Maurice Watkins

The culinary venture was the legendary manager's first public appearance since United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe ruthlessly axed him from his £2.16million-per-year global ambassador role.

MIKE KEEGAN: Sir Alex Ferguson and the Manchester United football board have been asked not to enter the dressing room at Old Trafford - breaking a tradition that stretches back to the days of Sir Matt Busby.  Earlier on Tuesday it emerged that Ferguson had seen his multi-million pound ambassadorial role stripped by the club's new part owner INEOS, as part of a wide-ranging cost-cutting programme.  And Mail Sport can reveal that in a further, controversial move Ferguson - the most successful manager in the club's history - will no longer enter the inner sanctum following matches as part of a change in policy. 

Manchester United's manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was reportedly signed in 1986, according to a new book, with Barcelona swooping. Maurice Watkins, who died of cancer in 2021, was a club solicitor and later a director at Man United for 28 years. Legally Red, Andrew's autobiography, delves into some of the scenes at Old Trafford that are not commonly shared with football fans - including one that almost changed the entire game's history.