In the Championship, after a goal run of 5 league games, SHEFFIELD UNITED lost 2-0 away to West Brom and picked up their 8th blank of the season.
In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 4-3 at home to St Johnstone and they are on a total of 39 goals.
In the Championship, it’s 30 goals for BRISTOL CITY after they drew 2-2 at home to LEICESTER CITY. Leicester are on a total of 29 goals. IPSWICH TOWN won 1-0 at home to Stoke and are on a total of 35 goals, and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. WREXHAM lost 2-0 away to Hull and that is their 4th blank of the season.
In League One BLACKPOOL won their 5th league game 3-0 away to Rotherham and are now on a total of 25 goals.
In League Two top of the table WALSALL won 1-0 away to Oldham and picked up goal number 34. CREWE ALEXANDRA drew 2-2 at home against Newport and are on a total of 31 goals.
In the Championship, it’s 30 goals for MIDDLESBROUGH in second place after they won 2-1 away to Charlton. Brough have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for BLACKBURN ROVERS after they drew 1-1 at home to Oxford Utd. It’s 30 goals for PRESTON NE after they drew 1-1 at home to top of the table Coventry. Preston have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 1-1 at home to NORWICH CITY and picked up goal number 26 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. Norwich have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON won 3-2 at home to West Brom and are now on a total of 39 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. WATFORD drew 1-1 at home to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday and are on a total of 29 goals. They have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. BIRMINHAM CITY lost 2-1 away to QPR and are on a total of 31 goals and a goal run of 8 league/cup games.
In League One top of the table CARDIFF CITY, won 1-0 away to Stevenage and are on a total of 41 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 2-0 away to Doncaster Rovers and are on a total of 31 goals. LEYTON ORIENT drew 1-1 at home to LUTON TOWN and are on a total of 31 goals. Luton are on 28 goals. It’s 30 goals for BOLTON WANDERERS as they win 1-0 away to Mansfield. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 1-1 away to Northampton and are on a total of 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, PLYMOUTH won 1-0 away to WYCOMBE WANDERERS and are on a total of 24 goals. Wycombe picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now five over the season. PETERBOROUGH UNITED won 2-1 away to Reading and are on a total of 23 goals.
In League Two, second place NOTTS COUNTY won 3-2 at home against MK DONS and are now on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of 12 league/cup games. The Dons are on are on 43 goals and they have extended their goal run to 15 league/cup games. BARNET have picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 4-0 at home to Bristol Rovers. Barnet have taken their goals tally to 29 goals. BROMLEY won 3-1 at home to Crawley and are now on a total of 34 goals and a goal run of 10 league/cup games. CHESTERFIELD drew 1-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of14 league/cup games. After a goal run of 6 games, SWINDON TOWN lost 1-0 at home to Cheltenham and that is their 4th blank of the season.
In the Premier League bottom of the table WOLVES lost 4-1 at home to MANCHESTER UNITED. Wolves after they had failed to score in their last 5 games, picked up goal number 16. United have taken their goals tally to 28.
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
49 HEARTS (98)
41 MK DONS (115)
40 CARDIFF CITY (106)
40 MANCHESTER CITY (137)
38 SWINDON TOWN (100)
37 AYR UNITED (76)
37 BIGHTON (91)
36 CELTIC (144)
36 SOUTHAMPTON (100)
34 CHESTERFIELD (84)
We now have Manchester City moving into 4th place. Celtic drop down to 8th place in our top ten again this week.
Final draw for group stages have now been made as below
Group A - Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, • UEFA Play-Off D
Group B - Canada, • UEFA Play-Off A, Qatar, Switzerland
Group C - Brazil, Morocco, Haiti, Scotland
Group D - USA, Paraguay, Australia, • UEFA Play-Off C
Group E - Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador
Group F - Netherlands, Japan, • UEFA Play-Off B, Tunisia
Group G - Belgium, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand
Group H - Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay
Group I - France, Senegal, • FIFA Play-Off 2, Norway
Group J - Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan
Group K - Portugal, • FIFA Play-Off 1, Uzbekistan, Colombia
Group L - England, Croatia, Ghana, Panam
The opening match will take place on 11 June 2026 in Mexico City, with the final on 19 July in New Jersey.
