No Goals for Leicester City

In the English Premiership, LEICESTER CITY picked up their eighth blank score sheet of the season after a goal run of eight games as they went down 1-0 at home to Newcastle.

In the Scottish Championship, AYR UNITED lost 2-1 away to Dundee Utd. The single goal takes their goals tally up to 64.

A Trickle of Goals for GG Fans

In the English Championship, BIRMINGHAM drew 1-1 against Sheffield United and that is their 57^th goal of the season. BRENTFORD won 2-0 at home to bottom of the table IPSWICH. Brentford have taken their goals total up to 79 while Ipswich picked up their eighteenth blank of the season. HULL are on 63 goals as they win 2-1 at home against Wigan. ASTON VILLA have extended their goals run to eight games as they win 2-1 away to ROTHERHAM. Villa are now on a total of 76 goals while Rotherham picked up goal number 47.

Leeds United in Second Place

In the English Championship, LEEDS UNITED move up to second place after they beat ten men Preston 2-0 away. Leeds have taken their goals tally up to 71. WEST BROM lost 3-2 away to Bristol City and they are now on 82 goals. BLACKBURN are on 69 goals as they win 2-0 at home to DERBY who picked up their twelfth blank of the season. SWANSEA picked up yet another three goals as they win 3-1 at home against STOKE. They have now scored nine goals in their last three games and that takes them up to 68 goals. Stoke picked up goal number 46. NOTTINGHAM FOREST have picked up their thirteenth blank score sheet after they lost 3-0 away to Sheffield Wednesday.

In League One, SUNDERLAND are now in second place as they drew 1-1 at home against BURTON ALBION. Sunderland are now on 73 goals to Burton’s 67. CHARLTON won 1-0 away to WYCOMBE and that is their 65^th goal of the season. Wycombe picked up their eleventh blank of the season. ACCRINGTON STANLEY lost 1-0 at home to ROCHDALE and that is their seventeenth black score sheet and just one goal in their last four games. Rochdale are now on 55 goals.

In League Two, EXETER have now scored in all of their last six games but they lost 3-2 away to Macclesfield. Exeter are now on a total of 58 goals. SWINDON drew 0-0 away to Newport and that is their sixteenth blank score sheet of the season.

In the Scottish Championship, ROSS COUNTY have stayed top as they win 1-0 at home against Dunfermline and that is goal number 68 for County. AYR UNITED have moved up to third place after they won 1-0 at home to Queen of South. Ayr are now on 63 goals. ALLOA won 2-1 away to Morton and they are now on 48 goals.

Chelsea Move up to Third Place

In the English Premiership CHELSEA have beaten London rivals WEST HAM 2-0 at home. Chelsea have taken their goals total up to 70 goals while West Ham picked up their fourteenth blank score sheet and now two in a row.

Week Thirty-Six

In Week Thirty-Six of the competition we had a total of four winners who won on a score of just 7 goals each. Our winners are CLIFF BAMBRIDGE, SCOTT THOMSON (2), JOHN WOOD (Lucifer), and TIM WOOD.

Cliff is a first time winner this season and we have now had a total of thirty-nine winners to date. Cliff is in his third season with Golden Goals and he started in the 2016/17 Season. Last season he finished in 129^th place on a total of 239 goals. This season Cliff has been as high as fourth place and that was in Weeks Fifteen and Eighteen. He has picked up five blank score sheets but he’s back in the winning frame this week.  Scott has picked up his second win of the season as he won back in Week Twenty-Nine with another shared win. Since then he has picked up another blank score sheet to give him four for the season. John also picks up his second win of the season and another shared win from Week Twenty-One.He has also picked up another blank score sheet to give him just two over the season. Tim become the first person to pick up three wins and has now won over £23 in cash. Last time that Tim won was way back in Week Twelve. Since then he has picked up another two blank score sheets to give him four over the season. Our winners teams are

Cliff  DERBY 3, MANCHESTER CITY 1, RANGERS 3

Scott  DERBY 3, MANCHESTER CITY 1, SWANSEA 3

John  ACCRINGTON STANLEY 1, BURTON 3, PETERHESD 3

Tim  MANCHESTER CITY 1, PETERHEAD 3, RANGERS 3

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Congratulations to GRAHAM HARRIS as he has finally won this season’s 100 Midweek Goals Jackpot with this season’s cash prize money of £30. Graham needed just one goal from his combination and that goal did not come from Hearts but Tottenham last Wednesday night. His other team is West Brom. His total stands at 101 goals but can Graham beat our record held by Daryl Nicholls with 136 goals from the 2016/17 Season. John Davies and Kellie Stratton came a very close second with a total of 95 goals each.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had most of our teams in action over weekend with ten of them failing to score any goals and another seven teams that had no game. So the weekends average score fell from five to a just 3 goals. It seems that our teams have forgotten how to score goals of late.

The highest score that we had came from the Premiership where LEICESTER CITY won 4-1 away to Huddersfield. That has taken Leicester’s goal total up to 52 goals and they have now scored in all of their last eight games.

