In the Premier League, IPSWICH TOWN drew 1-1 at home against Nottingham Forest and they are on a total of 17 goals.
In the Championship, MIDDLESBROUGH have moved to the top of the table after they won 5-1 away to Bolton. Middlesbrough have taken their goals tally to 31 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
In the first game of the SCOTTICH CUP Second Round, between non-league Penicuik Athletic and CLYDE, was cancelled due to the weather here in the UK.
In League One, READSING won 1-0 at home against Leyton Orient and they are on a total of 28 goals.
In the Championship WOLVES drew 1-1 at home against Portsmouth and they are on a total of 24 goals.
In League One AFC WIMBLEDON lost 3-0 at home to Mansfield and that is their 6th blank of the season and now two in a row. MK DONS lost 2-0 away to Blackpool and that is their third blank of the season. BROMLEY lost 4-0 at home against LEICESTER CITY and that is their fourth blank of the season. Leicester have taken their goals tally to 18 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for CAMBRIDGE UNITED after they drew 2-2 at home to Wycombe. Cambridge have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 2-0 away to Doncaster and they are on a total of 24 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN picked up their biggest win of the season after they won 4-1 at home to Peterborough. Huddersfield have taken their goals tally up to 23 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LUTON TOWN won 2-0 at home against Barnsley and they are on a total of 22 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY lost 2-0 away to Notts County and that is their 5th blank of the season. OXFORD UNITED won 2-1 at home against Wigan and are on a total of 18 goals and have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games.
In League Two BARNET lost 3-1 at home to Swindon and they are on a total of 24 goals. BRISTOL ROVERS lost 2-1 at home to SALFORD CITY and are on a total of 16 goals. Salford are on 20 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. CHESTERFIELD drew 1-1 at home against Colchester and picked up goal number 18. EXETER CITY won 2-0 at home to Crewe and they are on a total of 8 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league game, GRIMSBY drew 2-2 away to Rochdale and are on a total of 16 goals. YORK CITY drew 1-1 at home to Accrington and hit goal number 19. GILLINGHAM drew 1-1 at home to PORT VALE and they are on a total of 17 goals. Vale are on 6 goals.
In the Scottish Championship, DUNFERMLINE drew 1-1 at home to PARTICK THISTLE and are on a total of 19 goals. Partick are on 25 goals.
In the Premier League, TOTTENHAM have finally won their first league game 3-1 at home against COVENTRY CITY. Tottenham are now on a total of 12 goals while Coventry picked up goal number 11.
Here are our top 10 teams so far from season 44. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals came from the League, League Cup and the FA Cup. The Scottish also came from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
39 WEST HAM UTD (91)
33 CLYDE (73)
33 EAST KILBRIDE (-)
29 HEARTS (98)
27 CELTIC (144)
27 READING (111)
26 BRIGHTON (91)
26 MIDDLESBROUGH (92)
25 CHELSEA (128)
25 LIVINGSTON (74)
Here we are with Week Eleven of the competition, and we are back to our normal Weekend Prize Money of £6. The cash went to DANNY HARRINGTON who now becomes our 12th player to win this season. Danny won with his personal best weekend score of 13 goals. Danny started with Golden Goals back in the 2006/07 season. In his first season he finished in 43rd place out of 87 with a total of 243 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. Last season, Danny finished in 46th place with a total of 252 goals. Again Danny had a shared weekend win. This season he has been as high as 33rd place in Week Five. Danny has picked up a total of 4 blank score sheets and his best team is Celtic. His winning teams are
ARSENAL 1, CELTIC 7, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 5
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us picked up some midweek goals this week So the top five have mostly remained the same as last week’s News Sheet. It was MIKE HARRINGTON that picked up the most amount of goals with 10. They came from Middlesbrough, Southampton and West Ham United.
