Week Forty

In Week Forty of the competition, we had two players that picked up the highest score of 7 goals each and they are ANDREW HAMMOND, our joint 2023/24 Champion with Hibernian 3, Liverpool 1 and Manchester City 3. LUCIFER (John Wood) with Brighton 3, Manchester City 3 and Newcastle United 1.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Only a hand-full of us managed to pick up some goals again this week, which means that our top six has stayed the same as last week’s table once again. Still out in front this week, we have KEITH RATTLE, now with that total of 96 goals, he still needs just 4 goals to win the cash prize money of £25. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) now with a total of 92 goals. In third place, we still have PHIL COLLINS, still with a total of 87 goals. In fourth place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) still on a total of 84 goals. In fifth place, we still have MICHAEL FISHER, still on a total of 83 goals. In sixth place, we have PETER PORTER, still on a total of 82 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We only had 26 of our teams in action this weekend, and out of them we had 7 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The highest score over the weekend was 3 goals, and we had two of our teams that reached that score. They came from CELTIC, BRIGHTON, HIBERNIAN and MANCHESTER CITY.

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

PREMIER LEAGUE

Top of the table, ARSENAL won 1-0 away, against their London rivals WEST HAM UNITED. With a late goal, Arsenal are on a total of 88 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. The battle for relegation still continues as West Ham had a goal disallowed via VAR, so they picked up their 13th blank of the season. MANCHESTER CITY are still in second place, after they won 3-0 at home to Brentford. City are now on a total of 107 goals and have now scored in all of their last 19 league/cup games. In third place we have MANCHESTER UNITED, but after they had scored in all of their previous 24 league/cup games, they drew 0-0 away to SUNDERLAND. United picked up their 4th blank of the season as Sunderland picked up their 14th. LIVERPOOL drew 1-1 at home against CHELSEA and are on a total of 72 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Liverpool have remained in fourth place. Chelsea are on a total of 87 goals. ASTON VILLA are in fifth place after they drew 2-2 away to Burnley. Villa are on a total of 54 goals. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 1-0 away to Fulham and are now on a total of 59 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. BRIGHTON won 3-0 at home to relegated WOLVES are now on 66 goals, and have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. Wolves picked up their 19th blank of the season and now just one goal in their last five games. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 2-2 at home to Everton and are on a total of 44 goals. It’s 50 goals for NOTTINGHAM FOREST after they drew 1-1 at home to NEWCASTLE UNITED. Newcastle hit goal number 66.

CHAMPIONSHIP Play-Offs 1st Leg

In the Play-offs, we have just two of the four teams. MIDDLESBROUGH drew 0-0 at home to SOUTHAMPTON and picked up their 13th blank of the season. Southampton, after they had scored in all of their last 25 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season. 

LEAGUE ONE Play-Offs 1st Leg

In the Play-offs we have two of the four teams. STOCKPORT COUNTY have won their 1st leg game 1-0 away to Stevenage. County are now on a total of 78 goals. BOLTON WANDERERS won 1-0 at home to Bradford and are on a total of 76 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games.

LEAGUE TWO Play-Offs 1st Leg

In the Play-offs, we have two of the four teams. CHESTERFIELD lost 1-0 at home to NOTTS COUNTY and picked up their 7th blank of the season, after a goal run of 8 league games.  County are on a total of 77 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS drew 1-1 away to Motherwell to pick up goal number 81. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. In the old firm derby, CELTIC won 3-1 at home to RANGERS and are now in second place, with a total of 89 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Rangers move down to third place and are on a total of 90 goals, and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. HIBERNIAN won 3-1 away to Falkirk and are now on a total of 58 goals.

In Championship Play-Off 2nd Leg, STENHOUSEMUIR drew their 1st leg, 1-1 against Queen of the South and they did the same in their second leg. Extra time was needed and then that ended in a 2-2 drew, 3-3 on aggregate. In the penalty shoot-out, Stenhousemuir won 4-3. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 63 goals and will play Alloa in the final.

In League One Play-Off 2nd Leg, CLYDE won their 1st leg game 2-0 but drew their second game 1-1 away to The Spartans to win 3-1 on aggregate. Clyde are on a total of 69 goals. They will face Hamilton in the final.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (107) CARDIFF CITY (100) SOUTHAMPTON (96) Total of 303 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

 EAST FIFE (39) SUNDERLAND (40) WOLVES (41) Total of 120 goals.

