Alex Ferguson

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in the history of British soccer.Over the past four years, Alex Ferguson has been reflecting on and jotting down the highlights of his extraordinary career, and here he reveals his amazing story as it unfolded, from his very early days in the tough shipyard areas of Govan Sir Alex announced his retirement as manager of Manchester United after 27 years in the role He has gone out in a blaze of glory, with United winning the Premier League for the 13th time, and he is widely considered to be the greatest manager in the history of British soccer Over the last quarter of a century there have been seismic changes at Manchester United, with the only constant element the quality of the manager s league winning squad and United s run of success, which included winning the Champions League for a second time in 2008 Sir Alex created a purposeful, but welcoming, and much envied culture at the club which has lasted the test of time He discusses managing these seismic changes, and the growth of Man U as a global sports power He shares the farewells to Roy Keane and David Beckham, describes the process of building a new Champions League side around Ronaldo and Rooney, and ruminates upon the great rivalries with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, and City He also shares his thoughts on the psychology of management, and his passions and interests outside the game. Read Alex Ferguson author Alex Ferguson – kino-fada.fr If you re a Manchester United fan, read this book If you re a Liverpool or Manchester City fan, read this book If you re a football fan regardless of the team you support, READ THIS BOOKMost fans only see what happens on the pitch Very few actually know what s going on behind the scenes To know what actually happened from Sir Alex s view at least that lead to the departures of quality players such as Beckham, Keane, van Nistelrooy etc, why at times he would bench some of his best players w If you re a Manchester United fan, read this book If you re a Liverpool or Manchester City fan, read this book If you re a football fan regardless of the team you support, READ THIS BOOKMost fa...Cards on the table, I m not a Manchester United fan I ve never particularly warmed to Alex Ferguson either he s too gruff and lacking in humour for my personal taste but I do admire what he has achieved at the club in his 25 years at the helm I d heard a few snippets from the book, but just the headline pieces Also, having read Roy Keane s autobiography which covers some of the same period, I d read one side of some of the incidents So, I had a reasonable idea what to expect What I foun Cards on the table, I m not a Manchester United fan I ve never particularly warmed to Alex Ferguson either he s too gruff and lacking in humour for my personal taste but I do admire what he has achieved at the club in his 25 years at the helm I d heard a few snippets from the book, but just the ...Following all the publicity surrounding the book and the chapters relating to Beckham and Roy Keane, I looked forward to an interesting story It should indeed be an interesting story Why wouldn t it be He is manager of the arguably the greatest footballing institution in the world The problem is, that the story is written in such a convoluted and scattered manner that I found it difficult to follow Alex drops names and flits from one character to another with such frequency that all we get Following all the publicity surrounding the book and the chapters relating to Beckham and Roy Keane, I looked forward to an interesting story It should indeed be an interesting story Why wouldn t it be He is manager of the arguably the greatest footballing institution in the world The problem is, that the story is written in such a convoluted and sc...It s hard for me to express in words what Sir Alex Ferguson meant to me as a Manchester United fan, for he made a huge influence on our lives as lovers of the Beautiful Game And trying to do so is in vain, so I ll keep it short.First up, the book is a cracking read Cracking is one of my favourite words when I talk about sports biographies Sir Alex picks up from where he left Managing My Life , his first autobiography written some time after the 1998 99 Treble winning season He discusses It s hard for me to express in words what Sir Alex Ferguson meant to me as a Manchester United fan, for he made a huge influence on our lives as lovers of the Beautiful Game And trying to do so is in vain, so I ll keep it short.First up, the book is a cracking read Cracking is one of my favourite words when I talk about sports biographies Sir Alex picks up from where he left Managing My Life , his first autobiography written some time after the 1998 99 Treble winning season He discusses various subjects relating to specific players Roy Keane, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney the Class of 92 , the media, the referees, the authorities, his family, his humble Glasgow roots, his feuds friendships with fellow managers over the years as well as reflections on his successful ma...So no doubt people are going to think me a Man U supporter for having read Alex Ferguson s autobiography No, no, no I would like to point out I go for a rather sad club, one that is very well supported but are runlike a comedy club than anything else Yes, I support the Toon and unless Sheikh el Billionaire comes in and buys out that clown Mike Ashley, we ll never win a damn thing At least our jail bird shirts look cool, eh The first thing that popped into my head while reading this So no doubt people are going to think me a Man U supporter for having read Alex Ferguson s autobiography No, no, no I would like to point out I go for a rather sad club, one that is very well supported but are runlike a comedy club than anything else Yes, I support the Toon and unless Sheikh el Billionaire com...When I reached what was apparently the end of this book, I was stoked to write a scathing review of this book In all fairness, it wasn t the writing style which presented the problem Rather, the content of the book was scattered I feel as though Alex Ferguson dictated his thoughts and they were then typed and bound into this and it s like looking into a tumble dryer how do you do that and not feel either 1 drowsy or 2 nauseated But, I persevered and read till th..., ,,, ,300 , , ,,, ,300 ,I don t like reading Footballers Autobiography I decided to read Alex Ferguson s controversial book based on his standing in the game and his experience of 25 years leading a Well oiled football club I was disappointed to say the least it lacked depth and insight The writing was basic, the story cheap and for a man of his standing in my opinion should have written a book that will be useful outside the world of sport.It seems from other reviews He has done this in his previous book but I w I don t like reading Footballers Autobiography I decided to read Alex Ferguson s controversial book based on his standing in the game and his experience of 25 years leading a Well oiled football club I was disappointed to say the least it lacked depth and insight The writing was basic, the story cheap and for a man of his standing in my opinion ...91 934 2013 38 49 13 20 3839 3 4 30

• English
• 21 June 2017
Alex Ferguson
• Hardcover
• 416 pages
• 0340919396
• Alex Ferguson
• Alex Ferguson