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
Golden boot / shoe winner in 2000/2001?
Henrik Larson
Celtic
1957 join Juventus
John Charles
Record fee
65:000. ( doubled previous record )
Managed Hereford & Merthyr
Coached Canadian side Hamilton Steelers
Charles was one of the first players to move abroad from British side
1st John Fox Watson (sco)
1948 Fulham to Real Madrid ( believed to b the only Scot in Madrid’s history)
World war 1
Cardiff city captain in 1927 fa cup final 32 caps
Fred Keenor - shot in thigh at the Somme in 1916 age 20 sent home
Although not a footballer
Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart
Was the 1st to kick a ball at the new Ninian Park stadium in 1910
2nd son of 3rd Marquis Bute
Stood as Guarantor £90
So Cardiff city could rent their new home from local authorities.
Was important in the then riverside club move to grander surroundings and turn semi pro
Ninian Park was subsequently named after him an he was invited to kick off their first ever match against Aston Villa
Ninian was already a conservative MP for Cardiff
Ninian was already the commanding officer of the 6th Glamorgan welsh regiment an when war was declared many volunteered to serve under him as lieutenant Colonel .
In 1915 battle of Loos
After a decision to evacuate after running out of amo
Ninian was shot dead after standing rallying his men
Age 32 So well thought of in the new stadium a stand was named after him an the Ninian Park Gates we’re moved over .
Champions league group stage record goals scored by an English club ?
23
Liverpool
Surpassed only by Paris St Germane with 25
European cup started in 1955/56
Real Madrid
Only side to win it
12 times
Losing English finalist to never win ?
Arsenal. 2006
Leeds. 1975
English winners
Aston Villa. 1982
Chelsea. 2012
N Forrest 1979 & 1980
Scottish winners
Celtic. 1967
Liverpool. 6 wins
1977 , 78 , 81 , 84 , O5, 19
Loses. 2
1985 &. 07
Man Utd 3 wins
- & 1999 & 2008
Loses 2
2009 & 2011
1987/88 PSV Eindhoven
Won the European cup with the fewest games just 3 wins
No wins from the quarterfinals on
Only 2 clubs av appeared in the finals more than once with a 100% record
Forrest
Porto
Largest margin of victory in champions league
2nd qualifiers rd
Helsinki 10 Bangor 0
2011/12
1st penalty shoot out in the European cup
1970 Everton v B M Gladbach
(Borussia Latin form Prussia )
Both games drew
Joe Royle missed 1st but Sandy Brown won it 4:3
Liverpool was the 1st to win a final on penalties Alan Kennedy against Roma
And are the only club to win twice on penalties
Forrest only club to win cup more than league
An in 2005 also became the only club to win cup an later get relegated to the 3rd tier of their domestic set up
Who is the only club to win the cup having never won their domestic league ?
Changed on 1997/98 to allow non winners enter
Bayern Leverkusen 2002
Liverpool was the previous record 15 yrs after winning the league
Newcastle Utd 2002/3
Are the only team to progress past the 1st group stage after losing their first 3 games .
Bellemy scores against Feyenoord 91st min winning 3:2
Only 1side av come back from a 4:0 deficit to win the second leg
Barcelona 6:1 v. PSG
2016/17
2005/6
Arsenal hold the record for most consecutive clean sheets
10
Celtic won the 1967
Cup with their entire squad born within a 30 mile radius of celtic Park their home ground.
Arsenal are believed to be the first side to play 11 players of different nationalities at the same time.
2006
2:1 against Hamburg away
England provides the highest amount of winning teams to lift the cup with
5
England also have the highest amount of different finalists with 7
5 winners Leeds an Arsenal
England also provides the highest amount of different semi finalists
7 finalists plus
Spurs , Derby & Man City
This season England become the first country to have
5 teams through
Derby county beat Real Madrid
4:1
1975/76 2nd round
Then won 5:1
Most app. 177
Cassillas - Spain
Goalkeeper
Real Madrid /. Porto
Highest attendance for UEFA club comp
1970 Celtic 2 Leeds 1
European cup semi final
Hampden Park Glasgow
136,505
Most top flight app
Everton 114
Consecutive
Arsenal 90
Only club to win the top division on fist attempt?
Ipswich 1961/2
Manager Alf Ramsey took them from 3rd south to champs baffling the fav spurs an other top clubs
Fewest seasons in prem or div 1 ( top flight)
Just 1 season .
Northampton, Leyton Orient, Carlisle, Swindon, Barnsley an Gossop.
Tommy Taylor
Prolific goal scorer for Barnsley 1950 era
Moved to Man U ( won 2 leagues )killed in Munich air disaster
Scored 16 in 19 for England
World club most app for 1 club ?
Rogério Ceni GK
1238 apps for São Paulo
Alf Ramsey (right bk)
Played Southampton & Spurs. 1943-55 won league with spurs
32caps nickname ‘the general ‘
Captain 3 times
Hall of fame twice - manager an player first to do so
Best international scoring ratio games to goals
Gerd Muller 68 g 62 ap
Ferenc Puskas (hung) 84 g 85 ap
Bale 29 goals
Rush 28 g 78 app
Law / Dalglish 30 g but 55 / 102 ap
Pele 77 g 92 app
When did shirt sponsorship first start and who was the team and sponsors?
1979
Liverpool
Hitachi
Prior to that was just red with liver bird and kit sponsors Umbro
Liverpool’s shirt sponsors
Hitatchi / crown paints
Candy ( last to win the title )
Carlsberg /. Chartered trust
Carlsberg 1992-2010
Still a record for the longest sponsorship
