When Fergie was appointed..

I was..


18
we'd been living in Leeds for 6 years
I'd just finished my A levels, and had lurched into a job in the civil service
I was banging a half german blonde, this was to carry on for 3 years
I'd not met the wife
I'd just started playing open age rugby and was saving for a tour to the USA
I was playing cricket in the now long defunct Leeds League
I was still living with my folks
I'd had my first 'lads holiday' the year before, saving up for a package tour and two weeks on the lash whilst working part time in a pub

in other 1986 world new

Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates
President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti
The Today national tabloid newspaper is launched
The Chernobyl disaster:

& this


It's amazing how long the great man was at the helm

what was happening in your life when Feral ascended to the throne?

I was 7 years old and my Mum and Dad were just about to change my life by buying and moving us to a Newsagent

was in nappies!

Originally Posted by Ginners

was in nappies!

Doing well at your horse racing even back then pal?

Originally Posted by Ginners

was in nappies!

You should've been out of them at the age of 12 tbh.

I was 6 and living in heywood at that point i think

I was 12 and was a season ticket holder with my dad in the family stand

Would love to experience those days again.

Originally Posted by dunk

You should've been out of them at the age of 12 tbh.

wrong thread

Dad on the dole, a dilapidated house in Crumpsall, a new school in Middleton, fisticuffs with the third year head, watched Irk have it out with Wiggy - the PE teacher.

The start of a beautiful friendship.

Originally Posted by dunk

I was 7 years old and my Mum and Dad were just about to change my life by buying and moving us to a Newsagent

Me too

I was 16, nearly 17. Doing my A levels at sixth form. Somebody had written MUFC under the dartboard in marker pen in teh comon room and a few weeks before Ferguson was appointed somebody else had added "second division football" underneath.

He was a bit of an unknown quantity to your average 16 year old I think, despite doing what he did at Aberdeen. I remember one lad, who supported Liverpool, referring to him as the scotland manager as his point of reference was the previous world cup. But the united lads I knew (not that many of us btw) were keen to back him.

I wasn't even a thought.

I was 18.

I was living in Essex.
I was working in Soho in an advertising agency.
I had just bought my first CD player and was marvelling at the loading tray action. I'd also bought my first CD, Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage.
I was in a band, gigging around Brentwood.
I had a few groupies on the go and a rock chick girlfriend
I was young slim and handsome.
I was living with my mum.

26

just beginning to realise that I might have to stop arsing about and make something of my life

had met the pegger, but not yet married

still living in the garden city

I was 9, still living with my folks and hadn't met my missus.

I was 21 days from being born.

12 years old
Sick of my verm supporting school friends
Very aware of the 19 year millstone

Had turned 20 just weeks before - politics student in Newcastle, family then based in Lancaster(ish)

My mum's mum - always my favourite grandparent - had about two months to live. That brings home just how long ago it was

i was 15 and loved big ron