The Official Manchester United Podcast

Jimmy Nicholl - "I'll always be grateful to United" Jul 17, 2024

Defensive stalwart Jimmy Nicholl is the latest UTD Podcast guest, as he tells some riveting stories from his time growing up at United and amassing almost 250 appearances for the Reds, between 1975 and 1981.

Jimmy played for both United and Rangers who, coincidentally, take on the Reds in a pre-season friendly at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday 20th July. You can get your tickets here.

Remarkably, after being born in Canada, his family escaped the Troubles in Northern Ireland thanks to the help of the club, with then-manager Tommy Docherty helping to arrange the move to Manchester. He puts his signing of a professional deal down to a bona-fide United legend and would go on to forge close bonds with the rest of the team.

There were real highs for club and country, which he details, such as winning the 1977 FA Cup and beating hosts Spain at the 1982 World Cup with Billy Bingham’s Northern Ireland, and the partying that ensued.

Jimmy explains why Ron Atkinson’s arrival proved to be the beginning of the end for him at United but he discusses his career in coaching after hanging up his boots and his current job as assistant manager to the country he served so well as a player.

There is one big regret, though, for the former full-back. Find out what it is, and much more, by listening to our revealing interview.

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REPLAY - Manchester United States Jul 08, 2024

With United's upcoming tour to the USA on the horizon, this is another chance for you to listen to Manchester United States, a special podcast episode with MUTV’s Mark Sullivan who looked into Manchester United’s relationship and links with the USA.

Join us to learn about United’s rich history in the USA, the current landscape of soccer and how much the sport has grown in popularity. Mark even gets the opportunity to chat to some of our fans and hear from former Reds who have played in the MLS, such as Wayne Rooney and Tim Howard.

MUTV is the place where you can follow all of our pre-season action! For tickets and more info on Tour24.

Many thanks to the following people for taking part in this podcast episode…

Sam Jones - Red Devils DC

Casey Kell - San Diego Supporters Club

Steve Baxter - Atlanta Supporters Group

Amani Soyinka - LA Supporters Club

Joe Prince-Wright - NBC Lead writer & editor, ProSoccerTalk

Wayne Barton - Manchester United author

António Simoes - Former Benfica football player

Thanks also to D.C. United and Inter Miami CF for providing content.

Producer: Nick Thomson

Executive Producer: Scott Martin

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Paul McGuinness - My life at United Jun 25, 2024

We've hit the jackpot because this week's guest has Manchester United connections stretching back to the Busby Babes, to Marcus Rashford and everyone in between. Sam & Helen sit down with Paul McGuinness, former Academy coach and son of Busby Babe and United manager Wilf McGuinness.

Paul shares a lifetime of United stories with us, from playing in Sir Matt Busby's office as a four-year-old child, to Christmases at home with 'Uncle Bobby', to coaching the likes of Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Danny Welbeck.

Paul also tells us what he's up to these days, he gives us an update on his father Wilf, and he explains to us what Manchester United means to him. Do not miss this very special episode of the UTD podcast!

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Keith Hackett - Refereeing at the top Jun 18, 2024

In a first for the UTD podcast, this week we have a referee, and not just any referee, former head of referees, Keith Hackett. For this one Sam & Helen are joined by Wes Brown who is filling in for Maysie.

In a career spanning from 1972 to 1994, Keith worked in the English Football League (and international football) as a linesman and referee. He refereed the 1990–91 league encounter between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford, a match notorious for the 21-man brawl breaking out just after the hour mark. Keith also refereed his last ever match at Old Trafford, a game between United and Liverpool.

Keith later worked as a referees' assessor before, on 1 March 2004, he was appointed general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL).

Today Keith talks about a long career refereeing at the top level of football, his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson, as well as how the game is changing. Warning - VAR chat incoming!

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Gary Neville - "United is magic" Jun 04, 2024

This week Sam, Helen & Maysie are joined by former player, captain, class of 92 graduate, treble winner, entrepreneur, tv pundit and football club owner Gary Neville!

Gary Neville was a right-back and spent his entire career with Manchester United, serving as club captain for five years. He is one of the most decorated English and European footballers of all time, having won a total of 20 trophies, including 8 Premier League titles and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues. Gary is also part of the Old Trafford redevelopment task force and provides us with an update.

