Becks:- 30 goals for the second season running. The first time a Leeds United player has done it in consecutive seasons. Only the late great John Charles has ever had two 30-goal seasons in a career before (1953-54, 1956-57). Already this season, Beckford has become the first Leeds United player since the 1920s, and only the second ever, to score 20 goals in three consecutive seasons. Tom Jennings was the first (1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28).
I'm a big Beckford fan, but I feel I should point out that neither John Charles, nor Allan Clarke, nor Jimmy Hasselbaink ever played two consecutive seasons in the 3rd Division. But you can only score goals at the level at which you are playing. There is no doubt that Beckford is nowhere near the level of talent that Charles, Clarke or Hasselbaink had and that if they had been playing in the current team they would probably have scored considerably more goals than Beckford and we would have been promoted by Christmas. As a Third Division striker in a Third Division side against Third Division defenders Beckford has been without equal for consistency in doing his job, which is scoring goals. The quality of the finish for his first and our third yesterday was exemplary. Mind, as he boy Sean said, if he hadn't been such a lazy bugger he'd have been in position to score it with his head and wouldn't have had to produce such a special volley!! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
