Aidan Newhouse

Newhouse was just 15 years and 350 days old when he was brought on a substitute by manager Harry McNally on the final day of the 1987–88 season in a 1–0 Third Division win for Chester City at Bury. This made him the youngest player to appear for the club in a Football League match. As a 16-year-old apprentice, Newhouse enjoyed a regular place in the Chester side during the 1988–89 season, with his first goal coming in a 3–0 win over Huddersfield Town in September 1988. By the 1989–90 season, Newhouse was a member of the England youth squad and a full-time professional, and in February 1990, he moved to Wimbledon for an initial fee of £100,000. He went on to be a squad member at the 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. Newhouse managed just seven starting league appearances in as many years with the "Dons". However, he did play and score in the Premier League, in a 3–2 defeat to Aston Villa at Selhurst Park on 3 October 1992. He was loaned out to Tranmere Rovers, but did not make it onto the pitch at Prenton Park. He joined Port Vale on loan in January 1994 but only made two substitute appearances under John Rudge and did little to help the "Valiants" to promotion out of the Second Division. He was loaned out to Portsmouth in December 1994 and scored once in six First Division games. He signed on loan with Torquay United in December 1995 and scored twice in four appearances for a side that would finish the 1995–96 season bottom of the Football League. In June 1997,…