In Week Eighteen of the competition, we had our fourth Rollover of the season, worth £10 and the whole lot went to our 20th winner of the season CHRIS BOOM. Chris now becomes the second player to win the Rollover in full this season.
Chris started with Golden Goals back in our 2008/09 Season and finished in 31st place out of 102 players with a total of 262 goals. Although Chris has not been with us in every season since then, he was in last season’s competition and finished in 47th place out of 114 players with a total of 273 goals. So it’s nice to see him back and win some cash. This weekend, with his personal best weekend score, we can see Chris at his highest position this season. He has picked up a total of four blank weekend scoresheets to date. Manchester City is his best team this weekend. Chris’s teams are
LIVERPOOL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 3, SHEFFIELD UNITED 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
All but two of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have changed slightly this week. LUCIFER (John Wood) picked up the most goals in midweek with 10. They came from Brighton, Manchester City and Newcastle United. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF but she is now joined by BARBARA BARNES (1) who has moved up from fifth place. Both are on a total of 42 goals. In second place we still have SCOTT THOMSON (1) and he is now joined by HAYLEY ADKINS up from fifth place. Both are now with a total of 41 goals. In third place we still have DAVID BARRETT now with a total of 39 goals. In fourth place we still have our joint 2023/24 Champion JOHN FILTNESS but we now have COURTNEYP moving up from sixth place both now with a total of 37 goals. In fifth place, we now have ALEX DAVEY with a total of 36 goals. In sixth place we now have LUCIFER (John Wood) with a total of 35 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 10 of our teams without a game over the weekend, with another 13 of them failing to score any goals. Once again there were not many big results from any of our big teams. The average score has remained the same as last weekend with 5 goals for the third weekend running. So if you have managed to pick up more goals than that this weekend, you have done well.
The highest score over the weekend was once again 4 goals and they came from three of our teams. They are BLACKPOOL, SHEFFIELD UNITED and SWINDON TOWN.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
FA CUP 2nd Round
We had 10 of our teams in cup action this weekend, but only 4 have made it through to the third round. They are MK DONS who won 3-2 at home against Oldham and are now on a total of 41 goals. The Dons have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. SWINDON TOWN picked up their biggest win of the season by winning 4-0 at home to BOLTON WANDERERS and have taken their goals tally to 38 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Bolton picked up their 5th blank of the season. WALSALL won 2-0 away to non-league Gateshead and are on a total of 33 goals. BLACKPOOL picked up their biggest result of the season as they won 4-1 at home against non-league Carlisle Utd. Blackpool have taken their goals tally up to 22 goals.
Other teams that went out are WYCOMBE WANDERERS lost 4-0 away to Exeter City and picked up their 4th blank of the season. PETERBOROUGH UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Barnsley and picked up their 7th blank of the season. CHESTERFIELD lost 2-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers and are on a total of 34 goals and have extended their goals run to 13 league/cup games. LUTON TOWN drew 2-2 after extra time against Fleetwood and then lost 4-2 on penalties. Luton are on a total of 27 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY drew 0-0 at home to Cambridge Utd after extra time and then lost 5-4 on penalties. As County picked up their 4th blank of the season, they have now scored just 1 goal in their last 4 league/cup games.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We now have only the top five teams this weekend with ARSENAL still top of the league, after they lost their second league game 2-1 away to ASTON VILLA. Arsenal are on a total of 32 and a goal run of 14 league/cup games. Villa move up to third place and are on a total of 23 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. In second place we have MANCHESTER CITY who won 3-0 at home to SUNDERLAND and are now on a total of 40 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Sunderland picked up their 5th blank scoresheet. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 0-0 at home to CHELSEA and picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now five over the season. Chelsea. after a goal run of 14 league/cup games, picked up their 2nd blank of the season. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 3-0 away to Everton and picked up their 8th blank of the season. NEWCASTLE UNITED won 2-1 at home to Burnley and are on a total of 27. They have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM won 2-0 at home against Brentford and are on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. We have not had a big score from LIVERPOOL since the start of the season, after they drew their second league game 3-3 away to Leeds Utd. Liverpool are now on a total of 26 goals. BRIGHTON drew 1-1 at home to WEST HAM UNITED and are on a total of 37 goals while West Ham picked up goal number 19. CRYSTAL PALACE won 2-1 away to Fulham and are on a total of 24 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
