Introduction
On 19 August 1995, the then Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen criticised Manchester United’s performance in a loss against Aston Villa on the first day of the 1995/1996 season, uttering the now folkloric phrase:
“You can’t win anything with kids.”[1]
Hansen was proven wrong. Manchester United went on to win the Premier League and the FA Cup that season, with a team whose average age was 26 years and 137 days.[2]
Much has changed since 1995. Youngsters are now commonplace in the starting line-ups of many professional sides. By way of example, Tottenham Hotspur’s title chasing squad presently has the youngest squad in the Premier League, with an average age of...
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