Rochdale Observer

Overjoyed with United cup draw

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JIM McNulty says his FA Cup and Carabao Cup Rochdale teammates draws that I’m going to are ‘beyond avidly watch with my overjoyed’ at the prospect Daughter, hoping that I of taking on Manchester get Manchester United at United at Old Trafford in Old Trafford or Liverpool the Carabao Cup. at Anfield.

The 34-year-old “The clock is essentiall­y defender admits the older ticking on your career and he gets, the more he hopes you get more aware of that for a draw against a Premier with time. To have these League giant in cup memories to cherish is competitio­ns. amazing.

Ansd he was lucky “We [the players] were enough to see his dream all watching that draw come true at the end of live, in our own homes. last month, when Dale We were all aware that the were drawn away to the big teams were coming in. Premier League kings in “We, as a set of players, Round Three of the Carabao have a Whatsapp group, Cup. He says that he and some of things that can’t wait for the match at were posted in there that the Theatre of Dreams. night makes me laugh

“You savour these thinking about it. I can’t moments and these repeat all of it, but what I games more because you can assure supporters is realise that the opportunit­ies that the players are beyond are getting less and overjoyed to go to Old less,” he said. Trafford and play against

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