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In all, 113 different score lines have been achieved in more than 135 years of league football (when considering, for example, winning 12-2 being different from losing 2-12). Before the start of the 2024/25 season, the following clubs have achieved the most of these score lines:

Winning 1-0 (33,957 matches): 442 times - Burnley
Winning 2-0 (24,262 matches): 382 times - Liverpool
Winning 2-1 (30,503 matches): 418 times - Sheffield United
Winning 3-0 (12,947 matches): 227 times - Liverpool
Winning 3-1 (15,320 matches): 253 times - Manchester City
Winning 3-2 (9,525 matches): 158 times - Manchester United
Winning 4-0 (5,614 matches): 131 times - Liverpool
Winning 4-1 (6,555 matches): 117 times - Arsenal
Winning 4-2 (3,888 matches): 75 times - Manchester City
Winning 4-3 (1,671 matches): 32 times - Liverpool
Winning 5-0 (2,338 matches): 59 times - Manchester United
Winning 5-1 (2,533 matches): 54 times - Manchester City
Winning 5-2 (1,573 matches): 33 times - Everton
Winning 5-3 (608 matches): 15 times - Arsenal, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 5-4 (205 matches): eight times - Leicester City
Winning 6-0 (791 matches): 20 times - Liverpool
Winning 6-1 (964 matches): 22 times - Manchester United
Winning 6-2 (515 matches): 15 times - Aston Villa
Winning 6-3 (212 matches): eight times - West Bromwich Albion
Winning 6-4 (68 matches): five times - Plymouth Argyle, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 6-5 (17 matches): two times - Grimsby Town
Winning 7-0 (292 matches): eight times - Arsenal, Fulham
Winning 7-1 (341 matches): 12 times - Aston Villa
Winning 7-2 (168 matches): seven times - Newcastle United, Sunderland
Winning 7-3 (71 matches): four times - Stockport County
Winning 7-4 (29 matches): three times - Liverpool, Watford
Winning 7-5 (seven matches): two times - Blackburn Rovers
Winning 7-6 (one match): one time - Charlton Athletic
Winning 8-0 (103 matches): six times - Arsenal
Winning 8-1 (94 matches): five times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 8-2 (49 matches): three times - Chester City
Winning 8-3 (19 matches): two times - Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield United
Winning 8-4 (five matches): one time - Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Blackpool, Everton, Leicester City
Winning 8-5 (three matches): one time - Burton Swifts, Derby County, Stockport County
Winning 9-0 (37 matches): four times - Manchester United
Winning 9-1 (34 matches): three times - Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning 9-2 (25 matches): two times - Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest
Winning 9-3 (10 matches): one time - Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Darwen, Derby County, Everton, Hartlepool United, Luton Town, Manchester City, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur
Winning 9-4 (two matches): one time - Bristol City, Gillingham
Winning 10-0 (16 matches): two times - Aston Villa, Sheffield United
Winning 10-1 (11 matches): one time - Birmingham City, Fulham, Gateshead, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham
Winning 10-2 (six matches): one time - Birmingham City, Darwen, Fulham, Luton Town, Norwich City, Reading
Winning 10-3 (three matches): one time - Hull City, Middlesbrough, Stoke City
Winning 10-4 (one match): one time - Tottenham Hotspur
Winning 11-0 (one match): one time - Oldham Athletic
Winning 11-1 (seven matches): one time - Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bradford City, Hull City, Lincoln City, Notts County, Tranmere Rovers
Winning 11-2 (two matches): one time - Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United
Winning 11-3 (one match): one time - Manchester City
Winning 12-0 (eight matches): two times - Birmingham City
Winning 12-1 (one match): one time - Barrow
Winning 12-2 (one match): one time - Aston Villa
Winning 13-0 (two matches): one time - Newcastle United, Stockport County
Winning 13-4 (one match): one time - Tranmere Rovers

Drawing 0-0 (14,992 matches): 397 times - Preston North End
Drawing 1-1 (24,161 matches): 624 times - Nottingham Forest
Drawing 2-2 (10,715 matches): 298 times - Leicester City
Drawing 3-3 (2,336 matches): 72 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Drawing 4-4 (321 matches): 14 times - Tottenham Hotspur
Drawing 5-5 (39 matches): three times - Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Grimsby Town, West Ham United
Drawing 6-6 (two matches): one time - Arsenal, Charlton Athletic, Leicester City, Middlesbrough

