Well here we are with our 43rd Season of Golden Goals and a very big welcome to you all and what a season we are going to have once again. We have ended up with a total of 111 entries in this seasons competition and I would like to thank everyone who has helped us to get to that figure which just managed to get in to the top ten best season’s of Golden Goals once again. It is with great regret that we did not reach our record total of 149 from the 2017/18 Season. Although we have seen some names missing from last season, we have gained another 4 new players this season. So who is going to be our 43rd Champion and win that £100 prize money? We will find out in the next forty-two weeks time but I wish you all the very best of luck.
We have a total of 17 past Champions playing this season including 3 two time winners. Our last season Champion is also back and they were Clara Stephens. Clara has changed her winning combination from last season to Celtic, Leicester City and Plymouth. We also have a total of 22 ladies playing in this season competition.
So how did the voting of teams for this season finally end up. It was LIVERPOOL that picked up the biggest number of votes with a total of 49. Last season they had a total of 27 votes and scored a total of 105 goals, so this was no surprise that they would be the most voted team this season.
With our Scottish teams, CELTIC after picking up 40 votes last season, they picked up more votes this season with 70. Staying with the Scottish teams the second highest voted team comes from the premiership again and they are RANGERS with just 10 votes which is down from last seasons total of 14. The Scottish teams had a good turn out this season with a total of 11 teams once more being picked. We have just 4 teams from the Premiership and 2 from the Championship. Three from League One and 2 from League Two.
With the English teams things have changed as they always do in this competition. We have a total of 15 premiership teams once again in this years competition with LIVERPOOL being our top team with 49 votes this season. Next comes ARSENAL with 26 votes. They were also our 2nd most voted team last season with 45 votes. In third place with just 19 votes we have MANCHESTER CITY. They were our top voted team last season with 46 votes. In fourth place came CHELSEA. They have 12 votes compared to 13 last season. Our fifth voted teams are SHEFFIELD UNITED with 11 votes. They had just 1 vote last season. In the Championship we have picked up 12 teams, while in League One we have 10, and 9 teams taken from League Two.
We have one team that are back into the football league and Golden Goals this season and they are National League winners BARNET with 1 vote. Barnet, return to League Two after seven seasons of non-league football. They have appeared in five seasons with Golden Goals. They became our 81st voted English team when they first appeared in the 1992/93 season. finishing on a total of 69 goals which turned out to be their highest end of season goals total. Last time that we had Barnet was back in the 2005/06 season where they finished on a total of 51 goals. In the five seasons they netted a total of 306 goals which gives them an average score of 61 goals per season.
So on with the competition and this weeks sheet shows you all the games that have been played up to and including the 10th August. Any games that have been played before and up to up to Friday the 8th August, have all been counted as midweek goals, so some of you have a bit of a lead already for the 100 Midweek Cash Jackpot of £25.
Week One we had our very first winners of the new season who won on a total of 6 goals to share the first £5 weekend prize money. Our winners are VINCENT CRUICKSHANK and our 2007/08 Champion RICKY WOOD.
Vincent started with Golden Goals in our 2010/11 Season and finished in 94th place out of 109. Vincent ended the season with a grand total of 228 goals. Last season he finished in 65th place out of 114 with a total of 264 goals.
Ricky started in the 2015/16 Season and finished in the winning frame in 20th place with a total of 262 goals. He picked up one weekend shared win. Ricky became joint Champion in the 2007/08 Season with Gerry Kyei on a total of 293 goals. He is ranked 34th in our Champions League. Last season Ricky finished in the winning frame once again in 13th place with a total of 312 goals. He had two weekend wins. Our winners teams are
Vincent CELTIC 2, MK DONS 2, SOUTHAMPTON 2
Ricky CELTIC 2, LEICESTER CITY 2, LUTON TOWN 2
WEEKEND RESULTS
The lower English leagues were all in action in our first weekend of the new season. We had a good start to the season with plenty of goals but we had one of our team picking up the highest score over the weekend with 4 goals. They were from the Championship BRISTOL CITY.
