Two Games Left

As you might know that we here in Golden Goals that we have just two more games to be played before our 34^th Season is finally finished. The two games are both cup finals one for our English teams and the other for our Scottish teams.

The English have the FA CUP between ARSENAL v CHELSEA while in Scotland we have ABERDEEN v CELTIC in the WILLIAM HILL CUP. Both games are to be played on this coming Saturday.

These two remaining games will affect the Golden Goals table and the outcome to who will be our 34^th Champion. The votes for the four teams are as follows. Arsenal have a total of sixteen votes while Chelsea have fifteen. In Scotland Aberdeen have just one vote while Celtic have sixty-nine.

But some players here at Golden Goals have one, two or three of those four teams in their combinations.

At the top last weekend we have LEE CLARK, now Lee has just Celtic left to play. In second place is STEPHEN STUBBS who has Celtic and Chelsea.

So we are left with 1 player with Aberdeen and 55 with Celtic. Arsenal have 10 players while Chelsea have 6.

We then have 5 players with part combination of Arsenal and Celtic while 7 players have Celtic and Chelsea.

We will be keeping an eye on JOHN WOOD in fourth place who has Arsenal, Celtic and Chelsea. Could John be our next champion although he is just two goals behind Lee Clark?

Week Forty-Two

It’s Week Forty-Two of Season 34 and  we are left with just four of our Golden Goals teams left to play and they are all in the cup competitions this weekend. They are ARSENAL v CHELSEA in the FA CUP and ABERDEEN v CELTIC in the WILLIAM HILL CUP.

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

We have finished with thirty-nine players that have scored 100 or more midweek goals and that is a Golden Goals record. So it is congratulations to DARYL NICHOLLS who has finished on a total of 136 midweek goals and has beaten our highest midweek score set by Paul Davey in our 2013/14 Season with a total of 132 goals. Daryl had Brighton, Celtic and Newcastle.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We only had twenty of our teams in action over the weekend,  and the good news is that only two of them failed to pick up any goals. The highest score that we had over the weekend was seven goals and they came from the English Premiership. That team was TOTTENHAM once again as they pick up a total of 13 goals in their last two games this season as they beat Hull 7-1 away in their very last game to pick up their highest score of the season. Tottenham finished on a total of 109 goals.

PREMIERSHIP

The very last Premiership games have now been played and Champions CHELSEA won their last league game 5-1 at home to Sunderland and they are on a total of 108 goals. Chelsea finished seven points in front of TOTTENHAM in second place. MANCHESTER CITY finished in third place after they won 5-0 away to Watford. City finished on a total of 98 goals. LIVERPOOL won 3-0 at home to finished in fourth place with 92 goals. ARSENAL landed in fifth place as they win 3-1 at home to EVERTON. Arsenal are on 99 goals while Everton finished in seventh place with 67 goals. In sixth place was MANCHESTER UNITED who won 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace and finished with a total of 78 goals. WEST HAM won 2-1 away to Burnley and they finished on a total of 51 goals. STOKE won 1-0 away to SOUTHAMPTON and end their season on 49 goals. Southampton picked up their sixteenth blank score sheet of the season and they had scored just two goals in their last six games. LEICESTER CITY finished on a total of 57 goals as they drew 1-1 at home to BOURNEMOUTH who finished on a total of 59 goals.

LEAGUE ONE Play-off Final

In the Play-off  we had both teams in this final and they were BRADFORD CITY who faced MILLWALL. It’s the second season that Millwall have been in this final but they made sure that they won this time 1-0. The single goal gave Millwall their 86thgoals. Bradford picked up their twelfth blank score sheet.

SCOTTISH RESULTS

In the Scottish Premiership last games Champions CELTIC won 2-0 at home to Hearts and they are now on a total of 132 goals. ABERDEEN in second place won 6-0 away to Partick and they are on 88 goals.  RANGERS in third place won 2-1 away to fourth place St JOHNSTONE. Rangers finished on a total of 86 goals while St Johnstone finished on 66.

KILMARNOCK finished on 41 goals as they lost their last game 2-1 at home to Ross County.

In the Scottish League One Play-off Final 2^nd leg, PETERHEAD lost this leg as well 5-1 to Forfar and 7-2 on aggregate. Peterhead finished on a total of 58 goals.

Our Best Three Teams Are

CELTIC (132) TOTTENHAM (109) CHELSEA (108) Total of 349 goals

Our Worst Three Teams Are

OLDHAM (37) KILMARNOCK (41) STOKE (46) Total of 124 goals

Our Best team on form is still CELTIC after they have scored in all of their forty-six League and Cup games played and netting a total of 132 goals which still gives them an average score of 2.8 goals per game.

OLDHAM  have picked up the most number of blank score sheets this season with a total of twenty-six out of their fifty league and cup games played.

