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Not them again! Footballers who are bogey players for one particular club

Ian Rush scores one of two goals in the 1986 FA Cup final against Everton, a club he loved to face.
Ian Rush scores one of two goals in the 1986 FA Cup final against Everton, a club he loved to face. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

“Some teams have their bogey player, who always seems to score against them. Which player has the most career goals against a single opposition, irrespective of who he is playing for?” asks John McDougall.

You won’t be surprised by most of the names on this list, but let’s start with a relatively unlikely nemesis. “David Nugent must be up there against Ipswich,” writes Elliot Rawstrone. “Fifteen goals in 18 games for Preston, Portsmouth, Leicester and Middlesborough.”

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