SCORING IS NOT BORING

491 posts since I was encouraged to spend an hour a day of my retirement, mucking about with what I think are fascinating football facts and making them public. I wrote about Jimmy Hill in a blog not too long ago and today we hear that he has passed away. It is worth reading what he achieved in the footballing world. He revolutionised football.
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/jimmy-hill-very-much-chinned-wonder.html

Today Harry Kane plays his 100th game for Spurs and so far has scored once on this important landmark. Is he a great goalscorer? Only time will tell.

Jimmy McGrory (below) retired in 1938 with 550 competitive goals under his belt. 468 were scored for Celtic from 1921 in 445 league and cup games.

Arthur Rowley was a well known figure in my youth and he scored 434 league goals in England for four clubs. He started scoring at West Brom in 1948 and his last was for Shrewsbury in 1965. He scored for Fulham in 1948/9 and was Leicester's leading scorer between 1950-1958 notching 265 goals in 321 games. Today, Leicester's James Vardy is still confounding the pundits by scoring against Premier League defences; a remarkable story.

Jimmy Greaves totalled 357 all in the First Division for Chelsea, Spurs and West Ham between 1957-71.

Hughie Gallacher netted 387 goals for 7 league clubs between 1921 and 1939 and Dixie Dean  (below-you wouldn't argue with him) comes next with 379 for Tranmere, Everton and Notts County. A motorcycle accident in 1926 caused him a fractured skull and broken jaw which should have ended his career, however, he recovered and continued taunting goalkeepers. His final throws in football included turning out for Sligo Rovers, who lost the FAI Cup Final in 1939. His runners up medal was stolen from his hotel room afterwards and 39 years later when he was visiting Ireland, the medal was returned, anonimously! His grandfather drove the royal train for George V. His last games were for Ashton United.

In Scottish Football (ok, Scottish goalkeepers had a poor reputation) Jock Smith of Ayr United claimed 84 goals (66 in the 2nd Division) in the 1927/8 season.

Derek Dooley lost a leg following an injury and amputation. He therefore could not add to his 65 goals in 63 games for Sheffield Wednesday, sadly ending his career in 1953.

Les Ferdinand scored the Premier League's 10,000th goal for Spurs in 2001 whilst Brian Deane of Sheffield United scored the first in 1992.