Published 5 min ago We are part of The Trust Project What is it? The former Notts County winger joined Arsenal for £2 million when he was just 15, making his senior bow in a League Cup tie at Middlesbrough in November 1999. Pennant enjoyed two loan spells at Watford before making a brief appearance in the Gunners' 3-2 defeat to Leeds in 2003 – a loss which handed the league title to Manchester United. So with an FA Cup final against Southampton 10 days later to prepare for, manager Arsene Wenger handed Pennant his full league debut against the same opposition, and watched the youngster score a first-half hat-trick in a 6-1 annihilation of the Saints. However, Pennant almost certainly...
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