Here we are with Week Six of the competition and this weekend we had our 9th winner of the season, who won on a score of 11 goals. Our winner was PAUL SCARBOROUGH who picks up the full £6 prize money this weekend. Paul is in his very first season with Golden Goals and I would like to thank him for joining us this season. He is just one of the six new players that we have this season. Paul is at his highest position to date with his personal best weekend score. His best team is Southampton. His teams are
RANGERS 3, SOUTHAMPTON 4, YORK CITY 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us managed to pick up some goals in midweek, as the goals keep rolling in. We had two players that picked up the most goals with a total of 16 goals each. They are RICHIE WILLIAMS and MANDY WRIGHT (2). Richie goals came from Chelsea, Rangers and West Ham. Mandy’s came from Celtic, Chelsea and West Ham.
That means that we have a new leader this week and they are MANDY WIRGHT (2), with a total of 33 goals. She has Celtic, Chelsea and West Ham. In second place we have ASHLEY LEGG and RICHIE WILLIAMS both coming into the race with a total of 32 goals each. In third place we still have GUY DOWSETT (2) and MICHAEL JACOBSEN, both now on a total of 31 goals. In fourth place we have CHARLIE FRALEY (John Wood) down from one, with GUY DOWSETT (1) and TIM WOOD both down from three last week All on a total of 30 goals. In fifth place on 27 goals we now have MARK GREGORY, MIKE HARRINGTON our 1997/98 Champion, MARK LIPMAN and STALKY (1) all jumping in this week.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had a great weekend from our teams once again, with 9 teams without a game over the weekend, and another 13 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average score remained the same as last weekend of 4 goals. If your combination picked up more than that, then you have done very well this weekend.
The highest score, over the weekend was 5 goals they came from the Premier League where BRIGHTON won 5-0 away to COVENTRY CITY. Brighton with their biggest result to date, have taken their goals tally to 13.
Brighton started with Golden Goals back in the 1989/90 season, where they became our 73rd voted English team. They finished the season with a total of 62 goals. Their highest end of season goals total came in the 2022/23 season with 91 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 66 goals. This is their 19th season with us and they have netted a total of 1227 goals. That now gives them an average score of 64 goals per season to date. This season they have scored in all of their four league games played. They have 4 votes this season.
Lets get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
ARSENAL won 2-0 away to Sunderland and they have won all of their four league games to go top of the league. Arsenal are on a total of 8 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are in second place after they won the local derby, 1-0 away to MANCHESTER UNITED with only 10 men. City are on a total of 8 goals while United pick up their second blank of the season. After three games without a goal, ASTON VILLA have scored their first goal after they lost 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest. It’s 10 goals for AFC BOURNEMOUTH after they drew 2-2 at home to BRENTFORD and have now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. Brentford are on a total of 13 goals and they have also now scored in all of their 5 league/cup games. CHELSEA drew 2-2 at home against Hull and they are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. CRYSTAL PALACE lost 3-2 at home against IPSWICH TOWN and they are on a total of 9 goals. Ipswich are now on a total of 10 goals. LIVERPOOL have drawn their third league game 0-0 at home to Fulham. That is Liverpool’s first blank of the season. TOTTENHAM drew 0-0 at home against Everton and that is their fourth blank of the season and now three in a row. COVENTRY CITY have lost their fourth consecutive league game 5-0 at home to BRIGHTON. Coventry picked up their fourth blank score sheet and have now failed to score in their last three games. Brighton are now on a total of 13 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
West Ham United are joint top this weekend. CARDIFF CITY lost 1-0 away to Bolton and picked up their second blank of the season. After they had failed to score in their last two games, DERBY COUNTY lost 2-1 at home against BIRMINGHAM CITY and are on a total of 7 goals. Birmingham are on a total of 12 goals and have now scored in their last 7 league/cup games. CHARLTON picked up their third consecutive blank score sheet after they drew 0-0 at home to Portsmouth. MIDDLESBROUGH have picked up their biggest win of the season 4-3 at home to Norwich. Brough have taken their goals tally to 16 goals. PRESTON NE lost 1-0 at home to Lincoln and that is their third blank of the season. SOUTHAMPTON won 4-1 at home to BRISTOL CITY and have taken their goals tally up to 14 goals and they have also scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. City are on a total of 10 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. BURNLEY lost 3-1 away to Swansea and they are on a total of 9 goals and a goal run of 5 games. WOLVES won 1-0 away to Sheffield United and are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games.
