Why Man United should ignore the nostalgia factor and bulldoze Old Trafford, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! , available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday By Riath Al-samarrai Published: 12:00, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 12:29, 21 September 2024 e-mail View comments Sir Gareth Edwards saw the funny side when we chatted a few months ago about what could no longer be seen. As with so many of his conversations, the other party brought up the greatest try ever scored and his descriptions were beautifully vivid as he charted that ball’s journey of wonder 51 years ago in Cardiff .
Pass by pass, sidestep to offload to dive, he recalled it all as we stood 150 yards or thereabouts from where he and a few Barbarians had made their magic. But identifying the precise spot he crossed against the All Blacks was harder to pin down. It was impossible, actually, with the patch of ground concealed by decades of rebuilding, remodelling and renaming on the site of the old National Stadium, filled today by the Principality Stadium.
Progress yields to no one, even to Gareth Edwards in Wales, and he has an idea of what you’d find on his corner now. He smirked when he shared his suspicion: ‘A toilet.’ We had a little chuckle about that and he had another for how the moment has become such a widely-owned property.
A decision on the future of Old Trafford is expected to be made by Man United this year Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Co wi.