It’s the start of the new League Cup Preliminary Round this week and in the first match, we have newly promoted BARNET in action. Barnet after 90+ minutes, drew 2-2 at home to Newport County scoring two very late goals in injury time. Barnet then lost 4-2 on penalties.
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Sunday, 27 July 2025
Scottish League Cup 1st Round Results
In the Scottish League Cup first round group stages all of the games have now been played. We had a total of 8 of our teams in action. Out of them only 2 have made it through to the second round and they are AYR UTD and HEARTS.
In Group A, Falkirk finished top of their group winning 3 of their games. COVE RANGERS finished second after they had won just 2 of their games. They first won 1-0 at home to The Spartans and then they drew 0-0 against Falkirk at home and then lost 4-2 on penalties. They won their next game 3-0 away to Brechin City and then lost their last game 2-1 away to Queens Park. Rangers are on a total of 5 goals.
Group B, Partick Thistle finished top winning all 4 games. ROSS COUNTY finished 2nd winning just 2 of their games. They first drew 1-1 away to Stranraer and then lost 6-5 on penalties. They then won 1-0 away to Queen of the South. The next game they won 8-0 at home to Edinburgh City. In their last game they lost 3-1 at home to Partick Thistle. County are on a total of 11 goals.
Group C, Alloa finished top with Airdrieonians in second place.
Group D, St Mirren finished top with AYR UTD finishing in 2nd place. They first won 6-1 away to Annan and then they won 4-0 at home against Arbroath. Next they won 3-0 at home to Forfar. In their last game they lost 2-1 away to St Mirren. Ayr are on a total of 14v goals.
Group E, HEARTS finished top winning all of their 4 games. They first won 4-1 at home to Dunfermline, then 4-0 away to Hamilton. Next they won 4-0 away to Stirling and in their final game they won 4-0 at home to Dumbarton. Hearts are on a total of 16 goals. Dunfermline finished in 2nd place. DUMBARTON finished in 3rd place after they won just 2 games. They first won 1-0 at home to Stirling and then they lost 4-0 at home to Dunfermline. Next they lost 4-0 away to Hearts. In their last game they won 1-0 away to Hamilton. Dumbarton are on a total of 2 goals.
Group F, St Johnston finished top with Raith Rovers in second place.
Group G, Motherwell finished top with Greenock in 2nd place. CLYDE finished 3rd in their group. They drew their first game 2-2 at home to Motherwll and then lost 5-4 on penalties. In their second game they won 2-1 away to Peterhead. In their third game they drew 2-2 at home to Stenhousemuir. In their last game they lost 3-0 away to Greenock. Clyde are on a total of 9 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR finished in 4th place. They first lost 3-0 away to Greenock and then lost 1-0 at home to Motherwell. They then drew 2-2 away to Clyde and then lost 4-3 on penalties. In their last game they won 1-0 at home to Peterhead. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 3 goals.
Group H, Kilmarnock finished top with Livingston in 2nd place. EAST FIFE finished in 3rd place. They fisrt lost 2-1 at home to Livingston. They then won 1-0 away to kelty Hearts. Next they won 3-0 at home to Brora Rangers. In their last game they lost 4-0 away to Kilmarnock. Fife are on a total of 5 goals.
League Cup 2nd Round - Golden Goals teams are in bold caps
CELTIC v Falkirk
Kilmarnock v Dundee United
RANGERS v Alloa Athletic
Livingston v HIBERNIAN
St Johnstone v Motherwell
Greenock Motron v Aberdeen
Partick Thistle v AYR UTD
St Mirren v HEARTS
Ties are to be played on the weekend of 16th/17th August.
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Book Now Closed
The book is now closed on our 43rd Season of Golden Goals. We have ended up with a total of 111 players, and becomes our 9th best season. But the good news is that it’s our 13th consecutive season of 100 or more players. A BIG thank you to all who have entered.
How the team selection finished
We have ended up with just 46 English teams this time round with Liverpool leading the way this season with a total of 49 votes. Arsenal are second with 26 votes. In third place with 19 votes we have Manchester City. In fourth place we have Chelsea with just 12 votes. In fifth place with 11 vote we have Sheffield United.
