West Ham in Quarter-Finals of FA CUP

In the last game of the FA CUP 5^th Round, WEST HAM UNITED drew 2-2 at home to Brentford after the full 90 minutes. The score remained the same after extra time. In the penalty shoot-out, West Ham won 5-3. West Ham are on a total of 42 goals.

FA CUP quarter-final draw in full

 SOUTHAMPTON v ARSENAL 

CHELSEA v Port Vale 

MANCHESTER CITY v LIVERPOOL 

WEST HAM UNITED v Leeds United

The teams that are in BOLD CAPS are the teams that we have. The games are to be played on 4th April.

Here are our top 10 teams this week. Manchester City are still top with Arsenal now in 2nd place. Chelsea have moved up to 4th place. Rangers are down to 6th place with Celtic remaining in 8th place. Southampton are still in the top ten this week. 

86 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

78 ARSENAL (103)

78 CARDIFF CITY (106)

77 CHELSEA (128)

74 MK DONS (115)

71 RANGERS (126)

70 HEARTS (98)

69 CELTIC (144)

69 WREXHAM (93)

68 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

Week Thirty-One

In Week Thirty-One of the competition, we are now just over the halfway mark in the second half of our season. This weekend we had two winners to share the prize money and they are TONY KING (2) and STEVE STUBB (2) both won on a score of just 7 goals each. Tony now becomes our sixth player to win twice with Steve becoming our 37th winner of the season. 

Tony last won some shared cash back in Week Twenty-Two with his first combination. So with his second combination, this is the highest that he has been. Tiny has picked up just one blank weekend score sheet. His best team is Chelsea.

Steve started with Golden Goals back before the 1995/96 season, but our records have been lost before that season. The next season that we can see Steve is in the 1996/97 season on where he finished in 90th place out of 106 with a total of 209 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. For a while now, Steve has had two combinations and last season, Steve finished in the winning frame in 11th place with a total of 315 goals. This season, we can see him at his highest point so far. He has picked up five blank weekend score sheets and Manchester City is his best team. Our winning teams are,

                              Tony  CHELSEA 4, SHEFFIELD UNITED 1, WYCOMBE 2

                             Steve  CHELSEA 4, LIVERPOOL -, MANCHESTER CITY 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT.

Almost all of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top six have almost stayed the same as last week’s table once more. Still out in front again this week we have KEITH RATTLE, now with a total of 86 goals. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) now on a total of 78 goals. In third place we still have RICHIE WILLIAMS on a total of 73 goals. In fourth place we now have SCOTT THOMSON (1) down from three and now he is joined with STEVE STUBBS (2). Both on a total of 72 goals. In fifth place we now have TONY GUY (3) down from four with JOHN FILTNESS, our 2023/24 joint Champion moving back in the race. Both with a total of 71 goals. In sixth place we have MICHAEL FISHER down from fifth place, now with a total of 70 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 17 of our teams without a game this weekend, plus we had another 10 of our teams that failed to score any goals. After a really good weekend for goals last weekend, this weekend it’s all gone pear-shaped. The average score was six goals last weekend, but this weekend it went back down to just 2 goals. Well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals and we had three of our teams that reached that score. They were from CHELSEA, MK DONS and MIDDLESBROUGH. 

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

FA CUP 5th Round

We had more of our teams in cup action and here are the ones that made it through to the next round. They are ARSENAL who won 2-1 away to Mansfield. Arsenal are on a total of 78 goals and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. WREXHAM drew 2-2 against CHELSEA at home after the end of the 90 minutes and then they lost 4-2 after extra time. Wrexham are on a total of 69 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Chelsea have taken their goals tally up to 77 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. NEWCASTLE UNITED lost 3-1 at home to MANCHESTER CITY and are on a total of 58 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. City are now on a total of 86 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON won 1-0 away to Fulham and are on a total of 68 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games. NORWICH CITY lost 3-0 away to Leeds Utd and that is their 9th blank of the season after a goal run of 6 league/cup games. SUNDERLAND go out after they lost 1-0 away to Port Vale and picked up their 11th blank of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP

MIDDLESBROUGH are still in 2nd place after they won 4-0 away to QPR and have taken their goals tally to 59.

