If you had told Jordan Hulme he would be collecting a Player of the Year award a year ago, he would not have believed you.

Ryan Giggs has said he would be happy to start his managerial career in lower league football should the right job come along.

Manchester United’s new head of academy and former midfielder Nicky Butt wants to take a leaf out of his old mentor Sir Alex Ferguson’s book by bringing in one-club stalwarts.

These are strange times for Manchester United’s prestigious academy.

Salford City boss Bernard Morley insists his second-placed side are prepared for a war in their title-contenders battle at Ashton United on Saturday.

The FA Cup first round kick-starts in earnest tonight with Salford City the first of four Manchester non-league sides out to cause an upset against Football League opponents.

When Karen Baird became Salford City chairman in June 2013, she had little idea that she was presiding over a club on the brink of the most successful period in its history.

Members of the famed Class of ’92 will step onto the Old Trafford turf once more to play in the sold out Unicef Match for Children.

Six Mancunians featured in Jason Wilcox’s Manchester City youth side bidding to win the FA Youth Cup final though they face an uphill battle against Chelsea after losing the first leg.

Oldham have built the North West’s first outdoor futsal centre and with it will surely come fresh initiatives to encourage team spirit among children as England seeks to breed a generation of winners to match 1966.

Peter Vincenti’s early penalty was enough to secure Dale’s place in the hat for the next round after Saturday’s 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest, with many on social media quick to point out the role played by a number of Rochdale’s youth academy graduates in securing the victory.