Premier League: Fastest goals in EPL history ranked after Shane Long breaks the record

#2 Ledley King: 9.82 seconds for Tottenham vs. Bradford City – 2000/01

Bradford City had a pretty diabolical time in the 2000/01 season, as they were relegated from the Premier League after finishing rock bottom with a total of just 26 points.

They also shipped a massive 70 goals – but even the Bantams’ leaky defence couldn’t really be blamed for conceding Ledley King’s ultra-fast goal scored against them for Tottenham in December 2000.

The goal saw a – you guessed it – long punt up the field cleared by Bradford’s defence, only for the ball to fall into the path of King. The future Spurs captain controlled it, dribbled it forward and hit a right-footed shot towards goal.

The shot was actually a pretty tame one, but it took a horrible deflection off a defender and goalkeeper Matt Clarke horribly off-guard, leaving him as a static bystander as the ball bobbled into the net.

The game turned out to be an absolute thriller – the sides played out a 3-3 draw with Bradford coming from 1-3 down and Benito Carbone rescuing a point with an 89th minute equaliser – but today it’s obviously more well-remembered for King’s astonishingly quick goal, which held the record as the Premier League’s fastest for 19 years before it was finally broken a week ago.