Tag: Atherton

Chris Atherton: Who is the new teenage Chelsea signing?
4 July 2025 Off

Chris Atherton: Who is the new teenage Chelsea signing?

By Total Football News

“One of the most exciting talents I’ve ever seen in Irish football, north or south,” Glenavon manager Paddy McLaughlin told BBC Sport NI after the move was confirmed.

“It’s how effortless he is running with the ball and past players, and I’m not talking about players in his own age group, I’m talking about senior players playing full-time football in the Irish League.

“He’s gliding past them and terrorising

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Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge
3 July 2025 Off

Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge

By Total Football News

Glenavon’s 16-year-old forward Chris Atherton has left Mourneview Park to join Chelsea.

The Northern Ireland Under-17 international made headlines in September 2022 when he became the youngest senior footballer in the United Kingdom at 13 years and 329 days old.

The teenager, who joined the Glenavon academy at four years old, broke the senior record when he came on as a second-half substitute for the Lurgan Blues during a 6-0

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