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posted on 7/4/20

Jimmy Greaves 44 in 57

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Ted Drake 7 in one game.

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7 Arsenal players in the same England XI.

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Clive Alllen 1986 / 1987. 49 goals in all competitions.

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Spurs only used 16 players to win the Double in 1961, scoring 136 goals across two competitions.

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comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 hours, 23 minutes ago
I was always amazed that Ledley King was only ever booked 8 times in 299 appearances for Spurs.

Most CBs clock that up in a season
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Gary Lineker never picked up a single booking in his entire career. Unbelievable that stat.

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comment by Fourzah (U22366)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Napoli winning as many domestic league championships as Liverpool since 1990-91 season.
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Rio Ferdinand went 23 games without committing a foul in 2010.

He surpassed that in 2014 by going 28 games without committing a foul.

posted on 7/4/20

comment by Fourzah (U22366)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 hours, 23 minutes ago
I was always amazed that Ledley King was only ever booked 8 times in 299 appearances for Spurs.

Most CBs clock that up in a season
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Gary Lineker never picked up a single booking in his entire career. Unbelievable that stat.
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he shudda got 2four simulation against Cameroon at WC 1990.
Cheat.
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Shudda don`t count. He didn`t so, don`t get your point.

comment by IAmMe (U18491)

posted on 7/4/20

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 hours, 23 minutes ago
I was always amazed that Ledley King was only ever booked 8 times in 299 appearances for Spurs.

Most CBs clock that up in a season
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Gary Lineker never picked up a single booking in his entire career. Unbelievable that stat.
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Difficult to pick up bookings for goal-hanging

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comment by IAmMe (U18491)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 hours, 23 minutes ago
I was always amazed that Ledley King was only ever booked 8 times in 299 appearances for Spurs.

Most CBs clock that up in a season
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Gary Lineker never picked up a single booking in his entire career. Unbelievable that stat.
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Difficult to pick up bookings for goal-hanging
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He's also lucky he played back in the days before shirt sponsors made it illegal to rip your shirt off when celebrating a goal.

posted on 7/4/20

He is also lucky that shiiiting yourself in a World Cup Semi Final and wiping your 'arris on the pitch isn't a yellow card offence.

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comment by Fourzah (U22366)
posted 8 minutes ago
Lineker invented diving.
That is a huge stane on his legacy imo.
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Francis Lee was doing it at Maine Road before Lineker was a teenager.

posted on 7/4/20

From Franny Lee's wiki page..

Francis Henry Lee CBE also known as Franny Lee, is a former professional footballer. ... Lee's name is often cited in debates about diving in football; referees' chief Keith Hackett described him as a player who "had a reputation of falling down ...

posted on 7/4/20

In fact....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W49Ljx3VMc

after he knobbled George

posted on 7/4/20

Still can't quite get my head round (even though I was there for one of the games) that Chelsea once beat a team from Luxembourg called Jeunesse Hautcharage in a two legged European tie 21-0. Apparently it's a record and I guess it won't now be beaten in European competition.

It's an even more odd story when find out a bit more about the team that they played against. A village football team featuring four brothers, a one-armed striker, a bespectacled midfielder, two players over the age of 40 and a 15-year-old on the bench, who had enjoyed a fantastic run to a cup final, win it against the odds and earn a dream European tie against the competition holders.

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True dat

posted on 8/4/20

comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 3 hours, 27 minutes ago
Still can't quite get my head round (even though I was there for one of the games) that Chelsea once beat a team from Luxembourg called Jeunesse Hautcharage in a two legged European tie 21-0. Apparently it's a record and I guess it won't now be beaten in European competition.

It's an even more odd story when find out a bit more about the team that they played against. A village football team featuring four brothers, a one-armed striker, a bespectacled midfielder, two players over the age of 40 and a 15-year-old on the bench, who had enjoyed a fantastic run to a cup final, win it against the odds and earn a dream European tie against the competition holders.
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If a team like that was playing today I reckon West Ham would send a couple of scouts to run the rule over them.

posted on 8/4/20

comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
Still can't quite get my head round (even though I was there for one of the games) that Chelsea once beat a team from Luxembourg called Jeunesse Hautcharage in a two legged European tie 21-0. Apparently it's a record and I guess it won't now be beaten in European competition.

It's an even more odd story when find out a bit more about the team that they played against. A village football team featuring four brothers, a one-armed striker, a bespectacled midfielder, two players over the age of 40 and a 15-year-old on the bench, who had enjoyed a fantastic run to a cup final, win it against the odds and earn a dream European tie against the competition holders.
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How the feck did that rabble win a cup final Luxembourg footy may have been crap but feck me, surely they had some sides that were semi professional.

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posted on 28/4/20

In 08/09 season, when most nostalgia merchants say PL football would have been at its peak, Anelka won golden boot with just 19 goals, only 5 players got above 15 goals, and the ‘6th’ highest scorers only had 12 goals

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