Alex Ferguson

Scottish association football manager and former player (born 1941) · United Kingdom · Footballers

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He turned Manchester United into a dynasty that won 38 trophies across 26 years, more silverware than any manager in football history - and did it by trusting teenagers from the '92 academy when the rest of English football bought stars.

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A life in dates

2013“All my staff stood by me, the players stood by me, you stood by me, and your job now is to stand by our new manager. That’s important.”In their words12 May 2013Daily Mirror (12 May 2013)].Read the whole statement

2010“Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right?”In their words20 October 2010Goal.com (20 October 2010).Read the whole statement

2004“Sometimes we can get too emotional as a club with things that are happening but we are both of a common denominator; we don't want the club to be in anyone else's hands.”In their words21 November 2004Daily Telegraph (21 November 2004).Read the whole statement

1999Knight BachelorAward1995Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1985Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1973Ayr United F.C.Club1973-19741969Falkirk F.C.Club1969-19731967Rangers F.C.Club1967-1969Scotland B national football teamClubScottish Football League XIClub1964Dunfermline Athletic F.C.Club1964-19671960St Johnstone F.C.Club1960-19641941Born31 December 1941

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Ferguson in 1992

Under Ferguson, United acclaimed a treble of trophies in the 1998-99 season.

United signed Cristiano Ronaldo in August 2003.

Ferguson in 2006

Ferguson in 2008, standing beside assistant manager Carlos Queiroz

Ferguson with Sebastian Piñera in 2010

Ferguson in 2009

In their own words 4

Alex Ferguson

4 statements, newest first

All my staff stood by me, the players stood by me, you stood by me, and your job now is to stand by our new manager. That’s important.
May 12, 2013, Daily Mirror (12 May 2013)]., Own words
Sometimes you look in a field and you see a cow and you think it's a better cow than the one you've got in your own field. It's a fact. Right?
Oct 20, 2010, Goal.com (20 October 2010)., Own words
Sometimes we can get too emotional as a club with things that are happening but we are both of a common denominator; we don't want the club to be in anyone else's hands.
Nov 21, 2004, Daily Telegraph (21 November 2004)., Own words

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Teams 8

Ayr United F.C.1973-1974

Falkirk F.C.1969-1973

Rangers F.C.1967-1969

Scottish Football League XI1967-1967

Scotland B national football team1967-1967

Dunfermline Athletic F.C.1964-1967

St Johnstone F.C.1960-1964

Queen's Park F.C.

Career record

SpellAppsGoals

1973-1974249

1969-19739537

1967-19694125

1967-196721

1967-196779

1964-196789247

1960-19643719

Awards

Knight Bachelor1999

Commander of the Order of the British Empire1995

Officer of the Order of the British Empire1985

In their orbit

Child: Darren Ferguson

About this person

Ferguson scored goals for Scottish clubs in the 1960s, topping the league charts with Dunfermline in 1965-66, then shifted to the touchline. At Aberdeen he broke the Old Firm stranglehold, winning three league titles and lifting European silverware in 1983 with the Cup Winners' Cup. Manchester United hired him in November 1986; the first years were rocky, but by the 1990s he'd built around homegrown talent - the Class of '92 - and collected 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and two Champions League crowns, including the 1999 treble. Knighted that same year, he overtook Matt Busby's tenure record in 2010 and retired in 2013 after one last title, leaving United transformed and himself unchallenged at the top of the managerial record books.

Country

United Kingdom

In common with Alex

Harry AndersonAlso in Harvey (1996)Lisa Robin KellyAlso in Harvey (1996)

Swoosie KurtzAlso in Harvey (1996)

Chris WaddleAlso played for Falkirk F.C.

Andy RobertsonAlso played for Queen's Park F.C.

Darren FletcherAlso played for Scotland B national football team

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