But speak to the older generation who have decades more service under their belt, and a whole host of other brilliant names who gave blood, sweat and tears for the shirt will be added into the debate.
There’s no-one around today to tell us about the exploits of Joe Spence, but he’s unique in our top ten appearance-makers in that he played over 500 matches for United – between 1919 and 1933 – without a single medal to show for it.
Undoubtedly a star of the game at the time, but his years of service for the Reds came in a particularly barren period for the club.