We have a new leader this week, and they are TIM WOOD moving up from second place. Tim now has a total of 47 goals. Down to second place we have last week’s leaders ASHLEY LEGG and STALKY (1), both are now on a total of 46 goals. In third place down from two, we have GUY DOWSETT (1) now on a total of 44 goals. In fourth place we now have ROBERT NETTING, down from three and coming back in the race MARK JOHNSTON both now on a total of 43 goals. In fifth place we have MANDY WRIGHT (2) down from four and now joining her we have MIKE HARRINGTON our 1997/98 Champion, both are now with a total of 42 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 6 of our teams without a game this weekend and another 15 that failed to score any goals. The average score that we had was 6 goals over the weekend. So if you scored more than that with your teams, then you have done very well this week. The highest score over the weekend was 7 goals and they came from the Scottish Premiership were CELTIC won 7-1 at home against Hearts.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
MANCHESTER CITY are still top after they won 3-2 at home to IPSWICH TOWN. City are now on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. Ipswich are on a total of 16 goals. In second place we have ARSENAL who won their fifth league game 2-1 at home to Leeds Utd. Arsenal are on a total of 15 goals. CHELSEA won 2-0 away to Everton and are on a total of 25 goals. LIVERPOOL won 2-1 away to BRENTFORD and are on a total of 12 goals. Brentford are on 21 goals and have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. After they had scored in all of their first 8 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season after NEWCASTLE lost 1-0 at home to ASTON VILLA. Villa are on a total of 10 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. AFC BOURNEMOUTH win their first league game, 2-0 at home to Sunderland and are on a total of 13 goals. BRIGHTON have won 5-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and they have taken their goals tally up to 26 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. Palace have picked up their third blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 12 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST HAM UNITED move up to 2nd place after they won 1-0 away to top of the table Swansea. West Ham are on a total of 39 goals and have extended their goal run to 14 league/cup games. MIDDLESBROUGH have dropped down to 3rd place after they drew 2-2 at home to CARDIFF CITY. Brough are on a total of 26 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Cardiff are on a total of 22 goals. CHARLTON have picked up their fourth blank score sheet after they lost 2-0 away to Watford. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 3-0 at home against QPR and they are now on a total of 22 goals, and they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. BRISTOL CITY have picked up their 5th blank of the season and now two in a row, after they lost 1-0 at home to Sheffield United. DERBY COUNTY lost 1-0 at home to Stoke and picked up their fourth blank of the season .SOUTHAMPTON after they had scored in all of their first 12 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. WREXHAM have won their 3rd league game 4-1 at home to PRESTON NE. Wrexham, with their biggest result of the season, have taken their goals tally to 15 goals. Preston after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, remain in bottom place with a total of 10 goals.
LEAGUE ONE
The highest team that we have here are STOCKPORT COUNTY now in 2nd place, after they won 1-0 at home to BROMLEY. County are now on a total of 22 goals while Bromley, picked up their third blank of the season. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are now in 3rd place after they won 2-0 away to Plymouth. Huddersfield are on a total of 19 goals. MK DONS won 2-1 at home against LUTON TOWN and are on a total of 12 goals while Luton are on 20 goals. CAMBRIDGE UNITED won 2-1 away to Barnsley and are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. LEICESTER CITY won 2-1 at home to Doncaster and are on a total of 14 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 5-0 at home to AFC WIMBLEDON and have taken their goals tally to 21 goals. Wimbledon picked up their 5th blank of the season. READING lost 1-0 away to Wigan and after a goal run of 9 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season.
LEAGUE TWO
SALFORD CITY are still top after they won 2-1 at home to Crawley. Salford are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. BARNET are still in second place after they won 2-1 away to Tranmere. Barnet are on a total of 23 goals and they have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. BRISTOL ROVERS lost 1-0 away to Shrewsbury and picked up their fourth blank of the season. GILLINGHAM lost 3-1 away to Accrington and they are on a total of 16 goals. EXETER CITY drew 0-0 away to Colchester and picked up their 7th blank of the season. GRIMSBY TOWN lost 2-0 at home to Northampton and they picked up their third blank of the season and now 2 in a row. YORK CITY drew 1-1 away to Newport and are on a total of 18 goals. PORT VALE have won their 3rd league game 1-0 at home to CHESTERFIELD. Vale are on a total of 5 goals while Chesterfield after a goal run of 9 league/cup games, picked up their third blank of the season.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
In the Premiership, CELTIC remain on top after they picked up their biggest win of the season 7-1 at home to HEARTS. Celtic have taken their goals tally up to 27 goals. Hearts are on 29 goals and they have now scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. In 2nd place RANGERS drew 2-2 away to Dundee and are on a total of 21 goals. They have now scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. ABERDEEN won 3-0 at home to St Mirren and are now on a total of 24 goals. HIBERNIAN lost 2-1 at home to Falkirk and are on a total of 13 goals and are now bottom of the league.
