WEEK THIRTY-SIX

Who will be our next champion of Golden Goals as Paul Davey remains top again this weekend after his combinations of teams picked him up a total of 5 goals. Paul has in his combination Man City, Rangers and Wolves.

Paul Hudson has stayed in second place on goal difference after collecting a total of 8 goals for the week his combination is  Man City, Rangers and Watford. In third place we have CHRIS NUNN. Chris picked up just 4 goals all week and his teams are Chelsea, Man City and Rangers.

In the 103 spot we still have Malcolm Cormack who has now been there for eleven weeks, and now twelve over the season. Malcolm picked up 8 goals this week from his teams of Charlton, Portsmouth and Swindon. Above him in 102 is still John Dove as his teams  picked him up 6 goals and is now twenty goals in front of Malcolm.

Rangers still have that 100% scoring record after a run of thirty-eight league/cup games.

FA CUP Semi-Finals We had three of the four teams left in the FA Cup and only one has made it through to the finals. They are Arsenal and they had to go into extra time with Wigan after a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes. Arsenal go through in the penalty shoot-out 4-2. The single goal gives Arsenal their 70th goal of the season and Wigan’s 67th. In the other game Sheffield United lost 5-3 against Hull. United are now on 60 goals. So the final is now set between Arsenal and Hull.

In the Premiership, Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-2 at home  to keep their spot at the top. Liverpool become our third team to net over 100 goals this season with 102 and have now scored in all of their last twenty-seven games. Man City are still picking up them goals up and they look set to beat that Peterborough’s top score of 129 goals. Chelsea remained in second place as they win 1-0 away to Swansea. Chelsea are now on 74 goals while Swansea picked up their 10th blank of the season and now two games in a row. Man City are third and Everton are fourth as they win 1-0 away to Sunderland. Everton picked up goal number 69. Tottenham are on 55 goals now as they drew 3-3 away to West Brom. Crystal Palace are doing well as they win again 1-0 at home to Aston Villa. Palace picked up goal number 28. Villa picked up their 14th blank of the season.

In the Championship, Champions Leicester City had no game at the weekend. In the play-off zone we down to just two teams. QPR are there as they win 5-2 at home to Nottingham Forest. With their biggest win of the season, Rangers are now on 56 goals while Forest are on 76. Wigan are the other team. Bolton picked up goal number 60 as they win 1-0 at home to Barnsley while Bournemouth hit goal number 64 as they drew 1-1 away to Yeovil. Watford are on 78 as they drew 2-2 away to Millwall and after a three game dry spell for goals, Leeds win 2-0 at home against Blackpool. Leeds are now on 59 while Blackpool picked up their 15th blank score sheet of the season. Charlton picked up their 20th blank of the season as they lost 3-0 away to Brighton. Middlebrough are on 55 as they win 1-0 away to Burnley. Doncaster lost 2-1 away to Ipswich but picked up goal number 42. 

In Scotland, In the WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP Semi-finals, Rangers lost 3-1 against Dundee Utd which I must admit was a bit of a supprise to me. But Rangers have scored, and that’s what’s counts. Rangers are now on 107 goals. Aberdeen also lost 2-1 to St Johnstone. Aberdeen are now on 63 goals. We have no teams in the finals this season.

The three best teams to date in Golden Goals are Man City wth 121 goals followed by Rangers on 107. Liverpool are third with 102 goals.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team to date but now with a total of just 28 goals out of a total of 36 league/cup games.

Midweek Results

We had twenty of our teams in action this week, but four of them failed to score any goals. The highest score that we had came from Tottenham as they win 5-1 at home to Sunderland. It is Tottenham’s biggest win of the season and they are now on a total of 52 goals.

In the Championship, QPR lost 2-0 away to Blackburn to pick up their 14th blank score sheet of the season. Blackpool are now on 36 goals as they lost 3-1 at home to Derby. Bournemouth won 3-1 at home to Reading and are on 63 goals while Reading has 62. Charlton have picked up their biggest win since week twenty-five as they beat Yeovil 3-2 at home. Charlton are no on 44 goals. Bolton won 2-1 away to Doncaster to take their goals tally to 59 while Doncaster picked up goal number 41. It’s 92 goals for Leicester City as they lost 4-1 at home to Brighton. Middlesbrough are on 54 goals as they win 3-1 at home against Birmingham. Birmingham are on 70 goals. Nottingham Forest drew 3-3 at home to Sheffield Wednesday and are now on 74 goals. Watford beat Leeds Utd 3-0 at home to give them a total of 76 goals while Leeds picked up their 15th blank of the season and now three games in a row. Wigan lost 1-0 at home to Millwall and picked up their 16th blank of the season.

League One, It’s 76 goals for Brentford as they win 1-0 at home to Crawley while Peterborough won 2-0 at home to Gillingham. Borough are now on 83 goals while Gillingham picked up their 9th blank of the season. Sheffield United picked up their 57th goal of the season as they win 1-0 at home to Rotherham.

