Week Seven

Here we are with Week Seven of the competition and this weekend we have had two winners to share the Weekend Prize Money of £6. Both are first time winners this season which now brings our winners total to 11. Both of our winners won on a score of 9 goals each. Our winners are STEVEN HAMMOND and ABBEY NEWMAN.

Steve started with Golden Goals in our 2023/24 season and he finished in 107th place out of 110 with a total of 241 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. Last season Steve finished in the winning frame in 17th place with a total of 267 goals. He also had two weekend wins. This season, Steve has been as high as 76th place in Week One. He has picked up just 1 blank score sheet and his best team is Manchester City.

Abbey joined us in the 2014/15 season on where she finished in 82nd place with a total of 238 goals. Last season she finished in 29th place with 261 goals. This season Abbey as been as high as 81st place in Week One. She had also had 1 blank score sheet and Manchester City is her best team. Our winners teams are

                Steve  CARDIFF CITY 3, COVENTRY CITY 1, MANCHESTER CITY 5

                   Abbey  CARDIFF CITY 3, LIVERPOOL 1, MANCHESTER CITY 5

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Most of us managed to pick up some goals in midweek, as the goals keep rolling in. It was MANDYME26 that picked up the most goals with 13. Her goals came from Aberdeen, Arsenal and Manchester City. That means that we have a new joint leaders this week and they are ASHLEY LEGG up from two and STALKY (1) moving up from five. Both are on a total of 39 goals. In second place both moving up from four we have GUY DOWSETT (1) and TIM WOOD both on a total of 37 goals. In third place we now have ROBERT NETTING on a total of 36 goals. In fourth place we have MANDY WRIGHT (2) down from one and TONY GUY (3), both on a total of 35 goals. In fifth place we have RICHIE WILLIAMS down from two, and MANDYME26 coming into the race both with a total of 34 goals each. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

After a couple of good weekend’s our teams did not do so well this week, With 6 teams without a game over the weekend, and another 14 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score fell from 4 goals last weekend to just 3 goals this weekend. If your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend. The highest score, over the weekend was 5 goals they came from the Premier League where MANCHESTER CITY won 5-3 at home  to Sunderland. City are on a total of 18 goals.

Manchester City started with Golden Goals right at the start in the 1983/84 season. They became our 15th voted team and they ended the season with a total of 73 goals. Their highest score is 137 goals and they have done that twice. First in the 2013/14 season and then again in 2018/19. It’s our second highest record score. They have reach 100 11 times. Last season they finished on 113 goals. City are in their 33rd season and over that time they have netted a total of 2897 goals, which gives them an average of 87 goals per season to date. They have a total of 38 votes this season.

Lets get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

MANCHESTER CITY are back at the top after they have now won all of their five league games. They won 5-3 at home to Sunderland, and they have taken their goals tally to 18 and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. In second place we now have ARSENAL who lost their first league game 3-0 away to BRIGHTON. After a goal run of 5 league/cup games, Arsenal have picked up their first blank of the season. Brighton who are now in third place, are now on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM have finally picked up their first league goals of the season, but lost 3-2 at home to ASTON VILLA. Tottenham are on a total of 8 goals. Villa are now on a total of 7 goals. IPSWICH TOWN lost 1-0 away to Everton and picked up their second blank of the season. NEWCASTLE UNITED have won their 2nd league game 2-1 at home to Hull. Newcastle are on a total of 13 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. COVENTRY CITY have won their first league game 1-0 away to Nottingham Forest. Coventry are on a total of 6 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 0-0 away to Leeds Utd and picked up their second blank of the season. LIVERPOOL have won their second league game, 1-0 away to AFC BOURNEMOUTH and are on a total of 10 goals. Bournemouth after a goal run of 5 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED have drawn their second league game 1-1 away to Fulham. United are on a total of 10 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

WEST HAM UNITED have dropped down to 2nd place after they drew 2-2 away to Millwall. West Ham are on a total of 31 goals and have now scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. MIDDLESBROUGH are in 3rd place after they drew 2-2 away to BIRMINGHAM CITY. Brough are on a total of 20 goals while Birmingham are on 14 goals, and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. CARDIFF CITY won 3-1 at home to CHARLTON and are now on a total of 14 goals. Charlton, after they had failed to score in their last three games,  picked up goal number 11. BURNLEY drew 1-1 at home to DERBY COUNTY and are on a total of 10 goals and are bottom of the table. Derby are on 8 goals. PRESTON NE drew 2-2 away to QPR and they are on a total of 9 goals. WREXHAM won 2-1 at home to SOUTHAMPTON and are on a total of 9 goals. Southampton are on 22 goals and have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for WOLVES after they won 1-0 at home to West Brom.

