I dont get this, why is nearly every single leading scorer from the new era?
Why is it never like „yeah he played in the 70s and is leading scorer off xyz“
You can check that, i am not talking bs, its hard to find a leading scorer that was in his prime between 1970-90
Why?
Michael Cox did an article on this in The Athletic a few months ago. Iirc, all of the ‘Big 6’ record scorers were in the 21st century with the exception of Liverpool. But for the other 86 teams in the league, all of the record scorers were pre-2000, with the exception of clubs like Salford and AFC Wimbledon that don’t have that history. The reason was basically that these days if a striker from a club outside Premier League, or even bottom half of the league, starts getting a few goals such that they might break their club’s record, one of the big boys buys them and it never happens.
Yep, my club Bristol City is the perfect example of this. Our top scorer John Atyeo has 351 goals. He even got 5 goals in 6 England caps despite never playing top flight. He almost certainly had offers to move but didn’t. These days he’d be out the door after one good season.
Good shout, I think your comment also gives weight to the fact that even after the abolition of the minimum wage the pay gap between different levels wasn’t as it is today.
This is interesting. Thanks for sharing!