Week Forty

In Week Forty of the competition we are now in injury time as the season comes ever nearer to the end. With the very last full fixture for our 36^th Season, we all managed to pick up some goals this weekend, with five players picking up the highest score with nine goals each. They were PHIL FRANKSEN, DOUG MORBEY, MIKE PEPPERRELL, ALICE STUBBS and STEPHEN STUBBS.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We now have five players that have now reached 100 Midweek goals this week. GRAHAM HARRIS is on a total of 107 goals. His combination is Hearts, Tottenham and West Brom. Graham is a very long way off of beating our record held by Daryl Nicholls with 136 goals from the 2016/17 Season. John Davies is still in second place but with 106 goals. In third place is now Adam Sansom down from two. Kellie Stratton is now down to fourth place with 102 goals. In fifth place down from four is June Tighe now with 100 goals. In sixth place on 98 goals we have Toby Bicknell.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had all but three of our teams in action over weekend with twelve of them failing to score any goals. In the last full weekend of football, the weekends average score went up from three goals from last weekend to 4 goals this weekend.

The highest score that we had was four goals and they came from the League One where CHARLTON won 4- 0 at home against ROCHDALE. Charlton are now on a total of 79 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games. Rochdale picked up their twelfth blank score sheet after a goal run of eight games.

Charlton became our 38^th English team to join Golden Goals and this is their twenty-ninth Season. In their first season they finished on a score of 49 goals and that was in our second season of 1984/85. Their highest score came in the 1997/98 Season with 91 goals. Last season they netted a total of 65 goals. They have now been in all of our last twelve seasons. Over the years they have scored a total of 1825 goals which gives them an average score of 62 goals per season.

PREMIERSHIP

We still have the top nine teams here this weekend with LIVERPOOL holding on to top place after they won 3-2 away to Newcastle. Liverpool are now on a total of 89 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games. Manchester City are in second place but with a game in hand. CHELSEA have moved up to third place after they won 3-0  at home to Watford. Chelsea are now on 76 goals. TOTTENHAM have moved down to fourth place after they lost 1-0 away to BOURNEMOUTH. Tottenham have now had a total of seven blank score sheets with two in a row and just one goal in their last four games. Bournemouth picked up goal number 62. ARSENAL are still in fifth place after they drew 1-1 at home to Brighton. Arsenal are on 79 goals this week. MANCHESTER UNITED are still in sixth place after they drew 1-1 away to relegated Huddersfield. United are now on 75 goals. WOLVES are still seventh after they won 1-0 at home to relegated FULHAM. That is Wolves 61^st goal of the season while Fulham picked up their fifteenth blank score sheet. Everton are in eighth place with Leicester City in ninth place. WEST HAM are on 64 goals after they won 3-0 at home against Southampton.

CHAMPIONSHIP

With Norwich top and Sheffield United in second place, both teams have now been promoted to the Prem.

In the Play-off Zone, we still have all four teams. LEEDS UNITED are in third place after they lost 3-2 away to relegated IPSWICH. Leeds are now on a total of 76 goals while Ipswich have taken their goals total up to 37. WEST BROM are in fourth place after they lost 3-1 away to DERBY in sixth place. West Brom are on 92 goals to Derby’s 85.ASTON VILLA are in fifth place after they lost 2-1 at home to Champions Norwich. Villa are on 82 goals.

Meanwhile BLACKBURN drew 2-2 at home to SWANSEA and both teams have finished on a total of 78 goals each. BRENTFORD won 3-0 at home to Preston and they end the season on 86 goals. HULL finish on 68 goals after they drew 1-1 at home to Bristol City. It’s 70 goals for NOTTINGHAM FOREST as they win 1-0 at home to Bolton. After a goal run of seven games, BIRMINGHAM picked up their fifteenth blank of the season after they drew 0-0 away to Reading. ROTHERHAM lost 2-1 at home to Middlesbrough and they end on 55 goals. STOKE drew 2-2 at home to Sheffield United and they have finished on 52 goals.

LEAGUE ONE

LUTON are Champions after they won 3-1 at home to Oxford United. Luton end the season on a total of 93 goals and a goal run of ten games. BARNSLEY now been promoted in second place after they lost 2-1 away to BRISTOL ROVERS. Barnsley finished the season on a total of 89 goals while Rovers finished on 52 goals.

In the Play-off Zone we have ended up with three of the four teams. Charlton moved up to third place after their big win with PORTSMOUTH down to fourth place as they drew 1-1 with ACCRINGTON STANLEY. Portsmouth are on 91 goals and a goal run of twelve games. Accrington finished the season on 57 goals. SUNDERLAND are down to fifth place after they lost 2-1 away to SOUTHEND. Sunderland are on 83 and a goal run of ten games. Southend finished on 66 goals.

Meanwhile COVENTRY lost 2-0 away to Doncaster and that was their eleventh blank of the season. PETERBOROUGH won 3-1 at home to BURTON ALBION and they have finished on a total of 80 goals to Albion’s 76. PLYMOUTH won 3-2 away to SCUNTHORPE. Both teams have been relegated with Plymouth finishing on 61 goals to Scunthopre’s 56. SHREWSBURY drew 0-0 at home to Walsall and they have had a total of fourteen blank score sheets this season. WYCOMBE end the season with 61 goals as they win 1-0 at home to Fleetwood.  

