He became the Premier League Golden Boot winner and European Golden Shoe winner in 1999/2000, making him to this day the only Englishman to win the award. He was top scorer for each of his four seasons with the club and no player has since reached his worst end of season total. Ending with a stunning total of 63 goals in 74 appearances, we all know how he turned out as a manager, but we will never know what levels Clough might have reached as a player. This browser is not supported by Wikiwand :( Wikiwand requires a browser with modern capabilities in order to provide you with the best reading experience.Please download and use one of the following browsers: An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. If you are using an Ad-Blocker, it might have mistakenly blocked our content. Using the goals per game ratio to make the list, the only rules to making the list is a minimum of forty appearances and if two players have the same ratio, the player with the most appearances is higher in the higher position. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Your input will affect cover photo selection, along with input from other users. Fan Letters: Are you worried about Sunderlands transfer business so far? He may be our second highest all-time scorer, but Charles Buchan makes number eight on our list. We takes a look at the top twenty, finishing up with our top ten in Part II! Our all-time top scorer with 228 goals makes number four on our list. {{::lang.NameEnglish}} - {{::lang.NameNative}}, {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}}, Early years and the "Team of All Talents" (18791908), Further league championship titles (19081945), "The Bank of England" club, financial troubles and three cup finals (19451995), New stadium, promotions and relegations (19952006), Drumaville Consortium takeover and Ellis Short era (20062016), Back-to-back relegations and ownership changes (20162022), Return to the Championship (2022present), Supporters clubs and officially recognised organisations, {{current.info.license.usageTerms || current.info.license.name || current.info.license.detected || 'Unknown'}}, Uploaded by: {{current.info.uploadUser}} on {{current.info.uploadDate | date:'mediumDate'}}. "What can SAFC do to raise the quality of its streaming service" asks US-based Sunderland supporter Kev Campbell. Despite the interruption of World War I, his Sunderland record would end with an incredible 222 goals in 411 appearances, and include a League championship medal in 1913. Our top spot goes to the clubs third all-time scorer, David Halliday. Got something to say? He would be a fantastic ambassador for the club until his death in 1994. Please click the "Downloads" icon in the Safari toolbar, open the first download in the list. Im sure that most of us know who the top goalscorers are in Sunderlands long and storied history, but who are the most prolific? A man who had a profound impact on the game during his career and also after as a career as a journalist, working for the BBC as well as editing Charles Buchans Football Monthly. Despite these accolades I find myself asking about what might have been. Scoring 29 League goals in his first full season and then being top scorer in his second season with 24 goals despite his season being over through injury from Boxing Day, his record was incredible. Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license. Our first modern day footballer makes our top ten at number seven. He would finish at Sunderland with 62 goals in 117 appearances. By far our lowest total in the top ten with 36 goals but he achieved this in only 63 games for the club. In doing so, Fleming racked up an impressive 71 goals in 122 appearances to make our top five. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for, Note: preferences and languages are saved separately in https mode. Give good old Wikipedia a great new look: This article was just edited, click to reload, This article has been deleted on Wikipedia (. In 2009/10 he scored 50% of all our Premier League goals and unsurprisingly won player of the year. After only three years with the club, all in the top flight, his record at the club would read 70 goals in 117 appearances. Nobody could have dared to predict what he would eventually achieve on his time at Wearside after joining from Watford, except maybe the man himself. For Sunderland supporters, is the away day experience financially feasible anymore? Silksworth born Robert Gurney stayed with the club for twenty-two years stretching out over the war period. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. His honours would include a League championship from 1936 and an FA Cup winners medal from 1937. We now move into our final three with another striker from the 1950s. An extension you use may be preventing Wikiwand articles from loading properly. On This Day (22 July 2010): Ex-England goalkeeper set to sign as Gordons injury woes continue. If you're using HTTPS Everywhere or you're unable to access any article on Wikiwand, please consider switching to HTTPS (https://www.wikiwand.com). To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Top 20 all-time prolific goalscorers in Sunderlands history: Part II - 1-10! Despite only playing a season and a half for Sunderland, Brian Clough is our runner-up. A total of 165 goals in 175 appearances, means that at almost a goal a game, Dave Halliday takes our top spot. I feel privileged all these years later to have witnessed his time at the club. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. You will need to temporarily disable your Ad-blocker to view this page. Email us: RokerReport@yahoo.co.uk, Opinion: Sunderland need to offer more to streaming supporters!. I was quite surprised Darren Bent made it this high onto our list. As the economy continues to struggle and fans everywhere feel the pinch, Michael Dunne looks at whether away days could eventually become unaffordable for Lads fans, Opinion: Englands Lionesses are one step closer to history. Here is our final countdown looking at our top ten Before Kevin Phillips came along Richard Davis was the last Sunderland player to finish as the leading scorer in the top tier of English football. Would you like to suggest this photo as the cover photo for this article? Ford would end as Sunderlands top scorer in three consecutive seasons, all ending in mid-table mediocrity. He is still Sunderlands highest ever scorer in a single League season with 43 goals in 42 League games in 1928/29, as we finished five points of top spot in Division One. Good on the ball, great at reading the game, and dominant in the air it looks like weve got another goodun on our hands with Aji Alese! Our fifth player in the list who played for the lads during the 1950s, his form prior to Sunderlands relegation in 1958 had kept Sunderland afloat until the goals dried up and we finally dropped out of the top tier for the first time. Craig Gordons injury problems were causing Steve Bruce headaches and a former England keeper was on the verge of a short-term deal. A total of 130 goals in 235 appearances making him 6th all-time top scorer for the club, makes him one of the clubs all-time greats. Almost splitting his goals 50/50 between the top two tiers, Dominic Nick Sharkey would score 17 goals to fire Sunderland back to Division One in 1963/64. Scoring a total of 80 goals in 154 appearances, Davis makes our top ten. Player Analysis: What type of player is new signing Aji Alese? We have football finances, Sunderlands transfer business and our patience with young players all discussed in the latest RR mailbag!