Saturday, 1 April 2023

Goalless For Burnley Again

In the Championship, top of the table BURNLEY drew 0-0 at home to SUNDERLAND. Burnley have now won just three out of their last five league games. It is their 6th blank of the season and now two in a row. After a goal run of 22 games, Sunderland picked up their 8th blank of the season. 

In League Two, STOCKPORT COUNTY drew 1-1 at home to SALFORD CITY. Stockport are on a total of 63 goals and remain in fifth place. Salford are on a total of 62 goals and have now scored in all of their last 9 games. Salford are in sixth place in the league.

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Wednesday Still Second

In League One SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY drew 2-2 away to Cheltenham. Wednesday in second place are now one point behind leaders Plymouth. Wednesday have picked up just two points in their last four games played. They are now on a total of 79 goals.

Here is our up to date list of our six top teams in our 40th Season of Golden Goals. 

118 CELTIC

86 RANGERS

86 MANCHESTER CITY

85 BURNLEY

84 IPSWICH TOWN

79 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

Goals for Crawley and Wimbledon

In League Two AFC WIMBLEDON won 2-0 at home against Walsall and they have taken their goals total to 45. CRAWLEY TOWN drew 1-1 at home to Grimsby Town and that is their 47th goal of the season. 

Monday, 27 March 2023

Week Thirty-Five

In Week Thirty-Five of the competition and there is no prize money this weekend due to the internationals being played over the week. But next weekend we will have  our 3rd Rollover in our 40th Season worth £10. We have a total of 34 winners to date. 

100 MIDWEEK GOALS JACKPOT

Just 12 of us have managed to pick up some midweek goals again this week with another change in the leading pack for the £40 cash prize money this season, but will the cash be won now?

Leading the race this week we have JAMES BLYTH out in front with a total of 82 goals. His teams are Ipswich, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday. In second place we have FIONA CARTHY and TOBY BICKNELL our 2014/15 Champion both moving up from third place with COLIN WEBB coming down from one. All are now on a total of 80 goals. In third place down from two we have NICK HORTON and (me) STEVE REEVE. Both of us are still on a total of 79 goals. In fourth place we have CHRIS DICKER moving down from three still with a total of 78 goals. In fifth place we now have MARK GREGORY and KEITH THOMSON moving down from four with RICKY WOOD our 2007/08 Champion moving up from six. All are on a total of 77 goals. In sixth place this week we have our 2015/16 Champion RICHARD WILLIAMS moving down from five with a total of 76 goals.

WEEKEND RESULTS

We had just 18 of our teams in action and out of the the ones that did play, 5 failed to score any goals. After us getting an average score of seven goals last weekend, we crash to yet another zero. So not may of us received any goals this week. The highest score of the weekend came from SALFORD CITY as they picked up three goals.

LEAGUE ONE

Plymouth are top of the table with SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY in second place and are now two point behind them. In a shock result, Wednesday lost 1-0 away to bottom of the table FOREST GREEN ROVERS and picked up their 6th blank of the season after a goal run of eight games. Rovers won their sixth league game of the season and the goal takes them to a total of 36. Forest Green still remain rooted at the bottom of the league.

In the Play-Offs we still have Ipswich in third place with DERBY moving down to sixth place after they lost 2-0 away to PETERBOROUGH. Derby have picked up their 13th blank of the season and now two games in a row.

Meanwhile CHARLTON drew 1-1 at home against Wycombe and that is their 64th goal. LINCOLN CITY lost 2-1 away to Fleetwood and they are on a total of 44 goals. MK DONS won 1-0 at home against Morecambe and they are on a total of 48 goals.

LEAGUE TWO

The highest teams that we have in this league are all in the Play-Offs. They are STOCKPORT COUNTY still in fifth place after they won 1-0 away to SWINDON TOWN. Stockport are on a total of 62 goals while Swindon picked up their 13th blank of the season. SALFORD CITY have moved down to sixth place after they won 3-1 away to Stevenage. Salford are now on a total of 61 goals and a goal run of eight games. Bradford City are down to seventh place after their game was called off.

