WHAT'S PRINTED ON YOUR UNDER SHIRT?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1497600477575499780 

ASTON VILLA scorer Matty Cash, was controversially booked for unveiling his "under" T-shirt, backing a Poland team-mate stuck in Ukraine. After firing the opener in the 2-0 win at Brighton on Saturday, Cash revealed a 'Tomasz Kedziora + family, stay strong bro' message for the Dynamo Kiyz defender.  Slough-born Matty Cash, who has two Poland caps, displayed where his heart is.Referee John Brooks followed strict FA rules by handing Cash a yellow card for taking his top off. Villa chief Steven Gerrard 'took responsibility' for the yellow card after revealing he had urged his players to keep calm. Kedziora, 27, who has been with Ukraine capital side, Dynamo, since 2017, is trapped in the country as the Russian invasion intensifies. Russian president Vladimir Putin has stepped up his aggression against Ukraine as troops close on Kyiv despite fierce resistance.

Manager Steven Gerrard said: “I’ll take responsibility for Cashie’s yellow card. "I should have spoken to the players before the game and said to them, ‘If you score any goals, remain calm’. We’ve all got to respect the situation and I think that’s what Matty tried to do. But I’ll certainly take responsibility for that. There’s no blame towards Matty. Everyone has different feelings. That’s on me that one.”

Some say "Deserved, this is football not politics." "Use this platform to make change? Nothing wrong with this!"  "The ref doesn't want to give him a Yellow, but he has to!"

By the way, the Russian Premier League is carrying on its programme, uninterrupted by these politics. If you are really interested here's another set of news on footy:    https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGmvBtHWmrLVlMXZdXBJCCsNrpm

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PEAKY BLINDERS

Birmingham City won plenty of headlines for their Peaky Blinders PR gimmick this weekend. The Blues adopted the moniker of Small Heath Alliance for Saturday's Championship clash at home to Huddersfield Town in a nod to the hugely popular BBC drama. Unfortunately, the result didn't go their way as Huddersfield sealed a 2-0 win - and the West Yorkshire side even had a cheeky dig at their hosts following the game.

A message on Huddersfield's official Ywitter account said: “Three points coming home, by order of Huddersfield Town. “Comfortable win on the road against The Leaky Blinders makes it 1️7 games unbeaten in all competitions for the Terriers!” The Blues decided on the "one-off" name change in celebration of its connection to the BBC series, which is set in the Small Heath area of the city. The sixth and final season of the show airs on BBC One today, Sunday, February 27 at 9pm.

Birmingham City FC was founded back in 1875 as Small Health Alliance, before the club name was later changed. The club posted a message earlier this week, saying: "We're going back to Small Heath. The Club will be embracing its history ahead of the final series launch of @ThePeakyBlinder.

A club statement added: "As well as a switchover on our social media channels and a retro feel to our pre-match content, game-going fans will be able to get their hands on a specially curated Small Heath Alliance matchday programme, ticket office staff and the reception team will be adorned in flat caps, and the BBC has produced a number of Small Heath Alliance scarves that will be laid out on seats in areas of the ground."

The name "Peaky Blinder" was explained by the fact that the gang members in that area of Birmingham, would stitch disposable razor blades into the peaks of their flat caps, which could then be used as weapons. ... APPARENTLY.... but listen to the link, below, which suggests something else. "Blinder" was a familiar Birmingham slang term (still used today) to describe something or someone of dapper appearance. Bear with this link for about 5 minutes and the American accent....oh, and the  adverts....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDxxr02Z_nM.....they may been attributed to stealing the FA Cup in 1895, won by Aston Villa who beat West Bromich Albion 1-0, scoring in the first minute of the first final played at the Crystal Palace stadium. 

The trophy (above) was on show in a Birmingham Jewellry shop owned by William Shilcock, a business chum of William MacGregor, the founder of the Football League. The trophy was "lost" on September 11th 1895, stolen from the shop at 77 Newtown Road, and never seen again. A £10 reward was offered for information of the theft. It is worth doing some research on this!

ALEX IN THE "POO"?

On 26th February 1999 Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was caught by police driving his BMW on the hard shoulder of the M602 near Manchester. Wrong but not particularly newsworthy - well not particularly newsworthy until the matter went to court in October and Sir Alex gave his defence! He said that he was rushing to get to a toilet!  

