Sir Alex Ferguson is retiring after a glittering career in British football. Fergie started his career at East Stirling before being sacked by St Mirren. He then led Aberdeen to break the Old Firm dominance in Scotland and led the club to a famous Cup Winners Cup victory over mighty Real Madrid in Gothenburg – perhaps still his greatest achievement. A short spell as temporary Scotland manager followed before he became manager of Manchester United. At United he broke Liverpool’s hold on the English title and has won it a record 13 times.
He also won another CWC and led United to 4 European Champions League finals, winning two in dramatic fashion.
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Fergie is one of the best examples of a great leader in sport. He could always motivate his team and had the ability to blend youth with experience as well as superstars with home grown talent. He was also infamous for the ‘hairdryer’ technique, which involved Fergie setting his players straight on what went wrong.
He has achieved everything in domestic football, however it would have been a fitting end to his career if he had taken the Scotland job and led our small nation back to a World Cup. At 71, that seems to be gone. Fergie will now look forward to enjoying his other interests as well as retaining ambassadorial roles at Old Trafford. The big question for that famous club is who will replace the irreplaceable? Now that could be a poisoned chalice.
Sir Alex Ferguson sits at the top table in the pantheon of football’s great managers.
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