DEBUT GOALSCORERS
Since
AH Smith,
Arthur Goodyer and
John Turner all scored on their 'debut' against
Notts County on
November 16 1878, a total of
103 players have scored in their first competitive outing.
That game against Notts was won 3-1 but, as it was Forest's first ever competitive game, technically
every player was making their competitive debut (in fact all three of the scorers had played over 20 games already for Forest and all had already scored several goals.)
James Collins scored four on his debut against Wolves in 1893.
However in our record victory over Clapton in 1891,
Alex Higgins went one better on his competitive 'debut' and scored five. Two other players (
Neil McCallum and
Tich Smith) also scored twice on their debuts in the same game. (
Tinsley Lindley also scored 4 times in the game, although it wasn't his full debut).
This is the full list of players who scored on their competitive debut
| # |
Scorer |
Goals |
First Goal
Minute |
Season |
Date |
Opponent |
Game Type |
H/A |
Score |
| 1 | Arthur Goodyer | 1 | | 1878-79 | Sat Nov 16, 1878 | Notts County | FA Cup | A | 3-1 |
| 2 | Arthur Smith | 1 | | | | | | | - |
| 3 | John Turner | 1 | 5 | | | | | | - |
| 4 | J Bishop | 1 | 55 | | Sat Mar 22, 1879 | Old Etonians | FA Cup | N | 1-2 |
| 5 | Harry Fletcher | 1 | | 1882-83 | Sat Dec 02, 1882 | Sheffield Heeley | FA Cup | H | 7-2 |
| 6 | George Tutin | 4 | | 1885-86 | Sat Oct 31, 1885 | Mellors | FA Cup | H | 6-2 |
| 7 | Frank Burton | 1 | | 1887-88 | Sat Nov 26, 1887 | Notts County | FA Cup | H | 2-1 |
| 8 | Alex Higgins | 5 | | 1890-91 | Sat Jan 17, 1891 | Clapton | FA Cup | A | 14-0 |
| 9 | Neil McCallum | 2 | | | | | | | - |
| 10 | William 'Tich' Smith | 2 | | | | | | | - |
| 11 | James Collins | 4 | 2 | 1893-94 | Sat Sep 02, 1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 1 | H | 7-1 |
| 12 | George Geary | 1 | 20 | | Sat Apr 14, 1894 | Aston Villa | League Tier 1 | A | 1-3 |
| 13 | Joshua Hollis | 1 | | 1896-97 | Sat Oct 24, 1896 | Burnley | League Tier 1 | H | 4-1 |
| 14 | John Calvey | 1 | | 1899-00 | Sat Sep 02, 1899 | Preston North End | League Tier 1 | H | 3-1 |
| 15 | Rabbie Beveridge | 1 | | | | | | | - |
| 16 | Fred Warren | 1 | | 1902-03 | Sat Oct 25, 1902 | Everton | League Tier 1 | A | 1-1 |
| 17 | Billy Shearman | 1 | 15 | 1903-04 | Sat Oct 03, 1903 | The Wednesday | League Tier 1 | A | 1-2 |
| 18 | John Derrick | 2 | 44 | 1909-10 | Sat Apr 02, 1910 | Everton | League Tier 1 | A | 4-0 |
| 19 | Joe Ford | 1 | 87 | 1910-11 | Thu Sep 01, 1910 | Preston North End | League Tier 1 | A | 2-0 |
| 20 | Alfred Fisher | 1 | 67 | | Sat Dec 03, 1910 | The Wednesday | League Tier 1 | A | 2-5 |
| 21 | Joe Bailey | 1 | | | Mon Dec 26, 1910 | Tottenham Hotspur | League Tier 1 | A | 4-1 |
