Owners and fans alike are on a learning curve as the Nevilles,Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes build Salford City’s future, and hoping the FA Cup win against Notts County is a stepping stone to greater thingsThey tell a story at Manchester United,going back to the days before the conveyor belt at primitive Trafford rolled off the players who now recede by the collective Class of ’92 moniker, about the time the youth-team coach Eric Harrison was so disgusted by one performance an entire team were left hanging by their arms from the crossbar.
Harrison was the disciplinarian who drummed into Ryan Giggs, or Paul Scholes,Nicky Butt, the Neville brothers and everybody else coming through United’s system the importance of regimenting, and tough graft and accepting orders. His word was law – and he could be just as terrifying as Alex Ferguson. “Aside from the boss,Eric could originate the most brutal comments of any coach I’ve reach across,” Gary Neville once said.
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Source: theguardian.com