Man Utd’s permanent managers first game in charge

Sir Alex Ferguson – Oxford (A) 0-2, 1986

The Scot was appointed as Atkinson’s successor however there was no signal of the unbelievable success that was to observe in his opening recreation at Oxford United’s Manor Floor. John Aldridge (penalty) and Neil Slatter notched the targets for the house aspect in a recreation to overlook for the Reds because the rebuilding process on the brand new man’s fingers grew to become apparent. Frank Stapleton did hit the bar however United had been unable to even present a aim for the boss within the dugout.

David Moyes – Swansea (A) 4-1, 2013

One other Scotsman was charged with changing the irreplaceable in Sir Alex and already had a trophy to his identify, the Group Protect after a win over Wigan Athletic, when overseeing his first league recreation. It went properly in Wales with the champions racking up a 4-1 conquer Swansea Metropolis. Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck each scored twice, to overshadow the hypothesis surrounding the way forward for Wayne Rooney. Wilfried Bony replied for the hosts and the season actually didn’t go to plan afterwards for United.

Louis van Gaal – Swansea (H) 1-2, 2014

Our first Dutch boss had loved a superb pre-season however the anticipated optimistic begin fell flat at Outdated Trafford. This time, Swansea emerged victorious to spring an opening-day shock. Ki Sung-yueng’s aim was cancelled out by Rooney, who acrobatically discovered the again of the web, just for Gylfi Sigurdsson to revive the Welsh aspect’s benefit. It was a primary residence defeat in a league opener for the membership since 1972.