Week Thirty-Six

In Week Thirty-Six of the competition, we had our sixth and final Rollover of the season, and it was worth £10. That all went to STALKY (2) (Bob Burgin) for his third win of the season. He won on a score of 9 goals. Bob last won some cash back in Week Thirty-Three and becomes our highest cash winner this season. Bob picked up another blank scoresheet since his last win, which gives him a total of six over the season to date. His best team is still Rangers. His winning teams are

                                  BRIGHTON 2, NEWCASTLE UNITED 1, RANGERS 6

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Over half of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top six has mainly stayed the same as last week’s table once again. It was VINCENT CRUICKSHANK who picked up the most amount of goals, with 6 goals. They came from Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.

Still out in front again this week, we have KEITH RATTLE, now with a total of 95 goals, and still needs just 7 goals to win the cash. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) now on a total of 85 goals. In third place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) now on a total of 81 goals. In fourth place up from five, we have PHIL COLLINS with a total of 80 goals. In fifth place, we now have MICHAEL FISHER down from four now on a total of 79 goals. In sixth place, we now have JOHN FILTNESS, our 2023/24 joint Champion and TONY GUY (3) both on a total of 78 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 7 of our teams not in action this weekend, plus we had another 14 of our teams that failed to score any goals. We once again were very low on goals over the weekend, The average score this weekend was just 4 goals. Well done if your teams scored more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 6 goals, and we had just one of our teams that reached that score. They came from RANGERS.

Rangers started with Golden Goals in our very first season on where they finished on a total of 97 goals. Their highest end of season score came in the 1992/93 season with a total of 126 goals, which is our 6th best highest score. Last season, they finished on a total of 95 goals. Rangers have been with the competition for 42 seasons and over that time they have scored a total of 4093 goals. That now gives them an average score of 97 goals to date. They have score 100 or more goals in 18 of their season’s. This season, they have a total of 10 votes and have picked up a total of five blank scoresheets to date.

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

PREMIER LEAGUE

Top of the table ARSENAL, lost their 4th league game 2-1 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH and are on a total of 82 goals. Bournemouth are on a total of 51 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are still in second place after they won 3-0 away to CHELSEA. City are now on a total of 96 goals and have extended their goal run to 14 league/cup games. Chelsea have picked up their 6th blank score sheet of the season. Manchester United are in third place with ASTON VILLA in fourth place drew 1-1 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and are on a total of 47 goals. Forest are on a total of 37 goals. In fifth  place we have LIVERPOOL who won 2-0 at home against Fulham and are on a total of 64 goals. BRIGHTON won 2-0 away to Burnley are on a total of 57 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE won 2-1 at home against NEWCASTLE UNITED and are on a total of 41 goals. Newcastle are on 61 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games. SUNDERLAND won 1-0 at home against TOTTENHAM and are on a total of 36 goals. Tottenham picked up their 8th blank scoresheet and now they have failed to score in their last two games.

CHAMPIONSHIP

IPSWICH TOWN are in second place after they won 2-0 away to NORWICH CITY. Ipswich are on a total of 74 goals and have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. Norwich picked up their 11th blank of the season.

In the Play-offs we have just two of the four teams, and they are MIDDLESBROUGH in fourth place after they lost 1-0 at home to Portsmouth. That is Brough’s 12th blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON are in fifth place after they won 2-1 at home against Derby and are on a total of 83 goals and have extended their goal run to 19 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, BRISTOL CITY drew 0-0 away to QPR and picked up their 17th blank scoresheet of the season. PRESTON NE won 2-1 away to Charlton and are on a total of 53 goals. WATFORD lost 2-0 away to Oxford Utd and picked up their 11th blank scoresheet of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-1 at home to Hull and are on a total of 63 goals. BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 1-1 away to Stoke and are on a total of 39 goals. LEICESTER CITY are now second from bottom after they lost 1-0 at home against Swansea. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 2-0 at home to WREXHAM and are on a total of 57 goals. Wrexham after a goal run of 12 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season.

LEAGUE ONE

CARDIFF CITY in second place won 2-0 at home against BOLTON WANDERERS and are on a total of 86 goals. Bolton picked up their 11th blank scoresheet of the season.