In the Play-offs we still have two of the four teams this weekend as IPSWICH TOWN remain in 4th place, after they drew 1-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY and are now on a total of 64 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Leicester, third from bottom, picked up goal number 53. Wrexham are still in 6th place after they had no league game this week.

Meanwhile, BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 1-1 at home to Portsmouth and are on a total of 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. BRISTOL CITY lost 2-0 at home to Coventry and picked up their 14th blank of the season. City have now failed to score in their last two games. BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 1-0 away to Charlton and picked up their 10th blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 1-1 at home to West Brom and are on a total of 55 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 9 league games.

LEAGUE ONE

CARDIFF CITY have now dropped down to 2nd place after they lost their seventh league game 2-0 at home to Lincoln. After a goal run to 21 league/cup games, City picked up their 5th blank of the season.

In the Play-offs, we still have three of the four teams with BOLTON WANDERERS still in 3rd place after they won 3-1 at home to WYCOMBE WANDERERS. Bolton are now on a total of 58 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Wycombe are on a total of 59 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. Stockport County are still in 5th place after they had no game over the weekend. It’s 60 goals for HUDDERSFIELD TOWN in 6th place after they won 1-0 at home to Rotherham.

Meanwhile, LEYTON ORIENT lost 2-1 away to Bradford and picked up goal number 46.  BLACKPOOL drew 1-1 at home to Wigan and are on a total of 47 goals. LUTON TOWN lost 3-2 at home to Reading and are on a total of 51 goals. PLYMOUTH won 2-1 at home to Doncaster and are on a total of 55 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

Top of the table BROMLEY drew 1-1 away to Grimsby and are on a total of 62 goals. MK DONS have moved up to 2nd place after they won 4-1 at home to Harrogate. The Dons are on a total of 74 goals.

In the Play-offs, we now have two of the four teams with NOTTS COUNTY back up to 3rd place after they won 2-1 away to WALSALL and are on a total of 56 goals. Walsall are on a total of 49 goals. SWINDON TOWN remained in 5th place after they drew 2-2 away to Crawley. Swindon are on a total of 68 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 15 games.

Meanwhile, BARNET lost 2-0 away to Salford and picked up their 9th blank of the season. CREWE lost 2-1 away to Bristol Rovers and are on a total of 55 goals. CHESTERFIELD lost 3-2 at home to Shrewsbury and are on a total of 59 goals. GILLINGHAM drew 1-1 at home to Fleetwood and are on a total of 45 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the SCOTTICH CUP Quarter-finals we had just two teams left in this competition nad they had to paly each other. They were RANGERS and CELTIC. In this rivalry old firm game, it finished 0-0 after the full 90 minutes and in extra time the score remained the same. Celtic went on to win 4-2 on penalties. Rangers after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their 5th blank of the season. Celtic after a goal run of 12 league/cup games, picked up their 5th blank of the season. 

In the Championship ROSS COUNTY who are now second from bottom of the table, drew 0-0 away to Arbroath. County have picked up their 13th blank of the season, and have now failed to score in their last two games.

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are still in 2nd place after they drew 1-1 away to Queen of the South. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 48 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. COVE RANGERS won 2-1 at home against Peterhead and are on a total of 39 goals. EAST FIFE lost 3-0 at home to Hamilton and picked up their 12th blank of the season and now two in a row. In League Two, CLYDE in 3rd place drew 1-1 away to Forfar and are on a total of 52 goals. DUMBARTON won 3-0 at home to The Spartans and are now on a total of 41 goals.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (86) CARDIFF CITY (78) ARSENAL (78) Total of 242 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (33) EAST FIFE (31) SUNDERLAND (33) Total of 97 goals.

