Watching the decline of Aberdeen and Manchester United in recent seasons, it just shows how good a manager SAF was. Take away his record at both clubs and these clubs wouldn't be half as 'famous' as they are considered in their respective leagues and wider across the world. Below is his record, with the value in (brackets) being how many times the club won the same competition outwith of his time managing them.
He has to be up there with the top two or three managers that the UK has produced. And to think that St Mirren sacked him as their manager, despite producing a remarkable transformation of a team in the lower half of the old Second Division watched by crowds of just over 1,000, to First Division champions in 1977, discovering talent like Billy Stark, Tony Fitzpatrick, Lex Richardson, Frank McGarvey, Bobby Reid and Peter Weir while playing superb attacking football.
At Aberdeen:
Scottish Premiership - three in 1979-80, 1983-84, 1984-85 (1)
Scottish Cup - four in 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86 (3)
Scottish League Cup - one in 1985-86 (5)
Cup Winners' Cup - one in 1982-83 (0)
UEFA Super Cup - one in 1983 (0)
So take away the Fergie years and their record would be equivalent in terms of wins to the Hibees, but with us winning the league twice more and the league cup twice less.
At Manchester United:
Premier League - thirteen in 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13 (7)
FA Cup - five in 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04 (7)
League Cup - four in 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10 (1)
Community Shield - ten in 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 (11)
Champions League - two in 1998-99, 2007-08 (1)
Cup Winners' Cup - one in 1990-91 (0)
UEFA Super Cup - one in 1991 (0)
Intercontinental Cup - one in 1999 (0)
FIFA Club World Cup - one in 2008 (0)
SAF didn't win the Europa League, but they did when he wasn't manager. Probably still better than many in England, but behind another team that play in red.
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Thread: Sir Alex Ferguson
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21-05-2022 11:34 AM #1
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Sir Alex Ferguson
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21-05-2022 11:45 AM #2
Probably his best achievement was winning his last premier league with the squad he had.
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21-05-2022 02:35 PM #4
The greatest manager of them all.
Absolutely outstanding achievements at both Aberdeen and Manchester Utd.
Unlikely in today's game that we'll see his likes again.
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21-05-2022 02:38 PM #5
Can we get threads like this with a (Not Dead) prefix?
"...when Hibs won the Scottish Cup final and that celebration, Sunshine on Leith? I don’t think there’s a better football celebration ever in the game.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
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21-05-2022 02:56 PM #6
I used to do a lot of work in Aberdeen. Many of the older fans still swear Fergie's 1st successful team was really all down to Billy McNeill. IIRC B McN had highest win ratio of any Sheep manager.
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im joking. Paisley was one of the greats, as was Shankly, Busby and Clough
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22-05-2022 12:39 PM #22
Jim McLean has to be mentioned as well. To achieve what Dundee United managed with such limited resources was nothing short of remarkable. He was a bit of a tyrant by all accounts and tied youngsters down to very long deals but his record particularly in Europe was incredible and could have even been better had it not been for a corrupt referee.
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Maybe the stick was also in part due to his wife. a director of the old club asked him about marrying a Catholic - "in a chapel?" asked the director - no in a registry office was AFs reply. " Good" said the director. There's a pause in the documentary, then Ferguson says "I should have told him to f*** off".
AF does like to hold a grudge, sometimes legitimately.
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22-05-2022 01:55 PM #25
Great manager for both clubs. Pretty much created the clubs history.
Both will be middle of the road for many years to come now.Cougars!!!
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