PROGRESSION OF OUR GOALSCORING RECORD

The following is the list of each new goalscoring record, set since our first goalscorer in our first competitive game.

Just 6 players have held the reocord, thanks to Grenville Morris scoring his 217th goal over 110 years ago.


Sam Widdowson
Scored 19 goals
Grenville Morris
217 goals!


The Record Holders
John Turner scored our first competitive goal in our first competitive game (after 13 years and over 100 friendlies). We beat Notts County 3-1 and his 5th minute opener makes him our first top goalscorer:
Date Start Player End
Sat Nov 16, 18781John Turner1


Arthur Smithscored the third goal in that opening game and a month later he netted his second to take over the title, before scoring another 7 to take his record to 9 goals.
Date Start Player End
Sat Dec 21, 18782Arthur Smith9


Two years later Sam Widdowson scored four in the FA Cup against Sheffield Heeley before moving the record up to 19
Date Start Player End
Sat Dec 02, 188210Sam Widdowson19


That stood for 10 years until Alex Higgins took over and he extended the streak to 36 goals
Date Start Player End
Sat Sep 24, 189220Alex Higgins36


Three years later, and Tom McInnes takes the new record with his 37th goal and moves the target up to 59.
Date Start Player End
Thu Sep 05, 189537Tom McInnes59


And that target was no problem for Grenville Morris. In January 1903 he scored his 60th goal and, before he retired 9 years later, hit the net a massive 217 times. The closest anyone has come to beating that was Nigel Clough who scored 131 times for us, but that means even he was 90 short of the record.
Date Start Player End
Sat Jan 17, 190360Grenville Morris217