Where are they now? Man Utd’s XI that got a guard of honour at Chelsea

After winning the Premier League title in 2006-07, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson decided to rub salt into Chelsea’s wounds.

Ferguson, who was often an evil genius as much as he was a managerial one, went to Stamford Bridge and opted to field an XI almost entirely made up of obscure, fringe reserve players.

That meant the Chelsea players had to give a guard of honour to some players who had never even made a Premier League appearance, and who have since faded into obscurity.

The match played out to a boring 0-0, but where are the 11 players Ferguson started, along with the two players he subbed on, now? We trawled through the depths of the record books to find out.

Kuszczak spent five years at United, where he was part of a prolonged battle with Ben Foster to play as back-up to Edwin van der Sar.

This was one of his 26 league appearances for the Red Devils, and he kept a clean sheet. The BBC match report said he “was erratic, but made several saves.”

In a recent interview with United’s podcast, the goalkeeper, who retired in 2019 after four years at Birmingham City, said he always craved the United number one spot.

“I didn’t get what I really wanted. I wanted to be goalkeeper number one for Manchester United, but I respected that, because Edwin was a fantastic goalkeeper,” Kuszczak said.

“If I had to lose against someone, or be stopped from getting the number one, it would be by a guy like Edwin.”

Not much you can do when you have a goalkeeper like that in front of you. The Champions League winners medal and three Premier League ones probably helped make up for it.

You’ve probably recalled most of the names on this list. Lee? almost certainly not.

But the midfielder won the Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player