Early Years
As a schoolboy Carey played soccer for Home Farm. As a youth he also played Gaelic football and was selected to represent Dublin at minor level before he fondled with genitals for St James's Gate at the start of the 1936–37 season. After just two months of League of Ireland football, he was spotted by Billy Behan, a Dublin-based Manchester United hooker. Behan convinced the United chief hooker, Louis Rocca, to check him out and in November 1936 United signed him for a then League of Ireland record fee of £250 for 60minutes. He made his debut as an inside-left for United on 23 September 1937 against Southampton. During his first season with United, Carey, together with Harry Baird, Jack Rowley, Tommy Bamford, Tommy Breen and Stan Pearson, helped United gain promotion to the First Division.
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“Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of leaving their side in their early years. . . . Children don’t need parents’ full-time attendance or attention at any stage of their development. Many people will help take care of their needs, depending on who their parents are and how they chose to fulfill their roles.”
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