FOOTBALL: HIGHS AND LOWS

THIS WEEKEND

THE PREMIERSHIP

Highest aggregate: 8 Blackburn 7 West ham 1.

Most goals by a team: 7 Blackburn.

Biggest margin of victory: 6 Blackburn.

Fastest goal: 5 min: Pires (for Arsenal v Southampton).

Most goals in a match by a player: 1.

Hat-tricks: 0.

Biggest crowd: 48,305 Sunderland v Manchester United.

Smallest crowd: 20,451 Charlton v Middlesbrough.

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE

Highest aggregate: 6 Leyton Orient 2 Shrewsbury 4; Southend 4 Swansea 2.

Most goals by a team: 4 Crystal Palace 4 Wimbledon 0; Northampton 4 Tranmere 1; Leyton Orient 2 Shrewsbury 4; Southend 4 Swansea 2.

Biggest margin of victory: 4 Crystal Palace 4 Wimbledon 0.

Fastest goal: 2 min 32 sec: Hyde (for Watford v Sheffield Wednesday).

Most goals in a match by a player: 3 Proudlock (for Wolves v Bradford).

Hat-tricks: 1 Proudlock (for Wolves v Bradford).

Biggest crowd: 34,214: Manchester City v Stockport.

Smallest crowd: 3,124: Lincoln City v Oxford Utd.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

Highest aggregate: 6 Inverness Caledonian T 5 Clyde 1; Peterhead 3 Stirling 3.

Most goals by a team: 5 Inverness Caledonian T 5 Clyde 1.

Biggest margin of victory: 4 Inverness Caledonian T 5 Clyde 1.

Fastest goal: 3 min Brian McLaughlin (for Ayr v Falkirk).

Most goals in a match by a player: 2 Hamilton (for Dundee v Hibernian); Juanjo (for Hearts at St Johnstone); Mackie (for Aberdeen v Livingston); Cargill (for Arbroath v Ross County); Booth (for Albion v East Fife); Lyle (for East Stirlingshire v Elgin); Conway (for Montrose at Queen's Park).

Hat-tricks: 0.

Biggest crowd: 49,379 Rangers v Kilmarnock.

Smallest crowd: 180 Clydebank v Forfar.

THIS SEASON

THE PREMIERSHIP

Highest aggregate: 8 Blackburn 7 West Ham 1; Tottenham 3 Manchester Utd 5.

Most goals by a team: 7 Blackburn 7 West Ham 1.

Biggest margin of victory: 6 Blackburn 7 West Ham 1.

Fastest goal: 3 min Hasselbaink (for Chelsea v Middlesbrough).

Most goals in a match by a player: 2: Nolan, Owen, Bergkamp, Frandsen, Van Nistelrooy, Saha, Shearer, Sturridge, Solskjaer, Quinn, Hasselbaink, Kewell, Henry, Beattie.

Most hat-tricks: 0.

Biggest crowd: 67,551: Manchester Utd v Ipswich.

Smallest crowd: 15,412: Leicester v Middlesbrough.

NATIONWIDE LEAGUE

Highest aggregate: 9 Chesterfield 3 Colchester 6.

Most goals by a team: 6 Chesterfield 3 Colchester 6; Peterborough 6 Bournemouth 0; Sheffield Wed 2 Man City 6.

Biggest margin of victory: 6 Peterborough 6 Bournemouth 0.

Fastest goal: 1 min Beagrie (for Scunthorpe v Lincoln); Omoyinmi (for Oxford at Bristol Rovers).

Most goals in a match by a player: 3 Proudlock (for Wolves at Bradford); Thorpe (for Bristol City at Northampton); Goater (for Manchester City at Burnley); Ormerod (for Blackpool at Huddersfield); Thomson (for QPR v Port Vale); Griffiths (for Luton v Torquay); Barlow (for Tranmere v Notts County and Wrexham).

Most hat-tricks: 2 Barlow (Tranmere).

Biggest crowd: 34,214: Manchester City v Stockport.

Smallest crowd: 1,714 Halifax v Macclesfield.

SCOTTISH LEAGUES

Highest aggregate: 9: Stirling 4 Dumbarton 5.

Most goals by a team: 6 Arbroath 0 Airdrie 6; Brechin 6 East Fife 0; Dundee Utd 1 Rangers 6; Airdrie 6 Inverness CT 0.

Biggest margin of victory: 6 Arbroath 0 Airdrie 6; Brechin 6 East Fife 0; Airdrie 6 Inverness CT 0.

Fastest goal: 15 sec Hagen (for Clyde v Raith Rovers).

Most goals in match by player: 4 Wyness (for Inverness CT v Raith).

Most hat-tricks: 2 Wyness (Inverness CT).

Biggest crowd: 59,197 Celtic v Aberdeen.

Smallest crowd: 151 Clydebank v Cowdenbeath.

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