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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Spencer Vignes

George Robledo: Newcastle great with a record beyond Salah and Henry

George Robledo goes to challenge George Farm, the Blackpool goalkeeper, during the 1951 FA Cup final
George Robledo (right) goes to challenge George Farm, the Blackpool goalkeeper, during the 1951 FA Cup final, which Newcastle won 2-0. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

It was a question that had everyone in the room stumped, almost to the point of silence. “Who holds the record for the most league goals scored by an overseas player in the top flight of English football in a single season?”

I felt as if I should know the answer, having written about sport for the vast majority of my adult life. But I didn’t. There I was, appearing as a guest at the Brighton branch of Sporting Memories, a UK charity which encourages older people to meet and reminisce through talking about sport, and I’d seemingly been exposed as a total fraud.

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