Are Celtic Now Champions Again?

In the Premier League LIVERPOOL lost their 5^th league game against Brentford in their shock 3-1 away defeat. Liverpool are on a total of 36 goals. 

In the Championship top of the table BURNLEY won 2-1 away to SWANSEA. Burnley are on a total of 56 goals while Swansea hit goal number 38. MIDDLESBROUGH won 3-1 away to Birmingham and they are now on a total of 41 goals. Brough have now scored in all of their last ten games. NORWICH lost 1-0 at home to WATFORD and picked up their 6^th blank of the season. Watford after a two game dry spell, are now on a total of 31 goals. WEST BROM won 1-0 at home to READING and are on a total of 33 goals and now have a goal run of seven games. Reading picked up their 8^th blank score sheet. SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 1-1 away to QPR and that is their 44^th goal of the season. 

In League One DERBY picked up another four goals in their 4-0 home win against Accrington. Derby are now on a total of 45 goals. LINCOLN CITY drew 1-1 at home to IPSWICH and they are on a total of 32 goals while Ipswich are on 54 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY won 5-0 at home to Cambridge Utd and are now on a total of 55 goals. 

In League Two CRAWLEY TOWN drew 2-2 away to Newport and have taken their goals total to 31 goals. GILLINGHAM lost 1-0 away to Stevenage and that is their 18^th blank of the season. Gillingham have now score just one goal in their last four games. 

In the Scottish Premiership, I think we can now say that CELTIC are Champions once again as they drew 2-2 away to rivals RANGERS. Celtic are still 9 points in the lead as they take their goals tally up to 71 and a goal run of fourteen games. Rangers are on a total of 50 goals and a goal run of fifteen games. ABERDEEN drew 0-0 at home to Ross County. That is their 4^th blank of the season. HEARTS won 3-0 at home to HIBERNIAN. Hearts have taken their goals total to 35 goals while Hibs picked up their 7^th blank score sheet and now two games in a row.

Week Twenty-Three

Here we are with Week Twenty-Three of  the competition and we will soon have all of our teams fixtures back next week. So once again there is no cash prize money to win this weekend. It was DAVE WOODS who picked up the most number of goals at the weekend with 7. They came from Arsenal, Charlton and Rangers.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

All but one of us have managed to pick up some midweek goals this week with another small change in the leading pack this week as three of our players are now over the half way mark for the cash. It was CHRIS NUNN who picked up the most number of goals with a total of 14. They came from Liverpool, Manchester City and Middlesbrough. To start 2023 we still have HAYLEY ADKINS in the lead now with a total of 54 goals. Hayley has Aberdeen, Liverpool and Manchester City.  In second place we still have NICK HORTON now on a total of 53 goals. In third place we still have JAMES BLYTH now with a total of 50 goals. In fourth place up from five we have CHRIS NUNN with a total of 49 goals. In fifth place all with a total of 47 goals we still have TOBY BICKNELL our 2014/15 Champion and KEITH THOMSON but they are now joined with RICK WOOD our 2007/08 Champion  coming down from three, with GEOFF CARTHY. In sixth place down from four we have MARK GREGORY on a total of 46 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

This weekend just 33 of our teams in action on New Years Eve and New Years Day so here are their results.

PREMIER LEAGUE

ARSENAL are still top as we go into the New Year. They won 4-2 away to BRIGHTON. Arsenal have now scored in all of their seventeen games and they have a total of 41 goals. Brighton are on 34 goals. MANCHESTER CITY are in second place and with a total of 49 goals. They have now scored in all of their last eight games as they drew 1-1 at home to EVERTON. Everton picked up their 15^th goal of the season. NEWCASTLE are in third place after they drew 0-0 at home to LEEDS UNITED. Newcastle have picked up their 5^th blank score sheet to Leeds 6^th. MANCHESTER UNITED are now in fourth place after they won 1-0 away to Wolves. United are on a total of 30 goals. BOURNEMOUTH lost 2-0 at home to CYSTAL PALACE and picked up their 10^th blank of the season and now three games in a row. Palace have taken their goals total to 19 goals. FULHAM won 2-1 at home to Southampton and they are on a total of 29 goals. TOTTENHAM  lost 2-0 at home to ASTON VILLA and picked up their 3^rd blank score sheet. Villa have taken their goals tally to 25. It’s 20 goals for CHELSEA after they drew 1-1 away to Nottingham Forest. They had failed to score in their previous three games.

CHAMPIONSHIP

SUNDERLAND drew 1-1 away to Blackpool and they are on a total of 38 goals and a goal run of seven games. HUDDERSFIELD lost 2-1 at home against LUTON. Huddersfield have won two out of their last five league games and they are on a total of 25 goals. Luton are on a total of 33  goals. Top of the table PLYMOUTH won 3-1 at home against MK DONS. Plymouth are now on a total of 47 goals while MK Dons are on 36 goals. BRISTOL ROVERS are on 41 goals after they won 2-1 at home against Cheltenham. FOREST GREEN ROVERS lost 3-1 at home to Port Vale and they are on a total of 27 goals. OXFORD UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Exeter. Oxford picked up their 8^th blank of the season. PETERBOROUGH picked up their 7^th blank score sheet after they lost 3-0 at home to Wycombe. CHARLTON won 3-1 away to Portsmouth and they are now on a total of 46 goals. 

LEAGUE TWO

BRADFORD CITY won 3-2 at home against SALFORD CITY and they have taken their goals tally to 33 while Salford are on 31 goals. SWINDON lost 1-0 away to Colchester and that is their 10^th blank of the season. STOCKPORT COUNTY lost 1-0 away to Grimsby and that is their 4^th blank after a goal run of eight games. SUTTON UNITED won 2-1 at home to AFC WIMBLEDON. Sutton are on a total of 25 goals while Wimbledon are on 33 goals. MANSFIELD TOWN lost 2-1 away to Walsall and they are on a total of 36 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS

In League One ALLOA drew 0-0 at home to KELTY HEARTS. Alloa have picked up their 6^th blank of the season while Kelty Hearts picked up their 11^th.

In League Two STENHOUSEMUIR lost 3-1 away to Stirling and they are on a total of 42 goals and they have now scored in all of their last seventeen games.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (69) BURNLEY  (54) IPSWICH TOWN(53) Total of 176 goals 

Our WORST three teams are

EVERTON (15) WEST HAM (15) GILLINGHAM (16) Total of 46 goals

Our best performing team are now ARSENAL as they have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games played. They have a total of 41 goals. That gives them an average score of 2.4 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM this weekend as they have picked up seventeen blank score sheets out of 30 League/Cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 40^th Season are CELTIC who won 9-0 away to Dundee Utd in the league and LIVERPOOL who won 9-0 at home to Bournemouth in the league both from Week Five

Our 2010/11 Champion TONY GUY with his second selection, has remained at the top for his 10^th consecutive weekend. Tony picked up a total of 15 goals this week from Arsenal, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday and is now six goals in front. Simon Dickinson has moved in to second place this weekend. Simon picked up a total of 13 goals from his combination of Celtic, Liverpool and Sheffield Wednesday.  

At the other end at 108 we have MANDY WRIGHT moving back down as she picked up a total of 6 goals. Mandy’s teams are Bournemouth, Swansea and West Ham. Mandy has now been here for twelve weeks throughout the season..

Here are our top ten as we start 2023

            THIS      LAST                                                  M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL

    WEEK     WEEK         NAME                             GOALS         GOALS        GOALS 

         1             -             T. GUY (2)                            41                  119                160

          2                 5            S. DICKINSON                    45                  109                154

          3                 -             M. GREGORY                      46                  108                154

          4                 2            MANGO                                40                  113                153              

          5                 4            GRANT PHILLIPS                36                  116                152              

         6                 -             J. BLYTH                                50                  102                152

         7                 -             J. WISE                                   38                  110                148              

         8                 11          T. GUY (2010/11)                    36                  111                147              

         9                 8            G. DOWSETT (2)                   37                  109                146              

                   10              9            G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)    32                  113                145 

Happy New Year from Golden Goals

 

May I wish you and your family a very “Happy New Year” and hoping that we all have a better year?

We here at Golden Goals have had a great year, as we are half way through celebrating our 40^th Anniversary of Golden Goals, with our 40^th Champion who will be wining a total of £240 in cash, but who is it going to be? We also had the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which was our ninth World Cup and the winner was Chris Setford winning a total of £40.

In July of this year we will be starting our 41^st Season in which it would be so nice to see your name in this competition. If you have any questions about the competition, then please email me at goldengoals1983@gmail.com.

I would like to say a big thank you for your support over the last year to the players of Golden Goals and to you, for taking a look now and then at our football competition and hope that you have enjoyed your visit here.

Last League Games of 2022

In the Premier League WEST HAM lost to London rivals Brentford 2-0 at home. West Ham have now had a total of eight blank score sheets and now just one goal in their last three games. LIVERPOOL won 2-1 at home to LEICESTER CITY and are on a total of 35 goals to Leicester’s total of 32. 

