Shiels – whose association with the club stretches back 40 years, to when he first started working with Sir Bobby Charlton’s Soccer Schools – joined the Foundation in 2008, and has been a key driver behind the plans for Sunday’s event, which sees our famous Treble winners of 1999 face the Bayern Munich side they beat in the Champions League final exactly 20 years ago.
But while the United fan cannot wait to see his heroes back on the hallowed turf once more, he's equally excited about the impact the money raised by the event could have on the children and communities that the Foundation supports.