Ian Irving

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4,555 appearances 22 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard yesterday

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Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show · Cause for concern in Man United performance at Everton? · 7 Sep 2026 podcast

So th there's a bit of a story to get them here, but nothing like the story of the coach. matched

The coach matched

And he's had quite a way to get it. matched

So basically he took part in the Lithuanian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2002, won about seven hundred and fifty quid roughly, and that helped him fund a trip to England where he began his coaching journey. matched

Now, a lot of people have been talking about him coaching at Manchester United. matched

Technically true, he was working with the soccer schools initially when he came over to England. matched

England, later worked with Fulham and Brentford, and basically credits John Shields. matched

This is a from an interview with Dale Johnson on the BBC. matched

For beginning his journey. matched

Incredible. matched

the Lithuania version if he wants to be a millionaire? matched

Don't know about that, matched

Looking at the interview that he's done with the BBC, he says he was a gardener, a handyman, he did newspaper rounds at the beginning, he polished floors in pubs, he worked in retail, and then he moved his way up to being a sports development officer. matched

So I mean it's not that long ago, it's only sort of just over twenty years ago that he was doing this and now he's a you know, Azerbaijani champion and and Champions League boss. matched

I thought it was interesting as well that when he was unveiled to Old Trafford uh before the game against Ipswich, people were mentioned and then he was given the big sell at the very end by the stadium um presentation and Alan Keegan doing the announcement. matched

Yeah it was very much like a marquee ish signing in there in the in the way that it was presented to the crowd at least. matched

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Well we w our our comments section on YouTube, for example, um and people are very much entitled to their their opinion, I'd encourage people to get involved in the comments 'cause it helps us get a gauge of how people are feeling. matched

But you know, push back on quite a lot of the the sort of positive points that people have have tried to matched

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