Founded 1865

Record transfer fee paid: £4,800,000 for Pierre van Hooijdonk from Celtic, March 1997.

Record transfer fee recieved: £8,500,000 for Stan Collymore to Liverpool, June 1995

Quickest goal: League: 14 seconds, Jack Lester Vs. Norwich City, 8 March 2000.

League Cup: 23 seconds, Paul Smith Vs. Leicester City, 18th September 2007 in the Carling Cup.

5 goals in one game: Alexander Higgins VS. Clapton,(a) 17th Jan 1891 (FAC)

4 goals in League: Walter Ardron Vs. Hull City, (h) 26th Dec 1952

Thomas Capel: Vs. Gillingham, (h), 18th Nov 1950

Thomas Gibson: Vs. Burnley, (a), 25th Jan 1913

Thomas Peacock: Vs. Port Vale, (h), 23rd Dec 1933

Thomas Peacock:Vs. Barnsley, (h), 09 Nov 1935

Thomas Peacock:Vs. Port Vale, (h), 23rd Nov 1935

Thomas Peacock:Vs. Doncaster Rovers, (h), 26 Dec 1935

Enoch West: Vs. Sunderland, (h), 09 Nov 1907

Thomas Wilson: Vs. Barnsley, (h), 09 Feb 1957

Peter Withe: Vs. Ipswich Town, (h), 04 Oct 1977

4 goals in League Cup:

Lee Chapman: Vs. QPR, (h), 18th Jan 1989