SAINTS starlet Theo Walcott has an impressive sporting pedigree - he is related to West Indies cricket legend Sir Clyde Walcott, below.
The pacy 15-year-old's father, Don, revealed the family link in an exclusive interview with the Daily Echo.
Inside today's paper, Don explains how Theo - coveted by Chelsea and Arsenal but determined to stay a Saint - didn't start playing football until he was ten!
"I couldn't believe what I was seeing when he played his first game for their youth team away to Hungerford under 11s. He scored a hat-trick," recalled Don.
More on this story in tonight's Daily Echo
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