Football Records Flashcards
Most career league app?
Most total League an cup app? ( world )
Peter Shilton 1005
849 in 1st division
1390 top of the world
Including England
Most league app by an outfield player .
Tony Ford. 931
(1975-2001) WBA ,Stoke
Most app at one club
John Trollope
770. Swindon
Most career league goals ?
Arthur Rowley 434
(1945-65) WBA, Leicester
Fulham .
Most top flight goals ?
Jimmy Greaves 357
Spurs , Chelsea an w ham
Most goals in a season ?
Dixie Dean 60
1927 just 39 matches .
Most goals in a game ?
Joe Payne 10 goals
1936 LUTON. V Bristol r
Worlds top scorer ?
Ali. Daei 109 goals
Iran .
Worlds most capped player ?
Ahmed Hassan . 184.
Egypt.
First footballer to win 100 caps ?
Billy Wright of wolves
An England in 1959.
90 caps as captain .
Who’s the only other outfield player to pass 1000 games in competitive matches in England ?
Graham Alexander
Top prem all time scorers?
Shearer 260 Rooney 200 Andy Cole 187 Lampard 177 Henry 176 Fowler 163
Defoe 155 7th scored 40 other league goals in championship and USA 23/8/17
Shock prem league top scorers ?
1999- kev Phillips 1997- dion Dublin (Coventry) Michel Owen (liv)Chris Sutton ( Blkbn)
What year did European footballer of the year start ( ballon d’Or ) and who won it ?
1956
Stanley Mathews
Blackpool
Who was the last to win the ballon d or ( European player of the year ) before Messi and ronaldos dominance ?
2007
Kaka. Ac Milan
What year was the football writers Association footballer of the year started and who won ?
1947/48 season
Stanley Mathews
Blackpool
He also won it 15 years later with Stoke .1962/3
8 people have won the English FWA footballer of the year twice with Henry the only person win it three times , who are they ?
Stanley Mathews ( blkpl & Stoke) Tom finney - Preston Danny Blanchflower- Spurs Kenny Dalglish - Liverpool Gary lineker - Everton / Spurs John Barnes - Liverpool Henry - Arsenal Ronaldo - man Utd
What year was the only time there was two players voted FWA player of the year joint and who were they ?
1968/69 season
Tony book - man city
Dave Mackay - Derby
What other Brits have won European player of the year since Stanley Mathews in 1956 “ballon d’ Or” ?
1964 D Law 1966 B Charlton 1968 Best 1978 Keegan 1979 Keegan 2001 M Owen
Who was the first non European to win the European player of the year “ballon d Or “ , when they were first allowed to compete in 1995?
- George Weir
Liberia
European golden shoe or boot winners , given to the top scorers in the top league of Europe from 1968-91 regardless of how hard the league was by L’equipe
( French worldwide daily newspaper) .
From 91-96 due to a Cyprus dispute they stopped running it but was taken over by adidas !
From 96 on it has been given by the European sports media !
1983/84 season European golden boot winner ?
1991/2 & 1992/3 ?
1993/4 ?
Ian Rush
Ally Mcoist .
David Taylor
Porthmadog
1999/2000 golden shoe / boot winner ?
Only English winner Kevin Phillips of Sunderland .
Other golden boot/ shoe winners of English clubs but foreign players ?
2003/4 & 2004/5
Thiery Henry -Arsenal
2007/8 - Ronaldo -Man U
2013/14 Suarez - Liv
Joint with Ronaldo - R Madrid