While Middlesbrough keep their second place spot in the league, LEICESTER CITY won 3-1 away to Derby and are now on a total of 27 goals. WATFORD won 3-2 at home against NORWICH CITY and are now on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. Norwich are on a total of 23 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. BRISTOL CITY lost 1-0 at home to Millwall and picked up their 6th blank scoresheet of the season. IPSWICH TOWN won 3-0 at home against Coventry and are now on a total of 34 goals. PRESTON NE drew 1-1 at home to WREXHAM and picked up goal number 29. They have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. Wrexham are on a total of 33 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED picked up their biggest win of the season, 4-0 at home against Stoke. United have taken their goals tally to 25 and have now scored a total of 13 goals in their last 4 games. SOUTHAMPTON won 3-1 at home to BIRMINGHAM CITY and are now on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Birmingham picked up their 30th goal of the season and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are still at the top after they won 3-2 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are now on a total of 40 goals. Huddersfield are on a total of 34 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. PLYMOUTH picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet and now 9 over the season, lost 1-0 at home to Bradford City.
LEAGUE TWO
We had just one of our teams in action here and they were GILLINGHAM in 6th place. They drew 0-0 away to Colchester and after a goal run of 6 league games, picked up their 3rd blank of the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership top of the table HEARTS, won 2-1 away to CELTIC and are on a total of 49 goals. Celtic in second place, lost their third league game and are on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. RANGERS have won their 6th league game 3-0 away to Kilmarnock. Rangers are currently in 4th place in the table and they are now on a total of 29 goals. HIBERNIAN won 3-0 at home against Falkirk and are now on a total of 29 goals.
In the Championship AYR UNITED drew 0-0 at home to Partick and picked up their 6th blank scoresheet. Bottom of the table ROSS COUNTY lost 2-1 at home against Airdrieonians and are on a total of 31 goals.
In League One STENHOUSEMUIR drew 0-0 at home to Hamilton and picked up their 7th blank of the season. COVE RANGERS drew 1-1 away to Queen of the South and hit goal number 19.
In League Two DUMBARTON lost 4-3 away to Edinburgh City and are now on a total of 29 goals. CLYDE drew 1-1 away to Elgin City and are on a total of 31 goals.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (49) MK DONS (41) MANCHESTER CITY (40) Total of 130 goals
Our WORST three teams are
WOLVES (15) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (16) SUNDERLAND (19) Total of 50 goals
Our best performing team is now MK DONS after they have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. With a total of 41 goals, their average score is 1.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is still COVE RANGERS this weekend, as they have picked up 10 blank score sheets in their 21 league/cup games.
Our highest scoring team in our 43rd Season is ROSS COUNTY. They won 8-0 at home against Edinburgh City in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
We have had a change around this weekend at the top with HAYLEY ADKINS coming back there for her 7th weekend this season. Hayley picked up a total of 15 goals over the week from her teams of Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City. Vincent Cruickshank moves back down to second place this weekend as he picks up a total of 8 goals from his teams this week. Vincent is just 2 goals behind Hayley with his teams Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANNE HAMMOND making her fourth weekend there. Anne picked up 8 goals this week. Anne’s teams are Crystal Palace, Rangers and Wolves.
As you can see that we have had another shift in our top ten this weekend.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 3 H. ADKINS 41 74 115
2 1 V. CRUICKSHANK 24 89 113
3 7 B. BARNES (1) 42 68 110
4 2 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 17 92 109
5 4 D. BARRETT 39 70 109
6 - M. WALKER 20 86 106
7 8 P. O’DONOGHUE 29 75 104
8 29 LUCIFER 35 69 104
9 13 J. BLYTH 21 82 103
10 14 L. GRIMWOOD 32 71 103
In the FA CUP 2nd Round, after a goal run of 6 league/cup games, LEYTON ORIENT lost 4-0 away to Salford City and picked up their 5th blank of the season.