Bury Magistrates Court was told that he was suffering from acute gastroenteritis and severe diarrhoea and needed the toilet so drove on the hard shoulder to get past a traffic jam. He had been too embarrassed to explain to the police the reason at the time so explaining to the Court, and the world, what the two options were on that day, must have been a tad difficult. 

He was let off! Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United, was yesterday found not guilty of illegally driving on a motorway hard shoulder after magistrates heard he had been suffering from severe diarrhoea and was trying to get to a toilet. Sir Alex was stopped by police on the M602, in Eccles, Greater Manchester, last February at the height of Manchester United's campaign which saw them win the treble of Premiership, FA Cup and European Cup. Sir Alex, 57, told Bury magistrates that he had been experiencing stomach cramps the night before being stopped by police and was continually visiting the toilet.  He went to Mike Stone, the club doctor to get some Imodium tablets before he left the club. Sir Alex said: `Around lunchtime I was feeling much better. I thought the Imodium had worked and there was not a problem after that.' However, Sir Alex said that his stomach problems returned as he drove home. He told magistrates: `When I got on the M602 I started to feel the cramps again. When I got into the snarl-up of traffic I took another tablet. I stayed there for about four or five minutes. I then decided to get back to Old Trafford.' Nicholas Freeman, defending, said: `Putting it bluntly, did you need to go to the toilet?' Sir Alex replied: `That was very much the case. I had to go somewhere quickly.' The court heard that to avoid queuing along the M602 and in an attempt to get onto the M62 to return to Old Trafford to use the toilet, Sir Alex travelled on the hard shoulder. Sir Alex was cautioned by police but did not say anything about his desperate desire to get to a toilet at the time because of the embarrassment and publicity it might cause. 

Mr Freeman told the court that his client had two options while stuck in the traffic jam. `One is the unthinkable and one is to take evasive action,' he said. Mr Freeman added that Sir Alex could have pleaded guilty to avoid any publicity. `It's not easy for someone in his position to come into court and, with respect, explain his toilet difficulties on that day.' Agreeing with the defence, chairman of the bench Leslie Berkeley said that Sir Alex was indeed caught in an emergency situation and was not guilty of any offence. The court was not told whether or not Sir Alex was allowed to continue after his caution!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWfC5ESm-_o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50buxzlwpy4

Sir Alex Ferguson was once arrested and jailed following a drunken fight during his playing days. The legendary Manchester United manager was at St Johnstone at the time and was struggling to break into the first team. Ferguson was fined £3 for the incident after appearing in court. By his own admission, Ferguson went off the rails in the early 1960s as a result of his career faltering. His behavior sparked a rift with his dad, and the pair didn't speak for two years as a result.

HAMILTON: ACADEMICAL FC v ARBROATH HAMILTONS

Just to spice things up, and since it's Friday........ tomorrow Arbroath FC play awsay at Greenock Morton at Cappielow, ko 15.00.

Arbroath are top of the Scottish Championship and Greenock 6th, 16 points behind. Where is this going? Arbroath have a Jack Hamilton in their forward line, a Chris Hamilton along with Colin Hamilton as defenders. There is also a Gavin Swankie in the squad, but enough of that. SO, let's talk HAMILTON ACADEMICAL FC. This badge features a shield with three  white cinquefoils (see below) derived from the Clan Hamilton coat of arms. The shield is encircled by a ring with the club's name and founding date.

New Douglas Park, in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is the home of Hamilton Academical FC, the Scottish Championship side. Today, the Accies play Inverness Caledonian Thistle at 19.45.

Their stadium is currently known as the Fountain of Youth Stadium (named so for sponsorship purposes). 

The club was founded in 1874, set at a local school, made up from pupils and the "Rector", from the Hamilton Academy. No other club has had such a foundation. Playing as amateurs and then with a more senior fixture card, the club  joined the Scottish Football League in 1897, when the Renton Club resigned from the League. The Accies has had a modest history.

• Scottish First Division
  • Winners: 1985–86, 1987–88, 2007–08  Runners-up: 2013–14 (second tier)
• Scottish Second Division
  • Winners: 1903–04 Runners-up: 1952–53 (second tier), 1964–65 (second tier), 1996–97 (third tier), 2003–04 (third tier)
• Scottish Third Division
  • Winners: 2000–01
• Scottish Cup
  • Runners-up: 1910–11,^[18] 1934–35^[19]
• Scottish Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1991–92, 1992–93 Runners-up: 2005–06, 2011–12

In the 1970s the club had to resign briefly from the SFL due to financial debts, but was reinstated when Renton resigned from the League.

