In the Championship, NORWICH CITY lost 1-0 at home against West Brom and picked up their second blank of the season. It’s 10 goals for WATFORD after they drew 2-2 away to Portsmouth.
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Thursday, 2 October 2025
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Middlesbrough Still Top After Draw
In the Championship, top of the table MIDDLESBROUGH drew 0-0 at home against Stoke. After a goal run of 6 league/cup games, they picked up their second blank of the season. BIRMINGHAM CITY drew 2-2 at home to Sheffield Wednesday and are on a total of 9 goals. BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 2-1 at home to Swansea and are on a total of 7 goals. BRISTOL CITY drew 1-1 at home against IPSWICH TOWN. City are on 16 goals while Ipswich are on 13 goals. PRESTON NE drew 2-2 away to Hull. Preston are on a total of 12 goals. LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 at home to WREXHAM and are on a total of 12 goals while Wrexham are on 21 and have extended their goal run to 11 league/cup games. SHEFFIELD UNITED lost 2-1 at home to SOUTHAMPTON and picked up goal number 4. Southampton are on 15 goals.
In League One, it’s 10 goals for BLACKPOOL after they drew 2-2 at home to LUTON TOWN who are on a total of 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. CARDIFF CITY have lost their second league game 1-0 at home to Burton. Cardiff, after a goal run of 10 league/cup games, picked up their second blank scoresheet.
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
West Ham Pick Up A Point
In the Premier League, WEST HAM UNITED have now only won one of their seven league games played as they drew 1-1 away to Everton. West Ham are on a total of 8 goals and are currently second from bottom.
Also the EFL have decided that the abandoned game between BLACKBURN ROVERS and IPSWICH TOWN from last Saturday fixture will have to be replayed later on in the season.
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. The goals come from the League, League Cup and FA Cup. The Scottish also come from their League and their two domestic cup competitions.
32 HEARTS (98)
24 AYR UNITED (76)
22 SWINDON TOWN (100)
22 CARDIFF CITY (106)
21 BIGHTON (91)
21 CLYDE (60)
20 WREXHAM (93)
20 ROSS COUNTY (101)
19 PLYMOUTH (83)
19 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (94)
Monday, 29 September 2025
Week Eight
In Week Eight of the competition we had just one winner to take the full £5 weekend prize money. That now means that we have had a total of 12 winners this season. Our winner is SAMUEL STEPEHENS, who won on a score of 10 goals, which is his personal best weekend score. This is Samuel’s fifth season with us as he started in the 2021/22 season. In that season he finished in 29th place out of 113 with a total of 290 goals. He had one weekend win. Last season he finished in 90th place out of 114 with a total of 243 goals. This season, Samuel is at his highest position to date. He has picked up just one blank weekend scoresheet and his best team is Plymouth. Here are his winning teams.
LIVERPOOL 1, MANCHESTER CITY 5, PLYMOUTH 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
Most of us managed to pick up some goals this week, which means that our top five have had a slight change this week. LUCIFER (John Wood) picked up the most number of goals with 12. They came from Brighton, Manchester City and Newcastle United. Lucifer now has a total of 20 midweek goals.
In the lead this week we still have EMMAF now with a total of 36 goals. In second place we still have DAVID BARRETT now with 30 goals. In third place we still have BISH-BASH-BOSH (Keith Rattle) but HAYLEY ADKINS joins him up from four. Both with a total of 29 goals. In fourth place, up from fifth place we now have our 2005/06 Champion, KEAMUS SETNA on a total of 24 goals. In fifth place we now have BARBARA BARNES (1) and our joint 2023/24 Champion, JOHN FILTNESS. Both on a total of 22 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
With a near full weekend fixture, we had just 2 teams without a game over the weekend, with another 14 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average weekend score fell from six goals last weekend, to just 3 goals this weekend, so well done if your teams picked up more than that.
