Source: TheGuardian
When Clive Allen scored 49 goals in a season for Spurs (but won nothing)
The Tottenham striker scored 33 league goals, four in the FA Cup and 12 in the League Cup, without lifting a trophyBy Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports BlogAs Erling Haaland threatens to break every goalscoring record that exists, a few questions hang in the air. Will he beat the 34-goal record in the Premier League, which was set by Andy Cole in 1994 and matched by Alan Shearer a year later? Will he surpass Dixie Dean’s mark of 60 league goals from the 1927-28 season? Is he a robot?Surely even Haaland cannot break Dean’s record, but it would not be a surprise if he exceeds the mark set by Clive Allen, who scored 49 goals for Tottenham as they chased a domestic treble under David Pleat in the 1986-87 season. No one has matched Allen’s tally since – which he set without playing in Europe – but it was a bittersweet campaign for the Spurs striker. Continue reading......read full article
