Is this soccer’s quickest EVER aim?

A South London membership owned by British rapper Stormzy and former Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha imagine they’ve damaged the document for the world’s quickest ever aim.

Croydon FC took on Cockfosters Development within the semi-finals of the London Senior Trophy on Saturday, and former Leeds United ahead Ryan Hall went for aim straight from kick-off.

His left-footed effort caught the goalkeeper off guard and looped over his head, with the aim being clocked at simply 2.31 seconds. 

Hall appeared shocked by his personal strike as he celebrated by holding his arms out vast whereas his team-mates mobbed him following his sensational aim.

Croydon – who’ve been owned by Stormzy and Zaha since final 12 months after the unlikely pair joined forces – posted the aim on their X account, and claimed it was the quickest aim in historical past earlier than asking for affirmation from the Guinness World Records.

Croydon FC scored a aim that looped over the goalkeeper’s head in simply 2.31 seconds

Former Leeds United star Ryan Hall was mobbed by his team-mates after his gorgeous aim

Croydon posted on X asking for affirmation from Guinness World Records as to whether or not they had scored the world’s quickest aim ever

Stormzy (left) and Wilfried Zaha (proper) joined forces final 12 months to purchase Croydon FC

The put up learn: ‘We’ve lastly bought a video of Ryan Hall scoring @Croydon_FC’s first aim in opposition to @CockfostersDev within the London Senior Trophy.

‘The aim was timed at 2.31 seconds, which we perceive to be the quickest aim in senior soccer on the planet. Can you verify @GWR?’

GWR responded to the aim with the reply ‘what successful son, what successful’, however they didn’t verify whether or not it was the quickest aim ever.

However, it seems that Hall’s aim may very well have simply missed out on being the quickest in historical past.

Gavin Stokes scored for Maryhill in opposition to Clydebank in a West of Scotland Super League First Division match after simply 2.1 seconds in 2017, with the aim going viral on social media.

That aim was the second-fastest ever, behind one netted by Nawaf Al Abed’s aim that got here after two seconds in a 4-0 win for Al-Hilal over Al Shoalah in Saudi Arabia.

Vuk Bakic additionally discovered the online after simply 2.2 seconds in a conflict between GSP Polet and FK Dorcol within the Serbian Second Division in 2012, which means Hall’s surprise strike could solely be the fourth-fastest aim ever.

It nonetheless eclipses the quickest ever Premier League aim, although, that was scored in 7.69 seconds by Southampton’s Shane Long in opposition to Watford in 2019.