The highest score over the weekend was 5 goals, and they came from the Premier League where MANCHESTER CITY picked up their biggest result of the season with a 5-1 home win over Burnley. City have taken their goals tally to 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games
Manchester City started with Golden Goals back in our first season of 1983/84 where they finished on a total of 73 goals. Their highest score was in the 2013/14 and 2018/19 season with a total of 137 goals. They have scored 100 or more goals in ten of their 32 season’s with us. Last season they finished on a total of 92. This season they have picked up a total of 19 votes and they have had just one blank scoresheet to date. Over the years they have netted a total of 2782 goals which gives them an average score of 86 goals per season.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Top of the table LIVERPOOL have lost their first league game 2-1 away to CRYSTAL PALACE. Liverpool are on a total of 14 goals and have now scored in all 7 league/cup games. Palace are on a total of 9 goals and have moved into third place. In second place we still have ARSENAL after they won 2-1 away to NEWCASTLE UNITED. Arsenal are on a total of 14 goals while Newcastle are on a total of 8 goals. BRIGHTON picked up their second league win with a 3-1 away win over CHELSEA. Brighton are now on a total of 21 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. Chelsea are on a total of 13 goals and they have also scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. TOTTENHAM drew 1-1 at home against WOLVES and hit goal number 14. Wolves, bottom of the table and still without a win, are on a total of 9 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED lost 3-1 away to Brentford and are on a total of 9 goals. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 2-2 away to Leeds Utd and are on a total of 8 goals. NOTTINGHAM FOREST lost 1-0 at home to SUNDERLAND and picked up their third blank of the season. Sunderland with their third win of the season, are on a total of 8 goals. ASTON VILLA have won their first league game 3-1 at home to Fulham. With their biggest result of the season, Villa are now on a total of 5 goals.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH are still top after they drew 1-1 away to SOUTHAMPTON. Middlesbrough are on a total of 12 goals while Southampton are on 13 goals. BIRMINGHAM CITY lost 3-0 away to Coventry to pick up their fourth blank scoresheet and now just one goal in their last 5 games. It’s 20 goals for WREXHAM after they drew 1-1 at home to Derby. Wrexham have kept their 100% scoring record after a total of 10 league/cup games. BLACKBURN ROVERS lost 3-0 away to Charlton and picked up their third blank scoresheet of the season. IPSWICH TOWN won 2-1 at home to Portsmouth and are on a total of 12 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED have finally won their first league game 1-0 away to Oxford Utd. After a total of five consecutive blank scoresheets, United picked up goal number 3. PRESTON NE drew 0-0 at home to BRISTOL CITY. Preston picked up their second blank scoresheet while City picked up their third. NORWICH CITY drew 1-1 away to Stoke and are on a total of 12 goals. WATFORD won 2-1 at home against Hull and are on a total of 8 goals.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are still in fourth place after they won their sixth league game 2-0 away to Wigan. Cardiff are on a total of 22 goals and have now scored in all of their last 10 league/cup games. WYCOMBE lost 2-1 away to AFC Wimbledon and are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. LEYTON ORIENT lost 3-2 at home to Stevenage and are on a total of 13 goals. BLACKPOOL lost 1-0 away to Bradford and picked up their fifth blank of the season and now just 2 goals in their last six games. PLYMOUTH won 4-0 away to Burton and have taken their goals total to 19. After they had failed to score in their last 2 games, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN won 1-0 away to Exeter and are on a total of 19 goals. LUTON TOWN won 1-0 at home against Doncaster and are on a total of 12 goals. BOLTON lost 2-0 away to Northampton and after a goal run of 9 league/cup games, picked up their second blank scoresheet. PETERBOROUGH UNITED picked up their fifth blank scoresheet after they lost 3-0 at home to Lincoln. STOCKPORT COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to Reading and are on a total of 18 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
WALSALL have moved to the top of the table after they won 3-1 away to Accrington. Walsall are now on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. SWINDON TOWN moved into second place after they won 2-0 at home to BROMLEY. Sindon are on a total of 22 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 games. Bromley picked up their third blank of the season. GILLINGHAM moved down to third place after they lost 1-0 at home to Harrogate. Gillingham after a goal run of 10 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. CREWE won 2-1 at home to NOTTS COUNTY and are on a total of 15 goals. County hit goal number 17. BARNET drew 1-1 away to Oldham and are on a total of 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. CHESTERFIELD picked up their biggest result to date after they won 4-1 at home to Newport. Chesterfield are on a total of 18 goals. MK DONS on 2-1 away to Shrewsbury and are on a total of 16 goals.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership HEARTS go back to the top after they won 3-0 at home to Falkirk and are now on a total of 32 goals. Hearts keep their 100% scoring record after a total of 11 league/cup games. CELTIC are now in second place after they drew 0-0 at home to HIBERNIAN. Celtic and Hibs both picked up their second blank of the season. RANGERS have won their first league game, 2-1 away to Livingston. Ranger’s are on a total of 11 goals.
