. ECUADOR are third with 4 point and Qatar are bottom of the group with no points. 

In Group B ENGLAND won their last games against WALES 3-0 and what a different team this was? A very good and entertaining game although I did feel a bit sorry for Wales. England had won their first epic game against Iran and then drew with the USA, which was very disappointing. England are through to the second round and are on a total of 9 goals. WALES who had drew their first game against USA and then lost against Iran. They also scored just 1 goal in the tournament. The USA played Iran in their last game and won 1-0 and they are also through to the second round. The USA have won one game and drawn two. They are on a total of 2 goals. 

ENGLAND finished top of the group with 7 points. USA are in second place with 5 points. Next we have Iran with 3 points. WALES are bottom of the group with 1 point. 

Our Top Fifteen Game Two

Here is the table after all of our Golden Goals teams have now played their second game in the first round of the World Cup 2022.

                GAME    GAME                                            GOALS

                  TWO      ONE         NAME                          TOTAL 

                     1               -              B. BARNES (2)                  22        

                     2             6             D. BARRETT                    21

                     3             2             LUCIFER                           20

                    4             -              AMANDA STUBBS           20

                    5             3             S. REEVE                            19

                    7             16           J. BLYTH                            17

                    8             10           D. HARRINGTON              17

                    9             8             T. KING                               17

                    10           9             P. REEVE                            17

                    11           7             G. DOWSETT                     16

                    12           11           L. HARRINGTON              16

                    13           14           K. SETNA                           16

                    14           20           D. WOOD                           16

                    15           21           B. BURROUGHS                15

So who are the best teams that we have in the 2022 World Cup after the second set of games have been played. Well I can tell you that they are.

SPAIN (8) FRANCE (6) ENGLAND (6) PORTUGAL (5) total of 25 goals

All but nine of our teams have scored in the second games in the first round, and they have collected a total of 58 goals. In the last Golden Goals World Cup we reached a total of 60 goals from the first round, second games. The three teams that have not scored are BELGIUM, ENGLAND, MEXICO, URUGUAY, USA, SAUDI ARABIA, SWITZERLAND, TUNISIA and WALES.

SPAIN holds the current record for the highest score with that 7-0 win over Costa Rica in Group E in their opening game.

MEXICO from Group C, TUNISIA from Group D and URUGUAY from Group H are our worst teams as they have all failed to score any goals in both of their opening games.

Canada's Alphonso Davies has scored the fastest goal in Group F against Croatia, when they lost 4-1 in their second game in the first round. It took him just 68 seconds.

Kylian Mbappe of France and Enner Valencia of Ecuador are the top scorers with 3 goals each. We then have 12 players with 2 goals each.

We had five players that picked up the highest score after the first round second games with a total of 8 goals each. They are David Barrett, Cudworth Novice, Nick Horton, and Stuart Kemp.

As you can see from the table above, that Barbara Barnes (2) is still in the lead after the second games of the first round. Barbara’s combination is England, France, Germany and Spain.

World Cup Day Nine

In Group G CAMEROON lost their first game and failed to score any goals, but in their second game they drew 3-3 against Serbia. The Cameroons are on a total of 3 goals. BRAZIL won their first game and then with a late goal they won their second game 1-0 against SWITZERLAND. Brazil are on a total of 3 goals while Switzerland stay with 1 goal. 

The group table now looks like this after all have played their second game. BRAZIL are top with 6 points with SWITZERLAND in second place with 3 points. CAMEROON are third with 1 point and Serbia are bottom of the group also with 1 point. 

In Group H South Korea played Ghana and lost 3-2 in a thrilling game. PORTUGAL won their first game against Ghana and then they won their second game 2-0 against URUGUAY who drew in their first game. Portugal are on 5 goals while Uruguay have still yet to score. 

PORTUGAL are top of the group with 6 points. Ghana are in second place with 3 points. Next we have South Korea with 1 point. URUGUAY are now bottom of the group with 1 point. 

After the second set of games have now been played in the first round group stage. Eight nations have failed to score this time while we now have a total of 46 goals to date. At this stage in Russia 2018 we had a total of 60 goals from 18 teams.