In Scotland, Aberdeen won 2-0 away to Hibs and are now on a total of 62 goals.

WEEK THIRTY-FIVE

Who could be our next champion of Golden Goals as Paul Davey remains top again this weekend after his combinations of teams picked him up a total of 6 goals. Paul has in his combination Man City, Rangers and Wolves.

Paul Hudson has stayed in second place after collecting a total of 5 goals for the week his combination is  Man City, Rangers and Watford. In third place we have CHRIS NUNN. Chris picked up just 7 goals all week and his teams are Chelsea, Man City and Rangers.

In the 103 spot we still have Malcolm Cormack who has now been there for ten weeks, and now eleven over the season. Malcolm picked up just two goals this week from his teams of Charlton, Portsmouth and Swindon. Above him in 102 is still John Dove as his teams also picked him up two goals and is now still twenty-two goals in front of Malcolm.

Rangers still have that 100% scoring record with a total to thirty-seven games.

In the Premiership, Manchester City won 4-1 at home to Southampton to take their goals tally to 119 while Manchester United won 4-0 away to Newcastle to give them a total of 67 goals. Liverpool beat West Ham 2-1 away to keep their spot at the top. Liverpool are on a total of  99 goals and have now scored in all of their last twenty-six games. Chelsea are second as they win 3-0 at home to Stoke. Chelsea are now on 73 goals. Arsenal are fourth but they lost 3-0 away to Everton. Arsenal picked up their 7th blank of the season while Everton take their goals tally to 68. But did you know that they have scored three goals in each of their last four games?  Crystal Palace take their goals total to 27 as they win 3-0 away to Cardiff. Aston Villa are on 39 as they lost 2-1 at home to Fulham while Swansea picked up their 9th blank score sheet as they lost 1-0 away to Hull.

In the Championship Leicester City are promoted to the Premiership next season after their win on Friday night. In the play-off zone we still have three teams in. QPR are there as they lost 2-1 away to Bournemouth. Rangers are on 51 while Bournemouth are on 60. Wigan are also there as they win 1-0 at home against Leeds Utd. Wigan picked up goal number 66 while Leeds picked up their second blank of the week and now fourteen for the season. Reading are still in as they win 1-0 away to Charlton. Reading hit goal number 61 while Charlton picked up blank number nineteen. Charlton have now scored just three goals in their last ten games. It’s 35 for Blackpool as they lost 2-1 at home against Yeovil. Birmingham are on 69 as they win 3-1 away to Doncaster. Doncaster picked up goal number 40. Bolton are on 57 as they win 1-0 away to Huddersfield. Middlesbrough won 1-0 at home to Derby and are now on a total of 51. Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 at home to Millwall but picked up goal number 71. Watford drew 1-1 at home to Burnley and are now on 73 goals.

In Scotland, Champions Celtic win 2-0 away to Dundee Utd and are now on 90 goals. Morton are on 39 as they win 2-0 at home against Livingston. Morton are now out of our worst team frame this weekend on 39 goals. Stenhousemuir drew 2-2 at home to Arbroath to take their goals tally to 63.

The three best teams to date in Golden Goals are Man City wth 119 goals followed by Rangers on 106. Liverpool are third with 99 goals.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team to date but now with a total of just 27 goals out of a total of 35 league/cup games.

A Better Night

We had a better night for goals last night as Peterborough won 2-0 at home against Colchester to take their goals tally up to 81.
In Scotland Aberdeen drew 1-1 away to Hearts. That was their 60th goal of the season. The last time that we had Aberdeen in the competition was in our 1997/98 Season and they finished on 50 goals which is their lowest score to date.

Reviewing Our Teams Part-Six

Here is our sixth set of teams to see how they are progressing this season in Golden Goals.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (1 vote) have a total of 70 goals and they have been with the competition for 22 seasons. They were in our very first season and they finished on  atotal of 78 goals. They have had a total of eight blank score sheets to date. Their best score is 100 goals scored back in our 1988/89 Season and their worst is only 44 goals back in our 1998/99 Season.

CRYSTAL PALACE (1 vote) are on just 24 goals and this could be a Golden Goals record for the lowest score ever. They have had a total of sixteen blank score sheets this season. This is their 20th Season with the competition and their best score is 93 goals back in our 1996/97 Season. Last time out in the 2010/11 Season they finished on a total of 47.

BIRMINGHAM (1 vote) are now on 66 goals and this is their 18th Season with us. The best that they have done is 95 goals back in our 1994/95 Season and the worst was in our 2004/05 with just 46 goals. They have had a total of fourteen blank score sheets to date.

BRISTOL CITY (1 vote) have a total of 72 goals. They have had a total of eight blank score sheets this season. This is their 12th Season with Golden Goals and they were in our very first sason and finished on 79 goals which is their highest score to date.  57 goals is their lowest score and that was back in our 2008/09 Season.

BRISTOL ROVERS (1 vote) are on 46 goals and they have had a total of sixteen blank score sheets. Rover’s did not start with us untill our third season where they finished on a score of 65 goals. This is their 14th Season with us and their highest total is 73 goals scored back in our 2011/12 Season. Their lowest score is 49 goals scored in our 2001/02 Season.

