World Cup Day Eleven

Group E Ecuador have now lost both their first two games as they drew 0-0 against Curaçao. Germany are still top of this group with 6 points. In second place we have Ivory Coast with 3 points. Ecuador are in third place and Curaçao, are in fourth place both with 1 point each. 

Group F JAPAN get their first three points as they win 4-0 to Tunisia. Japan are on a total of 6 goals. Netherlands are top with 4 points, Japan are second also with 4 points. Sweden are third with 3 points and Tunisia with no points and are out of the World Cup. 

Group H After they had drawn against Cape Verde 0-0 in their first game, SPAIN have picked up their first lot of goals, and points as they win 4-0 against Saudi Arabia. Spain are on 4 goals. URUGUAY drew in their first game 1-1, and in their second game they drew again 2-2 against CAPE VERDE. Uruguay are on a total of 3 goals, while Cape Verde have picked up their first goals of the tournament. Cape Verde drew 0-0 in their opening game against Spain. Spain are top of the group with 4 points while Uruguay are in second place with 2 points. Cape Verde are third also with 2 points. Saudi Arabia are fourth with 1 point. 

Group G BELGIUM drew their opening game 1-1 with Egypt, and they drew again 0-0 against Iran. Belgium. Belgium still with just 1 goal. Iran are top with 2 points with Belgium second also with 2 points.

World Cup Day Ten

Group C BRAZIL have won their second game 3-0 against Haiti and are on a total of 4 goals. Brazil are top with 4 points, with Morocco in second place, also with 4 points. Scotland are in third place with 3 points, while Haiti are fourth, still waiting for their first point. 

Group D TURKEY lost their second game 1-0 to PARAGUAY. Turkey have failed to score in their two opening games, while Paraguay get their first win and are on a total of 2 goals. USA are top of the group with 6 points. Australia are second with 3 points. Paraguay are in third place, also with 3 points. Turkey are in fourth place with no points. 

Group F NETHERLANDS have won their second game 5-1 against SWEDEN after they drew their first game 2-2. Netherlands have taken their goals tally up to 7 goals. Sweden, who had won their first game 5-1, are now on a total of 6 goals. Netherlands are top of the group with 4 points, with Sweden second on 3 points. 

Group E GERMANY won their first game with seven goals. They also won their second game 2-1 against the Ivory Coast after going a goal down in the first half, winning the game with a very late goal in injury time. Both goals came from D. Undav. Germany are on a total of 9 goals and are top of the group with 6 points. They are through to the second round. Ivory Coast are in second place with 3 points.                         

 Top goal scorer for the Golden Boot at the moment is between Argentina’s Messi, Canada’s Jonathan David, and Germany’s Deniz Undav, with 3 goals each.  

The fastest goal has been scored by Ismael Saibari of Morocco after just 70 seconds in Group C after they won 1-0 against Scotland in their second game in the first round.           

World Cup Day Nine

Group A MEXICO, who had won their opening game, also won their second game 1-0 against SOUTH KOREA and are on a total of 3 goals. Mexico became the first team to go into the second round. South Korea lost their first game of the tournament and remain on 2 goals. Mexico are top with 6 points, with South Korea jn second place with 3 points. Czech Republic remains in third place, with South Africa in fourth place. Both are on 1 point. 

Group C SCOTLAND had won their first game but lost their second game 1-0 to MOROCCO. Scotland are on a total of 1 goal while Morocco are on 2 goals. Morocco are top with 4 points, with Scotland in second place with 3 points. 

Group D USA have won their first two games after they won 2-0 against Australia. USA are on a total of 6 goals and are through to the next round. USA are still top with 6 points, while Australia are on 3 points.

World Cup Day Eight

Here are the rest of Day Eight results, which now start’s our team’s second game in the first group stage 

Group A The CZECH REPUBLIC lost their first game to South Korea, but drew their second game against South Africa 1-1. Czech Republic are on a total of 2 goals. Both teams receiving their first points of the tournament, Czech remain in third place with South Africa in fourth place.  

Group B SWITZERLAND were top of the group after they drew their first game 1-1 with Qatar, In their second game against Bosnia-Herzegovina, they won their first game with their biggest score, so far, 4-1. Switzerland are on a total of 5 goals. Co-hosts CANADA in second place, drew their first game against Bosnia-Herzegovina, In their second game of the tournament they played against 9 men Qatar and won 6-0. Canada are now on a total of 7 goals. Canada are top of the group with 4 points with Switzerland in second place, also on 4 points. Bosnia-Herzegovina are third with 1 point with Qatar in fourth place also with 1 point.                          

Top goal scorer for the Golden Boot at the moment, is between Argentina’s Messi and Canada's J. David with 3 goals each.             