In the Championship, AYR UNITED won 4-2 at home to Airdrie and have taken their goals tally up to 24 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. ROSS COUNTY have still yet to win a game as they drew 1-1 away to Greenock. County are on a total of 20 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games.
In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are down to third place after they lost 2-0 away to Hamilton. Stenhousemuir picked up their fourth blank of the season. EAST FIFE lost 4-1 away to Inverness CT and are on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league games. Bottom of the table COVE RANGERS are still unable to win after they lost their sixth league game, 2-0 at home to Kelty Hearts. Ranger’s have picked up their sixth blank score sheet and now just one goal in their last 4 games.
In League Two, CLYDE won their third consecutive league game 4-2 away to Stirling and have taken their goals tally to 24 goals. Clyde have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. DUMBARTON lost 2-1 at home to Stranraer and are on a total of 17 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (32) AYR UNITED (24) SWINDON TOWN (22) Total of 78 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SHEFFIELD UNITED (3) ASTON VILLA (5) BLACKBURN ROVERS (6) Total of 14 goals
Our best performing team is still HEARTS, after they have now scored in all of their 11 league/cup games. With a total of 32 goals, their average score is 2.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SHEFFIELD UNITED this weekend, as they have picked up 5 blank score sheets in their 8 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.
HAYLEY ADKINS becomes the second player to reach number one this season. Hayley picked up a total of 13 goals from the week. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City. David Barrett has dropped down to second place after being top for seven consecutive weekends. He is just 2 goals behind Hayley as his team’s picked him up a total of 6 goals from the week. David’s teams are Celtic, Hearts and Liverpool.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANN WELLARD with her fifth consecutive weekend. Ann picked up just 4 goals from the weekend. Ann has Aston Villa, Celtic and Sheffield United.
We have had a slight change in our top ten this weekend
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 2 H. ADKINS 29 33 62
2 1 D. BARRETT 30 30 60
3 10 EMMAF 36 24 60
4 28 B. BARNES (1) 22 35 57
5 3 BISH-BASH-BOSH 29 24 53
6 4 M. WALKER 9 43 52
7 5 K. SETNA (2005/06) 24 28 52
8 9 G. DOWSETT (1) 21 30 51
9 11 T. GUY (3) 15 35 50
10 7 J. FILTNESS (2023/24)* 22 28 50
Saturday, 27 September 2025
Leicester in 3rd Place
In the Championship LEICESTER CITY drew 1-1 away to West Brom and picked up goal number 11.
Also the EFL have decided that the abandoned game between BLACKBURN ROVERS and IPSWICH TOWN from last Saturday fixture will have to be replayed later on in the season.
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round
We had another five of our teams in the Carabao/League Cup Third Round tie and four of them are through to the next round. They are MANCHESTER CITY who won 2-0 away to HUDDERSFIELD TOWN. City are on a total of 11 goals while Huddersfield picked up their second consecutive blank scoresheet. NEWCASTLE UNITED picked up their biggest result of the season after they won 4-1 at home to Bradford. Newcastle have taken their goals tally to 7 goals. TOTTENHAM won 3-0 at home to Doncaster and are now on a total of 13 goals. ARSENAL won 2-0 away to Port Vale and are on a total of 12 goals.