In the Play-offs, we have just two of the four teams. They are Bolton in fourth place and Stockport County in fifth place.

Meanwhile, LEYTON ORIENT lost 2-1 away to Lincoln and are on a total of 58 goals. It’s 70 goals for PLYMOUTH after they drew 2-2 at home to Exeter. BLACKPOOL won 3-1 at home against PETERBOROUGH UNITED and are now on a total of 57 goals. Borough are on a total of 62 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 3-3 at home to WYCOMBE WANDERERS, and are now on a total of 69 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Wycombe are now on a total of 70 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

Top of the table BROMLEY lost their 6th league game 2-1 away to second place MK DONS. Bromley are on a total of 71 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. The Dons are on a total of 86 goals.

In the Play-offs, we have three of the four teams. They are NOTTS COUNTY in fourth place, lost 4-0 away to Cambridge Utd and picked up their 9th blank of the season. In fifth place we have Swindon Town with CHESTERFIELD in seventh place. They drew 1-1 at home to Tranmere and are on a total of 66 goals.

Meanwhile BARNET won 3-2 at home against Barrow and are now on a total of 63 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. CREWE lost 3-2 away to Grimsby and are on a total of 65 goals. GILLINGHAM drew 0-0 away to Salford and picked up their 12th blank of the season. WALSALL lost 4-0 at home to Cheltenham and picked up their 15th blank of the season.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS won 3-1 at home to Motherwell and are now on a total of 76 goals. RANGERS in second place are going goal crazy at the moment, after they won 6-3 away to Falkirk. Rangers have now taken their goals tally up to 86 goals. They have now scored a total of 14 goals in their last three games. In third place CELTIC, won 1-0 at home against St Mirren and are on a total of 75 goals. HIBERNIAN lost 2-0 away to Aberdeen and picked up their 12th blank of the season.

In the Championship, AYR UNITED won 1-0 at home to Arbroath and are on a total of 53 goals.

In League One, top of the table STENHOUSEMUIR drew 1-1 at home to Inverness CT. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10  league games. EAST FIFE won 2-1 at home to Peterhead and are on a total of 38 goals. COVE RANGERS lost 2-0 away to Queen of the South and picked up their 16th blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE in third place won 2-0 away to Edinburgh City and are on a total of 61 goals. DUMBARTON won 2-1 at home to Stirling and are on a total of 51 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 8 league games.

Our BEST three teams are

MANCHESTER CITY (96) RANGERS (86) MK DONS (86) Total of 268 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

 SUNDERLAND (36) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (37) EAST FIFE (38) Total of 111 goals.

Our best performing team is MANCHESTER UNITED after they have now scored in all of their last 20 league/cup games. With a total of just 59 goals, their average score is 1.7 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is BRISTOL CITY this weekend, as they have picked up 17 blank score sheets out of their 46 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.

KEITH RATTLE celebrates his second week at the top. Keith picked up a total of 7 goals from the week. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. Keith is now four goals clear of Vincent Cruickshank, who moves into second place, as he picks up a total of 11 goals this week. Vincent’s teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.

At the other end, at 111 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 15th consecutive week and now sixteen over the season. John picked up 6 goals this week. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. John remains in 43rd place this week in our “Losers League”. 

Here is our top ten for this weekend. With the season now rapidly coming to an end, do we now have our next Champion. £100 is at stake.

 THIS      LAST                                     M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL        

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                       GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1              -       K. RATTLE                   93                155            248          

       2             7       V. CRUICKSHANK      67                177            244          

       3             -        S. STUBBS (2)              72                172            244          

       4             -        GRAHAM PHILLIPS   51                192            243          

       5             -        G. BOLBERY                61                181            242          

       6            2        T. GUY (2)                     65                176            241          

       7            9        P. O’DONOGHUE        70                 170            240          

       8            6        D. WOOD                      66                173            239          

       9           11       H. ADKINS                    66                170            236          

    10             8        T. GUY (3)                     78                157            235      

Are West Ham Safe Now?

