When Harry Kane came on to the sacred
turf on Friday, we all knew what was going to happen. Within 78
seconds or it may have been 80, so say, he nestled on the back post,
allowed the hapless Lithuanian defender time to ball watch and
Sterling deliver a sumptuous cross for our old fashioned centre
forward to head down and in to the goal. A better goalkeeper might
have saved it. Gordon Banks would have done and probably popped it
over the bar rather than to the side.
Bill Nicholson, who later became Spurs
manager, scored an English international goal in 19 seconds against a
Portugal team in 1951 that probably hadn't got itself sorted out.
John Cock, knocked one in, so to speak,
for England in 30 seconds in a Victory International against Ireland
in 1919. Cock was the first Cornishman to represent England and he
played at Huddersfield, Brentford as a guest in the war years, and
for Chelsea in his prime, being bought by the Blues for £2500, a
record at the time. He ended up at Millwall, playing 115 games for 77
goals. His career wound up with minor teams but he played on, was an
actor being described a good looking with a tenor voice, so he
performed in films also, such as “The Winning Goal” in 1920.
Cock later ran a pub in New Cross and
died in April 1966, before he could see England win the World Cup.
The fastest England sub's goal was from
Teddy Sheringham in 15 seconds, coming on against Greece in a 2-2
draw in 2001 in a World Cup qualifier and Bryan Robson only took 38
seconds to score the quickest World Cup goal at Wembley against
Yugoslavia in December 1989.
Tommy Lawton, from the kick off brought
the Portuguese back to the centre spot after only 17 seconds in 1947,
the goal was he first of 10!
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