Met Chris Eccs in a pub in Blackburn around '97 (so way before Who) after a United game. He was pretty well known for his filmwork back then (Shallow Grave, Jude), and he'd just done Hillsborough (brilliant) and Our Friends in the North (with Daniel Craig).
By some lucky coincidence, there was an ex-United player from the 1960s in that pub who'd gone to the game to commentate for radio. Think everyone gathered around him and just talked about the game. Think Chris said something about Teddy Sheringham (who was new at the time).
Had to laugh @ RTD's The Second Coming where CE was the title character. Chris is a well known United fan but whilst I don't think that was actually said or implied in the script, if his char had been a red too, he'd certainly not performed any miracles at Manchester City's ground.