Some Max Dowman Facts:
- Youngest ever Premier League goal scorer by 197 days , previous record holders were:
- James Vaughan for Everton, April 2005, 16 years, 271 days
- James Milner for Fulham, 26 December 2002, 16 years 356 days
- Wayne Rooney for Everton (against Arsenal), 19 October 2002, 16 years 360 days
- Youngest ever Arsenal goal scorer, beating Cesc Fabregas by 139 days. You might recognize some of the other names on the list:
- Cesc Fabregas, December 2003, 16 years, 212 days
- Jack Wilshere, September 2008, 16 years, 266 days
- Stewart Robson, March 1982, 17 years, 127 days
- Arturo Lupoli, November 2004, 17 years, 138 days
- Ethan Nwaneri, September 2024, 17 years, 188 days
- Thomas Meade, January 1895, 17 years, 243 days
- Won the Player of the Match, but wasn't allowed to do the interview because he's too young, apparently you have to be 18 to do the POTM interview. (Good thing they don't call it Man of the Match anymore, I guess!)
- Gyokeres accepted the award on his behalf, and was asked if he'd give it to Max in the dressing room -- he can't. Max isn't allowed into the dressing room. He's too young.
- Some of the ball boys at the match were older than Dowman
- Dowman is not old enough yet for a professional contract, so he currently earns £356 per week
- This 16 year old was only on for 16 minutes, but no player had more successful dribbles than him (2 out of 4 attempted)
- No player had more shots on target than him (but that was just 1. It was a good one.)
- He had 28 touches in those 16 minutes. Madueke had 32 in 60 minutes. Kai Havertz had 26 in 60 minutes. (William Saliba led the team with 127 touches and 110 passes)
Other fun facts that aren't Max Dowman facts:
- Wayne Rooney was the youngest goal scorer ever at just under 17, and his reign lasted 68 days. Then James Milner took his record, beating his age by only 4 days. James Vaughn beat them both, and since he played for Everton, Wayne Rooney couldn't even claim the youngest Everton goalscorer record either.
- Mikel Arteta has a son, Gabriel, who currently plays as a winger for Arsenal's U17s. (Gabriel Arteta is 6 months older than Max.)
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