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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.
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22. [2]
Since the 2012–13 season, a player needs to have played in a minimum of five matches for a title-winning team to qualify for a medal. [3] This is down from the previous standard of 10 matches played. [4] At the discretion of the Premier League board, additional medals can be awarded to players who played less than five matches. [5]
Most consecutive Premier League appearances: 310, Brad Friedel (14 August 2004 until 7 October 2012) [90] Most Premier League appearances as a substitute: 204, James Milner [45] Most seasons appeared in: 23 James Milner (every season from 2002–03 to 2024–25) Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold.
List of all-time top scorers Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s) 1 Ian Rush: 49 83 0.58 1980–1998: Liverpool, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Wrexham: 2 Geoff Hurst: 48 60 0.82 1961–1975: West Ham United, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion: 3 John Aldridge: 44 62 0.73 1978–1998: Newport County, Oxford United, Liverpool, Tranmere ...
Peter Schmeichel was the first goalkeeper to score in the Premier League. The Premier League is an association football competition which forms the top level of the English football league system. It was founded in 1992, [1] and in that time, only six goalkeepers have scored a goal in the competition.
The 2014–15 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 116th season of top-flight English football overall.