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Who is Brightons highest ever goal scorer?





WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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And closing in on Kit Napier for the title of greatest Albion league goalscorer that WATFORD zero has ever seen. (That's the record he really wants :wink:)
 


perseus

Broad Blue & White stripe
Jul 5, 2003
23,454
Sūþseaxna
Modern football began in 1966.

Michael Robinson scored the most in the top flight, followed by Andy Ritchie and then Peter Ward
Ashley Barnes in the Championship, followed by Ulloa, then CMS.
 


Clive Walker

Stand Or Fall
Jul 5, 2011
3,120
Brighton
Got a feeling Murray is creeping up on Wardy now. Can anyone confirm what the current standings are?
 








Kalimantan Gull

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Aug 13, 2003
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Central Borneo / the Lizard
Brighton top goal scorers since the 1970's

1. Kit Napier 99
2. Peter Ward 95
3. Glenn Murray 91
4. Bobby Zamora 90
5. Kurt Nogan 60
6. Garry Nelson 59
6. Terry Connor 59
8. Ashley Barnes 53
9. Nicky Forster 51
10. Robert Codner 47
11. Gary Hart 45
12. Fred Binney 44
13. Peter O'Sullivan 43
13. Michael Robinson 43
15. Kevin Bremner 41
15. Brian Horton 41
17. Gerry Ryan 39
17. Danny Wilson 39
19. Leon Knight 36
20. Ian Mellor 35
20. Tomer Hemed 35
 










GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,477
Gloucester
Neither Ward nor Zamora makes the top 3 Albion scorers.

Top is Bert Stephens with 174 goals, Tommy Cook with 123 and Jock Davie with 120.

Kit Napier is next with 99 and then, it's Peter Ward with 95 (shared with Bobby Farrell)

Bobby ZAmora scored 76 making him 11th in the all-time list.

Top scorer in terms of goals per game is Arthur Attwood who averaged 0.72 goals per game.

Where on earth did that come from? Vinnicombe's iconic book gives the following figures:
Stephens 62 goals;
Cook 114;
Davie 36;
Napier 84;
Ward 52;
Attwood 55.
These figures are for league goals only, but we didn't score hundreds of cup goals back in the day (even accounting for the season in the 1930s when we scored 40 odd in the FA Cup). Can't see how Stephens, for example, could have scored 112 goals in Cup matches on top of his 62 in the league, even allowing for wartime matches!
 






drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,008
Burgess Hill
Where on earth did that come from? Vinnicombe's iconic book gives the following figures:
Stephens 62 goals;
Cook 114;
Davie 36;
Napier 84;
Ward 52;
Attwood 55.
These figures are for league goals only, but we didn't score hundreds of cup goals back in the day (even accounting for the season in the 1930s when we scored 40 odd in the FA Cup). Can't see how Stephens, for example, could have scored 112 goals in Cup matches on top of his 62 in the league, even allowing for wartime matches!

Scored a lot during WW2 when there were mickey mouse league games but no formal competition (we lost 18-0 to Norwich with half of our team made up of spectators!).
 


GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,477
Gloucester
Scored a lot during WW2 when there were mickey mouse league games but no formal competition (we lost 18-0 to Norwich with half of our team made up of spectators!).
Well, he didn't get many of the missing 112 goals in that match, then! Seriously though, I don't think we can count anything except for proper first class matches when we're calculating records - even wartime internationals don't count for caps.
 




Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous
Jan 9, 2005
16,484
Brighton
Brighton top goal scorers since the 1970's

1. Kit Napier 99
2. Peter Ward 95
3. Glenn Murray 91
4. Bobby Zamora 90
5. Kurt Nogan 60
6. Garry Nelson 59
6. Terry Connor 59
8. Ashley Barnes 53
9. Nicky Forster 51
10. Robert Codner 47
11. Gary Hart 45
12. Fred Binney 44
13. Peter O'Sullivan 43
13. Michael Robinson 43
15. Kevin Bremner 41
15. Brian Horton 41
17. Gerry Ryan 39
17. Danny Wilson 39
19. Leon Knight 36
20. Ian Mellor 35
20. Tomer Hemed 35

How far is Glen Murray off of Peter Wards record now
 















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