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Manchester United as a membership have all the time positioned nice significance on the position of their academy.
Regardless of a horrible season on the pitch final yr, Carrington nonetheless produced as Toby Collyer, Chido Obi, Harry Amass and Tyler Fredricson all made their senior debuts final yr.
United’s youth system is teeming on the rafters with thrilling younger expertise in the intervening time and lots of will probably be eyeing up a potential first workforce debut within the coming marketing campaign.
Tragedy
A former academy product, Joe Thompson, sadly died on 18th April after an extended battle with most cancers.
He joined the youth workforce at United in 1998, earlier than leaving at 16 years outdated the place he performed for Rochdale and later Tranmere Rovers.
Thompson was recognized with a uncommon type of most cancers known as nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma. After therapy, he was capable of make a return to soccer with Bury, Carlisle and, as soon as once more, Rochdale.
He would additionally go on to have a profitable profession in motivational talking after ending his enjoying days in 2019.
Sadly, he was recognized with the illness twice extra, earlier than lastly passing earlier this yr.
New award to honour him
The membership’s official web site reviews that “Manchester United is proud to announce the launch of a brand new award in reminiscence of Joe Thompson, our former youth-team participant who handed away in April aged 36.”
The award “will probably be offered every season to a participant or workers member from our Academy’s Beneath-18s or Beneath-21s sides.”
The location defined that the award “will probably be given to anyone who represents the values of a Manchester United particular person, like Joe did, displaying traits like resilience, honesty, integrity, humility, innovation and a relentless work ethic, with a give attention to the neighborhood.”
It’s hoped that the prize will probably be a “lasting tribute” to the previous participant. The primary winner of the brand new award will probably be introduced subsequent week.
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