Ange equals Arthur Rowe record as scoring run continues
Mon 11 March 2024, 11:00|
Tottenham Hotspur
Ange Postecoglou has become our first manager since Arthur Rowe in 1951 to see his side score in each of his first 27 top flight games.
Taking up the reins as our Head Coach in the summer, Ange has transformed our style and approach in his nine months at the Club so far - and that has been more than noticeable in our goal output this term.
So far under Ange, we have scored in every single one of our Premier League games (27) - something we had never managed to this point in a season in the competition before.
Our last manager to see his team score in each of our first 27 league games in a campaign was the legendary Arthur Rowe in the 1950/51 season.
That term he guided us to our first-ever top flight title however the scoring run for Rowe's iconic 'push and run' side was ended in the 28th game with the side failing to score in a trip to Sunderland's Roker Park on 3 February, 1951. They then failed to score in two of their next four matches before registering in each of their final 12 matches, losing just once, to secure the championship.
Our goals at Villa Park further extended our scoring run in the Premier League as well as we have now scored in each of our last 39 games in the competition.
Having last failed to score in the competition back on 4 March, 2023, as we fell to Wolves 1-0 at Molineux, we have now scored in each of our games since making it an entire calendar year since we last drew a blank in the top flight.
We became just the second team in the history of the Premier League to score in 38 games consecutive games - the equivalent of an entire season in the competition - last time out in our 3-1 win over Crystal Palace with Arsenal the only side to have enjoyed a longer such scoring run with our rivals managing a run of 55 games between May 2001 and November 2002.
We have scored 59 goals across our 27 league games this term, seeing us enjoy a goal return of 2.18 goals per game. That is our best return sine the 2016/17 campaign when we scored 86 goals in 38 games - a returns of 2.26 goals per game.
And it is worth noting that the return in that campaign stood at 2.02 goals per game ahead of our final two games of that season before we hit 13 goals across matchdays 37 and 38 - a 6-1 win over Leicester City and a 7-1 win over Hull City - to end the campaign on a flyer.
