What Irish soccer player has scored the most club goals?

Worztron · 19-11-2013 11:52am #1

Hi.

What Irish soccer player (past + present) has scored the most club goals (in all competitions)?

Would it be John Aldridge? His 363 goals here are for league only though.

19-11-2013 3:48pm

I'd say so

Robbie Keane has 207 and I couldn't think of anyone else! Hard to believe he didn't get one goal for Inter!

Johnny Giles played in the states for a year!

bren2001 · 19-11-2013 4:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd say so

Robbie Keane has 207 and I couldn't think of anyone else! Hard to believe he didn't get one goal for Inter!

Johnny Giles played in the states for a year!

Keane scored 3 goals for Inter. 1 in the cup, 1 in the league cup and 1 in europe. Didn't score in the league.

He was unfortunate Tardelli came in and decided he wasn't good enough for Milan. He has said a few times he regretted that decision and now feels Keane should of been given a chance.

19-11-2013 4:06pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Keane scored 3 goals for Inter. 1 in the cup, 1 in the league cup and 1 in europe. Didn't score in the league.

He was unfortunate Tardelli came in and decided he wasn't good enough for Milan. He has said a few times he regretted that decision and now feels Keane should of been given a chance.

O sorry I must have just been looking at the league stats!

roanoke · 19-11-2013 4:10pm

Depends where you're drawing the line in terms of level?

I'd hazard a guess that no one will beat Aldrige's overall total though. I'd guess second might be Owen Coyle who had around 250 league goals? I remember he had one season at Airdrie where he had some crazy stat like 20 goals in his first 6 games or something? Casarino also scored a lot in the lower English Leagues and when he went to France.

roanoke · 19-11-2013 4:17pm

BTW, I was way off on the Coyle stat. He 'only' scored 17 goals in his first 7 games. Pathetic! :rolleyes:

http://www.airdriefc.talktalk.net/airdrie_1990_91.html

1  25Aug *MORTON                   4 - 0    2   -  COYLE(2,1P),WATSON,HARVEY.
2  1 Sep  Kilmarnock               4 - 3    4   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
3  8 Sep  BRECHIN CITY             3 - 0    6   1  HARVEY(3).
4  15Sep  Forfar                   4 - 1    8   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
5  18Sep  MEADOWBANK TH(TUE)       2 - 0   10   1  COYLE(2).
6  22Sep  AYR UTD                  4 - 0   12   1  COYLE (3),HARVEY.
7  29Sep  Clyde                    4 - 1   14   1  COYLE(4,1P).

razorblunt · 19-11-2013 4:49pm

Ah jeez I'd score against Meadowbank myself!

eagle eye · 19-11-2013 4:56pm

roanoke wrote: »

Depends where you're drawing the line in terms of level?

I'd hazard a guess that no one will beat Aldrige's overall total though. I'd guess second might be Owen Coyle who had around 250 league goals? I remember he had one season at Airdrie where he had some crazy stat like 20 goals in his first 6 games or something? Casarino also scored a lot in the lower English Leagues and when he went to France.

Thing is that these two scored a lot of goals in weaker leagues. As you said it depends on where you are drawing the line.

Gavin "shels" · 19-11-2013 5:48pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd say so

Robbie Keane has 207 and I couldn't think of anyone else! Hard to believe he didn't get one goal for Inter!

Johnny Giles played in the states for a year!

Brendan Bradley and Jayo Byrne have more goals than him even!

jem · 19-11-2013 5:50pm

who?

Gavin "shels" · 19-11-2013 5:53pm

jem wrote: »

who?

Irish "soccer" players who have scored more goals than Robbie "Boyhood Dream" Keane, broaden your football knowledge.

19-11-2013 6:03pm

No need to be so defensive Gavin. He being the current top scorer for the national team EVER was the first person that came to mind.

CSF · 19-11-2013 6:12pm

John Aldridge and then Jason Byrne id imagine. Realistically Jason Byrne, as from what I've read about his time with Ireland, Aldridge probably wouldn't consider Irish to be his first nationality.

bren2001 · 19-11-2013 6:13pm

Gavin shels wrote: »

Irish "soccer" players who have scored more goals than Robbie "Boyhood Dream" Keane, broaden your football knowledge.

Neither have more club goals than Robbie Keane. Broaden you football knowledge please.

CSF · 19-11-2013 6:15pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Neither have more club goals than Robbie Keane. Broaden you football knowledge please.

