Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he almost quit football as a player as he came close to emigrating to Canada. He was considering packing it all in with St Johnstone before having a change of heart after harsh words from his mother.
He responded with a “life-changing” hat-trick against Rangers. Ferguson told students in Glasgow: “I was part-time and in a reserve game against Airdrie I broke my eyebrow, cheekbone and nose and was out for months. They put this massive plaster cast on my face. “After I came back from the injury I played three reserve games. We lost 8-1, 7-0 and 9-2. I said ‘that’s it – I am finished’.
I took out papers to emigrate to Canada. On the Friday, my brother’s girlfriend phoned up my manager at St. Johnstone and told him I had the flu. But when I arrived home from a night at the swimming baths with my pals, my mother tore into me. “She said, ‘I’ve had a telegram from your manager – get down to the telephone booth and call him’. The manager said: ‘Report to the Bath Hotel tomorrow, you’re playing against Rangers. I scored a hat trick and became the first player to do so against Rangers at Ibrox – it changed my life.
I became a full-time footballer in the summer and never looked back.”
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