06/10/2026
Ryan Giggs is proud of his Welsh roots seen here in wearing a Wales shirt.
Here's a little story he told...
I passed my driving test
when I was eighteen. The day I passed we had a night game at Old Trafford and I drove my stepfather's Sierra Estate in. I pulled up at Salford Quays and stalled at the lights, surrounded by fans, all laughing. 'Just passed your test, have you, son?' I parked in what used to be the players' car park, just opposite the ground, got out of the car, and a supporter asked me for my autograph. As I signed he said, 'Is that your car, over there? I think you've forgotten to put the handbrake on.' I turned and saw it rolling downhill, just about to hit one of the other player's cars. I had to run and jump in to put the handbrake on. Talk about embarrassed! It was a good job I was on my own.
I wanted a car of my own. By the time I passed my test I'd played twenty-five games for the first team, and there was an unwritten agreement that after twenty-five appearances you were a regular and qualified for a club car. At that stage I was getting £170 a week and giving £40 of that to Mum for my keep. So I went to Bryan Robson, the captain, and said, 'Listen, I can't really afford a decent car yet, I'm driving my stepdad's. D'you think the gaffer would let me have a club car?'
Bryan said, 'Of course he will, yeah. You deserve one, you're part of the team now, you're in the first-team changing room.' Steve Bruce walked in and Robbo called him over: 'Giggsy wants a club car, what d'you think?'
Steve looks at me and says, 'No problem at all, just go and tell the gaffer.'
Great, I thought, and went and knocked on the gaffer's door. 'What's up, son?' he said. I told him I'd just passed my test and wanted a club car. He went absolutely nuts. 'Who the f**k d'you think you are? You've played a handful of games and you're coming in here with your f**king demands. I wouldn't give you a club f**king bike!' Outside I could hear Robbo, Brucey, Incey and Choccy McClair all split-ting their sides laughing. They'd done me. They ripped into me for weeks after.
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P.S. not sure of the colour so I chose a red model Sierra Estate.