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Patrick Timothy "Pat" Crerand (born 19 February 1939), also known as Paddy Crerand, is a Scottish former footballer. After six years at Celtic he moved to Manchester United where he was a member of teams that won the English League title twice, the FA Cup and European Cup. He also gained 16 international caps for Scotland. He spent one season managing Northampton Town and has since forged a career in the media. He started on radio, and now commentates on matches for MUTV. ==Early and personal life== Crerand was born to Irish immigrants in the Gorbals area of Glasgow on 19 February 1939. His father, Michael Crerand, was from Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, and his mother, Sarah Boyle, was from Gweedore, County Donegal, where Crerand spent much of his childhood.〔 His father was killed on 12 March 1941 in a German air raid on John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank, where he was working the fire watch on the night of his death; Crerand was two years old. Crerand married Noreen Ferry, a Scottish girl of Irish descent, in 1963. They have three children, Patrick, Lorraine and Danny, who was also a professional footballer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sons and Daughters )〕 He also has eight grandchildren. Scarlett, Chelsea, Danny, Eina, Ursula, Jade, Saoirse and Nicholas. In 2007, he released his autobiography ''Never Turn the Other Cheek''. Crerand became involved in Irish politics during the Troubles.〔 Crerand said in his autobiography that he was a friend of John Hume and he had talked to IRA members, including Martin McGuinness, in an effort to resolve the rent strikes of 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Crerand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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