World Cup Day Thirteen

Group I NORWAY had won their first game and have also won their second game 3-2 against SENEGAL. Norway are now on a total of 7 goals, while Senegal are on 3 goals and still yet to win a game. France are top with Norway in second place, both with 6 points, and into the second round. Senegal are in third place with Iran fourth. Both have failed to pick up any points. 

Group J Algeria won their first game by beating Jordan 2-1. Argentina are top of the group with 6 points, with Austria in second place with 3 points. Algeria are third, also with 3 points. Jordan have no points. 

Group K PORTUGAL drew their first game but won their second 5-0 against Uzbekistan. Ronaldo scored his first 2 goals of the tournament. Portugal are on a total of 6 goals. 

Group L ENGLAND after their fantastic opening game, drew 0-0 against GHANA, which becomes the fourth 0-0 draw in the World Cup.  England are top with 4 points with Ghana in second place also now with4 points. 

Top goal scorer for the Golden Boot at the moment is Argentina’s Lionel Messi with 5 goals, and then he is followed by France’s Kylian Mbappe, and Norway’s Erling Haaland with 4 goals each.  Germany’s Deniz Undav and Canada’s Jonathan David are on 3 goals each. 

The fastest goal has been scored by Matías Galarza for the Paraguay in Group C after they won 1-0 against Turkey in their second game in the first round. It took just 64 seconds (1 minute and 4 seconds)

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Group G EGYPT have picked up their biggest win to date as they win 3-1 to New Zealand. Egypt who drew 1-1 with Belgium, are now on a total of 4 goals. Egypt are now top with 4 points, followed by Iran on 2 points. In third place is Belgium, also with 2 points, while New Zealand are fourth with just 1 point. 

Group I FRANCE went a goal up in the first half with a fantastic goal from Mbappe on his 100th France appearance, against Iraq. But the game was delayed for 2 hours due to a thunderstorm. In the second half two more goals for France, gave them a 3-0 win. France are through to the second round and are on a total of 6 goals. 

Group J ARGENTINA have won their second game of the tournament as they beat Austria 2-0. The goals coming from Lionel Messi who is now the all-time leading scorer with 18 goals in 28 World Cup games, The first goal came in the 38^th minute with his second in 90+5. Messi has scored all 5 Argentina’s goals. And they are now in the second round.

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.

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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.           

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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.