Did a horse lead to the downfall of Manchester United?
Soccer 101
TSS
4.9 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week, we've got a doozy of a tale for you: it involves a racehorse, a cantankerous Knight of the Realm, and a couple of billionaires with a point to prove. Did a legal snafu lead to the Glazer takeover at Manchester United? How did that takeover happen in the first place? Does Sir Alex Ferguson deserve any blame for the purchase that has led to the downfall of The Red Devils.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everybody to Soccer 101. My name is Taylor Rockwell. As always, I'm joined by Mr. Graham Ruffin. |
| 0:21.1 | Hello, Graham. |
| 0:22.1 | Hello, Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:23.1 | How are you? |
| 0:23.6 | Are you ready to relive your pain of the last two decades as a Manchester nighting fan? |
| 0:27.7 | I've decided to wear a shirt from the glory days, either to make you feel better or make you feel worse. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm not entirely sure which of the two it'll be doing the latter. |
| 0:37.3 | So thank you for that, Graham. |
| 0:39.1 | Yes, because it's a slightly depressing topic, but a fascinating topic all the same. |
| 0:43.5 | And admittedly, maybe not a 101. |
| 0:45.9 | Maybe this is like a 201 sort of topic. |
| 0:47.9 | But I think it is fascinating enough. |
| 0:50.5 | And I think we can help people get their heads around the Manchester United takeover as it happened at the same time but it answers or seeks to answer the question |
| 0:58.6 | did a racehorse ruin Manchester United Graham you want to weigh in on that one to start |
| 1:02.7 | yeah what happened was one day they left the front door open to Old Trafford a horse got in |
| 1:07.8 | like the John Mullaney Donald Trump bet and just smashed the crap out of the place. |
| 1:14.5 | Weirdly. |
| 1:15.1 | They've never recovered. |
| 1:16.2 | Especially because they then made that horse director of football from 2013 until 2022, I think it was. |
| 1:21.8 | It was a good nine-year run for the horse. |
| 1:23.4 | They didn't have a director of football. |
| 1:25.0 | Then a horse would have been better than what they actually had. |
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