 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Edwards ipapo akavamba kunzvera mutarisiri mutsva. Paiva nokutaura kuti aizogadza Lawrie McMenemy, uyo akanga atungamirira Southampton kukunda United mufainari yeFA Cupmakore mashanu apfuura, somutsivi waDave Sexton. Kwakanga kunewo runyerekupe rwekuti United yaifarira kutora Brian Clough, mukundi wemutambo weligi uye kaviri mukundi weEuropean Cup neNottingham Forest, asi Edwards akasimbirira kuti aisazosvika Clough. Panzvimbo pezvo akatendeukira kuna Ron Atkinson, ane divi rake rinoshamisa reWest Bromwich Albion rakange rakwanisa kuenda kuEFAFA Cup katatu mumwaka mina nekupedzisa mashanu epamusoro muligi, ichisvika kumaquarter-fainari pane imwe nguva. Atkinson akasimbirira mubhuku rake renhabvu rakaburitswa muna 1999 kuti Edwards ndiye sachigaro akanakisa waakamboshanda naye, uye akabvuma kupihwa, uye nguva pfupi mushure mekugadzwa uku, Edwards akaita kuti Atkinson awane mari yekuunza mutambi wepakati weAlbion Bryan Robson pamubhadharo wenyika we 1.5 mamirioni. Iyi nhoroondo yenyika yaizoramba isina kuputsika nemakirabhu eChirungu kwemakore matanhatu, uye Robson akaenderera mberi kuva mumwe wevatambi vechikwata chakakura kwazvo. 