Never mind 1975, have always been an underhand, dishonest shower of twats, they love to crow about history and how fine a Club they are, problem is most haven't a fucking clue about their history, built on shit from start to finish. have been in cahoots with the Catholic society in Northern England and in Ireland and have abused the influence of priests to gain an underhand advantage taking kids and tallent from where other more honest upstanding Clubs would fear to tread, by putting pressure on families to get their children to sign for them on a purely religous basis.
Giggs is probably the most famous example of outright poaching, but his defection was down to his **** of a moneygrabbing father trying to unsucessfully blackmail our Great Club without luck, so turning to the foul smelling fuckers in Trafford and recieving a bung to ensure the deal.
Believe me there have been hundreds over the years going back as far as the 30's and 40's.
If you weren't bent, Catholic or a complete **** you'd never get a foot in the door, unfortunately it's been a sucessfull recipe until recently, but it's getting close to the time the piper will have to be paid, just don't expect their eventual fall to be gracefull, there has never been anything resembling humanity or humility in their shithole.