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Football: Come in number 500,000
Independent, The (London), Aug 8, 2006 by Nick Harris
'Football League & Premiership Results & Dates 1888-89 to 2005- 06', edited by Tony Brown, is available from leading sports booksellers, or direct from Soccerdata Publications, priced pounds 16.
The road to 500,000 Major landmarks from Joe Payne's 10 in a game to James Hayter's two-minute hat-trick
FIRST LEAGUE GOAL
Was scored by Aston Villa's Gershom Cox (own goal, for Wolves, in the 30th minute) on 8 September 1888. This was not the quickest goal in a match that day, but Fred Dewhurst's second-minute goal for Preston against Burnley came in a game that kicked off later that day.
100,000th GOAL The 65th goal scored on 5 October 1929.
200,000th GOAL The 49th goal scored on 8 February 1952.
300,000th GOAL The 99th scored on 24 August 1968.
400,000th GOAL The 30th scored on 29 August 1987.
(An absence of exact goal timings makes it impossible to identify the individual scorers of the landmark goals so far)
MOST LEAGUE GOALS IN A CAREER
1 Arthur Rowley (433 goals)
2 Dixie Dean (379)
3 Jimmy Greaves (357)
MOST GOALS BY ONE PLAYER IN A SINGLE LEAGUE SEASON
60, by Dixie Dean, for Everton in 1927-28.
MOST GOALS BY ONE PLAYER IN A LEAGUE GAME
10, by Joe Payne for Luton Town v Bristol Rovers on 13 April 1936.
MOST LEAGUE GOALS SCORED BY A CLUB 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (7,022 goals)
2 anchester United 13 goals)
3 erpool (6,939)
MOST LEAGUE GOALS CONCEDED BY A CLUB
1 Notts County (6,481 goals)
2 Burnley (6,425 goals) 3 Wolves (6,404)
MOST GOALS SCORED BY A CLUB IN A LEAGUE SEASON
134, by Peterborough, Fourth Division, 1960-61.
MOST GOALS CONCEDED BY A CLUB IN A LEAGUE
SEASON 141, by Darwen, Second Division, 1899.
MOST GOALS IN A GAME:
17, when Tranmere beat Oldham 13-4 on 26 December 1935, in the Third Division North.
The next-best tally in England was 14 goals, three times - most recently when Tottenham beat Everton 10-4, in October 1958.
OWN GOALS 9,226, although the real figure may be higher. The scorers of 124 goals in the League's early years are unknown as scorers weren't always recorded.
FASTEST LEAGUE GOAL
Four seconds, by Jim Fryatt for Bradford Park Avenue ve on 25 April 1964.
FASTEST LEAGUE HAT-TRICK 2 min, 20 sec, by James Hayter, for Bournemouth v Wrexham on 24 February 2004.
Sources: Tony Brown at SoccerData, and Michael Joyce
Copyright 2006 Independent Newspapers UK Limited
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