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🗓️ 26 December 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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This is a very special edition of Talk of the Devils, the podcast dedicated to Manchester United by The Athletic, marking the upcoming 80th birthday of Sir Alex Ferguson.
Hosted by Iain Irving with the usual team, club correspondent Laurie Whitwell and United We Stand Editor Andy Mitten, and with special guests Adam Crafton, Oliver Kay, and Nick Miller, we think back over the career of the man who took Manchester United to the very top and kept them there.
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1:08.4 | The Athletic. |
1:23.6 | Music The Athletic In November 1986 In November 1986 United hired a 45-year-old Scotsman as their new manager. |
1:28.3 | We know it's a marvellous club and help the Manchester United players realise that responsibility. |
1:33.3 | And I'm sure they do. And if they do, then we've a real good chance. |
1:37.3 | You'll be all right. Once we've got a relationship, I'm sure we'll do very well. |
1:40.3 | It didn't happen overnight, but what followed was an unprecedented period of dominance |
1:45.6 | for the club and more silverware than even his greatest supporters would have predicted. |
1:52.0 | Bruce! |
1:53.0 | Yes! |
1:54.0 | Unbelievable! |
1:55.0 | You strive all your life to get a feeling like tonight. I've never seen anything like my life. |
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