It was that pedigree which satisfied Tommy Docherty, who had additionally labored with Baldwin at Chelsea, to take him to Previous Trafford in January 1975 as a short lived substitute for the injured Stuart Pearson.
Although he arrived throughout a swashbuckling time for United, who had been amidst a profitable bid for promotion again to the First Division, Tommy’s transient stint coincided with a uncommon blip within the Reds’ marketing campaign.
He was capable of snort about his misfortune, telling the Each day Telegraph in 2007: “I solely performed twice. We acquired a 0-0 draw at Sunderland, then got here Bristol Metropolis at dwelling. They had been backside they usually beat us 1-0!”
