Which two teams scored the fastest goals of the 2003-04 season?

Hello pjmulberry,

As of the results reported through 7 January 2004 on the official site
of the Premiership sponsor, it appears that three goals have been
scored in the first minute of play in matches in the 2003-04 season.

The fastest goal was 19 seconds by Andy Cole of Blackburn Rovers
against Chelsea on 30 August 2003.

The second fastest goal was 37 seconds by Louis Saha for Fulham
against Birmingham City on 14 September 2003.

(Third fastest was a goal at 42 seconds by Hermann Hreidarsson for
Charlton Athletic against Chelsea on 26 December 2003.)

"Match Report - Sunday 14 September 2003 - Birmingham City v Fulham"
4thegame.com
http://www.4thegame.com/results/report136399/bifcffc.html

"Birmingham let down by Purse lunacy", by Martin Smith (15/09/2003)
[clarifying that the goal was at 37 seconds]
Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/09/15/sfgbir15.xml

"Match Report - Friday 26 December 2003 - Charlton Athletic v Chelsea"
4thegame.com
http://www.4thegame.com/results/report143875/cafccfc.html

In short, the answer to your question to this point in the 2003-04
season is Blackburn Rovers and Fulham.

- justaskscott


Search strategy:

Browsed match results on 4thegame.com (
http://www.4thegame.com/results/monthbymonth/ )

Searched on Google for:

premiership
saha seconds "september 2003"
saha "37 seconds"

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 10 Jan 2004 11:56 PST

I accidentally omitted one of the links:

"Match Report - Saturday 30 August 2003 - Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers"
4thegame.com
http://www.4thegame.com/results/report135342/cfcbrfc.html

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Request for Answer Clarification by pjmulberry-ga on 10 Jan 2004 12:33 PST

Thanks for your answer justaskscott , unfortunately I may not have
worded the  question as specifically as I should have.What I am
looking for are the first two scorers on the first day of the season
August 9th 2003 (The Nationwide League started one week before The
Premiership)

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 12 Jan 2004 07:25 PST

A search of the fixtures for the Nationwide League shows that the
first match of the season was Preston v. West Ham on 9 Aug 2003 at
12:30 pm.

"Find me all of the ... League Fixtures Division 1 Division 2 Division
3 ... scheduled between 1 Aug 2003 and 9 Aug 2003"
Football at Nationwide
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/football/common/FixtureSearch.asp?chkLeague=on&chkLeagueDiv1=on&chkLeagueDiv2=on&chkLeagueDiv3=on&txtFrom=1+Aug+2003&txtTo=10+Aug+2003&selTeam=&Search=1

The first two goals were scored by Eddie Lewis for Preston in the
second minute and Jermain Defoe for West Ham in the fifth minute.

"Nationwide Division 1 - Preston 1, West Ham 2 - Kick-off 9 August
2003 12:30 at Deepdale"
Football at Nationwide
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/football/common/Matchreport.asp?T_ID=div1&FixtureID=20197&W=0

I found the following, let me know if it answers your question:

Newcastle Utd 2, Manchester City 0 Jan 19 2003:
9 seconds took Alan Shearer to score against Manchester City in the
2-0 win for Newcastle at St James' Park - the fastest goal of the
season.

Regards.
livioflores-ga