With the Scottish teams we have a total of 11 teams with Celtic leading the votes once again with 70. last season they had 40. Rangers are second again with just 10 votes. Hearts are third with just 3 votes. All the others have one vote each.
We welcome back into the football league BARNET with 1 vote this season.
The first News Sheet should be with you on Monday 11th August with all this seasons facts and figures.
Monday, 14 July 2025
Join In The Fun
We have just one week before we close the books for season 43. The good news is that we have had 78 entries back and this is beginning to look like we might pick up the same as last season’s score of 114.
But we once again have no interest from the world outside the UK. Golden Goals is a very simple and unique football competition once again. All you have to do is choose three football teams from any English or Scottish leagues or from both, pay an entry fee of £8. Sit back and watch your three team’s results as it’s their goals that count. The News Sheet will be sent to you each week via email.
The goals come from League games, League Cup and the the FA Cup. Cash prize money is paid out every week with £100 to our next Champion at the end of the season.
If you would like to know more about the rules and entry form, then you can e-mail me Steve at goldengoals1983@gmail.com once the deadline of midnight 21 July 2025, you will not be able to take part.
The most popular combination that I have been asked for this season is Arsenal, Celtic and Ipswich Town. PLEASE DO NOT PICK THESE AS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN.
Now with the team voting we are now up to 36 English teams with Liverpool well out in front with 35 votes. In second place on 20 votes we have Arsenal and in third place with 16 votes is Manchester City, while in fourth we have Newcastle with 9 votes.With our Scottish teams they are starting to be picked up as the last post I gave you we have 10 teams, Celtic lead the way by far with 50 votes while Rangers in second place have just 6. Cove rangers and Hearts are third with just 2 votes each.
The good news is that Last season’s champion is also back Clara Stephens and a few more past Champions. So if you would like to join in the fun with the sport you like, then it’s Golden Goals for you. There’s still time for you to receive your free entry form to join in. Email me, Steve at goldengoals1983@gmail.com
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
First Day Update
We have had a great start for our first day for the New Entry Forms for the Golden Goals Season 43. We had a total of 54 entries back to date. Last season we had 51 and the previous season 38 entries back on the first day. So we could be looking at the same numbers as last season, but we still have a long way to go before we close the books on midnight 21 July.
So how is how the team selection are looking so far
We have just 29 English teams with once again, Liverpool picking up the most votes with 21 already. In second place we have Arsenal with 14 votes. Third place we have Manchester City and Newcastle with 8 votes each while in fourth place we have Sheffield United with 6 votes.
We have just 5 teams at the moment from our Scottish leagues with Celtic leading the votes again this season with a total of 37. Rangers are currently in second place with just 4 votes.
Although we have a long way to go yet, we still need more players to beat our biggest season’s total of 149 players although we still have a lot of our regulars waiting for their teams. Please note that it will be very hard to have Celtic and Liverpool with another team now.
Well if you would like to know more or to receive your free entry form to join in, then you can email me, Steve at goldengoals1983@gmail.com
Monday, 7 July 2025
Entry Form for Season 43 Out Today
Today we launch Season 43 which means that the New Entry Forms are now available as from today. Last season we managed to have a total of 114 players but we hope to beat that total this season.
So what about you who are looking at this blog today, for just £8 (English pounds) you could be part of our history and become our 43rd Champion of Golden Goals. To receive your free copy of the rules and entry form send email to Steve at goldengoals1983@gmail.com
Friday, 27 June 2025
Countdown to Season 43
We have 11 days left before we launch Season 43 of Golden Goals and we have once again kept the entry fee at just £8 (UK).
The Competition first started way back in 1983 and has built up a regular fan base on average 89 players per season. Last season we had our 7th highest number of entries with a grand total of 114, but our record stands at 149 in the 2017/18 Season so we looking at 150+ for this season.
As we have said before, that’s it’s not an easy task to pick three teams that could make you our 43rd Champion but that is how football goes. As always it’s first come, first served so it’s important to get your teams in as quick as you can. The entry forms will be available from Monday 7th July 2025.
You can e-mail me here at goldengoals1983@gmail.com to find out more about the competition rules.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Start Dates 2025/26 Season
The English Premier League will start on the 15/16th August. The Championship will start on the 8/10 August, League One will start on the 1/3 of August. League Two 2 August. The League (Carabao) Cup preliminary round starts on the 4th August.
