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Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals Dave Halliday – 101 games [56] Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons Dave Halliday – 1925–29. [56] Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. [56] Most own goals in one season: 5, Bobby Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934–35)
The first player to be capped 10 times by England was Norman Bailey, who played his 10th match in an 8–1 away win against Ireland on 23 February 1884 in the 1883–84 British Home Championship. [2] His final match, in which he earned his 19th cap, was the 3–1 home defeat to Scotland on 19 March 1887. [ 2 ]
Football derby matches in the United Kingdom are often heated affairs, and violence is not uncommon. [6] [7] However, the matches and the rivalries they encompass are frequently listed among the best in the sport. [8] [9] A 2008 report showed that West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers was the number one rivalry in English football. [10]
The lion passant guardant used in the logo of the England national football team. The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. [105] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. [106]
Local derby matches would usually have the worst trouble in an era when fans did not often travel to other towns and cities, and roughs sometimes attacked the referees and visiting team's players. [9] Incidences of fan violence have been reported from the late 19th and the early 20th century in England and Scotland.
Most goals by a player from outside the top division of a country [note 74] Vivian Woodward, 29, 14 February 1903 – 3 March 1911 Most goals by a player from outside the top two divisions [note 75] Tommy Lawton, Joe Payne and Peter Taylor, all 2 [note 76] Most goals by a player from outside the English League system
The artists formerly known as PJ and Duncan briefly resurrected their music career to bring us the England team’s official World Cup anthem for Korea/Japan 2002.
England national football team records; List of England international footballers with 10 caps or more; List of England international footballers (4–9 caps) List of England international footballers (2–3 caps) List of England international footballers born outside England