Fastest LOI Goal?

[osarusan]

Can anybody confirm (or deny) that Barry Ryan of Limerick holds the record for the fastest goal in League of Ireland football?
I was at the game against Kilkenny when he scored after 7 or 8 seconds, (this was the season we got promoted under Sam Allerdyce) and I think I remember it being credited as the fastest at that time.
I've just been on the official FAI website, and, surprise surprise, they didnt have it, or any other record for that matter. The site is 50% advertising and 50% garbage.

[adamcarr]

I know Kevin Doyle scored after around 15 seconds last season for us against waherfurr.

[pineapple stu]

Fastest I've seen is about 10 seconds (think that's what the papers gave) for Glen Crowe for Bohs v. UCD in 2000/01. Crowe went on to get a hat-trick as Bohs won 4-3 - great game.

[NY Hoop]

Peter Hutton against us at richmond December 2002. Scored after 7 seconds but we won 3-1. Was away at the time but remember "watching" it on livescore.

KOH

[pineapple stu]

Was that Hutton or Liam Coyle? Remember a goal when the entire Rovers team stood off Coyle from tip and he waltzed through the mud to go up and score. The mud probably slowed him down though. Won TV3's Goal of the Month somehow too!

[dcfc_1928]

Monday, December 16, 2002 :
9:39:18 PM

Shamrock Rovers 3 Derry City 1

Peter Hutton scored one of the fastest goals in League of Ireland history, but it couldn't arrest Derry's poor run.

Hutton collected Liam Coyle's pass following the kick-off to shoot past Tony O'Dowd with just seven seconds on the clock.

[Rory H]

how times have changes since that!

[WeAreRovers]

Monday, December 16, 2002 :
9:39:18 PM

Shamrock Rovers 3 Derry City 1

Peter Hutton scored one of the fastest goals in League of Ireland history, but it couldn't arrest Derry's poor run.

Hutton collected Liam Coyle's pass following the kick-off to shoot past Tony O'Dowd with just seven seconds on the clock.

And it was from our kick-off. :rolleyes:

It was a horrible wet Monday night and Coyler only lasted another couple of minutes after the goal. He literally gave-up and you couldn't blame him.

KOH

[dcfc_1928]

A little discrepancy with the time of the goal in this article from UEFA.com

Landmark goal
On Monday evening, Shamrock Rovers FC moved within three points of Cork as they registered a 3-1 win against Derry City FC. Derry went ahead after just nine seconds when Peter Hutton scored the fastest goal in the history of the league.

[daveh]

Think Kieren O'Reilly scored after 14 seconds or something for ramblers against monaghan

[osarusan]

does anybody know where i might find a definitive list? To see if Barry Ryans name is even on there, because I'm sure it was faster than 9 seconds...........how I can be so sure I dont know, but surely, somebody, somewhere, must have an official list..........??

[ThatGuy]

I think Glen Crowe scored the fastest EL goal of all time in Bray in 2001.

[Dyl10]

No there was a much more recent one, Im pretty sure the fastest ever goal was scored against waterford by cork. It was last season or the season before

[dcfc_1928]

I don't think there is a "list" as such, however apart from the Peter Hutton goal, a quick Google uncovers the following:

Kieran O Reilly - Cobh Ramblers website
Leading scorer in the Eircom League first Div for the 1st part of the season with possibly the fastest goal in league history with a 14 sec goal against Monaghan.

UCD v Bohs (February 2001) Report from The Irish Examiner
The match had an amazing start when Crowe nodded home a long ball from veteran defender Tony O’Connor over the head of the advancing Barry Ryan.
The goal came after just eleven seconds. But Crowe was denied a place in the history books as the scorer of the fastest goal of all time in the Eircom League.
Dublin referee John Feighery had ordered a second kick off as several players had encroached the centre circle. The official timing for the goal was later revealed as 17 seconds by fourth official Eddie Barr.

