Manchester United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of
Manchester United
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
's youth teams and the club's former
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of the
Professional Development League
The Professional Development League is a system of youth association football, football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled by the Premier League or by the Football League. It was introduced by the The Football Association, Footbal ...
. The team is effectively Manchester United's second-string side, but is limited to five outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 21 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2022–23 season, a change from three outfield players over age 23 introduced in 2016–17. The age limit previously was again 21, from 2012–13.
They were champions of the former Premier Reserve League five times (in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012) between its introduction in 1999 and its dissolution in 2012. The team also won the
2012–13 Professional U21 Development League 1 in its inaugural season, and again in 2015 and 2016. The team also participates in the regional
Manchester Senior Cup
The Manchester FA Senior Cup (originally known as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, later the Manchester Cup) is an annual football tournament held between the clubs of the Manchester Football Association which was first played in 1885 ...
and the
Lancashire Senior Cup
The Lancashire County Football Association Cup (commonly known as the Lancashire Senior Cup) is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Lancashire, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Lancashire County Football Associatio ...
. From the
2019–20 edition, they also participate in the nationwide
EFL Trophy
The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...
along with senior teams from levels 3 and 4 of the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
, as teams from levels 1 and 2 are restricted to players aged 21 and under.
The team's current manager is
Mark Dempsey, who took over from
Neil Wood in 2022. Wood managed the team from 2019 until 2022.
Ricky Sbragia
Richard Sbragia (born 26 May 1956) is a Scottish football coach and former player.
His playing career, mainly in the English lower leagues began at Birmingham City, Walsall, Blackpool, York City and a loan spell at Darlington. Sbragia had a b ...
had been manager since 2017 and had also been manager for the reserves between 2002–2005. Sbragia had taken over from
Nicky Butt
Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head of first-team development at Manchester United. He is also a co-owner and chief executive officer of Salford City.
He played prof ...
, an academy graduate in the 1990s who played for United until 2004. Butt held the role on an interim basis for the 2016–17 season after
Warren Joyce
Warren Garton Joyce (born 20 January 1965) is an English football manager and former player, who is currently the lead coach of Nottingham Forest F.C.'s U18 Squad.
As a player, he played in The Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Preston ...
was appointed
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
manager on 2 November 2016. Joyce, who took over from
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
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as manager of the reserves in December 2010, was previously the manager of
Royal Antwerp
Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ...
, Manchester United's feeder club in
Belgium
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.
From November 2008 to August 2013, the team played its home matches at
Moss Lane in
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
, the home of
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is a professional football club based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1891 and nicknamed "the Robins", they are currently members of and play at Moss Lane.
History
Altrincham was established by ...
For the
2013–14 Under-21 Premier League season, the team has played the majority of its home matches at
Salford City Stadium
Salford City Stadium (referred to as the AJ Bell Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a rugby stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, England, built to replace Salford rugby league club's ground the Willows for the 2012 season. Sale Sharks rugby unio ...
in
Barton-upon-Irwell
Barton upon Irwell (also known as Barton-on-Irwell or Barton) is a suburb of the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 12,462 in 2014.
History
Barton Old Hall, a brick-built house degraded to a farmhouse, was the se ...
. Since 2014–15, the team play its home matches at
. Rules set out by the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
state that at least three home league games per season must be played at the club's main stadium,
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...
. In previous seasons, the team has played at the
Victoria Stadium, the home of
Northwich Victoria
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, country ...
, and
Ewen Fields
Ewen Fields in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England, is the home ground of Hyde United F.C. and has also hosted Manchester City Reserves, Manchester United F.C. Reserves, Stockport County Reserves and Oldham Curzon Ladies. The stadium holds 4,250 ...
, the home of
Hyde United
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. The under-18s play their home games at the club's
Trafford Training Centre
Trafford Training Centre (usually referred to by the synecdoche of Carrington) is the training ground and academy headquarters of English football club Manchester United F.C. It is near the village of Carrington, Greater Manchester, England, and ...
in
Carrington.
