Manchester United Youth Historian...co-author of 'Sons of United'...ST holder in 'pop' side...big jazz fan...loves wine and runs for Peak & Valley Trail Runners
James Garner becomes the 230th Academy player to play in the first team...since 1939 virtually 50% of all first team players have come through the youth system....
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@jgarnerr96
DID YOU KNOW? Since 1945 there have been 456 different players to feature in the
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first team. 228 have come through the youth system...that's a record 50%! The top five appearance makers are youth players and 6/10 of the top scorers are youth players
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Will Fish at 18 years,3 months and 6 days becomes the 243rd Manchester United player to graduate from the Academy into the first team...a British record...seven Academy players on the pitch now...50% of all
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players since 1939 have come through the youth system! 👏
Had a very interesting conversation today...my understanding is that Woodward and Arnold have known about SL plan since before Xmas with virtually everyone else at club totally in the dark. Charlie Brooks (PR) actually wrote the Glazer apology...a total shit show!
Mason Greenwood becomes the 125th
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Academy graduate to represent his country at full int. level...aged 18 years, 11 months, 4 days...he is also the third youngest United player to represent England after Marcus Rashford and the great Duncan Edwards...same birthday too!
50% of all United players come through the Academy system…we don’t pay for them. That’s a higher ratio than any other league club…which means EVERY other club buys more players as a % than United do…Pep should do his research! 🤷♂️
Pep Guardiola: “In the past [Manchester] United won a lot of titles because they spent more money than other clubs. You remember that?”
Yes but it was money United generated themselves. Owners have never put £1 billion into United.
Glazer ownership has cost United £1 billion.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has now reached three semi-finals in the same season...a record only equalled by Alex Ferguson in 2008/09...he hasn’t won anything yet and I’m not comparing him to Fergie...but well done Ole! 👍
Yes United buy players...every club does. But before any other clubs supporters starts pontificating about our transfer policy...just remember 50% of all United players since 1937 have come through youth system...when you have a 50:50 ratio let’s talk...until then...jog on!
2019/20 has seen Ole Gunnar Solskjaer give eight different youth players their debut for
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...a record only equalled by Matt Busby in 1952/53
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I’m hurting right now…totally gutted. I was so behind Solskjaer and wanted it to work out for him. Sadly it’s not happening. The players need a long hard look in the mirror. The club is run by leeches…not a lot I can do except keep turning up and cheering them on…
#UTFR
Dean Henderson becomes the 239th
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youth player to make his competitive debut for the first team...and the 12th different Academy player under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He last featured on the bench in the FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town in February 2016!
Assuming that is the entire squad...then there will be 16 youth players involved tomorrow...a record for United and probably for any club. Assuming Grant and Shaw will start, the team will start with nine youth players for the first time since the early 1970’s...
ACADEMY NEWS: Congrats to
@TomHeatonGK
who becomes the 244th youth graduate to reach the
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first team…in Tom’s case 20 years after first joining the club! 👏👏👏
Just had a call from
@ManUtd
....no reason but just checking in. Had a lovely conversation with a very nice person...apparently United are ‘spring cleaning’ and making sure loads of charities, hospitals and schools are all ok 👌 I love my club! 👍
Mason Greenwood becomes the 231st United youth player to feature in the
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first team...50% of all first team players since 1939 have come through the United Academy...
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Going to be a big day for United...very likely the most ever youth graduates in a squad...the most number of debuts in one game...the youngest ever Manchester United team...if we can win the game on top of all that it will give the youngsters a huge confidence boost!
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Fantastic to see
@TedenMengi_
making his debut tonight at 18 years, three months and six days...he becomes the 238th different
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youth player to reach the first team...no other club anywhere near that...
I often post a stat about how many games we have included youth players in our squad…as you can imagine I get a bit of abuse on this platform from people who think it’s meaningless…67,492 fans celebrating 17 year-old kids win a trophy tells me all I need to know!
#83years
YOU ALL KNOW THIS BUT ANYWAY:
#mufc
have had an Academy graduate in every first team match day squad since October 1937...a run of 4,072 consecutive first team games which no other professional club is known to match...
ACADEMY NEWS: Charlie McNeill becomes only the second player to score 20 league goals for Manchester United since Academy football started in 1998...
#machine
@CharlieMcNeil17
Are you serious? Since 2014 (5 years)...Rashford, Lingard, Januzaj, Pereira, Keane, McTominay, Lawrence, and others have all become full internationals...others have been called up into international squads. 4 of those players are still in out first team! Don’t you check facts?
Man Utd are focusing on signing young players of potential. Problem is they’ve got absolutely no pedigree of developing young players (in fact any players) over the last 5 years or more
Henderson, Williams, Tuanzebe, Shoretire, Elanga, Mejbri...half the team is just full of kids...future looks bright...particularly when you add Rashford, Greenwood, Pogba, McTominay and others...
