Ex-Man Utd stars reveal first time Sir Alex Ferguson dished out hairdryer treatment 40 years after Scot’s appointment

The Sun · Ken Lawrence ·

THE famous hairdryer was left unplugged as Sir Alex Ferguson stood in the tiny away dressing room at the Manor Ground. After a few quiet words to the Manchester United flops who had just lost …

THE famous hairdryer was left unplugged as Sir Alex Ferguson stood in the tiny away dressing room at the Manor Ground.

After a few quiet words to the Manchester United flops who had just lost 2-0 to Oxford United, he was heading back to his family home in Aberdeen on that Saturday night in November 1986.

Ferguson — who is hosting a special dinner at Old Trafford on Saturday to mark Friday as the 40th anniversary of his appointment — had just replaced the sacked Ron Atkinson.

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