By Chris Wright
As a mark of their gratitude, yesterday saw a truly exemplary gesture on Manchester United’s part with the club marking Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25th anniversary by renaming the North stand at Old Trafford the ‘Sir Alex Ferguson Stand’ – which is quite possibly the highest and most notable accolade a club can give to one of it’s legends, and was made all the more poignant by the fact that United kept it schtum until the man himself took to the pitch before yesterday’s game against Sunderland…