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I think it confirms Earnie as the best....although Toshack is pretty close...(I remember him as a 16 year old sub)
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Comparisons between eras is always problematical but it could be argued that Hughie Ferguson from the 1920s is our most prolific scorer on a goals per game ratio. In 4 seasons he played 139 times for us scoring 92 goals at 0.66 goals per game which exceeds any of the City players above him in the listing. Wiki ( which understates his City record) has him scoring 366 career goals in 439 games at a rate of 0.83 goals per game which far exceeds Jimmy Greaves. As I said comparisons between eras is not always relevant but Ferguson's scoring record overall puts him right up there with the all time highest scorers. Was he a "finisher in a Greavesie style" ? Who knows but at 5'7" he doesn't sound like a traditional centre forward.
Earnie was never coached as a youngster. He was the last Apprentice taken on in his year, and wasn't connected to a Professional club before that, He played junior football for a Caerphilly based club called G.E Wales, who played in the Cardiff and District junior league for some reason. He was scoring a ridiculous amount of goals for them. I think that he took football up quite late in comparison to other kids who went on to have a Professional career.
You can’t compare any Cardiff player to the great man himself. It would be an insult.