Famous examples have included Manchester United's Busby Babes who - under the guidance of Sir Matt Busby - defeated all and sundry domestically and look set to do the same on the European stage until the tragedy that was the Munich Air Crash occurred in 1958. Another is Fergie's Fledglings, also known as the Class of 92 (and current owners of Salford City, who Torquay United could still meet in the FA Trophy this season) who were central to the Red Devils' domination of the English game under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Now the Gulls with a youthful side under Gary Johnson, which could well be described as 'Johnson's Juniors', are aiming to achieve promotion from Vanarama National League South.
United's starting line-up in their previous three fixtures - 4-1 victories over St Albans City and Concord Rangers and an FA Trophy third qualifying round win over Basingstoke Town on penalties - has featured Shaun MacDonald (22); Ben Wynter (20), Jean-Yves Koue Niate (25), Kyle Cameron (21) Liam Davis (31); Ruairi Keating (23), Jake Andrews (21), Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (21), Kalvin Lumbombo-Kalala (20); Jamie Reid (24), Saikou Janneh (18).
That team possesses an average age of 22, even with the inclusion of the side's elder statesman Liam Davis at 31.
Johnson is also no stranger to achieving success with young players, as his Yeovil Town side who won promotion to the Football League in the 2002-03 season included his son Lee, now manager of Bristol City - who was 21 at the time and current Yeovil manager Darren Way who was slightly older at 23.
There is a link between that Glovers' side and Johnson senior's current charges in the form of the loan agreements that exist between Bristol City and the Gulls over the loans of Jake Andrews, Opi Edwards, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and Saikou Janneh.
However, before we start trotting out the infamous line uttered by Alan Hansen following Manchester United's 3-1 defeat on the opening day of the 1995-96 season 'you don't win anything with kids' - it is worth remembering that the younger versions of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt also had a number of senior pros to help guide them on their journey. These included figures such as Peter Schmeichel, Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Denis Irwin, Roy Keane as well as Eric Cantona, following his return from his eight-month ban for assaulting a Crystal Palace fan.
Which is why we shouldn't underestimate the importance of the impending return from injury of the Gulls' senior midfield figures of Asa Hall and Ryan Dickson.
The two men have plenty in common which each other. They were both signed by Johnson's predecessor Gary Owers; they are both 31 years of age; they have both played under Johnson before in the careers (Hall at Cheltenham and Dickson at Yeovil) and they both captained the sides they played for last season (Hall at Barrow and Dickson at Yeovil).
In addition to this, they both have promotion achieved at their previous clubs on their CV's - Hall with Cheltenham under Johnson in the 2015-16 season and Dickson from League Two with Brentford in 2008-09 and from League One with Southampton in 2010-11.
Their experience of those campaigns could yet play a big part in United's current promotion prospects between now and the end of the current season.
