After beginning his career on a two-year apprenticeship at
Portsmouth, Burrows played for non-league clubs
Cowes Sports,
Christchurch,
Brading Town,
Eastleigh and West Moors. His playing career included appearances in the
FA Cup,
FA Vase and was part of the Eastleigh Social Club squad that played in the
Carlsberg Pub Cup Final, held on 6 May 2000 at the old
Wembley Stadium. Burrows is recognised as scoring the sport's fastest ever goal, beating both the former English record of
Colin Cowperthwaite (3.5 seconds) and the world record held by
Ricardo Oliveira (2.8 seconds). The record was set in a reserve team match against
Eastleigh in 2004, when Burrows spotted the goalkeeper off his line and shot straight from kick-off. With the wind behind it the ball landed in the goal, and was recorded by the match referee at 2.5 seconds.
The Football Association later confirmed this goal was a world record for the sport. ==Death==