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From the Champions League to a building site: The Man Utd ace who quit football at 27
Manchester United youngster Lee Roche was playing Champions League football 18 years ago - now he is a full-time builder after quitting at 27 years old.Having joined the Red Devils in 1997 and graduated from the academy two years later, he was only given two games by the side.One was a League Cup game against Arsenal - but the height of his career came in Europe’s elite competition.Roche was selected in Sir Alex Ferguson’s starting XI for a second-group stage game against Spanish side Deportivo.Given 46 minutes on the pitch, the centre-back may have been hoping his performance was enough to stay at Old Trafford.But it was not meant to be, handed to Burnley on a free transfer two months later.Spells at Wrexham, where Roche had spent the
