Ben Blatch-Hanlon kicks us off with the most high-profile example. “I imagine I’ll be one of about 100 people writing in with this, but in La Liga’s 2011-12 season Cristiano Ronaldo scored a pretty incredible 46 goals from 38 appearances – only for Lionel Messi to bag a frankly ridiculous 50, in just 37 games. In all competitions, Messi outscored Ronaldo 73-60. We really were blessed to have seen them at their prime together.”
Ronaldo is surely the winner of this particular prize (and we’re sure he will be delighted), but here are some less familiar examples of hotshots missing golden boots, starting with some Romanian history from Russell Connor. “Marcel Coras of Victoria Bucharest scored 36 goals in the 34-game top flight in 1988-89, beating Mullin on goals-per-game,” flags Russell. “He was pipped to top spot by Dorin Mateut’s 43 goals for Dinamo Bucharest, enough to win him the European Golden Shoe. Two years earlier, Rodion Camataru was Dinamo Bucharest’s and Europe’s top scorer in 1986-87 with 44 goals. He was initially awarded the golden shoe but this was revoked following a Fifa investigation.
“At that time, Romanian football operated largely at the whim of the Ceausescus and it is alleged that when the possibility of a Golden Shoe, and the prestige it would confer to Romania, became apparent, opposition defences were instructed not to try all that hard to stop Camataru,” Russell adds. “In his last nine matches, the striker managed to score 26 goals. Toni Polster was ultimately awarded the shoe for that season, with his paltry 39 for Austria Vienna.”
Philip Rebbeck adds: “In the 1953-54 Second Division, Fulham’s splendidly named Bedford Jezzard scored 39 goals – three fewer than the legendary John Charles scored for Leeds.” Then there’s the story of George Pell, who scored 35 for Burnley in 1927-28, pipping Leicester’s Arthur Chandler (34) and the 33-goal trio of George Camsell (Middlesbrough), Dave Halliday (Sunderland) and Harry Johnson (Sheffield United) in the First Division scoring charts. Sadly for Pell, and the rest, this was the season where Dixie Dean hit 60 for Everton, topping the list by 25 goals.
Finally, a word for Saint-Étienne’s Salif Keïta. The Malian goal machine scored 42 goals in the 1970-71 French top flight – but was pipped to the European golden shoe and the league top scorer prize by Marseille’s Josip Skoblar (44). The following year, Keïta could only manage 29 – and Skoblar netted 30.
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Ronaldo is surely the winner of this particular prize (and we’re sure he will be delighted), but here are some less familiar examples of hotshots missing golden boots, starting with some Romanian history from Russell Connor. “Marcel Coras of Victoria Bucharest scored 36 goals in the 34-game top flight in 1988-89, beating Mullin on goals-per-game,” flags Russell. “He was pipped to top spot by Dorin Mateut’s 43 goals for Dinamo Bucharest, enough to win him the European Golden Shoe. Two years earlier, Rodion Camataru was Dinamo Bucharest’s and Europe’s top scorer in 1986-87 with 44 goals. He was initially awarded the golden shoe but this was revoked following a Fifa investigation.
“At that time, Romanian football operated largely at the whim of the Ceausescus and it is alleged that when the possibility of a Golden Shoe, and the prestige it would confer to Romania, became apparent, opposition defences were instructed not to try all that hard to stop Camataru,” Russell adds. “In his last nine matches, the striker managed to score 26 goals. Toni Polster was ultimately awarded the shoe for that season, with his paltry 39 for Austria Vienna.”
Philip Rebbeck adds: “In the 1953-54 Second Division, Fulham’s splendidly named Bedford Jezzard scored 39 goals – three fewer than the legendary John Charles scored for Leeds.” Then there’s the story of George Pell, who scored 35 for Burnley in 1927-28, pipping Leicester’s Arthur Chandler (34) and the 33-goal trio of George Camsell (Middlesbrough), Dave Halliday (Sunderland) and Harry Johnson (Sheffield United) in the First Division scoring charts. Sadly for Pell, and the rest, this was the season where Dixie Dean hit 60 for Everton, topping the list by 25 goals.
Finally, a word for Saint-Étienne’s Salif Keïta. The Malian goal machine scored 42 goals in the 1970-71 French top flight – but was pipped to the European golden shoe and the league top scorer prize by Marseille’s Josip Skoblar (44). The following year, Keïta could only manage 29 – and Skoblar netted 30.
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thr
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https://digdroid.com/forums/discuss...er-in-the-first-round-in-last-months-draft/p1
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=6582671