Colin Sheridan: United now the antithesis of what Fergie and Keane made them

In football, there can be the odd glorious abyss, but United find themselves teetering between irrelevance and oblivion

IRRELEVANCE: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after the Premier League match at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford. Pic: John Walton/PA Wire.

And so it is. Just like you said it would be. Manchester United are rubbish, and not in a loveable, romantic way. Forty years ago today, on the 15th of August 1992, Brian Deane of Sheffield United scored the first ever goal of the English Premier League, against Manchester United.

The Blades beat the Reds 2-1 that momentous day under the watchful eye of their manager, Dave Bassett. In the losing corner snarled Alex Ferguson. Far from a Sir then, he was a man feeling heat like a Mayo man in the bog this past weekend.