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Wayne Rooney Reaches 50 Goals for England, Ballboy Tries to Get His Shirt

Shout out to the ball boy who came on the pitch to ask for Rooney's shirt pic.twitter.com/EHTRnhsfz3

— Dave Bibby™ (@DaveBibby) September 8, 2015

Shout out to the ball boy who came on the pitch to ask for Rooney's shirt

— victor Daley (@victor_daley) September 9, 2015

Getting to be a ballboy at Wembley for an England game on the night that Wayne Rooney overtakes Sir Bobby Charlton and own goals to become the country's all-time leading scorer is a special privilege.

One youngster, however, tried to improve upon his special evening by making a beeline for the historic scorer at full-time in search of memorabilia.