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