In the Championship, MIDDLESBROUGH picked up their biggest win of the season as they won 4-1 away to Hull. Second place Brough have taken their goals tally to 28 and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
In the Premier League, MANCHESTER UNITED have drawn their 4th league game 1-1 at home against WEST HAM UNITED. United are on a total of 24 goals while West Ham are on 18 goals.
In the Premier League top of the table, ARSENAL won 2-0 at home against Brentford and are on a total of 31 goals and have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. ASTON VILLA have moved into third place after they won 4-3 away to BRIGHTON. Villa have taken their goals tally to 21 while Brighton are now on a total of 36 goals. CRYSTAL PALACE won 1-0 away to Burnley and are on a total of 22 goals. NOTTINGHAM FOREST won 1-0 away to bottom of the table WOLVES and picked up goal number 16. Wolves picked up their 9th blank of the season and now they have failed to score in all of their last five games. CHELSEA lost their 4th league game 3-1 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 31 goals and have extended their goal run to 15 league/cup games. LIVERPOOL drew their first league game 1-1 at home to SUNDERLAND and picked up goal number 23. Sunderland are on a total of 19 goals.
In the Premiership, after they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, HEARTS drew 1-1 at home to Kilmarnock. Hearts are on a total of 47 goals. Second place CELTIC won 1-0 at home against Dundee and picked up goal number 35. They have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. RANGERS drew their 8th league game 2-2 away to Dundee Utd. Rangers are on a total of 26 goals.
In the Premier League Second place MANCHESTER CITY won 5-4 away to Fulham, which now takes their goals tally up to 37 goals. City have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. AFC BOURNEMOUTH picked up their 4th blank scoresheet after they lost 1-0 at home to Everton. NEWCASTLE drew 2-2 at home against TOTTENHAM and are on a total of 25 goals and have now extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. Tottenham are on a total of 26 goals.
In the Championship BLACKBURN ROVERS drew 1-1 at home against IPSWICH TOWN and picked up goal number 19. Ipswich are on 31 goals.
In the Championship, BIRMINGHAM CITY won 2-1 at home against WATFORD and are on a total of 29 goals and a goal run of 6 games now. Watford hit goal number 25 and they have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
46 HEARTS (98)
38 MK DONS (115)
37 AYR UNITED (76)
37 CARDIFF CITY (106)
34 CELTIC (144)
34 SWINDON TOWN (100)
33 BIGHTON (91)
33 CHESTERFIELD (84)
33 SOUTHAMPTON (100)
33 WYCOMBE (85)
Where are all the big-spending teams? We only have Celtic in 5th place in our top ten again this week.
In Week Seventeen of the competition, we had a total of 5 winners all winning on a total of 9 goals each. Under our competition rules, we can only have 4 winners so we will be having our fourth Rollover of the season worth £10 next weekend. Our unlucky players were LYANNA GRIMWOOD, SANSA GRIMWOOD, LUCIFER (John Wood), SARAH MARSHALL and IAN SMITH.
