ꜱɪʀ ᴀʟᴇx ꜰᴇʀɢᴜꜱᴏɴ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴜɢᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʟᴇ ɢᴜɴɴᴀʀ ꜱᴏʟꜱᴋᴊᴀᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴄᴏʀᴇꜱʜᴇᴇᴛ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀɴᴄʜᴇꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴀᴛ ʙᴀyᴇʀɴ ᴍᴜɴɪᴄʜ 5-0 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ 1999 ᴛʀᴇʙʟᴇ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴏʟᴅ ᴛʀᴀꜰꜰᴏʀᴅ.
He sat with ex-England boss Steve McClaren, his assistant 20 years ago and they were joined by a substituted Solskjaer, the current United boss.
The reunion match, in aid of the Manchester United Foundation, was the first time Ferguson had been on the pitch since undergoing major surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage last May.
And it was Solskjaer, on as substitute for Andy Cole – who was replaced after making a symbolic appearance just over two years after a kidney transplant – who scored a fourth-minute opener after Dwight Yorke and Jesper Blomqvist had combined to give him a tap-in.
As the latest man charged with trying to engineer a return to the glory days he was such an integral part in, the Norweigian’s efforts were greeted with enthusiasm by a crowd in excess of 60,000.
Yorke adding a second from Blomqvist’s cross before half-time.
Scholes had a goal disallowed after he played a one-two off an offside Gary Neville’s heel but fellow Class of 92 owner Nicky Butt made it three before Louis Saha scored
He sat with ex-England boss Steve McClaren, his assistant 20 years ago and they were joined by a substituted Solskjaer, the current United boss.
The reunion match, in aid of the Manchester United Foundation, was the first time Ferguson had been on the pitch since undergoing major surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage last May.
And it was Solskjaer, on as substitute for Andy Cole – who was replaced after making a symbolic appearance just over two years after a kidney transplant – who scored a fourth-minute opener after Dwight Yorke and Jesper Blomqvist had combined to give him a tap-in.
As the latest man charged with trying to engineer a return to the glory days he was such an integral part in, the Norweigian’s efforts were greeted with enthusiasm by a crowd in excess of 60,000.
Yorke adding a second from Blomqvist’s cross before half-time.
Scholes had a goal disallowed after he played a one-two off an offside Gary Neville’s heel but fellow Class of 92 owner Nicky Butt made it three before Louis Saha scored
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