Statistics

Every fixture from 1906 to today, with the line-ups, scorers, cards and crowds.

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1906 to 2027 · last updated 13 September 2026

The record

13,029 matches with a recorded score

13,511 Matches
5,316Won 40.8%
2,572Drawn 19.7%
5,141Lost 39.5%
23,48021,973 Goals for / against
  • 113Seasons
  • 4,464Players
  • 698Clubs faced
  • 46Managers
  • 138,721Appearances
  • 2,848Cards shown

Gaps the archive has. 482 matches have no recorded score, so the percentages are out of 13,029. Of 23,480 goals, 20,720 have a named scorer and 2,760 do not.

The record by decade

Bar length is matches played

Decade Won, drawn, lost Played Won %
1900s 344 52.3%
1910s 502 41.2%
1920s 867 37.9%
1930s 1037 38.6%
1940s 582 38.3%
1950s 1163 38.6%
1960s 1373 46.5%
1970s 1527 43.4%
1980s 1272 36.9%
1990s 1177 39.7%
2000s 1318 38.4%
2010s 1153 41.1%
2020s 714 43.3%
All time 13,029 40.8%
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  • Lost

Two shapes worth knowing. The 1940s bar is short because six seasons of it are war: the football played was regional and the archive holds 582 matches for the decade against 1163 for the 1950s. The 1900s bar is the shortest and the greenest — 344 matches, mostly local football, won at 52.3%.

Landmarks

  • Record win22–0Avenue · 1962 · Youth
  • Record defeat0–11West Ham United · 1940 · wartime
  • Highest crowd53,043at Everton · 1955
  • Biggest at home31,033Liverpool · 1979
  • Most appearances631Sandy Anderson
  • Leading scorer169Billy Best

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