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English Football Records incl, trophies, goal-scorers, most wins, highest scores and more

Records: Top Flight

Most League titles: 18

  • Liverpool, Manchester United
Most consecutive League titles: 3
  • Huddersfield Town (1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26)
  • Arsenal (1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35)
  • Liverpool (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
  • Manchester United (1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01)
Most years in top flight: 108
  • Everton (1888-1930), (1931-1951), (1954-current)
Most consecutive years in top flight: 82
  • Arsenal (1920-current)

Records: Wins

Most wins in a season: 33

  • Doncaster Rovers (Third Division North, 1946-47)
Most consecutive wins: 14
  • Arsenal (Premier League, February 10, 2002 to August 24, 2002)
  • Bristol City (Second Division, 1905-06)
  • Preston North End (Second Division, 1950-51)
  • Manchester United (Second Division, 1904-05)
Most consecutive wins without conceding: 9
  • Stockport County (League Two, 2006-07)
Most consecutive wins from the start of a season: 13
  • Reading (Third Division, 1985-86)
Most consecutive wins from the start of a season in the top flight: 11
  • Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 1960-61)
Most consecutive home wins: 25
  • Bradford Park Avenue (Third Division North, 1926-27)
Most consecutive away wins: 11
  • Chelsea (Premier League, 2008)
Fewest wins in a season: 1
  • Derby County (Premier League, 2007/2008)
  • Loughborough (Second Division, 1899-1900)
100% home record in a season:
  • Liverpool (14 games; First Division, 1893-94)
  • Sheffield Wednesday (17 games; Second Division, 1899-00)
  • Brentford (21 games; Third Division South, 1929-30)

Records: Draws

Most draws in a season: 23
  • Norwich City (from 42 games, First Division, 1978-79)
  • Fulham (from 46 games, Fourth Division, 1986-87)
  • Hartlepool United (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
  • Cardiff City (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
Most consecutive draws: 9
  • Southampton (Championship, 2005-06)

Records: Losses

Most losses in a season: 34
    Doncaster Rovers (Third Division, 1997-98)
Fewest losses in a season: 0
  • Preston North End (First Division, 1888-89)
  • Liverpool (Second Division, 1893-94)
  • Arsenal (Premier League, 2003-04)

Football Records: Points

Most points in a season (2 points for a win): 74
  • Lincoln City, (Fourth Division, 1975-76)
Most points in a season (3 points for a win): 106
  • Reading, (Championship, 2005-06)
Most points in a season for a top-flight-team (2 points for a win): 68
  • Liverpool, (First Division, 1978-79)
Most points in a season for a top-flight-team (3 points for a win): 95
  • Chelsea, (Premiership, 2004-05)
Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 8
  • Loughborough (Second Division, 1899-00)
  • Doncaster Rovers (Second Division, 1904-05)
Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 11
  • Derby County (Premier League, 2007-08)

Records: Unbeaten Runs

Longest unbeaten League run: 49
  • Arsenal (Premier League 7/5/2003 to 24/10/2004)
Longest unbeaten run at home: 82
  • Chelsea (Premier League 2004 to 2008)

Football Records: Appearances

Most league appearances: 1,005
  • Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997)
Most league appearances by an outfield player: 931
  • Tony Ford (1975 to 2002)
Most league appearances for one club: 770
  • John Trollope (Swindon Town, 1960 to 1980)
Most consecutive league appearances: 401
  • Harold Bell (Tranmere Rovers, 1946 to 1955)
Oldest player: 51 years and 120 days
  • Neil McBain (for New Brighton v. Hartlepool United, 15/3/1947)
Youngest player: 15 years, 158 days
  • Albert Geldard (for Bradford Park Avenue v. Millwall, 16/9/1929)
  • Ken Roberts (for Wrexham v. Bradford Park Avenue, 1/9/1951)

Football Records: Goals (Individual)

Most career league goals: 433
  • Arthur Rowley (1946 to 1965: 619 matches for West Brom, Fulham, Leicester and Shrewsbury)
Most career top-flight goals: 357
  • Jimmy Greaves (1957 to 1971: 516 matches for Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham)
Most goals in a season: 60
  • Dixie Dean (Everton 1927-28)
Most goals in a game: 10
  • Joe Payne (for Luton Town v. Bristol Rovers, 13/4/1936)
Fastest goal: 4 seconds
  • Jim Fryatt (for Bradford Park Avenue v. Tranmere Rovers, 25/4/1964)
Most hat-tricks in one season: 9
  • George Camsell (Middlesbrough, 1926-27)
Fastest hat-trick: 2 minutes 20 seconds
  • James Hayter (for Bournemouth v. Wrexham, 23/2/2004)
Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds
  • Freddy Eastwood (for Southend United v. Swansea City, 16/10/2004)
Fastest goal by a substitute: 1.8 seconds
  • Nicklas Bendtner (for Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur, 22/12/2007)
Most own goals in one season: 5
  • Robert Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934-35)
Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1103 minutes
  • Steve Death (Reading, 1978-79)
Most goals conceded in a season: 85
  • Paul Robinson (Leeds United, 2003-04)

Football Records: Goals (Team)

Most league goals in a season: 134
  • Peterborough United (Fourth Division, 1960-61)
Most top-flight goals in a season: 128
  • Aston Villa (First Division, 1930-31)
Fewest league goals in a season: 18
  • Loughborough, (Second Division, 1899-1900)
Fewest home league goals in a season: 10
  • Manchester City, (Premier League, 2006-07)
Most league goals conceded in a season: 141
  • Darwen (Second Division, 1898-99)
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 15
  • Chelsea (Premier League, 2004-05)
Most consecutive games without scoring: 13
  • Hartlepool United (11 league, 1 FA Cup and 1 Autoglass Trophy, 1992-93)

Football Records: Scorelines

Record win: 13-0
  • Stockport County 13-0 Halifax Town (Third Division North, January 6, 1934)
  • Newcastle United 13-0 Newport County (Second Division, October 5, 1946)
Record away win: 0-10
  • Port Vale 0-10 Sheffield United (Second Division, 10/12/1892)
Record away win in top-flight: 1-9
  • Newcastle United 1-9 Sunderland (First Division,5/12/1908)
Most goals in a game: 17
  • Tranmere Rovers 13-4 Oldham Athletic (Third Division North,26/12/1935)
Highest scoring draw: 6-6
  • Leicester City 6-6 Arsenal (First Division, 21/4/1930)
  • Charlton Athletic 6-6 Middlesbrough (First Division, 22/10/ 1960)

Records: Attendances

Highest attendance: 83, 260
  • Manchester United v. Arsenal (at Maine Road, First Division, 17/1/1948)
Lowest attendance: 469
  • Thames v. Luton Town (at West Ham Stadium, Third Division South, 6/12/1930)

Records: Disciplinary

Most red cards in a single match: 5
  • Chesterfield (2) v. Plymouth Argyle (3) (22/2/1997)
  • Wigan Athletic (1) v. Bristol Rovers (4) (2/12/1997)
  • Exeter City (3) v. Cambridge United (2) (23/11/2002)
Most red cards in a career: 13
  • Roy McDonough (Walsall, Colchester United, Exeter City, Southend United)
  • Steve Walsh (Wigan Athletic, Leicester City)
Fastest red card: 13 seconds
  • Kevin Pressman (for Sheffield Wednesday, 13/8/2000)
Fastest red card for a substitute: 0 seconds
  • Walter Boyd (Swansea City, 12/3/2000)
  • Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United, 20/1/2007)

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