LEAGUE ONE

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are down to 2nd place, after they drew 0-0 at home to STOCKPORT COUNTY. Wednesday picked up their fourth blank of the season and have now failed to scored in their last tow games. County picked up their second blank of the season. LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 away to Barnsley and hit goal number 11. BROMLEY won 2-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are on a total of 9 goals while Huddersfield are on 12 goals. LUTON TOWN lost 1-0 at home to Bradford and that is their second blank of the season. OXFORD UNITED drew 1-1 at home to CAMBRIDGE UNITED and are on a total of 13 goals. They have also now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Cambridge are on a total of 14 goals READING won 2-0 at home to Notts County and are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.

LEAGUE TWO

BARNET are still top of the table after they won their 4th league game 3-1 at home against Fleetwood. Barnet are now on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. GRIMSBY TOWN are in third place after they won their 3rd league game 2-0 at home to Crawley. Grimsby are on a total of 12 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. PORT VALE lost 2-0 away to Wallsall and picked up their 5th blank of the season. It’s 10 goals for CHESTERFIELD after they won 2-0 at home against YORK CITY. Chesterfield have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. York after a goal run of 8 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season. EXETER CITY drew 0-0 at home to Tranmere and picked up their fifth blank score sheet and three games without a goal. GILLINGHAM won 3-0 at home to BRISTOL ROVERS and are now on a total of 11 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Rovers have picked up their third blank of the season and now two in a row. SALFORD CITY won 1-0 at home to Swindon and are on a total of 9 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table CELTIC have lost their first league game, 1-0 at home to rivals RANGERS. Celtic have now failed to score in their last tow games. Rangers are in second place and on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. Third place HEARTS drew 1-1 away to Kilmarnock and are on a total of 23 goals and have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. HIBERNIAN drew 1-1 at home to ABERDEEN and are on a total of 12 goals. Aberdeen are on 21 goals.

In the Championship STENHOUSEMUIR are still top after they won their 6th league game 1-0 at home against ARBROATH. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 18 goals while Arbroath, picked up their 6th blank score sheet and now two games in a row. DUNFERMLINE won 1-0 away to Greenock Morton and are on a total of 17 goals. PARTICK drew 0-0 at home against Raith Rovers and picked up their fourth blank of the season and now two in a row.

In League One After they had failed to score in their last three games, EAST KILBRIDE won 2-1 away to Alloa and are on a total of 27 goals.

In League Two, CLYDE are still the top of the table, after they drew 1-1 away to Stirling. Clyde are on a total of 25 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games.

Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week

WEST HAM UNITED (31) EAST KILBRIDE (27) CLYDE (25) Total of 76 goals 

Our WORST three teams are

PORT VALE (3) COVENTRY CITY (6) AFC WIMBLEDON (6) Total of 15 goals

Our best performing team are now WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. With a total of 31 goals, their average score is 2.8 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is PORT VALE, this weekend, as they have picked up five blank score sheets in 8 league/cup games of the season. They have a total of 3 goals.

Our highest goal scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.

GUY DOSWETT (2) is celebrating his third weekend at the top this week, as he has picks up a total of 5 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. He is also now in second place with his first selection this week, His team’s for his second selection, picked him up a total of 15 goals from the week. Guy’s other teams are Clyde, Manchester City and West Ham United.

At the other end at 124 we have back down, our 2023/24 Champion JOHN FILTNESS, who has now been there for four weeks over the season. John picked up a total of 9 goals from the week. His teams are Gillingham, Liverpool and Wrexham.

There is just a bit of a change to the top ten this weekend, and this will probably stay the same in the next couple of week's due to the Internationals being played.

