15-year-old Irishman Rory Finneran, became the youngest player in Blackburn Rovers history this afternoon, after coming on in their 5-2 FA Cup win over Cambridge United.
The Ireland U17s international replaced hat-trick man Sammie Szmodics after 91 minutes, but was forced to wear a different jersey to the rest of his teammates.
Finneran Forced To Wear Altered Blackburn Rovers Jersey
Because Blackburn are sponsored by vape company Totally Wicked, Finneran had to wear a sponsorless jersey as he is too young to legally vape.
Although it was but a brief cameo, we will no doubt be seeing a lot more of the current Ireland Men's U15s Player of the Year in the coming seasons.
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15-year-old Rory Finneran couldn’t wear a sponsored shirt for Blackburn on his debut today as he's too young to vape 👀 pic.twitter.com/KhifuXorCV
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 6, 2024
🔄 Our second change makes history as 15-year-old Rory Finneran becomes our youngest ever player!
↩️ Sam Szmodics
↪️ Rory Finneran#ROVvCAM 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/qa0ytojNNO— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) January 6, 2024
Sammie Szmodics continued his ridiculous goal scoring streak, with three first-half goals.
He is also the current top scorer in the Championship; a feat made all the more impressive as an attacking midfielder.
Despite being called up to recent Ireland squads, he it yet to make his debut, but he will be impossible to ignore for the next Ireland boss in their March friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland.
A first-half hatrick for Sammie Szmodics. The boys on fire 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xm7aZ2fDA5
— AllIrishSport (@AllIrishSport) January 6, 2024
Sammie Szmodics with another goal that's 2 today for him in the FA Cup. Currently 2-2 between Blackburn and Cambridge. pic.twitter.com/gNE5NFSOX1
— AllIrishSport (@AllIrishSport) January 6, 2024
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