There was an article in one of the papers written by Stuart Pearson in which the paper referred to him as Pancho. Surely Pancho Pearson was Mark Pearson from the '60s team who was referred to by Bob Lord, chairman of Burnley, as a Teddy Boy. Can anyone verify this.
Stuart Pearson
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Stuart was known as Pancho, don't know about the other geezer! One of his favourite tricks was to have a bit of a limp trying to make the defenders think he was injured & when the ball arrived he was off... 
He's said what we've mostly been saying:
FA Cup winner Stuart Pearson says manager Sir Alex Ferguson should accept some of the blame for Manchester United's current poor form.
United entertain Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Wednesday looking to bounce back from Saturday's horror show against neighbours City, in which they were humbled 3-1.
Ferguson let rip afterwards with a scathing attack on his players, accusing them of letting the supporters down.
But while the fiery Scot laid into his squad, Pearson, who scored the opening goal in United's 1977 FA Cup triumph over Liverpool, says Ferguson should perhaps take a look at himself.
Pearson is not convinced by Ferguson's decision to play Ruud van Nistelrooy as a lone striker, and says he cannot recall as bad a performance from United in recent years.
"Sir Alex is not getting it right in team selection or tactics," said the former centre-forward.
"He has a lot to answer for, as have the players, because in five years of watching Manchester United I don't think I have ever seen a performance as bad as that.
"The City fans will really have been sticking the knife in and I don't think it will hurt the players as much as the supporters."
Pearson also believes that a number of United's foreign stars 'went missing' at Maine Road, and added: "Maybe the foreigners in the team don't understand the Manchester passion.
"There are some big-game players who are just not performing for one reason or another.
"They will get it right eventually but if they leave it too long they will miss out on the title.
"United have to go on a run of eight, nine or 10 successive wins and that is very difficult. At the moment, they are struggling," Pearson told MUTV.
FA Cup winner Stuart Pearson says manager Sir Alex Ferguson should accept some of the blame for Manchester United's current poor form.
United entertain Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Wednesday looking to bounce back from Saturday's horror show against neighbours City, in which they were humbled 3-1.
Ferguson let rip afterwards with a scathing attack on his players, accusing them of letting the supporters down.
But while the fiery Scot laid into his squad, Pearson, who scored the opening goal in United's 1977 FA Cup triumph over Liverpool, says Ferguson should perhaps take a look at himself.
Pearson is not convinced by Ferguson's decision to play Ruud van Nistelrooy as a lone striker, and says he cannot recall as bad a performance from United in recent years.
"Sir Alex is not getting it right in team selection or tactics," said the former centre-forward.
"He has a lot to answer for, as have the players, because in five years of watching Manchester United I don't think I have ever seen a performance as bad as that.
"The City fans will really have been sticking the knife in and I don't think it will hurt the players as much as the supporters."
Pearson also believes that a number of United's foreign stars 'went missing' at Maine Road, and added: "Maybe the foreigners in the team don't understand the Manchester passion.
"There are some big-game players who are just not performing for one reason or another.
"They will get it right eventually but if they leave it too long they will miss out on the title.
"United have to go on a run of eight, nine or 10 successive wins and that is very difficult. At the moment, they are struggling," Pearson told MUTV.