Duncan Ferguson has been on a kebab eating marathon less than 24 hours after being announced as the new boss of struggling League 1 outfit Forest Green Rovers.
The Cotswold based club has become famous for its 100 per-cent vegan policy which is down to chairman and eco warrior Dale Vince, who was photographed on the pitch with “Big Dunc” holding a vegan burger shortly after finalising his surprise appointment on Thursday afternoon.
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Paddy Power News understands that Vince then allowed the former Everton legend to go on a meat eating spree before having to convert to plant only based produce, a clause inserted into his new deal.
A close pal of Ferguson told us that: “We buggered off into Swindon town centre last night and basically did a tour of the eateries. Dunc was about 10 kebabs down when we called it a night. I left him propped up in a shop doorway looking like a broken man and went back to my hotel.”
A local take-away owner also confirmed that it had been quite an evening.
“He pretty much went through the entire menu at our place” he explained.
“At one point he’d got so much shawarma, kofta and doner meat in the same pitta bread, there was hardly any room for a salad and grated cheese topping. He was like a man possessed.
“The only thing that stopped him eating more was the fact that we put too many jalapeno peppers on there.”
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 02: Duncan Ferguson of Everton is greeted by team mate Leighton Baines as he warms up on the touch line before coming on as a substitute during the Duncan Ferguson Testimonial match between Everton and Villarreal at Goodison Park on August 2, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The owner of Jason’s Doner Van, a popular late-night stop off for revellers, was also keen to give us an eye-witness report.
“He rolled up here with his mate quite late on still wearing the Forest Green scarf I’d seen him on the telly with earlier in the day. It was covered in chilli sauce stains and looked a right mess.”
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Despite all this Ferguson is reported to have arrived for training this morning, on time and on his company Segway, before immediately getting down to the business of keeping Forest Green in English football’s third tier.
“He certainly put the lads through their paces” one onlooker told us. “I’ve not seen them looking this lively in months. Maybe Dunc will have the magic touch.
“Mind you, I think most of them were just glad to get out of the dressing-room as there was a real nasty smell in there this morning.
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