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English Football - United’s First-ever Sub Passes Away

He of the unkempt, straggly hair.

That was the way I used to easily identify John Fitzpatrick, a battling, teak-tough Scot who just loved a tackle.

He was usually on the fringes of the great United side that boasted Charlton, Law and his close-friend, Georgie Best, but did get a good three-season run between 1968 and 1971, when he appeared in 85 league games for the team.

These days a Scot playing that consistently for Manchester United would be a shoe-in for a collection of international caps, but such recognition never came John’s way, either at full or u23 level.