What is the footy term for a number 9 who leads the line but does not score goals?



For the older readers.
The Revie Plan was a tactical system in association football used by Manchester City in the 1950s. The system was named after Manchester City player Don Revie, who had the most important role in it.

In 1953, English football was astounded by the Hungarian team which beat England 6–3 at Wembley Stadium. The Revie plan was a variation on the tactics used by the Hungarians, involving Don Revie playing as a deep-lying centre forward. Revie started attacks by coming into the centre of the field to receive the ball, drawing the opposing centre-half out of position.

The system was first implemented by the Manchester City reserve team, who using the system went unbeaten for the last 26 games of the 1953–54 season. Before the start of the 1954–55 season, Manchester City manager Les McDowall called his team into pre-season training two weeks early to try the new tactic. Manchester City lost their first game using the system 5–0, but as the players became more used to the system it started to become more successful. Using the system Manchester City reached the 1955 FA Cup Final, but lost to Newcastle United 3-1. The following year City again reached the final where they played Birmingham City, this time winning 3-1.[1]
 
Updated figures after Tuesday:

Average points this season when Charlie Wyke has started = 1.88 per game (an average that would have us top of the League).
Average points this season when Charlie Wyke has not started = 1.53 per game (an avaerage that would have us in 10th place).
 
A Sunderland Forward.

Brett Angell
Paul Stewart
Lilian Laslandes
Tore Andre Flo
Tommy Smith
Chris Brown
Andy Gray
Anthony Le Tallec
Jon Stead
Benjani
Danny Graham
Jozy Altidore
James Vaughan
Ashley Fletcher
Charlie Wyke
Will Grigg

When it comes to non-goalscoring goalscorers, we’ve got it boxed off.
 
21 goals 40 games in that season.

I was going to suggest Shearer but more around the way he managed to change his game due to injury. Before he was the bustling pacey forward with the strength to get into goal scoring positions. The injury cost him some of his pace which meant he adapted his game to act as more orthodox centre forward holding the ball up while bringing others in - he did still weigh in with goals just not as many.
 

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