Football records and statistics in England

National team

League

Titles

• Most League titles: 20, Manchester United
• Most consecutive League titles: 3:
• *Huddersfield Town: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26
• *Arsenal: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
• *Liverpool: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
• *Manchester United : 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01; 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

  Top-flight appearances

• Most seasons in top flight overall: 117 seasons, Everton
• Most consecutive seasons in top flight: 94 seasons, Arsenal
• Fewest seasons in top flight overall: 1 season, joint record, Glossop, Leyton Orient, Northampton Town, Carlisle United, Swindon Town, and Barnsley have completed only one season in top flight in their history.

  Representation

• Most participants in top flight from one county: During the three consecutive seasons 1919–21, the historic boundaries of the County of Lancashire had nine participants in the top-flight: Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, and Preston North End.
• *During the Premiership era, there were eight participants in the historic county of Lancashire during the 2010–11 season: Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Wigan Athletic.
• Most participants in top flight from one city: During the season 1989–1990, London had eight entrants in the top-flight: Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Queen's Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon.
• City represented with most seasons in top flight: Liverpool. The city has always had a top flight member of either Everton or Liverpool.

  Wins

• Most wins overall: 2197, Manchester United
• Most wins in the top-flight overall: 1936, Liverpool
• Most wins at home overall: 1399, Manchester United
• Most wins at home in top-flight overall: 1227, Liverpool
• Most wins away overall: 798, Manchester United
• Most wins away in top-flight overall: 692, Liverpool
• Most consecutive wins from start of a top flight season: 11, Tottenham Hotspur
• Most consecutive wins from start of a season: 13, Reading
• Most consecutive wins : 20, Manchester City
• Most consecutive top-flight league wins: 18, joint record
• *Manchester City
• *Liverpool
• Most consecutive top-flight league wins at home: 24, Liverpool
• Most consecutive home wins: 25, Bradford
• Most wins in a top flight season: 32, joint record
• *Manchester City
• *Liverpool

  Draws

• Most draws overall in the top flight: 1126, Everton
• Most draws in a season: 23, joint record:
• *Norwich City
• *Exeter City
• *Hartlepool United
• *Cardiff City
• Most consecutive draws: 8:
• *Torquay United
• *Middlesbrough
• *Peterborough United
• *Birmingham City
• *Chesterfield
• *Southampton
• *Swansea City

  Losses

• Most losses overall in the top flight: 1,546, Everton
• Most losses in a season: 34, Doncaster Rovers,
• Fewest losses: 0, joint record:
• *Preston North End
• *Arsenal
• *Liverpool
• Most consecutive losses:
• *18, Darwen, 1898–1899
• *17, Rochdale, 1931–32
• *17, Sunderland, 2002–2003

  Points

• Most points overall in the top flight : 6,921, Liverpool
• Most points in a season : 74, Lincoln City
• Most points in a season : 106, Reading
• Most points in a season for a top-flight team : 68, Liverpool
• Most points in a season for a top-flight team : 100 points, Manchester City
• Fewest points in a season : 8, joint record:
• *Loughborough
• *Doncaster Rovers
• Fewest points in a season : 11, Derby County
• Most points in a season while being relegated : 41, Rotherham United
• Most points in a season while being relegated : 54, joint record:
• *Southend United
• *Peterborough United

  Games without a win

• Most consecutive league games without a win: 36, joint record:
• * Derby County
• * Macclesfield Town.
• Longest run without a home win: 364 days, Sunderland.

  Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 134, Peterborough United
• Most top-flight goals scored in a season : 128, Aston Villa
• Most top-flight goals scored in a season : 106, Manchester City
• Most goals scored in all competitions in a season by a top-flight side: 169, Manchester City
• Most top-flight goals scored in total: 7027, Everton. – to end 2016–17 season
• Most home league goals scored in a season: 87, Millwall
• Most away league goals scored in a season: 60, Arsenal
• Most consecutive games scoring: 55, Arsenal
• Most consecutive games without scoring: 11, Coventry City and Hartlepool United
• First league goal awarded by goal-line technology: scored by Edin Džeko in the 14th minute of the Premier League game between Manchester City and Cardiff City on 18 January 2014. The game was officiated by Neil Swarbrick, who consulted his watch when Cardiff defender Kevin McNaughton quickly cleared the ball away just after it entered the goal.