Our best performing team is now MANCHESTER CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 19 league/cup games. With a total of 107 goals, their average score is 2.3 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is now WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 19 blank score sheets out of their 42 league/cup games.

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

VINCENT CRUICKSHANK is still at the top and celebrates his fifth week at the top this season. Vincent picked up a total of just 3 goals all from the weekend. Vincent’s teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton. With his two teams left in play. Vincent has moved up our “Champions League” into 39th place. He has now beaten our joint Champions, Mike Harrington/David Salmon score of 276 goals from the 1997/98 season. Vincent is now 5 goals clear of Patrick O’Donoghue, who has remained in second place as he picks up a total of 4 goals this week. Patrick’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and Southampton.

At the other end, at 111, we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 19th consecutive week and now twenty over the season. John picked up 3 goals this week. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir, .John remained in 39th place this weekend in our “Losers League”. 

We have had a slight change in our top ten this week. It could be any of the top three that will be our 43rd Champions and win that £100 cash.

 THIS      LAST                                      M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL        

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                        GOALS      GOALS     GOALS  

       1              -       V. CRUISKSHANK       74                204             278          

       2              -      P. O’DONOGHUE          77                196             273          

       3              -      GRAHAM PHILLIPS     51                219             270          

       4              -      G. BOLBERY                  64                202            266          

       5            10     S. STUBBS (2)                76                189             265          

       6              5     T. GUY (2)                       66                198             264          

       7              6     K. SETNA (2005/06)       65                196             261          

       8              7     T. GUY (3)                       79                182             261          

       9              8     K. RATTLE                      96                165            261          

     10              9     C. SETFORD                   68                192            260   

Scottish League Play-offs

In the Scottish Championship play-off semi-finals, first leg, STENHOUSEMUIR drew 1-1 away to Queen of the South and picked up goal number 61. 

League One play-off semi-final first leg, CLYDE won 2-0 at home to The Spartans and are on a total of 68 goals.

World Cup 2026 Coming Soon

 

The Golden Goals World Cup 2026 will soon be upon us, and we are counting down the days until the release of our entry forms. We have just 37 days left before the World Cup 2026 kicks off, and even more good news is that the entry forms, including the rules, for Golden Goals World Cup 2026 will be heading your way on Monday the 18th May. That’s is just 13 days to go! 

This will be our tenth  tournament and ou are invited to join us here on our blog or take part in this great competition. All you have to do in the Golden Goals World Cup 2026 is to pick just four of the 48 nations that are in the tournament who will pick you up the most number of goals to win some cash. 

Simply send me your email address now and on the 18^th May, I will send you the entry form and competition rules. For more information, send an email to goldengoals1983@gmail.com

Man City Grab a Lucky Point

In the Premier League MANCHESTER CITY, in second place, scored a very late injury time goal, to draw 3-3 away to Everton. City are now on a total of 104 goals and have now scored in all of their last 18 league/cup games. CHELSEA lost 3-1 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and picked up goal number 86. Forest are now on a total of 49 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. 

In the Scottish Premiership, it’s 80 goals for HEARTS after they won 2-1 at home to RANGERS. Hearts have now scored in all of their last 5 games. Rangers are on a total of 89 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games.

Here are our top 10 teams this week, and we now have two teams that have reached 100 goals. They are Manchester City, who are still top, with Cardiff City in second place. Could there be a third? 

104 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

100 CARDIFF CITY (106)

96 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

93 MK DONS (115)

89 RANGERS (126)

87 ARSENAL (103)

86 CELTIC (144)

86 CHELSEA (128)

84 WREXHAM (93)

83 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 came from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.

Week Thirty-Nine

In Week Thirty-Nine of the competition, the very last league games for the Championship and lower leagues for the English and Scottish teams have now been played. We had one player that picked up the highest score of 9 goals and that went to LYANNA GRIMWOOD. Her teams are Cardiff City 4, Celtic 2 and Newcastle United 3. As our teams start to end their season, some of us still have all three teams still in action. So there will be big changes in the coming table next week.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Not many of us managed to pick up some goals again this week, which means that our top six has mainly stayed the same as last week’s table once again.

