The final whistle has been blown on our historic 34th Season of Golden Goals
and what a great season it was for goals. But it was the season that we managed
to beat our highest ever recorded number of entries with 136. The success of
the season was all down to you. The good news is that we do not have to wait
long for the next season to start. Although we once again lost a few friends
this season, we have also gained a lot of new ones. Lets hope that we can
continue with this nice run as we have had a lot of success over our full 34
year history of Golden Goals.
This season we have had a quite a few records that have been broken this season, but
more on this later. I hope that you have had a lot of fun watching your name go
up and down the table and as shown above, where your combination of teams have
left you standing in the final position of the season. But before we go all
into that, lets take a look at what happened to the last couple games of the
season.
FA Cup Final
Congratulations
to ARSENAL
on winning the FA Cup for a record
13 times as they beat Premiership Champions CHELSEA 2-1. The last time
that Arsenal won the cup was back in 2014/15 Season.
Arsenal
started off the game at a very fast pace and they scored in the fourth minute
of the first half by Sanchez. This is how it stood by the end of the first half
1-0 to Arsenal. In the second half Chelsea did have a few attacks but they were
mostly broken down by Arsenal but it was a very entertaining game between the
two London teams. Chelsea went down to 10 men when Moses was booked in the 68th
minute but that did not take the fight out of Chelsea and they equalised in the
76th minute by Diego Costa. Arsenal then put on the pressure and
they scored the winning goal in the 79th minute by Ramsey. Final
score 2-1 to Arsenal.Arsenal
have not had a great season as they finished in fifth place in the premiership but
they did finish the season with a total of 101 goals. This is Arsenal’s best
season since they scored their highest score of 103 goals back in the 2002/03
Season. Last season they score a total of 77 goals. They had a total of 16 votes
this season.
Champion
Chelsea did have a great season as they finished seven points clear of rivals
Tottenham in second place in the premiership with a total of 109 goals, which
is their best score since their highest score of 128 goals in the 2009/10
Season. Last season they scored a total of 76 goals and they had a total of 15
votes this season.
Scottish WILLIAM HILL Cup Final
Champions CELTIC won the Scottish Cup final for the 37th time after they beat ABERDEEN 2-1 at Hampden Park to pick up
the domestic treble, their first since the 2001/02 Season. But it was Aberdeen
that went into the lead after just 9 minutes of play with a goal from Hayes
before Celtic equalised two minutes later with a goal from Armstrong. It was
1-1 at half time and we had to wait till near the end of full time before
Celtic scored the winning goal by Rogic in the 90+2 minutes of added time. Celtic have had a the best season
ever by being Champions with a gap of 30 points clear of second place Aberdeen.
They finished on a total of 134 goals which is their highest score with Golden
Goals beating their previous score of 122 goals from the 2001/02
Season. last season they finished on a total of 108 goals. They had a total of
69 votes this season. Aberdeen finished on their best score in their last seven
outings with Golden Goals with 89 goals. Last
season they finished on a total of 62 goals. They had just one vote this
season.
So it’s Congratulations to JOHN WOOD as he now becomes our 34th
Champion with Golden Goals in the very last weekend of the season, and
he took the winning prize money of a total of £105 and also picked up three
weekends wins taking his final lump sum to nearly £120 in cash.
We can now add John’s name in our history book and in the
Champions League where he finished in 3rd place on 344 goals. John had the winning
combination of ARSENAL (101) CELTIC (134)
and CHELSEA (109). Just two of his
teams finished in our top best three teams and they were Celtic and Chelsea. John
picked up four blank score sheet throughout the season and his highest score
was 13 goals in week 26. In the end he finished just one goal clear of Lee Clark who finally finished in second
place and Stephen Stubbs in third place both with a total of 343 goals.
ROAD TO CHAMPION
So our new Champion’s name, JOHN WOOD is now in our history book,
but what about the other people who managed to get to that magic number one
spot.
We had a total of twelve people that made it to that number one slot. We
already know that John had the very last week at the top but who stayed there
the longest. That person was DANIEL
GOODSON who was their for a total of 14 weeks. He had one week in week 8
and then a run from week 14 to 26. We then had JUNE TIGHE with 11 weeks from week 31 to 41 while GRANT PHILLIPS had 5 weeks from week 10
to 13. STEPHEN STUBBS was their for
4 weeks from week’s 27 to 30. With 2 week’s we had JACQUI WILLIAMS in our very first two weeks of the season. We then
had six players that had a single week
each. They were ZIGGY (John Wood) in
our 3rd week, CHRIS SETFORD in week 4. Our third
lady to get there in week 5 was KELLIE
STRATTON. Our only Champion to reach
there this season was RICKY WOOD in
week 6, STEPTOE & SON was in week
7 and LEE CLARK in week 42.
