A Win for Sunderland

In the Premier League SUNDERLAND won 3-0 at home against Burnley, taking their goals total to 29.

Things have changed once again since we last published our top 10 teams. Manchester City are still top with Arsenal now in 5th place. Chelsea are still in 6th place as Celtic drop down to 7th place.  Nice to see the new boys, Bromley coming into the top ten this week. 

68 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

65 HEARTS (98)

63 MK DONS (115)

62 CARDIFF CITY (106)

58 ARSENAL (103)

58 CHELSEA (128)

57 CELTIC (144)

56 WREXHAM (93)

55 BROMLEY (72)

55 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (94)

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. 

Week Twenty-Six

In Week Twenty-Six of the competition, we had a total of three winners again this weekend to share the £5 Weekend Prize Money. This gives them £1.66 each. The three winners now take our winners total to 35 this season. Our winners are GARY BOLBERY, TONY GUY our 2010/11 Champion and MARK JOHNSTON.  They all won on a score of 10 goals.

Gary started with Golden Goals back in the 1998/99 season where he finished in the winning frame in 10th place with 293 goals. Last season he finished in 93rd place out of 114 with a total of 240 goals. This season, we can see Gary at his highest position. He picked up four blank weekend score sheets to date. His best team is Manchester City.

Tony became Champions twice, first in his very first season of 2010/11 where he finished with a total of 307 goals, which puts him in 25th and then again in the 2022/23 season with 335 goals which puts him in 7th place in our Champions League. Last season he finished in 26th place with 297 goals. Tony has 7th place first in Week Sixteen and then again in Week Twenty-Two. Arsenal is his best team with this combination.

Mark started with us in the 2020/21 season and finished in the winning frame in 5th place with 292 goals. He picked up just one shared weekend win. Last season he finished in 46th place with 274 goals. This season, Mark is at his highest to date. He has picked up three blank weekend scoresheets and Arsenal is his best team. Their winning teams are

                        Gary  ARSENAL 4, LIVERPOOL 4, MANCHESTER CITY 2

                                    Tony  ARSENAL 4, BROMLEY 4, CELTIC 2

                                   Mark  ARSENAL 4, CELTIC 2. LIVERPOOL 4

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Only 32 of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have nearly stayed the same as last weeks. We now have a total of 20 players who have reached the halfway mark to 100. Out in front this week we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) and KEITH RATTLE, both are on a total of 65 goals. In second place is SCOTT THOMSON (1) with a total of 62 goals. In third place we have MICHAEL FISHER on a total of 58 goals. In fourth place we still have JOHN FILTNESS our joint 2023/24 Champion and TONY GUY (3) and joining them this week we have EMMAF moving up from five. All with a total of 57 goals. In fifth place we have PHIL COLLINS coming back in with a total of 55 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had just 2 of our teams without a game this weekend, plus we had another 12 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score was five goals last weekend but this weekend it went up slightly to 6 goals. Well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals and they came from three of our teams. They are ARSENAL, BROMLEY and LIVERPOOL.

Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

We still have the top six teams here with ARSENAL still top after they won 4-0 at home to Leeds Utd. Arsenal have taken their goals tally up to 58 goals. In second place we have MANCHESTER CITY who drew 2-2 away to TOTTENHAM. City are on a total of 68 goals while Tottenham are on 39 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. In third place we still have ASTON VILLA  who lost 1-0 at home to Brentford to pick up their 8th blank of the season. In fourth place we still have MANCHESTER UNITED who won 3-2 at home against Fulham. United are now on a total of 47 goals and have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. CHELSEA are still in fifth place after they won 3-2 at home to London rivals WEST HAM UNITED and are now on a total of 58 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games. West Ham are on a total of 33 goals. LIVERPOOL won 4-1 at home against NEWCASTLE UNITED and they have taken their goals tally to 45. Newcastle, after they had failed to score in their last three games, are on a total of 44 goals. NOTTINGHAM FOREST drew 1-1 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and picked up goal number 29. Palace are on a total of 31 goals. BRIGHTON drew 1-1 at home to Everton and are on a total of 48 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 2-0 away to bottom of the table WOLVES and are on a total of 43 goals but they have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Wolves picked up their 13th blank of the season and now they have failed to score in their last three games.

CHAMPIONSHIP

MIDDLESBROUGH are still in 2nd place, after they won 1-0 at home against NORWICH CITY. Brough are on a total of 48 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Norwich picked up their 8th blank scoresheet.

