Man Utd unhappy to listen to of former ahead Tommy Baldwin’s passing

It was that pedigree which satisfied Tommy Docherty, who had additionally labored with Baldwin at Chelsea, to take him to Outdated Trafford in January 1975 as a short lived substitute for the injured Stuart Pearson.

Although he arrived throughout a swashbuckling time for United, who have been amidst a profitable bid for promotion again to the First Division, Tommy’s temporary stint coincided with a uncommon blip within the Reds’ marketing campaign.

He was in a position to snicker about his misfortune, telling the Every day Telegraph in 2007: “I solely performed twice. We obtained a 0-0 draw at Sunderland, then got here Bristol Metropolis at dwelling. They have been backside they usually beat us 1-0!”