West Brom teen could break Premier League record
West Brom schoolboy Isaiah Brown could become the youngest player in Premier League history tomorrow after being handed a dream call-up for the trip to Chelsea.
The Baggies have gained permission to take the 16-year-old out of school to train and travel to Stamford Bridge, where he would become the club’s youngest ever league player and their youngest in any first-team match for more than 70 years.
The England Under-17 international has been added to the squad as cover with boss Steve Clarke sweating on several injury problems.
Peterborough-born Brown has been with Albion’s academy for three years and his performances for the Baggies’ under-18 and under-21 sides have already brought interest from Arsenal.
Boss Steve Clarke said: “‘Izzy’ has been fantastic coming through the youth team and quickly into the under-21s and he’s put in some really good performances recently.
“He might not be involved in the final selection, but the experience will be good for the boy and good for the club.”
Brown is midway through his GCSEs but Albion’s new status as a category one academy under the elite player performance plan allows the club to take over young players’ academic studies.
He is likely to figure on the bench at Chelsea with striker Shane Long among those struggling and an appearance at 16 years and 54 days old would make Brown the Baggies’ second youngest first-team player after Frank Hodgetts, who played at 16 years and 26 days.
Hodgetts’ appearance came in a wartime regional game against Notts County in 1940 so Brown would be the youngest ever player to feature in a non-wartime match, beating Charlie ‘Tug’ Wilson’s record of 16 years 73 days, set in a First Division game against Oldham in 1921.
Brown would also beat the Premier League record of 16 years and 65 days, currently held by Fulham’s Matthew Briggs from a game in 2007.
Comments for: "West Brom teen could break Premier League record"
We Only Need One Half!
Not even on my radar that one, how many more we got hidden away like that?
Note to self, cancel new Rayban's, were gonna need welders glasses! ;-)
Jack ♣ Hat.
One Half,
Isaiah *Stealth Bomber* Brown.
How does that sound?.
We Only Need One Half!
Yeah I like that Jack, like it even better if he can score as many goals as him!
Bromham Baggie
"The Baggies have gained permission to take the 16-year-old out of school" - you mean they got a note from his mom? The way the big clubs are throwing money at teen signings is obscene. But anyway, good luck to the lad. If he makes an appearance and scores (helping another Chelsea manager lose his job) then it would be such a massive story that even the national newspapers and MotD might mention it.
We Only Need One Half!
Bromham, I can believe that a Pope really can resign, burgers no longer contain horse meat, were all in this together like the Government keeps saying, or even that Terry Connor was always going to replace Mick Mac, but MUMOTD showing us in a good light? come on! stretching it a bit.
Rushall Baggie
I was at the game (against Arsenal, I think, a 1-0 win) when Bobby Hope, then aged 16, made his debut. All the old sages were saying:'This kid is too good for the rest of the team.' We had more negative supporters in those days. When the team trotted out a couple of seasons prior to that - with Don Howe, Bobby Robson and Derek Kevan, all three England internationals - I remember one bloke yelling out:'That's the best yow lot are going to do this afternoon.' Good luck Isaiah Brown - love that 19th Century Albion-like name - tomorrow, whatever happens.
Jack ♣ Hat.
Who?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Jack ♣ Hat.
Thank you Dan And I hope England realise St Georges has just gained the best boss possible. Adios.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
B90 Baggie
Good luck to the lad, it's great to see the academy starting to churn out some quality youngsters.
... Hopefully aft all our hard work we don't sell them all for around £4 million below value to Leicester.
On good young players, anyone keeping track of Dawson at Bolton? He looks like a cracking prospect.
Warren
B90
There was an article in Greater Manchester's local rag earlier this week comparing Craig Dawson with Gary Cahill when he was at Bolton. Dawson seems to grab headlines for scoring goals, but far more importantly Dougie Freedman spoke about how well he's been defending since he's been there. Sounds promising!!
smethwick
I presume you mean the Championship standard Chris Wood. If has was good enough there is no way on earth we'd let him go. Who was the last player we let go to go onto better things?
Rushall Baggie
Ashley Williams, captain of Swansea, who collected the League Cup at Wembley. As for Chris, if there was a player who had scored as many as he has in the Championship - 42 goals in 90-odd games, we would try and buy him.
Jack ♣ Hat.
B90 Baggie,
Tracked Dawson from the England under seventeen's. Bolton haven't lost since he has played for them. Scored three goals in their last two matches. This lad has a whacking big future in international football.
Regards Isaiah Brown (Love his Biblical Christian name), I've heard of fully fledged Throstles but, I bet his shell hasn't hardened yet.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Do Lallytap
Call yourself Albion fans ??
I have been watching him for a few months now and my god he is fast !!
If you get Lukaku and mix him with Laurie Cunningham thats your player, he is big, fast and most of all HUNGRY.
Putting him in the match tomorrow...why not, get him involved and from what I have seen he is more than capable, his shooting is unbelievable and he is very hard to knock off the ball, the ball sticks to him.
Albion play him in midfield but when he gets the ball he only knows one way, powering towards goal, just like Lukaku.
I am really looking forward seeing him in the first team tomorrow
BRING IT ON !!
mike
No chance of him playing tomorrow DoLally, just going to make up the numbers as they always take two extra players in case someone breaks down in the warm up etc and then put them on the bench. With Lukaku, Long (probably), Popov, Thorne and Gera out we are down to bare bones!
We Only Need One Half!
Blimey Do Lally, you retired or something? where do you find the time, I struggle to get to some regular games.
What days they been playing then, looking at you tube its obviously day time, not evenings?
roblox
Show him off at Stamford Bridge, just watched some short video clips of him playing, he scored two or three good goals, one of them (top corner) from outside the box, and he looks skillful on the ground.
As good a place as any for ones debut, he is obviously very talented.
The talk on the terraces will be 'no Lukaku', but a big surprise awaits them in the name of Isaiah Brown.
roblox
YouTube video of our wonder boy Isaiah Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRUfSl9ocR0&feature=youtu.be
Jack ♣ Hat.
roblox,
Took your advice mate and (Googled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRUfSl9ocR0&feature=youtu.be) he is like a very young Lukaku, He can do us a good job, love his attributes. Blimey, I'm a fan already.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
mike
B90 Baggie- my pal is a Bolton fan and says Dawson has been brilliant for them and is being hailed as Boltons new Cahill! Hes also scored three goals and been Man Of The Match twice already!
Perhaps he will be ready for the Prem next year - possibly as a replacement for Olsson if he leaves?
PS Does anyone else think Dawson and Macauley look like brothers?!!
Jack ♣ Hat.
mike,
Craig slipped in the winner against Barnsley on Saturday mate, that is now four goals in four matches. I think Roy should check him out for England duty.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Warren
There were a lot of people quick to criticise the club for selling Chris Wood, in many cases probably without having seen much of him play.
I can only wager that the club view Saido Berahino and Izzy Brown as far greater prospects, I certainly do from what I've seen of Wood and Berahino.
You could take the long-term view that by keeping Wood and giving him playing time, you're stunting the growth of those a couple of years younger than him.
If Brown's as good as some say he is and Berahino continues to progress, then I'd be surprised if both don't end up playing at a higher level than Wood, in which case you'd have to say that selling him might have been a good bit of business. We'll see I guess.
I'd be surprised if Brown featured tomorrow but good luck to him anyway.
Jack ♣ Hat.
Warren,
I criticised our club for selling Wood. So easy to when I hadn't got all the picture. Berahino and Brown certainly put a different face on our attacking future. The Academy is now polishing the rough diamonds. Look at the likes of Dawson and Thorne. Well worth the outlay is the Academy. Jeremy Peace played another ace there. Onward and upward with the BAGGIES.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
P.S. My apologies to the club for them letting Wood go, but he was worth more than we got for him in my opinion.
We Only Need One Half!
Flashes of Tchoyi, hope so, always an exciting player. Some of the pinpoint passes to him weren't half bad either!
Now then, where's me welders glasses!
AndyH
Afternoon all,
Got to admit i (probably most of us) had no idea that we had such a young talent that close to the first team at such a young age. But to be even near the squad at such an age......wow!!!!!!!!
ON the bench maybe?? a few mins at the end??
Good luck to the lad!!!
regards
AndyH
Jack ♣ Hat.
AndyH,
Morning mate,
The last time I had a surprise like this was when the Americans unveiled the Stealth Bomber. Being as he comes from deep to strike, a bit like Bomber Brown, I give you (Drum Roll) Isaiah "Stealth Bomber" Brown.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Cyril Randle
I first saw Frank (Danny) Hodgetts in 1944 and was a fan almost immediately. Quite stocky in build with a tricky style. Before you ask, I've no idea why he was known as Danny. Never understood why Francis Lee was called 'Franny' either. Too girly for my taste for such a hard man. I played the part of the prophet Isaiah
in the Christmas play at Hall Green Road school in 1941 so I have a warm feeling for that name, although Mom almost ruined it when she called me "One eye's higher than the other". I do like the way these old names are becoming popular.
My great-grandson is Jacob, Jarrod's nephew is Noah. I even met another bloke named Cyril in the Manor Hospital but he was ancient, like me. No chance there then.
Bromham Baggie
Old name? Old joke more like.
alfie
The answer is in the report , there only playing him because Arsenal are in the hunt , if he's plays a part for only a few minutes on Saturday he price tag will increase 10 fold , correct me if I'm wrong but i believe he was part of the Chelsea youth academy before being snatched by WBA
CantelloRocket 78
' what's it all about, Alfie.....?'
Don't forget the protest at wolves tonight.........
The View from Baggy Bottom
No problem with the dinglish thing mate, please use it, I hope it becomes a standard put-down. Something to be proud of!!
Kev in Mallorca
The View of a Lovely Bottom
Similar to the lingo I use over here, Spanglish.
From a previous thread.
I'm Kev Wallace from Churchfields and the YTE, don't know if you remember?
Adeu
CantelloRocket 78
Kev,
didn't BB, you and Cyril all come from the same place-
the 'You Three Estate', right.....?
Adeu.
Jack ♣ Hat.
alfie,
Can't blame ALBION for cutting and polishing a rough diamond and put it in a safe place also to increase it's value, now can you. That is to protect our goods not to sell them.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
mike
Anyone think Peter will get a start tomorrow? Listening to Clarkes press conference it sounds like Long will be out unfortunately. My guess is that the team will be:
Foster
Reid
Macauley
Olsson
Ridgewell
Dorrans
Morrison
Jacob
Mulumbu
Brunt
Fortune
Myhill, Jones, Tamas, Odemwingie, Rosenberg, Thomas, Sawyers
Jack ♣ Hat.
mike,
Pay attention, Steve has already stated Isaiah Brown will make the squad eighteen.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
jth
isiah brown(rough diamond) never mind........and giggs never got on the pitch either........
Jack ♣ Hat.
jth,
Are you a "Dinglish" school teacher?. Because, your post is a wonderful example. I see wo1-ves are holding their own and most of the other clubs in the gas league up. All the best in division one as the bookies have you odds on for the big drop.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
P.S. You have those many nom de guerre's now why not just use "Anybody", save you keep on changing them.