So what happened to our past Champions. Well we had a total of fourteen
that played in this seasons competition and six of them finished in the top
thirty and they were ALICE STUBBS our 2012/13
Champion in 6th place, GEOFF DOCKERILL
our1994/95 Champion in 7th place, MIKE
PEPPERRELL 2002/03 Champion in 8th place, followed by two
times Champion PHIL REEVE 187/88 & 2011/12 in
19th place In 22nd
place came our 2005/06 Champion KEAMUS SETNA
with TONY GUY our 2010/11 Champion in 26th
place. We had another Champion that finished in the top fifty and they were in
37th Place PAUL DAVEY our 2013/14
Champion. Below is the list of our top five champions of Golden Goals.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
NAME M/W W/E
TOTAL
1.
L. KING 116 239 355 2001/02
2. P. DAVEY 132 216 348 2013/14
3. J. WOOD 92 252 344 2016/17
4.
M. PEPPERRELL 91 247 338 2002/03
5.
D. SOMERVILLE 95 237 332 2009/10
At the other end of the table, we had five players that landed on that
rotten number of 136. GRAEME BRITTON
holds the record for the best of our losers league with 214 goals from our
2004/05 season. The person who finished rock bottom this season was JASON COOPER. Jason was there for a total of three weeks
with his first in week 8 and then the very last
two weeks of the season. Over
the season Jason picked up eight blank score sheets over the season. Jason
had the combination of BRISTOL ROVERS (77) DERBY (61) and WALSALL (51)
total of 189 goals. Jason’s combination finished in 8th place in
our losers league and we can now add’s his name in the history book.
Although Jason finished rock bottom, it was KATHY SOMERVILLE that stayed there the longest with a total of
21 weeks. Kathy was then followed by SANDRA NICHOLLS with 10 weeks and
then EMMA SAWYER with 8 weeks. ANDREW ROSSDALE was there for one
week which was our very first week of the season.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
The Prize Money for the 100 Midweek Goals Rollover Jackpot of £80 went to DARLY NICHOLLS who won on a score of
136 goals which has now beaten PAUL
DAVEY record score of 132 goals from the 2013/14 season. Darly won the cash
in week thirty-one with his combination of Brighton, Celtic and Newcsatle.
BEAT THE SCORE
The fantastic sum of £60 cash prize
money for BEAT THE SCORE has not been picked up once again
this season. The prize money will go to the first person who scores 19 goals or
more at the weekend. So I hope that we can add more cash to the pot next season.
The holder of this record is Mark Rymer with 18 goals scored way back in our
1998/99 season, so it’s about time that some-one beat that score?
THE BEST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS
CELTIC (134) TOTTENHAM (109) CHELSEA (109) Total of 352 goals.
We had a total of six teams this season that picked up 100 or more goals.
They are our best team CELTIC with that fantastic score of 134 goals
which beats their previous record of 122 goals scored back in our 2000/01
Season. This is their 34th season with Golden Goals and this is
their 16th season with 100 or more goals scored by the end of the
season. They have now set another record by scoring 100 or more goals in their
last seven consecutive season’s. Another record they now hold is that they have
scored in all of their forty-seven league and two domestic cup competitions games
giving them an average score of 2.8 goals per game. Over the 34 seasons, they
have scored a total of 3303 goals which now gives them an average score of 97
goals per season. Last season they scored 108 goals. They had a total of 69
votes this season.
In second place was TOTTENHAM who
equalled their best score of 109 goals set in the 1986/87 Season. They have
scored a total of 2428 goals over the 33 seasons that they have been with us.
That now gives them an average score of 73 goals per season. They had a total
of 14 votes.
The third best team was CHELSEA
and they also finished on a total of 109 goals. This is the third season that
they have scored 100 or more goals in the 34 years that they have been with Golden
Goals.
They have scored a total of 2779 goals over the 34 seasons which gives
them an average score of 81 goals per season. They had a total of 15 votes this season. SHEFFIELD UNITED came next with 101 goals. This is their second
best score as they netted a total of 104 goals in the 2011/12 Season. United have
been with us for 17 season’s and they have scored a total of 1255 goals over
the years. They are now on an average score of 73 goals per season. They had
just 2 votes this season. Our fifth team was ARSENAL. They also finished on a total of 101 goals and their fourth season with 100 or more
goals. This is their best season for fourteen years as their highest score is
103 scored in the 2002/03 Season. Arsenal have been with us for 32 seasons and
over that time they have netted a total of 2673 goals which gives them an
average score of 83 goals per season. They
had a total of 16 votes. In sixth place was NEWCASTLE with a total of 100 goals. This is their best score since
they had a record score of 105 goals in the 1992/93 Season. This is Newcastles
28th Season with us and over the years they have scored a total of
1939 goals which gives them an average score of 69 goals per season. last
season they finished on just 48 goals. They had a total of 42 votes this
season.
