[Football] Old Goalscorers

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Close, he played for their rivals and had long hair

Walsh

 

[pasty]

Close, he played for their rivals and had long hair

Graham Alexander - Burnley

 

[Seasidesage]

Akinfenwa?

 

[Brownstuff]

Graham Alexander - Burnley

Correct

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Stanley Matthews was 41 when he scored his last goal in the topflight


Anyone older?

 

[ManOfSussex]

Stanley Matthews was 41 when he scored his last goal in the topflight


Anyone older?

I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

 

[sharpey38]

either Dawson or mcaughly from WBA

 

[Lower West Stander]

I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

Probably - but he’d have been watching the left back......


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[Durlston]

James Beattie played until he was nearly 40 I think. Went into management at Accrington, which was a disaster.

Edit: closer to 35. I must be thinking of someone else. Probably Kevin Phillips?

 

[Jam The Man]

Dean Saunders?

 

[Brighthelmstone]

Scholes?

 

[albionfan37]

Ian rush?

 

[Durlston]

Ian rush?

(scouse accent) "Exaaaactly!"

 

[Brownstuff]

All correct answers have been given now
Harford
Tugay
Hughes
Alexander
Pearce
Windass
Giggs
Sheringham

Maybe Bruno will join the list by the end of the season

 

[Invicta]

All correct answers have been given now
Harford
Tugay
Hughes
Alexander
Pearce
Windass
Giggs
Sheringham

Maybe Bruno will join the list by the end of the season

At Selhurst would be nice !

 

[Washie]

At Selhurst would be nice !

The first of 5 that day.

 

[AZ Gull]

I just Googled it to no avail, as I can't seem to find the oldest actual topflight goalscorer ever, but apparently Billy Meredith is the oldest goal scorer in English senior football at 49 years and 208 days old when he scored for Manchester City on 23rd February 1924 in the 3rd round of The FA Cup in a 5-1 victory away to.........Brighton and Hove Albion. Perhaps Bens Grandad remembers the game?

Pictured playing in that match here (the caption on the tweet is incorrect, he was indeed playing for Man City):-

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[Murray 17]

Gordon Strachan

...is the answer to this question:

'Who is the only player born before 1960, to have scored a Premier League hat-trick?'