Who Will Follow Harry Kane As New Year's First Scorer?

Harry Kane began his record-breaking 2017 by scoring the year's first two Premier League goals.As we wait to discover his successor in 2018, Press Association Sport looks back at the first strike of each calendar year in the Premier League.1993: Mark Brennan, Ipswich 1 OLDHAM 21994: Tim Breacker, Everton 0 WEST HAM 1The full-back's sixth-minute header took the honours as Manchester United and Leeds drew 0-0.1995: Mick Harford, WIMBLEDON 2 Everton 1Harford scored the year's first two goals inside eight minutes.1996: John Ebbrell, Wimbledon 2 EVERTON 3The midfielder pounced in the first minute on New Year's Day.1997: Alan Shearer, NEWCASTLE 3 Leeds 0A fourth-minute volley saw Newcastle edge out rivals Sunderland, and Michael Bridges, by two minutes.1998: Paolo Di Canio, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 Newcastle 1Everton's Nick Barmby and West Ham's Frank Lampard scored elsewhere inside five minutes but Di Canio was off the mark within 60 seconds.1999: Hassan Kachloul, SOUTHAMPTON 3 Charlton 1 / Jason Euell, WIMBLEDON 2 Derby 1Both players struck in the eighth minute of their respective 3pm kick-offs.2000: Branko Strupar, DERBY 2 Watford 0The Belgian took just two minutes to score the first Premier League goal of the 21st century.2001: Marcus Stewart, Sunderland 4 IPSWICH 12002: Marcus Bent, IPSWICH 3 Charlton 2Bent exceeded even Harford's 1995 effort with two goals in the first five minutes on New Year's Day.2003: Juan Sebastian Veron (own goal), SUNDERLAND 1 Manchester United 2The Argentina playmaker inadvertently nodded in Gavin McCann's deflected shot for an unlikely opener.2004: Juan Pablo Angel, ASTON VILLA 2 Portsmouth 12005: Andy Cole, FULHAM 3 Crystal Palace 1Liverpool and Chelsea kicked off at 12.45 but Joe Cole's 80th-minute winner there was trumped by his namesake's fourth-minute strike in the 2pm clash.2006: Steven Davis, West Brom 1 ASTON VILLA 22007: Peter Crouch, LIVERPOOL 3 Bolton 0The England beanpole's unlikely speciality was on show as his bicycle kick broke Bolton's resistance after an hour.2008: Danny Murphy (pen), FULHAM 1 Chelsea 22009: Curtis Davies, ASTON VILLA 2 West Brom 12010: Tuncay Sanli, STOKE 3 Fulham 22011: Wayne Rooney, West Brom 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 2Rooney nodded in Patrice Evra's cross three minutes into the 12.45 kick-off.2012: Victor Anichebe, West Brom 0 EVERTON 12013: Dimitar Berbatov, West Brom 1 FULHAM 2Albion were on the receiving end for a third straight year and fifth out of eight.2014: Fernandinho, Swansea 2 MANCHESTER CITY 32015: Ryan Shawcross, STOKE 1 Manchester United 12016: Michail Antonio, WEST HAM 2 Liverpool 0In the 10th minute Antonio won a tackle near his own corner flag and, barely 20 seconds later, headed in Enner Valencia's cross.2017: Harry Kane, Watford 1 TOTTENHAM 4Full-back Kieran Trippier laid on the first two of Kane's eventual 39 league goals in the year in little over half an hour.2018: Brighton and Bournemouth have the first bite of the cherry, kicking off at 12.30 in the first of five New Year's Day games.

Source: PA-WIRE