Sir Alex Ferguson was born on the 31st of December 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland. He started his first debut playing as a striker for Queens Park Rangers at the age of 16 in the late 1958. He then moved to St. Johnstone club in 1940 where he struggled scoring goals for that club.
During the summer of 1964, he joined Dunfermline Athletic where he was nurtured and became professional. He also showed the mind-set of becoming a future manager as he provided his team with tactics to counter the other teams moves and giving instructions on the pitch itself.
Ferguson moved on and joined Rangers F.C in 1967. Unfortunately, his joining in Rangers F.C ended badly with an alleged cup final mistake which caused him to play for the club's juniors side. He then played 4 seasons Falkirk. He ended his playing career in 1974 in Ayr United.
Sir Alex Ferguson when he was young
Manager
At the age of 32, Sir Alex Ferguson began his managing career at East Stirlingshire in 1974. He moved to St. Mirren after a few months and was fired a year later due to breach of contract. He was transferred to Aberdeen later on. Ferguson led Aberdeen to four Scottish Premier League titles, four Scottish Cups, a League cup, a Super cup and a Europeans Cup Winners' Cup over eight seasons.
Alex Ferguson then took over an underachieving Manchester United club in November 1986. Ferguson's job as a manager was on the line as he struggled with Manchester United the first few years since he joined the devils, gaining 11th, 13th and 6th place from 1988 to 1991. Ferguson's crowning achievement came in the 1998-'99 season when he became the first manager of a British side to win a treble: the Premier League title, the FA Cup and the European cup.
It marked the start of a stretch of a stretch in which United won three consecutive Premier League titles and four, in five years. As of 2003, Sir Alex Ferguson was awarded with the Manager of the Decade award by the FIFA association. In December 2010, he surpassed the serving of Sir Matt Busby as a United manager, to become the longest-serving manager in United's history. Fittingly, he ended his career with a magnificent 19 Premier League championships.
Sir Alex Ferguson and his final speech in
Manchester United
One of Sir Alex Ferguson happiest moments
References: "Sir Alex Ferguson" Sir Alex Ferguson. 3rd April 2003, 24th September 2013. Wikipedia. Web. 24th September 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson>
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