In the Premier League, we had a big relegation battle going on as WEST HAM won 4-0 at home against bottom of the table WOLVES. With their biggest win of the season, West Ham have taken their goals tally to 49. Wolves picked up their 16th blank of the season. 

In League Two, after a goal run of 21 league/cup games, SWINDON TOWN lost 3-0 away to Colchester United and picked up their 6th blank of the season 

In the Scottish Championship, bottom of the table ROSS COUNTY lost 1-0 away to Queen’s Park and picked up their 16th blank of the season and now two games without a goal. 

Southampton on the up

In the Championship, SOUTHAMPTON are back in the play-offs as they win 5-1 away to WREXHAM who fall out of the play-offs. Southampton are on a high after their FA Cup win over the weekend and they have taken their goals tally to 81. They have now scored in all of their last 18 league/cup games. Wrexham picked up their 78th goal of the season. They have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. 

In League Two, it’s 70 goals for top of the table BROMLEY after they won 2-1 at home against Shrewsbury. Bromley have now scored in all of their last 7 league games.

Here are our top 10 teams this week. Manchester City are still top, with Chelsea now in 2nd place. Arsenal are down to 5th place while Rangers are down to 7th place. Celtic are still in 10th place this week. 

93 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

84 CHELSEA (128)

84 CARDIFF CITY (106)

84 MK DONS (115)

81 ARSENAL (103)

81 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

80 RANGERS (126)

78 WREXHAM (93)

76 SWINDON TOWN (100)

74 CELTIC (144)

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.

Easter Monday Results

In the Championship, second place IPSWICH TOWN won 2-1 at home to BIRMINGHAM CITY and are on a total of 72 goals, and they have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Birmingham after they had failed to score in their previous two games, are on a total of 55 goals.

In the Play-offs, we have MIDDLESBROUGH in third place after they drew 2-2 away to Swansea and are on a total of 63 goals. Wrexham are in sixth place.

Meanwhile, BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 0-0 at home to West Brom and picked up their 15^th blank of the season. BRISTOL CITY won 1-0 at home against SHEFFIELD UNITED and hit goal number 59. United after a goal run of 13 league/cup games, picked up their 11^th blank of the season. NORWICH CITY won 2-1 away to Millwall and are on a total of 65 goals. PRESTON NE drew 1-1 at home to QPR and are on a total of 51 goals. LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 away to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday. City are on a total of 59 goals. WATFORD drew 1-1 at home to Charlton and are on a total of 54 goals. 

In League One, CARDIFF CITY who are in second place, had failed to score in their last two games, drew 1-1 away to PETERBOROUGH UNITED and are on a total of 84 goals. Peterborough are on 61 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.

In the Play-offs, we have in fourth place, BOLTON WANDERERS drew 2-2 at home to fifth-place STOCKPORT COUNTY and are on a total of 64 goals. County are on 65 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, LUTON TOWN won 3-0 away to AFC Wimbledon and are now on a total of 63 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. PLYMOUTH won 3-0 away to Barnsley and are now on a total of 68 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. After they had failed to score in their last two games, LEYTON ORIENT lost 2-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are on a total of 57 goals. Huddersfield are on 66 goals.  BLACKPOOL picked up their 14^th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Stevenage. WYCOMBE WANDERERS lost 2-1 at home to Bradford and hit goal number 67. 

In League Two, we still have Bromley at the top with MK DONS in second place after they had failed to score in their last two games, drew 1-1 away to Oldham and are on a total of 84 goals. NOTTS COUNTY are in third place, and they won 3-1 at home to Newport and are now on a total of 73 goals.

In the Play-offs, we have SWINDON TOWN in fifth place won 2-1 at home to WALSALL and are on a total of 76 goals, and have extended their goal run to 21 league/cup games. Walsall are on a total of 58 goals. CHESTERFIELD are in seventh place as they win 1-0 away to Barrow and are on a total of 65 goals.

Meanwhile, CREWE won 1-0 at home to Salford and are on a total of 63 goals. BARNET have picked up their biggest result of the season after they won 5-2 away to Fleetwood. Barnet have taken their goals tally to 60 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. GILLINGHAM won 2-0 at home against Accrington and are on a total of 51 goals.

