Here we are with Week Thirteen of the competition, we have had our 14th winner of the season to win the full £6 Weekend Prize Money. The cash went to LUCIFER (John Wood) who won with his personal best weekend score of 10 goals. John/Lucifer started with Golden Goals back in the 1997/98 season on where he finished in 87th place out of 103 with a total of 209 goals. Over the years John has added more entries to the competition and he became Champion in the 2016/17 season, winning with a total of 344 goals which put’s him in 3rd place in our “Champions League”. Last season his Lucifer finished in 57th place with a total of 248 goals. This season his Lucifer, has had one blank weekend score sheet and his highest position is 36 in Week Three. Southampton is his best team. His winning teams are
CAMBRIDGE UNITED 0, MK DONS 6, SOUTHAMPTON 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Nearly all of us picked up some midweek goals this week, so the top five has slightly changed from last week’s News Sheet. We had 2 players that managed to pick up the most amount of goals with 7 each. They are BARBARA BARNES (1) and ZIGGY.
In the lead this week we are back to two players who have reached the halfway mark. They are STALKY (1) up from three and TIM WOOD last weeks leader, both on a total of 50 goals. In second place we now have ASHLEY LEGG up from three with 49 goals. In third place, we still have MARK LIPMAN now on a total of 48 goals. In fourth place we still have GUY DOWSETT (1) and he is now joined with MIKE HARRINGTON our 1997/98 Champion, down from second place and coming back in to the race CHRIS BOOM. All are on a total of 47 goals. In fifth place we still have ROBERT NETTING but joining him we have back in MICHAEL JACOBSEN. Both are on a total of 46 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 5 of our teams without a game this weekend and another 14 that failed to score any goals. We had a total of 4 players that failed to pick up any goals over the weekend. Our op teams crashed over the weekend which was very disappointing. The average score last weekend was five goals this weekend we went down to just 3 goals. 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 6 goals and they came from League One, where MK DONS won 6-1 at home against Doncaster Rovers.
MK Dons started with Golden Goals back in the 2007/08 season on where they became our 103rd voted English team. In that season they finished on a total of 88 goals. They have reached 100 goals twice, and their highest score came in the 2014/15 season with 115 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 93 goals. This is their 16th season with us and over the years they have scored a total of 1133 goals, which gives them an average score of 70 goals per season to date. This season they have picked up 2 blank score sheets and they have just 1 vote this time round.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
ARSENAL have moved up to the top after they won 1-0 away to LIVERPOOL. Arsenal are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Liverpool picked up their third blank of the season. MANCHESTER CITY are down to second place after they lost their 2nd consecutive league game 1-0 at home to BRIGHTON. After they had scored in all of their first 10 league/cup games, City have picked up their 1st blank of the season. Brighton are on a total of 29 goals and no win third place. AFC BOURNEMOUTH who have won their 3rd league game 2-0 at home against Leeds Utd.. Bournemouth are on a total of 21 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. BRENTFORD won 2-0 at home to Nottingham Forest and are on a total of 26 goals. They have now scored in all of their 12 league/cup games. CHELSEA won 2-0 at home against MANCESTER UNITED and are on a total of 28 goals. United picked up their fourth blank of the season and now 2 in a row. COVENTRY CITY won 3-1 at home to Sunderland and are now on a total of 14 goals. IPSWICH TOWN drew 2-2 away to Hull and are on a total of 19 goals. TOTTENHAM have won their third consecutive league game 2-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE. Tottenham are on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Palace picked up their 5th blank score sheet. ASTON VILLA drew 1-1 at home to Fulham and they are on a total of 13 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH at the top of the table won 3-0 at home to CHARLTON and are now on a total of 34 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Charlton picked up their 5th blank of the season. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 3-1 away to Lincoln and they are now on a total of 25 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 3 league games, BRISTOL CITY won 3-2 away to Bolton and are now on a total of 15 goals. BURNLEY after a goal run of 10 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season after they drew 0-0 at home to Portsmouth. DERBY COUNTY lost 4-1 away to Millwall and are on a total of 12 goals. SOUTHAMPTON won 4-1 at home against QPR and have taken their goals tally to 31. WEST HAM UNITED lost 3-1 at home to West Brom and are on a total of 42 goals and have extended their goal run to 16 league/cup games. WOLVES won 3-0 at home to CARDIFF CITY and are now on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Cardiff picked up their third blank of the season after a goal run of 5 league/cup games. Bottom of the table PRESTON NE lost 2-0 away to Stoke and picked up their 6th blank of the season.
