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By Barry McEvoy The final fence left for Manchester United U-18s was John Pemberton’s Sheffield United u18 side. Few fans would have expected the young Blades to reach the latter stages of this years competition so to see them facing United in the final is a real shock. A huge crowd of almost 30,000 spilled [...]

By Omorogbe Usuomon Manchester United being one of the most popular football clubs, if not the most popular, is always talked about by football fans, neutrals and everyone. Some of the discussions of the fans could revolve around the best players at the club, the players the club should sign and all of that. I [...]

FA Youth Cup fourth round Upton Park, 19 January 2011 Will Keane’s first half goal was enough to ensure Manchester United’s U18s progressed to the 5th round of the FA Youth Cup with a 1-0 victory over their West Ham counterparts at Upton Park. In a fairly even first half where chances were few and [...]

Date: 10 January 2011 Venue: Moss Lane, Altrincham Kick Off: 7pm Manchester United U18s secured a place in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup with a 3-2 victory over Portsmouth, with goals coming from Paul Pogba, Will Keane and an unfortunate own goal from Pompey goalkeeper Tom Fry. Paul McGuinness was allowed the [...]

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 [...]

Date: 18th November, 2010 Venue: Moss Lane Kick Off: 7pm Manchester United reserves claimed a 3-1 victory over local rivals Wigan Athletic thanks in the main to two wonderful goals from Portuguese winger Bébé. Ole Gunnar Solskjær made several changes to the team that drew 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion. After a three month injury [...]

Competition: Premier Academy League Date: 16th October 2010 Venue: Finch Farm Kick Off: 11am Manchester United’s U18s succumbed to their first defeat of the season as Everton ran out 4-3 winners in a thrilling match at Finch Farm. The game set off in a blistering pace and the deadlock was soon broken (6th minute) when [...]

Manchester United U18’s claimed a dramatic 3-2 victory over local rivals Blackburn Rovers thanks to an injury time penalty from Will Keane in what was a thoroughly enjoyable game. Blackburn confident after recent results (three victories in their previous four fixtures) started brightly as United had to endure early pressure. Unfortunately with only three minutes [...]

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. [...]