Written on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Players, Youths
Michael Carrick was named Manchester United player of the year, as voted for by the players, taking over form Antonio Valencia. Robin van Persie won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award. He spoke about playing on as long as possible like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. Van Persie won goal of the…
Written on Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Youths
They say hard work pays off. That is certainly the case for Manchester United youngster Adnan Januzaj, who has been registered in the first team with the #44 shirt. Januzaj has been a standout player for the reserves this season and was part of the title celebrations on Monday night despite not having made a first team…
Written on Saturday, March 2, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reaction, Youths
After last night’s draw for the reserves against West Ham, United’s under-18s showed their resilience securing three points against Bolton at Carrington. Manchester United took an early lead through Mats Daehli after a squared ball inside the box from Jack Barmby. In the build-up to the goal, the Reds looked keen to make a quick…
Written on Monday, February 25, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reaction, Youths
Michele Fornasier capped off a trip to Langtree Park for United’s under-21s tonight with an injury time winner to beat a competitive Liverpool side 1-0. United started brightly and passed the ball around crisply. The first real chance fell to Jeffery Schlupp in the first minute when he was sent through on goal by Nick…
Written on Monday, February 4, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Youths
Norwegian manager Oivind Nilsen recently spoke with Manchester United’s Scandinavian Supporters Branch about the burgeoning talent Mats Møller Dæhli. The midfielder was named academy player of the year last season and has found himself in the reserves at the age of 17. Nilsen speaks on the developments that Dæhli has made, setting the standard in terms of creativity. Daehli…
Written on Friday, February 1, 2013 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Transfer News, Youths
Lots of players were linked with a move to Manchester United during the January transfer window, but the club made just one signing. Wilfried Zaha, who was immediately loaned back to Crystal Palace, will join us at the end of the season. IN Wilfried Zaha: As mentioned above, United made just one signing in January….
Written on Saturday, December 8, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Youths
Manchester United crashed out of the FA Youth Cup against Burnley on Friday night. After reaching the semi-finals last year, the club expected our U-18 squad to do a lot better, progressing futher than the third round. Either way, it’s the start of a learning curve in their early careers. Sir Alex Ferguson was among…
Manchester United’s much fabled youth system since the heady days of the Busby Babes, which will be commemorated in February by Dale, not here and now, is renowned for producing fantastic young players. The Class of 92 are one of the finest group of players most recently, along with home grown talent such as Tom…
Written on Monday, November 5, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Other Clubs, Youths
Leicester manager Nigel Pearson has turned to Sir Alex Ferguson in an attempt to boast his side’s chances of gaining promotion from the Championship this year in hope of Premier League football. Talks have began in regard to allowing Michael Keane and Jesse Lingard move to the King Power Stadium on loan. Nigel Pearson’s side…
Written on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Players, Youths
Jessie Lingard spoke exclusively to the official Manchester United website today about life at United. The youngster expressed his desire to play in a similar manner as new signing Shinji Kagawa in the future. Lingard, aged 19, was a member of the FA Youth Cup winning squad in 2010. Since then, he has travelled with…
Stretty News – Manchester United blog was launched in the summer of 2010; on the back of coming second in the league just a point behind Chelsea. As you can imagine, we had a lot to say at the time but don’t get us wrong, we still do. Read more..
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