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Coincidentally, the anniversary falls on the very same day that the Reds and Blues are set to meet again, with this weekend’s Premier League fixture at Old Trafford set to kick off at 12:30 GMT.

McIlroy was astonished to learn that fact when he sat down with us to reminisce about his maiden game for the club, and admits he still remembers his first match like it was yesterday.

“It’s unbelievable,” said the club legend. “When I first found out at the beginning of the week, [that it’s] 50 years to the day, I just thought: time has flown by!