 

 

 

  

Week Eighteen

Here we are with Week Eighteen of the competition we are down to just the lower leagues in action so once again there is no cash prize money to win this weekend. We did have one player that picked up the most number of goals this weekend and they are JAMES BLYTH. James picked up a total of 6 goals. His teams are Ipswich, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Only one of us managed to pick up some midweek goals this week and they are LUCIFER (John Wood). He picked up a total of two goals. They came from Alloa he also has Bonnyrigg Rose and Stenhousemuir. So there was no change in the leading pack this week we still have NICK HORTON out in front with a total of 39 goals. His teams are Manchester City, Middlesbrough and Norwich. In second place we have HAYLEY ADKINS with a total of 38 goals. In third place we still have RICK WOOD our 2007/08 Champion with a total of 35 goals. In fourth place we still have JAMES BLYTH and JACQUI RATTLE both with a total of 34 goals. In fifth place with a total of 32 goals we still have MARK GREGORY. In sixth place all on 31 goals we still have STEVE AYRES, GEOFF CARTHY, PETER PORTER and TERENCE WARWICK.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Due to the FA Cup we had seven of our teams without a game this weekend and we had three teams that failed to score any goals. The highest score that we had was four goals and they came from the FA CUP 2^nd Round where OXFORD UNITED won 4-1 at home to Exeter City. Oxford are on a total of 33 goals and have scored in all of their last ten games. IPSWICH won 3-0 at home to non-league Buxton. Ipswich are now on a total of 45 goals. 

FA CUP 2^nd Round

We had 13 of our teams in action and out of them only five have made it through to the next round. We already know that Oxford Utd and Ipswich are through, the other teams that also went through are FOREST GREEN ROVERS won 2-1 at home to non-league Alvechurch and they are on a total of 22 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 2-1 at home to MANSFIELD TOWN. Wednesday are on a total of 45 goals and a goal run of fifteen games now. Mansfield are on a total of 30 goals. DERBY won 2-1 away to Newport County and they are on a total of 35 goals. 

Teams that are in replays are CHARLTON after they drew 2-2 at home to STOCKPORT COUNTY. Charlton are on a total of 39 goals while Stockport are on 31 goals. GILLINGHAM after failing to score in their last two games are now on a total of 12 goals as they drew 1-1 away to non-league Dagenham & Redbridge. 

Other teams that went out are MK DONS as thye lost 3-2 away to Portsmouth and they are on a total of 30 goals. PETERBOROUGH lost 3-1 away to Shrewsbury Town and that is goal number 40 for them. BRISTOL ROVERS lost 2-0 at home to non-league Boreham Wood. Rovers goal run of 10 games has come to the end as they picked up their 5^th blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON as they lost 2-0 away to non-league Chesterfield. Wimbledon picked up their 8^th blank of the season.

SCOTTISH CUP 3^rd Round

We had just two more of our teams in cup action. They were STENHOUSEMUIR who won 3-1 away to non-league Formartine United. Stenhousemuir are in the next round and they are now on a total of 39 goals. They have also now scored in all of their last fourteen games. KELTY HEARTS go out after they lost 3-0 away to Partick Thistle and picked up their 10^th blank of the season and now two in a row.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (58) ABERDEEN (49) IPSWICH TOWN (45) Total of 152 goals

 Our WORST three teams are

GILLINGHAM (12) EVERTON (13) WEST HAM (14) Total of 39 goals

Our best performing team are BURNLEY as they have now scored in all of their last twenty league/cup games played. They have a total of 44 goals. That gives them an average score of 1.9 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM this weekend as they have picked up fourteen blank score sheets out of twenty-five League/Cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 40^th Season are CELTIC who won 9-0 away to Dundee Utd in the league and LIVERPOOL who won 9-0 at home to Bournemouth in the league both from Week Five.

Our 2010/11 Champion TONY GUY with his second selection, has remained at number one spot for his 5^th weekend running. Tony picked up two goals this week from Sheffield Wednesday. His other teams are  Arsenal and Celtic. Grant Phillips has moved in to second place this weekend. Grant also picked up two goals from Sheffield Wednesday. His other teams are Celtic and Tottenham.

At the other end at 108 we have SANDRA NICHOLLS as all of her teams are out of action. Sandra has now been here for three weeks and now six over the season. Sandra’s teams are Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Leicester City.

There has been a slight change in the top ten this weekend.

