Former Manchester United Coach Is Dead
Former Manchester United coach Eric Harrison has died aged 81. Harrison was diagnosed with dementia in 2014 and spent his final few months in a nursing home. During his 27 years as youth-team manager at United, he nurtured the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes into first-team players.
Former Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty at half time
Harrison was awarded an MBE for his services to football in the 2018 New Year Honours. Gary Neville paid tribute to Harrison in a heartfelt post on Twitter on Thursday morning.
“We’ve lost our mentor,” Neville wrote. “Our coach and the man who made us. He taught us how to play, how to never give up, how important it was to win your individual battles and what we needed to do to play for Manchester United Football ...