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It was on April 10, 2005, that Sir Alex Ferguson's son, Darren, etched his name into the Wrexham history books.
After Spanish forward Juan Ugarte had fired the Welsh outfit into a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute of extra-time of the 2005 EFL Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium, Ferguson Jr added a second with two minutes left on the clock. It clinched Wrexham their first and only EFL Trophy crown to date.
Celebrating with his teammates as father Sir Alex watched from the stands, little did one of Ferguson Jr's colleagues know the legendary Scot had been impressed by his performance. The man in question was former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster.
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Foster was on loan at Wrexham from Stoke City, having joined on an initial month's loan in January that year. The deal was eventually extended until the end of the season.
No doubt to Foster's disbelief, he returned to Stoke after the conclusion of his loan spell at the Racecourse Ground and was sold to United in July, signing for a reported fee of £1million. Ferguson was impressed by what he had seen from the shot-stopper when watching him play alongside his son.
Foster, who was 22 at the time, made the switch to Old Trafford without having made a single first-team appearance during his four-year spell at Stoke, which featured a catalogue of loan moves. The goalkeeper soon added another loan spell to his collection, being shipped out to Championship side Watford for the 2005/06 season, making 48 appearances as they clinched promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.
Watford borrowed him again the
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