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Manchester United F.C. Reserves
The words "Manchester" and "United" surround a pennant featuring a ship in full sail and a devil holding a trident.
Full nameManchester United Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)The Red Devils, United
Founded1878, as Newton Heath Reserves
GroundMoss Lane
Altrincham
Capacity6,085
Co-chairmenJoel & Avram Glazer
ManagerWarren Joyce (Reserves)
Paul McGuinness (Under 18s)
LeaguePremier Reserve League
2011–12Premier Reserve League North
1st & Play-off Final, winners

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 five times since the league's inauguration in 1999; in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012. 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.

Reserves

Current squad

As of 16 July 2012.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 FW Portugal POR Bébé
35 DF England ENG Reece Brown
36 DF Belgium BEL Marnick Vermijl
37 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Brady
38 DF England ENG Michael Keane
39 DF England ENG Tom Thorpe
40 GK England ENG Ben Amos
41 FW Norway NOR Joshua King
45 MF Italy ITA Davide Petrucci
46 MF England ENG Ryan Tunnicliffe
48 FW England ENG Will Keane
50 GK England ENG Sam Johnstone
51 DF England ENG Ezekiel Fryers
No. Pos. Nation Player
52 MF England ENG Larnell Cole
53 MF England ENG Jesse Lingard
54 DF Italy ITA Michele Fornasier
55 DF England ENG Luke Giverin
— DF England ENG Tyler Blackett
— DF England ENG Reece James
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Luke McCullough
— DF Albania ALB Frédérik Veseli
— DF England ENG Scott Wootton
— MF Belgium BEL Charni Ekangamene
— MF England ENG Luke Hendrie
— FW Wales WAL Tom Lawrence
— FW Netherlands NED Gyliano van Velzen

Unknown status

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Lucas Evangelista (on loan from Desportivo Brasil)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Gladstony

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
44 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean McGinty (at Oxford United until 31 December 2012)[3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG John Cofie (at Sheffield United until 30 June 2013)[4]

Manager history

Honours

  • Manchester Senior Cup: 26
    • 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
  • 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
England Sam Johnstone (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) GK Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009
Belgium Marnick Vermijl (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 32) DF Capped at Under-18 level Standard Liège July 2010[8]
Italy Michele Fornasier (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 30) DF Capped at Under-16 level Fiorentina[9] September 2009
England Ezekiel Fryers (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31) DF Capped at Under-19 level – –
Republic of Ireland Sean McGinty (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 30) DF Capped at Under-19 level Charlton Athletic[10] July 2009
England Luke Giverin (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) DF – – –
England Tyler Blackett (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) DF Capped at Under-18 level – July 2002
England Michael Keane (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31) DF Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009
England Scott Wootton (1991-09-12) 12 September 1991 (age 32) DF Capped at Under-17 level Liverpool[11] July 2007
Albania Frédérik Veseli (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 31) DF Capped at Under-20 level Manchester City[12] January 2012
Northern Ireland Luke McCullough (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30) DF Capped at Under-17 level Dungannon Swifts July 2010
England Reece James (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 30) DF – – July 2012
England Tom Thorpe (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31) DF/MF Capped at Under-17 level – July 2009
England Reece Brown (1991-11-01) 1 November 1991 (age 32) DF/MF Capped at Under-19 level Fletcher Moss Rangers[13] July 2008
England Ryan Tunnicliffe (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) MF/DF Capped at Under-17 level Roach Dynamos[14] July 2009
England Luke Hendrie (1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 29) MF/DF Capped at Under-18 level Bradford City July 2008
Belgium Charni Ekangamene (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) MF/DF Capped at Under-16 level Royal Antwerp July 2010
England Larnell Cole (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) MF Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009
Republic of Ireland Robbie Brady (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32) MF Capped at Under-21 level St Kevin's Boys July 2008
Italy Davide Petrucci (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 32) MF Capped at Under-19 level Roma March 2009
Wales Tom Lawrence (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30) FW Capped at Under-17 level – July 2003
England Will Keane (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31) FW Capped at Under-21 level – –
England John Cofie (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31) FW Capped at Under-17 level Burnley[15] July 2009
England Jesse Lingard (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31) FW Capped at Under-17 level – July 2009
Netherlands Gyliano van Velzen (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) FW Capped at Under-17 level Ajax November 2010[16]
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1994 and 31 August 1995)
England Jonny Sutherland (1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 29) GK Capped at Under-16 level Crewe Alexandra July 2011
Italy Pierluigi Gollini (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29) GK – Fiorentina March 2012
England Liam Grimshaw (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) DF – – July 2002
Scotland Donald Love (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 29) DF Capped at Under-17 level – July 2002
England Louis Rowley (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 (age 29) DF – Walsall April 2011
Wales Declan Dalley (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29) DF – Cardiff City July 2011
England Matthew Wilkinson (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) DF – – July 2002
England James Weir (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28) MF/DF – Preston North End July 2008
England Jack Rudge (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 29) MF/DF – – July 2001
England Joe Rothwell (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) MF – – July 2001
Norway Mats Møller Dæhli (1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 29) MF Capped at Under-18 level Stabæk IF November 2010[17]
Northern Ireland Patrick McNair (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29) MF Capped at Under-17 level Ballyclare Colts July 2011
England Ben Pearson (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) MF/FW – – July 2004
Albania Adnan Januzaj (1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 (age 29) MF/FW – Anderlecht March 2011[18]
England Jack Barmby (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 29) FW Capped at Under-16 level – July 2008
Republic of Ireland Sam Byrne (1995-07-23) 23 July 1995 (age 29) FW – St. Joseph's July 2011[19]
Netherlands Kenji Gorré (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 29) FW – – July 2002
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1995 and 31 August 1996)
England Kieran O'Hara (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 28) GK – - -
Switzerland Joel Castro Pereira (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 28) GK – Neuchâtel Xamax July 2012
Republic of Ireland Ryan McConnell (1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 28) DF – Letterkenny Rovers -
England Ben Barber (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 (age 28) DF – - -
Cyprus Nicolas Ioannou (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28) DF – - -
England Callum Evans (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28) MF/DF – - -
England Josh Harrop (1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 28) MF/DF – - -
England Sean Goss (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 27) MF – Exeter City July 2012
Belgium Andreas Pereira (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) MF – PSV Eindhoven January 2012
England Matthew Willock (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 27) MF/FW – - -
England James Wilson (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 28) FW – - -
England Ashley Fletcher (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 28) FW – - -

Honours

  • 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

Staff

  • Director of Academy Football: Scotland Brian McClair
  • Director of Youth Football: Scotland Jimmy Ryan
  • Reserve Team Manager: England Warren Joyce
  • Reserve Goalkeeping Coach: Northern Ireland Alan Fettis
  • Assistant Academy Director for 17–21 year olds & Under-18s Head Coach: England Paul McGuinness
  • Assistant Academy Director for 9–16 year olds & Under-11/12s Head Coach: England Tony Whelan
  • Under 13–16s Head Coach: England Chris Casper
  • Under 11–12s Coach: England Tony Whelan
  • Under 9–10s Head Coach: Northern Ireland Eamon Mulvey
  • Technical Skills Development Coach: Netherlands 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.

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[23] 		Denzil Haroun
Reserve Team Player of the Year[24]
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[25] Craig Cathcart Kieran Lee
2007–08[26] Danny Welbeck Richard Eckersley
2008–09[27] Federico Macheda James Chester
2009–10 Will Keane[23] Ritchie De Laet[24]
2010–11 Ryan Tunnicliffe[28] Oliver Gill[29]
2011–12 Mats Møller Dæhli[30] Michael Keane[31]

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