Statistics

Most Penalties conceded by a team in a Premiership season- Hull City 2016/17

With their penalty conceded against Arsenal over the weekend, Hull City now hold the record for most penalties conceded in a single PL season. The Tigers have already conceded 11 this season, breaking the record of 10 held by Blackburn Rovers in 2006/07.

In those eleven penalties, three HCAFC players have been directly sent off- Jake Livermore (v Arsenal), Ahmed Elmohamady (v Liverpool) and Sam Clucas (v Arsenal)

List of Hull City penalties conceded this season

v Leicester at home- August (Hull 2-1 Leicester)

v Arsenal at home- September (Hull 1-4 Arsenal)

v Liverpool away (2 pens)- September (Liverpool 5-1 Hull)

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Cristiano Ronaldo Named Best Men’s Player for 2016- Lloyd is Best Female Player

At the first Best Fifa Football awards in Zurich (following the parting of ways by FIFA and France Football who award the Ballon D’Or), Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the Best Men’s Player for 2016. Ronaldo, who won the Champions League in 2016 with Real Madrid and the European Championships with Portugal, beat Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann to the award.

Carli Lloyd was named the Best Female Player for 2016 (beating Melanie Behringer and Marta), while Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri was named the best Coach (beating Zinedine Zidane and Fernando Santos)

Faiz Subri’s goal was named the Best Goal for 2016 (ahead of Daniuska Rodriguez and Marlone)

Silva Neid, who lead Germany’s womens’ team to a Gold in Rio, was named best women’s coach

The fan award went to Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund for their rendition of YNWA ahead of their EL clash at Anfield.

Here is a pic of Ronaldo posing with Sir Alex Ferguson after winning the trophy.

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Most number of goals after 100 league appearances (England- top flight)

With Harry Kane netting a double in Tottenham’s 4-1 win over Watford, it took the England striker to 59 goals from 100 league appearances- equal with former Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and just below the likes of Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez.

Who has the most goals after 100 top flight Premiership appearances in England?

It is Alan Shearer with 79 goals in 100, although his stats might have been slightly influenced by him playing in the old top flight (the modern Premiership as we know it started only in 1992). The second best is Ruud Van Nistelrooy with 68 in 100, with Man City’s Sergio Aguero in third with 64 from 100

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