Sir Alex Ferguson turns up at Champions League clash despite supporting hosts’ fierce rivals
SIR ALEX FERGUSON was spotted at Celtic Park on a Champions League night despite being a boyhood fan of Rangers.
The legendary manager was snapped in the seats as Celtic pulled off a stunning victory over RB Leipzig.
Ferguson, 82, looked smiley as Brendan Rodger’s side pulled off a 3-1 victory over their German foes.
The former Manchester United manager was a boyhood fan of Celtic’s fierce rivals, Rangers.
He was even made the most expensive player in Scotland when the club signed him back in 1967.
However, his time at the club was marred by sectarianism.
When asked if he had married his wife Cathy in a catholic church by a Rangers director, he said that it was a registry office instead.
Ferguson has admitted that he is still annoyed about the moment and should have told the director to “bugger off”.
While he is still fond of the Rangers, he only supports the club when they play against the Celtics.
He told the Belfast Telegraph: “The only time I really support Rangers is when they play Celtic.
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“The big one. Jason [Ferguson’s son] is a Celtic fan. I love phoning him up when Rangers have beaten them.”
Christoph Baumgartner had given Leipzig the lead at Celtic Park before the hosts fought back.
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Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn fired a brace in for Celtic before Reo Hatate netted the killer blow in the 72nd minute.
Manager Rogders’ hailed the result as a “great night for the club”.
He said:”The result, the performance, the energy in the stadium.
“The supporters will go away feeling really good about their team.
“But we played our way in to the game, showed a maturity to get the ball working again and then we get the goal.
“Over the course of the game I thought we were really dominant, both in our pressing of the game and our hunger for the second goal.
“We got that and then I thought in the second half we managed the game really well.”
Meanwhile, Fergsuon has kept himself busy in retirement and has been attending plenty of football matches.
Just last week he was spotted sitting next to former England cricketer Michael Vaughan during Man United’s Carabao Cup win over Leicester City.
And on the weekend he was seen leaving Sir Jim Ratcliffe in hysterics at Old Trafford for the Premier League draw versus Chelsea.