Sir Alex Ferguson was trampled in a puddle during the pinnacle of his wildly successful tenure as Aberdeen manager, according to John McMaster, who saw it.
Before Thursday's 40th anniversary of the final at Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium, McMaster reflected on Aberdeen's European Cup Winners' Cup victory over Real Madrid.
Due to Stuart Kennedy's injury, the midfielder was inserted into the lineup as left-back. He was standing close to the Dons' bench when John Hewitt headed in the game-winning goal in extra time to give Aberdeen a 2-1 victory.
In an interview with Red TV, McMaster said: "I was the left-back who was meant to be taken advantage of. But you know what? Juanito was the little winger, the crafty winger. None of us played poorly. We gave it our best shot.The final thing the boss said to us before we left was, "You want to come in, look yourself in the mirror and say you gave it your all," which I can still recall him saying.That's exactly what we did. Since we ought to have defeated them after 90 minutes.There was some noise in the dugout after Johnny scored his goal.
I contributed a tiny bit to the goal. Peter Weir beat two men after I handed the ball to him, therefore I'm counting that as my assist.Mark McGhee used his left foot to insert a ball. Once on his left foot, he would trip over it, but instead, he throws the ball as if he had always been a left-footer, and Hewitt catches it. I turned to look at what was going in the dugout when there was a bang. Big Ben (Bryan Gunn), Andy Watson, Archie (Knox), and Teddy (Scott) are all leaving, and when the boss stands up, he trips over his jacket—his Fergie jacket.
Everyone has leapt over him as he sits in the puddle. "See when you talk about it afterwards, what a laugh, but everything grows arms and legs," he said, describing it as wonderful.After that, everything revolved on having fun.
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