Jesper Olsen Profile

Jesper Olsen Jesper Olsen

Jes­per Ol­sen, born Faxe, Den­mark, Mar­ch 20, 1961. Jes­per Ol­sen star­ted his play­ing days at Nastved Boldklub be­fore he left for Ere­divis­ie si­de Ajax of Am­s­ter­dam in the sum­mer of 1981. Im­pressed by the free flow­ing flanker, Man­chester Uni­ted boss Ron Atkin­son de­cided to buy him for a trans­fer fee of £350,000 at the be­gin­ning of the 1984-85 season.

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Ralph Milne Profile

Ralph Milne Ralph Milne

Ral­ph Mil­ne, born Dun­dee, Scot­land, May 13, 1961. Dun­do­ni­an Ral­ph Mil­ne, who could play either as an at­tack­ing mid­fielder or a flank for­ward, kick-star­ted his pro­fes­sion­al foot­balling ca­reer at loc­al si­de Dun­dee Uni­ted be­fore he pro­ceeded to play for Charl­ton Ath­let­ic, Bris­tol City, Man­chester Uni­ted, West Ham Uni­ted, and then fi­nally Sing Tao SC.

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Paddy Crerand Profile

Paddy Crerand Paddy Crerand

Patrick Timothy Cre­rand, born Glas­gow, Scot­land, Feb­ruary 19, 1939. Pad­dy Cre­rand was firm­ly de­term­ined to es­cape from his rather miser­able back­ground of fam­ily tragedy and re­li­gious dog­mat­ism to be­come a pro­fes­sion­al foot­baller. A com­bat­ive play­er in every sense of the word, the Celt­ic, Man­chester Uni­ted, and Scot­land in­ter­na­tion­al mid­field en­for­cer built up a wor­ld wide repu­ta­tion for his nat­ur­al fight­ing spir­it and his ac­cur­ate tack­ling skills.

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Ray Wilkins Profile

Ray Wilkins Ray Wilkins

Ray­mond Co­lin Wil­kins, born Lon­don, Eng­land, Septem­ber 14, 1956. Ray “Butch” Wil­kins star­ted his ca­reer as an ap­pren­tice at Chel­sea un­der Dave Sex­ton and was han­ded his Fir­st Di­vi­sion de­but in a con­vin­cing 3–0 win ag­ainst Nor­wich City at Stam­ford Bridge on the 26th of Oct­ober 1973. He rap­idly es­tab­lished him­self as a reg­u­lar fir­st team­er and went on to be­come the club´s young­est ever cap­tain when he re­placed Ron Har­ris at the age of eighteen.

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Gary Pallister Profile

Gary Pallister Gary Pallister

Ga­ry An­drew Pal­lister, born Rams­gate, Eng­land, June 30, 1965. Ga­ry Pal­lister was prob­ably the greatest play­er to come out of Rams­gate since Ge­orge Wright, who ap­peared for, among oth­ers, Lon­don clubs West Ham Uni­ted and Ley­ton Ori­ent. A cent­ral de­fender, Pal­lister en­joyed a fine ca­reer at Billing­ham To­wn, Middles­brough, Man­chester Uni­ted, and Dar­ling­ton, and also ma­naged to gain 22 full caps for the coun­try of his bir­th be­tween 1988 and 1996.

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David McCreery Profile

David McCreery David McCreery

Da­vid Mc­Creery, born Bel­fast, North­ern Ire­land, Septem­ber 16, 1957. Bro­ught up in the very heart of Prot­est­ant East Bel­fast, Da­vid Mc­Creery was steeped from an early age in a mar­in­ade of polit­ics and re­li­gion. A de­term­ined and ver­sat­ile play­er who offered con­sid­er­able skill and hard work too, he was fir­st spot­ted by Bob Bish­op and went on to make 110 out­ings in all com­pet­i­tions for The Reds.

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Robbie Savage Profile

Robbie Savage Robbie Savage

Ro­bert Wil­li­am Sav­age, born Wrex­ham, Wales, Oct­ober 18, 1974. Rob­bie Sal­vage sig­ned his fir­st pro­fes­sion­al con­tract wi­th Man­chester Uni­ted in 1993, but he nev­er broke in­to the fir­st te­am. Af­ter leav­ing the club in 1994, he played for Crewe Al­ex­an­dra, Lei­cester City, Birm­ing­ham City, Black­burn Rov­ers, and Der­by Coun­ty, and also had a loan spell with…

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Simon Davies Profile

Pro­file Fea­ture: Si­mon Ithel Dav­ies, born Winsford, Eng­land, April 23, 1974. Si­mon Dav­ies on­ly ma­naged to notch up 20 fir­st class ap­pear­ances for Man­chester Uni­ted be­fore he joi­ned Foot­ball Lea­gue Sec­ond Di­vi­sion si­de Luton To­wn for a trans­fer fee of £150,000 in the sum­mer of 1997. The mid­field play­maker la­ter ap­peared for a num­ber of clubs, in­clud­ing Mac­cle­s­field To­wn, Ban­gor City, The New Saints, and Chester City.

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Clayton Blackmore Profile

Clayton Blackmore Clayton Blackmore

Clay­ton Gra­ham Black­more, born Neath, Wales, Septem­ber 23, 1964. Clay­ton Black­more star­ted out his ca­reer wi­th Man­chester Uni­ted in 1992 and was han­ded his Fir­st Di­vi­sion de­but by Ron Atkin­son in a 2-0 de­feat ag­ainst Bri­an Clough´s Not­ting­ham For­est at City Gro­und on the 16th of May 1984. The mid­field play­er la­ter ap­peared for sev­er­al clubs, in­clud­ing Middles­brough, Notts Coun­ty, and Ban­gor City.

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Francis Burns Profile

Francis Burns Francis Burns

Fran­cis Burns, born Glen­boig, Scot­land, Oct­ober 17, 1948. Hail­ing from North Lanark­shire, Fran­cis Burns joi­ned Man­chester Uni­ted straight from school in 1965 and sig­ned pro­fes­sion­al terms the fol­low­ing year. A re­li­able de­fender, he made his com­pet­it­ive de­but in a 3-1 Di­vi­sion One vic­tory over West Ham Uni­ted at Up­ton Park on the 2nd of Septem­ber 1967.

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