'Cole the Goal' is on fire

Morecambe goal machine Cole Stockton added to his League One tally last weekend - and is the only player in the top four tiers to have notched over 30 goals from the start of 2021. 

The burly forward has taken his sensational form in the Shrimps' League Two promotion campaign last term into the third tier in 2021/22 - and only Sunderland's Ross Stewart (18 goals) has scored more than Stockton (17) in League One this season after the Morecambe man's matchwinner in a 3-2 victory over Wycombe last weekend.

However, if you add a little further context to Stockton's goal heroics, it becomes clear that he's actually outscored everyone across the top four tiers from 2021. 

Across all domestic competitions from 2021 onwards, the 28-year-old has hit an incredible 31 goals in total, three more than the 'next best' across 'The 92'.

Even Liverpool's Mo Salah and Fulham's Serbian goal machine Aleksandar Mitrovic are trailing in Stockton's wake...check out the stat below for the full rundown of English football's hottest shots dating back to the start of 2021.

🥇 Most goals fr. 2021 (top 4 tier players; all domestic comps):

31⚽️: ⚡️STOCKTON⚡️
28⚽️: Salah, Mitrovic
26⚽️: Wyke
25⚽️: Clarke-Harris, Smith, Taylor, Matt#UTS 🦐 @ShrimpsOfficial @cstockton94 pic.twitter.com/J7UpNUC58v

— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) January 24, 2022