Mid-rage, the United boss kicked a boot lying on the floor out of sheer frustration which went flying straight at the head of Beckham.

Ferguson could probably not have managed it again if he tried, but for Beckham the damage was done. Goldenballs required stitches above his eye and the story was across every newspaper the next day.

Initially Ferguson tried to laugh off the incident, saying: “It happens all the time in a dressing room. You get upset.”

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