John Regan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Regan | ||
| Date of birth | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". 1964Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". | ||
| Place of birth | Riverton, Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983-1988 | United | ||
| National team | |||
| ? | England | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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John Regan was a fictional footballer who played as a defender and appeared in the comic strip We are United in the British boys' comic Champ and Victor. He first appeared in the strip in 1984.[1] His fact file on Champ was number 16 in 1985. He was also known as ‘’J.R.’’.
Career
Club
Regan signed for United as a schoolboy while he was also playing rugby where he was also talented. After Joe Pearson took over in 83/84 he started playing more for United and played a key role in the club’s promotion and he was hoping to feature in Europe with United at some point. His United contract was up to 1988.
International
Regan became an England U-21 international with Jimmy Grant and then played a few times for England too. He was also the captain of England Schools XV in Rugby!
- National Teams:
England - England: ? full international appearances.
Style of play
His position was in defence a centre-half though he always played as striker in United’s training. Regan was tall, muscular, commanding and with prowess in the air, where United were struggling.
Legacy
Personal life
His other favourite sport was rugby and was supporting the England Rugby XV. His biggest disappointment was he had to decide between rugby and football. Regan’s biggest ambition was to coach his old school rugby team to the title of the school league.
Honours
Note that all records are fictional, as of the 1983/84 season.
League
- Premier League (including (Old) First Division): ? titles'
Cups
- FA Cup: ?
- League Cup: ?
European
- European Cup: ?
- UEFA Cup: 1
International
- Intercontinental Cup/World Club Championship:
- Summer International Tournaments:
