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
assess changes david improve player team
But for me it's always going to be about how we can improve the team and nothing changes in that respect. I go to David Gill and say 'this is a player I'd like', then we assess how much it's going to cost.
chance cup gives great involved prepare squad team tour
This tour gives us a great chance to prepare those in our first team squad who are not involved in the World Cup quarter-finals for the new season.
attacking both collected fantastic goals open played teams three
It was a very open game, both teams had a go and we played some fantastic attacking football. We should have had more goals but we collected another three points. The most important thing is we keep winning, and you never know where that will take us.
decision difficult meet name picked team time
This was not a decision we wanted to make. But every time I picked the team and Phil's name was not on the team sheet, it was very difficult for me. You couldn't meet a better professional.
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.
team hair class
Scholes was probably the best English midfielder since Bobby Charlton. He was such a brilliant long passer that he could choose a hair on the head of any team-mate answering the call of nature at our training ground. Gary Neville once thought he had found refuge in a bush, but Scholesy found him from 40 yeards. He inflicted a similar long-range missile strike, once, on Peter Schmeichel, and was chased round the training ground for his impertinence. Scholesy would have made a first class-sniper.
team thinking scotland
In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.
football team scotland
Evolution happens. There's no football team in the world that has stayed together for time ever more.
team player thinking
I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was. (on Manchester City)
inspirational team credit
The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now.
team games world
When he's at the top of his game, there's not a team in the world that can handle Giggs' speed and penetration
football team winning
If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.
team mistake two
Go make your mistakes in the first team. You'll learn more in a month in the first team than you will in two years in the reserves.
soccer team philosophy
The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.