In the Championship, after a goal run of 5 league games, SHEFFIELD UNITED lost 2-0 away to West Brom and picked up their 8th blank of the season.
In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 4-3 at home to St Johnstone and they are on a total of 39 goals.
In the Championship, it’s 30 goals for BRISTOL CITY after they drew 2-2 at home to LEICESTER CITY. Leicester are on a total of 29 goals. IPSWICH TOWN won 1-0 at home to Stoke and are on a total of 35 goals, and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. WREXHAM lost 2-0 away to Hull and that is their 4th blank of the season.
In League One BLACKPOOL won their 5th league game 3-0 away to Rotherham and are now on a total of 25 goals.
In League Two top of the table WALSALL won 1-0 away to Oldham and picked up goal number 34. CREWE ALEXANDRA drew 2-2 at home against Newport and are on a total of 31 goals.
In the Championship, it’s 30 goals for MIDDLESBROUGH in second place after they won 2-1 away to Charlton. Brough have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for BLACKBURN ROVERS after they drew 1-1 at home to Oxford Utd. It’s 30 goals for PRESTON NE after they drew 1-1 at home to top of the table Coventry. Preston have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 1-1 at home to NORWICH CITY and picked up goal number 26 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Norwich have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON won 3-2 at home to West Brom and are now on a total of 39 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. WATFORD drew 1-1 at home to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday and are on a total of 29 goals. They have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. BIRMINHAM CITY lost 2-1 away to QPR and are on a total of 31 goals and a goal run of 8 league/cup games.
In League One top of the table CARDIFF CITY, won 1-0 away to Stevenage and are on a total of 41 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 2-0 away to Doncaster Rovers and are on a total of 31 goals. LEYTON ORIENT drew 1-1 at home to LUTON TOWN and are on a total of 31 goals. Luton are on 28 goals. It’s 30 goals for BOLTON WANDERERS as they win 1-0 away to Mansfield. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 1-1 away to Northampton and are on a total of 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, PLYMOUTH won 1-0 away to WYCOMBE WANDERERS and are on a total of 24 goals. Wycombe picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now five over the season. PETERBOROUGH UNITED won 2-1 away to Reading and are on a total of 23 goals.
In League Two, second place NOTTS COUNTY won 3-2 at home against MK DONS and are now on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of 12 league/cup games. The Dons are on are on 43 goals and they have extended their goal run to 15 league/cup games. BARNET have picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 4-0 at home to Bristol Rovers. Barnet have taken their goals tally to 29 goals. BROMLEY won 3-1 at home to Crawley and are now on a total of 34 goals and a goal run of 10 league/cup games. CHESTERFIELD drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of14 league/cup games. After a goal run of 6 games, SWINDON TOWN lost 1-0 at home to Cheltenham and that is their 4th blank of the season.
In the Premier League bottom of the table WOLVES lost 4-1 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED. Wolves after they had failed to score in their last 5 games, picked up goal number 16. United have taken their goals tally to 28.
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
49 HEARTS (98)
41 MK DONS (115)
40 CARDIFF CITY (106)
40 MANCHESTER CITY (137)
38 SWINDON TOWN (100)
37 AYR UNITED (76)
37 BIGHTON (91)
36 CELTIC (144)
36 SOUTHAMPTON (100)
34 CHESTERFIELD (84)
We now have Manchester City moving into 4th place. Celtic drop down to 8th place in our top ten again this week.
Final draw for group stages have now been made as below
Group A - Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, • UEFA Play-Off D
Group B - Canada, • UEFA Play-Off A, Qatar, Switzerland
Group C - Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
Group D - USA, Paraguay, Australia, • UEFA Play-Off C
Group E - Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador
Group F - Netherlands, Japan, • UEFA Play-Off B, Tunisia
Group G - Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
Group H - Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay
Group I - France, Senegal, • FIFA Play-Off 2, Norway
Group J - Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
Group K - Portugal, • FIFA Play-Off 1, Uzbekistan, Colombia
Group L - England, Croatia, Ghana, Panam
The opening match will take place on 11 June 2026 in Mexico City, with the final on 19 July in New Jersey.
