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
a.. 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)
a.. Most consecutive League titles: 3, joint record:
a.. Huddersfield Town (1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26)
b.. Arsenal (1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35)
c.. Liverpool (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
d.. Manchester United (1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01) (the only time this has
been achieved with the same Manager)
Top Flight Appearances
a.. Most Appearances: 107, Everton (1888-1930), (1931-1951), (1954-current)
b.. Most Consecutive Appeareances: 87, Arsenal (1920-current)
Wins
a.. Most consecutive wins without conceding a goal: 9, Stockport County
(League Two, 2006-07)
b.. Most wins in a season: 33, Doncaster Rovers (Third Division North,
1946-47; final record P42 W33 D6 L3)
c.. Most consecutive wins: 14, joint record:
a.. Arsenal (FA Premier League 2001-02)
b.. Bristol City (Second Division, 1905-06)
c.. Preston North End (Second Division, 1950-51)
d.. Manchester United (Second Division, 1904-05)
d.. Most consecutive wins from the start of a season: 13, Reading (Third
Division, 1985-86)
e.. Most consecutive wins from the start of a season in the top flight: 11,
Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 1960-61)
f.. Most consecutive home wins: 25, Bradford (Park Avenue) (Third Division
North, 1926-27)
g.. Most consecutive away wins: 10, Tottenham Hotspur (First Division,
1959-60)
h.. Fewest wins in a season: 1, Loughborough Town (Second Division, 1899-00;
final record P34 W1 D6 L27)
i.. 100% home win record in a season:
a.. Liverpool (14 games; First Division, 1893-94)
b.. Brentford (21 games; Third Division South, 1929-30)
Draws
a.. Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:
a.. Norwich City (from 42 games, First Division, 1978-79)
b.. Exeter City (from 46 games, Fourth Division, 1986-87)
c.. Hartlepool United (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
d.. Cardiff City (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
b.. Most consecutive draws: 8, joint record:
a.. Torquay United (Third Division, 1969-70)
b.. Peterborough United (Fourth Division, 1971-72)
c.. Middlesbrough (Second Division, 1969-70)
d.. Birmingham City (Third Division, 1990-91)
Losses
a.. Most losses in a season: 34, Doncaster Rovers, (Third Division, 1997-98;
final record P46 W4 D8 L34)
b.. Fewest losses, season: 0:
a.. Preston North End (First Division, 1888-89; final record P22 W18 D4 L0)
Preston were also unbeaten in the FA Cup
b.. Liverpool (Second Division, 1893-94; final record P28 W22 D6 L0)
c.. Arsenal (Premier League, 2003-04; final record P38 W26 D12 L0)
Points
a.. Most points in a season (2 points for a win): 74, Lincoln City, (Fourth
Division, 1975-76)
b.. Most points in a season (3 points for a win): 106, Reading,
(Championship, 2005-06)
c.. Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 8, joint record:
a.. Loughborough Town (Second Division, 1899-00)
b.. Doncaster Rovers (Second Division, 1904-05)
d.. Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 15, Sunderland (FA
Premier League, 2005-06)
Unbeaten runs
a.. Longest unbeaten League run: 49, Arsenal (Premier League between May 7,
2003 and October 24, 2004)
b.. 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
a.. Most career league appearances: 1,005, Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997)[1]
b.. Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 931, Tony Ford
(1975 to 2002)
c.. Most career league appearances at one club: 770, John Trollope (Swindon
Town, 1960 to 1980)
d.. Most career league appearances for consecutive games: 401, Harold Bell
(Tranmere Rovers, 1946 to 1955)
e.. Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 120 days (for New Brighton v.
