Coppell: My debut was beyond a dream

Unusually for an Old Trafford legend, his debut wasn't made in the Premier League or old First Division, but in the second tier of English football. The Reds had been relegated under Tommy Docherty's management at the end of the infamous 1973/74 season.

"The Doc had promised we'd get promotion and we'd be back [in the top flight] next year and all of this," said Coppell, in his new episode of UTD Podcast.

"They had stormed the Second Division but at the time [of my debut], it was a sticky time for the team. I always remember that."

United had, in fact, only won two of their first six games in the calendar year 1975. The confidence-sapping sequence featured losses to Bristol City at Old…