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Carabao/League Cup 3rd Rd plus more
We have had more of the Carabao/League Cup Third Round games in action, where we had 8 teams playing. Out of them, 7 are through to the next round. They are BRIGHTON who have picked up the biggest result of the night by winning 6-0 away to Barnsley. Brighton have taken their goals tally up to 18 and have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games. It’s 20 goals for CARDIFF CITY as they win 2-1 away to Burnley. Cardiff have extended their goal run to 9 league/cup games. CHELSEA won 2-1 away to Lincoln City and are on a total of 12 goals and a goal run of 5 league/cup games. WYCOMBE won 2-0 away to Wigan and are on a total of 14 goals. WOLVES won 2-0 at home to Everton and they are on a total of 8 goals. WREXHAM won 2-0 at home to Reading and they are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. LIVERPOOL won 2-1 at home to SOUTHAMPTON and are on a total of 13 goals and have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. Southampton hit goal number 12.
In the Scottish Premiership HIBERNIAN drew 2-2 away to Falkirk and are on a total of 12 goals.
In the Championship it’s 20 goals for AYR UNITED after they won 1-0 away to Dunfermline.
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Watford One Win in Six Games
In the Championship, WATFORD lost 1-0 away to Millwall and that is their second consecutive blank score sheet and now the third blank of the season.
Monday, 22 September 2025
Week Seven
In Week Seven of the competition we had three winners to share the £5 weekend prize money. That now means that we have had a total of 11 winners this season.
Our winners are BAILEY MORAN, our 1987/88 and 2011/12 Champion PHIL REEVE and JAMIE WOOD all winning on a score of 10 goals each, which is their personal best weekend score.
Bailey started with Golden Goals in the 2020/21 season where he finished in 68th place out of 116 with a total of 246 goals. Last season he finished in 30th place with 292 goals. This season Bailey has been as high as 11th place in Weeks Three and Four. Celtic is his best team.
Phil has been with us for the full 43 seasons. In the first season of 1983/84 he finished in 15th place out of 25 with a total of 256 goals. Phil first became Champion in the 1987/88 and then again in 2011/12. Last season, Phil finished in 69th place out of 114 with 261 goals. This season Phil is at his highest position this week and his best team Bolton.
Jamie started with us in the 2015/16 season where he finished in the winning frame in 12th place out of 119 with a total of 278 goals. Last season, Jamie finished in 92nd place out of 114 with 40 goals. This season, Jamie is at his highest position this week with Celtic being his best team. Here are their winning teams.
Bailey CELTIC 4, NORWICH CITY 2, NOTTS COUNTY 4
Phil BOLTON 4, CELTIC 4, LIVERPOOL 2
Jamie CELTIC 4, LIVERPOOL 2, WALSALL 4
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
We had just 8 of us that picked up a goal or two, which means that our top five remain about the same as last week. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with a total of 29 goals. In second place we have DAVID BARRETT with 28 goals. In third place we still have BISH-BASH-BOSH (Keith Rattle) with a total of 27 goals. In fourth place down from three we have HAYLEY ADKINS on a total of 25 goals. In fifth place down from four we have our 2005/06 Champion, KEAMUS SETNA with 20 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
With a near full weekend fixture, we had 4 teams without a game over the weekend, with another 9 of our teams that failed to score any goals. The average weekend score shot up from four last weekend to 6 goals this weekend, so well done if your teams picked up more than that.