Gary also speaks to us about his footballing career, life after playing, and gives us an incredible breakdown of exactly why Sir Alex Ferguson was so successful. No United fan will want to miss this!

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FA Cup special May 29, 2024

Sam, Helen & Maysie have jumped on a call together to share their thoughts on an amazing day at Wembley on Saturday, where Manchester United lifted their 13th FA Cup trophy, beating Manchester City 2-1. Helen, who has interrupted her holiday for us, shares what it meant to the Evans household and fills us in on the post-match party!

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Unheard: 1999 May 22, 2024

25 years ago, Manchester United made English football history, when they won the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. With a nucleus of homegrown stars, Alex Ferguson and his team went on a remarkable 33 game unbeaten run to reach the promised land.

Where there is a true moment in time, a ‘where were you?’ moment, there is a desire to relive it. And not just relive it. To feel what it was like before it happened. To remember that anticipation. To bask in the moment and soak it in just one more time. Now you can.

Narrated by Paddy Barclay, produced by Wayne Barton and using rare unheard audio from the collection of Tom Tyrrell, this episode of the Manchester United Podcast places you on May 14th, 1999, two days before the final Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur. You will hear from the players as they navigated through the following days, on the brink of history, experiencing it as it happened.

This is Manchester United, on the edge of glory.

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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Editor: Nick Thomson

Executive Producer: Scott Martin

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REPLAY - Ella Toone (FA Cup hero) May 13, 2024

To celebrate our women's team winning the FA Cup for the first time, we're giving you another chance to listen to Ella Toone's episode. It's well worth a listen whether you managed to catch it the first time around or not!

Click here to get your tickets for the women's final game of the season, at Old Trafford, where the FA Cup will be presented!

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Youth Voice with Wes Brown May 09, 2024

This week Helen Evans and Wes Brown are joined by a group of young people from the Foundation’s ‘Youth Voice’ group. Manchester United Foundation uses football to engage and inspire young people to build a better life for themselves and unite the communities in which they live, and that's what this episode is all about!

In this episode we give our young fans the chance to get on the mic and talk about issues that matter to them, and how football clubs can play their part in positive change.

To help with our discussion, we're also joined by some special guests...

Lamin Touray - Actor, community activist and United fan.
Anthony Savery - Community Project Coordinator at Manchester United Foundation
Kate Green - Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for policing, crime, criminal justice and fire
Jordan Eyre - Social Media Strategy Manager at Manchester United

If you like what you hear and want to get yourself or a young person involved with Manchester United Foundation then you can find more information here or search mufoundation.org

Thanks to the following members of our amazing Youth Voice group for joining us; Arissa, Esty, Amelia, Ciaran, Danyaal, Rick, Khadim and Mohamed.

For more information on the Len Johnson campaign and the charity football match you can click here.

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Memories unite us: Brought to you by Cadbury May 01, 2024

This week Sam, Helen and Maysie have teamed up with Cadbury for a trip down memory lane. Cadbury and Manchester United are national treasures that have always been there in our living memories, and these cultural reference points are a powerful way to inspire memories of the past.”

With this in mind, it’s Cadbury’s 200th anniversary this year and as part of the celebration, they have partnered with Alzheimer's Research UK to support those living with Alzheimer’s. For more information about the wider campaign and to find out how you can get involved, please go to manutd.com/MemoriesUniteUs

Today on the show:

Sam, Helen & Maysie share their early United memories.
We chat with Jason Leach about how the club are helping fans by hosting reminiscing sessions at Old Trafford.
Two members of these reminiscing sessions, Sean & Digger, will be joining us.
We'll hear some lovely stories from fans of the club
And we’ll pay tribute to Tom Clare, a very special United fan and author of Manchester United books, who sadly, is no longer with us.

Thank you to our partner Cadbury for making this special episode happen.

To join in with the reminiscing sessions at Old Trafford, contact the museum on +44 161 676 7770 or email: museum.enquiries@manutd.co.uk

To purchase a copy of Digger's book, click here or search for 'Digger's Journey' on Amazon.

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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Live in Malta with Mike Phelan Apr 17, 2024

For the first time ever the UTD podcast has been filmed in front of a live audience! We're back in Malta but this time we've got the whole gang together plus our special guest Mike Phelan.

