TERRACE TALK: Man United - A star is born as Rashford emulates cup hero Robins

Richard Kurt looks back on Manchester United’s victory over Arsenal.
TERRACE TALK: Man United - A star is born as Rashford emulates cup hero Robins

We had woken yesterday to the sad news of the death of actor Frank Kelly, who as Father Jack was arguably the most popular Catholic priest in Britain since GK Chesterton’s best-selling days.

Thinking of Jack’s hapless housemates Ted and Dougal while en route to watching the United-Arsenal match, I chuckled at the memory of the ill-matched bumbling duo, habitually praying for a miracle to get them out of some scrape into which their incompetence had driven them. Naturally, that then led me to think of Messrs Van Gaal and Giggs.

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