In the Championship, it’s 20 goals for top of the table STENHOUSEMUIR after they 1-1 at home to Raith. LIVINGSTON drew 0-0 away to DUNFERMLINE and after a goal run of 5 league/cup games, picked up their 5th blank of the season. Dunfermline picked up their fourth blank of the season after a goal run of 5 league/cup games. ARBROATH lost 2-0 away to Inverness CT and picked up their 8th blank of the season.
In League One, EAST KILBRIDE are still in third place after they drew 1-1 at home to Montrose. Kilbride are on a total of 33 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.
In League Two, CLYDE in second place won 4-1 at home to Annan and they are on a total of 33 goals. Clyde have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games.
Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week
WEST HAM UNITED (39) CLYDE (33) EAST KILBRIDE (33) Total of 105 goals
Our WORST three teams are
PORT VALE (5) EXETER CITY (6) AFC WIMBLEDON (8) Total of 19 goals
Our best performing team are WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 14 league/cup games. With a total of 39 goals, their average score is 2.7 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is EXETER CITY this weekend, as they have picked up 7 blank score sheets in 12 league/cup games. They have a total of 6 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
GUY DOWSETT (2) is celebrating his seventh weekend at the top this week with his second selection once again, He picked up a total of 18 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. He also remains in second place with his first selection this week, as he picks up a total of 14 goals from the week. Guy’s other teams are Clyde, Manchester City and West Ham United.
At the other end at 124 we now have STUART KEMP (1), who has now become our fourth player to do so. Stuart’s first selection picked up just 2 goals, all from the weekend. His teams are Luton Town, Manchester United and Tottenham.
We had another fantastic weekend for goals. Here are our top ten.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 2 G. DOWSETT (2) 40 59 99
2 1 G. DOWSETT (1) 44 52 96
3 10 M. LIPMAN 41 51 92
4 7 M. WRIGHT (2) 42 49 91
5 6 M. GREGORY 37 53 90
6 3 M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)* 42 47 89
7 14 M. JACOBSEN 43 46 89
8 5 A. LEGG 46 42 88
9 4 G. CARTHY 41 46 87
10 15 J. WEARDEN 34 52 86
In the Championship, BURNLEY lost 2-1 at home to WOLVES. Burnley are on a total of 17 goals and have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games. Wolves are on a total of 23 goals.
In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 1-0 at home to PARTICK THISTLE and picked up their fourth blank of the season. Partick are on a total of 24 goals.
In League One OXFORD UNITED drew 1-1 away to Mansfield Town, after they had two players sent off late in the second half. Oxford are on a total of 16 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
In the Championship, SOUTHAMPTON won 1-0 away to Norwich City and are on a total of 24 goals. They have now scored in all of their 12 league/cup games. DERBY COUNTY lost 4-1 away to QPR and picked up their 10th goal of the season. WEST HAM UNITED won 6-0 away to 9 men Lincoln City and they have taken their goals tally up to 38 goals. West Ham have now scored in all of their 13 league/cup games.
In the Championship MIDDLESBROUGH in second place won 3-2 away to Stoke City and are now on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. BIRMINGHAM CITY are now in third place after they picked up their biggest win to date 4-0 at home against bottom of the table PRESTON NE. Birmingham have taken their goals tally up to 19 goals and have now extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. Preston picked up their 5th blank of the season. BRISTOL CITY lost 1-0 at home to Blackburn Rovers and that is their fourth blank of the season. BURNLEY drew 2-2 at home to CHARLTON and are on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Charlton are on 14 goals. It’s 20 goals for CARDIFF CITY after they won 5-1 at home against Watford. WOLVES lost 3-1 at home to Bolton and are on a total of 21 goals. WREXHAM lost 2-1 at home to West Brom and hit goal number 11.
In the Premier League COVENTRY CITY have won their second league game 4-1 at home to NEWCASTLE UNITED. Coventry have taken their goals tally to 10 goals. Newcastle are on 14 goals and they have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games.
Here are our top 10 teams so far from season 44. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals came from the League, League Cup and the FA Cup. The Scottish also came from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
32 EAST KILBRIDE (-)
32 WEST HAM UTD (91)
29 CLYDE (73)
28 HEARTS (98)
27 READING (111)
25 LIVINGSTON (74)
23 AYR UTD (76)
23 CHELSEA (128)
23 SOUTHAMPTON (100)
23 PARTICK (46)
Here we are with Week Ten of the competition we are half-way through the first half. This weekend we had our first Rollover of the season of £18 and the cash went to KEITH RATTLE who has already won some cash with his Bish-Bash-Bosh in Week Four. He becomes our second player to win twice this season. Keith won with his personal best weekend score and our highest score of the season.