EVERTON (1 vote) are on 65 goals and they have had a total of eight blank score sheets. Everton also started in our third season and they finished on their highest score of 111 goals. Their lowest score is just 48 goals in our 1997/98 Season. They picked up a total of 64 goals in our 2010/11 Season which was their last time out with us.

Bad night for Golden Goals

We had a bad night for goals last night as out of our nine teams in Golden Goals that played, only five picked up some more goals for us.

Morton from the Scottish Championship picked up the highest score as they win 3-0 at home to Dumbarton. After a two game dry spell of goals for Morton, they take their goals tally to 37.

In the English Championship, Leeds Utd lost 1-0 at home to Charlton to pick up their 13th blank score sheet of the season while Charlton hit goal number 41. Wigan are on 65 goals as they drew 2-2 at home to Leicester City. City are now on 89 goals.

In League One, Sheffield Utd drew 0-0 at home to Brentford to pick up their 12th blank of the season while Brentford picked up their 11th and now three games in a row without a goal. Wolves picked up their 9th blank score sheet as they drew 0-0 away to Stevenage.

In League two, Bristol Rovers picked up goal number 46 as they lost 2-1 away to Bury.

WEEK THIRTY-FOUR

It still could be any of our top four people that all could be our next champion of Golden Goals. But Paul Davey has come back to the top this weekend after his combinations of teams picked him up a total of 11 goals. Paul has in his combination Man City, Rangers and Wolves.

Paul Hudson has moved up to second place after collecting a total of 13 goals for the week.. Paul has spent thirteen weekend at the top and his combination are  Man City, Rangers and Watford. In third place we have CHRIS NUNN after going top last weekend. Chris picked up just six goals all week and his teams are Chelsea, Man City and Rangers. In fourth place is Mike Adkins who was top for eight weeks before he started to slowly falling down the table but could be back at top if he has a good weekend. His teams are Arsenal, Man City and Rangers.

In the 103 spot we still have Malcolm Cormack who has now been there for nine weeks, and now ten over the season. Malcolm picked up seven goals this week from his teams of Charlton, Portsmouth and Swindon. Above him in 102 is still John Dove as his teams also picked him up seven goals and is now still twenty-two goals in front of Malcolm.

Rangers still have that 100% scoring record as they have now stretched their total to thirty-seven games, as they win 2-1 away to Arbroath.

In the Premiership, After their big win at the weekend, Liverpool are now top as they win 4-0 at home against Tottenham. Liverpool are now on 97 goals while Tottenham picked up their 11th blank score sheet.  Chelsea are now second as they lost 1-0 away to Crystal Palace. Palace must be feeling on top of the world to collect the three points from chelsea. Palace are now on just 24 goals while Chelsea picked up their 8th blank of the season. Manchester City are third and Arsenal are fourth as they drew 1-1. Arsenal take their goals tally to 69 while our best team, City are now on 115. Manchester Utd won 4-1 at home to Aston Villa to take their goals total to 63. Villa are on 38 goals. Everton picked up another set of three goals as they win 3-1 away to Fulham. Everton have still scored nine goals in their last three games and are now on 65 goals. Swansea won 3-0 at home to Norwich and are now on 51 goals.

In the Championship Leicester City remained top again this weekend as they win 2-0 away to Burnley. City are now on 87 goals and it’s their second best score with Golden Goals. City have now scored in all of their last 25 games. We still have three teams in the play-off zone. QPR are one as they drew1-1 at home to Blackpool. Rangers are now on 50 goals while Blackpool picked up their 34th. Wigan drew 1-1 away to Bolton to get their 63rd goal and it’s 56 for Bolton. Reading is our third team and they also drew 1-1 at home to Huddersfield. Reading are now on 60 goals. After a three game dry spell for goals, Nottingham Forest picked up goal number 70 as they drew1-1 away to Ipswich. It’s 50 goals for Middlesbrough as they win 2-0 away to Brighton. Leeds Utd lost 2-1 at home to Doncaster and picked up goal number 57 while Doncaster are now on 39. Charlton picked up their 18th blank of the season as they lost 3-0 away to Derby. Charlton have now scored just two goals in their last eight games.

In the Scottish Leagues, Champions Celtic drew 1-1 at home to Ross County and picked up goal number 88 while Champions Rangers won 2-1 away to Arbroath and are now on 106 goals. It’s 59 for Aberdeen as they drew 1-1 at home to Dundee Utd. Queen Of South won 3-0 at home against Morton and are on 55 goals. Morton picked up blank number fourteen and two in a week. STENHOUSEMUIR won 3-2 away to Ayr and are now on 61.

The three best teams to date in Golden Goals are Man City wth 115 goals followed by Rangers now on 106. Liverpool are third now with 97 goals.

Crystal Palace are still our worst team to date but now with a total of just 24 goals out of a total of 34 league/cup games.