        THIS      LAST                                                  M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

WEEK     WEEK         NAME                            GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

      1             -             T. GUY (2)                           28                  109               137

       2                 3            GRANT PHILLIPS             24                  110               134

       3                 2            M. GREGORY                    32                  101               133

       4                 7            J. BLYTH                            34                  98                  132    

       5                 4            S. DICKINSON                   28                  103               131

       6                 5            MANGO                              27                  103               130

       7                 6            J. WISE                                27                  101               128

       8                 10          G. DOWSETT (2)                24                  101               125

        9                 8            B. BURROUGHS (1)           16                  107               123

        10                9           T. GUY (2010/11)                 20                   102              122

World Cup Day Eight

In Group E SPAIN won their first game with that record score of 7-0 against Costa Rica. The next team to play was GERMANY who lost their first game 2-1 to Japan. Is this Spain’s year? as they drew their second game 1-1 after going a goal up. Spain are on a total of 8 goals while Germany are now on 2 goals. After winning their first game, Japan lost their second game 1-0 with Costa Rica. 

The group table now looks like this after all have played their second game. SPAIN are top with 4 points with Japan in second place with 3 points. Costa Rica are third with 3 points with GERMANY are bottom of the table with 1 point. 

In Group F BELGIUM won their first game against Canada and in their second game they played Morocco. With another shock in this tournament, Belgium lost the game 2-0. CROATIA won 4-1 against Canada and have so far picked up the biggest score in this second set of games. Croatia drew their first game 0-0 but now they are on the scoring sheet. Canada have scored the fastest goal so far in the World Cup it was scored in under 2 minutes by Davies. That's Canada's first ever goal in a World Cup finals. 

CROATIA are top of the group with 4 points and 4 goals. Morocco are in second place also with 4 points. Next we have BELGIUM with 3 points and 1 goal. Canada are at the bottom with no points after their two games.

World Cup Day Seven

In Group C POLAND drew their first game against Mexico 0-0 but in their second game they pick up their first points as they win 2-0 against SAUDI ARABIA.  Poland have also scored their first goals in the competition as Saudi Arabia, after winning their first game against Argentina, remain on a total of 2 goals. ARGENTINA won their second game against MEXICO 2-0. After the disaster of the Saudi game, Argentina bounces back to pick up the 3 points and have taken their goals tally to 3. Mexico who drew their first game have still yet to score.

The group table now looks like this after all have played their two games. POLAND are top with 4 points with ARGENTINA and SAUDI ARABIA joint second place with the 3 points each. MEXICO are bottom of the table with 1 point. 

In Group D TUNISIA drew their first game against Denmark to pick up a point and in their second game of three they lost 1-0 to Australia. Tunisia have now failed to score in their opening two games. FRANCE won their first game against Australia 4-1 and they also won their second game 2-1 against DENMARK. France are now on a total of 6 goals. Denmark picked up their first goal of the tournament.  

FRANCE remained top of the group with 6 points and 6 goals. Australia are in second place with 3 points. Next we have DENMARK and TUNISIA with 1 point each.

  

1st Game of Scottish Cup 3rd Round

In the start of the SCOTTISH CUP 3rd round games, ALLOA won 2-1 away to non-league Broomhill. Alloa have taken their goals total to 41 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games.

  

World Cup Day Six

Here we go with the second games in the first round. 

In Group A SENEGAL lost their first game against Holland 2-0 and in their second game they played the host Qatar. They scored their first goals in the competition as they win 3-1 to Qatar. The host nation goes out in the first round. HOLLAND drew their second game 1-1 against ECUADOR. Both teams picked up their 3rd goal of the tournament. So after two games HOLLAND and ECUADOR are both on 4 points each. SENEGAL are on 3 points. The first team out of the World Cup are the host nation Qatar with 1 goal and no points. 

In Group B WALES drew their first game against the USA to pick up a point and in their second game of three, they lost their second game 2-0 against Iran. Down to 10-men, Wales lost with two late goals in injury time. Wales have just one goal to date and bottom of the group. ENGLAND after their big win in their first game against Iran played the USA in their second game in this round. England found this game to be really hard and it ended in a 0-0 draw. But ENGLAND remained top with 4 points and 6 goals. Iran are in second place with 3 points. Next we have USA with 2 points and 1 goal. WALES last with 1 point and 1 goal. 

After the sixth days play, we are now starting to play their second set of games in the first round group stage. We now have a total of 38 goals to date. 

Our Top Fifteen

We have ended up with a total of 43 people taking part in our ninth World Cup tournament. Out of the 32 nations taking part, we have 22 of them which have been voted for.

