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The Leeds goalkeeper, Illan Meslier, has let all of the last 11 shots he has faced on target in. This was also the first time in Leeds' history that they have conceded at least 5 goals in successive home games.0
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Make that 12.1
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I've edited that accordingly. To be fair to the lad, though, he did just save one. That will do his confidence the world of good.JaShea99 said:Make that 11.2 -
Probably been mentioned before but there must’ve been something in the water over Xmas 1963
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That Leicester game was a bit crap all things consideredpaulbaconsarnie said:Probably been mentioned before but there must’ve been something in the water over Xmas 19632 -
On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).
Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.
The results -
First Division Birmingham 4 - 0 Everton Chelsea 4 - 0 Middlesbrough Derby County 5 - 0 Blackpool Grimsby Town 1 - 4 Huddersfield Town Leicester City 3 - 8 Aston Villa Liverpool 4 - 2 Newcastle United Portsmouth 2 - 1 Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday 5 - 1 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland 2 - 5 Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Arsenal West Ham United 3 - 1 Bolton Wanderers Second Division Bradford City 9 - 1 Barnsley Burnley 1 - 3 Southampton Bury 2 - 1 Bristol City Chesterfield 1 - 3 Stoke City Leeds United 3 - 2 Swansea Town Manchester United 0 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue Millwall 4 - 3 Notts County Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 Charlton Athletic Port Vale 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle Preston North End 2 - 3 Oldham Athletic Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 3 Wolverhampton W. Third Division (North) Accrington Stanley 3 - 0 Rochdale Barrow 7 - 1 Walsall Carlisle United 3 - 2 Hartlepool United Darlington 0 - 6 Lincoln City Gateshead 4 - 0 New Brighton Halifax Town 2 - 2 Hull City Rotherham United 2 - 0 Southport Stockport County 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 York City Wrexham 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra Third Division (South) Bristol Rovers 4 - 1 Bournemouth Cardiff City 5 - 0 Northampton Town Clapton Orient 2 - 2 Watford Coventry City 5 - 5 Fulham Exeter City 4 - 1 Thames Gillingham 4 - 0 Southend United Luton Town 6 - 1 Reading Norwich City 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Brentford Swindon Town 5 - 2 Mansfield Town Torquay United 3 - 1 Crystal Palace 0 -
Football looks more fun back then.
The Boxing Day one you'd have to suspect half of them were still full of beer, turkey and roast potatoes etc.1 -
Unfortunately, the game has "evolved" over the years to one which was all about finding ways to score to one that is all about preventing the opposition from scoring. Defend from the front, eleven behind the ball, track your man, use the "professional" foul where necessary, feign injury, time waste etc etc. That is why dead ball opportunities are far more important nowadays and why the average number of total goals per game is about 2.7 and why so few games feature teams scoring three goals. In fact, the PL weekend of the 21st January featured just 18 goals in total from the 10 matches.North Lower Neil said:Football looks more fun back then.
The Boxing Day one you'd have to suspect half of them were still full of beer, turkey and roast potatoes etc.0 -
Half of Peterborough’s draws this season have come against the same opposition (Charlton).1
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Chelsea have spent £600m on players and still can't score goals!!0
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Amazing how many of these clubs are no longer in the top four divisions 😔Addick Addict said:On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).
Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.
The results -
First Division Birmingham 4 - 0 Everton Chelsea 4 - 0 Middlesbrough Derby County 5 - 0 Blackpool Grimsby Town 1 - 4 Huddersfield Town Leicester City 3 - 8 Aston Villa Liverpool 4 - 2 Newcastle United Portsmouth 2 - 1 Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday 5 - 1 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland 2 - 5 Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Arsenal West Ham United 3 - 1 Bolton Wanderers Second Division Bradford City 9 - 1 Barnsley Burnley 1 - 3 Southampton Bury 2 - 1 Bristol City Chesterfield 1 - 3 Stoke City Leeds United 3 - 2 Swansea Town Manchester United 0 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue Millwall 4 - 3 Notts County Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 Charlton Athletic Port Vale 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle Preston North End 2 - 3 Oldham Athletic Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 3 Wolverhampton W. Third Division (North) Accrington Stanley 3 - 0 Rochdale Barrow 7 - 1 Walsall Carlisle United 3 - 2 Hartlepool United Darlington 0 - 6 Lincoln City Gateshead 4 - 0 New Brighton Halifax Town 2 - 2 Hull City Rotherham United 2 - 0 Southport Stockport County 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 York City Wrexham 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra Third Division (South) Bristol Rovers 4 - 1 Bournemouth Cardiff City 5 - 0 Northampton Town Clapton Orient 2 - 2 Watford Coventry City 5 - 5 Fulham Exeter City 4 - 1 Thames Gillingham 4 - 0 Southend United Luton Town 6 - 1 Reading Norwich City 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Brentford Swindon Town 5 - 2 Mansfield Town Torquay United 3 - 1 Crystal Palace 1 -
A statistic that sounds fake.Erling Haaland has now played 2,000 minutes in the Champions League, scoring 35 goals in that time.Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest scorer in the competition’s history, with 140 goals.He scored a total of 0 goals in his first 2,000 minutes.1
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Pep has now made ten Champions League Semi-Finals... He's only been in Management for 14-years.
