"[Sir Alex Ferguson] actually phoned me after the Newcastle ... not just my career." Watch the full interview with Welbeck on Football Focus, BBC One, Saturday 29 March 11:30 GMT.

Featuring interviews from some of the players that shaped Ferguson's 27-year reign ... the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983. BBC director of sport Alex Kay-Jelski said: 'There are few more ...

ASKED to summarise the qualities of Dr Sarah Nelson, who has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75, a close friend and colleague said ...

"Look at the positives, Sir Alex. Manchester United would love to be second right now, wouldn't they?" Chapman quipped. Ferguson responded with a knowing grin: "You're a bad man!" Undeterred ...

Sir Alex Ferguson has kept in touch with former Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck, who still feels the love from his old manager. Welbeck came through the United academy system and spent six ...