Young footballer makes history with debut at age 14 in Australian cup competition

• Goalkeeper Ymer Abili given run out by Oakleigh Cannons
• Cannons fall to 5-2 semi-final defeat to Macarthur

Oakleigh Cannons' fantasy run may be over but their 14-year-old goalkeeper, Ymer Abili, was left in dreamland as the youngest player ever to grace the Australia Cup.

Less than 24 hours after another schoolboy, Christopher Atherton, became the youngest ever to appear in any senior match in the UK at 13, Abili beamed his own way into Australian football annals with his cameo appearance in the Cannons' semi-final defeat by Macarthur.