The highest score over the weekend was 4 goals, and we had four of our teams that reached that total. They came from CELTIC, NOTTS COUNTY and PLYMOUTH. Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Top of the table LIVERPOOL have won their fifth consecutive league game 2-1 at home to Everton. Liverpool are on a total of 11 goals and have now scored in all 5 league games. In second place we have ARSENAL who drew 1-1 at home to MANCHESTER CITY. Arsenal are on 10 goals while City are on 9. BRIGHTON drew 2-2 at home to TOTTENHAM and are on 12 goals while Tottenham are on 10 goals. NOTTINGHAM FOREST drew 1-1 away to Burnley and picked up goal number 7. WEST HAM lost 2-1 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE and both teams are on a total of 7 goals. WOLVES are still bottom of the table without a win as they go down 3-1 at home to Leeds Utd. Wolves are on 6 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED won their second league game 2-1 at home against CHELSEA. United are on a total of 8 goals while Chelsea are on 10 goals. AFC BOURNEMOUTH drew 0-0 at home to NEWCASTLE UNITED and picked up their second blank of the season. Newcastle picked up their third blank score sheet. SUNDERLAND drew 1-1 at home to ASTON VILLA and are on a total of 7 goals while Villa picked up goal number 2.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Middlesbrough are still top after they have won 5 of their 6 league games. BRISTOL CITY lost their first league game 3-1 at home against Oxford Utd. City are in third place with a total of 15 goals. BRIMINGHAM CITY after they had failed to score in their last 3 games, won 1-0 at home against Swansea. City are on a total of 7 goals. After they had scored in all of their first 6 games, LEICESTER CITY picked up their first blank score sheet as they drew 0-0 at home to Coventry. It’s 10 goals for PRESTON NE after they won 1-0 away to Derby. SOUTHAMPTON lost 3-1 away to Hill and are on a total of 11 goals. NORWICH lost 3-2 at home to WREXHAM and are on a total of 11 goals while Wrexham take their goals tally to 17 and have now scored in all of their 8 league/cup games. SHEFFIELD UNITED have now lost all of their six league games as they lost 1-0 at home to Charlton. United are rock bottom of the league and have picked up their fifth consecutive blank score sheet.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are down to fourth place in the table after they lost 3-1 at home against Bradford. Cardiff are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. BLACKPOOL have won their second league game 1-0 at home to Barnsley. Blackpool picked up goal number 8. BOLTON are on a total of 17 goals as they won 4-1 at home to Wigan. Bolton with their biggest win to date, are on a total of 17 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 league/cup games. LUTON TOWN lost 3-1 away to Lincoln and are on a total of 11 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN drew 0-0 at home to Burton and after a goal run of 10 league/cup games, picked up their first blank of the season. PLYMOUTH lost 1-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH UNITED and picked up their fourth blank score sheet. Borough have won their second consecutive game and are on a total of 8 goals. LEYTON ORIENT lost 2-1 away to Reading and are on a total of 11 goals. STOCKPORT COUNTY won 1-0 away to Rotherham and are on a total of 17 goals. WYCOMBE won 2-0 at home against Northampton and are on a total of 12 goals.
LEAGUE TWO
GILLINGHAM are back on top after they won 3-1 away to Newport. Gillingham are now on a total of 16 goals and have now extended their goal run to 10 league/cup games. WALSALL are in third place after they picked up their biggest result of the season 4-2 at home against Tranmere. Walsall have taken their goals tally to 12 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 games. BARNET picked up their biggest result to date after they won 3-0 at home to Grimsby and are on 13 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. CREWE lost again 1-0 away to Barrow and picked up their third blank of the season. BROMLEY drew 2-2 at home to CHESTERFIELD and are on a total of 16 goals. Chesterfield are on a total of 14 goals. MK DONS lost 2-1 at home to Accrington and are on a total of 14 goals. NOTTS COUNTY won 4-0 at home to Grimsby and have taken their goals tally to 16 goals. It’s 20 goals for SWINDON TOWN after they lost 3-2 away to Salford. Swindon have scored in all of their last 5 games.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Scottish League Cup Quarter-finals, we had three of the eight teams. After they had failed to score in their last 2 league games, RANGERS are through to the semi-finals after they won 2-0 at home to HIBERNIAN. Rangers are on a total of 9 goals while Hibs after a goal run of 5 league games, picked up their first blank scoresheet. CELTIC are also through as they win 4-0 away to Partick. Celtic have taken their goals tally up to 16 goals.
In the Championship, ROSS COUNTY have still yet to win a game as they lost 2-1 at home to Queens Park. County, are on a total of 19 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games.
In League One, STENHOUSEMUIR are still top after they picked up their biggest win of the season, 3-1 at home to Peterhead. Stenhousemuir are now on a total of 12 goals. EAST FIFE drew 1-1 at home to Montrose and are on a total of 14 goals and have now scored in all of their last 5 league games. Bottom of the table COVE RANGERS are still unable to win after they lost again 2-1 away to Alloa. Rangers after they had failed to score in their last two league games, are now on a total of 10 goals.
