“I spent time training with United and City but one of my dad’s friends knew a Leeds United scout,” explains the 43-year-old. Despite the fierce cross Pennine rivalry between the two Uniteds, Steve was a Mancunian. What has happened to Leeds ‘Class of 93’? The National caught up with one of them, Steve Tobin. Gary Neville, Phil Neville, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt were members of the best youth team in the land, the so-called ‘Class of 92’ a tag line which celebrates their victory in the FA Youth Cup of that year.Īll of them now have a share in the ownership of Salford City who play Leeds United on Tuesday night in the League Cup in the highest profile game yet in the club's history.īut United’s stellar youth side did not have it all their own way, and it has largely been forgotten that they were beaten by Leeds United’s youth side in the 1993 final.
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