Football: Tough Guy Sam the Fergie! ; Middlesbrough V Newcastle Tees-Tyne Derby Preview

Sunday SunNovember 29, 2007

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AFTER 13 trophy-laden years at Old Trafford, Nicky Butt does not draw comparisons with his surrogate father, Sir Alex Ferguson, easily.

But it has taken Sam Allardyce just three months to convince one of Manchester United's favourite sons that he is a manager in Fergie's own image.

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Football: Tough Guy Sam the Fergie! ; Middlesbrough V Newcastle Tees-Tyne Derby Preview

Not least because Big Sam has shattered the culture of complacency which Butt believes has dogged Newcastle in recent times.

And Allardyce is a big part of the reason why a born-again Butt believes he can continue to "stick two fingers up" at those who had wri...

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