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Heaven and Setford on ‘special’ debuts

Two more of our youngsters made winning starts to their Arsenal careers, starring in our 3-0 victory against Preston North End on Wednesday.

Our summer signing from Ajax, 18-year-old Tommy Setford, played the full 90 minutes, keeping a clean sheet in the process. Hale End Academy product Ayden Heaven came on in central defence for the last ten minutes – the two became the 911th and 912th players in our history respectively.

It comes hot on the heels of four academy products all making debuts in the third-round win over Bolton.

After the game we spoke to both players, who were understandably delighted with their debuts.