Best Football League Trophy performance: Southern Area finalists, 1994/95, 2012/13
Biggest victory: 8-0 vs. Crystal Palace, Division 3 South 12th November 1955; 8-0 vs. Rochdale, Division 4 14th October 1987; 8-0 vs. Colchester United, Division 4 15th October 1988; 8-0 vs. Doncaster Rovers, Division 3 28th December 1997
Most goals scored in a match: 9-2 vs. Aldershot, Division 3 South 10th February 1934; 9-2 vs. Chester City, League Cup 17th October 1962
Biggest defeat: 0-8 vs. Aston Villa, FA Cup 4th round 30th January 1929
Biggest league defeat: 1-7 vs. Torquay United, Division 3 South 16th April 1949; 1-7 vs. Notts County, Division 3 South 1st October 1949; 1-7 vs. Stoke City, Division 2 22nd September 1956
Highest attendance: 38,219 vs. Tottenham Hotspur Division 2 16th March 1929
Most capped international player: 22 – Jobi McAnuff (Jamaica) (32 in total)
Most league goals in a season: 35 – Tommy Johnston 1957/58, Division 2
Most league goals in total: 121 – Tommy Johnston, 1956-58, 1959-61
Most goals in a game: 5 – Ronnie Heckman, 19th November 1955, FA Cup 1st Round vs. Lovell’s Athletic
Highest transfer fee received: £1.6 Million – Ethan Galbraith to Swansea City 4th July 2025
Highest transfer fee paid: £225,000 – Idris El Mizouni from Oxford United 4th July 2025
The fastest recorded goal in a Play-Off Final: Chris Tate, 26th May 2001 vs. Blackpool – 27 seconds
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