David Connolly

🇮🇪 Ireland

138th all-time scorer321st for appearances

Born: 6 Jun 1977Willesden
Shirt: #8
Debut: 9 Aug 2003at Preston North End, aged 26
Last game: 29 May 2004at Crystal Palace, aged 26

The West Ham career

all competitions, matches with line-up data

Appearances

45 starts, 2 from the bench

Goals

0.26 per game

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Assists

not recorded

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Minutes

not recorded

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Cards

not recorded

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Average rating

not rated

Best season for goals: 2003/04, 12 in 47 appearances.

Shooting by season, league

	Standard
Season	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT
2003/04	10
Career	10

Same definitions as the season Players tab. Shots exclude blocked shots; on/off figures are approximate. Hover a heading for its meaning. Detailed numbers exist from 2015/16; older seasons show appearances, goals and cards where recorded. The Career row adds the seasons shown.

Goals

12 for West Ham

At home

Away

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Penalties

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Open play

Hat-tricks

By competition

Championship	10	39 apps
FA Cup	2	4 apps
Championship Play-offs	0	3 apps
League Cup	0	1 apps

Scored against most

When he scores

No goal minutes recorded.

First goal: 9 Aug 2003, at Preston North End 1–2

Latest goal: 24 Apr 2004, at Stoke City 0–2

With him, without him

9 Aug 2003 to 29 May 2004

When he played

1.68

points per game

21 W 16 D 10 L

47 games · 1.34 scored · 0.85 conceded

45% wins

When he didn't

1.14

points per game

2 W 2 D 3 L

7 games · 2 scored · 2 conceded

29% wins

All competitions, between his first and last appearance, using matches with a recorded line-up. Injuries, rotation and who the opposition were all affect this, so treat it as context, not proof.

Milestones

9 Aug 2003Debutat Preston North End 1–2 2003/04
9 Aug 2003First goalat Preston North End 1–2 2003/04
2 Mar 200410th goalat Burnley 1–1 2003/04
29 May 2004Last appearanceat Crystal Palace 1–0 2003/04

Discipline

Yellow cards

Red cards

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Fouls committed

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Fouls drawn

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Penalties won

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Penalties conceded

Season	Min	Yel	Red	Fouls	Drawn	Pen won	Pen cons.
2003/04		8	1

Based on matches with line-up data (1900/01–1914/15, 1919/20–1938/39, 1945/46–2009/10 and 2015/16–2026/27); not a full career record.

By season and competition

Season	Competition	Apps	Starts	Mins	G	A
2003/04	FA Cup	4	4	–	2	–
2003/04	League Cup	1	1	–	0	–
2003/04	Championship Play-offs	3	3	–	0	–
2003/04	Championship	39	37	–	10	–

Appearances

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	Res	Min	G
29 May 2004	PO	at Crystal Palace	0–1	L
18 May 2004	PO	Ipswich Town	2–0	W
15 May 2004	PO	at Ipswich Town	0–1	L
9 May 2004	CH	at Wigan Athletic	1–1	D	(sub)
24 Apr 2004	CH	at Stoke City	2–0	W		1
17 Apr 2004	CH	Coventry City	2–0	W		1
12 Apr 2004	CH	at Crystal Palace	0–1	L
10 Apr 2004	CH	Derby County	0–0	D
3 Apr 2004	CH	at Reading	0–2	L
27 Mar 2004	CH	Gillingham	2–1	W
9 Mar 2004	CH	Wimbledon	5–0	W
6 Mar 2004	CH	Walsall	0–0	D
2 Mar 2004	CH	at Burnley	1–1	D		1
28 Feb 2004	CH	Cardiff City	1–0	W
24 Feb 2004	FAC	Fulham	0–3	L
21 Feb 2004	CH	at Norwich City	1–1	D
14 Feb 2004	FAC	at Fulham	0–0	D
7 Feb 2004	CH	at Bradford City	2–1	W
31 Jan 2004	CH	Rotherham United	2–1	W
25 Jan 2004	FAC	at Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	W		1
17 Jan 2004	CH	at Sheffield United	3–3	D
10 Jan 2004	CH	Preston North End	1–2	L		1
3 Jan 2004	FAC	at Wigan Athletic	2–1	W		1
28 Dec 2003	CH	at Nottingham Forest	2–0	W
26 Dec 2003	CH	Ipswich Town	1–2	L
20 Dec 2003	CH	at Walsall	1–1	D
13 Dec 2003	CH	Sunderland	3–2	W
9 Dec 2003	CH	Stoke City	0–1	L
6 Dec 2003	CH	at West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
29 Nov 2003	CH	Wigan Athletic	4–0	W
25 Nov 2003	CH	at Wimbledon	1–1	D
22 Nov 2003	CH	at Watford	0–0	D
25 Oct 2003	CH	at Cardiff City	0–0	D
22 Oct 2003	CH	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
18 Oct 2003	CH	Burnley	2–2	D		1
4 Oct 2003	CH	at Derby County	1–0	W
1 Oct 2003	CH	Crystal Palace	3–0	W
28 Sept 2003	CH	Millwall	1–1	D		1
23 Sept 2003	LC	at Cardiff City	3–2	W
20 Sept 2003	CH	at Gillingham	0–2	L
16 Sept 2003	CH	at Crewe Alexandra	3–0	W		2
13 Sept 2003	CH	Reading	1–0	W
30 Aug 2003	CH	at Ipswich Town	2–1	W		1
26 Aug 2003	CH	Bradford City	1–0	W
23 Aug 2003	CH	at Rotherham United	0–1	L
16 Aug 2003	CH	Sheffield United	0–0	D
9 Aug 2003	CH	at Preston North End	2–1	W	(sub)	1