In League Two AFC WIMBLEDON came back after going 2-0 down, to draw 2-2 at home to Accrington Stanley. It’s their second league game that Wimbledon have drawn this season. They are on a total of 29 goals.
Golden Goals 1983-2024
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Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Sunday, 17 November 2024
Week Fifteen
In Week Fifteen of the competition there was no prize money this weekend. So next weekend we will be having our third Rollover of the season worth £10.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
With no midweek games this week so the race for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot has remained the same as last weeks. In the lead we have BARBARA BARNES (2) still with that 6 goal lead with a total of 35 goals. Her teams are Celtic, Falkirk and Manchester United. In second place we have DAVID BARRETT and ALFIE DIMMOCK both with a total of 29 goals. In third place we have STUART KEMP (1), BRUCE SELF and RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 joint Champion. All are on a total of 27 goals. In fourth place with a total of 26 goals we have PHIL COLLINS, CHRIS SETFORD and SCOTT THOMSON (1). In fifth place we have MARTIN CORBETT and STUART KEMPT (2) both with a total of 25 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
Due to the International games over the weekend, we had just 15 of our teams in action. Out of them 4 failed to score any goals. So it is no surprise then, that the average score for this weekend fell down to a flat zero.
The highest score over the weekend was 3 goals and we had 3 of our teams that picked them up. They were MK DONS, AFC WIMBLEDON and from the Scottish leagues CLYDE. Here are the weekend results.
LEAGUE ONE
BLACKPOOL drew 0-0 at home to Northampton Town and picked up their fifth blank score sheet and now 2 in a row. BARNSLEY drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 29 goals and have extended their goal run to 6 league/cup games. WREXHAM lost 1-0 away to Stockport County and picked up their sixth blank of the season.
LEAGUE TWO
AFC WIMBLEDON won 3-1 away to Barrow and are now on a total of 27 goals. BROMLEY drew 1-1 at home to Carlisle Utd and picked up goal number 22. NOTTS COUNTY after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, lost 2-0 away to Crewe and picked up their fourth blank of the season. DONCASTER ROVERS drew 1-1 at home to Salford City and are on a total of 25 goals. CHESTERFIELD lost again, 2-1 away to Harrogate Town and are on a total of 33 goals. MK DONS picked up another 3 goals as they win 3-2 at home to Cheltenham Town and are on a total of 27.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Championship FALKIRK are still top and now just 3 points clear after they lost their second league game 1-0 away to Livingston. Falkirk after they had scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games, picked up their fourth blank of the season.
In League One, COVE RANGERS lost again 2-1 away to Arbroath and are on a total of 26 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 15 league/cup games. STENHOUSEMUIR won 1-0 at home to St Mirren and are on a total of 22 goals.
In League Two PETERHEAD have moved down to second place after they lost 3-2 at home to Edinburgh City. Peterhead are now on a total of 30 goals. EAST FIFE lost 3-1 away to CLYDE and are on a total of 35 goals while Clyde are now on a total of 23 goals.
Our BEST three teams this week
CELTIC (45) FALKIRK (42) DUNDEE (42) Total of 129 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SWANSEA (13) HEARTS (14) IPSWICH (14) Total of 41 goals
Our best performing team is now COVE RANGERS after they have now scored in all of their last 15 league/cup games. They have a total of 26 goals which gives them an average score of 1.4 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SWANSEA CITY this weekend after they picked up their 9th blank score sheet from 17 league/cup games. They have a total of 13 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring teams in our 42nd Season are MANCHESTER UNITED after they won 7-0 at home to BARNSLEY in the Carabao/League Cup 3rd 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.
BARBARA BARNES (2) is still at the top for her third consecutive weekend and her fourth over the season. Barbara did not have any of her teams in action this weekend. Her teams are Celtic, Falkirk and Manchester United. Jed Wearden remains in second place this weekend and still 2 goals behind Barbara. Jed’s teams were also not in action this weekend from Celtic, Liverpool and Peterborough.
At the other end at 114 we now have CHARLIE FARLEY who becomes our sixth player to stay there. Charlie’s teams picked up just 1 goal this weekend. His teams are Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir.
Not a very interesting week for Golden Goals but hope this will all change next week. Here are our top ten.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - B. BARNES (2) 35 76 111
2 - J. WEARDEN 21 88 109
3 7 I. SMITH 20 87 107
4 3 M. LIPMAN 20 86 106
5 4 M. GREGORY 21 85 106
6 5 G. DOWSETT (2) 24 81 105
7 6 S. THOMSON (2) 16 88 104
8 9 L. GRIMWOOD 22 82 104
9 8 A. WELLARD 22 82 104
10 13 GRANT PHILLIPS 23 78 101
Monday, 11 November 2024
Week Fourteen
In Week Fourteen of the competition we had 2 winners once again to share the £5 Weekend Prize Money. Our winners are GEOFF CARTHY and IAN SMITH, which now means that we have had a total of 15 winners this season as both are first time winners. Our winners won on a score of 11 goals.
