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BACK FROM RUSSIA WITH MUCH LOVE

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By Matt Badcock
SIR ALEX Ferguson tells a story about his debut for Queens Park and a team-talk delivered by manager Jackie Gardiner.
It’s where the future Manchester United manager would learn an important early lesson in a side full of spirit and hard work.
Moaning about being bitten by an opposition player, Gardiner delivered a swift riposte. “Well, bite him back!” Perhaps those traits are why Jackie’s grandson Jacob Gardiner-Smith many years later would be nicknamed the English Bulldog while he was playing at Zenit St Petersburg.
The 21-year-old is now back in En...

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