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Football records in England
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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 Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present.
Titles
- Most League titles: 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 titles: 3, joint record:
Top Flight Appearances
- Most Appearances: 107, Everton (1888-1930), (1931-1951), (1954-current)
- Most Appearances before playing outside the top flight for the first time. (i.e. the last team never to have played outside the top flight): 68, Sunderland A.F.C (1890-1958)
Wins
Draws
- Most draws overall in the top flight: 947, Everton
- Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:
- Most consecutive draws: 9:
Losses
Points
- Most points overall in the top flight: 4911, Liverpool
- 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 (30 wins 8 draws), 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, joint record:
- Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 11, Derby County (Premier League, 2007-08)
Unbeaten runs
Appearances
- Most career league appearances: 1,005, Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997)[1]
- 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, including 26 FA Cup Appearances)
- Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 120 days (for New Brighton v. Hartlepool United, March 15, 1947)[2]
- Youngest player: joint record, 15 years and 158 days:
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 Park Avenue 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 AFC Bournemouth v. Wrexham, 23 February 2004)
- Fastest goal by a substitute: 1.8 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner (for Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007)
- 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)
- Chris Nicholl of Aston Villa once scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw, against Leicester City in 1976.
- Youngest goalscorer: Ronnie Dix, 15 years and 180 days (for Bristol Rovers v. Norwich City, 3 March 1928)
Team
- Most league goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United (Fourth Division, 1960-61)
- Most top-flight goals scored in a season: 128, Aston Villa (First Division, 1930-31)
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 18, Loughborough, (Second Division, 1899-1900)
- Fewest home league goals scored in a season: 10, Manchester City, (Premier League, 2006-07) They did not score a home goal after January 1, encompassing their final 8 home league matches.
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 141, Darwen (Second Division, 1898-99)
- Most goals conceded by a single goalkeeper: 85, Paul Robinson, (Leeds United, 2003-04)
- 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)
- Most goals on one day: 209 goals in 44 games, Saturday 1 February 1936
Scorelines
- Record win: 13-0, joint record:
- Record away win: Port Vale 0-10 Sheffield United (Second Division, December 10, 1892)
- Record away win in English top division: Newcastle United 1-9 Sunderland A.F.C. (First Division, December 5, 1908)
- 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:
- Most double figure league wins by a team: 5, Birmingham City (12-0 v Walsall, 17 December 1892; 10-2 v Manchester City, 17 March 1894; 10-1 v Blackpool, 2 March 1901; 12-0 v Doncaster Rovers, 11 April 1903; 11-1 v Glossop, 6 January 1915) (all Second Division)
Attendances
- See also: Record attendances of English football clubs
- Highest attendance, single game: 83,260 Manchester United v. Arsenal (at Maine Road, First Division, 17 January 1948)
- 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, May 7, 1921)[3]
Disciplinary
- Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record:
- 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
- See also: British football transfer record
- Highest transfer fee: £32 million, record:
FA Premier League
Titles
- Most titles won: 10, Manchester United F.C. (1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08)
- Most consecutive title wins: 3, Manchester United F.C. (1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01)
Wins
- Most wins in a season (38 games): 29, Chelsea (2004-05, 2005-06)
- Fewest wins in a season (38 games): 1, Derby County F.C. (2007-08)
- Most home wins in a season (38 games): 18, Chelsea (2005-06)
- Fewest home wins in a season (38 games): 1, Joint record:
- Most away wins in a season (38 games): 15, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Fewest away wins in a season (38/42 games): 0, joint record:
Losses
Draws
- Most draws in a season (38 games): 17, joint record:
- Fewest draws in a season (38 games): 3, Chelsea (1997-98)
- Most home draws in a season (38 games): 10, joint record:
- Fewest home draws in a season (38 games): 1, 5 times
- Most away draws in a season (38 games): 12, Newcastle United (2003-04)
- Fewest away draws in a season (38 games): 1, 9 times
Points
- Most points in a season (38 games): 95, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Most points in a season (42 games): 92, Manchester United (1993-94)
- Fewest points in a season (38 games): 11, Derby County F.C. (2007-08)
- Fewest points in a season (42 games): 27, Ipswich Town (1994-95)
- Fewest points in a season and still win the title (38 games): 75, Manchester United F.C. (1996-97)
- Most points in a season and not win the title (38 games): 85, Chelsea (2007-08)
- Most points in a season and still be relegated (38 games): 42, West Ham (2002-03)
- Most points in a season and still be relegated (42 games): 49, Crystal Palace (1992-93)
- Fewest points in a season and still stay up (38 games): 34, West Bromwich Albion (2004-05)
- Fewest points in a season and still stay up (42 games): 43, joint record:
Appearances
- Most Premier League appearances: 525 (as of May 12, 2008), Ryan Giggs, (1990 to present)
- Oldest player: John Burridge, 43 years and 162 days (for Manchester City v. Queens Park Rangers, May 14, 1995).