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Nearly half of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have changed slightly this week. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with that total of 39 goals. Her teams are Ayr United, Brighton and Crewe. In second place we now have SCOTT THOMSON (1) now with a total of 38 goals moving up from three. In third place down from two we have DAVID BARRETT still with a total of 36 goals. In fourth place we now have our joint 2023/24 Champion, JOHN FILTNESS moving up from five now with a total of 35 goals. In fifth place, we now have HAYLEY ADKINS down from four and BARBARA BARNES (1) up from six. Both are on a total of 34 goals. In sixth place we still have COURTNEYP now with 33 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 4 of our teams without a game over the weekend, and another 9 of them failed to score any goals. Once again there were not many big results this weekend from our big voted teams. The average score has remained the same as last weekend with 5 goals. So if you have managed to pick up more goals than that this weekend, you have done well. The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals and they came from three of our teams. They are LEYTON ORIENT, NEWCASTLE and STENHOUSEMUIR.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We have all of the top nine teams this weekend with ARSENAL still top of the league, after they drew with London rivals CHELSEA. Arsenal have taken their goals total up to 29 and a goal run of 12 league/cup games. Chelsea are on a total of 30 goals and have now scored in all of their last 14 league/cup games. In second place we have MANCHESTER CITY who won 3-2 at home against Leeds Utd and are now on a total of 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. SUNDERLAND won 3-2 at home against AFC BOURNEMOUTH and are now on a total of 18 goals. Bournemouth are on 21 goals. NEWCASTLE UNITED have won 4-1 away to Everton and have taken their goals total to 23. They have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM lost 2-1 at home against Fulham and picked up goal number 24. CRYSTAL PALACE lost 2-1 at home against MANCHESTER UNITED. Palace are on a total of 21 goals while United are on 23. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, LIVERPOOL won 2-0 away to WEST HAM UNITED and are now on a total of 22 goals. West Ham picked up their 5th blank of the season. BRIGHTON won 2-1 away to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and are on a total of 33 goals. Forest picked up their 7th blank of the season. ASTON VILLA won 1-0 at home to bottom of the table WOLVES and picked up goal number 17. Wolves picked up their 8th blank of the season and now they have failed to score in their last four league games.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH are still in second place after they won 2-1 at home against Derby and are on a total of 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LEICESTER CITY lost 3-2 at home against SHEFFIELD UNITED and are on a total of 24 goals. United are now on a total of 21 goals with 9 of them coming from their last three games. BRISTOL CITY won 1-0 away to Portsmouth and are now on a total of 28 goals. SOUTHAMPTON lost 3-2 away to and are on a total of 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. NORWICH CITY have won their 3rd league game 3-1 at home to QPR and are now on a total of 21 goals, and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. PRESTON NE won 3-2 away to bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday and are now on a total of 28 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. WREXHAM drew 1-1 at home to BLACKBURN ROVERS and are on a total of 32 goals. Rovers hit goal number 18.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are still at the top after they won 3-0 at home to Mansfield and are now on a total of 37 goals. BLACKPOOL have picked up their 9th blank of the season after they lost 3-0 at home to Reading. After they had failed to score in their last two games, STOCKPORT COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to Barnsley and are on a total of 29 goals. It’s 30 goals for LEYTON ORIENT after they won 4-0 away to Burton and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. PETERBOROUGH UNITED lost 2-1 away to Doncaster and hit goal number 21. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 3-3 at home to AFC Wimbledon and are now on a total of 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. LUTON TOWN drew 1-1 at home to BOLTON and are on a total of 25 goals while Bolton are on 29 goals. PLYMOUTH lost 3-0 at home to Northampton and picked up their 8th blank of the season. WYCOMBE drew 1-1 away to Rotherham and are on a total of 33 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
WALSALL are still on top of the table after they won 3-1 at home to BROMLEY and are now on a total of 31 goals. Bromley are on a total of 31 goals and have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games. SWINDON TOWN are still in second place after they won 2-1 away to CHESTERFIELD and are on a total of 34 goals. Chesterfield picked up gaol number 33 and have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games. MK DONS are in third place as they win 2-1 at home to Fleetwood. The Dons are on a total of 38 goals and have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. BARNET drew 1-1 at home to Harrogate and are on a total of 25 goals. NOTTS COUNTY won 1-0 away to Bristol Rovers and are on a total of 32 goals and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. CREWE lost 2-1 away to Cambridge Utd and are on a total of 29 goals. GILLINGHAM drew 3-3 away to Shrewsbury and are now on a total of 29 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
SCOTTISH CUP 3rd Round we had just six of our teams in cup action and 4 of them are through to the next round. They were AYR UNITED who won 3-0 at home against non-league Turriff Utd. Ayr are now on a total of 37 goals. Also through to the next round are ROSS COUNTY won 2-0 away to non-league Banks O’ Dee and are on a total of 30 goals. COVE RANGERS won 2-1 away to St Johnston and are on a total of 18 goals. STENHOUSEMUIR won 4-1 at home to non-league Clachnacuddin and have now taken their goals tally to 27. DUMBARTON go out after they lost 4-0 at home to non-league Auchinlect Talbot and picked up their 4th blank score sheet. EAST FIFE picked up their 4th blank of the season as they lost 2-0 at home to Arbroath.
