When was the last time....

[Torrix1889]

...a striker at BDTBL got 30 in a season and a midfielder got into double figures?

The second one has to be Michael Brown in 2002/03 but who was the last striker to get 30? Did Deane/Agana hit 30 in 89/90 or are we all the way back to Edwards?

 

[Selly]

Using the medium of Wikipedia, Edwards is the last one, in 83-84. The list only contains League goals however.

 

[Revolution]

If you count Cup goals, in 1988-9 Agana and Deane both scored 30 and Duffield and Bryson also scored double figures.

In 1983-4, Edwards scored 34 league goals and Colin Morris got 20.

When Edwards got 35 in 1981-2 a defender was in double figures - Tony Kenworthy.

As an aside, from memory only 3 players have scored 30 or more league goals in a season for United, and I think each of them did it more than once: Jimmy Dunne, Jock Dodds and Keith Edwards. (correction - Harry Johnson has done it as well and Dodds only once). Only Edwards has done it post war.

 

[Darren]

Interestingly, since we started having midfielders in the 60's (we had half backs and fowards before then), before Williamson ,only 3 recognised midfielders have managed double figure league goals in a season - Currie (10) in 71-72, Trusson (11) in 81-82 and Brown (16) in 02-03. An argument might also be made for Woodward in 76-77 and 77-78 (10 and 12 respectively) as he may have been playing more as a midfielder by then.

In any event 5 of Brown's 16 in 02-03 were pens as was 1 of Woodward's in 77-78, so the record for midfielder league goals from open play in a season stands at 11. It will be interesting to see if Williamson can beat that.

The record for a defender, incidentally, is easily Kenworthy's 15 in 81-82. 9 of his were pens, which I think makes him joint top open play scoring for a defender with Colquhoun who managed 6 as well in 69-70. Lowton with 5 is also closing in on that record.

 

[Silent Blade]

An argument might also be made for Woodward in 76-77 and 77-78 (10 and 12 respectively) as he may have been playing more as a midfielder by then.

Yes, he was. At the end of January 1976, he and TC had given the club their transfer request (I remember reading the report in the Green Un after we had lost 1-0 at Arsenal). During the Summer, Jimmy Sirrel told the Star/Green Un offered Woody the captaincy and told him that he intended to use him to play in midfield rather than at right wing.The big good news was that Woody had withdrawn his transfer request

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Peter Ndlovu deserves a mention for his 9 in 2003-04.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

If you count Cup goals, in 1988-9 Agana and Deane both scored 30 and Duffield and Bryson also scored double figures.

What a season that was! I think we scored 116 goals in league and cup matches.
That must be close to a club record, at least in modern times. Is it?

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Peter Ndlovu deserves a mention for his 9 in 2003-04.

Paul Ifill got 9 in 2005/2006 and Jags got 8.