The first time I learned of Wayne Rooney's talents was a 2002 FA Youth Cup quarterfinal under the floodlights at Goodison Park when I was playing for Nottingham Forest.
It won't surprise you that Everton's 16-year-old prodigy was startlingly good that night, rattling the goal frame with a string of efforts from outside the box, before scoring a bicycle kick from a corner to seal a 2-1 win for them.
In the away changing room afterwards, our manager, John Pemberton, told us not to be too downhearted because the young man who had been the difference between the two teams was "the next Alan Shearer.