Wednesday in Play-off Finals

In the Premier League NEWCASTLE won 4-1 at home against BRIGHTON. Newcastle are still in third place but have now taken their goals tally to 76. Brighton picked up their 86^th goal of the season and a goal run  of 6 games now.

In the League One play-off’s PETERBOROUGH won their first leg tie against SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 4-0 at home. In the second leg Sheffield Wednesday won 4-0 after the full 90 minutes, but after extra time the score was 5-1 to Wednesday (5-5 on aggregate) Then on to penalties where Wednesday won 5-3. Wednesday have taken their goals tally to 99 goals while Peterborough end their season on a total of 86 goals. Sheffield Wednesday will play either Bolton or or Barnsley at Wembley on 29^th May. 

Luton and Coventry in Championship Final

In the other Championship Play-off, MIDDLESBROUGH had a goalless first leg game against Coventry City and they could not find the goal in the second leg game either as they lost 1-0 at home. Middlesbrough lost 1-0 on aggregate. Middlesbrough finished in fourth place in the league as they picked up their 11^th blank of the season. In fact they have scored just one goal in their last four games. They end their season on a total of 85 goals. Coventry will play Luton at Wembley on 27^th May.

Luton in Championship Final

In the Championship Play-Offs, LUTON went 2-1 down in the first leg game against SUNDERLAND and then they came back to win 2-0 at home in the second leg. Luton are in the finals 3-2 on aggregate. Luton have taken their goals total to 67 while Sunderland after a goal run of 8 games, picked up their 9^th blank of the season and they finished the season with a total of 75 goals.

Liverpool Win Last Seven Games

 In the Premier League LIVERPOOL are still in fifth place after they won 3-0 away to LEICESTER CITY. Liverpool are now on a total of 76 goals and they have now scored in all of their last 8 games. Leicester after they had scored in all of their last five games, picked up their 13^th blank of the season and now face relegation.

Week Forty-Two

In Week Forty-Two of the competition and we are still in to injury time here at Golden Goals as the goals keep coming in. We had two players that picked up the most number of goals with 7 each. They are MICHAEL FISHER with Chelsea 2, Manchester City 3 and Manchester United 2. ROBERT FULLER with Chelsea 2, Manchester City 3 and Sunderland 2. We had 11 players that failed to get any goals this weekend although five of them did pick up some midweek goals. 100 

MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Just under half of us managed to pick up some more midweek goals, but it is still JAMES BLYTH out in front with a total of 107. His teams are Ipswich, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday.  We still have just three players that have reached 100 goals. In second place we still have NICK HORTON and CHRIS NUNN now with a total of 101 goals each. In third place we still have TOBY BICKNELL our 2014/15 Champion but now with TIM WOOD both with a total of 99 goals. In fourth place we have SAMUEL STEPHENS with a total of 98 goals. In fifth place with 97 goals we have CHRIS DICKER and GEOFF CARTHY. In sixth place this week we still have CHRIS BOLBERY our 2017/18 Champion and RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion and coming back in KEITH THOMSON all with a total of 96 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We only had just 26 of our teams in action and out of the the ones that did play, 9 failed to score any goals. With Arsenal and Celtic who failed to score this weekend,  it has effected our winning frame this week. We did not have a bad weekend as we had three teams that picked up the highest score with 3 goals each. They are BRIGHTON, MANCHESTER CITY and RANGERS. 

PREMIER LEAGUE

MANCHESTER CITY are still top after they won 3-0 away to EVERTON. City still have a game in hand as they take their goals total to 114 and a goal run of 17 games. Everton picked up their 14^th blank score sheet. After a goal run of  15 games, ARSENAL lost 3-0 at home to BRIGHTON to pick up their 4^th blank of the season. Arsenal are now four points behind City. Brighton are now on a total of 85 goals. NEWCASTLE are still third after they drew 2-2 away to LEEDS UNITED and have taken their goals total to 72. Leeds are on a total of 59 goals and a goal run of 11 games. After they failed to score in their last two games, MANCHESTER UNITED are still in fourth place after they  won 2-0 at home against Wolves. United are on a total of 79 goals. Liverpool in fifth place even though they had no game over the weekend. After they had failed to score in their previous two games, ASTON VILLA won 2-1 at home to TOTTENHAM and are on a total of 55 goals while Tottenham are on 69 and a goal run of 10 games. CHELSEA drew 2-2 at home to Nottingham Forest and are on a total of 36 goals. It’s 40 goals for CRYSTAL PALACE after they won 2-0 at home to AFC BOURNEMOUTH. Bournemouth picked up their 17^th blank of the season. FULHAM won 2-0 away to Southampton and they are on a total of 61 goals. WEST HAM lost 2-0 away to Brentford and picked up their 13^th blank of the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS

In their first leg games, SUNDERLAND won their first game 2-1 at home against LUTON TOWN. Sunderland are on a total of 75 goals while Luton hit goal number 65. MIDDLESBROUGH drew 0-0 away to Coventry and that is their 10^th blank of the season.

