Best Premier League Academy Graduate EVERY Season (1992-2022)

From Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney, who made his league debut for Everton in the 2002-03 season, to assist king Trent Alexander-Arnold, who broke into the Liverpool first team during the 2016-17 campaign, HITC Sevens attempts to pick out the best academy graduate from every single Premier League season.
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[@OfficialFingazMC]

I remember seeing Scholes' debut. He came here to Port Vale and won the cup tie for Man UTD almost single handedly.

[@zubsaish8610]

Ĺ

[@pelikanen927]

You must be quite old.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

@@pelikanen927 Yep

[@dylfromthe6]

No you don’t

[@OfficialFingazMC]

@@dylfromthe6 Yes I do, I was in lorne Street when it was proper terrace. Why do you doubt?

[@yusufkassim8236]

Hey Alfie, I just thought of a cracking idea for a video you could do on the turbulent recent history of Goztepe in the Super Lig. They’re one of the Super Lig’s most well supported clubs (a bit like a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Strasbourg if you may). In the 2001/02 season, they finished seventh in the top flight, however from 2002 to 2008, they were relegated five times in six seasons, due to their inability to reduce their outstanding debt which resulted in the football club being banned from signing new players during that time. In August of 2007, a business based in Istanbul, vowed to take them back to the top flight making them one of the top five clubs in the country, but they were met with lots of suspicions from the fan base, and then they handed over the ownership to another bloke called Mehmet Sepil in 2014. Anyway, they’re back in the Super Lig as a solid mid table/weaker top half team. Why am I bringing all this up? Because apparently Abramovich is looking to possibly buy the club himself, after being sanctioned from the UK. It’s a crazy crazy story and may you could look into this, not to mention, they are not only a rare example of a club that is considered a neighbourhood club, as well as the fact that they’ve played in 3 different stadiums since 2011, but also in 1969, they became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final of a European competition.

[@lenenlawless]

that does sound good

[@boulderbill1783]

I got one of their kits last year from mystery kits. Have been keeping my eye on them ever since. PS the strip is horrendous 🤣🤣

[@a.e.a.]

They also have maybe the best fanbase after the Big 3 in Istanbul, Trabzon, Bursa and Eskişehir. The latter two clubs are also marred in debt and relegated from the top league and therefore worth looking into

[@GiftedGaz78]

Don’t need to do a video now mate, you’ve just told the full story.

[@paochai2001]

as a man united fan, i salute you for not including mason greenwood

[@jhaych]

Not been charged yet, can mention him with no issues at all really.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@jhaych So what? Even if he hasn't been charged yet we still know he's guilty with more than enough evidence to prove it.

[@jhaych]

@@areebsiddiqui758 absolutely wrong, I study law as part of my degree and I can tell you that pictures and voice recordings in these cases are extremely weak. A picture doesn't provide enough evidence to show Mason did that, when it happened or anything, voice recordings don't provide context at all either. In a court of law and this country/society you're legally innocent until proven guilty. If you're guilty of a crime, especially of that magnitude, you're usually charged by now, just shows him it isn't as clear or obvious as people think.

[@willywonka7812]

@@jhaych you seem a very impartial observer

[@jhaych]

@@willywonka7812 not sure if you're being sarcastic or not due to me being a United fan, but I have to be impartial for my job role and degree.

[@rockyescape8989]

Gareth Barry's transition from a left back to DM is something special imo. It truly elevated his career but the man also stayed mostly injury free throughout his career which is something not easy seeing that his role is more on the physical side.

[@connorledwith98]

I think he’s one of the most underrated players in the history of the league, always looked good for City and Villa in his peak and even later on at Everton. I was born in 98 and I always thought him or Carrick should’ve started with Lampard and/or Gerrard for England… we’d of had much more balance

[@TGFLdn24]

Not my team but Owens debut season was a thing to behold, not seen anything like it since. It was almost like we all knew he was going to make it all the way.

[@ononsoorizu6556]

Dude. Sometimes take for granted how hard you work on this research man. This was a fun watch. You’re really doing good stuff👍🏿

[@someoneintheinternet7443]

Can you do these for every league? Or at least the top 5 6 leagues? This video is really interesting

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

Indeed!

[@dilksjoel]

Too much research

[@crosscourttennis1796]

@@dilksjoel no such thing as too much research for Lord Alfie

[@someoneintheinternet7443]

@@dilksjoel you know that this is hitc sevens? He is the king of research man.

