Football records and statistics in England
This page details football records in England.
National team
See England national football team records.
League
Records in this section refer to The Football League from its founding in 1888 through to 1992, and to both the FA Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present.
Championships
- Most League championships: 18, Liverpool (1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90)
- Most consecutive League championships: 3, joint record:
Wins
- Most Consecutive Wins without conceding a goal: 8 Hartlepool United(2006-2007), Wigan (2002-2003), Barnsley (1954-1955)
- Most wins in a season: 33, Doncaster Rovers (Third Division North, 1946-47; final record P42 W33 D6 L3)
- Most consecutive wins: 14, joint record:**Arsenal (FA Premier League 2001-02
)**Manchester United (Second Division, 1904-05)
- 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: 10, Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 1959-60)
- Fewest wins in a season: 1, Loughborough Town (Second Division, 1899-00; final record P34 W1 D6 L27)
- Only 100% home win record in a season: Brentford (Third Division South, 1929-30)
Draws
- Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:
- Norwich City (from 42 games, First Division, 1978-79)
- Exeter City (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: 8, joint record:
Losses
- Most losses in a season: 34, Doncaster Rovers, (Third Division, 1997-98; final record P46 W4 D8 L34)
- Fewest losses, season: 0:
- Arsenal (FA Premier League, 2003-04; final record P38 W26 D12 L0)
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)
- Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 8, joint record:
- Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 15, Sunderland (FA Premier League, 2005-06)
Unbeaten runs
- Longest unbeaten League run: 48, Arsenal (FA Premier League between May 7, 2003 and October 24, 2004)
- Longest unbeaten run at senior level: 78, AFC Wimbledon (Combined Counties League and Isthmian League First Division between 26 February, 2003 and 27 November, 2004; P78 W69 D9 L0)
Appearances
- Most career league appearances: 1,005, Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997)[citation needed]
- Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 931, Tony Ford (1975 to 2002)
- Most career league appearances at one club: 770, John Trollope (Swindon Town, 1960 to 1980)
- Most career league appearances for consecutive games: 401, Harold Bell (Tranmere Rovers, 1946 to 1955)
- Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 120 days (for New Brighton v. Hartlepool United, March 15 1947)[1]
- Oldest debutante: Andy Cunningham, 39 years and 3 days (for Newcastle United v. Leicester City, February 12 1929)
- Youngest player: joint record, 15 years and 158 days:
- Albert Geldard (for Bradford (Park Avenue) v. Millwall, September 16 1929)
- Ken Roberts (for Wrexham v. Bradford (Park Avenue), September 1 1951)
Goals
Individual
- Most career league goals: 433, Arthur Rowley (619 matches, for West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town, 1946 to 1965)
- Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971)
- 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 April, 1936)
- Fastest goal: 4 seconds, Jim Fryatt (for Bradford v. Tranmere Rovers, 25 April, 1964)
- Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds, Freddy Eastwood (for Southend United v. Swansea City, 16 October 2004)
- Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 2 minutes 20 seconds, James Hayter (for Bournemouth v. Wrexham, 23 February 2004)
- Fastest goal by a substitute: 3 seconds, Phil Starbuck (for Huddersfield Town v. Wigan Athletic, 12 April 1993
