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England's Youngest Debutants
below the age of 20 years

England's Youngest Debutants
Player
No.		 Player Club Birthdate Match Date Opponent Age
1142 Theo J. Walcott Arsenal 16-Mar-1989 30-May-2006 Hungary 17 yrs. 75 days
1125 Wayne M. Rooney Everton 24-Oct-1985 12-Feb-2003 Australia 17 yrs. 111 days
65 James F. M. Prinsep Clapham Rovers 27-Jul-1861 05-Apr-1879 Scotland 17 yrs. 252 days
84 Thurston Rostron Darwen 21-Apr-1863 26-Feb-1881 Wales 17 yrs. 311 days
79 Clement Mitchell Upton Park 20-Feb-1862 15-Mar-1880 Wales 18 yrs. 23 days
1086 Michael J. Owen Liverpool 14-Dec-1979 11-Feb-1998 Chile 18 yrs. 59 days
1145 Micah L. Richards Manchester City 24-Jun-1988 15-Nov-2006 Netherlands 18 yrs. 144 days
745 Duncan Edwards Manchester United 01-Oct-1936 02-Apr-1955 Scotland 18 yrs. 183 days
85 James Brown Blackburn Rovers 31-Jul-1862 26-Feb-1881 Wales 18 yrs. 210 days
95 Arthur S. Brown Sheffield United 06-Apr-1885 29-Feb-1904 Wales 18 yrs. 328 days
47 William H. Mosforth Wednesday __-___-1858 03-Mar-1877 Scotland 18/19 yrs
71 Thomas Brindle Darwen __-___-1861 13-Mar-1880 Scotland
186 Henry E. Lilley Sheffield United __-___-1873 05-Mar-1892 Wales
1083 Rio G. Ferdinand West Ham United 07-Nov-1978 15-Nov-1997 Cameroon 19 yrs. 8 days
647 Thomas Lawton Everton 06-Oct-1919 22-Oct-1938 Wales 19 yrs. 16 days
585 Albert Geldard Everton 11-Apr-1914 13-May-1933 Italy 19 yrs. 32 days
1143 Aaron J. Lennon Tottenham Hotspur 16-Apr-1987 03-Jun-2006 Jamaica 19 yrs. 49 days
150 William I. Bassett West Bromwich Albion 27-Jan-1869 07-Apr-1888 Ireland 19 yrs. 70 days
1128 Glen M. Johnson Chelsea 23-Aug-1984 16-Nov-2003 Denmark 19 yrs. 85 days
780 James P. Greaves Chelsea 20-Feb-1940 17-May-1959 Peru 19 yrs. 86 days
64 Harold Morse Notts County early-1860 05-Apr-1879 Scotland 19 yrs & max 95 days
1100 Gareth Barry Aston Villa 23-Feb-1981 31-May-2000 Ukraine 19 yrs. 99 days
788 Joseph H. Baker Hibernian, Scotland 17-Jul-1940 18-Nov-1959 Northern Ireland 19 yrs. 123 days
1076 Philip J. Neville Manchester United 21-Jan-1977 23-May-1996 China 19 yrs. 124 days
1095 Jonathan S. Woodgate Leeds United 22-Jan-1980 09-Jun-1999 Bulgaria 19 yrs. 139 days
132 Thelwell M. Pike Cambridge University 17-Nov-1866 13-Mar-1886 Ireland 19 yrs. 146 days
300 John Rutherford Newcastle United 12-Oct-1884 09-Apr-1904 Scotland 19 yrs. 179 days
18 Robert W.S. Vidal Oxford University 03-Sep-1853 08-Mar-1873 Scotland 19 yrs. 186 days
1107 Joseph J. Cole West Ham United 08-Nov-1981 25-May-2001 Mexico 19 yrs. 199 days
966 John C.B. Barnes Watford 07-Nov-1963 28-May-1983 Northern Ireland 19 yrs. 202 days
140 William R. Moon Old Westminsters 27-Jun-1868 04-Feb-1888 Wales 19 yrs. 222 days
45 Lindsay Bury Cambridge University & Old Etonians 09-Jul-1857 03-Mar-1877 Scotland 19 yrs. 237 days
603 Stanley Matthews Stoke City 01-Feb-1915 29-Sep-1934 Wales 19 yrs. 240 days
567 Clifford S. Bastin Arsenal 14-Mar-1912 18-Nov-1931 Wales 19 yrs. 249 days
638 John Robinson Sheffield Wednesday 10-Aug-1917 20-May-1937 Finland 19 yrs. 283 days
1108 Michael Carrick West Ham United 25-Jul-1981 25-May-2001 Mexico 19 yrs. 302 days
1023 Lee S. Sharpe Manchester United 27-May-1971 27-Mar-1991 Republic of Ireland 19 yrs. 305 days
1123 Jermaine A. Jenas Newcastle United 18-Feb-1983 12-Feb-2003 Australia 19 yrs. 360 days

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