Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBEis a former Scottish football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is regarded by many players, managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 December 1941
CityGovan, Scotland
capable form league showing winning
We're capable of winning the league but we need to get the form that's capable of winning the league -- and we're not showing that at the moment.
team league expectations
I never worried about teams who spend what they want to spend. It never bothered me. At the moment we have a lot of Middle Eastern owners, we have American owners of course, Russian owners. It never bothered me one bit. All I was concerned about was that we at United maintained our level of expectation, be competitive, be at the top part of the Premier League.
winning years league
Manchester United might not win Premier League every year, but we'd always be up there competing for it every year.
inspirational goal league
I bet him he wouldn't get 15 league goals and I'm going to have to change my bet with him. If he gets to 15 I can change it and I am allowed to do that because I'm the manager. I'm going to make it 150 now!
expected expecting half
We weren't expecting them to play that long. We expected them to play half a game.
came clicked confidence great held second trying
We held well and they didn't have any great chances. It clicked because we got that second goal. Confidence came into the team, we were trying things and I thought it was good.
ability behind chelsea crowd game question start
The start of the game will be so important and we need the crowd behind us. The question is can we usurp Chelsea and make them think for a bit? I know we have the ability to do it - and I think everyone else does too.
agree charge conduct dog man violent
The violent conduct charge bemuses me because every man and his dog would agree it was not violent conduct,
irish massive roy situation
Roy is the same. There has been speculation that he is going to Celtic, that he has had a massive bust-up with me and that the Irish situation has been a problem. It hasn't been.
club dog feet good guide handle man opinion
Every man and his dog has an opinion on him. The good thing is that he has his feet on the ground. He is at the right club and we know he can handle it. We will guide him.
At one point, I thought it could end up 20-20,
composure final key third
Composure was the key and we lacked that in the final third tonight.
achieve carry happens hold hopefully second whatever
We'll carry on and won't give up, but whatever happens it's important we hold on to second spot. Hopefully we can achieve that.
four half lucky second winning
We were lucky to be winning at halftime. But in the second half we could have scored four or five.