In the Premiership HEARTS are still top of the table after they drew their 4th league game 0-0 away to Motherwell. Hearts picked up their 2nd blank of the season and now two in a row. CELTIC in second place won 2-1 away to HIBERNIAN and are on a total of 34 goals and a goal run of 6 league/cup games. Hibs picked up goal number 26. RANGERS drew their 7th league game 0-0 at home to Falkirk. Rangers after a goal run of 9 league/cup games, picked up their 3rd blank of the season. Rangers are currently in 4th place in the table.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (46) MK DONS (38) AYR UNITED (37) Total of 121 goals
Our WORST three teams are
WOLVES (15) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (15) ASTON VILLA (15) Total of 45 goals
Our best performing team is now CHELSEA after they have now scored in all of their 14 league/cup games. With a total of 30 goals, their average score is 2 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is now COVE RANGERS this weekend, as they have picked up 10 blank score sheets in their 20 league/cup games.
Our highest scoring team in our 43rd Season is ROSS COUNTY. They won 8-0 at home against Edinburgh City in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
We have another new leader this weekend and that is VINCENT CRUICKSHANK who now becomes the fourth player to stay there. Vincent picked up a total of 9 goals from the week. His teams are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton. Graham Phillips moves down to second place this weekend as he picks up a total of 5 goals from his teams, all coming from the weekend. They are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANNE HAMMOND making her third weekend there. Anne picked up just one goal at the weekend. Anne’s teams are Crystal Palace, Rangers and Wolves.
We had an interesting weekend with the results, but here is how our top ten looks this week.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 2 V. CRUICKSHANK 23 82 105
2 1 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 14 87 101
3 4 H. ADKINS 34 66 100
4 3 D. BARRETT 36 64 100
5 - EMMAF 39 60 99
6 - M. WALKER 17 80 97
7 10 B. BARNES (1) 34 63 97
8 13 P. O’DONOGHUE 26 70 96
9 - T. GUY (3) 30 65 95
10 16 COURTNEYP 33 62 95
In the Championship, after they beat Hull earlier in the week, IPSWICH TOWN then played Oxford Utd and lost 2-1 away. Ipswich are on a total of 30 goals.
In the Championship, BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 1-0 at home to QPR and picked up their 5th blank of the season. SHEFFIELD UNITED won their fifth league game 3-0 at home to Portsmouth and are now on a total of 18 goals. WREXHAM won 2-0 at home against BRISTOL CITY and are on a total of 31 goals while City picked up their 5th blank of the season. After a goal run of 6 league/cup games, BIRMINGHAM CITY drew 1-1 at home to West Brom and are on a total of 27 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games.
In the Championship, third place MIDDLESBROUGH lost 4-2 at home to Coventry and are on a total of 22 goals. IPSWICH TOWN won 2-0 away to Hull and are on a total of 29 goals. NORWICH CITY drew 1-1 at home against Oxford Utd and are on a total of 18 goals. WATFORD drew 1-1 at home to PRESTON NE and picked up goal number 24an dhave now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. Preston are on a total of 25 goals and have extended their goal run to 6 league/cup games. SOUTHAMPTON won 3-0 at home to LEICESTER CITY and are now on a total of 31 goals. Leicester picked up their 4th blank scoresheet.
In League One after they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, LUTON TOWN won 2-1 at home to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN and are on a total of 24 goals. Huddersfield are on 29 goals. After a goal run of 6 league/cup games, PETERBORUGH UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Stevenage and picked up their 6th blank of the season.
In the Scottish Premiership, third place HIBERNIAN lost their 4th league game 2-0 away to Motherwell. Hibs picked up their 5th blank of the season.
In the Premier League after a goal run of 7 games, MANCHESTER UNITED lost to 10 men Everton 1-0 at home. That is United’s 3rd blank of the season and their fourth league game that they have lost.
