I was born on the north side of Manchester even back in the late 50's it was a hotbed of talent, every school I can think of had football pitches then you had the local council ones, 5 doors from where I lived there was a pitch owned by a company next to it we as kids could use it, even at Junior's we had a school team, in secondary every year had a team, then which ever house you was in had a team, then you had the boys clubs every area had one, if you are old enough the most famous names to come out of there were Nobby Stiles and Brian Kidd,
I guess the latest name would be Kobbie Mainoo played for a well known youth team, in North Manchester,