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Jose Mourinho and Manchester United’s subs were pure class with Yeovil’s mascots

Published 20:32 26 Jan 2018 GMT

Updated 21:57 26 Jan 2018 GMT

Patrick McCarry
Jose Mourinho and Manchester United’s subs were pure class with Yeovil’s mascots

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Lovely to see.

Manchester United were in town - Yeovil Town, to be precise - on Friday night for their 4th round FA Cup tie. The League Two side welcomed United to Huish Park and they had the old ground looking well for the occasion. https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/956973074259333123 Being in Somerset, United boss Jose Mourinho was even presented with some local brew cider. As a wine connoisseur, Mourinho looked at the bottle of cider as one might behold a soiled dish-rag. He remarked.
"I've no idea because I've never tried. I'm not going to try. I keep it but I won't try." 
Cheers to you too, Jose... https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/956977232496418816 To give as many young Yeovil fans a taste of such a special experience, the club selected 11 mascots to accompany them out onto the pitch. And the mascots had the thrill of standing across a tunnel from the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Michael Carrick, Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford for about a minute as United emerged from their dressing room early. With captain Carrick staring ahead - game-face truly on - the United players gave polite nods but there was no mingling. https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/956984103265554433 The real thrill for the youngsters, though, came 20 minutes beforehand as both Mourinho and the United subs took some time out to mingle with them and provide some great memories. Kicking a ball about on the pitch, Mourinho huddled the mascots together for a team-talk before sending them over for a kick-about with some of his multi-million pound substitutes. https://twitter.com/utds_updates/status/956974212035502082 https://twitter.com/SamWallaceTel/status/956974444995637248 https://twitter.com/bpsaywell/status/956974624771919872 It was great to see the United players also enjoying their FA Cup evening and taking time out to make the mascots' day, weekend and year.

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