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Record-breaking numbers

Record-breaking numbers

Record-breaking numbers

Every season brings new records to the Premier League: here are just a few statistics from 22 seasons, from the most to least, youngest to oldest, fastest to longest, and just plain best.

  • 5 minutes – time of first-ever Premier League goal, scored by Brian Deane for Sheffield United v Manchester United on 15 August 1992

  • 10 seconds – time of the fastest goal, scored by Ledley King  for Tottenham Hotspur v Bradford City in December 2000 

  • 6 seconds – fastest goal by a substitute after coming on – Nicklas Bendtner for Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur in December 2007

  • 16 years 271 days – youngest top flight scorer – James Vaughan for Everton v Crystal Palace in April 2005

  • 40 years 268 days – oldest scorer – Teddy Sheringham for West Ham United v Portsmouth in December 2006

  • 17 goals as a substitute – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Manchester United

  • 5 goals scored by goalkeepers – Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa v Everton in 2001, Brad Freidel for Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic in 2004, Paul Robinson for Tottenham Hotspur v Watford in 2007, Tim Howard for Everton v Bolton Wanderers 2012 and Asmir Begovic for Stoke City v Southampton 2013.

  • 39 goals scored by a defender – David Unsworth for Everton, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Sheffield United and Wigan Athletic

  • 20 goals by one player against one club – Alan Shearer v Leeds United (for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United)

Thierry Henry scored 175 goals for Arsenal, which is the most Premier League goals for one club.

  • 2 players have scored for six different Premier League clubs – Andy Cole for Newcastle United, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City and Portsmouth; and Les Ferdinand for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers

  • 0 penalties scored by Les Ferdinand despite a 149-goal haul

  • 93 metres – longest goal – Tim Howard for Everton v Bolton in 2012

  • 64 metreslongest goal from open play – Xabi Alonso for Liverpool v Newcastle United in 2006

  • 46 metres – longest volleyed goal – Matthew Taylor for Portsmouth v Everton in 2006

  • 5 - most goals by a single player in a match – Andy Cole for Manchester United v Ipswich Town in 1995, and Alan Shearer for Newcastle United v Sheffield Wednesday in 1999

  • 273 seconds – the fastest hat-trick – scored by Robbie Fowler for Liverpool v Arsenal in August 1994

  • 4 goals after coming on as a substitute – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Manchester United v Nottingham Forest in February 1999

  • 33 long-range goals – David Beckham – more than half of his 62 tally for Manchester United

  • 632 appearances – Ryan Giggs for Manchester United has appeared most in the Premier League

  • 1 player has appeared in every Premier League season – Ryan Giggs

  • 16 years 65 days youngest Premier League debut – Matthew Briggs for Fulham v Middlesbrough in May 2007

  • 43 years 162 days oldest Premier League player – John Burridge for Manchester City v Queens Park Rangers in May 1995

  • 36 years 151 days – oldest player to make debut – Fernando Hierro for Bolton Wanderers in August 2004

  • 5 players have won the Premier League with two clubs – Henning Berg with Blackburn Rovers in 1994/95 and Manchester United in 1998/99 and 1999/2000, Carlos Tevez with Manchester Utd in 2007/08, 2008/09 and Manchester City in 2011/12, Gael Clichy with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Manchester City 2011/12 and 2013/14, Nicolas Anelka with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Chelsea in 2009/10 and Kolo Toure with Arsenal in 2003/04 and Manchester City in 2011/12.

Peter Cech kept a record 21 Premier League clean sheets in 2004/05.

  • 13 - most Premier League medals – Ryan Giggs

  • 2 managers in charge of five different clubs – Mark Hughes at Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, QPR and Stoke City, and Harry Redknapp at West Ham United, Southampton, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur and QPR.

  • 9-0 biggest win – Manchester United v Ipswich Town in March 1995

  • 1-8 biggest away win – Nottingham Forest v Manchester United in February 1999

  • 11 goals in one match – Portsmouth (7) against Reading (4) in September 2007

  • 49 games – longest unbeaten run - for Arsenal spanning three seasons from May 2003 to October 2004

  • 32 games – longest run without a win – Derby County in 2007/08

  • 76,098 biggest attendance – Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford in March 2007

Peter Schmeichel is often seen as the best goalkeeper the Premier League has ever seen, Getty.

What did you understand?

 
What Premier League records can you remember?

Can you find the right answer?

Activity 1: In this activity, practise your scanning skills. To practise scanning you need to look at the question and then read the text very quickly to try to find the information you need. This can be very important if you need to find information quickly.

 


 

Can you choose the correct superlative?

Read the sentences about the Premier League records and select the best superlative to fill in the gaps.

Activity 2: Have a go at this activity. There were lots of superlatives in the text, which are words that we use to show the maximum quality of an adjective, for example: the oldest and the most successful. Usually we use -est when the adjective is short e.g.old and we use most when the adjective is long. Can you choose the correct word?

 


 

 

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Which record do you think is the most amazing?
Do you think any of these records will be broken this season?
Which Premier League players will break these records?
 
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Eshaan_Shabeer's picture
Eshaan_Shabeer
30/10/2023
IN
377
points

please update this. many of these records have been broken already.


Eshaan_Shabeer's picture
Eshaan_Shabeer
30/10/2023 15:56
India
Manchester City
377

please update this. many of these records have been broken already.

