Early Goals in Everton Games
(45 seconds or earlier only)

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First things first - some of these goal times, especially the older ones, need to be treated with caution!
Early newspaper reports often varied with their estimates of goal times so, for instance, the first 3 on the
list below (marked with an *) may well be incorrect!

In addition to the list below, mention must also be made of some substitutes who scored quickly after
their introduction, all of them Everton players:
Apostolos Vellios (18 seconds) at Chelsea in the Prem in October 2011,
David Johnson (26 seconds) at home to Watford in Div 1 in January 1983 and
Steven Pienaar (27 seconds) at home to Hull in the Prem in October 2013

Everton goalscorers are marked in blue below and Goodison games are indicated with a blue 'H'.
(See the bottom of the page for what the †, ‡, # and $ references mean!)

Click on the Opposition Team Name to See Line-Ups, etc
2024-25 Sat Feb 1
2025
 Prem H Leicester W 4
-
0
 39,376   10 seconds Abdoulaye Doucouré †††
1931-32 Mon Mar 28
1932
 Div 1 A West Brom D 1
-
1
 32,428           " Joe Carter *
1908-09 Sat Nov 14
1908
 Div 1 A Chelsea D 3
-
3
 40,000           " George Hilsdon *
1905-06 Sat Dec 23
1905
 Div 1 A Nottm Forest L 3
-
4
 8,000           " Grenville Morris *
1985-86 Wed Sep 25
1985
 LC 2:1 H Bournemouth W 3
-
2
 13,930   11 seconds Colin Clarke
1994-95 Sat Apr 1
1995
 Prem H Blackburn L 1
-
2
 37,905   13 seconds Chris Sutton
1969-70 Sat Mar 28
1970
 Div 1 H Chelsea W 5
-
2
 58,337   14 seconds Howard Kendall
1973-74 Tue Oct 30
1973
 LC 3 H Norwich L 0
-
1
 22,046   15 seconds David Cross
1955-56 Sat Mar 17
1956
 Div 1 A Huddersfield L 0
-
1
 18,807           " Dave Hickson
1949-50 Sat Dec 24
1949
 Div 1 A Liverpool L 1
-
3
 50,485           " Peter Farrell †
1937-38 Wed Feb 16
1938
 Div 1 H Liverpool L 1
-
3
 33,465           " Jack Balmer
1931-32 Sat Jan 9
1932
 FAC 3 H Liverpool L 1
-
2
 57,090           " William 'Dixie' Dean
1960-61 Sat Mar 25
1961
 Div 1 A West Brom L 0
-
3
 20,590   18 seconds Derek Kevan
1985-86 Sat Sep 21
1985
 Div 1 H Liverpool L 2
-
3
 51,509   20 seconds Kenny Dalglish
1911-12 Fri Apr 5
1912
 Div 1 A Notts County W 1
-
0
 15,000           " Tommy Browell
1911-12 Sat Sep 23
1911
 Div 1 A Aston Villa L 0
-
3
 28,000           " Harry Hampton
2019-20 Wed Aug 28
2019
 LC 2 A Lincoln W 4
-
2
 9,971   21 seconds Harry Anderson
1995-96 Mon Jan 1
1996
 Prem A Wimbledon W 3
-
2
 11,121   23 seconds John Ebbrell
1970-71 Wed Nov 4
1970
 EC 2:2# H Bor. M'gladbach D 1
-
1
 42,744           " Johnny Morrissey
2008-09 Sat May 30
2009
 FAC Final N Chelsea L 1
-
2
 89,391   25 seconds Louis Saha
1963-64 Tue Feb 18
1964
 Div 1 H Birmingham W 3
-
0
 36,252           " Dennis Stevens
1960-61 Sat Dec 3
1960
 Div 1 H Sheff Wed W 4
-
2
 50,702           " Roy Vernon
1922-23 Wed Feb 14
1923
 Div 1 A Chelsea L 1
-
3
 20,000   29 seconds Harry Ford
2016-17 Sun Apr 9
2017
 Prem H Leicester W 4
-
2
 39,573   30 seconds Tom Davies
2016-17 Sat Feb 4
2017
 Prem H Bournemouth W 6
-
3
 39,026           " Romelu Lukaku
1988-89 Sat Aug 27
1988
 Div 1 H Newcastle W 4
-
0
 41,560           " Tony Cottee
1953-54 Wed Feb 24
1954
 Div 2 H Brentford W 6
-
1
 23,145           " John Willie Parker
1951-52 Sat Nov 17
1951
 Div 2 H Coventry W 4
-
1
 29,945           " Dave Hickson ‡‡
1950-51 Sat Nov 4
1950
 Div 1 A Blackpool L 0
-
4
 9,971           " Jackie Mudie
1950-51 Sat Aug 19
1950
 Div 1 H Huddersfield W 3
-
2
 51,768           " Jackie Grant
