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Paul Hirst
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Reporter for @TimesSport, covering Manchester City and Manchester United. Previously Chief Football Writer at PA. Views mine.
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    Paul Hirst
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    Feb 18, 2019
    Remember the boy that ⁦@sterling7⁩ sent a letter to after he was racially abused at school? He was at the Newport v City match on Saturday and met Sterling after the final whistle. Sterling gave him a signed shirt & more advice. Read about it here: thetimes.co.uk/article/6aa3cc…
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    Paul Hirst
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    Jan 30, 2022
    MU statement: “Mason Greenwood will not return to training or play matches until further notice.”
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    Paul Hirst
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    Feb 12, 2023
    City fans with a message of support for the lawyer that the club have appointed to represent them in their case v the PL
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    Paul Hirst
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    May 9, 2018
    A painful goodbye for Yaya Touré
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    Paul Hirst
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    Jan 29, 2020
    Bruno Fernandes at Lisbon airport to catch flight to Manchester. Medical tomorrow
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    Paul Hirst
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    Aug 10, 2020
    4th official accidentally holds up Bruno Fernandes' number rather than Martial's as McTominay waits on the touchline. Bruno starts walking over to the touchline, Solskjaer sees the error and desperately shouts over to him: "Fucking hell, no. Not him (Fernandes). I meant Anthony."
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    Paul Hirst
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    Aug 8, 2019
    Looks like Axel Tuanzebe will be staying with MUFC, rather than heading out on loan. Deserves it after good performances in pre-season.
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    Paul Hirst
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    Feb 18, 2019
    That's 27 clean sheets in 42 matches now for Sergio Romero at MUFC. He has a better clean sheet percentage (64.2%) than any other Utd goalkeeper who has played more than three matches for the club
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    Paul Hirst
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    Jul 11, 2019
    Liverpool fans have chosen an unsubtle way to gatecrash mufc’s training session here in Perth today
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    Paul Hirst
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    May 11, 2021
    The new investment promised for Old Trafford can’t come soon enough for those sat on row 26 of the Sir Bobby Charlton stand 🌧 ☔️
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    Paul Hirst
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    Aug 23, 2022
    “We are not going away. The plan is to protest at every home game. We want to make it unbearable for the Glazers” - a piece on last night’s protest at Old Trafford thetimes.co.uk/article/6e5310…
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    Paul Hirst
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    May 17, 2025
    Nice tribute to Kevin De Bruyne in the City end at Wembley
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    Paul Hirst
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    Jan 10, 2021
    Twitter: a place where rational debate is sadly scarce. Scott McTominay puts in a top performance, scores the winner & is branded "shit". He's also unhappy with the "direction that our football club is going in" when they could go top of the league on Tuesday🙄
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    Jan 10, 2021
    A reminder that Rants and whoever his sidekick is, are not Manchester United fans. They’re an embarrassment. On camera saying they hate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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    Paul Hirst
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    Mar 1, 2021
    FA say that Luke Shaw and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will not be charged for their post-match comments yesterday