Week Ten

In Week Ten of the competition and we are half-way through the first-half already. There is no prize money this weekend due to the International games this week. But next weekend we will have our second Rollover of the season worth £10.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

The race for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot has remained the same as last weeks, due to the fact, that there was just one game and no goals. Still in the lead this week we have DAVID BARRETT on a total of 27 goals. His teams are Burnley, Dundee and Manchester City. In second place we still have BARBARA BARNES (2) with a total of 25 goals. In third place we have PHIL COLLINS with a total of 20 goals. In fourth place with 19 goals we have GUY DOWSETT (2). In fifth place we have ALFIE DIMMOCK, GUY DOWSETT (1) and ABBEY NEWMAN all on a total of 18 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had a very limited league fixture this weekend due to the Internationals being played, We had just 7 of our teams in action over the weekend, but only 1 of them failed to score any goals. So most of us picked up another zero score sheet. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals and they came from the League Two where AFC WIMBLEDON won 4-0 at home to Carlisle United and have taken their goals tally up to 17.

AFC Wimbledon became our 106^th voted English team back in the 2011/12 Season and they finished on a total of 63 goals. Their biggest end of season total was last season with 78 goals. This is their 5^th season with Golden Goals and over the years they have netted a total of 271 goals. This gives them an average score of 54 goals per season to date. This season they have picked up a total of 4 blank score sheets and they have just 1 vote this time.

LEAGUE ONE

Birmingham City are still top of the table even though they had no game this week. We had just one team in action and they were PETERBOROUGH who drew 3-3 at home to Rotherham United. Borough are now on a total of 19 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

It’s 20 goals for CHESTERFIELD after they drew 2-2 at home to NOTTS COUNTY and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. County are on a total of 22 goals. MK DONS picked up their fifth blank of the season after they lost 1-0 at home to Port Vale. After they had failed to score in their last 3 games, DONCASTER ROVERS drew 1-1 at home against Crewe and are on a total of 18 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Championship FALKIRK drew their second league game 1-1 away to Partick to go top of the table. Falkirk are on a total of 29 goals.

Our BEST three teams this week

DUNDEE (36) EAST FIFE (32) CELTIC (30) Total of 96 goals

Our WORST three teams are

  HEARTS (6) AFC BOURNEMOUTH (8) IPSWICH (8) Total of 22 goals

Our best performing team is EAST FIFE after they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. They have a total of 32 goals which gives them an average score of 2.4 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is STENHOUSEMUIR this weekend after they picked up 7^th blank score sheet from 13 league/cup games. They have a total of 18 goals.

Our highest goal-scoring teams in our 42^nd Season are MANCHESTER UNITED after they won 7-0 at home to BARNSLEY in the Carabao/League Cup 3^rd Round in Week Seven. DUNDEE won 7-1 away to Bonnyrigg Rose in the Scottish League Cup in the very first game in the first round group stages. 

GUY DOWSETT (2) is at the top for his third weekend but his teams did not have any games this weekend. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and East Fife. He is still 11 goals clear of Alex Davey who also had none of his teams playing. Alex teams are Arsenal, Celtic, and Chelsea.  

At the other end at 114 we still have MANDY WRIGHT with her fourth weekend. Mandy’s teams picked up 4 goals this week. Her teams are Bournemouth, West Ham and AFC Wimbledon.

Not must to report on this week but hope that the table will change next weekend with a full fixture.

        THIS     LAST                                         M/WEEK       W/END      TOTAL                   

       WEEK  WEEK     NAME                         GOALS        GOALS      GOALS 

       1            -         G. DOWSETT (2)           19                   63                82             

       2            -          A. DAVEY                      14                  57                 71

       3            -          B. BARNES (2)              25                  46                 71

      4             9         L. GRIMWOOD             13                  57                 70

      5             12       S. THOMSON (2)           9                    60                 69

      6             13       M. GREGORY               11                   58                 69

      7             4         L. HAMMOND             14                   55                 69

      8             5         M. LAVER                     14                   55                 69

      9             6         A. STUBBS (2)              14                   55                 69

     10            7        C. SETFORD                  17                   52                 69

Falkirk Still Doing Well

In the Scottish Championship, top of the table FALKIRK drew their first league game and picked up their third blank of the season, after they drew 0-0 at home to Livingston.

