Sammy McIlroy

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276 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Jul

Sammy McIlroy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And then when he was weighed, we never expected Willie to track back like a Gordon Hill or like a Stevie Couples.

Sorry, you know, Willie couldn't do that.

And at 31 years of age, I was beginning to think that Doc had something else in mind.

Well, obviously, I wouldn't say relief.

It was more like job well done, Wayne.

Pressure was on us enormous that season from the first game.

And what we couldn't expect or experience or think or dream about was to have another year in the second division.

I don't think that water went down well, whatever.

But the way we got out of it and the way we played and the publicity we were getting through media, television, was absolutely unbelievable.

And we were getting praise left, right and centre everywhere.

And may I say, rightly so, because our football was different class.

But when we got that trophy at the end against Blackburn and Old Trafford, it was, thank God we did it.

And we did it well.

We did it in Manchester United way.

Oh, absolutely.

The club were fantastic like that because at the time of Northern Ireland, there was really serious trouble.

And I did manage, you know, in the 70s, around about this time we're talking about.

And Jimmy Nicol was in the same situation with his mum and dad back home.

So the club helped them to get a house on sale, which I thought was fantastic, you know.

And that's the way the club were.

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