United Women’s youth side continue impressive club tradition in exciting cup final victory

It has been a relatively successful season for Manchester United’s women’s teams. Senior side The senior side are currently battling for a Champions League spot next season, with three league matches left to play. They also made history by reaching their first-ever League Cup final, but were defeated 0-2 by Chelsea. United also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in their first-ever season but were eventually beaten 3-5 by Bayern Munich on aggregate. Youth success Success at academy level is something which runs through the lifeblood of the club, and United’s Under-18 male side have made it to the final of the Youth Cup against Manchester City. They also lost on penalties to Crystal Palace earlier this week in the Premier League Cup final. Under-21s success The club’s official website reports that, “Manchester United Women’s Under-21s have won the Professional Academy Plate after beating Durham 2-1 in this year’s final.” Both goals were scored by Martha A and Sienna Wareing. The latter’s afternoon was even better, as she was awarded the Player of the Match award. Our Player of the Match 🤩 pic.twitter.com/zE8nNS9QDh — Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) April 25, 2026 United have found success at this level before, as they vanquished Arsenal in the 2024 final. CONGRATULATIONS to our young Reds! 👏🏆 pic.twitter.com/KoQEV6Eejd — Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) April 25, 2026 Speaking about the victory, Director of Women’s Football, Matt Johnson, claimed, “playing in finals is an important part of the players’ development and it was great to see them perform so well and win silverware.” The women’s Under-21 side will next be in action when they take on the same opponents, Durham, in the league on Wednesday 6th May. The Red Devils currently sit second in the table, with six wins from nine matches and one point behind Aston Villa. Layla Drury and Jessica Anderson have both graduated from the youth teams to the senior side this season, and many of the cup winners will be hoping to follow in their footsteps in the coming months. The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.