PAUL MARINER AND COBBOLD

 

Today, the death of Paul Mariner was announced, he was 68. His death followed brain cancer, a sad moment. By chance he appears in this list below, as a goalscorer for England. He was born in Farnworth, near Bolton and lived in Autumn Street, Horwich. He first played for local, Chorley, in 1973, was signed by Plymouth A. (1973-6) and then joined Bobby Robson's Ipswich (260 apps/56 goals 1976-84), played at Arsenal (60 apps 1984-6), Portsmouth making 56 apps from 1986 until 1988. He then went abroad playing and managing in Woolongong City! Australia and then in the USA until 1993. He played 35 times for England and scored 13 goals, during that time, with players like Mick Channon and Kevin Keegan.

England goal scorers and their goals. I'm sure you will enjoy scrolling through this lot looking for your favourite......

Player and Goals              First                     Latest

Wayne Rooney 53           06 Sep 2003        27 Jun 2016

Bobby Charlton 49           19 Apr 1958         20 May 1970

Gary Lineker 48                 26 Mar 1985        29 Apr 1992

Jimmy Greaves 44           17 May 1959       24 May 1967

Michael Owen 40             27 May 1998       12 Sep 2007

Harry Kane 38               27 Mar 2015        07 Jul 2021

Nat Lofthouse 30             22 Nov 1950        22 Oct 1958

Tom Finney 30                   28 Sep 1946        04 Oct 1958

Alan Shearer 30                 19 Feb 1992        20 Jun 2000

Frank Lampard 29            20 Aug 2003        29 May 2013

Vivian Woodward 29      14 Feb 1903        13 Mar 1911

Steve Bloomer 28            09 Mar 1895        06 Apr 1907

David Platt 27                     27 Jun 1990         18 May 1996

Bryan Robson 26              09 Sep 1981        13 Dec 1989

Geoff Hurst 24                  02 Apr 1966         01 Dec 1971

Stan Mortensen 23         25 May 1947       25 Nov 1953

Tommy Lawton 22           22 Oct 1938         16 May 1948

Peter Crouch 22                01 Mar 2006          17 Nov 2010

Steven Gerrard 21           01 Sep 2001        15 Oct 2013

Mick Channon 21             14 Feb 1973        04 Jun 1977

Kevin Keegan 21               11 May 1974       23 Feb 1982

Jermain Defoe 20             08 Sep 2004        26 Mar 2017

Martin Peters 20              26 Jun 1966         19 May 1973

Johnny Haynes 18            02 Oct 1954         15 Apr 1961

Dixie Dean 18                   12 Feb 1927         09 Dec 1931

Roger Hunt 18                  04 Apr 1962          22 May 1968

George Camsell 18          09 May 1929       09 May 1936

David Beckham 17           26 Jun 1998         25 Jun 2006

Raheem Sterling 17        27 Mar 2015        29 Jun 2021

Danny Welbeck 16           02 Jun 2012         07 Jun 2018

Tony Woodcock 16          17 Oct 1979         14 Nov 1984

Tommy Taylor 16              24 May 1953       27 Nov 1957

George Hilsdon 14           15 Feb 1908        13 Feb 1909

Tinsley Lindley 14             13 Mar 1886        07 Mar 1891

Paul Scholes 14                 04 Jun 1997         21 Jun 2004

Bobby Smith 13                08 Oct 1960          20 Nov 1963

Paul Mariner 13               12 Oct 1977          16 Nov 1983

Martin Chivers 13             21 Apr 1971         26 Sep 1973

Marcus Rashford 12        27 May 2016       06 Jun 2021

Cliff Bastin 12                    13 May 1933        26 May 1938

Fred Dewhurst 12            13 Mar 1886        23 Feb 1889

Trevor Francis 12              30 Mar 1977        19 Jun 1983

Bryan Douglas 11              19 Apr 1958         05 Jun 1963

Gilbert Smith 11                25 Feb 1893        08 Apr 1899

Charlie Bambridge 11     05 Apr 1879         21 Mar 1885

Wilf Mannion 11               28 Sep 1946        15 Nov 1950

Teddy Sheringham 11    08 Jun 1995         06 Oct 2001

