Ashley Young has celebrated his standout season for Manchester United by finally tying the knot with childhood sweetheart Nicky Pike - four years after the couple had originally planned to marry.

The England winger left friends and family shocked when he called off the £200,000 ceremony out of the blue just 48 hours before the big day in 2011.

But at the second time of asking the couple, who began dating when they were still at school, got hitched in a secret wedding at the plush Stoke Place Hotel in Buckinghamshire on Saturday.

Newly-weds Ashley Young (left) and Nicky Pike (second left) pose with Stiliyan Petrov (right)

Former footballers Fabrice Muamba and Stylian Petrov pose together at Young's wedding

Young impressed under Louis van Gaal last season and was one of Manchester United's best performers

The couple, who have two children together, nine-year-old son Tyler and younger daughter Ellearna, reconciled four months after Young got cold feet first time around after calling off the do that was booked at five-star hotel The Grove in Hertfordshire.

Young's former Aston Villa team-mate and cancer survivor Stiliyan Petrov was in attendance as was Fabrice Muamba, who famously suffered a cardiac arrest during a match while playing for Bolton in 2012.

Petrov, who retired from the game in 2013 due to his ongoing battle with leukaemia, took to Twitter to share a picture with the happy couple and wrote: 'Congratulations Mr and Mrs Young.

Former Bolton midfielder Muamba, who would have played with Young for England Under 21s, was also active on social media and shared a picture alongside Petrov, writing: 'Champion on the dance floor @StanPetrov19.'

Young and Pike met at school and have been together since they were teenagers

The couple were meant to marry in 2011 but Young called it off two days before the ceremony

Young celebrates after scoring against rivals Manchester City in the Premier League last season

Young's marriage to Price, who he has been romantically involved with since the pair were just teenagers, has capped a wonderful season for the England international.

The 29-year-old was seen as no more than a squad player at the start of the campaign having fallen out of favour with supporters and management at Old Trafford last season.