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
