For some there is a Light in the North, one which never goes out. The title is a reference to Alex Ferguson’s first autobiography and such tomes have certainly been much discussed of late.

Growing up in the late 1970s and early ’80s, as I did, it is sometimes hard even after all these years to think of Ferguson as anything other than the manager of Aberdeen.

It’s an odd thing to contemplate given the deluge of success he achieved with Manchester United and how much the 71-year-old imprinted his character into the wider public conscious across Britain.