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20 Years of NIFG - The Top 20s!

Day 7: Most Goals by Northern Ireland Internationals in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish League Football

Goals scored in all tiers of the Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League and Scottish Professional Football League since 1890.

20. Charlie Tully
10 #NornIron caps (1948-1958)
30 goals
1948/49-1958/59
Celtic

19. Sam Young
9 Ireland caps (1907-1914)
32 goals
1908/09-1912/13
Airdrie

18. Frank Thompson
12 Ireland caps
32 SFL goals
1913/14-1923/24
Clyde

17. Bertie Peacock
32 #NornIron caps (1949-1961)
33 SFL goals
1949/50-1960/61
Celtic

16. Andy Little
9 #NornIron caps (2009-2012)
34 SPL/SPFL goals
2009/10-2018/19
Rangers 33 goals
Stirling Albion 1 goal

15. Michael O'Neill
31 #NornIron caps (1988-1996)
37 SFL goals
Dundee United 14 gls
Hibernian 19 gls
Aberdeen 0 gls
St Johnstone 0 gls
Clydebank 4 gls
Ayr United 0 gls

14. Charlie O'Hagan
11 Ireland caps (1905-1909)
44 SFL goals
Aberdeen 22 gls
Mprton 22 gls
Third Lanark 0 gls

13. Paddy Moore
1 Ireland cap (1932)/9 Irish Free State caps (1931-1936)
45 SFL goals
1932/33-1934/35
Aberdeen

12. Sammy Wilson
12 #NornIron caps (1961-1967)
46 SFL goals
1963/64-1968/69
Falkirk 28 gls
Dundee 18 gls

11. Dean Shiels
14 #NornIron caps
56 SPL/SFL/SPFL goals
2004/05-2017/18
Hibernian 24 gls
Kilmarnock 13 gls
Rangers 19 gls
Dunfermline Athletic 0 gls

10. Sam English
2 Ireland caps (1932)
62 SFL goals
1931/32-1935/36
Rangers 54 gls
Queen of the South 8 gls

9. Kyle Lafferty
89 #NornIron caps (2006-2022)
65 SPL/SPFL goals
2008/09-2022/23
Rangers 35 gls
Heart of Midlothian 13 gls
Kilmarnock 17 gls

8. Christy Martin
1 Ireland cap (1925)/1 Irish Free State cap (1927)
70+ SFL goals
1924/25-1931/32
Bo'ness 70+ gls
Falkirk 0 gls

7. Liam Boyce
28 #NornIron caps (2011-2021)
76 SPL/SPFL goals
2014/15-2024/25
Ross County 48 gls
Heart of Midlothian 28 gls

6. Niall McGinn
72 #NornIron caps (2008-2022)
79 SPL/SPFL goals
2009/10-2025/26*
Celtic 4 gls
Aberdeen 71 gls
Dundee 1 gl
Greenock Morton 1 gl
Peterhead 2 gls

5. Andy Kirk
11 #NornIron caps
87 SFL/SPL/SPFL goals
1998/99-2013/14
Heart of Midlothian 31 gls
Dunfermline Athletic 51 gls
Alloa Athletic 5 gls

4. George O'Boyle
13 #NornIron caps (1994-1998)
98 SFL/SPL gls
1989/90-2001/02
Dunfermline Athletic 29 gls
St Johnstone 64 gls
Raith Rovers 0 gls
Brechin City 2 gls
Queen of the South 3 gls

3. Billy Simpson
12 #NornIron caps (1951-1958)
116 SFL goals
1950/51-1959/60
Rangers 112 gls
Stirling Albion 1 gl
Partick Thistle 2 gls

2. Billy McKay
11 #NornIron caps (2013-2016)
143 SPL/SPFL goals
2011/12-2025/26*
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 99 gls
Dundee United 12 gls
Ross County 32 gls

1. Patsy Gallagher (Gallacher)
11 Ireland caps (1919-1927)/1 Irish Free State cap (1931)
209 SFL goals
1911/12-1931/32
Celtic 186 gls
Falkirk 23 gls

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