Marcus Hahnemann was the beaten goalkeeper and the managers in charge that night at Old Trafford were Alex Ferguson and Mick McCarthy.

The goal was the only one of a League Cup tie in 2009-10 (about the time Albion were struggling near the foot of League One under Russell Slade).

Welbeck struck after 66 minutes for a United side who had been reduced to ten on the half-hour when Fabio was sent off.

Michael Carrick fed the ball through to the young striker, who laid it off first time to Owen, ran on to a perfect return pass from his senior partner and calmly sidefooted home in front of the Stretford End.

In fast, the assist and the finish were not unlike the way Welbeck set up Diego Gomez for his fourth goal at Barnsley recently.

Welbeck has continued to score goals against Wanderers on an intermittent basis since then – for United, Sunderland and Albion.

That sort of record can’t go on, can it?

In the much-memed words of McCarthy himself. “It can!”

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