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Revision as of 17:03, 27 August 2007
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Full name | Manchester United Reserves | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Red Devils, United | ||
Founded | 1878, as Newton Heath LYR FC | ||
Ground | Ewen Fields Hyde United | ||
Capacity | 4,100 | ||
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League | Barclays Premiership Reserve League North | ||
2006-07 | Premier Reserve League North 2nd | ||
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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 four times since the league's inauguration in 1999; in 2002, 2003, 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. Manchester United Reserves play their home games at Ewen Fields, the home ground of Hyde United. In previous seasons, the team has also played at Moss Lane, the home of Altrincham F.C.. From the beginning of the 2007-08 season, the reserves will play all of their home matches at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, the home of Northwich Victoria.
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.
The current captain of the reserve side is Kieran Lee.
Reserves
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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-)
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 Reserve League Cup: 1
- 2005
- Manchester Senior Cup: 22
- 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
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, Bobby Charlton, Ryan Giggs, 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 played, and lost in the 2007 FA Youth Cup final against Liverpool.
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
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3rd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1988 and 31 August 1989 ) | |||||
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Sam Hewson | 28 November 1988 | CM | Capped at under-19 level | – |
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James Chester | 23 January 1989 | CB | – | – |
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Febian Brandy | 4 February 1989 | ST | Capped at under-18 level | – |
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Ron-Robert Zieler | 12 February 1989 | GK | Capped at under-17 level | 1. FC Köln |
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Richard Eckersley | 12 March 1989 | RB/LB | – | – |
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Chris Fagan | 11 May 1989 | ST | Capped at under-17 level | – |
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Tom Cleverley | 12 August 1989 | LB | – | – |
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1989 and 31 August 1990 ) | |||||
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Antonio Bryan | 4 October 1989 | RW/S | – | – |
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James Derbyshire | 21 November 1989 | CM | – | – |
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Daniel Drinkwater | 5 March 1990 | CM | – | – |
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Ben Amos | 10 April 1990 | GK | Capped at under-17 level | – |
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Conor McCormack | 18 May 1990 | CM | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Corry Evans | 30 July 1990 | CM | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 8 August 1990 | CM/RM | Capped at Under-16 level | Molde FK |
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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 ) | |||||
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Gary Woods | 1 October 1990 | GK | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Kenny Strickland | 10 October 1990 | CB | – | – |
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David Williams | 23 November 1990 | ST | – | – |
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Joseph Dudgeon | 26 November 1990 | DF | – | – |
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Daniel Welbeck | 26 November 1990 | RW/ST | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Scott Moffatt | 7 December 1990 | CB | – | – |
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Christopher Curran | 5 January 1991 | LW/RW | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Cameron Stewart | 8 April 1991 | RB | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Oliver Norwood | 12 April 1991 | DM | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Evandro de Carvalho Brandão | 4 May 1991 | ST | Capped at Under-17 level | Walsall |
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Matthew James | 28 July 1991 | CM | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
Potential Future Scholars (players born after 1 September 1991 ) | |||||
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Oliver Gill | 15 September 1990 | CB | – | – |
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Conor Devlin | 23 September 1991 | GK | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Liam McClair | 7 May 1991 | MF | – | – |
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Nicholas Ajose | 7 October 1991 | ST | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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
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
- Director of Goalkeeping Training:
Richard Hartis
- Academy Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
- Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
- Academy Physiotherapists: John Davin & Richard Merron
Notable former Academy and Youth Team players
References
- ^ "Reserves". ManUtd.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-04.