The Scottish leagues will all start their games on the 1/3rd August with no mid-season break for the Premiership once again. The League cup first round starting on 11/12 July.
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Carabao Cup Changes for 2025/26 Season
The 2025/26 Carabao Cup will include a preliminary round for the first time, to accommodate the increased number of Premier League clubs playing in European competitions next season.
A total of 9 top-flight sides are set to play in European competitions next season, prompting the change to help reduce the number of clubs in the first two rounds.
The preliminary round will feature the two sides promoted from the National League, Barnet and Oldham have now to compete in a preliminary round in order to qualify for the first round. The perliminary round will start from the week commencing 4 August and will be in their separated regionally groups, which is now normal with the competition's early rounds.
All EFL clubs, other than the two eliminated in the preliminary round, will participate in round one of the competition.
Coming Soon
With last season finished, it is now time for me to start preparing for Season 43 and getting it up and running, and it will soon be time for you to start thinking about your three teams.
This unique competition has now been running for 42 consecutive seasons and with 43 just around the corner, Golden Goals has stood the test of time. The competition first started way back in 1983 and has built up a regular fan base of a round 89 players per season but we would like to add more, much more. We would like to beat our top season with 149 players from the 2017/18 Season.
It’s not an easy task to pick three teams that could make you our 43rd Champion, but that’s how football goes. As always it’s first come, first served so it’s important to get your teams in as quickly as you can once the form comes out.
How does the competition work? Well you have to do is pick three football teams here in the UK from any English or Scottish league’s or you can mix up your choice from the two countries. Once you have picked the three team’s and sent them in to me via your entry form with the entry fee, these teams will be unique to you, as no-one else will have your teams. These three teams could make you our 43rd Champion by scoring as many goals as they can. Where do these goals come from? They will come from any league games, and from the two English and Scottish domestic cup competitions.
We will have prize money throughout the season, and if you have been following last seasons blog entries then you will know what I mean. Each week I will send you a News Sheet via email which will tell you where you are in our table and how your teams are doing. Once the deadline date has passed, you will not be able to join in.
Even if you just look at the simple rules and decide not to join in, there will be no pressure to join Golden Goals. We have had over 192,527 hits on our blog and it would be really great if some of you could get together and represent your family or even better your country. You can e-mail me (Steve) here at goldengoals1983@gmail.com to find out more about the competition.
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Our Top 20 Champions
NAME M/W W/E TOTAL SEASON
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. C. STEPHENS (Miss) 97 244 341 2024/25
5. M. PEPPERRELL 91 247 338 2002/03
6. J. WOOD (Mrs) 94 241 335 2021/22
7. T. GUY 95 240 335 2022/23
8. C. BOLBERY 95 239 334 2017/18
9. D. SOMERVILLE 95 237 332 2009/10
10. K. STRATTON (Mrs) 104 227 331 2018/19
11. B. CLARK 121 210 331 2019/20
12. J. FILTNESS/A. HAMMOND 117 211 328 2023/24
13. P. CHRISTOPHER 123 204 327 1983/84
14. I. SWEENEY 100 226 326 1985/86
15. T. PATMAN 89 233 322 1999/00
16. A. STUBBS (Miss) 80 238 318 2012/13
17. J. CONWAY (Mrs) 97 221 318 2000/01
18. J. CONWAY (Mrs) 113 199 312 1996/97
19. P. LOCKER/E. DRAPER 79 232 311 1998/99
20. T. BICKNELL 126 185 311 2014/15
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Golden Goals Highest Goals Total
CELTIC holds the record for the highest number of goals scored at the end of a season with 144 goals set in the 2024/25 Season. In that season they had played a total of 47 league/cup games which gave them an average score of 3 goals per game. They picked up just three blank score sheets and had a total of 40 votes.
Celtic started in our very first season of 1983/84 where they finished on a score of 116 goals. They were our 2nd voted Scottish team. They have scored 100 or more goals in 23 of their 42 seasons played. Over the seasons they netted a total of 4205 goals which gives them an average score of 100 goals per season.
