WHEN WE SCORED OUR FIRST GOAL IN EACH SEASON

The first goal of the season is always an important one to get under our belts and it's happened on opening day quite a lot more than I thought.
Firstly, here's a count of which League weeks we got our first goal in:
League Week Num of
First Goals
1109
218
37
42
51

Each Season
The longest we had to wait for the first goal was in 1954-55 when it took us until 5 minutes before the end of game 5, which was a 2-1 loss to Lincoln. We then scored in the first minute of game 6 when we beat Middlesbrough 4-1 away, and again in the third minute of game 8, when we beat Middlesbrough 4-2 at home!

Here's the list of all our seasons in the League, and in which game we scored our first goal. The number shown is the game minute of the first goal.
Season Tier League Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
1892-931English First Division11
1893-941English First Division2
1894-951English First Division12
1895-961English First Division12
1896-971English First Division51
1897-981English First Division62
1898-991English First Division
1899-001English First Division
1900-011English First Division10
1901-021English First Division
1902-031English First Division80
1903-041English First Division8
1904-051English First Division
1905-061English First Division35
1906-072English Second Division30
1907-081English First Division42
1908-091English First Division25
1909-101English First Division80
1910-111English First Division20
1911-122English Second Division15
1912-132English Second Division62
1913-142English Second Division20
1914-152English Second Division20
1919-202English Second Division26
1920-212English Second Division77
1921-222English Second Division31
1922-231English First Division28
1923-241English First Division53
1924-251English First Division46
1925-262English Second Division
1926-272English Second Division61
1927-282English Second Division14
1928-292English Second Division15
1929-302English Second Division79
1930-312English Second Division12
1931-322English Second Division78
1932-332English Second Division52
1933-342English Second Division77
1934-352English Second Division26
1935-362English Second Division1
1936-372English Second Division16
1937-382English Second Division63
1938-392English Second Division25
1939-400World War II80
1946-472English Second Division65
1947-482English Second Division36
1948-492English Second Division36
1949-503English Third Division (South)10
1950-513English Third Division (South)17
1951-522English Second Division32
1952-532English Second Division20
1953-542English Second Division16
1954-552English Second Division85
1955-562English Second Division43
1956-572English Second Division6
1957-581English First Division2
1958-591English First Division88
1959-601English First Division33
1960-611English First Division27
1961-621English First Division26
1962-631English First Division62
1963-641English First Division26
1964-651English First Division16
1965-661English First Division36
1966-671English First Division73
1967-681English First Division38
1968-691English First Division60
1969-701English First Division76
1970-711English First Division16
1971-721English First Division38
1972-732English Second Division33
1973-742English Second Division11
1974-752English Second Division20
1975-762English Second Division31
1976-772English Second Division23
1977-781English First Division33
1978-791English First Division12
1979-801English First Division46
1980-811English First Division37
1981-821English First Division25
1982-831English First Division11
1983-841Canon First Division65
1984-851Canon First Division37
1985-861Canon First Division53
1986-871Today First Division37
1987-881Barclays First Division59
1988-891Barclays First Division66
1989-901Barclays First Division59
1990-911Barclays First Division50
1991-921Barclays First Division60
1992-931F.A. Carling Premier League29
1993-942Endsleigh League Division One22
1994-951F.A. Carling Premiership40
1995-961F.A. Carling Premiership8
1996-971F.A. Carling Premiership13
1997-982Nationwide League Division One39
1998-991F.A. Carling Premiership78
1999-002Nationwide League Division One76
2000-012Nationwide League Division One78
2001-022Nationwide League Division One20
2002-032Nationwide League Division One69
2003-042Nationwide League Division One19
2004-052Coca-Cola Championship55
2005-063Coca Cola League One45
2006-073Coca-Cola League One10
2007-083Coca-Cola League One50
2008-092Coca-Cola Championship35
2009-102Coca-Cola Championship45
2010-112npower Championship9
2011-122npower Championship31
2012-132npower Championship71
2013-142npower Championship53
2014-152npower Championship25
2015-162npower Championship45
2016-172Football League Championship23
2017-182Football League Championship41
2018-192Football League Championship46
2019-202Football League Championship9
2020-212Football League Championship35
2021-222Football League Championship36
2022-231Premier League45
2023-241Premier League82
2024-251Premier League23
2025-261Premier League6