When Matt Sargent scored after 87 seconds with his first touch of the ball against Kettering Town the question was asked if a Chester player had ever scored a quicker goal on his league debut.
The previous record holder for the reformed club was Johnny Hunt who scored after 4 minutes in the first game of the 2015/16 season when Chester beat Braintree Town 1-0.
Special mention should be made to Jamie Menagh who scored in the 8th and 10th minute in a 4-1 win over Lincoln City in December 2013 while Akwasi Asante scored a hat trick in 69 minutes against Darlington in December 2018 on his debut.
The following table is a definitive list of goalscoring league debutants since the club reformed in 2010 with the quickest first.
- Matt Sargent v Kettering Town 19/3/22 – 87 seconds
- Johnny Hunt v Braintree Town 8/8/15 – 4 minutes
- Wayne Riley v Kidderminster Harriers 25/8/14 – 5 minutes (substitute 78 score 83)
- Rob Hopley v Warrington Town 24/8/10 – 6 minutes
- Jamie Menagh v Lincoln City 21/12/13 – 8 minutes
- James McCarthy v Skelmersdale United 20/11/10 – 11 minutes (substitute 72 score 83)
- Jordan Archer v Barrow 24/10/17 – 11 minutes
- Brendon Daniels v Vauxhall Motors 23/2/13 – 12 minutes
- Luke Holden v Whitby Town 12/11/11 – 14 minutes
- Matt McNeil v Rushall Olympic 13/8/11 – 14 minutes
- Matt McGinn v FC United 24/8/11 – 17 minutes
- Levi Mackin v Rushall Olympic 7/1/12 – 17 minutes (substitute 73 score 90)
- Danny O’Brien v Altrincham 16/2/16 – 26 minutes
- Akwasi Asante v Darlington 1/12/18 – 27 minutes
- Jack Redshaw v Blyth Spartans 25/9/21. – 27 minutes (substitute 59 score 86)
- Chris Simm v Ossett Albion 22/1/11 – 43 minutes
- James Caton v Grimsby Town 12/4/14 – 45 (substitute 45 score 90)
- Okera Simmonds v Curzon Ashton 22/1/22 – 47 minutes
- Matty Taylor v Welling United 1/2/14 – 55 minutes
- Declan Weeks v Kidderminster Harriers 6/10/20 – 57 minutes
- Cain Noble v Maidstone United 21/4/18 – 58 minutes
- Jerome Wright v Burscough 17/8/11 – 62 minutes
- Danny Williams v Vauxhall Motoirs 30/10/12 – 65 minutes
- Conor Wilkinson v Aldwershot 2/11/13 – 67 minutes
- Matty Hughes v Aldershot 7/10/14 – 80 minutes
Chester Football History 
If we go back to the old club, I remember David (Slipper) Read scoring at the Sealand Road end in the first minute of his debut in a 2-2 draw v. Newport County (13 0ct, 1962 according to On the Borderline). He had just signed from Wolves and this was also his football league debut. Although a forward who stayed until 1966/67, opportunities were limited in the ‘Famous Five’ era and he only scored another 5 league goals for us.
Thanks Graeme. Someone else mentioned Dave Read to me as well so it seems a good shout for the quickest goalscoring debutant pre 2010 but its a harder fact to check.