England's 68 Teenage Debutants
Plyr No.	Player  Club	Birthdate	Debut Date	Match	Age	tenth app
17 years old... (6)
1142	Theo Walcott  Arsenal	16 March 1989	30 May 2006 sub vs. Hungary		& 75 days	21 years 69 days
			after 23 first team apps and five goals
1125	Wayne Rooney  Everton	24 October 1985	12 February 2003 sub vs. Australia		& 111 days	18 years 117 days
			after 26 first team apps, five goals
		Rooney became the youngest starter on 2 April 2003 against Turkey. He was 17 years 160 days.
1158	Jude Bellingham  Borussia Dortmund	28 June 2003	12 November 2020 vs. Republic of Ireland		& 136 days	18 years 139 days
			after 47 first team apps and four goals
65	James Prinsep  Clapham Rovers	27 July 1861	5 April 1879 vs. Scotland		& 252 days	only appearance
84	Thurston Rostron  Darwen	21 April 1863	26 February 1881 vs. Wales		& 311 days	two appearances
1190	Raheem Sterling  Liverpool	8 December 1994	14 November 2012 vs. Sweden		& 342 days	19 years 305 days
			after 20 first team apps, one goal

18 years old... (15)
79	Clement Mitchell  Upton Park	20 February 1862	15 March 1880 vs. Wales	& 24 days
1086	Michael Owen  Liverpool	14 December 1979	11 February 1998 vs. Chile	& 59 days	18 years 265 days
			after 33 first team apps, fifteen goals
1242	Callum Hudson-Odoi  Chelsea	7 November 2000	22 March 2019 vs. Czech Republic	& 135 days
			after 22 first team apps, five goals
1145	Micah Richards  Manchester City	24 June 1988	15 November 2006 vs. Netherlands	& 144 days	19 years 145 days
			after 29 first team apps, two goals
745	Duncan Edwards  Manchester United	1 October 1936	2 April 1955 vs. Scotland (BC)	& 183 days	20 years 5 days
			after c.62 first team apps, six goals
1236	Jadon Sancho  Borussia Dortmund	25 March 2000	12 October 2018 vs. Croatia (NPL)	& 201 days	19 years 204 days
			after 19 first team apps, two goals
1215	Marcus Rashford  Manchester United	31 October 1997	27 May 2016 vs. Australia	& 209 days	19 years 305 days
			after 18 first team apps, eight goals
85	James Brown  Blackburn Rovers	31 July 1862	26 February 1881 vs. Wales	& 210 days
1167	Jack Wilshere  Arsenal	1 January 1992	11 August 2010 sub vs. Hungary	& 222 days	21 years 252 days
			after 29 first team apps, two goals
1201	Luke Shaw  Southampton	12 July 1995	5 March 2014 sub vs. Denmark	& 236 days	25 years 329 days
			after 57 first team apps
1181	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  Arsenal	15 August 1993	26 May 2012 sub vs. Norway	& 285 days	19 years 219 days
			after 69 first team apps, fourteen goals
295	Arthur Brown  Sheffield United	6 April 1885	29 February 1904 vs. Wales (BC)	& 329 days
1280	Kobbie Mainoo  Manchester United	19 April 2005	23 March 2024 sub vs. Brazil	& 339 days
			after 21 first team apps, two goals
1248	Mason Greenwood  Manchester United	1 October 2001	5 September 2020 (sub) 1-0 vs. Iceland (NLP)	& 340 days
			after 54 first team apps, eighteen goals
1277	Rico Lewis  Manchester City	21 November 2002	20 November 2023 1-1 vs. North Macedonia (ECP)	& 364 days
			after 33 first team apps
19 years old... (48)
1083	Rio Ferdinand  West Ham United	7 November 1978	15 November 1997 sub vs. Cameroon	& 8 days
			after 44 first team apps, two goals
647	Tommy Lawton  Everton	6 October 1919	22 October 1938 vs. Wales (BC)	& 16 days
			after 68+ first team apps, 48+ goals
585	Albert Geldard  Everton	11 April 1914	13 May 1933 vs. Italy	& 32 days
1253	Bukayo Saka  Arsenal	5 September 2001	8 October 2020 3-0 vs. Wales	& 33 days
			after 30 first team apps, two goals
1143	Aaron Lennon  Tottenham Hotspur	16 April 1987	3 June 2006 sub vs. Jamaica	& 48 days
			after 72 first team apps, three goals
47	Billy Mosforth  Wednesday	2 January 1858	3 March 1877 vs. Scotland	& 60 days
150	Billy Bassett  West Bromwich Albion	27 January 1869	7 April 1888 vs. Ireland (BC)	& 71 days
1128	Glen Johnson  Chelsea	23 August 1984	16 November 2003 sub vs. Denmark	& 85 days
			after 38 first team apps, two goals
780	Jimmy Greaves  Chelsea	20 February 1940	17 May 1959 vs. Peru	& 86 days
			after 84 first team apps, 59 goals
