A young West Brom striker with a highly unusual name quite literally wrote himself into the footballing trivia books this week by scoring what could be the most aptly-timed goal in history.
Justin Seven-Seven managed to pull a goal back for the Baggies’ Under-21 side in the latter stages of their National League Cup group-stage defeat against Sutton United on Tuesday night, coming off the bench to score in the 77th minute of the tie. Though the Sutton United admin didn’t get the memo and missed it by a minute.
Seven-seven pulls a goal back for West Brom.
⏱️ 78′ | 🦜 3-2 🪶
— Sutton United (@suttonunited) October 13, 2026
West Brom would go on to lose 3-2, but not before Seven-Seven (wearing No. 19 on the night) would almost certainly ensure his place in the great pantheon of football pub quiz questions with a goal of nigh-on unbelievable numerical coincidence.
Seven-Seven has been on the books at the Hawthorns since the age of nine, when he signed his first youth contract with the Championship club. He has since graduated through to the academy system and signed a two-year scholarship deal with his local team in July 2025.
Amazingly, there is actually a historical precedent for this kind of statistical goal-scoring quirk…
Didier Six
A winger named Didier Six (who was part of France’s Euro 84-winning squad) once scored for Valenciennes in the sixth minute of his side’s Coupe de France quarterfinal second leg against Nancy back in 1976.
Having lost the first leg 2-0, Six scored to give Valenciennes an early lead against Nancy in the second before swiftly adding another in the second half to level the tie on aggregate and force the game to extra time.
However, a late goal from Nancy’s Ange Di Caro was enough to send the away side through.
Armand One
Six’s efforts were bettered in October 2010 when French striker Armand Oné managed to score a decisive goal in a Scottish League Two encounter between East Stirlingshire and Stranraer within the first 60 seconds of the contest.
Admittedly glossing over the fact that Oné’s surname is actually pronounced “O-nay” in his native tongue, the former Stranraer forward’s effort against East Stirlingshire must surely go down as the fastest goal scored by a player with the same name as the minute in which the ball hit the back of the net. After all, it would take a player with the unlikely name of “Thirtyseconds” to beat it.
It should perhaps also be noted that Armand’s son, Ryan Oné, is also a striker who currently plays for Sheffield United — so there’s every chance lightning could strike twice should he successfully repeat his father’s heroics for the Blades at some point in the future.
Source: www.espn.com
