Robbie Blake didn't realise Sir Alex Ferguson was a member of his fan club until he scored a wonder goal to beat Manchester United that Burnley fans still talk about.
It was August 2009 and Turf Moor was hosting its first top-flight game in 33 years when Patrice Evra's clearing header dropped towards Blake as he lurked on the edge of the box.
Most players would have taken a controlling touch. But Ferguson had seen enough of Blake to know what was coming next – and his volley scorched past Ben Foster in the United goal. “I honestly think I've scored better goals,” said the man who is now cutting his coaching teeth with Bognor Regis Town after a playing career that took him from Darlington to Bradford, Nottingham Forest, Birmingham, Leeds,
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