Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free It was on the touchline at Doncaster Rovers in September that, following a 5-0 drubbing for Manchester United’s Under-23s in their final pre-season showdown before the real action commenced, manager Neil Wood made a prescient comment.
An ‘up-and-down’ season was Wood’s prediction for the campaign that would get underway for the United youngsters six days later at Salford City, in another testing encounter.
Their 6-0 victory over the League Two side, days after a hammering by League One senior outfit, proved Wood right - as did the entire season that followed.
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