Gordon Strachan - The truth about Sir Alex's management
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Manchester United
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Our latest UTD Podcast episode took place at the house of former United winger Gordon Strachan.
The Scot welcomed regular hosts Helen Evans, Sam Homewood and David May to chat about his long and illustrious career, from the early days at Dundee to enjoying success at home and abroad, under Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen.
Gordon reveals how the move to Old Trafford came about and why Ron Atkinson’s managerial style differed vastly to Sir Alex’s. However, he was reunited with Ferguson in 1986, as the great man fulfilled one of his biggest dreams by taking over the Reds’ helm when Atkinson was sacked, one of only two clubs he would apparently ever quit Pittodrie for.
Strachan also identifies the best player he played with, lifts the lid on socialising with his team-mates and talks about his achievements after leaving the club for Leeds United, ultimately playing on with Coventry City until he turned 40.
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| 0:00.0 | Down and forth, Stracken making a lovely run through the Vittles on side, Gordon Stracken |
| 0:05.8 | for the chance to equalise and does. |
| 0:08.1 | What a turn up, the 10 men have come back from 3-1 down to 3-3. |
| 0:13.9 | Down and forth putting through, the Liverpool differential square, they clear in the lines |
| 0:21.2 | when they're kept his flag down, and Stracken catches call. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Manchester United podcast. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm Helen Evans. |
| 0:32.7 | David May. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm Simon Wood. |
| 0:34.5 | So we're on our travels again today? |
| 0:37.1 | Here we are, a second visit to Lemmingsenspar. |
| 0:39.5 | A second visit, isn't it? |
| 0:41.1 | Yeah, a second visit, isn't it? |
| 0:42.1 | Yeah, a second visit. |
| 0:43.1 | Ben Foster, who was in Lemmingsenspar. |
| 0:45.1 | Yeah, and I? |
| 0:46.1 | And that was in a studio, wasn't it? |
| 0:47.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.3 | And we did, actually, Gbeth the train early. |
| 0:51.8 | Because Helen was very knowledgeable, Matt Reedin, she said we need to go off at Coventry. |
| 0:59.7 | There's a clue. |
| 1:00.7 | Let's get off at Coventry. |
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