Losing 0-1 (33,957 matches): 461 times - Birmingham City
Losing 0-2 (24,262 matches): 339 times - Port Vale
Losing 0-3 (12,947 matches): 183 times - Leyton Orient
Losing 0-4 (5,614 matches): 81 times - Lincoln City
Losing 0-5 (2,338 matches): 38 times - Burnley
Losing 0-6 (791 matches): 18 times - Notts County
Losing 0-7 (292 matches): 10 times - Barnsley
Losing 0-8 (103 matches): four times - Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Tranmere Rovers
Losing 0-9 (37 matches): three times - Darwen
Losing 0-10 (16 matches): three times - Darwen
Losing 0-11 (one match): one time - Southport
Losing 0-12 (eight matches): two times - Walsall
Losing 0-13 (two matches): one time - Halifax Town, Newport County
Losing 1-2 (30,503 matches): 408 times - Notts County
Losing 1-3 (15,320 matches): 212 times - Notts County
Losing 1-4 (6,555 matches): 102 times - Grimsby Town
Losing 1-5 (2,533 matches): 52 times - Notts County
Losing 1-6 (964 matches): 20 times - Crewe Alexandra
Losing 1-7 (341 matches): eight times - Birmingham City, Burnley, Derby County, Port Vale
Losing 1-8 (94 matches): four times - West Bromwich Albion
Losing 1-9 (34 matches): three times - Notts County
Losing 1-10 (11 matches): two times - Blackpool
Losing 1-11 (seven matches): one time - Carlisle United, Charlton Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Durham City, Glossop, Newport County, Rotherham United
Losing 1-12 (one match): one time - Gateshead
Losing 2-3 (9,525 matches): 144 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 2-4 (3,888 matches): 65 times - Sheffield Wednesday
Losing 2-5 (1,573 matches): 29 times - Blackburn Rovers
Losing 2-6 (515 matches): 13 times - Leicester City
Losing 2-7 (168 matches): eight times - York City
Losing 2-8 (49 matches): four times - Leicester City
Losing 2-9 (25 matches): two times - Lincoln City
Losing 2-10 (six matches): two times - Torquay United
Losing 2-11 (two matches): one time - Cardiff City, Chester City
Losing 2-12 (one match): one time - Accrington
Losing 3-4 (1,671 matches): 32 times - Bolton Wanderers
Losing 3-5 (608 matches): 16 times - Middlesbrough
Losing 3-6 (212 matches): nine times - Cardiff City
Losing 3-7 (71 matches): four times - Darlington, Everton
Losing 3-8 (19 matches): two times - Burnley, Leicester City
Losing 3-9 (10 matches): one time - Lincoln City, Loughborough, Port Vale, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 3-10 (three matches): one time - Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Losing 3-11 (one match): one time - Lincoln City
Losing 4-5 (205 matches): five times - Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Stockport County, West Ham United
Losing 4-6 (68 matches): three times - Derby County, Preston North End
Losing 4-7 (29 matches): two times - Ashington, Gillingham, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Swansea City
Losing 4-8 (five matches): one time - Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Lincoln City, Manchester City, Plymouth Argyle
Losing 4-9 (two matches): one time - Exeter City, Gillingham
Losing 4-10 (one match): one time - Everton
Losing 4-13 (one match): one time - Oldham Athletic
Losing 5-6 (17 matches): two times - Crewe Alexandra, Newcastle United, Sunderland
Losing 5-7 (seven matches): one time - Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Mansfield Town, Millwall, Reading, Sheffield United, Tottenham Hotspur
Losing 5-8 (three matches): one time - Blackburn Rovers, Chester City, Walsall
Losing 6-7 (one match): one time - Huddersfield Town

losing 0-5 the most times of any club!!!!!
oh and3-8 along with leicester

And most of those 0-5 are against City in the last few years

tally wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:31 am

losing 0-5 the most times of any club!!!!!
oh and3-8 along with leicester

Most of those were against City probably

Grimsby hold the record for the most 6-5 wins

And Watford hold the record (with Liverpool) for the most 7-4 wins!

