A December night of attacking brilliance propelled our Under-18s forward in the FA Youth Cup, the prestigious competition intrinsically linked with the great tale of our famous Academy.
Preston North End visit Leigh Sports Village on Friday night to resume a long-lasting relationship between two clubs whose commitment to youth football stretches back nine decades.
It was at the end of the very first season of the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (MUJAC), the predecessor to the modern Academy, when our first group of young Reds took on their North End counterparts.
That was the summer of 1939, mere months before a global war interrupted two burgeoning projects that inspired the rest of English football to follow.