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals. Teams are in alphabetical order. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
46 HEARTS (98)
36 MK DONS (115)
34 AYR UNITED (76)
34 CARDIFF CITY (106)
32 CELTIC (144)
32 CHESTERFIELD (84)
32 SWINDON TOWN (100)
32 WYCOMBE (85)
31 BIGHTON (91)
31 NOTTS COUNTY (106)
In Week Sixteen of the competition, we had our third Rollover of the season worth £10 and that went to PATRICK O’DONOGHUE who now becomes our 19th winner of the season. Patrick won on a score of 10 goals which is his personal best weekend score. Patrick joined Golden Goals in the 2017/18 season where he finished the season in 37th place out of 149 players with a total of 288 goals. He picked up one shared weekend win. Last season Patrick finished in 87th place out of 114 and with 248 goals. This season we can see Patrick in his highest position to date and he has had a total of 3 blank weekend scoresheets. Celtic is his best team. His winning teams are
ARSENAL 4, CELTIC 1, SOUTHAMPTON
MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Only four of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five are unchanged again this week. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with that total of 39 goals. Her teams are Ayr United, Brighton and Crewe. In second place we have DAVID BARRETT with a total of 36 goals. In third place we have SCOTT THOMSON (1) with a total of 35 goals. In fourth place we have HAYLEY ADKINS with a total of 34 goals. In fifth place, we have our joint 2023/24 Champion, JOHN FILTNESS with a total of 33 goals. In sixth place now we have BARBARA BARNES (1) and COURTNEYP both with 32 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
We had 6 of our teams without a game over the weekend, and another 9 of them failed to score any goals. Once again there were not many big results this weekend from our teams. The average score was just 4 goals. So if you have managed to pick up the odd goal this weekend, you have done well.
The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals and they came from the Championship where SOUTHAMPTON picked up their biggest result of the season with a 5-1 away win over Charlton. Southampton have taken their goals tally up to 28 goals.
Southampton became our 32nd voted English team back in the 1984/85 season where they finished on a total of 71 goals. Their highest end of season score came in the 2023/34 season with 100 goals, which is the only time that they have reached that total. Last season they finished on a total of 39 goals, which is their lowest score to date. This is their 17th season with Golden Goals and over the years they have netted a total of 1441 goals which gives them an average score of 84 goals per season. This season they have 4 votes and they have picked up a total of 3 blank scoresheets to date.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
We have all of the top eleven teams here with ARSENAL who are still top of the league, after they beat north London rivals TOTTENHAM 4-1 at home. Arsenal have taken their goals tally up to 28 and a goal run of 11 league/cup games. Tottenham are on a total of 23 goals. In second place we have CHELSEA who won 2-0 away to Burnley and are on a total of 29 goals and have now scored in all of their last 13 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for CRYSTAL PALACE after they beat bottom of the table WOLVES 2-0 away. Wolves who have yet to win a game picked up their 7th blank of the season. That’s now 3 games without a goal for Wolves. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 2-2 at home to WEST HAM and are on a total of 19 goals. West Ham are on 17 goals. BRIGHTON won 2-1 at home against Brentford and are on a total of 31 goals. SUNDERLAND picked up their 4th blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Fulham. NOTTINGHAM FOREST picked up another 3 goals as they beat LIVERPOOL 3-0 away. Forest are now on a total of 15 goals while Liverpool picked up their 3rd blank and now two games in a row without a goal. NEWCASTLE UNITED have won their 4th league game 2-1 at home against MANCHESTER CITY. United are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. City picked up goal number 29 and drop down to third place. ASTON VILLA won 2-1 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 16 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH are in second place after they drew 1-1 away to Oxford Utd and are on a total of 20 goals. BRISTOL CITY won 3-0 at home against Swansea and are now on a total of 27 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY picked up another four goals in their 4-1 home win against NORWICH CITY. Birmingham have taken their goals tally to 26. Norwich are on 17 goals. WATFORD won 3-2 away to Derby and are now on a total of 23 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. IPSWICH TOWN drew 0-0 at home to WREXHAM with both teams picking up their 3rd blank scoresheet. LEICESTER CITY won 2-1 at home against Stoke and are on a total of 22 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 3-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday and are now on a total of 15 goals.