- Most own goals in one season: 5, Robert Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934-35)
- Most hat-tricks in one season: 9, George Camsell (Middlesbrough, 1926-27)
- Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1103 minutes, Steve Death (Reading, 1978-79)
Team
- Most goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United (Fourth Division, 1960-61)
- Fewest goals scored in a season: 18, Loughborough Town, (Second Division, 1899-00)
- Most goals conceded in a season: 141, Darwen (Second Division, 1898-99)
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (FA Premier League, 2004-05)
- Most consecutive games without scoring: 13, Hartlepool United (11 league, 1 FA Cup and 1 Autoglass Trophy, 1992-93)
- Most goals on one day: 209 goals in 44 games, Saturday 1 February 1936
- This included 9 hat-tricks, 3 players grabbing 4 goals, and some interesting scorelines of Chester City 12-0 York City and Crewe Alexandra 5-6 Chesterfield. There was only one 0-0 draw: Aldershot 0-0 Bristol City
Scorelines
- Record win: 13-0, joint record:
- Record away win: Port Vale 0-10 Sheffield United (Second Division, December 10 1892)
- Most goals in a game: 17, Tranmere Rovers 13-4 Oldham Athletic (Third Division North, December 26 1935)
- Highest scoring draw: 6-6, joint record:
Attendances
- Highest attendance, single game: 83,260, Manchester United v. Arsenal (at Maine Road, First Division, 17 January 1948)[2]
- Lowest attendance, single game: 469, Thames v. Luton Town (at West Ham Stadium, Third Division South, 6 December, 1930)
- Lowest number of paying spectators: 13, Stockport County v. Leicester City (at Old Trafford, 1921-05-07)[3]
Disciplinary
- Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record:
- Chesterfield (2) v. Plymouth Argyle (3) (February 22 1997)
- Wigan Athletic (1) v. Bristol Rovers (4) (December 2 1997)
- Exeter City (3) v. Cambridge United (2) (November 23 2002)
- Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, joint record:
- Fastest red card: 13 seconds, Kevin Pressman (for Sheffield Wednesday, 13 August 2000)
- Fastest red card for a substitute: 0 seconds, joint record:
. Both players came on as a substitute and elbowed/pushed an opponent before the game had been restarted.
Transfers
- Highest transfer fee: £30 million, joint record:
- Rio Ferdinand, from Leeds United to Manchester United (July 2002)
- Andriy Shevchenko, from AC Milan to Chelsea (May 2006) (estimated)
Championships
- Most championship wins: 8, Manchester United (1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03)
- Most consecutive championship wins: 3, Manchester United (1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01)
Wins
- Most wins in a season (38 games): 29, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Fewest wins in a season (38 games): 3, Sunderland (2005-06)
Losses
- Most losses in a season (38 games): 29, Sunderland (2005-06)
- Fewest losses in a season (38 games): 0, Arsenal (2003-04)
Points
- Most points in a season (38 games): 95, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Fewest points in a season (38 games): 15, Sunderland (2005-06)
Appearances
- Most Premier League appearances: 505 (as of January 6 2006), Gary Speed, (1992 to present)
- Oldest player: John Burridge, 43 years and 162 days (for Manchester City v. Queen's Park Rangers, May 14, 1995).
- Oldest debutante: Fernando Hierro, 36 years and 151 days (for Bolton Wanderers v. Fulham, August 21 2004)
- Youngest player: Aaron Lennon, 16 years and 129 days, (for Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur, August 23, 2003)
- Most consecutive Premier League appearances: Frank Lampard with 164 (Having played all Premier League games from October 13 2001 to December 28 2005).
