Wayne Rooney - A New Boy Wonder for English Football?

Words: 697character width: 60Wayne Rooney - A New Boy Wonder for English Football? Chris Towlandwww.Football England Nut.co.ukUntil early exit hostnation hands (and a Swiss referee), the player takes all the titles thenewspaper during Euro 2004 in Portugal was WayneRooney,. Child latest English football wonder''is still four months shy of his birthday ..... Rooney'sfour Euro goals two against Switzerland (including hisshot bounced off the post only to hit the Swisskeeper and bounce off the net) and two superb goalsagainst Croatia, along with British Racing hearts in hopes of afirst major tournament win since holding the World 1966.Those aloftin Cup hopes, of course, were brought crashing toearth a combination of injury Wayne Rooney, anextremely doubt aside poorpenalty objectives and traditionally occupied by the English team (including one ourCaptain Jonny Wilkinson, who would have been proud!) No one can Wayne Rooney's performance for hiscountry ultimately the quality of their football in international Levelor his incredible ability to score, but Rooney's performance with the blue shirt of his club, Everton, has been as sparkling as those who carried his nationalcolours? ....... And what does the future hold for '? Rooney Our'Roonaldo 'came early 2002/2003campaign Premiership debut when he became the youngest playerat Premier League at the tender age of sixteen. Two other records quicklyfollowed ..... First, the two goals he scored in Everton'sWorthington Cup victory in Wrexham gave Rooney titleof Everton's youngest goalscorer, a record that hadpreviously been held by Tommy Lawton. Second, in October2002, and the age of 16 years and 360 days, a cracker agoal beat England goalkeeper David Seaman in thelast few seconds of the game against Arsenal, made Rooneythe youngest goalscorer in the Premiership! Many England fans were surprised to hear, however, sometimes Rooney'sperformances Wayne thatapart very important in the Premier League have been less thanspectacular as often seemed hisEngland able to reproduce the form on the national scene! In his first season of Premiership action fourteenfull has made appearances for Everton and came on as a substitute for a total of nineteen times. During this season, Rooney has scored six goals Premier inNovember Annex to Regulation 2002, which included the goal that gave Everton their first win in 51 years ago LeedsUnited. A month later, Wayne Rooney was sentoff in a game that Everton drew with Birmingham City.Ironically, this was the same day that James Milnerof Premiership Leeds United broke Rooney young scorerrecord very small margin of just three days! During 2003 / 2004 season was certainly eye catchingthe Rooney, Sven Goran Erickson, the director of the England team, but his statistics this season are perhaps lowertally England Ward fanswould goals many have expected. In fact, twenty-six years and eight fullappearances as a substitute for Wayne Rooney scoredonly nine Premier League goals.But as in the past, who cares? Like the whole of Europe has been, Rooney was masterful during Euro 2004 and had not been broken metatarsal forhis, who knows what he and his Englandteammates could progress? Looking ahead, we talk about printing massivebids in the region of 50 million U.S. is orManchester Chelsea. Rooney says he prefers the option that theManchester stay close to their roots of the Northwest, but it is possible that the strength of the deep pocketsmay Chelsea bidding.Wherever United Wayne Rooney ends up playing his football for thenext few seasons, we expect theEnglish purpose of the game continues its progress, and theheady reaches heights that are planned for himself and become England reallydoes "Wonder Boy"! Chris TowlandJune 2004