[Football] Old Goalscorers

PILTDOWN MAN

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Hurst Green

• Feb 17, 2019

• #21

Brownstuff said:

Close, he played for their rivals and had long hair

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Walsh

 

pasty

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Jul 5, 2003

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West, West, West Sussex

• Feb 17, 2019

• #22

Brownstuff said:

Close, he played for their rivals and had long hair

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Graham Alexander - Burnley

 

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Seasidesage

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Brighton, United Kingdom

• Feb 17, 2019

• #23

Akinfenwa?

 

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Brownstuff

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• Feb 17, 2019

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pasty said:

Graham Alexander - Burnley

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Correct

 

Gregory2Smith1

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Auch

• Feb 17, 2019

• #25

Stanley Matthews was 41 when he scored his last goal in the topflight


Anyone older?

 

ManOfSussex

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Rape of Hastings, Sussex

• Feb 17, 2019

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Gregory2 said:

Stanley Matthews was 41 when he scored his last goal in the topflight


Anyone older?

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I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

 

sharpey38

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Denton

• Feb 17, 2019

• #27

either Dawson or mcaughly from WBA

 

Lower West Stander

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Back in Sussex

• Feb 17, 2019

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ManOfSussex said:

I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

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Probably - but he’d have been watching the left back......


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Durlston

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Haywards Heath

• Feb 17, 2019

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James Beattie played until he was nearly 40 I think. Went into management at Accrington, which was a disaster.

Edit: closer to 35. I must be thinking of someone else. Probably Kevin Phillips?

 

Jam The Man

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South East North Lancing

• Feb 17, 2019

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Dean Saunders?

 

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Brighthelmstone

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Burgess Hill

• Feb 17, 2019

• #31

Scholes?

 

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albionfan37

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What’s it called? Cumbernauld

• Feb 17, 2019

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Ian rush?

 

Durlston

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albionfan37 said:

Ian rush?

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(scouse accent) "Exaaaactly!"

 

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Brownstuff

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All correct answers have been given now
Harford
Tugay
Hughes
Alexander
Pearce
Windass
Giggs
Sheringham

Maybe Bruno will join the list by the end of the season

 

Invicta

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Kent

• Feb 17, 2019

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Brownstuff said:

All correct answers have been given now
Harford
Tugay
Hughes
Alexander
Pearce
Windass
Giggs
Sheringham

Maybe Bruno will join the list by the end of the season

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At Selhurst would be nice !

 

Washie

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• Feb 17, 2019

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Invicta said:

At Selhurst would be nice !

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The first of 5 that day.

 

AZ Gull

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Oct 14, 2003

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Chandler, AZ

• Feb 18, 2019

• #37

ManOfSussex said:

I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

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Pictured playing in that match here (the caption on the tweet is incorrect, he was indeed playing for Man City):-

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Murray 17

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• Feb 19, 2019

• #38

Gwylan said:

Gordon Strachan

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...is the answer to this question:

'Who is the only player born before 1960, to have scored a Premier League hat-trick?'