Bobby Connor Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Never seen this before. Fine words spoken from the great man: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15580808.stm Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 The one thing that will never change despite his achievements with Utd: His love and gratitude for Aberdeen Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I'd been tempted (by clubs) before, but I didn't think they were above Aberdeen Link to comment
Bobby Connor Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 This interview is also superb. Posted on the BBC today - I have never seen the man so relaxed and open for chat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15064028.stm Link to comment
Dandyjam Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Never seen this before. Fine words spoken from the great man: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15580808.stm Saw this earlier for the first time also. Showed how much of a wrench it was for him to leave us and that only a club the stature of Man Utd could tempt him away. Great words from The Master. Link to comment
Bobby Connor Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Saw this earlier for the first time also. Showed how much of a wrench it was for him to leave us and that only a club the stature of Man Utd could tempt him away. Great words from The Master. Did he not say that only Man U Or Barcelona were big enough to turn him away from the Dons? I'm sure that is true. Absolute legend. Sadly, also shows how minced modern football has become. We were a great club in the opinion of one of the greatest football managers of all time. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 We were a great club in the opinion of one of the greatest football managers of all time. We are a great club. The board and results might not reflect that at this moment in time but don't let anyone tell you any different. :thumbs: Link to comment
Crossbow Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 We are a great club. The board and results might not reflect that at this moment in time but don't let anyone tell you any different. :thumbs: Well said, the world has changed but can change again. Link to comment
stirlingsheep Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Sure in his book he says that he thought about Spurs and Arsenal, he spoke to Dick Donald, who told him the only club he should leave Aberdeen for was Manchester United as it was the greatest challenge in British football. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 From the BBC: 25 years ago today, when Alex Ferguson took over at Manchester United the bottom 4 clubs were Chelsea, Man united, Newcastle United, and Man City. The top 4 today? The same. Link to comment
goteborg83 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Should we put a statue of fergie outside the new stadium? Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Should we put a statue of fergie outside the new stadium?Tbh as good as that sounds there are a few huge Dons influential people who could be suggested i.e Dick Donald, Chris Anderson, Willie Miller. They would have to survey folk first. Link to comment
tup Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Fergie was more pivotal than everyone else combined in terms of the work he did for the club, he's by far the biggest influence on our honours list, and chairmen are only as good as the men they hire so Donald and Anderson played peripheral roles overall. Link to comment
zander Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Should we put a statue of fergie outside the new stadium? Think we should have a few stands named after some legends, the bar to be named after a legend. Harper's bar has a nice ring to it. Link to comment
Donmacca Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Think we should have a few stands named after some legends, the bar to be named after a legend. Harper's bar has a nice ring to it. Think it would be more apt to call it pele's or paterson's Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Think we should have a few stands named after some legends, the bar to be named after a legend. Harper's bar has a nice ring to it.Been mentioned before - by myself included - about naming the stands (bearing in mind of course it looks more like an arena). And i suggested possibly: Sir Alex Ferguson StandChris Anderson StandRichard Donald StandGothenburg Legends Stand (or something like that) Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Zoltan Varga Stand Nigel Salt 'N' Pepper Stand Link to comment
HamiltonRed1903 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Man United have named the North stand the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand. Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Man United have named the North stand the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand.Aye i saw that earlier on. Wouldn't be a problem with us naming our stand that though as there are clubs in England with the same stadium name e.g St James Park (Newcastle & Exeter) Link to comment
Rossshepherd Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Darren Mackie toilets Link to comment
paddy Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Im in favour of "The Uncle Ebbe Statistics and Miniskirts Stand" Link to comment
RUL Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/05/article-2057924-0EAD1CBB00000578-829_964x396.jpg Link to comment