Beyond those, I personally remember John McDaid scoring very early in a game for Derry City (circa 1988) - 16 seconds I think

[pineapple stu]

UCD v Bohs (February 2001) Report from The Irish Examiner
Dublin referee John Feighery had ordered a second kick off as several players had encroached the centre circle.
I think it oculd even have been a third kick-off!

I wuold very much doubt there is an official list, osarusan - sorry! Just the way the league is run...

[Mental Man]

Daryl Murphy broke a league of Ireland record in the fai cup game against kilkenny, he scored 4 goals in 15 minutes.

[dancinpants]

So its settled then - Hutton it is.

[MariborKev]

I remember John Bacon scoring one very quickly for Derry against Dundalk the early 90s.

12 seconds sticks in my haad for that one, but I could be wrong!

[Dyl10]

So its settled then - Hutton it is.

I disagree i remember EL weekley saying that that cork goal was the quickest

[Dazzy]

I disagree i remember EL weekley saying that that cork goal was the quickest

So its Hutton then:p

There should be an archieve of the game in an article somewhere :confused:

[dcfc_1928]

Surely if it was the quickest goal EVER in the League, some online article would mention it.

Someone else have a search and try and find info about it.


I disagree i remember EL weekley saying that that cork goal was the quickest

[BohsFans]

UCD v Bohs (February 2001) Report from The Irish Examiner
The match had an amazing start when Crowe nodded home a long ball from veteran defender Tony O’Connor over the head of the advancing Barry Ryan.
The goal came after just eleven seconds. But Crowe was denied a place in the history books as the scorer of the fastest goal of all time in the Eircom League.
Dublin referee John Feighery had ordered a second kick off as several players had encroached the centre circle. The official timing for the goal was later revealed as 17 seconds by fourth official Eddie Barr.

The Sun campaigned that 17 secs was the wrong time, as the clock should have been reset and the league official timed the goal at 9.97 seconds

[dancinpants]

I disagree i remember EL weekley saying that that cork goal was the quickest

If it was a Cork goal that was quickest atleast HALF of the Cork members of Foot.ie would be on here tellin' us about it. "We're the quickest - biy!" :rolleyes:

[A face]

Lads, AFAIK ... it was a Bohs player (home game not in Dalyer??) and 13 seconds and it was record (it stands counted) and it was about 20-30 year ago from what i remember. Was on SportsCall for a few weeks about three years ago trying to confirm it.

If it was scored recently ... we'd all know who it was in fairness.

[Réiteoir]

If it was a Cork goal that was quickest atleast HALF of the Cork members of Foot.ie would be on here tellin' us about it. "We're the quickest - biy!" :rolleyes:
From the Cork City website:


05/04/04
Cork City 2-3 Waterford United
Waterford got the better of Cork City in tonights Munster derby at Turners Cross. City took the lead after 30 seconds when Kevin Doyle picked up John O'Flynn's pass, turned and shot low past Waterford goalkeeper Dan Connor from 12 yards.

[Ash]

I think Donal Goldan scored for us against Derry in the
last game of the 94/95 season after about 13 seconds

[lofty9]

Here it is:

I don't think there has been a quicker one since.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/2582559.stm

[The Sheliban]

Funny how all the candidates for quickest goal happened in the last ten years or so, and nothing in the previous 70 years came near it!

[Comic Book Guy]

I would need confirmation from an official source but Kieran O'Reilly's goal v Monaghan last April was timed at 9 seconds?

[BohsFans]

Here it is:

I don't think there has been a quicker one since.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/2582559.stm

Pizza it is then, but how far do records go back for this? 10/20 years??

[dcfc_1928]

Kieran O Reilly - from Cobh Ramblers website
Leading scorer in the Eircom League first Div for the 1st part of the season with possibly the fastest goal in league history with a 14 sec goal against Monaghan.


I would need confirmation from an official source but Kieran O'Reilly's goal v Monaghan last April was timed at 9 seconds?

