02 Mar 2018 10:31:57
Spion_Klopp and NegativeRedWalter, you both got my question yesterday correct; it was Andy Cole in the first ever Premier League season!

Luis Suarez with 31 goals for Liverpool in 13/ 14, and Andy Cole with 34 goals for Newcastle in 92/ 93 are the only two players in Premier League history to score more than 30 league goals in a single season, without taking a single penalty in that season!

From what i can gather, neither player ever took a Premier League penalty, though a few other reports claim Cole took one in 2005 and scored. Aside from that, none of his other 187 premier league goals came from the penalty spot. Sniper.

1.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 12:25:57
Suddenly I remember Liverpool were once linked with Carlton Cole.

2.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 13:03:52
Lol - wasn't the fee reported to be £20m as well?
Oh how we fell from grace between August 2009 and August 2010.

3.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 13:35:13
Adam, Andy Cole took a penalty for Fulham at Birmingham City on 22 January 2005 and, as you say, he scored. It was bl**dy freezing that day too!

4.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 14:25:28
Was a complete guess on my part I just remembered he scored a lot of goals there and then if memory is correct went to man utd.
Cheers for the answer.

5.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 14:46:58
Sounds about right Ritters! Checked it after i posted this and although nobody else has corrected it yet, i got the year wrong for Andy Cole. It was actually 93/ 94 season where he got 34 so that would've been the second ever Premier League season.

Mad that only two players have managed it in Premier League history. I've gone through all the records though and if anyone else has done it, i can't see it!

The mighty Carlton Cole would've been a great signing! Imagine a front 3, Joe Cole on the left, Carlton Cole through the centre, and Milan Jovanovic down the right! We'd have won the league for sure 😂 Paul Konchesky and Glen Jonshon overlapping the wingers, Christian Poulsen, Raul Meireles and Jay Spearing controlling the midfield, Sotorios Kyriakgos and Martin Skrtel in front of Brad Jones.

Roy Hodgson was a football genius.

6.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 15:21:44
Luis Suarez took a penalty for Liverpool at home to Sunderland in the 11/ 12 season, he blazed it over the bar.

7.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 15:45:07
Something i saw today, the record of 34 in a season shared by Shearer and Cole, had 42 games. Where as now with 38 games we have suarez, shearer and ronaldo with 31! Im guessing the prem lost 2 teams? Im sure some people know this but as i was born in 92 maybe it happened that year and obviously why i was clueless about that until now.

8.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 16:34:30
Negative is severely underrated on this page. Don’t go by his name. He is quality.

9.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 16:56:48
MK, didn't Newcastle get promoted into the PL in the 92/ 93 season cos their first season in the PL was the 93/ 94 season?

10.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 16:56:49
No problem Walter. Hell of a guess! I even deliberately tried to mislead people by giving you the Newcastle hint. Fully expected most people to just guess Shearer had gone one season without taking a penalty.

That's weird alistair. I'm assuming you're correct and there were 22 teams at one point!

Correct Smeg. Mignolet was in Sunderland's goal that day! Pretty sure Suarez took one in the cup that year too, but i can't remember for sure.

11.) 02 Mar 2018
02 Mar 2018 20:43:44
Thanks Harry that's very kind.