| 22 | Jack Williams | 1 | 26 | 1911-12 | Sat Mar 16, 1912 | Huddersfield Town | League Tier 2 | H | 3-0 |
| 23 | Fred Harris | 1 | 20 | 1913-14 | Sat Feb 07, 1914 | Huddersfield Town | League Tier 2 | A | 1-1 |
| 24 | Tim Coleman | 1 | 20 | 1914-15 | Wed Sep 02, 1914 | Birmingham City | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 |
| 25 | Harry Bedford | 2 | 52 | 1919-20 | Sat Sep 06, 1919 | Rotherham County | League Tier 2 | H | 4-1 |
| 26 | Henry Newbigging | 1 | 8 | | Sat Sep 20, 1919 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 |
| 27 | Jack Spaven | 1 | 75 | | Sat Feb 28, 1920 | Birmingham City | League Tier 2 | H | 1-2 |
| 28 | Sandy Higgins | 1 | 77 | 1920-21 | Sat Aug 28, 1920 | Stoke | League Tier 2 | H | 2-2 |
| 29 | Richard Ashmore | 1 | 8 | | Sat Feb 05, 1921 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 |
| 30 | Walter Tinsley | 1 | 31 | 1921-22 | Sat Aug 27, 1921 | Crystal Palace | League Tier 2 | A | 1-4 |
| 31 | Patrick Nelis | 2 | 6 | | Sat Mar 18, 1922 | Bradford Park Avenue | League Tier 2 | H | 4-1 |
| 32 | Charlie Flood | 1 | 44 | 1922-23 | Sat Feb 03, 1923 | Arsenal | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 |
| 33 | Joseph Laws | 1 | 12 | 1926-27 | Sat Oct 02, 1926 | Manchester City | League Tier 2 | H | 3-3 |
| 34 | Harold Wadsworth | 1 | 14 | 1927-28 | Sat Aug 27, 1927 | Port Vale | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 |
| 35 | Ernest McLachlan | 1 | 80 | | Sat Oct 22, 1927 | Reading | League Tier 2 | A | 2-0 |
| 36 | Clive German | 1 | 84 | | Wed Feb 22, 1928 | Notts County | League Tier 2 | A | 2-1 |
| 37 | Billy Dickinson | 2 | 7 | 1928-29 | Sat Sep 15, 1928 | Swansea Town | League Tier 2 | A | 5-3 |
| 38 | Joseph Dulson | 2 | 76 | 1931-32 | Sat Apr 23, 1932 | Swansea Town | League Tier 2 | H | 6-1 |
| 39 | Tom Peacock | 1 | 61 | 1933-34 | Sat Sep 09, 1933 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 |
| 40 | George Burditt | 2 | 77 | 1934-35 | Sat Aug 25, 1934 | Newcastle United | League Tier 2 | H | 5-1 |
| 41 | Charlie Gardiner | 1 | 65 | 1935-36 | Sat Sep 07, 1935 | West Ham United | League Tier 2 | A | 2-5 |
| 42 | Jack Surtees | 1 | 27 | 1936-37 | Sat Oct 31, 1936 | Bradford Park Avenue | League Tier 2 | A | 2-3 |
| 43 | Jack Fryer | 1 | 25 | 1938-39 | Sat Sep 03, 1938 | Burnley | League Tier 2 | A | 1-2 |
| 44 | Colin Perry | 1 | 80 | 1939-40 | Sat Aug 26, 1939 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 1-4 |
| 45 | Tanner Allen | 1 | 18 | 1945-46 | Sat Jan 05, 1946 | Watford | FA Cup | H | 1-1 |
| 46 | Frank O'Donnell | 1 | 84 | 1946-47 | Sat Aug 31, 1946 | Barnsley | League Tier 2 | A | 2-3 |
| 47 | Sailor Brown | 1 | 65 | | | | | | - |
| 48 | Colin Lyman | 1 | 24 | | Sat Oct 26, 1946 | Leicester City | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 |
