The final whistle has been blown on our historic 35th 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 149. The success of
this 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 35 year
history of Golden Goals.
This season we have had 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 is 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 few games of the
season.
FA Cup Final
Congratulations
to CHELSEA on winning the FA Cup for a record eight time as they beat MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 in a very disappointed final at Wembley. Chelsea’s goal came from a
penalty scored by Hazard in the first 22nd minute of the game. Chelsea
dominated the first half but United came out fighting in the second half with
end to end football. Chelsea have finished this season in fifth place in the
Premiership on a total of 85 goals while United finished in second place some
19 points behind their rivals Manchester City on a total of 87, but they had
scored just one goal in their last four games of the season.
Scottish WILLIAM HILL Cup Final
Champions CELTIC won the Scottish Cup final for the 38th time after they beat Motherwell 2-0 at Hampden Park to become the first Scottish team to win successive domestic Trebles. Both of Celtic’s goals came in the first 25 minutes of the first half which now gives them a final goals total of 105 for the season. They now have a record run of scoring 100 or more goals in eight consecutive seasons. They finished the season 9 points clear of second place Aberdeen., They had a total of 13 votes this season which is the highest that any of our Golden Goals teams have had in our 35 year history.
Champions CELTIC won the Scottish Cup final for the 38th time after they beat Motherwell 2-0 at Hampden Park to become the first Scottish team to win successive domestic Trebles. Both of Celtic’s goals came in the first 25 minutes of the first half which now gives them a final goals total of 105 for the season. They now have a record run of scoring 100 or more goals in eight consecutive seasons. They finished the season 9 points clear of second place Aberdeen., They had a total of 13 votes this season which is the highest that any of our Golden Goals teams have had in our 35 year history.
Championship
Play-Offs
In
the Championship Play-Offs, FULHAM went a goal down against Derby
away in the first leg. But in the second leg, Fulham came back and won 2-0 at
home to win 2-1 on aggregate. ASTON
VILLA drew 0-0 against MIDDLESBROUGH
in the first leg and then won 1-0 at home in the second leg to win 1-0 on
aggregate. It was Villas thirteenth blank of the season. Middlesbrough picked
up their fourteenth blank and had failed to score in their last two games.
Brough finished on a total of 75 goals which is their best score in their last
eight appearances.
In
the final we ended up with both teams playing for a place in the premiership. ASTON VILLA and FULHAM. It was Fulham that took the early lead after 23 minutes of
play and it remained that score after the full 90 minutes even when Fulham’s
Odoi was sent off after a second booking in the 70th minute. Fulham
who finished in third place in the league are now going to play in the
premiership. They finished on a total of 84 goals and it is their best score in
their last five appearances.
Aston
Villa who finished in fourth place, picked up their fourteenth blank of the
season and just one goal in their last four games of the season. They end on a
total of 80 goals which is their highest score equaling their best score of
2009/10.
League
One Play-Offs
In
the League One Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg, SCUNTHORPE drew their first leg game 2-2 at home to Rotherham, but
it was a different story in the second leg as Rotherham won 2-0 at home to win
4-2 on aggregate. Scunthorpe after a goal run of eleven games picked up their
eleventh blank of the season and finished on a total of 71 goals.
League
Two Play-Offs
We
had three of the four teams in the Play-Off
Semi-Finals. EXETER CITY had drawn
against LINCOLN CITY in the first leg
0-0. But it all changed in the second leg as Exeter won 3-1 at home. Lincoln’s
season finished with 66 goals. COVENTRY CITY
went through to the finals as they beat Notts County 4-1 away in the second
leg, after they drew 1-1 in the first leg, to win 5-2 on aggregate.
In
the Final of the League Two Play-Offs
COVENTRY CITY became the winners after they beat EXETER CITY 3-1 with all the goals coming in the second half.
Coventry who will now play in league one next season, finished on a total; of
82 goals while Exeter finished on a total of 77 goals.
So it’s Congratulations to CHRIS BOLBERY as he now becomes our 35th
Champion with Golden Goals staying at the top for the last six weeks,
he took the winning prize money of a total of £110 and also picked up two
weekends wins taking his final lump sum to £126 in cash. We can now add Chris’s name in our history book and in the
Champions League where he finished in 5th place on 334 goals. Chris had the winning
combination of CELTIC (105) MANCHESTER CITY
(123) and WIGAN (106). Just two
of his teams finished in our top best three teams and they were Manchester City
and Wigan. Chris picked up five blank score sheets throughout the season and
his highest score was 14 goals in week 21. In the end he finished just one goal
clear of Chris Boom who finally finished
in second place with a total of 333 goals.