  Scorelines

• Record win: 13–0, joint record:
• *Stockport County 13–0 Halifax Town
• *Newcastle United 13–0 Newport County
• Record win in top division: 12–0, joint record:
• *West Bromwich Albion 12–0 Darwen
• *Nottingham Forest 12–0 Leicester Fosse
• Record away win: Port Vale 0–10 Sheffield United
• Record away win in top division: Southampton 0–9 Leicester City
• Highest scoring draw: 6–6, joint record:
• *Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal
• *Charlton Athletic 6–6 Middlesbrough
• Most double figure league wins by a team: 5, Birmingham City
• Most goals scored by a losing side: 6 by Huddersfield Town losing 7–6 to Charlton Athletic

  Disciplinary

• Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record:
• * Bradford City v. Crawley Town
• * Chesterfield v. Plymouth Argyle
• * Wigan Athletic v. Bristol Rovers
• * Exeter City v. Cambridge United
• Most red cards in a career : 13, joint record:
• * Roy McDonough,
• * Steve Walsh
• Fastest red card: 13 seconds, Kevin Pressman
• Fastest yellow card: 3 seconds, Vinnie Jones
• Fastest red card for a substitute on the field of play: 0 seconds, joint record:
• * Walter Boyd,
• * Keith Gillespie

Transfers

• Highest transfer fee received: £142 million:
• *Philippe Coutinho, from Liverpool to Barcelona
• Highest transfer fee paid: £90 million:
• *Paul Pogba, from Juventus to Manchester United

  Individual

Appearances

• Most titles won by an individual player: 13, Ryan Giggs
• Most career league appearances: 1,005, Peter Shilton
• Most career league appearances by an outfield player: 931, Tony Ford
• Most career league appearances at one club: 770, John Trollope
• Most career top-flight league appearances at one club: 672, Ryan Giggs
• Most career consecutive league appearances: 375, Harold Bell, 1946 to 1955
• Oldest player: Neil McBain, 51 years and 20 days
• Youngest player: Reuben Noble-Lazarus, 15 years and 45 days

  Goals

• Most career league goals: 434, Arthur Rowley
• Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves
• Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 12, Jimmy Dunne, for Sheffield United between 24 October 1931 and 1 January 1932, for a total of 18 goals.
• Most league goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean
• Most goals in a game: 10, Joe Payne
• Most goals in a top-flight game: 7, Ted Drake for Arsenal v. Aston Villa, 14 December 1935
• Fastest goal: 3.5 seconds, Colin Cowperthwaite
• Fastest goal on a League debut: 7 seconds, Freddy Eastwood
• Fastest hat-trick : 2 minutes 21 seconds, James Hayter
• Fastest goal by a substitute: 6 seconds, Nicklas Bendtner
• Fastest player to 100 English top flight goals Dave Halliday – 101 games
• Players to score over 30 league goals in four consecutive seasons Dave Halliday – 1925–29. Halliday in fact scored at least 35 goals in each of those four seasons.
• Most own goals in one season: 5, Bobby Stuart
• Most hat-tricks in one season: 9, George Camsell
• Most career hat-tricks: 37, Dixie Dean
• Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1,311 minutes, Edwin van der Sar
• Youngest goalscorer: Ronnie Dix, 15 years and 180 days
• Youngest top-flight goalscorer: Jason Dozzell, 16 years and 57 days
• Youngest hat-trick goalscorer: Trevor Francis, 16 years and 317 days

  FA Cup

Final

Team

• Most wins: 13:
• *Arsenal
• Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
• *Wanderers
• *Blackburn Rovers,
• Most appearances in finals: 20, joint record:
• *Arsenal
• *Manchester United
• Most Final appearances without win: 4, Leicester City
• Most Final appearances without defeat: 5, Wanderers
• Longest winning streak in Finals: 7, Tottenham Hotspur
• Biggest win: 6 goals, joint record:
• *Bury 6–0 Derby County,
• *Manchester City 6–0 Watford,
• Most goals in a final: 7:
• *Blackburn Rovers 6–1 Sheffield Wednesday
• *Blackpool 4–3 Bolton Wanderers
• Most goals by a runner-up: 3:
• *Bolton Wanderers: Lost 3–4 against Blackpool
• *West Ham United: Drew 3–3 but lost in a penalty shootout against Liverpool
• Most defeats in finals: 8, joint record:
• *Everton
• *Manchester United

