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
years trying standards
I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.
trying beats
We have to try to beat Everyone.
class people trying
I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.
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.
celtic early goal helped looked
I think that early goal helped Celtic a lot. We looked all right at times, but we need to make some changes.
anyone easy gives happy keeping opportunity players squad
It gives me an opportunity to use all my squad. Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.
cannot close collect fair points stay today
I think today was probably a fair result. We cannot do anything about Chelsea, all we can do is concentrate on our own results. We have to collect as many points as we can and try to stay as close as possible.
chelsea opinion sensible throw title
I think the sensible opinion is that Chelsea have got the title as long as they don't throw it away.
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.
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.
arsenal desire game great next showing win
The Arsenal game is a must-win one for us and we want to win it, that's the most important thing, ... Showing great desire will be important next week.
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.
gives good naturally option quick
The deal's done. He gives us a different option in the left-back position. He's naturally left-footed, very quick and he's a good footballer.