Sir Alex Ferguson ruled over Manchester United with an iron first, blowing dissenters and poor attitudes away with his iconic "hairdryer treatment" at Old ...
"He was well known for the hairdryer treatment too, of course, and if he ever had a go at you it was scary. But the worst thing in the world back then was feeling like you’d let him down. "He made everyone feel like a vital part of the football club. Celebrate the biggest racing week of the year- the Cheltenham Festival. One of the most prestigious National Hunt Meetings of the calendar is not to be missed…and we’ve got a bumper week of amazing content and great reader offers. You were just really happy and proud that you’d pleased him.” He picked up two Premier League winners medals before departing Old Trafford and signing for West Ham United on a free transfer in 2004. That was the genius of Sir Alex. We lost 3-0 and when we walked back into the dressing room, Sir Alex was going berserk at us, saying that we might be young players but this was still Any United player who made anything faintly resembling an impact at Old Trafford would have trod the rite of passage that was being on the end of a rollicking from Ferguson. Chadwick went on to make 38 appearances for the Red Devils, contributing two goals and five assists in that period. He had everyone feeling they were part of something.
The former Dons centre-back scored from the free-kick to make it 2-2 before John Hewitt turned the game on its head seconds later, as he likened the ...
"We did it on the training ground and we actually did it at Pittodrie. "It was fantastic when the final whistle went. I've had big spine-tingling moments in my life but that was one of the greatest. The other team relaxed and we were still on our toes, and to score in such an important game, it was meant to be." He added: "It was definitely the best game I think I've ever been involved in at Pittodrie. "Just to see it unfold ahead of me when Bayern kicked-off, we finally won possession back very very quickly within an instant. "But to see that go in and hear the eruption of the crowd was spine-tingling. [transfer news](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/football/jak-alnwick-targeted-aberdeen-jim-6792716) and more from [Pittodrie](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/sport/football/), from articles, videos, interviews and more. "We did a wee bit on it and you kind of half-heartedly do it because everybody said 'that'll not work.' But we did it a couple of times and I think one of the players got an injury doing it because of a head clash. He said: "The game against Bayern Munich was massively important given the fact on away goals we were out, but to get that goal and to get it again from a devised free-kick by Alex Ferguson and Archie Knox, he manufactured it from a few he'd seen in the past. [John Hewitt's](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/all-about/aberdeen-fc) strike seconds later completed the greatest ever victory at [Pittodrie](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/all-about/aberdeen-fc). [Alex McLeish](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/all-about/aberdeen-fc) has recalled the clever tactic deployed by [Sir Alex Ferguson](https://www.aberdeenlive.news/all-about/aberdeen-fc) that helped spark the famous comeback that downed Bayern Munich.
It's a tall order to suggest Pittodrie has hosted a bigger and better night than Aberdeen's 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final victory against ...
Finely poised, the first goal in Aberdeen was going to be crucial. As the clock hit 77, Alex McLeish headed past a switched off Bayern defence. The Dons held on to secure the win against one of the biggest sides in world football...