Award Joy For Keane

Probably the greatest day of William Keane's United career so far was capped on Tuesday night when he received the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award.

Hours earlier, the Stockport-born striker scored as the Under-18s clinched the regional championship by beating Everton 2-0. Now a national play-off semi-final against Arsenal beckons for Keane and co, as his debut season as an academy scholar reaches an exciting climax.

The team's proud coach Paul McGuinness told MUTV, "Will has been such a smooth operator in his first year. He's been really outstanding and has scored some stunning goals but his general team play and his demeanour, his attitude on and off the pitch, have been excellent."

Will was presented with his trophy by the academy manager, and appropriately a former United striker, Brian McClair. Congratulations to Will and the other nominees, Nicky Ajose and Scott Wootton.

Previous winners
Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year
1990 Lee Martin
1991 Ryan Giggs
1992 Ryan Giggs
1993 Paul Scholes
1994 Phil Neville
1995 Terry Cooke
1996 Ronnie Wallwork
1997 John Curtis
1998 Wes Brown
1999 Wes Brown
2000 Bojan Djordjic
2001 Alan Tate
2002 Paul Tierney
2003 Ben Collett
2004 Jonathan Spector
2005 Giuseppe Rossi
2006 Darron Gibson
2007 Craig Cathcart
2008 Danny Welbeck
2009 Federico Macheda
2010 William Keane

William Keane, Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year 2010