  Individual

• Most wins: 7, Ashley Cole &
• Most appearances in finals: 9, Arthur Kinnaird &
• Most goals in a final: 3, Billy Townley , James Logan & Stan Mortensen
• Most goals in finals: 5, Ian Rush
• Most finals scored in: 4, Didier Drogba
• Youngest FA Cup finalist: Curtis Weston, 17 years and 119 days
• Youngest player to score in an FA Cup Final: Norman Whiteside, 18 years and 19 days
• Oldest FA Cup finalist: Billy Hampson, 41 years and 257 days

  All rounds

• Most FA Cup goals conceded: 539: Aston Villa
• Highest FA Cup goal difference: +305: Aston Villa
• Most FA Cup games played: 440: Arsenal
• Most FA Cup games won: 236: Manchester United & Arsenal
• Most FA Cup games lost: 128: Notts County
• Most FA Cup games drawn: 103: Arsenal
• Largest margin of a win: Preston North End 26–0 Hyde
• Largest margin of an away win: Clapton 0–14 Nottingham Forest and Boston United 0–14 Spalding United
• Largest margin of an away win by a non-league club against a league club: Derby County 1–6 Boston United
• Most clubs competing for trophy in a season: 763
• Longest tie: 660 minutes, Oxford City v. Alvechurch
• Longest penalty shootout: 20 penalties each, Tunbridge Wells v. Littlehampton Town
• Most rounds played in a season: 9, joint record:
• *Brighton & Hove Albion
• *New Brighton
• *Blyth Spartans
• *Harlow Town
• Most games played in a season: 13, Bideford
• Fastest goal: 4 seconds, Gareth Morris
• Most consecutive games without defeat: 22, Blackburn Rovers
• Most consecutive games without defeat: 29, Chelsea
• Fastest hat-trick: 2 min 20 sec, Andy Locke
• Most Career Goals: 49, Henry "Harry" Cursham.
• Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup season: 19, Jimmy Ross.
• Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game: 9, Ted MacDougall
• Scoreline: Two examples of teams scoring 7 goals and not winning – Dulwich Hamlet 8–7 St Albans City, and Dulwich Hamlet 7–7 Wealdstone.
• Youngest player: Andy Awford, 15 years and 88 days,
• Youngest goalscorer: Sean Cato, 16 years and 25 days
• Youngest goalscorer : George Williams, 16 years, 2 months and 5 days

  League Cup

Final

• Most time winning team: 8, Liverpool
• Most consecutive wins : 4, Liverpool
• Largest margin of win in a final: 5 goals: Swansea City 5–0 Bradford City
• Most goals in a final : 5 goals
• *Queens Park Rangers 3–2 West Bromwich Albion
• *Aston Villa 3–2 Everton
• *Nottingham Forest 3–2 Southampton
• *Luton Town 3–2 Arsenal
• *Chelsea 3–2 Liverpool
• *Swansea City 5–0 Bradford City
• *Manchester United 3–2 Southampton
• Most appearances : 12, Liverpool
• Most time winning player: 5
• *Ian Rush
• *Sergio Agüero, Fernandinho and David Silva
• Most defeats in finals: 6, Arsenal
• Most appearances without winning: 2:
• *West Ham United
• *Everton
• *Bolton Wanderers
• *Sunderland
• *Southampton
• Lowest ranked winners: Queens Park Rangers, Swindon Town – Third Division
• Lowest ranked finalists: Rochdale – Fourth Division and Bradford City
• Fastest goal in League Cup Final: 45 seconds, John Arne Riise

  All rounds

• Biggest win in a match: 10–0, joint record:
• *West Ham United 10–0 Bury
• *Liverpool 10–0 Fulham
• Biggest win in aggregate: by 11 goals, joint record:
• *Liverpool 13–2 Fulham
• *Bury 1–12 West Ham United
• *Liverpool 11–0 Exeter City
• *Watford 11–0 Darlington
• *Everton 11–0 Wrexham
• Most career goals: 49, joint record:
• *Geoff Hurst
• *Ian Rush
• Most goals in a single match: 6, Frankie Bunn
• Most goals by a losing side: Reading, Reading v. Arsenal, 30 October 2012 in their 5–7 defeat
• Most goals by a side without winning: Dagenham & Redbridge, Brentford v. Dagenham & Redbridge, 11 August 2014 in a 6–6 draw.

