Goalscorers

Since our French bulldog is closing in on 20 League goals this season, I thought that I’d see how often players have achieved this goal since the 70s, which was the decade when I started supporting the Bees.

Also, since there is a chance that 2 (or possibly even 3) other players may net at least League 10 goals this season, I thought that it was also worth seeing how often other players have scored 10(+) League goals when the top scorer has notched up at least 20.

Hopefully this will not jinx our forwards’ scoring feats for the rest of this season!

1971/72: John O’Mara 25; Bobby Ross 13; John Docherty 13

1976/77: Gordon Sweetzer 23; Andy McCullough 10

1977/78: Steve Phillips 32; Andy McCullough 22; Gordon Sweetzer 12

1982/83: Francis Joseph 24; Gary Roberts 12; Chris Kamara 11; Stan Bowles 10

1986/87: Robbie Cooke 20; Gary Stevens 10

1989/90: Dean Holdsworth 24; Gary Blissett 11

1991/92: Dean Holdsworth 24; Gary Blissett 17

1992/93: Gary Blissett 21; no other players scored 10 or more

1994/95: Nicky Forster 24; Robert Taylor 23

1996/97: Carl Asaha 23; Nicky Forster 10

1998/99: Lloyd Owusu 22; no other players scored 10 or more

2001/02: Lloyd Owusu 20; Ben Burgess 17; Paul Evans 14.

So, since the 70s:

(a) only once (1977/78) has one player scored over 30 League goals and another has netted 20(+) League goals in the same season and

(b) only once (1982/83) has one player scored more than 20 League goals and 3 others have notched up 10(+) goals in the same season.

What, I wonder, are the chances of (b) above being repeated this season?