The Stadium, New Douglas Park, takes its name from Douglas Park, the club's former stadium, which was located immediately to the south of the current site. The pitch was converted to artificial Field Turf in 2004, the more durable surface allowing the club to hold training sessions and youth team matches there without damaging the playing field for first team matches. After Hamilton was promoted to the Scottish Premier League in May 2008, the artificial surface had to be replaced by  due to league grass rules, an alteration which owner Ronnie MacDonald claimed had cost £850,000 (including the installation of  under soil heating). In addition to the turf replacement, a small temporary stand with a capacity of 500 was erected in March 2008, to bring the stadium's capacity up to the league requirement of 6,000 all seater.

At the beginning of season 2013–14, Hamilton returned to an artificial playing surface, with an installation cost of £400,000. In June 2018, that surface was voted as the worst of 42 SPFL venues in a survey of the league's players. The following day, the club made public their intention to install a new Greenfields surface in time for the 2018–19 season, costing £750,000.

In July 2016 it was announced that as part of a £750,000 sponsorship deal, New Douglas Park would be renamed the SuperSeal Stadium after a deal was agreed with home improvements company SuperSeal. In July 2018 it became the Hope CBD Stadium following another sponsorship deal with a firm providing cannabidol products owned by the club's chief executive Colin McGowan. In July 2019 it changed again to the Fountain of Youth Stadium, in another sponsorship deal worth £750,000. The stadium's record attendance of 6,007 was set on 17 January 2015 when Hamilton played Celtic in a SPL game. The Hamilton squad also includes a Fin, a Zimbawean, 2 Englanders, 1 Togan, 1 Eire, 1 Roumanian and a few Scots.

P.S. Cinquefoils.....

NEVER GIVE UP

On FEBRUARY 24th 1951 The Southend United v Swindon Town Division 3 (South) fixture played on this day in 1951 presented the away side with a sharp shock. Swindon took a 2-0 lead and must have been hoping for a win. At the end of 90 minutes those hopes had been shattered - they had lost 8-2!

Previously on September 9th 1920, the two met for the first time and Southend (at home) lost 1-3 in the Third Division South. 

On the same day, but in 2004, Bournemouth's James Hayter scored the quickest hat-trick in Football League on Tuesday February 24th 2004 in a 6-0 Division 2 victory over Wrexham at Dean Court. Brought on as a substitute with only six minutes remaining, James scored a hat-trick in just 2 minutes 20 seconds. His parents and brother were at the match but 10 minutes before the final whistle and with no sign that James would make an appearance, they left early to catch a ferry back to their home in the Isle of Wight and missed the history-making achievement.

With all the disturbance on the Russian border, Ukraine football will be taking s bit of a pounding. Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of neighbouring Ukraine today and the conflict has already had repercussions in the sporting world and it is understood that UEFA, European football’s governing body, has considered moving this season’s Champions League final away from Saint Petersburg in Russia. The decision apparently will be made at an emergency UEFA meeting on Friday.

FEDERATSIYA FUTBOLU UKRAYINY Founded 1991: FIFA entry 1992

Elsewhere, there is doubt over future World Cup qualification matches due to be staged in Russia, while in the United Kingdom, a Labour MP told parliament that the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, was identified by the Home Office in 2019 as having links to the Russian state as well as to “corrupt activity and practices”. Watch this space. 

Which Ukrainians play in England?

Mykolenko, Vitally: Everton

Yarmolenko, Andriy: West Ham

Zinchenko, Oleksandr: Manchester City

National kit.

After independence and the country's breakaway from the Soviet Union they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team's biggest success on the world stage was reaching the quarter-finals in the 2006 Fifa World Cup, which also marked the team's debut in the finals of a major championship. FIFA Ranking 24th

v England UEFA P8 W1 D2 L5 GF 3 GA 13

Since the floundtion in1992, the national managers number 14: presently Oleksandr Petrakov.

