Manchester United win the u18s Premier League North title | OneFootball

Manchester United u18s have been crowned league champions of the Premier League North today after a 1-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The title marks the first time United have won the league since the 2017/18 season.

In a season of real dominance, Adam Lawrence’s side have lost only once, with the defeat coming at the hands of city rivals Manchester City, who sit 16 points behind in second place.

After 22 matches, United have 19 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss with 74 goals scored and only 24 conceded.

As well as winning the u18s Premier League North title for the first time in six years, it has been a record breaking season the the club at u18s level.

Kicking off the season with a 14 match winning streak that stretched all the way until February, it is the first time United has ever done so at u18s level according to Manchester United youth historian Tony Park.

The previous record was a 10 match winning streak to open the season which was done by the infamous u18s side of the 1992/93 season.

By winning the league in the North division, United will now taken on the winners of the Premier League South to crown the overall champion of England, a title United have yet to claim since the creation of the Professional Development League in 2012.

As of now, United’s opponents look set to be Chelsea which sets up a rematch of the 2017/18 finals where Chelsea came out 0-3 winners.

Interestingly, on that occasion in 2018, Manchester United’s u18s manager at the time was Kieran McKenna, who went onto coach in the first team under Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer before recently being named manager of the season in the Championship this season with Ipswich Town.

Looking to reverse the result this time, the timing works out well for United as a number of key players return from recent injuries, including Shea Lacey and Jack Fletcher.

But even in their absence, United’s extreme depth at u18s level has proven strong enough to continue to pick up convincing results even with heavily rotated sides.

Not relying on individuals, with 74 goals in the league, United’s top goal scorer is Gabriele Biancheri with 10, while Ethan Wheatley and James Scanlon follow closely behind with 8 goals each.

Such is the impressive depth of the squad, remarkably after 22 matches there have been 21 different goalscorers for Lawrence’s side.

It is hard to single out individual players but a special mention should be made of the group’s captain, a local boy in Finley McAllister, who is often seen in the crowd home and away for first team matches. He will no doubt have told his teammates the importance of silverware at a club like United.

Academy director, Nick Cox, has also congratulated the group saying “I am extremely proud of what Adam Lawrence, the staff and the players have been able to achieve this season.”

“The players have been stretched, with exposure to numerous competitions and age-group games, whilst also supporting the first-team squad. They have consistently risen to each challenge that we have designed for them and accomplished something really special together.”

The overall Premier League title is not the only one United’s u18s can claim for the first time ever, as they also have the Premier League Cup final coming up next week against Manchester City.

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