Monday 4 September 2023

Week Five

Here we are with Week Five of the competition and this weekend we had two players to share the Weekend Jackpot of £5. Our winners are SAM LEGHORN and RICKY MILES who won on a score of 13 goals each. That now brings our winners total to six.

Sam started with Golden Goals back in the 2019/20 Season and she finished in the winning frame in 18th place with a total of 304 goals. Last season Sam finished in 29th place with a total of 284 goals and picked up two weekend wins. This season Sam is at her highest position to date and has picked up just one blank score sheet in Week One.

Ricky started with us back in the 2017/18 Season on where he finished in 56th place with a total of 278 goals and picked up one weekend win. Last season Ricky finished in 45th place with 269 goals. This season we also see Ricky at his highest position and once again he has one blank score sheet in Week One. Our Winners teams for this season are 

Sam  ARSENAL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 5, TOTTENHAM 5

Ricky  LIVERPOOL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 5, TOTTENHAM 5 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Here is how the race for our 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth a total of £25 is looking this season. The prize money will go to the first person to reach 100 goals from their three teams. MALCOM STUBBS picked up the most goals this week with a total of 8 goals. They came from Chelsea, Manchester City and Stoke. We have all now picked up some midweek goals this season, so the race is well on the way.

In the lead we still have our 2015/16 Champion RICHARD WILLIAMS with 27 goals. In second place we still have CHARLIE FARLEY (John Wood) with a total of 25 goals. In third place we now have MALCOLM STUBBS with 16 goals. In fourth place with 14 goals we now have MIKE LIDDLE. In fifth place with 13 goals we have SAMUEL STEPHENS this week. In sixth place we have CHRIS BOLBERY our 2017/18 Champion, BAILEY MORAN and STEVE STUBBS all with a total of 12 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had just two of our teams with no game over the weekend with another sixteen of our teams that failed to score any goals. So that means that for the second weekend running 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 5 goals once again and we had a total of three teams that picked that score up. Here are the results. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

MANCHESTER CITY are still top place after they won 5-1 at home to FULHAM. With their biggest result of the season, City have taken their goals tally to 11 goals and have won all four opening league games. Fulham are on a total of 5 goals. In second place we have TOTTENHAM who picked up their biggest win of the season with a 5-2 away win over Burnley and have taken their goals total to 12 goals and a goal run of five games. LIVERPOOL are in third place after they won 3-0 at home to ASTON VILLA. Liverpool are now on a total of 9 goals while Villa picked up their first blank score sheet. BOURNEMOUTH drew 2-2 away to Brentford and are on a total of 7 goals. CHELSEA picked up their first blank of the season as they lost 1-0 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST. Forest are on 6 goals. BRIGHTON won 3-1 at home to NEWCASTLE and are now on a total of 12 goals while Newcastle are on 7 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE won 3-2 at home to Wolves and are on a total of 9 goals. ARSENAL won 3-1 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED with two very late goals. Arsenal are on a total of 8 goals while United are on 5 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

IPSWICH TOWN are our highest team here this weekend in second place after they won 3-2 at home to Cardiff City. Ipswich keep their 100% scoring record to seven league/cup games and they are now on a total of 15 goals. LEICESTER CITY are in third place after they lost 1-0 at home to Hull. Leicester’s goal run of six league/cup games has come to the end to pick up their first blank of the season. SUNDERLAND picked up their biggest result of the season as they win 5-0 at home against SOUTHAMPTON. Sunderland have taken their goals tally to 10 goals while Southampton picked up their first blank score sheet. SWANSEA lost 2-1 at home to BRISTOL CITY  and picked up goal number 13 and keep their 100% scoring record after seven league/cup games. Bristol City are on 10 goals. LEEDS UNITED drew 0-0 at home to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY with both teams picking up their second blank of the season. MIDDLESBROUGH lost 2-0 at home to QPR and that is their third blank score sheet and have still not won any league games. PLYMOUTH won 3-0 at home to Blackburn and they are now on a total of 12 goals. NORWICH CITY lost 2-1 away to Rotherham and are on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their seven league/cup games. After their league cup success, STOKE lost 2-0 at home to Preston and picked up their third blank score sheet. 