Goals
Individual
- First Premiership goal: Brian Deane (for Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 15 August, 1992)
- Most goals in a career: 260, Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, 1992 to 2006)
- Most goals in a season (individual): 34, joint record:
- Most goals in a game: 5, joint record:
- Andy Cole (for Manchester United v. Ipswich Town, 4 March, 1995)
- Alan Shearer (for Newcastle United v. Sheffield Wednesday, 19 September, 1999)
- Youngest goalscorer: Francesc Fabregas, 16 years and 271 days (for Arsenal v. Crystal Palace, April 10 2005)
- Oldest goalscorer: Teddy Sheringham, 40 years and 268 days (for West Ham v. Portsmouth, December 26 2006)
- Fastest goal: 10 seconds, Ledley King (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Bradford City, 9 December, 2000)
- Fastest goal from a substitute: 9 seconds, Shaun Goater (for Manchester City F.C. v. Manchester United, February 2003)
- Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 4 minutes 32 seconds, Robbie Fowler (for Liverpool v. Arsenal, 28 August, 1994)
Team
- Most goals scored in a season: 97, Manchester United (1999-2000)
- Fewest goals scored in a season: 21, Sunderland (2002-03)
- Most goals conceded in a season: 100, Swindon Town (1993-94)
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Most clean sheets in a season: 25, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Fewest failures to score in a season: 0 (scored in every game), Arsenal (2001-02)
Scorelines
- Biggest home win: 9-0, Manchester United v. Ipswich Town (4 March, 1995)
- Biggest away win: 1-8, Nottingham Forest v. Manchester United (6 February, 1999)
Attendance
- Highest attendance, single game: 76,073, Manchester United v. Aston Villa (at Old Trafford, January 13, 2007)
- Lowest attendance, single game: 3,039, Wimbledon v. Everton (at Selhurst Park, January 26 1993)
Goalkeepers
- Only goalkeepers to score in a Premiership game: joint record:
- Peter Schmeichel (for Aston Villa v. Everton)
- Brad Friedel (for Blackburn Rovers v. Charlton Athletic)
Disciplinary
- Fewest touches before a red card:Joint
0, Andreas Johansson (as a substitute for Wigan Athletic v. Arsenal, 7 May 2006) 0, Keith Gillespie (as a substitute for Sheffield United v. Reading F.C., 20 January 2007) the ball hadn't been played when he was on and he straight away elbowed his opponent in the head.
Longest Range Goals
- Longest Range Goal:
Xabi Alonso (54.8m Liverpool v Newcastle 2006)
- Longest Range Volley:
Matthew Taylor (42m Portsmouth v Everton December 2006)
Final
Team
- Most wins: 11, Manchester United (1908-09, 1947-48, 1962-63, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04)
- Biggest win: Bury 6-0 Derby County (1903-04)
- Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
- Most appearances: 17, joint record:
- Arsenal (1926-27, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1951-52, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05)
- Manchester United (1908-09, 1947-48, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1962-63, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2004-05)
- Most appearances without winning: 4, Leicester City (1948-49, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69)
Individual
- Most wins: 5, Arthur Kinnaird (Wanderers and Old Etonians (1872-73, 1876-77, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1881-82)
- Most appearances: 9, Arthur Kinnaird (Wanderers and Old Etonians) (1872-73, 1874-75, 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78, 1878-79, 1880-81, 1881-82, 1882-83)
- Fastest goal: 30 second, Bob Chatt (for Aston Villa, 1895)
- Youngest player: Curtis Weston, 17 years and 119 days (for Millwall v. Manchester United, 2003-04)
- Youngest goalscorer: Norman Whiteside, 18 years and 18 days (for Manchester United v. Brighton & Hove Albion, 1982-83)
- Oldest player: Billy Hampson, 41 years and 257 days (for Newcastle United v. Aston Villa, 1923-24)
All rounds
- Biggest win: Preston North End 26-0 Hyde (First Round, 15 October 1887)
- Highest attendance (other than at Wembley): 84,569 (Manchester City vs Stoke City, Quarter-Final, 3 March 1934)
- Longest tie: 660 minutes (6 matches in total), Oxford City v. Alvechurch (Fourth Qualifying Round, 1971-72; Alvechurch won the sixth match 1-0)
- Longest penalty shootout: 20 penalties each, Tunbridge Wells v. Littlehampton Town (Preliminary Round Replay, August 31 2005; Tunbridge Wells won 16-15)
- Most rounds played in a season: 9, joint record:
- New Brighton (1956-57: Preliminary, 1st-4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st-4th Rounds)
- Blyth Spartans (1977-78: 1st-4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st-5th Rounds)
- Harlow Town (1978-79: Preliminary, 1st-4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st-4th Rounds)
- Most games played in a season: 13, Bideford (1974-75: one First Qualifying, two Second Qualifying, five Third Qualifying, four Fourth Qualifying and one First Round)
Final
- Most wins (team): 7, Liverpool (1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03)
- Record scoreline: Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic (2005-06)
- Most appearances (team): 10, Liverpool
- Most wins (individual): 5, Ian Rush (Liverpool, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95)
All rounds
- Biggest win (single match): 10-0, joint record:
- West Ham United 10-0 Bury (Second round, second leg, 25 October, 1983)
- Liverpool 10-0 Fulham (Second round, first leg, 23 September, 1986)
- Biggest win (aggregate): by 11 goals, joint record:
- Liverpool 13-2 Fulham (10-0 & 3-2, Second round, 1986)
- Bury 1-12 West Ham United (1-2 & 0-10, Second round, 1983)
- Liverpool 11-0 Exeter City (5-0 & 6-0, Second round, 1981)
- Most career goals: 49, joint record:
- Geoff Hurst (West Ham United and Stoke City, 1958 to 1976)
