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. Where a different record exists for the

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1888–1992, and

1992–present), this is also given

League

The original league saw 12 teams become the founding members of the Football League in 1888-89.

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, Everton,

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Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

and

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. Three of the teams Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Aston Villa also played in the first

season in 1992-93 but Notts County missed out, finishing in the relegation zone in 1991-92. A

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was added 4 years later for the 1892-93 season, resulting in the Football League now becoming the Football League Division 1, the top division for the next one hundred years. The Southern League became Division 3 in 1920. A Northern League formed the following year that became Division 3 North. In 1958 the regional divisions combined to form divisions 3 and 4. The top 12 sides from the Northern and Southern divisions formed League division 3. The bottom 12 of the respective divisions formed league division 4. Eight clubs have reached double figures of league titles, with Liverpool and Manchester United leading the chasing pack. Five clubs have managed to win all four divisions, a rare achievement while a further seven clubs need the top title to complete the full set.

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can claim a quadruple of titles when they won the

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, after becoming the

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champions in 2014. Most League Titles Won (top 10) Five Clubs Have Won All Four Divisions Seven Clubs Have Won 3 Divisions For the 1919/20 season, the first season after world war 1,

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were controversially elected in to the first division, where they have remained to this day. Arsenal finished fifth in the last season before the outbreak of war in the second division. Arsenal had once previously won promotion after finishing second behind

in the 1903/04 season, staying there until finishing bottom in 1912/13. Other clubs won elections to play in the first division.

and

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East En ...

in 1898, Bury and

in 1905 and

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(alongside Arsenal) in 1919 were also elected to the top flight. Blackburn later won division 2 in 1938/39, Newcastle United finished runners in 1947/48. Notts County became second division champions in 1913/14 while Bury would finish runners up 1923/24. In the 1929/30 season Chelsea finished second behind Blackpool. Holding the record of continuous seasons, Arsenal are some way ahead of other clubs who have suffered relegation, returning by winning the division, finishing in an automatic promotion place or, more recently, via the play offs. Everton spent three years in the second division before winning division 2 in the 1953/54 season. Neighbours

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, after having spent 8 years outside the top division, won the second division title in the 1961/62 season.

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bounced straight back up in 1974/75, after finishing second bottom in 1973/74. This would be Manchester United’s last football league title before the birth of the

, in their only time outside the top division since the end of the second world war.

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also spent a season in division 2, similar to Manchester United, it is the only time they have been outside the top flight since 1950. In 1976/77 Spurs conceded 72 goals as they finished bottom, the following season they finished third in the second division to earn promotion back to the top flight. Chelsea have been in the top flight since 1989 after winning the second division, while

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were championship winners in 2002. The 1998/99 season saw Manchester City earn promotion from League 1, after winning a penalty shootout against Gillingham in the play-off final. Runners up to

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in the championship the following season but City made an immediate return after relegation in 2001, before securing their seventh second division title. Unlike many European clubs that have never played outside their country's top division, no English club can claim that achievement. 65 clubs have played at the top level, 6 clubs have never returned, the rest, apart from Arsenal, have secured promotion from the second division.

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Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...

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, and

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have completed only one season in the top flight. The club that can boast playing the most seasons in the top tier is Everton, who have played in 119 seasons of the 123 seasons completed. (The current 2022/23 is the 124th season). The city of

has always been represented in footballs top tier. While Everton suffered relegation in 1930, Liverpool remained. Everton after three years in the second division, between 1951–54, won promotion to division 1, swapping places with Liverpool who had been relegated. Next comes

who, at the end of this season, will have played 109 seasons in the top tier. Liverpool will have played one less come May 2023 while Arsenal will have managed 106. Manchester United will become the fifth centurion in 2025, unless they are relegated beforehand. Most Seasons in the Top Flight (Division 1 + Premier League - at end of current 2022/23 season) Most Successive Seasons in the Top Flight (Division 1 + Premier League - at end of current 2022/23 season)

Champions of England

Twenty four different

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have been crowned English champions since the league began in 1888. Some clubs have enjoyed regular success with others not so fortunate. Recently

ended a 30 year wait to become league champions again, but this nowhere near the longest wait in history to once again be the English champions.

won back to back titles, the first two in fact, but have never won it since 1890.

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

won in 1898 but no second title has yet arrived. Their Neighbours,

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, have won the league more recently than them, but they haven't added to their tally of four league titles, with their most recent success coming in 1930.

