Plymouth Argyle’s youngest-ever goalscorer Seb Campbell has signed his first skilled deal with the membership.
The 17-year-old scored on his debut within the 6-2 Vertu Trophy win over Tottenham Hotspur Under-21 aged 16 years and 279 days.
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It broke a file that had stood since 1998 when Darren Bastow scored his first Argyle aim aged 37 days older in November 1998.
“It’s brilliant news for the football club,” head coach Tom Cleverley advised BBC Radio Devon.
“It’s something that we’ve been speaking about for a while.
“He’s definitely one of many future stars of the soccer membership, so we’re actually completely happy to get him tied all the way down to an expert contract.
“Now for Seb the hard work really starts, we’ll work with him to develop him and we’re all excited to do that.
“He’s obtained an ideal set of instruments, goalscoring from midfield being one in every of them as you have already seen this season, and he is on an thrilling journey.
“He’s got a good head on his shoulders to make sure he fulfils that potential.”