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Tom Victor

Premier League's former youngest ever player now plying trade in seventh tier and is a PT

Matthew Briggs, once the Premier League's youngest player, is now playing in the seventh tier while doubling up as a personal trainer.

The left-back was just 16 years and 68 days old when he made his Premier League bow at the end of the 2006-07 season, coming off the bench for Fulham in a defeat at Middlesbrough. His record as the youngest ever player in the competition stood for almost 12 years, with Harvey Elliott - then at Fulham himself - making his top flight debut 30 days after his own 16th birthday having earlier broken a League Cup record.

There is now a new holder of the 'youngest ever' record, with 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri featuring for Arsenal in their 3-0 win at Brentford before the international break. However, Briggs' post-Fulham path may serve as a warning sign for the latest generation of teenage stars.

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