Suits Man U, Sir!

Swish Savile Row designer William Hunt told Soccer AM about the time he snubbed the England captain.

William Hunt is one of Savile Row's finest... so naturally his bespoke designs 'Suit You Sir'. Unless of course, you are the captain of England. Or play for Liverpool. For die-hard Manchester United fan Hunt, it is a case of 'Suits Man U, Sir', as England and Chelsea captain John Terry found out. "I was asked to do John Terry's wedding suit but turned it down," he told Soccer AM. "I just couldn't do it - I was "terribly busy". But I'm United through and through and I just wouldn't do Liverpool's FA Cup final suits." So it's just as well he was the man behind United's clobber last May when the FA Cup returned to its Wembley roots. And if anyone wants to argue that foreign imports stop our young footballers flourishing in this country, they will be delighted to know that it works both ways when it comes to the legendary Cup Final suits. "I was doing Gary Neville's wedding suit and just said 'who's doing the suits for the cup final?'," said Hunt. "They already had some Italian designer - I can't remember his name - so I just told him to get rid of him! Fire him! I'm a United fan! So Gary made a call and two minutes later called me back and said 'you've got the job'!

Spirit

"Gary chose the navy blue because the last time they had navy blue suits, they won. But we played a little trick on Gary because when it came to giving out the final suits, the first one up was the club captain and when he undid the bag there was a nice white suit there! "He wasn't best pleased though. He kicked me very hard and didn't quite take it in the spirit we had hoped." Understandably there are no such pranks played on another regular client from within his favourite club, none other than Sir Alex Ferguson. Hunt says the United chief "trusts him to get on with things", so he might do well to ignore the story behind Ian Poulter's famous Union Jack trousers at the 2005 Open ar Royal Troon. They were the talk of golf, they made the front pages of the nationals and sparked debate up and down the country. But, according to Hunt, they were literally thrown together at the last minute. "I'd promised Ian I'd make him some for the (British) Open and I kind of forgot," he said. "It got to the Tuesday and I though 'blimey, I'd better get something done'. Then I saw the flag and thought we'd make a pair out of that. "It made seven front pages which was fantastic. Who would have expected it? We were all chuffed."