Leicester are our 64^th English team to play in the competition and this is their fifteenth Season with Golden Goals. They first appeared in our 1987/88 Season and ended on a total of 68 goals. Their highest score came in the 2013/14 Season with 98 goals. This season they have just two votes and have picked up just seven blank score sheets. Over the seasons they have scored a total of 1099 goals which gives them an average score of 73 goals per season.

FA CUP Semi-Finals

We had just two of our teams playing in the semi-finals and they were MANCHESTER CITY who won just 1-0 against Brighton to give them their 119^th goal of the season and WOLVES. Wolves had to play Watford and went a goal up at half time. At the end of  90 minutes the score was 2-2. In extra time, Watford won 3-2. The two goals for Wolves, means that they are now on a total of 54 goals. The final is to be played on May 18 between Manchester City and Watford.

PREMIERSHIP

We still have the top nine teams here with Liverpool holding on to top place after their win on Friday night. Not many of our Prem teams played due to the FA Cup semi-finals but ninth place EVERTON beat fourth place ARSENAL 1-0 at home. The single goal gives Everton their 54^th of the season while Arsenal picked up their fourth blank of the season after a goal run of ten games. BOURNEMOUTH lost 3-1 at home to Burnley after going a goal up. Bournemouth are now on a total of 53 goals.

CHAMPIONSHIP

In the Play-off zone we still  have three teams with LEEDS UNITED dropping back down to third place as they lost 1-0 away to BIRMINGHAM. That is now Leeds sixth blank of the season. Birmingham are now on 56 goals. WEST BROM are still in fourth place after they lost 2-0 away to Millwall and that is their eighth blank score sheet. ASTON VILLA are still in fifth place after they won 3-1 away to Sheffield Wednesday. Villa are now on a total of 74 goals.

Meanwhile, STOKE won 1-0 away to BLACKBURN ROVERS and after a run of four games with out a goal, Stoke are now on 45 while Rovers picked up their ninth blank of the season. Bottom of the table IPSWICH picked up their fourth league win of the season by beating Bolton 2-1 away. Ipswich are now on a total of 33 goals. BRENTFORD drew 3-3 at home against DERBY and after a four game dry spell for goals, Brentford are now on 77 goals while Derby are on 71. HULL are on 61 goals as they win 3-1 at home to Reading. ROTHERHAM won 2-1 at home to NOTTINGHAM FOREST and they are now on 46 goals to Forest’s 64. SWANSEA  have picked up six goals in a week after they won 3-1 at home to Middelsbrough. Swansea are now on a total of 65 goals.

LEAGUE ONE

We are still doing well here with LUTON still on top after they drew 2-2 at home to Blackpool. Luton are now on a total of 83 goals. In second place and now eight points behind Luton is BARNSLEY. They lost 3-1 away to BURTON ALBION to pick up their 77^th goal of the season while Burton are now on 66 goals.

In the Play-off zone, in third place is SUNDERLAND after they won 2-1 away to ROCHDALE. Sunderland are now on 72 goals while Rochdale are on 54. PORTSMOUTH are down to fourth place as they win 3-2 away to WYCOMBE. Portsmouth have taken their goals tally up to 79 goals while Wycombe are on 56. CHARLTON remain in fifth place as they win 2-0 away to PLYMOUTH. Charlton are now on 64 goals as Plymouth pick up their fourteenth blank of the season.

Meanwhile COVENTRY drew 0-0 at home to BRISTOL ROVERS and that is their tenth blank to Rovers sixteenth. ACCRINGTON STANLEY after a two game dry spell are now on 47 goals after they drew 1-1 away to AFC Wimbledon. SOUTHEND drew 2-2 away to Fleetwood and they are now on 60 goals after a three game dry spell for goals. PETERBOROUGH won 2-0 at home to Gillingham and they have taken their goals total up to 71. SHREWSBURY drew 1-1 at home against SCUNTHORPE and they are on 59 goals to Scunthorpe’s 52.

LEAGUE TWO

We have the top three here with LINCOLN CITY still on top after they  beat third place MK DONS 2-0 away. Lincoln are now on a total of 83 goals and they have extended their goal run to twenty-eight games. The Dons after a goal run of twelve games picked up their sixth blank of the season. MANSFIELD have moved up to second place after they won 1-0 at home to Cambridge United. Mansfield are now on a total of 69 goals.

In the Play-off zone this weekend we have just one team left in it and they are EXETER in seventh place as they drew 1-1 away to Cheltenham. Exeter are now on 56 goals.

Meanwhile OLDHAM are on 67 goals after they won 2-0 away to Colchester. NOTTS COUNTY drew 2-2 at home to Northampton and they are now on 46 goals. SWINDON drew 1-1 at home to Yeovil and they are now on 53 goals.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

In the Scottish Premiership, Champions CELTIC drew 0-0 at home to Livingston to pick up their seventh blank of the season. RANGERS won 3-0 away to Motherwell to catch up on rivals Celtic and they are now on 89 goals. ABERDEEN won 2-0 away to Dundee and they are now on a total of 69 goals. HAMILTON drew 1-1 at home to St Mirren and that was their 26^th goal of the season. HIBERNIAN won 2-1 away to HEARTS and they are on 59 goals while Hearts are on 64.