In League Two, CLYDE won their second league game 2-1 at home against Edinburgh City and are on a total of 17 goals. DUMBARTON drew 1-1 away to East Kilbride and are on a total of 16 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (29) SWINDON TOWN (20) ROSS COUNTY (19) Total of 68 goals
Our WORST three teams are
SHEFFIELD UNITED (2) ASTON VILLA (2) NEWCASTLE UNITED (3) Total of 7 goals
Our best performing team is still HEARTS, after they have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. With a total of 29 goals, their average score is 2.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is SHEFFIELD UNITED this weekend, as they have picked up 5 blank score sheets in their 7 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.
DAVID BARRETT is at the top again this weekend for the seventh consecutive weekend as his teams picked up 6 goals at the weekend. David’s teams are Celtic, Hearts and Liverpool. He is now 5 goals clear of Hayley Adkins in second place as she picked up a total of 3 goals from the weekend. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANN WELLARD with her fourth consecutive weekend. Ann picked up 6 goals from the week. Ann has Aston Villa, Celtic and Sheffield United.
We had a slight change in out top 10 this weekend
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - D. BARRETT 28 26 54
2 - H. ADKINS 25 24 49
3 - BISH-BASH-BOSH 27 20 47
4 5 M. WALKER 7 39 46
5 6 K. SETNA (2005/06) 20 25 45
6 20 P. REEVE (87/88 & 11/12) 16 28 44
7 17 J. FILTNESS (2023/24)* 18 26 44
8 9 TIM WOOD 18 26 44
9 13 G. DOWSETT (1) 19 25 44
10 4 EMMAF 29 15 44
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Middlesbrough Win Again
In the Championship, top of the table MIDDLESBROUGH won 2-1 at home against West Brom and are on a total of 11 goals. They have now scored in all of their last 5 league/cup games.
Friday, 19 September 2025
Our Top Ten Teams
Here is how our 10 top teams look in our 43rd Season. Although we have another full fixture over the weekend, this could all change soon. The numbers in red are their highest end of season goals total with Golden Goals.
29 HEARTS (98)
19 AYR UNITED (76)
18 SWINDON TOWN (100)
18 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (94)
18 ROSS COUNTY (101)
17 CARDIFF CITY (106)
16 STOCKPORT COUNTY (94)
15 DUMBARTON (63)
15 CLYDE (60)
15 PLYMOUTH (83)
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Forest In Cup Disaster
We had another one of our teams in the Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round and they were NOTTINGHAM FOREST. After they went 2-0 up in the first half, Forest lost 3-2 away to Swansea City after two late goals in injury time. After they had failed to score in their previous 2 games, Forest are on a total of 6 goals.
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Palace In, Villa Out
In the Carabao/League Cup 3rd Round we had just two of our teams in action last night. They were ASTON VILLA who drew 1-1 away to Brentford and picked up their very first goal of the season after four consecutive blank score sheets, then lost 4-2 on penalties. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 1-1 at home to Millwall and then won 4-2 on penalties. Palace are on a total of 5 goals.
Monday, 15 September 2025
Week Six
In Week Six of the competition we had our very first Rollover of the season worth £10. The cash was shared by two players and they are GUY DOWSETT (1) and SAM LEGHORN winning on a score of 9 goals each, which is both their personal best weekend score. That now means that our winners total now stands at 8.
Guy with his first selection, started with Golden Goals back in the 2000/01 season on where he finished in 35th place out of 102 with a total of 269 goals. He had one shared win that season. For a while now, Guy has had two combinations and last season, both finished in the winning frame. His first selection finished in 24th place with 299 goals and selection two in 17th place with 305 goals. He picked up just two weekend win. This season, Guy has picked up just one blank score sheet with this combo, and 6th place is his highest in Week One. Clyde is his best team.
Sam started with us in the 2019/20 season and finished in the winning frame in 18th place with 304 goals out of 123. Last season, Sam finished in 83rd place out of 114 with a total of 250 goals. This season, Sam is at her highest position and has picked up two blank weekend score sheets. Her best team is Arsenal. Here are our winner’s teams
Guy CELTIC 2, CLYDE 6, LIVERPOOL 1
Sam ARSENAL 3, MANCHESTER CITY 3, TOTTENHAM 3
100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT
We had just two of our teams in action this week, which means that our top five remains about the same as last week. In the lead this week we still have EMMAF with a total of 29 goals. In second place we have DAVID BARRETT with 28 goals. In third place we still have HAYLEY ADKINS and BISH-BASH-BOSH (Keith Rattle) still both on a total of 25 goals. In fourth place we have our 2005/06 Champion, KEAMUS SETNA with 20 goals. In fifth place we still have GUY DOWSETT (1) but he is joined with our 2017/18 Champion, CHRIS BOLBERY. Both are with a total of 19 goals.