Stan Matthews 11           29 Sep 1934        06 Oct 1956

John Barnes 11                 10 Jun 1984          28 Apr 1993

John Goodall 11               17 Mar 1888          16 Mar 1896

Paul Gascoigne 10            26 Apr 1989         10 Sep 1997

Eric Brook 10                    14 Oct 1933           23 Oct 1937

Dennis Wilshaw 10          10 Oct 1953         20 May 1956

Ron Flowers 10               28 May 1959         03 Oct 1962

Allan Clarke 10                  11 Jun 1970          17 Oct 1973

Jackie Milburn 10             09 Oct 1948         19 May 1951

Franny Lee 10                  12 Mar 1969          29 Apr 1972

Joe Cole 10                        03 Jun 2003          06 Sep 2008

Billy Walker 9                   23 Oct 1920           12 Feb 1927

Mark Hateley 9                10 Jun 1984          24 May 1986

Roy Bentley 9                    15 Apr 1950         22 May 1955

Colin Bell 9                          12 Jun 1969         24 May 1975

Harold Fleming 9              29 May 1909       04 Apr 1914

Peter Beardsley 9            17 May 1986       17 May 1994

Willie Hall 9                         23 Oct 1937         13 May 1939

Ian Wright 9                        29 May 1993       10 Sep 1997

Bob Kelly 8                          10 Apr 1920         31 Mar 1928

Glenn Hoddle 8                 22 Nov 1979        23 Apr 1986

Alan Ball 8                            16 May 1965       27 May 1972

Ivor Broadis 8                     18 May 1952       17 Jun 1954

George Holley 8                  15 Mar 1909        23 Mar 1912

Derek Kevan 8                   06 Apr 1957         28 May 1959

Johnny Byrne 8                 05 Jun 1963         24 May 1964

Daniel Sturridge 8            22 Mar 2013        11 Nov 2016

Freddie Steele 8               17 Apr 1937         20 May 1937

Theo Walcott 8                  10 Sep 2008        09 Oct 2015

Ashley Young 7                 09 Feb 2011        22 Mar 2013

John Connelly 7                 28 Oct 1959         29 Jun 1966

Darren Anderton 7          17 May 1994       18 Nov 1998

Joe Bradford 7                   20 Oct 1923         22 Nov 1930

Emile Heskey 7                  03 Jun 2000         06 Jun 2009

Jamie Vardy 7                    26 Mar 2016        27 Mar 2018

Sammy Crooks 7               20 Oct 1930         07 Dec 1932

Alex Oxlade-C   7             12 Oct 2012         14 Nov 2019

Terry Paine 7                      23 Oct 1963         12 May 1965

Robbie Fowler 7               29 Mar 1997        26 May 2002

Nevill Cobbold 7               24 Feb 1883        26 Feb 1887 Old Carthusian!

Raich Carter 7                    18 Nov 1936        03 May 1947

Steve Coppell 7                 20 May 1978       15 Dec 1982

Jimmy Windridge 7          16 Mar 1908        13 Jun 1908

Billy Bassett 7                     23 Feb 1889        04 Apr 1896

Fred Spikesley 7                 13 Mar 1893        03 Mar 1894

Jack Rowley 6                    02 Dec 1948        30 Nov 1949

Ted Drake 6                        14 Nov 1934        26 May 1938

Malcolm Macdonald 6        12 Mar 1975        16 Apr 1975

Jimmy Mullen 6                 18 May 1949       20 Jun 1954

Chris Waddle 6                  16 Oct 1985         27 May 1989

Ross Barkley 6                   05 Sep 2015        14 Oct 2019

Fred Wheldon 6                20 Feb 1897        02 Apr 1898

Shaun Wright-Phillips 6  18 Aug 2004        03 Mar 2010

Mariner has appeared on Talkport's "My Sporting Life", much of the chat about "Heavy Metal" music, where he managed to sing on stage at occasional "gigs".

And a bonus, here's Cobbold who played for his local Long Melford village, Cambridge University, The Old Carthusians and Corinthians between 1883-8 and 9 times for England scoring 6 goals.