Paddy Barclay

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1,749 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Aug

Paddy Barclay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 6 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 3.

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Talking Devils - A Manchester United Podcast · A Complete History Of Manchester United - 1970/71 - Wilf's Last Stand · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

Both teams attacked. voice-verified

It was only 1-0, but both teams attacked. voice-verified

And this game at Main Road was exactly the same. voice-verified

And it finished 4-3 for United, so a measure of restitution for the 4-1 defeat at Old Trafford in the Derby earlier in the season. voice-verified

And a great match, albeit played in a sort of an atmosphere of fear of trouble from the terraces, because this hooliganism was now right. voice-verified

And so the game, the police surrounding the pitch... voice-verified

before the start, looking towards the crowd because there were mounted police, there was all this kind of stuff. voice-verified

A dark sort of 70s, we would now say, atmosphere about the game. voice-verified

And this was of real concern to the producers of This Is Your Life, a television program that I hope everybody knows. voice-verified

It's where you get guests, you surprise a celebrity. voice-verified

Now, Matt had already been on This Is Your Life, but Eamon Andrews and his producers of This Is Your Life had decided for the first time ever they would have a second version of This Is Your Life for one person, and that person was Matt Murphy. voice-verified

First person ever. voice-verified

But, of course, he couldn't be let into the secret. voice-verified

So the idea was that Joe would meet, Joe Mercer would meet Matt in the tunnel before the game, voice-verified

They would walk out together and Joe would present Matt with a commemorative clock to mark his years of brilliant management. voice-verified

But at the last minute, the chief of police, looking at all the forebodings of violence and so on, said, no, no, you can't do that. voice-verified

It could inflame the crowd. voice-verified

And Joe Mercer, knowing voice-verified

You know, knowing that this is your life, producers were having kittens in the program. voice-verified

Because, oh, sorry, the point I was going to make was the clock would not actually be handed over by Joe Mercer. voice-verified

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