Monday 11 February 2019

YOUTHFUL CAPS

On February 11th 1998, Michael Owen at 18 years and 59 days old became the youngest England international footballers in the 20th Century. He played against Chile at Wembley and England lost 2-0! England have played Chile six times, winning twice, drawing twice and losing twice. England did win a World Cup qualifier against them on June 25th 1950, so there. In our six games we have managed 3 goals and conceded 6. Not impressive and quite frankly it leave me "cold".

Eventually Owen had success; remember v West Germany 5-1 on the 1st September 2001? (where were you when that happened?) and of course he appeared 89 times and scored 40 goals.
His last appearance for England was v France on March 26th 2008 coming on as a sub for Wayne Rooney in Paris. In that game David Beckham became the 5th England player to achieve 100 England caps; and the others were.....
England fans celebrate
BW, BM, BC, PS......know them?

btw have a look at tomorrow's historic event!
and this link will take you to James Prinsep and Old Carthusian and Tot Tostron! both young record makers.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/england/tab/stats/option/youngest/

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