Newcastle Blue Star's Lee Novak scored direct from the kick off against Bamber Bridge on Wednesday to give his side the lead after about six seconds of the match. Which although a mighty achievement, has been done before.

However, David McTiernen doubled Newcastle Blue Star's lead after 47 seconds. Is this the quickest a team has ever taken a two goal lead? And can I start a thread about Unibond div 1 North football without shoehorning a clumsy FC United reference in?

Apparently not.

Not quite the same thing, but I was playing in a match about five or six years ago in which the opposition kicked off, one of their players beat about three of ours and was then clattered into just inside our penalty area. Our player got a red card, and the match had to be abandoned because the guy broke his leg. I'd estimate that the whole match lasted about 12 seconds.

Antonio Gramsci wrote:

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Apparently not.

Good. Then no one will mind me posting this, then:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xosnfkERvsQ

In a football match during a PE lesson, a friend and I once kicked off, passed the ball between us through the middle of the opposition, and I scored. They restarted, he tackled them, and we passed the ball between us through the middle of the opposition before I set him up to score. It wasn't being exactly timed but it can't have been in play for over a minute. We were about 14.

I'm terrible at football, have played one half of a proper organised match in my life, but those PE lessons were great, because everyone else in the class was even bloody worse than me, and I could pretend I was Pelé in comparison. Oh, to go back...

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WE HAVE RECIEVED CONFIMATION THAT OUR 2 GOAL FLURRY WITHIN THE TIME FRAME OF 47 SECONDS, COURTESY OF LEE NOVAK AND DAVID MCTIERNAN IS A WORLD RECORD!!

Do Blue Star hit the record books?
TWO NIL UP IN 47 SECCONDS!

On Wednesday evening Newcastle Blue Star were victorious against Bamber Bridge, winning 3-0. However, the first 2 goals were scored in an astonishing time of 47 secconds as stated by referee Mr Clayton!

Lee Novak netted the first goal in just over the record of time of 4 seconds but it was when David McTiernan slotted in the next goal at only 47 seconds that everyone was left wondering whether Blue Star had made the record books.

Blue Star are currently awaiting confirmation from the FA.

Newcastle Blue Star have impressed a lot of people this past week. They seem to be a great little club run by people who have shown an enormous amount of class. They've restored my faith in the North East. Almost.