- Oldest debutant: Fernando Hierro, 36 years and 151 days (for Bolton Wanderers v. Fulham, August 21, 2004)
- Youngest player: Matthew Briggs, 16 years and 65 days (for Fulham v Middlesbrough F.C., May 13, 2007) [6]
- Most consecutive Premier League appearances: Brad Friedel with 175 (and still counting).
- Youngest player to achieve 300 Premier League appearances: Gareth Barry, 26 years and 247 days - (Aston Villa, May 2, 1998 to October 28, 2007).
- Most seasons appeared in: 17 - Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, Sol Campbell, David James (These four players have appeared in every Premier League season from the first to the current one.)
Goals
Individual
- Most Premiership Winners Medals: Ryan Giggs (10) - 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008
- Most Premiership Runner-Up Medals: 5, joint record:
- Patrick Vieira - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Dennis Bergkamp - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Fredrik Ljungberg - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
- First Premiership goal: Brian Deane (for Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 15 August 1992)
- Most goals in a career: 261, Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, 1992 to 2006)
- Most goals in a season (42 games): 34, joint record:
- Most goals in a season (38 games): 31, joint record:
- Most goals in a game: 5, joint record:
- Youngest goalscorer: James Vaughan, 16 years and 271 days (for Everton v. Crystal Palace, April 10, 2005)
- Oldest goalscorer: Teddy Sheringham, 40 years and 268 days (for West Ham United 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: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner (for Arsenal F.C. v. Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007)
- Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 4 minutes 33 seconds, Robbie Fowler (for Liverpool v. Arsenal, 14 April 1995)
- Most goals scored by a substitute in a game: 4, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United v. Nottingham Forest 6 February 1999)
- Longest goal: 88 m, Paul Robinson (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Watford, 17 March 2007)
- Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in a season: 1, joint record:
- Most goals scored by a defender in a season: 10, Joleon Lescott (Everton, Premier League 2007-2008)
- Most goals scored by a midfielder in a season: 25, Matthew Elmidoro (Southampton, 1993-94)
- Most goals scored by a striker in a season: (42 games) 34, joint record:
- Most goals scored in consecutive league matches: 10, Ruud van Nistelrooy, (Manchester United, 22 March 2003 to 23 August 2003)
- Most goals scored by an overseas player in their debut season: 24
Team
- Most goals scored in a season: 97, Manchester United (1999-2000)
- Fewest goals scored in a season: 20, Derby County (2007-08)
- Most goals conceded in a season: 100, Swindon Town (1993-94) *42-game season
- Fewest goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (2004-05)
- Best goal difference in a season: 58, Manchester United (2007-08)
- Worst goal difference in a season: -69, Derby County (2007-08)
- Highest percentage of season goals scored in a single game: 18.6% (8/43), Middlesbrough (vs. Manchester City May 11, 2008)
- Fewest goals scored at home in a season: 10, Manchester City (2006-07)
- Fewest goals scored away in a season: 8, joint record:
- 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)
- Fewest penalties conceded: 12 (home), 53 (away), Manchester United 1992-2007
- Most penalties conceded: 47 (home), 93 (away), Aston Villa 1992-2007
- Lowest finish by the previous season's champions: 7th, Blackburn Rovers (1995-96)
- Highest finish by a promoted club: 3rd, joint record:
Scorelines
Stadiums
Attendance
- Highest attendance, single game: 76,098, Manchester United v. Blackburn Rovers (at Old Trafford, March 31, 2007)
- Lowest attendance, single game: 3,039, Wimbledon v. Everton (at Selhurst Park, January 26, 1993)
Goalkeepers
- Goalscoring goalkeepers::
Disciplinary
- Fewest touches before a red card: 0, joint record:
Longest range goals
Longest range goal:
Longest range free kick:
Longest range volley:
Longest range from open play:
None of the goals were deflections, all distances have been analysed by Match of the Day and all 3 goals were scored in the 2006–07 season with the new Premiership ball.