Week Nine

In Week Nine of the competition, we had another £5 to give away and it had to be shared by 2 players. This now brings our winners total to 10 as one of our winners have already won some cash. Our winners are ALBIE/BOBBY and GUY DOWSETT (2) winning on a score of 14 goals each.

Albie/Bobby are new to Golden Goals this season and this is their personal best weekend score. They have picked up 2 blank weekend score sheets and this is the highest that they have been this season. Arsenal is their best team.

Guy has picked up his second win of the season with his second combination. This is also his personal best weekend score. Guy last won in Week Four with the full amount. His best team is East Fife and he has only picked up 1 blank weekend score sheet. Our Winners teams are

              Albie/Bobby  ARSENAL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 3, WEST HAM 4

                               Guy  ARSENAL 3, CELTIC 2, EAST FIFE 5

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

There was another change in the race for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot once again this week, as we had more of our teams in action. It was MARK WALKER that picked up the most amount of midweek goals with 9. They came from Birmingham, Leeds United and MK Dons. Still in the lead this week we have DAVID BARRETT now on a total of 27 goals. His teams are Burnley, Dundee and Manchester City. In second place we still have BARBARA BARNES (2) still with a total of 25 goals. In third place up from five we have PHIL COLLINS with a total of 20 goals. In fourth place still with 19 goals we have GUY DOWSETT (2) down from three. In fifth place we now have ALFIE DIMMOCK, GUY DOWSETT (1) and ABBEY NEWMAN all on a total of 18 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had another full league fixture again this weekend, and we had just one of our teams without a game over the weekend with another 17 of our teams that failed to score any goals. We did not have a very good weekend for goals as the average score fell from 7 of last weekend to just 5 this weekend. Well done if you did better than five. The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals and they came from the Scottish League Two where EAST FIFE won 5-0 at home against Bonnyrigg Rose. Fife have taken their goals tally up to 32 goals and have scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games.

East Fife became our 28^th voted Scottish team when they joined Golden Goals in the 2003/04 Season. They finished on a total of 44 goals. Their best end of season goals total was last season on where they finished on a total of 49 goals. This is their fourth season with us and over the years they have netted a total of 167 goals to date. This gives them an average score of 41 goals per season. So this season will be their very best. They have just 1 vote this season.

PREMIER LEAGUE

LIVERPOOL have remained at the top after they won 1-0 away to CRYSTAL PALACE. Winning their sixth league game, Liverpool are on a total of 18 goals. Palace picked up their third blank of the season. Second place MANCHESTER CITY won 3-2 at home to Fulham. City have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games and are on a total of 19 goals.  ARSENAL won 3-1 at home against SOUTHAMPTON. Arsenal have also scored in all of their 8 league/cup games and are now on a total of 20 goals. Still no win for Southampton but they pick up goal number 10. LEICESTER CITY won their first league game 1-0 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH. Leicester are on a total of 13 goals while Bournemouth picked up their fourth blank of the season. WEST HAM picked up their second win of the season and their biggest result as they win 4-1 at home to IPSWICH TOWN.  West Ham have taken their goals tally to 12 while Ipswich still yet to win a game this season, picked up goal number 8. NEWCASTLE drew 0-0 away to Everton and after a goal run of 8 league/cup games, Newcastle picked up their first blank of the season. After a goal run of 5 league/cup games, ASTON VILLA drew 0-0 at home against MANCHESTER UNITED. As Villa picked up their second blank of the season, United picked up their fourth and now 3 games without a goal. CHELSEA drew 1-1 at home to Nottingham Forest and are on a total of 21 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM went 2-0 up at half time against Brighton away but lost the match 3-2. Tottenham are on a total of 16 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD UNITED are joint top on goal difference after they won 2-0 at home against LUTON TOWN. United are on a total of 16 goals while Luton picked up their third blank score sheet after a goal run of 6 league/cup games. BURNLEY drew 0-0 at home to PRESTON NE and both teams have picked up their fourth blank of the season. NORWICH CITY won won 4-0 at home against Hull City and have taken their goals tally up to 20 goals. PORTSMOUTH drew 1-1 at home to OXFORD UNITED and hit goal number 9 while Oxford are on 15 goals. SWANSEA CITY drew 0-0 at home to Stoke and that is their fifth blank score sheet and now 2 games in a row.  MIDDLESBROUGH lost 2-1 away to Watford and picked up goal number 13. MILLWALL drew 0-0 away to WBA and that is their fifth blank score sheet and now 2 games without a goal.