In the Play-offs we still have two of the four and they are IPSWICH TOWN now in 4th place after they drew 1-1 at home to PRESTON NE. Ipswich are on a total of 52 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Preston, after they had failed to score in their last 4 league/cup games, are now on a total of 40 goals. WREXHAM are still in 6th place after they won 1-0 away to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday and are on a total of 56 goals and have now extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, LEICESTER CITY, after a goal run of 13 league/cup games, lost 2-0 at home to Charlton and picked up their 5th blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON won 2-0 away to Stoke and are on a total of 51 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 1-0 at home to Hull and that is their 11th blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED hit goal number 44 after they drew 1-1 away to Millwall. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 2-0 away to Oxford Utd and are on a total of 46 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. WATFORD lost 2-0 at home to Swansea and picked up their 6th blank of the season.

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table CARDIFF CITY drew 2-2 away to Burton and are on a total of 62 goals and have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games.

In the Play-offs, we still have three of the four teams with BOLTON WANDERERS still in 3rd place after they won 1-0 away to AFC Wimbledon. Bolton are on a total of 43 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY now in fourth place after they won 2-1 at home to PLYMOUTH. County are on a total of 48 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. Plymouth picked up goal number 40 and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN have stayed in 6th place after they won 3-2 away to PETERBOROUGH UNITED and are now on a total of 55 goals. Borough are on a total of 39 goals.

Meanwhile, LEYTON ORIENT lost 1-0 away to Port Vale and picked up their 9th blank of the season and now two in a row. After they had failed to score in their last two games, LUTON TOWN won 1-0 at home against BLACKPOOL and are on a total of 44 goals. Blackpool, after they had scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games, picked up their 10th blank of the season. WYCOMBE WANDERERS drew 0-0 away to Mansfield and picked up their 9th blank of the season.

LEAGUE TWO

Top of the table BROMLEY picked up their biggest win of the season after they won 4-1 away to GILLINGHAM and have taken their goals tally to 55 goals. Gillingham hit goal number 41.

In the Play-offs, we now have all four teams with MK DONS moving down to 4th place after they drew 2-2 away to Grimsby. The Dons are on a total of 63 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. After they had failed to score in their last two games, NOTTS COUNTY are up to 5th place after they won 2-1 away to Fleetwood and are on a total of 55 goals. In 6th place we have SWINDON TOWN after they won 3-1 at home against Barrow. Swindon are now on a total of 55 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. WALSALL are down to 7th place after they drew 2-2 away to CHESTERFIELD. Walsall are on a total of 43 goals while Chesterfield are on 48 goals. 

Meanwhile, BARNET drew 0-0 away to Shrewsbury and picked up their 7th blank of the season. CREWE won 1-0 at home to Colchester Utd and are on a total of 47 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS won 3-0 away to Dundee Utd and are now on a total of 65 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. CELTIC have moved into second place after they won 2-0 at home against Falkirk. Celtic are on 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. In third place now we have RANGERS who drew 0-0 away to HIBERNIAN. Rangers, after a goal run of 11 league/cup games, picked up their 4th blank of the season. Hibs picked up their 8th blank of the season.

In the Championship, AYR UNITED won 2-1 at home to Raith and are on a total of 47 goals. Bottom of the table ROSS COUNTY lost 2-1 away to Greenock Morton and are on a total of 35 goals.

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are down to second place, after they drew 2-2 at home to Peterhead and are on a total of 43 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. EAST FIFE lost 3-2 at home to Montrose and are on a total of 28 goals. COVE RANGERS drew 2-2 away to Alloa and are on a total of 31 goals.

In League Two, CLYDE are still in third place after they drew 1-1 away to Annan. Clyde are on a total of 41 goals and have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games. DUMBARTON lost 2-1 at home to Edinburgh City and are on a total of 36 goals.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (68) HEARTS (65) MK DONS (63) Total of 196 goals

Our WORST three teams are

  SUNDERLAND (26) BLACKBURN ROVERS (27) EAST FIFE (28) Total of 81 goals

Our best performing team is CARDIFF CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games. With a total of 62 goals, their average score is 1.7 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 13 blank scoresheets in their 28 league/cup games.

