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 43 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)

World Cup 2026 Final Draw

 

All of the play-offs have now been played so here is the final draw for group stages 

Group A -  Czech Republic, Mexico,  South Africa,  South Korea,

Group B -  Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada,, Qatar, Switzerland

Group C -  Brazil,  Haiti, Morocco, Scotland

Group D -  Australia, Paraguay, Turkey, USA

Group E -  Curaçao, Ecuador, Germany, Ivory Coast,  

Group F -  Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia

Group G -  Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand

Group H -  Spain,  Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay

Group I -   France, Iraq, Norway, Senegal

Group J -  Argentina,  Algeria,  Austria, Jordan 

Group K - Colombia, DR Congo, Portugal, Uzbekistan,  

Group L -  England,  Croatia,  Ghana,  Panama 

The opening match will take place on 11 June 2026 in Mexico City, with the final on 19 July in New Jersey.

Week Thirty-Four

In Week Thirty-Four of the competition, we did not have any prize money this week due to the internationals being played.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Only two players managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top six has stayed the same as last week’s table once again. Still out in front again this week we have KEITH RATTLE, with a total of 90 goals and still needs just 10 goals to win the cash. Keith’s teams are Chelsea, Rangers and Wrexham. In second place, we still have BARBARA BARNES (1) on a total of 82 goals. In third place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) on a total of 77 goals. In fourth place, we still have MICHAEL FISHER on a total of 76 goals. In fifth place, we still have JOHN FILTNESS, our 2023/24 joint Champion and TONY GUY (3) both with a total of 75 goals. In sixth place, we have RICHIE WILLIAMS with a total of 73 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 being played over the week, we were very low on goals. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals, and we had just one of our teams that reached that score. They were from WYCOMBE WANDERERS. Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.

LEAGUE ONE

Cardiff City are still in second place after having no game this weekend.

In the Play-offs, we have just two of the four teams, with Bolton Wanderers still in third place and STOCKPORT COUNTY have moved up to fifth place after they won 3-0 at home to AFC Wimbledon. County are now on a total of 60 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games.

Meanwhile, BLACKPOOL won 1-0 at home to Burton and picked up goal number 53. After they had scored in all of their previous 8 league/cup games, LEYTON ORIENT drew 0-0 away to Exeter and picked up their 11th blank of the season. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 4-0 at home against Port Vale. Wycombe have taken their goals tally to 66 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

Top of the table BROMLEY lost 2-1 away to Barrow and are on a total of 66 goals. MK DONS are still in second place after they lost 1-0 away to Salford City. The Dons, after a goal run of 7 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season. NOTTS COUNTY have moved up to third place after they won 2-0 away to Harrogate and are on a total of 69 goals.

In the Play-offs, SWINDON TOWN are still in fifth place after they drew 1-1 at home to Fleetwood. Swindon are on a total of 73 goals, and they have now scored in all of their last 19 league/cup games. CREWE have moved up to seventh place after they won 2-1 at home against Oldham. Crewe are on a total of 62 goals.

Meanwhile, BARNET won 1-0 at home to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 53 goals. WALSALL drew 1-1 away to Colchester Utd and are on a total of 55 goals. GILLINGHAM lost 2-0 away to Crawley and picked up their 11th blank of the season. They have now scored just one goal in their last four games.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are still in 2nd place after they drew 2-2 away to EAST FIFE. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 53 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league games. Fife are on a total of 36 goals.

In League Two, CLYDE in third place lost 2-0 away to Elgin City and after a goal run of 5 league games, picked up their 7th blank of the season. DUMBARTON drew 2-2 at home to Forfar and are now on a total of 48 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 6 league games.

Our BEST three teams are

MANCHESTER CITY (89) MK DONS (83) CARDIFF CITY (83) Total of 255 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 43 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 still at the top this weekend for his 10th week of the season. Graham is still four goals clear. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Behind him, we still have Gary Bolbery from his teams of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.

At the other end at 111, we still have CHARLIE FARLEY(John Wood) there for his 13th consecutive week and now fourteen over the season. John picked up 4 goals this weekend. His teams are Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir. But there’s good news for John as he is now moving up our losers’ league to 43rd place. He has beaten John Nicholls total of 131 goals from the 2020/21 season.  

As you can see in our top ten this week, that there has been no movment

 THIS      LAST                                       M/WEEK     W/END     TOTAL

WEEK   WEEK   NAME                         GOALS      GOALS     GOALS 

       1             -       GRAHAM PHILLIPS     50                 185             235

       2             -       G. BOLBERY                  61                 170             231

       3             -       V. CRUICKSHANK        61                 168            229

       4             -       T. GUY (2)                       65                 164            229

       5             -       D. WOOD                        66                 163            229

       6             -       S. STUBBS (2)                72                 156            228

       7             -       K. RATTLE                     90                 138            228

       8             -       T. GUY (3)                       75                 152            227

       9             -       P. O’DONOGHUE          65                 161            226

     10             -       M. WALKER                   53                 172            225

No Wins for Ayr or County

In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 3-0 away to Raith Rovers and that is their 10^th blank of the season and now they have failed to score in their last two games. ROSS COUNTY lost 3-1 away to Partick Thistle and are on a total of 41 goals.

Notts County Still in Play-offs

In League Two NOTTS COUNTY missed the opportunity to move up to third place after they lost 3-0 away to Oldham. County, after they netted 9 goals in their last two league games, picked up their 8^th blank of the season. 

In the Scottish League Two CLYDE in third place lost 3-1 away to Stranraer and are on a total of 56 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league 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 are up to 6th place while Celtic are down to 9th place with 

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)

72 CELTIC (144)

72 SWINDON TOWN (100)

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.