Thrill of the Chase Darren Fletcher Insists United Will Fight to the Bitter End As They Bid to Claw Back Chelsea in the Title Race, Discovers Michael Grant

Sunday Herald › February 16, 2005

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IT was half time in a demanding Premiership fixture and Manchester United were losing 1-0. Their gruff Scot shot from his seat in the dug-out as soon as the whistle went and headed up the tunnel, preparing to verbally unload on a set of men who were bracing themselves even as they walked across the playing surface. The players had seen it all before. They knew what was coming.

For once they were wrong-footed.

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Thrill of the Chase Darren Fletcher Insists United Will Fight to the Bitter End As They Bid to Claw Back Chelsea in the Title Race, Discovers Michael Grant

They were not in for a collective hairdrying. Sir Alex Ferguson said only a few words before walking out of the dressing room. A reprieve? The players would not be so lucky. Instead his assistant at the time, Walter Smith, came to the fore, unleashing a volley of criticism which had the paint peeling off the walls...

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