Still out in front this week, we have KEITH RATTLE, still with that total of 94 goals, he still needs just 6 goals to win the cash prize money of £25. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) with a total of 89 goals. In third place, we still have PHIL COLLINS, now with a total of 87 goals. In fourth place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) on a total of 84 goals. In fifth place, we still have MICHAEL FISHER, now on a total of 83 goals. In sixth place, we have PETER PORTER, now on a total of 82 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 7 of our teams not in action this weekend, plus we had another 9 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score this weekend, for the very last time for this season was 5 goals down from six last weekend. Well done if your teams scored more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals, and we had two of our teams that reached that score. They came from CADIFF CITY and HUDDERSFIELD TOWN.

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

PREMIER LEAGUE

Top of the table ARSENAL won 3-0 at home against Fulham and are now on a total of 87 goals.  Arsenal have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Manchester City are in second place, while MANCHESTER UNITED remain in third place after they won 3-2 at home against LIVERPOOL. United are now on a total of 66 goals and have extended their goal run to 24 league/cup games. Liverpool are on a total of 71 goals and remain in fourth place.. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 3-0 at home against CRYSTAL PALACE and are now on a total of 58 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Palace picked up their 11th blank of the season. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 3-1 at home against BRIGHTON and are now on a total of 65 goals. Brighton, are on 63 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. The battle for relegation still goes on as WEST HAM UNITED lost 3-0 away to Brentford and drop down to the bottom three. West Ham picked up their 12th blank of the season. TOTTENHAM move out of the bottom three after they won 2-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Tottenham are on a total of 49 goals while Villa who remain in fifth place, picked up goal number 52. Bottom of the table and relegated WOLVES drew 1-1 at home against SUNDERLAND. After they had failed to score in their last three games, Wolves are on a total of 41 goals. Sunderland picked up goal number 40.

CHAMPIONSHIP

IPSWICH TOWN are promoted as they finish in second place, after they won 3-0 at home to QPR. Ipswich finished on a total of 83 goals.

In the Play-offs, we now have just two of the four teams, with SOUTHAMPTON moving up to fourth place after they won 3-1 away to PRESTON NE. Southampton are now on a total of 96 goals and have now scored in all of their last 25 league/cup games. Preston finished on a total of 58 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH moved down to fifth place after they drew 2-2 away to WREXHAM. Middlesbrough are on a total of 73 goals, while Wrexham finished the season on a total of 84 goals.

Meanwhile, BRISTOL CITY won 2-0 at home against Stoke and finished on a total of 66 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-1 away to Derby and finished the season on a total of 70 goals and had scored in all of their last five league games. NORWICH CITY lost 2-1 away to Hull and finished on a total of 73 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY drew 1-1 away to Portsmouth and finished with a total of 63 goals and had scored in all of their last 6 league games. WATFORD lost 4-0 at home to top of the table Coventry and picked up their 14th blank of the season. Watford end the season on a total of 55 goals. LEICESTER CITY are relegated after they won 1-0 away to BLACKBURN ROVERS. Leicester finished second from bottom and on a total of 63 goals. Rovers picked up their 17th blank of the season and a total of 43 goals.

LEAGUE ONE

CARDIFF CITY have been promoted and finished in second place in the league. Although they lost their last game 5-4 away to Mansfield. City, have finished the season on a total of 100 and become our second team to net 100 goals this season. They have scored in all of their last 7 league games.

In the Play-offs we have just two of the four teams. They are STOCKPORT COUNTY who are up to third place after they won 3-1 away to Barnsley. County are now on a total of 77 goals. BOLTON WANDERERS moved down to fifth place after they lost 3-2 at home to LUTON TOWN. Bolton are on a total of 75 goals, while Luton finished the season on 74 goals and had scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN won 4-0 away to AFC Wimbledon and finished on a total of 78 goals and they had scored in all of their last 9 league games. LEYTON ORIENT, after they had failed to score in their last three league games, drew 2-2 at home to Burton. Orient have finished on a total of 60 goals. PLYMOUTH won 3-2 away to Northampton and finished on a total of 79 goals and they had scored in all of their last 12 league games. PETERBOROUGH UNITED lost 3-1 at home to Doncaster and finished on a total of 66 goals. BLACKPOOL lost 1-0 away to Reading and finished on a total of 60 goals. WYCOMBE WANDERERS  won 3-2 at home to Rotherham are finished on a total of 76 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

BROMLEY are promoted after they won 3-1 at home to WALSALL. Bromley who had failed to score in their last two league games, finished on a total of 74 goals. Walsall finished on a total of 62 goals. MK DONS are also promoted but finished in second place after they drew 1-1 away to Fleetwood and finished with a total of 93 goals. The Dons had scored in all fo their last 5 league games.

