Going back to Guernsey: the quiet start that helped Maya Le Tissier make a noise

Manchester United?s captain, her dad and a youth team coach reminisce about the first steps of her career before Sunday?s FA Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley
Black and white jerseys hang from a washing line tied on to a shipping container and, inside the adjacent clubhouse, a group of lads are sipping cold beers on a bank holiday Monday afternoon. This is St Martins AC, a quintessential community club hidden down the narrowest of side roads on the island of Guernsey. Hanging proudly in a frame above the club?s bar is a No 4 shirt bearing the name: ?Le Tiss?.
As the Manchester United captain enters her old clubhouse to greet her former teammates, they immediately exchange banter. Maya Le Tissier is back home among those who saw her grow up from a toddler kicking a ball around to a 23-year-old who will, on Sunday, lead her team out at Wembley.
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