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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)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 coloursManchester 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.
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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 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 48 FW Will Keane 49 MF Ravel Morrison 51 DF Ezekiel Fryers 52 MF Larnell Cole 53 FW 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] 47 
MF Oliver Norwood (at Scunthorpe United until 2 January 2012)[5] No. Position Player 50 GK Sam Johnstone (at Scunthorpe United until 9 December 2011)[6] — MF Danny Drinkwater (at Barnsley until 2 January 2012)[7] — MF Gladstony (at FC Twente until 30 June 2012)[8] Manager history
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- 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)[9][10]
- Warren Joyce (2011–)[11]
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 GK Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009 Marnick Vermijl 13 January 1992 DF Capped at Under-18 level Standard Liège July 2010[12] Alberto Massacci 27 May 1993 DF – Empoli October 2009 Sean McGinty 11 August 1993 DF Capped at Under-19 level Charlton Athletic[13] July 2009 Luke Giverin 4 February 1993 DF – – – Ezekiel Fryers 9 September 1992 DF Capped at Under-19 level – – Michael Keane 11 January 1993 DF Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009 Tom Thorpe 13 January 1993 DF Capped at Under-17 level – July 2009 Michele Fornasier 22 August 1993 DF Capped at Under-16 level Fiorentina[14] September 2009 Scott Wootton 12 September 1991 DF Capped at Under-17 level Liverpool[15] July 2007 Reece Brown 1 November 1991 DF/MF Capped at Under-19 level Fletcher Moss Rangers[16] July 2008 Ryan Tunnicliffe 30 December 1992 MF/DF Capped at Under-17 level Roach Dynamos[17] July 2009 Paul Pogba 15 March 1993 MF Capped at Under-19 level Le Havre[18] October 2009 Ravel Morrison 2 February 1993 MF Capped at Under-17 level – July 2009 Larnell Cole 9 March 1993 MF Capped at Under-19 level – July 2009 Robbie Brady 14 January 1992 MF Capped at Under-21 level St Kevin's Boys July 2008 Davide Petrucci 5 October 1991 MF Capped at Under-19 level Roma March 2009 Will Keane 11 January 1993 FW Capped at Under-21 level – – John Cofie 21 January 1993 FW Capped at Under-17 level Burnley[19] July 2009 Jesse Lingard 15 December 1992 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 GK – Liverpool[20] July 2010 Joe Coll 2 February 1994 GK Capped at Under-17 level Glenea United July 2010 Tyler Blackett 2 April 1994 DF Capped at Under-16 level – July 2002 Luke McCullough 15 February 1994 DF Capped at Under-17 level Dungannon Swifts July 2010 Luke Hendrie 27 August 1994 DF/MF Capped at Under-16 level Bradford City July 2008 Charni Ekangamene 16 February 1994 MF Capped at Under-16 level Royal Antwerp July 2010 
Tom Lawrence 13 January 1994 FW Capped at Under-17 level – July 2003 Gyliano van Velzen 14 April 1994 FW Capped at Under-17 level Ajax November 2010[21] 1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1994 and 31 August 1995) Jonny Sutherland 3 September 1994 GK Capped at Under-16 level Crewe Alexandra July 2011 Donald Love 2 December 1994 DF Capped at Under-17 level – July 2002 Liam Grimshaw 2 February 1995 DF – – July 2002 Louis Rowley 21 April 1995 DF – Walsall April 2011 Declan Dalley 7 January 1995 DF – Cardiff City July 2011 Matthew Wilkinson 13 January 1995 DF – – July 2002 Jack Rudge 15 November 1994 MF/DF – – July 2001 Joe Rothwell 11 January 1995 MF – – July 2001 Mats Møller Dæhli 2 March 1995 MF Capped at Under-15 level Stabæk IF November 2010[22] James Weir 4 August 1995 MF – Preston North End July 2008 Ben Pearson 4 January 1995 MF/FW – – July 2004 Patrick McNair 27 April 1995 MF Capped at Under-17 level Ballyclare Colts July 2011 Adnan Januzaj 5 February 1995 MF – Anderlecht March 2011[23] Jack Barmby 14 November 1994 FW Capped at Under-16 level – July 2008 Sam Byrne 23 July 1995 FW – St. Joseph's July 2011 Kenji Gorré 29 September 1994 FW – – July 2002 Honours
- Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup: 18[24]
- 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[25]
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2011
- 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: Vacant
- Under 11–12s Coach: Tony Whelan
- Under 9–10s Head Coach: Eamon Mulvey
- Technical Skills Development Coach: René Meulensteen
- Youth Coach: Andy Welsh
- Academy Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
- Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
- Academy Physiotherapists: John Davin & Richard Merron
Notable former Academy and Youth Team players
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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 Year1982–83 Norman Whiteside 1983–84 Mark Hughes 1984–85 Mark Hughes Season Denzil Haroun
Young Player of the Year1985–86 Simon Ratcliffe 1986–87 Gary Walsh 1987–88 Lee Martin 1988–89 Mark Robins Season Jimmy Murphy
Young Player of the Year[27]Denzil Haroun
Reserve Team Player of the Year[28]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[29] Craig Cathcart Kieran Lee 2007–08[30] Danny Welbeck Richard Eckersley 2008–09[31] Federico Macheda James Chester 2009–10 Will Keane[27] Ritchie De Laet[28] 2010–11 Ryan Tunnicliffe[32] Oliver Gill[33] References
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