Bryan Robson interview: Drinking culture at Manchester United was not as damaging as some have suggested

Former England captain predicts how much he would be earning if he was playing now

Bryan Robson is a true Manchester United legend Credit: The Telegraph/Geoff Pugh

Forty years ago, Bryan Robson was arguably the best midfielder in Europe, and the Manchester United team he captained were eight games into a 10-game winning streak from the start of the season that seemed destined to propel them to the first league title in 19 years.

Then the 68-year-old man sat sipping a coffee opposite me in a Cheshire hotel lobby got injured − and everything changed. “Upton Park,” Robson says as we peruse the list of games. “That’s where I did it again.” An FA Cup fifth-round tie, and the second occas

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