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England's Youngest Debutants
below the age of 20 years

England's Youngest Debutants
Plyr
No.

Player
 Club

Birthdate Match Date Opponent Age
1142 Theo J. Walcott
 Arsenal
16 March 1989 30 May 2006 Hungary 17 yrs. 75 days
1125 Wayne M. Rooney
 
Everton
24 October 1985 12 February 2003 Australia 17 yrs. 111 days
65 James F. M. Prinsep
 Clapham Rovers
27 July 1861 5 April 1879 Scotland 17 yrs. 252 days
84 Thurston Rostron
 Darwen
21 April 1863 26 February 1881 Wales 17 yrs. 311 days
79 Clement Mitchell
 Upton Park
20 February 1862 15 March 1880 Wales 18 yrs. 23 days
1086 Michael J. Owen
 Liverpool
14 December 1979 11 February 1998 Chile 18 yrs. 60 days
1145 Micah L. Richards
 Manchester City
24 June 1988 15 November 2006 Netherlands 18 yrs. 144 days
745 Duncan Edwards
 Manchester United
1 October 1936 2 April 1955 Scotland 18 yrs. 183 days
85 James Brown
 Blackburn Rovers
31 July 1862 26 February 1881 Wales 18 yrs. 210 days
295 Arthur S. Brown
 Sheffield United
6 April 1885 29 February 1904 Wales 18 yrs. 328 days
47 William H. Mosforth
 Wednesday
1858 3 March 1877 Scotland 18/19 yrs
71 Thomas Brindle
 Darwen
1861 13 March 1880 Scotland
186 Henry E. Lilley
 Sheffield United
1873 5 March 1892 Wales
1083 Rio G. Ferdinand
 West Ham United
7 November 1978 15 November 1997 Cameroon 19 yrs. 8 days
647 Thomas Lawton
 Everton
6 October 1919 22 October 1938 Wales 19 yrs. 16 days
585 Albert Geldard
 Everton
11 April 1914 13 May 1933 Italy 19 yrs. 32 days
1143 Aaron J. Lennon
 Tottenham Hotspur
16 April 1987 3 June 2006 Jamaica 19 yrs. 49 days
150 William I. Bassett
 West Bromwich Albion
27 January 1869 7 April 1888 Ireland 19 yrs. 70 days
1128 Glen M. Johnson
 Chelsea
23 August 1984 16 November 2003 Denmark 19 yrs. 85 days
780 James P. Greaves
 Chelsea
20 February 1940 17 May 1959 Peru 19 yrs. 86 days
64 Harold Morse
 Notts County
early 1860 5 April 1879 Scotland 19 yrs & max 95 days
1100 Gareth Barry
 Aston Villa
23 February 1981 31 May 2000 Ukraine 19 yrs. 99 days
788 Joseph H. Baker
 Hibernian, Scotland
17 July 1940 18 November 1959 Northern Ireland 19 yrs. 123 days
1076 Philip J. Neville
 
Manchester United
21 January 1977 23 May 1996 China 19 yrs. 124 days
1095 Jonathan S. Woodgate
 Leeds United
22 January 1980 9 June 1999 Bulgaria 19 yrs. 138 days
132 Thelwell M. Pike
 Brentwood, Cambridge University, Old Malvernians & Corinthians
17 November 1866 13 March 1886 Ireland 19 yrs. 146 days
300 John Rutherford
 Newcastle United
12 October 1884 9 April 1904 Scotland 19 yrs. 179 days
18 Robert W.S. Vidal
 Oxford University
3 September 1853 8 March 1873 Scotland 19 yrs. 186 days
1107 Joseph J. Cole
 West Ham United
8 November 1981 25 May 2001 Mexico 19 yrs. 198 days
966 John C.B. Barnes
 Watford
7 November 1963 28 May 1983 Northern Ireland 19 yrs. 202 days
140 William R. Moon
 Old Westminsters
27 June 1868 4 February 1888 Wales 19 yrs. 222 days
45 Lindsay Bury
 Cambridge University & Old Etonians
9 July 1857 3 March 1877 Scotland 19 yrs. 237 days
603 Stanley Matthews
 Stoke City
1 February 1915 29 September 1934 Wales 19 yrs. 240 days
567 Clifford S. Bastin
 Arsenal
14 March 1912 18 November 1931 Wales 19 yrs. 249 days
114 James H. Forrest
 Blackburn Rovers
24 June 1864 17 March 1884 Wales 19 yrs. 267 days
638 John Robinson
 Sheffield Wednesday
10 August 1917 20 May 1937 Finland 19 yrs. 283 days
149 W. Charles Athersmith
 
Aston Villa
10 May 1872 5 March 1892 Ireland 19 yrs. 301 days
1108 Michael Carrick
 West Ham United
25 July 1981 25 May 2001 Mexico 19 yrs. 302 days
1023 Lee S. Sharpe
 
Manchester United
27 May 1971 27 March 1991 Republic of Ireland 19 yrs. 305 days
118 Joseph M. Lofthouse
 Blackburn Rovers
14 April 1865 28 February 1885 Ireland 19yrs. 320 days
781 Anthony Allen
 Stoke City
27 November 1939 17 October 1959 Wales 19 yrs. 324 days
120 James T. Ward
 Blackburn Olympic
28 March 1865 14 March 1885 Wales 19 yrs. 351 days
824 Robert T. Thomson
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 December 1943 20 November 1963 Northern Ireland
1123 Jermaine A. Jenas
 Newcastle United
18 February 1983 12 February 2003 Australia 19 yrs. 360 days

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