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won a hat trick of titles between 1924 and 1926, but nearly a century later no fourth title has been added. It is approaching 96 years since

were English champions while

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have now gone 61 years without any league titles. Tottenham finished third in the second division to reclaim their top flight status.

had to wait 50 years before their

success in 2005, although they did win the

twice in the 1980s.

endured a bleak 44 years before new owners took them to the top in 2012.

went 41 years without the top title, but that time period includes two world wars, with eleven seasons lost.

are currently in their longest period without a league title, albeit by year, since first becoming English champions in 1931. Twice Arsenal went 18 years without a title, 1953 until 1971 then again until 1989. Arsenal last won the league in the 2003-04 season. At end of the 2021/2022 season (*4 seasons **11 seasons lost during war years)

Titles

*Most League titles: 20,

*Most consecutive League titles: 3 **

: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26 **

: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35 **

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 **

(twice): *** 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 *** 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 * Most Second Division Titles (Championship): 7,

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–

* Most Third Division Titles (League 1): 4,

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

–

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

–

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

–

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–

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park ...

* Most Fourth Division Titles (League 2): 4, Chesterfield

Representation

*Most participants in top flight from one county: During the three consecutive seasons 1919–21, the historic boundaries (pre-1974) of the County of Lancashire had nine participants in the top-flight:

, Everton,

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, and

.English Football League and F. A. Premier League Tables 1888–2016 by Michael Robinson (2016) **During the Premier League era, there were eight participants in the historic county of Lancashire during the 2010–11 season:

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, Everton,

, and

. *Most participants in top flight from one city: During the season 1989–90, London had eight entrants in the top-flight:

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, and Wimbledon. *City represented with most seasons in top flight:

. The city has always had a top flight member of either Everton or Liverpool.

Wins

*Most wins in the top-flight overall: 2,016,

*Most wins overall: 2,217,

*Most wins at home in top-flight overall: 1,246,

*Most wins at home overall: 1,409,

*Most wins away in top-flight overall: 693,

*Most wins away overall: 808,

*Most consecutive wins from start of a top-flight season: 11,

( First Division, 1960–61) *Most consecutive wins from start of a season: 13,

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( Third Division, 1985–86) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins: 18, joint record **

(26 August 2017 – 27 December 2017) **

(27 October 2019 – 24 February 2020) *Most consecutive wins (all competitions): 21,

(19 December 2020 – 2 March 2021) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins at home: 24,

(

, 9 February 2019 – 11 July 2020) *Most consecutive top-flight league wins away: 12,

(

, 19 December 2020 – 14 May 2021) *Most consecutive home wins: 25, Bradford (Park Avenue) (Third Division North, 1926–27) *Most wins in a top-flight season: 32, joint record **

(

, 2017–18 and 2018–19) **

(

, 2019–20)

Draws

*Most draws overall in the top flight: 1,159, Everton *Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:The Football League , Stats , Records , Records – League , Draws , DRAWS
**

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(from 42 games, First Division, 1978–79) **

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

(from 46 games, Fourth Division, 1986–87) **

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(from 46 games, Third Division, 1997–98) **

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(from 46 games, Third Division, 1997–98) *Most consecutive draws: 8: **

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( Third Division, 1969–70) **

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(

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, 1970–71) **

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( Fourth Division, 1971–72) **

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( Third Division,

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) ** Chesterfield (

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, 2005–06) **

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, 2005–06) **

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(

, 2008–09)

Losses

*Most losses overall in the top flight: 1,595, Everton *Most losses in a season: 34,

, ( Third Division, 1997–98; final record P46 W4 D8 L34) *Fewest losses in a season: 0, joint record: **

( First Division, 1888–89; final record P22 W18 D4 L0) **

(

, 1893–94; final record P28 W22 D6 L0) **

(

, 2003–04; final record P38 W26 D12 L0) *Most consecutive losses: **18,

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, 1898–99 (Second Division) **17,

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, 1931–32 (Division 3 North) **17,

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, 2002–03, 2003–04 (15 in top tier)

Points

*Most points overall in the top flight (mixed 3pts for a win and 2pts for win): 7,099,

*Most points in a season (2 points for a win – 46 matches): 74, Lincoln City ( Fourth Division, 1975–76) *Most points in a season (3 points for a win – 46 matches): 106,

(

, 2005–06) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (2 points for a win – 42 matches): 68 (30 wins 8 draws),

( First Division, 1978–79) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 42 matches): 92 (27 wins 11 draws),

(

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, 1993-94) *Most points in a season for a top-flight team (3 points for a win – 38 matches): 100 points (32 wins 4 draws),

(

, 2017–18) *Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win – 34 matches): 8, joint record: **

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(

, 1899–1900) **

(

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) *Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win – 38 matches): 11,

(

, 2007–08) *Most points in a season while being relegated (2 points for a win – 46 matches): 41,

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( Third Division, 1972–73) *Most points in a season while being relegated (3 points for a win – 46 matches): 54, joint record: **

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( Third Division, 21st of 24; 1988–89) **

(

, 22nd of 24; 2012–13)

Games without a win

*Most consecutive league games without a win: 36, joint record: **

(

; 22 September 2007 to 13 September 2008) **

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( League Two; 2 January to 5 May 2012 and 4 August to 12 October 2018). *Longest run without a home win: 364 days,

(

; 17 December 2016 to 16 December 2017).

