Monday 6 March 2023

Week Thirty-Two

Here we are with Week Thirty-Two of the competition and we had another three players to share the cash prize money of £5 this week. Two of our winners are first timers for this season and we now have a total of 33 winners. Our winners are GUY DOWSETT (2), TONY GUY (1),  JED WEADEN all won on a score of 15 goals which is our second highest score in our 40th Season.

It was our 2010/11 Champion Tony that picked up his second win of the season after his second combo won in Week Thirty. His first combo has had a total of six blank score sheets at the weekend and his highest position is 4th place in Weeks Six and Seven.

Guy started with us back in the 2000/01 Season on where he finished in 35th place on a total of 269 goals and picked up one shared weekend win. Last season he finished in 15th place with 301 goals with combo one and 24th place with 294 goals with his first combo. Again he had two weekend wins. This season he has been as high as 4th place in Week Two with this combo. He has picked up two blank score sheets to date.

Jed joined in the 2010/11 Season and finished in 73rd place with a total of 250 goals. Last season he finished in 96th place with 230 goals. This season Jed has been as high as 9th place in Weeks Five to Seven. He has picked up only three blank score sheets. Our winners teams are 

   Guy  CELTIC 5, LIVERPOOL 7, STENHOUSEMUIR 3

Tony  ARSENAL 3, CELTIC 5, LIVERPOOL 7 

Jed  CELTIC 5, LIVERPOOL 7, MANSFIELD 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Most of us have managed to pick up some midweek goals again this week with another big change in the leading pack this week for the £40 cash prize money. It was our 2015/16 Champions RICHARD WILLIAMS that picked up the most goals with a total of 10 goals. They came from Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United.

Leading the race this week we now have CHRIS DICKER who moves up from fourth place now with a total of 78 goals. His teams are Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. In second place is last weeks leader NICK HORTON but joining him we have COLIN WEBB up from third place. Both are on a total of 77 goals. In third place with a total of 76 goals we have JAMES BLYTH down from two and our 2015/16 Champion RICHARD WILLIAMS. In fourth place we still have (me) STEVE REEVE now with a total of 75 goals. In fifth place we now have TOBY BICKNELL our 2014/15 Champion down from fourth place with a total of 74 goals. In sixth place we still have CHRIS NUNN but with him this week are MARK GREGORY and RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion moving down from four. All have a total of 73 goals.   

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had all but two of our teams in action and out of the the ones that did play, 22 failed to score any goals. Dispite that, we once again had a very good week for goals as the average score shot up from five last weekend to  8 goals this weekend, all thanks to Celtic and Liverpool results. So if you did better than that, well done.

The highest score that we had came from the Premier League where LIVERPOOL  picked up their second highest result of the season as they beat MANCHESTER UNITED 7-0 at home. Liverpool have taken their goals tally to 53 while United’s goal run of 24 games come to an end picking up their 3rd blank of the season. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

ARSENAL are still top of the table after they won 3-2 at home to BOURNEMOUTH. Arsenal have won their 20th league game and they are now on a total of 63 goals and a goal run of six games. Bournemouth are on a total of 32 goals and bottom of the league on goal difference. MANCHESTER CITY are still in second place after they won 2-0 at home against NEWCASTLE. City have taken their goals tally to 79 while Newcastle picked up their 10th blank of the season and now no goals in their last three games. TOTTENHAM still in fourth place after they lost 1-0 away to Wolves. Tottenham have now had a total of six blank score sheets and now two in a week. ASTON VILLA won 1-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and picked up goal number 38. Palace picked up their 12th blank of the season and now two games in a row with out a goal. BRIGHTON won 4-0 at home against WEST HAM and they have taken their goals total to 57. West Ham picked up their 11th blank of the season. After failing to score in their last two games, CHELSEA won 1-0 at home to LEEDS UNITED. Chelsea are on a total of 24 goals while Leeds picked up their 12th blank score sheet and now two in a  row. It’s eleven blanks for LEICESTER CITY after they lost 1-0 away to Southampton. EVERTON after failing to score in their last two games, drew 2-2 away to Nottingham Forest and are now on a total of 22 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

Top of the table BURNLEY drew 0-0 away to Blackpool and picked up their 4th blank of the season after a goal run of eight games. SHEFFIELD UNITED have remained in second place after they lost 1-0 away to Blackburn. United after a goal run of six games, picked up their 7th blank score sheet.

In the Play-Offs MIDDLESBROUGH are still in third place after they picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 5-0 at home to READING. Brough have taken their goals tally to 62 goals. Reading picked up their 12th blank of the season.  LUTON are up to fifth place after they won 1-0 at home to SWANSEA. It’s now 50 goals for Luton while Swansea picked up their 10th blank score sheet. NORWICH are up to sixth place after they won 3-2 away to Millwall. Norwich are now on a total of 55 goals.

