Steve Coppell - "My record won't be beaten" (Part Two)
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Manchester United
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This is the second part of our extended conversation with Steve Coppell, where the former Manchester United winger talked about his incredible record of 207 consecutive games for the club - and how he doesn't think that achievement will ever be beaten.
Steve also talked about the horror tackle which led to his career-ending injury, and the transition into a successful career in management in the years that followed.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Manchester United podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | You're about to hear part two of our extended chat with Steve Coppel. |
| 0:05.6 | If you missed part one, do go back and listen to that though. |
| 0:08.7 | If you've already done that, welcome back to Steve Coppel. |
| 0:15.0 | So at this point, did you feel like your life had changed because you're now an FA Cup winner? |
| 0:19.2 | You've finally finished university, you're scoring goals and playing regularly from Manchester United. |
| 0:24.4 | And England? |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah, and England. |
| 0:26.5 | Well, probably not at that stage. |
| 0:28.7 | It was the next year, 77. |
| 0:31.0 | I think November, 77. |
| 0:32.8 | I got my debut for England. |
| 0:35.6 | I thought, when I'd finish university, training by myself all the time, I thought, right, |
| 0:43.1 | full-time training, this is going to be, you know, the year of Coppel. |
| 0:48.4 | Coppel is going to take over the world. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm going to be so fit. |
| 0:52.5 | I'm going to spend so much time, my touch, beating players, trying to get quicker. |
| 0:58.9 | I'm going to work so hard, and if I can relate to you a week with Doc, |
| 1:05.6 | we'd play on the Saturday, we'd win. |
| 1:07.8 | He'd say, oh, boys, you've worked hard today. |
| 1:11.2 | See you Thursday. |
| 1:13.5 | I'd go, what? |
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