It’s no secret that Sir Alex Ferguson challenged most football decisions if it remotely went against him, his players or his team.
The legendary Manchester United boss played for, amongst others, St Johnstone and Dunfermline.
And it was during his transfer dealings from Saints to the Pars that the Fergie fire perhaps first became apparent.
As a 22-year-old centre-forward in 1964 — and still plain Alex — he had just scored a hat-trick for the Perth side against Rangers at Ibrox and interest was coming in from other clubs.
St Johnstone slapped a £3,000 fixed fee on him and Fergie was so incensed at this that he put in an appeal to the SFA.
However, before a committee could be convened to discuss the case, respective managers Bobby Brown (St Johnstone) and Willie Cunningham (Dunfermline) arranged a player-swap, with 24-year-old Dan McLindon leaving East End Park to take up the No 9 shirt at Muirton Park.
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