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Week #27 - Most Teams Draw Blank As 'Bury Wanderer' Win Week

Published: 21 March 2024


INTRODUCTION

Behind the scenes we have already made changes in preparation for the Golden Boot Game ending. During this international break we will be making the first visible changes. We will start by replacing our registration forms with a notice that says you can no longer register to play the Golden Boot Game. There will also be changes to our Facebook page removing any calls to register and links to registration information. One thing I want to stress is that there is not going to be any hard end to the Golden Boot Game at the end of this Premier League season. Those with prize tokens will be able to exchange them for at least twelve months after this season ends. Obviously, if all prize tokens are redeemed before that period is up, we may be able to shut down our website earlier. If your team has won any prizes, the key thing to remember is that you will have plenty of time to exchange tokens after the end of this final Golden Boot Game season. We will continue to keep registered players informed of all significant changes as we move nearer the end of the Golden Boot Game.

REVIEW OF WEEK #27

There were just four Premier League matches and four strikers scoring Golden Boot Game points in Week #27. Even though FA Cup quarter-finals happen every season, I cannot remember any previous Week when most Golden Boot Game teams failed to score. Muniz, with ten selections for his double, provided almost sixty percent of all the points scored. Wood and Fofana both had five selections while Antonio appeared in just two teams. Just fourteen teams were able to add to their points total, leaving sixteen with a totally pointless Week.

With so few scorers to go round, it seems unfair that two teams had three of them. Bury Wanderer got 21 points from their three while Lancashire Rover managed ten points from theirs. Between this pair Alabangers scored thirteen points. Two other teams also reached ten points, Noboots and Team Of The Weak both getting all ten from Muniz.

Unsurprisingly, the top six places in the overall standings are the same as last Week. Magic Eight Balls had their lead over Upforthecup cut to four points while their gap back to fdringo increased to thirteen points. Sofy, in fourth, are now just thirteen points from the final prize place with Team Of The Weak just a single point behind them.

THE TOTAL GOALS GAME

In a Week where the majority of teams failed to score, the two teams who got four goals, and even the four who got three goals, made a significant step forward. Four goals for Lancashire Rover and three for M1 took both their totals to thirteen, enough to make them the new joint leaders. Four goals for Bury Wanderer and three for BF Giants put both teams on twelve goals, alongside Magic Eight Balls in joint third place. The other two three-goal scorers, Alabangers and Cheshire Town are in a group of seven teams on ten goals in joint sixth place.

Although we are halfway through the Total Goals Game in terms of game Weeks, we have had just 25 of the 65 scheduled Premier League matches. There is still over sixty percent of the contest to go, with over thirty percent in Week #28 alone. If your team has started poorly or failed to score for the last two Weeks, there is still plenty of time to turn things around. You just need to get those goal scorers somewhere (anywhere) in your team.

COMING UP IN WEEK #28

We return from the international break with Week #28, which is a double fix Week for the Golden Boot Game. There are two full sets of Premier League fixtures in Week #28 with each club playing two matches. Some seven clubs have two home fixtures with an equal number playing twice away from home. The other six clubs play one home match and one away match. This means by the time Man Utd play their next home Premier League match it will be over four Weeks since they beat Everton. The first match in Week #28 is a Saturday lunchtime kick-off between Newcastle and West Ham. The selection deadline for Week #28 of the Golden Boot Game is, therefore, at the normal time of 11:00 am on Saturday 30th March.

There are eight matches scheduled on Saturday, followed by two more on Sunday to complete the first set of fixtures. The midweek fixtures start with five matches on Tuesday. Three matches are being played on Wednesday with the final two on Thursday night. The later of the Thursday matches is between Chelsea and Man Utd. We will update our website shortly after the final whistle at Stamford Bridge.

We will be doing our best to publish our next weblog around lunchtime on Friday 5th April 2024. It will have a preview of the Golden Boot Cup Semi-Finals as well as the usual news from the Golden Boot Game and the Total Goals Game.


Recent Web Logs Available

  • 22/02/2024 - Week #23 - In Which 'Forest Forever' Post Week's Best Score
  • 28/02/2024 - Week #24 - In Which 'Sofy' Win The Bang Average Game Prize
  • 06/03/2024 - Week #25 - 'Magic Eight Balls' Lead & Go Through In Cup
  • 14/03/2024 - Week #26 - Bournemouth Goals Give 'M1' Week's Best Score
  • 21/03/2024 - Week #27 - Most Teams Draw Blank As 'Bury Wanderer' Win Week

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