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Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:49 am
by patrickblue
Someone's having a laugh here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26162408

I've not cut and pasted because you need to see the original.

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:32 am
by bluemoon
Covered here mate - viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781

Reminds me of Obefemi Martins, remember him? Did they ever prove how old he was?

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:32 am
by bluemoon
Covered here http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781mate

Reminds me of Obefemi Martins, remember him? Did they ever prove how old he was?

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 2:33 am
by DoomMerchant
bluemoon wrote:Covered here [url="http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781"]http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781[/url]mate

Reminds me of Obefemi Martins, remember him? Did they ever prove how old he was?


I shit you not I just saw him playing on TV and they referred to him as "28 yr old" Obafemi Martens. I chuckled.

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:33 am
by Pretty Boy Lee
Fuck me 41. That's some funny shit.

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:13 pm
by Niall Quinns Discopants
DoomMerchant wrote:
bluemoon wrote:Covered here [url="http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781"]http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781[/url]mate

Reminds me of Obefemi Martins, remember him? Did they ever prove how old he was?


I shit you not I just saw him playing on TV and they referred to him as "28 yr old" Obafemi Martens. I chuckled.


Nothing peculiar about Martens. I mean at 28 why not go MLS to wind down your career.

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 3:17 pm
by Slim
bluemoon wrote:Covered here http://www.mancityfans.net/mcfnet/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=47781mate

Reminds me of Obefemi Martins, remember him? Did they ever prove how old he was?


That was the point of the whole thing and probably this too, there are no records to prove it one way or the other.

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:17 pm
by Mase
I reckon Kanu was about 32 when he was a "promising youngster"

Re: Oldest teenager in football

PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:22 pm
by PeterParker
I still can't believe Essien is just 30.