I know you won't be able to read this very well (at all), unless you have some miraculous magnifier, but you could buy the Sunday Times or apparently any Sunday paper, and find they have got all this Euros stuff...including The Sunday Sun.
Today, Marcus Rashford, born 31st October 1997, is captain of the England team and he is one of the youngest to wear the arm band, certainly since Michael Owen, 22 years + 125 days, led the England team to success 4-0 v Paraguay at Anfield in a friendly on April 17th 2002, in place of the injured regular captain David Beckham. Owen was the youngest England captain since Bobby Moore led the team in May 1963 aged 22y and 47 days in Bratislava v the Czech Rep, which Moore's team won 4-2.
The first England captain was Cuthbert Ottaway, of Eton College and Oxford University, young at 22 years and 134 days; he captained England in the first ever international match, against Scotland on 30th November 1872 at the West of Scotland Cricket Club-a 0-0 draw. He went on to captain England on just one further occasion in the country's third international match, on 7th March 1874, against Scotland again. There weren't many internationals in those days...actually ONE!
Alexander Morten captained England in his country's first "unofficial" international on home soil, 8th March 1873 vs Scotland, and was the first international captain to win a match, at the ripe old age of 41 years. This was his only international appearance. He played for The NoNames of Kilburn, (an amateur side), The Wanderers ("a gentleman's side") and Crystal Palace FC. He represented A London XI in an important trial game v Sheffield XI in 1866 and 1874. He retired in 1874.
Some old 'uns include a man of 22years + 100 days, Tinsley Lindley of Cambridge University, Nottingham Forest and The Corinthians (a very famous amateur team from the early days of football-they exported football to Brazil and founded the Corinthian Club Paulista, in Sao Paulo. Tinsley's first England game was on February 4th 1888 v Wales a 5-1 win at Crewe FC.
What's in name? Several others have played at a "young" age for England: William Rawson of Oxford University 22y+140days, Percy Walters of the Corinthians (an Old Carthusian-old boy of Charterhouse School) 22+165days, Basil Patchitt, also of the Old Carthusians and The Corinthians 22+278 days, Billy Moon, Old Westminsters (Westminster School Old Boy) and Corinthians 1891 22 + 301 days, Jack Hudson Sheffield Utd 1883 "was just 23 years old"! Stan Cullis of Wolves is the most recent youngster 1939 22+211days, who went on to manage the Wolves to some success in the 1950-60s
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