He played v well in those U17 games and he was called up to train with the 21s there in Wales, if I recall.
Should be on the periphery of the 21's squad in the upcoming campaign, which would be excellent progress as he's well below the age limit for it.

Great question, might be the first time in a long while. Best I have is the following

Alan Maybury(19) and Stephen McPhail(18)	Saturday, 7th February 1998	Premier League	Leicester City	1-0	Leeds United
Shane Supple(19) and Billy Clarke(18)	Saturday, 21st October 2006	Championship	Southend United	1-3	Ipswich
Mark O'Brien(19) and Jeff Hendrick(19)	Saturday, 26th October 2011	Championship	West Ham United	3-1	Derby County
Sean Murray(18) and Connor Smith(19)	Saturday, 29th September 2012	Championship	Huddersfield	2-3	Watford

Edited by tetsujin1979 - 11 Apr 2021 at 2:11am

Had an excellent season for the Derby Under 23s last season and was one of the favourites from their youth team to break into their senior team this year. Has had a really difficult season with injuries though this year (similar to almost every young Irish player it feels) so it has taken until now for him to feature in the league. 

tetsujin1979 wrote: Great question, might be the first time in a long while. Best I have is the following Alan Maybury(19) and Stephen McPhail(18) Saturday, 7th February 1998 Premier League Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United Shane Supple(19) and Billy Clarke(18) Saturday, 21st October 2006 Championship Southend United 1-3 Ipswich Mark O'Brien(19) and Jeff Hendrick(19) Saturday, 26th October 2011 Championship West Ham United 3-1 Derby County Sean Murray(18) and Connor Smith(19) Saturday, 29th September 2012 Championship Huddersfield 2-3 Watford

Even extending this to League One, League Two, FA Cup, and League Cup games, the best I can add are these

Thomas Butler(19) and Brendan McGill(19)	Tuesday, 26th September 2000	League Cup	Luton	1-2	Sunderland
Patrick Cregg(19) and Anthony Stokes(17)	Tuesday, 25th October 2005	League Cup	Sunderland	0-3	Arsenal
Festy Ebosele(18) and Olamide Ibrahim(17)	Saturday, 9th January 2021	FA Cup	Chorley	2-0	Derby County

Edited by tetsujin1979 - 11 Apr 2021 at 1:41pm

I don't know about ever, I have appearance data for all premier league games, and some league cup and fa cup games up until 2006, and then pretty much all games after that.
So I'd be pretty confident it's the only time it's happened in the last 15 years.

Luis Amor Rodriguez wrote: You'd think Ebosele could be seeing the chance for a fair amount of game time in the Championship this season, given the threadbare nature of Rooney's squad.

Bandwagon wrote: Luis Amor Rodriguez wrote: You'd think Ebosele could be seeing the chance for a fair amount of game time in the Championship this season, given the threadbare nature of Rooney's squad.   He definitely will, Watson too ..and probably Cashin as well as they've only 1 fit central defender at present. Even Ibrahim and Kelly-Caprani will probably be in the frame for cups games and minutes here and there throughout the season.

 

Edited by kevin100 - 25 Jul 2021 at 8:07pm

greenshoots wrote: game time is great but Derby look doomed without even kicking a ball so our lads are gonna get a pretty rude awakening to senior football…

Bukowski wrote: Just seen that Festy got on in the 68th minute for Derby today against Huddersfield. Derby County may be a club with a lot of problems, but they have so few players that if you are half decent you'll get plenty of game time. Anyone see the game, and how he played?