Icons of Old Trafford
Icons of Old Trafford: Tony Dunne – A player’s player and a man of the people
In the great Manchester United team of 1965-1968, there were many celebrated footballers. Three Ballon d’Or winners, two World Cup winners, all-time...
Icons of Old Trafford: Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes’ United career is a story in three acts fit for the stage. Act 1: The breakthrough ending with his European...
Icons of Old Trafford: Martin Buchan – 1977 FA Cup winning captain
There was not much to celebrate or remember of the eighteen-month managerial reign of Frank O’Farrell. He was something of a proto-David...
Icons of Old Trafford – Patrick O’Connell ‘Don Patricio’
Manchester United have had four team captains from the island of Ireland in history. The relationship between United and both the North...
Icons of Old Trafford: ‘The King’ Denis Law
One of the great “What ifs ?” of football history involves Bill Shankly’s departure from Huddersfield Town to Liverpool. Shankly desperately wanted...
Icons of Old Trafford: George Best, the Belfast boy
“Rob, top five musical crimes perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Go. Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to...
Icons of Old Trafford: Sir Bobby Charlton
When (the not yet) Sir Bobby Charlton lifted the iconic, oversized European Cup on the 29th May 1968 at Wembley Stadium, it...
Icons of Old Trafford: “Superstar” Billy Meredith
It was 29th March 1924 at Birmingham City’s St Andrew’s stadium, that played host to the last match of Association Football’s first...
Icons of Old Trafford: Eric Cantona – One-way ticket to Hell and back
In the second part of our Eric Cantona ‘Icons of Old Trafford series’ we look at the controversial parts of Cantona’s time...
Icons of Old Trafford: Eric Cantona, The King – Part 1
Actor, philosopher, polemicist and sometime footballer: Apart from the manager who brought him to Manchester United, there is no more transformative figure...