Hartlepool United, March 15, 1947)[2]
f.. Oldest debutant: Alan Oakes, 42 years (for Port Vale v. Plymouth Argyle,
November 5, 1983)
g.. Youngest player: joint record, 15 years and 158 days:
a.. Albert Geldard (for Bradford (Park Avenue) v. Millwall, September 16,
1929)
b.. Ken Roberts (for Wrexham v. Bradford (Park Avenue), September 1, 1951)
Goals-Individual
a.. Most career league goals: 433, Arthur Rowley (619 matches, for West
Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town, 1946 to 1965)
b.. Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for
Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971)
c.. Most goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (Everton 1927-28)
d.. Most goals in a game: 10, Joe Payne (for Luton Town v. Bristol Rovers, 13
April 1936)
e.. Fastest goal: 4 seconds, Jim Fryatt (for Bradford v. Tranmere Rovers, 25
April 1964)
f.. Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds, Freddy Eastwood (for Southend
United v. Swansea City, 16 October 2004)
g.. Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 2 minutes 20
seconds, James Hayter (for Bournemouth v. Wrexham, 23 February 2004)
h.. Fastest goal by a substitute: 3 seconds, Phil Starbuck (for Huddersfield
Town v. Wigan Athletic, 12 April 1993
i.. Most own goals in one season: 5, Robert Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934-35)
j.. Most hat-tricks in one season: 9, George Camsell (Middlesbrough, 1926-27)
k.. Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1103 minutes, Steve
Death (Reading, 1978-79)
l.. Chris Nicholl of Aston Villa once scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw,
against Leicester City in 1976.
Goals-Team
a.. Most goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United (Fourth Division,
1960-61)
b.. Fewest goals scored in a season: 18, Loughborough Town, (Second Division,
1899-00)
c.. Most goals conceded in a season: 141, Darwen (Second Division, 1898-99)
d.. Most goals conceded by a single goalkeeper: 85, Paul Robinson, (Leeds
United, 2003-04)
e.. Fewest goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (Premier League, 2004-05)
f.. Most consecutive games without scoring: 13, Hartlepool United (11 league,
1 FA Cup and 1 Autoglass Trophy, 1992-93)
g.. Most goals on one day: 209 goals in 44 games, Saturday 1 February 1936
a.. 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 nil-nil draw: Aldershot 0-0 Bristol City
Scorelines
a.. Record win: 13-0, joint record:
a.. Stockport County 13-0 Halifax Town (Third Division North, January 6,
1934)
b.. Newcastle United 13-0 Newport County (Second Division, October 5, 1946)
b.. Record away win: Port Vale 0-10 Sheffield United (Second Division,
December 10, 1892)
c.. Most goals in a game: 17, Tranmere Rovers 13-4 Oldham Athletic (Third
Division North, December 26, 1935)
d.. Highest scoring draw: 6-6, joint record:
a.. Leicester City 6-6 Arsenal (First Division, April 21, 1930)
b.. Charlton Athletic 6-6 Middlesbrough (First Division, October 22, 1960)
Attendances
See also: Record attendances of English football clubs
a.. Highest attendance, single game: 83,260, Manchester United v. Arsenal (at
Maine Road, First Division, 17 January 1948)
b.. Lowest attendance, single game: 469, Thames v. Luton Town (at West Ham
Stadium, Third Division South, 6 December 1930)
c.. Lowest number of paying spectators: 13, Stockport County v. Leicester
City (at Old Trafford, 1921-05-07)
Disciplinary
a.. Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record:
a.. Chesterfield (2) v. Plymouth Argyle (3) (February 22, 1997)
b.. Wigan Athletic (1) v. Bristol Rovers (4) (December 2, 1997)
c.. Exeter City (3) v. Cambridge United (2) (November 23, 2002)
b.. Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, joint record:
a.. Roy McDonagh (Walsall, Colchester United, Exeter City, Southend United)
b.. Steve Walsh (Wigan Athletic and Leicester City)
c.. Fastest red card: 13 seconds, Kevin Pressman (for Sheffield Wednesday, 13
August 2000)
d.. Fastest red card for a substitute: 0 seconds, joint record:
a.. Walter Boyd (Swansea City, 12 March 2000),
b.. Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United, 20 January 2007)
. Both players came on as a substitute and elbowed/pushed an opponent before
the game had been restarted.
Transfers
a.. Highest transfer fee: £30.8 million, record:
a.. Andriy Shevchenko, from A.C. Milan to Chelsea (May 2006) (estimated)
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