From Viv Anderson to Max Dowman: The first player born in each year to score in the Premier League

Michael Owen scored on his Liverpool debut on May 6, 1997
“The last of the 3,653 days of the 2000s featured no Premier League football but did, we know now, see the birth of the competition’s youngest goalscorer. This is because Max Dowman entered the world on December 31, 2009 and 16 years and 73 days later, playing for Arsenal against Everton on March 14, 2026, ran more than three-quarters of the pitch before sliding the ball into an empty net to earn this coveted distinction. Dowman’s goal also means the Premier League, which began in August 1992, has now had a scorer born in every year of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (the 1950s becomes the only incomplete decade and, despite notable recent advancements in sports science, is likely to remain so). So, The Athletic explores the first player born in each year to have scored in the competition: from Viv Anderson in 1956 to Dowman in 2009, and the 52 individuals in between. …”
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