The Premier League and its proud history

Thank God the Premier League starts again this weekend, so Man U are creeping closer to Liverpool's crown of most successful English club ever but will any other records be broken?

Take a look at the records below, thanks to Wikipedia (I love you guys!)

Records in this section refer to The Football League from its founding in 1888 through to 1992, and to both the Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present.

Titles

• Most League titles: 18, Liverpool (1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90)

• Most consecutive League titles: 3, joint record:
  • Huddersfield Town (1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26)
  • Arsenal FC (1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34)
  • Liverpool FC (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84)
  • Manchester United (1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01) (only time this has been achieved with the same manager)

Top Flight Appearances

• Most Appearances: 107, Everton (1888-1930), (1931-1951), (1954-current)
• Most Appearances before playing outside the top flight for the first time. (i.e. the last team never to have played outside the top flight): 68, Sunderland A.F.C (1890-1958)

Wins

• Most wins in the top flight overall: 1710, Everton
• Most consecutive wins without conceding a goal: 9, Stockport County (League Two, 2006-07)
• Most wins in a season: 33, Doncaster Rovers (Third Division North, 1946-47; final record P42 W33 D6 L3)
• Most consecutive wins: 14, joint record:
  • Arsenal (Premier League between February 10, 2002 and August 24, 2002)
  • Bristol City (Second Division, 1905-06)
  • Preston North End (Second Division, 1950-51)
  • Manchester United (Second Division, 1904-05)

• Most consecutive wins from the start of a season: 13, Reading (Third Division, 1985-86)
• Most consecutive wins from the start of a season in the top flight: 11, Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 1960-61)
• Most consecutive home wins: 25, Bradford Park Avenue (Third Division North, 1926-27)
• Most consecutive away wins: 10, Tottenham Hotspur (First Division, 1959-60)
• Fewest wins in a season: 1, joint record
  • Derby County (Premier League, 2007-08); final record P38 W1 D8 L29)
  • Loughborough (Second Division, 1899-1900; final record P34 W1 D6 L27)
• 100% home win record in a season:
  • Liverpool (14 games; First Division, 1893-94)
  • Sheffield Wednesday (17 games; Second Division, 1899-00)
  • Brentford (21 games; Third Division South, 1929-30

Draws

• Most draws overall in the top flight: 947, Everton
• Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:
  • Norwich City (from 42 games, First Division, 1978-79)
  • Fulham FC (from 46 games, Fourth Division, 1986-87)
  • Hartlepool United (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
  • Cardiff City (from 46 games, Third Division, 1997-98)
• Most consecutive draws: 9:
  • Southampton (Championship, 2005-06)

Losses

• Most losses overall in the top flight: 1320, Everton
• Most losses in a season: 34, Doncaster Rovers, (Third Division, 1997-98; final record P46 W4 D8 L34)
• Fewest losses, season: 0, joint record:
  • Preston North End (First Division, 1888-89; final record P22 W18 D4 L0) Preston were also unbeaten in the FA Cup
  • Liverpool (Second Division, 1893-94; final record P28 W22 D6 L0)
  • Arsenal (Premier League, 2003-04; final record P38 W26 D12 L0)

Points

• Most points overall in the top flight: 4911, Liverpool
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win): 74, Lincoln City, (Fourth Division, 1975-76)
• Most points in a season (3 points for a win): 106, Reading, (Championship, 2005-06)
• Most points in a season for a top-flight-team (2 points for a win): 68 (30 wins 8 draws), Liverpool, (First Division, 1978-79)
• Most points in a season for a top-flight-team (3 points for a win): 95, Chelsea, (Premiership, 2004-05)
• Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 8, joint record:
  • Loughborough (Second Division, 1899-00)
  • Doncaster Rovers (Second Division, 1904-05)
• Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 11, Derby County (Premier League, 2007-08)

Unbeaten runs

• Longest unbeaten League run: 49, Arsenal (Premier League between May 7, 2003 and October 24, 2004)
• Longest unbeaten League run at Home: 82, Chelsea (Premier League 2004 to Present)
• Longest unbeaten run at Home: 85, Liverpool (all competitions between January 21, 1978 and January 31, 1981

Appearances

• Most career league appearances: 1,005, Peter Shilton (1966 to 1997)^[1]
• 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 to 1980)
• Most career league appearances for consecutive games: 401, Harold Bell (Tranmere Rovers, 1946 to 1955, including 26 FA Cup Appearances)
• Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 120 days (for New Brighton v. Hartlepool United, March 15, 1947)^[2]
• Youngest player: joint record, 15 years and 158 days:
  • Albert Geldard (for Bradford Park Avenue v. Millwall, September 16, 1929)
  • Ken Roberts (for Wrexham v. Bradford Park Avenue, September 1, 1951)