Flipping heck!

Winning 6-5 (17 matches): two times - Grimsby Town

Remember listening to that on the radio on a miserable Tuesday night.

Cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be a travelling Claret that night

Really interesting read is that.

Being top of the tree with the most 1 nils is a truly impressive stat.

Brilliant post. Love stuff like this

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:20 am

Remember listening to that on the radio on a miserable Tuesday night.

Cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be a travelling Claret that night

I enjoyed all our goals.

We have had far worse days at Grimsby.

Great stuff this.

I had a look through the list to work out the most goals in one game and who played.
You can see this is Tranmere 13 Oldham 4.

So I looked up this game.
The record goals in one game was Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 on Boxing Day 1935.

Back then you played the same team on Christmas Day and then again on Boxing Day.
The day before Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 !!!!!

In the record victory Bunny Bell scored 9 goals - a triple hat trick.

Great stats.

I only hope whoever did them got a computer to tell them the answers.

Looking at those stats, only Forest 1-1 and Birmingham losing 1-0 have had more of the same scoreline than us.

Must have taken a while to compile

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 11:00 am

Must have taken a while to compile

I'm going to take a punt om this being a work of a computer rather than one lad sat with a calculator and paper at his desk

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 11:05 am

I'm going to take a punt om this being a work of a computer rather than one lad sat with a calculator and paper at his desk

Is it not one that CT put together while having his morning brew?

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 11:05 am

I'm going to take a punt om this being a work of a computer rather than one lad sat with a calculator and paper at his desk

The program to collate those stats must have taken longer than CT's brew time

Fantastic stats. Well done to whoever compiled them

I saw this yesterday too. The first result I looked for was 10-4 because I remember it well. Spurs beat Everton at White Hart Lane either in our championship winning season or maybe the one before.
The article also mentioned that the 'newest' score occurred on Boxing Day 1962. Again, I think it was an 11-0 scoreline involving Southport and?. That was the same day of incredible results in the old First Division such as us beating Man Utd 6-1, Rovers winning 2-8 at West Ham and Fulham scoring 10 against Ipswich(?).

Big Vinny K wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:37 am

Great stuff this.

I had a look through the list to work out the most goals in one game and who played.
You can see this is Tranmere 13 Oldham 4.

So I looked up this game.
The record goals in one game was Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 on Boxing Day 1935.

Back then you played the same team on Christmas Day and then again on Boxing Day.
The day before Oldham beat Tranmere 4-1 !!!!!

In the record victory Bunny Bell scored 9 goals - a triple hat trick.

Very interesting. I think there have been a few examples of festive games producing contrasting scoreline like that

Grimsby hold the record for the most 6-5 wins


I was at Grimsby on 29 October 2002 !
We had to check with each other on what the actual score was at half-time - 4-3 to Grimsby
We should have won the game on chances created

The original post on Facebook for anyone interested: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ojpF3KbEqnKxGBc9/

