Deadly debutants
Thursday 2 February 2012 15:58, UK
Goalscoring debuts, playing for capital clubs and goals from goalies... it's Martin Tyler!
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Martin Tyler's stats and facts column is here! Every week he will be here to offer you statistical gems to make your day, impress your mates and, on occasion, to settle the odd bet. Sky Sports' voice of football and his back-up team of experts are here to answer your questions and queries on all things statistical and historical from the beautiful game. If you have spotted something from a game or have been stumped by a pub quiz question, simply email skysportsclub@bskyb.com and he will do his best to help.Tyler's Starting Stat - Darron's day
Darron Gibson proved to be Everton's lucky charm on Tuesday night. We mentioned last week that he'd gone unbeaten in his last 18 Premier League appearances and his goal helped to extend that run to 19 against Manchester City. It also satisfied a few of his old fans at Old Trafford! Phil Neville played in his 650th career game against the club he made his Premier League debut against 17 years ago in February 1995. Leighton Baines played in his 350th career game, while Edin Dzeko made his 50th appearance for Man City - but he didn't add to his 21 goals, 16 of which have been away. David Moyes, who will celebrate 10 years at Everton in March, enjoyed his 150th Premier League win and left Roberto Mancini waiting for his 50th Premier League win. He has now lost 17, including five against Everton. The Toffees have now won eight of the last 10 against Man City. City had been behind for a total of 23 minutes in their 23 previous Premier League games, having trailed to QPR, Chelsea and Sunderland, but that tally more than doubled following Gibson's 60th-minute goal. However, they still haven't been behind at half time in a Premier League game this season.WONDERS AND BLUNDERS
The first question this week is one I came up with myself, while working on the Arsenal v Aston Villa FA Cup game on Sunday. Richard Dunne and Darren Bent both scored in the first half and both gave away a penalty in the second half and I wondered if this had ever happened in the Premier League. Has there been a game where two players have scored AND given away penalties? We took this to Opta and this has not occurred in the English top flight for as long as they have been keeping records of penalty awards - which goes back to the start of the 2003/04 season. They have given us details of 35 players to have both scored and conceded a penalty in the same Premier League game and in fact it has happened six times this season (Theo Walcott v Manchester United, Demba Ba v Stoke, Jerome Thomas v Bolton, Sebastian Larsson v Wigan, Steven Reid v Wigan and Dimitar Berbatov v Blackburn). Below we have detailed the 17 instances when a player has scored in the first half and given away a penalty in the second half in the Premier League in this period. However, we haven't seen two players do it in the same game during this time period. If YOU can recall this happening, please get in touch using the feedback form below. We'd love to hear from you. Players who've scored in first half and given away a penalty in second half in the Premier League since 2003/04:
| Date | Team | Team | Opponent |
| 24/04/2004 | Michael Tarnat | Manchester City | Leicester |
| 06/11/2004 | Shaun Bartlett | Charlton | Tottenham |
| 17/04/2006 | Justin Hoyte | Sunderland | Newcastle |
| 18/11/2006 | Jay DeMerit | Watford | Portsmouth |
| 19/11/2006 | Tugay | Blackburn | Tottenham |
| 02/12/2006 | Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | Portsmouth |
| 30/08/2008 | Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | Everton |
| 28/12/2008 | David Edgar | Newcastle | Liverpool |
| 18/01/2009 | Paul Konchesky | Fulham | West Ham |
| 27/02/2010 | Danny Pugh | Stoke | Arsenal |
| 29/08/2010 | Roger Johnson | Birmingham | Bolton |
| 20/11/2010 | Marouane Chamakh | Arsenal | Tottenham |
| 30/04/2011 | Charles N'Zogbia | Wigan | Everton |
| 08/05/2011 | Adlène Guédioura | Wolves | West Brom |
| 28/08/2011 | Theo Walcott | Arsenal | Manchester United |
| 31/10/2011 | Demba Ba | Newcastle | Stoke |
| 26/11/2011 | Steven Reid | West Brom | Wigan |
Hi Martin. Great column. I heard that Djibril Cisse has now scored on his debut for three different Premier League clubs. Can you tell us if this is a record? Mark Sharppell (QPR fan) MARTIN SAYS: Djibril Cisse is, in fact, the sixth player to score on his debut for three different Premier League clubs. He netted for Liverpool against Tottenham on his Premier League debut back in 2004 and also scored on his Sunderland debut against Spurs again in 2008. Aston Villa were on the receiving end of his debut goal for QPR on Wednesday night. Cisse is one of only two players to have played for three or more Premier League clubs and scored on his debut for all of them. The other is Emmanuel Adebayor who scored on his Arsenal debut against Birmingham in February 2006, on his Man City debut against Blackburn in August 2009 and on his Tottenham debut against Wolves this season. There are four other players to have scored on their Premier League debuts for three clubs, but all of these players have played for more than three clubs: JIMMY FLOYD HASSELBAINK (Scored on his Premier League debut for Leeds, Chelsea and Middlesbrough, but not for Charlton). MIDO (Scored on his Premier League debut for Tottenham, Middlesbrough and Wigan, but not West Ham) TEDDY SHERINGHAM (Scored on his Premier League debut for Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and West Ham, but not for Tottenham or Manchester United) DARREN BENT (Scored on his Premier League debut for Charlton, Sunderland and Aston Villa, but not for Ipswich or Tottenham)