[@deathkampdrone]

at least the 56 best leagues xD

[@Blaktista]

In reference to your comment about Micah Richards. Very few defenders burst onto the scene…

[@ethanjaworski743]

You put so much research and time into these videos it’s amazing. It’s so interesting to learn about all things football and your videos are so perfect. Keep up the amazing work man!

[@georgesargant4835]

Hey Alfie, what about a short Documentary on Jermaine Defoe for a video idea. Regards Sarge

[@christopherudeh2735]

Brilliant video as usual. Entertaining and educative

[@SamButler22]

Sturridge and Wilshire's loans at Bolton in consecutive seasons was a damn exciting time. What a difference a decade makes.

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

They've got some really interesting young players in recent times, though!

[@elldotms]

This was a wicked video. Loved it

[@dannywotherspoon3145]

Love this mate 👏 since I’m 41 now I remember all these 😂

[@sidosh2229]

Day 3: Completely irrelevant to the topic of this video, but considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 4 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population

[@TheToonMonkey]

Can't believe Shola Ameobi didn't get his recognition....said nobody.

[@DrMaiXiang]

If the prem was filled with 19 teams named Sunderland.....

[@sagnikbiswas2393]

Luke Thomas deserved a mention in 2019-20. Played more prem games than all the 3 you mentioned for that season.

[@DG-rb7bo]

Who

[@davardy3661]

@@DG-rb7bo Luke Thomas starting left back for Leciester City

[@dilksjoel]

Who playing for who?

[@eggstien_plays9643]

But was he better

[@luisramirez2548]

He is awful

[@Not_Sal]

I’ll say in recent years, the criticism towards English clubs not developing enough academy players has been much less.

[@gm2407]

I think it is more the preperation for Brexit which has necessitated it as enough spaces have to be kept in the squad. But finances allowing many top players to be taken from abroad requires players to push really hard to get into the club's first teams. Hence the technical ability improvements.

[@roboticaljohn8299]

Can't wait for these videos on other leagues

[@timmni]

Rooney might be the best raw talent I've ever seen in my life.

[@KCIAN2]

Roy Keane wasn't an academy graduate of Forest, he joined them in 1990 at 19 and went straight into the first team. He had already played first team football in Ireland.

[@GiftedGaz78]

Forest paid 10k for him, from bangor

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

That’s like saying he’d already played semi pro football in the Conference South.

[@gm2407]

Yes the point made is that the Premier League had a lot of young tallent in 1992-93 but all the players mentioned had already made their league debuts.

[@tedbyrne88]

I love how in the Rodwell part you just manage to slide in the A League at 31. Made me chuckle

[@boum62]

Great Vid !

[@mcorriette1]

God how far we’ve come from the England team that Sterling made his debut in

[@pierfrancescocosta6336]

Didn't know that Piqué and Fabregas actually started playing in the Premier League! I'd be very curious to see what you think about Serie A graduates, but that video could be at least twice as long as this one... 😅

[@samn90834]

I understand pique but you didn’t know about Fabregas??

[@konstancja74]

I love you for choosing Hendo

[@missilecustoms]

Liverpool pretty good for young players

[@SirKunta15]

Oh 🙌🏽 yesss😍🙌🏽😊🥱😊

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

They used to be. Not so much now. TAA is their only academy graduate who plays regularly for them now.

[@TheTravelHandle]

@@attackpatterndelta8949 jonesy too not recently obvs but styll

[@arfanazril7463]

I CAN'T IMAGINE LIVING WITHOUT HITC SEVENS YOU ROCK BRO ✨🙌

[@wolfmauler]

Too true 😀

[@jayesse9053]

great video as per! id say jacob ramsay has to be the best debutant for the 20/21 season no? id say he’s at least on par with elanga, although both are having great seasons.

[@Garythebeaver]

That Michael Owen burn was supernova-esque 🤣

[@unlimitedspessmans4918]

Would love to see this for the championship.

[@Usdi1999]

Wow, my ears are burning from the praise in the 1995-96 section...

[@tealsquare]

While watching this video, I googled Frank Lampard's scoring stats and my mind is blown. How a midfielder can achieve such scoring + assisting figures is mind boggling.

[@eggstien_plays9643]

He played for prime chelsea

[@leobuscaglia5576]

Lampard played for prime Chelsea and rode the coattails of many a great teammates. In comparison Gerrard played with average or poor teammates for most of his career and still scored a boatload of goals. With a better team around him he would surely have surpassed Lampard in the goals tally.