Keith started with Golden Goals back in the 2020/21 season on where he finished in 101st place out of 116, with a total of 220 goals. Last season he finished in the winning frame in 13th place with a total of 270 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. This season we can see Keith at his highest position to date. His best team is Hearts. His teams are
CHELSEA 5, HEARTS 5, MANCHESTER CITY 3
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Despite that, we only had one midweek game, It still means that the top five have mostly remained the same as last week’s News Sheet.
We have joint leaders again this week, and they are ASHLEY LEGG and STALKY (1). Both are now on a total of 40 goals. In second place we still have GUY DOWSETT (1) and TIM WOOD both now on a total of 38 goals. In third place we have ROBERT NETTING now on a total of 37 goals. In fourth place we still have MANDY WRIGHT (2) now with a total of 36 goals. In fifth place we still have RICHIE WILLIAMS and TONY GUY (3), both on a total of 35 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
It’s so nice to have the football back again over the weekend. We had just 3 of our teams with out a game this weekend and another 7 that failed to score any goals. The average score that we had was 5 goals over the weekend. So if you scored more than that, then you have done well this week. The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals and they came from three of our teams. They were CHELSEA, HEARTS and READING.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
MANCHESTER CITY are still top after they won 3-0 away to LIVERPOOL. City are now on a total of 21 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. Liverpool picked up their second blank of the season. In second place we have ARSENAL who won their fifth league game 2-1 at home to Leeds Utd. Arsenal are on a total of 14 goals. ASTON VILLA drew 2-2 at home to BRENTFORD and are on a total of 9 goals. Brentford are on 20 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. CHELSEA won 5-1 at home against AFC BOURNEMOUTH and have taken their goals tally up to 23. Bournemouth picked up their 11th goal of the season. IPSWICH TOWN won 2-1 at home to Fulham and are on a total of 14 goals. BRIGHTON have won 2-0 away to Sunderland and are on a total of 21 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 at home against TOTTENHAM and picked up their 11th goal of the season. Tottenham are on 9 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE won 3-1 at home against Nottingham Forest and are now on a total of 12 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH are in 2nd place after they won 1-0 at home to WOLVES. Brough are on a total of 21 goals while Wolves picked up their second blank of the season. West Ham United are in 3rd place. CHARLTON drew 1-1 at home to BRISTOL CITY and are on a total of 12 goals. City are also on 12 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY have won their 3rd league game, 1-0 away to West Brom and are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. CARDIFF CITY lost 2-1 away to Blackburn and they are on a total of 15 goals. DERBY COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to WREXHAM and picked up goal number 9. Wrexham are on a total of 10 goals. BURNLEY have picked up their first and biggest win of the season, 4-0 away to Watford. Burnley have taken their goals tally to 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. PRESTON NE are still bottom of the table after they lost their 7th league game, 1-0 at home to Millwall. That is their fourth blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON won 1-0 at home to Portsmouth and they are on a total of 23 goals, and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games.
