In the quite superb Keane & Vieira: Best of Enemies, Roy Keane sings the praises of his former team-mate Denis Irwin and vouches for his inclusion in a best United XI. Recently, Keane’s one time mentor turned nemesis Alex Ferguson repeated his admiration for Roy’s fellow Corkman. But as Diarmuid o hAinle argues, Irwin may have unwittingly gatecrashed a feud involving his former manager and captain.
Kevin Curran of the excellent back-post.com looks at the parallels between Alex Ferguson’s successor David Moyes and Frank O’Farrell, the Irishman who followed in the footsteps of the great Matt Busby.
A few years ago, Alex Ferguson came to speak to a packed lecture hall in UCD and for the hundreds of students who sat enthralled, regardless of their footballing allegiances, they were united in respect and admiration.
Usain Bolt wants to play for Manchester united when he hangs up his spikes and he had a message for the manager: “Make sure Alex Ferguson gets this tape.”
PROMOTING his new autobiography, living legend John Giles tells London’s Evening Standard that modern managers are bullying referees.
ABANDONED by his parents, raised by his grandmother until he was aged 12, placed in a residential home before being spotted by a football agent which eventually saw him swap the streets of Lisbon for Old Trafford football stadium.