Fergie the Greatest: The Biography of Alex Ferguson

 

Sir Alexander Ferguson, Kt, CBE, is a popular former soccer manager and former player, managing Manchester United from 1986-2013. He is the second-longest serving manager in their history after Sir Matt Busby, while his tenure is the longest of all the current League managers. During this time, Ferguson won many awards, and he holds many records including winning Manager of the Year most times in British soccer history. In 2008, he became the third British manager to win the European Cup on more than one occasion. He was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame for his services to the English game, was knighted in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II, and currently holds the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen for his services to the city, having managed the city's soccer club to a host of major trophies in the early to mid-1980s.