LEAGUE ONE
The highest team that we have here are STOCKPORT COUNTY in 3rd place, who won 3-1 at home to Barnsley. County are now on a total of 21 goals. OXFORD UNITED won 2-1 away to Notts County. Oxford are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. AFC WIMBLEDON lost 2-1 away to Plymouth and they are on a total of 8 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 2-2 at home to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. Huddersfield are now on a total of 17 goals. Wednesday, after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, are now on a total of 16 goals. LEICESTER CITY lost 3-1 at home to Peterborough and are on a total of 12 goals. It’s 10 goals for MK DONS after they lost 5-1 at home to READING. Reading have taken their goals tally up to 27 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. It’s 10 goals for BROMLEY are they lost 2-1 away to Mansfield. LUTON TOWN won 4-1 away to Wycombe and have taken their goals tally to 19 goals. CAMBRIDGE UNITED won 1-0 at home to Blackpool and are on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
LEAGUE TWO
SALFORD CITY are still top after they won 2-0 away to Cheltenham. Salford have taken their goals tally to 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. BARNET are still in second place after they won 3-1 away to BRISTOL ROVERS and are now on a total of 21 goals and they have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. Rovers are on 15 goals. CHESTERFIELD drew 2-2 away to Crawley and they are on a total of 17 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. PORT VALE have won their second league game 1-0 at home to GRIMSBY TOWN. Vale are on a total of 4 goals. Grimsby after a goal run of 7 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last 2 games, GILLINGHAM won 4-1 away to Rotherham and they have taken their goals tally to 15 goals. EXETER CITY have won their 3rd league game 1-0 away to Shrewsbury and they are on a total of 6 goals. YORK CITY drew 1-1 at home to Northampton and are on a total of 17 goals.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
In the Premiership, after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, CELTIC are back on top after they won 2-0 away to Motherwell. Celtic are on a total of 20 goals. In 2nd place we have RANGERS who won 3-1 at home to Kilmarnock, and they are now on a total of 19 goals. They have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. HEARTS are in 3rd place after they won 5-0 at home to St Mirren. They have taken their goals tally to 28 goals. They have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. HIBERNIAN lost 1-0 away to Dundee Utd and that is their second blank of the season. ABERDEEN lost 1-0 at home against St Johnstone and picked up their 5th blank of the season.
In the Championship, STENHOUSEMUIR are still top even though they lost their first league game 2-0 away to Inverness CT. That is Stenhousemuir’s third blank of the season. It’s 10 goals for ARBROATH after they lost 2-1 at home to Greenock Morton. AYR UNITED drew 1-1 at home to DUNFERMLINE and they are on a total of 23 goals. Dunfermline are on 18 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LIVINGSTON lost 2-1 at home to PARTICK THISTLE and they are on a total of 25 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Partick are on a total of 23 goals.
In League One, EAST KILBRIDE are still in third place after they drew 2-2 at home to Airdrieonians. Kilbride are on a total of 32 goals.
In League Two, CLYDE in second place won 2-1 at home to Dumbarton and they are on a total of 29 goals. Clyde have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week
WEST HAM UNITED (32) EAST KILBRIDE (32) CLYDE (29) Total of 93 goals
Our WORST three teams are
PORT VALE (4) EXETER CITY (6) COVENTRY CITY (6) Total of 16 goals
Our best performing team are WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 12 league/cup games. With a total of 32 goals, their average score is 2.6 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is EXETER CITY this weekend, as they have picked up six blank score sheets in 11 league/cup games. They have a total of 6 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
GUY DOWSETT (1) is celebrating his sixth weekend at the top this week with his first selection, as he picked up a total of 6 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Clyde, Manchester City and West Ham United. He also remains in second place with his second selection this week, as he picks up a total of 5 goals from the week. Guy’s other teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United.
At the other end at 124 we still have our 2023/24 Champion JOHN FILTNESS, who has now been there for 4 consecutive weeks and now seven over the season. John picked up 5 goals all from the weekend. His teams are Gillingham, Liverpool and Wrexham.
It's nice to have the football back and here is how our top ten is looking this week.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 2 G. DOWSETT (1) 38 44 82
2 1 G. DOWSETT (2) 34 47 81
3 - M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)* 32 44 76
4 5 G. CARTHY 34 42 76
5 11 A. LEGG 40 36 76
6 4 M. GREGORY 30 45 75
7 10 M. WRIGHT (2) 36 39 75
8 6 T. WARWICK 29 45 74
9 14 RICHIE WILLIAMS 35 39 74
10 7 M. LIPMAN 32 41 73
In the Championship, after going a goal down in the first half, WEST HAM UNITED drew 1-1 at home, with a goal in the second half against QPR. West Ham are on a total of 32 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games.
Here are our top 10 teams so far from season 44. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order.
32 WEST HAM UTD (91)
30 EAST KILBRIDE (-)
27 CLYDE (73)
24 LIVINGSTON (74)
22 SOUTHAMPTON (100)
22 AYR UTD (76)
22 READING (111)
20 MIDDLESBROUGH (92)
20 WOLVERHAMPTON (104)
21 ABERDEEN (112)
Here we are with Week Nine of the competition and once again there was no Weekend Prize Money to be won this week, due to the International games being played over the week again. This means that we will be looking for our first Rollover of the season, which now stands at £18 for next weekend.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
There were no midweek games, as once again, due to the International games. That means that the top five remains the same as last week’s News Sheet.
