\u201cBirmingham\u2019s August Priske scored the only goal at Swansea in the League Cup on 8 August. Can you think of any other examples of players scoring in their namesake months?\u201d wonders Paul Tiffen.<\/p>\n
Our wonderful readers have managed to cover the entire year, pretty much, so let\u2019s get going. The list below includes just some of the many examples you sent in.<\/p>\n
January
\u201cNot all last names exist for English months, so I also took month names in some other languages,\u201d writes Mykola Kozlenko. \u201cI only accepted exact spellings, [so] I don\u2019t accept Auguste or Augustin for the month of August, but Agosto is fine.\u201d As is Janvier, which gave Mykola their first goalscorer: \u201cNicolas Janvier. Scored on 30 January 2016 for Lannion v Rennes Reserves.\u201d<\/p>\n
February
\u201cJayden Fevrier. Scored on 3 February 2024 for Colchester against Forest Green Rovers,\u201d writes Mykola.<\/p>\n
March
\u201cIn German, March is \u2018M\u00e4rz\u2019,\u201d writes Dirk Maas. \u201cIn the 1992-93 edition of the 2. Bundesliga, Heiko M\u00e4rz scored twice in March, for Hansa Rostock against St. Pauli and Darmstadt.\u201d Dirk also points out that Solly March\u2019s portfolio of goals in March includes two for Brighton in FA Cup quarter-finals: against Millwall in 2019 and Grimsby in 2023.<\/p>\n
Solly March heads home for Brighton in their 5-0 FA Cup quarter-final victory over Grimsby in March 2023. Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PA<\/p>\n
April
\u201cApril Heinrichs scored twice for the USA on April Fools\u2019 Day 1991 against Yugoslavia in the Grand Hotel Varna Tournament in Bulgaria,\u201d writes Dan Almond. \u201cShe also scored on 3 April against Hungary and again in the final as the USA beat USSR 5-0.\u201d<\/p>\n
May
\u201cDavid May scored the opening goal in Manchester United\u2019s final game of the 1995-96 season,\u201d writes Sinan Eccles. \u201cThe 3-0 win against Middlesbrough at the Riverside on 5 May 1996 secured the title for United. Andy Cole and Ryan Giggs scored the others. Eric Cantona got the late winner in a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup final to secure United their second domestic double in three seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
David May (right) is congratulated by Roy Keane after opening the scoring against Middlesbrough in May 1996. Photograph: Michael Mayhew\/Allstar<\/p>\n
Matt Beaumont points out that Alfie May scored on 7 May 2023 for Cheltenham Town v Charlton \u2013 and then joined the Addicks two months later, leaving as Cheltenham\u2019s record goalscorer.<\/p>\n
June
Back to Mykola Kozlenko: \u201cBrazil\u2019s Edigar Junio scored on 22 June 2019 for Yokohama F Marinos against Matsumoto Yamaga in the J-League.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edigar Junio scores the winner for Yokohama F Marinos in their J-League match against Matsumoto Yamaga in June 2019. Photograph: Masashi Hara\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
July
Three goalscoring Julios in July were found by Mykola \u2026<\/p>\n
Anderson Julio (Ecuador), 13 July 2023, Real Salt Lake v Sporting KC<\/p>\n
Jhojan Julio (Ecuador), 31 July 2019, LDU Quito v Olimpia<\/p>\n
Junior Julio Bueno (Armenia), 20 July 2023, Ararat-Armenia v Egnatia<\/p>\n
Anderson Julio wheels away in celebration after scoring for Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City in July 2023. Photograph: Bill Barrett\/ISI Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
August
Michael St John-Mcalister offers August Lohapresert, the Sweden-born midfielder who won an under-23 cap for Thailand. Turns out the internet isn\u2019t entirely bad, for it has provided details of Gais Under-19\u2019s 2-1 victory over Kalmar FF Under-19s on 16 August 2012. Both Gais\u2019s goals were scored by their substitute, the aforementioned Lohapresert.<\/p>\n
September
Back to Mykola for the last few. \u201cMateusz Wrzesien (Poland). Scored on 26 September 2018 for Baltyk Koszalin v Rozwoj Katowice.\u201d We should probably clarify that Wrzesien is September in Polish.<\/p>\n
October
Pasquale Ottobre scored a brace on 25 October 2009 for Fidelis Andros against Virtus Lanciano in Italy\u2019s Lega Pro. (Note: Pasquale is a name usually given to those born around Easter or Passover, although Ottobre was born in \u2026 November.)<\/p>\n
November
Tymofiy Lystopad (Ukraine). Scored on 7 November 2015 in Desna Chernihiv v Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. Lystopad is November in Ukrainian<\/p>\n
December
This was the only month for which we didn\u2019t receive a goalscoring answer, but Mykola Kozlenko did find a manager: Frantz D\u00e9cembre, the Haitian who managed several clubs in the 2010s. We don\u2019t have a specific game, but it\u2019s probably a fair bet that at least one of his teams scored at least one goal in December.<\/p>\n
Caught in no-man\u2019s land<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the recent Leagues Cup clash between Tigres and Vancouver Whitecaps, Tigres goalkeeper Nahuel Guzm\u00e1n received a straight red card for pushing the referee. The incident took place near the halfway line. What is the furthest upfield that a goalkeeper has received a straight red card?\u201d asks Eoin Fegan.<\/p>\n
Back in 2015, West Ham\u2019s Adri\u00e1n came forward for a corner late on against Leicester at Upton Park \u2013 but when the ball was cleared and the visitors threatened to break, the keeper caught Jamie Vardy with a high boot, and was shown a straight red card. Adri\u00e1n insisted that the foul was accidental, tweeting: \u201cNever in my career I have kicked nobody with bad intention to deserve a red card.\u201d West Ham appealed the decision, but it was upheld and Adri\u00e1n received a three-match ban.<\/p>\n
Knowledge archive<\/p>\n
In the Highland League match on 8 August between Forres Mechanics and Fraserburgh, Forres defender Ewan Neil was sent off for a foul just seven seconds after the match kicked off, and Fraserburgh awarded a penalty kick,\u201d writes Sid Bright. \u201cWhat is the quickest penalty ever awarded in a match?\u201d<\/p>\n
We previously looked at this topic in 2017, after a similar question from Stephen Yoxall. He saw his team, Witton Albion, win a penalty after six seconds<\/a> in an FA Trophy tie against Chester FC when Tolani Omotola was fouled by Blaine Hudson.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what we wrote at the time: \u201cWitton\u2019s penalty was awarded after just 6.18 seconds. It was saved, but Bradley Bauress followed up his own spot-kick to score the rebound. Omotola was then sent off later in the first half, before Hudson \u2013 probably fortunate to avoid a dismissal with the initial penalty \u2013 picked up a second booking during the second period. Witton\u2019s coach Paul Moore was later sent to the stands, before the visitors\u2019 Matthew Devine gave away a late penalty, which earned him a red card, and Chester an equaliser. The nine men were beaten when Chester\u2019s Elliott Durrell grabbed an injury-time winner.\u201d<\/p>\n