LEAGUE ONE
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are ill top of the table after they won 3-0 away to Bradford. Huddersfield are on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY remain in 2nd place after they won 2-1 at home to AFC WIMBLEDON. County are on a total of 27 goals while Wimbledon are on 10 goals. After a goal run of 11 league/cup games, CAMBRIDGE UNITED lost 3-0 away to Leyton Orient. Cambridge picked up their second blank of the season. READING drew 0-0 away to Plymouth and that is their third blank of the season. It’s 20 goals for OXFORD UNITED after they drew 1-1 away to Barnsley. LEICESTER CITY drew 2-2 at home to Stevenage and they are on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. MK DONS have picked up their biggest win of the season after they won 6-1 at home against Doncaster. The Dons have taken their goals tally to 23 goals. LUTON TOWN won 2-0 away to Peterborough and are on a total of 29 goals. Luton have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. BROMLEY lost 3-2 away to Wigan and are on a total of 14 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY drew 1-1 at home against Blackpool and are on a total of 23 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
SALFORD CITY are still top after they won 2-1 at home against EXETER CITY. Salford are on a total of 26 goals and they have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. Exeter are on 11 goals. BARNET are still in second place after they drew 1-1 away to Crewe. Barnet are on a total of 26 goals and they have now scored in all of their 13 league/cup games. GRIMSBY TOWN picked up their biggest win of the season after they won 5-2 at home to YORK CITY. Grimsby have taken their goals tally up to 25 goals while York are on 24 goals. York have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. It’s 10 goals for PORT VALE after they picked up their biggest win of the season, 4-2 at home to Rochdale. BRISTOL ROVERS lost 3-1 away to Fleetwood and are on a total of 17 goals. It’s 20 goals for GILLINGHAM after they won 2-1 away to Shrewsbury.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
In the Scottish League Cup Semi-Finals, we had 4 of our teams in action and out of them 2 are through to the finals. They are RANGERS who won 1-0 at home against ABERDEEN and are in the finals. Rangers picked up goal number 28. They have now scored in all of their 13 league/cup games. Aberdeen picked up their 7th blank score sheet and now 2 in a row. HEARTS lost 2-1 at home to HIBERNIAN and they are on a total of 34 goals and have extended their goal run to all 14 league/cup games. Hibs are on a total of 17 goals. Rangers will play Hearts in the final on 13 December.
In the Premiership, CELTIC remain on top after they lost their second league game 2-0 away to Falkirk. Celtic have picked up their third blank of the season. Rangers are still in second place.
In the Championship, PARTICK THISTLE are still top after they lost their second league game 3-2 at home to Greenock Morton. Partick are on a total of 30 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. ARBROATH lost 4-0 at home against Raith Rovers. Arbroath picked up their 10th blank of the season and now 3 in a row. AYR UNITED won 3-2 at home to Queen’s Park and are now on a total of 26 goals. DUNFERMLINE won 5-1 at home to Inverness CT and have taken their goals tally to 26 goals.
In League One EAST KILBRIDE lost 2-1 at home to Ross County and are on a total of 34 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
In League Two CLYDE are in second place after they drew 0-0 away to Stranraer and after a goal run of 10 games, picked up their third blank of the season.
Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week
WEST HAM UNITED (42) MIDDLESBROUGH (34) HEARTS (34) Total of 110 goals
Our WORST three teams are
AFC WIMBLEDON (10) ARBROATH (10) PORT VALE (10) Total of 30 goals
Our best performing team is WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 16 league/cup games. With a total of 42 goals, their average score is 2.6 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is EXETER CITY this weekend, as they have picked up 7 blank score sheets in 15 league/cup games. They have a total of 11 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring team in our 44th Season, are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the 1st round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
GUY DOWSETT (2) is celebrating his ninth weekend at the top this week with his second selection once again, He picked up a total of just 4 goals once again from the week. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. In second place this weekend we have Mike Harrington our 1997/98 Champion who picked up a total of 8 goals all from the weekend. Mikes teams are Middlesbrough, Southampton and West Ham United.
At the other end at 124 we still have CJEXPRESS26, who has now been there of a second weekend. Her teams picked up just 3 goals from the weekend and her teams are Arbroath, Ayr United and Preston NE.
We had a very disappointing weekend for goals but it seems that the table below, is settling down abit.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - G. DOWSETT (2) 43 64 107
2 4 M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)* 47 60 107
3 2 M. LIPMAN 48 59 107
4 5 M. GREGORY 39 65 104
5 3 G. DOWSETT (1) 47 56 103
6 8 J. WEARDEN 41 61 102
7 9 T. WARWICK 38 63 101
8 6 M. WRIGHT (2) 45 56 101
9 7 M. JACOBSEN 46 55 101
10 - G. CARTHY 43 57 100
