Week Twenty-Seven

In Week Twenty-Seven of the competition, we had our second player to have won twice this season. Our winner is RICHIE WILLIAMS who won the full £5 Weekend Prize Money. Richie has won on a score of 14 goals which is our highest number of goals to win by and his personal best weekend result. Richie last won with a shared win in Week Four with just 6 goals. Since then, Richie has three blank weekend scoresheets and this is the highest that he has been all season. His best team is now Rangers. His teams are

                                             BRISTOL CITY 3, CHELSEA  3, RANGERS 8

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Just over 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. We can add another 9 players to the race for the cash this week, which brings our total to 29 players who have reached the halfway mark to 100. It was our 2012/13 Champions that picked up the most midweek goals with 8. That was ALICE STUBBS with her second combination with teams of Chelsea, Rangers and Sunderland. Out in front this week we have KEITH RATTLE, now with a total of 70 goals. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, down from one we now have BARBARA BARNES (1) now on a total of 68 goals. In third place, down from two we have SCOTT THOMSON (1) still with a total of 62 goals. In fourth place we still have EMMAF and TONY GUY (3) but joining them this week we have MICHAEL FISHER down from three with PHIL COLLINS moving up from five. STALKY (2) comes back in the race. All are on a total of 58 goals. In fifth place we have JOHN FILTNESS our joint 2023/24 Champion moving down from four with LUCIFER and RICHIE WILLIAMS now in the race. All are on a total of 57 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had 8 of our teams without a game this weekend, plus we had another 10 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score was six goals last weekend but this weekend it went down slightly to 5 goals. Well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 8 goals and they came from the SCOTTISH CUP 4th Round where RANGERS picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 8-0 at home to Queen’s Park. Rangers have scored a total of 13 goals this week, which has taken their goals tally up to 62 goals.

Rangers started with Golden Goals in our first season of 1983/84 where they finished on a score of 97 goals. They were our 4th voted Scottish team then. Their highest end of season score came in the 1992/93 season with 126 goals. Rangers have scored 100 or more goals in 18 of their 42 seasons to date. Last season they finished on a total of 95 goals. Over the years Rangers have netted a total of 4069 goals to date which gives them an average score of 96 goals per season. This season they have just 10 votes and they have picked up a total of four blank scoresheets to date. 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 this week with ARSENAL still top after they won 3-0 at home to SUNDERLAND.  Arsenal are on a total of 62 goals. Sunderland picked up their 9th blank of the season. In second place we still have MANCHESTER CITY who won 2-1 away to LIVERPOOL. City are on a total of 73 goals while Liverpool are on 46 and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. In third place we still have ASTON VILLA drew 1-1 away to AFC BOURNEMOUTH and picked up goal number 39. Bournemouth are on 44 goals and have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. In fourth place we still have MANCHESTER UNITED won 2-0 at home against TOTTENHAM. United are now on a total of 49 goals and have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. Tottenham, after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season. CHELSEA are still in fifth place after they won 3-1 away to bottom of the table WOLVES and are now on a total of 61 goals. Wolves, after they had failed to score in their last three games, are now on a total of 30 goals. WEST HAM won 2-0 away to Burnley and are on a total of 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. NEWCASTLE UNITED lost 3-2 at home to Brentford and are on a total of 47 goals. BRIGHTON lost 1-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and picked up their 6th blank of the season after they had scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Palace are on 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.

CHAMPIONSHIP

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

In the Play-offs, we still have two of the four and they are IPSWICH TOWN now in 3rd place, after they won 2-1 away to Derby. Ipswich are on a total of 54 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. WREXHAM are still in 6th place after they lost 2-0 at home to Millwall after a goal run of 11 league/cup games, and picked up their 5th blank of the season.

Meanwhile, NORWICH CITY won 2-0 at home against BLACKBURN ROVERS and are on a total of 46 goals. Rovers have picked up their 12th blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON won 1-0 at home to WATFORD and are on a total of 52 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. Watford picked up their 8th blank of the season, and now three games without a goal. BIRMINGHAM CITY won 2-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY and are on a total of 48 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Leicester are on 45 goals. It’s 50 goals for BRISTOL CITY after they won 3-2 away to Hull. PRESTON NE won 1-0 at home to Portsmouth and are on a total of 41 goals.

LEAGUE ONE

Top of the table CARDIFF CITY won 3-0 away to Rotherham and are now on a total of 65 goals and have now scored in all of their last 18 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 3-2 at home to Barnsley. Bolton are now on a total of 46 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY are still in 4th place after they drew 0-0 at home to LEYTON ORIENT. County after they had scored in all of their last 5 games, picked up their 7th blank of the season. Orient picked up their 10th blank scoresheet and now three in a row. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN have moved up to 5th place after they drew 2-2 at home to BLACKPOOL and are on a total of 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Blackpool are on 43 goals.

Meanwhile, LUTON TOWN won 2-1 at home to Bradford and are on a total of 46 goals. With their biggest result of the season, PETERBOROUGH UNITED won 6-1 at home to Wigan. Borough have taken their goals tally up to 45 goals. PLYMOUTH lost 4-1 at home to Lincoln and are on a total of 41 goals and have extended their goal run to 12 league/cup games. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 4-0 at home against Doncaster and have taken their goals total to 47.