Scoring:
Failing to score in a match (110,352 instances): 1,423 times - Stoke City
Scoring one goal in a match (138,642 instances): 1,738 times - Burnley
Scoring two goals in a match (91,947 instances): 1,188 times - Sheffield United
Scoring three goals in a match (45,059 instances): 722 times - Manchester United
Scoring four goals in a match (18,681 instances): 334 times - Manchester City
Scoring five goals in a match (7,362 instances): 146 times - Liverpool, Manchester United
Scoring six goals in a match (2,572 instances): 57 times - Arsenal
Scoring seven goals in a match (909 instances): 25 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scoring eight goals in a match (273 instances): nine times - Arsenal
Scoring nine goals in a match (108 instances): five times - Notts County
Scoring 10 goals in a match (37 instances): three times - Hull City
Scoring 11 goals in a match (11 instances): two times - Oldham Athletic
Scoring 12 goals in a match (10 instances): two times - Birmingham City
Scoring 13 goals in a match (three instances): one time - Newcastle United, Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers
Conceding:
Keeping a clean sheet in a match (110,352 instances): 1,565 times - Liverpool
Conceding one goal in a match (138,642 instances): 1,748 times - Sheffield United
Conceding two goals in a match (91,947 instances): 1,144 times - Bolton Wanderers
Conceding three goals in a match (45,059 instances): 594 times - Derby County
Conceding four goals in a match (18,681 instances): 250 times - Sheffield Wednesday
Conceding five goals in a match (7,362 instances): 115 times - Crewe Alexandra
Conceding six goals in a match (2,572 instances): 48 times - Crewe Alexandra
Conceding seven goals in a match (909 instances): 21 times - Burnley, Port Vale
Conceding eight goals in a match (273 instances): nine times - Leicester City
Conceding nine goals in a match (108 instances): four times - Accrington Stanley, Darwen, Lincoln City
Conceding 10 goals in a match (37 instances): three times - Darwen
Conceding 11 goals in a match (11 instances): one time - Cardiff City, Carlisle United, Charlton Athletic, Chester, Crewe Alexandra, Durham City, Glossop, Lincoln City, Newport County, Rotherham United, Southport
Conceding 12 goals in a match (10 instances): two times - Walsall
Conceding 13 goals in a match (three instances): one time - Halifax Town, Newport County, Oldham Athletic
Winning/losing margin:
Winning by a 13-goal-margin (two instances): one time - Newcastle United, Stockport County
Winning by a 12-goal-margin (eight instances): two times - Birmingham City
Winning by a 11-goal-margin (two instances): one time - Barrow, Oldham Athletic
Winning by a 10-goal-margin (24 instances): four times - Aston Villa
Winning by a nine-goal-margin (51 instances): five times - Manchester United
Winning by an eight-goal-margin (144 instances): seven times - Arsenal
Winning by a seven-goal-margin (414 instances): 12 times - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Winning by a six-goal-margin (1,192 instances): 11 times - Arsenal, Manchester City
Winning by a five-goal-margin (3,491 instances): 84 times - Manchester United
Winning by a four-goal-margin (8,738 instances): 181 times - Liverpool
Winning by a three-goal-margin (21,319 instances): 367 times - Liverpool
Winning by a two-goal-margin (44,153 instances): 680 times - Manchester United
Winning by a one-goal-margin (75,879 instances): 989 times - Manchester United
Drawing (105,132 instances): 1,331 times - Preston North End
Losing by a one-goal-margin (75,879 instances): 948 times - Nottingham Forest
Losing by a two-goal-margin (44,153 instances): 563 times - Grimsby Town
Losing by a three-goal-margin (21,319 instances): 293 times - Crewe Alexandra
Losing by a four-goal-margin (8,738 instances): 135 times - Notts County
Losing by a five-goal-margin (3,491 instances): 58 times - Burnley
Losing by a six-goal-margin (1,192 instances): 24 times - Hartlepool United
Losing by a seven-goal-margin (414 instances): 12 times - Barnsley
Losing by an eight-goal-margin (144 instances): six times - Birmingham City
Losing by a nine-goal-margin (51 instances): three times - Darwen
Losing by a 10-goal-margin (24 instances): three times - Darwen
Losing by a 11-goal-margin (two instances): one time - Gateshead, Southport
Losing by a 12-goal-margin (eight instances): two times - Walsall
Losing by a 13-goal-margin (two instances): one time - Halifax Town, Newport County

From the same page, the author reckons both lists took about 30 minutes once the parameters had been set, doesn't say how long it took to set them, mind.

Saw this.

An infinitely better record to have than that of our near neighbours, the Knob Enders - the most 0-0s...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:20 am

Remember listening to that on the radio on a miserable Tuesday night.

Cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be a travelling Claret that night

Despite the result, better than watching a dull 0-0 draw. I was gutted at the time, but it was an entertaining game of footy.

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:20 am

Remember listening to that on the radio on a miserable Tuesday night.

Cannot imagine what it must have felt like to be a travelling Claret that night

Sure I read somewhere we'd over 30 attempts on their goal that night against less than 15 from Grimsby.

Arsenal should stop singing immediately. Copyright Burnley.