Games without defeat

*Most consecutive games without a defeat: 78,

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, (

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; 23 February 2003 to 27 November 2004)

Goals

*Most league goals scored in a season: 134,

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*Most top-flight goals scored in a season (42 games): 128,

( First Division, 1930–31) *Most top-flight goals scored in a season (38 games): 106,

(

, 2017–18) *Most goals scored in all competitions in a season by a top-flight side: 169,

( 2018–19) *Most top-flight goals scored in total: 7,161, Everton *Most home league goals scored in a season: 87,

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, 1927–28) *Most away league goals scored in a season: 60,

( First Division, 1930–31) *Most consecutive games scoring: 55,

(

, 19 May 2001 – 30 November 2002) *Most consecutive games without scoring: 11,

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(

, 1919–20) and

( Third Division,

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) *First league goal awarded by goal-line technology: scored by Edin Džeko in the 14th minute of the

game between

and

on 18 January 2014. The game was officiated by

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, who consulted his watch when Cardiff defender

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quickly cleared the ball away just after it entered the goal.

Scorelines

*Record win: 13–0: **

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13–0 Halifax Town ( Third Division North, 6 January 1934) **

13–0 Newport County (

, 5 October 1946) *Record win in top division: 12–0, joint record: **

12–0

( First Division, 4 April 1892) ** Nottingham Forest 12–0

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( First Division, 21 April 1909) *Record away win:

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0–10

(

, 10 December 1892) *Record away win in top division:

0–9

(

, 25 October 2019) *Highest aggregate score:

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado ...

13–4

( Third Division North, 26 December 1935) *Highest scoring draw: 6–6, joint record: **

6–6

( First Division, 21 April 1930) **

6–6

(

, 22 October 1960) *Most double figure league wins by a team: 5,

(12–0 v

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

, 17 December 1892; 10–2 v

, 17 March 1894; 10–1 v

, 2 March 1901; 12–0 v

, 11 April 1903; 11–1 v

, 6 January 1915) (all

) *Most goals scored by a losing side: 6 by

losing 7–6 to

(21 December 1957)

Disciplinary

*Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record: ** Chesterfield (2) ''v.''

(3) (22 February 1997) **

(1) ''v.''

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

(4) (2 December 1997) **

(3) ''v.''

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on Ne ...

(2) (23 November 2002) **

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

(3) ''v.''

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...

(2) (27 March 2012) (all after the final whistle) *Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, joint record: ** Roy McDonough (

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

),"Away penalties at Old Trafford"
Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning and Matt Cunningham,

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

, 26 June 2003 ** Steve Walsh (

and

)"Football League Records: Disciplinary"
,

The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

, ''accessed 4 December 2007'' *Fastest red card: 13 seconds,

Kevin Pressman Kevin Paul Pressman (born 6 November 1967) is an English football coach and former professional goalkeeper, who is the current goalkeeping coach for Grantham Town. As a player he made over 500 appearances in both the Premier League and Footba ...

(

, 13 August 2000)"Tallest Footballers ever"

, ''accessed 10 June 2010'' *Fastest yellow card: 3 seconds,

Vinnie Jones Vincent Peter Jones (born 5 January 1965) is a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer. Jones played professionally as a defensive midfielder from 1984 to 1999, notably for Wimbledon, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Chels ...

(

, 21 March 1992)"Lock, Stock and Three Smoking Seconds!"
Bobby F.C., ''accessed 16 December 2017'' *Fastest red card for a substitute on the field of play: 0 seconds, joint record: ** Walter Boyd (

, 12 March 2000), **

Keith Gillespie Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Mindwell in the Mid-Ulster Football League. He began his career at Manchester United after winning the FA Youth Cu ...

(

, 20 January 2007) Both players came on as a substitute and elbowed/pushed an opponent before the game had been restarted.

Transfers

*Highest transfer fee received: £142 million: **

Philippe Coutinho Philippe Coutinho Correia (born 12 June 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Brazil national team. He is known for his combination of vision, ...

