Why are we sentimental? Because we can remember how awesome this side was

1. Alex Stepney
2. Jimmy Nicholl
3. Arthur Albiston
4. Sammy McIlroy
5. Brian Greenhoff
6. Martin Buchan (c)
7. Steve Coppell
8. Jimmy Greenhoff
9. Stuart Pearson
10. Lou Macari
11. Gordon Hill
12. David McCreery

What a team.

yep , good times. coppell was may favorite.

Wonder how many times a season they’d have been labelled shit @#%&!s if they played now.

Bet most of the experts on here weren’t even alive when a football team had 12 players in.

Originally Posted by LFOD

yep , good times. coppell was may favorite.

....And mine. Oh for the excitement of Tommy Docherty's sides right now eh?

Oh for a David McCreery now

Originally Posted by Zorg

Oh for a David McCreery now

The original 1970's Supersub.

Originally Posted by sub three hours

The original 1970's Supersub.

if you don't count fairclough.

Originally Posted by jem

if you don't count fairclough.

I suppose they were 'roughly' the same time really.

“Gordon Hill, what a bloody player eh”

I started going to games in '75, so that team is pretty much the one I grew up with.
Gordon Hill was my favourite player. 'Pancho' a close second.
It was a great time to support United.

Originally Posted by sub three hours

I suppose they were 'roughly' the same time really.

indeed they were. but it's more that "everyone" associates fairclough with the moniker. mccreery was just someone who wasn't good enough. fairclough came on and made an impact. fairclough was a supersub; mccreery was a sub. soz.

Originally Posted by jem

indeed they were. but it's more that "everyone" associates fairclough with the moniker. mccreery was just someone who wasn't good enough. fairclough came on and made an impact. fairclough was a supersub; mccreery was a sub. soz.

Definito

McCreery was an honest toiler whereas that ginge @#%&! saved them time after time off the bench. Never put in the shift like McDermott etc but knew where the back of the net was when he came on.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

“Gordon Hill, what a bloody player eh”

£#%&! off you glory hunting tax payer funded leech. That’s you in ten years....
Oh forgot... forever young, forever moronic. The young are too young and the time served too old.

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Originally Posted by 75Red

I started going to games in '75, so that team is pretty much the one I grew up with.
Gordon Hill was my favourite player. 'Pancho' a close second.
It was a great time to support United.

Me too, I was 11 in 1975

indeed they were. but it's more that "everyone" associates fairclough with the moniker. mccreery was just someone who wasn't good enough. fairclough came on and made an impact. fairclough was a supersub; mccreery was a sub. soz.

I've just looked at Dave Mccreery's stats, you're right, he actually played a lot more games for Newcastle than us. It's strange how my memory has become distorted with time.

Fairclough absolutely hates the supersub tag.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

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wowzers

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

Definito

McCreery was an honest toiler whereas that ginge c*** saved them time after time off the bench. Never put in the shift like McDermott etc but knew where the back of the net was when he came on.





f*** off you glory hunting tax payer funded leech. That’s you in ten years....
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I'd like to just publicly express my admiration and approval of this post. Well said. yhgr

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

Wonder how many times a season they’d have been labelled shit c***s if they played now.

That started with Paddy Roche and Ashley Grimes .....aided by sexton.

Great times.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

£#%&! off you glory hunting tax payer funded leech. That’s you in ten years....
Oh forgot... forever young, forever moronic. The young are too young and the time served too old.

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Are you ok ?

Originally Posted by denis lawless

That started with Paddy Roche and Ashley Grimes .....aided by sexton.

Ashley Grimes, £#%&! knows how anyone thought he was a footballer.