  THIS    LAST                                                     M/WEEK    W/END    TOTAL

WEEK  WEEK   NAME                                       GOALS     GOALS    GOALS 

      1             -        G. DOWSETT (2)                          33              41              74

      2          10        G. DOWSETT (1)                          37              37              74

      3            -        M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)*     31              42               73

      4           2        M. GREGORY                                29              42               71

      5         12        G. CARTHY                                   33              38               71

      6           5        T. WARWICK                                28               41               69

      7           -         M. LIPMAN                                  31               38               69

      8          4         M. JACOBSEN                             33               36               69

      9        19         TIM WOOD                                  37               32               69

    10          6         M. WRIGHT (2)                           35               32               67

Brentford Beat Chelsea

In the Premier League BRENTFORD have won their second league game 3-0 at home to CHELSEA. Brentford are now on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. Chelsea after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. 

In the Championship, BRITOL CITY won their fourth league game 1-0 at home against Watford. City are on a total of 11 goals. 

In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED won their second league game 2-0 away to Queen’s Park and are on a total of 20 goals.

City Smash Norwich in Cup

In the very last game of the Carabao/League Cup 3rd round, MANCHESTER CITY have picked up their biggest win of the season as they win 5-0 at home against Norwich City. City have now taken their goals tally to 13 goals and have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. 

In League One, AFC WIMBLEDON drew 0-0 at home to MK DONS and picked up their fourth blank of the season. The Dons have yet to win a league game, picked up their second blank of the season.

More Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round

 

More games in the Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round where we had another 5 of our teams in action. Out of them another 2 have made it through to the nest round. After going 2-0 up in just under 10 minutes of play, MANCHESTER UNITED lost the game 3-2 at home against BRIGHTON. United are on a total of 9 goals. Brighton are now on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. WOLVES lost 1-0 away to Everton and after they had scored in all of their previous 8 league/cup games, pick up their first blank of the season. COVENTRY CITY lost 3-1 at home to ASTON VILLA. After they had failed to score in their last three games, Coventry are on a total of 5 goals. Villa have picked up their biggest result of the season and are now on a total of 4 goals.

Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round

 

In the Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round games, we had another 7 of our teams in action. Out of them only 3 are through to the next round.

Teams that are through to the next round are ARSENAL who have scored their highest amount of goals, as they win 4-2 away to IPSWICH TOWN. Arsenal have taken their goals tally up to 12 goals and they have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. Ipswich are on a total of 12 goals. LIVERPOOL won 3-1 at home against TOTTENHAM and they are now on a total of 9 goals. Tottenham, who had failed to score in their last three games, are on a total of 6 goals. BRENTFORD won 2-1 away to READING and are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. Reading picked up goal number 17 and they have now scored in all fo their last 5 league/cup games. The only other team that went out was WEST HAM UNITED who lost to London rivals Fulham 3-2 at home. West Ham are on a total of 29 goals and have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. 

In the Championship, BRITOIL CITY after a goal run of 5 league/cup games, they picked up their third blank of the season after they lost 1-0 at home to Lincoln City. MIDDLESBROUGH drew 2-2 at home to MIllwall and are on a total of 18 goals. 

In the Scottish Premiership, HEARTS have lost their second league game 2-1 away to Falkirk. Hearts are on a total of  22 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. After they had scored in all of their first 7 league/cup games, HIBERNIAN picked up their first blank score sheet after they lost 1-0 at home to Kilmarnock. ABERDEEN had failed to score in their last three games, won 4-0 away to Motherwell. Aberdeen have taken their goals tally to 20 goals.

In the Championship, STENHOUSEMUIR won 1-0 at home against PARTICK and are on a total of 17 goals. Partick picked up their third blank of the season.

Newcastle Crumble Against Leeds

In the Premier League NEWCASTLE UNITED have lost their first league game 4-1 away to Leeds Utd. Newcastle are on a total of 11 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games.

Here are our top 10 teams so far from season 44. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals came from the League, League Cup and the FA Cup. The Scottish also came from their League and their two domestic cup competitions. 

