The Chuckle Brothers: Sing When You're Winning

Sir Alex Ferguson knows a thing or two about gifted footballing siblings. Our greatest modern gaffer guided the Neville brothers through Old Trafford's ranks, of course, and more recently the da Silvas, but is rather less renowned for his involvement with the on-field exploits of Paul and Barry Chuckle.

"There was one charity game I put a goal on Alex Ferguson's head," reveals Barry, the smaller one who looks like a Spitting Image puppet of Ian Rush. "It was for Rotherham, our centenary. There was Ronnie Moore playing, all the old Rotherham players, and Alex came over for it. I put it right on his head, a cross, lovely. But he never even thanked me."

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