 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1984, Manchester United yakashandisa 500,000 kutora Strachan kuOld Trafford. Zvisinei, nemhaka yokuti Strachan akanga ambosaina chibvumirano chokutanga nechikwata cheBundesliga 1. FC Köln, United yakabhadhara 75,000 muripo kuti igadzirise mutsara Mutambi wake Mark McGhee akanga asayinawo chibvumirano neHamburger SV pane kunzwisisa kuti Strachan aizotambawo kuGermany. Strachan akazarura 1984-85 mushandirapamwe nemigumisiro mina mumitambo minomwe, kunyange zvazvo Red Devils yaigona kungogadzirisa nzvimbo yechina muChikamu Chekutanga. Akaratidza paWembley Stadium mu 1985 FA Cup Final, sezvo United yakamhanya 10 vakundi pamusoro Everton; ake mapapu-kuputika kumhanya kure-bhora akabatsira Norman Whiteside kuwana nzvimbo yake yokuwedzera nguva weNobel. 