ROAD TO CHAMPION
So our new Champion’s name, CHRIS BOLBERY
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 just seven players that made
it to that number one slot. We already know that Chris had the very last six week
at the top but who stayed there the longest. That person was CHRIS BOOM who was their for a total of
17 weeks. He had a little run from weeks 11 to 15 and then another run from
weeks 24 to 28 and then weeks 30 to 36. We then had PAUL DAVEY our 2013/14 Champion with 9 weeks. He started from weeks
16 to 23 then week 29. Next with four
weeks each came GARY BOLBERY from weeks 2 to 5, while GUY DOWSETT (2) was from
weeks 5 and 6 and then again in weeks 9 and 10. We then had two players that
picked up a single week each. They were AMANDA MORRISON in our very first week of the season and ALEX
DAVEY in week 8. 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. C. BOLBERY 95 239 334 2009/10
So what happened to our past Champions. Well we had a total of fourteen
that played in this seasons competition with just two finishing in the top
thirty and they were PAUL DAVEY our 2013/14
Champion in 3rd place followed by our two times Champion PHIL REEVE 1987/88 & 2011/12 Seasons in 4th
place. Our next Champion finished in 60th place who was our 1994/95
Champion GEOFF DOCKERILL. Last seasons Champion JOHN WOOD finished in 115th place.
At the other end of the table, we had just four players that landed on
that rotten number of 149. 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 COLIN PINDER. Colin was there for a total of thirty weeks
with his first in weeks 2 and 3. He then came back in week 14 for the rest of
the season. Over the season Colin picked up just five blank score sheets
over the season. He had the combination of COLCHESTER (54) CRYSTAL
PALACE (50) and SOUTHEND (58) total of 162 goals. Colin’s
combination finished in 31st place in our losers
league and we can now add’s his name in the history book.
Next with eight weeks was JOHN DOVE and he stayed there from weeks 6 to week 12. John was then followed by KAREN
SMITH with three weeks. She was there in our very first week and then again
in weeks 4 and 5. John Woods LUCIFER was there for one week which was in
week 29.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
The Prize Money for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot of £40 went to me, STEVE REEVE in week thirty-three by reaching
100 midweek goals first. We had a total of nine players to hit 100 this season.
But I did not end up with the highest midweek score. I had to share the honour
with James Blyth as we both end the
season with 110 goals. Daryl Nicholls
holds the highest midweek record with 136 goals from our 2016/17 Season.
BEAT THE SCORE
The fantastic sum of £65 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
MANCHESTER CITY (123) WIGAN (106) PETERHEAD (105) Total of 334 goals.
We had a total of five teams this season that picked up 100 or more goals.
They were our best team MANCHESTER CITY
who ended the season with a total of 123 goals in 47 games gave them an average
score of 2.6 goals per game. They were our top English team with 39 votes. 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 98 goals. This is their 24th
season with Golden Goals and this is their 4th season with 100
or more goals scored by the end of the season. Over the 24 seasons, they have
scored a total of 1953 goals which now gives them an average score of 81 goals
per season. In second place was WIGAN picked
up their best score with 106, beating their previous score of 84 in the
1998/99 Season. They had a total of just
three votes this season and the goals gives them a total of 822 in twelve
seasons they have been with us. That now gives them an average score of 68
goals per season. The third best team came from the Scottish League Two where PETERHEAD finished on a total of 105
goals which is their very best. They have beaten their previous score of 63
goals back in the 2005/06 Season. .Peterhead have been with us for three
seasons now and over that time they have netted a total of 226 goals. That now
gives them an average score of 75 goals per season. They had just one vote this
season. Our fourth best team who was just outside of our best team frame was CELTIC. They have had another great
season ending with a total of 105 goals and they became Champions for a seventh
straight seasons. Not only are they the first Scottish team to win the treble
twice in a row, they have also scored 100 or more goals in their last eight
consecutive seasons. They picked up our highest number of votes in 35 years
with 113. Next came LUTON TOWN with
a total of 101 goals. They have beaten their previous best score of 98 from the
2001/02 Season. They had five votes this season.
