Is this the end of the line for Ferguson?

IT came as a shock to Charlie Haughey. It brought down the Berlin Wall, put paid to the mini-skirt and accounted for such disparate phenomena as punk rock and crooner Engelbert Humperdinck.

Wed, 14 Aug, 2002 - 01:00

Frank Malley

It is an inevitable truth. Everyone and everything, however successful, has a shelf life.

As Manchester United flew out to Hungary yesterday for their Champions League qualifier against

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Courts Soccer Premiership Place: Berlin Wall Place: Hungary Place: Zalaegerszegi Place: Old Trafford Place: Republic of Ireland Place: Wembley Place: Sapporo Place: Budapest Place: Theatre of Dreams Person: Ferguson Person: Charlie Haughey Person: Engelbert Humperdinck Person: Alex Ferguson Person: Fabien Barthez Person: Roy Keane Person: Alf-Inge Haaland Person: Keane Person: Mick McCarthy Person: Jaap Stam Person: Ryan Giggs Person: Ferdinand Person: Juan Sebastian Veron Person: Veron Person: David Beckham Person: Gary Neville Person: Ruud van Nistelrooy Person: Giggs Person: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Person: Brian Clough Event: Champions League Event: World Cup Event: European Cup Organisation: Manchester United Organisation: United Organisation: Rio Ferdinand Organisation: West Brom Organisation: FA Organisation: Manchester City Organisation: Barcelona Organisation: England Organisation: Nottingham Forest

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