Hotshot-Tottenham
Edgar Davids
Bloody hell. Couldn't write it.
Lolosaurus, could the results be any worse!?!?
Maybe we can snap up Pellegrino, think he would be perfect for us.
After last night I think its pointless trying to predict who go down and who will finish where, some crazy outcomes in these last few weeks.
In fact I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if Norwich stunned us all and took something off Liverpool this weekend, its been that sort of season
The most thrilling English title race in decades has been made all the more sumptuous by the free-scoring exploits of Liverpool and Emirates Marketing Project – and both clubs still have a post-war scoring record in sight.
The record is the number of league goals per game in a post-war top-flight season in England, held by Bill Nicholson’s marvelous Tottenham side of 1960-61, who scored an astonishing 115 goals in 42 games, at 2.74 goals per game (or, to be precise, 2.738 goals per game). Spurs’s top league scorer that season was England’s Bobby Smith, with 28, but Les Allen also got 22, Welsh wing wizard Cliff Jones netted 15 and two other players were in double figures, John White (13) and Terry Dyson (12).
The graphic below shows the top-scorer team in the top division every season, post-war, as well as every team who scored 100 or more in a league season. (Fifteen teams have scored 100 goals or more in 67 post-war seasons).
Liverpool are on track to match Tottenham’s record. They have 93 goals in 34 games (2.735 per game) and need 12 more from four games to beat Tottenham’s GPG record. Liverpool’s four remaining games are against Norwich, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
City have scored 88 goals in 33 games and need 17 from five games to beat Tottenham’s mark. Their remaining games are against West Brom, Palace, Everton, Villa and West Ham.
The Premier League record for a season is Chelsea’s 103 goals from four seasons ago.
Palace to make it 5 wins on the bounce? Pulis is unreal. What a fantastic job he has done