Wayne Rooney misses Manchester United's trip to West Brom to be with wife Coleen On that day in 1974 when I started at East Stirling, I had eight players and no goalkeeper. Today I have six goalkeepers and about 100 players. I remember the old chairman, Willie Muirhead. He was a great chain smoker. When I asked him for a list of players, he started to shake. His cigarette was going 100 miles an hour. I had to remind him a couple of days later. He gave me a list of eight players and no goalkeeper. I said: 'You know it is advisable to start with a keeper - are you aware of that?' Ferguson will retire with 49 trophies to his name, 38 of which he has amassed during a record-breaking stint at United in which he established himself as one of the most successful coaches in the history of professional sport. However, for all the inevitable emphasis on his past, Ferguson has pledged that his final team selection will be forward-thinking. The Scot says he intends to field Phil Jones and Jonny Evans at centre-back, while he has also promised to honour a vow made to second-choice goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard that he would start the game. I stand by that. Anders will be in goal," Ferguson said. I will play one or two younger players, and I want to play Jonny Evans and Phil Jones at centre-half because they are the future. Nemanja (Vidic) and Rio (Ferdinand) will just have to make do with a place on the bench. Paul Scholes could make one last appearance for United, having announced his retirement last week.