Ask any Manchester United fan of a certain age what May 26th, 1999 means to them, and they will tell you the date has marked them for life. It was the night injury-time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær sealed United’s 2-1 comeback in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou. It was also the night the life of one United fan in Bulgaria, who has died this week at the age of 62, changed for ever.
That supporter was born Marin Zdravkov Levidzhov in Svishtov, a town on the Danube with a population of 22,000.
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