Nottingham Forest hero Stuart Pearce once tricked Sir Alex Ferguson into telling him his Manchester United team - to win at fantasy football with his son!
Pearce, who celebrates his birthday today, was England Under-21s manager when he called Ferguson ahead of a match to find out if he was going to play Phil Jones or Chris Smalling in defence.
And when the legendary United manager told him which player would be in his team, he put them in his fantasy team.
“I did fantasy football with my son Harley, who was eight years old at the time, and they did it at the school with all the kids and all the teachers and we worked our way up the league to that final week where it was my son Harley and the headmaster were neck and neck,” Pearce has previously told talkSPORT.
“There was one point in it at the top of the table. I think we were one point behind.
“I picked the phone up to Alex Ferguson on the Wednesday before this game on the Saturday and I asked him the question under the guise of the England Under-21 manager.
“Who are you going to be playing, Jones or Smalling at the back? I’m thinking of coming to the game to watch them.
“He told me which one he was going to play. I transferred a player and that player went into our fantasy team.
“I hang my head in shame now but we won by a point because we got a clean sheet.”