CAPITAL CALLING
Dear Martin. Bobby Zamora has just signed for QPR and I was discussing with my friend, is he the first player to play for four different London clubs in the Premier League? He's played for West Ham, Tottenham, Fulham and QPR. I can't think of any others. David Crabtree (West Ham fan) MARTIN SAYS: With the help of Opta, I can tell you that Zamora will become the third player to represent four London clubs in the Premier League (by London clubs we mean Arsenal, Charlton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, QPR, Tottenham, West Ham, Wimbledon - we're not including Hertfordshire-based Watford). The first to do it was Paul Konchesky, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Fulham, Charlton Athletic and this season Scott Parker joined the list when he moved to Tottenham, having previously played for West Ham, Chelsea and Charlton. Interestingly, the club that unites all three is Tottenham, yet none of the three players scored a Premier League goal for Spurs. Parker will be hoping to put that right some time soon! Players to have played for four London clubs in the Premier League: Paul Konchesky (Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Fulham, Charlton)
Scott Parker (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Charlton Athletic)
Bobby Zamora (Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Fulham, QPR - yet to make full debut). Players to have played for three London clubs in the Premier League: Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham United)
Luis Boa Morte (Arsenal, West Ham United, Fulham)
Rufus Brevett (West Ham United, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers)
Wayne Bridge (Fulham, West Ham United, Chelsea)
Carlton Cole (Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, West Ham United)
Les Ferdinand (West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur)
William Gallas (Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Chelsea)
Eidur Gudjohnsen (Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea)
John Hartson (Wimbledon, Arsenal, West Ham United)
Hermann Hreidarsson (Wimbledon, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic)
Michael Hughes (Crystal Palace, Wimbledon, West Ham United)
Danny Murphy (Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Fulham)
Ian Pearce (Chelsea, Fulham, West Ham United)
Chris Perry (Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Wimbledon)
Wayne Routledge (Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham, Crystal Palace)
Alexei Smertin (Chelsea, Charlton Athletic, Fulham)
Neil Sullivan (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Wimbledon)
Ben Thatcher (Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Wimbledon)
Luke Young (Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic
KEEPING UP
Hi Martin. Love your great column. In this season Paul Robinson won a penalty (against Wigan) and Tim Howard scored (against Bolton). I was wondering which goalkeeper has had most number of influence on his team goals. I guess it can be Jääskeläinen or Robinson. (Aston Villa fan) MARTIN SAYS: Tim Howard became the fourth goalkeeper to score a Premier League goal when he netted against Bolton earlier this season. Previously Peter Schmeichel (for Aston Villa v Everton), Brad Friedel (for Blackburn v Charlton) and Paul Robinson (for Tottenham v Watford ) had all scored. And it is Blackburn goalkeeper Robinson who can claim more influence on Premier League goals than any other. Opta have been detailing assists since the 1996/97 season and in that period 32 goalkeepers have been credited with assists. Robinson has got more than any other with five in total ahead of Liverpool's Jose Reina with four. Robinson's assists came when he set up Alan Smith for Leeds against Blackburn in April 2003; Fredi Kanoute for Tottenham against Aston Villa in May 2005; Robbie Keane for Tottenham against Wigan in April 2007; Steven N'Zonzi for Blackburn against Arsenal in October 2009; and Chris Samba for Blackburn against Fulham in September 2010. Opta's definition of an assist is "the final pass or pass-cum-shot which directly leads to a goal scored by recipient of the ball," so deflected passes or flicked-on long balls do not count. Nor does Robinson winning a penalty earlier this season. Premier League goals and assists from goalkeepers since the 1996/97 season:
| Goalkeeper | Assists | Goals | Total |
