The heart of former goalkeeper David Gaskella ceased to fight during a short struggle with the disease. The death of the legendary figure in the history of the "

The Lancashire native joined the Mancunians as a teenager. However, the goalkeeper didn’t have to wait long for his debut. In October 1956, he played in the Super Cup of England against Manchester City (1: 0) at the age of 16 years 19 days.

Gaskella's debut turned out to be atypical. In the first half, Manchester United's main goalkeeper Ray Wood suffered a thigh injury and left the field, and midfielder Duncan Edwards took his place in goal.. At that time, there was no replacement in football, but during the break the legendary mentor United Matt Basbi agreed with his colleague and arbitrator so that the junior would come out for the second half.

Gaskell defended the colors of the Mancunians until 1968. In his later years he played for Wigan and Wrexham. The goalkeeper's trophy collection includes 2 championship medals, an FA Cup and an FA Super Cup..

By the way, Amorim recently repeated the victorious achievement of Busby and Ferguson.