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George Camsell
George Henry Camsell (27 November 1902 – 7 March 1966) was an English Association football, footballer who scored a club record 325 league goals in 419 games for Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, and 18 goals in nine appearances for England national football team, England. His 59 goals in one season (1926–27) for Middlesbrough was a Football League record at the time, and has only been bettered once within the English game by Dixie Dean of Everton F.C., Everton in 1927–28. His nine hat-tricks that season remains a Football League record. He also holds the England national football team records#Goals, highest goals-to-games ratio for England of anyone who has played more than a single international. Club career Born in Framwellgate Moor, City of Durham (UK Parliament constituency), Durham City in 1902, Camsell worked as a miner and played for Durham City A.F.C., Durham City. He caught the attention of Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough after scoring 21 goals in 20 games i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Footballers In England By Number Of League Goals
The following is a list of footballers who have scored at least 200 domestic league goals in English league football. This includes the appearances and goals of both present and former players in the Premier League and The Football League. Due to the close connections between English and Scottish football, several players have played for clubs in England and in the Scottish Football League and its successors and amassed over 200 goals across the two systems, including David McLean (footballer, born 1890), David McLean (over 160 goals in both), Joe Baker (over 140 in both), Neil Martin (footballer), Neil Martin (over 110 in both) and Kenny Dalglish (over 110 in both). Players who came up just short of the 200 mark include Chris Chilton, Peter Doherty (footballer), Peter Doherty, Gary Lineker, Jack Smith (footballer, born 1895), Jack Smith, Freddie Steele (footballer), Freddie Steele and Andrew Wilson (footballer, born 1880), Andrew Wilson. Horace Barnes, Tony Brown (footballer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framwellgate Moor
Framwellgate Moor is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It had a population of 5,404 in the 2011 Census.Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Durham'' Retrieved 30 July 2010 With a slight increase to 6,112 in a 2018 local report. It is the location of New College Durham, the major further education establishment of the city. In addition, it is the location of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English 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, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The Football League was rebranded as the "English Football League" (EFL) starting with the 2016–17 season. The EFL is divided into the EFL Championship, Championship, EFL League One, League One and EFL League Two, League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship division clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League (division), National League. Currently four of the EFL clubs are from Wales – Cardiff City F.C., Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939–40 Football League
The abandoned 1939–40 season would have been the 48th season of The Football League. The kick-off in all divisions took place on Saturday 26 August 1939.Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. On Friday 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany, Germany Invasion of Poland, invaded Poland. On Saturday 2 September 1939, all divisions of the Football League played their third game of the season. These were the last fixtures before abandonment following the Neville Chamberlain#Declaration of war, British declaration of war on Germany on Sunday 3 September 1939. Large gatherings of crowds were suspended with the implementation of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939. Blackpool F.C., Blackpool were leading the First Division when the season was abandoned. League tables when season was abandoned The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found aThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayresome Park
Ayresome Park was a football stadium in the Ayresome area of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Middlesbrough F.C. from its construction in time for the 1903–04 season, until the Riverside Stadium opened in 1995. It was demolished in 1997 and replaced with housing. History Middlesbrough had previously played at Linthorpe Road West cricket ground, but election to the Football League meant that an improved stadium was required. Ayresome Park was built at Paradise Field, adjacent to the old Paradise Ground of Middlesbrough Ironopolis, who had played in the Football League in the 1893–94 season. The highest attendance at the ground (53,802) was set on 27 December 1949, when Middlesbrough played their North East rivals Newcastle United. Ayresome Park was also one of the venues for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Three games were played at the ground, involving the Soviet Union, North Korea, Italy and Chile. North Korea famously beat Italy 1–0 at the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester City F
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of in . The greater Leicester urban area had a population of 559,017 in 2021, making it the 11th most populous in England, and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. A 2023 report ranked Leicester 16th out of the 50 largest UK cities on a range of economic measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities. The city lies on the River Soar and is approximately north-northwest of London, east-northeast of Birmingham and northeast of Coventry. Nottingham and Derby lie around to the north and northwest respectively, whilst Peterborough is located to the east. Leicester is close to the eastern end of the National Forest, England, National Forest. Leicester has a long history exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Wicket#Dismissing a batsman, wickets with three consecutive delivery (cricket), deliveries. Fans held a collection for Stephenson, and presented him with a hat bought with the proceeds. The term was used in print for the first time in 1865 in the Essex Chronicle, ''Chelmsford Chronicle''. The term was eventually adopted by many other sports including hockey, association football, Formula 1 racing, rugby, and water polo. Use Bat and ball games Baseball In the past, the term was occasionally used to describe when a player strikeout, struck out three times in a baseball game, and the term ''golden sombrero'' was more commonly used when a player struck out four times in a game. In recent years, hat trick has been more often used to describe w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of English Football First Tier Top Scorers
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 FA Premier League, 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 Football League, 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals. In total 256 players have all scored 100 goals or more. 110 different individual players have been named top scorer. Players from Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur have been named top scorer more than players from any other club, appearing thirteen times on this list. Jimmy Greaves, the all-time top goal scorer in top flight history, won it four times whilst at Tottenham. Nineteen different nationalities are represented and although the vast majority of players are English, there were fifteen times where the top scorer in the First Division was Scottish. Since the Premier League started, the player (or players) is awarded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxtree Ltd
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the United Kingdom and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the United States) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the "Big Five" English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmillan has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group with offices in 41 coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesterfield F
Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom *Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency) ** Borough of Chesterfield, a district of Derbyshire formed in 1974 ** Municipal Borough of Chesterfield, a district of Derbyshire until 1974 * Chesterfield, Staffordshire, a hamlet in England * Chesterfield House, Westminster, London United States * Chesterfield, Connecticut * Chesterfield, Idaho ** Chesterfield Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Chesterfield, Illinois * Chesterfield Township, Macoupin County, Illinois * Chesterfield, Indiana * Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and two districts listed on the NRHP: ** Chesterfield Center Historic District ** West Chesterfield Historic District * Chesterfield, Michigan * Chesterfield Township, Michigan * Chesterfield, Missouri * Ches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Cookson
James Cookson (6 December 1904 – 14 December 1970) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Manchester City, Chesterfield, West Bromwich Albion, Plymouth Argyle and Swindon Town. Life and career Cookson was born in Manchester. He began his career as a wing half with South Salford Lad's Club and then played for Clayton and Manchester North End. He turned professional with Manchester City in August 1923, but was unable to break into the first team and was sent to Southport on loan for a trial period in 1924. He was transferred to Chesterfield in April 1925, and converted to a centre forward. He was the leading goalscorer in the Third Division North for the 1925–26 season with 44 goals, and scored 85 overall in 74 league appearances. In August 1927, he joined West Bromwich Albion for a £2,500 fee. He continued to score goals at his new club and was a member of the 1930–31 squad that won the FA Cup and promotion to the First Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester City F
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