Big surprise tonight as
@JesseLingard
came down to the ground with coats, T’s and much more needed items for the team. Ready to start the new season. Unbelievable gesture
@JLingz
#Grassroots
Congratulations to
@morrisonravel
who became the 127th
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Academy player since 1937 to make his international debut when he represented Jamaica against Saudi Arabia yesterday...no other British club has developed so many international players
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#history
#127
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DID YOU KNOW? 70% of youth team players at
@ManUtd
go on to play first team football at professional level...if you want a career in the game, it seems learning your trade in our Academy might just help you! 😉
ACADEMY NEWS: At 35 years, 7 months and 23 days old...Tom Heaton becomes the oldest academy player to make his debut for the club...patience pays off...congrats again
@TomHeatonGK
👏👏👏
Kobbie Mainoo makes his
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debut tonight and becomes the 249th youth player to reach the first team! Did you know…50% of all first team players since 1946 have been Academy graduates!
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ACADEMY NEWS: History made at
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once again...at 14 years, 10 months and 10 days...Shola Shoretire becomes the youngest ever
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player to appear in an official youth league/Cup game...he replaces Nishan Burkart on 75 mins...
ACADEMY NEWS: Mason Greenwood make his England debut today...youngest United debutant since Rashford and Duncan Edwards...he becomes the 17th youngest United player to make his international debut...just goes to show how we develop kids at United if there’s 16 ahead of him! 😂👏
So many people saying “I’ve never rated Lingard but...” I bet you will be the numpty who says ‘I knew he was shit’ when he has a few average games...you either support our youngsters or you don’t...only supporting them when they are scoring every week is missing the point!
Three youth players start and two on the bench...3,952 consecutive first team games since October 1937 with an Academy graduate in the match day squad
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Four youth players start and two on the bench...3,990 consecutive first team
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games since October 1937 with an Academy graduate in the match day squad...a run that started on this date 82 years ago...
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ACADEMY NEWS: Finley McAllister is substituted…obviously disappointed with coming off but geeing up Jacob Devaney along the way…a real leader this lad!
Hearing Ronaldo might be leaving. Meh! I've seen loads of players come and go over the last 50 years...some were good...some had potential...some were past their best...but it is all irrelevant. You support the team the manager picks...however good, average or bad it is. Simple.
Lot's of chat about the 4,000 games with youth players stat...but at the end of the day it's about people like Crickmer, Busby, McGuinness, Armstrong, Murphy, Whalley and many more who have developed these kids and given them a chance to live their dreams...be a
@ManUtd
player
Tahith Chong makes his first team debut and becomes the 229th youth player to graduate from the Academy to the
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first team
#229
@TahithC
...Academy graduates make up nearly 50% of all Manchester United first team players since 1945
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'Sunday will be the 4,000th consecutive game in a row,
#MUFC
will have an academy player in the matchday squad' 👏
'Did you say CONSECUTIVE?' 🤯
'It's astonishing' 🙌
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's youth set-up
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Anthony Elanga becomes the 241st Manchester United player o graduate from the youth team...he makes his debut aged 19 years, 0 months and 14 days...the 14th different youth player to feature in the squad his season
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To all the
#oleout
fans...I’m so sorry you have to follow (not support) our club waiting for us to lose to reinforce and justify your bias...but if you really want to feel better...Arsenal are available...for the rest of us...win,lose or draw we will support the team and Ole! 👍
Jesse at his best...chasing people down...putting them under pressure...finding space...I really don’t give a shit how many dabs he does...just keep doing your stuff Jesse!
Too many so called United fans praising one Academy player while crucifying another…everyone develops differently and at different times…it’s not support and it’s not even insight…thankfully we have qualified coaches in charge and not FIFA22 experts.
@PeteSpencer007
Peter...please. You do know that we have had an Academy graduate in every match day squad since 1937...think you need to do your research...unless you are just being plainly provocative for some unknown reason?
ACADEMY NEWS: Hannibal Mejbri became the 128th
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Academy player to make his international debut when he came on a substitute for Tunisia against Congo yesterday aged 18 years, 4 months and 15 days old. The 8th youngest player in our history to play international football! 👏
Bernard, Levitt and Laird all start...brilliant! 233rd, 234th and 235th youth players to make their first team debuts...50% of all players since 1939 have come through the youth system
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/50
This is utterly ridiculous. Clubs/players have enough to challenge them without people trying to give them an inappropriate image. He already has one booking on his full debut and doesn't need a 'false' reputation getting in the way. Why don't we focus on his performance instead?
