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The men's national football teams of the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom have played each other more times than any other footballing nations in the world. The world's first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow in 1872 (a 0–0 draw). From then on, all four teams started playing regular ...
Reading were the losing team in both of the first two Premier League games in which ten goals were scored. Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann conceded a total of 13 goals in the two games. This is a summary of the highest scoring matches and biggest winning margins in the Premier League since its establishment in the 1992–93 season. The record score ...
BT Sport Score is a weekly television programme which was broadcast between 2016 and 2023, on BT Sport, during the football season. The programme updated viewers on the progress of football games in the United Kingdom on Saturday afternoons, and aired between 2:45pm and just after 5pm. BT Sport Score was hosted by Darrell Currie and Jules ...
For lists of England national football team results see: England national football team results (1872–1899) England national football team results (1900–1929) England national football team results (1930–1959) England national football team results (1960–1979) England national football team results (1980–1999)
Most career top-flight goals: 357, Jimmy Greaves (516 matches, for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, 1957 to 1971) Most consecutive top flight league matches scored in: 15 Stan Mortensen for Blackpool 1950–51 [ 53] Most league goals in a season: 60, Dixie Dean (39 matches, for Everton, 1927 to 1928)
England player and broadcaster Gary Lineker notoriously said "Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win." [ 54 ] He would paraphrase himself following the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 , saying: "Football is a simple game. 22 women chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, England actually win."
The England–Scotland football rivalry, between the England and Scotland national football teams, [1] [2] is the oldest international fixture in the world, first played in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow. Scottish nationalism has been a factor in the Scots' desire to defeat England above all other rivals, with Scottish sports journalists ...
First player to score a hat-trick Digger Brown or Howard Vaughton, 18 February 1882, 13–0 vs. Ireland [note 67] Oldest player to score a hat-trick Gary Lineker, 30 years, 194 days, 12 June 1991, 4–2 vs. Malaysia Youngest player to score a hat-trick Theo Walcott, 19 years, 178 days, 10 September 2008, 4–1 vs. Croatia