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is on Facebook! Join the group by visiting: facebook.com/groups/rollinreds Meet and chat with other MUDSA members. Share your matchday stories and photos for the magazine and even submit your questions for the player interviews! SOUVENIR EDITION THE OFFICIAL MUDSA MAGAZINE | VOLUME 22, ISSUE 2, SPRING 2019 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Ole Gunnar Solskjær PLUS: 10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT Paddy Crerand 2 CONTENTS CONTENTS 3 Use the force, Lukaku: The team celebrate Rom’s 88th minute winner against Southampton 2 The official MUDSA magazine Inside this edition… Volume 22, Issue 2, Spring 2019 4 Secretary Says: with Chas Banks Your MUDSA This magazine is issued free of charge to MUDSA 6 Things You Didn’t Know: Paddy Crerand members. You can also view Rollin’ Reds and 8 Exclusive Interview: Ole Gunnar Solskjær Committee… download it in PDF format from our website: 14 Puzzle time: The Rollin’ Reds quiz CHAS BANKS DES TURNER NATHANIEL YATES www.mudsa.org 15 Get Creative: Pull-out colouring in section SECRETARY ROLLIN’ REDS PRODUCTION JUNIOR AMBASSADOR Photography: John and Matthew Peters 18 Feature: The Class United T: 0845 230 1989 T: 01978 810 528 T: 07581 653 452 19 MUDSA Christmas Party Design/production: leemingdesign.co.uk Events: E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] 26 January Transfers: with Nathaniel Yates Thanks this issue: Richard Trenchard 28 Rick Clement SUE ROCCA JAMIE LEEMING RICK CLEMENT John Allen Introducing: TREASURER ROLLIN’ REDS EDITOR SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR 30 Home and Away: Fan Focus Cover artwork: ©2019 Geoff Harrison and may T: 0161 861 9454 T: 07590 406 669 T: 07949 523 089 32 Souvenirs: MUDSA Merchandise E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] not be reproduced without written consent. ANN-MARIE LEWIS JOHN SIMISTER Rollin’ Reds on Facebook: MUDSA EVENTS VI REPRESENTATIVE facebook.com/groups/rollinreds T: 01352 715 794 T: 07471 195 930 Keep yourself up to date with the E: [email protected] E: [email protected] MUDSA on Facebook: latest news by visiting facebook.com/MUDSA.official www.mudsa.org 4 SECRETARY SAYS SECRETARY SAYS 5 Mour of a conicidence? Lenny replaces Emma as United’s DLO The Christmas party was great success with all the players in a good mood. It happened to be the day As usual, much has changed since I last wrote my the previous manager left the club, but we’re sure news articles. Significant progress has been made that the good moods were a coincidence… You can with plans for the future development of disabled read about it and see the pictures inside this issue facilities at Old Trafford. The club will be creating and on the MUDSA website. 118 new wheelchair facilities and 158 new amenity seats in various locations around the ground. Access for all is so suite They will be built in the close season and tested MUDSA is pleased to announce that the trials to during the 2019/20 season. As soon as each section revert to “universal access” in the Ability Suite were has completed testing successfully it will be opened. a success and the club have now agreed that we can You can find a full explanation of the development adopt it permanently. A triumph for self policing, Michale ‘Lenny’ here https://www.manutd.com/Visit-Old-Trafford/ Leneghan has because even on the busiest days, people seem to Accessibility-Plans replced Emma be able to get along with each other! James (right) as United has a new Disability Liaison Officer (DLO), club Disability Michael Leneghan (or ‘Lenny’), who has taken over Ilaison Officer Poncho pinching prevented from Emma James as she moves on within the club. We’re pleased to announce that we now have a We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Emma working system in place for the distribution and for all her hard work on our behalf and wish her well in and everyone is walking around with a smile on their the Committee are here to serve and represent all collection of the new MUDSA ponchos during bad the future. ‘Lenny’ is a lovely guy and has worked for face again. Jamie and I were lucky enough to get the the members, so don’t hesitate to let us know if you weather on matdays, thanks to the help of the club’s United for many years. We’re sure he’ll be a worthy chance to interview Ole and you can read all about it have a problem or just want to discuss something. matchday team and their “boss” Tom Sellers. successor to Emma. inside this issue. We’re here