Our highest scoring team in our 43rd season are MANCHESTER CITY. They won 10-1 at home against Exeter City in the FA CUP 3rd Round, in Week Twenty-Three.

Not a bad weekend for goals this week, so once again a little change in our top ten.

 THIS      LAST                                           M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                             GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1             -        GRAHAM PHILLIPS        33                145             178

       2             -        H. ADKINS                        52                126             178

       3             5       T. GUY (2)                          46                127             173

       4             3       B. BARNES (1)                  65                107             172

       5             4       V. CRUICKSHANK           38                133             171

      6              9       G. BOLBERY                    43                128             171

      7              8       S. STUBBS (2)                   49                122             171

      8              6       T. GUY (3)                         57                 114             171

      9            10       M. WALKER                     37                 133             170

            10            13       T. GUY (10/11 & 22/23)    43                 127             170

Bristol City in 9th Place

In the Championship, BRISTOL CITY lost their 11th league game 5-0 at home against Derby. City picked up their 11th blank of the season.

Cardiff and Bromley Top of their League's

In League One top of the table CARDIFF CITY won 4-0 at home against Barnsley and have now taken their goals tally to 60. Cardiff have now scored in all of their last 16 league/cup games. BLACKPOOL lost 2-1 at home to STOCKPORT COUNTY and picked up goal number 41. Blackpool have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. County are on a total of 46 goals. BOLTON WANDERERS are on 42 goals after they won 2-1 at home to Burton. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN won 1-0 at home against LUTON TOWN and are on a total of 52 goals. Luton picked up their 9th blank scoresheet and now 2 games in a row without a goal. PLYMOUTH drew 1-1 at home to Mansfield and are on a total of 39 goals and have extended their goal run to 10 games. It’s nine blank scoresheets for PETERBOROUGH UNITED after they lost 1-0 away to Stevenage. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 2-0 at home to Wigan and are on a total of 43 goals. LEYTON ORIENT lost 3-0 away to Doncaster and have now had a total of 8 blank score sheets. 

In League Two top of the table BROMLEY drew 2-2 at home to CREWE and are on a total of 51 goals. Crewe are on a total of 46 goals. BARNET won 1-0 at home to Tranmere and hit goal number 39. MK DONS won 1-0 at home to Bristol Rovers and are on a total of 61 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. NOTTS COUNTY won 2-1 at home against SWINDON TOWN and are on a total of 43 goals. Swindon are on 52 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. CHESTERFIELD are on 46 goals after they won 1-0 away to Salford. WALSALL drew 0-0 at home to Crawley and picked up their 9^th blank of the season and have now failed to score in their last two games.

Norwich 3 Wins in a Row

In the Championship, NORWICH CITY won 2-1 at home to top of the table Coventry City. Norwich are on a total of 44 goals and have now scored 14 goals in their last four games.

Things have changed once again since we last published our top 10 teams. Manchester City are still top with Celtic still in 5th place. Chelsea are now in 6th place as Arsenal have now moved down to 8th place. 

66 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

62 HEARTS (98)

60 MK DONS (115)

56 CARDIFF CITY (106)

55 CELTIC (144)

55 CHELSEA (128)

55 WREXHAM (93)

54 ARSENAL (103)

51 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (94)

51 IPSWICH TOWN (113)

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. 

Week Twenty-Five

In Week Twenty-Five of the competition, we had a total of three winners to share the £5 Weekend Prize Money, which gives them £1.66 pence each. The three winners now take our winners total to 32. Our winners are JAMES BLYTH, GRAHAM PHILLIPS and KEITH RATTLE.  They all won on a score of 9 goals.

James started with Golden Goals back in the 2015/16 season where he finished in 75th place out of 119 with a total of 243 goals. Last season James finished in the winning frame in 2nd place with a total of 332 goals. He also won the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot. This season he has been as high as 6th place in Week Thirteen. James's best team is MK Dons.

Graham joined us in the 2017/18 season and finished in 81st place out of 149 with a total of 267 goals. Last season Graham finished in 63rd place with a total of 265 goals. This season he now has a chance of being our 43rd champion. He has picked up just one blank weekend scoresheet and MK Dons are his best team.