In Week Eighteen of the competition, we had our fourth Rollover of the season, worth £10 and the whole lot went to our 20th winner of the season CHRIS BOOM. Chris now becomes the second player to win the Rollover in full this season.
Chris started with Golden Goals back in our 2008/09 Season and finished in 31st place out of 102 players with a total of 262 goals. Although Chris has not been with us in every season since then, he was in last season’s competition and finished in 47th place out of 114 players with a total of 273 goals. So it’s nice to see him back and win some cash. This weekend, with his personal best weekend score, we can see Chris at his highest position this season. He has picked up a total of four blank weekend scoresheets to date. Manchester City is his best team this weekend. Chris’s teams are
LIVERPOOL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 3, SHEFFIELD UNITED 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
All but two of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have changed slightly this week. LUCIFER (John Wood) picked up the most goals in midweek with 10. They came from Brighton, Manchester City and Newcastle United. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF but she is now joined by BARBARA BARNES (1) who has moved up from fifth place. Both are on a total of 42 goals. In second place we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) and he is now joined by HAYLEY ADKINS up from fifth place. Both are now with a total of 41 goals. In third place we still have DAVID BARRETT now with a total of 39 goals. In fourth place we still have our joint 2023/24 Champion JOHN FILTNESS but we now have COURTNEYP moving up from sixth place both now with a total of 37 goals. In fifth place, we now have ALEX DAVEY with a total of 36 goals. In sixth place we now have LUCIFER (John Wood) with a total of 35 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 10 of our teams without a game over the weekend, with another 13 of them failing to score any goals. Once again there were not many big results from any of our big teams. The average score has remained the same as last weekend with 5 goals for the third weekend running. So if you have managed to pick up more goals than that this weekend, you have done well.
The highest score over the weekend was once again 4 goals and they came from three of our teams. They are BLACKPOOL, SHEFFIELD UNITED and SWINDON TOWN.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
FA CUP 2nd Round
We had 10 of our teams in cup action this weekend, but only 4 have made it through to the third round. They are MK DONS who won 3-2 at home against Oldham and are now on a total of 41 goals. The Dons have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. SWINDON TOWN picked up their biggest win of the season by winning 4-0 at home to BOLTON WANDERERS and have taken their goals tally to 38 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Bolton picked up their 5th blank of the season. WALSALL won 2-0 away to non-league Gateshead and are on a total of 33 goals. BLACKPOOL picked up their biggest result of the season as they won 4-1 at home against non-league Carlisle Utd. Blackpool have taken their goals tally up to 22 goals.
Other teams that went out are WYCOMBE WANDERERS lost 4-0 away to Exeter City and picked up their 4th blank of the season. PETERBOROUGH UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Barnsley and picked up their 7th blank of the season. CHESTERFIELD lost 2-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers and are on a total of 34 goals and have extended their goals run to 13 league/cup games. LUTON TOWN drew 2-2 after extra time against Fleetwood and then lost 4-2 on penalties. Luton are on a total of 27 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY drew 0-0 at home to Cambridge Utd after extra time and then lost 5-4 on penalties. As County picked up their 4th blank of the season, they have now scored just 1 goal in their last 4 league/cup games.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We now have only the top five teams this weekend with ARSENAL still top of the league, after they lost their second league game 2-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Arsenal are on a total of 32 and a goal run of 14 league/cup games. Villa move up to third place and are on a total of 23 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. In second place we have MANCHESTER CITY who won 3-0 at home to SUNDERLAND and are now on a total of 40 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Sunderland picked up their 5th blank scoresheet. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 0-0 at home to CHELSEA and picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now five over the season. Chelsea. after a goal run of 14 league/cup games, picked up their 2nd blank of the season. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 3-0 away to Everton and picked up their 8th blank of the season. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 2-1 at home to Burnley and are on a total of 27. They have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM won 2-0 at home against Brentford and are on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. We have not had a big score from LIVERPOOL since the start of the season, after they drew their second league game 3-3 away to Leeds Utd. Liverpool are now on a total of 26 goals. BRIGHTON drew 1-1 at home to WEST HAM UNITED and are on a total of 37 goals while West Ham picked up goal number 19. CRYSTAL PALACE won 2-1 away to Fulham and are on a total of 24 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