LEAGUE TWO

Top of the table BROMLEY won 2-1 away to Fleetwood and are on a total of 57 goals. In 2nd place this week we have NOTTS COUNTY who won 2-1 at home against Barrow and are on a total of 48 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. In 3rd place is SWINDON TOWN who won 3-0 at home to Oldham. Swindon are now on a total of 59 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 games.

In the Play-offs, we now have just two of the four teams with MK DONS still in 4th place after they won 3-2 away to Cheltenham. The Dons are now on a total of 66 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. WALSALL are still in 7th place after they lost 3-1 at home to BARNET are on a total of 44 goals while Barnet are on 43 goals. 

Meanwhile, CREWE won 1-0 away to Crawley and are on a total of 49 goals. CHESTERFIELD won 3-2 away to Bristol Rovers and are now on a total of 51 goals. GILLINGHAM won 2-1 at home to Tranmere and are on a total of 43 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the SCOTTISH CUP 5th Round we had just three of our teams in cup action, one of them is Rangers, and how lucky were CELTIC scoring a very, very late goal to equalise with Dundee 1-1 after the 90-minute period. Celtic went on to win in extra time 2-1. Celtic are on 59 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. STENHOUSEMUIR go out after they lost 2-0 away to Falkirk after extra time. That is their 10th blank of the season after a goal run of 5 league/cup games.

In League One, Stenhousemuir are still in 2nd place after they played in the cup this weekend. EAST FIFE lost 3-0 away to Inverness CT and picked up their 9th blank of the season. COVE RANGERS drew 1-1 at home to Queen of the South and are on a total of 32 goals.

In League Two, Clyde are still in 3rd place after they had no game over the weekend. DUMBARTON lost 2-0 away to Forfar and picked up their 6th blank of the season.

Our BEST three teams are

 MANCHESTER CITY (73)  MK DONS (66) CARDIFF CITY (65) Total of 204 goals

Our WORST three teams are

  EAST FIFE (28) BLACKBURN ROVERS (28) SUNDERLAND (29) Total of 85 goals

Our best performing team is CARDIFF CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 18 league/cup games. With a total of 65 goals, their average score is 1.8 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 13 blank scoresheets in their 29 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 still have GRAHAM PHILLIPS at the top again this weekend, which now makes it his 3rd weekend and now five over the season. Graham picked up a total of 9 goals from the week, which moves him 3 goals clear. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Hayley Adkins keeps her second place spot 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 6th consecutive week and now seven over the season. John picked up just 1 goal this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. 

Here is our top ten this week and there is not many changes in the running. 

 THIS      LAST                                           M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                             GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1             -       GRAHAM PHILLIPS         34                153              187

       2             -       H. ADKINS                         55                129              184

       3             -       T. GUY (2)                           47               135              182

       4           11       D. WOOD                           53                129             182

       5             6       G. BOLBERY                     47               134              181

       6             9       M. WALKER                      39               141              180

       7             -        S. STUBBS (2)                   52               128              180

       8           19       K. RATTLE                        70               109               179

       9           10       T. GUY (10/11 & 22/23)    44               134               178

             10             5       V. CRUICKSHANK           38               139               177

Forest Slip-up

In the Premier League it’s 30 goals for NOTTINGHAM FOREST as they lost 3-1 away to Leeds Utd. Forest are in 17th place.

Arsenal and City in League Cup Final

In the other Carabao/League Cup semi-final 2^nd leg, MANCHESTER CITY won the first leg 2-0 and they also won the second leg 3-1 against NEWCASTLE UNITED, winning 5-1 on aggregate. City are now on a total of 71 goals while Newcastle are on 45. Manchester City will play Arsenal in the final at Wembley on 22nd March. 

In the Scottish Premiership, RANGERS won 5-1 at home to 10 men Kilmarnock and have taken their goals tally up to 54 goals. HIBERNIAN won 3-2 at home to Dundee Utd and are now on a total of 43 goals.

Arsenal in League Cup Final

In the first Carabao/League Cup semi-finals 2nd leg, it was the London clash between ARSENAL and CHELSEA. Arsenal went 3-2 up from the first leg and then won the 2nd leg, 1-0 at home with a very late goal in injury time. Arsenal win 4-2 on aggregate and are on a total of 59 goals while Chelsea, after a goal run of 12 league/cup games, picked up their 3rd blank of the season. Arsenal are going to Wembley. 

In the Championship BLACKBURN ROVERS beat bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at home. Rovers are on a total of 28 goals. WATFORD drew 0-0 away to Hull and picked up their 7th blank of the season, and they have now failed to score in their last two games. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 3-1 at home against Oxford Utd and are now on a total of 47 goals. 

In League Two NOTTS COUNTY have moved up to second place after they won 1-0 at home to GILLINGHAM. County are on a total of 46 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games.  Gillingham picked up their 5th blank of the season. It’s 40 goals for BARNET after they drew 1-1 at home against CREWE who are on a total of 48 goals. WALSALL picked up their 10th blank of the season after they lost 2-0 away to Bristol Rovers. SWINDON TOWN won 1-0 away to Harrogate and are on a total of 56 goals. Swindon have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. 

In the Scottish Premiership after a goal run of 11 league/cup games, top of the table HEARTS lost 1-0 away to St Mirren. 

In the Championship ROSS COUNTY have won their 5th league game 1-0 away to Queen’s Park and are on a total of 36 goals.

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.