LEAGUE ONE
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are still top, after they drew 0-0 at home to Wigan. Wednesday picked up their third blank of the season. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN remain in second place after they drew 0-0 away to Mansfield. Huddersfield after a goal run of their 6 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. AFC WIMBLEDON won 1-0 at home to Doncaster and they are on a total of 6 goals. After they failed to score in their last two games, BROMLEY drew 2-2 away to Blackpool. Bromley are on a total of 7 goals. CAMBRIDGE UNITED won 2-1 at home to READING and they are on a total of 13 goals. Reading picked up goal number 16. MK DONS drew 1-1 at home to Peterborough and they are on a total of 9 goals. OXFORD UNITED won 3-0 at home to Burton and are now on a total of 12 goals. They have also now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY lost 3-4 at home to LEICESTER CITY. County are now on a total of 17 goals. Leicester with their biggest result of the season, have taken their goals tally up to 10 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
BARNET go top of the table after they won their third league game 2-1 at home against Accrington. Barnet are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. BRISTOL ROVERS are down to second place after they lost 2-0 away to GRIMSBY TOWN. Rovers who had scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season. Grimsby are on a total of 10 goals. GILLINGHAM have won their second league game, 2-0 at home to Tranmere and are on a total of 8 goals. CHESTERFIELD won 2-1 away to Oldham and they are on a total of 8 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. PORT VALE won 1-0 at home to EXETER CITY and are on a total of 3 goals. Exeter picked up their fourth blank score sheet and now two in a row. SALFORD CITY picked up their biggest result to date as they drew 3-3 away to Rotherham. Salford are now on a total of 8 goals. YORK CITY have also picked up their biggest result as they win 4-0 at home to Swindon. York have taken their goals tally to 13 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals, HIBERNIAN won 3-0 away to Ross County. Hibs are now on a total of 11 goals and have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. RANGERS have beaten their rivals CELTIC 3-0 at home. Rangers are now on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. Celtic after a goal run of 7 games, picked up their first blank of the season.
In the Championship AYR UNITED lost 3-1 at home against Inverness CT and are on a total of 18 goals. ARBROATH lost 4-0 away to Raith Rovers and picked up their 5th blank of the season. DUNFERMLINE won 2-0 at home to Queen’s Park and are on a total of 16 goals.
In League One After they had failed to score in their last three games, EAST KILBRIDE won 3-1 at home to Peterhead and are now on a total of 25 goals.
In League Two, CLYDE are still the top of the table, after they won 4-1 at home to Kelty Hearts. Clyde have taken their goals tally to 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games.
Let’s have a look at our BEST three teams this week
WEST HAM UNITED (27) EAST KILBRIDE (25) CLYDE (24) Total of 76 goals
Our WORST three teams are
ASTON VILLA (1) PORT VALE (3) EXETER CITY (4) Total of 8 goals
Our best performing team are now WEST HAM UNITED after they have scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. With a total of 27 goals, their average score is 3 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is ASTON VILLA, again this weekend, as they have picked up three blank score sheets in 4 league/cup games of the season. They have a total of 1 goal.
Our highest goal scoring team in our 44th Season are LIVINGSTON. They won 8-0 at home against Forfar in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
GUY DOSWETT (2) is celebrating his second weekend at the top this weekend. He picked up a total of 14 goals from the week. Guy’s teams are Celtic, Clyde and West Ham United. His is now 3 goals clear of Mark Gregory who moves into second place this week, after his teams picked up a total of 17 goals from the week. Mark’s teams are Celtic, Southampton and West Ham United.
At the other end at 124 we still have ALBIE/BOBBY, who has now been there for two weeks. They picked up a total of just 4 goals once again all from the weekend. They have Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City.
After all the goals that we have had this week, here is the changed top ten.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - G. DOWSETT (2) 31 38 69
2 3 M. GREGORY 27 39 66
3 11 M. HARRINGTON (1997/98)* 27 37 64
4 2 M. JACOBSEN 31 33 64
5 13 T. WARWICK 26 37 63
6 8 M. WRIGHT (2) 33 30 63
7 6 M. LIPMAN 27 34 61
8 4 J. WEARDEN 25 35 60
9 27 RICHIE WILLIAMS 32 28 60
10 - G. DOWSETT (1) 30 29 59
