Author: Stretford End
Picture it now. May 2002. United’s last game resulted in a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal and the recently dethroned champs host Charlton Athletic. Today, is the final Manchester United fixture for a legend of the game, Sir Alex Ferguson, who has won an amazing seven League titles and European Cup in his time at the club – a superb achievement that no one will match again.
United end a disappointing season with a 0-0 draw, however many Reds are looking forward to new manager Sven Goran Ericksson taking over after the World Cup finals and injecting some new ideas. He has a lot to live upto, but a manager of his calibre should be able to pick up where the previous manager left off.
Thankfully, this didn’t happen and here we look at ‘the butterfly effect’ of what would have happened had Sir Alex not be persuade by his wife to stay at the Old Trafford helm. We, as always, welcome your feedback and suggestions
August 2002 – New boss gets off to a flyer against WBA
January 2003 – Arsenal sign Ronaldo in January transfer window
April 2003 – Arsenal end United’s title push
September 2004 – Sven sacked, Keano in!
January 2005 – Troubled United bring in Anelka
May 2005 – United humbled at home to Chelsea and Wayne Rooney
May 2006 – Arsenal lift European Cup
May 2008 – Chelsea lift European Cup
January 2009 – ITV pundit Fergie has a pop at Benitez
May 2009 – Liverpool make it 19
January 2011 – Virgin arena and The Red Pirates are born
Thanks God for Cathy Ferguson who changed Sir Alex’s mind!
Dont leave man utd alone
Dont leave man utd sir we ar happy for u as a manager
In the leader ship of u we won seven leagues itz great effort of u we want u again not sven erricson
Some quality spoof articals there.
Just goes to show that giving someone the time to build really pays off. On the pitch and off.
i have a dream that sir alex wil manage utd til hes 100. almost there only 30 yrs to go.
Brilliantly terrifying article!! Great job, hard work paid off on this one!!
an awesome article fantastic idea brilliantly executed…top stuff
Great article – just shows to go you that what looks like a good choice at the time can be so wrong.
Great stuff ! Have just tweet the link for Indonesian tweeps.
Amazing to think what SAF has achieved, we’re forever grateful.
@Rudysw thanks
Nice one guys! I can imagine it would’ve taken some time to do this one… If you ever need any assistance photoshopping drop me a mail. Happy to help.
this is really sick nonsense, cmmon concentrate on proper issues not this nonsense. this paranoia is ridiculous.
^Bit of fun minimal, no? Others seemed to have liked it….