They’d just won the First Division championship (now the Premier league), two of their team were World Cup winners and in the following years, this tough professional team would dominate the European competitions.īy contrast, back then Mark Burgess was a young employee at a trading company and Billy Hunter had just started his own trucking business.
The Red Devils, as they’re known, were probably the best football team in the world back then. In 1967, their David and Goliath moment occurred when their amateur Auckland XI took the field against First Division champions Man United - at a rugby league ground. It’s been 50 years since Kiwi footballers Mark Burgess and Billy Hunter played against probably the best Manchester United team of all time.īut when they turn up at RNZ’s Auckland studios, both men look fit enough for another 90 minutes and are full of memories. "For the first 10 minutes out there I was so nervous I couldn't breathe."
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