Manchester United legend Norman Whiteside knew he was fighting for his Old Trafford future from the moment Alex Ferguson became his new boss in November 1986.
The pair had first met a few months earlier, when Northern Ireland and Scotland found themselves on the same flight home from Mexico City after that summer’s World Cup.
And it was then that Ferguson witnessed first-hand that the 21-year-old midfielder from Belfast, who he was about to inherit at Old Trafford, had a thirst for good times.
Whiteside recalled: “Fergie had taken temporary charge of Scotland for the tournament and they were on the same flight home as the Northern Ireland squad. “A few of us – myself, Charlie Nicholas and Ally McCoist – had a bit of a champagne party at the
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