Under-21s
Current squad
Out on loan
Manager history
Honours
*
Professional Development League 1
**Winners (3):
2012–13,
2014–15,
2015–16
*
Premier Reserve League Northern
**Winners (5): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012
*
Premier Reserve League National Playoff
**Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012
*
Central League North: 9
**1913, 1921, 1939, 1947, 1956, 1960, 1994, 1996, 1997
*
Central League Division 1 West: 1
**2005
*
Central League Cup: 1
**2005
*
Manchester Senior Cup
The Manchester FA Senior Cup (originally known as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, later the Manchester Cup) is an annual football tournament held between the clubs of the Manchester Football Association which was first played in 1885 ...
: 27
**1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
*
Lancashire Senior Cup
The Lancashire County Football Association Cup (commonly known as the Lancashire Senior Cup) is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Lancashire, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Lancashire County Football Associatio ...
: 15
**1898, 1913, 1914, 1920 (shared), 1929, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1969, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Academy
The Manchester United Academy was established in 1998, following the reorganisation of youth football in England, but has roots stretching all the way back to the 1930s with the establishment of the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (MUJAC). and has been responsible for producing some of Manchester United's greatest ever players, including the club's top five all-time appearance makers,
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his List of one-club men in association football, entir ...
,
Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...
,
Bill Foulkes
William Anthony Foulkes ( or ; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester U ...
,
Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football coach, pundit, former player, and co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 ...
and
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football pundit and former player. He is also a co-owner of English Football League club Salford City. After retiring from football in 2011, Neville went into punditry and was a comm ...
, and the new wave of home-grown talents known as ''
Fergie's Fledglings
Fergie's Fledglings were a group of football players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson (often nicknamed "Fergie") and trained by assistant coaches Brian Kidd and Eric Harrison, before eventually progress ...
''. The current academy is based at the club's
Aon Training Complex, an site in the Manchester suburb of
Carrington.
The Manchester United youth team is statistically the most successful in English football, with nine players in the English football Hall of Fame (Duncan Edwards, Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, Nobby Stiles, Mark Hughes,Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Johnny Giles). Manchester United also have the best FA Youth Cup record, winning on 10 occasions out of 14 final appearances.
The academy comprises age-group teams ranging from Under-9s up to the flagship Under-18s, who currently compete in Group C of the
Premier Academy League
The Premier Academy League (sometimes abbreviated as FAPAL) was the top level of youth football in England before it was to be replaced by a new league proposed by the Elite Player Performance Plan in 2012, which was accepted by the 72 member ...
and in the
FA Youth Cup
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. The Under-16s and Under-18s typically play their academy league games at 11am on Saturday mornings at Carrington, while Youth Cup games are generally played at either
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
's
Moss Lane ground (where the under-23s play their home games) or the club's 76,000-capacity
Old Trafford
Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...
home, in order to cater for the greater number of supporters these fixtures attract.
In 2007, Manchester United Under-18s won the
Champions Youth Cup
The 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first and only staging of the Champions Youth Cup, a proposed annual football tournament. It was supported by the G-14 group and was intended to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the ...
, intended to be an analogue to the
FIFA Club World Cup
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for youth sides, beating
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
1–0 in the final in Malaysia. It was their first and only title, since the tournament was scrapped after only one edition.
Current squad
''As of 2 September 2022''
Honours
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U18 Premier League – National Champions: 1
**2012–13
*
U18 Premier League – Northern Champions: 1
**2017–18
*
Premier Academy League U18 (Group): 3
**1998–99, 2000–01, 2009–10
*
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
: 11
**1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003,
2011
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,
2022
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*
Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
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: 18
**1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005
*
Champions Youth Cup
The 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first and only staging of the Champions Youth Cup, a proposed annual football tournament. It was supported by the G-14 group and was intended to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the ...
: 1
**2007
*
Milk Cup
SuperCupNI, formerly called the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament and the Dale Farm Milk Cup, is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area o ...
: 6
**1991, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
*
Lancashire League Division One: 12
**1954–55, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
*
Lancashire League Division Two: 5
**1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1996–97
*
Lancashire League Division One Supplementary Cup: 4
**1954–55, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1963–64
*
Lancashire League Division Two Supplementary Cup: 10
**1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77
Staff
Notable youth team players
The following is a list of players who have played in the Manchester United youth team (U16–U18) and represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level.
