Sixty years have passed but Peter McParland suspects he is still to be forgiven by followers of Manchester United.
'I daren't set up a Twitter account!' he laughs. 'In 2007, Chelsea played Manchester United in the FA Cup Final and they were marking '50 years of Cup finals'. A player from each year walked out at Wembley. I was the first out and a United fan lent over the hoardings and called me a dirty b******!' He grins: 'I gave him a little wave back.'
McParland's 'crime' can be traced back to the 1957 FA Cup final when he was the two-goal hero in an Aston Villa team that defeated Sir Matt Busby's Manchester United.