In Week Thirty-Nine of the competition we had our very last Weekend Prize Money of £5 and it was shared by two players on a total of 11 goals. One of our players picked up their second win of the season and the other winner became our 35th winner of the season. The prize money went to PETER WELLARD and our 2021/22 Champion JULIA WOOD.
Peter last won some cash in Week Eight where he shared the cash. Since then he has picked up another 3 weekend blank score sheets giving him 4 over the season. Twelfth place is still his highest position in Week Twelve.
Julia has become our 35th winner in our 41st Season of Golden Goals. Julia started with us back in the 2016/17 Season on where she finished in 43rd place with a total of 303 goals. Julia has only missed one season with us but she became became our 39th Champion in the 2021/22 Season. She won on a total of 335 goals which leaves Julia currently in fifth place in our Champions League. Julia has been as high as 15th place in Week Fourteen. She has picked up five blank weekend score sheets. Here are our winners winning combinations.
Peter CELTIC 2, MIDDLESBROUGH 4, NEWCASTLE 5
Julia MANCHESTER CITY 2, MIDDLESBROUGH 4, NEWCASTLE 5
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us have managed to pick up a goal or two this week as the race for the record is coming to the end. We now have a total of 19 players that have now reached 100 or more goals and we hope there might be a couple more next week. The record to beat is 136 midweek goals and the record holder is Daryl Nicholls from the 2016/17 Season.
Leading the race for the record this week we have MARK JOHNSTON now on a total of 121 goals. In second place we have BAILEY MORAN with a total of 119 goals. In third place we now have TONY KING still with a total of 117 goals. In fourth place we have ANDY EYLES with a total of 114 goals. In fifth place with 112 goals, we have GEOFF CARTHY, JAMES SOMERVILLE and ANN WELLARD.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had all but 2 of our teams in action again over the weekend and out of the ones that played, 13 of them failed to score any goals. We have 10 of our teams that have now finished their season. Not a bad weekend as we had our very last full league fixture of the season. The average score for the weekend remained the same as last week of just 5 goals. The highest score that we had was 5 goals, and they came from two of our teams. They are NEWCASTLE and AFC WIMBLEDON.
PREMIER LEAGUE
ARSENAL are at the top this weekend after they won 3-2 away to TOTTENHAM and are now on a total of 87 goals. Tottenham are on 69 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are in second place after they won 2-0 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST. City are on a total of 97 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Forest have picked up their 13th blank of the season and now 2 games in a row. LIVERPOOL are now down to third place after they drew 2-2 away to WEST HAM. Liverpool are on a total of 104 goals. West Ham are on 62 goals. ASTON VILLA in fourth place drew 2-2 at home against CHELSEA. Villa are on 76 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. Chelsea after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, are on a total of 89 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED drew 1-1 at home to Burnley and are on 69 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. FULHAM drew 1-1 at home to CYRSTAL PALACE and are on a total of 61 goals. Place are on 49 goals. NEWCASTLE won 5-1 at home to Sheffield United and have taken their goals tally up to 85. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 3-0 at home against BRIGHTON and are now on a total of 66 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league games. Brighton picked up their 11th blank of the season and now 2 games in a row. Brighton have scored just 1 goal in their last 5 games.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Top of the table Leicester City are promoted while Leeds United are back in second place. Both teams had no game over the weekend.
In the Play-offs we have three of the four teams. In third place we now have IPSWICH who drew 3-3 away to Hull and are now on a total of 100 goals and they now become our fifth team to do so this season. SOUTHAMPTON are still in fourth place after they lost 1-0 at home against STOKE. Southampton have now had a total of 6 blank score sheets and now 2 games in a row without a goal. Stoke picked up goal number 55. NORWICH are now in fifth place after they drew 2-2 at home against SWANSEA. Norwich are on a total of 88 goals and have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games. Swansea are on a total of 66 goals.
Meanwhile MIDDLESBROUGH won 4-1 away to Cardiff and have taken their goals total to 84 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 games. BRISTOL CITY won 2-0 at home against bottom of the table Rotherham. City are on a total of 61 goals. PLYMOUTH picked up their 14th black score sheet and now 2 games in a row without a goal. SUNDERLAND lost 1-0 away to Watford and picked up their 18th blank score sheet and now 2 in a row. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 3-0 at home against West Brom and are now on a total of 50 goals.
LEAGUE ONE
DERBY have been promoted after they won 2-0 at home to Carlisle. Derby finished in second place with a total of 81 goals.
