Discover how Alex began his career as a professional footballer, why he decided to become a coach, how he turned Manchester United into one of the world’s greatest football teams and why Fergie was the most respected manager in football!

Many forget that SAF was also manager of Scotland at Mexico '86 following the passing of Jock Stein after Scotland's final world cup qualfier against Wales, and the account of his experiences serving as assistant manager to 'Big Jock' cannot but touch even his greatest detractors. It is not much of a page turner, more of a historical book that, if you like soccer, feel obliged to read. He also tears into Liverpool, for their handling of the Suarez race row, blasted their former manager ‘Mr Fact’ Rafa Benitez, and has also labelled Liverpool and England’s captain Steven Gerrard and Chelsea’s top scorer Frank Lampard as not good enough to be top players.Published just after the treble it gives you a great insight into the man from his childhood right up to winning it all on that brilliant night in Barcelona.

He says don't take it until and unless you are comfortable with it, or it's from people you respect. His time at the club has led to Ferguson being regarded as one of the most successful, admired and respected managers in the history of the game. Sir Alex announced his retirement in 2013, but he continues to serve United as a director and is a Fellow to the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. I also didn't like the way it was written, it was full of individual chapters about specific people, clubs, events, etc.Barclay talked to Ferguson’s fellow managers, his former players, colleagues and commentators for the book and didn’t let his rather unsentimental view on his fellow countryman botch up what is one the best books on Ferguson.

This book explains very clearly his thought process into how he successfully managed the biggest soccer club in the world through an era of unprecedented success and fame. Maybe there would be some interesting childhood tales etc, turns out a football manager played alot of football in their younger years. captures the contradictions and battery-acid sourness of this complex personality just as eloquently as it elucidates his genius. This is "control" – the key word in Ferguson's philosophy of management – exerted well after the final whistle has been blown.A goal-scoring centre-forward, he was later transferred to Rangers for a Scottish record transfer fee. The story of not having enough funds available, the manager being paid far less than the players etc. His book is really a piece of oral history, and his life is a conduit to a time when a working-class man of talent could, not by the magical alchemy of elite education or the stardust of celebrity, but by a lifetime of hard work and hard thinking, rise to the very top and, flaws aside, remain true to the best of the world he came from. first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. It focuses on his management techniques and his star players, from David Beckham to Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, and explains how he transformed Man Utd into a global phenomenon – the club every footballer wanted to play for.

His Bob Lee Swagger series took the world by storm in the 90s, and he has a new collection of novellas this month featuring Bob Lee, Earl and Charles.This was a great read and is a fascinating insight into how Manchester United was rebuilt under Ferguson.