LAURIE KING is now in his fifth weekend at the top at the start of the second half. Laurie picked up two goals in midweek from Arsenal and another two at the weekend from Peterborough. His combination is Arsenal , Peterborough and Rangers. Laurie is in joint top but ahead on weekend goals with SIMON DICKINSON as he moves up from fourth to second place this weekend after picking up a total of nine goals for the week. Simon's teams are Celtic, Manchester City and Portsmouth.
At the other end, it’s still JOHN NICHOLLS now in his twentieth weekend at number 119 as his combination picked him up two goals in midweek from Arsenal and another blank score sheet at the weekend. His teams are Arsenal, Bolton and Newcastle.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us managed to pick up some more goals again this week but the highest score this week was a total of three goals and they went to nine players who had Arsenal and Manchester City as part of their combination.
So at the start of the second half here at Golden Goals we still have two players out in front as we say fairwell to 2015. CRAIG EVANS and DANIEL GOODSON are both sharing the lead again this week as both picked up another single goal from Manchester City to move their total up to the half way mark with 50 goals each. In second place all on 45 goals we have TONY KING who remained in second place with these from third place last week. They are BARBARA BARNES (2), JAMES HUNTER, TOM MACDONALD, DAVID STAINS, NATHAN TREADWELL and RICHARD WILLIAMS. In third place up from four is JAMES WISE on 44 goals while in fourth place all on 42 we now have ADRIAN BEW, BARRY BURROUGHS and JOHN DAVIES.
This weekend we had our Christmas Jackpot of £10 in cash to give away and we had one lucky winner to pick the whole lot up. Our winner was CHRIS BOOM winning on a score of 9 goals and he becomes our 24th winner of the season. Chris started with Golden Goals back in our 2008/09 Season finishing in 31st place on 262 goals. Last season he finished in 65th place with 247 goals. Last time that Chris finished in the winning frame was in our 2012/13 Season in 6th place picking up £31 in cash including one weekend win. This season, Chris has had two blank score sheets and although we can see him in 5th place this weekend, third is his highest to date from week three. His best team is Celtic netting him 51 of his total of 145 goals.
CELTIC 2, LEYTON ORIENT 3, MANCHESTER CITY 4
The average score this weekend moved from three last weekend back to 5 goals this weekend. This weekend we had nine of our teams that had no game and another fourteen teams failed to score any goals.The highest score that we had this weekend came from the English Premiership where MANCHESTER CITY won 4-1 at home against Sunderland. City became our third team this season to reach 50 goals. They remain in third place in the table this week.
Manchester City are in their 22nd season with Golden Goals and they were our 15th most voted team in our very first season of 1983/84 where they finished on a grand total of 73 goals. Their highest score came in 2013/14 Season with 137 goals. Last season they finished on 92 goals. This season they have had just three blank score sheets out of 21 games played and they have our top vote this season of 52. Over the seasons they have scored a total of 1,685 goals which gives them an average score of 76 goals per season.
PREMIERSHIP
Leicester City are still top this weekend with ARSENAL still in second place as they lost 4-0 away to Southampton. Arsenal have now had a total of five blank score sheets. Manchester City are in third place with TOTTENHAM still fourth after they won 3-0 at home against NORWICH. Tottenham are now on 32 goals while Norwich picked up their fifth blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED are down to sixth place as they lost again 2-0 away to Stoke. That was United's 7th blank score sheet of the season. WEST HAM picked up their 27th goal of the season after a three game dry spell for goals as they drew 1-1 away to Aston Villa. CHELSEA drew 2-2 at home to WATFORD and are now on 28 goals while Watford are on 23 and they have scored in all of their last nine games. LIVERPOOL won 1-0 at home to Leicester City and that was goal number 29. EVERTON are on 42 as they win 1-0 away to NEWCASTLE. Everton have scored in all of their last eleven games while Newcastle picked up their 9th blank of the season.
