In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.

When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points.

All the stuff about being a drinking club, or having players who were not good enough, I treat as rubbish.

And at the end of the season you can only do as well as what you have done

Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did.

We've got to be outstanding when we start and let other people chase against us.

In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.