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