LEAGUE ONE

BIRMINGHAM CITY are still top of the table after they lost their first league game, 1-0 away to CHARLTON. Birmingham picked up their second blank score sheets after a goal run of 5 league/cup games, while Charlton are on a total of 10 goals. HUDDERSFIELD won 2-0 at home to BARNSLEY and are on a total of 19 goals. Barnsley picked up their third blank of the season. PETERBOROUGH won 2-1 at home to Stevenage and are on a total of 16 goals. BOLTON drew 2-2 at home to Shrewsbury and are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. BLACKPOOL picked up their third blank score sheet after they lost 2-0 away to Mansfield. After they had failed to score in their last 2 games, WREXHAM picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 4-1 at home to Northampton. Wrexham have taken their goals tally to 20 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

BROMLEY drew again 0-0 away to Fleetwood Town and picked up their second blank of the season. DONCASTER ROVERS won 3-0 away to Grimsby Town and are now on a total of 17 goals. CHESTERFIELD drew 2-2 at home to Walsall and are on a total of 18 goals. MK DONS drew 1-1 at home to Tranmere Rovers and are on a total of 13 goals. NOTTS COUNTY lost 1-0 at home to Port Vale and picked up their third blank score sheet. AFC WIMBLEDON lost 1-0 away to Salford City and picked up their fourth blank score sheet and now 3 in a row.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table CELTIC won their seventh consecutive league game 2-1 away to ROSS COUNTY.  Celtic are on a total of 30 goals and extend their 100% scoring record to 9 league/cup games. County picked up goal number 18. RANGERS won 2-0 at home to St Johnstone and are on a total of 17 goals. DUNDEE lost 3-2 at home to KILMARNOCK. Dundee are on a total of 36 goals while Kilmarnock have taken their goals tally to 9 goals. HEARTS lost 3-2 away to Aberdeen and are on a total of 6 goals.

In the Championship FALKIRK won their sixth league game 2-0 at home to Ayr Utd. Falkirk are on a total of 28 goals and are still in second place in the league.

In League One COVE RANGERS won 2-0 away to Alloa and are on a total of 17 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. After they had failed to score in their last three games, STENHOUSEMUIR won 3-1 away to Dumbarton and have taken their goals tally to 18 goals.

In League Two, East Fife are still top of the table after their big win. PETERHEAD lost 1-0 away to Elgin City and picked up their fifth blank of the season. CLYDE drew 1-1 at home to The Spartans and picked up goal number 16.

Our BEST three teams this week

DUNDEE (36) EAST FIFE (32) CELTIC (30) Total of 96 goals

Our WORST three teams are

  HEARTS (6) AFC BOURNEMOUTH (8) IPSWICH (8) Total of 22 goals

Our best performing team is EAST FIFE after they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. They have a total of 32 goals which gives them an average score of 2.4 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is STENHOUSEMUIR this weekend after they picked up 7^th blank score sheet from 13 league/cup games. They have a total of 18 goals.

Our highest goal-scoring teams in our 42^nd Season are MANCHESTER UNITED after they won 7-0 at home to BARNSLEY in the Carabao/League Cup 3^rd Round in Week Seven. DUNDEE won 7-1 away to Bonnyrigg Rose in the Scottish League Cup in the very first game in the first round group stages.