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are back at the top after they won 3-1 away to Northampton and are now on a total of 34 goals. PLYMOUTH won 1-0 away to Port Vale and are on a total of 23 goals. LUTON TOWN picked up their 6th blank of the season and now 2 in a row after they lost 5-0 away to Barnsley. BOLTON drew 0-0 at home to Bradford and picked up their 4th blank of the season. LEYTON ORIENT drew 1-1 at home against BLACKPOOL and are on a total of 26 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Blackpool picked up their 18th goal of the season. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN won 3-1 away to Mansfield and are now on a total of 28 goals. WYCOMBE WANDERERS won 3-2 at home against Lincoln and are now on a total of 32 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
WALSALL are back at the top of the table after they won 2-0 away to Harrogate and are on a total of 28 goals. SWINDON TOWN drop down to second place after they drew 2-2 at home to Grimsby and are on a total of 32 goals. BROMLEY have moved up to third place after they won 2-0 at home against Salford and are on a total of 30 goals and have extended their goal run to 8 league/cup games. GILLINGHAM drew 1-1 at home against BARNET and are on a total of 26 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Barnet hit goal number 24. CREWE drew 3-3 at home to CHESTERFIELD and are now on a total of 28 goals. Chesterfield are now on a total of 32 goals and have now scored in all of their last 11 league/cup games. NOTTS COUNTY lost 3-1 at home to Colchester Utd and are on a total of 31 goals and have extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. MK DONS drew 2-2 away to Tranmere and are on a total of 36 goals and have now scored in all of their last 12 league/cup games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership HEARTS are still top of the table after they lost their first league game 1-0 away to Aberdeen. Hearts after they had scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. CELTIC in second place, won 1-0 away to St Mirren with a very late goal to pick up goal number 32 and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. HIBERNIAN won 2-0 at home to Dundee and are on a total of 25 goals. RANGERS won 2-1 at home against Livingston and are on a total of 24 goals and have now extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games.
n the Championship, AYR UNITED won 1-0 away to Airdrieonians and are on a total of 34 goals.
In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR moved up to second place after they picked up their biggest win of the season 4-1 away to Peterhead. Stenhousemuir have taken their goals tally to 23. EAST FIFE lost 2-1 away to Montrose and are on a total of 24 goals. Bottom of the table COVE RANGERS have moved up a place after they drew 0-0 at home to Alloa. Rangers have picked up their 10th blank of the season.
In League Two, CLYDE have won their fifth league game 1-0 at home against Annan and picked up their 30th goal of the season, DUMBARTON lost 4-1 at home to Forfar and picked up goal number 26.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (46) MK DONS (36) CARDIFF CITY (34) Total of 116 goals
Our WORST three teams are
WOLVES (15) SHEFFIELD UNITED (15) NOTTINGHAM FOREST (15) Total of 45 goals
Our best performing team is now CHELSEA after they have now scored in all of their 13 league/cup games. With a total of 29 goals, their average score is 2 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is now COVE RANGERS this weekend, as they have picked up 10 blank score sheets in their 19 league/cup games.
Our highest scoring team in our 43rd Season is ROSS COUNTY. They won 8-0 at home against Edinburgh City in the first round group stages of the Scottish League Cup in Week One.
We have a new leader this weekend and that is GRAHAM PHILLIPS who now becomes the third player to stay there. Graham picked up a total of 7 goals all coming from the weekend. His teams are Arsenal, Celtic and MK Dons. Vincent Cruickshank moves into second place this weekend as he picks up a total of 8 goals from his teams, all coming from the weekend. They are Celtic, MK Dons and Southampton.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANNE HAMMOND making her second weekend there. Anne picked up a total of 4 goals all coming from the weekend. Anne’s teams are Crystal Palace, Rangers and Wolves.
We had a big shake-up with the table this week but here are the top ten this week.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 3 GRAHAM PHILLIPS 14 82 96
2 4 V. CRUICKSHANK 20 76 96
3 1 D. BARRETT 36 60 96
4 2 H. ADKINS 34 61 95
5 - EMMAF 39 54 93
6 7 M. WALKER 17 75 92
7 10 T. GUY (10/11 & 22/23) 17 73 90
8 13 T. GUY (2) 24 65 89
9 - T. GUY (3) 28 61 89
10 6 B. BARNES (1) 32 57 89
