xG meets crime dramas & the Sunday League to Premier League hat-trick pathway

Adam Hurrey is joined on the Adjudication Panel by Charlie Eccleshare and David Walker. On the agenda: the first-ever mention of xG in a mainstream TV drama, cult Spurs strikers plying their trade in academia, how many historical goals a striker needs to be eligible to be “still banging them in”, the definition of a "sumptuous" goal and much more.

Meanwhile, the panel ponder how many consecutive hat-tricks would take a striker from Sunday League to the Premier League

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