Tributes have been paid to David Meek, former Manchester Evening News journalist and Sir Alex Ferguson’s ghost writer for 26 years, who has died at the age of 88.
Meek was the MEN’s United man from 1958 to 1996 – taking over when his predecessor died in the Munich air crash – and ghosted the programme notes for every United manager from Sir Matt Busby through to Ferguson. He went on to freelance and in total covered the club for half a century.
Stuart Mathieson, who succeeded Meek at the Manchester Evening News, said he was “very sad” to hear of his passing and described him as a “great man”.
Manchester United tweeted that the club was “saddened” to hear the news.
Below are some of the other tributes made on Twitter:
