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By scoring against Everton, Max Dowman has claimed a slice of Premier League history by becoming the competition’s youngest-ever goalscorer and breaking a record that has stood for 20 years.

When he made his debut against Leeds United back in August, the then-15-year-old winger became the division’s second-youngest player behind our very own Ethan Nwaneri, but after finding the net against the Toffees, we now boast the Premier League’s youngest player and goalscorer since its foundation in 1992.

Aged just 16 years and 73 days, Max has broken a milestone that had been held for two decades by James Vaughan, who scored for Everton against Crystal Palace aged 16 years and 270 days in April 2005. Incredibly, playing, and indeed scoring, for the Toffees that day was a certain Mikel Arteta, who ultimately would hand Max the opportunity to set a new Premier League benchmark all those years later.

Max has shattered Vaughan’s feat by 197 days – he had until the end of September 2026 to create history, but his strike against Everton has already propelled him firmly to the top of the rankings:

As well as achieving something no player in Premier League history has done earlier in their lifetime, Max has also overtaken Cesc Fabregas at the top of our standings to break a record which had stood longer than Vaughan’s.

Back in December 2003 – six years before Max was born – the fresh-faced Spaniard made a name for himself when he netted in a League Cup tie against Wolves, aged 16 years and 212 days.

That means that Max has overtaken Cesc by 139 days to move to the top of our club standings as well, as the incredible start to his career hits new heights: