Ayr United 0
Manchester United 1
Friendly
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 10 - 1 |
Manchester UnitedManchester United |
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Friendly |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Oliver Norwood (54) |
| Team Managers | |
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Brian Reid |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
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Kevin Cuthbert Chris Smith Martyn Campbell John Robertson Eddie Malone Alex Burke Michael McGowan Andrew Geggan Mark Roberts Alan Trouten Michael Moffat |
Tomasz Kuszczak Michael Keane Sean McGinty Oliver Norwood Tom Thorpe Zeki Fryers Danny Drinkwater Darron Gibson Will Keane Paul Pogba Davide Petrucci |
| Bench | |
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Ryan McWilliams Gareth Armstrong Bobby Donnelly Richard Hart Jonathan Tiffoney Gareth Wardlaw Mark Shankland Roddy Paterson Ross Robertson |
Liam Jacob John Cofie Rafael Leão Sam Johnstone Jesse Lingard Michele Fornasier Max Lonsdale Larnell Cole Luke Giverin |
| Substitutions | |
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Gareth Armstrong for Martyn Campbell (55) Jonathan Tiffoney for Alex Burke (61) Ross Robertson for Andrew Geggan (68) Roddy Paterson for Michael Moffat (68) Richard Hart for Alan Trouten (75) Mark Shankland for Michael McGowan (75) Gareth Wardlaw for Mark Roberts (76) Bobby Donnelly for John Robertson (82) |
Larnell Cole for Tom Thorpe (15) Jesse Lingard for Davide Petrucci (52) Michele Fornasier for Will Keane (75) Luke Giverin for Larnell Cole (88) Max Lonsdale for Darron Gibson (90) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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Charlie Richmond (Referee) |
Match Report
OLIVER NORWOOD bagged the only goal as Manchester United's young stars narrowly saw off the Honest Men.
The Old Trafford starlet thumped home a rocket from 25 yards to break the deadlock in a close-fought clash. It was an excellent run out for Ayr, who also took the occasion to blood some of their own youngsters.
For Man United, first-team stars Thomas Kuszczak and Darron Gibson both started while Paul Pogba and Danny Drinkwater topped a cast of highly-rated Red Devils prospects.
And it was Drinkwater who went closest early on when his rifled effort hit the post in 12 minutes before forcing another great stop from the alert Kevin Cuthbert.
But while the Ayr keeper was in fine form, he was helpless at Norwood's cracking effort in 54 minutes.
Match report written by Ayrshire Post
Squad Statistics (as at July 25th, 2011)
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League Table (as at July 25th, 2011)
No league table has been added for this season.