Football Quiz 9
WENT BEFORE THEIR TIME
All these players were let go by Man Utd long before their careers had reached their peaks, in many cases for little or no money.
Q1 - PLAYED 34 GAMES IN NINES YEARS FOR UNITED BEFORE GOING ON TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND EUROPEAN CUP WITH ASTON VILLA
Q2 - WENT TO TRY HIS LUCK IN SPAIN WITH SPORTING GIJON, BEFORE CONTRBUTING TO BLACKBURNS DRAMATIC RISE
Q3 - SOLD BY FERGUSON AT BOTH ABERDEEN AND MAN UTD AND WENT ON TO GET A CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL
Q4 - GOT RID OF FOR A NOMINAL FEE TO THE MIGHTY CREWE AT THE AGE OF 19 WITHOUT EVER PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TEAM. WENT ON TO WIN INTERNATIONAL CAPS
Q5 - MAKEWEIGHT IN ANDY COLE DEAL TO NEWCASTLE, WHICH ESTIMATED HIS WORTH AS ONE-SEVENTH OF COLES
Q6 - BOUGHT FROM AND SOLD BACK TO VANCOUVER WHITECAPS AFTER HIS UNITED CAREER HAD LASTED 45 MINUTES OF A CUP TIE AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH
Q7 - SOLD TO COVENTRY AFTER 12 GAMES AND A BROKEN LEG
Q8 - A GOAL EVERY OTHER GAME FOR UNITED WAS REWARDED BY A TRANSFER TO BRIGHTON IN 1980, AFTER WHICH HE SCORED OVER 160 GOALS FOR HIS FOUR CLUBS
Q9 - HIS GOALS TOOK UNITED TO THE 1990 CUP FINAL, BUT FERGUSON DECLARED THAT HE WAS NOT A UNITED PLAYER - AND HE SOON WASN'T
Q10 - PLAYED JUST ONE GAME FOR UNITED BEFORE GOING ONTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AT EMLEY