Geoff started with Golden Goals back in the 1986/87 season on where he finished on a total of 201 goals in 36th place. Last season Geoff finished in the winning frame in 12th place on a total of 316 goals. This season, Geoff has picked up just 1 blank weekend score sheet and this his his personal best score for the second weekend running. This is the highest that Geoff has been so far. His best team is Celtic.
Ian started with us back in the 2014/15 season and he finished in 77th place with 242 goals. Last season Ian finished in 72nd place with 283 goals. This season he has picked up his personal best score and no blank weekend score sheets to date. This is the highest that Ian has been all season. His best team is also Celtic. Our winners teams are
Geoff CELTIC 2, NEWCASTLE 3, PETERBOROUGH 6
Ian CELTIC 2, MK DONS 3, PETERBOROUGH 6
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Only 11 players picked up any goals this week so the race for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot has remained mostly the same as last weeks. In the lead we still have BARBARA BARNES (2) still with that 6 goal lead with a total of 35 goals. Her teams are Celtic, Falkirk and Manchester United. In second place we still have DAVID BARRETT and ALFIE DIMMOCK both with a total of 29 goals. In third place we now have BRUCE SELF and RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 joint Champion but joining them this week we have STUART KEMP (1). All are on a total of 27 goals. In fourth place with a total of 26 goals we now have CHRIS SETFORD and SCOTT THOMSON (1) but joining them we have PHIL COLLINS. In fifth place we still have STUART KEMPT (2) and MARTIN CORBETT both with a total of 25 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had just 2 of our teams without a game over the weekend and another 16 of them failed to score any goals. With a total of 18 teams without a goal this weekend, it has effected our average score. The average score for last weekend was five goals, this weekend we are at a poor 4 goals. Well done if you have received more than that from your teams. The highest score over the weekend was 6 goals and they came from League One where PETERBOROUGH picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 6-1 at home against Cambridge Utd and have taken their goals tally up to 35 goals.
Peterborough became our 90th voted English team back in the 1997/98 where they finished the season on a total of 73 goals. Their highest score came in the 2010/11 with 129 goals which is our third highest end of season score. Borough hit another 100 goals last season with 102. This is their 19th season with Golden Goals and over the years they have netted a total of 1502 goals to date. This gives them an average score of 79 goals per season. This season they have a total of 14 votes. They have picked up 5 blank score sheets to date. Here are the other weekend results.
PREMIER LEAGUE
LIVERPOOL are still top after they won 2-0 at home to ASTON VILLA. Liverpool are on a total of 29 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Villa picked up their third blank score sheet. MANCHESTER CITY remain in second place after they lost their second consecutive league game 2-1 away to Brighton. City are on a total of 25 goals and have extended their goal run to 13 league/cup games, AFC BOURNEMOUTH lost 3-2 away to Brentford and are on a total of 15 goals. CRYSTAL PALCE picked up their fifth blank of the season after they lost 2-0 at home to Fulham. WEST HAM drew 0-0 at home to Everton and picked up their third blank of the season and now 2 in a row. SOUTHAMPTON lost 2-0 away to Wolves and picked up their fifth blank of the season and are back at the foot of the table. MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-0 at home against LEICESTER CITY and are now on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Leicester picked up their second blank of the season after a goal run of 6 league/cup games. NEWCASTLE picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 3-1 away to Nottingham Forest. Newcastle are now on a total of 17 goals. TOTTENHAM lost 2-1 at home to IPSWICH TOWN and picked up goal number 27. Ipswich are on a total of 14 goals. CHELSEA drew 1-1 against ARSENAL in the London derby and they are on a total of 26 goals. Arsenal are also on 26 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
SHEFFIELD UNITED move up to second place after they won 1-0 at home to rivals Sheffield Wednesday. United are on a total of 23 goals. LEEDS UNITED moved down to third place this weekend after they won 2-0 at home to QPR. Leeds are now on a total of 24 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH picked up their biggest result of the season as they win 5-1 at home against LUTON TOWN. Middlesbrough have taken their goals tally up to 26 goals. Luton hit goal number 18. MILLWALL drew 1-1 away to Stoke and are on a total of 19 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. NORWICH CITY picked up their fifth blank score sheet after they lost 2-0 at home to Bristol City. PORTSMOUTH won their second league game 3-1 at home to PRESTON NE. Portsmouth are now on a total of 16 goals. Preston picked goal number 23. After they had failed to score in their previous 3 games, BURNLEY won 1-0 at home to SWANSEA CITY and are now on a total of 18 goals. Swansea picked up their ninth blank of the season.
LEAGUE ONE
BIRMINGHAM CITY are now in second place after they drew 1-1 at home to Northampton. Birmingham are on a total of 26 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. WREXHAM won 1-0 at home to Mansfield and are on a total of 24 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 2-2 away to Crawley Town and are on a total of 26 goals. CHARLTON lost 1-0 away to Exeter City and picked up their fourth blank of the season after a goal run of 6 league/cup games. BLACKPOOL lost 3-0 away to Leyton Orient and picked up their fourth blank of the season. BOLTON picked up their sixth blank of the season after they lost 5-0 away to Stockport County.
