Former United hero deservedly recognised for his terrific off-field contributions

Former Manchester United star Lou Macari has received a well-deserved honour. Man United career The Scotland international left Celtic for Manchester United in 1973. He spent 12 years at Old Trafford, experiencing the lows of relegation and the highs of lifting the FA Cup at Wembley. The winger played 404 times for the club, scoring 97 goals in all competitions. Macari also represented Scotland 24 times. He spent two seasons at Swindon Town before retiring at the end of the 1985-1986 season. The Scot would then go on to manage numerous teams before leaving his last job at Huddersfield Town in 2002. The former player currently owns a chip shop close to Old Trafford and is a regular on the club’s in-house media channel, MUTV. Honours The club’s official website reports that, “former Manchester United star Lou Macari has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.” He “was awarded an MBE by King Charles for his work to tackle homelessness and his services to football.” Since 2016, Macari has established the Macari Foundation to help tackle homelessness in the city of Stoke, where he currently lives. Speaking to the BBC about the work of his foundation, he explained, “I walk through Stoke these days and when people stop me they don’t want to talk about football or the World Cup, they want to talk about the homeless situation.” He went on, “at this stage of my life, and as an ex-footballer, this gives me great satisfaction. It’s not about winning and losing. It’s a complicated environment, and people recognise that you’re doing your best, and that’s all you can do.” Finally, commenting on the award, he said, “hopefully this honour will help increase awareness because although we are still trying and having some success, none of us have found a way to get rid of the problem.” 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.