Fergie’s wish to go out a winner sealed the fate of Moyes

As the tattle was told this week, we heard that David Moyes found Fergie rather aloof recently. Being The Man Who Knows Everything gets a little awkward every now and again.
We tend to remember how United managers faced the sack. Wilf McGuinness’s hair fell out, Frank O’Farrell was drawn into a bitter wrangle, Ron — never likely to drop the brash guard — asked Martin Edwards if he could still use the gym for seven-a-sides on Fridays.