Alex Ferguson was born in Govan,the shipbuilding district of Glasgow.His working class roots played a role in becoming the most successful manager in Premier League history & after 27 years reign at Manchester United,he has won the respect of everyone in the field of football.
Alex Ferguson rejected lucrative offers from Barcelona,Arsenal,Rangers & Tottenham to take control on Manchester United in November 1986 & his initial years,when he had ta contend with a drinking culture at the club,were a struggle.However, the club showed patience as Ferguson rebuilt the club & revamped the youth system,shipping out many crowd favourites.
The first trophy of the Ferguson era was of FA cup(against Nottingham Forest),in which Mark Robins scored the goal and saves Ales's job.It was suggested that a poor result against Nottingham Forest in the FA cup would have been the final straw.After the first trophy,a year later,Manchester United lifted the European Cup Winner's cup.In the newly founded "Premier League",Alex Ferguson found more success;the arrival of Eric Cantona proved to be the final piece of the jigsaw & Manchester United finally won the league title in 1992-93,ending a 26 years drought.Then the 1993-94 season saw Manchester United stamps their authority on English football as Ferguson claimed his first double-beating Blackburn Rovers to the league title & crushing Chelsea in the FA cup final.Another double came 2 years later,& with "Fergie's Fledglings"-David Beckham,the Neville brothers,Paul Scholes,Nicky Butt & Ryan Giggs-in full flight,they went on better in 1998-99 by calming an historic treble with a win over Bayern Munich in the Champios League.The manager was subsequently knighted-becoming Sir Alex Ferguson in queen's birthday honours list as a reward for his contribution to British football.
The 2000-01 season saw United cruise to another title,this time wrapping it up in the mid-April; as Ferguson became the first manager to win three English League titles in a row to become most successful manager in the history of English football.In 2001-02,Ferguson announced his retirement,hoping for a glorious farewell with the Champions League final due to take place at Hampden Park,Glasgow,but United ended the season empty handed,& Ferguson reserved his decision vowing that he would never again foreshadow his retirement.
The following season brought another league title;but with the challenge of Arsenal & Chelsea came a fellow period.Yet he define the doubters,building his third team at Old Trafford,this time around the youth brilliance of Cristiano Ronald & Wayne Rooney.United won three back to back title from 2007 to 2009 and also claimed a future Champions League title,beating Chelsea on penalties in Moscow in 2008.
In 2009,Manchester United equalled Liverpool's records 18 titles,& over took that haul in 2011.the following year saw Manchester United denied as they lost the title to rivals Manchester City on goal difference in the cruellest of circumstances but in 2013 the Red Devils ruled again with robin Van Persie signed from Arsenal the previous summer leading the charge.
In May,with the title sealed,Ferguson announced his retirement at the age of 71,after spending over a quater of a century in charge of one of the biggest club in the world.
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