WEEKEND RESULTS
Back with a full weekend fixture, we had just 2 teams without a game over the weekend, with another 15 of our teams that did play failed to score any goals. It still looks like our teams are struggling to get going this season as the average weekend score was 4 goals, so well done if your teams picked up more than that. The highest score over the weekend was 6 goals, and they came from the Scottish League Two, where CLYDE have finally won their first league game, a whopping 6-0 away to Annan. With their biggest win to date, Clyde have now taken their goals tally up to 15 goals.
Clyde became our 29th voted Scottish team in the 2004/05 season, where they finished the season with a total of 41 goals. Their biggest end of season score came in the 2015/16 season with 60 goals. Last season they finished on a total of 59 goals. This is their 5th season with Golden Goals and over that time they have netted a total of 230 goals. That now gives them an average score of 46 goals per season to date. This season they have just 1 vote and they have picked up a total of three blank score sheets in 10 league/cup games played.
Let’s get on with the results to see how your teams have performed this weekend.
PREMIER LEAGUE
Top of the table LIVERPOOL have won their fourth consecutive league game with a very late goal, 1-0 away to Burnley. Liverpool are on a total of 9 goals. In second place we have ARSENAL after they won 3-0 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and are now on a total of 9 goals. Forest picked up their second consecutive blank score sheet. AFC BOURNEMOUTH won 2-1 at home to BRIGHTON and are on a total of 6 goals. Brighton are on 10 goals. ASTON VILLA drew 0-0 away to Everton and picked up their fourth consecutive blank score sheet. Villa have yet to win a game. CRYSTAL PALACE drew 0-0 at home to SUNDERLAND, with both teams picking up their second blank of the season. NEWCASTLE have won their first league game 1-0 at home to WOLVES. Newcastle are on a total of 3 goals while Wolves still need a win this season, picked up their third blank of the season. WEST HAM lost 3-0 at home to London rivals TOTTENHAM and picked up their second blank of the season. Tottenham are now on a total of 8 goals. CHELSEA drew 2-2 away to Brentford and are on a total of 9 goals. In the local derby, MANCHESTER CITY won 3-0 at home against rivals MANCHESTER UNITED. City are now on a total of 8 goals while United picked up their second blank of the season.
CHAMPIONSHIP
MIDDLESBROUGH are still top after they drew 2-2 at home to PRESTON NE and are on a total of 9 goals. Preston are on 9 goals. It’s 10 goals for LEICESTER CITY after they drew 2-2 away to Oxford Utd. Leicester have now scored in all of their 6 league/cup games. NORWICH drew 1-1 away to Coventry and picked up goal number 9. BRISTOL CITY won 3-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday. City are now on a total of 14 goals. BRIMINGHAM CITY lost 1-0 away to Stoke and picked up their third consecutive blank score sheet. WATFORD lost 1-0 at home to BLACKBURN ROVERS and picked up their second blank fo the season. Rovers are on a total of 6 goals. WREXHAM lost 3-1 at home to QPR and are on a total of 14 goals. They have now scored in all of their 7 league/cup games. After they had scored in all of their first six league/cup games, SOUTHAMPTON picked up their first blank of the season as they drew 0-0 at home to Portsmouth.
LEAGUE ONE
CARDIFF CITY are still top of the table after they drew 1-1 away to STOCKPORT COUNTY. Cardiff are on a total of 17 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games. County are on a total of 16 goals. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN lost 3-1 away to Bradford and are on a total of 18 goals and have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup games. BLACKPOOL lost 1-0 away to Northampton and picked up their fourth blank score sheet. It’s 10 goals for LEYTON ORIENT after they drew 1-1 at home to BOLTON. Bolton are on 13 goals and have now scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games. It’s also 10 goals for LUTON TOWN after they lost 3-2 at home to PLYMOUTH. Plymouth are now on a total of 15 goals. Bottom of the table PETERBOROUGH UNITED have won their first league game 2-1 at home against WYCOMBE. Peterborough are on a total of 7 goals while Wycombe picked up goal number 10.