Players who are currently playing at Manchester United, or for another club on loan from Manchester United, are highlighted in bold.
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Stan Ackerley
Stan Ackerley (born 12 July 1942 in Manchester, Lancashire, England) is an Australian former footballer and coach.
Playing career
Club career
Ackerley spent two seasons on the books of Manchester United from 1959 until 1961 where he played in ...
*
Adnan Ahmed
Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Urdu: ; born 7 June 1984) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Pakistan national team. He had an 11-year career in football, including a six-year international career in whi ...
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Arthur Albiston
Arthur Richard Albiston (born 14 July 1957) is a Scottish former football player. Albiston played for Manchester United for most of his career, making almost 500 appearances for the club. He also made 14 international appearances for Scotland an ...
*
John Aston Sr.
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Ray Baartz
Raymond Henry "Ray" Baartz (born 6 March 1947) is an Australian former soccer player. He represented Australia 48 times, scoring 18 goals, making him the 8th highest goal scorer of all time.
Baartz was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and sp ...
*
Phil Bardsley
Phillip Anthony Bardsley (born 28 June 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Stockport County. He has played international football for the Scotland national team.
Bardsley began his career with Manchester United whe ...
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David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending fr ...
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George Best
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest pla ...
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Clayton Blackmore
Clayton Graham Blackmore (born 23 September 1964) is a Welsh former international footballer. He was a combative player known for his attacking free kicks and a utility player who excelled in defence, but could play equally well in midfield.
Bl ...
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Jackie Blanchflower
John Blanchflower (7 March 1933 – 2 September 1998) was a Northern Irish footballer. He graduated from Manchester United's youth system and played for the club on 117 occasions, winning two league titles, before his career was cut short due to ...
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Mark Bosnich
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Robbie Brady
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Evandro Brandão
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Febian Brandy
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Shay Brennan
Seamus Anthony "Shay" Brennan (6 May 1937 – 9 June 2000) was an Irish footballer in the 1960s. He was a full back for Manchester United.
His first game for the club came in an FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on 19 February 1958; this ...
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Ronnie Briggs
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Wes Brown
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Brown began his career with Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, jo ...
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Alex Bruce
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Francis Burns
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Nicky Butt
Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head of first-team development at Manchester United. He is also a co-owner and chief executive officer of Salford City.
He played prof ...
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Roger Byrne
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England Football Online. Retrieved 6 June 20 ...
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Fraizer Campbell
Fraizer Lee Campbell (born 13 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Huddersfield Town. He has also played for Manchester United, Royal Antwerp, Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, ...
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Johnny Carey
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Joe Carolan
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Craig Cathcart
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A ...
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Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...
*
James Chester
James Grant Chester (born 23 January 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and is a free agent.
Chester began his career with Manchester United but made only one appearance for the club. He had spells on loan at Peter ...
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Tom Cleverley
Thomas William Cleverley (born 12 August 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Watford.
After starting his career in the youth set-up at Bradford City, Cleverley joined Manchester United at the age of 1 ...
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Kenny Cooper
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Hugh Curran
Hugh Patrick Curran (born 25 September 1943 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former footballer who spent the majority of his career in the English Football League. He played in five full international matches for Scotland between 1969 a ...
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Mats Møller Dæhli
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Alan Davies
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Simon Davies
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Danny Drinkwater
Daniel Noel Drinkwater (born 5 March 1990) is an English professional footballer who is a midfielder. He is currently a free agent.
Having come through the youth academy at Manchester United, he spent time on loan with Huddersfield Town, Cardif ...
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Eamon Dunphy
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Mike Duxbury
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Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid ...
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Magnus Wolff Eikrem
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Career Early years
Bor ...
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Anthony Elanga
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Corry Evans
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Jonny Evans
Jonathan Grant Evans (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Leicester City and the Northern Ireland national team.
Evans started his career at Manchester United and progressed thr ...
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Darren Fletcher
Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who is currently the technical director of Manchester United, where he spent the majority of his playing career. He mostly played as a cent ...
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Bill Foulkes
William Anthony Foulkes ( or ; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s. His favoured position was centre-half. For Manchester U ...
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Timothy Fosu-Mensah
Evans Timothy Fosu Fosu-Mensah (born 2 January 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or full-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Netherlands national team. He formerly played for ...
