Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy

Manchester United F.C. Reserves

Full name	Manchester United Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)	The Red Devils, United
Founded	1878, as Newton Heath Reserves
Ground	Moss Lane Altrincham (Capacity: 6,085)
Co-chairmen	Joel & Avram Glazer
Manager	Warren Joyce (Reserves) Paul McGuinness (Under 18s)
League	Premier Reserve League
2009–10	Premier Reserve League North 1st & National Playoff winners
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Manchester United Football Club Reserves are the reserve team of Manchester United F.C. They play in the North section of the Premier Reserve League. They have been champions four times since the league's inauguration in 1999; in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2010. 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 Warren Joyce, who took over from Ole Gunnar Solskjær in December 2010, after spending two years as Solskjær's assistant. Joyce was previously the manager of Royal Antwerp, Manchester United's feeder club in Belgium. Since November 2008, the reserves have played all of their home matches at Moss Lane in Altrincham, the home of Altrincham F.C. In previous seasons, the team has played at the Victoria Stadium, the home of Northwich Victoria, and Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde.^[1]

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 Premier Reserve League North, the Central League North, the Central League Cup and the national play off between the winners of the Premier Reserve League North and the Premier Reserve League South. The team also finished as runners-up in the Manchester Senior Cup. Meulensteen followed this up in 2006 by leading the team once more to the Northern and National Premier Reserve League titles and winning the Manchester Senior Cup.

Contents 1 Reserves 1.1 Current squad 1.1.1 Unknown status 1.1.2 On loan 1.2 Manager history 1.3 Honours 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

Reserves

Current squad

As of 30 October 2011.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 31 DF Scott Wootton 35 DF Reece Brown 36 DF Marnick Vermijl 37 MF Robbie Brady 38 DF Michael Keane 39 DF Tom Thorpe 40 GK Ben Amos 42 MF Paul Pogba 43 MF Matthew James 44 DF Sean McGinty 45 MF Davide Petrucci

No. Position Player 47 MF Oliver Norwood 48 FW Will Keane 49 MF Ravel Morrison 51 DF Ezekiel Fryers 52 MF Larnell Cole 53 MF Jesse Lingard — DF Michele Fornasier — DF Luke Giverin — DF Alberto Massacci — FW John Cofie

Unknown status

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — MF Rafael Leão (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 41 FW Joshua King (at Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2012)[3] 46 MF Ryan Tunnicliffe (at Peterborough United until 31 December 2011)[4] 50 GK Sam Johnstone (at Scunthorpe United until 10 January 2012)[5]

No. Position Player — MF Danny Drinkwater (at Barnsley until 2 January 2012)[6] — MF Gladstony (at FC Twente until 30 June 2012)[7]

Manager history

• Wilf McGuinness (1970–1971)
• Bill Foulkes (1971–1974)
• Jack Crompton (1974–1981)
• Brian Whitehouse (1981–1991)
• Pop Robson (1991–1995)
• Jimmy Ryan (1991–2000)
• Mike Phelan (2000–2001)
• Brian McClair (2001–2002)
• Mike Phelan (2002)
• Ricky Sbragia (2002–2005)
• Brian McClair (2004–2005)
• René Meulensteen (2005–2006)
• Brian McClair (2006–2008)
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær & Warren Joyce (2008–2011)^[8][9]
• Warren Joyce (2011–)^[10]

Honours

• Premier Reserve League North Champions: 4
  • 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010

• Premier Reserve League National Playoff Winners: 3
  • 2005, 2006, 2010

• 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: 25
  • 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

• Lancashire Senior Cup: 13
  • 1898, 1913, 1914, 1920 (shared), 1929, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1969, 2008, 2009

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, and the new wave of home-grown talents known as Fergie's Fledglings. The current academy is based at the club's state-of-the-art Trafford Training Centre, a 70-acre (280,000 m²) site in the Manchester suburb of Carrington.

The Manchester United youth team is statistically the most successful in English football. Nine players, far and away the best record, can be found in the English football Hall of Fame (West Ham United are second with four) (Duncan Edwards, Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, Nobby Stiles, Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Johnny Giles). Manchester United also have the best FA youth cup record; winning on 10 occasions and being runners-up on 4 compared to Arsenal in second place with 7 and 1 respectively.

