The 29-year-old local lad scored Town's last goal before the club was cast into the football wilderness under the previous regime, finding the net in a 3-1 defeat to Greenwich Borough in February, 2003.
So it was fitting that Goodwin should usher in a new dawn at the football club with a super strike to cap 14 months of blood, sweat and tears that have seen Town rise from the ashes and start again as a family-based community club.
The stage was set for an unlikely upset in this revived Bob Amor Memorial Cup clash in front of 1,046 supporters and against a side that will be plying their trade two leagues higher than Town in the Southern League.
Town's battling new side were still dreaming at 2-2 and with just seconds left on the clock but then Sittingbourne went and spoiled the party by snatching a desperate winner with the very last kick of the game
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Surely, they had not read the script?
But it mattered little on a night when Faversham Town sent out an emphatic message to the footballing world - we're back!
Striker Goodwin revealed: "It was nice for me to score and a bit ironic I suppose, but what a great night. We were disappointed to lose but everyone worked really hard. Our players seemed to find an extra 20 minutes out there, playing on the adrenaline.
"James Holder played the ball back to me and I hit it first time. To be fair, I did well to get it on target but I think the keeper must have been unsighted because he didn't move. Not that I'm complaining!"
Goodwin, an outspoken critic of the previous regime, said it was a privilege to play at the revamped Salters Lane.
He insisted: "Everyone is enjoying it, we all want to play. You just have to look at the facilities and all the hard work that's gone into the place over the last year or so. It's a great place to play football again.
"The club folded not long after I scored that goal against Greenwich. We knew nothing of the money problems back then. But now we are all enjoying our football and who wouldn't with the friendlies that are coming up.
"Whitstable, Ramsgate, Maidstone and Herne Bay are games that alot of Kent League club would like to be playing. It's been a really good start."
Goodwin's goal after just 10 minutes of the Bob Amor - a game last played between the two clubs in 1984 - was cancelled out by the higly-rated Kieran Marsh five minutes before the break.
Marsh was on the end of a Bradley Spice free-kick to head home but Town were not about to let the game slip away from them and local favourite Julian Beale made it 2-1 on the stroke of half-time, drilling home a loose ball.
Anthony Whitehead, replacing Tim Holmes in goal for the second half, made a cracking save to keep out Marsh on 66 minutes but was powerless to stop the impressive Bourne player from firing in the rebound.
Town looked set for a creditable draw until the very last seconds of this exciting opener before the footballing gods decided to throw a massive spanner in the works.
Mark Smith conceded a corner on the right and the resultant flag kick saw the ball twice fly across the face of goal before Kris Browning made a hash of a clearance.
The loose ball was heading straight for the net before Mark Lovell pounced on the chance to boost his goal tally.
Yet Town boss Terry Cordice, who prefers to be called TC, said he had credited the goal to Browning and not Lovell.
He revealed: "The ball was going over anyway so it's a goal for Kris Browning in my book. He's also been fined for his trouble!"
And he added: "On the whole, I thought it went very well. I spoke to a few people in the game who were there and they were impressed with how we played considering it was our first time out.
"They believe, like us, that we have the makings of a very good side.
"We went out to win the game against a side two leagues higher than ourselves and almost got the draw we deserved. I was disappointed to lose but nevertheless very proud of our lads."
TC revealed that he was still looking to make changes and bring in new players.
He said: "We have more players to look at in the next couple of weeks and will continue to experiment in the games against Whitstable on Thursday and Ramsgate on Saturday.
"After that, I will be looking to play a settled side as we approach the first league game. So places are very much up for grabs.
"The sides that have started both games for me will not necessarily be the one we go for in the end. No one has been ruled out or in for that matter."
The Bob Amor Memorial Cup clash followed exhibition matches by Faversham Town Juniors and Strikeforce which helped to swell the crowd to over 1,000 and commercial manager Ray Leader was thrilled with the turnout.
He said: "We hope that everyone had a great time. This is a new start for the football club and we are really hoping that we can attract some decent crowds to Salters Lane this season.
"As we've always thought, the potential is certainly there so let's just see how far we can go."
Vice-chairman John Webb concluded: "It's been a memorable night for us all after a tremendously hard battle to get the club back on its feet. I'd like to thank everyone for coming along and making our big return so special.
"And with more than 1,000 turning up to join the party, we'd like to invite them all back for Thursday's game against Whitstable and then Ramsgate on Saturday!"
WE'RE BACK: Faversham Town line up before their game with Sittingbourne
Picture courtesy of: www.jasondoddphotography.com
