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OTD in 2002, Rooney scored his first EPL goal at Everton-Arsenal clash

  /  RanTS

On this day in 2002, 16-year-old Wayne Rooney scored the first of his Premier League goals.

Everton ended Arsenal's 30-match unbeaten run thanks to an 89th minute winner from a 16-year old named Wayne Rooney.

At the time, he was the youngest ever scorer in the competition. Wonderkid.

He went on to score 208 goals in the Premier League.