1100	Gareth Barry  Aston Villa	23 February 1981	31 May 2000 sub vs. Ukraine	& 98 days
			after 83 first team apps, three goals
132	Thelwell Pike  Brentwood, Cambridge University, Old Malvernians & Corinthians	17 November 1866	13 March 1886 vs. Ireland (BC)	& 116 days
64	Harold Morse  Notts County	4 December 1859	5 April 1879 vs. Scotland	& 122 days
1076	Phil Neville  Manchester United	21 January 1977	23 May 1996 vs. China	& 123 days
			after 37 first team apps
788	Joe Baker  Hibernian, Scotland	17 July 1940	18 November 1959 vs. Northern Ireland (BC)	& 124 days
1095	Jonathan Woodgate  Leeds United	22 January 1980	9 June 1999 vs. Bulgaria (BC)	& 138 days
			after 33 first team apps, two goals
1183	Jack Butland - GK  Birmingham City	10 March 1993	15 August 2012 vs. Italy	& 158 days
			after 24 first team apps
300	Jack Rutherford  Newcastle United	12 October 1884	9 April 1904 vs. Scotland (BC)	& 180 days
1210	Dele Alli  Tottenham Hotspur	11 April 1996	9 October 2015 vs. Estonia (ECP)	& 181 days
			after 98 first team apps, 25 goals
18	Walpole Vidal  Oxford University	3 September 1853	8 March 1873 vs. Scotland	& 186 days
1090	Wes Brown  Manchester United	13 October 1979	28 April 1999 vs. Hungary (ECP)	& 197 days
			after 22 first team apps
1107	Joe Cole  West Ham United	8 November 1981	25 May 2001 sub vs. Mexico	& 198 days
			after 77 first team apps, 7 goals
966	John Barnes  Watford	7 November 1963	28 May 1983 sub vs. Northern Ireland (BC)	& 202 days
			after 97 first team apps, 27 goals
140	Billy Moon - GK  Old Westminsters	27 June 1868	4 February 1888 vs. Wales (BC)	& 222 days
1205	Calum Chambers  Arsenal	20 January 1995	3 September 2014 sub vs. Norway	& 226 days
			after 31 first team apps
1176	Phil Jones  Manchester United	21 February 1992	7 October 2011 vs. Montenegro (ECP)	& 228 days
			after 48 first team apps
45	Lindsay Bury  Cambridge University & Old Etonians	9 July 1857	3 March 1877 vs. Scotland	& 237 days
603	Stan Matthews  Stoke City	1 February 1915	29 September 1934 vs. Wales (BC)	& 240 days
			after 50+ first team apps, 16+ goals
1233	Trent Alexander-Arnold  Liverpool	7 October 1998	7 June 2018 vs. Costa Rica	& 243 days
			after 26 first team apps
567	Cliff Bastin  Arsenal	14 March 1912	18 November 1931 vs. Wales (BC)	& 249 days
83	Arthur Bambridge  Swifts	16 June 1861	26 February 1881 vs. Wales	& 255 days
5	John Maynard - GK  First Surrey Rifles	18 March 1853	30 November 1872 vs. Scotland	& 257 days
922	Ray Wilkins  Chelsea	14 September 1956	28 May 1976 vs. Italy
57	Rupert Anderson - GK  Old Etonians	29 April 1859	18 January 1879 vs. Wales	& 264 days
114	James Forrest  Blackburn Rovers	24 June 1864	17 March 1884 vs. Wales (BC)	& 267 days
1196	Ross Barkley  Everton	5 December 1993	6 September 2013 sub vs. Moldova (WCP)	& 275 days
			after 39 first team apps, 5 goals
638	John Robinson  Sheffield Wednesday	10 August 1917	20 May 1937 vs. Finland	& 283 days
149	Charles Athersmith  Aston Villa	10 May 1872	5 March 1892 vs. Ireland (BC)	& 301 days
1108	Michael Carrick  West Ham United	25 July 1981	25 May 2001 sub vs. Mexico
			after 50 first team apps, 2 goals
1023	Lee Sharpe  Manchester United	27 May 1971	27 March 1991 sub vs. Republic of Ireland	& 304 days
			after 95 first team apps
972	Nick Pickering  Sunderland	4 August 1963	19 June 1983 vs. Australia	& 319 days
93	Robert King  Oxford University & Upton Park	4 April 1862	18 February 1882 vs. Ireland	& 320 days
118	Joseph Lofthouse  Blackburn Rovers	14 April 1865	28 February 1885 vs. Ireland (BC)
781	Tony Allen  Stoke City	27 November 1939	17 October 1959 vs. Wales (BC)	& 324 days
			after c.80 first team apps
824	Bobby Thomson  Wolverhampton Wanderers	5 December 1943	20 November 1963 vs. Northern Ireland (BC)	& 350 days
			after c.60 first team apps
739	Johnny Haynes  Fulham	17 October 1934	2 October 1954 vs. Northern Ireland (BC)	& 358 days
1123	Jermaine Jenas  Newcastle United	18 February 1983	12 February 2003 sub vs. Australia	& 359 days
			after 75 first team apps, 4 goals
810	Alan Hinton  Wolverhampton Wanderers	6 October 1942	3 October 1962 vs. France (ECP)	& 362 days

