HAIRDRYER BLASTS GIN ... ‘HE’S NOT WORTH IT’

MANCHESTER UNITED might have won their Treble, but manager Sir Alex Ferguson was furious about the trophy that got away.

He couldn’t believe that a United star hadn’t been named Footballer of the Year. Instead, the award went to Tottenham’s David Ginola (above).

Fergie would turn on football hacks and say: “What do you lot know? You gave David Ginola the Footballer of the Year in our Treble season... for one good game against Barnsley!”

United stars Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Peter Schmeichel carved each other up to split the vote and pave a way for the L’oreal hair ad star, who also won the PFA award.

JUST four years after being crowned Premier League champions, Blackburn suffered the ignominy of relegation. Rovers had only won two games by November when they sacked manager Roy Hodgson. Brian Kidd (left) was prised out of Manchester United to take charge, but he couldn’t guide them to safety. Their relegation was confirmed when United visited Ewood Park and drew 0-0.