Bristol city won their first league game 4-1 away to SHEFFIELD UNITED. They started with Golden Goals back in our very first season of 1983/84 where they became our 20th voted English team. In that season they ended with a total of 79 goals. The only time that they have hit 100 goals was back in the 2014/15 season with a grand total of 103. Last time out was in the 2023/24 season and ended with a total of 61 goals. This is their 17th Season with us and over the years they have netted a total of 1141 goals, which gives them an average score of 67 goals per season. They have just 1 vote this season.
So lets see how the rest of our teams that were in action, got on over the weekend.
CHAMPIONSHIP
In no particular order after their first game, NORWICH CITY lost 2-1 at home to Millwall. WATFORD lost 1-0 away to Charlton. SOUTHAMPTON won 2-1 at home to WREXHAM. MIDDLESBROUGH won 1-0 at home against Swansea. PRESTON NE drew 1-1 away to QPR. BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 1-0 away to West Brom. LEICESTER CITY won 2-1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday.
LEAGUE ONE
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are top of the table after 2 games as they win 2-0 away to Reading. Huddersfield are on a total of 5 goals. PETERBOROUGH lost 2-0 at home to LUTON and picked up their 1st blank of the season. Luton are on a total of 3 goals. BOLTON won their first league game 2-0 at home to PLYMOUTH to get their first goals. Plymouth picked up their 1st blank score sheet. BLACKPOOL lost 4-1 away to Exeter and are on a total of 3 goals. LEYTON ORIENT picked up their first win and goals of the season with a 2-0 home win against Wigan. WYCOMBE lost 2-1 at home against STOCKPORT COUNTY and are on a total of 2 goals. County are on 4 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
After 2 games, CREWE are top of the table after they won 2-0 at home to Accrington. Crew are on a total of 5 goals. NOTTS COUNTY lost their first league game 2-1 at home to Salford City and are on a total of 2 goals. MK DONS get their first win of the season and their first goals, as they beat Barrow 2-0 away. BROMLEY won their first game with their goals, 2-0 at home to BARNET. Barnet have still yet to score a goal in the league and they have now had 2 blank score sheets in a row. CHESTERFIELD have won again 2-0 away to Cheltenham and are on a total of 3 goals. GILLINGHAM won 1-0 at home against WASALL. With their first win of the season, Gillingham are on a total of 2 goals. Walsall picked up their 1st blank score sheet. SWINDON TOWN picked up their biggest win of the season 3-2 at home to Cambridge Utd. Swindon are on a total of 4 goals.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
Now you might already know that the Scottish have already played their first round of their League Cup, if you have been following our blog and with their group format once again, so most of our teams have already played more than four games this weekend. But here is the results of their second league games.
In the Premiership HEARTS are top of the table as they win their second game, 3-2 away to Dundee Utd. Hearts are now on a total of 21 goals and have scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. last season’s Champions CELTIC are in second place also with now two wins after they won 2-0 away to Aberdeen. Celtic are on a total of 3 goals. RANGERS drew again 1-1 at home to Dundee. Rangers are on 2 goals. HIBERNIAN drew 2-2 at home to Kilmarnock and are on a total of 4 goals.
In the Championship, AYR UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Raith Rovers. After a goal run of 5 league/cup games, Ayr Pick uo their 1st blank of the season.
In League One EAST FIFE lost their second league game, 1-0 at home to Alloa and picked up their 2nd blank of the season. STENHOUSEMUIR won their first league game, 1-0 at home to COVE RANGERS. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 5 goals while Rangers picked up their 3rd blank score sheet and now 2 in a row.
In League Two CLYDE drew their first league game 0-0 at home to Forfar and picked up their 2nd blank of the season. DUMBARTON won their second league game 2-1 away to The Spartans and are on a total of 6 goals.
In our very first weekend, here are our top 10 for this week.
FIRST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 D. BARRETT 17 5 22
2 H. ADKINS 18 3 21
3 BISH-BASH-BOSH 18 3 21
4 EMMAF 18 2 20
5 CHARLIE FARLEY 15 1 16
6 G. DOWSETT (1) 8 2 10
7 J. WISE 4 5 9
8 G. DOWSETT (2) 5 4 9
9 R. WOOD (2007/08)* 2 6 8
10 M. LIDDLE 6 2 8
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