His family moved to Langley ,Greater Manchester. The first team he played for was Langley Furrows. Scholes also excelled at cricket.When he was 14, he began training with Manchester United. In his final term at school, he was selected to represent Grant Britain National School in football.
"I'm not a man that likes to talk a lot ,but the one thing i can say honestly that playing football is the only one thing i want to do" he said. Scholes has a compliment from many people such as "He's the best players in England" Phil Nevile or "No one in this world can play like him again" Dimitar Berbator