LEAGUE TWO

Champions LINCOLN CITY lost yet again 3-0 at home against Colchester. Lincoln have now failed to score in their last four games. MK DON have moved up to third place and promoted after they won 1-0 at home against MANSFIELD. The Dons have finished on a total of 75 goals while Mansfield are in the play-off’s in third place with their tenth blank of the season. They are now the only team we have in the play-off’s.

Meanwhile EXETER drew 0-0 away to Forest Green and that was their twelfth blank of the season. OLDHAM lost 5-2 at home to Northampton and they end the season on 74 goals. SWINDON won 3-1 at home to NOTTS COUNTY who are now relegated. Swindon end their season on 61 goals while County go out of the football league with 51 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Scottish Premiership, Champions CELTIC won 3-0 away to ABERDEEN. Celtic have taken their goals total to 96 goals and have now won the title for eight consecutive seasons.  Aberdeen picked up their twelfth blank of the season and now two in a row. RANGERS are still second as they win  1-0 at home to HIBERNIAN.  Rangers are now on 95 goals while Hibs picked up their thirteenth blank score sheet. HEARTS lost 1-0 at home to Kilmarnock to pick up their twelfth blank score sheet. HAMILTON are in the play-off’s after they won 1-0 away to Dundee. Livingston and they are now on 31 goals.

In the Championship, ROSS COUNTY are Champions after they lost 3-2 away to relegated FALKIRK. County have finished on a total of 77 goals while Falkirk end on 43. AYR UNITED are in the play-off’s after they drew 1-1 to ALLOA  Ayr are now on 68 goals while Alloa finished on 52 goals.

In League One, RAITH ROVERS are still in third place and in the play-off’s after they drew 1-1 away to Montrose. Raith are on 84 goals and have now scored in all of their last twelve games. DUMBARTON drew 1-1 away to Arbroath and they end the season on a total of  63 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR  drew 1-1 away to Brechin and that is their 45^th goal of the season and a spot in the play-off’s.

In League Two, PETERHEAD are Champions after they won 2-0 away to Queen’s Park. Peterhead end their season with a total of 69 goals. 

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

MANCHESTER CITY (126) CELTIC (96) RANGERS (95) Total of 317 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

HAMILTON (31) IPSWICH (37) FULHAM (40) Total of 108 goals

Our Best teams this week are ASTON VILLA after they have scored in all of their last thirteen League and Cup games played. They have a total of 82 goals from forty-nine games which gives them a average score of 1.6 goals per game.

Our worst team this week is IPSWICH as they have picked up a total of twenty-one blank score sheets out of thirty-eight League and Cup games played this season. They have scored just four goals in their last six games.

Our biggest result in our 36^th Season comes from MANCHESTER CITY as they win 9-0 at home against league one BURTON ALBION in the Carabao/League Cup semi-final first leg tie in Week Twenty-Four.

BOB SAWYER is back on top this weekend as he picks up six goals from the weekend. Bob has now been at the top for a total of five weekends over the season. He has also moved up the Champions League to 12^th place and has beaten three past Champions. They include our 1998/99 joint Champions Paul Locker & Eddie Draper’s score of 311 goals, Toby Bicknell’s score also of 311 goals in the  2014/15 Season. Bob is now above Jon Lynch’s score of 312 goals in the 1996/97 Season. Bob’s teams are once again. Celtic, Luton and Manchester City. Kellie Stratton moves back down to second place as she picks up a total of just four goals all from the weekend from Celtic, Manchester City and West Brom.

At the other end at 133 we still have John Filtness at the bottom for a total of thirty-one consecutive weekends as he picks up a total of four goals all coming from the weekend. He has now had thirty-four weeks at the bottom but he is now twelve goals adrift  this weekend. His teams are Birmingham, Hamilton and Liverpool. John has made more progress in our Loser’s League by moving up the table by beating our past three lowest scores. John is now above Peter Porter 1992/93, Jeremy Hillier’s 1988/89 and Jon Lynch’s score all of 182 goals. John has moved up to 11^th place in our Losers League.

As the season is near to the end, here are our top ten.

     THIS      LAST                                                            M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL          

   WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                   GOALS         GOALS        GOALS        

        1             2                B. SAWYER                              79                   236                315     
        2                 1                K. STRATTON                          102                212                314               

        3                 4                B. BURROUGHS                      82                   229                311   
        4                 5                B. CLARK                                 88                   223                311   

        5                 3                S. SEYEDI                                 89                   221                310    
        6                 8                D. BARRETT                            89                   219                308     
        7                 14              D. SOMERVILLE (2009/10)    91                   216                307     
        8                 6                A. SANSOM                             105                202                307               

        9                 7                C. SETFORD                            63                   243                306              

         10              -                C. BAMBRIDGE                      92                   214                306