Promotion
FA Cup
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, 2003-04wins under Newton Heath
- Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
- Most appearances: 18:
- 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, 2006-07)
- Most appearances without winning: 4, Leicester City (1948-49, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69)
- Biggest win: Bury 6-0 Derby County (1902-03)
- Most goals in a final: 7:
- Most goals by a losing side: 3:
- Most defeats in a final: 7:
- Lowest ranked team to win the FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur - Southern League (now Conference National), 1900-01
- Longest Holders of the FA Cup:
- Portsmouth have the unusual accolade of holding the FA Cup for the longest consecutive time due to the Second World War
Individual
- Most wins: 5, joint record
- Arthur Kinnaird (Wanderers) (1873, 1877, 1878) and (Old Etonians) (1879, 1882)
- Charles Wollaston (Wanderers) (1872, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1878)
- Jimmy Forrest (Blackburn Rovers) (1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891)
- 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)
- Most goals (one final): 3, Billy Townley (Blackburn Rovers) (1890), James Logan (Notts County) (1894) & Stan Mortensen (Blackpool) (1953)
- Most goals (all finals): 5, Ian Rush (Liverpool)
- Fastest goal: 30 seconds, Bob Chatt (for Aston Villa v. West Bromwich Albion, 1895)[7]
- 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 Jonathan Hyde 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 FA Cup attendance (of all time): 120,081 (Aston Villa v. Sunderland A.F.C, Final at Crystal Palace, 19 April 1913)
- Highest attendance (other than at Wembley): 84,569 (Manchester City v. 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:
- 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)
- Fastest goal: 10.8 seconds, Paul Wardle (for Cheadle Town F.C. v. North Ferriby United A.F.C.,1 September, 2001)
- Most Career Goals: 49, Henry "Harry" Cursham (Notts County between 1877 and 1888).
- Scoreline: Two examples of teams scoring 7 goals and not winning – Dulwich Hamlet 8-7 St Albans City (Fourth Qualifying Round Replay, 22 November 1922), and Dulwich Hamlet 7-7 Wealdstone (Fourth Qualifying Round, 16 November 1929).
League Cup
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)
- Most defeats in a final: 4:
- Most appearances without winning: 2:
- Lowest Ranked Winners
- Only Player to Score in 3 separate finals
All rounds
FA Charity Shield
Final
- Most wins (team): 17 (13 Outright, 4 Shared), Manchester United, 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1977, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008
- Most wins shared(team): 5, Liverpool F.C.
- Record scoreline: Manchester United 8-4 Swindon Town in 1911
- Most appearances (team): 25, Manchester United, 1908, 1911, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
- Most appearances (player): 12, Ryan Giggs of Manchester United, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
- Most wins (individual): 7, Ryan Giggs with 6 outright wins 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008
- Most defeats (individual): 5, Ryan Giggs, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, Paul Scholes, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, Roy Keane, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
- Most consecutive win: 4, Everton, 1984-1987
- Most consecutive defeat: 4, Manchester United,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Most consecutive appearances: 6, Manchester United,from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Lowest Ranked Winners
Non-League
- Biggest Win By A Non-League Club Over A League Club: 6-1, joint record
- Biggest Conference Win: 9-0, joint record
- Highest Attendance Between Non-League Clubs: 24,526
- Scoreline: Washington Nissan 7-9 Billingham Synthonia aet (FA Vase First Round, 20 October 2001). Match level at 6-6 after 90 minutes, then Billingham Synthonia scored 3 times in extra time to make the score 9-6, before Washington netted a late consolation goal.
Most successful clubs overall (1888 - present)
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