Ryan Giggs and his Dairy Milk chocolate incentive

In terms of Harold the steward’s incentive, it was a nice touch that continued, regardless of what the left winger was achieving on the pitch.

“He started off before I was there,” explained Ryan. “He was at Old Trafford and The Cliff and then when I was actually in the first team, he would still be there. He would give me a pound every time I scored. He started it when I was younger and then he carried it on and, by the time I’m like 19 or 20, I’m saying: ‘Harold give it a rest’, but no, here’s your pound. He was a brilliant character.

“He’d still be giving it to me [when I was in my 30s].”

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