Real Sociedad record: since May 1957, Real Sociedad has always played with at least 1 player trained in its own youth academy, 2,758 matches in a row and of those, more than half have involved 9 or more homegrown players per match [More info in the Thread on Twitter]
Manchester United record: since October 1937, United have always had at least 1 player from their own youth academy in their squad, 4,166 matches in a row.
1909
Our “Sociedad de Foot-Ball,” always attentive to its progress, and understanding the convenience of training young players to enter the ranks of the first team
1910-1950
La Real uses different teams, such as Vasconia, as reserve teams. Eibar will also be the destination of many young players
1950
Own youth team created
April 1953
Elías Querejeta is the first homegrown to make his debut
1955
Sanse is created, Real Sociedad´s own reserve team
May 1957
From this moment Real Sociedad will always play with a homegrown player in its starting eleven
1960
Sanse is promoted to the Second Division
1962
Xabier Expósito takes charge of Sanse, a position he would hold for 20 years
October 1975
Luis Arconada's debut against Liverpool FC; he would become the best goalkeeper in the world
January 1979
Debut of Alberto Górriz, the homegrown player with most appearances for the club: 599
1980
Zubieta is built, the Sports City of Real Sociedad
September 1981
In Bulgaria, Real Sociedad debuts in the European Cup with 11 homegrown players
November 1983
15 players from Sanse get to play in one single match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona: 13 of them in Real Sociedad´s squad and another 2 in FC Barcelona´s squad
1984/85
During this season, 92% of the players in the line-up had passed through Sanse
1998
Berio FT is created, which in 2016 will be the C team
2021
Sanse promoted to Second Division
October 1937
Tom Manley and Jackie Wassall are the first homegrown reds to debut
1938
United acquires The Cliff which will be the training ground for its teams
1938
The Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (MUJAC) is created, a junior section
1945
Matt Busby takes charge of United and begins a continued policy of supporting the youth academy
1951
The term “Busby babes” was created to name a generation of United players who would dominate English football for several years
1956
Bobby Charlton's debut, the second most capped player: 758
February 1958
Munich disaster, a plane crash killed 21 people, including several United promises
1956
George Best's debut.
1991
Debut of Ryan Giggs, the player with most appearances for United: 963
1992
“Fergie's Fledglings”, a generation of talented players making their debut under Sir Alex Ferguson, including David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Paul Scholes
1998
The Manchester United Academy is created
2000
Carrington, United's Sports City is built
2019
United announce that they will play against Everton their 4,000th consecutive match with at least 1 own youth player in the squad
Spanish League
Cup
Super Cup
Premier League
Champions League
Europa League
FIFA Club World Cup
Intercontinental Cup
European Super Cup
FA Cup
Community Shield
Real Sociedad has another record that identifies it with its natural territory. In all matches in the club´s history, there has always been playing at least 1 player born in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa.
In more than half of the matches, there were more than 8 players born in Gipuzkoa, and in 295 matches, even all the players were from Gipuzkoa-
More info: Guipuzcoans in la Real
