The world was a very different place on October 30, 1937. But that is a date etched into football history because it marked the very first game in a run that continues to this day, whereby Manchester United have named a home-grown player in every single matchday squad since.
The last time United didn’t include one of their own was a week earlier than that, a long forgotten 1–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Old Trafford, less than two years before the world descended into global conflict for the second time within the space of three decades.
