Source: TheGuardian
From Bellingham to Watkins: 10 young Championship stars shining this season
Birmingham’s youngest scorer and a player likened to Callum Wilson make our selection of second-tier players aged 23 or underBellingham was born in June 2003, when a ponytailed David Beckham joined Real Madrid and Gareth Southgate was in the England defence, but the teenage midfielder has displayed a maturity that belies his years. In August Bellingham, who has shone in the crux of the Birmingham midfield alongside the former Arsenal prospect Daniel Crowley, became the club’s youngest goalscorer at 16 days and 63 days, eclipsing Trevor Francis’s record. The son of Mark, a prolific striker at non-league level, Bellingham is the latest Birmingham academy graduate to make a splash in the first team, as Demarai Gray and Nathan Redmond did previously. Related: Neil Warnock leaves Cardiff City by mutual consent Continue reading......read full article