[Dyl10]

05/04/04
Cork City 2-3 Waterford United
Waterford got the better of Cork City in tonights Munster derby at Turners Cross. City took the lead after 30 seconds when Kevin Doyle picked up John O'Flynn's pass, turned and shot low past Waterford goalkeeper Dan Connor from 12 yards.

I stand corrected :o

[Magicme]

We scored a really fast one against Dungdalk in the last game we played at Boriel before they got into their fetish stage. I rem, 2nd touch of the ball and our lad was at the goal mouth and it was in the back of the neck. cant rem details coz near peed myself with excitement but I know it was around 6-10 seconds.

[KR's Post]

I think Glen Crowe scored the fastest EL goal of all time in Bray in 2001.
:confused: enlighten me!

[nigel-harps1954]

Came across this thread this evening looking for a goal on google quicker than Funstons for Harps last night.

The fact that Peter Hutton has scored one quicker has sort of annoyed me.

[TheBoss]

Its was actually put up on YouTube a few weeks ago after doing a quick search.

Not sure YouTube existed in 2006 ;)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPR1m4QLzWc

[patrickccfc]

Not sure YouTube existed in 2006 ;)

It was actually founded in February 2005

[osarusan]

Kilkenny 0-2 Limerick in 1991-1992 season.

Barry Ryan scored after 7 seconds (from Kilkenny's kick off).


I am not sure that FAI have official records though. I was actually the poster who started this thread nearly 10 years ago looking for official records.

[Charlie Darwin]

Its was actually put up on YouTube a few weeks ago after doing a quick search.

Not sure YouTube existed in 2006 ;)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPR1m4QLzWc
For the life of me, I still can't understand what he was doing up there. Must have been some sort of bizarre blitzkrieg tactic. Great to see Noel Hunt and Stephen Grant Grant Grant in Hoops.

[littlebray]

Well past time to create a list, then?

Based on the thread so far, we have (with lots of gaps to plug, help please!!!):

Scorer Team Time (secs) Match Date
Glen Crowe Boh ? Bray v Boh 2001
? Mon 6-10 Dundalk v Monaghan ?
Barry Ryan Kkenny 7 Kilkenny v Limerick 1991/2
Peter Hutton Derry 7/9 Shamrock v Derry * 17 Dec 2002
Kieran O'Reilly Cobh 9/14 Cobh v Monaghan Apr 2005
Glen Crowe Boh 9.97/10 UCD v Bohs ** Feb 2001
John Bacon Derry 12 Derry v Dundalk early 90s
AN Other Boh 13 Boh v ? *** ca.1985-1995
Donal Goldan ATFC 13 AT v Derry Apr/May 1995
Kevin Doyle CC 15/30 CCFC v Waterford 5 Apr 2004
John McDaid Derry 16 ?? ca. 1988

* in Richmond Pk, ** Should that be Bohs v UCD? *** not in DP; where?

Crowe v Bray cannot be 2001, as the only Bray v Bohs that calendar year was 0-0 (30/09/01). It could conceivably be 17/12/00 (3-1) or 24/03/02 (2-2), or if it was a Cup replay 12/02/02 (0-4). braywanderers.com is down at the moment for maintenance, I'll check when it's back!

And there are wide variations in some of the claimed fast goals, especially O'Reilly and Doyle.

Lets get this one done!

How do you do a table here????

[nigel-harps1954]

You left out the one that bumped the thread, Funston v Waterford 14 seconds.

[littlebray]

How right you are! And the info is complete in that instance, too!!

