Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy

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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)
Chairman	Joel & Avram Glazer
Manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Reserves) Paul McGuinness (Under 18s)
League	Premier Reserve League
2008–09	Premier Reserve League North 2nd
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 FA Premier Reserve League. 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 Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who was appointed in the summer of 2008 after working with the club's first team strikers following his retirement from playing in August 2007. His assistant is Warren Joyce, who 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 United.^[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 FA Premier Reserve League titles, and going one better in the Manchester Senior Cup.

Contents 1 Reserves 1.1 Current squad 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

[edit] Reserves

[edit] Current squad

• As of 6 July 2009, according to official site^[2]

No. Position Player 19 FW Danny Welbeck 20 DF Fábio 21 DF Rafael 23 DF Jonny Evans 25 DF Danny Simpson 28 MF Darron Gibson 31 FW Fraizer Campbell 33 MF Sam Hewson 34 MF Rodrigo Possebon 35 MF Tom Cleverley 36 MF David Gray 37 DF Craig Cathcart 38 GK Ron-Robert Zieler

No. Position Player 39 DF James Chester 40 GK Ben Amos 41 FW Federico Macheda 42 DF Richard Eckersley 43 MF Davide Petrucci 45 MF Corry Evans 46 MF Daniel Drinkwater 47 MF Matthew James – GK Tom Heaton – MF Magnus Wolff Eikrem – FW Febian Brandy – FW Antonio Bryan

[edit] Manager history

• Brian Kidd (1988–1991)
• Jimmy Ryan (1991–1999)
• Mike Phelan (1999–2000)
• Brian McClair (2001)
• Ricky Sbragia (2001–2005)
• René Meulensteen (2005–2006)
• Brian McClair (2006–2008)
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (2008–)

[edit] Honours

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

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

• 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: 24
  • 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009

• Lancashire Senior Cup: 12
  • 1898, 1913, 1914, 1920 (shared), 1929, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1969, 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, 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 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 1989 and 31 August 1990)
	Ben Amos	10 April 1990 (1990-04-10) (age 19)	GK	Capped at Under-20 level	Crewe Alexandra
	Antonio Bryan	4 October 1989 (1989-10-04) (age 19)	FW	–	–
	Daniel Drinkwater	5 March 1990 (1990-03-05) (age 19)	MF	Capped at Under-19 level	–
Academy Students
	Oliver Gill	15 September 1990 (1990-09-15) (age 18)	DF	–	–
	Liam McClair	7 May 1991 (1991-05-07) (age 18)	MF	–	–
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1990 and 31 August 1991)
	Chris Curran	5 January 1991 (1991-01-05) (age 18)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Joe Dudgeon	26 November 1990 (1990-11-26) (age 18)	DF	–	–
	Matthew James	22 July 1991 (1991-07-22) (age 17)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Federico Macheda	22 August 1991 (1991-08-22) (age 17)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	Lazio
	Scott Moffatt	7 December 1990 (1990-12-07) (age 18)	DF	–	–
	Oliver Norwood	12 April 1991 (1991-04-12) (age 18)	MF	Capped at B team level	–
	Cameron Stewart	8 April 1991 (1991-04-08) (age 18)	MF	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Danny Welbeck	26 November 1990 (1990-11-26) (age 18)	FW	Capped at Under-21 level	–
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)
	Nicholas Ajose	7 October 1991 (1991-10-07) (age 17)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Robert Brady	14 January 1992 (1992-01-14) (age 17)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	St Kevin's Boys
	Reece Brown	1 November 1991 (1991-11-01) (age 17)	DF	–	–
	Conor Devlin	23 September 1991 (1991-09-23) (age 17)	GK	Capped at Under-19 level	–
	Joshua King	15 January 1992 (1992-01-15) (age 17)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	Vålerenga
	Davide Petrucci	5 October 1991 (1991-10-05) (age 17)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Roma
	Scott Wootton	12 September 1991 (1991-09-12) (age 17)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Liverpool
Unknown status
	Ezekiel Fryers	9 September 1992 (1992-09-09) (age 16)	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Jack Dean	28 November 1992 (1992-11-28) (age 16)	MF	–	–
	Ryan Tunnicliffe	30 December 1992 (1992-12-30) (age 16)	MF/DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Will Keane	11 January 1993 (1993-01-11) (age 16)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	Tom Thorpe	13 January 1993 (1993-01-13) (age 16)	DF	Capped at Under-16 level	–
	John Cofie	23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) (age 16)	FW	Capped at Under-16 level	Burnley[3]
	Ra'vel Morrison	2 February 1993 (1993-02-02) (age 16)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Sam Johnstone	25 March 1993 (1993-03-25) (age 16)	GK	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Larnell Cole		DF	–	–
	Johnny Gorman	26 October 1992 (1992-10-26) (age 16)	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Etzaz Hussain	27 January 1993 (1993-01-27) (age 16)	MF	–	–
	Jesse Lingard		FW	–	–
	Alberto Massacci		DF	–	Empoli
	Sean McGinty		DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Charlton Athletic

[edit] Honours

• Champions Youth Cup: 1
  • 2007
• FA Youth Cup: 9
  • 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003
• Milk Cup: 3
  • 1991, 2003, 2008
• Lancashire League Division One: 12^[4]
  • 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^[5]
  • 1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1996–97
• Lancashire League Division One Supplementary Cup: 4^[6]
  • 1954–55, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1963–64
• Lancashire League Division Two Supplementary Cup: 10^[7]
  • 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77

[edit] Staff

• Director of Academy Football: Brian McClair
• Director of Youth Football: Jimmy Ryan
• Reserve Team Manager: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Reserve Team Assistant Manager: Warren Joyce
• Reserve Goalkeeping Coach: Richard Hartis
• 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

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 and/or have played regularly at a high level of club football.

Adnan Ahmed Arthur Albiston John Aston, Jr. Phil Bardsley David Beckham George Best Jackie Blanchflower Shay Brennan Wes Brown Alex Bruce Roger Byrne Nicky Butt Johnny Carey Bobby Charlton Eddie Colman Kenny Cooper Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Duncan Edwards Jonny Evans Darren Fletcher Bill Foulkes

Darron Gibson Ryan Giggs Johnny Giles Keith Gillespie Shaun Goater Brian Greenhoff Jonathan Greening David Healy Danny Higginbotham Mark Hughes David Johnson David Jones Brian Kidd Jovan Kirovski Lee Martin Sammy McIlroy Paul McShane Philip Mulryne Colin Murdock Gary Neville

Phil Neville Jimmy Nicholl John O'Shea David Pegg Gerard Piqué David Platt Kieran Richardson Mark Robins Giuseppe Rossi Robbie Savage Paul Scholes Ryan Shawcross Jonathan Spector Michael Stewart Nobby Stiles Ben Thornley Dennis Viollet Ronnie Wallwork Norman Whiteside Grant Brebner

[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
1999–2000	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	Craig Cathcart	Kieran Lee
2007–08	Danny Welbeck	Richard Eckersley
2008–09	Federico Macheda	James Chester

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Man Utd Reserves (Official Site)
• Man Utd Academy (Official Site)
• FA Premier Reserve League North
• Manchester United Reserves Website
• RedStat - Manchester United Statistics 1970-2007

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