With the Premier League record in his pocket, 35 goals in 31 games, the records of Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, now the norwegian Erling Haaland There was only one man ahead of him, Dixie DeanEverton striker who scored 60 goals in one edition of the English championship during the Roaring Twenties.
“No, I can’t put myself to think about that now. I’m going to sleep, I’ll wake up tomorrow and we’ll try to win the three points against Leeds,” he said on Wednesday. Haaland after marking West Ham and breaking the tie with Cole and Shearer, the leading scorers in both Premiers so far.
Because of the same English league, that is, before 1992, the record lies in Dean, the man only ‘Jesus Christ’ can surpass. This striker, the most prolific in Everton’s history, with 383 goals in 433 games, including 37 hat tricks, he scored a whopping 63 goals in the 1927-1928 season. Of those 63 goals, 60 were in the extinct First Division.
Haaland amassed 51 goals in 45 games in all competitions in his first season at City: 35 out of 31 Premier matches, 12 out of 8 in the Champions League, 3 out of 3 in the FA Cup, one out of two in the League Cup while in the Community Shield against Liverpool he didn’t see a goal.
Dean’s Prophecy
“People ask me if someone will break my record of 60 goals, but yes, I think someone will. Only one person can do this, the one who walks on water. He’s the only one who can do it,” said Dean, who, barring Haaland’s scoring catharsis in City’s five remaining Premier League games, would have held the record for another season.
Haaland needs five goals per game to match Dean’s tally, one of the great legends of English football, a man who lived at Everton, where he won two leagues and an FA Cup, and died there. Literally, since he died at Goodison Park on March 1, 1980, watching the Everton-Liverpool match from a heart attack.
His figure is around Goodison Park in the form of a statue, with the inscription ‘Footballer, Gentleman, Evertonian’ and his name is in the English Football Hall of Fame.
All for a legendary career that was already anticipated when Everton paid Tranmere Rovers around £3,000 in 1925 to acquire his services. Not even a motorcycle accident the following year, which broke his jaw and skull, prevented him from becoming a great legend of Everton, as the second highest scorer in the history of the English leagues, with 379, behind only Arthur Rowley, who scored 433 between the ages of 40 and 60.
An Everton legend
When Everton were relegated to the Second, in 1930, Dean could have left, but he decided to stay at Goodison Park, score 39 goals and get promoted to the ‘Toffees’. In 1932, they won the fourth league in their history and in 1933 they won their second FA Cup.
His career in England, however; it is more cautious. He played only 16 games, but scored 18 goals, and was not called up again since 1932. His time with the national team was marked by his not participating in any international tournament, as he did not go to the Olympic Games, and he can’t join either. in the first World Cup, as England did not travel to Uruguay in 1930.
Praised by other legends
Matt Busby, Manchester United legend, said that he is “unstoppable”, while bill shankley, the legendary Liverpool coach, assured him that he is one of the best strikers he has ever seen, as well as leaving one of the best compliments: “He is among the best. He should be with Beethoven , Rembrandt and Shakespeare”.
Source: La Verdad
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