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'The FA were out to get him' — Sir Alex Ferguson's disciplinary adviser lifts lid on Manchester United secrets

Sir Alex Ferguson never was very good at concealing his feelings towards referees and the Football Association. The Manchester United manager usually said what he thought on those subjects, and when that happened Graham Bean would be sat at home in Barnsley realising his week had just got a little busier.

The FA's first compliance officer had by now swapped sides, taking on his former paymasters as Ferguson's go-to man on disciplinary cases. It was a job that kept him in gainful employment given how often the Scot would find himself up in front of another disciplinary panel.

By that stage, Bean relished taking down the FA and he had some successes with United and Ferguson, who he believes was unfairly targeted as the outspoken manager of one of the country's biggest clubs.

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In his new book, Bean There... Done That, the former South Yorkshire police detective details his work for the FA and his role with Ferguson, as well as representing Rafa Benitez, David Moyes and Duncan Ferguson and working for Leeds United and Chesterfield during times of crisis.

Bean is a Liverpool season-ticket holder who ended up representing their fiercest rivals, including defending Gary Neville after he was charged for kissing the badge in front of the Liverpool fans at Old Trafford following Rio Ferdinand's late-winner in January 2006. But he is in no doubt United were being targeted.

"There’s no doubt in my mind the FA were keen to get his [Ferguson's] scalp, any chance they had," Bean told the Manchester Evening News.

"He was the most dominant figure in the game and the game revolved around him, anything he said which was anti-FA or anti-referees made headline news.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk