THE STATS

-
 Danny Newton has had a hand in 10 league goals this season (7 goals, 3 assists), twice as many as any other Stevenage player.

Kieffer Roberto Francisco Moore has scored more league goals this season than any other player in England’s top four tiers (13). The 25-year-old currently plays for English League One side Rotherham United on-loan from English Championship side Ipswich Town.

  
No player has been involved in more goals in the Sky Bet League 2 this season than Jorge Edward Grant (9 goals, 4 assists). The 22-year-old plays for English League Two side Notts County on-loan from Nottingham Forest.

 Portsmouth forward Brett Pitman has scored more Football League goals against Blackpool (6) than any other opponent.…

On 11th November 2017, Crewe Alexandra Centre-back Michael Bernard Raynes became the first English League Two player to both score a goal and an own goal in the same game(vs Lincoln City) since Sonny Bradley in October 2016.

 On 10th November 2017 in an International friendly game vs Germany four players made their debut for England senior national team (Jordan Pickford,Joe Gomez, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham); the most in a single fixture since November 2012 (6 v Sweden). 

A 0-0 draw vs Germany on 10th November 2017 is the first goalless draw England have played out at Wembley Stadium since October 2010, when they drew 0-0 with Montenegro under Fabio Capello.

 On 14th November 2017, Goalkeeper Joe Hart made his 75th appearance for England in a friendly game vs Brazil, (the third goalkeeper to reach this total after David Seaman and Peter Shilton). 

 Christian Eriksen has scored more goals in European 2018 World Cup qualifiers (including play-offs) than any other midfielder (10). 
The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has also been directly involved in 12 goals in the World Cup 2018 qualification process (nine goals, three assists), eight more than any other Denmark player. 


After guiding his team to a 3-0 win over Romania on 14th November 2017, Dick Advocaat is now the first Netherlands national team manager in history to win 37 games. 









Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE OLD FIRM DISPUTE

-
Image
 On this day in 2002, Celtic striker Chris Sutton scored the quickest Old Firm Derby any game involving Celtic and Rangers) goal after 19 seconds, with Rangers fighting back to win with goals from Craig Moore, Ronald De Boer and Michael Mols.…
Read more

MEETING AN EX

-
Image
 On this day in 2006, Arsenal's poor record at Bolton Wanderers continued as a brace from Nicolas Anelka helped consign them to defeat. Abdoulaye Faye headed Bolton ahead before team-mate Kevin Davies escaped a red card for pushing Emmanuel Eboue. Anelka powered in a 25-yard screamer against his ex-club, who then pulled one back with a Gilberto Silva header. Anelka's double was his first two goals for Bolton. 
Read more

Players Birthdays

-
Image
Happy Birthday to Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea who turns 27 today. He has previously played for Atletico Madrid. Happy Birthday to former West Ham United, Leeds United, Manchester United, and Queens Park Rangers Defender Rio Gavin Ferdinand who turns 39 today. He currently works as a Soccer Pundit with BT Sports. Happy Birthday to former Watford, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Charlton Athletic Left-winger John Charles Bryan Barnes who turns 54 today. He also made 79 appearances for England, scoring 11 goals.  Happy Birthday to former Liverpool and Norwich City Centre-back  Daniel Sánchez Ayala who turns 27 today. He currently plays for English Championship side Middlesborough    Happy Birthday to former Al-Ahly and Egyptain striker Mohamed Aboutrika who turns 39 today.
Read more