TOP PLAYERS

Anatolly Tymoshchuk: 2000-16 144 caps 4 goals

Andriy Shevchenko: 1995-2012 111 caps 48 goals

TOP GOALIE:  Andriy Pyatov  2007-present  101 games 50 wins 0,822 average Goals Against

Ukraine v Russia P2 W1 D1 F4 A3.

FOXES AGAIN

On managing unfashionable Leicester City, at 5000/1 to become Premier League Champions, you would have thought that Claudio Ranieri would have a job for life. Nine months later, his employers were having higher expectations for the Foxes, but later Claudio's job was hovering on the "brink" and by 23rd February 2017, Leicester were in the Premier League relegation zone with their last league win and league goal way back in December.

On this day, his employers gave him "unwavering support" as his Vice-Chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, described Claudio as "the most successful manager in Leicester's history", but eventually he had "lost the dressing room".  Claudio was sacked and the old Fox, Gary Lineker, commented that "it was gutwrenchingly sad".

Craig Shakespeare filled in with a "bounce" and for the next six games, Leicester won them all, surviving relegation, finishing mid-table (12th). Leicester hadn't manage six wins on the trot in their PL winning season!
Prior to this main event, Leicester had been Runners-Up in the First Division (top then) in 1928-9,
Second Division Champs seven times and Runners Up 2 and Play off winners 2 in their history. They have never been lower than Division 2.

In 2016, the Leicester City team and manager were awarded the BBC Sports' Team and Personality of the Year Awards.

In 1966, on this day, England played West Germany in a friendly at Wembley, 5 months before their World Cup Final triumph. There were nine potential World Cup winners in Alf Ramsey's choice of team, including Geoff Hurst's with his debut cap. Two players from this team didn't make the World Cup Final however, they were Keith Newton and Norman Hunter, later to be replaced by Ray Wilson and Martin Peters. (they never played in England's qualifiers or knock out rounds). Alf had a plan.

Nobby Stiles (below) scored the England goal in this 1-0 friendly win, the only international goal in his England career......
(below not Dracular)

Hurst 3 and Peters 1, of course, scored in the WC Final.

FOSSE AND REED

 22nd February 2003

Leicester fans had an unusual decision to make during half-time in the match against Wimbledon on Saturday 22nd February 2003 - the name of their club! Until 1919 the club had been known as Leicester Fosse and they were considering reverting to that name. But the fans were given the final say - each was given a card showing a C for City on one side and an F for Fosse on the other. In a show of cards at half-time the  Cs won by a mile...and Leicester City they remained.

AND NOW....Another club in the news is Wrexham who presently lie 7th in the National League. By the way in that top ten the following including Wrexham are ex-Football League clubs: Stockport County (1st place at the moment), then Chesterfield (2nd), FC Halifax Town (4th), Notts County (8th), Grimsby Town (9th) and Dagenham and Redbridge(10th).

I wrote a while back on the state of Wrexham FC and these are worth a look:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/1352006855831452015?hl=en-GB

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3994718670252035536/2631385274545936099?hl=en-GB

The two American A-Listers, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, investing in the Welsh club, have imported FA Coach Les Reed, well known to FA Coaches in the UK and a quality technical educator. Les has been working with non-league clubs for three decades, once working at Finchley FC, where Margaret Thatcher was the club president! The Americans are significantly more "hands on" at their club than Maggie was at Finchley!!

Reynolds found fame with "Deadpool" and "The Proposal" whereas his mate is known for "Its always sunny in Philadelphia". They both have Welsh roots.

Reed was hired in May after Wrexham had failed to qualify for the Football League in the play-offs. Reed has to start with a clean sheet, hiring 18 new players and have just forked out £30,000 for Ollie Palmer from Wimbledon AFC. OK its not big money but....

Reed has worked at Fulham and Southampton but learned the trade at Finchley and then Woodford Town where Bobby Moore was club president and Frank Lampard Snr worked the bar!

Reed combines his job at Wrexham with roles with UEFA and Fifa and he sees the Premier League as part of the clubs' future, not as an individual club, but as part of a "group" as in American Football, like the Red Bull and Ineos' models.

Perhaps an international franchise for little Wrexham, supported by RR McReynolds Co LLC?

A PERFECT HAT TRICK AND MAY'S FOUR

New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore scored three own goals and was substituted before half-time in a heavy 0-5 defeat by the United States at the SheBelieves Cup. The USA women had 19 shots at the Kiwi's goal but only 4 were on target. Meikayla almost matched the oppostion's "shot" statistics.

