ON THIS DAY

Five times clubs have scored 9 goals in a Premier Division match – Manchester United (9-0 v Ipswich in 1995 and 9-0 v Southampton in 2021), Spurs (9-1 v Wigan in 2009), Leicester (9-0 at Southampton in 2019) and Liverpool (9-0 v Bournemouth in August 2022) – but on this day in 2007 a new record was set for the most goals in a Premier League fixture when eleven goals were scored at Portsmouth in their match against Reading. The 20,102 Fratton Park crowd certainly got value for money that day - Portsmouth were 2-1 up at half time but at the final whistle it was Portsmouth 7 Reading 4. There were nine different goalscorers in the match with Portsmouth’s Benjani Mwaruwari scoring three of them, another two were own-goals and one was a penalty – with another penalty being saved. Amazing but Reading almost repeated that scoreline three months later when they lost 6-4 at Spurs. 30 th September

Chelsea record the highest score by an English club in a European competition. They beat Jeunesse Hautcharage of Luxembourg 13-0 in the European Cup Winners Cup at Stamford Bridge to complete a 21-0 aggregate victory. Peter Osgood scored five on the night. Link (match details) - Clubs scoring 10 goals in Cup matches