It was in the spring of 1995 that Sir Alex Ferguson decided to put his faith in the Class of ’92. Little did he know that his own Manchester United future would come to depend on teenage tyros like Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Gary and Phil Neville.
Mark Robins’ FA Cup winner at Nottingham Forest in January 1990 has become steeped in legend as THE goal that convinced United’s directors not to sack the man who would become the most successful manager in the club’s history.
But the reality is that, just five years later, the Scot found himself facing another make-or-break moment when his bosses answered his demand to be given a new long-term contract with a question of their own. “Have you taken your eye off
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