The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #163

The important ones...
13 World Cup Finals 'Milestone' Goals

1. 1st = Lucient Laurent (for France v Mexico, 1930)
2. 100th = Angelo Schiavio (for Italy v USA, 1934)
3. 200th = Harry Andersson (for Sweden v Cuba, 1938)
4. 300th = Chico (for Brazil v Spain, 1950)
5. 400th = Max Morlock (for West Germany v Turkey, 1954)
6. 500th = Bobby Collins (for Scotland v Paraguay, 1958)
7. 600th = Dražan Jerković (for Yugoslavia v Uruguay, 1962)
8. 700th = Pak Seung-Zin (for North Korea v Chile, 1966)
9. 800th = Gerd Muller (for West Germany v Bulgaria, 1970)
10. 900th = Héctor Yazalde (for Argentina v Haiti, 1974)
11. 1,000th = Rob Rensenbrink (for Netherlands v Scotland, 1978)
12. 1,500th = Claudio Caniggia (for Argentina v Nigeria, 1994)
13. 2,000th = Marcus Allbäck (for Sweden v England, 2006)

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #159

Hot shots
The 14 highest goal tallies for a single season by teams in England's top flight since World War II

1. 115 (Tottenham, 1960/61 (finished 1st))
2. 111 (Tottenham, 1962/63 (finished 2nd))
3. 110 (Wolves, 1958/59 (finished 1st))
4. 106 (Wolves, 1959/60 (finished 2nd))
5. 104 (Man City, 1957/58 (finished 5th))
6. 104 (Tottenham, 1956/57 (finished 2nd))
7. 103 (Wolves, 1960/61 (finished 3rd))
8. 103 (Man United, 1958/59 (finished 2nd))
9. 103 (Wolves, 1957/58 (finished 1st))
10. 103 (Man United, 1956/57 (finished 1st))
11. 102 (Burnley, 1960/61 (finished 4th))
12. 102 (Man United, 1959/60 (finished 7th))
13. 101 (Burnley, 1961/62 (finished 2nd))
14. 100 (Preston, 1957/58 (finished 2nd))

The highest number of goals scored in the Premier League is 97 by Man United in 1999/2000 (finished 1st). Chelsea have this season scored 84 goals with five games left to be played.

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #157

Few and far between
The 9 Players Who Scored During The Premier League's Lowest Scoring Weekend Of November 24th/25th 2001

1. Les Ferdinand (for Tottenham v West Ham)
2. Thierry Henry (2 goals for Arsenal v Man United)
3. Emile Heskey (for Liverpool v Sunderland)
4. Hassan Kachloul (for Aston Villa v Leeds)
5. Freddie Ljungberg (for Arsenal v Man United)
6. Marian Pahars (for Southampton v Charlton)
7. Paul Scholes (for Man United v Arsenal)
8. Alan Shearer (for Newcastle v Derby)
9. Alan Smith (for Leeds v Aston Villa)

The weekend of November 24th and 25th saw only ten goals scored in the Premier League. The results were as follows:

Bolton 0 Fulham 0; Chelsea 0 Blackburn 0; Leicester 0 Everton 0; Newcastle 1 Derby 0; Southampton 1 Charlton 0; West Ham 0 Tottenham 1; Arsenal 3 Man United 1; Leeds 1 Aston Villa 1; Liverpool 1 Sunderland 0; Middlesbrough 0 Ipswich 0.