Premier League: The fastest goals

• The best feeling in football is when your side scores the winning goal with seconds left, but its also really fulfilling to score early on
• Here are the fastest goals in the Premier League

The best feeling in football is when your side scores the winning goal with seconds left to play, but there’s also something really fulfilling about watching the net bulge early on.

There are many goals that are scored within the first 60 seconds of the game, but occasionally a goal is scored so quickly that it makes the 100-meter sprint record look slow.

Here are the fastest goals in the Premier League:

Chris Sutton – 12.94 seconds

One of the Premier League’s most significant campaigns was Blackburn Rovers’ victory in 1994–1955, particularly in one specific region in Lancashire. And for this specific purpose, the two team superstars teamed up for an SAS extravaganza.

In order to start the scoring against Everton, Chris Sutton won the initial header by passing the ball to Alan Shearer and then receiving it again. Perhaps the 13 seconds of conflict and dexterity that defined the ultimate champions’ era.

Dwight Yorke v Coventry – 12.16 seconds

Dwight Yorke. |PHOTO: Getty Images|

When he was at his best, Dwight Yorke was swift, particularly in 1995 when playing against Coventry.

This was far too simple for the Trinidadian, who connected with an Ian Taylor cross at close range and nodded Aston Villa forward. He would score many more goals in English football, but none were as quick as this.

Mark Viduka v Charlton – 11.90 seconds

After joining Leeds United for £3.5 million from Celtic, the Australian forward scored 22 goals in his first season in England. In 2001, he helped Leeds United get off to an incredible start when he scored against Charlton in under 12 seconds.

Alan Smith’s head was brushed by a long Ian Harte ball, and he deflected it into the path of his strike partner, who calmly slid it past Sasa Ilic.

After stints at Middlesbrough and Newcastle, the striker went on to score 59 Premier League goals and became Leeds’ top scorer.

Christian Eriksen v Man Utd – 10:54 seconds

Christian Eriksen. |The Telegraph|

In 2018, Christian Eriksen gave Tottenham a great start against Manchester United.

Heung Min Son displayed amazing vision to backheel the ball into the path of the Danish playmaker after Harry Kane flicked it into his path from a long ball. The Danish playmaker then stroked the ball past David de Gea with a first-time, left-footed effort in less than 11 seconds.

Spurs won 2-0 at Wembley thanks to an own goal by Phil Jones.

Alan Shearer v Man City – 10:52 seconds

The former England striker, who has essentially broken every Premier League record, ranks highly in this category as well.

Whether it was long-range screamers or predatory finishes, the famous goal scorer was capable of scoring any type of goal.

But, in this attempt against Man City in 2003, the Newcastle striker closed down Carlo Nash before putting the ball into an empty net for what at the time was the second-fastest goal in Premier League history.

Ledley King v Bradford – 9.82 seconds

Ledley King only managed to score 10 goals in the Premier League during his career, six of which were headers, but in 2000, the Spurs player made history by scoring the league’s quickest goal against Bradford City.

The defender, who occasionally played in midfield, picked up the ball 30 yards from goal and fired a long shot that took a terrible deflection to break Dwight Yorke’s 1995 record of 12.16 seconds.

Phillip Billing v Arsenal – 9.11 seconds

Bournemouth took an early lead immediately after kickoff.|PHOTO: Sky Sports|

A relegation-threatened Bournemouth team met Arsenal. But, it was the Cherries who appeared to defy the odds when they seized the lead with the second-fastest goal in Premier League history.

The Gunners were put on the back foot by Phillip Billing’s goal after only 9.11 seconds, and when Marcos Senesi doubled their lead, they appeared to be heading for a much-needed victory.

Yet, Arsenal would mount an incredible comeback and score the game-winning goal in the 97th minute.

Shane Long v Watford – 7.69 seconds

Nobody anticipated that Ledley King’s Premier League record, which had stood since 2000, would be beaten.

But, Shane Long, who scored the lone sub-eight-second goal in 2019, had other plans for the year.

During the kickoff, the Irishman closed in and blocked a pass from Craig Cathcart before sprinting to the edge of the box and lifting the ball over Ben Foster.

Surely a long time will pass before this one is broken.