Birmingham Rare Loss

In the Championship BURNLEY in 3rd place, won 2-1 away to Cardiff City and are on a total of 51 goals. After a goal run of 10 league/cup games, MILLWALL lost 2-0 at home to Bristol City. That is their 12th blank of the season. PRESTON NE drew 0-0 at home to SWANSEA CITY and picked up their 11th blank of the season. Swansea picked up their 15th. 

In League One top of the table BIRMINGHAM CITY lost their 3rd league game, 3-1 away to BOLTON. City picked up goal number 63 while Bolton are now on a total of 60 goals. WREXHAM in 3rd place won 1-0 away to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are on a total of 51 goals. Huddersfield picked up their 10th blank of the season. After a goal run of 7 league/cup games, PETERBOROUGH UNITED drew 0-0 away to BLACKPOOL and picked up their 11th blank of the season while, Blackpool picked up their 9th. CHARLTON won 1-0 at home to BARNSLEY and are on a total of 55 goals. Barnsley picked up their 10th blank of the season. 

In League Two DONCASTER ROVERS in 3rd place lost 1-0 away to BROMLEY and that is their 9th blank of the season. Bromley hit goal number 53. MK DONS lost 2-0 away to Accrington and have now had a total of 14 blank score sheets and now 3 in a row. CHESTERFIELD lost 1-0 away to Colchester Utd and picked up their 9th blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON picked up their 13th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Morecambe. NOTTS COUNTY lost 2-1 at home to Barrow and are on a total of 64 goals. 

In the Scottish Championship, top of the table FALKIRK won 3-0 away to Airdrie and are now on a total of 73 goals. Falkirk have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.

Here is how our 10 top teams are now looking for this season. The numbers in red after the teams name, in brackets, are their best end of season score with Golden Goals. 

111 CELTIC (143)

84 LIVERPOOL (127)

74 RANGERS (126)

73 LEEDS UNITED (97)

73 FALKIRK (108)

70 DUNDEE (65)

69 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

66 TOTTENHAM (109)

64 NOTTS COUNTY (106)

64 NEWCASTLE UNITED (105)

Ipswich Town out of Cup

In the very last game of the FA CUP 5th Round, IPSWICH TOWN drew 1-1 after extra time away to Nottingham Forest but then lost 5-4 on penalties. Ipswich are on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.

Week Thirty

In Week Thirty of the competition, we have reached half-way stage of the second half of the season. We had another £5 Weekend Jackpot and we had just the one winner again this weekend. This now takes our winners total to 31. That player was RYAN FC who belongs to our 2015/16 Champion Richard Williams. With their person best weekend score. Although Richard has been with Golden Goals for a long while now, his Ryan FC started with us in the  2019/20 Season and finished in 30th place with a total of 291 goals. Last season Ryan FC finished in 77th place with a total of 282 goals. This season, 31st place is the highest position to date in Week Five. Ryan FC have picked up just one blank weekend score sheet. Best team is Manchester City. Ryan FC’s winning teams are.

                        BARNSLEY 4, MANCHESTER CITY 3, PETERBOROUGH 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

All but one of us managed to pick up some more goals during midweek again, so the race for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot has changed again from last week. The highest score this week went to two players and they are LUKE HAMMOND with his Celtic, Chelsea and Liverpool and MICHAEL PEPPERRELL our 2002/03 Champion with his teams Birmingham City, Leeds United and Manchester City. Both with a total of 11 goals each.

We have another new leader this week with JAMES BLYTH moving up from second place now on a total of 81 goals. In second place we now have last weeks leader RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion, with a total of 80 goals. In third place we still have BARBARA BARNES (2) and BARRY BURROUGHS but joining them this week, we have MARTIN CORBETT down from one and CARLA STEPHENS up from four. All are on a total of 77 goals. In fourth place we have LUKE HAMMOND on a total of 76 goals. In fifth place we still have GRANT PHILLIPS now on a total of 75 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 10 of our teams with out a game this weekend and we had another 8 teams that failed to score any goals. We then had another very bad weekend from our teams with their results. Although saying that, the average score went up from two goals of last weekend to 4 goals this weekend. So if you have done better than that? Well done.

The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals, and they came the Scottish Premiership from CELTIC. Here are the rest of the weekend results.

