Manchester United F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Manchester United F.C.. They play in the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North. They have been champions four times since the league's inauguration in 1999. In 2002, 2003, 2005 & 2006. 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.
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| Full name | Manchester United Reserves | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Devils, United | ||
| Founded | 1878, as Newton Heath LYR FC | ||
| Ground | Ewen Fields Hyde United | ||
| Capacity | 4,100 | ||
| Chairman |  Joel & Avram Glazer | ||
| Manager |  Brian McClair | ||
| League | Barclays Premiership Reserve League North | ||
| 2005-06 | Premier Reserve League North, 1st | ||
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The current Reserve team manager is Brian McClair, who was appointed for the second time in the summer of 2006 upon the departure of René Meulensteen. His assistant is Jimmy Ryan. Manchester United Reserves play their home games at Ewen Fields, the home ground of Hyde United. In previous seasons the team has also played at Moss Lane, the home of Altrincham F.C.. From the beginning of the 2007–2008 season the reserves will play all of their home matches at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham the home of Northwich Victoria.
The club has always invested heavily in youth and reserve team players right back to the days of Sir Matt Busby.
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 Barclays Premiership Reserve League North, the Pontins Holiday Reserve League North, the Pontins Holiday Reserve League Cup and the national play off between the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North & Barclays Premiership Reserve League South winners. The team also finished runners-up in the Manchester Senior Cup. Meulensteen followed this up in 2006 by leading the team once more to the Northern and National FA Premier Reserve League titles, and going one better in the Manchester Senior Cup.
The current captain of the reserve side is Kieran Lee.
Players
Reserve team
The following players are expected to play for the team during the 2006-07 season. In addition, members of the first team squad are eligible to play for the reserves, as are players from the Academy: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- Squad numbers refer to players' first team squad number, where applicable. Reserve and youth games are 1-11.
Current Academy players
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Fraizer Campbell | 13 September 1987 | ST | Capped at under-19 level | – |
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Sean Evans | 25 September 1987 | LW | – | Shrewsbury Town |
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Lee Crockett | 4 October 1987 | GK | – | – |
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Ryan Shawcross | 4 October 1987 | CB | – | – |
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Darron Gibson | 25 October 1987 | CM | Capped at B-international level | Institute |
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Michael Lea | 4 November 1987 | CB/LB | – | – |
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Aaron Burns | 8 November 1987 | ST | – | – |
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Jonny Evans | 3 January 1988 | CB | 4 caps at full international level | – |
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Jamie Mullan | 10 February 1988 | LW/RW | Capped at under-18 level | – |
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Danny Rose | 21 February 1988 | CM | – | – |
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David Gray | 4 May 1988 | RB | Capped at under-17 level | Heart of Midlothian |
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Kieran Lee | 22 June 1988 | LB/LM | – | – |
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Michael Barnes | 24 June 1988 | LW/RW | – | Lancaster City |
| 2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1988 and 31 August 1989 ) | |||||
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Craig Cathcart | 6 February 1989 | CB | Capped at under-21 level | – |
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Ron-Robert Zieler | 12 February 1989 | GK | Capped at under-17 level | 1. FC Köln |
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Febian Brandy | 4 February 1989 | ST | Capped at under-18 level | – |
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James Chester | 23 January 1989 | CB | – | – |
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Richard Eckersley | 12 March 1989 | RB/LB | – | – |
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Chris Fagan | 11 May 1989 | ST | Capped at under-17 level | – |
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Sam Hewson | 28 November 1988 | CM | Capped at under-19 level | – |
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Ben Amos | 10 April 1990 | GK | Capped at under-17 level | – |
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James Derbyshire | 21 November 1989 | CM | – | – |
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Daniel Drinkwater | 5 March 1990 | CM | – | – |
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Corry Evans | 30 July 1990 | CM | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 8 August 1990 | CM/RM | Capped at Under-16 level | Molde FK |
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Daniel Galbraith | 19 August 1990 | LW | Capped at Under-17 level | Heart of Midlothian |
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Conor McCormack | 18 May 1990 | CM | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Antonio Bryan | 4 October 1989 | RW/S | – | – |
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Oliver Gill | 1990 | DF | – | – |
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David Williams | 23 November 1990 | ST | – | – |
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Daniel Welbeck | 26 November 1990 | RW/ST | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Chris Curran | 5 January 1991 | LW/RW | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Cameron Stewart | 8 April 1991 | RB | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Oliver Norwood | 12 April 1991 | DM | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Evandro de Carvalho Brandão | 4 May 1991 | ST | Capped at Under-17 level | Walsall |
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Matthew James | 28 July 1991 | CM | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
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Kenny Strickland | 1991 | CB | – | – |
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Scott Moffatt | 1991 | RB | – | – |
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Joseph Dudgeon | 1991 | DF | – | – |
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Conor Devlin | 23 September 1991 | GK | Capped at Under-17 level | – |
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Nicholas Ajose | 7 October 1991 | ST | Capped at Under-16 level | – |
Staff
- Academy Director & Reserve Team Manager:
Brian McClair - Director of Youth Football & Reserve Team Coach: Jimmy Ryan
- Assistant Academy Director for 17-21 year olds & under 18's Head Coach:
Paul McGuinness - Assistant Academy Director for 9-16 year olds & under 11-12's Head Coach: Tony Whelan
- Under 13-16's Head Coach: Mark Dempsey
- Under 11-12's Coach: Tony Whelan
- Under 9-10's Head Coach:
Eamon Mulvey - Technical Skills Development Coach:
René Meulensteen - Director of Goalkeeping Training: Richard Hartis
- Academy Doctor: Dr. Tony Gill
- Senior Academy Physiotherapist: Mandy Johnson
- Academy Physiotherapist's: John Davin & Richard Merron
Reserve team manager history
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- Brian Kidd (1988-1991)
- Jimmy Ryan (1991-2001)
- Brian McClair (2001)
- Ricky Sbragia (2001-2005)
- René Meulensteen (2005-2006)
- Brian McClair (2006-)
Honours
- FA Premier Reserve League North Champions: 4
- 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
- FA Premier Reserve League National Playoff Winners: 2
- 2005, 2006
- Pontins Holiday Reserve League Cup: 1
- 2005
- Manchester Senior Cup: 22
- 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
- FA Youth Cup: 9
- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003
- FA Youth Cup runners-up: 4
- 1982, 1986, 1993, 2007
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 - in Bobby Charlton, Ryan Giggs, Bill Foulkes, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville - the club's top five all-time appearance makers. It is based at the club's state-of-the-art Trafford Training Centre, a 70 acre site in the Mancunian suburb of Carrington.
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 FA Premier Academy League and in the FA Youth Cup (a tournament which they have won a record nine 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 Hyde United's Ewen Fields ground (where Manchester United's reserve teams play their home games) or the club's 76,000 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 18's academy side. he is also in charge or the side that is currently in the FA Youth Cup final, captained by Craig Cathcart.