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United have had a homegrown player in every first-team matchday squad since October 1937 - that isn't a typo, it really is since October 1937. At the last count, that is 3,750 consecutive first-team games with a youth player in the squad. In the Fifties they developed the likes of Duncan...

To be fair, United's history of developing their own talent is second-to-none. However, things are not necessarily rosy right now, as this article explains - Manchester United are being left behind in youth development

Tell you what: let's ignore the fact that Albion have had 3 players called up to the England U-21 squad, one player to the England U-16s (with two others invited to a training camp), 2 U-15 players invited to an England U-15 training camp, 1 player called up to the Republic of Ireland U-21...

I thought this was an interesting tweet:- 639086352005505025 So far this season, from ages U-16 to U-21, there have been 126 players called up to the England squads. Albion have had four players called up, putting us at joint 9th position. I can only assume that the FA have lost the fax...