[@gm2407]

@@leobuscaglia5576 He did, but he also was there for well over a decade starting. Arrived before Abramovich as well. Was more impressed with him at Chelsea than at West Ham as well. He was solid all round but getting goals at midfield was impressive. Caused a lot of problems for defences trying to mark him.

[@jackbridge5780]

@@leobuscaglia5576 if he wasn't so good he wouldn't of got in a team that coulda bought just about anyone

[@shannonk9827]

Sturridge plays here in australia too he plays for perth glory

[@philcollins7295]

Maybe do a video picking your best squad with only having 1 player from every prem team.Any formation but at least a backup 2 every position bar a GK.Something like that could work as a idea for you?

[@WrexhamToThePrem]

You should make a video on the best Premier league players to have never played for a big 6 club.

[@imthese]

such a great viddie

[@arzhi_azis]

Day 236: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them

[@dominikfrolec]

Yes

[@hi-rr2vm]

Keep dreaming bocah

[@ivonikolov8278]

Such a short intro, caught me off guard :D

[@michaelay4900]

Day 6: Best XI right now. Simple idea but would be interesting and controversial, especially when some of the old ones will no longer feature.

[@musyarofah1]

The season isn't over yet

[@paulwebber8411]

He didn't say Team of the season, he said best XI right now

[@yusufkassim8236]

Also I was thinking if you could, for your 7 series on best ever PL players in each position, maybe do a list of 7 best ever PL managers?

[@5irFergie]

The return to form of rashford has made the comments about him on this video quite funny

[@leejnew]

Best XI to have only ever won a non-top division league title

[@napoleonfuckeged5956]

Happy to see some love for Andreas Christensen❤️🇩🇰

[@ThinsofWheat]

17:43 Did he REALLY burst onto the scene though? XD

[@Greeny1308]

Lot of competition during 98-99. Also Ledley King's premier league debut season

[@dominikfrolec]

Hey alfie, Great Video. Tino Liveramento played for me in my chelsea fm save this year, joining the club in 2023 and leaving 26 years later having made over a thousand appearances for the club. I hope he has a future at Chelsea...

[@carltonleboss]

What did he win?

[@armanvranka7520]

There is no way he played 26 years as an outside back that is lunacy. Also would make him nearly 50 at retirement

[@trnaughton]

Hey Alfie, you remain my absolute favourite football “fraud” on KZbin. Keep up the good work.

[@georgehall7059]

17:42, beautiful reference

[@saultanne1026]

Top 7 Players of all time from each nation of the world

[@Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz]

if you ignore the exactly 2 minutes he played with Ronaldo and Raul, making 1 pass, Marcos Alonso qualifies for the 2010/11 season

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

The only thing Marcos Alonso qualifies for is a lifetime sentence

[@dilksjoel]

@@josiahboatengmyrie oh, why what happened?

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

@@dilksjoel basically he was driving a vehicle recklessly or something along those lines and he ended up killing the woman he was riding with

[@frantnegh7583]

Sonny made it into an Alfie vid!!!!

[@lebogangbryan1903]

Forgot to mention Owen’s odd Ballon D’or 😹🔥

[@biggiecheese5347]

do a best 11 of players who are older than their manager

[@xmrjacko4547]

Could you do a championship or EFL version of this?

[@daquacious567]

Do this for the other 3 English leagues please

[@marcdepaoli4629]

Top 7 best Australian players of all time

[@khaitranngoc4176]

Video idea: repeat this same exercise for Serie A.

[@TheBallProphet]

“This one was really tough” Alfielations 7:07

[@Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz]

martinelli in 19/20 season

[@StevenSmith-mv4ge]

Brilliant

[@mafiousbj]

Wait..did he really put Sol Campbell in 92-93 as the best although he only played one game compared to players who reached PFA team of the year? Or did I misunderstand completely?

[@TheBarrier]

Day 11: best sons of former players currently playing (example: Diego Simeone’s son is killing it in Serie A) Criteria: dad must have played top flight football

[@amdimilker5773]

Schmeichel & Chiesa🔝

[@stevenlawson5233]

Im sad for Phil Jones lol He had amazing quilitys

[@tomaslima2371]

I hope that just like fabio valentino chooses to represent portugal

[@sheldon97sheldon]

I never click on a video faster than HITC Sevens.