Week Thirty-Five

In Week Thirty-Five of the competition, we did not have any prize money again this week, due to the internationals being played and the Easter fixture. We do have our sixth Rollover next weekend worth £10. 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Half of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top six has mainly stayed the same as last week’s table once again. It was PHIL COLLINS that picked up the most amount of goals on Good Friday with 8 goals. They came from Leicester City, Sheffield United and Stockport County. Still out in front again this week we have KEITH RATTLE, now with a total of 92 goals and still needs just 8 goals to win the cash. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) now on a total of 84 goals. In third place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) now on a total of 79 goals. In fourth place, we still have MICHAEL FISHER now on a total of 78 goals. In fifth place, we still have JOHN FILTNESS, our 2023/24 joint Champion and TONY GUY (3) but they are now joined with PHIL COLLINS who moves back in the race. All on a total of 77 goals. In sixth place, we have RICHIE WILLIAMS now with a total of 75 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had a total of 16 of our teams in action this weekend plus we had another 4 of our teams that failed to score any goals. Due to the international games and the Easter fixtures being played over the week, we were very low on goals once again. The highest score over the weekend was 7 goals, and we had just one of our teams that reached that score. They were from CHELSEA in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

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

FA CUP Quarter-Finals

We had six of our Golden Goals teams in the quarter-finals and out of them three are through to the semi-finals. The ones that are in the semi-finals are MANCHESTER CITY after they won 4-0 at home to LIVERPOOL and have taken their goals tally to 93 goals. City have extended their goal run to 13 league/cup games. Liverpool after a goal run of 13 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season. CHELSEA picked up their biggest result of the season as they win 7-0 at home to Port Vale. Chelsea who had failed to score in their last two league games, have now taken their goals tally up to 84 goals. SOUTHAMPTON won 2-1 at home against ARSENAL and are on a total of 76 goals and have extended their goal run to 17 league/cup games. Arsenal picked up goal number 81. WEST HAM UNITED drew 2-2 against Leeds Utd after the full 90 minutes. That score remained after extra time. West Ham are on a total of 45 goals. West Ham then lost 4-2 on penalties.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership, top of the table HEARTS drew 2-2 away to bottom of the table Livingston and are on a total of 73 goals. It’s 80 goals for RANGERS in second place after they won 4-2 at home to Dundee Utd. In third place we have CELTIC won 2-1 away to Dundee and are on a total of 74 goals. After they had failed to score in their last two games, HIBERNIAN won 3-0 at home against Kilmarnock and are now on a total of 53 goals.

In the Championship, after they had failed to score in their last two games, AYR UNITED drew 1-1 at home to Partick and picked up goal number 52. Bottom of the table ROSS COUNTY lost 4-0 at home to Airdrieonians and picked up their 15th blank of the season.

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are now top of the table after they won 3-0 at home to Hamilton. Stenhousemuir are now on a total of 56 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league games. EAST FIFE lost 1-0 away to Montrose and picked up their 13th blank of the season. COVE  RANGERS lost 1-0 at home to Alloa and picked up their 15th blank of the season.

In League Two, CLYDE in third place won 3-1 at home to Stirling and are now on a total of 59 goals. DUMBARTON drew 1-1 away to Stranaer and are on a total of 49 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 7 league games.

Our BEST three teams are

MANCHESTER CITY (93) CHELSEA (84) MK DONS (83) Total of 260 goals.

Our WORST three teams are

  SUNDERLAND (35) EAST FIFE (36) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (36) Total of 107 goals.

Our best performing team is MANCHESTER UNITED after they have now scored in all of their last 20 league/cup games. With a total of just 59 goals, their average score is 1.7 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is BRISTOL CITY this weekend, as they have picked up 16 blank score sheets out of their 44 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 week as KEITH RATTLE moves to the top to become our 8th player to do so. Keith picked up a total of 13 goals from the week. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. Keith is just two goals clear of Tony Guy (2) who moves into second place with his total of 10 goals at the weekend. Tony’s teams are Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea.

At the other end at 111 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 14th consecutive week and now fifteen over the season. John picked up 3 goals this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. John remains in 43rd place this week in our Losers League. 

