England Players Scoring Fastest Goals from Kickoff

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England Players Scoring Fastest Goals from Kickoff

Arranged by Time of Goal

Players Scoring Most Goals in a Match Players by Number of Three-Goals-or-More Matches

Players Scoring Three Goals or More in a Match
Arranged Chronologically Players Scoring Three Goals or More in a Match
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Players Scoring Fastest Goals from Kickoff Player Record Performances


England Players Scoring Fastest Goals from Kickoff by Time of Goal
Player/Club	Sec.	Match No.	Date	Opposition	Venue	Type	Res
Lawton, Thomas Chelsea	17	234	25 May 1947	Portugal 0 England 10 - Estádio Nacional, Lisboa		Fr	AW
Robson, Bryan Manchester United	27	565	16 June 1982	France 1 England 3 - Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao		WCF	NW
Cock, John G. Huddersfield Town	30	120	25 October 1919	Ireland 1 England 1 - Windsor Park, Belfast		BC	AD
Nicholson, William E. Tottenham Hotspur	30	254	19 May 1951	England 5 Portugal 2 - Goodison Park, Liverpool		Fr	HW
Lawton, Thomas Chelsea	34	235	21 September 1947	Belgium 2 England 5 - Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles		Fr	AW
Chadwick, Edgar W. Everton	35	46	2 April 1892	Scotland 1 England 4 - Ibrox Park, Glasgow		BC	AW
Southgate, Gareth Middlesbrough	36	802	22 May 2003	South Africa 1 England 2 - ABSA Park, Durban		Fr	AW
Robson, Bryan Manchester United	38	652	13 December 1989	England 2 Yugoslavia 1 - Wembley Stadium, Wembley		Fr	HW
Lineker, Gary W. Tottenham Hotspur	42	676	12 June 1991	Malaysia 2 England 4 - Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur		Fr	AW
Robson, Bryan Manchester United	44	559	23 February 1982	England 4 Northern Ireland 0 - Wembley Stadium, Wembley		BC	HW
Hurst, Geoffrey C. West Ham United	55	456	13 October 1971	Switzerland 2 England 3 - Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel		ECP	AW

Notes

These goal times are mostly taken from official Football Association records, although those for Jack Cock in 1919 and Edgar Chadwick in 1892 are estimates.

Tommy Lawton and Bryan Robson each share the distinction of scoring two of the 10 fastest England goals in history. Lawton's two came in consecutive matches, in the last match of one season and the first match of the next.. Robson's effort against Yugoslavia in 1989 is the fastest England goal scored at Wembley. His goal against France in 1982 is the fastest scored by England and the third fastest scored by any team in World Cup final tournament play.

Both Jack Cock and Bill Nicholson scored inside the first minute of their international debuts. Nicholson's strike came on his first touch of the ball in an England shirt, but he was never again capped.

No England player has matched the fastest goal ever scored against England, by Davide Gualtieri for San Marino at 8.3 seconds of the final match of the ill-fated World Cup 1994 qualifying campaign in Bologna, Italy on 17 November 1993. Here is Jonathon Pearce's radio commentary as the match kicked off: "Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner taste and England are one down."

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