Since October 1937 when we played Sheffield Wednesday Manchester United have featured a youth player in every game except one!
A run of 3,516 competitive matches.
The run was from October 1937 to 1st of May 2011 when we played Arsenal away and no youth player started or came off the bench...although John O'Shea was on the bench.
The remaining handful of games also featured youth players.
Over those 73 years, a player who had come through our system between 15-18 and not played for anyone else featured at some point in every competitive game.
Not a bad record!
A run of 3,516 competitive matches.
The run was from October 1937 to 1st of May 2011 when we played Arsenal away and no youth player started or came off the bench...although John O'Shea was on the bench.
The remaining handful of games also featured youth players.
Over those 73 years, a player who had come through our system between 15-18 and not played for anyone else featured at some point in every competitive game.
Not a bad record!
That's pretty darn amazing.