, from

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

(7 January 2018) *Highest transfer fee paid: £100 million: **

Jack Grealish Jack Peter Grealish (born 10 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Manchester City and the England national team. Grealish joined Aston Villa at the age of six, and mad ...

, from

(5 August 2021)

Individual

Appearances

*Most titles won by an individual player: 13,

Ryan Giggs Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his entire professional career for Manchester United and briefly served as ...

*Most career league appearances: 1,005 (849 in First Division),

Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His 30-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the distinction of playing over 1,000 league games, including in ...

(1966 to 1997) *Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 931, Tony Ford (1975 to 2002) *Most career league appearances at one club: 770, John Trollope (Swindon Town, 1960–1980) *Most career top-flight league appearances at one club: 672,

(

, 2 March 1991 to 6 May 2014) *Most career consecutive league appearances: 375,

Harold Bell Harold Bell (October 5, 1919 – December 4, 2009) was an American marketer and merchandising executive who co-created Woodsy Owl, the iconic mascot of the United States Forest Service. Bell created Woodsy Owl with two U.S. park rangers ...

(

), 1946 to 1955 (401 consecutive club games including 26 FA Cup appearances) *Oldest player:

Neil McBain Neil McBain (15 November 1895 – 13 May 1974) was a Scottish professional footballer and football manager. He remains the oldest player to appear in an English Football League match aged 51 years. Playing career Club McBain, a wing half, ...

, 51 years and 20 days (for New Brighton ''v.''

, 1947) *Youngest player:

Reuben Noble-Lazarus Reuben Courtney Noble-Lazarus (born 16 August 1993) is an English-born Grenadian professional footballer. On 30 September 2008, he became the youngest player to debut in the English Football League, at 15 years and 45 days old, breaking the reco ...

, 15 years and 45 days (for

''v.''

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...

, 30 September 2008) *Oldest top-flight player:

Stanley Matthews Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while sti ...

, 50 years and 5 days (for

''v.''

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswor ...

, 6 February 1965) *Youngest top-flight player: Ethan Nwaneri, 15 years and 181 days (for

''v.''

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings wh ...

, 18 September 2022)

Goals

*Most career league goals: 434,

Arthur Rowley George Arthur Rowley Jr. (21 April 1926 – 19 December 2002), nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in the history of English lea ...

(619 matches, for

and

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

, 1946 to 1965) *Most career top-flight goals: 357,

Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Greaves is regarded as one of England’s best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer ...

(516 matches, for

and

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

, 1957 to 1971) *Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15

Stan Mortensen Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the "Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a ha ...

for

1950-51 *Most league goals in a season: 60,

Dixie Dean William Ralph "Dixie" Dean (22 January 1907 – 1 March 1980) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest centre-forwards of all time and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in ...

(39 matches, for Everton, 1927 to 1928) *Most goals in a game: 10,

Joe Payne Joseph Payne may refer to: * Joseph Payne (educationalist) (1808–1876), British educationalist * Joseph Payne (cricketer) (1829–1880), English cricketer * Joseph Payne (musician) (1941–2008), British musician * Joseph Frank Payne (1840–19 ...

(for

''v.''

, 13 April 1936) *Most goals in a top-flight game: 7,

Ted Drake Edward Joseph Drake (16 August 1912 – 30 May 1995) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league titles and an FA Cup, as wel ...

for

''v.''

(away), 14 December 1935 *Fastest goal: 3.5 seconds, Colin Cowperthwaite (for Barrow ''v.''

Kettering Town Kettering Town Football Club is a football club based in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of and play at Latimer Park in Burton Latimer. Kettering were the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts in ...

, 1979) *Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds,

Freddy Eastwood Freddy Eastwood (born 29 October 1983) is a former professional footballer. He started his career with West Ham United and also played for Southend United, Grays Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Coventry City. He played eleven times in his ...

(for

''v.''

, 16 October 2004) *Fastest

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three w ...

(time between first and third goals): 2 minutes 21 seconds, James Hayter (for

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the English ...

''v.''

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

, 23 February 2004) *Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds,

Nicklas Bendtner Nicklas Bendtner (; born 16 January 1988) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. His preferred position was centre-forward, but he has also played on the right side of attack, and occasionally on the left. A large ...

(for

''v.''

