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Tykes won't rush starlet

01 Oct 2008 - 10:29:35

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Barnsley manager Simon Davey will not rush Reuben Noble-Lazarus despite the starlet making Football League history during Tuesday's 3-0 defeat at Ipswich Town.

Noble-Lazarus broke a record dating back to 1929 when he came off the bench at Portman Road aged just 15 years and 45 days.

"I was academy manager two years ago and I gave him a start in the under-18s when he was 12," said Davey.

"I think if they're good enough, they're old enough. I have kept an eye on him over the last two years and have tried to integrate him as quickly as I could into the first team.

"He is a confident lad but he is still only 15. He is a talent and we need to nurture him in the right way.

"We need to look after him. He has got to be dipped in and perhaps dipped back out.

"We've arranged with his school that we can get him out for two days a week so he can train with us."