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Oldham and Barnet Promoted to League Two
National League Champions Barnet, return to League Two after seven seasons of non-league football. Barnet have appeared in five seasons with Golden Goals. They became our 81st voted English team when they first appeared in the 1992/93 season. finishing on a total of 69 goals which turned out to be their highest end of season goals total. Last time that we had Barnet was back in the 2005/06 season where they finished on a total of 51 goals. In the five seasons they netted a total of 306 goals which gives them an average score of 61 goals per season.
Oldham Athletic are back in the EFL League Two, after they won 3-2 against Southend United in extra time in the National League Promotion Play-off final at Wembley. Oldham became our 19th voted English team back in the 1988/89 season on where they finished on a total of 81 goals. In the following season they finished with their highest total goals with 110. The last time that appeared in Golden Goals was in the 2019/20 season and finished on a total of 48 goals. They have been in ten seasons with us and scored a total of 682 goals. That gives them an average score of 68 goals per season.
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
End of Season 42
At last the final whistle has now been blown on our historic 42nd Season of Golden Goals. But it was not the season that we managed to beat our highest ever recorded number of entries of 149 players. 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 some new ones. Lets hope that we can continue with this nice run as we have had a lot of success over the last 42 years of Golden Goals.
We did have a couple of records that have been broken this season, but more on this later. I hope that you 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, let’s take a look at what happened to the last games of the season.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Champions LIVERPOOL drew their last league game 1-1 at home to Cup winners CRYSTAL PALCE at home. Liverpool have finished with a total of 105 goals and a goal run of 16 league/cup games. Palace finished on a total of 74 goals and a goal run of 7 league/cup games. ARSENAL finished in 2nd place after they won 2-1 away to bottom of the table SOUTHAMPTON. Arsenal finished on a total of 81 goals and had scored in all of their last 11 games. Southampton had failed to score in their last 3 league games, picked up goal number 39. MANCHESTER CITY finished in 3rd place after they won 2-0 away to Fulham. City finished on a total of 92 goals. CHELSEA won 1-0 away to Nottingham Forest and finished on a total of 75 goals and 4th place in the league. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 2-0 at home to relegated LEICESTER CITY. Bournemouth finished on a total of 64 goals while Leicester picked up their 18th blank of the season and 46 goals. Relegated IPSWICH TOWN lost 3-1 at home to WEST HAM UNITED. Ipswich after they had failed to score in their last 2 games, finished on a total of 46 goals. West Ham finished on a total of 49 goals and a goal run of 8 league games. After they had failed to score in their previous 2 games, MANCHESTER UNITED beat 10 men ASTON VILLA 2-0 at home. United finished on a total of 63 goals. Villa picked up their 8th blank of the season and finished on a total of 79 goals. NEWCASTLE UNITED lost their last league game 1-0 at home to Everton. Newcastle picked up their 7th blank score sheet and a total of 88 goals. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, TOTTENHAM lost 4-1 at home to Brighton and finished on a total of 77 goals.
Championship Play-offs Final
We had just one of the teams playing for a place in the Premier League and they were SHEFFIELD UNITED who lost 2-1 against Sunderland. United went a goal up from Tyress Campbell in the 25th minute but Sunderland came back with 2 goals in the second half, their first goal came in the 76th and 90+5 minutes. Sheffield United finished on a total of 74 goals and had scored in all of their last 8 league games. They picked up 9 blank score sheets over the season and they had just 1 vote.
League One Play-off Final
We had just 1 team in the final and they where CHARLTON. They won 1-0 at Wembley against London rivals Leyton Orient with the winning goal in the 31st minute from Macaulay Gillesphey. Charlton finished on a total of 78 goals. They had 2 votes this season.
League Two Play-off Final
Again we had just the one team and they were AFC WIMBLEDON. They won 1-0 against Walsall at Wembley. Wimbledon with a goal just before half time by Myles Hippolyte. They finished on a total of 66 goals. They had just 1 vote.
