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<p>Christopher Atherton set the UK record for youngest senior player on Tuesday. At just 13 years and 329 days old, <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/2022/06/08/who-is-the-best-young-talent-in-world-soccer-under-the-age-of-21/">the youngster</a> broke the previous mark by 227 days. He made a substitute appearance for Glenavon FC in the Northern Ireland League Cup.</p>
<p>The Northern Irish forward was used a second-half substitute in Glenavon’s League Cup matchup with Dollingstown. In fact, it did not take long for Atherton to make an impact for his club. With his first touch of the game, Atherton collected an assist. In the end, Glenavon won the game 6-0.</p>
<p>Unfortunately,&nbsp;Atherton missed out on the world record by a mere 10 days.</p>
<p>Togo’s Souleymane Mamam currently holds the record for youngest senior player in the world. He was 13 years and 319 days old when he featured in a World Cup qualifier against Zambia in 2001.</p>
<h3>Atherton breaks UK record for youngest senior player</h3>
<p>Glenavon’s manager Gary Hamilton claimed that Atherton prepared to break the world record in April. Nevertheless, the kid instead attended a Celtic match with his father. <span data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0">“I had no doubt that if we got ahead in the game then I could bring him on because he was comfortable to train with the first team before the last match of last season,” Hamilton <a href="https:\/\/www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpkUlmEu6HQ">stated</a> on his team’s official YouTube channel.</span></p>
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<p class="" data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12"><span data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0">“Only he had to go to watch Celtic with his dad he would have played in that match as well, as it was the last match of the season and at that stage there was nothing to play for with seventh place already secured.”</span></p>
<p class="" data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13"><span data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13.0">“We were planning on giving him his debut then which would have made him the youngest player in the world, but unfortunately he is just going to have to settle with being the youngest player in <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/2022/06/10/former-northern-ireland-and-everton-boss-bingham-dies-aged-90/">the U.K.</a>“</span></p>
<p data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13">Hamilton has even suggested that the teenager is already garnering interest from around the United Kingdom. “He is just such a special talent,” continued the coach. “There is a lot of interest in him from cross-channel clubs and I am not one bit surprised.”</p>
<p data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13">Glenavon, currently sitting eighth in the NIFL Premiership, next host Cliftonville on Saturday.</p>
<p data-reactid=".b88xlfctcm.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-13"><em>PHOTO: IMAGO / Inpho Photography</em></p>


At the age of 13 years and 329 days, Christopher Atherton broke the UK record for youngest senior player with Glenavon FC.

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13-year-old forward breaks UK record for youngest senior player

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<p>In a groundbreaking new deal, ELEVEN and OneFootball won the international broadcasting rights to a number of European soccer leagues.</p>
<p>The Association of European Professional Leagues, simply known as European Leagues, brokered a deal for nine leagues.</p>
<p>Now, live matches, highlights and some editorial work will appear on ELEVEN and OneFootball platforms.</p>
<h3>Nine Leagues in the Deal</h3>
<p>For those interested in what leagues the two platforms have access to, the leagues are not the top tier. Yet, sides consistently emerge into the Champions League, Europa League and now Conference League.</p>
<p>The nine leagues include some that everyone knows. For example, the Swiss Super League, Polish Ekstraklasa, Danish Superliga and the Northern Ireland Premiership are all part of the deal.</p>
<p>Even then, worldwide fans now have the opportunity to watch some leagues that are less popular internationally. For instance, the top leagues in Iceland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway and Slovakia round out the nine teams in the deal.</p>
<p>As stated previously, these leagues do not carry teams that will go on to win the Champions League. For that reason, international fans may simply cast these leagues aside.</p>
<p>However, everyone loves an underdog in European competition. Just this season alone, these leagues provide teams that compete closely against top-tier opposition.</p>
<p>For example, ELEVEN and OneFootball now have the rights to the Swiss Super League. Young Boys, playing out of Bern, Switzerland, dramatically <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.cms.futbolsitesnetwork.com/2021/09/14/young-boys-strike-late-to-stun-ronaldos-man-utd-in-champions-league/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated Manchester United</a> in the first game of this season’s Champions League.</p>
<p>Similarly, Legia Warsaw out of the Polish <a href="https:\/\/www.soccerstats.com/latest.asp?league=poland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ekstraklasa</a> sits in 15th in the league table. Despite domestic struggles, the team tops their Europa League group against Leicester City and Napoli, who sit top of Serie A.</p>
<p>Essentially, there are always storylines developing. This new deal between European Leagues, ELEVEN and OneFootball allows you to see these sleeper teams in action each week.</p>
<h3>ELEVEN and OneFootball</h3>
<p>These two providers focus on allowing broadcast access to smaller teams and leagues. As is the case with the aforementioned leagues, the nine competitions coming to ELEVEN and OneFootball fit that mold.</p>
<p>Still, it is important to note that not every league is simply available via these two. For instance, the new rights are only for the international broadcasts. This means that audiences in Iceland will use a different provider to watch Icelandic Top Football.</p>
<p>Additionally, some local rights still take precedence. In certain Nordic countries, the rights still belong to other providers. For example, the Norwegian Eliteserien and the Danish Superliga will not use ELEVEN and OneFootball in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Rather, there are different providers in that region that hold those international rights.</p>
<p>For those unaware of ELEVEN and OneFootball, much of the content is free via the two companies’ platforms. OneFootball is only an app or <a href="https:\/\/onefootball.com/en/matches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. All of the live broadcasts airing on the app or website are free of charge.</p>
<p>On the other hand, ELEVEN actually has a set of linear channels accessible via <a href="https:\/\/www.fubo.tv/channel/99285/eleven-sports-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some providers</a>. Additionally, there is <a href="https:\/\/elevensports.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a website</a> that has an array of leagues. Now, that selection widens with nine newcomers.</p>
<p>Coverage of these domestic games starts this weekend. Games from the Solvak Fortuna Liga, Norwegian Eliteserien and Swiss Super League are just some of the leagues to watch.</p>


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