Old Boys United ; Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes Are the Ageless Wonders Who Still Provide the Heartbeat to a Club After 30 Years Distinguished Service.

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WHEN Sir Alex Ferguson shrugs that fate is fate, he may well be encouraging us all to speculate that theres a good reason why the historic first all-English Champions League Final in Moscow should fall 50 years on from the Munich disaster and 40 years since Matt Busbys Manchester United became Englands first winners of the European Cup.

Then he only needs add that the two most romantic plotlines of the night feature two United legends. Ryan Giggs being crowned European champion on the night he breaks Sir Bobby Charltons club appearance record; Paul Scholes winning the medal so cruelly denied him in 1999 when he missed the final through suspension. Such perfect fairytales that even Chelseas most optimistic fans could be forgiven for thinking destiny is conspiring against them.

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Old Boys United ; Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes Are the Ageless Wonders Who Still Provide the Heartbeat to a Club After 30 Years Distinguished Service.

Less than a month ago, you could have still found plenty of United fans wondering whether the increasingly patchy form of their two old maestros this season meant theyd passed their sell-by. Then all the heretical chatter stopped in just...

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