OddJob Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Respect to him but he's still a total prick of a man. He's the best manager in living history and there is no disputing that.I bet even that was hard for you to say Link to comment
Adeyboy Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Charlie Allan pie stand Link to comment
stirlingsheep Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Illian Kiriakov Memorial Smoking Shelter Link to comment
Adeyboy Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Been mentioned before - by myself included - about naming the stands (bearing in mind of course it looks more like an arena). And i suggested possibly: Sir Alex Ferguson StandChris Anderson StandRichard Donald StandGothenburg Legends Stand (or something like that) I'm for that... And maybe the training facilities ? Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 whole heartedly agree with Roberto, the man is an arrogant prick, though i appreciate waht he did for our club , why has no one in the English media EVER brought up the FACT that he was sacked from St Mirren for "gross misconduct", or that he was allegedlly shagging a BBC journalist at the time of his departure , his wife made him take the Manc job. he cmae to knock us (Liverpool) "off our fucking perch" well thats fair enough just can't wait fro the day when we go back infront of those cunts, was great to see theier fans deserting the ground when the proper team of manchester hammered the fucker a few weeks past. aye Fergie, i hope you were pwoud, vewy vewy pwoud. Link to comment
RUL Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 whole heartedly agree with Roberto, the man is an arrogant prick, though i appreciate waht he did for our club , why has no one in the English media EVER brought up the FACT that he was sacked from St Mirren for "gross misconduct", or that he was allegedlly shagging a BBC journalist at the time of his departure , his wife made him take the Manc job. he cmae to knock us (Liverpool) "off our fucking perch" well thats fair enough just can't wait fro the day when we go back infront of those cunts, was great to see theier fans deserting the ground when the proper team of manchester hammered the fucker a few weeks past. aye Fergie, i hope you were pwoud, vewy vewy pwoud. The St Mirren story has been brought up before, he has talked about it in books and on film himself. The other because anyone can make pish up Link to comment
E-P-K Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Can we not demand money due to him actually being tapped up. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15611208.stm Manchester United's honorary president Martin Edwards has revealed the clandestine approach the club used to secure the services of Sir Alex Ferguson in 1986. Edwards was United's chairman 25 years ago, while Ferguson was Aberdeen boss. He told BBC Sport: "I couldn't ring up and say, 'It's Martin Edwards, the chairman of Manchester United, can I speak to Alex Ferguson?'. "So we decided to get [united director] Mike Edelson to put on a Scottish accent and pretend to be Gordon Strachan's agent Alan Gordon, who knew Alex well. "So he put on a Scottish accent and the secretary put him through and Mike told Alex, 'It's not Alan Gordon, Martin Edwards wants a word with you'. "I said we'd be interested in talking to him and that we'd meet him that evening, bonfire night in 1986. We drove up to Scotland just to make sure everthing would be OK before I made the official approach the next day to the chairman of Aberdeen. "We needed to find out if Alex was prepared to come because the last thing we wanted to do was sack Ron [Atkinson] and then find out we were managerless." Edwards said the United board was unanimously behind appointing Ferguson who, in a seven-year period from 1979, had guided Aberdeen to three league titles in Scotland, four Scottish FA Cups, one Scottish League Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and Uefa Super Cup. He added: "We had already made the decision before we met him on that night - it was a unanimous decision of the board to go for Sir Alex. "We knew the success he'd had at Aberdeen, which was a reasonably small club when he took over. He broke the dominance of Rangers and Celtic and his crowning glory was winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, beating Real Madrid in the final." It took Ferguson until 1990 to win his first silverware at Old Trafford, the FA Cup. Edwards conceded that, if the Scot was starting out at the club in today's more cut-throat world, he may have been under more pressure to sack him. Edwards said: "We had to patient and wait three to four years for first cup but we knew how hard he was working. We thought it would only be a matter of time before he became successful. "We were beginning to get under pressure in 1990 because things hadn't turned around. The pressure today might be even greater and I'd like to think we would be as patient but you never know." Edwards believes there is only one area that Ferguson would like to improve on his CV - his record in the Champions League. United have won European football's biggest domestic tournament twice under Ferguson's stewardship but Edwards said: "When he looks at his CV, the 12 titles in the Premier League is supreme, almost unsurpassable. "[The] two Champions League in 25 years, he might think he deserves a little more than that. "I think that's the area that he would want to improve on." Link to comment
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