Our highest goal scorers in our 34^th Season are  HIBERNIAN after they won 8-1 away to non-league team Bonnyrigg Ross in the Fourth Round of the Scottish WILLIAM HILL CUP in Week Twenty-Five.

We have a new leader at the very top this weekend and they are LEE CLARK. Lee is in his very first season with Golden Goals and this is the first time that he has been top although he has been very close in the last few weeks. Lee has the combination of Celtic, Newcastle and Tottenham and with just two of them teams he has picked up a total of 20 goals with most of them coming from Tottenham. Lee is just one goal in front of  Stephen Stubbs who remained in in second place again this weekend. So how is Lee doing in the Champions league? well he has jumped up to third place but he needs a total of sixteen goals from Celtic in the cup this weekend to beat our record holder Laurie King’s score of 355 goals in the 2001/02 Season.

At the other end at number 136 we have JASON COOPER and the reason for that is that his teams have finished playing a couple of weeks ago. Jason had Bristol Rovers, Derby and Walsall. But Jason has been here before in week eight. He will finish in 8^th place in our Loser’s League.

     THIS      LAST                                                             M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL        

     WEEK     WEEK             NAME                                   GOALS         GOALS        GOALS     

        1            5                 L. CLARK                                   113                 228                341               

          2                 -                 S. STUBBS                                  121                 219                340                 

         3                 15              M. FISHER                                   89                   250                339                 

         4                 7                JOHN WOOD                             92                   247                339                 

        5                 11              B. CLARK                                    97                   241                338                  

        6                 4                A. STUBBS (2012/13)               103                 234                337                 

        7                 1                J. TIGHE                                       118                 215                333                 

       8                 13              G. DOCKERILL (1994/95)       98                   234                332                 

       9                 8                TIM WOOD                                 94                   237                331                 

       10              6                 M. PEPPERRELL (2002/03)    112                 219                331              

Scottish Premiership Play-off Semi-final 2nd Leg

In the Scottish Premiership Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg game, FALKIRK drew their first leg      2-2 to Dundee Utd but they could not pull anything else out of the hat as they lost the second leg 2-1 at home and 4-3 on aggregate. Falkirk have finished on a total of 65 goals.

Another Team To Hit 100 Goals

In the English Premiership, TOTTENHAM have picked up the highest score of the week so far, as they win 6-1 away to LEICESTER CITY. Tottenham have now taken their goals total to 102 which now makes them our fifth team this season to score 100 or more goals. Leicester picked up goal number 56.

In the League Two Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg game LUTON’S season finally comes to the end as they drew their second leg game 3-3 at home to Blackpool and lost 6-5 on aggregate. Luton finished on a total of 88 goals.

Meanwhile in the Scottish Premiership, CELTIC are now on a total of 130 goals as they win 5-0 away to Partick. Celtic have smashed their record number of goals with Golden Goals which was 122 back in the 2000/01 Season. Celtic need just eight goals in their last two games to beat Manchester City’s top score of 137 goals in the 2013/14 Season.

Our Teams Were Doing So Well

In the English Premiership MANCHESTER UNITED had a chance to catch up to the big boys this week but they failed with a goalless draw with SOUTHAMPTON away. Although United have now had a total of nine blank score sheets this season, they have now scored just two goals in their last five games. Southampton fair no better by picking up their fifteenth blank score sheet they have also scored just two goals in their last five games.

In the Championship Play-off Semi-final 2^nd leg, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY drew their first leg game against Huddersfield 0-0 and they drew again in the second leg 1-1 after extra time. Wednesday will remain in the Championship next season as they go out 4-3 on penalties. Wednesday finished their season on a total of 62 goals.

In the Scottish Premiership second placed ABERDEEN beat third place RANGERS 2-1 away to take their goals tally to 82 while rangers hit goal number 84. It’s 65 goals for St JOHNSTONE as they win 1-0 at home to Hearts.

In the League One play-off 1^st leg, PETERHEAD lost 2-1 away to Forfar. Peterhead are now on a total of 57 goals.

More Goals For Golden Goals

In the English Premiership, MANCHESTER CITY have moved up to third place after they beat West Brom 3-1 at home. City have now taken their goals tally to 93. ARSENAL are now on a total of 96 goals as they win 2-0 at home to Sunderland. They remained fifth in the prem.

In the Scottish Premiership it’s 40 goals for KILMARNOCK who lost 3-1 away to Motherwell. In the Premiership Play-off Semi-final 1^st leg FALKIRK drew 2-2 away to Dundee Utd and they are now on 64 goals.

Chelsea Lead By Ten Points

In the English Premiership CHELSEA are now our second best team behind Celtic as they take their goals tally to 103 as they beat Watford 4-3 at home. Chelsea are now ten points clear of Tottenham, although Tottenham have a game in hand.

We now have four teams that have picked up 100 or more goals this season and they are

CELTIC (125) CHELSEA (103) SHEFFIELD UNITED (101) and NEWCASTLE (100)