In the Championship top of the table BURNLEY won 1-0 away to Stoke and they are on a total of 54 goals. NORWICH are on 36 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to READING who are on a total of 30 goals. SWANSEA picked up their biggest result of the season as they win 4-0 at home to WATFORD. Swansea are now on a total of 37 goals while Watford picked up their 9^th blank and now two games in a row. 

In League One DERBY won 1-0 at home to Cambridge Utd and it was their 41^st goal of the season. LINCOLN CITY drew 1-1 at home against Bolton. Lincoln are on a total of 31 goals. 

In League Two CRAWLEY TOWN lost 3-1 away to Stevenage. Crawley are on a total of 29goals.

  

More League Results

In the Championship LUTON won 3-0 away to QPR and they are on a total of 31 goals. MIDDLESBROUGH won 2-1 away to Blackburn and they have taken their goals total to 38. They have also now scored in all of their last nine games. HUDDERSFIELD won 2-0 at home to Rotherham and they are on a total of 24 goals. SUNDERLAND picked up their biggest result of the season by winning 4-1 away to Wigan. Sunderland are now on a total of 37 goals and a goal run of six games. WEST BROM have now scored in all of their last six games as win 2-0 at home to Preston and they are on a total of 34 goals. SHEFFIELD UNITED won 2-1 away to Blackpool and they are on a total of 43 goals. 

In League One BRISTOL ROVERS lost 4-3 at home to Exeter and they are now on a total of 39 goals. After failing to score in their last two games, FOREST GREEN are now on a total of 26 goals after they lost 2-1 at home to Burton. OXFORD UNITED have not scored in their last two games by they won 3-1 at home to CHARLTON to take their goals tally to 37 goals. Charlton picked up their 43^rd goal of the season. PETERBOROUGH won 2-0 at home to MK DONS and they are on a total of 45 goals while the Dons picked up their 10^th blank of the season. PLYMOUTH are on 44 goals as they win 1-0 at home to Wycombe. IPSWICH drew 2-2 away to Portsmouth and are on a total of 53 goals. It’s 50 goals for SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY as they win 2-0 at home against Port Vale. 

In League Two BRADFORD CITY have failed to score in their last two games but they are now on a total of 30 goals as they win 1-0 at home to Harrogate. AFC WIMBLEDON won 2-1 away to Colchester and they are on a total of 32 goals. SALFORD CITY picked up their biggest win of the season by winning 4-1 away to Grimsby. Salford are now on a total of 29 goals. MANSFIELD won 2-1 away to Hartlepool and they are on a total of 35 goals. SWINDON won 2-1 away to Northampton and they are on a total of 28 goals. SUTTON won 2-1 at home to GILLINGHAM and they are on a total of 23 goals while Gillingham picked up goal number 16 after they had failed to score in their previous two games. STOCKPORT won 2-0 away to Walsall and they have taken their goals total to 43.

 

Celtic Still Top, City Second

In the Premier League MANCHESTER CITY are now in second place and 5 points behind leaders Arsenal as they win 3-1 away to LEEDS UNITED. City are now on a total of 48 goals and have now scored in all of their lasts eleven games. Leeds picked up their 26^th goal of the season. 

In the Scottish Premiership top of the table CELTIC won 4-0 away to HIBERNIAN. Celtic have scored in all of their last thirteen games and they are now on a total of 69 goals. Hibs picked up their 6^th blank of the season. RANGERS in second place won 3-0 at home to Motherwell. Rangers are now on a total of 48 goals and they have scored in all of their last fourteen games. HEARTS in third place won 3-2 away to St Johnstone and they are now on a total of 32 goals. ABERDEEN in fourth place lost 2-1 away to Kilmarnock and are on a total of 53 goals. 

Burnley Still Top of Championship

In the Premier League after failing to score a goal in their last three games, CHELSEA won 2-0 at home to BOURNEMOUTH. Chelsea have taken their goals total to 19 while Bournemouth picked up their 9^th blank score sheet and now two games in a row. MANCHESTER UNITED won 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest. United are on a total of 29 goals and have extended their goal run to eight games. 

In the Championship top of the table BURNLEY won 3-0 at home to Birmingham and they are on a total of 53 goals. READING won 2-1 at home to SWANSEA and they are on a total of 29 goals. Swansea picked up goal number 33. 

In League One DERBY drew 0-0 away to Bolton and that is their 10^th blank of the season.