27 WEST HAM UTD (91)

25 EAST KILBRIDE (-)

24 CLYDE (73)

21 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

19 LIVINGSTON (74)

19 WOLVERHAMPTON (104)

18 CHELSEA (128)

18 AYR UTD (76)

18 CELTIC (144)

18 PARTICK (46)

Week Six

Here we are with Week Six of the competition and this weekend we had our 9th winner of the season, who won on a score of 11 goals. Our winner was PAUL SCARBOROUGH who picks up the full £6 prize money this weekend. Paul is in his very first season with Golden Goals and I would like to thank him for joining us this season. He is just one of the six new players that we have this season. Paul is at his highest position to date with his personal best weekend score. His best team is Southampton. His teams are

                                         RANGERS 3, SOUTHAMPTON 4, YORK CITY 4

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Most of us managed to pick up some goals in midweek, as the goals keep rolling in. We had two players that picked up the most goals with a total of 16 goals each. They are RICHIE WILLIAMS and MANDY WRIGHT (2). Richie goals came from Chelsea, Rangers and West Ham. Mandy’s came from Celtic, Chelsea and West Ham.

That means that we have a new leader this week and they are MANDY WIRGHT (2), with a total of 33 goals. She has Celtic, Chelsea and West Ham. In second place we have ASHLEY LEGG and RICHIE WILLIAMS both coming into the race with a total of 32 goals each. In third place we still have GUY DOWSETT (2) and MICHAEL JACOBSEN, both now on a total of 31 goals. In fourth place we have CHARLIE FRALEY (John Wood) down from one, with GUY DOWSETT (1) and TIM WOOD both down from three last week All on a total of 30 goals. In fifth place on 27 goals we now have MARK GREGORY, MIKE HARRINGTON our 1997/98 Champion, MARK LIPMAN and STALKY (1) all jumping in this week.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had a great weekend from our teams once again, with 9 teams without a game over the weekend, and another 13 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score remained the same as last weekend of 4 goals. If your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend.

The highest score, over the weekend was 5 goals they came from the Premier League where BRIGHTON won 5-0 away to COVENTRY CITY.  Brighton with their biggest result to date, have taken their goals tally to 13.

Brighton started with Golden Goals back in the 1989/90 season, where they became our 73rd voted English team. They finished the season with a total of 62 goals. Their highest end of season goals total came in the 2022/23 season with 91 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 66 goals. This is their 19th season with us and they have netted a total of 1227 goals. That now gives them an average score of 64 goals per season to date. This season they have scored in all of their four league games played. They have 4 votes this season.

Lets get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

ARSENAL won 2-0 away to Sunderland and they have won all of their four league games to go top of the league. Arsenal are on a total of 8 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are in second place after they won the local derby, 1-0 away to MANCHESTER UNITED with only 10 men. City are on a total of 8 goals while United pick up their second blank of the season. After three games without a goal, ASTON VILLA have scored their first goal after they lost 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest. It’s 10 goals for AFC BOURNEMOUTH after they drew 2-2 at home to BRENTFORD and have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. Brentford are on a total of 13 goals and they have also now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. CHELSEA drew 2-2 at home against Hull and they are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. CRYSTAL PALACE lost 3-2 at home against IPSWICH TOWN and they are on a total of 9 goals. Ipswich are now on a total of 10 goals. LIVERPOOL have drawn their third league game 0-0 at home to Fulham. That is Liverpool’s first blank of the  season. TOTTENHAM drew 0-0 at home against Everton and that is their fourth blank of the season and now three in a row. COVENTRY CITY have lost their fourth consecutive league game 5-0 at home to BRIGHTON. Coventry picked up their fourth blank score sheet and have now failed to score in their last three games. Brighton are now on a total of 13 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

West Ham United are joint top this weekend. CARDIFF CITY lost 1-0 away to Bolton and picked up their second blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last two games, DERBY COUNTY lost 2-1 at home against BIRMINGHAM CITY and are on a total of 7 goals. Birmingham are on a total of 12 goals and have now scored in their last 7 league/cup games. CHARLTON picked up their third consecutive blank score sheet after they drew 0-0 at home to Portsmouth. MIDDLESBROUGH have picked up their biggest win of the season 4-3 at home to Norwich. Brough have taken their goals tally to 16 goals. PRESTON NE lost 1-0 at home to Lincoln and that is their third blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON won 4-1 at home to BRISTOL CITY and have taken their goals tally up to 14 goals and they have also scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. City are on a total of 10 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. BURNLEY lost 3-1 away to Swansea and they are on a total of 9 goals and a goal run of 5 games. WOLVES won 1-0 away to Sheffield United and are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games.

