Peter Crouch has set a Premier League record for the most career substitute appearances.
The Stoke City striker entered in the 73th minute of Monday night's match against Brighton & Hove Albion, replacing Xherdan Shaqiri for his 143rd career Premier League appearance off the bench.
The appearance meant the 36-year-old went one better than previous record-holder Shola Ameobi, who amassed 142 substitute appearances, mostly during his time with Newcastle.143 - @petercrouch has now made more substitute appearances than any other player in @premierleague history. Super.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 20, 2017
Crouch has scored 15 goals off the bench during his Premier League career, the fourth-best total of all time.
Stoke and Brighton would go on to play out a 2-2 draw at the American Express Community Stadium.15 - Only Jermain Defoe (23), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (17) & Nwankwo Kanu (17) have more Premier League goals as a sub than Peter Crouch. Nod. pic.twitter.com/XujLczvM9T
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 4, 2017
