Alex: The Man Behind The Legend

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He was a man and, as Adam Zamoyski presents him in this landmark biography, a rather ordinary one at that. Dunfermline signed him the following summer (1964), and Ferguson became a full-time professional footballer. Ferguson's preparations for the 2005–06 season were disrupted by a high-profile dispute with major shareholder John Magnier, over the ownership of the racehorse Rock of Gibraltar. Cantona was top scorer with 25 goals in all competitions despite being sent off twice in the space of five days in March 1994.

United started the season well, and for the first time ever won their first four Premier League games, United's best start since 1985. In 2009, Ferguson received an honorary doctorate in business administration from the Manchester Metropolitan University.He met the player and his agent in Manchester to discuss formalities and was informed of Van Nistelrooy's troubled right knee. In a televised outburst after his team's win against Leeds, Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan responded angrily to Ferguson's comments: "We're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Middlesbrough .

There were some excellent performances that season, including a 6–2 demolition of Arsenal at Highbury, but results like an early 2–1 loss at newly promoted Sunderland, a 4–0 September hammering by Liverpool at Anfield, and a 2–0 home defeat by Everton in early March (the game where 17-year-old talented prospect Ryan Giggs made his senior debut) showed that United still had some way to go.The story of Sir Alex is well trodden territory but sadly this book is not a great entry into the library. A shortage of goals and being held to draws by teams they had been expected to beat in the second half of the campaign had proved to be the undoing of a United side who had performed so well in the first half of the season. Ferguson himself said that the decision to announce his retirement had resulted in a negative effect on the players and on his ability to impose discipline.

By sharing the technology that has grown World of Books Group into the business it is today, we're helping charities increase revenue and reduce waste through re-commerce.Defeat by Leeds United in September 1997 was the team's first league loss in seven months; Keane during the match injured himself and was subsequently ruled out for the rest of the season with ligament damage. However, the championship slipped out of Manchester United's grasp as they drew 1–1 with West Ham United on the final day of the season, when a win would have given them a third successive league title.