Our best performing team is MANCHESTER UNITED after they have now scored in all of their last 18 league/cup games. With a total of just 54 goals, their average score is 1.7 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 15 blank scoresheets out of their 36 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.

We have a new leader this weekend with GARY BOLBERY at the top on goal difference as he now becomes the 7th player to do so. Gary picked up a total of 12 goals from the week. His teams are Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City. Behind him, on goal difference we now have our double times Champion, Tony Guy (2) with his second combination as he picks up a total of 13 goals from his teams this week. Tony’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea.

At the other end at 111 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 10th consecutive week and now eleven over the season. John picked up 4 goals this week. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. 

 THIS      LAST                                   M/WEEK     W/END      TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                     GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1             2       G. BOLBERY              61               163             224

       2             3      T. GUY (2)                    65               159             224

       3           10      S. STUBBS (2)             72               151             223

      4              -      D. WOOD                      66               156             222

      5             1      GRAHAM PHILLIPS    44              177              221

      6             9      K. RATTLE                    86              131              217

      7             8      H. ADKINS                    66              150              216

      8             6      T. GUY (3)                     71               145             216

      9             7      M. WALKER                 51               164             215

            10             5      P. O’DONOGHUE         63               152             215

Tottenham in Trouble?

In the Premier League, TOTTENHAM lost 3-1 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and picked up their 43^rd goal of the season. Palace are now on a total of 39 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games.

Arsenal win again

In the Premier League top of the table ARSENAL won 1-0 away to BRIGHTON and are on a total of 76 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. Brighton picked up their 9th blank of the season. Second place MANCHESTER CITY drew 2-2 at home to NOTTINGHAM FORERST. City are on a total of 83 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Forest are on a total of 32 goals. WEST HAM UNITED who are fighting from relegation, won 1-0 away to Fulham and hit their 40th goal of the season. ASTON VILLA lost 4-1 at home to CHELSEA and picked up goal number 43. Chelsea have taken their goals tally to 73 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. 10 Men NEWCASTLE UNITED won 2-1 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED and are on a total of 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. United are on a total of 54 goals and they have extended their goal run to 18 league/cup games. 

In the Scottish Premiership, CELTIC are back into second place after they won 2-1 away to Aberdeen. Celtic are on a total of 69 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games.

Wolves do it Again!

In the very last game of the FA CUP 4th Round, BRISTOL CITY drew 0-0 against Port Vale after the full 90 minutes. They then lost 1-0 in extra time. That is City’s 13th blank of the season. 

In the Premier League AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 0-0 at home to Brentford and picked up their 7th blank of the season. SUNDERLAND won 1-0 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 33 goals. Bottom of the WOLVES have won their third league game 2-1 at home to LIVERPOOL. Wolves are on a total of 37 goals while Liverpool picked up their 57th goal of the season and they have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. 

In the Championship IPSWICH TOWN won 1-0 at home to Hull and are on a total of 63 goals, and they have moved up to 3rd place in the league. 

In League One WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 1-0 away to Barnsley and are on a total of 57 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. 

In League Two top of the table BROMLEY picked up their 6th blank of the season after they drew 0-0 at home against Oldham. CHESTERFIELD won 3-0 at home to Colchester Utd and are now on a total of 57 goals. WALSALL lost 1-0 at home to Fleetwood and that is their 12th blank of the season. 

In the Scottish Championship AYR UNITED drew 1-1 away to Arbroath and hit goal number 49. ROSS COUNTY lost 3-0 away to Dunfermline and that is their 12th blank of the season. 

In League One STENHOUSEMUIR won 1-0 away to Hamilton and they are on a total of 47.

Middlesbrough Still Second

 In the Championship BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 3-1 at home against second place  MIDDLESBROUGH. City are on a total of 52 goals while Brough are on 55 goals.

Here is our top 10 teams this week. Manchester City are still top with Arsenal still in 3rd place. Rangers are up to 4th place with Chelsea remain in 7th place. Celtic remain in 8th place. Southampton have moved into the top ten this week. 