All of the teams have now played their first games in the first round and below is our top fifteen players.

                           GAME                                                        GOALS

                             ONE          NAME                                    TOTAL

                                         1             B. BARNES (2)                       18          

                                 2             LUCIFER                                 16

                                 3             S. REEVE                                14

                                 4             AMANDA STUBBS                14

                                 5             R. WOOD                                14

                                 6             D. BARRETT                          13

                                 7             G. DOWSETT                          13

                                 8             T. KING                                  13

                                 9             P. REEVE                                13

                                 10           D. HARRINGTON                  12

                                 11           L. HARRINGTON                   12

                                 12           R. NETTING                           12

                                 13           A. NEWMAN                          12

                                 14           K. SETNA                               12

                                 15           B. BARNES (1)                       11 

So who are the best teams that we have in the 2022 World Cup after the first set of games have been played. Well I can tell you that they are.

SPAIN (7) ENGLAND (6) FRANCE (4) PORTUGAL (3) total of 20 goals

All but eight of our teams have scored in the first round and they have collected a total of 34 goals. In the last Golden Goals World Cup we reached a total of 28 goals from the first round. The eight teams that have not scored are CAMEROON, CROATIA, DENMARK, MEXICO, POLAND, URUGUAY, SENEGAL and TUNISIA. This is a Golden Goals World Cup record.

SPAIN holds the current record for the highest score with that 7-0 win over Costa Rica in Group E in their opening game.

As you can see from the table, that Barbara Barnes (2) has picked up the highest score after the first round opening games with the winning combination so far with England, France, Germany and Spain.

World Cup Day Five

In Group G we have three two of the four teams in this group. SWITZERLAND played their first game against CAMEROON and won the game 1-0 with the goal coming early in the second half. Switzerland are in their very first Golden Goals World Cup. Cameroons are in their fifth World Cup with us and their highest total of goals came in their first cup competition in USA 1994 with 3 goals. Both teams have one vote each in Qatar. BRAZIL won 2-0 against Serbia after a very disappointing first half from Brazil in their first game. Brazil are in their 9^th World cup with us. Their highest number of goals came in the 2002 Korea/Japan with 18. In Russia 2018 they finished with 8 goals and lost in the quarter-finals against Belgium. In Qatar they have the highest number of votes with 31. 

The group stands with BRAZIL and SWITZERLAND joint top of the group with 3 points each. CAMEROON are in third place with Serbia at the bottom of the group. 

In Group H we have two of the four teams. URUGUAY drew 0-0 against South Korea in their first game. Uruguay are in their fourth World Cup with us. The biggest total of goal scored by them was 7 in Russia 2018. They then had a total of 7 votes while Qatar they have just three. PORTUGAL won 3-2 against Ghana starting with a penalty in the second half scored by Ronaldo in the 65^th minute. It was a great game to watch. Portugal are in their 6^th Golden Goals World Cup and their biggest total of goals came in the 2006 and 2010 with 7 goals in each. In Russia 2018 they picked up a total of 6 goals and went out in the second round. They have a total of 12 votes in Qatar. 

The group stands with PORTUGAL top with 3 points, followed by URUGUAY and South Korea both with a point each. Ghana are in fourth place. 

After the fifth days play, all of our twenty-two nations have now played their first set of games. We have had eight teams that have picked up a blank score sheet. We stand at a total of 34 goals to date.   

World Cup Day Four

In Group E we have just two of the four teams in this group. GERMANY played their first game against Japan. After going a goal in front from a penalty, Germany lost the game 2-1 and another shock result in the 1^st round games. Germany have been in all of our nine World Cups and their biggest number of goals came in the Brazil 2014 with a total of 18 goals. They beat Argentina in the final. In Qatar they have a total of 14 votes. SPAIN won 7-0 against Costa Rica to pick up the biggest score yet in the first round. Spain have also been in all of our nine World Cups and their highest total of goals was in the 1994 & 2002 with 10 goals. This time round they have a total of 8 votes. 

The group stands as SPAIN and Japan are joint top of the group with 3 points each. GERMANY are in third place with Costa Rica at the bottom of the group. 

