“It would be amazing for us”: United Women star revels in “historic” night that awaits in Europe

Manchester United Women have had a highly impressive start to the season. Impressive start They have won five out of seven Women Super League games and sit two points behind leaders Chelsea. Marc Skinner’s side have also impressed in Europe, beating both Valerenga and Atletico Madrid. The Red Devils will welcome Aston Villa to the Progress with Unity Stadium this Saturday lunchtime before facing Paris Saint-Germain under the floodlights at Old Trafford next Wednesday. Gabby George The club’s official website has sat down with United Women star Gabby George to discuss her experiences of the Champions League as a fan of the club. She revealed that one of her first memories was working as a flag bearer at a game and a loose Wayne Rooney shot hit her in the head during the warm up. Luckily she did not get a concussion from the powerful strike. Commenting on her heroes in the team she added, “when I was younger, I was actually a forward player. There’s lots of favourites, but I used to love Rooney. I just loved his attitude and his desire, his resilience. He just didn’t care about anything other than playing football, and you could see that in his performances.” She also revealed her admiration for the defensive partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. The 28 year old was impressed generally by the whole side and claimed, “we had an unbelievable team and it’s a great one to remember.” United way George stated that Marc Skinner’s side would be proud to emulate some of the traditions of Sir Alex Ferguson’s great sides in Europe. She elaborated, “as a Manchester United fan you always knew about ‘Fergie Time’, with them coming back to score late on in games. I’d like to think that’s something that we can do if we need to. It’s about digging deep and showing that Manchester United mentality. That’s what it’s all about.” George also revealed that she has met Sir Alex a couple of times but that she is “gutted” that she has never been able to get a photo with the great man. Final aim The defender spoke of her joy as a supporter when Paul Scholes rifled in the winner versus FC Barcelona in the 2008 semi-final to take the team to the Champions League final. She then claimed that the Women’s team would love to match this achievement this year by asserting, “growing up and being a fan, living through these moments, I think it would be amazing for us to go and do it. We’ve got a long road ahead of us but I think the mentality that we show as a team, every game we want to try and win – nothing changes, whether it’s Champions League or the league.” George continued, “it would be an amazing moment, not just for us but the club in general. We would be the first Manchester United women’s team to do it, but like I said we take one game at a time and see where it takes us.” Historic night Next week’s match will be the first ever Women’s Champions League match at Old Trafford and George cannot hide her excitement as a local. She concluded, “it’s going to be amazing and very special for the history of the club. We’re not here just here to make up the numbers and have these special days out. We’re here to compete at the highest level and that’s what we want to do on the day.” Gabby George career stats ClubAppearancesGoalsYears active Everton15252014-2023 Man United3812023- Souce: Wikipedia Feature image Alex Livesey via Getty Images – The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.