Pilkington was the keeper when the United team won the FA Youth Cup in 1992 alongside David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Nicky Butt.
From The Independent:
Pilkington saved the penalty in an otherwise impeccable shoot-out against Northampton Town 11 days ago that clinched his club’s place in their first play-offs final. A year after puncturing a lung in a collision with Curle, his player-manager, Pilkington has coped with terrace criticism and the death of his father this season to remain Mansfield’s only ever-present.
"I played eight first-team games in my six years at Old Trafford — I did have Peter Schmeichel ahead of me — and I got the hairdryer treatment from Alex Ferguson a few times. He had a go at me after we drew 2-2 with Sunderland in the FA Cup, I remember, when he thought I was to blame for the goals. I didn’t think I was — not that I told him that."