Meet the Old Bhoy Celtic: The Value of Experience Celtic: The Value of Experience Is Dion Dublin's Age an Issue at Parkhead? He's Just Glad He Can Still Walk, Finds Michael Grant

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SIR Alex Ferguson only watched Dion Dublin out of courtesy. "I had difficulty imagining that we were talking about a man who could make an impact with Manchester United, " Ferguson recalled of the time he was sent a videotape by Cambridge United manager John Beck and encouraged to consider his striker, Dublin, for Old Trafford. But what Ferguson then saw on screen back in 1992 was "a revelation", a highlights package he still regards as one of the most surprisingly impressive he has watched from hundreds sent to him over the years by managers and agents.

Ferguson spent pounds-1 million on Dublin when it was the player's ability that was being questioned rather than his age.

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Meet the Old Bhoy Celtic: The Value of Experience Celtic: The Value of Experience Is Dion Dublin's Age an Issue at Parkhead? He's Just Glad He Can Still Walk, Finds Michael Grant

The reverse is true now he has arrived at Celtic. Dublin at his peak - he won four England caps at the end of the 1990s - would have been welcomed with open arms by Parkhead supporters. Now, as he nears his 37th birthday in...

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