SCOTTISH CUP FINAL
CELTIC in the final with Aberdeen, drew 1-1 after full time after each team giving each other a own goal. This remained after extra time but it was Aberdeen to pick up the cup after winning 4-3 on penalties. Golden Goals would like to congratulate Celtic on finishing with a total of 144 goals and they had scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
Premiership Play-0ff Final
ROSS COUNTY made it to the final play-off 1st leg game they drew 1-1 away to Livingston. In their 2nd leg game they lost 2-4 and 5-3 on aggregate. County finished on a total of 52 goals and had scored in all of their last 7 league games. They had 1 vote this season.
So it’s Congratulations to CLARA STEPHENS who become our 42nd Champion with Golden Goals, and becomes our 5th lady to win. Clara stayed at the top for the last 11 consecutive weeks of the season. So we can now add Clara’s name in our history book and place her in the “Champions League” where she finished in 4th place with a total of 341 goals. Clara’s winning combination was BIRMINGHAM CITY (92) CELTIC (144) and LIVERPOOL (105). Clara picked up 4 blank score sheets throughout the season.
ROAD TO CHAMPION
Our new Champion’s names, Clara Stephens is now in our history book. Clara was at the top from Weeks 32-42, but what about the other people who managed to get to that magic number one spot. We had a total of 7 players that made it there is season. The others were GEOFF DOCKERILL our 1994/95 Champion with 10 weeks from Weeks 22-31. DAVID BARRETT with 6 weeks from Week 1-6. BARBARA BARNES (2) with 5 weeks from Week 7 and then again in Weeks 13-15. GUY DOWSETT (2) also had 5 weeks at the top. They were in Weeks 8-12. With 4 weeks we had JED WEARDEN first in Week 16 and then again in Weeks 19-21. Then with 1 week we had MARK GREGORY in Week 17.
Below is the list of our top five champions of Golden Goals.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
NAME M/W W/E TOTAL SEASON
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. C. STEPHENS 97 244 341 2024/25
5. M. PEPPERRELL 91 247 338 2002/03
So what happened to our past Champion’s. Well we had 17 that played this season, which is a record for us and which 3 of them are 2 time Champions. We had 4 that finished in the top twenty-five. They were in 3rd place GOEFF DOCKERILL in 1994/95. In 6th place DAVE SOMERVILLE in 2009/10. In 13th place we had joint Champion RICKY WOOD in 2007/08 and in 16th place our joint Champion JOHN FILTNESS in 2023/24.
We then had another 4 that finished in the top 50 and they were in 26th place our double winner TONY GUY our 2010/11 and 2022/23. In 28th place ALICE STUBBS 2012/13. In 38th place our 2002/03 Champion MICHAEL PEPPERRELL. In 48th place our joint champion ANDREW HAMMOND 2023/24.
Our lowest Champion finished in 100th place who was our 2015/16 Champion Richard Williams.
At the other end of the table, we had just 6 players that landed on number 114. The player who finished rock bottom this season was once again CHARLIE FARLEY (John Woods) John was there for the last 28 weeks. John stayed there from Week 15 to 42. John picked up 5 blank score sheets. He had the combination of KILMARNOCK (46) ROSS COUNTY (52) and STENHOUSEMUIR (60) total of 158 goals. John’s combination finished in 34th place in our “Losers League” and we can now add his name in the history book. John now holds the record for finishing bottom for 5 seasons. John’s other seasons are the 2011/12, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2023/24 and now 2024/25 Seasons.
With the other players who stayed there were, Mandy Wright was there for 8 weeks from Week 7-14. With 2 weeks each we had Anne Hammond in Weeks 1-3 and Stuart Kemp (2) from Weeks 4-5. With 1 week each we had Abbey Newman in Week 1 and Alfie Dimmock in Week 6.
GRAEME BRITTON holds the record for the highest score of our “Losers League” with 214 goals from our 2004/05 Season. JOHN NICHOLLS holds the record for the lowest score of 131 goals in the 2020/21 Season.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
The Prize Money for the 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot worth £25 this season was won by JAMES BLYTH in Week 38 by reaching 100 midweek goals first. We had a total of 7 players to hit 100 this season. The Golden Goals record for the number of players reaching 100 midweek goals came from the 2019/20 (Covid) Season with a total of 63. Daryl Nicholls holds the highest midweek record with 136 goals from our 2016/17 Season.