LEAGUE ONE

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are still top, after they drew 0-0 at home to Wigan. Wednesday picked up their third blank of the season. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN remain in second place after they drew 0-0 away to Mansfield. Huddersfield after a goal run of their 6 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON won 1-0 at home to Doncaster and they are on a total of 6 goals. After they failed to score in their last two games, BROMLEY drew 2-2 away to Blackpool. Bromley are on a total of 7 goals. CAMBRIDGE UNITED won 2-1 at home to READING and they are on a total of 13 goals. Reading picked up goal number 16. MK DONS drew 1-1 at home to Peterborough and they are on a total of 9 goals. OXFORD UNITED won 3-0 at home to Burton and are now on a total of 12 goals. They have also now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY lost 3-4 at home to LEICESTER CITY. County are now on a total of 17 goals. Leicester with their biggest result of the season, have taken their goals tally up to 10 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

BARNET go top of the table after they won their third league game 2-1 at home against Accrington. Barnet are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. BRISTOL ROVERS are down to second place after they lost 2-0 away to GRIMSBY TOWN. Rovers who had scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season. Grimsby are on a total of 10 goals. GILLINGHAM have won their second league game, 2-0 at home to Tranmere and are on a total of 8 goals. CHESTERFIELD won 2-1 away to Oldham and they are on a total of 8 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. PORT VALE won 1-0 at home to EXETER CITY and are on a total of 3 goals. Exeter picked up their fourth blank score sheet and now two in a row. SALFORD CITY picked up their biggest result to date as they drew 3-3 away to Rotherham. Salford are now on a total of 8 goals. YORK CITY have also picked up their biggest result as they win 4-0 at home to Swindon. York have taken their goals tally to 13 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals, HIBERNIAN won 3-0 away to Ross County. Hibs are now on a total of 11 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. RANGERS have beaten their rivals CELTIC 3-0 at home. Rangers are now on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. Celtic after a goal run of 7 games, picked up their first blank of the season.

In the Championship AYR UNITED lost 3-1 at home against Inverness CT and are on a total of 18 goals. ARBROATH lost 4-0 away to Raith Rovers and picked up their 5th blank of the season. DUNFERMLINE won 2-0 at home to Queen’s Park and are on a total of 16 goals.

In League One After they had failed to score in their last three games, EAST KILBRIDE won 3-1 at home to Peterhead and are now on a total of 25 goals.

In League Two, CLYDE are still the top of the table, after they won 4-1 at home to Kelty Hearts. Clyde have taken their goals tally to 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games.

Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week

WEST HAM UNITED (27) EAST KILBRIDE (25) CLYDE (24) Total of 76 goals 

Our WORST three teams are

ASTON VILLA (1) PORT VALE (3) EXETER CITY (4) Total of 8 goals

Our best performing team are now WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. With a total of 27 goals, their average score is 3 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is ASTON VILLA, again this weekend, as they have picked up three blank score sheets in 4 league/cup games of the season. They have a total of 1 goal.

Our highest goal scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.

GUY DOSWETT (2) is celebrating his second weekend at the top this weekend. He picked up a total of 14 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. His is now 3 goals clear of  Mark Gregory who moves into second place this week, after his teams picked up a total of 17 goals from the week. Mark’s teams are Celtic, Southampton and West Ham United.

At the other end at 124 we still have ALBIE/BOBBY, who has now been there for two weeks. They picked up a total of just 4 goals once again all from the weekend. They have  Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City.

After all the goals that we have had this week, here is the changed top ten.

 THIS     LAST                                                     M/WEEK    W/END     TOTAL

WEEK  WEEK   NAME                                       GOALS     GOALS     GOALS 

      1             -        G. DOWSETT (2)                         31               38               69

      2             3       M. GREGORY                              27               39               66

      3           11       M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)*    27               37               64

      4             2       M. JACOBSEN                             31               33               64

      5           13       T. WARWICK                               26               37               63

      6             8       M. WRIGHT (2)                           33               30               63

      7             6       M. LIPMAN                                 27               34               61

      8             4       J. WEARDEN                              25               35               60

      9           27       RICHIE WILLIAMS                   32               28               60

   10             -         G. DOWSETT (1)                       30               29               59