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Fergie's Fledglings

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Fergie's Fledglings were a group of football players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson (often nicknamed "Fergie") and trained by assistant coaches Brian Kidd and Eric Harrison, before eventually progressing to the first team during the 1990s. [1]

75 relations: Alan Hansen, Alex Ferguson, Alliteration, Association football, Aston Villa F.C., BBC Online, Ben Thornley, Bill Foulkes, Bobby Charlton, Brian Kidd, Busby Babes, Chris Casper, Clayton Blackmore, Colin McKee, Crystal Palace F.C., Darren Fletcher, David Beckham, David Wilson (footballer, born 1969), Deiniol Graham, Double (association football), EFL Cup, England national football team, Eric Harrison (footballer), Everton F.C., FA Community Shield, FA Cup, FA Youth Cup, Gary Neville, George Switzer, Giuliano Maiorana, Histon F.C., Jimmy Murphy (footballer), John O'Kane, John O'Shea, Keith Gillespie, Kevin Pilkington, Lee Martin (footballer, born February 1968), Lee Sharpe, Leicester City F.C., Liverpool F.C., Manchester United F.C., Mark Robins, Match of the Day, Matt Busby, Newcastle United F.C., Nicky Butt, Norwich City F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C., Pat McGibbon, Paul Scholes, ..., PFA Young Player of the Year, Phil Neville, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Real Madrid C.F., Robbie Savage, Roy Keane, Russell Beardsmore, Ryan Giggs, Simon Davies (footballer, born 1974), Sportskeeda, Terry Cooke, Testimonial match, The Class of '92, The Guardian, The Star (Malaysia), Tony Gill, Torquay United F.C., Treble (association football), UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Wes Brown, 1993–94 in English football, 1995–96 FA Premier League, 1996 FA Cup Final, 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. Expand index (25 more) »

Alan Hansen

Alan David Hansen (born 13 June 1955) is a Scottish former football player and BBC television football pundit.

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Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013.

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Alliteration

Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa, The Villa, The Villans and The Lions) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Ben Thornley

Benjamin Lindsay Thornley (born 21 April 1975 in Bury) is an English former footballer who last played for Witton Albion in the Northern Premier League, where he played as a winger.

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Bill Foulkes

William Anthony Foulkes (or; 5 January 1932 – 25 November 2013) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United in the Busby Babes teams of the 1950s, and also in the 1960s.

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Bobby Charlton

Sir Robert Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937) is an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and an essential member of the England team who won the World Cup in 1966, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or.

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Brian Kidd

Brian Kidd (born 29 May 1949) is an English football coach and former player, who is currently the co-assistant coach of Manchester City, alongside fellow co-assistant Mikel Arteta and manager Pep Guardiola.

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Busby Babes

The "Busby Babes" is the name given to the group of footballers, recruited and trained by Manchester United F.C. chief scout Joe Armstrong and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy, who progressed from the club's youth team into the first team under the management of the eponymous Matt Busby from the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s.

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Chris Casper

Christopher Martin Casper (born 28 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player who played in the Premier League for Manchester United and in the Football League for Bournemouth, Swindon Town and Reading.

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Clayton Blackmore

Clayton Graham Blackmore (born 23 September 1964) is a Welsh former international footballer.

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Colin McKee

Colin McKee (born 22 August 1973) is a Scottish former footballer.

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Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club based in Selhurst, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Darren Fletcher

Darren Barr Fletcher (born 1 February 1984) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Stoke City and the Scotland national team.

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David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham (born 2 May 1975) is an English retired professional footballer.

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David Wilson (footballer, born 1969)

David Graham Wilson (born 20 March 1969) is an English former footballer and football manager, who was last the manager of Ljungskile in the Swedish Superettan, the second level of football in Sweden.

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Deiniol Graham

Deiniol William Thomas Graham (born 4 October 1969) is a football manager and former player.

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Double (association football)

The Double, in association football, is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season.

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EFL Cup

The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as simply the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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Eric Harrison (footballer)

Eric George Harrison MBE (born 5 February 1938) is an English former professional football player and coach.

