Andrei Kanchelskis

Uh, may- you know, that's what they're trying to, trying to build again, isn't it, I suppose.

I, I saw it myself 'cause like when I was, when I was younger, um, most of my cousins and myself, 'cause it was like class of '92, we were like, we was like United fans for Pr- for Premier League 'cause it was like Kanchelskis and Cantona and all them like just like sort of big characters.

But the more I watched Latics, I remember thinking, I thought a lot of these young ki- a lot of these little kids are just gonna be Latics fans and not, not other clubs.

And that was a weird feeling 'cause with, with rugby always overshadowing the football for quite a while, it was ne- it wasn't always like that, I, I don't think.

But a new season brought new hope, and after seeing off Doncaster in the first round of the League Cup, a new giant killing opportunity too as they were drawn to face Everton over two legs in the second round.

Joe Royal's Everton side were coming off the back of the sixth place finish in the Premier League, thanks in large part to 16 goals from Russian winger Andrei Kanchelskis.

They'd also won the FA Cup just over a year earlier, but the League Cup was one trophy they'd not yet added to their cabinet, so they'd have been keen to go far in the competition.

Surely, York couldn't repeat the trick and see off another top-flight club.

You said to me someone had won two leagues or something-

Kanchelskis.

Can- you-

You said Kanchelskis scored-

Yeah

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the same amount of goals at Anfield in one game.

That's what I said.

Do you know what we used to do? We used to feed the ball out to...

Neil McCann or Kanchelskis and just leave give them space and they would just go and be direct and take the the full back on that's what I want to see it's a dying breed it cracks me

up

when the ball goes wide he'll take a touch and then he'll come back the way and he'll lay it back to his full back or play it back into the central midfielder What's the point of that? I mean...

Um, both of the wingers making a point there.

Andrei Kanchelskis was playing against United after just signing for Everton, uh, for a club record sale for United.

Got a bit of a saucy reception as well, uh, from the away fans, and I'm thinking there was a game he got a shoulder barge and went flying off the side of the pitch.

Think it was Sharpe who did it actually.

When the Soviet Union split up, their players could choose whichever country.

Kanchelskis was one.

Kanchelskis was born in Ukraine, but chose Russia.

But I remember, I think, Kiev won a European trophy in 1986, I think, in France.

And it was three days after the Chernobyl.

But it was the League title, really, that solidified him in his position.

You say that as well, though, that two years later in the summer of 1995, people are questioning him again because of not winning a trophy that season, selling in St. Hugh's and Kanchelskis.

Yeah, it is interesting.

It's brought up so often that that poll of United fans, I think it was in the MEN, wasn't it? Wanting to get rid of Fergie because he sold Ince.

It's totally different for a right foot to play on that right-hand side.

You know what I mean? I'm not Kanchelskis.

I wanted to play on that left-hand side, cutting in and getting shots off.

And he listened and I played on the left.