NORMAN WHITESIDE - Manchester United ''Youngest''

At 16 he became the youngest player to ever step out for Manchester United, while at 17 years and 41 days - still not legally able to purchase drink from his local off licence on the Shankill Road in Belfast - he displaced none other than Pelé as the youngest footballer in World Cup history.
Whiteside was born in Belfast on 7 May 1965, and grew up on the Shankill Road. From leaving school at the age of 16, Whiteside suddenly found himself at one of world’s biggest football clubs, training with men nearly twice his age.Whiteside made his league debut for United, against Brighton, in April 1982, while he was still only 16. He played in one other game that season for United, scoring in his home debut against Stoke. Already, he was becoming a fans’ favourite, a young starlet ready to take on the world with a United team searching for supremacy over the all-conquering Liverpool side of the 1980s. During the 1982-83 season for United, Whiteside grew to become one of the most consistent performers for Atkinson’s men, forming a productive partnership in attack with Frank Stapleton and Bryan Robson.
Whiteside holds records as the youngest player to take part in a World Cup, the youngest player to score in a League Cup and FA Cup final, and the youngest player to score a senior goal for Manchester United. Whiteside’s time at the top was dizzyingly exciting and perhaps it all came a little too quickly, in the end, but there is no denying that, at his peak, he could be categorised as a visionary footballer and a genius.