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Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club is a football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium.

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FA Cup

The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.

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FA Youth Cup

The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides.

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Gary Neville

Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football coach, retired football player and co-owner of Salford City.

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George Switzer

George Switzer (born 13 October 1973) is an English former footballer most famous for being part of Manchester United's 1992 FA Youth Cup-winning team.

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Giuliano Maiorana

Giuliano "Jules" Maiorana (born 18 April 1969) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a left winger for Manchester United.

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Histon F.C.

Histon Football Club is a football club based in the village of Histon and Impington, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Jimmy Murphy (footballer)

James Patrick Murphy (8 August 1910 – 14 November 1989) was a football player who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for Wales.

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John O'Kane

John Andrew O'Kane (born 15 November 1974 in Nottingham) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Hyde United.

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John O'Shea

John Francis O'Shea (born 30 April 1981) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Sunderland.

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Keith Gillespie

Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975 in Larne, County Antrim) is a retired Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Kevin Pilkington

Kevin William Pilkington (born 8 March 1974) is an English former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of Cambridge United.

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Lee Martin (footballer, born February 1968)

Lee Andrew Martin (born 5 February 1968) is an English former football left back.

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Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe (born 27 May 1971) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and reality television personality, who as a player was predominantly a left winger from 1988 to 2004.

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Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Mark Robins

Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player.

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Match of the Day

Match of the Day is the BBC's principal football programme.

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Matt Busby

Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE, KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season.

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Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Nicky Butt

Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who is the head of coaching at the Manchester United youth academy.

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Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or City) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.

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Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as simply Forest, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Pat McGibbon

Patrick Colm McGibbon (born 6 September 1973 in Lurgan, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

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Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English former footballer who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.

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PFA Young Player of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called the PFA Young Player of the Year, or simply the Young Player of the Year) is an annual award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football.

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Phil Neville

Philip John Neville (born 21 January 1977) is an English football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the England women's team, as well as working as a football pundit for Sky Sports and Premier League Productions.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the top level of the English football league system.

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Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in White City, London.

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Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol ("Royal Madrid Football Club"), commonly known as Real Madrid, or simply as Real, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.

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Robbie Savage

Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh football pundit and former player.

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Roy Keane

Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football assistant manager and former professional football player.

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Russell Beardsmore

Russell Peter Beardsmore (born 28 September 1968) is an English former footballer.

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Ryan Giggs

Ryan Joseph Giggs, (né Wilson; born 29 November 1973) is a Welsh football coach and former player.

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Simon Davies (footballer, born 1974)

Simon Ithel Davies (born 23 April 1974) is a former international Welsh footballer who has managerial experience in The Football League with Chester City.

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Sportskeeda

Sportskeeda is an all-sports website, with multinational audience and writers.

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Terry Cooke

Terence John Cooke (born 5 August 1976) is an English former professional footballer and youth team coach of the Denver Kickers.

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Testimonial match

A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, particularly in football in the United Kingdom and South America, where a club has a match to honour a player for service to the club.

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The Class of '92

The Class of '92 is a 2013 British documentary film, released on 1 December 2013.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Star (Malaysia)

The Star is an English-language, tabloid-format newspaper in Malaysia.

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Tony Gill

Anthony Dean "Tony" Gill (born 6 March 1968) is an English former professional footballer who spent his entire, short-lived professional career with Manchester United.

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Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England.

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Treble (association football)

A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season.

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (abbreviated as CWC) was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions.

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Wes Brown

Wesley Michael Brown (born 13 October 1979) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian club Kerala Blasters.

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1993–94 in English football

The 1993–94 season was the 114th season of competitive football in England.

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1995–96 FA Premier League

The 1995–96 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the competition, since its formation in 1992.

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1996 FA Cup Final

The 1996 FA Cup Final was the 51st to be held at Wembley Stadium after the Second World War and was held between two of the biggest rivals in English football, Manchester United and Liverpool.

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2008 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergie's_Fledglings

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