All time XI of under 18 Notts debutants

[upthemaggies]

... Jermaine Pennant made his debut for Notts away at Sheffield United, a few days before his 16th birthday. He was then stolen by Arsenal and allowed to rot.

He played in the FL Trophy as well a few weeks before that, came on as a sub for the last 20 mins against Hull City at Meadow Lane (our then record lowest home attendance for a competitive fixture)

I think Wayne Dulk made his debut at 16 around that time also. I've been putting player details into a database but I've only done mid-1960s to mid 1980s so far, plus a few old legends. Albert Iremonger was still only 20 when he first played for Notts, 41 when he finished. Tom Keetley, who might be described as our greatest ever striker with his record, was 30 when he made his Notts debut.

One somewhat disturbing fact I stumbled across, which I don't think is common knowledge, is that late 1960s player John Murphy died at the age of 21, just over a year after he returned to Scotland. his death is not acknowledged in the official history book, so it must have been something that was not known to the club at the time. I've no idea how he died. Anybody know? Possibly the youngest ex-Notts player to pass away.