The four teams to deny him are: Monaco | Liverpool | Spurs | Lyon0 -
One I've just read, which sounds impossible to be true
Southampton are the first team to be bottom of the Premier League table, and score three goals in a game against the League Leaders1 -
At face value it doesn't seem feasible but I suppose if one considers how good the defences of those Arsenal, Man United, Man City and Liverpool sides were then it wasn't very often that they actually conceded three goals in a game let alone to a side that probably didn't score three times in a game more than on the odd occasion. Appreciate that early season you might find a side at the bottom that ultimately ends up there but, in most seasons, that bottom team is woeful and do not get anywhere near averaging a goal a game.ForeverAddickted said:One I've just read, which sounds impossible to be true
Southampton are the first team to be bottom of the Premier League table, and score three goals in a game against the League Leaders1 -
Not really, that was 91 years agosouthamptonaddick said:
Amazing how many of these clubs are no longer in the top four divisions 😔Addick Addict said:On Saturday January 2nd 1932 a new record was set for the most goals scored in the Football League on a single day. In all 209 goals were scored in 43 matches - 56 in the First Division (11 matches), 53 in Division 2 (11 matches), 43 in Division 3 North (10 matches) and 57 in Division 3 North (11 matches).
Unfortunately, we were on the wrong end of a 5 goal thriller at Forest.
The results -
First Division Birmingham 4 - 0 Everton Chelsea 4 - 0 Middlesbrough Derby County 5 - 0 Blackpool Grimsby Town 1 - 4 Huddersfield Town Leicester City 3 - 8 Aston Villa Liverpool 4 - 2 Newcastle United Portsmouth 2 - 1 Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday 5 - 1 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland 2 - 5 Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Arsenal West Ham United 3 - 1 Bolton Wanderers Second Division Bradford City 9 - 1 Barnsley Burnley 1 - 3 Southampton Bury 2 - 1 Bristol City Chesterfield 1 - 3 Stoke City Leeds United 3 - 2 Swansea Town Manchester United 0 - 2 Bradford Park Avenue Millwall 4 - 3 Notts County Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 Charlton Athletic Port Vale 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle Preston North End 2 - 3 Oldham Athletic Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 3 Wolverhampton W. Third Division (North) Accrington Stanley 3 - 0 Rochdale Barrow 7 - 1 Walsall Carlisle United 3 - 2 Hartlepool United Darlington 0 - 6 Lincoln City Gateshead 4 - 0 New Brighton Halifax Town 2 - 2 Hull City Rotherham United 2 - 0 Southport Stockport County 1 - 0 Doncaster Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 York City Wrexham 2 - 4 Crewe Alexandra Third Division (South) Bristol Rovers 4 - 1 Bournemouth Cardiff City 5 - 0 Northampton Town Clapton Orient 2 - 2 Watford Coventry City 5 - 5 Fulham Exeter City 4 - 1 Thames Gillingham 4 - 0 Southend United Luton Town 6 - 1 Reading Norwich City 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Queens Park Rangers 1 - 2 Brentford Swindon Town 5 - 2 Mansfield Town Torquay United 3 - 1 Crystal Palace 0 -
Man City are the first team to reach the FA Cup Final without conceding a single goal since Everton in 1965-660
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Now confirmed - beat it with a game to spare, and still finished second.North Lower Neil said:National League Premier(/Conference) points record is 105.
Notts County may well beat that and still not win the league.1 -
QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.2 -
Charlton are pleased to announce their first signing of the 2023-24 season...Chris_from_Sidcup said:QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.17 - Sponsored links:
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Charlton and Fulham are the only two teams to stop Brighton scoring since the World Cup
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How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.Chris_from_Sidcup said:QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.0 -
And Man U now.ForeverAddickted said:Charlton and Fulham are the only two teams to stop Brighton scoring since the World Cup
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Henry completed 39 of the 46 passes he attempted - in the 61 minutes he played.iaitch said:
How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.Chris_from_Sidcup said:QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.0 -
Yes, but too many were to Morecambe players.stackitsteve said:
Henry completed 39 of the 46 passes he attempted - in the 61 minutes he played.iaitch said:
How long was Henry on for us, can't remember a pass he completed.Chris_from_Sidcup said:QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.2 -
8/10 - Star ManChris_from_Sidcup said:QPR midfielder Tim Iroegbunam was on the pitch for 67 minutes in their 2-1 win at Burnley yesterday.
He didn't complete a pass.0 -
Rochdale's relegation makes them the 17th of the 20 clubs which joined the Football League in 1921 to leave the league at least once since then, whether by being relegated, voted out or ejected for going bust. The only exceptions are Walsall, Crewe and Charlton.3
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Give us a year or two and we'll join that club.2
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Ipswich have scored 113 goals from 54 games in all competitions this season. Only Man City have scored more.
Ipswich's goal difference of 60 is exactly double that of Orient, the League 2 Champions. Ipswich may still finish second in League 1 despite, potentially, achieving 100 points.0 -
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos for Girona last night became the first player to score 4 against Real Madrid in La Liga since……….1947!!0