LEAGUE TWO
SWINDON TOWN are now top after they won 3-1 at home to Harrogate and are now on a total of 18 goals. GILLINGHAM have moved down to second place after they won 1-0 at home against NOTTS COUNTY. Gillingham are on a total of 13 goals and have now scored in all of their 9 league/cup games. County after a goal run of five games, picked up their second blank of the season. CHESTERFIELD drew 1-1 at home to MK DONS and are on a total of 12 goals. The Dons are on 13 goals. CREWE lost 2-1 at home to BARNET and are on a total of 13 goals. Barnet are on 10 goals and have now scored in all of their last 6 league/cup games. WALSALL drew 1-1 away to Fleetwood and picked up goal number 8. BROMLEY lost 1-0 away to Oldham and after they had scored in all of their last 8 league/cup games, picked up their second blank of the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUES
In the Premiership CELTIC move to the top of the table for the first time this season, after they won 2-1 away to Kilmarnock. Celtic are on a total of 12 goals. HEARTS are now second after they won 2-0 away to RANGERS. Hearts are on a total of 29 goals and have kept their 100% scoring record after a total of 10 league/cup games. Rangers who have still yet to prove themselves, picked up their second consecutive blank score sheet. HIBERNIAN drew 3-3 at home to Dundee Utd and are now in third place. Hibs are now on a total of 10 goals and have now scored in all of their 5 league games.
In the Championship, AYR UNITED drew 1-1 at home to ROSS COUNTY. Both teams have still yet to win a game with Ayr on a total of 19 goals while County, are on a total of 18 goals.
In League One STENHOUSEMUIR are now top after they won 1-0 away to Kelty Hearts. Stenhousemuir are on a total of 9 goals. EAST FIFE won 2-1 at home against Queen of the South and are on a total of 13 goals. Bottom of the table COVE RANGERS are still unable to win after they lost 1-0 at home to CT Inverness. Rangers have picked up their fifth blank of the season and now two in a row.
In League Two DUMBARTON won 3-2 away to Forfar to take them up to third place in the league. Dumbarton are now on a total of 15 goals and have now scored in all of their last 7 league/cup games.
Our BEST three teams are
HEARTS (29) AYR UNITED (19) SWINDON TOWN (18) Total of 66 goals
Our WORST three teams are
ASTON VILLA (0) SHEFFIELD UNITED (2) NEWCASTLE UNITED (3) Total of 5 goals
Our best performing team is still HEARTS, after they have now scored in all of their 10 league/cup 10 games. With a total of 29 goals, their average score is 2.9 goals per game.
Our worst performing team is ASTON VILLA this weekend, as they have picked up 4 blank score sheets in their first 4 league games of the season.
Our highest goal scoring team in our 43rd Season are 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.
DAVID BARRETT is at the top again this weekend for the sixth consecutive weekend as his teams picked up 5 goals at the weekend. David’s teams are Celtic, Hearts and Liverpool. He is now just 2 goals clear of Hayley Adkins in second place as she picked up a total of 6 goals from the weekend. Hayley’s teams are Hearts, Liverpool and Manchester City.
At the other end at 111 we still have ANN WELLARD with her third consecutive weekend. Ann picked up 2 goals from the weekend. Ann has Aston Villa, Celtic and Sheffield United.
We had a slight change in out top 10 this weekend.
THIS LAST M/WEEK W/END TOTAL
WEEK WEEK NAME GOALS GOALS GOALS
1 - D. BARRETT 28 20 48
2 - H. ADKINS 25 21 46
3 - BISH-BASH-BOSH 25 17 42
4 - EMMAF 29 13 42
5 9 M. WALKER 7 32 39
6 5 K. SETNA (2005/06) 20 18 38
7 14 C. STEPHENS (2024/25) 14 23 37
8 - MANDYB 18 19 37
9 6 TIM WOOD 18 19 37
10 24 A. EYLES 10 26 36