CHAMPIONSHIP
We still have the top six teams here with DERBY back on top after they won 2-0 at home against Fulham. Derby are on 36 goals. Middlesbrough are back down to second after their game was cancelled. HULL are now third as they win 3-0 at home to BURNLEY. Hull are now on 40 goals while Burnley keep in fifth place and get their 8th blank of the season. BRIGHTON are now down to fourth place as they drew 0-0 away to BRENTFORD. Brighton have now had five blank score sheets and now two in a row. Brentford picked up their sixth. IPSWICH remained in sixth place as they win 2-1 at home against QPR. Ipswich are now on 39 goals while Rangers picked up goal number 32. BRISTOL CITY picked up goal number 23 as they drew 1-1 at home to CHARLTON who are now on 29 goals. It’s 24 for PRESTON but they lost 3-1 away to Huddersfield. MK DONS are on 24 as they win 2-1 at home to CARDIFF who are on 30. WOLVES won 1-0 at home to Reading and are on 33 goals
LEAGUE ONE
Burton Albion have fallen down to second place this weekend after their game was cancelled. PETERBOROUGH are up to fifth place after they won 2-0 at home to CHESTERFIELD. Borough are now on 57 goals while Chesterfield picked up their 11th blank and now four games in a row without a goal. Wigan are down to sixth place after their game was also cancelled. SOUTHEND are now on 32 goals after they won 2-0 away to Colchester. PORT VALE picked up their 10th blank of the season as they lost 1-0 away to Coventry. SCUNTHORPE won 1-0 away to Doncaster to pick up goal number 32 while SWINDON are on 35 as they lost 3-1 at home to Gillingham. MILLWALL lost 1-0 to pick up their 7th blank and now no goals in their last two games.while poor old BOLTON lost 4-0 away to Rotherham. Bolton have now had a total of thirteen blank score sheets. NOTTINGHAM FOREST are on 26 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to LEEDS who are on 24 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
Our highest team here is PLYMOUTH who are still top of the table as they win 1-0 at home against Yeovil. Plymouth are on 35 goals this weekend. PORTSMOUTH are still in fourth place as they lost 3-2 away to LEYTON ORIENT. Portsmouth are now on a total of 47 goals while Orient are on 44. WYCOMBE are in sixth place as they win 2-0 away to LUTON. Wycombe are on 36 while Luton picked up their 5th blank of the season. EXETER picked up their 6th blank as they lost 3-0 away to Oxford. STEVENAGE lost 2-1 away to Crawley and are on 35 goals.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
The weather hit the Scottish teams this weekend as only seven of the eleven teams played. In the Premiership, CELTIC drew 2-2 at home to third place HEARTS to become our fourth team to hit 50 goals. They are now on 51 goals while Hearts are on 41. ABERDEEN kept up the pressure on Celtic as they drew 2-2 at home to Inverness. Aberdeen are on 34 goals. In the Championship, FALKIRK won 1-0 at home to Dumbarton and that was their 43rd goal of the season.
In the lower leagues, STENHOUSEMUIR lost 5-1 at home to Stranraer and are now on 30 goals after a two game dry spell for goals. QUEENS PARK lost 1-0 at home to BERWICK to pick up their 7th blank score sheet while Berwick are now on 28.
OUR BEST THREE TEAMS ARE THIS WEEKEND
RANGERS (57)
PETERBOROUGH (57) CELTIC (51) Total of 165 goals
OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE
BOLTON (18)
BLACKPOOL (19) QUEEN OF SOUTH (22) Total of 59 goals
Our worst team this week is still BOLTON They have had a total of thirteen blank score sheets out of twenty-four games played. They have now scored four goals in their last four games.
Our Best team this weekend is RANGERS after scoring in all of their twenty League/Cup games played keeping their 100% scoring record in-tacked. They are on a total of 57 goals.
We have eight high scoring teams in our 33rd Season. From the Scottish Premiership CELTIC won 6-0 at home to Dundee in a league game in week seven while MANCHESTER CITY won 6-1 at home to Newcastle in the League in week nine. NEWCASTLE’S won 6-2 at home against Norwich in the League from week eleven. EVERTON won 6-2 at home in a league game against Sunderland. LEYTON ORIENT won 6-1 at home to non-league team Stains Town in the first round of the FA Cup in week fourteen. QUEENS PARK won 6-1 away to Montrose in the Scottish league two. PORTSMOUTH won 6-0 at home to York in the league. LIVERPOOL won 6-1 away to Southampton in the Capital One Cup quarter-finals.
After the Boxing Day games, we do have a bit of a change around this week. It will all change again by the next post as we have a load of games being played.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - L. KING (2001/02) 31 117 148
2 4 S. DICKINSON 36 112 148
3 2 R.
WILLIAMS 45 102 147
4 3 D. GOODSON 50 97 147
5 7 C. BOOM 32 113 145
6 5 A. BROWN 36 109 145
7 6 J. WISE 44 99 143
8 - B.
SOPER 37 105 142
9 - A. BEW 42 100 142
10 13 D. WESTON 40 100 140
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