LEAGUE TWO
NOTTS COUNTY are our highest team here in third place after they drew 1-1 away to DONCASTER ROVERS. County are on a total of 31 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Doncaster are on a total of 24 goals. BROMLEY drew 1-1 away to Cheltenham and picked up goal number 21 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. After a goal run of 9 league/cup games, CHESTERFIELD picked up their third blank of the season after they lost 3-0 at home against Accrington. AFC WIMBLEDON lost 1-0 at home to Grimsby. That is Wimbledon’s sixth blank of the season. MK DONS won 3-1 at home to Swindon and have taken their goals total to 24.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership leaders Celtic have remained top on goal difference after they won 2-0 away to KILMARNOCK. Celtic have kept their 100% scoring record after 14 league/cup games and are on a total of 45 goals. Kilmarnock after a goal run of 8 league/cup games, picked up their fifth blank of the season. RANGERS won 1-0 at home to HEARTS and are on a total of 23 goals. Hearts after a goal run of 8 league/cup games, picked up their fifth blank of the season. ROSS COUNTY lost 3-0 away to Dundee Utd and picked up their eighth blank score sheet and now 3 games without a goal. DUNDEE lost 4-1 away to Aberdeen and are on a total of 42 goals.
In the Championship FALKIRK are now 6 points clear at the top after they won 2-0 at home to Airdrie and are on a total of 42 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.
In League One, COVE RANGERS have moved down to second place after they lost 2-1 at home to Inverness CT and are now on a total of 25 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. STENHOUSEMUIR drew 1-1 away to Annan and are on a total of 21 goals.
In League Two PETERHEAD are now top after they won 3-2 away to Stirling and are now on a total of 28 goals. EAST FIFE drop down to second place after they lost 2-1 at home to Stranraer and are on a total of 34 goals. CLYDE picked up their fifth blank of the season after a goal run of 5 league/cup games, lost 1-0 away to Edinburgh City.
Our BEST three teams this week
CELTIC (45) FALKIRK (42) DUNDEE (42) Total of 129 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SWANSEA (13) HEARTS (14) IPSWICH (14) Total of 41 goals
Our best performing team is still CELTIC after they have now scored in all of their 14 league/cup games. They have a total of 45 goals which gives them an average score of 3.2 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SWANSEA CITY this weekend after they picked up their 9th blank score sheet from 17 league/cup games. They have a total of 13 goals.
Our highest goal-scoring teams in our 42nd Season are MANCHESTER UNITED after they won 7-0 at home to BARNSLEY in the Carabao/League Cup 3rd 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.
Our leader is still BARBARA BARNES (2) at the top for her second weekend and her third over the season. Barbara picked up a total of 7 goals this weekend. Her teams are Celtic, Falkirk and Manchester United. Jed Wearden has moved up to second place this weekend and is only 2 goals behind Barbara. Jed’s teams picked up a total of 10 goals this weekend from Celtic, Liverpool and Peterborough.
At the other end at 114 we still have MANDY WRIGHT with her eighth weekend. Mandy’s teams picked up just 2 goals this weekend. Her teams are Bournemouth, West Ham and AFC Wimbledon.
Once again this week we have had a slight change in the table.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - B. BARNES (2) 35 76 111
2 4 J. WEARDEN 21 88 109
3 5 M. LIPMAN 20 86 106
4 6 M. GREGORY 21 85 106
5 2 G. DOWSETT (2) 24 81 105
6 8 S. THOMSON (2) 16 88 104
7 15 I. SMITH 20 84 104
8 17 A. WELLARD 22 82 104
9 3 L. GRIMWOOD 22 81 103
10 9 L. HAMMOND 19 81 100
Saturday, 9 November 2024
Championship and League One
In the Championship OXFORD UNITED lost their second game of the week, 1-0 away to Watford. That is their 4th blank of the season.
In League One BARNSLEY won 2-0 at home to Rotherham United and are on a total of 28 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 5 games and have moved up to fourth place.
Friday, 8 November 2024
A Point For Burnley
In the Championship, BURNLEY had failed to score in their previous 2 games, and now they have added another game as they drew 0-0 away to WBA. Laying in fourth place just behind Leeds, Burnley have now had a total of 7 blank score sheets.
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Not a Good Night in the Championship
Here are more Championship results. MILLWALL won 1-0 at home to LEEDS UNITED and are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Leeds picked up their 5th blank of the season and are now down to third place. LUTON TOWN won 1-0 at home to Cardiff City and are on a total of 17 goals and they have also now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. PRESTON NE drew 0-0 at home to top of the table Sunderland. That is Preston’s 6th blank of the season.
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Championship Results
In the Championship, SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-1 away to Bristol City and are on a total of 22 goals. OXFORD UNITED won 1-0 at home to Hull City and are on a total of 19 goals. NORWICH CITY lost 2-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday and have now had a total of 4 blank score sheets after a goal run of 8 league/cup games. MIDDLESBROUGH picked up their highest result of the season as they won 4-1 away to QPR. Middlesbrough have taken their goals tally to 21 goals. PORTSMOUTH picked up their 6th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Plymouth. SWANSEA CITY won 1-0 at home to Watford and hit goal number 14.