Former Manchester United stars come to Halifax to visit former coach

Ex-Manchester United stars David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville visited Halifax recently to see their former coach Eric Harrison.
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They were invited by Mr Harrison’s grandson Joe to come and see their former youth coach, who is now living with dementia.

Mr Harrison played a key role in nurturing United’s Class of 92 - including Ryan Giggs, Neville and his brother Phil, Scholes, Beckham and Nicky Butt.

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His grandson Joe is undertaking a cycling challenge from London to Brighton to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society and has so far raised more than £1,000.

Speaking on the Alzheimer’s Society’s Facebook page Eric’s daughter Vicky said: “My dad still has all the players’ numbers in his phone and, unbeknown to me, Joe contacted a few of them. Within a week, they had all come round.”

“One of the saddest things is that he has lost interest in watching football. Until the dementia it was his life.”

Joe also said: “It was funny, the lads said they still almost felt on edge when they were around him.”