Last respects paid to Man Utd legend Tony Dunne

“He was a little lad from Dublin, and very, very quiet. You never even knew he existed at times! But honestly, what a player. First and foremost, when you’re a full-back, your job is to defend, and he was an incredible defender. But he had great pace and a brain to go with it. Sometimes you find people have great pace but they’ve never had to use their brain. He did.

“You’d never get Tony booting the ball up the pitch, because he wasn’t capable of it, but he had myself and Bobby Charlton in the middle of the park. And the number of passes we got off Tony, you would not believe. Every time Tony got the ball, he was looking for one of us. You had outspoken people like myself and Nobby, George and Alex.

“You never knew Tony was there! But you knew he was on the pitch. He was just delighted to play for Manchester United, coming from Dublin where there was a massive support for United. I knew he had been unwell for some time. It’s always a blow when one of your old team-mates dies. It’s just very sad. But unfortunately we all get old.”