“When I’m four, five and six, I’m playing with my dad in the garden, then Sir Bobby would come round. And when I was 15-16, my dad was playing lots of charity games… He always used to say to me: ‘Bring your boots… you might get a game!'” Paul laughs.
“Every time, they played me. George Best played one game, Bobby [would play], Paddy Crerand, David Sadler, Nobby Stiles, Kiddo [Brian Kidd] probably played. They’d turn up with a plastic bag [with their boots in], it was like Sunday League football! It was like ‘If Carlsberg did…’ You know, that advert.’ Without doubt, every game, Bobby was majestic. He was the most competitive guy out there…
“To do that and play with them was unbelievable. Then at 17-18, because I stayed at school, I joined United and was playing in the A team and in the Reserves.”