While Middlesbrough keep their second place spot in the league, LEICESTER CITY won 3-1 away to Derby and are now on a total of 27 goals. WATFORD won 3-2 at home against NORWICH CITY and are now on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Norwich are on a total of 23 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. BRISTOL CITY lost 1-0 at home to Millwall and picked up their 6th blank scoresheet of the season. IPSWICH TOWN won 3-0 at home against Coventry and are now on a total of 34 goals. PRESTON NE drew 1-1 at home to WREXHAM and picked up goal number 29. They have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Wrexham are on a total of 33 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED picked up their biggest win of the season, 4-0 at home against Stoke. United have taken their goals tally to 25 and have now scored a total of 13 goals in their last 4 games. SOUTHAMPTON won 3-1 at home to BIRMINGHAM CITY and are now on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Birmingham picked up their 30th goal of the season and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are still at the top after they won 3-2 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are now on a total of 40 goals. Huddersfield are on a total of 34 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. PLYMOUTH picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now 9 over the season, lost 1-0 at home to Bradford City.
LEAGUE TWO
We had just one of our teams in action here and they were GILLINGHAM in 6th place. They drew 0-0 away to Colchester and after a goal run of 6 league games, picked up their 3rd blank of the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership top of the table HEARTS, won 2-1 away to CELTIC and are on a total of 49 goals. Celtic in second place, lost their third league game and are on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. RANGERS have won their 6th league game 3-0 away to Kilmarnock. Rangers are currently in 4th place in the table and they are now on a total of 29 goals. HIBERNIAN won 3-0 at home against Falkirk and are now on a total of 29 goals.
In the Championship AYR UNITED drew 0-0 at home to Partick and picked up their 6th blank scoresheet. Bottom of the table ROSS COUNTY lost 2-1 at home against Airdrieonians and are on a total of 31 goals.
In League One STENHOUSEMUIR drew 0-0 at home to Hamilton and picked up their 7th blank of the season. COVE RANGERS drew 1-1 away to Queen of the South and hit goal number 19.
In League Two DUMBARTON lost 4-3 away to Edinburgh City and are now on a total of 29 goals. CLYDE drew 1-1 away to Elgin City and are on a total of 31 goals.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (49) MK DONS (41) MANCHESTER CITY (40) Total of 130 goals
Our WORST three teams are
WOLVES (15) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (16) SUNDERLAND (19) Total of 50 goals
Our best performing team is now MK DONS after they have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. With a total of 41 goals, their average score is 1.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is still COVE RANGERS this weekend, as they have picked up 10 blank score sheets in their 21 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.
We have had a change around this weekend at the top with HAYLEY ADKINS coming back there for her 7th weekend this season. Hayley picked up a total of 15 goals over the week from her teams of Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City. Vincent Cruickshank moves back down to second place this weekend as he picks up a total of 8 goals from his teams this week. Vincent is just 2 goals behind Hayley with his teams Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANNE HAMMOND making her fourth weekend there. Anne picked up 8 goals this week. Anne’s teams are Crystal Palace, Rangers and Wolves.
As you can see that we have had another shift in our top ten this weekend.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 3 H. ADKINS 41 74 115
2 1 V. CRUICKSHANK 24 89 113
3 7 B. BARNES (1) 42 68 110
4 2 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 17 92 109
5 4 D. BARRETT 39 70 109
6 - M. WALKER 20 86 106
7 8 P. O’DONOGHUE 29 75 104
8 29 LUCIFER 35 69 104
9 13 J. BLYTH 21 82 103
10 14 L. GRIMWOOD 32 71 103
In the FA CUP 2nd Round, after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, LEYTON ORIENT lost 4-0 away to Salford City and picked up their 5th blank of the season.
In the Championship, MIDDLESBROUGH picked up their biggest win of the season as they won 4-1 away to Hull. Second place Brough have taken their goals tally to 28 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
