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Alex Ferguson's first team sheet as Man United manager in 1986 goes up for auction

This is an undated handout photo issued on Monday June 17, 2013 by Henry Aldridge and Son's via PA of the Manchester United team sheet for Sir Alex Ferguson's first game in charge in Nov. 8.1986, where Manchester United lost 2-0 to Oxford United. The hand-written official team sheet which was the first of 1,500 league games under Ferguson, who retired last month after nearly 27 years in charge is expected to raise up to 3,000 pounds ($4,700) when it is sold at auction on Saturday. (AP Photo/PA/Henry Aldridge and Son's) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

DEVIZES, England - The hand-written official team sheet from Alex Ferguson's first game as manager of Manchester United is expected to raise up to 3,000 pounds ($4,700) when it is sold at auction on Saturday.

United's 2-0 loss to Oxford United on Nov. 8, 1986, was the first of 1,500 league games under Ferguson, who retired last month after nearly 27 years in charge.

A fan who was given the team sheet by former Oxford player Peter Rhoades-Brown as a souvenir has put it up for sale in Devizes, Wiltshire.

Andrew Aldridge, an auctioneer for Henry Aldridge and Son, says "the (United) team in November 1986 was a little different to the star-studded affair for Sir Alex's last game in charge that included global stars such as Robin van Persie."

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