Moore, who plays for Championship leaders, Liverpool, scored twice at the wrong end in the first six minutes. Things got worse for Moore when she poked another one past goalkeeper Erin Nayler before half-time. Ashley Hatch and Mallory Pugh also scored for the US in the second half.

Moore's perfect hat-trick of own goals - scored with her left foot, right foot and a header - came before she was substituted in the 40th minute and it contributed to New Zealand's second defeat at the SheBelieves Cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TC94i9jc6g They lost 1-0 to Iceland on Friday, while the US drew with the Czech Republic.

"Each player who has played, and it doesn't matter what level, has great games and tough games, and 'Mouse' (Moore) had a tough day at the office," said New Zealand coach Jitka Klimkova. "Obviously, she's sad and disappointed, but she's an unbelievable person and player who belongs on this team. We are all behind her in this tough moment for her."

Both teams play their remaining fixture on Wednesday with New Zealand taking on the Czech Republic and the US facing Iceland.

More fun comes from this Football League One game played on Saturday (19th Feb). https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12546621/wycombe-5-5-cheltenham-league-one-highlights  Skip the adverts. 

Alfie May's four goals for Cheltenham (now 15th in Div) helped his team to a 5-5 draw at Wycombe (now 6th in the Div).  Goals from May for Cheltenham came in the 3rd, 52nd, 71st, 81th minutes. Etete scored the other at 66mins. May had played in the Non-League Isthmian south east for Farnborough, Erith, Hythe, VCD, Chatham, Billericay scoring about a goal every two games. Then at Donnie and Cheltenham in the FL Apps 180 Goals 60.

Goals for Wycombe came in the 26, 31, 33, 68 and 69th minutes by Obita (2), Halan and Vokes (the last 2).                                                                                                                                                          

POYNTZ TO GREAVES

On February 20th 1922, William Ivor Poyntz of Leeds United (below) got married in the morning and then scored a hat trick at Elland Road in a Second Division match against Leicester City in a 3-0 win. He was the fourth Leeds' player to achieve the hat trick in history. Nine days earlier Bill became the first Leeds player to be sent off in a League fixture at Gigg Lane, Bury on 11th February 1922. He had signed from the Welsh Non-league in 1921, having been born in Tylorstown, Wales in 1894. Previously he had played for Bradford Park Avenue, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers. Hartlepool United, and after Leeds,  lastly for Northampton Town. In total, he played 161 matches and scored 27 goals. He died in 1966. Find him on this list.....

https://www.sheridan-dictates.com/database-leeds-united-hat-tricks.php

Leeds United hat trick scorers

All Premier League hat tricks for Leeds United, date and opposition.

Player	Match	Goals scored
Mark Viduka	04 Nov 2000 v Liverpool	4
Eric Cantona	25 Aug 1992 v Tottenham Hotspur	3
Gordon Strachan	10 Apr 1993 v Blackburn Rovers	3
Rodney Wallace	08 May 1993 v Coventry City	3
Tony Yeboah	05 Apr 1995 v Ipswich Town	3
Tony Yeboah	23 Sep 1995 v Wimbledon	3
Gary McAllister	28 Oct 1995 v Coventry City	3
Michael Bridges	11 Aug 1999 v Southampton	3
Robbie Fowler	26 Dec 2001 v Bolton Wanderers	3
Mark Viduka	05 Apr 2003 v Charlton Athletic	3
Patrick Bamford	23 Oct 2020 v Aston Villa	3
Jack Harrison	16 Jan 2022 v West Ham United	3

https://www.lufcdata.com/hat-tricks  search this to find all Leeds United hat trick scorers, including Billy.

Today is Jimmy Greaves' birthday (born 1940); this is an appreciation of Jimmy from a previous blog. 

https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/happy-birthday-jim.html 

He scored a 100 league goals by 20 years and 290 days-the youngest to reach that milestone. 132 goals in 169 apps for Chelsea Scored in his 5 debuts-Chelsea, Spurs, England, West Ham, AC Milan. 6 hat tricks for England including two "fours". 44 goals in 57 games for England. 2 FA Cup wins and scored twice in the Spurs 5-1 victory in the European Cup Winners Cup Final v Athletico Madrid. He scored in this game, that registered the first British club to win a European competition. Jimmy retired at 31, having played a Charity game at Charterhouse!