In the Championship, bottom of the table ALLOA  won 2-1 away to second of the bottom FALKIRK.  Alloa are now on a total of 46 goals while Falkirk hit goal number 39. AYR UNITED lost 1-0 at home to Inverness CT and that is their twelfth blank of the season. In League One, RAITH ROVERS are still in second place after they drew 1-1 away to bottom of the table STENHOUSEMUIR. Raith are on 76 goals and have now scored in all of their last eight games while Stenhousemuir have taken their goals tally up to 42. DUMBARTON won 2-1 at home to Brechin and they are now on 57 goals and a goal run of eleven games. In League Two, PETERHEAD are still top after they drew 3-3 away to Clyde  to take their goals tally up to 63 goals.

Our BEST three teams this week with Golden Goals are

MANCHESTER CITY (119) RANGERS (89) CELTIC (89) Total of 297 goals

OUR WORST THREE TEAMS ARE

HAMILTON (26) IPSWICH (33) FULHAM (36) Total of 95 goals

Our Best teams this week are LINCOLN CITY after they have scored in all of their last twenty-eight League and Cup games out of forty-six played. They have a total of 83 goals which still gives them a average score of 1.8 goals per game.

Our worst team this week is HAMILTON as they have now picked up a total of twenty-one blank score sheets out of thirty-eight League and Cup games played this season. They have now scored just four goals in their last eight games.

Our biggest result in our 36^th Season comes from MANCHESTER CITY as they win 9-0 at home against league one BURTON ALBION in the Carabao/League Cup semi-final first leg tie in Week Twenty-Four.

BOB SAWYER is in his third weekend at the number one spot which means that this his is fourth weekend of this season. Bob picked up seven goals for the week from Celtic, Luton and Manchester City. Bob has moved up our Champions League to 28th place by beating our 1984/85 Champions Martyn Gent score of 289 goals  and  my own score of 290 in the 2008/09 Season. Kellie has remained in second place after she picked up a total of five goals for the week. Kellie is now three goal behind Bob. Her teams are once again Celtic, Manchester City and West Brom.

At the other end at 133 we still have John Filtness at the bottom for a total of twenty-seven consecutive weekends as he picks up a total of five goals for the week. He has now had thirty weeks at the bottom but he is now seventeen goals adrift  this weekend. His teams are Birmingham, Hamilton and Liverpool. John has made more progress in our Loser’s League by beating our lowest score in the 1987/88 Season  by Freda Hillier and  Iain Etheridge’s score in the 1999/00 Season both with a total of 156 goals each to move up to 32^nd place in our Losers League.

All change in our top ten again this weekend

     THIS      LAST                                             M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL          

     WEEK     WEEK             NAME                   GOALS         GOALS        GOALS       

          1            -                  B. SAWYER              75                   216                291                      

           2                 -                 K. STRATTON          95                  193                288              

           3                 4                B. BURROUGHS      74                   211                285              

           4                 5                B. CLARK                 81                   204                285                 

           5                 6                D. BARRETT            82                   203                285                  

           6                 11              S. SEYEDI                 82                   203                285                 

           7                 3                C. SETFORD             61                   223                284               

           8                 7                JAMIE WOOD          91                   193                284               

           9                 13              STALKY (2)              92                   192                284              

            10              8                T. GUY (2010/11)      82                   200                282

All Change as Liverpool go Back to Top

In the English Premiership, LIVERPOOL are now back on top after they win 3-1 away to Southampton after going a goal down. Liverpool are now on a total of 77 goals.

In the Scottish Championship with their second game of the week, ROSS COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to Dundee Utd. County are now on a total of 67 goals.

Manchester City Back on Top

It seems that our teams are back to their scoring old ways as you will see from last night’s results.

In the English Premiership, MANCHESTER CITY are back at the top of the table after they won 2-0 at home to Cardiff. City have now taken their goals tally up to 118. TOTTENHAM have moved up to third place as they win 2-0 at home to Crystal Palace and they are now on a total of 76 goals. CHELSEA have moved up to fifth place as they win 3-0 at home against Brighton. Chelsea are now on a total of 68 goals.

In League One, SUNDERLAND have moved up to third place after they won 3-0 away to ACCRINGTON STANLEY. Sunderland are now on a total of 70 goals while Accrington picked up their sixteenth blank score sheet and now two in a row.

In the Scottish Premiership, Champions CELTIC won 2-0 away to St Mirren and they are now on a total of 89 goals. Second place RANGERS won 3-0 at home against HEARTS and they are now on a total of 86 goals while Hearts picked up their eleventh blank score sheet of the season. ABERDEEN are on 67 goals as they win 3-0 at home against Motherwell. HIBERNIAN drew 0-0 at home against Kilmarnock and that is their eleventh blank score sheet of the season. HAMILTON lost 2-0 away to Livingston and that is their twenty-first blank score sheet and now two in a row.