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U21s: Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester United

By Rob Britton. Manchester United’s Under-21s moved to second in the table after a well fought 2-1 victory over Newcastle United, at Whitley Park. The Magpies have been one of the most entertaining teams to watch so far this season, with 46 goals scored in nine matches they have been involved in. Newcastle started the [...]

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U21s: Manchester United 1 – 1 Stoke City

By Rob Britton. There was little to separate both teams in the end as Manchester United’s U21s could only take a point at home against a defiant Stoke City. With only five minutes on the clock the visitors took an early lead when James Alabi collected an attempted clearance by Michele Fornasier. The Stoke youngster [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United 4 – 1 Wigan Athletic

By R. Nugent. Ravel Morrison and Manchester United gave a lovely display of how football should be played, as they emphatically defeated Wigan 4-1 thanks to a brace from Morrison and a goal each from forgotten man David Petrucci and local boy Ezekiel Fryers. United started off the game as expected with plenty of possession, [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United 2 Fulham 1 – Diouf Double Secures Victory

By Nathan Thomas. Moss Lane 12/09/2011 Manchester United – 2 Diouf (44, 82) Fulham – 1 Frei (90) United reserves overcame a stern Fulham team to take victory at Moss Lane and in doing so went top of the Barclays Premier Reserve League North. It was the striker in form Mame Biram-Diouf who ultimately proved [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United 2 Bury 0

By Nathan Thomas. Moss Lane 8/9/2011 Manchester United Reserves -  2 Blackett (37) M. Keane (57) Bury Reserves – 0 A young United reserve contingent plundered their way to a 2-0 victory over Bury in the Manchester Senior Cup on a rain sodden night at Moss Lane despite being well off top form. Before the [...]

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Reserves: Arsenal 2 Manchester United 1

By Barry McEvoy. Two teams with quite a bit of first team experience both home and away faced off in their opening reserve league games at Barnet’s home ground of Underhill. Four very noticeable names started for United, Tomasz Kuszczak, Darron Gibson and Mame Biram Diouf, all perhaps in the shop window, and also the [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United v Arsenal – The Great Bore

By Barry McEvoy Manchester United went into this game needing just one point to secure top spot in the Northern A Group to set up a play-off against Blackburn Rovers, the winners of Group B. Arsenal needed a win here as Chelsea are hot on their tails for the top spot in the Southern Group. [...]

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United Reserves vs. Rochdale – King Hat-trick Maintains 100% Record

Manchester Senior Cup Moss Lane, 3 February 2011 A hat-trick from striker Joshua King plus further goals from Fabio, Robbie Brady and Ravel Morrison ensured Manchester United reserves maintained their 100% record in the Manchester Senior Cup. The opening stages of the encounter were fairly even with both teams enjoying their moments. United were lucky [...]

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Reserves vs. Bolton Wanderers – King Strike Seals Victory

Barclays Premier Reserve League Moss Lane, 13 January 2011 With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Magnus Eikrem seeking pastures new, Manchester United reserves were thankful for their Norwegian compatriot Joshua King for providing the sole goal in a 1-0 victory over local rivals Bolton Wanderers. In his first game in charge Warren Joyce opted for a [...]

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Reserves: Manchester United 5 Newcastle United 1

Competition: Barclays Premier Reserve League Date: 16th December, 2010 Venue: Moss Lane Kick Off: 7pm In his final game as reserve team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was given the perfect send off as his team romped to a 5-1 victory against league leaders Newcastle United. On a cold frosty night in Altrincham the home team [...]

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