There have been a few issues over goalkeepers recently, even in the Premier League. It's a thankless task and there were always Scottish goalkeepers who were notorious for letting in easy goals. In the Aberdeen v Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League on October 20th 1999, at Fir Park, Aberdeen had come to the match having lost all 7 of their previous games.They had scored one goal. Just over 5,000 were not expecting a goal fest. Andy Goram and Jim Leighton, no doubt helped the entertainment. Here's some of their better career moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOxwY1Wt3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELfmVJlqmcA
In the match, goals scored were:
Aberdeen 3 mins, then A8, Motherwell 19, A25, A39, M44, A59, M65, A68, M71, M79.
Final score: Aberdeen 6 v Motherwell 5.
Motherwell's Johnny Spencer scored hat trick after 19,65,71 mins
Aberdeen's Robbie Winters scored a hat trick after 8,25 and 59 mins
On the same day in 1928 at Filbert Street, Leicester City won their First Division match 10-0 against Portmouth. Arthur Chandler scored his 5th goal just as five swans flew over Filbert Street. Soon a sixth swan, lagging behind, flew over the groung, Chandler looked up, the crowd chanted "we want six" and Chandler duly provided. Chandler played at QPR (78 apps/16 goals), Leicester (393/259 a huge return from 1923-35) and Notts County (10/6). He achieved these milestones:
Most goals scored in a top flight season: 34 Scoring most goals for the club in top flight 203
Most hat tricks or more 17 including 6 v Pompey
He never scored a penalty-BUT had two saved!
Oldest goalscorer at Leicester: 39 years 34 days until Kevin Phillips scored against Bournemouth at the Vitality in Feb 2014 aged 40 years and 191 days.
In the return fixture at Fratton Park on April 10th 1929, Pompey got their own back in front of a crowd of over 21,000 watching for swans (more liklely seagulls on the Hampshire coast), by thumping the Foxes 1-0!
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