81 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

78 CARDIFF CITY (106)

75 ARSENAL (103)

71 RANGERS (126)

70 HEARTS (98)

70 MK DONS (115)

69 CHELSEA (128)

67 CELTIC (144)

67 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

67 WREXHAM (93)

Week Thirty

In Week Thirty of the competition, we are now halfway through the second half of our season. This weekend we had just one winner and that is PHIL REEVE our double Champion of 1987/88 and 2011/12. Phil won the full amount of prize money of £5 on his best personal score of 12 goals. He now becomes our fifth player to do so. Phil last won some shared cash back in Week Seven. Since then he has picked up two blank weekend score sheets with 6th place still his best position to date. Celtic is his best team. Phil’s winning teams are,

                                      BOLTON WANDERERS  5, CELTIC 2, LIVERPOOL 5

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Just under half of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have almost stayed the same as last week’s table once again. It was VINCENT CRUICKSHANK who picked up the most midweek goals with a total of 7. His teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton. Out in front again this week we have KEITH RATTLE, now with a total of 82 goals. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) now on a total of 76 goals. In third place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) but he is now joined by RICHIE WILLIAMS up from four. Both are on a total of 69 goals. In fourth place we still have TONY GUY (3) now with a total of 68 goals. In fifth place we still have MICHAEL FISHER now with a total of 67 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 6 of our teams without a game this weekend, plus we had another 9 of our teams that failed to score any goals. We had a really good weekend for goals this week. The average score was four goals last weekend, but this weekend it went back up to 6 goals. Well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals once again and we had two of our teams to reach that score. They came from BOLTON WANDERERS and LIVERPOOL. Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

PREMIER LEAGUE

Top of the table ARSENAL beat London rivals CHELSEA 2-1 at home and are on a total of 75 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Chelsea are on 69 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. MANCHESTER CITY are still in 2nd place after they won 1-0 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 80 goals. In 3rd place we now have MANCHESTER UNITED after they won 2-1 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE. United are on a total of 53 goals and have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games. Palace are on a total of 36 goals and have a goal run of 8 league/cup games. Aston Villa are down to 4th place. LIVERPOOL are now in 5th place after they picked up their biggest win of the season 5-2 at home to WEST HAM UNITED. Liverpool have taken their goals tally up to 56 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. West Ham are on a total of 39 goals. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 1-1 at home to SUNDERLAND and picked up goal number 47. Sunderland hit goal number 32. NEWCASTLE UNITED lost 3-2 at home to Everton and they are on a total of 55 goals and they have extended their goal run to 7 league/cup games. BRIGHTON won 2-1 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and are on a total of 52 goals. After they had failed to score in their last two games, Forest are on a total of 31 goals. TOTTENHAM lost 2-1 away to Fulham and are on a total of 42 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Middlesbrough are still in 2nd place after they had no game over the weekend.

In the Play-offs we still have two of the four teams this weekend as IPSWICH TOWN remain in 4th place, after they won 3-0 at home to Swansea and are now on a total of 62 goals. WREXHAM are still in 6th place after they won 1-0 away to Charlton and are on a total of 67 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games.

Meanwhile, BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 3-1 away to Derby and are on a total of 34 goals. After a goal run of 5 league games, LEICESTER CITY lost 2-0 away to NORWICH CITY and picked up their 6th blank of the season. Norwich are on a total of 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. PRESTON NE lost 2-0 at home to Millwall and picked up their 10th blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-0 away to QPR and are on a total of 54 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. SOUTHAMPTON are on 67 goals after they won 3-1 away to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday. Southampton have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games.

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table CARDIFF CITY won 4-0 away to Doncaster and have taken their goals tally to 78 goals and they have now extended their goal run to 21 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 5-1 away to Exeter. Bolton with their biggest result of the season, are now on a total of 55 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY are down to 5th place after they lost 2-1 away to Stevenage and are on a total of 53 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN are still in 6th place after they lost 1-0 away to Wigan and picked up their 7th blank scoresheet.

