![]() This was a story simply begging to be told. The player who was estimated by someone with unrivalled awareness of the Old Trafford youth academy to be Ryan Giggs, Andrei Kanchelskis and Cristiano Ronaldo rolled into one. The name that would never be emblazoned in the bright lights of stardom alongside Giggs, Beckham and Scholes. In ten years his world had not only collapsed, it ended. His life ended in a canal in the Netherlands at the young age of 26, a day before his 27th birthday. ![]() Ryan Giggs considered him to be in possession of even silkier skills than those the Welsh Wizard himself came equipped with. ![]() He was never fielded once for the Old Trafford first team, being injured a week before both he and Ryan Giggs were due for inclusion in the squad for the game against Everton.īy all accounts Adrian Doherty was brilliant, the authentic lost genius referred to in the title of the book. It charts the life of a young Strabane man who on the verge of stardom, sustained an injury which effectively pulled the curtain down on a promising playing career before it had even started. My friend Dave, a fount of erudition on sporting matters, gave me this book a number of years ago as a birthday present. A title decider perhaps but not the type my son wished for. The switch is what led to him currently being in Manchester for today's game between the Anfield men and City. He has since switched loyalties to Liverpool this season while their fortunes are on the down in contrast to United's. ![]() I went because my son was eager to watch his then favourite team. ![]()
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