Winothai was on the books of Crystal Palace - and was educated at Frank Lampard's alma mater, Brentwood School, where United's new chief executive Ed Woodward was also a pupil. Small world - maybe a follow-up quiz question for a bonus point?
Clearly the result did not matter but United almost avoided defeat when substitute Wilfried Zaha, on his debut after his big-money move from Palace, of course, struck the post. "It was not a great result," Moyes said.
"We gave some young players an opportunity but I'm disappointed we did not get anything out of the game It is not one we desperately needed to win but it is one that we needed in order to prepare for the ones we have to win."
United have been working hard this pre-season with double sessions in the humidity and legs were evidently heavy. Moyes is also short of numbers - just 18 in the squad - with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Nemanja Vidic, so no significance can be read into either result or performance.
Moyes was fairly immobile, rising only rarely from his seat in the dug-out, where he sat on the end of the row next to his assistant Steve Round and the rest of his new coaching staff. Not that he looked pleased as he looked on in blue T-shirt and shorts as United laboured.
Moyes threw in the 18-year-old Adnan Januzaj, a Kosovan Belgian, plucked from the Anderlecht academy two years ago, a floating midfielder who started on the wing, and there were opportunities for other youngsters such as Jesse Lingard.
Through a lack of attacking options, Moyes had little choice or chance to vary tactics or formation. He also lost Alex Buttner to a tight hamstring. Reinforcements will arrive in Australia on the next leg of the tour. Moyes will want an improved performance also.
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