Welcome, everybody to Soccer 101. My name is Taylor Rockwell. As always, I'm joined by Mr. Graham Ruffin. Hello, Graham. Hello, Taylor Rockwell. How are you? Are you ready to relive your pain of the last two decades as a Manchester nighting fan? I've decided to wear a shirt from the glory days, either to make you feel better or make you feel worse. I'm not entirely sure which of the two it'll be doing the latter. So thank you for that, Graham.

Yes, because it's a slightly depressing topic, but a fascinating topic all the same.

And admittedly, maybe not a 101.

Maybe this is like a 201 sort of topic.

But I think it is fascinating enough.

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

did a racehorse ruin Manchester United Graham you want to weigh in on that one to start

yeah what happened was one day they left the front door open to Old Trafford a horse got in

like the John Mullaney Donald Trump bet and just smashed the crap out of the place. Weirdly. They've never recovered. Especially because they then made that horse director of football from 2013 until 2022, I think it was. It was a good nine-year run for the horse. They didn't have a director of football. Then a horse would have been better than what they actually had.

Oh, they're a laughing stock.

Yes, we're here to talk about the Rock of Gibraltar, not that one, the other one.

The horse, which maybe people have not heard about.

But it is maybe one of the most famous controversies in modern horse racing,

directly, indirectly had a role, somewhat of a role in following out with Alex Ferguson and two major shareholders at Manchester United.

You could argue indirectly led or maybe somewhat directly led to the Glazer takeover

or the success of the Glazer takeover.

We're going to get into all of it, Graham, because it is a fascinating story,

I have to say. It is a fascinating story. And of course, 20 years have now passed since all this

went down. In fact, this week marks 20 years since the Glazers originally bought Magistead

using other people's money. More on that later. I can't believe it's been 20 years, but then I also look back at

where my netted were when they took over, and that feels like a lifetime ago, 20 years feels

right. By the way, we should mention that to mark that anniversary, that tragic anniversary,

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