Brandon Williams:
• Cousin to Zelfa Barrett [23-1 champion boxer]
• Headbutted Accrington Stanley's captain in a pre-season friendly
• Squared up to De Wit on European debut
• Man-handled Hudson-Odoi on Cup debut
• Squared up to Maupay on first League start
Bad boy. 🥊
“Giving us your ground...”...the records show that city charged us through the nose for each of those seasons then basically evicted us in 1949 meaning we moved back to OT before all the work had been finished...as far as Munich is concerned...I have no idea how city helped us 🤷♂️
Hi Nick…not sure who to engage with at United but keen to understand why the United website (and MUTV) has stopped match reports of the U/23 and U/18 teams…so many other clubs do live updates online for supporters to follow us match summaries. It’s very poor with our history…
Personal news...
Excited to announce the next chapter of my career as Global Head of Social Media at
@ManUtd
.
Looking forward to leading and working together with the highly-talented social & digital team, during an exciting time for both the club and fans.
#MUFC
🔴
ACADEMY NEWS: Now that the transfer deadline is over…I can confirm that there are over 100 former
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graduates playing professional football around the world…it’s not always about United…we help youngsters make a career in the game regardless! 👍
Because 99.9% of people here haven’t got UEFA coaching badges nor 20+ years experience in the professional game, I can safely assume you’re just venting because you didn’t get what you wanted. That’s ok…but let’s not pretend you’re an expert when in reality you’re just moaning
Congrats to all the kids making their debuts today Ethan Laird 233rd, Dishon Bernard 234th, Dylan Levitt 235th, DMani Mellor 236th, Largie Ramazani 237th and Ethan Galbraith 238th youth players to make first team debuts since 1939...more than 50% of all players...
Three youth players start and four on the bench...4,000 consecutive first team
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games since October 1937 with an Academy graduate in the match day squad
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279 different players...50% of total since 1939...
Great point from Solskjaer...why are you tired? “Because we were so far behind and we had to go for it in every game” When you’re trying to win every game (and many teams don’t) then the intensity catches up with you...players need to learn this. Big season next time...
Just been reading that a certain newspaper is having a go at
@MarcusRashford
for investing HIS money to secure HIS future...still trying to work out why this is a story...oh yes...because the paper in question has editors and reporters who spew racism and hatred...total scum!
Two youth players start and two on the bench...3,959 consecutive first team games since October 1937 with an Academy graduate in the match day squad.
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ACADEMY NEWS: Once again the
@ManUtd
website disappoints with coverage of recent reserve games and last nights FA Youth Cup game. Whoever is in charge of policy really needs to explain why...with our history it's not only embarrassing but insults all our youth supporters...
ACADEMY NEWS: Just to reinforce how young our FA Youth team was tonight...there were nine debutants in the starting eleven and the three subs had never been in a squad before...the most inexperienced squad in our entire youth cup history...well done lads! 👏
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Two youth players start and one on the bench...3,950 consecutive first team
#mufc
games since October 1937 with an Academy graduate in the match day squad
#81years
#history
#youth
#culture
ACADEMY NEWS: Dylan Levitt starts for Wales tonight and becomes the 124th
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Academy graduate to make his international debut...another record. He is also the 33rd teenager from our Academy to play for his country...congrats
@DylanLevitt8
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Shola Shoretire at 17 years and 23 days becomes the youngest
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player to represent the club in Europe...taking over from
@NormanWhiteside
congrats Shola!
ACADEMY NEWS: More encouragement to the lads who won the Youth Cup on Wed night. 35% of all players who play in the FA Youth Cup for
@ManUtd
go on to reach the first team...68% all play league football at some level. So for United players...7/10 will have a career in the game!
Can you just imagine all the youth players at United right now…what an opportunity to learn and play with one of the worlds best. They must be absolutely going nuts…who’s up for extra training ✋✋✋✋✋✋
ACADEMY NEWS: Congratulations to
@mctominay10
who becomes the 115th
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Academy graduate to make his full international debut when he played for Scotland v Costa Rica at Hampden Park last night. Well done Scott!
#115
Coming away from Old Trafford…brilliant 5-1 win…can’t remember the last time a United player scored a hat-trick on the opening day…70,000 fans singing Ole’s name…regular match going fans clearly behind him! Oh…and against Leeds too!
Analogy: Let’s take some of the people on here straight out of technical college at 17-19 (Academy), then on yourfirst day on the job...stream your performance live around the world...decide you aren’t good enough and then bombard social media with how shit you are...
#jesuswept
Nine youth players in the squad tonight...absolutely buzzing for Teden Mengi...one sub appearance and now he’s on the bench in a Euro semi-final. Great for Williams and Greenwood...what a season for both of them... 👏👏👏