In Group F we have two of the four teams. CROATIA played Morocco in their first game and we had our third goalless draw of the tournament as they drew 0-0. Croatia are in their fourth World Cup with Golden Goals and their biggest amount of goals came in 1998 with 11 goals. The last tournament that we had Croatia was in Germany 2006 on where they finished with 2 goals and went out in the 1^st group rounds. They have 4 votes. BELGIUM won 1-0 against Canada scoring their goal in the first half. Belgium are in their 6^th World Cup with us and they picked up their highest number of goals in Russia 2018 with a total of 16. They managed to get to the 3^rd/4^th play-offs. They have a total of 15 votes. 

The group stands as BELGIUM are top with 3 points, followed by CROATIA and Morocco both with a point each. Canada are in fourth place. 

After the fourth days play, seventeen of our twenty-two nations have now played and six have picked up a blank score sheet. We stand at a total of 28 goals to date.  

Crawley Town Goal run Ends

In League Two CRAWLEY TOWN drew 0-0 at home to GILLINGHAM. Crawley after a goal run of eight games, they picked up their 7^th blank of the season. Gillingham picked up their 14^th and have now scored just one goal in their last four games. 

World Cup Day Three

In the first full day of fixtures we had seven more of our teams in action.

In Group C we have all four teams in this group with favourites ARGENTINA playing their first game against SAUDI ARABIA. As it seems unbelievable, we get the first shock of the tournament as Saudi Arabia beat Argentina 2-1 after Argentina having three goals cancelled for offside in the first half. Argentina have been with us for all of the nine World Cups that we have covered. Their biggest total of goals came in the 2006 Germany where they finished with a total of 11 goals getting to the quarter-finals. In Russia 2018 with 24 votes, they finished with a total of 6 goals going out in the second round. This World Cup they have a total of 20 votes.  Saudi Arabia are in their first World Cup with Golden Goals. MEXICO drew 0-0 against POLAND after they missed a penalty in the second half. This becomes our second goalless draw of the day. Mexico are making their 7^th appearance in our World Cup. In Russia 2018 they finished with a total of 3 goals and went out in the second round. They once again have just one vote in this World Cup. Poland are in their 2^nd World Cup with us and they started with us in Russia 2018 and finished with 2 goals and went out in the group stages. They have just one vote this time. 

The group stands as SAUDI ARABIA are top of the group with 3 points. MEXICO and POLAND have a point each with ARGENTINA in fourth place. 

In Group D we have three of the four teams. DENMARK drew 0-0 against TUNISIA in their first game and it’s the first game for us without any goals. Denmark are in their 4^th World Cup with us. Their highest total of goal was in the France 1998 with 9 goals. They went out in the quarter-finals. In Russia 2018 they scored just 3 goals and went out in the second round. In Qatar they have three votes. Tunisia are in their first Golden Goals World Cup. FRANCE went a goal down in the first 9 minutes of the first half against Australia, before they came back and won the game 4-1. This is France 7^th World Cup with us and their highest total of goals came in the 1998 World Cup with 15 goals when they won the trophy in France. In the last World Cup in Russia 2018 they finished with a total of 14 goals when they won the trophy for a second time with Golden Goals. In Qatar they have picked up a total of 19 votes. 

The group stands as FRANCE top with 3 points, followed by DENMARK and TUNISIA both with a point each. Australia are in fourth place. 

After the third days play, thirteen of our twenty-two nations have now played and five have picked up a blank score sheet. We stand at a total of 19 goals to date. 

 

World Cup Day Two

In the first near full day of fixtures we had five of our teams in action.

In Group A we have three of the four teams in this group. After the opening game, SENEGAL lost 2-0 to HOLLAND in a bit of a dull game. Hollands goals came in the 84^th minute from Gakpo and then in the last minute of the game from Klassen. Holland have been in seven out of our nine World Cups and they were last in Brazil 2014 where they finished with a total of 11 goals and 13 votes. They have a total of 15 votes in Qatar and are second favourites to win the cup. Senegal are in their second World Cup with Golden Goals. They first appeared in the Russia 2018 with just one vote and did not go beyond the first group stage. They finished with a total of 4 goals. So after all of the group have played their first games,

ECUADOR are joint top with HOLLAND with 3 points each. SENEGAL are third place with the host nation Qatar last in the group. 