Meanwhile AFC WIMBLEDON lost 2-1 away to Barrow and picked up their 43rd goal of the season. CRAWLEY TOWN won 2-0 at home to Rochdale and they have taken their goals tally to 46. GILLINGHAM won 1-0 at home against Carlisle and they are on a total of 35 goals. MANSFIELD TOWN drew 0-0 at home to SUTTON UNITED and that is their 9th blank score sheet and now two in a row. Mansfield have scored just one goal in their last four games. Sutton picked up their 15th blank score sheet and now three in a row.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS

In League One ALLOA are still in third place after they won 2-0 away to Peterhead and they are on a total of 58 goals.

In League Two, STENHOUSEMUIR drew 1-1 at home to Forfar and they are on a total of 58 goals. BONNYRIGG ROSE are now second from bottom of the league after they won 1-0 away to Albion who are now at the bottom. Bonnyrigg  they have taken their total to 38 goals.

Our BEST three teams this week

CELTIC (118) RANGERS (86) MANCHESTER CITY (86) Total of 290 goals

Our WORST three teams are

CRYSTAL PALACE (25) EVERTON (25) CHELSEA (29) Total of 79 goals   

Our best performing team are RANGERS as they have now scored in all of their last 29 league/cup games played. They have a total of 86 goals. That gives them an average score of 2.3 goals per game.    

Our worst performing team is GILLINGHAM as they have picked up a total of 24 blank score sheets out of 47 League/Cup games played.  

Our highest goal scorers in our 40th 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 combo two, has remained at the top for his 22nd consecutive weekend. Tony picked up a total of 2 goals this week from Arsenal, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday and he is now 5 goals in front.  Tony has remained in 39th place in our Champions League. Mark Gregory in second place, did not have any of his teams in action. They are Celtic, Manchester City and Norwich.

At the other end at 108 we still have SANDRA NICHOLLS did not have any of her teams in action this week. Sandra’s teams are Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Leicester City. Sandra has now been here for 5 weeks and a total of 20 weeks throughout the season.  

The top ten remains the same really this week but it could all change on next weeks sheet.

           THIS      LAST                                                M/WEEK       W/END        TOTAL       

 WEEK     WEEK         NAME                          GOALS         GOALS        GOALS  

      1             -             T. GUY (2)                          72                  193               265         

       2                 -            M. GREGORY                    77                  183               260          

       3                 -            GRANT PHILLIPS            66                  185               251         

       4                 -             MANGO                            65                  185               250         

      5                 -             S. DICKINSON                  74                  174               248         

       6                 7            J. BLYTH                           82                  165               247         

       7                 6            M. LAVER                         66                  179               245        

       8                 -             B. BURROUGHS (1)        54                  190               244         

       9                 -             B. SELF                             72                  171               243        

       10              -             T. GUY (2010/11)               62                  179               241                                                          

Saturday, 25 March 2023

A Point for Kelty Hearts

In the Scottish League one, after a goal run of nine games, KELTY HEARTS picked up their 12th blank of the season as they drew 0-0 away to Falkirk. Kelty remain third from bottom.

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Mansfield Near Play-Off's

In League Two MANSFIELD TOWN drew 0-0 at home to Grimsby Town and picked up their 8th blank of the season. Mansfield are currently in 8th place in the league.

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Plymouth Back on Top

In League One, PLYMOUTH have moved back to the top of the league after they won 2-0 away to Accrington. Plymouth are on a total of 68 goals. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are back down to second place after they lost 4-2 away to Barnsley. Wednesday are on a total of 77 goals and have extended their goals run to eight games. 

In League Two BRADFORD CITY move up to fifth place after they drew 0-0 at home to Carlisle. Bradford picked up their 13th blank of the season. CRAWLEY TOWN drew 1-1 at home to Doncaster to pick up goal number 44. GILLINGHAM won 2-1 at home to Crewe and they have taken their goals total to 34.