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GOAL IS SOME FIN REALLY SPECIAL

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The LeaguePaper Team
2 November 2025

VERTU TROPHY
By Tom Blackett

TEENAGE defender Fin Evans said it was ‘the best feeling in the world’ after becoming Luton’s youngest ever goalscorer in midweek.
Evans was handed his senior debut by Hatters boss Jack Wilshere in their Vertu Trophy group stage game against Brighton U21s and clinched a 3-1 victory for his side in the 79th minute. He was just 16 years and 271 days.
“It was just instinct -swing and hit the ball,” he told BBC Three Counties Radio. “I couldn’t believe the chance fell to me and I scored, it’s just the ...

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