In Week Eleven of the competition we had our second Rollover of the season worth £10. The prize money was shared between two Champions this week, our 2023/24 ANDREW HAMMOND and our 2012/13 ALICE STUBBS. Both won on a score of just 7 goals each. That now means that we have had a total of 15 winners this season to date.
Andrew started with us in the 2023/24 season where he became joint Champion on a total of 328 goals. He also had one shared weekend win. He is currently in 12th place in our Champions League. Last season, Andrew finished in 48th place out of 114 with a total of 272 goals. This season he has been as high as 37th place in Week Two. He has picked up a total of three blank weekend scoresheets. Manchester City is his best team.
Alice became Champion in her very first season of 2012/13. In that season Alice finished on a total of 318 goals and picked up two weekend wins. Alice is in 16th place in our Champions League. Now Alice has won with her second combination and last season with that, she finished in the winning frame in 11th place with 315 goals. She won one shared weekend win. This season Alice has been as high as 78th place in Week Four and has picked up two weekend blank scoresheets. Chelsea is her best team. Our winners' teams are
Andrew HIBERNIAN 4, LIVERPOOL 1, MANCHESTER CITY 2
Alice CHELSEA 3, RANGERS 2, SUNDERLAND 2
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Not many of us picked up goals this week, which means that our top five have had a slight change again this week.
In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with a total of 38 goals. Her teams are Ayr United, Brighton and Crewe. In second place we still have DAVID BARRETT with 30 goals. In third place we still have HAYLEY ADKINS and BISH-BASH-BOSH (Keith Rattle) both with a total of 29 goals. In fourth place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1), our joint 2023/24 Champion, JOHN FILTNESS and our 2005/06 Champion, KEAMUS SETNA. All are on a total of 24 goals. In fifth place we still have our 2017/18 Champion CHRIS BOLBERY on a total of 23 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 5 of our teams not in action over the weekend and another 16 teams that failed to score any goals. The average score this weekend was just 3 goals. So if you picked up more than that, you have done well this weekend. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals, and they came from the Scottish Premiership where HIBERNIAN picked up their biggest win of the season with a 4-0 home win against Livingston. Hibs have taken their goals tally to 16 goals.
Hibernian started with us in the 1997/98 season and became our 20th Scottish team to enter Golden Goals. In their first season they finished on a total of 43 goals. Their highest end of season score came the following season with 89 goals. Last time out was in the 2023/24 season and finished with a total of 52 goals. This is Hibs 9th season with us and over that time they have netted a total of 577 goals, which gives them an average score of 64 goals per season to date. This season they have picked up three blank scoresheets and they have just one vote.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Top of the table ARSENAL won 1-0 away to London rivals Fulham and are on a total of 17 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. MANCHESTER CITY move up to second place after they won 2-0 at home to Everton and are on a total of 19 goals. City have extended their goal run to 7 league/cup games. CHELSEA won 3-0 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and are now on a total of 18 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. Forest picked up their fifth blank of the season and now they have failed to score in their last three games. BRIGHTON won 2-1 at home to NEWCASTLE and are on a total of 24 goals and have extended their goal run to 8 games. Newcastle hit goal number 11. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 3-3 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH and are now on a total of 13 goals. Palace have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Bournemouth are now on a total of 14 goals. It’s 10 goals for SUNDERLAND after they beat bottom of the table WOLVES 2-0 at home. Wolves picked up their fourth blank of the season. TOTTENHAM lost 2-1 at home to ASTON VILLA and picked up goal number 17 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Villa are on a total of 9 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. LIVERPOOL lost their third league game in a row as they lost 2-1 at home against MANCHESTER UNITED. Liverpool are on a total of 16 goals and have kept their 100% record after 9 league/cup games. United are on a total of 13 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
SOUTHAMPTON, after a goal run of 5 league/cup games picked up their second blank scoresheet after they drew 0-0 at home to Swansea. BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 3-2 at home to Hull and are on a total of 12 goals. BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 2-0 away to Coventry and picked up their fourth blank of the season. NORWICH CITY lost 1-0 at home to BRISTOL CITY and picked up their third blank of the season. Bristol are on a total of 18 goals. WREXHAM lost 1-0 away to Stoke and picked up their first blank of the season after a goal run of 12 league/cup games. PRESTON NE lost 2-1 away to West Brom and are on a total of 15 goals. LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 at home against Portsmouth and are on a total of 16 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won their second league game 1-0 at home against WATFORD. United are on a total of 5 goals while Watford picked up their fourth blank of the season.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are top of the table after they won 2-1 at home to Reading. City are on a total of 28 goals. It’s 20 goals for PETERBOROUGH UNITED after they won 1-0 away to Burton. BLACKPOOL drew 1-1 at home to WYCOMBE. After they had failed to score in their last two games, Blackpool are on a total of 11 goals. Wycombe are on 19 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. LUTON TOWN lost 2-0 at home to Mansfield and picked up their fourth blank and now two games in a row without a goal. PLYMOUTH lost 2-1 at home to AFC Wimbledon and are on a total of 21 goals. LEYTON ORIENT lost 1-0 away to Rotherham. Orient after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their fourth blank of the season. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 1-0 at home to Exeter and hit goal number 22. County have now scored in all of their last 8 league games.
