WHEN WE SCORED OUR FIRST GOAL IN EACH SEASON

The first goal of the season is always an important one to get under our belts and it's happened on opening day quite a lot more than I thought.

Firstly, here's a count of which League weeks we got our first goal in:
League Week Num of
First Goals		 Percent
110968.00%
21912.00%
374.00%
421.00%
511.00%

Each Season
Our fastest start was in 1935-36. Henry Race scored the first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw with Bury in the first minute!

The longest we had to wait for the first goal was 10 years later in 1954-55 when we didn't net a goal until 5 minutes before the end of game 5, in a 2-1 loss to Lincoln City. We then scored in the first minute of game 6 when we beat Middlesbrough 4-1 away.

Here's the list of all our seasons in the League, and in which game we scored our first goal. The number shown is the game minute of the first goal.
Season Tier League Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
1892-931English First Division11'
1893-941English First Division2'
1894-951English First Division12'
1895-961English First Division12'
1896-971English First Division51'
1897-981English First Division62'
1898-991English First Division
1899-001English First Division
1900-011English First Division10'
1901-021English First Division
1902-031English First Division80'
1903-041English First Division8'
1904-051English First Division
1905-061English First Division35'
1906-072English Second Division30'
1907-081English First Division42'
1908-091English First Division25'
1909-101English First Division80'
1910-111English First Division20'
1911-122English Second Division15'
1912-132English Second Division62'
1913-142English Second Division20'
1914-152English Second Division20'
1919-202English Second Division26'
1920-212English Second Division77'
1921-222English Second Division31'
1922-231English First Division28'
1923-241English First Division53'
1924-251English First Division46'
1925-262English Second Division
1926-272English Second Division61'
1927-282English Second Division14'
1928-292English Second Division15'
1929-302English Second Division79'
1930-312English Second Division12'
1931-322English Second Division78'
1932-332English Second Division52'
1933-342English Second Division77'
1934-352English Second Division26'
1935-362English Second Division1'
1936-372English Second Division16'
1937-382English Second Division63'
1938-392English Second Division25'
1939-400World War II80'
1946-472English Second Division65'
1947-482English Second Division36'
1948-492English Second Division36'
1949-503English Third Division (South)10'
1950-513English Third Division (South)17'
1951-522English Second Division32'
1952-532English Second Division20'
1953-542English Second Division16'
1954-552English Second Division85'
1955-562English Second Division43'
1956-572English Second Division6'
1957-581English First Division2'
1958-591English First Division88'
1959-601English First Division33'
1960-611English First Division27'
1961-621English First Division26'
1962-631English First Division62'
1963-641English First Division26'
1964-651English First Division16'
1965-661English First Division36'
1966-671English First Division73'
1967-681English First Division38'
1968-691English First Division60'
1969-701English First Division76'
1970-711English First Division16'
1971-721English First Division38'
1972-732English Second Division33'
1973-742English Second Division11'
1974-752English Second Division20'
1975-762English Second Division31'
1976-772English Second Division23'
1977-781English First Division33'
1978-791English First Division12'
1979-801English First Division46'
1980-811English First Division37'
1981-821English First Division25'
1982-831English First Division11'
1983-841Canon First Division65'
1984-851Canon First Division37'
1985-861Canon First Division53'
1986-871Today First Division37'
1987-881Barclays First Division59'
1988-891Barclays First Division66'
1989-901Barclays First Division59'
1990-911Barclays First Division50'
1991-921Barclays First Division60'
1992-931F.A. Carling Premier League29'
1993-942Endsleigh League Division One22'
1994-951F.A. Carling Premiership40'
1995-961F.A. Carling Premiership8'
1996-971F.A. Carling Premiership13'
1997-982Nationwide League Division One39'
1998-991F.A. Carling Premiership78'
1999-002Nationwide League Division One76'
2000-012Nationwide League Division One78'
2001-022Nationwide League Division One20'
2002-032Nationwide League Division One69'
2003-042Nationwide League Division One19'
2004-052Coca-Cola Championship55'
2005-063Coca Cola League One45'
2006-073Coca-Cola League One10'
2007-083Coca-Cola League One50'
2008-092Coca-Cola Championship35'
2009-102Coca-Cola Championship45'
2010-112npower Championship9'
2011-122npower Championship31'
2012-132npower Championship71'
2013-142npower Championship53'
2014-152npower Championship25'
2015-162npower Championship45'
2016-172Football League Championship23'
2017-182Football League Championship41'
2018-192Football League Championship46'
2019-202Football League Championship9'
2020-212Football League Championship35'
2021-222Football League Championship36'
2022-231Premier League45'
2023-241Premier League82'
2024-251Premier League23'
2025-261Premier League6'
2026-271Premier League24'