English Football: League Winner and Top Goal Scorer per Year

Chris
April 15, 2021

Explore the History of English Football

Use the slide bar to pick the year. The app will display:

The league winner
The name of the person who scored the most goals
The top goal scorer's club and the number of goals that were scored

Information comes from https://www.worldfootball.net/

Sample: League Winner Table (2014 to 2020)

# A tibble: 8 x 2
   Year Winner           
  <int> <chr>            
1  2020 Liverpool FC     
2  2019 Manchester City  
3  2018 Manchester City  
4  2017 Chelsea FC       
5  2016 Leicester City   
6  2015 Chelsea FC       
7  2014 Manchester City  
8  2013 Manchester United

Sample: Top Goal Scorer Table (1889 to 1895)

# A tibble: 7 x 4
  Season TopScorer       Team              Goals
  <chr>  <chr>           <chr>             <chr>
1 1895   Johnny Campbell Sunderland AFC    22   
2 1894   Jack Southworth Everton FC        27   
3 1893   Johnny Campbell Sunderland AFC    31   
4 1892   Johnny Campbell Sunderland AFC    32   
5 1891   Jack Southworth Blackburn Rovers  26   
6 1890   Jimmy Ross      Preston North End 21   
7 1889   John Goodall    Preston North End 21

To Peak Your Interest

Number of clubs who have won the league 25
Top club Manchester United with 20 top finishes
Most top scorer (golden boot) finishes Jimmy Greaves. 6 times
Most goals scored in a season 60 by Dixie Dean in 1928