How a celebration led to Manchester United ace Andy Cole making one player's life 'a misery'

Sometimes in football there is no need for a team talk to fire up the players. Occasionally the other team have already done the job for you and that was the case for Sir Alex Ferguson on this day 28 years ago.

United opened their March schedule with a home game against Ipswich Town, with the Reds three points behind league leaders Blackburn Rovers and without talisman Eric Cantona, who was five weeks into a lengthy ban for attacking a Crystal Palace fan at Selhurst Park.

They left M16 with a record-breaking 9-0 win under their belts - their biggest league win in 103 years and still the joint-biggest winning margin in Premier League history. Andy Cole scored five and remains one of just a few Premier League players to do so.

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In hindsight, a dominant performance from Ferguson's side was on the cards. Ipswich had won just six league games all season and were rooted to the bottom of the table, while United were vying for the Premier League title. Cole had only joined from Newcastle United a few months prior but was already in the goals, netting against both Aston Villa and Manchester City in the previous month.

One of the Tractor Boys' few wins that campaign came at home to the Reds, with John Lyall guiding his side to an unlikely 3-2 victory before being dismissed later that season. Ferguson's men felt a little aggrieved after the defeat, with the home side celebrating a touch too enthusiastically for Brian McClair's liking.

“It always stuck with me that Sir Matt Busby once said, 'you have to be humble and gracious in defeat or victory', and Ipswich were not on that day,” the former United man said. “They were delighted to win, of course, but they were more than