So lets see what happened to our other teams to see if they have broken
any records this time round. MANCHESTER UNITED did a bit better than
last season’s total of 78 goals with 77. This is their best score since the
2011/12 Season with 103 goals. They had a total of 22 votes this season. MANSFIELD finished on a total of 74 goals
which is their very best beating their best score of 59 goals in the 1995/96
Season. Mansfield had five votes this time round. COVENTRY also picked up their best score yet by beating their
highest score of 76 goals in the 2012/13 Season. This season they finished on a
total of 82 goals and they had just one vote. EXETER with two votes finished on a total of 77 goals which beats
their highest score in 2015/16 Season of 77 goals. RAITH ROVERS from Scotland finished on a total of 78 goals which is
now their best score by beating their highest score of 72 goals in the 2012/13
Season. They had just one vote. STENHOUSEMUIR finished with a total of
67 goals which is the best they have done for the last three seasons.
They also had a single vote. LEEDS
UNITED finished on a total of 72 goals which is their best score in their
last four seasons while CHARLTON
finished on 65 goals and that is their best in their last five seasons. QUEENS PARK RANGERS finished on a total
of 60 goals which is the best that they have done for the last four seasons. CARDIFF finished on 76 goals which is
their best in the last four seasons. WOLVES
finished on a total of 87goals which is their best in their last four
seasons.
The newest team to join Golden Goals was ELGIN CITY from the Scottish League Two. They finished their first
season on 59 goals.
THE WORST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS
WEST BROM (41) BURTON ALBION (43) NEWCASTLE (44) Total of 128 goals.
Well the worst team for this season finished with just 41 goals in their
11th appearance with Golden Goals and they were WEST
BROMWICH ALBION. This is their worst score by beating their lowest score of
43 goals scored in the season of 2008/09. They had just one vote this season
and they picked up a total of thirteen blank score sheets. Next we had BURTON
ALBION finishing on 43 goals which is their lowest score in their second
appearance with us. They had just one vote this season and their previous score of
59 goals from the 2015/16 season will now be their best. NEWCASTLE
finished in third place with their high score of 100 goals last season. They
scored just 44 goals this season which is about average for them. They also had
just one vote.
Our fourth worst team was BOLTON
with 45 goals. They picked up their lowest
score just beating their lowest goals total of 46 goals back in the 2015/16
Season. They also had just one vote this season. BIRMINGHAM finished on a total of 47
goals which just about beats their worst score of 46 goals back in the 2004/05
Season. They had two votes this time round. READING finished on a total
of 57 goals which is their worst season in the last seven appearances. SUNDERLAND
finished on a total of 55 goals which is their second worst score since 1984/85 Season when they finished on a total
of 52 goals.
Our highest
goal scoring team in our 35th Season was PETERHEAD
from the Scottish League Two. They picked up our highest score in week eleven
as they won 9-0 at home to non-league team Colville Park in the WILLIAM HILL CUP Second Round.
BURTON ALBION have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total
of twenty-two out of a total of fifty 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 35 year’s and after a hell of a lot of work
this season with 149 players taking part, 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
26,900 hits to date. I was hoping that we would attract some interest out in
the big wide world to join in but still no luck just yet, so lets hope that we
can for our 36th Season.
Hear is how our top thirty winners finished their season.
FINAL M/WEEK W/END
TOTAL
WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS
GOALS
1 C. BOLBERY 95 239 334
2 C. BOOM 87 246 333
3 P. DAVEY (2013/14) 89 240 329
4 P. REEVE (87/88 & 11/12) 88 235 323
5 G. WARMAN 99 221 320
6 D. GOODSON 78 238 316
7 C. DICKER 90 225 315
8 T. BAXTER 101 214 315
9 B. CLARK 90 223 313
10 B. HAYES 98 214 312
11 D.
HARRINGTON 87 223 310
12 STEPTOE
& SON 97 213 310
13 N. TREADWELL 94 214 308
14 T. JENKINS 76 230 306
15 B. BARNES (1) 99 207 306
16 D. BARRETT 83 222 305
17 B. BARNES (2) 88 217 305
18 D. CORMACK 93 211 304
19 TIM WOOD 88 215 303
20 B. SOPER 96 107 303
21 C. WEBB 78 224 302
22 G. BROWN 87 214 301
23 K. SMITH 85 215 300
24 A. DAVEY 86 214 300
25 I. SMITH 77 222 299
26 S. KEMP 78 220 298
27 C. NUNN 84 210 294
28 -P.
COLLINS 85 209 294
29 J. WISE 82 211 293
30 J.
WEARDEN 89 204 293
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