, 22 December 2007) *Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals Dave Halliday – 101 games *Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons Dave Halliday – 1925–29. Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons. *Most

own goal An own goal, also called a self goal, is where a player performs actions that result in them or their team scoring a goal on themselves, often resulting in a point for the opposing team, such as when a football player kicks a ball into their own ...

s in one season: 5,

Bobby Stuart Bobby Stuart (9 October 1913 – 1987) was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Middlesbrough, Plymouth Argyle and Whitby Town. He was born in Middlesbrough, England. Bobby Stuart gained 3 England International caps as a Scho ...

(

, 1934–35) *Most hat-tricks in one season: 9,

George Camsell George Henry Camsell (27 November 1902 – 7 March 1966) was an English footballer who scored a club record 325 league goals in 419 games for Middlesbrough, and 18 goals in nine appearances for England. His 59 goals in one season (1926–27) fo ...

(

, 1926–27) *Most career hat-tricks: 37,

(

, Everton, 1923–1937) *Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1,311 minutes,

Edwin van der Sar Edwin van der Sar (; born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch football executive and former professional player who is currently the chief executive of AFC Ajax, with whom he began his senior playing career in the early 1990s; he is considered to be a m ...

(for

, 2008–09) *Youngest goalscorer: Ronnie Dix, 15 years and 180 days (for

''v.''

, 3 March 1928) *Youngest top-flight goalscorer:

Jason Dozzell Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell (born 9 December 1967) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Ipswich Town and Tottenham Hotspur. He also playe ...

, 16 years and 57 days (for

''v.''

, February 1984) *Youngest hat-trick goalscorer:

Trevor Francis Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player fol ...

, 16 years and 317 days (for

''v.''

, 20 February 1971, Division 2)

FA Cup

Final

Team

*Most wins: 14,

(

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events J ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

) *Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record: **'' Wanderers'' (

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great ...

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

) **

( 1884,

1885 Events January–March * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 4 &n ...

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

) *Most consecutive defeats in finals: 3,

(

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

) *Most appearances in finals: 21,

(

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – In ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

) *Most Final appearances without win: 2, joint record: **'' Queen's Park'' ( 1884,

) **

(

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

) **

(

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

) **

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...

(

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) *Most Final appearances without defeat: 5, '' Wanderers'' (

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

, 1873,

) *Longest winning streak in Finals: 7, joint record: **

(

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

) **

(

) *Biggest win: 6 goals, joint record: ** Bury 6–0

(

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...

) **

6–0

(

) *Most goals in a final: 7: **

6–1

(

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship '' ...

) **

4–3

(

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...

) *Most goals by a runner-up: 3: **

: Lost 3–4 against

(

) **

: Drew 3–3 but lost in a penalty shoot-out against

(

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

) *Most defeats in finals: 8, joint record: ** Everton (

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puni ...

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

) **

(

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) **

(

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". * January ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

)

Individual

*Most wins: 7,

Ashley Cole Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football coach and former player who is currently a first-team coach at Premier League club Everton. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea. Cole is cons ...

(

) (

) & (

) (

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

) *Most appearances in finals: 9, Arthur Kinnaird ( Wanderers) ( 1872–73, 1874–75, 1875–76, 1876–77, 1877–78) & ( Old Etonians) ( 1878–79, 1880–81, 1881–82, 1882–83) *Most goals in a final: 3,

Billy Townley William James Townley (14 February 1866 – 30 May 1950) was an English football player and coach. He scored the first hat-trick in the history of the FA Cup final, but his lasting legacy is defined as an important pioneer of the game in Germ ...

(

), James Logan (

1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...

) &

(

) *Most goals in finals: 5, Ian Rush (

) (2 in

, 2 in

, 1 in

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

) *Most finals scored in: 4,

Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at ...

(

) (1 each in

) *Youngest FA Cup finalist:

Curtis Weston Curtis James Weston (born 24 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for AFC Fylde. Playing career Born in Greenwich, London, Weston attended Erith Secondary School, and was spotted by a Millwall scout when playing for the ...

, aged 17 years and 119 days (for

''v.''

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

) *Youngest player to score in an FA Cup Final:

Norman Whiteside Norman Whiteside (born 7 May 1965) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. Whiteside began his career at Manchester United, signing professional forms in 1982 at the age of 17 and quickly be ...

, aged 18 years and 19 days (for

''v.''

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

) *Oldest FA Cup finalist: Billy Hampson, aged 41 years and 257 days (for

''v.''