FA CUP 5th Round

We already know that Aston Villa have made it through to the quarter-finals, but who will join them. Well we had another 6 of our teams in cup action over the weekend. CRYSTAL PALACE will be there as they win 3-1 at home to London rivals MILLWALL and are now on a total of 51 goals. They have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games. Millwall are on a total of 41 goals. PRESTON NE won 3-0 at home to BURNLEY and are on a total of 49 goals. Burnley picked up their 15th blank of the season. MANCHESTER CITY won 3-1 at home to Plymouth and are on a total of 69 goals. It’s 50 goals for AFC BOURNEMOUTH after they drew 1-1 after extra time against Wolves but went on to win 5-4 on penalties. NEWCASTLE go out of the cup after they lost 2-1 at home to Brighton after extra time. Newcastle are on a total of 64 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 against Fulham after extra time and then lost 4-3 on penalties. United are on a total of 52 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

LEEDS UNITED are still on top after they drew 1-1 at home to WBA. Leeds are on a total of 73 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED are still in 2nd place as they win 2-1 away to QPR and are on a total of 54 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.

In the Play-offs we still have just one of the 4 teams and they are Burnley sill in 3rd place.

Meanwhile it’s 60 goals for NORWICH CITY after they drew 1-1 away to Blackburn Rovers, After they had failed to score in their previous 4 games, OXFORD UNITED lost 3-2 at home to Coventry City and are on a total of 39 goals. LUTON TOWN won 1-0 at home to PORTSMOUTH and are on a total of 33 goals. Portsmouth picked up their 15th blank of the season. MIDDLESBROUGH won 1-0 at home to Derby County and hit goal number 58.

LEAGUE ONE

BIRMINGHAM CITY remain top of the table this week after they won 1-0 at home to Wycombe and are on a total of 62 goals.

In the Play-offs we now have three of the 4 teams. In 3rd place we still have WREXHAM who drew 0-0 at home to BOLTON.  Wrexham after a  goal run to 17 league/cup games, picked up their 7th blank of the season. Bolton Picked up their 10th blank of the season. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are still in 5th place after they won 2-1 away to Stevenage and are on a total of 52 goals. CHARLTON are in 6th place after they won 2-1 away to Leyton Orient and are on a total of 52 goals.

Meanwhile  BARNSLEY picked up their biggest result of the season after they won 4-3 at home to Lincoln City. Barnsley have taken their goals tally up to 53 goals. BLACKPOOL lost 2-1 away to Stockport County and are now on a total of 58 goals. PETERBOROUGH UNITED won 3-1 at home to Shrewsbury and are now on a total of 59 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.

LEAGUE TWO

The highest team that we have are DONCASTER ROVERS who have moved back down to 3rd place after they won 3-0 at home to Newport County and are now on a total of 57 goals.

In the Play-offs we have two of the 4 teams. They are NOTTS COUNTY still in 4th place after they drew 2-2 away to Fleetwood Town and are on a total of 63 goals. AFC WIMBLEDON are down to 5th place after they lost 1-0 at home to BROMLEY. Wimbledon picked up their 12th blank of the season. Bromley are on a total of 52 goals.

Meanwhile CHESTERFIELD lost 3-1 at home to Crewe and are on a total of 54 goals. MK DONS lost 1-0 at home to Colchester Utd and picked up their 13th blank of the season and now 2 in a row.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership Champions CELTIC are now 16 points in front of their rivals after they won 5-2 away to St Mirren. They have taken their goals tally up to 111 goals and have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. RANGERS in 2nd place lost their sixth league game 2-1 at home to Motherwell and picked up goal number 74. It’s 70 goals for DUNDEE after they drew 1-1 at home to St Johnstone. They have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. ROSS COUNTY won 1-0 at home to KILMARNOCK and are now on a total of 43 goals. while Kilmarnock picked up their 12th blank of the season. HEARTS lost 2-1 away to Hibernian and are on a total of 46 goals and have extended their goal run to 8 league/cup games.

In the Championship it’s 70 goals for top of the table FALKIRK after they drew 2-2 away to Hamilton. Falkirk have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.

In League One STENHOUSEMUIR in 2nd place won 3-1 away to Dumbarton and are now on a total of 49 goals. It’s 50 goals for COVE RANGERS in 3rd place after they lost 2-1 away to Alloa.

In League Two EAST FIFE are still top after they lost 1-0 away to Stirling. Fife picked up their 7th blank of the season and now 2 in a row. PETERHEAD in 2nd place won 2-0 at home to Elgin City and are on a total of 53 goals. CLYDE won 1-0 away to Forfar and picked up goal number 41.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (111) LIVERPOOL (84) RANGERS (74) Total of 269 goals

Our WORST three teams are

  SOUTHAMPTON (32) LUTON TOWN (33) KILMARNOCK (34) Total of 99 goals

Our best performing team this weekend are now CELTIC after they have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. They have a total of 111 goals which gives them an average score of 3.1 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is now BURNLEY this weekend as they have had a total of 15 blank score sheet from 38 league/cup games. They have a total of 49 goals.

