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Hughsie’s Gonna Step on you Again!

A short story by Brendon Batchelor

Manchester, circa 1991

The Baggy indie/dance revolution has swept England’s third largest city, spearheaded by the likes of the Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses. Also, Manchester United were a resurgent force under Sir Alex Ferguson, having won the FA Cup the previous year and were on their way to the European Cup Winners’ Cup glory this season (1990/91). Meanwhile, in Salford, a Man United and Happy Mondays loving 19 year old girl called Lisa Grimshaw is a shop assistant having a good time – attending raves, United games at Old Trafford and grooving to her favourite music. Her hero is the United and Wales forward, Mark Hughes.
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