How Arsenal’s Teenage Foul Magnet Is Redefining the Game and Breaking Records in Stunning Fashion

Max Dowman was fouled nine times during one half of a youth international fixture earlier this season, seven of which were committed by the same Spanish full-back. By foul four or five, the defender in question was no longer trying to disguise his attempts at thwarting Dowman by illegal means.

The Arsenal youngster is, by FFT’s reckoning, the youngest of approximately 500 players over the past 31 years to be spotlighted in a ‘The Boy’s A Bit Special’ feature.

Dowman turns 16 on New Year’s Eve and should he appear in the Champions League before then, will become the youngest ever competitor in Europe’s premier club competition.

Arsenal teenager Max Dowman is breaking all kinds of records