"The most wanted junior footballer in Britain."

He's being hailed as one of the brightest talents of his generation, touted as a potential footballing great, there are 15 professional football teams vying for his signature... and he's just 12 years old.

Nationwide's David Seymour reports on schoolboy football prodigy Colin Walker, and what his situation says about the way top flight clubs are scouting young players.

Originally broadcast 2 December, 1970.





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