Scorer Team Time Match Date
Glen Crowe Boh ? Bray v Boh 2001
? Mon 6-10 Dundalk v Monaghan ?
Barry Ryan Kkenny 7 Kilkenny v Limerick 1991/2
Peter Hutton Derry 7/9 Shamrock v Derry * 17 Dec 2002
Kieran O'Reilly Cobh 9/14 Cobh v Monaghan Apr 2005
Glen Crowe Boh 9.97/10 UCD v Bohs ** Feb 2001
John Bacon Derry 12 Derry v Dundalk early 90s
AN Other Boh 13 Boh v ? *** ca.1985-1995
Donal Goldan ATFC 13 AT v Derry Apr/May 1995
Michael Funston Harps 14 Harps v Waterford 8 May 2015
Kevin Doyle CC 15/30 CCFC v Waterford 5 Apr 2004
John McDaid Derry 16 ?? ca. 1988

[pineapple stu]

Glen Crowe was UCD v Bohs in Belfield Park.

Time of the goal depends on what kick off your counting from

[littlebray]

I think it should be timed from the real KO (2nd), and footnoted. I won't update the list again for a bit to see if we can get any of the missing details.

[littlebray]

Crowe at Bray v Bohs in 2001 seems to be a myth (maybe confused with the Belfield one?) as Bohs failed to score in the Carlisle in that calendar year. The previous year, Webb was their only scorer at that venue (17/12/00, 47mins, pen) and though Crowe scored by the seaside in 2002 it was a 76th min effort on 22/03/02.

I retimed the Hutton goal a few times from the video, it seemed to be just over 9 seconds. I got 9.38 with my best effort. Any improved offers?

A contemporary newspaper report gave a more precise timing for Crowe at UCD v Bohs. Any objections?

So unless someone can verify that Monaghan goal in Oriel with a little more detail we're left with

Barry Ryan K'kenny 7 Kilkenny v Limerick 1991/2
Peter Hutton Derry 9.38 Shamrock Rvrs v Derry 17 Dec 2002
Glen Crowe Boh 9.96 UCD v Boh 14 Feb 2001
Kieran O'Reilly Cobh 9/14 Cobh v Monaghan Apr 2005
John Bacon Derry 12 Derry v Dundalk early 90s
AN Other Boh 13 Boh v ? *** ca.1985-1995
Donal Goldan ATFC 13 AT v Derry Apr/May 1995
Michael Funston Harps 14 Harps v Waterford 8 May 2015
Kevin Doyle CC 15/30 CCFC v Waterford 5 Apr 2004
John McDaid Derry 16 ?? ca. 1988

It would be nice to get better details for that Top Ten. Somebody has them, somewhere ...


PS: A couple of other fastests, for comparison:

UEFA Champions League
Roy Makaay Bayern Munich 10.2 Bayern Munich v Real Madrid 2007

EPL
Ledley King Tottenham 9.7 Tottenham v Bradford Dec 2000

Bundesliga
Julian Koch St Pauli 5 St Pauli v Winterthur Jan 2015

Amateur
Ellis Moore Highfield Horses 3/4 Highfield Horses v Upton Youth Centre Jan 2014
Colin Cowperthwaites Barrow 3.5 Barrow v Kettering Town 1979

[pineapple stu]

Can't go without mentioning this one!

Same night as Alan McLoughlin's goal in Belfast, and still the fastest World Cup goal ever at 8.3 seconds.

SGdQvqbIexk

Bohs scored two goals in 27 seconds against us in 2010, which has to be a record, or close to it.

Glen Crowe's goal against us was on Raiders of the Lost Archives at one stage if anyone knows where they are now.

[total hoofball]

Cobh scoring against Shels here at 9 seconds in 2007. Own goal by Brian Gartland.



https://vimeo.com/3703642

[total hoofball]

Philly Gorman after 12 seconds for Shels vs UCD in 2012



https://vimeo.com/42067709

[osarusan]

Barry Ryan's was for Limerick, not kilkenny - goal was the first (obviously) in a 2-0 win at Buckley park. I cannot tell you the date - is there anywhere that has a complete list of all games and dates for LOI history?

[Charlie Darwin]

Cobh scoring against Shels here at 9 seconds in 2007. Own goal by Brian Gartland.



https://vimeo.com/3703642
Amazing to think that Brian Gartland is now one of the best defenders in the league.

Great backing track, incidentally.