| Football quiz question 19:11 - Aug 29 with 1349 views | dominiciawful |
What was the scoreline in the highest-scoring Football League match of all time? |  |
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| Football quiz question on 19:34 - Aug 29 with 1281 views | BrianTablet |
18th March 1963 Grundisburgh Under-11s 53-27 Easton Under-11s? |  |
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| Football quiz question on 19:39 - Aug 29 with 1266 views | Pendejo |
Charlton 7 Huddersfield 6?
Mid-50s, Charlton were 5-1 down at half time. My father and his brother were at the match. |  |
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| Football quiz question on 19:44 - Aug 29 with 1261 views | Stu_boy |
Highest scoring game i've seen was ipswich vs crewe mustve been 6 4? Biggedt win think avenir beggen 9 0 i think |  | | |
| Football quiz question on 19:50 - Aug 29 with 1238 views | WickhamsLeftBoot |
| Football quiz question on 19:44 - Aug 29 by Stu_boy |
Highest scoring game i've seen was ipswich vs crewe mustve been 6 4? Biggedt win think avenir beggen 9 0 i think |
Avenir Beggen was 8-1. The highest scoring match I've seen was 6-4 against Crewe, didn't we also score a few own goals that game as well? |  | | |
| Football quiz question on 19:51 - Aug 29 with 1233 views | monty_radio |
Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 (Boxing Day 1935) | |
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| Football quiz question on 20:02 - Aug 29 with 1199 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Football quiz question on 19:50 - Aug 29 by WickhamsLeftBoot |
Avenir Beggen was 8-1. The highest scoring match I've seen was 6-4 against Crewe, didn't we also score a few own goals that game as well? |
Don't remember any own goals but I was at both of those. The Crewe one was crazy. It was a case of who gave away more goals than the other. Such an open game throughout.
Avenor Beggen was Matt Richards debut wasn't it (or was that the away match)? |  |
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| Football quiz question on 20:16 - Aug 29 with 1162 views | dominiciawful |
| Football quiz question on 19:51 - Aug 29 by monty_radio |
Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 (Boxing Day 1935) |
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| Football quiz question on 20:20 - Aug 29 with 1152 views | Keno |
| Football quiz question on 19:51 - Aug 29 by monty_radio |
Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 (Boxing Day 1935) |
Is this what will fight for evermore about? |  |
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| Football quiz question on 20:21 - Aug 29 with 1149 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Football quiz question on 20:20 - Aug 29 by Keno |
Is this what will fight for evermore about? |
Would love to know if Oldham led at all ... 0-4 would be especially amusing. | |
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| Football quiz question on 20:26 - Aug 29 with 1137 views | Stu_boy |
| Football quiz question on 20:02 - Aug 29 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Don't remember any own goals but I was at both of those. The Crewe one was crazy. It was a case of who gave away more goals than the other. Such an open game throughout.
Avenor Beggen was Matt Richards debut wasn't it (or was that the away match)? |
I'm pretty sure richards made his debut away to beggen which we won 1 0 | | | |
| Football quiz question on 21:04 - Aug 29 with 1111 views | Trequartista |
| Football quiz question on 19:51 - Aug 29 by monty_radio |
Tranmere 13 Oldham 4 (Boxing Day 1935) |
Apparently there were no goals in the last 20 minutes! |  |
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| Football quiz question on 21:08 - Aug 29 with 1102 views | SitfcB |
| Football quiz question on 19:50 - Aug 29 by WickhamsLeftBoot |
Avenir Beggen was 8-1. The highest scoring match I've seen was 6-4 against Crewe, didn't we also score a few own goals that game as well? |
That was 20 years ago today, Avenir Beggen, suddenly felt very old. |  |
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| Football quiz question on 21:26 - Aug 29 with 1065 views | monty_radio |
| Football quiz question on 21:04 - Aug 29 by Trequartista |
Apparently there were no goals in the last 20 minutes! |
Hark now hear the Tranmere sing, the Oldham ran etc, etc.
Or Maybe they all wanted to get home to hear the Morecambe and Wise wireless Christmas Special. | |
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| Football quiz question on 23:38 - Aug 29 with 995 views | Smithy |
Tranmere Rovers 13-4 Oldham Athletic
For those who like a little bit of football history...
The record for the highest-scoring match in the history of England's Football League (dating back to 1888) goes to the game between Tranmere Rovers and Oldham Athletic on Boxing Day (26th December) in 1935.
The Third Division North match was the return fixture between the two sides after they had faced each other the previous day. Table-topping Tranmere travelled to Oldham on Christmas Day where they were defeated 4-1. However, at Prenton Park the result was rather different...
Tranmere scored six times within the opening 20 minutes. Three of those goals came courtesy of Robert C. "Bunny" Bell. The forward would later cross the River Mersey to join Everton, although his time at Goodison Park was effectively ended by the outbreak of the Second World War.
Bell added to his hat-trick with two more as Oldham remarkably went in at half-time 8-1 down. After the break, Tranmere reached double figures before the visitors got their second, and at 11-4 there were still 20 minutes to play. There was to be no further scoring until the last couple of minutes.
No player had ever scored a triple hat-trick in a Football League match before, but Bell was closing in on one. Despite missing a penalty, he managed to find the net twice more in the ankle-deep mud to bring his tally to nine and the final score to 13-4.
Incredibly, Bell's record lasted for less than four months. Joe Payne of Luton Town switched from wing-half to play his first senior match as a centre-forward, and he notched 10 in a 12-0 win over Bristol Rovers. Had Bell converted the penalty and reached double figures himself, Tranmere would hold the record as the only club to score 14 in a Football League fixture.
Tranmere ultimately failed to gain promotion at the end of the 1935/36 season, finishing four places ahead of Oldham.
The goalscorers for the game were as follows:
Tranmere - Bell 9, Woodward 2, MacDonald, Urmson
Oldham - Walsh 2, Brunskill, Davis
The attendance was recorded as 12,000 |  |
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