It changed to the Denzil Haroun award in 1985/86 but, when Denzil’s name moved to the Reserve-Team Player of the Year award five years later, the 1990s ushered in the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year which is still presented today.
Murphy, of course, played a huge role in United’s history as assistant to Sir Matt Busby who took over after the Munich air disaster. “Nor-one outside the club will ever know how important it was to our success “,
Busby commented.
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