 Bruce akaita Manchester United yake yokutanga mukukunda 2-1 pamusoro Portsmouth musi 19 Zvita 1987, uye vakatamba muna 21 United vakasara 22 League Fixtures, achibatsira kirabhu kuti pamusoro-mbiri nzvimbo muna First Division kokutanga kubva 1980. Chikwata chacho chakangopedza pakati pemutambo mumwaka unotevera, zvichikurudzira maneja Alex Ferguson kuunza vatambi vatsva vanoverengeka, kusanganisira Gary Pallister, uyo akabatana nekirabhu muna Nyamavhuvhu 1989 kubva kuMiddlesbrough. Kubatana kwake naBruce pakati pekudzivirira kwakatsanangurwa muna 2006 naiye-United kaputeni, Gary Neville, seakanakisa munhoroondo yekirabhu. Dolly naDaisy, sokudanwa kwaiitwa vaviri ava, vanorondedzerwa sevanonyanya kuzivikanwa pawebsite yeManchester United. Bruce naPallister vaiva rutivi rwechikwata chakakunda 1990 FA Cup Finalvachirwisa Crystal Palace mumutambo wokudzokorora. 