Our highest goal scoring team that we have in our 42nd Season are MANCHESTER CITY after they won 8-0 at home to Salford City in the FA Cup 3rd Round in Week Twenty-Three.

GEOFF DOCKERILL our 1994/95 Champion, is celebrating his 9th weekend at the top after his teams picked him up a total of 12 goals from the week. Geoff’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and Liverpool. Luke Hammond is still in second place neck and neck with Geoff. Luke picked up a total of 16 goals from the week and his teams are Celtic, Chelsea and Liverpool.

At the other end at 114 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY with his 16th consecutive weekend. Charlie’s teams picked up 6 goals from the week. His teams are Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir.

Not much has changed in the race to become our 42nd Champion, but here is the top ten.

 THIS     LAST                                               M/WEEK    W/END      TOTAL

WEEK  WEEK   NAME                                 GOALS      GOALS     GOALS

       1             -       G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)    73                 185             258       

       2             -       L. HAMMOND                       76                182             258

       3             -       C. STEPHENS                         77               180             257  

       4             -       J. WEARDEN                          68               186             254  

       5             -       D. SOMERVILLE (2009/10)   73               174             247

       6             -       B. BURROUGHS                     77               170            247  

       7             8       J. BLYTH                                 81               165            246

       8             7       S. STUBBS (2)                         74              170            244  

       9             11      A. WELLARD                         72              171            243 

       10           9       R. WOOD (2007/08)*              80              161            241

Villa in Next Round of FA Cup

In the first game of the FA CUP 5th Round, ASTON VILLA are in the next round after they won 2-0 at home to Cardiff City. Villa are on a total of 49 goals and  have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.

Another Win For West Ham

In the Premier League WEST HAM won their 9^th league game of the season as they win 2-0 at home against LEICESTER CITY. West Ham are on a total of 35 goals while Leicester have now won just 1 game in their last 6 league games and picked up their 11^th blank of the season. Leicester have now failed to score any goals in their last 3 games.

Liverpool Extend Their Lead

In the Premier League top of the table LIVERPOOL won 2-0 at home to NEWCASTLE UNITED and are on a total of 84 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Newcastle picked up their 5^th blank of the season. ARSENAL in second place drew 0-0 away to Wolves and picked up their 7^th blank of the season and now 2 games without a goal. MANCHESTER CITY won 1-0 away to TOTTENHAM and picked up goal number 66. Tottenham picked up their 6^th blank of the season. 10 men MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-2 at home to IPSWICH TOWN and are now on a total of 51 goals. Ipswich are on a total of 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. 

In the Scottish Premiership, second placed RANGERS won 4-2 away to KILMARNOCK and have taken their goals tally to 73, while Kilmarnock are on a total of 34 goals. DUNDEE lost 2-1 away to Motherwell and are on a total of 69 goals. ROSS COUNTY picked up their 12^th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to St Johnstone. HEARTS won 3-1 at home to St Mirren and are now on a total of 45 goals and have extended their goal run to 7 league/cup games.

Here is a look at our 10 top teams this season. The numbers in red after the teams name, in brackets, are their best end of season score with Golden Goals. 

106 CELTIC (143)

84 LIVERPOOL (127)

73 RANGERS (126)

72 LEEDS UNITED (97)

69 DUNDEE (65)

68 FALKIRK (108)

66 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

66 TOTTENHAM (109)

63 NEWCASTLE UNITED (105)

63 CHELSEA (128)

Celtic Could Break Goals Record

In the Premier League AFC BOURNEMOUTH lost 2-1 away to Brighton and picked up goal number 49. CRYSTAL PALACE won 4-1 at home to ASTON VILLA and have taken their goals total to 48 and they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. Villa are on 47 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. CHELSEA won 4-0 at home to bottom of the table SOUTHAMPTON. Chelsea have taken their goals tally up to 63 while Southampton picked up their 13th blank of the season and now 2 in a row. 

In the Championship MIDDLESBROUGH won 3-1 away to Stoke City and are now on a total of 57 goals. 

In League One top of the table BIRMINGHAM CITY won 2-0 at home to Leyton Orient and are on a total of 61 goals. BARNSLEY won 2-1 away to Northampton Town and are on a total of 49 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN lost 2-1 away to Wigan and picked up their 50th goal of the season. 

In League Two BROMLEY lost 1-0 at home to Bradford City and that is their 7th blank of the season. 

Scottish Premiership, Champions CELTIC won 5-1 at home to Aberdeen and have taken their goals tally to 106. they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games.