Goals

Individual

• Most career league goals: 433, Arthur Rowley (619 matches, for West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town, 1946 to 1965)
• Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971)
• Most goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (Everton 1927-28)
• Most goals in a game: 10, Joe Payne (for Luton Town v. Bristol Rovers, 13 April 1936)
• Fastest goal: 4 seconds, Jim Fryatt (for Bradford Park Avenue v. Tranmere Rovers, 25 April 1964)
• Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds, Freddy Eastwood (for Southend United v. Swansea City, 16 October 2004)
• Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals): 2 minutes 20 seconds, James Hayter (for AFC Bournemouth v. Wrexham, 23 February 2004)
• Fastest goal by a substitute: 1.8 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner (for Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 2007)
• Most own goals in one season: 5, Robert Stuart (Middlesbrough, 1934-35)
• Most hat-tricks in one season: 9, George Camsell (Middlesbrough, 1926-27)
• Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1103 minutes, Steve Death (Reading, 1978-79)
• Chris Nicholl of Aston Villa once scored all four goals in a 2-2 draw, against Leicester City in 1976.

Team

• Most league goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United (Fourth Division, 1960-61)
• Most top-flight goals scored in a season: 128, Aston Villa (First Division, 1930-31)
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 18, Loughborough, (Second Division, 1899-1900)
• Fewest home league goals scored in a season: 10, Manchester City, (Premier League, 2006-07) They did not score a home goal after January 1, encompassing their final 8 home league matches.
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 141, Darwen (Second Division, 1898-99)
• Most goals conceded by a single goalkeeper: 85, Paul Robinson, (Leeds United, 2003-04)
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 15, Chelsea (Premier League, 2004-05)
• Most consecutive games without scoring: 13, Hartlepool United (11 league, 1 FA Cup and 1 Autoglass Trophy, 1992-93)
• Most goals on one day: 209 goals in 44 games, Saturday 1 February 1936
  • This included 9 hat-tricks, 3 players grabbing 4 goals, and some interesting scorelines of Chester City 12-0 York City and Crewe Alexandra 5-6 Chesterfield. There was only one nil-nil draw: Aldershot 0-0 Bristol City

Scorelines

• Record win: 13-0, joint record:
  • Stockport County 13-0 Halifax Town (Third Division North, January 6, 1934)
  • Newcastle United 13-0 Newport County (Second Division, October 5, 1946)
• Record away win: Port Vale 0-10 Sheffield United (Second Division, December 10, 1892)
• Record away win in English top division: Newcastle United 1-9 Sunderland A.F.C. (First Division, December 5, 1908)
• Most goals in a game: 17, Tranmere Rovers 13-4 Oldham Athletic (Third Division North, December 26, 1935)
• Highest scoring draw: 6-6, joint record:
  • Leicester City 6-6 Arsenal (First Division, April 21, 1930)
  • Charlton Athletic 6-6 Middlesbrough (First Division, October 22, 1960)
  • On October 1, 1991, the Zenith Data Systems Cup First Round tie between Tranmere Rovers and Newcastle United ended 3–3. A further six goals were scored in the 30 minutes of extra time, resulting in a 6–6 draw, before Tranmere eventually won 3–2 on penalties
• Most double figure league wins by a team: 5, Birmingham City (12-0 v Walsall, 17 December 1892; 10-2 v Manchester City, 17 March 1894; 10-1 v Blackpool, 2 March 1901; 12-0 v Doncaster Rovers, 11 April 1903; 11-1 v Glossop, 6 January 1915) (all Second Division)

Attendances

See also: Record attendances of English football clubs

• Highest attendance, single game: 83,260 Manchester United v. Arsenal (at Maine Road, First Division, 17 January 1948)
• Lowest attendance, single game: 469, Thames v. Luton Town (at West Ham Stadium, Third Division South, 6 December 1930)
• Lowest number of paying spectators: 13, Stockport County v. Leicester City (at Old Trafford, May 7, 1921)^[3]

Disciplinary

• Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record:
  • Chesterfield (2) v. Plymouth Argyle (3) (February 22, 1997)
  • Wigan Athletic (1) v. Bristol Rovers (4) (December 2, 1997)
  • Exeter City (3) v. Cambridge United (2) (November 23, 2002)
• Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, joint record:
  • Roy McDonough (Walsall, Colchester United, Exeter City, Southend United),^[4][5]
  • Steve Walsh (Wigan Athletic and Leicester City)^[5][4]
• Fastest red card: 13 seconds, Kevin Pressman (for Sheffield Wednesday, 13 August 2000)
• Fastest red card for a substitute: 0 seconds, joint record:
  • Walter Boyd (Swansea City, 12 March 2000),
  • Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United, 20 January 2007)

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

Transfers

See also: British football transfer record

• Highest transfer fee: £32 million, record:
  • Andriy Shevchenko, from A.C. Milan to Chelsea (May 2006) (estimated)