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Ethan Galbraith
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Darron Gibson
Darron Thomas Daniel Gibson (born 25 October 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for League Two club Salford City, and formerly for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, ...
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Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his List of one-club men in association football, entir ...
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Johnny Giles
Michael John Giles (born 6 November 1940) is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as t ...
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Keith Gillespie
Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Mindwell in the Mid-Ulster Football League.
He began his career at Manchester United after winning the FA Youth ...
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Don Givens
Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens (born 9 August 1949) is an Irish former footballer and coach. A forward, Givens played club football for Manchester United, Luton Town, Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, AFC Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Neuch ...
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Shaun Goater
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Pierluigi Gollini
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Johnny Gorman
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Kenji Gorré
Kenji Joel Gorré (born 29 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatari club Umm-Salal. Born in the Netherlands, he is the son of former professional footballer Dean Gorré, and represents Curaçao at internati ...
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Brian Greenhoff
Brian Greenhoff (28 April 1953 – 22 May 2013) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Rochdale. He was capped 18 times for England.
Career
Manchester United
Greenhoff was born in ...
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Mason Greenwood
Mason Will John Greenwood (born 1 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Manchester United.
A graduate of United's youth system, Greenwood scored in a UEFA Europa League match against Astana in S ...
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David Healy
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Tom Heaton
Thomas David Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Manchester United.
Heaton began his career in the Manchester United academy but was unable to break into the first team and sp ...
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Dean Henderson
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Jackie Hennessy
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Danny Higginbotham
Daniel John Higginbotham (born 29 December 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Manchester, England, he represented Gibraltar in international football.
Higginbotham started his career in the academy of ...
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Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the manager of Bradford City.
During his playing career he usually operated as a forward or midfielder. He had two spells at Manchester United, an ...
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Phil Hughes
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Nicholas Ioannou
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Zidane Iqbal
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Born in Manchester, Iqbal joined the Manchester United youth sys ...
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Saidy Janko
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Adnan Januzaj
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David Johnson
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Sam Johnstone
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Michael Keane
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Will Keane
William David Keane (born 11 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Wigan Athletic and the Republic of Ireland national team.
He began his career with Manchester United, having joined them at the a ...
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Brian Kidd
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Joshua King
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Jovan Kirovski
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Tom Lawrence
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Dylan Levitt
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Jesse Lingard
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Shaun Lowther
Shaun Lowther (born 24 January 1962) is a former professional soccer player who played as a defender spending five seasons in the North American Soccer League. Born in England, he made 14 appearances for the Canada national team. He is an exe ...
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Jon Macken
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David McCreery
David McCreery (born 16 September 1957) is a Northern Irish former international footballer who played professionally for Newcastle United and many other clubs during his long career.
He mostly played in midfield, but was very versatile, and ...
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Luke McCullough
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Wilf McGuinness
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Philip Mulryne
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Jimmy Nicholl
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Lee O'Connor
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David Sadler
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Paul Sixsmith
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Jonathan Spector
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Michael Stewart
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Marc Wilson
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Jamie Wood
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Players of the Year
Prior to 1990, a single award was presented to the best young player of that season. Between 1982 and 1985 this was the entitled "Young Player of the Year"; the award then became known as the "Denzil Haroun Young Player of the Year" between 1986 and 1989 in honour of Denzil Haroun, a former club director and brother-in-law of former club chairman
Louis Edwards
Louis Charles Edwards (15 June 1914 – 25 February 1980) was an English businessman from Salford, Lancashire, who was most notable for being chairman of Manchester United from June 1965 until his death in February 1980.
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Since 1990, individual awards are made to the best player of the Academy and the Reserves. The "Young Player of the Year" is named in honour of
Jimmy Murphy,
Sir Matt Busby's long-time assistant manager, who died in 1989, and the best reserve is awarded the "Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year".
References
External links
Man Utd Under-21s (official site)Man Utd Academy (official site)Premier Reserve League North
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Reserves and Academy
Football academies in England
Lancashire Combination
Lancashire League (football)
1878 establishments in England
Association football clubs established in 1878
Premier League International Cup
UEFA Youth League teams
NextGen series