Sir Alex Ferguson had an incredibly successful career as the manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, becoming the longest serving manager in their history. He won numerous domestic and European titles, setting many managerial records. Prior to Manchester United, Ferguson had success managing St. Mirren, leading them to a Scottish league title. He gained a reputation as a disciplinarian early in his career. Ferguson announced his retirement in 2013 after over 26 years with Manchester United, where he remained a club director and ambassador thereafter.

1. THE MANAGER OF THE
YEAR
Sir Alexander
Chapman "Alex"
Ferguson

2.  Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex"
Ferguson CBE (born 31 December
1941), is a Scottish former football
manager and player who
managed Manchester United from 1986
to 2013. His time at the club has led to
Ferguson being regarded as one of the
most successful, admired and respected
managers in the history of the game

3.  Ferguson is the longest serving manager
of Manchester United, overtaking Sir Matt
Busby's record on 19 December 2010, eventually
completing more than 26-and-a-half years as the
club's manager. He has won many awards and
holds many records including winning Manager of
the Year most times in British football history. In
2008, he became the third British manager to
win the European Cup on more than one
occasion. He was knighted in the 1999 Queen's
Birthday Honours list, for his services to the
game.

4. Early managerial
career
 East Stirlingshire
 In June 1974, Ferguson was appointed manager of East
Stirlingshire, at the comparatively young age of 32. It was
a part-time job that paid £40 per week, and the club did
not have a single goalkeeper at the time.[23] He gained a
reputation as a disciplinarian, with club forward Bobby
McCulley later saying he had "never been afraid of anyone
before but Ferguson was a frightening bastard from the
start."
 The following October, Ferguson was invited to manage St.
Mirren. While they were below East Stirlingshire in the
league, they were a bigger club and although Ferguson felt
a degree of loyalty towards East Stirlingshire, he decided to
join St. Mirren after taking advice from Jock Stein.

5.  St. Mirren
 Ferguson was manager of St. Mirren from 1974 until 1978, producing a
remarkable transformation of a team in the lower half of the old Second
Division watched by crowds of just over 1,000, to First Division champions
in 1977, discovering talent like Billy Stark, Tony Fitzpatrick, Lex
Richardson, Frank McGarvey, Bobby Reid and Peter Weir while playing
superb attacking football. The average age of the league winning team was 19
and the captain, Fitzpatrick, was 20.
 On 31 May 2008, The Guardian published an interview with Todd (then aged
87), who had sacked Ferguson many years earlier. Todd explained that the
fundamental reason for the dismissal was a breach of contract relating to
Ferguson having agreed to join Aberdeen. Ferguson told journalist Jim Rodger
of the Daily Mirror that he had asked at least one member of the squad to go to
Aberdeen with him. He told the St. Mirren staff he was leaving. Todd
expressed regret over what happened but blamed Aberdeen for not
approaching his club to discuss compensation.[

6.  Retirement
 On 8 May 2013, Ferguson announced that he was to retire as manager at the end of the
football season, but would remain at the club as a director and club ambassador]The
Guardian announced it was the "end of an era",[ while UEFA president Michel
Platini said that Ferguson was "a true visionary". British Prime Minister David
Camerondescribed Ferguson as a "remarkable man in British football“. Former
Manchester United players Paul Ince and Bryan Robson agreed that Ferguson would be
"a hard act to follow". Manchester United co-chairman Joel Glazer said "His
determination to succeed and dedication to the club have been truly remarkable."[
Ferguson revealed that he had in fact decided that he was going to retire back in
December 2012 and that it had been very difficult not to reveal his plans.
 Ferguson released his second autobiography in October 2013 called My Autobiography.[
 In January, 2014, Ferguson was appointed as the UEFA Coaching Ambassador, and said
it was "an honour and a privilege" to be given the role. In April 2014, it was announced
that Ferguson would be taking up a "long-term teaching position" at Harvard University,
where he would be lecturing on a new course titled "The Business of Entertainment,
Media and Sports". This came six months after he revealed his blueprint for success was
included in the Harvard Business Review in a series of interviews withAnita Elberse

7. Controversies
David Beckham and draw fixing
In 2003, Ferguson was involved in a dressing room argument with
United player David Beckham, resulting in an injury to Beckham,
alleged to have been caused by Ferguson kicking a football boot in
frustration which hit the player in the face. On 5 April 2003,
Ferguson claimed that the Champions League draw was fixed in
favour of Spanish and Italian teams,.[198] UEFA charged Ferguson
for bringing the game into disrepute with his comments, and on 1
May that year he was fined 10,000 Swiss francs (£4,600)

8. Referees
 Ferguson has received numerous punishments for abusing and publicly
criticising match officials when he has perceived them to be at fault:
 20 October 2003 – Two match touchline ban and fined £10,000 after using
abusive and/or insulting words towards fourth official Jeff Winter.
 14 December 2007 – Two match touchline ban and fined £5,000 after
using abusive and/or insulting words towards Mark Clattenburg.
 18 November 2008 – Two match touchline ban and fined £10,000 after
confronting Mike Dean after a game.
 12 November 2009 – Four match touchline ban (two suspended) and fined
£20,000 for comments made about the fitness of Alan Wiley.
 16 March 2011 – Five match touchline ban (three plus the two suspended
for the above offence) and fined £30,000 for comments made questioning
the performance and fairness of Martin Atkinson.

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