Louis Rocca's guest appearances

Louis Rocca

United Through Time - Manchester United history podcast

Charlie Roberts

Harry Stafford

Harry Robinson

Ernest Mangnall

Billy Meredith

Walter Crickmer

OwlTail

United Through Time looks at Louis Rocca: the second-generation Italian immigrant who brought Matt Busby to Manchester United and created the country’s first ever organised scouting network.This is the man without whom Manchester United could have been called Manchester Celtic and who helped to set up the Manchester United academy as well as helping to save the club from bankruptcy twice.Louis Rocca dedicated 60 years of his life to Manchester United, starting out as an eight-year-old teaboy and progressing through every role you can imagine. The cornerstones of the club - its name, its stadium, its record of academy players, its colours - were all laid down during Rocca’s time of involvement.United Through Time is the new podcast delving into Manchester United’s long and famous history. Going in chronological order, United Through Time will focus on the most important individuals at the club since Manchester United was founded as Newton Heath in 1878.Hosted by Harry Robinson, two guests are heard on this episode as we cover the themes of Italian re-unification, life in 19th century Britain and much more as well as the more general football stuff.Tony Rea is the utter authority on Italian immigration into Manchester and the Ancoats community which Rocca grew up in. You can read more from him at his website www.ancoatslittleitaly.comPaddy Barclay, meanwhile, has written the “definitive autobiography” on Sir Matt Busby. It’s available to buy online and from all good booksellers.If you enjoy the episode, please take the time to leave us a review on iTunes. You can even do it while you’re listening! You can also follow us on Twitter at @UtdThroughTime or check out our website at unitedthroughtime.com Chronology:00:00:00 Intro00:04:37 Background to Rocca's upbringing00:11:25 How Rocca got involved with Newton Heath00:16:34 Renaming Newton Heath -&gt; Manchester United00:25:40 Rocca's scouting genius00:32:40 How Rocca signed a player down a mine00:33:26 The story behind Harry Worrall signing for Manchester United00:34:36 Signing a player for 4 freezers of ice cream00:37:57 Signing Johnny Carey00:40:50 Man United's second great financial crisis00:48:00 Manchester United start their famous academy00:49:42 The war at Old Trafford00:53:42 Bringing Matt Busby to Manchester United00:57:57 Providing Busby with a Cup-winning side01:00:37 Rocca's importance to Manchester United today01:03:44 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

United Through Time looks at Louis Rocca: the second-generation Italian immigrant who brought Matt Busby to Manchester United and created the country’s first ever organised scouting network.This is the man without whom Manchester United could have been called Manchester Celtic and who helped to set up the Manchester United academy as well as helping to save the club from bankruptcy twice.Louis Rocca dedicated 60 years of his life to Manchester United, starting out as an eight-year-old teaboy and progressing through every role you can imagine. The cornerstones of the club - its name, its stadium, its record of academy players, its colours - were all laid down during Rocca’s time of involvement.United Through Time is the new podcast delving into Manchester United’s long and famous history. Going in chronological order, United Through Time will focus on the most important individuals at the club since Manchester United was founded as Newton Heath in 1878.Hosted by Harry Robinson, two guests are heard on this episode as we cover the themes of Italian re-unification, life in 19th century Britain and much more as well as the more general football stuff.Tony Rea is the utter authority on Italian immigration into Manchester and the Ancoats community which Rocca grew up in. You can read more from him at his website <a href="http://www.ancoatslittleitaly.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.ancoatslittleitaly.com</a>Paddy Barclay, meanwhile, has written the “definitive autobiography” on Sir Matt Busby. It’s available to buy online and from all good booksellers.If you enjoy the episode, please take the time to leave us a review on iTunes. You can even do it while you’re listening! You can also follow us on Twitter at @UtdThroughTime or check out our website at <a href="http://unitedthroughtime.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">unitedthroughtime.com</a> Chronology:00:00:00 Intro00:04:37 Background to Rocca's upbringing00:11:25 How Rocca got involved with Newton Heath00:16:34 Renaming Newton Heath -&gt; Manchester United00:25:40 Rocca's scouting genius00:32:40 How Rocca signed a player down a mine00:33:26 The story behind Harry Worrall signing for Manchester United00:34:36 Signing a player for 4 freezers of ice cream00:37:57 Signing Johnny Carey00:40:50 Man United's second great financial crisis00:48:00 Manchester United start their famous academy00:49:42 The war at Old Trafford00:53:42 Bringing Matt Busby to Manchester United00:57:57 Providing Busby with a Cup-winning side01:00:37 Rocca's importance to Manchester United today01:03:44 Outro Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Louis Rocca dedicated 55 years of his life to Manchester United and those who do know of him consider him the ‘father’ or ‘grandfather’ of the club. From a 12-year-old teaboy to kit man to groundsmen to chief scout to manager, the second-generation Italian immigration is one of the most influential individuals in the club’s history and marks the start of United Through Time, the new podcast looking back at Manchester United’s long and famed history.Rocca will be episode one as we start with a man who is criminally unknown given that he helped to keep the club afloat on not one but two occasions, he may have been involved with the naming of the club, he created the country’s first ever organised scouting network, he helped to found the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club, the predecessor to the ‘academy’. All of that, but also the fact that it was he who brought Sir Matt Busby to the club, then just Matt Busby, in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Going in chronological order, United Through Time will be looking at the most important individuals at Manchester United since the club was founded in 1878. With Harry Robinson as your host, you'll be hearing from author of “Sir Matt Busby – the definitive biography” and former-Football Correspondent of The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent: Paddy Barclay. We’ll also be talking to Tony Rea, the definitive authority on Italian immigration in Manchester and author of “Manchester’s Ancoats – Little Italy”So, tune in in a couple of weeks as we begin with Louis Rocca, the ‘father’ of Manchester United Football Club…Music: bensound.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louis Rocca dedicated 55 years of his life to Manchester United and those who do know of him consider him the ‘father’ or ‘grandfather’ of the club. From a 12-year-old teaboy to kit man to groundsmen to chief scout to manager, the second-generation Italian immigration is one of the most influential individuals in the club’s history and marks the start of United Through Time, the new podcast looking back at Manchester United’s long and famed history.Rocca will be episode one as we start with a man who is criminally unknown given that he helped to keep the club afloat on not one but two occasions, he may have been involved with the naming of the club, he created the country’s first ever organised scouting network, he helped to found the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club, the predecessor to the ‘academy’. All of that, but also the fact that it was he who brought Sir Matt Busby to the club, then just Matt Busby, in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Going in chronological order, United Through Time will be looking at the most important individuals at Manchester United since the club was founded in 1878. With Harry Robinson as your host, you'll be hearing from author of “Sir Matt Busby – the definitive biography” and former-Football Correspondent of The Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent: Paddy Barclay. We’ll also be talking to Tony Rea, the definitive authority on Italian immigration in Manchester and author of “Manchester’s Ancoats – Little Italy”So, tune in in a couple of weeks as we begin with Louis Rocca, the ‘father’ of Manchester United Football Club…Music: <a href="http://bensound.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bensound.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.