| 49 | George Lee | 1 | 36 | 1947-48 | Sat Aug 23, 1947 | Bury | League Tier 2 | H | 2-1 |
| 50 | Wilson Jones | 1 | 30 | | Sat Sep 06, 1947 | Chesterfield | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 |
| 51 | George Wilkins | 1 | 46 | | Sat Dec 27, 1947 | Doncaster Rovers | League Tier 2 | H | 4-2 |
| 52 | Wally Ardron | 1 | 25 | 1949-50 | Sat Aug 20, 1949 | Brighton and Hove Albion | League Tier 3 | A | 2-2 |
| 53 | Collin Collindridge | 1 | 17 | 1950-51 | Sat Aug 19, 1950 | Newport County | League Tier 3 | A | 2-0 |
| 54 | Hugh McLaren | 2 | 69 | 1953-54 | Sat Jan 23, 1954 | Leicester City | League Tier 2 | H | 3-1 |
| 55 | Peter Small | 1 | 15 | 1954-55 | Sat Oct 02, 1954 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 |
| 56 | Peter Higham | 1 | 43 | 1955-56 | Sat Aug 20, 1955 | Liverpool | League Tier 2 | H | 1-3 |
| 57 | Doug Lishman | 1 | 60 | | Sat Mar 17, 1956 | Middlesbrough | League Tier 2 | H | 2-4 |
| 58 | Billy Gray | 1 | 28 | 1957-58 | Sat Aug 24, 1957 | Preston North End | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 |
| 59 | Johnny Quigley | 1 | 77 | | Sat Oct 05, 1957 | Tottenham Hotspur | League Tier 1 | A | 4-3 |
| 60 | Roy Dwight | 1 | 88 | 1958-59 | Sat Aug 23, 1958 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | League Tier 1 | A | 1-5 |
| 61 | Geoff Vowden | 2 | 51 | 1959-60 | Wed Sep 23, 1959 | St Mirren | Anglo-Scottish Cup | H | 2-3 |
| 62 | Len Julians | 1 | 70 | 1960-61 | Sat Aug 20, 1960 | Manchester City | League Tier 1 | H | 2-2 |
| 63 | John Winfield | 1 | 70 | 1961-62 | Sat Feb 03, 1962 | Blackpool | League Tier 1 | H | 3-4 |
| 64 | David Pleat | 1 | 29 | | Sat Feb 17, 1962 | Cardiff City | League Tier 1 | H | 2-1 |
| 65 | Martin O'Neill | 1 | 75 | 1971-72 | Sat Nov 13, 1971 | West Bromwich Albion | League Tier 1 | H | 4-1 |
| 66 | John Galley | 1 | 8 | 1972-73 | Sat Dec 16, 1972 | Fulham | League Tier 2 | A | 1-3 |
| 67 | Ian Bowyer | 1 | 59 | 1973-74 | Sat Oct 20, 1973 | Blackpool | League Tier 2 | A | 2-2 |
| 68 | Bert Bowery | 2 | 13 | 1975-76 | Sat Dec 27, 1975 | Blackburn Rovers | League Tier 2 | A | 4-1 |
| 69 | Peter Withe | 1 | 78 | 1976-77 | Sat Sep 25, 1976 | Carlisle United | League Tier 2 | H | 5-1 |
| 70 | Jurgen Rober | 1 | 55 | 1981-82 | Wed Dec 02, 1981 | Tranmere Rovers | League Cup | H | 2-0 |
| 71 | Willie Young | 1 | 79 | | Sat Dec 12, 1981 | Swansea City | League Tier 1 | A | 2-1 |
| 72 | Danny Wilson | 1 | 35 | 1982-83 | Sat Feb 05, 1983 | Aston Villa | League Tier 1 | H | 1-2 |
| 73 | Neil Webb | 1 | 53 | 1985-86 | Sat Aug 17, 1985 | Luton Town | League Tier 1 | A | 1-1 |
| 74 | Phil Starbuck | 1 | 41 | 1986-87 | Sat Dec 13, 1986 | Newcastle United | League Tier 1 | A | 2-3 |
| 75 | Tony Loughlan | 1 | 1 | 1990-91 | Sat Mar 30, 1991 | Wimbledon | League Tier 1 | A | 1-3 |