| Paul Robinson | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Jose Reina | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Howard | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Schmeichel | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| David Seaman | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nigel Martyn | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jussi Jaaskelainen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dean Kiely | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shay Given | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Kirkland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kasey Keller | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Petr Cech | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Manuel Almunia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Carson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Friedel | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Crossley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed De Goey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russell Hoult | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Bosnich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Schwarzer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Sorensen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roy Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Edwin van der Sar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jens Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Radek Cerny | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gábor Kiraly | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Hennessey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ali Al-Habsi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lukasz Fabianski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CHAMPIONS BY NUMBERS
Can you tell me the title-winning team which has used the most number of players and could you break it down for all the winners? Looking at Arsenal's stats it seems like the less players you have to use, the better the chances of winning. Thanks and keep up the good work!! Darren Mckay (Arsenal fan) MARTIN SAYS: I have broken it down for you below, Darren. As you'll see the title-winning team with the most players was used was the Manchester United side of 2008/09 when Sir Alex Ferguson used 33 players in the league. That was one of only three seasons when the eventual champions have used 30 or more players (along with Chelsea in 2004/05 and in 2009/10). That was the only time Manchester United have won the title, using more than 30 players in the league. However, against Stoke on Tuesday night Ben Amos and Paul Pogba became the 30th and 31st players used by Ferguson in the league this season, so they will be hoping to repeat their trick of three years ago. In contrast, table-topping Manchester City have used just 23 players so far this term. Manchester United also hold the record for the fewest players used in a title-winning season. They used just 20 players in the first Premier League campaign, even though that was a 42-game season. As you'll see from the table below, the number of players used has tended to increase as the years have gone by: Number of players used by each Premier League-winning team:
| Season | Champions | Number of players used |
| 1992/93 | Man Utd | 20 |
| 1993/94 | Man Utd | 23 |
| 1994/95 | Blackburn | 21 |
| 1995/96 | Man Utd | 23 |
| 1996/97 | Man Utd | 23 |
| 1997/98 | Arsenal | 26 |
| 1998/99 | Man Utd | 23 |
| 1999/00 | Man Utd | 29 |
| 2000/01 | Man Utd | 29 |
| 2001/02 | Arsenal | 25 |
| 2002/03 | Man Utd | 26 |
| 2003/04 | Arsenal | 22 |
| 2004/05 | Chelsea | 30 |
| 2005/06 | Chelsea | 25 |
| 2006/07 | Man Utd | 26 |
| 2007/08 | Man Utd | 25 |
| 2008/09 | Man Utd | 33 |
| 2009/10 | Chelsea | 30 |
| 2010/11 | Man Utd | 29 |
| 2011/12 | Man City? Man Utd? |
23 so far 31 so far |
FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER
Hi Martin, Just been listening to skysports radio, and they were talking about the amount of African players that are represented in the Premier League. I was just wondering how many Australians have played in the Premier League? And also what club has had the most representatives in the league? Tommo (Newcastle United fan) MARTIN SAYS: We have records of 42 Australian players to have played in the Premier League and we have detailed them all below. The club that has had the most Australian representatives in the Premier League era is West Ham, who have seen Chris Coyne, Hayden Foxe, Richard Garcia, Stan Lazaridis, Steve Matoune, Lucas Neill and Robbie Slater turn out in the claret and blue in the last 20 years. As you'll see from the list below, Middlesbrough have had six Aussie players, while Blackburn have had five and Leeds four. Australian players to have played in the Premier League: Aston Villa: Mark Bosnich, Chris Herd Blackburn: Brett Emerton, John Filan, Vince Grella, Lucas Neill, Robbie Slater Blackpool: David Carney Birmingham: Neil Kilkenny, Stan Lazaridis Charlton: Andy Petterson Chelsea: Mark Bosnich Coventry: John Aloisi, John Filan Crystal Palace: Kevin Muscat, Tony Popovic, Carl Veart Derby: Con Blatsis, Mile Sterjovski Everton: Tim Cahill, Jason Kearton, Lucas Neill Fulham: Ahmad Elrich, Mark Schwarzer Hull: Richard Garcia Ipswich: Vlado Bozinovski, Andy Petterson Leeds: Jacob Burns, Harry Kewell, Paul Okon, Mark Viduka Liverpool: Harry Kewell Manchester City: Daniel Allsopp, Danny Tiatto Manchester United: Mark Bosnich Middlesbrough: Brad Jones, Paul Okon, Mark Schwarzer, Tony Vidmar, Mark Viduka, Luke Wilkshire Newcastle: Craig Moore, Mark Viduka Portsmouth: Hayden Foxe QPR: Ned Zelic Reading: Adam Federici Sheffield Wednesday: Adem Poric Southampton: Scott McDonald, Robbie Slater Watford: Richard Johnson West Ham: Chris Coyne, Hayden Foxe, Richard Garcia, Stan Lazaridis, Steve Matoune, Lucas Neill, Robbie Slater Wigan: John Filan, Josip Skoko
