Wycombe Second in League One

In League One, WYCOMBE have moved up to second place after they won 2-1 at home against BURTON ALBION. Wycombe are on a total of 39 goals while Burton picked up goal number 27. SUNDERLAND are up to third place after they won 5-0 at home to Morecambe. Sunderland are now on a total of 43 goals. CHARLTON won 2-0 at home to IPSWICH and they are on a total of 34 goals while Ipswich picked up their sixth blank and now two in a row. LINCOLN CITY picked up their tenth blank and now no goals in their last five games as they lost 2-0 away to Crewe. OXFORD UNITED won 2-1 away to Doncaster and they have taken their goals tally to 38 goals. BOLTON lost 3-0 away to Fleetwood and that is their twelfth blank of the season. PORTSMOUTH drew 0-0 at home to SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. Portsmouth have now failed to score in their last five games as they picked up their thirteenth of the season. Wednesday picked up their seventh blank score sheet. ROTHERHAM won 5-1 at home against Gillingham and they are now on a total of 44 goals. 

In League Two EXETER CITY lost 2-1 at home to Northampton and they are on a total of 36 goals and a goal run of seventeen games. SWINDON lost 4-1 away to Leyton Orient and they are on a total of 34 goals and they have now scored in all of their last twelve games. CARLISLE lost 1-0 away to Mansfield and that is their twelfth blank of the season. SUTTON UNITED lost 3-2 away to Newport and they are on a total of 24 goals. STEVENAGE drew 1-1 at home to SCUNTHORPE. Stevenage are on a total of 24 goals to Scunthorpe’s 16. 

Arsenal Still Seventh

In the Premier League ARSENAL lost 2-1 away to Everton. Arsenal are on a total of 29 goals and they have now scored five goals in their last four games.

  

Week Eighteen

In Week Eighteen of the competition we had our twenty-first winner of the season and the cash goes to HAYLEY ADKINS. Hayley won on a score of 8 goals and she becomes our fifth lady winner of the season.  Hayley started with us last season and finished in 91^st place with a total of 227 goals. This season although Hayley has spent most of the time on the second page, has been as high as 49^th place in Week One of the season. She has only picked up three blank score sheets and has picked up a total of 16 goals this week. Hayley's best team is Liverpool. Her wining Teams are 

ABERDEEN 4, LIVERPOOL 1, MANCHESTER CITY 3 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

All but one player managed to pick up some midweek goals this week so the race for the cash has changed and the race looks set to be a good one. It was CHRIS DICKER that picked up the most number of goals with nine this week. They came from Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. They have taken his midweek total to 20 goals. In the lead we still have BOB SOPER and we congratulate him on reaching the halfway mark with a total of 52 goals. His teams are Arsenal, Fulham and Rangers. In second place now with 49 goals we still have COLIN WEBB. In third place we have LYANNA GRIMWOOD now with a total of 46 goals. PETER PORTER drops down to fourth place with a total of 45 goals. In fifth place we have JAMIE WOOD and TONY GUY (3) both dropping down from four and are on a total of 44 goals. 

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had all but ten of our teams in action this weekend and out of the ones that did play ten failed to score any goals. So that means that our weekend average score for the third weekend running remained at 5 goals. The Highest score over the weekend was four goals and they came from ABERDEEN.  Aberdeen picked up their biggest result of the season as they won 4-1 at home against St Mirren. They are now on a total of 23 goals. 

Aberdeen are one of our original teams from our very first season in 1983/84. In that season they scored their highest total of goals to date with 112. They were our top voted Scottish team then but they rarely pick up any votes these days. This is their 22^nd Season with us and last season they finished on a total of 40 goals. Over the seasons they have netted a total of 1581 goals and the now gives them an average total of 71 goals per season. This season they once again have just one vote and they have picked up a total of four blank score sheets to date. 

FA CUP Second Round

We had a total of twelve of our teams in cup action over the weekend. We already Know about two of our teams getting through to the next round but out of the other twelve teams only three have made it to the next round with another one in a replay. The teams that are through are SWINDON who won 2-1 away to Walsall. Swindon are on a total of 33 goals and have now scored in all of their last eleven games. WIGAN won 2-1 away to Colchester and they are on 39 goals. PLYMOUTH won 2-1 away to Rochdale and have taken their goals tally to 43. The team that have a replay are IPSWICH who drew 0-0 at home to Barrow. That is their fifth blank of the season.

The teams that go out are SUTTON UNITED who lost 2-1 away to Bristol Rovers and that is goal number 22 for them and a goal run of six games. BURTON ALBION lost 2-1 at home to Port Vale and they are on 26 goals. CARLISLE lost 2-1 at home to Shrewsbury and they are on 16 goals. LINCOLN CITY lost 1-0 at home to Hartlepool and that is their ninth blank and now four in a row. PORTSMOUTH lost 2-1 at home to Harrogate and they are on 29 goals with a goal run of nine games. STEVENAGE lost 1-0 away to non-league Yeovil and that is their eighth blank of the season. EXTER CITY are out after they lost 2-1 away to Cambridge Utd. Exeter are on 35 goals and have now scored in all of their last sixteen games. SALFORD CITY lost 2-0 at home to non-league Chesterfield. That is their fifth blank after a goal run of seven games. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

We still have the top thirteen teams here with MANCHESTER CITY going top after they won 3-1 away to WATFORD. City are now on a total of 38 goals while Watford picked up goal number 22. LIVERPOOL move up to second place after they won just 1-0 away to WOLVES. Liverpool keep their 100% scoring record going after playing in seventeen games and are now on a total of 49 goals. Wolves picked up their eighth blank of the season and now three in a row. CHELSEA drop down to third place after they lost 3-2 away to London rivals WEST HAM. Chelsea are on 37 goals and a goal run of ten games. West Ham are now on a total of 29 goals and remain in fourth place in the league. TOTTENHAM are up to fifth place as they win 3-0 at home to Norwich and are now on a total of 19 goals. Its 20 goals for BRIGHTON after they drew 1-1 away to Southampton.  ASTON VILLA won 2-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY and they are on 28 goals to Leicester's 27. BRENTFORD drew 2-2 away to Leeds and they are on 31 goals. MANCHESTER UNITED won 1-0 at home to CRYSTAL PALACE. United are on 25 goals while Palace picked up their sixth blank and now two in a row. 

CHAMPIONSHIP

Fulham are still top of the league with Bournemouth still in second place. WEST BROM remained in third place after they won 2-1 away to Coventry. West Brom after failing to score in their previous three games, are now on a total of 29 goals. BARNSLEY drew 1-1 at home to Huddersfield and are on 14 goals after a two game dry spell. PRESTON pickled up their eighth blank of the season after they lost 1-0 away to Blackburn. Bottom of the table DERBY lost 1-0 away to Bristol City and that is blank number eight for them. CARDIFF lost 3-2 at home to SHEFFIELD UNITED and they are on 26 goals while United are now on 31 goals. SWANSEA lost 1-0 away to Middlesbrough and that is their seventh blank of the season. NOTTINGHAM FOREST won 2-0 at home to PETERBOROUGH and they are on a total of 28 goals after a tow game dry spell. Borough picked up their thirteenth blank and now no goals in their last five games. READING drew 1-1 at home to HULL and are on 27 goals to Hull’s 18. 

LEAGUE ONE

We now have the top five teams here with Rotherham still top and Wigan still in second place. Wycombe are third with Plymouth in fourth place. SUNDERLAND are in fifth place after they drew 1-1 at home to OXFORD UNITED. Sunderland are on 38 goals while Oxford hit goal number 36. 

Our BEST three teams this week are 

FULHAM (52) LIVERPOOL (49) RANGERS (44) Total of 145 goals 

Our WORST three teams are 

BARNSLEY (14) SCUNTHORPE (15) CARLISLE UNITED (16) Total of 45 goals 

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Premiership RANGERS are still top after they won 3-0 at home to Dundee. Rangers are now on a total of 44 goals and they have extended their goal run to seventeen games. CELTIC are second as they win 3-0 away to Dundee Utd. Celtic are now on a total of 43 goals. HEARTS are in third place after they won 1-0 away to Livingston and picked up goal number 36.

In the SCOTTISH CUP Third Round Replay, we had just one of our teams in this round and they were KELTY HEARTS. They drew their first game 0-0 at home to Montrose and in the replay they drew again 1-1 away. Kelty finally won the round 3-1 on penalties. They are on a total of 40 goals.

In League Two just one game here with STENHOUSEMUIR losing 4-1 at home to Stranraer and they are now on a total of 28 goals.

Our on-form team is LIVERPOOL after scoring in all of their seventeen League/Cup games with a total of 49 goals. 

Our worst team this week are PETERBOROUGH  after they have now picked up thirteen blank score sheets out of twenty-two games played. 