1946-47 Sat Oct 5
1946
 Div 1 H Wolves L 0
-
2
 44,792           " Billy Wright
1938-39 Sat Apr 22
1939
 Div 1 A Charlton L 1
-
2
 26,338           " Harold Hobbis
1935-36 Sat Mar 7
1936
 Div 1 A Sunderland D 3
-
3
 23,268           " Len Duns
1934-35 Sat May 4
1935
 Div 1 A Birmingham W 3
-
2
 16,634           " Frank White
1926-27 Sat Apr 23
1927
 Div 1 H Aston Villa D 2
-
2
 33,394           " William 'Dixie' Dean
1920-21 Wed Sep 1
1920
 Div 1 H Newcastle W 3
-
1
 45,000           " Billy Kirsopp
1911-12 Sat Sep 2
1911
 Div 1 H Tottenham D 2
-
2
 25,000           " Andy Burton
1901-02 Sat Mar 1
1902
 Div 1 A Stoke W 2
-
1
 10,000           " William McDonald
1897-98 Fri Apr 8
1898
 Div 1 H Derby W 3
-
0
 30,000           " Laurie Bell
1896-97 Sat Nov 14
1896
 Div 1 H Bolton L 2
-
3
 12,000           " William Thomson
1895-96 Sat Dec 14
1895
 Div 1 H Stoke W 7
-
2
 10,000           " John Cameron ‡
2008-09 Sun Dec 7
2008
 Prem H Aston Villa L 2
-
3
 31,922   31 seconds Steve Sidwell
2001-02 Sat Mar 16
2002
 Prem H Fulham W 2
-
1
 34,639   32 seconds David Unsworth
1990-91 Tue Mar 19
1991
 ZDS NF:1# A Leeds D 3
-
3
 13,387           " Mel Sterland
1971-72 Sat Mar 11
1972
 Div 1 H Man City L 1
-
2
 44,649           " Tommy Wright (og)
2012-13 Sun Apr 7
2013
 Prem A Tottenham D 2
-
2
 36,192   33 seconds Emmanuel Adebayor
2022-23 Mon May 8
2023
 Prem A Brighton W 5
-
1
 31,567   34 seconds Abdoulaye Doucouré
1934-35 Sat Aug 25
1934
 Div 1 A Tottenham D 1
-
1
 50,586           " William 'Dixie' Dean
2022-23 Sat Mar 11
2023
 Prem H Brentford W 1
-
0
 39,036   35 seconds Dwight McNeil
2014-15 Sat Aug 30
2014
 Prem H Chelsea L 3
-
6
 39,402           " Diego Costa
1971-72 Sat Mar 4
1972
 Div 1 A Liverpool L 0
-
4
 53,922           " Tommy Wright (og)
1956-57 Wed Feb 27
1957
 Div 1 H Preston L 1
-
4
 23,345           " Tommy Thompson
1950-51 Sat Mar 17
1951
 Div 1 A Man Utd L 0
-
3
 31,108           " John Aston
1982-83 Sat Oct 16
1982
 Div 1 A Swansea W 3
-
0
 11,183   37 seconds Nigel Stevenson (og)
1981-82 Tue Apr 6
1982
 Div 1 A Birmingham W 2
-
0
 12,273           " Adrian Heath
1971-72 Tue Jan 18
1972
 FAC 3R H Crystal Palace W 3
-
2
 45,508           " Peter Scott
1933-34 Sat Sep 2
1933
 Div 1 A Birmingham D 2
-
2
 25,250   40 seconds William 'Dixie' Dean
2016-17 Sun Nov 27
2016
 Prem A Southampton L 0
-
1
 31,132   41 seconds Charlie Austin
1998-99 Sat Apr 3
1999
 Prem A Liverpool L 2
-
3
 44,852           " Olivier Dacourt
2020-21 Sun Nov 22
2020
 Prem A Fulham W 3
-
2
 BCD$   42 seconds Dominic Calvert-Lewin
1998-99 Sat Apr 17
1999
 Prem A Newcastle W 3
-
1
 36,775           " Kevin Campbell
1998-99 Wed Feb 17
1999
 Prem H Middlesbrough W 5
-
0
 31,606           " Nick Barmby
2021-22 Sat Jan 8
2022
 FAC 3 A Hull W 3
-
2
 16,282   44 seconds Tyler Smith
1998-99 Wed Sep 23
1998
 LC 2:2 H Huddersfield W 2
-
1
 18,718           " Marcus Stewart
1976-77 Tue Apr 5
1977
 Div 1 H Man Utd L 1
-
2
 38,216           " Gordon Hill
1995-96 Sat Oct 14
1995
 Prem A Bolton D 1
-
1
 20,427   45 seconds Mixu Paatelainen


†      Peter Farrell's goal was also reported as being after 12 seconds
‡      John Cameron's goal was also reported as being 'within 30 seconds'
‡‡    Dave Hickson's goal was also reported in one publication as being after 25 seconds
†††  Abdoulaye Doucouré's goal was officially timed at 10.18 seconds
#     EC = European Cup; ZDS NF:1 = Zenith Data Systems Cup Northern Final 1st Leg
$     This match was played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There was no in-person attendance