City Goalscorers Nerd Out

[Rosencrantz]

Yeah I found some players tricky, especially for the 'other cup' games which are essentially FL Trophy & FA Trophy games, as soccerbase was not always great at including all of those. This was my list, so would be interesting to compare.

PLAYER	LEAGUE	CUP	TOTAL	LEAGUE	CUP	TOTAL	Ratio
Tony Kellow	332	53	385	129	22	151	2.55
Alan Banks	258	28	286	101	8	109	2.62
Darren Rowbotham	238	25	263	84	17	101	2.60
Stephen Neville	305	50	355	88	12	100	3.55
Fred Binney	177	12	189	90	8	98	1.93
Steve Flack	373	50	423	86	12	98	4.32
Graham Rees	345	25	370	85	7	92	4.02
Harold Houghton	207	18	225	79	4	83	2.71
Angus Mackay	257	13	270	78	5	83	3.25
Keith Bowker	212	29	241	66	10	76	3.17
Douglas Regan	206	18	224	63	7	70	3.20
Fred Whitlow	83	6	89	61	7	68	1.31
Raymond Pratt	172	15	187	61	5	66	2.83
Charles Mcclelland	183	14	197	60	5	65	3.03
James Bell	105	17	122	51	12	63	1.94
George Purcell	227	22	249	51	12	63	3.95
Alan Beer	114	12	126	52	4	56	2.25
Raymond Carter	105	4	109	50	4	54	2.02
Archibald Smith	113	12	125	43	9	52	2.40
Richard Ebdon	138	10	148	50	1	51	2.90
Edward Calland	105	3	108	49	2	51	2.12
Jayden Stockley	91	7	98	46	5	51	1.92
Harold Kirk	140	14	154	45	5	50	3.08
Ryan Harley	241	22	263	42	8	50	5.26

Initially I was only really looking for strikers/forward players which is why I originally left Harley of the 50 scorers list. When I was looking at more recent strikers/forwards though to compare I thought I would include him due to the number of goals scored. Thinking about it, a comparison with Mark Cooper, another goalscoring midfielder would be interesting .

The one thing I notice comparing our lists is that Steve Neville still has the same strike rate of 3.55 .

 

[rightwing]

Correct. John Wilkinson signed as more a less a straight replacement for Ted Calland, who I believe saw out his career at Port Vale. Wilkinson more than filled the spot at No 9, as his goal return reflects. What I do find puzzling is that he signed from non league Poole Town, and left us for Wellington. (Not sure if that's the Somerset one) I thought he came from a Football League club, but the 'Bible' cant be wrong, can it?

The "Bible" is certainly wrong Pete. I remember us playing Port Vale in a top of the table battle and they beat us 4-3 at SJP. Wilco played a very big part in that game and I was delighted when we signed him from Port Vale the next season. He was a big strong lad, very good in the air.

 

[Grecian 1901]

The "Bible" is certainly wrong Pete. I remember us playing Port Vale in a top of the table battle and they beat us 4-3 at SJP. Wilco played a very big part in that game and I was delighted when we signed him from Port Vale the next season. He was a big strong lad, very good in the air.

The Grecian Archive - Wilkinson, Jack

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grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk

 

[Grecian 1901]

The "Bible" is certainly wrong Pete. I remember us playing Port Vale in a top of the table battle and they beat us 4-3 at SJP. Wilco played a very big part in that game and I was delighted when we signed him from Port Vale the next season. He was a big strong lad, very good in the air.

Send me the date, I will try and find a match report for you

 

[rightwing]

Send me the date, I will try and find a match report for you

It was Saturday 28th March 1959

 

[Grecian 1901]

It was Saturday 28th March 1959

The Grecian Archive - ECFC 1958/59

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grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk

The report is attached hope you can read it a couple more bits to follow.(they are stuck in a scrapbook on top of pages of Punch from 1915?)

 

[Grecian 1901]

The Grecian Archive - ECFC 1958/59

Explore the History and Heritage of Exeter City Football Club

grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk

The report is attached hope you can read it a couple more bits to follow.(they are stuck in a scrapbook on top of pages of Punch from 1915?)

A bit more

 

[rightwing]

The Grecian Archive - ECFC 1958/59

Explore the History and Heritage of Exeter City Football Club

grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk

The report is attached hope you can read it a couple more bits to follow.(they are stuck in a scrapbook on top of pages of Punch from 1915?)

Thanks Grecian, that's absolutely brilliant! Very poor crowd at 'only' 12,000!! Oh for days like that again!

 

[DawlishBouy]

Yeah I had a problem with Nev's. All the online stats I could find for him from Grecian Archive (individual profile and total goals list), Wiki and a profile on the club website had different stats. Weirdly they all agreed on total appearances, 305, but not goals. They variously state 86, 98 and 101. My feeling is that they are probably league goals, league and cup goals and league, cup and trophy goals respectively.

In the end I decided to go with the stats in the ECFC bible to be consistent for those playing before 1990 but of course Nev's had another season in 90/91 which I couldn't find stats for. From foggy memory he was our top scorer that season in double figures so I do think he got around a hundred goals, but the appearances would have obviously been more as well than the 305.

But even if it was say 98 from 340 games, it was a great record for someone who played a lot on the wing early on for us as well as up front.

Steve Neville complete career record

 

[JJ red&white]

Steve Neville complete career record

You have him at 88 League goals (typo in your spreadsheet), and 13 in the cup to give 101 in total. It looks like I am one cup goal short then (I have missed one of his FL trophy goals)!