In Group B we have three of the four teams. ENGLAND go top of the group after they won 6-2 against Iran. England’s six goals came from Bellingham 35’ Saka 43’ and 62’ Rashford 71’ and Greahlish 90’. England have been in all except for the 1994 where they failed to qualify. In the last World Cup they finished with their biggest total of goals with 12 and they made it to the 3^rd/4^th play-offs. They have a total of 15 votes this time round. In the other game USA took on WALES and drew 1-1. The USA dominated the first half. But it took them 36 minutes to score their goal by Weah. Wales did come out fighting in the second half and they got a penalty in the 82^nd minute for Bale to drive it home. USA are in their fifth World Cup with Golden Goals and they just one vote. They were last in Brazil 2014 and finished with a total of 5 goals. Wales have made their first appearance in our World Cup competition. 

England lead the group with 3 points, USA and Wales are in joint second place both with a point each. Iran are in fourth place. 

So after the second days play we have had six of our teams that have played and they have scored a total of 12 goals between them. 

Week Seventeen

Here we are with Week Seventeen of the competition  we are down to just the lower leagues for both north and south of the country. So there is no cash prize money to win this weekend until we are back to a full league fixture. But saying that we did have one player that picked up the most number of goals on Saturday and they were LUCIFER (John Wood). John picked up a total of 5 goals and he is the only player to have all of his teams still in action. His teams are Alloa, Bonnyrigg Rose and Stenhousemuir.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Only twelve of us managed to pick up some midweek goals this week but it was DEAN ZENIOS that picked up the most goals with a total of six. They came from Derby and Gillingham. His third team is Manchester City. 

In the lead this week we still have NICK HORTON with a total of 39 goals. His teams are Manchester City, Middlesbrough and Norwich. In second place we have HAYLEY ADKINS with a total of 38 goals. In third place we still have RICK WOOD our 2007/08 Champion with a total of 35 goals. In fourth place we still have JAMES BLYTH and JACQUI RATTLE both with a total of 34 goals. In fifth place with a total of 32 goals we still have MARK GREGORY. In sixth place all on 31 goals we still have STEVE AYRES and TERENCE WARWICK but they are now joined with GEOFF CARTHY and PETER PORTER.

WEEKEND RESULTS

Due to the World Cup starting we had just one of our teams without a game this weekend and we had six teams that failed to score any goals. The highest score that we had was three goals and they came from the Scottish League One where ALLOA lost 4-3 away to FC Edinburgh but they take their goals total to 39 and a goal run of seven games.

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table PLYMOUTH have remain top after they drew 2-2 away to Burton Albion and they are on a total of 40 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eighteen games. IPSWICH are still in second place after they won 2-0 away to Exeter City.  Ipswich are on a total of 41 goals and they have now scored in all of their last six games. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 1-0 at home to Shrewsbury and they are on a total of 43 goals and a goal run of fourteen games. MK DONS lost 3-1 away to Barnsley and that is goal number 28 for them. BRISTOL ROVERS won 1-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH and are on a total of 31 goals and a goal run of ten games. Borough picked up their 6^th blank of the season. LINCOLN CITY won 2-1 at home against Morecambe. Lincoln are on a total of 29 goals. OXFORD UNITED drew 1-1 at home to FOREST GREEN ROVERS. Oxford are on a total of 29 goals and they have now scored in all of their last nine games. Rovers hit goal number 20. CHARLTON picked up their 4^th blank of the season as they lost 1-0 away to Port Vale.

LEAGUE TWO

The highest team that we have here are still BRADFORD CITY but now in fifth place. They lost 3-1 at home to Northampton. Bradford are on a total of 29 goals. MANSFIELD TOWN lost 3-0 away to Harrogate and that is their 5^th blank of the season. GILLINGHAM lost 2-0 away to Newport and they have now had a total of thirteen blank score sheets. SALFORD CITY after a bad run of five games without a goal, they are now on a total of 21 goals after they lost 4-1at home to Carlisle Utd. STOCKPORT COUNTY lost 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient and they are on a total of 29 goals. SUTTON UNITED after failing to score in their last three games, picked up goal number 17 as they win 1-0 at home to Rochdale. SWINDON lost 1-0 at home to Crewe and that is their 7^th blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON won 2-0 away to Tranmere and they are on a total of 28 goals. CRAWLEY TOWN lost 2-1 away to Walsall and they have taken their goals tally to 25 and they have now scored in all of their last eight games. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS

In League One, after a goal run of six games, KELTY HEARTS lost 1-0 away to Aidrie and picked up their 9^th blank score sheet.

