Wayne Rooney makes Soccer Aid history as Man United legend, 39, rolls back the years by scoring at the Stretford End in charity match
Rooney, 39, playing for England against a Rest of the World XI, fired home from 14 yards after ex-United team-mate Edwin van der Sar had failed to gather a cross.
The goal set a new record as the earliest in Soccer Aid history.
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