- Ian Rush (Liverpool and Newcastle United, 1980 to 1998)
- Most goals in a single match: 6, Frankie Bunn (for Oldham Athletic v. Scarborough, 1989)
Most successful teams overall
Team | English Football Champions | FA Cup | League Cup | Charity Shield | European Cup | Cup Winners' Cup | UEFA Cup | European Super Cup | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liverpool | 18 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | |
Manchester United | 15 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | |
Arsenal | 13 | 10 | 2 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
Everton | 9 | 5 | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | |
Aston Villa | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Sunderland | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Newcastle United | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
Chelsea | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | |
Leeds United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | |
Huddersfield Town | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
Manchester City | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | |
Preston North End | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
Burnley | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
Derby County | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
Sheffield United | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nottingham Forest | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
Ipswich Town | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
Wanderers | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bolton Wanderers | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
West Ham United | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
Old Etonians | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bury | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cardiff City | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Oxford University | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Royal Engineers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Clapham Rovers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Old Carthusians | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Blackburn Olympic | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Notts County | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bradford City | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Barnsley | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Charlton Athletic | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Blackpool | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Southampton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Coventry City | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Wimbledon | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Norwich City | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Leicester City | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Birningham City | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Queens Park Rangers | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Swindon Town | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Stoke City | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Oxford United | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Luton Town | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Middlesbrough | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by an English team.
Managers
- Longest-serving manager: Matt Busby, 26 years (Manchester United, 1944 to 1969 and 1970 to 1971)[4]
- Longest-serving current manager: Dario Gradi, 23 years, as of 2006 (Crewe Alexandra, June 1983 to date)
- Shortest-serving manager (excluding caretakers): Bill Lambton, 3 days (Scunthorpe United, April 1959)[5]
Footnotes
- ^ McBain was New Brighton manager at the time and came out of retirement to play in goal during an injury crisis. Similarly, Bob Suter, who played for Halifax Town on April 24 1929 aged 50 years and 288 days, also came out of retirement to cover in goal. The oldest 'regular' player and the oldest outfield player was Stanley Matthews, who was 50 years and 5 days old in his final match for Stoke City v. Fulham on February 6 1965.
- ^ "Season Details : 1948". KryssTal.
- ^ It is estimate that between 1,000 and 2,000 people actually attended the match; Manchester United and Derby County had played immediately beforehand, and some of the spectators for that match had stayed on to watch the Stockport match for free. However, only 13 people paid at the gate to watch the Stockport match by itself. Reference: "A beautiful game". Stockport Express. November 19, 2002.
- ^ Some regard Busby as the fourth-longest serving League manager after Fred Everiss (1902 to 1948, West Bromwich Albion), George Ramsay (1884 to 1926, Aston Villa) and Frank Watt (1895 to 1930, Newcastle United). However, these three held the title of club secretary rather than manager, and only had a limited influence over training and selection. By modern-day standards, Busby is the longest-serving manager.
- ^ Although Lambton was officially manager, he never signed a contract with Scunthorpe; the shortest spell for a manager formally contracted with a club is Darren Patterson, who lasted 8 days as manager of Oxford United in March 2006.
References
- "Football League Records: Points". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Wins". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Losses". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Draws". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Goals". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Appearances". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Disciplinary". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
- "Football League Records: Attendances". The Football League website. Retrieved 2006-12-02.