#	Player	Team(s)	M.	goals	Penalty	Ø
1	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea FC  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United	516	357	29	0.69
2	Alan Shearer	Southampton FC  Newcastle United  Blackburn Rovers	559	283	56	0.51
3	Nat Lofthouse	Bolton Wanderers	452	253	2	0.56
4	Ian Rush	Leeds United  Newcastle United  Liverpool FC	514	233	2	0.45
5	David Herd	Manchester United  Arsenal FC  Stoke City	412	223	0	0.54
6	Tony Cottee	Leicester City  West Ham United  Everton FC	548	215	9	0.39
7	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United  Stoke City	520	211	16	0.41
8	Ronnie Allen	West Bromwich Albion	415	210	18	0.51
9	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United  Everton FC	491	208	23	0.42
10	Gordon Hodgson	Leeds United  Liverpool FC  Aston Villa	310	201	13	0.65
	Denis Law	Manchester United  Manchester City	376	201	8	0.53
12	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	606	198	8	0.33
	Stan Mortensen	Blackpool FC	317	198	5	0.62
14	Bobby Smith	Chelsea FC  Tottenham Hotspur	346	197	1	0.57
15	Peter Harris	Portsmouth FC	468	194	3	0.41
16	Ray Charnley	Blackpool FC	359	190	11	0.53
	Dennis Viollet	Manchester United  Stoke City	391	190	1	0.49
18	Andy Cole	Manchester United  Newcastle United  Sunderland AFC  Arsenal FC  Blackburn Rovers  Fulham FC  Manchester City  Portsmouth FC	415	189	1	0.46
19	Tommy Thompson	Newcastle United  Aston Villa  Preston North End	354	187	0	0.53
20	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	275	184	27	0.67
21	Bobby Gurney	Sunderland AFC	298	183	0	0.61
22	Ginger Richardson	West Bromwich Albion	269	179	1	0.67
	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Nottingham Forest  Portsmouth FC  Millwall FC	521	179	21	0.34
24	Jack Bowers	Derby County  Leicester City	246	178	4	0.72
25	George Camsell	Middlesbrough FC	270	177	2	0.66
	Lee Chapman	Leeds United  Sunderland AFC  West Ham United  Arsenal FC  Ipswich Town  Nottingham Forest  Sheffield Wednesday  Stoke City	508	177	0	0.35
27	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	460	176	26	0.38
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	258	176	22	0.68
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC  West Ham United  Manchester City	609	176	43	0.29
30	Derek Dougan	Leicester City  Blackburn Rovers  Aston Villa  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Portsmouth FC	458	175	0	0.38
31	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur  Norwich City	268	173	25	0.65
	Jack Rowley	Manchester United	356	173	5	0.49
33	Peter Dobing	Blackburn Rovers  Manchester City  Stoke City	509	172	8	0.34
34	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United  Leicester City  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Bolton Wanderers  Queens Park Rangers	403	170	0	0.42
35	Trevor Ford	Sunderland AFC  Aston Villa  Cardiff City	324	169	5	0.52
	Bob Latchford	Everton FC  Coventry City  Birmingham City  Swansea City	384	169	2	0.44
	Martin Peters	Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Norwich City	688	169	10	0.25
38	John Ritchie	Sheffield Wednesday  Stoke City	356	168	8	0.47
39	Allan Clarke	Leeds United  Leicester City  Fulham FC	395	167	1	0.42
	Roger Hunt	Liverpool FC	295	167	1	0.57
41	Mick Channon	Southampton FC  Norwich City  Manchester City	545	166	13	0.30
42	Ian Wright	West Ham United  Arsenal FC  Crystal Palace	315	165	18	0.52
43	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland AFC  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Portsmouth FC  AFC Bournemouth	496	163	14	0.33
	Tom Finney	Preston North End	362	163	17	0.45
	Francis Lee	Derby County  Bolton Wanderers  Manchester City	381	163	38	0.43
46	Robbie Fowler	Leeds United  Liverpool FC  Blackburn Rovers  Manchester City	379	162	17	0.43
47	Peter Beardsley	Newcastle United  Liverpool FC  Bolton Wanderers  Everton FC	470	161	30	0.34