Evolution of the youngest player

In the first ever match on 30 November 1872, John Maynard was the youngest of the eleven debutants, and the only teenager... at 19 years and 257 days.

In the second match on 8 March 1873, Walpole Vidal played as one of two half-backs, he was 19 years and 186 days, taking 71 days off the record.

Billy Mosforth, on 3 March 1877, took to the field sixty days after becoming a nineteen year old. Removing 126 days from the record in the process.

It was two years later when the record took grasp and held for 123 years and ten months (45,238 days), when James Prinsep, aged just 17 years and 253 days, was chosen to play against the Auld Enemy, Scotland, on 5 April 1879.  The record was broken by Wayne Rooney on 12 February 2003 when he was a second half substitute against Australia. And three years after that, Theo Walcott shaved 36 days off the record when he played against Hungary on 30 May 2006.

Before Rooney become the youngest competitive player, as well as starter, against Turkey on 2 April 2003, Duncan Edwards held the record when he debuted as an 18-year old in a Home Championship match against Scotland on 2 April 1955. He in turn had taken the record from Arthur Brown, who was 18 years and 329 days old against Wales on 29 February 1904.  Billy Bassett (1888) and Thelwell Pike (1886) before him. James Forrest in 1884. Ahead of William Bromley-Davenport, and the very first Billy Rose.

Two or more teenagers together (involving an 18 year old)

Teenagers James Prinsep (17) and Harold Morse (19) debuted in the same match on 5 April 1879.
On 26 February 1881 against Wales, three teenagers made their first England appearance. Tot Rostron (17) , Jimmy Brown (18) and Arthur Bambridge (19).
In the following match, on 12 March 1881 against Scotland, Tot Rostron (17) and Clem Mitchell (19) were both making their second appearances.
On 18 February 1882, in the first meeting with Ireland, Robert King (19) also made his debut, while Jimmy Brown made his second appearance (19).

Michael Owen (18) and Rio Ferdinand (19) both played together in their second appearances on 25 March 1998. They were also substitutes together when the faced Belgium in May 1998, although by then, Owen was on five cap's Ferdinand, his third. Owen was there again when Ferdinand was winning his fourth cap, against Luxembourg on 14 October 1998. OWen was winning his twelfth, the last as an 18-year old.

Wayne Rooney (17) made his debut alongside Jermaine Jenas (19) against Australia on 12 February 2003.
Later in the year, 16 November 2003, Rooney, now 18, and winning his ninth cap, played alongside the debuting Glen Johnson (19) for thirty minutes.

Micah Richards (18) and Aaron Lennon (19) played together for ten minutes against Israel on 24 March 2007, and for 61 minutes in the follow-up against Andorra for days later.

Luke Shaw (18) debut as a second half substitute was spent during Raheem Sterling's (19) second appearance against Denmark on 5 March 2014. They spent ten minutes together in Shaw's next appearance and Sterling's fourth against Ecuador on 4 June 2014. Finally, they had 28 minutes together in the final World Cup Finals group game in 2014 against Costa Rica.

Two eighteen year olds together featured for the first time when since Rostron and Brown in February 1881 when Callum Hudson-Odoi came on as a 70th minute substutute, and he joined Jaden Sancho on the field against Czech Republic at Wembley on 22 March 2019.

Not many eighteen year olds have featured for England. For example, Theo Walcott never played again for over a year after his debut, and neither did Raheem Sterling. James Prinsep only ever played one match. Of the seventeen year olds, Tot Rostron played once more, whereas Rooney had made nineteen England appearances before he turned nineteen himself. The total number of appearances made up of players eighteen years and under only adds up to 66.

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