GUY DOWSETT (2) is at the top for his second weekend as his teams picked him up a total of 10 goals this weekend. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and East Fife. He is now 11 goals clear of Alex Davey who has moved up to second place. Alex teams are Arsenal, Celtic, and Chelsea.

At the other end at 114 we still have MANDY WRIGHT with her third weekend. Mandy’s teams picked up 7 goals this week. Her teams are Bournemouth, West Ham and AFC Wimbledon.

Here are our top ten this weekend with another change

         THIS    LAST                                          M/WEEK    W/END       TOTAL

WEEK  WEEK     NAME                         GOALS      GOALS      GOALS 

       1            -          G. DOWSETT (2)          19                63                82             

       2           4           A. DAVEY                      14                57                71

       3           2          B. BARNES (2)               25                45                70

       4           5          L. HAMMOND               14                55                69

       5           10        M. LAVER                      14                55                69

       6           3          A. STUBBS (2)               14               55                 69

       7           17        C. SETFORD                  17               52                 69

       8           6          D. BARRETT                 27               42                 69

       9          13         L. GRIMWOOD             13              55                  68

       10        7           S. DICKINSON              14              54                  68

Leeds Third for Now

In the Championship, LEEDS UNITED have played their second game of the week and they drew once again 2-2 away to Sunderland. Leeds are on a total of 15 goals and have now won just 4 of their 9 league games.

Championship Results

In the Championship, PRESTON NE won 3-0 at home against Watford and they are now on a total of 15 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 1-0 at home to SWANSEA CITY and are on a total of 14 goals. Swansea picked up their 4^th blank of the season. PORTSMOUTH lost 6-1 away to Stoke City and picked up gaol number 8.

Cup and League Results

 In the very last game in the Carabao/League Cup 3^rd Round, NEWCASTLE won 1-0 at home to AFC WIMBLEDON and are on a total of 10 goals. Wimbledon picked up their 3^rd blank score sheet and now two in a row. 

In the Championship, BURNLEY won 1-0 at home to Plymouth and are on a total of 14 goals. MILLWALL picked up their 4^th blank score sheet after they lost 1-0 away to Cardiff City. LUTON TOWN drew 2-2 at home to OXFORD UNITED and are on a total of 9 goals and have extended their goal run to 6 league/cup games. Oxford are on a total of 14 goals. NORWICH CITY drew 1-1 at home to LEEDS UNITED and are on a total of 16 goals. Leeds are on a total of 13 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH won 1-0 away to WBA and are on a total of 12 goals. 

In League One, BARNSLEY drew 2-2 at home to Wycombe and are on a total of 17 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 1-0 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN. Birmingham are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Huddersfield picked up their second blank of the season and now just one goal in their last three games. BLACKPOOL drew 1-1 at home against Lincoln City and picked up goal number 23. CHARLTON lost 3-2 away to Bristol Rovers and are on a total of 9 goals. BOLTON won 4-2 away to Northampton and are now on a total of 17 goals. WREXHAM lost 1-0 away to Stevenage and that is their 3^rd blank of the season and now two in a row. PETERBOROUGH picked up their 4^th blank score sheet after they went down 3-0 away to Wigan. 

In League Two, BROMLEY drew 2-2 at home to CHESTERFIELD and are on a total of 13 goals. Chesterfield are on 16 goals. It’s 20 goals for NOTTS COUNTY after they won 2-0 away to Carlisle Utd. DONCASTER ROVERS won 1-0 at home to Accrington and are on a total of 14 goals. MK DONS picked up their biggest win of the season by winning 5-1 away to Harrogate Town. They have taken their goals tally up to 12.

Southampton Struggling

In the Premier League after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, AFC BOURNEMOUTH won their 2^nd league game 3-1 at home to SOUTHAMPTON. Bournemouth have taken their goals tally to 8 while Southampton are on 9 goals and have still yet to win a league game.