Chips, ketchup, fruit juice, red meat: the foods gaffers have banned

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes admits he put a stop to the players’ pre-match ritual of eating chips.

Chips, ketchup, fruit juice, red meat: the foods gaffers have banned

Moyes claimed players were overweight but Rio Ferdinand criticised the move in his autobiography ’#2Sides’ last September, after Moyes had been sacked at United following just 10 months in charge.

Here are other bosses who have clamped down on club menus in an effort to boost performances on the pitch.

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