| 76 | Gary Bannister | 2 | 86 | 1992-93 | Sat Aug 22, 1992 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 1 | A | 3-5 |
| 77 | Bryan Roy | 1 | 40 | 1994-95 | Sat Aug 20, 1994 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 1 | A | 1-0 |
| 78 | Ian Wright | 1 | 29 | 1999-00 | Sat Aug 28, 1999 | Queens Park Rangers | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 |
| 79 | Stern John | 1 | 6 | | Wed Nov 24, 1999 | Portsmouth | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 |
| 80 | Andy Reid | 1 | 64 | 2000-01 | Wed Nov 29, 2000 | Sheffield United | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 |
| 81 | Eoin Jess | 1 | 83 | 2002-03 | Wed Aug 14, 2002 | Preston North End | League Tier 2 | H | 2-2 |
| 82 | Darren Huckerby | 1 | 66 | | Sat Mar 01, 2003 | Watford | League Tier 2 | A | 1-1 |
| 83 | Andy Impey | 1 | 3 | 2003-04 | Sat Feb 14, 2004 | Walsall | League Tier 2 | H | 3-3 |
| 84 | Yoann Folly | 1 | 82 | 2004-05 | Sat Jan 08, 2005 | Queens Park Rangers | FA Cup | A | 3-0 |
| 85 | Grant Holt | 1 | 25 | 2005-06 | Sat Jan 14, 2006 | Oldham Athletic | League Tier 3 | H | 3-0 |
| 86 | Adam Newbold | 1 | 81 | 2008-09 | Wed Aug 13, 2008 | Morecambe | League Cup | H | 4-0 |
| 87 | Marcus Tudgay | 1 | 46 | 2010-11 | Sat Dec 18, 2010 | Crystal Palace | League Tier 2 | H | 3-0 |
| 88 | Rafik Djebbour | 1 | 90 | 2013-14 | Sun Feb 02, 2014 | Yeovil Town | League Tier 2 | H | 3-1 |
| 89 | Chris Burke | 1 | 30 | 2014-15 | Sat Aug 09, 2014 | Blackpool | League Tier 2 | H | 2-0 |
| 90 | Michail Antonio | 1 | 25 | | | | | | - |
| 91 | Nelson Oliveira | 1 | 82 | 2015-16 | Sat Sep 12, 2015 | Queens Park Rangers | League Tier 2 | A | 2-1 |
| 92 | Liam Trotter | 1 | 90 | | Sat Oct 24, 2015 | Ipswich Town | League Tier 2 | H | 1-1 |
| 93 | Thomas Lam | 1 | 45 | 2016-17 | Sat Aug 06, 2016 | Burton Albion | League Tier 2 | H | 4-3 |
| 94 | Ross McCormack | 1 | 75 | | Sat Feb 11, 2017 | Norwich City | League Tier 2 | A | 1-5 |
| 95 | Barrie McKay | 1 | 41 | 2017-18 | Fri Aug 04, 2017 | Millwall | League Tier 2 | H | 1-0 |
| 96 | Jason Cummings | 1 | 75 | | Tue Aug 08, 2017 | Shrewsbury Town | League Cup | H | 2-1 |
| 97 | Hillal Soudani | 1 | 68 | 2018-19 | Sat Aug 11, 2018 | Reading | League Tier 2 | H | 1-0 |
| 98 | Arvin Appiah | 1 | 90 | | Tue Oct 30, 2018 | Burton Albion | League Cup | A | 2-3 |
| 99 | Molla Wague | 1 | 79 | | Sat Feb 09, 2019 | Brentford | League Tier 2 | H | 2-1 |
| 100 | Callum Hudson-Odoi | 1 | 61 | 2023-24 | Mon Sep 18, 2023 | Burnley | League Tier 1 | H | 1-1 |
| 101 | Andrew Omobamidele | 1 | 16 | | Wed Jan 17, 2024 | Blackpool | FA Cup | A | 3-2 |
| 102 | Dan Ndoye | 1 | 42 | 2025-26 | Sun Aug 17, 2025 | Brentford | League Tier 1 | H | 3-1 |
| 103 | Lorenzo Lucca | 1 | 86 | | Fri Feb 06, 2026 | Leeds United | League Tier 1 | A | 1-3 |