Jack Radford's picture
Jack Radford
30/10/2023
GB
22
points

Yeah - this is a really old article. I'll have to create a podcats about the new record breaking numbers. smiley


Jack Radford's picture
Jack Radford
30/10/2023 23:15
United Kingdom
Arsenal
22

Yeah - this is a really old article. I'll have to create a podcats about the new record breaking numbers. smiley

Michaelsun
03/04/2022
CN
738
points

Records just are records which will be broken in future.


Michaelsun
03/04/2022 08:49
China
Manchester United
738

Records just are records which will be broken in future.

Gabriel Amaral's picture
Gabriel Amaral
19/03/2021
BR
1512
points

I think it's Arsenal unbeatten run.
I don't think so.
Anyone is capable to do so at this range


Gabriel Amaral's picture
Gabriel Amaral
19/03/2021 16:57
Brazil
Arsenal
1512

I think it's Arsenal unbeatten run.
I don't think so.
Anyone is capable to do so at this range

mobeckham's picture
mobeckham
06/07/2020
TR
6536
points

Arsenal's unbeaten record for 49 games is simply exceptional.
There might be some individual records but club records are hard to be broken easily.
Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.


mobeckham's picture
mobeckham
06/07/2020 17:54
Turkey
Manchester United
6536

Arsenal's unbeaten record for 49 games is simply exceptional.
There might be some individual records but club records are hard to be broken easily.
Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.

heinerrene
26/02/2019
CO
112
points

I think the longest undefeated sequence of matches by Arsenal is the most amazing record.


heinerrene
26/02/2019 18:40
Colombia
Arsenal
112

I think the longest undefeated sequence of matches by Arsenal is the most amazing record.

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016
GH
4779
points

I think Alan Shearer's record of having most goals against one team will be broken soon


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016 17:55
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

I think Alan Shearer's record of having most goals against one team will be broken soon

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016
GH
4779
points

I think Alan Shearer's record of having most goals against one team will be broken soon


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016 17:55
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

I think Alan Shearer's record of having most goals against one team will be broken soon

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016
GH
4779
points

It's possible
vardy broke one


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016 17:50
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

It's possible
vardy broke one

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016
GH
4779
points

Arsenal's unbeaten run in 2004


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
06/07/2016 13:30
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

Arsenal's unbeaten run in 2004

assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
08/04/2016
PS
3705
points

I think the number of medals that Gigs won.


assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
08/04/2016 12:47
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

I think the number of medals that Gigs won.

assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
10/03/2016
PS
3705
points

Yes.


assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
10/03/2016 12:06
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

Yes.

aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
22/12/2015
ME
3557
points

Also Ozil might break record and become the most successful assistant in one season.


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
22/12/2015 09:32
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Also Ozil might break record and become the most successful assistant in one season.

aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
22/12/2015
ME
3557
points

We all witnessed Vardy's recently record and Cech could break James' record for saving goal on the most matches in PL.


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
22/12/2015 09:30
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

We all witnessed Vardy's recently record and Cech could break James' record for saving goal on the most matches in PL.

MUGEMANYI's picture
MUGEMANYI
15/11/2015
RW
2320
points

Gunners ending fantastic league without defeat


MUGEMANYI's picture
MUGEMANYI
15/11/2015 08:35
Rwanda
Arsenal
2320

Gunners ending fantastic league without defeat

almirpereira's picture
almirpereira
29/10/2015
BR
1339
points

I don't know.


almirpereira's picture
almirpereira
29/10/2015 01:40
Brazil
Chelsea
1339

I don't know.

aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
28/10/2015
ME
3557
points

Gunners run of 49matches undefeated. Maybe Rooney will become the player with most goals for one club, who knows? Giggs's had a record-breaking career!


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
28/10/2015 22:37
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Gunners run of 49matches undefeated. Maybe Rooney will become the player with most goals for one club, who knows? Giggs's had a record-breaking career!

Abdallah
04/10/2015
KW
1814
points

Really interesting topic


Abdallah
04/10/2015 09:51
Kuwait
Chelsea
1814

Really interesting topic

Rema's picture
Rema
30/05/2015
RS
538
points

For me the most amazing record is Ryan Giggs record (he was been appeared in 22 Season, he was played 632 games for Manchester United).
I think that all holders of records deserved text about them, especially legends like Gigs, Shearer, Teddy Sheringham...
You can build some special tab who can be dedicated to legends, about theirs career, theirs life and other stuff.


Rema's picture
Rema
30/05/2015 16:43
Serbia
West Ham United
538

For me the most amazing record is Ryan Giggs record (he was been appeared in 22 Season, he was played 632 games for Manchester United).
I think that all holders of records deserved text about them, especially legends like Gigs, Shearer, Teddy Sheringham...
You can build some special tab who can be dedicated to legends, about theirs career, theirs life and other stuff.

Anec's picture
Anec
08/07/2014
LK
0
points

Records are made to be broken but some of these records will not be broken for a long time.


Anec's picture
Anec
08/07/2014 04:35
Sri Lanka
Chelsea
0

Records are made to be broken but some of these records will not be broken for a long time.

manucian19
15/09/2013
0
points

Actually there are 4 Goalies in Premier League who score a goal for his team. The latest is Tim Howard's goal for Everton in season 2011/2012.


manucian19
15/09/2013 07:29


0

Actually there are 4 Goalies in Premier League who score a goal for his team. The latest is Tim Howard's goal for Everton in season 2011/2012.

Rich
15/09/2013
0
points

Yes, you're right. How could we forget that amazing goal!


Rich
15/09/2013 16:23


0

Yes, you're right. How could we forget that amazing goal!

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Goals

In this article, you will:

• Read a text with lots of superlatives

• Practise reading (scanning a text for information)