Published 15:47 IST, October 31st 2019
Manchester United extends tradition of fielding homegrown players
Manchester United have named an academy graduate in every single one of their games in the last 82 years. Read more to find out more about the academy players.
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Premier League heavyweights Manchester United started ritual of naming an academy graduate in each match y play, 82 years ago on October 30, 1937. Red Devils' Wednesday's night clash with Chelsea marked 82nd anniversary of ir long-running tradition of naming an academy player in ir squad. Manchester United have featured in 3991 games since n and have made sure to include one of ir own in every game. With this act, United shows how much importance y give to encour homegrown players and to club's tradition.
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George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton, who are considered to be best of all time, have also been a product of Manchester United's youth academy. famous class of 92, which changed era of Manchester United's football, are one of most glorified products from Red Devils' academy. Legends like Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and David Beckham were all part of 92' batch. This team of big names urished under Sir Alex Ferguson and went on to dominate English football for more than two decades.
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Football pundit Alan Hansen coined term 'you'll never win anything with kids' when Sir Alex started this quest. Ryan Giggs made highest number of appearances for Manchester United and even lead side as an interim manr. Manchester United's new boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also looks motivated to lift homegrown players. Mason Greenwood, Brandon Williams, James Garner, Tahith Chong, Angel Gomes and Axel Tuanzebe are some of emerging young players under Ole. Jesse Lingard, Scott McTominay and Marcus Rashford are some of or influential academy graduates in ir current squad.
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11:21 IST, October 31st 2019