  FA Charity / Community Shield

Final

• Most wins : 21, Manchester United
• Most appearances : 30, Manchester United
• Record scoreline: Manchester United 8–4 Swindon Town in 1911
• Most wins : 9, Ryan Giggs all outright wins
• Most appearances : 15, Ryan Giggs of Manchester United
• Most defeats : 6, Ryan Giggs
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Everton
• Most consecutive defeats: 4, Manchester United
• Most consecutive appearances: 6, Manchester United
• Most consecutive appearances : 6, Ryan Giggs

  All competitions

• Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season : 103 goals scored in 34 games by Manchester City in season 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored in 42 games by Chelsea in season 2012–13, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup ).
• Fastest century of goals scored during a Premier League season : 103 goals scored on 18 January 2014 by Manchester City in 2013–14. Previous record: 100 goals scored on 21 February 2013 by Chelsea in season 2012–13, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup ).
• Most consecutive penalty shoot out wins: 9 by Bradford City between 6 October 2009 and 11 December 2012
• *Football League Cup, 11 December 2012, Bradford City beat Arsenal 3–2 on penalties
• *FA Cup, 13 November 2012, Bradford City beat Northampton Town 4–2 on penalties
• *Football League Cup, 30 October 2012, Bradford City beat Wigan Athletic 4–2 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 9 October 2012, Bradford City beat Hartlepool United 3–2 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 8 November 2011, Bradford City beat Sheffield United 6–5 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 4 October 2011, Bradford City beat Huddersfield Town 4–3 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 30 August 2011, Bradford City beat Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 10 November 2009, Bradford City beat Port Vale 5–4 on penalties
• *Football League Trophy, 6 October 2009, Bradford City beat Notts County 3–2 on penalties
• Fastest penalty awarded: 6 seconds. Chester v Witton Albion – 13 December 2016. Referee Joseph Johnson awarded a penalty when Blaine Hudson upended Tolani Omotola after 6 seconds.

  Attendance records

• Record attendance: 126,047 – Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United played at Wembley FA Cup Final.
• Record attendance at club ground: 121,919 – Aston Villa v Sunderland played at Crystal Palace FA Cup Final.
• Record home attendance: 85,512 – Tottenham Hotspur v Bayer Leverkusen played at Wembley UEFA Champions League.
• Record home attendance at own stadium: 84,569 – Manchester City v Stoke City played at Maine Road FA Cup R6.
• Record league attendance: 83,260 – Manchester United v Arsenal played at Maine Road First Division.
• Record Premier League attendance: 83,222 – Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal played at Wembley Stadium.
• Record league attendance at own stadium: 82,905 – Chelsea v Arsenal played at Stamford Bridge First Division.
• Record attendance at new Wembley: 89,874 – Portsmouth v Cardiff FA Cup Final.

  List of English record competition winners

Ongoing competitions

Discontinued competitions

Managers

• Longest-serving manager at one club: Fred Everiss, 46 years
• Shortest-serving manager at one club : Leroy Rosenior, 10 minutes
• Most trophy wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 38
• Most League title wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 13
• Most FA Cup wins: Arsène Wenger, 7
• Most League Cup wins: 4, joint record:
• *Brian Clough with Nottingham Forest
• *Sir Alex Ferguson with Manchester United
• *José Mourinho with Chelsea and Manchester United
• Most FA Charity/Community Shield wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 10
• Most Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 2
• Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League wins: Bob Paisley, 3 *
• Most Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / Europa League wins: Don Revie, 2
• Most top-flight League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 625 games
• Most European Cup / UEFA Champions League game wins: Sir Alex Ferguson, 110 games
• This is also a joint overall European record.

  Footnotes