The Manchester United team on Wayne Rooney's debut: Where are they now?

Substitutes (Part III)

Could play anywhere on the field - John O'Shea

Then: John Francis O’Shea had been playing for five years at United and had racked up well over 110 caps for the Red Devils when Rooney arrived. Even then he was seen as the one-stop-shop for any kind of fix that Fergie needed and slotted in seamlessly across defense and midfield: whatever the situation demanded. This utility meant he played 393 times for United before moving on to Sunderland. Oh, he’s also represented Ireland 116 times!

Now: The 36-year-old is currently club captain at Sunderland and has made 208 appearances for them... all – rather unusually if you’ve only seen him play for United - at centre back.

Quirky Video: He quite literally played everywhere for Manchester United:

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Centre Forward - Alan Smith

Then: The Englishman joined Manchester United from great rivals Leeds (228 apps, 56 goals) for £7 million the same summer Rooney did but had a far less successful time of it. He stayed for three years but was able to score just 12 goals in 93 appearances for the Red Devils. He later moved on to MK Dons, Newcastle United and MK Dons again

Now: By the time he left United he’d become a central midfielder – and that’s where he plays currently for Notts County in League Two (fourth division)

Quirky Fact: A Leeds Academy graduate who played for them for six years, he was a Hero for the local fans (the image of him kissing the badge and crying was the most iconic image of Leed’s relegation in 2004). But he soon became a hated villain after moving to hated rivals Manchester United! (This despite the fact that Smith chose to waive the personal transfer fee owed to him by the club because they couldn’t afford it – oh, and it was later revealed that Leeds themselves had engineered the move as no other club had offered up-front money)