Manchester United F.C. Reserves & Academy

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Manchester United Reserves

Full name

Manchester United Reserves

Nickname(s)

The Red Devils, United

Founded

1878, as Newton Heath LYR FC

Ground

Victoria Stadium
Northwich Victoria
(Capacity 4,500)

Chairman

Joel & Avram Glazer

Manager

Brian McClair (Reserves)

Paul McGuinness (Under 18s)

League

Barclays Premiership
Reserve League North

2006-07

Premier Reserve League North
2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Manchester United F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Manchester United F.C.. They play in the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North. They have been champions three times since the league's inauguration in 1999; in 2002, 2005 & 2006. They also participate in the Manchester Senior Cup, although in recent years the teams entered in this competition have featured an increasing number of youth players.

The current Reserve team manager is Brian McClair, who was appointed for the second time in the summer of 2006 upon the departure of René Meulensteen. His assistant is Jimmy Ryan. However, the two will be replaced as manager of the Reserves by Ole Gunnar Solskjær for the 2008–09 season. From the beginning of the 2007-08 season, the reserves play all of their home matches at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, the home of Northwich Victoria. In previous seasons, the team has played at Moss Lane, the home of Altrincham F.C., and Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde United.

The most successful Manchester United Reserves coach has been René Meulensteen. Meulensteen won four of the five available reserve team trophies in the 2004-05 season - the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North, the Pontins Holiday Reserve League North, the Pontins Holiday Reserve League Cup and the national play off between the winners of the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North and the Barclays Premiership Reserve League South. The team also finished runners-up in the Manchester Senior Cup. Meulensteen followed this up in 2006 by leading the team once more to the Northern and National FA Premier Reserve League titles, and going one better in the Manchester Senior Cup.

1 Reserves
2 The Academy
- 2.1 Current Academy players
- 2.2 Honours
3 Staff
4 Notable former Academy and Youth Team players
5 Players of the Year
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Reserves

[edit] Current squad

As of 21 March 2008, according to official site^[1] and UEFA.com^[2]

No.	Position	Player
34	MF	Rodrigo Possebon
36	DF	David Gray
37	DF	Craig Cathcart
41	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler
42	MF	Sean Evans
43	MF	Sam Hewson

No.	Position	Player
44	DF	James Chester
46	DF	Richard Eckersley
	DF	Tom Cleverley
	MF	Ritchie Jones
	DF	Michael Lea

[edit] On loan

No.	Position	Player
23	DF	Jonny Evans (at Sunderland until 30 June 2008)
25	DF	Danny Simpson (at Ipswich Town until 30 June 2008)
28	MF	Darron Gibson (at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 30 June 2008)^[3]
30	MF	Lee Martin (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2008)

No.	Position	Player
38	GK	Tom Heaton (at Cardiff City until 30 June 2009)
39	FW	Fraizer Campbell (at Hull City until 30 June 2008)
45	FW	Febian Brandy (at Swansea City until 30 June 2008)
	MF	Michael Barnes (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2008)

[edit] Manager history

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Brian Kidd (1988-1991)
Jimmy Ryan (1991-1999)
Mike Phelan (1999-00)
Brian McClair (2001)
Ricky Sbragia (2001-2005)
René Meulensteen (2005-2006)
Brian McClair (2006-)

[edit] Honours

FA Premier Reserve League North Champions: 3
- 2002, 2005, 2006

FA Premier Reserve League National Playoff Winners: 2
- 2005, 2006

Pontins Holiday Reserve League North: 9
- 1913, 1921, 1939, 1947, 1956, 1960, 1994, 1996, 1997

Pontins Holiday League Division 1 West: 1
- 2005

Pontins Holiday Reserve League Cup: 1
- 2005

Manchester Senior Cup: 23
- 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008

[edit] The Academy

The academy is the core of the youth setup at Manchester United, 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, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville. The current academy is based at the club's state-of-the-art Trafford Training Centre, a 70 acre site in the Manchester suburb of Carrington.

The academy comprises age-group teams ranging from Under-9's up to the flagship Under-18's, who currently compete in Group C of the FA Premier Academy League and in the FA Youth Cup (a tournament which they have won a record nine times). The Under-16's and Under-18's typically play their academy league games at 11am on Saturday mornings at Carrington, while Youth Cup games are generally played at either Hyde United's Ewen Fields ground (where Manchester United's reserve teams play their home games) or the club's 76,000-capacity Old Trafford home, in order to cater for the greater number of supporters these fixtures attract.

Paul McGuinness is the head coach of the under 18s academy side. He was also in charge of the side that lost to Liverpool in the 2007 FA Youth Cup final.

In 2007 the Academy were the inaugural winners of the Champions Youth Cup, intended to be a Club World Championship for youth sides, beating Juventus 1-0 in the final in Malaysia.

