Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy

Manchester United F.C. Under-21s

Full name	Manchester United Football Club Under-21s
Nickname(s)	The Red Devils, United
Founded	1878, as Newton Heath Reserves
Ground	Salford City Stadium Barton-upon-Irwell
Ground Capacity	12,000
Co-chairmen	Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager	Warren Joyce (Under-21s) Paul McGuinness (Under-18s)
League	Professional U21 Development League 1
2013–14	Professional U21 Development League 1, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Manchester United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Manchester United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. They play in League 1 of the Professional Development League. The team is effectively Manchester United's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 21 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2012–13 season. 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. The team also participates in the Manchester Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup.

The team's manager is Warren Joyce, who took over from Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager of the reserves 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. From November 2008 to August 2013, the team played its home matches at Moss Lane in Altrincham, the home of Altrincham F.C. Starting from the 2013-14 Under 21 Premier League season, the side will play the majority of its home matches at Salford City Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell.^[1] In previous seasons, the team has played at the Victoria Stadium, the home of Northwich Victoria, and Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde.^[2]

Manchester United also has an Under-18s team, managed by Paul McGuinness, that plays in the Premier League Under-18s Group 2 and the FA Youth Cup. The under-18s play their home games at the club's Aon Training Complex in Carrington.

Under-21s

Current squad

As of 3 February 2015.^[3][4]

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

No. Position Player — GK Kieran O'Hara — GK Joel Castro Pereira — DF Sadiq El Fitouri[5] — DF Callum Evans — DF Liam Grimshaw — DF Andy Kellett (on loan from Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2015) [6] — DF Donald Love

No. Position Player — DF Ryan McConnell — MF Sean Goss — MF Josh Harrop — MF James Weir — MF Matthew Willock — FW Ashley Fletcher

On loan

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

No. Position Player 46 MF Joe Rothwell (at Blackpool until 30 June 2015)[7] — GK Vanja Milinković (at Vojvodina until 30 June 2015)[8]

No. Position Player — MF Ben Pearson (at Barnsley until 1 March 2015)[9]

Manager history

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• Jimmy Murphy (1946–1964)
• Wilf McGuinness (1964–1969)
• John Aston, Sr. (1969–1970)
• Wilf McGuinness (1970–1971)
• Bill Foulkes (1971–1974)
• Jack Crompton (1974–1981)
• Brian Whitehouse (1981–1991)
• Pop Robson and Jimmy Ryan (1991–1995)
• Jimmy Ryan (1995–2000)
• 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 and Warren Joyce (2008–2011)^[10][11]
• Warren Joyce (2011–)^[12]

Honours

• Professional Development League 1: 1
  • 2013
• Premier Reserve League North Champions: 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: 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: 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, 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 Aon Training Complex, an 85-acre (340,000 m²) 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, Ryan Giggs, 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 and in the FA Youth Cup. 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's Moss Lane ground (where the under-21s 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, Manchester United Under-18s 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

Nat.	Player	Date of birth	Position	International caps	Previous club	Joined United
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1996 and 31 August 1997)
	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2013
	Ruairi Croskery	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	–	July 2013
	George Dorrington	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997	GK	–	Bristol City	July 2013
	Dean Henderson	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997	GK	Capped at Under-17 level	Carlisle United	July 2013
	Scott McTominay	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996	MF	Capped at Under-18 level	–	July 2013
	Demetri Mitchell	(1997-01-11) 11 January 1997	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2013
	Ollie Rathbone	(1996-10-10) 10 October 1996	MF	–	–	July 2013
	Devonte Redmond	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996	FW	–	–	July 2013
	Joe Riley	(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996	MF	–	–	July 2013
	Jordan Thompson	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–	July 2013
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1998)[13]
	Ollie Byrne	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997	GK	–	–	July 2014
	Jimmy Dunne	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997	DF	–	–	July 2014
	Travis Johnson	(1998-03-04) 4 March 1998	MF	–	–	July 2014
	Tosin Kehinde	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998	MF	–	–	July 2014
	Marcus Rashford	(1997-10-31) 31 October 1997	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	–	July 2014
	Tyler Reid	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997	DF	–	Arsenal	July 2014
	Charlie Scott	(1997-09-02) 2 September 1997	DF	–	–	July 2014
	Axel Tuanzebe	(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997	DF	–	–	July 2014
Unknown
	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	Ajax	September 2014[14]