LEAGUE TWO PLAY-OFFS 

SALFORD CITY won 1-0 at home to STOCKPORT COUNTY and are on a total of 74 goals while Stockport after a goal run of 11 games, picked up their 10^th blank of the season. BRADFORD CITY won their first leg 1-0 at home to Carlisle Utd and they are on a total of 64 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS

In the Premiership Champions CELTIC lost their second league game of the season, 3-0 away to their rivals RANGERS. Celtic after a goal run of 34 league/cup games, it all comes to an end with their second blank of the season. Rangers have taken their goals total to 99 goals. ABERDEEN in third place drew 0-0 at home to HIBERNIAN in fifth place. Aberdeen have now picked up their 10^th blank of the season and now two games in a row. Hibernian picked up their 9^th blank score sheet after a goal run of 12 games. HEARTS in fourth place drew 2-2 away to St Mirren and they are on a total of 63 goals. 

In the League One Play-offs ALLOA lost their second leg game 5-2 away to Hamilton and go out 5-3 on aggregate. Alloa finished the season on a total of 68 goals.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (131) MANCHESTER CITY (114) IPSWICH (113) Total of 358 goals

Our WORST three teams are

EVERTON (35) CHELSEA (36) FOREST GREEN ROVERS (38) Total of 109 goals

Our best performing team are now MANCHESTER CITY as they have now scored in all of their last 17 league/cup games played. They have a total of 114 goals. That gives them an average score of 2.6 goals per game.

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM as they have picked up a total of 24 blank score sheets out of their 54 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 winning 9-0 at home to Bournemouth in the league both from Week Five.

JAMES BLYTH has remained at the top this weekend, after picking up a total of just 3 goals this week. This is his third weekend there and now four over the season. His teams are Ipswich, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday. James is still climbing up our Champions League and is now in 13^th place this week. He has beaten two ladies this week and they are Janice Conway with 318 goals from the 2000/01 Season and Alice Stubbs 318 goals from the 2012/13 Season. Our 2010/11 Champion Tony Guy with combo two, is still in second place. Tony did not pick up any goals this week from Arsenal, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday and he is now 9 goals behind James.

At the other end at 108 we now have  JOHN NICHOLLS back down there. John picked up a total of  7 goals for the week. John has now been at 108 for a total of 4 weeks over the season. John’s teams are Bristol Rovers, Everton and Leeds United. John is currently in 36^th place in our Loser’s League.

Not much of a change in the top ten this weekend.

         THIS        LAST                                             M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL      

WEEK     WEEK     NAME                             GOALS         GOALS      GOALS 

     1               -            J. BLYTH                           107                  214             321         

     2               -            T. GUY (2)                           87                  225             312         

     3               -            M. GREGORY                    88                   218             306         

     4               -             MANGO                              74                  227             301         

     5              6             S. STEPHENS                     98                 202             300         

     6              5             S. DICKINSON                   91                 207             298         

     7              -              GRANT PHILLIPS             77                 217             294         

     8              -              T. BICKNELL (2014/15)    99                 192             291  

     9              -              B. BURROUGHS (1)         64                  223             287         

    10             -              M. LAVER                          80                 206             286

Peterborough Win First leg

 In the League One Play-off 1st leg game, PETERBOROUGH won 4-0 at home against SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. Peterborough have taken their goals tally up to 85 goals while Wednesday, after a goal run of nine games, picked up their 7^th blank of the season.

Alloa takes the lead in Play-Off's

In the Scottish Championship play-offs 1^st leg game, ALLOA won 1-0 at home to Hamilton. Alloa are on a total of 66 goals. 

Here is our up to date list of our six top teams in our 40^th Season of Golden Goals. The goals come from League games, FA Cup and League Cup. Scottish teams are also from their League and their two domestic cups. 

131 CELTIC

113 IPSWICH TOWN

111 MANCHESTER CITY

98 BURNLEY

96 RANGERS

94 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY