FASTEST DEBUT GOALSCORERS
Since
AH Smith,
Arthur Goodyer and
John Turner all scored on their 'debut' against
Notts County on
November 16 1878, a total of
102 players have scored in their first competitive outing, of which I have times for
87 of the goals.
This is the list of those
87 players who scored on their competitive debut, ordered by the fastest goal:
| Season |
Date |
Opponent |
Game Type |
H/A |
Score |
Scorer |
Goals |
First Goal
Minute |
| 1990-91 | Sat Mar 30, 1991 | Wimbledon | League Tier 1 | A | 1-3 | Tony Loughlan | 1 | 1 |
| 1893-94 | Sat Sep 02, 1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 1 | H | 7-1 | James Collins | 4 | 2 |
| 2003-04 | Sat Feb 14, 2004 | Walsall | League Tier 2 | H | 3-3 | Andy Impey | 1 | 3 |
| 1921-22 | Sat Mar 18, 1922 | Bradford Park Avenue | League Tier 2 | H | 4-1 | Patrick Nelis | 2 | 6 |
| 1999-00 | Wed Nov 24, 1999 | Portsmouth | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Stern John | 1 | 6 |
| 1928-29 | Sat Sep 15, 1928 | Swansea Town | League Tier 2 | A | 5-3 | Billy Dickinson | 2 | 7 |
| 1919-20 | Sat Sep 20, 1919 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 | Henry Newbigging | 1 | 8 |
| 1920-21 | Sat Feb 05, 1921 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 | Richard Ashmore | 1 | 8 |
| 1972-73 | Sat Dec 16, 1972 | Fulham | League Tier 2 | A | 1-3 | John Galley | 1 | 8 |
| 1926-27 | Sat Oct 02, 1926 | Manchester City | League Tier 2 | H | 3-3 | Joseph Laws | 1 | 12 |
| 1975-76 | Sat Dec 27, 1975 | Blackburn Rovers | League Tier 2 | A | 4-1 | Bert Bowery | 2 | 13 |
| 1927-28 | Sat Aug 27, 1927 | Port Vale | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 | Harold Wadsworth | 1 | 14 |
| 1903-04 | Sat Oct 03, 1903 | The Wednesday | League Tier 1 | A | 1-2 | Billy Shearman | 1 | 15 |
| 1954-55 | Sat Oct 02, 1954 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Peter Small | 1 | 15 |
| 2023-24 | Wed Jan 17, 2024 | Blackpool | FA Cup | A | 3-2 | Andrew Omobamidele | 1 | 16 |
| 1950-51 | Sat Aug 19, 1950 | Newport County | League Tier 3 | A | 2-0 | Collin Collindridge | 1 | 17 |
| 1945-46 | Sat Jan 05, 1946 | Watford | FA Cup | H | 1-1 | Tanner Allen | 1 | 18 |
| 1893-94 | Sat Apr 14, 1894 | Aston Villa | League Tier 1 | A | 1-3 | George Geary | 1 | 20 |
| 1913-14 | Sat Feb 07, 1914 | Huddersfield Town | League Tier 2 | A | 1-1 | Fred Harris | 1 | 20 |
| 1914-15 | Wed Sep 02, 1914 | Birmingham City | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 | Tim Coleman | 1 | 20 |
| 1946-47 | Sat Oct 26, 1946 | Leicester City | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Colin Lyman | 1 | 24 |
| 1938-39 | Sat Sep 03, 1938 | Burnley | League Tier 2 | A | 1-2 | Jack Fryer | 1 | 25 |
| 1949-50 | Sat Aug 20, 1949 | Brighton and Hove Albion | League Tier 3 | A | 2-2 | Wally Ardron | 1 | 25 |
| 2005-06 | Sat Jan 14, 2006 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 3 | H | 3-0 | Grant Holt | 1 | 25 |
| 2014-15 | Sat Aug 09, 2014 | Blackpool | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Michail Antonio | 1 | 25 |
| 1911-12 | Sat Mar 16, 1912 | Huddersfield Town | League Tier 2 | H | 3-0 | Jack Williams | 1 | 26 |
| 1936-37 | Sat Oct 31, 1936 | Bradford Park Avenue | League Tier 2 | A | 2-3 | Jack Surtees | 1 | 27 |
| 1957-58 | Sat Aug 24, 1957 | Preston North End | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 | Billy Gray | 1 | 28 |
| 1961-62 | Sat Feb 17, 1962 | Cardiff City | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 | David Pleat | 1 | 29 |
| 1999-00 | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Queens Park Rangers | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 | Ian Wright | 1 | 29 |
| 1947-48 | Sat Sep 06, 1947 | Chesterfield | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 | Wilson Jones | 1 | 30 |
| 2014-15 | Sat Aug 09, 2014 | Blackpool | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Chris Burke | 1 | 30 |
| 1921-22 | Sat Aug 27, 1921 | Crystal Palace | League Tier 2 | A | 1-4 | Walter Tinsley | 1 | 31 |
| 1982-83 | Sat Feb 05, 1983 | Aston Villa | League Tier 1 | H | 1-2 | Danny Wilson | 1 | 35 |
| 1947-48 | Sat Aug 23, 1947 | Bury | League Tier 2 | H | 2-1 | George Lee | 1 | 36 |
| 1994-95 | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 1 | A | 1-0 | Bryan Roy | 1 | 40 |
| 1986-87 | Sat Dec 13, 1986 | Newcastle United | League Tier 1 | A | 2-3 | Phil Starbuck | 1 | 41 |
| 2017-18 | Fri Aug 04, 2017 | Millwall | League Tier 2 | H | 1-0 | Barrie McKay | 1 | 41 |
| 2025-26 | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Brentford | League Tier 1 | H | 3-1 | Dan Ndoye | 1 | 42 |
| 1955-56 | Sat Aug 20, 1955 | Liverpool | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 | Peter Higham | 1 | 43 |
| 1909-10 | Sat Apr 02, 1910 | Everton | League Tier 1 | A | 4-0 | John Derrick | 2 | 44 |
| 1922-23 | Sat Feb 03, 1923 | Arsenal | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 | Charlie Flood | 1 | 44 |
| 2016-17 | Sat Aug 06, 2016 | Burton Albion | League Tier 2 | H | 4-3 | Thomas Lam | 1 | 45 |
| 1947-48 | Sat Dec 27, 1947 | Doncaster Rovers | League Tier 2 | H | 4-2 | George Wilkins | 1 | 46 |
| 2010-11 | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Crystal Palace | League Tier 2 | H | 3-0 | Marcus Tudgay | 1 | 46 |
| 1959-60 | Wed Sep 23, 1959 | St Mirren | Anglo-Scottish Cup | H | 2-3 | Geoff Vowden | 2 | 51 |
| 1919-20 | Sat Sep 06, 1919 | Rotherham County | League Tier 2 | H | 4-1 | Harry Bedford | 2 | 52 |
| 1985-86 | Sat Aug 17, 1985 | Luton Town | League Tier 1 | A | 1-1 | Neil Webb | 1 | 53 |
| 1878-79 | Sat Mar 22, 1879 | Old Etonians | FA Cup | N | 1-2 | J Bishop | 1 | 55 |
| 1981-82 | Wed Dec 02, 1981 | Tranmere Rovers | League Cup | H | 2-0 | Jurgen Rober | 1 | 55 |
| 1973-74 | Sat Oct 20, 1973 | Blackpool | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 | Ian Bowyer | 1 | 59 |
| 1955-56 | Sat Mar 17, 1956 | Middlesbrough | League Tier 2 | H | 2-4 | Doug Lishman | 1 | 60 |
| 1933-34 | Sat Sep 09, 1933 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 | Tom Peacock | 1 | 61 |
| 2023-24 | Mon Sep 18, 2023 | Burnley | League Tier 1 | H | 1-1 | Callum Hudson-Odoi | 1 | 61 |
| 2000-01 | Wed Nov 29, 2000 | Sheffield United | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 | Andy Reid | 1 | 64 |
| 1935-36 | Sat Sep 07, 1935 | West Ham United | League Tier 2 | A | 2-5 | Charlie Gardiner | 1 | 65 |
| 1946-47 | Sat Aug 31, 1946 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 2-3 | Sailor Brown | 1 | 65 |
| 2002-03 | Sat Mar 01, 2003 | Watford | League Tier 2 | A | 1-1 | Darren Huckerby | 1 | 66 |
| 1910-11 | Sat Dec 03, 1910 | The Wednesday | League Tier 1 | A | 2-5 | Alfred Fisher | 1 | 67 |
| 2018-19 | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Reading | League Tier 2 | H | 1-0 | Hillal Soudani | 1 | 68 |
| 1953-54 | Sat Jan 23, 1954 | Leicester City | League Tier 2 | H | 3-1 | Hugh McLaren | 2 | 69 |
| 1960-61 | Sat Aug 20, 1960 | Manchester City | League Tier 1 | H | 2-2 | Len Julians | 1 | 70 |
| 1961-62 | Sat Feb 03, 1962 | Blackpool | League Tier 1 | H | 3-4 | John Winfield | 1 | 70 |
| 1971-72 | Sat Nov 13, 1971 | West Bromwich Albion | League Tier 1 | H | 4-1 | Martin O'Neill | 1 | 75 |
| 2016-17 | Sat Feb 11, 2017 | Norwich City | League Tier 2 | A | 1-5 | Ross McCormack | 1 | 75 |
| 2017-18 | Tue Aug 08, 2017 | Shrewsbury Town | League Cup | H | 2-1 | Jason Cummings | 1 | 75 |
| 1931-32 | Sat Apr 23, 1932 | Swansea Town | League Tier 2 | H | 6-1 | Joseph Dulson | 2 | 76 |
| 1920-21 | Sat Aug 28, 1920 | Stoke City | League Tier 2 | H | 2-2 | Sandy Higgins | 1 | 77 |
| 1934-35 | Sat Aug 25, 1934 | Newcastle United | League Tier 2 | H | 5-1 | George Burditt | 2 | 77 |
| 1957-58 | Sat Oct 05, 1957 | Tottenham Hotspur | League Tier 1 | A | 4-3 | Johnny Quigley | 1 | 77 |
| 1976-77 | Sat Sep 25, 1976 | Carlisle United | League Tier 2 | H | 5-1 | Peter Withe | 1 | 78 |
| 1981-82 | Sat Dec 12, 1981 | Swansea City | League Tier 1 | A | 2-1 | Willie Young | 1 | 79 |
| 2018-19 | Sat Feb 09, 2019 | Brentford | League Tier 2 | H | 2-1 | Molla Wague | 1 | 79 |
| 1927-28 | Sat Oct 22, 1927 | Reading | League Tier 2 | A | 2-0 | Ernest McLachlan | 1 | 80 |
| 1939-40 | Sat Aug 26, 1939 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 1-4 | Colin Perry | 1 | 80 |
| 2008-09 | Wed Aug 13, 2008 | Morecambe | League Cup | H | 4-0 | Adam Newbold | 1 | 81 |
| 2004-05 | Sat Jan 08, 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | FA Cup | A | 3-0 | Yoann Folly | 1 | 82 |
| 2015-16 | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Queens Park Rangers | League Tier 2 | A | 2-1 | Nelson Oliveira | 1 | 82 |
| 2002-03 | Wed Aug 14, 2002 | Preston North End | League Tier 2 | H | 2-2 | Eoin Jess | 1 | 83 |
| 1927-28 | Wed Feb 22, 1928 | Notts County | League Tier 2 | A | 2-1 | Clive German | 1 | 84 |
| 1946-47 | Sat Aug 31, 1946 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 2-3 | Frank O'Donnell | 1 | 84 |
| 1992-93 | Sat Aug 22, 1992 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 1 | A | 3-5 | Gary Bannister | 2 | 86 |
| 1910-11 | Thu Sep 01, 1910 | Preston North End | League Tier 1 | A | 2-0 | Joe Ford | 1 | 87 |
| 1958-59 | Sat Aug 23, 1958 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 1 | A | 1-5 | Roy Dwight | 1 | 88 |
| 2013-14 | Sun Feb 02, 2014 | Yeovil Town | League Tier 2 | H | 3-1 | Rafik Djebbour | 1 | 90 |
| 2015-16 | Sat Oct 24, 2015 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 | Liam Trotter | 1 | 90 |
| 2018-19 | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | Burton Albion | League Cup | A | 2-3 | Arvin Appiah | 1 | 90 |