to help. After ‘losing’ a few we’ve finally managed to start We also now have a new manager! Yes, Ole is back We hope you enjoy this issue and please remember Chas Banks, Secretary MUDSA. getting back the same number as were given out during the match! Mind you, that might be because of the large black and yellow ‘security’ labels we’ve stuck on them! Sergeant Rick joins the ranks MUDSA has a new Committee member in the shape of a guy called Rick Clement. Rick is a former Sergeant in the Army and he definitely knows his The newly-installed stuff from his time working with forces-related netting earlier this season (left) charities. We’ve co-opted him on to the Committee and, PSG fans and he’s been doing a great job for us with the social destroying it (right) media and magazine production. These are areas where we plan to expand our activities in the coming year, so keep an eye out and please support us when you can. MUDSA in Foundation plans Away fan location talks continue after We continue our work with the MU Foundation via Nathaniel Yate’s efforts. Nathaniel, the MUDSA protective netting damaged by PSG fans Youth Ambassador, has been busy visiting various MU Foundation projects on a regular basis to After finally seeing the deployment of netting in Wolves fixture. The individual was identified, police of damage, disorder or missile throwing, will be spread the word about MUDSA and our activities front of away fans, after years of asking, it was action taken, and has received a three-year home supplied to PSG and they have assured us that they and trying to get some of the youngsters involved. seriously disappointing to see them being virtually and away ban by Wolves”. will take action against any positively identified We are hoping that soon we will be able to give destroyed by rogue Paris Saint Germain hooligans. Similarly with the PSG incidents, we complained offenders”. you more details of a three-year plan currently MUDSA has been pushing for the nets to be a vociferously to the club: “You asked about what MUDSA is in continuous dialogue with the Club being formulated by John Eades and Alex Wilson of permanent deployment after an idiot in the Wolves we are doing in response to any individuals who and talks are ongoing regarding the positioning of the MU Foundation. away section threw a flare. I did ask about this have been identified as throwing objects at the PSG the away fans. It’s a complicated issue and if there This will lay down a framework of how MUDSA incident and received this answer from the head of fixture – including any information we are providing was an easy option it would already have been and the MU Foundation will be working together in security: “You asked about what happened to the to PSG about the behaviour of their fans: “A CCTV taken. However we’ll keep talking and we hope to the future and how best MUDSA can support the individual responsible for the pyrotechnic at the file of all PSG fans identified as offenders by way make more progress as the season progresses. MU Foundation in its work. 6 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW 7 Paddy Crerand things you probably didn’t know about 10 United’s Scotish former midfield master Here are ten facts about Paddy Crerand — MUTV presenter and regular attendee of the MUDSA WARNING: Annual Dinner. Paddy’s an all-round nice guy although, some of One of these facts his former opposition players probably wouldn’t might be made up! agree with us due to his ‘robust’ playing style. But we love him because he always has time to chat, sign things and have a photo with his fans. Paddy was born in Glasgow to Irish parents but He was inducted into 1 his father was killed in World War II by a German 6 the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in bomber while working on fire watch at the docks. November 2011. 6 In 1963 he married Noreen Ferry — a Scottish In 1976 Paddy became manager of Northampton 2 girl of Irish descent. They have three children and 7 Town after five years as assistant manager at eight grandchildren. United. Paddy signed for United for the princely sum of Paddy’s Autobiography is entitled “Never turn 3 £43,000 in 1963. 8 the other cheek” which echoes his give as ‘good- He won two league titles, one FA Cup and one as-you-get’ attitude. 4 European Cup with United. Paddy has written a children’s book called Paddy was a hard-tackling midfielder who, 9 “Hamish the Haggis” about the adventures of a 5 while known for his tenacity and tackling ability, haggis that runs away to join the circus.