6,000 League goals - FAO Strap

[The Cube]

Swift's first v Nottingham Forest deemed to be Reading's 6,000th league goal. Does your database agree?

I ask because the club still says Adie Williams v Wycombe was 5,000, and I thought that had been disproved by Dirk some time ago. Also, do the 1939/40 games count or not?

[Davezk]

Yes

[Sutekh]

That would put the goal average at about 1.3 goals scored per league game based on that Wycombe game being about 17 years ago and there being fourteen 46 game seasons and three 38 game seasons subsequently.

Or perhaps the PL seasons don't count as they're not FL goals

[Forbury Lion]

Didn't Darius Henderson hit a goal landmark a few years ago? It might have been Madejski Stadium related though, something like the 1,000th goal scored at the stadium.

Maybe we can have a countdown to some records?

[John Smith]

Didn't Darius Henderson hit a goal landmark a few years ago? It might have been Madejski Stadium related though, something like the 1,000th goal scored at the stadium.

Maybe we can have a countdown to some records?

No that was a bloke in a restaurant he hit instead

[West Stand Man]

Didn't Darius Henderson hit a goal landmark a few years ago? It might have been Madejski Stadium related though, something like the 1,000th goal scored at the stadium.

Maybe we can have a countdown to some records?

I think we did have a countdown (ish) for the 5000th goal. Might be mistaken but I have a vague recollection of it being discussed and then flashed up on the screen when it happened.

[Nameless]

Shall we’d attempt to recall all 6000 goals ?
I’ll start with some easy ones Lee nogan’s first half hat trick against Stoke at Elm Park. Anyone remember any others ?

[Sutekh]

Shall we’d attempt to recall all 6000 goals ?
I’ll start with some easy ones Lee nogan’s first half hat trick against Stoke at Elm Park. Anyone remember any others ?

That was v Port Vale wasn't it?

[leon]

Shall we’d attempt to recall all 6000 goals ?
I’ll start with some easy ones Lee nogan’s first half hat trick against Stoke at Elm Park. Anyone remember any others ?

One against Bristol City, can't remember when.

[Forbury Lion]

I thought I'd quickly add up how many goals we've scored at the Madejski Stadium (Excl Friendlies/Reserve games), Data copy/pasted off of hobnob match results pages.

Updated as of 09/11/17

Premier League 71
Championship 380
Championship Play-Off 2
Division 1 62
Division 1 Play-Off 0
Division 2 151
Division 2 Play-Off 4
Total League 670

FA Cup 51
League Cup 56
LDV Vans 3
Total Cups 110

Grand Total 780

[John Smith]

oxf*rd me are you lot seriously doing this?

[Sutekh]

Only until Strap presses his magic database button and confirms everything.....

[Forbury Lion]

oxf*rd me are you lot seriously doing this?

During office hours, so we're being paid - quick copy/paste into excel and some whizzy formulas/pivot table.

[The Cube]

I'm about to kill my own thread (mostly).

The incorrect 5,000 announcement was the Darius Henderson goal against Wycombe. The Dirk Gently recalculation gave 5,000 to Williams instead. Assuming that the all-seeing database also agrees on 5,000 then it's pretty likely that 6,000 will prove to be correct.

[Forbury Lion]

The incorrect 5,000 announcement was the Darius Henderson goal against Wycombe.

That's the one I remembered.

Has anyone broken this news to Darius Henderson? Not that he likely remembers/cares.

[Forbury Lion]

With luck, Reading might reach 700 league goals scored at the Mad Stad this season.

[Silver Fox]

we've only managed 8 so far so I reckon you're a bit overconfident there Forbes