“When I left United I wasn’t expecting a gold watch or a carriage clock, but instead he [Sir Alex] handed me an old document from his files and said, ‘I think you had better have this.’
“It was a scout’s report on me, from an old Third Division game when I was playing for Gillingham against Chesterfield, and it still raises a smile now.
“On the form it said, ‘Bright sunny day... Bruce picked up a facial injury and moved into midfield, where he can’t play... He is weak, no left foot, one-paced...’
"And they were the complimentary bits.
“The report concluded, ‘In my opinion, the Third Division is his level... he will make a decent living at this standard... but not good enough for Manchester United.’
“That was my leaving present from Sir Alex, and I couldn’t just tuck it away in a drawer. As a reminder of what I managed to achieve as a player, I framed it and hung it in the smallest room in the house.
“Within three years of that scout’s assessment of my cultured left foot, I was playing for the biggest club in the world.
-Steve Bruce
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