Quinton Fortune - "Forget about colour, it's about human beings"
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Manchester United
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2020
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
Former Manchester United man Quinton Fortune is our guest this week and if you've never heard his story before, this episode is one not to be missed. From growing up during apartheid in South Africa, to training with Tottenham Hotspur's Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker at the age of 14.
Quinny tells the guys about having to mark Brazilian Ronaldo on his Atlético Madrid debut and how Sir Alex Ferguson used to get his United side fired up ahead of big games against Liverpool.
The South African is now assistant coach of Manchester United's Under 23s and he had glowing words to say about recent graduates Brandon Williams and Mason Greenwood.
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| 0:00.0 | Now then real chance opening up for Quinton Fortune and he takes it. |
| 0:05.0 | Well what a wonderful moment for Quentin. |
| 0:08.0 | There comes cross. Fortune! |
| 0:10.0 | To an alpha United and Quentin Fortune the South Africa didn't he take it quite superbly |
| 0:18.3 | Ronaldo that's an inviting ball and it's headed home by Quentin Fortune. It's a great cross and we know how |
| 0:26.2 | brave Quintan is in there. |
| 0:27.8 | This is the 19 goals. |
| 0:29.8 | The number 25, |
| 0:31.3 | Quintan Avenue Fortune. Welcome back to the United Podcast |
| 0:35.0 | to the United Podcast. We're still in lockdown. We're still recording over video chat |
| 0:39.1 | but we're enjoying these and judging by your comments so are you. So we're |
| 0:42.3 | going to do something excellent today. We're going to have a guess we've wanted on repeatedly we've tried a few times we've failed a few times that we have actually got him and he has been much requested by his former teammates and by you guys that are listening. |
| 0:54.7 | Today we have got Quinton Fortune. |
| 0:57.8 | What a guy? |
| 0:58.8 | Amazing, what's he like? |
| 1:00.1 | One, if not the nicest bloke in football, is an amazing lad. |
| 1:05.0 | He really is, and I'm tell you what, this will be a roller coaster ride, |
| 1:09.6 | because where he grew up, his background, coming from South Africa, into London. |
| 1:16.8 | It's just an incredible journey to actually end up where he is now as, you know, the coach with |
| 1:22.2 | the under 23s. it's an incredible story but what a lad what |
| 1:25.8 | I don't think I genuinely have ever met a happier person no in my whole life |
| 1:31.4 | than Quinton ever no is. He is. He is just brilliant. He comes into the room and everybody just bounces off him. |
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