, 1923–24)

All rounds

*Most FA Cup goals conceded: 539: Aston Villa *Most FA Cup goals scored: 909 - Kettering Town, three ahead of Tottenham. *Highest FA Cup goal difference: +363: Manchester United *Most FA Cup games played: 483: Arsenal *Most FA Cup games won: 270: Arsenal *Most FA Cup games lost: 132: Notts County *Most FA Cup games drawn: 108: Tottenham Hotspur *Largest margin of a win:

26–0 Hyde (First round, 15 October 1887) *Largest margin of an away win: Clapton 0–14 Nottingham Forest (First round, 17 January 1891) and

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

0–14 Spalding United (First Qualifying Round, 1964) *Largest margin of an away win by a non-league club against a league club:

1–6

(Second round, 1955–56) *Most clubs competing for trophy in a season: 763 ( 2011–12) *Longest tie: 660 minutes (6 matches in total), Oxford City ''v.''

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is south of Bir ...

(Fourth Qualifying Round, 1971–72; Alvechurch won the sixth match 1–0) *Longest penalty shoot-out: 20 penalties each,

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. T ...

''v.'' Littlehampton Town (Preliminary Round Replay, 31 August 2005; Tunbridge Wells won 16–15) *Most rounds played in a season: 9, joint record: **

( 1932–33: 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–5th Rounds) ** New Brighton ( 1956–57: Preliminary, 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–4th Rounds) ** Blyth Spartans ( 1977–78: 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–5th Rounds) ** Harlow Town ( 1979–80: Preliminary, 1st–4th Qualifying Rounds, 1st–4th Rounds) *Most games played in a season: 13,

Bideford Bideford ( ) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. It is the main town of the Torridge local government district. Toponymy In ancient records Bideford is recorded as ''Bedeford'', ''By ...

( 1973–74: one First Qualifying, two Second Qualifying, five Third Qualifying, four Fourth Qualifying and one First Round) *Fastest goal: 4 seconds,

Gareth Morris Gareth Charles Walter Morris (13 May 192014 February 2007) was a British flautist. He was the principal flautist of a number of London orchestras including the Boyd Neel Orchestra before joining the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was the princip ...

(for

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. History The club was founded in 1878 as Hurst Football Club and the earliest known match r ...

''v.''

Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Footba ...

, 17 September 2001) *Most consecutive games without defeat: 22,

(1884–1886) *Most consecutive games without defeat: (Excluding defeat by penalty shoot-out) 29,

(2009–13) *Fastest hat-trick: 2 min 20 sec, Andy Locke (for

Nantwich Town Nantwich Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1884 and is nicknamed ''The Dabbers'', a reference to the town's tanning industry. They currently compete in and pla ...

''v.'' Droylsden,

) *Most Career Goals: 49, Henry "Harry" Cursham (

between

and

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

). *Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup season: 15, Sandy Brown (for

, 1900-01). *Top scorers The table includes all players to have scored 20 or more goals. *Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game: 9,

Ted MacDougall Edward John MacDougall (born 8 January 1947 in Inverness) is a Scottish former footballer. MacDougall was a prolific goalscorer who played for eight teams, scoring 256 goals in 535 League appearances and winning seven full international caps fo ...

(for

in 1971) *Scoreline: Two examples of teams scoring 7 goals and not winning –

Dulwich Hamlet Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill. History The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. Th ...

8–7 St Albans City (Fourth Qualifying Round Replay, 22 November 1922), and

7–7

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates ...

(Fourth Qualifying Round, 16 November 1929). *Youngest player:

Andy Awford Andrew Terry Awford (born 14 July 1972) is an English football coach and former footballer who was most recently the Youth Academy and Development Manager at Luton Town. Prior to this, he was the manager of Portsmouth, a club where he spent the v ...

, 15 years and 88 days (for Worcester City ''v.''

Boreham Wood Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known ...

, Third qualifying round, 1987–88), *Youngest goalscorer: Sean Cato, 16 years and 25 days (for Barrow Town ''v.'' Rothwell Town, 2011–12) *Youngest goalscorer (proper rounds): George Williams, 16 years, 2 months and 5 days (for

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

''v.''

, 2011–12) * Biggest gap between two teams in an FA Cup match: 161 difference in rank between 8th-tier

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and Premier League

, Third Round Proper, 10 January 2021.

League Cup

Final

*Most wins (team): 9 **

(

) *Most consecutive wins (team): 4 **Liverpool (

) **Manchester City (

) *Largest margin of win in a final: 5 goals:

5–0

(

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

) *Most goals in a final (one-off match): 5 goals (joint record) **

3–2

(

) **

3–2 Everton (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

, second replay) ** Nottingham Forest 3–2

(

) **

3–2

(

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

) **

3–2

(

) **

5–0

(

) **

3–2

(

) *Most appearances (team): 13,

(

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

) *Most wins (player): 6,

Sergio Agüero Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo (born 2 June 1988), also known as Kun Agüero, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest play ...

and Fernandinho (

;

) *Most wins (manager): 4 **

Brian Clough Brian Howard Clough ( ; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He is one of four managers to have won the Engli ...