Back in early February Sam, Helen & Maysie were invited by the supporters' club to celebrate their 65th anniversary and they had plenty of activities planned for us. Thank you to everyone at the Manchester United Supporters' Club Malta for your hospitality.

Mike Phelan has been on the UTD podcast before talking about his coaching career, so this was the perfect opportunity to focus more on his playing days. As well as his time at Burnley and Norwich, he talks about how he first joined United during that early Alex Ferguson era, before the gaffer had won a single trophy at United. Mike shares his memories of that famous 1990 FA Cup victory and tells the audience how things really clicked into place after that, putting in place the foundations for domination in the years that followed.

Maysie and Mike were also able to take some questions from the audience. Don't miss this truly unique episode of the UTD podcast!

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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Marouane Fellaini - "The most difficult season of my life" Apr 02, 2024

Marouane Fellaini, who was Manchester United’s first major signing of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, sat down with Helen Evans and Sam Homewood to discuss his journey with the Reds between 2013 and 2019. The Belgium international, who announced his retirement from football in February 2024, admits his first season at the club was ‘the worst of his career’, but highlights his hard work and dedication in recovering to become a vital contributor to trophy wins under Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.

Marouane also touches upon his early career with Standard Liege and Everton, moving to China and living through Covid there and what’s next after hanging up his boots, in an honest, open and insightful listen.

As mentioned by Sam, you can check out Harsh Nair's portraits here @harsh05nair_art Thank you for sending them into us Harsh!

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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Emma Watson – “The biggest high to the lowest low” Mar 26, 2024

Sam, Helen and Maysie are back at Carrington to speak to Emma Watson. The Scot joined United from Rangers in the summer of 2023 at the young age of 17 but unfortunately suffered an ACL injury while on international duty, shortly after signing. She opens up about how she is coping with this difficult stage in her career and what her future ambitions are, and believe us, she has big ambitions!

Emma’s career is still in its infancy, but that hasn’t stopped her tasting success. She’s a Scotland international, she’s scored in the Champions League, she won the 2021/22 Scottish Women's Premier League title and if that wasn’t enough, she was named PFA Scotland Women's Young Player of the Year. Wow, you can see why Marc Skinner wanted to sign her!

Enjoy this conversation with a rising star.

Our women's team have an exciting end of season in store, including an FA Cup semi-final and a match at Old Trafford. You can get behind them and purchase your match tickets here.

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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The Mayor of Manchester: United's Bright Future Mar 08, 2024

This week Sam, Helen and Maysie are moving into politics. They were invited to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to speak to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham!

Andy is a huge football fan and an ambassador for the city of Manchester. Although he is an Everton fan, we talk about how his day job is heavily influenced by Manchester United and we explore his relationship with the club. Did you know that Andy's father attended the first game at Old Trafford after the Munich air disaster? And do you remember when Andy visited Vatican City to gift Pope Francis a Lisandro Martinez shirt?

We also use this opportunity to preview the upcoming Everton match at Old Trafford, plus Maysie tells us what he would do if he was ever the Mayor of Greater Manchester. Could this be the start of a new career?

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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We've got Jonny Evans! Part 2 Feb 27, 2024

It's happened, we've got him! Lady Evans is joined by Mr Evans MBE on the Manchester United podcast! This episode was recorded in two parts, the first at the Evans household, before we catch up at Carrington to discuss the fact that the defender is now back at the club, after re-signing in the summer.

No ground is left uncovered with the Northern Irishman, from his early days as a supporter and memories of celebrating in the street when his heroes won the Treble. There is some chat around the computer game Football Manager, life in a body cast (!) and why he wouldn't kiss his mum in front of Roy Keane!

Of course, the background of how he joined the Reds' fabled Academy is covered in depth, as well as his two stints in the senior team. Impressive stays at West Brom and Leicester City are also discussed but the main focus is this big Red's affection for his boyhood club.

There is even a selection of listeners' questions for Jonny to answer as he lifts the lid on how much United means to him.

The best place to catch up on the back-catalogue of our interviews is over on the Manchester United App, where you can listen to - and watch - all of our episodes in full, for free. Here you can get early access to new episodes, published 24 hours before everywhere else.

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We've got Jonny Evans! Part 1 Feb 21, 2024