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Alan Shearer scored the fastest ever Premiership goal, a goal on 10 seconds playing for Newcastle United of the Barclay's Premiere League.Ledley King of Tottenham Hotspur equaled this feat, scoring on 10 seconds in their 3-3 draw with Bradford in the 2000/01 season.The fastest goal in an FA Cup Final occurred on 30 May, 2009, in the FA Cup Final in front of a crowd of over 90,000 at New Wembley Stadium, London: Louis Saha scored for Everton v Chelsea on 25 seconds of the first half. Saha's goal for Everton is also one of the fastest on record in top-flight English football (The Football Association Barclay's English Premiere League from 20 February 1992) in all competitions. Drogba's equalizer for Chelsea at 22.40 of the first half of the 2009 Final also marks the fastest that both teams have scored in an FA Cup Final.Wayne Rooney scored a goal in 53 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Eric Cantona was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League, when Leeds United beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 on August 15 1992.Efan Ekoku of Norwich City was the first player to score four goals in one Premier League match.Andy Cole was the first player to score five goals in a Premiership match, for Manchester United vs. Ipswich in the 1994/95 season. The final score was 9-0, which is also a Premiership record for the widest victory/defeat margin.Brian Deane scored the first ever Premiership goal, for Sheffield United vs. Manchester United on the opening day of the 1992/93 season.Les Ferdinand scored the Premiership's 10,000th goal in Tottenham Hotspur's 4-0 win over Fulham in December 2001.Manchester United's Ruud Van Nistlerooy holds the record for scoring in the most consecutive games. He scored in eight in a row during the 2001/02 season beating Mark Stein's record of seven set in the 1993/94 season whilst paying for Chelsea.Andy Turner became the youngest Premiership goal scorer when he netted for Tottenham Hotspur against Everton on September 5, 1992. He was aged just 17 years and 166 days.Jim Fryatt still holds the all-time fastest goal in English football at any level when he scored on 5 seconds on 25 April, 1964, playing in Division Four for Bradford Park Avenue v. Tranmere Rovers.Freddy Eastwood, playing in his League Four debut for Southend United v. Swansea City, scored his first League goal in his first League game on 7 seconds on 16 October, 2004.James Hayter, playing in League One football for AFC Bournemouth v. Wrexham on 23 February, 2004, scored the fastest hat trick (3 goals, without any other score on either side) in English football history, scoring all 3 goals within 2 minutes and 20 seconds. AFC Bournemouth defeated Wrexham 6-0.The fastest goal by a substitute was an astonishing 1.8 seconds after coming on by Nicklas Bendtner, playing in the Barclay's Premiere League for Arsenal v. Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December, 2007.
The Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001.
Wonder Bread sold 210 million loaves of bread in 2001
The list of earthquakes by year (1990-Present) or by country can be found at the USGS Earthquake Hazards website. In 2001 there was one earthquake magnitude 8 or greater, which was in Peru (M 8.4). The USGS provides a list of significant earthquakes for 2001 as well as a worldwide map of earthquakes for 2001 and previous years. See link below
The winners of the Belgian League in 2001 were RSC Anderlecht.
The Scottish League cup winners in 2001 were Celtic.
Russian Premier League was created in 2001.
NSW Premier League was created in 2001.
The team that won the Scottish Premier League in 2001 was Celtic.
Celtic won the Scottish League Championship in 2001.
Slovan Liberec were the winners of the Czech League in 2001.
The Scottish League cup winners in 2001 were Celtic.
Santos won the South African Premier Soccer League in 2001.
The team that won the League cup in 2001 was Liverpool in England.
They have had two runs in the premier league. The first was when the Premier League began in 1992-1993 and they were relagated in the 1994-1995 season The second was for two seasons from 2000-2001 and 2001-2002
Scottish Junior Football North Premier League was created in 2001.