In League Two STENHOUSEMUIR drew 1-1 at home to BONNYRIGG ROSE and they are on a total of 36 goals and they have now scored in all of their last thirteen games. Bonnyrigg are on 26 goals and have a goal run of nine games.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (58) ABERDEEN (49) BURNLEY (44) Total of 151 goals

Our WORST three teams are

GILLINGHAM (11) EVERTON (13) WEST HAM (14) Total of 38 goals

Our best performing team are BURNLEY as they have now scored in all of their last twenty league/cup games played. They have a total of 44 goals. That gives them an average score of 1.9 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM this weekend as they have picked up thirteen blank score sheets out of twenty-three League/Cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 40^th Season are CELTIC who won 9-0 away to Dundee Utd in the league and LIVERPOOL who won 9-0 at home to Bournemouth in the league both from Week Five.

Our 2010/11 Champion TONY GUY with his second selection, has remained at number one spot for his 4^th weekend running. Tony picked up one goal this week from his teams of  Arsenal, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday. Mark Gregory has remained in second place this weekend, after all of his teams are out of action untill Boxing Day. His teams are Celtic, Manchester City and Norwich.

At the other end at 108 we have SANDRA NICHOLLS as all of her teams are out of action until Boxing Day. Sandra has now been here for five weeks over the season. Sandra’s teams are Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Leicester City.

Due to the lack of football this week, the top ten remains mostly the same as last weeks.

          THIS      LAST                                               M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

 WEEK     WEEK         NAME                          GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

      1             -             T. GUY (2)                         28                  107                135

      2                 -             M. GREGORY                  32                  101                133

      3                 -             GRANT PHILLIPS           24                  108                132

      4                 -             S. DICKINSON                 28                  101                129 

      5                 -             MANGO                            27                  101                128 

      6                 -             J. WISE                              27                  99                  126

      7                 8            J. BLYTH                           34                  92                  126 

      8                 7             B. BURROUGHS (1)        16                 107                 123

      9                 -             T. GUY (2010/11)              20                  102                122

     10               -             G. DOWSETT (2)              24                  98                 122  

Opening Game

 

We have started the Qatar World Cup 2022. In Group A the host nation Qatar kicked off the 22^nd tournament at the Al Bayt Stadium against ECUADOR and I must say that it is good to see that both nations singing their national anthem with such pride. 

It was Ecuador that made the early attacks and within 3 minutes of play Ecuador scored with a goal by Enner Valencia but it was disallowed for offside by VAR. In the 16^th minute Ecuador get a penalty and it was very calmly scored by Enner Valencia. Just over the half hour mark and Ecuador score again and again it’s by Enner Valencia with a header. The first half was really all about Ecuador with Qatar making the odd flurry into the Ecuador’s half. Qatar did have all of the last ten minutes of the first half and they should have scored just before the whistle was blown for half time. Score 2-0 to Ecuador at half time.

Qatar kick-off the second half and they seemed to have more control over the ball as their confidence grew. But with attacks coming from both ends of the pitch there was no real threat between the two teams. Although both teams could have scored a couple of goals each in the second half, in the end it was too much for Qatar. Ecuador had a comfortable win and are top of Group A after their 2-0 win. No host nation have ever lost their opening game of a World Cup. Qatar are now bottom of the group and they will have to do a lot better if they want to progress into the 2^nd round. 

Ecuador are in their 2^nd Golden Goals World Cup as they first joined us in Brazil 2014. They then became our 40^th voted nation to join Golden Goals and they failed to get through the group stages as they finished third in their group. They went out with a total of 3 goals. In Brazil they had two votes but in Qatar they have just one this time round.

Derby Draw in League

In League One, DERBY played their second game of the week. After their big result in the FA Cup, they failed to score any goal against Portsmouth away. The game ended in a draw 0-0 which has become Derby’s 8^th blank of the season. 

Second Batch of FA CUP 1st Round Replays

 

In the second batch of replays we once again had three of our teams in action. Out of them only two have made it through to the next round of the cup. They are PETERBOROUGH who won 3-0 away to SALFORD CITY. Peterborough are now on a total of 39 goals while Salford picked up their 9^th blank of the season and they have now failed to score any goals in their last five games. Our other team that are in the next round are OXFORD UNITED. They won 2-1 away to non-league Woking and they have taken their goals total up to 28 goals. Oxford have now scored in all of their last eight league/cup games.