Quiet yet authoritative, David Meek was part of the Old Trafford furniture

The long-serving Manchester Evening News reporter, who has died at the age of 88, was a gentle and courteous man who earned the unwavering trust of Sir Alex Ferguson

There is something about Manchester United that seems to attract loyalty and longevity. If you can make a name for yourself there you will find little need to look anywhere else, and that is certainly true of David Meek, the long-serving Manchester Evening News reporter who has died at the age of 88.

Put simply, none of the present generation of sportswriters on the Manchester scene will be able to remember a time when Meek was not part of the Old Trafford furniture. A stirring writer yet gentle and courteous man, Meeky had been covering United for 28 years before Sir Alex Ferguson arrived, and spent the next 26 seasons ghosting the programme notes of the club’s most successful ever manager. That represents over half a century of service, almost unheard of in modern football, and though Meek’s association with the Evening News came to an end in 1996 his relationship with Ferguson endured because it was built on trust.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/30/david-meek-old-trafford-manchester-sir-alex-ferguson