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Ex-Man Utd coach Harrison: Scholes was filling stadiums as 16 year-old

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 09:59

Former Manchester United academy coach Eric Harrison admits Paul Scholes had fans flocking to see him play as a 16 year-old.

Harrison nurtured Scholes as a junior.

He recalled to the Daily Express: "We used to get pretty sizeable crowds watching the youth team and they all saw that we had some special players coming through.

“I’d say the vast majority of those fans came to watch Scholes. Word had got around that he was something very special and in those days he played as a striker. He would score from anywhere and the knack of finding the net never left him. All I can say about his tackling is, I had nothing to do with that.”

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