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 Premier Academy League and in the FA Youth Cup (a tournament which they have won a record ten 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 Altrincham's Moss Lane ground (where Manchester United's reserve team 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 in charge of the side that won the 2011 FA Youth Cup after beating Sheffield United 6–3 on aggregate.

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.

Current Academy players

	Player	Date of birth	Position	International caps	Previous club	Joined United
Young Professionals
	Sam Johnstone	25 March 1993 (1993-03-25) (age 18)	GK	Capped at Under-19 level	–	July 2009
	Marnick Vermijl	13 January 1992 (1992-01-13) (age 20)	DF	Capped at Under-18 level	Standard Liège	July 2010[11]
	Alberto Massacci	27 May 1993 (1993-05-27) (age 18)	DF	–	Empoli	October 2009
	Sean McGinty	11 August 1993 (1993-08-11) (age 18)	DF	Capped at Under-19 level	Charlton Athletic[12]	July 2009
	Luke Giverin	4 February 1993 (1993-02-04) (age 19)	DF	–	–	–
	Ezekiel Fryers	9 September 1992 (1992-09-09) (age 19)	DF	Capped at Under-19 level	–	–
	Michael Keane	11 January 1993 (1993-01-11) (age 19)	DF	Capped at Under-19 level	–	July 2009
	Tom Thorpe	13 January 1993 (1993-01-13) (age 19)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2009
	Michele Fornasier	22 August 1993 (1993-08-22) (age 18)	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	Fiorentina[13]	September 2009
	Scott Wootton	12 September 1991 (1991-09-12) (age 20)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Liverpool[14]	July 2007
	Reece Brown	1 November 1991 (1991-11-01) (age 20)	DF/MF	Capped at Under-19 level	Fletcher Moss Rangers[15]	July 2008
	Ryan Tunnicliffe	30 December 1992 (1992-12-30) (age 19)	MF/DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Roach Dynamos[16]	July 2009
	Paul Pogba	15 March 1993 (1993-03-15) (age 18)	MF	Capped at Under-19 level	Le Havre[17]	October 2009
	Ravel Morrison	2 February 1993 (1993-02-02) (age 19)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2009
	Larnell Cole	9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) (age 18)	MF	Capped at Under-19 level	–	July 2009
	Robbie Brady	14 January 1992 (1992-01-14) (age 20)	MF	Capped at Under-21 level	St Kevin's Boys	July 2008
	Davide Petrucci	5 October 1991 (1991-10-05) (age 20)	MF	Capped at Under-19 level	Roma	March 2009
	Will Keane	11 January 1993 (1993-01-11) (age 19)	FW	Capped at Under-21 level	–	–
	John Cofie	21 January 1993 (1993-01-21) (age 19)	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Burnley[18]	July 2009
	Jesse Lingard	15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) (age 19)	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2009
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1993 and 31 August 1994)
	Liam Jacob	18 August 1994 (1994-08-18) (age 17)	GK	–	Liverpool[19]	July 2010
	Joe Coll	2 February 1994 (1994-02-02) (age 18)	GK	Capped at Under-17 level	Glenea United	July 2010
	Tyler Blackett	2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) (age 17)	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	–	July 2002
	Luke McCullough	15 February 1994 (1994-02-15) (age 18)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Dungannon Swifts	July 2010
	Luke Hendrie	27 August 1994 (1994-08-27) (age 17)	DF/MF	Capped at Under-16 level	Bradford City	July 2008
	Charni Ekangamene	16 February 1994 (1994-02-16) (age 18)	MF	Capped at Under-16 level	Royal Antwerp	July 2010
	Tom Lawrence	13 January 1994 (1994-01-13) (age 18)	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2003
	Gyliano van Velzen	14 April 1994 (1994-04-14) (age 17)	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Ajax	November 2010[20]
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1994 and 31 August 1995)
	Jonny Sutherland	3 September 1994 (1994-09-03) (age 17)	GK	Capped at Under-16 level	Crewe Alexandra	July 2011
	Donald Love	2 December 1994 (1994-12-02) (age 17)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2002
	Liam Grimshaw	2 February 1995 (1995-02-02) (age 17)	DF	–	–	July 2002
	Louis Rowley	21 April 1995 (1995-04-21) (age 16)	DF	–	Walsall	April 2011
	Declan Dalley	7 January 1995 (1995-01-07) (age 17)	DF	–	Cardiff City	July 2011
	Matthew Wilkinson	13 January 1995 (1995-01-13) (age 17)	DF	–	–	July 2002
	Jack Rudge	15 November 1994 (1994-11-15) (age 17)	MF/DF	–	–	July 2001
	Joe Rothwell	11 January 1995 (1995-01-11) (age 17)	MF	–	–	July 2001
	Mats Møller Dæhli	2 March 1995 (1995-03-02) (age 16)	MF	Capped at Under-15 level	Stabæk IF	November 2010[21]
	James Weir	4 August 1995 (1995-08-04) (age 16)	MF	–	Preston North End	July 2008
	Ben Pearson	4 January 1995 (1995-01-04) (age 17)	MF/FW	–	–	July 2004
	Patrick McNair	27 April 1995 (1995-04-27) (age 16)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Ballyclare Colts	July 2011
	Adnan Januzaj	5 February 1995 (1995-02-05) (age 17)	MF	–	Anderlecht	March 2011[22]
	Jack Barmby	14 November 1994 (1994-11-14) (age 17)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	–	July 2008
	Sam Byrne	23 July 1995 (1995-07-23) (age 16)	FW	–	St. Joseph's	July 2011
	Kenji Gorré	29 September 1994 (1994-09-29) (age 17)	FW	–	–	July 2002