LEAGUE TWO
WALSALL are still top of the table after they lost 2-1 at home to Barrow. Walsall are now on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league games. MK DONS have moved into second place after they won 3-1 at home against CREWE. The Dons are now on a total of 26 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Crewe picked up goal number 18. BROMLEY lost 2-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 21 goals. SWINDON TOWN lost 4-0 away to Accrington and after a goal run of 7 league/cup games, picked up their second blank scoresheet. BARNET picked up their third blank scoresheet after a goal run of 10 league/cup games as they lost 1-0 at home to NOTTS COUNTY. County are on a total of 22 goals. CHESTERFIELD drew 1-1 at home against Fleetwood and are on a total of 23 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. GILLINGHAM lost 1-0 away to Grimsby and picked up their second blank of the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS won 3-0 away to Kilmarnock and are now on a total of 36 goals. Hearts keep their 100% record after playing in 13 league/cup games. CELTIC in second place lost their first league game 2-0 away to Dundee. Celtic have picked up their third blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last two league games, Hibernian have moved up to third place after their big win. RANGERS are already in trouble as they drew their sixth league game 2-2 at home to Dundee Utd. Rangers are on a total of 14 goals.
In the Championship, AYR UNITED won their fourth game 2-1 at home to Morton and are on a total of 28 goals. ROSS COUNTY picked up their third blank scoresheet and now two in a row after they lost 1-0 away to Partick.
In League One STENHOUSEMUIR remain in second place after they won 1-0 away to bottom of the table COVE RANGERS. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 16 goals while Rangers, who have still yet to win a game, picked up their eighth blank of the season and now three games in a row without a goal.
In League Two CLYDE in third place drew 0-0 away to Forfar and picked up their fourth blank of the season. It’s 20 goals for DUMBARTON after they lost 2-1 at home against Spartans. Dumbarton have now scored in all of their 11 league/cup games.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (36) CARDIFF CITY (28) AYR UNITED (28) Total of 92 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SHEFFIELD UNITED (5) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (7) BLACKBURN (8) Total of 20 goals
Our best performing team are still HEARTS, after they have now scored in all of their 13 league/cup games. With a total of 36 goals, their average score is 2.7 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SHEFFIELD UNITED this weekend, as they have picked up 6 blank score sheets in their 11 league/cup games.
Our highest scoring team in our 43rd Season is ROSS COUNTY. They won 8-0 at home against Edinburgh City in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
HAYLEY ADKINS remains at the top for the fourth consecutive weekend. Hayley picked up a total of 6 goals all from the weekend. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City. Emmaf has moved up to second place after she picked up a total of 5 goals all coming from the weekend. Emmaf is one goal behind our leader with her teams of Ayr United, Brighton and Crewe.
At the other end at 111 we now have STALKY (1) (Bob Burgin) who now becomes our third player to stay there. Stalky picked up just one goal from the weekend. Stalky has Celtic, Sheffield United and West Ham.
I really don't think that we are going to see a great season with this one. Here are our top 10 this weekend.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOAL
1 - H. ADKINS 29 42 71
2 3 EMMAF 38 32 70
3 2 D. BARRETT 30 39 69
4 - B. BARNES (1) 24 41 65
5 - K. SETNA (2005/06) 24 39 63
6 - GRAHAM PHILLIPS 8 54 62
7 8 V. CRUICKSHANK 13 48 61
8 9 J. BLYTH 15 46 61
9 7 M. WALKER 9 50 59
10 19 BISH-BASH-BOSH 29 30 59
