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TOM FINNEY
30 GOALS

The Preston legend was the
Three Lions’ outright leading
scorer for just one match – his
goal against Northern Ireland
nudged him past Woodward
and Lofthouse in 1958, but
the Bolton icon pulled level
less than three weeks later.

BOBBY CHARLTON

33 GOALS

Charlton seized the England

goal record for the first time

when he surpassed Finney

and Lofthouse in 1963, then

upped it to 33 the following

summer when he provided

the Three Lions’ eighth strike

in a 10-0 tonking of the USA.

JIMMY GREAVES

44 GOALS

It was Greaves not Charlton

who went into the 1966 World

Cup as England’s record scorer

• four goals against Norway
  took him to 43 shortly before
  the finals, but he didn’t find
  the net once it had started,
  adding just one more in 1967.

BOBBY CHARLTON

49 GOALS

Charlton overtook Greaves in

’68, then became the second

player to grab the goal and

cap records at the same time,

after Bloomer. Charlton was

the holder of the goal record

for over 500 games – England

have only ever played 1,028.

WAYNE ROONEY

53 GOALS

The Liverpudlian surpassed

Charlton as Manchester

United’s record scorer in 2017

• two years earlier, he’d done
  the same at international
  level. His final England goal
  was a penalty in the infamous
  Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland.

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