( Nottingham Forest;

) **

Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time ...

(

;

) **

José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the Britis ...

(

;

) **

Pep Guardiola Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the ...

(

;

) *Most defeats in finals: 6,

(

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

) *Most appearances without winning: 2 **

(

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo ...

) ** Everton (

) **

(

) **

(

) **

(

) *Lowest ranked winners:

(

) and

(

) – Third Division (now

EFL League One The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...

) *Lowest ranked finalists:

(

) – Fourth Division (now

EFL League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Le ...

) and

(

) –

*Fastest goal in League Cup Final: 45 seconds,

John Arne Riise John Arne Semundseth Riise (born 24 September 1980) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a left back and a left midfielder. He is currently the manager of Toppserien club Avaldsnes. With 110 caps, Riise i ...

(

''v.''

in 3–2 defeat,

)

All rounds

*Most League Cup games played:

, 256 *Most League Cup games won:

, 149 *Most League Cup games drawn:

, 59 *Most League Cup games lost:

,77 *Biggest win in a match: 10–0, joint record: **

10–0 Bury (Second round, second leg, 25 October 1983) **

10–0

(Second round, first leg, 23 September 1986) *Biggest win in aggregate: by 11 goals, joint record: **

13–2

(10–0 First leg & 3–2 Second leg, 1986) ** Bury 1–12

(1–2 First leg & 0–10 Second leg, 1983) **

11–0

(5–0 First leg & 6–0 Second leg, 1981) **

11–0

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underw ...

(8–0 First leg & 3–0 Second leg, 1987) ** Everton 11–0

(5–0 First leg: Away & 6–0 Second leg: Home, 1990) *Most career goals: 49: ** Ian Rush (

1980 to 1999) *Most goals in a single match: 6,

Frankie Bunn Frank Stephen Bunn (born 6 November 1962) is an English former professional footballer who is currently the U23 coach of League One club Wigan Athletic. He holds the Football League Cup record for the most goals (six) by a player in a single match ...

(for

''v.'' Scarborough, 25 October 1989, in their 7–0 win) *Most goals by a losing side: Reading (5),

, 30 October 2012 in their 5–7 defeat (after extra time) *Most goals by a side without winning: Dagenham & Redbridge (6),

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as D ...

, 11 August 2014 in a 6–6 draw (Brentford won 4–2 on penalties).

All-time top scorers

FA Charity / Community Shield

Final

*Most wins (team): 21 (17 outright, 4 shared),

( 1908,

1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *Most appearances (team): 30,

( 1908,

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

) *Record scoreline:

8–4

*Most wins (individual): 9,

all outright wins (

) *Most appearances (individual): 15,

(

) *Most defeats (individual): 6,

(

) *Most consecutive wins: 4, Everton (

(shared),

) *Most consecutive defeats: 4,

(

) *Most consecutive appearances: 6,

(

) *Most consecutive appearances (individual): 6,

(

) *Most goals: 6,

Harold Halse Harold James Halse (1 January 1886 – 25 March 1949) was an English football forward, who played most of his career for Manchester United and then for Chelsea. He was the first player to appear in three FA Cup finals for three clubs. He is a ...

(

( Everton)

All competitions

*Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in fewest no. of games played): 103 goals scored in 34 games by

in season 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored in 42 games by

in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)). *Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season (in elapsed calendar days): 103 goals scored on 18 January 2014 by

in 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored on 21 February 2013 by

in season 2012–13 (excludes games played / goals scored in FA Community Shield (1/2), UEFA Super Cup (1/1) and FIFA Club World Cup (2/3)). *Most consecutive penalty shoot-out wins: 9 by

between 6 October 2009 and 11 December 2012 **

Football League Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by t ...

(fifth round), 11 December 2012,

beat

3–2 on penalties (score 1–1 after extra time) **

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football compet ...

(second round proper replay), 13 November 2012,

beat

4–2 on penalties (score 3–3 after extra time) **Football League Cup (fourth round), 30 October 2012,

beat

4–2 on penalties (score 0–0 after extra time) **

Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL ...

(second round), 9 October 2012,

beat

3–2 on penalties (score 0–0 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (quarter-finals), 8 November 2011,

beat

6–5 on penalties (score 1–1 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (second round), 4 October 2011,

beat

4–3 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (first round), 30 August 2011,

beat

3–1 on penalties (score 0–0 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (quarter-finals), 10 November 2009,

beat

5–4 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) **Football League Trophy (second round), 6 October 2009,

beat

3–2 on penalties (score 2–2 after normal time) *Fastest penalty awarded: 6 seconds.

