HARRY KANE AGAIN

If you have been to the same school as David Beckham, then you might have a football pedigree? Harry Kane went to Golden Balls' school, the Chingford Foundation School in Essex. Kane played with Ridgeway Rovers and then Arsenal as a junior from 2001, trialled at Watford in 2004 and then Spurs found him in 2004-09, when he went "senior". Unsure about him he was loaned out to Millwall, Norwich and Leicester until he made his mark with the Spurs. In 2010 he made his debut for England U17s and was a full international in 2015.

Kane's involvement at Tottenham began to increase following the arrival of Pochettino, as head coach in 2014. In his first full season at the club, Kane scored 31 goals in 51 matches, across all competitions, was the Premier League's second-highest goalscorer, and was named PFA Young Player of the Year.

In the 2015-16 (58 apps/28 goals) and 2016-17 (38 apps/35) seasons, Kane finished as the league's top goalscorer. In the latter campaign, he helped Tottenham finish as the competition's runners-up and won the PFA Young Fans' Player of the Year award. Kane registered his best campaign statistically to date in the 2017-18, with 41 goals scored in 48 games, across all competitions and in the following season he finished as a runner-up in the UEFA Champions League. 

In 2018-19  24 goals in 40 apps: 2019-20 24 in 34 apps: 

In February 2021, he became Tottenham's second-highest all-time scorer in official competitions. He ended the 2020-21 season as the top goalscorer (33 goals in 49 apps) and top assist provider in the league.

Kane has scored 48 goals in 67 games for England. He appeared and scored at every youth level, and made a goalscoring debut with the senior team in March 2015, aged 21. Kane featured and scored during England's successful UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying and represented the country at "Finals" He was made the squad's captain from May 2018, before the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In that tournament Kane finished as the World Cup's top goalscorer, winning the Golden Boot, leading England to fourth place, their highest finish since 1990. He also led England to second place at UEFA Euro 2020, marking their first appearance in a final at the tournament and their first major final since 1966.

He was the first Premier League player to score 6 hat tricks in a calendar year. His treble strikes include 3 against Burnley and 3 against Southampton and is looking for a third in succession, a feat not done since Jack Balmer of Liverpool (cartoon below), who scored hat tricks against Portsmouth, Derby and Arsenal in succession during November 1946, helping Liverpool to the First Division Championship. Balmer was an Evertonian and was expected to succeed Dixie Dean, but ended up signing for the rivals who had a better pay offer for him! Note how Dean gets involved in the Kane story.

I might add that Scot, Billy Liddell (of Liddellpool!!!!) was a major goal scorer in the Liverpool side. He played 492 league games and was later a youth worker, accountant, lay preacher and a JP before he retired. Harry? Up to you! here he is.....................



Premier League scorers who nearly match Harry's strike rate are:
Alan Shearer 36 in 42 in 1995 and 30 in 37 in 1994. Robin van Persie 35 in 36 2011. Thierry Henry 34 in 39 2004. Les Ferdinand 30 in 34 1995. 
Didier Drogba almost did this at Chelsea but have scored two successive hat tricks, he failed to get the third in a 6-0 defeat against Wigan in 2010.