Sheet One

Welcome to our 10th consecutive WORLD CUP 2026 Golden Goals competition. Once again the World Cup fever has got to grips with some of us this year, and although the number are slightly up on Qatar 2022, it's our third best World Cup in numbers. 

So on with the 23rd World Cup Tournament. Out of the 48 nations taking part in this year’s historic tournament, we have picked up 28 of them. That is the most number of nations we have had, beating the Qatar 2022 record total of 22. We have 50 players this time round but here are our top fifteen.

                            GAME        GOALS

                               ONE          NAME                                    TOTAL 

                                  1              H. ADKINS                                16

                                  2              L. HARRINGTON                     16

                                  3              D. BARRETT                             15

                                  4              J. WOOD                                    15

                                  5             A. NEWMAN                             14

                                  6             B. SOPER                                   14

                                  7             S. THOMSON                            14

                                  8             MANGO                                     13

                                  9             STALKY (2)                               13

                                10             B. BURROUGHS                      12

                                11             T. KING (1)                                12

                               12             STALKY (1)                                12

                               13             D. WOOD                                   12

                               14             B. BARNES (1)                          11

                               15             M. CASSE                                  11

As you can see, that we have joint leaders who are Hayley Adkins and Louie Harrington both have picked up the highest total of 16 goals each, after the first round opening games. Hayley as England 4, Germany 7, Scotland 1 and the USA 4. Louie has England 4, Germany 7, Spain 0 and with Sweden 5.

So who are the best teams that we have in the 2026 World Cup after the first set of games being played. Well I can tell you that they are.

GERMANY (7) SWEDEN (5) ENGLAND (4) NORWAY (4) total of 20 goals.

We have three of our teams that have failed to scored in the first round games. They are CAPE VERDE, SPAIN and TURKEY. 

We have collected a fantastic total of 53 goals in the first round games. That has beaten our 37 goals total from the 2014 Brazil World Cup. In the last Golden Goals World Cup, Qatar, we reached a total of 34 goals from the first round.

GERMANY holds the current record for the highest score with that 7-1 win over Curaçao, in Group E in their opening game.

World Cup Day Seven

Group J ARGENTINA won their first game 3-0 against Algeria. Argentina have been in all of our 10 World Cup’s and Qatar 2022 was their best with total amount of goals with 15. They also won the World Cup for their 3rd time. They have a total of 24 votes this time round. Austria won 3-1 against Jordan. Argentina go top, with Austria in second place. Jordan are third. 

Group K PORTUGAL drew 1-1 against Dr Congo in their opening match. Portugal are in their 7th World Cup with us, and it was Qatar 2022 that they picked up their highest amount of goals with 12. They lost in the quarter-finals. They have a total of 9 votes. In the other game, Columbia won 3-1 against Uzbekistan to go top of the group, so, Columbia are top, with Dr Congo in second place with Portugal third. 

Group L ENGLAND  have won their opening game with a fantastic 4-2 win over CROATIA. After a very exciting match in the first half, with goals being scored in the 12th minute by Kane, Croatia came back with a goal in the 36th minute by Baturina. Kane scored a penalty in the 42nd minute, and soon after it was 2-2 as Croatia came back with a goal from Musa. 2 -2 at half-time. In the second half it was all about England with goals by Bellingham in the 47th minute and Rushford in the 85th minute. A great win for England. England are in their 9th World Cup with Golden Goals. Their best total of goals came in Qatar with 13. They went out in the quarter-finals. They have a total of 18 votes. Croatia are in their 5th World Cup with us. They picked up their biggest amount of goals in France 1998 with a total of 11. They won the 3rd/4th play off against Holland. They have just 1 vote. In the other match, GHANA won 1-0 against Panama. Ghana are in their second World Cup with us as they first appeared in South Africa 2010 and finished with a total of 5 goals. They lost in the quarter-finals. They have just 1 vote. England are top of the group with Ghana in second place.. Panama are in third place. 

The second round of games start today, so things are going to be very interesting over the next week

World Cup Day Six

Group I FRANCE scored three goals in the second half to give them three points as they win 3-1 against SENEGAL. Two times winners, France, picked up their highest total of goals in Qatar 2022 with 16 goals. They lost on penalties to Argentina in the final. This is their 8^th World Cup with us. They have a total of 22 votes. Senegal are in their 3^rd World Cup with us, and their highest amount of goals is 5 in Qatar 2022. Senegal went out in the second round. They have 3 votes. Norway won their opening game 4-1 against Iraq. Norway are in their 3^rd World Cup with Golden Goals. Their highest amount of goals came from the last time that we had them in France 1998 with 5 goals. They have 3 votes. Norway are top of this group followed by France and Senegal in third place.