In MOTD highlights after Villa they said 26 out of 26, but I thought it was more than that. Perhaps this figure doesn't include cup matches. Anyone keeping count?
Last year brendy did a list of penalties and hattricks, it went up to Watford away which was 23 - http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/127294-Rickie-Lambert-s-Penalties. I'll extend it. League Penalties 1. Stockport (A) 29.08.09 2. Yeovil (H) 19.09.09 3. Yeovil (H) 19.09.09 4. Brighton (H) 15.11.09 5. Tranmere (H) 12.12.09 6. Colchester (A) 28.12.09 7. MK Dons (A) 20.03.10 8. Southend (H) 08.05.10 9. Bristol Rovers (A) 28.08.10 10. Bournemouth (H) 02.10.10 11. Bournemouth (H) 02.10.10 12. Notts County (A) 30.10.10 13. Peterborough (A) 05.02.11 14. Peterborough (A) 05.02.11 15. Hartlepool (H) 25.04.11 16. Plymouth (A) 02.05.11 17. Birmingham (H) 18.09.11 18. Watford (H) 01.10.11 19. Watford (H) 01.10.11 20. Brighton (H) 19.11.11 21. Brighton (H) 19.11.11 22. Cardiff (H) 31.01.12 23. Watford (A) 25.02.12 24. Millwall (A) 17.03.12 25. Millwall (A) 17.03.12 26. Aston Villa (H) 22.09.12 Cup Penalties 1. Carlisle 28.03.10 JPT Shoot-out Penalties 1. Torquay (H) 06.10.09 JPT 2. Norwich (H) 15.12.09 JPT Hat-tricks 1. MK Dons (A) 20.03.10 2. N Forest (H) 10.09.11 3. Brighton (H) 19.11.11 4. Watford (A) 25.02.12 5. Millwall (A) 17.03.12 So 26 league plus 1 JPT final.
I certainly don't know better. I did think about tracking down all the instances of his penalty strikes, simply because I believe he hasn't missed a single one, and 26 penalties are over halfway to Matty's record. When the Beeb said 26, I was kind of relieved that I didn't have to bother. EDIT: Well done st_brendy [and Qwerty]. Now we need the list for his penalty record prior to being at Saints.