In Week Forty-One of the competition, we had just one player that picked up the highest score of 9 goals, and they are BARBARA BARNES (2), who picked up her highest score of the season, with this selection of Celtic 3, Manchester United 3, Newcastle United 3.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us managed to pick up some goals again this week, but time is running out for Keith Rattle. 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 a total of 97 goals, and he still needs just 3 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 95 goals. In third place, we still have PHIL COLLINS, now with a total of 89 goals. In fourth place, we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) now on a total of 87 goals. In fifth place, we still have MICHAEL FISHER, now with a total of 86 goals. In sixth place, we still have PETER PORTER, now on a total of 85 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 5 goals, and we had one of our teams that reached that score. They came from RANGERS.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
FA CUP FINAL
We had both teams in the final Chelsea and Manchester City and it looked set for a lively final. But it was not what we were hoping for. The cup, goes to MANCHESTER CITY with a single goal in the 72nd minute. The goal was scored by Antoine Semenyo, which becomes City’s 111th goal of the season. CHELSEA picked up their 9th blank of the season.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We still have Arsenal top of the table, with Manchester City are still in second place. In third place, we still have MANCHESTER UNITED who won 3-2 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST. United are now on a total of 69 goals while Forest are on 52 goals and have extended their goal run to 7 games. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 2-2 away to Brentford and are on a total of 46 goals. SUNDERLAND won 3-1 away to Everton and are now on a total of 43 goals. BRIGHTON lost 1-0 away to Leeds Utd and after they had scored in all of their last 7 league games, picked up their 10th blank of the season. WOLVES drew 1-1 at home against Fulham and are on a total of 42 goals. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 3-1 at home against WEST HAM UNITED and are now on a total of 69 goals. West Ham are really hanging on a knife edge for relegation, but they are on a total of 52 goals after they had failed to score in their previous two games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership, CELTIC have become Champions, after they beat the leading team, HEARTS 3-1 at home. We had to wait for the very last league game to find that out. Celtic are on a total of 95 goals and have scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Hearts finished in second place and end the season on a total of 85 goals. They had scored in all of their last 8 league games. Celtic secure their fifth title in row and have deny Hearts first championship since 1960. RANGERS finished in third place and end the season on a total of 96 goals and had scored in all of their last 9 league games. HIBERNIAN lost their last league game 1-0 away to Motherwell and picked up their 13th blank of the season. They end the season on a total of 60 goals.
In the Championship Play-Off Final 2nd Leg, STENHOUSEMUIR had won the first leg, 3-1 away. In the second leg, Stenhousemuir lost 1-0 at home to Alloa, but won 3-2 on aggregate. Stenhousemuir after they had scored in all of their last 5 league games, picked up their 12th and last blank of the season. They finished on a total of 66 goals.
Our BEST three teams are
MANCHESTER CITY (111) CARDIFF CITY (100) SOUTHAMPTON (98) Total of 309 goals.
Our WORST three teams are
EAST FIFE (39) WOLVES (42) SUNDERLAND (43) Total of 124 goals.
Our best performing team is MANCHESTER CITY after they have now scored in all of their last 21 league/cup games. With a total of 111 goals, their average score is 2.3 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is WOLVES this weekend, as they have picked up 19 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.
VINCENT CRUICKSHANK is still at the top and celebrates his sixth week at the top this season. Vincent picked up a total of just 8 goals from the week. Vincent’s teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton. With his two teams still left in-play Vincent has moved up our “Champions League” into 37th place. He has now beaten Alec Shorts score from the 1988/89 season of 280 goals. He has also beaten Adam Porters score of 284 goals from the 2006/07 season. Vincent is still 5 goals clear of Patrick O’Donoghue, who has remained in second place as he picks up a total of 8 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 20th consecutive week and now twenty-one, over the season. John picked up 3 goals this week. John has now finished his season on a total of 154 goals. His teams were Cove Rangers, East Fife and Stenhousemuir, John has finished in 38th place this weekend in our “Losers League”. He has beaten Richard Lloyd’s score of 154 goals from the 1993/94 season.
This week we take a look at our top ten for the final sheet comes out. Has Vincent won our £100 or will Patrick?
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - V. CRUISKSHANK 79 207 286
2 - P. O’DONOGHUE 82 199 281
3 - GRAHAM PHILLIPS 54 222 276
4 - G. BOLBERY 69 203 272
5 - S. STUBBS (2) 81 190 271
6 - T. GUY (2) 69 201 270
7 - K. SETNA (2005/06) 70 199 269
8 12 H. ADKINS 79 190 269
9 11 D. WOOD 72 195 267
10 8 T. GUY (3) 82 185 267