Our highest goal scorers in our 39^th Season are now FULHAM who won 7-0 away to Blackburn Rovers in the league in Week Fourteen. CHELSEA won 7-0 at home to Norwich in the league in Week Twelve. BRENTFORD won 7-0 at home to Oldham in the third round of the Carabao/League Cup in Week Eight.

ANN WELLARD has remained top for her season weekend.  Ann picked up another total of ten goals from the week. Her teams are Bournemouth, Liverpool and Rangers. Guy Dowsett (2) has moved back up to second place after he picked up a total of ten goals from the week. He is just two goals behind Ann and his teams are Kelty Hearts, Liverpool and Rangers.

At the other end at 113 we still have ZIGGY (John Wood) here this weekend which is now his fourteenth consecutive weekend at the bottom. Ziggy did picked a single goal this week. His teams are Crystal Palace, Scunthorpe and Stenhousemuir. 

So it's all change at the top and here they are

    THIS      LAST                                           M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

   WEEK     WEEK          NAME                    GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

        1            -               A. WELLARD             37                   98                  135              

        2                 3             G. DOWSETT (2)        35                   98                  133                            

        3                 2             MANGO                      38                   95                  133                          

        4                 8             D. MORBEY               26                   104               130                            

        5                 13           S. STUBBS                  21                   108               129                             

        6                 5             M. UNSTEAD             31                   97                 128

        7                 4             L. GRIMWOOD         46                   82                  128                            

        8                 9             P. WELLARD             33                   94                  127                            

        9                 14           R. NETTING              34                   92                  126                             

       10              -               J. FILTNESS               42                   84                  126              

The Start of the FA CUP Second Round

In the start of the FA CUP Second Round we had two of our Golden Goals teams already in action and the good news is that both won their game and through to the next round. CHARLTON won 2-0 away to non-league Gateshead and they are now on a total of 32 goals. ROTHERHAM UNITED won 1-0 at home against non-league Stockport County and that is goal number 39 for them. 

In the Championship, top of the table FULHAM drew 1-1 at home to second place BOURNEMOUTH. Fulham are on a total of 51 goals while Bournemouth picked up goal number 42 and have now scored in all of their last eleven games. 

In the Scottish Championship KILMARNOCK have moved down to third place after they lost 1-0 away to Inverness CT who are now top of the league. Kilmarnock have now had a total of six blank score sheets. 

Manchester United Now Seventh

We had a couple more games from the Premier League games last night and they were TOTTENHAM winning 2-0 at home against BRENTFORD. That takes Tottenham’s goals total to 16 while Brentford after a goal run of six games, picked up their fourth blank of the season. MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-2 at home to ARSENAL and they have taken their goals tally up to 24. Arsenal are on 28 goals. 

In the Scottish Premiership, CELTIC won 1-0 at home to HEARTS to remain in second place, four points behind Rangers. Celtic picked up goal number 40 while Hearts picked up their third blank of the season. 

Another Four for Liverpool

We had more of our Premier League teams in action and it was another very good night for our teams. The top three teams all won again with CHELSEA keeping their top position after they won 2-1 away to WATFORD. Chelsea are on a total of 35 goals and a goal run of nine games. Watford picked up goal number 21. In second place MANCHESTER CITY won 2-1 away to ASTON VILLA and City are on a total of 35 goals while Villa are on 26. Third place LIVERPOOL keep their 100% scoring record in tacked after they won 4-1 away to local rivals Everton. Liverpool are now on a total of 48 goals with 12 of them coming from their last three games. WEST HAM drew 1-1 at home to BRIGHTON and they are on 26 goals to Brighton’s 19. LEICESTER CITY drew 2-2 away to Southampton and they are on a total of 26 goals. WOLVES picked up their seventh blank and now two in a row as they drew 0-0 at home to Burnley. 

In the Scottish Premiership leaders RANGERS won just 1-0 away to Hibernian and that is goal number 41 for them. ABERDEEN won 2-0 at home to Livingston and have taken their goals tally to 19 goals. 

FA CUP First Round Replay

 

If you are a regular reader here on the Golden Goals Blog, then you will know that EXETER CITY had to replay their first round FA Cup tie against Bradford City, due to fielding more than five substitutes in their first meeting. But good news to Exeter fans is that they finally won the game 2-1 at home without extra time this time round even though Bradford went a goal up by half time. Exeter are on a total of  34 goals and have now scored in all of their last fifteen games. Exeter are away to Cambridge Utd in the second round this Saturday.

 

In the Premier League CRYSTAL PALACE goal run of eight games has come to an end after theu lost 1-0 away to Leeds United. That is Palaces fifth blank score sheet of the season.