As far as I know Byrne does. The figure usually quoted for Byrne only includes his league goals.

smackbunnybaby · 19-11-2013 6:35pm

roanoke wrote: »

BTW, I was way off on the Coyle stat. He 'only' scored 17 goals in his first 7 games. Pathetic! :rolleyes:

http://www.airdriefc.talktalk.net/airdrie_1990_91.html

1  25Aug *MORTON                   4 - 0    2   -  COYLE(2,1P),WATSON,HARVEY.
2  1 Sep  Kilmarnock               4 - 3    4   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
3  8 Sep  BRECHIN CITY             3 - 0    6   1  HARVEY(3).
4  15Sep  Forfar                   4 - 1    8   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
5  18Sep  MEADOWBANK TH(TUE)       2 - 0   10   1  COYLE(2).
6  22Sep  AYR UTD                  4 - 0   12   1  COYLE (3),HARVEY.
7  29Sep  Clyde                    4 - 1   14   1  COYLE(4,1P).

MEADOWBANK THISTLE TIL I DIE!

Kerrydude1981 · 19-11-2013 6:45pm

roanoke wrote: »

BTW, I was way off on the Coyle stat. He 'only' scored 17 goals in his first 7 games. Pathetic! :rolleyes:

http://www.airdriefc.talktalk.net/airdrie_1990_91.html

1  25Aug *MORTON                   4 - 0    2   -  COYLE(2,1P),WATSON,HARVEY.
2  1 Sep  Kilmarnock               4 - 3    4   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
3  8 Sep  BRECHIN CITY             3 - 0    6   1  HARVEY(3).
4  15Sep  Forfar                   4 - 1    8   1  COYLE(3),LAWRENCE.
5  18Sep  MEADOWBANK TH(TUE)       2 - 0   10   1  COYLE(2).
6  22Sep  AYR UTD                  4 - 0   12   1  COYLE (3),HARVEY.
7  29Sep  Clyde                    4 - 1   14   1  COYLE(4,1P).

He must have picked up an injury after that,it shows he only scored 3 more league goals during the rest of that season

David Connolly must be at least in the top 5 Irish club goal scorers

FatherTed · 19-11-2013 7:29pm

Brendan Bradley has 235:

All-Time (until end of 2012)

1. Brendan Bradley 235
2. Jason Byrne 193 *
3. Pat Morley 182
4. Turlough O'Connor 178
5. Donal Leahy 162
6. Glen Crowe 159
7. Stephen Geoghegan 158
8. Johnny Matthews 156
9. Kevin McHugh 154 *
10. Alfie Hale 153
11. Paul McGee 143
12. Eric Barber 141
13. Sean McCarthy 135
Jonathan Speak 135
15. Mick Leech 132
16. Andy Myler 131
17. Eugene Davis 130
Jack Fitzgerald 130
Philip Hughes 130 *
20. John Caulfield 129
Austin Noonan 129

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html

Kerrydude1981 · 19-11-2013 7:37pm

FatherTed wrote: »

Brendan Bradley has 235:

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html

Pat Morely a goal machine he was

And a name from back in the day Jonathan Speak,now that is bringing back memories of watching "Soccer Stadium" on Sports Stadium every Saturday as a kid.

Gavin "shels" · 19-11-2013 8:04pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Neither have more club goals than Robbie Keane. Broaden you football knowledge please.

False...

major bill · 19-11-2013 8:34pm

CSF wrote: »

John Aldridge and then Jason Byrne id imagine. Realistically Jason Byrne, as from what I've read about his time with Ireland, Aldridge probably wouldn't consider Irish to be his first nationality.

At last years Euro's in the Red Cow Aldridge was doing an appearence for one of the games.

when it came to the crowd asking questions he was asked ''If Ireland were to play England in a final, who would you support??''

Lets just say his reaction would probably prove your statement wrong :pac:

eagle eye · 20-11-2013 10:47am

FatherTed wrote: »

Brendan Bradley has 235:

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html

Bradley was something else, watched him play many, many times for Finn Harps.

Super-Rush · 20-11-2013 12:39pm

According to wiki, Cascarino scored 248 club goals.

David Kelly scored 194.

pickarooney · 20-11-2013 12:47pm

So it's Aldridge by a distance then, as suspected?

JohnFalstaff · 20-11-2013 12:50pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

According to wiki, Cascarino scored 248 club goals.

David Kelly scored 194.

Vinny Arkins has one more! 249 (again according to wiki). Don't think that includes cup goals though. I remember him being top scorer in that league nearly every year at one stage.

Gavin "shels" · 20-11-2013 12:59pm

Super-Rush wrote: »

According to wiki, Cascarino scored 248 club goals.

"I didn't qualify for Ireland. I was a fraud. A fake Irishman"

:pac:

JohnFalstaff · 20-11-2013 1:03pm

This list credits Aldridge with 476 club goals:

http://greenscene.me/2011/03/best-irish-football-players-ever-20-11/

Nobody else comes close.

What Irish soccer player has scored the most club goals?

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