Players who made their United debut longest ago who are still playing professional football

[1973Blade]

I'm sure there are some mistakes here, but I think it is these ten players:
1. Billy Sharp, United debut 2004
2. Stephen Quinn, 2005
3. Kyle Naughton 2008
4. Kyle Walker 2009
5. Kyle Bartley 2010
6. Matty Lawton 2010
7. Danny Batth 2010
7. George Long 2011
8. Jordan Slew 2011
9. Danny Philliskirk 2011
10 Michael O Halloran 2012
Prove me wrong!

 

[1973Blade]

I forgot about Harry Maguire!!

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Jamie Ward - 2009

 

[1973Blade]

Jamie Ward - 2009

I didn't realise he was still playing

 

[BerksBlade]

Ched Evans?
Mendez-Laing?

 

[Basing Blade]

Jordan Slew career goals per game ratio. One goal in every 7.9 games. Danger man. No danger of scoring.

 

[1973Blade]

Ched Evans?

How could I forget him!

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

Jordan Slew career goals per game ratio. One goal in every 7.9 games. Danger man. No danger of scoring.

I bet The Chief had a similar ratio when he played for us.

 

[1973Blade]

Perhaps I should have included Greg Halford.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Is John Burridge still playing somewhere?

 

[S64 Blade]

Perhaps should redefine it as professionally? Otherwise you’re going to get all sorts of oddities here.

 

[The Crab]

Jordan Slew career goals per game ratio. One goal in every 7.9 games. Danger man. No danger of scoring.

Relative of his plays Sundays for us. Nice lad, great work ethic

 

[HighfieldBlade]

How about Hoyland? He's playing for man u these days...

 

[RossingtonBlade]

How about Hoyland? He's playing for man u these days...

Playing is going a bit too far wouldn’t get a game on graves park

 

[loyalblade95]

Matt Phillips (2012), he played against us for Oxford earlier this season.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Kyle McFadzean made his debut in the League Cup in September 2005 and is still playing for Chesterfield.
Shane Lowry (2011) still playing for Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the Malaysian League.
Erik Tonne (2011) still playing for Ranheim in Norway.
Sam Vokes (2011) still playing for Wycombe.
Ryan Flynn (2011) still playing for Arbroath.

John Egan played one game on loan for us in 2012 and has just signed for Hull.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Joe Ironside 2012 now at Doncaster

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Perhaps should redefine it as professionally? Otherwise you’re going to get all sorts of oddities here.

Interested to see that Matt Lowton is playing for a team called Precision in the third tier of the UAE league

Edit - So does Jamie Ward

Edit again - And so does Rave Morrison

 

[1973Blade]

Kyle McFadzean made his debut in the League Cup in September 2005 and is still playing for Chesterfield.
Shane Lowry (2011) still playing for Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the Malaysian League.
Erik Tonne (2011) still playing for Ranheim in Norway.
Sam Vokes (2011) still playing for Wycombe.
Ryan Flynn (2011) still playing for Arbroath.

John Egan played one game on loan for us in 2012 and has just signed for Hull.

Some good ones there! Id forgotten about Lowry, I thought he was decent for us in an awful team.

 

[1973Blade]

Interested to see that Matt Lowton is playing for a team called Precision in the third tier of the UAE league

Edit - So does Jamie Ward

Edit again - And so does Rave Morrison

Were clearly their feeder team!

 

[Nick Jansky]

Jordan Slew career goals per game ratio. One goal in every 7.9 games. Danger man. No danger of scoring.

And yet has had a long professional career with quite a few clubs happy to give him a contract.

 

[O Fletch]

JonJo OToole 2009
Wimbledon 2024

 

[jono_t2000]

Lee Martin (2008) currently kicking around for Ramsgate

 

[coaxingstar71]

Some good ones there! Id forgotten about Lowry, I thought he was decent for us in an awful team.

I don't think that view is shared by many people on here.
I actually knew Shane, sort of. My wife's mother lives in Perth, Australia, and she and her husband were friends with Lowry's Mum and Dad, who are Irish. While we were over there in 2004, the Lowry's came round for the evening and brought Shane and his younger brother. Shane would have been 14 and his father told me he'd just signed for Villa and was going over to the UK shortly. A quiet, but very nice lad from a lovely family.

 

[jono_t2000]

Christian Nade (2006) unbelievably still playing for Petershill FC in Scotland

 

[Carlton Blade]

And yet has had a long professional career with quite a few clubs happy to give him a contract.

People stay bitter for a long time. Every time Jebbison breathes there's a load of posts about how terrible he is

 

[Nick Jansky]

People stay bitter for a long time. Every time Jebbison breathes there's a load of posts about how terrible he is

Yep, you sometimes wonder what’s wrong in people’s lives for all that bitterness to be there.