BEAT THE SCORE
The £10 cash prize money for BEAT THE SCORE has not been picked up this season. The prize money will go to the first player who scores 24 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 Simon Dickinson with 23 goals scored in our 2022/23 Season. So that is going to take some beating now.
THE TOP THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS
CELTIC (144) LIVERPOOL (105) LEEDS UNITED (96) Total of 345 goals.
We had just 2 teams that picked up 100 or more goals this season. Our top three were Scottish Champions CELTIC who finished on a total of 144 goals which beats their own record score of 143 from the 2022/23 Season. They have played a total of 47 league/cup games and had a total of just 3 blank score sheets. They had scored in all of their last 8 games and had a total of 40 votes. They have been with us for the full 42 seasons now and this is their Golden Goals record breaking 23rd season that they have scored 100 or more goals in a season. Over that time they have netted a total of 4205 goals and that now gives them an average score of 100 goals per season.
In second place came Premier League Champions LIVERPOOL who ended the season with a total of 105 goals. Liverpool played in 46 league/cup games this season which gave them an average score of 2.2 goals per game. They were our third English team again with 27 votes and they picked up just 3 blank score sheets throughout the season. This is their 9th Season out of 42 that they have scored 100 or more goals scored by the end of the season. Over the 42 seasons, they have now scored a total of 3602 goals which now gives them an average score of 85 goals per season. Last season they finished with a total of 113 goals. Their top score is 127 goals from the 1985/86 Season.
Our third team was the Championship winners LEEDS UNITED with 96 goals and they were our fourth voted team with a total of 25 votes. They picked up a total of 9 blank score sheet from their total of 49 league/cup games. They had scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. This is their 37th Season with us and they have now scored a total of 2617 goals which now gives them an average score of 70 goals per season. Their top score is 97 goals which they have scored in 2 seasons. First was in the 2008/09 and then again in the 2023/24 Season.
So lets see what has happen to our other teams that did well this season. With our Scottish teams, DUNDEE picked up their biggest score of 87 goals smashing their previous record of 65 goals in the 2009/10 season. They had just 1 vote. EAST FIFE finished on a total of 80 goals which beats their previous score of 49 goals in the 2023/24 season. They also had 1 vote this season.
New Boys BROMLEY finished 11th place in League Two and won 17 of their 46 league games. They finished on a grand total of 72 goals. They had two votes.
THE WORST THREE TEAMS FINISHED AS
SOUTHAMPTON (39) IPSWICH TOWN (46) LEICESTER CITY (46) Total of 131 goals
Our worst teams finished as SOUTHAMPTON in their 16th appearance with Golden Goals and it will go down as their worst season as they finished on their lowest score of just 39 goals beating their previous lowest score of 49 back in the 2003/04 season. They had 2 vote.
Our second worst team was IPSWICH TOWN. With 27th appearance’s finished on a total of 46 goals which is their second lowest recorded score. Their lowest score is from the 2018/19 season with just 37 goals. They had just 1 vote.
Our third worst team was LEICESTER CITY finishing on 46 goals which is now their lowest score in their 21st appearance’s with us. Their previous lowest score was 50 goals in the 2007/08 season. They also had 2 votes this season.
Other teams that picked up their lowest score on record are LUTON TOWN with 46 goals beats their lowest record of 47 goals from the 2020/21 season. OXFORD UNITED with 52 goals beats their previous lowest score of 54 in the 1985/86 season.
Our biggest result in our 42nd Season came from MANCHESTER CITY after they won 8-0 at home to Salford City in the FA Cup 3rd Round in Week Twenty-Three.
Our worst performing team was MK DONS this weekend as they have had a total of 21 blank score sheets from 47 league/cup games. They have a total of 52 goals.
Well that’s it, another season of GOLDEN GOALS has finally finished. I still can not believe that I have been doing this competition for over 4 decades now and after a lot of work again this season with 114 players taking part, I will still be looking forward to the next big one and hoping that we can beat our record of 149 players from the 2017/18 Season.
It's congratulations to Clara Stephens on being our Champion this season and has won the £100 prize money. Here are the top 25 players that have ended up in the winning frame.
