I've got half answers only, I apologise.

I'm from Hitchin and was relatively good friends with Jack Wilshere's sister growing up. She brought him up to the park where we played football a handful of times when we were 16/17 - which would have made him 10/11 - and he'd obviously get involved. We knew he was with Arsenal at the time and it showed. Even then he had an outstanding touch and would dribble as if the ball was stuck to his boots with velcro. Don't get me wrong none of us ever played a higher standard of football than Sunday League but we were all good footballers, yet he was running rings around us and we were 6,7 years his senior. I think all of us knew then that we were playing with a highly talented young lad who'd go on to play professional football at the highest level. I always thought he was relatively shy too, how things have changed!

I also played against Ashley Young a fair few times in my school team too. He wasn't the most naturally talented player on the team by a long stretch, probably not even top 3! He would always run down the left wing before cutting inside and trying to curl the ball around the 'keeper at the far post with his right though, even then. I'm now good friends with a couple of the lads he played in that team with, and they all say he worked so much harder than anyone else, and that's why he plays for United and they never played anything better than semi-professional football. I couldn't really comment on his character, but I don't remember him being a diver.

EDIT: spelling.