Here, in a classic ‘My United’ interview from the March 2016 edition of our monthly magazine, the sporting great explains his attachment to the club, recalls a Giggsy-like try against Australia and analyses the prospect of King Eric playing rugby...
When and why did you start supporting United?
“Throughout the 1980s in Dublin there were two soccer teams that most people supported – United and Liverpool. And with it being Liverpool’s heyday, it was predominantly Liverpool that people supported. I probably should have supported Liverpool because most of my buddies were Liverpool fans. But I had cousins who were from Manchester and they came over to Dublin to visit when I was about four or five.