So lets see what happened to our other teams to see if they have broken
any records this time round. MANCHESTER CITY who ended the season
with a total of 98 goals had the top English votes with 50. This is their best season since they scored
that record number of goals with 137 in the 2012/14 Season. Last season they
finished on 97 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED
did better than last season’s total of 69 goals with 78. This is their best
score since the 2011/12 Season with 103 goals. They had a total of 26 votes
this season. LIVERPOOL finished on a total of 92goals which is their best since
the 2013/14 Season with 110 goals. Liverpool had a total of 11 votes this
season. BRIGHTON picked up their
best score yet by beating their highest score of 82 goals in the 2000/01
Season. This season they finished on a total of 86 goals and they had 10 votes.
DONCASTER with 2 votes finished on a
total of 87goals which beats their highest score in 2003/04 Season with 84 goals.
BRISTOL ROVERS finished on a total
of 77 goals which is now their best score by beating their highest score of 73
goals in the 2011/12 Season. SCUNTHORPE beat
their best score of 76 goals in the 2002/03 Season with 86 goals. SOUTHEND finished on a total of 71
goals which is their best score since 1990/91 where they finished on their top
score of 74 goals. Last season they scored just 59 goals.
THE WORST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS
OLDHAM (37) KILMARNOCK (41) STOKE (46) Total of 124 goals.
Well the worst team for this season finished with just 37 goals in their 8th
Season with Golden Goals and they were OLDHAM. This is their worst score
by beating their lowest score of 52goals scored in our very first season of
1983/84. They had just one votes this season.
Next we had KILMARNOCK finishing
on 41 goals which is their lowest score in their last three seasons that they
have been with us. They had just one vote this season and their previous worst
score was 42 goals from the 1999/00 season which was their first. STOKE
finished in third place with their lowest score in six seasons of 46 goals. They
also had just one vote. Their lowest score prior to this was 38 goals back in
our 2004/05 Season which was the last time that they played in Golden
Goals.
Our fourth worst team was ASTON
VILLA with 48 goals. They picked up
their second lowest score just beating their lowest goals total of 43 goals
back in the 2013/014 Season. They had 7 votes this season.
LEYTON ORIENT finished on a total of 49
goals which is their worst on record. Their previous worst score was 52
goals in the 2003/04 Season. Last Season they finished on 67 goals. ACCRINGTON
STANLEY could not beat their first and only season with us of 71 goals
scored in the 2006/07 Season, so this is their worst score to date by finishing
on 67 goals. YEOVIL finished on 54 goals which was their lowest score in
their last four seasons. Their previous lowest score was when we last saw them
in the 2004/05 Season with 62 goals.
In Scotland PETERHEAD played in
their second season with us but they could not beat their first score of 63
goals scored in the 2004/05 Season with just 58 goals.
The highest
scoring team in our 34 Season HIBERNIAN
after they won 8-1 away to non-league team Bonnyrigg Ross in the Fourth Round
of the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP in
Week Twenty-Five.
OLDHAM have picked up the most number of
blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-six out of their fifty
league and cup games played.
Well that’s it, another season of GOLDEN GOALS has finished. I still can not believe that I have
been doing this competition for 34 year’s and after a hell of a lot of work
this season that, I will still be looking forward to the next one.
Our Golden Goals
blog has picked up a lot of interest again this season as we have now had over
16,000 hits to date. I was hoping that we would attract more people out in the
big wide world to join in but no luck just yet, so lets hope that we can for
our 35th Season.
Here are the top thirty-one winners of the season who have received cash from £105 to £3.00
FINAL LAST M/WEEK W/END
TOTAL
WEEK SHEET NAME GOALS GOALS
GOALS
1 4 JOHN WOOD 92 252 344
2 1 L. CLARK 113 230 343
3 2 S. STUBBS 121 222 343
4 3 M. FISHER 89 252 341
5 - B. CLARK 97 244 341
6 - A. STUBBS
(2012/13) 103 237 340
7 8 G.
DOCKERILL (1994/95) 98 237 335
8 10 M.
PEPPERRELL (2002/03) 112 223 335
9 7 J. TIGHE 118 217 335
10 12 M. ADKINS 88 245 333
11 9 TIM WOOD 94 239 333
12 14 N. HORTON 94 238 332
13 11 M. DORAN 117 215 332
14 13 G.
PHILLIPS 123 208 331
15 - G.
GREENHILL 99 230 329
16 - D. GOODSON 118 208 326
17 - R. HARROD 94 230 324
18 - B. BARNES (2) 81 240 321
19 - P. REEVE (1987/88 & 2011/12) 89 232 321
20 - D.
NICHOLLS 136 184 320
21 - T.
WARWICK 112 206 318
22 23 K. SETNA (2005/06) 83 234 317
23 22 J. WISE 112 204 316
24 - S. DICKINSON 88 226 314
25 - S. CADWELL 120 194 314
26 27 T. GUY (1) (2010/11) 80 233 313
27 26 B. HAYES 109 203 312
28 - C. DICKER 85 225 310
29 - C. NUNN 99 211 310
30 - R. NETTING 75 233 308
31 - J. DOVE 78 230 308
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