Meanwhile SUNDERLAND lost 5-1 at home to Stoke. Sunderland are on a total of 55 goals and a goal run of 19 games. WATFORD drew 0-0 at home to Preston and picked up their 13th blank score sheet and now two games with out a goal. HUDDERSFIELD lost 4-0 at home against Coventry and that is their 15th blank of the season and two in a row as they remain bottom of the league. 

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 1-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH and they are on a total of 73 goals. Peterborough picked up their 11th blank score sheet and now two in a row. PLYMOUTH are still in second place after they won 2-0 at home against CHARLTON. Plymouth are on a total of 62 goals while Charlton picked up their 11th blank of the season and now four games with out a goal.

In the Play-Offs we still have IPSWICH in third place as they win 4-0 at home to Burton. Ipswich have now taken their goals tally to 77 goals. DERBY are up to fifth place after they drew 2-2 away to Shrewsbury. Derby are on a total of 70 goals and a goal run of seven games now.

Meanwhile bottom of the table FOREST GREEN ROVERS lost 2-1 away to Accrington and they are on a total of 34 goals. BRISTOL ROVERS drew 0-0 at home to Barnsley and picked up their 10th blank of the season. LINCOLN CITY won 1-0 at home against OXFORD UNITED and they are on a total of 41 goals. Oxford picked up their 15th blank score sheet and now three in a row. MK DONS picked up their 16th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Port Vale. 

LEAGUE TWO

The highest teams that we have in this league are all in the Play-Offs. They are BRADFORD CITY now in fifth place after they won 2-0 at home to Colchester. Bradford are on a total of 44 goals. SALFORD CITY remained in sixth place after they won 3-1 at home against Newport. Salford have taken their goals tally up to 52 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY are down to seventh place after they drew 0-0 at home to Doncaster and picked up their 8th blank score sheet and now two in a row.

Meanwhile AFC WIMBELDON lost 3-1 at home to MANSFIELD TOWN. Wimbledon are on a total of 40 goals while Mansfield take their goals tally to 57. GILLINGHAM drew 0-0 away to Harrogate and that is their 22nd blank of the season and now two in a row. SWINDON drew 1-1 away to Leyton Orient and they are on a total of 44 goals. CRAWLEY TOWN second from bottom lost 1-0 away to Northampton and they have now had a total of twelve blank score sheets and two in a row. SUTTON UNITED drew 1-1 at home to Crewe and they are on a total of 37 goals. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS

In the Premiership Champions CELTIC won 5-1 away to 10 men St Mirren. That has taken their goals tally to 109 and a goal run of 25 games. Second place RANGERS won 3-1 at home to Kilmarnock and they have taken their goals tally to 75 goals and a goal run of 26 games. HEARTS are in third place after they won 3-0 at home to St Johnston. Hearts are now on a total of 53 goals. HIBERNIAN won 4-1 away to Livingston and they are now on a total of 53 goals. ABERDEEN won 3-1 away to Dundee Utd to take their goals total to 64.

In League One ALLOA lost 2-0 away to Dumbarton and that is their 9th blank of the season. KELTY HEARTS lost 2-1 at home to FC Edinburgh and they are now on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of seven games.

In League Two, STENHOUSEMUIR have moved up to third place after they won 3-2 away to Anna. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 56 goals. BONNYRIGG ROSE are still at the bottom of the league after they won 1-0 away to Elgin and they are on a total of 35 goals. 

Our BEST three teams this week 

CELTIC (109) MANCHESTER CITY (79) BURNLEY (79) Total of 267 goals 

Our WORST three teams are 

EVERTON (22) CRYSTAL PALACE (24) CHELSEA (24) Total of 70 goals     

Our best performing team are RANGERS as they have now scored in all of their last 26 league/cup games played. They have a total of 75 goals. That still gives them an average score of 2.2 goals per game.                                                          

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM as they have picked up a total of 22 blank score sheets out of 42 League/Cup games played. 

Our highest goal scorers in our 40th 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 combo two, has remained at the top for his 19th consecutive weekend. Tony picked up a total of 13 goals this week from Arsenal, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday and he is still just 2 goals in front.  Mark Gregory in second place, also picked up a total of 13 goals from his combination of Celtic, Manchester City and Norwich.

At the other end at 108 we still have SANDRA NICHOLLS as she picked up just 3 goals for the week. Sandra’s teams are Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Leicester City. Sandra has now been here for two weeks and now a total of 17 weeks throughout the season.

Here are our top ten for this weekend as the top two stay the same.

            THIS      LAST                                               M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

            WEEK     WEEK         NAME                           GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

                1             -             T. GUY (2)                         66                  179                 245

                  2                 -             M. GREGORY                  73                  170                 243

                 3                 5             S. DICKINSON                 68                  167                 235

                 4                 3             GRANT PHILLIPS            60                  172                 232               

                 5                 8             M. LAVER                          62                  170                 232

                 6                 4             MANGO                             62                  169                 231

                 7                 6             J. BLYTH                           76                  153                 229               

                 8                 10          C. WEBB                             77                  151                 228               

                 9                 14          T. GUY (2010/11)                59                  166                225              

                10               7             B. SELF                                69                  156                 225                

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