Meanwhile, LEYTON ORIENT lost 3-1 at home to Barnsley and are on a total of 45 goals. PETERBOROUGH UNITED drew 1-1 away to Northampton and are now on a total of 52 goals. BLACKPOOL picked up their 12th blank of the season after they lost 4-0 away to Lincoln. LUTON TOWN drew 1-1 away to Port Vale and picked up goal number 49. After a goal run of 15 league/cup games, PLYMOUTH lost 1-0 away to Rotherham and picked up their 10th blank of the season. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 3-0 at home to Burton and are now on a total of 56 goals and they have now scored in all fo their last 5 league games.

LEAGUE TWO 

Top of the table BROMLEY won 2-1 at home to Accrington and are on a total of 61 goals. MK DONS have moved up to 3rd place after they drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd. The Dons are on a total of 70 goals. 

In the Play-offs, we now have 3 of the four teams with SWINDON TOWN remaining in 4th place after they drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers. Swindon are on a total of 66 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 14 games. In 5th place we now have NOTTS COUNTY down from three. They lost 1-0 at home to Grimsby and picked up their 7th blank of the season. CREWE have moved into 6th place after they won 2-1 at home to Tranmere and are on a total of 54 goals.

Meanwhile, WALSALL won 2-1 away to Shrewsbury and are on a total of 48 goals. BARNET won 1-0 at home to CHESTERFIELD and are on a total of 47 goals. Chesterfield, after a goal run of 7 league games, picked up their 5th blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last three games, GILLINGHAM won 1-0 away to Barrow and are on a total of 44 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS are now 6 points clear after they won 1-0 at home to Aberdeen and are on a total of 70 goals. RANGERS have remained in 2nd place after they drew 1-1 at home to rivals CELTIC. Rangers are on a total of 71 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Celtic in 3rd place are on a total of 67 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. HIBERNIAN drew 3-3 away to Dundee and are now on a total of 50 goals.

In the Championship AYR UNITED lost 3-1 away to St Johnstone and picked up goal number 48. ROSS COUNTY who are still bottom of the table, won 2-0 at home to Raith Rovers. County are on a total of 38 goals after they had failed to score in their previous two games.

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are still in 2nd place after they won 1-0 at home to COVE RANGERS. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 46 goals while Rangers picked up their 14th blank of the season. EAST FIFE lost 2-0 at home to Alloa and picked up their 11th blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE in 3rd place lost 3-1 at home to East Kilbride and are on a total of 51 goals. DUMBARTON drew 1-1 away to Stirling and picked up goal number 38.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (81) CARDIFF CITY (78) ARSENAL (75) Total of 234 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (31) EAST FIFE (31) SUNDERLAND (32) Total of 94 goals.

Our best performing team is CARDIFF CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 22 league/cup games. With a total of 78 goals, their average score is 1.9 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 15 blank scoresheets out of their 34 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.

We have GRAHAM PHILLIPS back at the top on goal difference this weekend. Graham has now been at the top for seven weeks throughout the season. Graham picked up a total of 7 goals from the week. His teams are once again Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Behind him, on goal difference we now have Gary Bolbery as he picks up a total of 8 goals from his teams this weekend. Gary’s teams are Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.

At the other end at 111 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 9th consecutive week and now ten over the season. John picked up just 1 goal this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir.  

 THIS      LAST                                      M/WEEK    W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                        GOALS     GOALS     GOALS 

1             3      GRAHAM PHILLIPS    41                171             212

2             4      G. BOLBERY                54                 158             212

3             1      T. GUY (2)                     58                 153             211

4             2      D. WOOD                      61                 150             211

5            11     P. O’DONODGHUE      60                 149             209

6             -      T. GUY (3)                      68                 141             209

7             5     M. WALKER                  48                 160             208

8             -      H. ADKINS                    60                  147            207

9            7      K. RATTLE                    82                  125            207

      10            9      S. STUBBS (2)               62                  144            206