In the Play-offs we still have two teams with PETERBOROUGH finished in fourth place after they drew 3-3 at home to Bolton. Peterborough are on a total of 101 goals and become our fourth team to hit 100 goals this season. BARNSLEY finished in sixth place after they drew 1-1 at home to Northampton. Barnsley are on a total of 90 goals.
Meanwhile CHARLTON lost their last game 1-0 away to Wycombe and picked up their 11th blank of the season. They end their season with a total of 72 goals. READING won their last league game 3-2 at home to BLACKPOOL. Reading end the season with a total of 77 goals and have scored in all of their last 20 league/cup games. Blackpool end their season with a total of 76 goals. BRISTOL ROVERS lost their last game 2-0 away to Wigan and that is their 14th blank of the season and finish with a total of 65 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
WREXHAM finished in second place and are promoted. They won 2-1 at home against Stockport and have taken their goal tally to 93.
In the Play-offs we have just one team and they are MK DONS, who are still in fourth place after they drew 4-4 at home to SUTTON UNITED. The Dons have taken their goals total to 85 while Sutton finished with a total of 69 goals and they had now scored in all of their last 8 league games, but they are relegated to the National League.
Meanwhile AFC WIMBELDON won their last game 5-1 at home to Walsall and finished with a total of 78 goals. NOTTS COUNTY lost their last game 1-0 to bottom of the table Forest Green. After they had scored in all of their last 10 league games, County picked up their 8th blank of the season. SALFORD CITY drew their last game 2-2 at home to Morecambe and are on a total of 75 goals.
SCOTTISH RESULTS
In the Premiership Champions CELTIC won 2-1 away to Dundee and are on a total of 96 goals. Celtic have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Second place RANGERS won 2-1 away to St Mirren and are on a total of 94 goals. HIBERNIAN won 3-1 away to St Johnston and are now on a total of 57 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. ABERDEEN won 1-0 at home against Motherwell and are on a total of 51 goals. After a goal run of 18 league games, KILMARNOCK drew 0-0 at home to Hearts and picked up their 7th blank of the season. ROSS COUNTY lost 2-0 away to Livingston and picked up their 18th blank of the season.
In League One Champions FALKIRK top of the table drew 3-3 away to Anna and are now on a total of 106 goals and have now scored in all of their last 22 league/cup games. KELTY HEARTS lost 2-0 at home to Montrose and picked up their 12th blank of the season after a goal run of 6 league games. COVE RANGERS lost 2-0 away to Queen of the South. Rangers picked up their 9th blank score sheet after a goal run of 7 league games.
In League Two STENHOUSEMUIR are still top of the table after they drew again their eighth consecutive league game 1-1 at home to Bonnyrigg Rose. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 53 goals CLYDE won 1-0 at home against EAST FIFE and are on a total of 52 goals. East Fife picked up their 15th blank of the season.
Our BEST three teams this week
FALKIRK (106) LIVERPOOL (104) PETERBOROUGH (101) Total of 311 goals
Our WORST three teams are
EAST FIFE (48) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (48) CRYSTAL PALACE (49) Total of 145 goals
Our Best performing team are now FALKIRK after they have now scored in all of their last 22 league/cup games. They have a total of 106 goals which gives them an average score of 2.5 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY this week as they have picked up 19 blank score sheets out of their 49 league/cup games.
Our highest goal scoring teams in our 41st Season are NEWCASTLE UNITED after they won 8-0 away to Sheffield United in Week Eight. BARNSLEY, BRISTOL ROVERS, COVE RANGERS, CELTIC and FALKIRK have all pick up our second highest score with 7 goals each. Barnsley won 7-0 at home to Port Vale in the first league game of the season in Week One. Bristol Rovers won 7-2 at home to non-league Whitby Town in the first round of the FA CUP in Week Fourteen. Cove Rangers won 7-2 at home to Edinburgh City in the league in Week Twenty-One. Celtic won 7-1 at home to Dundee in the league in Week Thirty-One. FALKIRK won 7-1 away to Montrose in the league in Week Thirty-Five.
At the other end at 110 we still have CHARLIE FARLEY (John Wood) for his 20th consecutive weekend. John picked up a single goal this weekend. John has Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir. John has remained in 33rd place in our “Losers League” this week again.
There was a slight change in the top ten this weekend as the season starts to wind down.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - J. FILTNESS 109 192 301
2 6 B. MORAN 119 179 298
3 - J. SOMERVILLE 112 185 297
4 2 S. THOMSON (1) 104 191 295
5 - C. NUNN 85 209 294
6 4 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 94 200 294
7 8 A. STUBBS (2) 103 191 294
8 7 S. THOMSON (2) 88 202 290
9 10 A. HAMMOND 110 180 290
10 23 D. WOOD 85 203 288
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