Golden Boot Game Web Log

INTRODUCTION

In previous seasons we have deleted the data from the Golden Boot Game season just ended once the Premier League fixtures for the following season were published. At the end of the current season we don’t have to worry about the next season, so we have set an arbitrary cut-off date on 30th June 2024. After that date some of this season’s data will be deleted and you will no longer be able to view your team’s selections or any data related to scores, strikers, standings etc. In addition, any team with no outstanding prize tokens, either because they failed to win any or because they have already exchanged all the tokens they won, will have all their data deleted from our systems.

Those teams who have prize tokens yet to be exchanged will still be able to log into the website to exchange their tokens. Instead of landing on their Dashboard page they will land on their Profile page where they will be able to exchange some or all of their remaining prize tokens. Once a team has successfully exchanged all their tokens all their Golden Boot Game data will be deleted after two Weeks from when their final token is exchanged.

Teams have up to the end of May 2025 to exchange their tokens. We will send increasingly frequent reminders to the registered email address of remaining teams as we approach the final cut-off date. In the end it will be the responsibility of players to ensure all their tokens are exchanged by the final cut-off date.

REVIEW OF WEEK #34

For the second Week in a row Haaland was responsible for the majority of the Golden Boot Game points scored this Week and pretty much wrapped up the Premier League Golden Boot in the process. He appeared in 25 teams, of which 21 picked him in the 8-point slot, making his double worth 61 percent of the Week’s points. Of the other thirteen single goal scorers, Palmer had fifteen selections while Foden had thirteen. Jackson with nine and Solanke with eight were the only other scorers with more than a handful of selections. Of the other nine scoring strikers, five made only one appearance. The five teams with no Haaland all found at least one other scorer, so nobody missed out this Week.

Alabangers had goals from their top four selections in a 37 points total which proved to be the Week’s best. OneunitedfanTrev with six goals and Sofy with five both registered 32 points while Weakenders posted 31 and Team Of The Weak had thirty.

The top seven teams in the overall standings were all non-movers this Week. Magic Eight Balls have extended their lead at the top to ten points. This must now make them favourites to hold on and complete the double. Upforthecup are now just six points ahead of Team Of The Weak in third place. It looks like the most exciting battle for the final Week is between these two for who takes second and third places. Sofy in fourth place are sixteen points behind the final prize position which seems a big gap to close in the final Week.

THE FINAL FINAL FIVE GAME

Cheshire Town had their lead cut by six points with just one Week to go in the Final Final Five Game. OneunitedfanTrev are still some eleven points behind the leaders and have just ten Premier League matches to turn things around. The chasing pack has been reduced to three teams separated by just a couple of points. This pack is still lead by Bury Wanderer with Magic Eight Balls and Lancashire Rover but they are all more than twenty points behind the leaders – a lot to make up in a single Week. In previous seasons there have often been some strange results on the final day of the Premier League season. Even clubs with nothing to play for have seen some of the less fancied strikers scoring multiple goals. This can lead to some big gaps being closed in the Golden Boot Game and has done on more than one occasion. Whether the right teams will be able to pick the right strikers to get enough points to overtake Cheshire Town in the Final Final Five Game on the final day of our final season remains to be seen. Good Luck everyone.

COMING UP IN WEEK #35

In the final Week of the Premier League season all twenty clubs play one match. All ten matches kick off at the same time on Sunday 19th May, 16:00 (4 pm). This means the Week #35 selection deadline for the Golden Boot Game is at 15:00 (3 pm) on Sunday 19th May. We will update our website shortly after the final whistle has sounded in all ten fixtures.

We should be able to confirm which teams have won all the prizes on our Facebook page by 21:00 (9 pm) on Sunday. We will publish our next weblog on Wednesday 22nd May. It will focus on how the various prizes were won in the Golden Boot Game and the Final Final Five Game.