CLASSIC ROY RANTS

Alf-Inge Haaland, 1997:

After suffering a seasonending knee injury while trying to trip up Haaland he stewed for three years before getting revenge. “I’d waited long enough. I f ****** hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you c***.”

v prawn sandwich eaters, 2000:

Criticised Old Trafford fans after a Champions League clash. “They need to get behind the team. They have a few drinks and prawn sandwiches, and they don’t realise what’s going on on the pitch. I don’t think some people who come to Old Trafford can spell ‘football’, never mind understand it.”

v Mick McCarthy, 2002:

During a row over training facilities, he told Ireland boss McCarthy: “I don’t rate you as a manager or as a person. You’re a f ****** w ***** . Stick your World Cup up your a***.”