Not sure if this is old news but here we go
Dermot Gallagher claims Sir Alex Ferguson asked him to call game off against Middlesbrough in 1997
'It was chucking it down with rain and Fergie pulled me aside and said “do me a favour, call the game off’," Gallagher told Sportlobster TV.
'I asked why and he said “there’s nowhere else to fit this game in and the Premier League will have to extend the season. We’ll have a better chance of winning the match and we’ll win the league at Old Trafford”
'At half time United were losing 3-1 and the pitch was like a swimming pool. As we came off he said “I know we’re 3-1 down but please call it off, we could do with a hand here”.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...erees.html
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Really interesting read and it is pretty much what all non Man United fans have been saying over the years. Not surprising that after he retired, the refs are slowly coming out, as Fergie must have had a hold over them in the past lol