In Jamie Carragher's 2008 autobiography, there are 20 pages that reference Manchester United but one in particular perfectly frames the power shift in the north-west of England. The book paints the domestic landscape when Sir Alex Ferguson walked into Old Trafford in 1986 to undertake his "greatest challenge" of "knocking Liverpool right off their f-----g perch" -- the Reds were up by 11 league titles and three European Cups at that point -- before examining how United then became the conquerers-in-chief. The...
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