Danny Drinkwater

At the end of the season, he was called up to the Manchester United first team for their [[dead rubber]] league match against [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] on 24 May 2009. He was named on the bench, but did not take to the field.{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Hughes |title=Hull 0–1 Man Utd |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8048308.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}}

At the end of the season, he was called up to the Manchester United first team for their [[dead rubber]] league match against [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] on 24 May 2009. He was named on the bench, but did not take to the field.{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Hughes |title=Hull 0–1 Man Utd |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8048308.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}}

====Loan to Huddersfield====

====Loan to Huddersfield Town====

[[File:Danny Drinkwater.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Drinkwater playing on [[loan (sports)|loan]] for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in 2010]]

[[File:Danny Drinkwater.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Drinkwater playing on [[loan (sports)|loan]] for [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] in 2010]]

To gain first-team experience, on 14 August 2009, Drinkwater joined [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] on [[loan (sports)|loan]] for the duration of the 2009–10 season.{{cite news |title=Drinkwater moves to Huddersfield |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/8201452.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=14 August 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}} He made his debut for the club the very next day, coming on in the 72nd minute for [[Gary Roberts (footballer, born 1984)|Gary Roberts]] in a 3–1 win at home to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].{{cite news |title=Huddersfield 3–1 Southampton |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8200493.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}} His first goal for Huddersfield came three days later in a 7–1 home win over [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], five minutes after coming on as a 64th-minute substitute.{{cite news |title=Huddersfield 7–1 Brighton |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8205231.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2009 |access-date=18 August 2009}} He made his first start for Huddersfield in a 1–0 defeat at [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] on 22 August.

To gain first-team experience, on 14 August 2009, Drinkwater joined [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] on [[loan (sports)|loan]] for the duration of the 2009–10 season.{{cite news |title=Drinkwater moves to Huddersfield |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/huddersfield_town/8201452.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=14 August 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}} He made his debut for the club the very next day, coming on in the 72nd minute for [[Gary Roberts (footballer, born 1984)|Gary Roberts]] in a 3–1 win at home to [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].{{cite news |title=Huddersfield 3–1 Southampton |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8200493.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2009 |access-date=15 August 2009}} His first goal for Huddersfield came three days later in a 7–1 home win over [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], five minutes after coming on as a 64th-minute substitute.{{cite news |title=Huddersfield 7–1 Brighton |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8205231.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2009 |access-date=18 August 2009}} He made his first start for Huddersfield in a 1–0 defeat at [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] on 22 August.