As you can see that we had a slight change in our top ten this weekend. Our Champion will win £100 this season.

 THIS      LAST                                       M/WEEK    W/END     TOTAL        

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                         GOALS     GOALS     GOALS  

       1             7       K. RATTLE                     92               149             241          

       2             4       T. GUY (2)                       65              174             239          

       3             6       S. STUBBS (2)                72              167             239          

       4             1       GRAHAM PHILLIPS     50              188             238          

       5             2       G. BOLBERY                  61              175             236          

       6             5       D. WOOD                        66              168             234          

       7             3       V. CRUICKSHANK        61              172             233          

       8            -        T. GUY (3)                       77               155            232          

       9            -        P. O’DONOGHUE           65              166            231          

     10            -       M. WALKER                     54             175            229     

Good Friday Results

In the Championship, we now have three of the four teams in the play-offs. They are MIDDLESBROUGH are down to third place after they lost 2-1 at home to Millwall. Brough are on a total of 61 goals. Ipswich Town are in fourth place while WREXHAM come back in as they drew 2-2 away to West Brom. Wrexham are on a total of 77 goals and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games.

Meanwhile, BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 1-0 at home to BLACKBURN ROVERS and picked up their 12th blank of the season and have failed to score in their last two league games. Rovers are on a total of 38 goals. BRISTOL CITY won 2-1 away to Charlton and are on a total of 58 goals. NORWICH CITY drew 1-1 at home to Portsmouth and picked up goal number 63. WATFORD lost 2-1 away to QPR and are on a total of 53 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 3-3 at home to Swansea and are now on a total of 61 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. Fighting relegation, LEICESTER CITY third from bottom drew 2-2 at home to PRESTON NE. City are on a total of 58 goals while Preston are on 50 goals. 

In League One, with Cardiff City still in second place, we have just two of the four teams in the play-offs. They are BOLTON WANDERERS in third place who won 2-1 away to PLYMOUTH and are on a total of 62 goals after they had failed to score in their previous two league games. Plymouth are on 65 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. In fifth place we have STOCKPORT COUNTY won 3-0 at home to WYCOMBE WANDERERS and are now on a total of 63 goals. County have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Wycombe picked up their 11th blank of the season.

Meanwhile, BLACKPOOL won 1-0 at home to Exeter and are on a total of 53 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 1-1 at home to Reading and are on a total of 64 goals. It’s 60 goals for LUTON TOWN after they won 2-1 at home to PETERBOROUGH UNITED. Brough picked up their 60th goal of the season and now have a goal run of 7 league/cup games. 

In League Two, top of the table, BROMLEY drew 2-2 away to BARNET and are on a total of 68 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Barnet are on a total of 55 goals and have a goal run of 5 league/cup games. In second place MK DONS drew 0-0 at home to Barrow and picked up their 7th blank of the season and now two games without a goal.

In the play-offs we have three of the four teams with NOTTS COUNTY in fourth place after they lost 2-1 away to Salford and are on a total of 70 goals. In sixth place we have Swindon Town while in seventh place we have CHESTERFIELD who won 1-0 at home against Cheltenham and are on a total of 64 goals.

Meanwhile CREWE lost 2-0 away to Accrington and picked up their 11th blank of the season. WALSALL drew 2-2 at home to GILLINGHAM and are on a total of 57 goals. Gillingham are on 49 goals.

Our Top Ten Teams

In League One, LEYTON ORIENT picked up their 12th blank of the season and now two in a row after they drew 0-0 away to Wigan. 

In League Two SWINDON TOWN drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 74 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 20 league/cup games.

Here are our top 10 teams this week. Manchester City are still top with Cardiff City still in 2nd place. Arsenal remain in 4th place while Chelsea keep 5th place. Rangers stay in 6th place while Celtic are down to 10th place this week. 

89 MANCHESTER CITY (137)

83 CARDIFF CITY (106)

83 MK DONS (115)

80 ARSENAL (103)

77 CHELSEA (128)

76 RANGERS (126)

75 WREXHAM (93)

74 SOUTHAMPTON (100)

74 SWINDON TOWN (100)

72 CELTIC (144)