Keith started with us in the 2020/21 season and finished in 101st place out of 116 with a total of 220 goals. Last season Keith finished in 63rd place with 265 goals. He picked up one weekend win. This season, 12th is his highest position to date. He has picked up a total of three blank weekend scoresheets, and he also has MK Dons as his best team. Their winning teams are 

                                              James  CELTIC 2, LIVERPOOL 2, MK DONS 5

                                               Graham  ARSENAL 2, CELTIC 2, MK DONS 5

                                              Keith  CHELSEA 3, RANGERS 3, WREXHAM 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Just under half of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top four are pulling away from the rest of the field. We now have a total of 18 players who have reached the halfway mark to 100. It was STEVE AYRES and TONY KING (1) who picked up the most number of goals with 7 goals each. Steve’s came from Birmingham City, Norwich City and Walsall. Tony’s came from Middlesbrough, Norwich City and Rangers. Out in front this week we now have KEITH RATTLE who was there last week and joining him we have BARBARA BARNES (1) moving back up from two. Both are now on a total of 65 goals. In second place up from three is now SCOTT THOMSON (1) now with a total of 62 goals. In third place up from four we now have MICHAEL FISHER on a total of 58 goals. In fourth place we now have TONY GUY (3) and JOHN FILTNESS our joint 2023/24 Champion. Both moving up from five and both now with a total of 57 goals. In fifth place we have EMMAF coming back in with a total of 55 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had just 1 of our teams without a game this weekend, plus we had another 8 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score was four goals last weekend but this weekend it went up slightly to 5 goals. Well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals and they came from League Two where MK DONS won 5-1 home to Shrewsbury.

Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

We still have the top six teams here with ARSENAL still top after they lost 3-2 at home against MANCHESTER UNITED. Arsenal are on a total of 54 goals while United are now on a total of 44 goals and have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. United are now in fourth place. In second place we have MANCHESTER CITY who won 2-0 at home against bottom of the table WOLVES. City are on a total of 66 goals while Wolves picked up their 12th blank of the season and now 2 in a row. In third place we still have ASTON VILLA  who won 2-0 away to NEWCASTLE UNITED and are on a total of 38 goals. Newcastle picked up their 8th blank of the season and now 3 games in a row. CHELSEA are now in fifth place after they won 3-1 away to CRYSTAL PALACE and are now on a total of 55 goals and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. Palace picked up goal number 30. LIVERPOOL in fourth place lost 3-2 away to AFC BOURNEMOUTH and are on a total of 41 goals. Bournemouth are also on 41 goals but they have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. WEST HAM UNITED have won their 5th league game and now two in a row after they won 3-1 at home against SUNDERLAND. West Ham are now on a total of 31 goals while Sunderland hit goal number 26. TOTTENHAM drew 2-2 away to Burnley and are on a total of 37 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. BRIGHTON lost 2-1 away to Fulham and are on a total of 47 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. NOTTINGHAM FOREST won 2-0 away to Brentford and are on a total of 28 goals. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

MIDDLESBROUGH are still in 2nd place, after they won 4-0 at home against PRESTON NE. Brough have taken their goals tally up to 47 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Preston picked up their 8th blank of the season and they have now failed to score in their last 4 league/cup games.

In the Play-offs we have just two teams out of the four and they are IPSWICH TOWN in 3rd place after they lost 3-1 away to SHEFFIELD UNITED. Ipswich are on a total of 51 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. United after they had failed to score in their last two league games, are now on a total of 43 goals. WREXHAM have moved up to 6th place after they won 3-2 away to QPR and are now on a total of 55 goals and have now extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, BIRMINGHAM CITY drew 1-1 at home to Stoke and are on a total of 44 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 1-1 at home to WATFORD and are on a total of 27 goals. Watford picked up goal number 41. After they failed to score in their last 2 games, BRISTOL CITY won 2-0 at home against bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday and are on a total of 47 goals. LEICESTER CITY lost 2-1 at home to Oxford Utd and picked up goal number 44. They have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON drew 1-1 away to Portsmouth and they are on a total of 49 goals.

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table CARDIFF CITY drew 1-1 at home to STOCKPORT COUNTY now in fifth place. City are on a total of 56 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 15 league/cup games. County are on 44 goals.

In the Play-offs, we have three of the four teams with BOLTON WANDERERS moving up to 3rd place after they won 2-1 at home to LEYTON ORIENT and are on a total of 40 goals. Orient are on a total of 41 goals. With Stockport County now down to 5th place, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN have stayed in 6th place after they l-0 at home to Bradford and are on a total of 51 goals.

