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Sporting Witness: The lost tapes of a Manchester United hero

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The lost tapes of a Manchester United hero

25/11/2023 GMT

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The lost memoir of former Manchester United keeper, Les Sealey

In 1994, Manchester United goalkeeper Les Sealey recorded his memoir. This programme is currently unavailable.

This programme is currently unavailable.

In 1994, Manchester United goalkeeper Les Sealey sat down to record his memoir. 

He'd played a key role in helping Alex Ferguson win his first trophy as United's manager in 1990. 

No takers were found for Les' story and the cassette tapes were stored away in a friend's attic. Les died from a heart attack in 2001 at the age of 43. 

More than twenty years on, the tapes have been re-discovered and turned into a book called "On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper."

Matt Pintus has been listening through the tapes for Sporting Witness.

(Photo: Les Sealey raises his arms aloft. Credit: Getty Images)

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