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Date: 20 November 2010 Venue: Trafford Training Centre Kick Off: 11am Manchester United U18’s sealed a 3-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion, with John Cofie grabbing his first brace of the season. Paul McGuinness’s team started brightly, opening the scoring as early as the third minute when a jinking Jessie Lingard was fouled inside the [...]

Manchester United reserves maintained their 100% record in the Manchester Senior Cup with a 4-0 victory over local rivals Bolton Wanderers at Moss Lane on Thursday evening. Nicky Ajose claimed a hat trick, but look no further than Captain Magnus Eikrem for the star of the show. United started brightly in what turned out to [...]

Manchester United reserves progressed to the next round of the Lancashire Senior Cup thanks to a comfortable 5-1 victory over Bury at Gigg Lane on Monday evening. United started on the front foot with Mangus Eikrem pulling the strings (spraying passes akin to Paul Scholes) and the Dublin born Robbie Brady heavily involved. For much [...]

The U18s travelled to Firshill Crescent to face their Sheffield United counterparts on Saturday morning. The home team started brightly – passing well, keeping hold of possession while United struggled to find a way into Sheffield United’s half. Big central defender Harry Maguire had a glorious opportunity to open the scoring from a corner when [...]

Manchester United reserves completed a comfortable victory over their Stockport County counterparts, maintaining their unbeaten start in the Manchester Senior Cup at Moss Lane last Thursday. The game started brightly – within two minutes Stockport had a goal ruled out after Stockport forward Tom Fisher was penalised for pushing Scott Wootton in the penalty area. [...]

By G@mb!t. Manchester United’s academy has so many great young strikers coming through that in a few years’ time the first team will have some of the most promising strikers in England if not the world. Currently we have Federico Macheda, Danny Welbeck, Joshua King, William Keane and now John Cofie. This list is excluding [...]

Manchester United U18’s ran out comfortable 5-0 winners against their Cardiff City counterparts in blustery raining conditions at Carrington. With Rio Ferdinand, Bebé, Anderson and (a shadow boxing) Gabriel Obertan in attendance, goals came from Sean McGinty, Michele Fornasier, Tom Lawrence (penalty), John Cofie and Jack Barmby (penalty). United began on the front foot with [...]

Manchester United succumbed to a 3-1 defeat in a pre-season fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at Trafford Training Centre, Carrington. Spurs started brightly and took the lead after only nine minutes when the impressive Harry Kane received the ball after a clever one two (by team mates) and shot early, which surprised Sam Johnstone – he [...]