[@dylflow7118]

17:44 LMFAOOOOOOO

[@hellalive8973]

Tortuous decision between Rice and Trent??

[@someoneelse1011]

Never knew Micah Richards burst on to the scene

[@julianboucher9217]

Frank Lampard played on loan for Swansea. So if you can't include Defoe owing to him playing for Bournemouth then you can't include Lampard

[@carson3811]

Joe cole was a more technically gifted footballer when him and lampard first started playing.. frank went on improved and had a better Carrer.. but joe cole as a teenager was exciting to watch he was a gifted boy with the ball.. you new even when he was a kid he could rip team's apart

[@smedleybelkin19]

Wow it took a huge dive in 2000 haha

[@nc2933]

Where did you manage to research this?

[@GiftedGaz78]

How can you have Campbell Over Keane? Especially seeing you said it is about what they went on to achieve, surely Keane won more at united.

[@richgriff4645]

Didn't Frank Lampard make his league debut for Swansea City?

[@mohamedabdelkader8665]

Awesome.

[@JackLeDoux_]

I love Adam Armstrong

[@pllsuperfan4ever256]

Not even mentioning Trevor Chalabah is interning

[@HansSerpico]

Hmmm….Barca players are going to have a problem calling Fabregas and Pique as one of your own….I don’t mind as an arsenal fan! :D

[@coffeyallday]

Fabregas has the best Kentucky Waterfall in EPL history

[@alihusain5338]

Video idea: Every PL club’s best ever academy graduate

[@mujeebahmed7940]

Double sol Campbell 🏆

[@Juicyeyedea1]

Early 2000s England squad was scary

[@TDB2509]

no way he compared Harvey Elliott to Bukayo Saka lmao

[@inokvideos8535]

Liverpool seem to be a place to be for young players 🤔

[@jhaych]

Didn't tomori make his debut at Hull or Derby etc anyway

[@mapkocc]

What was the narcissism jab at Owen about? I know nothing about him as a person, could someone gimme the context?

[@FisherAthleticFan]

Owen at Newcastle in relegation battle, search for it

[@vascofrancisco9903]

I imagine that Livramento could represent Portugal instead of England.

[@jhaych]

Got to beat semedo, cancelo perriera for that just as hard as breaking into the England team.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@jhaych I'd say that's still easier than having to get past arguably the two best RBs in the world on talent, James and Trent. Not to mention Walker and Trippier are still going about just fine.

[@jhaych]

@@areebsiddiqui758 cancelo is better than all of them. James is a rwb not exactly a rb but yeah it's just as hard either way I agree.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@jhaych Cancelo plays at LB and I don't think he's better than Trent, maybe on level with James. Although James is younger and less experienced so will get better. And he's a RB as well as RWB, he's equally good in both positions and better defensively than both of those two. Overall in terms of talent though I'd pick Trent and Cancelo is a great player as well.

[@lindylou7853]

Little Mason Mount’s so cute.

[@daveoconnell3833]

Stamford bridge roaring

[@charlesreid1167]

If Southampton was never relegated I wonder if either Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale would make the list.

[@nurrr897]

17:40 looool

[@ethanwells5433]

Kdh plays golf

[@musicaladdiction4147]

Trent Alexander is a great choice but honestly I think his teammate Andy Robertson is the best player as an attack minded defender Tiernay at arsenal and am glad u mentioned Billy Gilmour obviously am Scottish but it’s nice to see so many important players in the league and our renaissance isn’t a fluke John McGinn is also excellent unfortunately nobody appreciates Scotlands domestic league but Tavernier has 6 goals in 7 games in the europa league knockout games and is joint top scorer not bad for a RB yes he hits pens but scores in open play too v Dortmund and Braga and think he deserves at least one cap for England and Ryan Kent will get his chance when he moves on he is that good

[@RedCloudGawdian]

No Smith Rowe? We were gonna get relegated before that guy made his debut against Chelsea

[@sophiejones9947]

He played senior football at RB Leipzig and Huddersfield before that, so he's ineligible.

[@RedCloudGawdian]

@@sophiejones9947 completely forgot about his loan moves 👍🏿

[@stephen123470]

What happened to Panathinaikos?

[@aidenbenjamin5435]

ESR?

[@Alex58399]

The way this guy says his R’s 😬

[@kinanballagh2339]

Phil Jones ?!?!?!?!?!

[@abidtanzil1995]

Just curious: would Mason Greenwood be in the list had he not been arrested/charged this year?