10. 'No other Liverpool manager would've done that'

Fergie makes his disgust at Rafa Benitez known to the press after the Liverpool manager's 'game over' gesture at Anfield - Big Sam spotted sniffing and nodding his head in the corner... 

9. '7^th time lucky'

With John Terry still stood crying in the Moscow rain, Fergie reflects on his second Champions League winner's medal - and his awful record in penalty shoot-outs. 

8. 'Benitez is a disturbed man...'

Days after Rafa's 'Keegan moment' in the last stretch of the 08/09 season, Fergie shrugs off Rafa's conspiracy theories after stuffing Chelsea 3-0 

7. 'Football - bloody hell!'

Fergie sums up the thoughts of millions of fans in perhaps his most insightful moment after the 1999 Champions League triumph. 

6. 'That's the best lad I've seen for years and years'

Fergie remembers being torn apart by a young Gazza - and says how he still regrets missing out on the signing the player.  

5. Balloon scare

Man United's 20-year Premier League dynasty is almost ended by a child's balloon as Fergie leaps out of his skin.

4. Chewing gum

Further evidence that Fergie's powers have a Samson-like dependence on chewing gum as even a coating of dugout mud doesn't put him off a chew. 

3. Red face

An otherwise unremarkable press conference in which Fergie decides to swap his face for a badly spanked baboon's arse.  

2. 'I don't know what I'll do with my wine now!'

Fergie is graceful (and perhaps a touch relieved) at news of Jose Mourinho's departure from the Chelsea and Premier League. Man United duly take the title for the next two years in a row. 

1. 'That's absolute bollock, that!'

Classic hair-dryer moment as Fergie firmly rejects the notion he might be under more pressure than usual - then gets told off for swearing...