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Daily Mirror
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Samuel Meade

'I played for Man Utd in Champions League - but now work on a building site'

Lee Roche played in a much changed Manchester United side that took on Deportivo La Coruna in a Champions League clash in 2003.

The Red Devils were assured of qualification in Europe, but Roche's outing would be his one and only on the European stage and his time in Manchester would soon come to an end, beginning a spiral that eventually led to his retirement at the age of 27.

Now he plies his trade on a building site and is in no rush to talk about his career. Roche came through United's academy, enjoying a loan spell at Wrexham in the early 2000s before going on to make five appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson - one of which came as a starter against Arsenal in the League Cup.

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