“The first Premier League goal of the season came after 87 minutes,” tweets Daniel Hill. “What is the longest wait for the first goal from the start of a Premier League campaign?”
The answer depends in part on whether you count minutes gone in the season or cumulative minutes played. Let us explain. Peter Beagrie scored the first goal of the 1993-94 season after 10 minutes of Everton’s game at Southampton. That was one of 10 3pm fixtures (standalone games at the start of the season weren’t a thing until 2003-04), so the first goal was scored 10 minutes after the season began, but also after 100 combined minutes of top-flight football up and down the country.
