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Published 15:23 4 Sept 2015 BST
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Smalling entered the book for the fastest Premier League goal by a substitute from kick-off when he opened the scoring against Sean Dyche's side in February.
And his second effort 38 minutes later meant that he'd be in the book twice as the proud owner of the record for most goals in the Premier League scored by a substitute in the first half.
Smalling is now among the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, who himself earned a number of records this year including becoming the leading hat-trick scorer in La Liga (27) and the most followed athlete and person on both Facebook (over 100 million likes) and Twitter (over 27m followers).
New York City FC's Frank Lampard also earned a record when he scored against former side Chelsea - the 39th different club against which he has found the net.
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