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Vipotnik's West Brom strike the second-quickest in Swans history

2025-12-01 15:18
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Vipotnik's West Brom strike the second-quickest in Swans history

It took Zan Vipotnik just under 12 seconds to put Swansea City ahead against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. The striker lobbed Baggies goalkeeper Josh Griffiths after a wonderful through ball from ...

Vipotnik's West Brom strike the second-quickest in Swans historyStory byBBCMon, December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM UTC·1 min read

It took Zan Vipotnik just under 12 seconds to put Swansea City ahead against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

The striker lobbed Baggies goalkeeper Josh Griffiths after a wonderful through ball from Goncalo Franco.

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The 23-year-old Slovenian has impressed this season and his strike on the weekend made it seven Championship goals from 16 games.

But while Vipotnik's goal will be one of the quickest scored this season, he just misses out on Swansea's all-time fastest goal.

That record has been held by Leonard Thompson for almost a century, after his strike against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1926.

Thompson spent five years with the Swans from 1922 to 1927, scoring 89 goals in 188 appearances.

His goal against Wolves in 1926 took just 10 seconds, and remains the quickest goal scored in Swansea City history.

It was one of a number of goals scored that season which helped the Swans win promotion from the old Third Division South.

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