FINAL LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK SHEET NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - C. STEPHENS 97 244 341
2 - J. BLYTH 112 220 332
3 - G. DOCKERILL (1994/95) 85 245 330
4 - J. WEARDEN 85 240 325
5 - L. HAMMOND 86 238 324
6 7 D. SOMERVILLE (2009/10) 87 234 321
7 6 B. BURROUGHS 100 221 321
8 - GRANT PHILLIPS 105 213 318
9 10 S. DICKINSON 90 227 317
10 9 A. WELLARD 100 216 316
11 - S. STUBBS (2) 102 213 315
12 - M. LIPMAN 90 222 312
13 - R. WOOD (2007/08)* 107 205 312
14 - A. STUBBS (2) 91 220 311
15 - G. CARTHY 88 220 308
16 - J. FILTNESS (2023/24)* 81 226 307
17 18 G. DOWSETT (2) 73 232 305
18 17 P. WELLARD 95 209 304
19 - L. GRIMWOOD 83 220 303
20 - M. GREGORY 78 223 301
21 23 A. DAVEY 79 221 300
22 - M. JACOBSEN 89 211 300
23 26 R. MILES 82 217 299
24 21 G. DOWSETT (1) 88 211 299
25 24 B. BARNES (2) 90 208 298
Monday, 26 May 2025
Our Best Teams Finished As
Here is how our 10 top teams finished in our 42nd season. The numbers in red are their best end of season scores with Golden Goals.
144 CELTIC (143)
105 LIVERPOOL (127)
96 LEEDS UNITED (97)
95 RANGERS (126)
92 BIRMINGHAM CITY (95)
92 MANCHESTER CITY (137)
91 FALKIRK (108)
88 NEWCASTLE UNITED (105)
87 DUNDEE (65)
81 ARSENAL (103)
Friday, 23 May 2025
County Holding On
In the Scottish Premiership Play-off final 1st leg, ROSS COUNTY have one foot in the premiership after they drew 1-1 away to Livingston with a very late goal in injury time. County are on a total of 50 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 games.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Win Puts City 3rd
In the Premier League, FA Cup winners CRYSTAL PALACE won 4-2 at home against Wolves. Palace and have now taken their goals total to 73 and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. After they had failed to score in their last 2 games, MANCHESTER CITY won 3-1 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH. City are now on a total of 90 goals and have moved up to 3rd place in the league, while Bournemouth picked up their 62nd goal of the season.
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Liverpool Denied Points
In the Premier League Champions LIVERPOOL lost there 3rd league game of the season 3-2 away to Brighton. Liverpool are on a total of 104 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 15 league/cup games.
Here is how our 10 top teams are looking in the final stages of the season. The numbers in red are their best end of season scores with Golden Goals.
143 CELTIC (143)
104 LIVERPOOL (127)
96 LEEDS UNITED (97)
95 RANGERS (126)
92 BIRMINGHAM CITY (95)
91 FALKIRK (108)
88 NEWCASTLE UNITED (105)
87 DUNDEE (65)
87 MANCHESTER CITY (137)
81 BLACKPOOL(93)
Monday, 19 May 2025
Week Forty-One
In Week Forty-One of the competition, we are now in injury time. We have a few players with no teams left playing in this season competition, but we do have some players with still all 3 teams in play.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Although the race for the cash is over, there is still that record to beat. That record to beat is 136 midweek goals and the record holder is Daryl Nicholls from the 2016/17 Season.
I can report that we now have 7 players that have reached that 100 goals mark this week. They are JAMES BLYTH now with a total of 112 goals. RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion, with a total of 107 goals. MIKE HARRINGTON our 1997/98 Champion with a total of 106 goals, We then have GRANT PHILLIPS with a total of 105 goals and then STEVE STUBBS (2) with a total of 102 goals. BARRY BURROUGHS and ANNE WELLARD both are on a total of 100 goals,
WEEKEND RESULTS
Most of our teams have finished their season last weekend, so we had just 17 of our teams in action over the weekend and out of them, 7 of them failed to score any goals.
FA CUP FINAL
Congratulations to CRYSTAL PALACE winning the FA Cup for the very first time after they beat MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 at Wembley. The Palace goal was scored by Eberechi Eze in the 16th minute. Palace are on a total of 69 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. City picked up their 7th blank of the season and have now failed to score any goals in their last 2 games.
PREMIER LEAGUE
League Champions Liverpool had no game this weekend while ARSENAL remain in 2nd place after they won 1-0 at home against NEWCASTLE UNITED in 3rd place. Arsenal are on a total of 79 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league games. Newcastle after a goal run of 11 league/cup games, picked up their 6th blank of the season. Chelsea are in 4th place with Aston Villa in 5th. WEST HAM UNITED lost 2-1 at home to Nottingham Forest and are on a total of 46 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 7 league games. Relegated LEICESTER CITY won 2-0 at home to relegated IPSWICH TOWN and are on a total of 46 goals. Ipswich picked up their 14th blank and now 2 games without a goal. Relegated and bottom of the league, SOUTHAMPTON lost their 29th league game 2-0 away to Everton. That is now Southampton’s 17th blank of the season and they have now failed to score any goals in their last 3 league games.
LEAGUE TWO
In the Play-off semi-finals 2nd leg, AFC WIMBLEDON won 1-0 at home to NOTTS COUNTY to win 2-0 on aggregate. Wimbledon are on a total of 65 goals. County picked up their 12th blank of the season and failed to score in their last 2 games of the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership Champions CELTIC drew their last league game 1-1 at home to St Mirren and are on a total of 143 goals. Celtic have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. They have now equalled their record with just the SCOTTISH CUP game to go next weekend. RANGERS in 2nd place, drew 2-2 away to Hibernian and have finished on a total of 95 goals and have scored in all of their last 6 league games. HEARTS won 1-0 away to KILMARNOCK and finished on a total of 61 goals while Kilmarnock picked up their 14th blank of the season and finished on a total of 46 goals. ROSS COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to Motherwell and are on a total of 49 goals. DUNDEE won 2-0 away to St Johnstone and finished their season on a total of 87 goals and had scored in all of their last 5 league games.
In the Championship Play-off final COVE RANGERS lost their first leg game 2-1 and then drew 0-0 away to Airdrie. They lost 2-1 on aggregate. Rangers picked up their 11th blank of the season and finished with a total of 72 goals.
Our BEST three teams this week are
CELTIC (143) LIVERPOOL (102) LEEDS UNITED (96) Total of 341 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SOUTHAMPTON (38) IPSWICH TOWN (45) LEICESTER CITY (46) Total of 129 goals
Our best performing team this weekend are LIVERPOOL after they have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. They have a total of 102 goals, which gives them an average score of 2.3 goals per game.
Our worst performing team was MK DONS this weekend as they have had a total of 21 blank score sheets from 47 league/cup games. They have a total of 52 goals.
Our highest goal scoring team that we have in our 42nd Season are MANCHESTER CITY after they won 8-0 at home to Salford City in the FA Cup 3rd Round in Week Twenty-Three.
Our leader CLARA STEPHENS celebrates her 10th weekend at the top as her teams have picked up a total of 6 goals this week. Clara has Birmingham City, Celtic and Liverpool. Clara has now moved up to 5th place in our “Champions League”. Clara has now our highest lady to win over the years. She has beaten our previous highest lady Julia Wood from the 2021/22 season with a total of 335 goals. James Blyth has remained in 2nd place this week bu with that 6 goal gap. James picked up a total of 6 goals from the week. His teams are Birmingham City, Celtic and Leeds United.
At the other end at 114, we have CHARLIE FARLEY with his 27th consecutive weekend. Charlie’s team’s pick him up a total of just 2 goals this week. His teams are Kilmarnock, Ross County and Stenhousemuir. Charlie this weekend has now moved up to 37th place in our “Losers League” He has now beaten his own Richard Lloyd’s score of 154 goals in the 1993/94 season.
Next week will be our last post for the Season 42 and our Champion will be announced.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - C. STEPHENS 95 242 337
2 - J. BLYTH 112 219 331
3 - G. DOCKERILL (1994/95) 83 241 324
4 - J. WEARDEN 83 238 321
5 - L. HAMMOND 84 235 319
6 7 B. BURROUGHS 100 218 318
7 6 D. SOMERVILLE (2009/10) 85 232 317
8 - GRANT PHILLIPS 105 212 317
9 - A. WELLARD 100 215 315
10 11 S. DICKINSON 90 224 314
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