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40 years ago today: Defeat at the Dell spells the end for Big Ron and changes Manchester United’s history
04.11.26, 15:23 5 Minute Read
Manchester United are notoriously, if somewhat understandably, reluctant to discuss the mammoth undertaking Alex Ferguson inherited in 1986 in recent years as the club plunge themselves into one transition period after another.
Whether or not it is helpful to discuss what the manager went through and the necessary turnover of players it took to get there, or the ideology behind trying to be true to the club’s historical identity in a period where the owners are trying to detach themselves from nostalgia, well these things are up for debate, and it also seems straightforward that it doesn’t serve the club that bills itself as the biggest in the world to constantly be looking backwards.
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