We have joint leaders again this week, and they are ASHLEY LEGG and STALKY (1). Both are on a total of 39 goals. In second place we have GUY DOWSETT (1) and TIM WOOD both on a total of 37 goals. In third place we have ROBERT NETTING on a total of 36 goals. In fourth place we have MANDY WRIGHT (2) and TONY GUY (3), both on a total of 35 goals. In fifth place we have RICHIE WILLIAMS and MANDYME26, both with a total of 34 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
Not much has happen again over the weekend, although we had 14 of our teams in action this week. Out of our 14 teams, only two failed to score any goals. That means that most of us picked up yet another blank weekend score sheet. The highest score, over the weekend was 4 goals they came from the League Two where CHESTERFIELD won 4-2 at home.
Chesterfield became our 57th voted team back in the 1986/87 season where they finished the season on a total of 58 goals. Their highest score came in the 2000/01 season with 84 goals. Last season they finished with a total of 73 goals. This is their 9th season with Golden Goals and over that time they have netted a total of 566 goals. This now gives them an average score of 62 goals per season to date. This season they have picked up two blank score sheets which were their first tow games of the season. They are on a total of 15 goals and have extended their goal run to 8 games. Chesterfield have just one vote this time.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
LEAGUE ONE
Only two of our teams managed to play over the weekend and they were HUDDERSFIELD TOWN who have moved up to third place after they won their fourth league game 3-1 away to Burton. Huddersfield are now on a total of 15 goals. READING drew 1-1 at home to Bradford and they are on a total of 22 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
LEAGUE TWO
SALFORD CITY have moved up to the top after they won their fifth league game 1-0 at home against Fleetwood. Salford have taken their goals tally to 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. Barnet dropped down to second place after they no game over the weekend. CHESTERFIELD have picked up their biggest win of the season and their fourth league win with a 4-2 win against Tranmere at home. Chesterfield have taken their goals tally to 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. BRISTOL ROVERS lost 3-1 away to Crewe as they hit goal number 14. After they had failed to score in their last four games, EXETER CITY won 1-0 at home to Rotherham and are on a total of 5 goals. GILLINGHAM drew 0-0 at home to Newport and that is their 5th blank of the season and now two games in a row without a goal. GRIMSBY TOWN lost 2-1 at home to Shrewsbury. Grimsby are on a total of 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
In the Championship Stenhousemuir are still top even though they had no game over the weekend. LIVINGSTON lost 2-1 at home to AYR UNITED and are on a total of 24 goals. Ayr are on a total of 22 goals. After they had failed to score in their last two games, PARTICK THISTLE won 3-0 at home against ARBROATH. Partick are now on a total of 21 goals while Arbroath picked up their 7th blank of the season.
In League One EAST KILBRIDE are in third place, after they won 3-0 away to East Fife. Kilbride are now on a total of 30 goals.
In League Two CLYDE lost their second league game, 6-2 away to Elgin City and they are on a total of 27 goals. Clyde have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week
WEST HAM UNITED (31) EAST KILBRIDE (30) CLYDE (27) Total of 88 goals
Our WORST three teams are
PORT VALE (3) EXETER CITY (5) COVENTRY CITY (6) Total of 14 goals
Our best performing team are WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. With a total of 31 goals, their average score is 2.8 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is EXETER CITY this weekend, as they have picked up six blank score sheets in 10 league/cup games. They have a total of 5 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
GUY DOWSETT (2) is celebrating his fifth weekend at the top this week, as he had one of his teams in action this weekend. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. He also remains in second place with his first selection this week, as again, just one of his teams were in action over the weekend. Guy’s other teams are Clyde, Manchester City and West Ham United.
At the other end at 124 we still have our 2023/24 Champion JOHN FILTNESS, who has now been there for three consecutive weeks and now six over the season. John failed to picked up any goals from Gillingham at the weekend. His teams are Gillingham, Liverpool and Wrexham.
Here is our top ten, which is the same as last week. Things should change on next weeks table as the fixtures come back.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - G. DOWSETT (2) 33 43 76
2 - G. DOWSETT (1) 37 39 76
3 - M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)* 31 42 73
4 - M. GREGORY 29 42 71
5 - G. CARTHY 33 38 71
6 - T. WARWICK 28 41 69
7 - M. LIPMAN 31 38 69
8 - M. JACOBSEN 33 36 69
9 - TIM WOOD 37 32 69
10 - M. WRIGHT (2) 35 32 67
