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Fastest goal in a football match
2.1 s
- Holder
- Gavin Stokes
Fastest goal records are disputed, as there is no official system for timing goals. This one came in a Scottish non-league (junior) match, Maryhill v Clydebank, from the halfway line, approximately 46 metres out.
What to remember
From the kick-off of a match between Maryhill and Clydebank in 2017, Gavin Stokes scored after 2.1 seconds. The distance from the halfway line was roughly 46 metres, and the match ended 3-0.
It was hardly a showpiece: a non-league (junior) game between two clubs from the West of Scotland Super League First Division in Scottish football. Yet it is the fastest known goal.
These times are fragile. Ray Spiller of the Association of Football Statisticians has argued that with no official system for timing goals, disputes are bound to arise. Many of the fastest goals were never filmed, and Nawaf Al-Abed's goal, credited at two seconds, is disputed because the match was later declared void over ineligible players.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Fastest goals in association football” (revision used 1379549153). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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