CLOUGIE AND THEO

 Football On This Day: 30th May 1979

Cloughie leads unfashionable Nottingham Forest to a European Cup Final victory over Malmo in Munich. "Cloughie v Malmo" refers to the legendary 1979 European Cup Final where Brian Clough managed Nottingham Forest to a 1-0 victory against the Swedish side Malmö FF in Munich. The only goal of the match was scored by Trevor Francis. This was an amazing achievement – one which Forest repeated the following year to become the first club ever to win the European Cup more often than their own domestic League title.

and on the same date in 1996, just before the European Championships started, the England squad flew home from a Hong Kong tour and the flight coincided with Paul (yes, you can guess can't you??) 29th BIRTHDAY... apparently. There was a celebration by the squad, in flight and needless to say the Cathay Pacific plane (and probably staff!) suffered £5,000 worth of damage. The chaps created a drunken party and there was no where to go!

and on 30th May 2006, aged 17 years and 75 days, Theo Walcott became the youngest senior England international in the 3-1 victory over Hungary in a friendly, at Old Trafford. Theo broke the longstanding Wayne Rooney's record, when he came on as a 65th-minute substitute, for Michael Owen, in a friendly match against Hungary at Old Trafford. Another debut was given to the robotic dance celebration of Peter Crouch after he had scored England’s third goal.

Theo Walcott (now 37 years old)....below....

made his senior international debut for England on May 30 2006, in a 3-1 friendly victory against Hungary at Old Trafford. At just 17 years and 75 days old, he broke Wayne Rooney’s record to become England's youngest-ever senior international player. He came on as a 65th-minute substitute for Michael Owen. 

Theo's Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Southampton	21	(4)
2006–2018	Arsenal	270	(65)
2018–2021	Everton	77	(10)
2020–2021	→ Southampton (loan)	21	(3)
2021–2023	Southampton	29	(2)
Total		418	(84)