In the Play-offs, we have two of the four teams still. They are NOTTS COUNTY in fifth place, after they drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers. County are on a total of 76 goals. CHESTERFIELD move up to sixth place after they won 2-1 away to SWINDON TOWN. Chesterfield are on a total of 73 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. Swindon finished the season on a total of 79 goals.

Meanwhile, CREWE drew 0-0 at home to Cambridge Utd and picked up their 13th blank of the season. GILLNGHAM won 1-0 at home to Shrewsbury and end the season with a total of 56 goals. BARNET won 2-1 away to  Harrogate and have finished the season on a total of 73 goals and had scored in all of their last 10 league games.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, CELTIC won 2-1 away to HIBERNIAN and they are on a total of 86 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Hibs are on 55 goals.

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are still in second place and in the play-offs after they won 2-0 away to Morton. Stenhousemuir, are on a total of 60 goals. COVE RANGERS drew 0-0 at home to EAST FIFE and picked up their 17th blank of the season. Fife picked up their 15th blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE are still in third place and in the play-offs after they lost 5-0 away to East Kilbride. Clyde have picked up their 8th blank of the season. DUMBARTON lost 5-0 away to relegated Edinburgh City. Dumbarton picked up their 11th blank of the season.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (101) CARDIFF CITY (100) SOUTHAMPTON (96) Total of 297 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

 EAST FIFE (39) SUNDERLAND (40) WOLVES (41) Total of 120 goals.

Our best performing team is now SOUTHAMPTON after they have now scored in all of their last 25 league/cup games. With a total of 96 goals, their average score is 1.7 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is now WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 18 blank score sheets out of their 41 league/cup games.

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

VINCENT CRUICKSHANK is still at the top and celebrates his fourth week at the top this season. Vincent picked up a total of 8 goals from the week. Vincent’s teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton, but he now has only two teams left in play. Vincent has move up our “Champions League” into 40th place. He has now beaten Geoff Dockerill’s score of 274 goals from the 1994/95 season and Rob Hough’s total of 274 goals from the 1990/91 season. Vincent is now 6 goals clear of Patrick O’Donoghue, who moves into second place, as he picks up a total of 10 goals this week. Patrick’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and Southampton.

At the other end, at 111, we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 18th consecutive week and now nineteen over the season. John picked up 2 goals this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir, .John has moved up to 39th place this weekend in our “Losers League”. He has beaten his own score (Lucifer) of 148 in the 2019/20 season.

Here we go then with our top ten this weekend. Not long now before we know who is going to be our Champion and pick up £100.

 THIS      LAST                                     M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                       GOALS      GOALS     GOALS  

       1             -       V. CRUISKSHANK       74                201             275          

       2             3      P. O’DONOGHUE         77                192             269          

       3             2      GRAHAM PHILLIPS    51                215             266          

       4             6      G. BOLBERY                61                197             258          

       5             7      T. GUY (2)                     65                193             258          

      6              9      K. SETNA (2005/06)     65                192             257          

      7              8      T. GUY (3)                     79                178             257          

      8              4      K. RATTLE                   94                163             257          

      9            12      C. SETFORD                68                188             256          

    10              5      S. STUBBS (2)             72                184              256       

Ross County Relegated

The very last league games of the Scottish Championship have now been played, except for the play-offs. AYR UNITED lost 1-0 at home to St Johnstone and picked up their 12th and final blank score sheet. Ayr finished the season with a total of 55 goals. Bottom of the table and relegated ROSS COUNTY, lost 3-2 away to Raith Rovers and finished the season with a total of 49 goals.

Ipswich Still Second

In the Championship, it’s 80 goals for IPSWICH TOWN in second place, after they drew 2-2 away to SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton are on a total of 93 goals and have extended their goal run to 24 league/cup games. 

In League One, STOCKPORT COUNTY have remained in fourth place after they lost 2-1 at home to Port Vale. County are on a total of 74 goals. PETERBOROUGH UNITED, after a goal run of 12 league/cup games, picked up their 11th blank scoresheet of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Mansfield. Borough have not won a game in their last 6 league games.