‘Jesus, we need a 14-year-old to come on and create chances,” Robert Cornwall remembers thinking as he recalls the night Evan Ferguson made his Bohemians debut in a friendly against Chelsea. The schoolboy striker’s impact came as little surprise to teammates such as Cornwall but it was not good for their ego to be outdone by someone about half their age.
Just over four years on, Ferguson has become one of the Premier League’s most exciting prospects. A hat-trick for Brighton against Newcastle in September confirmed his status and after scoring last Sunday against Fulham the 19-year-old will be hoping to add to his tally at Everton on Saturday, having scored there in a 4-1 win last season against a side managed, as on his debut, by Frank Lampard.
