How much would you pay for Alex Ferguson’s first ever Manchester United team sheet?

Featuring three Irish internationals, and Mike Duxbury, Alex Ferguson’s first ever Man U team sheet is being auctioned.

His, alleged, final ever piece of match-chewed gum was almost sold before eBay took it down and now a piece of Alex Ferguson memorabilia from the other end of his Old Trafford career is up for grabs. A handwritten team sheet for his first match in charge of United, against Oxford United on November 8 1986, is to go under the hammer later this week. The game, which the Red Devils lost 2-0, featured three Irish internationals in the starting XI; Paul McGrath, Kevin Moran and Frank Stapleton. The full team was; 1 Chris Turner, 2 Mike Duxbury, 3 Arthur Albiston, 4 Kevin Moran, 5 Paul McGrath, 6 Graeme Hogg 7, Clayton Blackmore, 8 Remi Moses, 9 Frank Stapleton, 10 Peter Davenport, 11 Peter Barnes. The sub, the only sub, was Jesper Olsen. Not exactly a title winning line-up there... The person selling it is an Oxford fan who as given it by a former Oxford player Peter Rhoades-Brown. It goes up for sale on June 2 and is expected to fetch between £2,000 and £3,000 (roughly €2,300 to €3,500).