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