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Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971) Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen for Blackpool 1950–51 [ 53] Most league goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (39 matches, for Everton, 1927 to 1928)
Gary Lineker, 2, 1 July 1990, 3–2 vs. Cameroon Harry Kane, 2, 24 June 2018, 6–1 vs. Panama, 7 September 2019, 4–0 vs. Bulgaria and 15 November 2021, 10–0 vs. San Marino Most goals in penalty shoot-outs [note 66] Michael Owen, David Platt and Alan Shearer, 3 Most goals scored by a defender Harry Maguire, 7, 7 July 2018 – 15 November 2021
At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs. The competition was formed in February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League , in order to take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.
Football in the United Kingdom. Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country. There is no United Kingdom national football team.
England and Scotland have since contested 116 official matches: England have won 49, Scotland have won 41 and 26 have been drawn. England have contested matches against more than 80 other national teams. England are unbeaten against 54 of them, having earned a perfect winning percentage against 30 of these teams.
Gareth Southgate OBE (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player, who played as a defender and midfielder. He was the manager of the England men's national team from 2016 until 2024. Southgate began his career with Crystal Palace, making his debut in 1990, and was appointed club captain in 1993, winning ...
Tom Brady. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019.
Football is the most popular sport in England, [ 2] where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country.