Man Utd hero David May showed off hilarious £500 bar bill consisting of 63 pints, 12 glasses of fizz and ONE Scotch egg

DAVID MAY had fans in stitches back during the second lockdown when he revealed an egg-cellent way to beat the system while drinking in Tier 2 pubs.

The Manchester United hero, now 52, showed off a receipt that included 63 pints, 12 glasses of fizz and just ONE Scotch egg.

Twitter / @DavidMay04The picture of the bar bill was soon doing the rounds on Twitter[/caption]

News Group Newspapers LtdDavid May played for Manchester United from 1994 until 2003[/caption]

Back before Christmas in 2020, bars had to offer a “substantial meal” to reopen under the Covid regulations in England.

Pub goers were delighted to find out that a single Scotch egg counted as a meal.

Unsurprisingly, people immediately made the most of the loophole in the system.

May, who played for United from 1994 until 2003, then shared a photograph of a receipt from a bar called The Refinery in London.

Over £400 was spent on pints of Peroni and £83.40 was spent on Prosecco on what appeared to be a wild night out.

But that was allowed in the Tier 2 boozer as the group had ordered ONE chorizo Scotch egg.

It is not known whether it is May’s receipt – but he still shared it to his Twitter page.

One fan joked: “Got to line your stomach.”

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David May sent fans wild when he shared the picture of the bill

Another added: “One man’s Scotch egg is another man’s substantial meal.”

And one Twitter user said: “Thirsty were you May?”

May made 85 appearances for United after joining from Blackburn Rovers in 1994.

But the two-time Premier League winner went on a 12-day drinking binge after injury put an end to his Red Devils career prior to a brief stint at Burnley.

He even revealed previously how he ended up sharing a £200 bottle of champagne with a tramp on a park bench.