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

v Witton Albion – 13 December 2016. Referee Joseph Johnson awarded a penalty when Blaine Hudson upended

Tolani Omotola Omotolani Daniel Omotola (born 16 April 1998) is a German footballer of African origin who plays for side Barwell, where he plays as a forward. Playing career Tranmere Rovers Omotola started his career at Tranmere Rovers and was first called ...

after 6 seconds.

Attendance records

*Record attendance: 126,047 –

played at

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

FA Cup Final (28 April 1923). *Record attendance at club ground: 121,919 –

played at

FA Cup Final (19 April 1913). *Record home attendance: 85,512 –

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

played at

UEFA Champions League (2 November 2016). *Record home attendance at own stadium: 84,569 –

played at

Maine Road Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003. It hosted FA Cup semi-finals, the Charity Shield, a League Cup final and England matches. Maine Road's highest a ...

FA Cup R6 (3 March 1934). *Record league attendance: 83,260 –

played at

First Division (17 January 1948). *Record Premier League attendance: 83,222 –

played at

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...

(10 February 2018). *Record league attendance at own stadium: 82,905 –

played at Stamford Bridge First Division (12 October 1935). *Record attendance at new Wembley: 89,874 –

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most d ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a ...

FA Cup Final (17 May 2008). *Record lowest attendance: ''0 –

COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confirm ...

'' *Record lowest attendance (Without COVID): 469 ''–''

Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

played at

West Ham Stadium West Ham Stadium was a stadium that existed between 1928 and 1972 in Custom House, in East London (it was in the County Borough of West Ham, in the county of Essex, at the time of the stadium's construction). The stadium was built in 1928 on Pri ...

Third Division South (6 December 1930).

List of English record competition winners

These tables list the clubs that have won honours an English record number of times. It lists all international competitions organised by

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

and

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

as well as competitions organised by the English governing bodies the

English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

, the

, and

The Football Association The Football Association (also known as The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world a ...

Ongoing competitions

Discontinued competitions

This table follows the elite criteria above. It also includes any competitions that were not directly run by the governing bodies but were precursors to such competitions. Note: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was replaced with UEFA Cup and Intercontinental Cup was replaced with FIFA Club World Cup.

Managers

*Longest-serving manager at one club: Fred Everiss, 46 years (

1902–1948) *Shortest-serving manager at one club (excluding caretakers):

Leroy Rosenior Leroy De Graft Rosenior (born 24 August 1964) is a football coach and pundit. He is a former footballer whose clubs included Fulham, Queens Park Rangers (for whom he appeared as a substitute in the 1986 League Cup Final), Bristol City and Wes ...

, 10 minutes (

, 17 May 2007)Leroy Rosenior lost his job at Torquay just 10 minutes after being introduced as the Devon club's new manager. The then Chairman

Mike Bateson Mike Bateson is an English businessman and former chairman of Torquay United Football Club. Bateson was brought up in Blackpool and after a spell in the Scots Guards made his fortune selling double glazing in the South-West of England. In May 199 ...

called him to say he had just sold the club to a group led by

Colin Lee Colin Lee (born 12 June 1956) is an English football manager and former footballer. He is currently head of football at South Dartmoor Community College in Ashburton, Devon along with Chris Beard. Playing career Lee began his football career ...

, who reinstated himself as director of football only a matter of days after being made redundant by the club. *Most trophy wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 38 (

) *Most League title wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 13 (

) *Most FA Cup wins:

Arsène Wenger Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (; born 22 October 1949) is a French former association football, football Manager (association football), manager and football player, player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Developme ...

, 7 (

) *Most League Cup wins: 4, joint record: **

with Nottingham Forest ** Sir Alex Ferguson with

with

(3) and

(1) *Most FA Charity/Community Shield wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 10 (9 outright, 1 shared) (

) *Most Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 2 (

) *Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League wins:

Bob Paisley Robert Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 – 14 February 1996) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded, due to his achievements with the club, ...

, 3 (

)* *Most Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / Europa League wins:

Don Revie Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an England international footballer and manager, best known for his successful spell with Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, which immediately preceded his appointment as England mana ...

, 2 (

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...

) *Most top-flight League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 625 games (

) *Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 110 games (

)

Footnotes

References

* * * * * * * *

External links

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FA Charity / Community Shield

Final

All competitions

Attendance records

List of English record competition winners

Ongoing competitions

Discontinued competitions

Managers

Footnotes

See also

References

External links