Honours

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup: 18^[23]
  • 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005

• Champions Youth Cup: 1
  • 2007

• FA Youth Cup: 10^[24]
  • 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2011

• Milk Cup: 4^[25]
  • 1991, 2003, 2008, 2009

• Premier Academy League U18: 3
  • 1998–99, 2000–01, 2009–10

• 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

• Director of Academy Football: Brian McClair
• Director of Youth Football: Jimmy Ryan
• Reserve Team Manager: Warren Joyce
• Reserve Goalkeeping Coach: Alan Fettis
• 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: Chris Casper
• Under 11–12s Coach: Tony Whelan
• Under 9–10s Head Coach: Eamon Mulvey
• Technical Skills Development Coach: René Meulensteen
• Academy Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
• Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
• Academy Physiotherapists: John Davin & Richard Merron

Notable former Academy and Youth Team players

Many players from the Manchester United Academy go on to have careers in professional football, whether at Manchester United or at other clubs. The following is a list of players who have represented their country at full international level.

John Aston, Sr. David Beckham Geoff Bent Wes Brown Alex Bruce Roger Byrne Nicky Butt Bobby Charlton Henry Cockburn Mike Duxbury Duncan Edwards Bill Foulkes Brian Greenhoff Brian Kidd Wilf McGuinness Jack Mew Johnny Morris Gary Neville Phil Neville Stan Pearson David Pegg David Platt Kieran Richardson Jimmy Rimmer

David Sadler Paul Scholes Jack Silcock Joe Spence Nobby Stiles Dennis Viollet Danny Welbeck Arthur Albiston Phil Bardsley Francis Burns Darren Fletcher Michael Stewart Clayton Blackmore Ryan Giggs Mark Hughes Robbie Savage George Best Jackie Blanchflower Craig Cathcart Corry Evans Jonny Evans Keith Gillespie David Healy David McCreery

Sammy McIlroy Philip Mulryne Colin Murdock Oliver Norwood Jimmy Nicholl Norman Whiteside Shay Brennan Johnny Carey Darron Gibson Johnny Giles Paul McShane John O'Shea Liam Whelan Shaun Goater Giuseppe Rossi Ron-Robert Zieler David Johnson Adnan Ahmed Gerard Piqué Kenny Cooper John Thorrington Jovan Kirovski Jonathan Spector

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[26]	Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year[27]
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
1999–2000	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[28]	Craig Cathcart	Kieran Lee
2007–08[29]	Danny Welbeck	Richard Eckersley
2008–09[30]	Federico Macheda	James Chester
2009–10	Will Keane[26]	Ritchie De Laet[27]
2010–11	Ryan Tunnicliffe[31]	Oliver Gill[32]

References

External links

• Man Utd Reserves (Official Site)
• Man Utd Academy (Official Site)
• Premier Reserve League North

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