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The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
Players who came up just short of the 200 mark include Chris Chilton, Peter Doherty, Gary Lineker, Jack Smith, Freddie Steele and Andrew Wilson. Horace Barnes , Tony Brown and Bobby Charlton are the only midfielders to have scored over 200 goals in English football.
Player Club Goals [3] 1 Teddy Sheringham: Nottingham Forest / Tottenham Hotspur: 22 2 Les Ferdinand: Queens Park Rangers: 20 3 Dean Holdsworth: Wimbledon F.C. 19 4 Micky Quinn: Coventry City: 17 5 Alan Shearer: Blackburn Rovers: 16 David White: Manchester City: 7 Chris Armstrong: Crystal Palace: 15 Eric Cantona: Leeds United / Manchester United ...
Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals: Dave Halliday – 101 games [93] Player to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons: Dave Halliday – 1925–29. [93] He scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. [93] Most own goals in one season: 5, Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934–35) [94]
Goals scored: 1,246 (3.28 per match) Top goalscorer: Erling Haaland (27 goals) Best goalkeeper: David Raya (16 clean sheets) Biggest home win: Chelsea 6–0 Everton (15 April 2024) Biggest away win: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Highest scoring: Sheffield United 0–8 Newcastle United (24 September 2023) Chelsea 4 ...
Jimmy McGrory, Celtic's all-time top goalscorer and the record scorer in British football history. Most goals in all competitions: Jimmy McGrory, 522. [104] Most League goals: Jimmy McGrory, 396. [84] Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy McGrory, 74. [85] Most League Cup goals: Bobby Lennox, 63. [86] Most European goals: Henrik Larsson, 35. [105]
With three goals, Harry Kane was the joint top scorer at the tournament and shared the golden boot with five other players. [ 91 ] Whilst the FA were willing to extend his contract further, Southgate announced his resignation as England manager on 16 July 2024, saying that it was "time for change, and for a new chapter". [ 92 ]
Most consecutive Premier League goal-scoring appearances by a player against a single opponent: 9, Sadio Mané (Liverpool v. Crystal Palace, 19 August 2017 to 18 September 2021) [136] [137] Most own goals scored by a player in a match: 2 Jamie Carragher (Liverpool player; Liverpool 2–3 Manchester United, 11 September 1999) [138]