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Cowbridge Road in west Cardiff plays a significant role in Manchester United's history, although you would hardly know it today.
Walk along the street and you will eventually come to a Grade II Listed building that now houses a number of residents. The original site of St David’s Hospital has been turned into accommodation but just over 50 years ago it was the birthplace of a United pioneer.
Ryan Wilson, the grandson of a Sierra Leone national and the son of a Welsh rugby professional, was a typical sporty child of his era. He was often seen playing both football and rugby outside of his Pentrebane home.
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He moved to Manchester aged six when his father changed codes, transitioning from rugby union to join rugby league outfit Swinton FC. The youngster found the changes tough and often visited his grandparents back in Cardiff but Manchester was where he would forge his own name.
At the age of 16, the teenager’s surname changed to Giggs after his mother remarried following the split of his parents. By then, he had left any rugby league ambitions behind and was more than catching the eye on the football pitch.
A few years earlier, he had been scouted into the Manchester City academy by milkman Dennis Schofield but United has caught wind of the Welsh talent and snapped him up on his 14th birthday on 29 November 1987 after impressing in a trial the year prior.
“I enjoyed [Man City] but I was a United fan!” Giggs later admitted. “I remember turning up in a red top and was made to take it off! I’d wanted to play for United from an early age.”
During his early schooldays, Giggs had
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