Honours

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup: 18^[15]
  • 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^[16]
  • 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2011
• Milk Cup: 5^[17]
  • 1991, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
• Premier Academy League U18 Group: 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
• Under-21 Team Manager: Warren Joyce
• Assistant Under-21 Team Manager & Under-19s Head Coach: Nicky Butt^[18]
• Academy Goalkeeping Coach: Alan Fettis
• Academy Goalkeeping Coach (U9s-U16s): Jack Robinson
• 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-9–10s Head Coach: Eamon Mulvey
• Academy Doctor: Dr Tony Gill
• Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
• Academy Physiotherapists: John Davin and Richard Merron

Notable former youth team players

The following is a list of players who have represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level.^[19]

Adnan Ahmed Stan Ackerley Arthur Albiston John Aston, Sr. Ray Baartz Phil Bardsley David Beckham George Best Clayton Blackmore Jackie Blanchflower Mark Bosnich Robbie Brady Shay Brennan Ronnie Briggs Wes Brown Francis Burns Nicky Butt Alex Bruce Roger Byrne Fraizer Campbell Joe Carolan Craig Cathcart Bobby Charlton James Chester Tom Cleverley Kenny Cooper Hugh Curran Alan Davies Simon Davies Eamon Dunphy Mike Duxbury Duncan Edwards Magnus Wolff Eikrem Corry Evans Jonny Evans

Darren Fletcher Mats Møller Dæhli Bill Foulkes Darron Gibson Ryan Giggs Johnny Giles Keith Gillespie Don Givens Johnny Gorman Brian Greenhoff Tommy Hamilton David Healy Jackie Hennessy Danny Higginbotham Mark Hughes Phil Hughes Adnan Januzaj David Johnson Brian Kidd Joshua King Jovan Kirovski Shaun Lowther Jon Macken David McCreery Wilf McGuinness Sammy McIlroy Alan McLoughlin Sammy McMillan Paul McShane Jackie Mooney Kalam Mooniaruck Johnny Morris Philip Mulryne Colin Murdock Daniel Nardiello

Gary Neville Phil Neville Jimmy Nicholl Jimmy Nicholson Oliver Norwood John O'Shea Peter O'Sullivan Stan Pearson David Pegg Anthony Pilkington Gerard Piqué David Platt Paul Pogba Kieran Richardson Jimmy Rimmer Jonny Rödlund Giuseppe Rossi Mike Rowbotham David Sadler Robbie Savage Paul Scholes Jackie Scott Ryan Shawcross Paul Sixsmith Jonathan Spector Michael Stewart Nobby Stiles John Thorrington Dennis Viollet Danny Welbeck Billy Whelan Norman Whiteside Jamie Wood Ron-Robert Zieler

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.

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".

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[20]	Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year[21]
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[22]	Craig Cathcart	Kieran Lee
2007–08[23]	Danny Welbeck	Richard Eckersley
2008–09[24]	Federico Macheda	James Chester
2009–10	Will Keane[20]	Ritchie De Laet[21]
2010–11	Ryan Tunnicliffe[25]	Oliver Gill[26]
2011–12	Mats Møller Dæhli[27]	Michael Keane[28]
2012–13	Ben Pearson[29]	Adnan Januzaj[30]
2013–14	James Wilson[31]	Saidy Janko[32]

References

External links

• Man Utd Under-21s (official site)
• Man Utd Academy (official site)
• Premier Reserve League North

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