The Golden Shoe

The Golden Shoe. This season provided a bit of surprise: top European leagues rarely gave a top Continental scorer, because they were tough and scorers had fewer chances. But Ian Rush of Liverpool came with the highest number this time.

The Welshman scored 32 goals for Liverpool – that he scored a plenty was not new and Liverpool had yet another very strong season, but even domineering English football normally did not help much scorers. So, it was fantastic.

Marco van Basten (Holland and Ajax) was second with 28 goals and Nico Claesen (Belgium and Seraing) – third with 27 goals. It was refreshing to see striker from one of the best European leagues scoring the most goals in the whole continent after years of Cypriots and Romanians scoring most goals just because they played in weak championships.