RAISE A GLASS

Manchester United bow to fan pressure and will stock Sir Alex Ferguson’s favourite tipple red wine from this weekend

SIR ALEX FERGUSON’S favourite tipple is now available to Manchester United fans at home matches.

Supporters can buy red wine from the Old Trafford kiosks, starting at Saturday’s game with Bournemouth.

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Sir Alex Ferguson always invited opposing managers to share a post-match tipple

Ferguson was famed for his post-match invitations to opposing manages to share a bottle of red in his office.


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Fans have long campaigned for their right to buy a glass of red, along with beer and lager which has traditionally been sold on the Old Trafford concourses.

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A 187.5ml Cabernet Sauvignon, made by club sponsors Casillero del Diablo, will cost £4.80. In a plastic glass, of course.

If you think that’s expensive, spare a thought for Fergie’s bank balance which was swelled by £2.3million when he auctioned off a wine collection that went hand in hand with his 27-year reign as United manager.

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Now fans can raise a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon to the team

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Red wine is available at the Old Trafford kiosks at £4.80 a pop

The top lot, a methuselah of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Vintage 1997, fetched £94,815.

Apparently, Louis van Gaal dropped Sir Alex’s tradition of a post-match chat over a bottle of wine. It has since been reinstated by Jose Mourinho.

United are on a 16th game unbeaten run, including last Sunday’s EFL Cup triumph over Southampton.

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