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Mourinho ensures 80yo Man Utd homegrown record

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho made sure the club reached 80 years of continually fielding a homegrown player against Tottenham.

Marcus Rashford started the game, with Scott McTominay and Jesse Lingard on the bench.

The incredible run started on October 30, 1937 against Fulham, making it 3,883 consecutive first team matches where a homegrown player has made the squad.

Over the period, only once — in a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal — did a youth team player not actually feature.

John O'Shea was an unused substitute in that match.

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