FASTEST GOALS SCORED

Keinan Davis's recent goal against Reading was timed at 17 seconds, making it the joint-fourth fastest goal we've scored.
The fastest goal was Jack Lester's 14-second strike against Norwich back in March 2000. (The official Forest site agrees too. Click here for this and more records)

Shaun Teale scored a 14th-second own goal for us against Aston Villa in 1991, and Paul Smith's 23-second goal against Leicester in 2007 was allowed to be walked by Leicester as the game was rescheduled following Clive Clarke's collapse.

For sure, I have a lot of goals that are missing times, but we're pretty good back to 1980 although there are at least three first-minute goals that I don't have the number of seconds for.

These are all the goals we scored within the first 2 minutes of a game:

Date Opponent Game Type Scorer Minute Seconds Notes Score
Mar 08, 2000Norwich CityLeague Tier 2Jack Lester114Jack Lester first goal1-1
Sep 21, 1991Aston VillaLeague Tier 1Shaun Teale114An own goal in just 14 seconds1-3
Oct 01, 1966Manchester UnitedLeague Tier 1Chris Crowe115Scored in just 15 seconds4-1
Nov 19, 2016Ipswich TownLeague Tier 2Britt Assombalonga117Scored in just 17 seconds2-0
Mar 12, 2022ReadingLeague Tier 2Keinan Davis117Scored in just 17 seconds4-0
Dec 18, 1982Norwich CityLeague Tier 1Steve Hodge122Scored in just 22 seconds1-0
Sep 18, 2007Leicester CityLeague CupPaul Smith (2006)123Paul Smith (2006) only goal2-3
Oct 06, 1971ChelseaLeague CupDuncan McKenzie125Scored after just 25 seconds1-1
Feb 22, 1992ChelseaLeague Tier 1Teddy Sheringham140Scored after just 40 seconds1-1
Dec 26, 1967Stoke CityLeague Tier 1Barry Lyons145Scored after just 45 seconds3-0
Apr 14, 1984Ipswich TownLeague Tier 1Steve Wigley150Steve Wigley first goal2-2
Feb 05, 2011WatfordLeague Tier 2Marcus Tudgay151Scored in 51 seconds1-0
Sep 05, 1981Birmingham CityLeague Tier 1Ian Wallace153Scored in 53 seconds3-4
Aug 29, 2009Derby CountyLeague Tier 2Radoslaw Majewski158Scored in 58 seconds3-2
Apr 05, 1915Lincoln CityLeague Tier 2Fred Harris1?Fred Harris last goal1-2
May 27, 1947ChesterfieldLeague Tier 2Tom Johnston1?1-0
Sep 27, 1947Sheffield WednesdayLeague Tier 2George Lee1?1-2
Oct 29, 1966BlackpoolLeague Tier 1Ian Storey-Moore1?2-0
Mar 27, 1967BurnleyLeague Tier 1Mike Kear1?4-1
Mar 30, 1991WimbledonLeague Tier 1Tony Loughlan1?Tony Loughlan only goal1-3
Jan 05, 1980Leeds UnitedFA CupFrank Gray2584-1
Mar 31, 1970Manchester UnitedLeague Tier 1Peter Hindley2631-2
Apr 02, 1983EvertonLeague Tier 1Steve Hodge2652-0
Nov 29, 1986Tottenham HotspurLeague Tier 1Stuart Pearce275The penalty was scored in the 75th second3-2
Sep 24, 1960Birmingham CityLeague Tier 1Geoff Vowden280Birmingham City Post listed the time as 80 seconds1-3
Jan 06, 1974Bristol RoversFA CupNeil Martin2854-3
Aug 26, 1969West Bromwich AlbionLeague Tier 1Ian Storey-Moore2901-0
Mar 09, 1974Newcastle UnitedFA CupIan Bowyer2903-4
Oct 25, 1967Tottenham HotspurLeague Tier 1Joe Baker21051-1
Sep 14, 1974Hull CityLeague Tier 2Neil Martin21154-0
Jan 07, 1888Sheffield WednesdayFA CupTinsley Lindley2?2-4
Oct 07, 1899West Bromwich AlbionLeague Tier 1Fred Forman2?6-1
Oct 12, 1901EvertonLeague Tier 1Grenville Morris2?4-0
Dec 23, 1905EvertonLeague Tier 1Grenville Morris2?4-3
Nov 08, 1952Plymouth ArgyleLeague Tier 2Tot Leverton2?3-1
Mar 04, 1969Queens Park RangersLeague Tier 1Ronnie Rees2?Ronnie Rees first goal1-0
Mar 20, 1971EvertonLeague Tier 1Peter Cormack2?3-2
Oct 23, 1976BurnleyLeague Tier 2Terry Curran2?5-2
Oct 06, 1979Wolverhampton WanderersLeague Tier 1Trevor Francis2?3-2
Jan 02, 1982WrexhamFA CupMark Proctor2?1-3
Dec 01, 1982BrentfordLeague CupIan Wallace2?2-0
Apr 24, 1985Luton TownLeague Tier 1Gary Mills2?2-1
Sep 27, 1986ArsenalLeague Tier 1Nigel Clough2?1-0
Nov 01, 1989Crystal PalaceLeague CupSteve Hodge2?5-0
Oct 07, 1990EvertonLeague Tier 1Steve Hodge2?3-1
Apr 14, 1992Luton TownLeague Tier 1Kingsley Black2?1-2
Oct 22, 1994Aston VillaLeague Tier 1Stuart Pearce2?2-0
Oct 19, 1996Derby CountyLeague Tier 1Dean Saunders2?1-1
Mar 07, 2001BarnsleyLeague Tier 2Chris Bart-Williams2?1-0
Feb 04, 2009Derby CountyFA CupChris Cohen2?2-3
Sep 12, 2009Sheffield WednesdayLeague Tier 2Dexter Blackstock2?1-1
Dec 29, 2010Derby CountyLeague Tier 2Luke Chambers2?5-2
Aug 17, 2013Bolton WanderersLeague Tier 2Jamie Mackie2?Jamie Mackie first goal3-0
Apr 19, 2014Birmingham CityLeague Tier 2Matt Derbyshire2?1-0
Apr 21, 2014Leeds UnitedLeague Tier 2Matt Derbyshire2?2-0
Dec 19, 2015Milton Keynes DonsLeague Tier 2Nelson Oliveira2?2-1
Feb 14, 2017FulhamLeague Tier 2Pajtim Kasami2?Pajtim Kasami last goal2-3
Aug 29, 2018Newcastle UnitedLeague CupDaryl Murphy2?3-1
Feb 25, 2019Derby CountyLeague Tier 2Yohan Benalouane2?Yohan Benalouane only goal1-0
Aug 26, 2023Manchester UnitedLeague Tier 1Taiwo Awoniyi2?2-3
May 19, 2024BurnleyLeague Tier 1Chris Wood2?2-1
Dec 07, 2024Manchester UnitedLeague Tier 1Nikola Milenkovic2?Nikola Milenkovic first goal3-2