[edit] Current Academy players

	Player	DOB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club
3rd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1988 and 31 August 1989 )
	Sam Hewson	28 November 1988	CM	Capped at under-19 level	–
	James Chester	23 January 1989	CB	–	–
	Febian Brandy	4 February 1989	ST	Capped at under-18 level	–
	Ron-Robert Zieler	12 February 1989	GK	Capped at under-17 level	1. FC Köln
	Richard Eckersley	12 March 1989	RB/LB	–	–
	Chris Fagan	11 May 1989	ST	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Tom Cleverley	12 August 1989	LB	–	–
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1989 and 31 August 1990 )
	Antonio Bryan	4 October 1989	RW/S	–	–
	James Derbyshire	21 November 1989	CM	–	–
	Daniel Drinkwater	5 March 1990	CM	Capped at Under-18 level	–
	Ben Amos	10 April 1990	GK	Capped at under-17 level	–
	Conor McCormack	18 May 1990	CM	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Corry Evans	30 July 1990	CM	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	8 August 1990	CM/RM	Capped at Under-16 level	Molde FK
	Daniel Galbraith	19 August 1990	LW	Capped at Under-17 level	Heart of Midlothian
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1990 and 31 August 1991 )
	Oliver Gill	15 September 1990	CB	–	–
	Gary Woods	1 October 1990	GK	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Kenny Strickland	10 October 1990	CB	–	–
	David Williams	23 November 1990	ST	–	–
	Joseph Dudgeon	26 November 1990	DF	–	–
	Danny Welbeck	26 November 1990	RW/ST	Capped at Under-19 level	–
	Scott Moffatt	7 December 1990	CB	–	–
	Christopher Curran	5 January 1991	LW/RW	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Cameron Stewart	8 April 1991	RB	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Oliver Norwood	12 April 1991	DM	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Evandro de Carvalho Brandão	4 May 1991	ST	Capped at Under-17 level	Walsall
	Liam McClair	7 May 1991	MF	–	–
	Matthew James	28 July 1991	CM	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Federico Macheda	22 August 1991	ST	Capped at Under-16 level	S.S. Lazio
Potential Future Scholars (players born after 1 September 1991 )
	Conor Devlin^[4]	23 September 1991	GK	Capped at Under-19 level	–
	Nicholas Ajose	7 October 1991	ST	Capped at Under-16 level	–

[edit] Honours

Champions Youth Cup: 1
- 2007

FA Youth Cup: 9
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003

FA Youth Cup runners-up: 4
- 1982, 1986, 1993, 2007

[edit] Staff

Academy Director & Reserve Team Manager: Brian McClair
Director of Youth Football & Reserve Team Coach: Jimmy Ryan
Assistant Academy Director for 17-21 year olds & Under-18s Head Coach: Paul McGuinness
Assistant Academy Director for 9-16 year olds & Under-11/12s Head Coach: Tony Whelan
Under 13-16s Head Coach: Mark Dempsey
Under 11-12s Coach: Tony Whelan
Under 9-10s Head Coach: Eamon Mulvey
Technical Skills Development Coach: René Meulensteen
Youth Coach: Andy Welsh
Director of Goalkeeping Training: Richard Hartis
Academy Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
Academy Physiotherapists: John Davin & Richard Merron

[edit] Notable former Academy and Youth Team players

[edit] Players of the Year

Prior to 1990, a single award was presented to the best young player of that season. After 1990, two separate awards were presented. The Young Player of the Year award is named after Jimmy Murphy, Sir Matt Busby's long-time assistant manager, who died in 1989. Denzil Haroun was a former club director and the brother-in-law of former club chairman Louis Edwards.

Season	Supporters Club Young Player of the Year
1982-83	Norman Whiteside
1983-84	Mark Hughes
1984-85	Mark Hughes

Season	Denzil Haroun Young Player of the Year
1985-86	Simon Ratcliffe
1986-87	Gary Walsh
1987-88	Lee Martin
1988-89	Mark Robins

Season	Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year	Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year
1989-90	Lee Martin	Mark Robins
1990-91	Ryan Giggs	Jason Lydiate
1991-92	Ryan Giggs	Brian Carey
1992-93	Paul Scholes	Colin McKee
1993-94	Phil Neville	Nicky Butt
1994-95	Terry Cooke	Kevin Pilkington
1995-96	Ronnie Wallwork	Michael Appleton
1996-97	John Curtis	Michael Clegg
1997-98	Wes Brown	Michael Twiss
1998-99	Wes Brown	Mark Wilson
1999-00	Bojan Djordjic	Jonathan Greening
2000-01	Alan Tate	Michael Stewart
2001-02	Paul Tierney	John O'Shea
2002-03	Ben Collett	Darren Fletcher
2003-04	Jonathan Spector	David Jones
2004-05	Giuseppe Rossi	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
2005-06	Darron Gibson	Giuseppe Rossi
2006-07	Craig Cathcart	Kieran Lee
2007-08	Danny Welbeck	Richard Eckersley