What is rare is golden and goals have become increasingly rare in the Men’s Premier Division in the last two years. Every team will be looking to add more goals to their side in 2026 but the question of how to do so is never an easy one.
Only two players in the last seven seasons have scored more than 15 league goals (Aidan Keena 17 in 2022 and Georgie Kelly 21 in 2021) so there is not a long list of proven individual scorers who can be recruited to guarantee goals.
Prior to 2024, in only one full season since 2009 did the average goals per game drop below 2.51 but in the last two years it has been 2.27 and 2.43 respectively. The number of games won by more than one goal has nearly halved since the…