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“Former Dutch international John Bosman scored nine of his 17 (52.9%) international goals against one side, Cyprus. Has anyone with such a decent international return ever had a better strike-rate against a single team,” asks Mike Shaw.
“I would like to nominate former Danish international Sophus ‘Krølben’ (literally curly-legs) Nielsen who back in the good old amateur days of the early 20th century scored 11 of his 16 international goals against France (68.75%), all during the 1908 Olympic Games in London,” writes Flemming Orth. “For some reason, France fielded both their A and B sides, and on 19 October 1908 Denmark took on the B side and won 9–0 with Nielsen scoring a single goal. Three days later the French A team (who perhaps should have been the B team) were defeated 17–1 by Denmark, Nielsen scoring no fewer than 10 of the goals. Continue reading...