Meanwhile, PLYMOUTH won 1-0 at home to LUTON TOWN and are on a total of 38 goals and have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games. Luton picked up their 8th blank of the season. It’s 40 goals for BLACKPOOL after they won 2-0 at home against Northampton. Blackpool have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. WYCOMBE WANDERERS lost 2-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH UNITED and picked up their 8th blank of the season. Borough are on a total of 37 goals.

LEAGUE TWO 

Top of the table BROMLEY won 2-1 at home to SWINDON TOWN now down to 6th place. Bromley are on a total of 49 goals while Swindon are on 51 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Third place we now have MK DONS who won 5-1 at home to Shrewsbury and have now taken their goals tally to 60 goals.

In the Play-offs, we still have two of the four teams with WALSALL down to 5th place after they drew 0-0 at home to Accrington and picked up their 8th blank of the season. NOTTS COUNTY are still in 7th place after they won 1-0 at home to CREWE and are on a total of 41 goals. Crewe picked up their 8th blank scoresheet.

Meanwhile, BARNET won 3-2 at home to Oldham and are now on a total of 38 goals. It’s 40 goals for GILLINGHAM after they won 3-0 away to Harrogate. CHESTERFIELD lost 2-1 away to Newport and are on a total of 45 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS drew 2-2 at home against CELTIC. Hearts are on a total of 62 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Celtic are on 55 goals but have dropped down to third place. RANGERS moved into second place after they won 3-0 at home to Dundee. Rangers are now on a total of 49 goals and have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. It’s 40 goals for HIBERNIAN after they lost 4-1 away to Falkirk.

In the Championship, AYR UNITED lost their 5th league game, 2-1 away to Partick and picked up goals number 45. ROSS COUNTY won their 4th league game 1-0 away to Airdrieonians and are on a total of 34 goals.

In League One, top of the table STENHOUSEMUIR won 2-0 away to 10 men Kelty Hearts and are on a total of 41 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 4 games, EAST FIFE lost 5-1 at home to Queen of the South. Fife are on a total of 26 goals. COVE RANGERS lost 2-0 away to Hamilton and picked up their 13th blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE are in third place after they won 2-1 at home to the Spartans. Clyde are on a total of 40 goals and have extended their goal run to 8 league/cup games. DUMBARTON drew 2-2 at home to Elgin City and are on a total of 35 goals.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (66) HEARTS (62) MK DONS (60) Total of 188 goals

Our WORST three teams are

 EAST FIFE (26) SUNDERLAND (26) BLACKBURN ROVERS (27) Total of 79 goals

Our best performing team is CARDIFF CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 15 league/cup games. With a total of 56 goals, their average score is 1.6 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is COVE RANGERS this weekend, as they have picked up 13 blank scoresheets in their 27 league/cup games.

Our highest scoring team in our 43rd season are MANCHESTER CITY. They won 10-1 at home against Exeter City in the FA CUP 3rd Round, in Week Twenty-Three.

We now have GRAHAM PHILLIPS back at the top this weekend, which now makes it his third week over the season. Graham picked up a total of 9 goals from the week. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Hayley Adkins moves back down to second place on goal difference this weekend as she picks up a total of 6 goals from her teams this week. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City.

At the other end at 111 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his fourth consecutive week and now five over the season. John picked up just 3 goals this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. 

As you can see that we had a very slight change in the top ten this weekend as the table seem to be settling down now.

 THIS      LAST                                         M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                           GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1             2       GRAHAM PHILLIPS     32                137             169

       2             1       H. ADKINS                        52               117             169

       3             -        B. BARNES (1)                 65               103             168

       4             7       V. CRUICKSHANK          37               127             164

       5             -       T. GUY (2)                          46               118             164

       6             -       T. GUY (3)                          57               107             164

       7             4      D. WOOD                           48               115             163

       8             9      S. STUBBS (2)                   49               113             162

       9             8      G. BOLBERY                     43               118             161

             10             -       M. WALKER                      36               124             160

Middlesbrough Back in 2nd Place

In the Championship, MIDDLESBROUGH have moved back into second place after they won 2-1 away to Stoke and are on a total of 43 goals. SOUTHAMPTON won 1-0 at home against SHEFFIELD UNITED and picked up goal number 48. United have now had a total of 10 blank scoresheets and now 2 games without a goal. It’s 40 goals for WATFORD after they drew 1-1 at home against Portsmouth.