LEAGUE ONE

After they had failed to score in their last five league/cup games, BLACKPOOL are on a total of 6 goals after they won 2-1 at home against Wigan. DERBY lost 2-1 away to Bolton and are on a total of 11 goals and a goal run of five games. BRISTOL ROVERS drew 1-1 at home to Lincoln City and are on a total of 6 goals. CHARLTON won their first league game 2-1 at home to Fleetwood. Charlton are on a total of 8 goals. BARNSLEY won 2-0 away to Cheltenham and are on a total of 16 goals and they have also kept their 100% scoring record after seven league/cup games. It’s 10 goals for PETERBOROUGH after they lost 3-1 away to Portsmouth. 

LEAGUE TWO

NOTTS COUNTY are top this week after they won 3-1 at home to Accrington. County are now on a total of 12 goals. MK DONS are down to second place after they lost 3-1 away to Crewe. The dons are on a total of 13 goals and a goal run of five games. WREXHAM have won their first league game with a 1-0 away win over Tranmere. Wrexham are on a total of 12 goals and a goal run of five games. SALFORD CITY lost 1-0 away to Morecambe and picked up their second blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON drew 2-2 away to Newport and are on a total of 12 goals and a goal run of seven league/cup games. SUTTON UNITED lost 1-0 at home against Forest Green and that is their third blank of the season. 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership CELTIC are very lucky to be top of the table this weekend after they won 1-0 away to rivals RANGERS after, Rangers had two goals disallow. After they had failed to score in their previous two games, Celtic are on a total of 8 goals. Rangers picked up their second blank of the season. KILMARNOCK lost 1-0 at home to ROSS COUNTY. As Kilmarnock picked up their second blank of the season, County have taken their goals total to 22. ABERDEEN lost 2-0 at home to HIBERNIAN and that is their second blank fo the season. Hibs have taken their goals total to 9 and a goal run of five league/cup games.

In League One FALKIRK are now top of the table after they won 2-0 away to Edinburgh City. Falkirk are on a total of 22 goals and a goal run of six league/cup games. KELTY HEARTS drew 1-1 at home to Anna and picked up goal number 16. COVE RANGERS lost 1-0 away to Alloa and picked up their third blank score sheet.

In League Two, CLYDE drew 0-0 at home to Forfar and picked up their fourth blank of the season and now two in a row. STENHOUSEMUIR won 1-0 away to The Spartans. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 8 goals. EAST FIFE lost 1-0 away to Dumbarton and picked up their sixth blank score sheet. They have scored just 2 goals in their last seven league/cup games. 

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

FALKIRK (22) ROSS COUNTY (22) NORWICH (16) Total of 60 goals 

Our WORST three teams are 

EAST FIFE (5) FULHAM (5) MANCHESTER UNITED (5)  Total of 15 goals 

Our Best performing team is BARNSLEY after they have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. They have a total of 16 goals which gives them an average score of 2 goals per game. 

Our worst performing team is EAST FIFE this weekend as they have picked up six blank score sheets in their 9 league/cup games.

Our highest goal scoring team in our 41st Season are BARNSLEY. They won 7-0 at home to Port Vale in the first league game of the season in Week One.

RICHARD WILLIAMS our 2015/16 Champion is at the top for his fourth consecutive weekend after he picked up a total of 8 goals from the weekend. Richards teams are Falkirk, Manchester City and Ross County.  He is now storming away from the pack and now 13 goals clear of Charlie Farley (John Wood) in second place with Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir. Charlie Farley picked up just 2 goals at the weekend.

At the other end at 110 we now have STALKY (2) (Bob Burgin) who now becomes the fourth player to stay there. Bob picked up just 4 goals for the week with his teams of Celtic, Fulham and Newcastle.

So after another great weekend of football, here is our top ten this week.

       THIS       LAST                                              M/WEEK      W/END      TOTAL

      WEEK     WEEK     NAME                             GOALS       GOALS      GOALS 

             1               -          R. WILLIAMS (2015/16)     27                  28               55

             2               -          CHARLIE FARLEY             25                  17               42

             3               7          A. EYLES                             10                   28              38

             4              11         S. KEMP (2)                            4                   33             37

             5              15         LUCIFER                              10                   27             37

             6                3         D. BARRETT                        11                   25             36

             7              16         C. BOLBERY (2017/18)        12                  24             36

             8              10         M. LIDDLE                            14                  22             36

             9                4         B. BURROUGHS (1)               5                   30            35

           10                5         R. WOOD (2007/08)*               6                  29            35 

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