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England's 68 Teenage Debutants
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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 19 years
141 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 apperance's Ferdinand, his third. Owen was there again when Ferdinand was winning his fourth appearance, 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 appearance, 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 substitute, 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 21.

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