- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd (4 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843582791
- ISBN-13: 978-1843582793
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 235,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sir Alex Ferguson is undoubtedly the greatest British football manager in living memory. With a reign at Manchester United approaching 25 years, Sir Alex has brought countless trophies and records to Old Trafford and has transformed United into the most popular football club in the world. Born in Govan, Glasgow, in 1941, Ferguson started his playing career at Queen's Park and Dunfermline, later moving to Rangers for a record GBP65,000. He retired in 1974 to begin his managerial career. Ferguson's biggest club before Manchester United was Aberdeen, where he led a struggling side to an incredible Scottish league championship and oversaw a 2-1 win over Real Madrid to seal the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup. But it is Manchester United that has brought Sir Alex world domination. Joining the club in November 1986 following the sacking of Ron Atkinson, Ferguson immediately set about imporving the players' discipline and strengthening the squad. Things didn't go exactly to plan in Sir Alex's first few years at United, with the team still underperforming, but his signing of Eric Cantona for a bargain GBP1.2million in 1992 helped to secure their first League trophy in 26 years. An incredible run of success followed, with the emergence of Welsh Wizard Ryan Giggs and 'Fergie's Fledglings', including Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Nicky Butt, contributing to United's dominance of English football during the 1990s. And Fergie's finest moment was still to come in 1999, when Manchester United staged a dramatic last-gasp comeback to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 and clinch an unprecedented Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies. He was knighted the same year for his services to football. Under Sir Alex, United have won 11 Premier League titles - drawing level with arch-rivals Liverpool on 18 League titles in total - and have reached the Champions League final three times, winning the trophy on two occassions. Fergie has also brought some of United's biggest and best-loved stars to Old Trafford and has truly made Manchester United one of the most powerful footballing forces in the world today.
About the Author
Frank Worrall is a journalist who writes regularly for the Sunday Times and the Sun. He is also the author of number one bestseller Roy Keane: Red Man Walking, and countless football books including Rooney: Wayne's World, Giggsy and The Magnificent Sevens.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'll confess: I'm an Arsenal fan, and I wouldn't ordinarily think of reading a biography of Alex Ferguson. But staying round at a friend's house I grabbed his newly purchased copy of Walking In A Fergie Wonderland (my friend's a lifelong Man U supporter) more or less at random as a bedtime read - and I found it so unputdownable it was only four hours later, having got to the end, that I could turn the light out.
As Frank Worrall makes clear, Ferguson is the definitive manager of the last 30 years, the man who straddles the game in the manner of Paisley, Clough and Busby and the other titans of old, a figure of adoration for Man U fans and for the rest of us the worthiest of foes. Worrall outlines Ferguson's copious achievements - multiple domestic and European glory on both sides of the border - with the full, incisive analysis they merit, spiced up with telling anecdotes of Robson, Giggs, Cantona, Rooney and the Man U boss's other loyal troops.
This is a proper football book, focused on the game and the players' activities on the pitch (true fans don't want any of that peripheral celebrity gossip). It's clear that Worrall has the insider's connections and expert insight, and he tells Ferguson's incredible story with compelling simplicity and an empathetic feel for the Scotsman's extraordinary character.
In short, it's an unmissable read for Man United fans but there's also plenty here to interest anyone with the slightest interest in football in the modern age. It won't stop me cheering Arsenal on just as loudly next time they play Ferguson's men, but I'll understand the reverence Man U fans feel for their hero and saviour much more.
As Frank Worrall makes clear, Ferguson is the definitive manager of the last 30 years, the man who straddles the game in the manner of Paisley, Clough and Busby and the other titans of old, a figure of adoration for Man U fans and for the rest of us the worthiest of foes. Worrall outlines Ferguson's copious achievements - multiple domestic and European glory on both sides of the border - with the full, incisive analysis they merit, spiced up with telling anecdotes of Robson, Giggs, Cantona, Rooney and the Man U boss's other loyal troops.
This is a proper football book, focused on the game and the players' activities on the pitch (true fans don't want any of that peripheral celebrity gossip). It's clear that Worrall has the insider's connections and expert insight, and he tells Ferguson's incredible story with compelling simplicity and an empathetic feel for the Scotsman's extraordinary character.
In short, it's an unmissable read for Man United fans but there's also plenty here to interest anyone with the slightest interest in football in the modern age. It won't stop me cheering Arsenal on just as loudly next time they play Ferguson's men, but I'll understand the reverence Man U fans feel for their hero and saviour much more.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read Ferguson's own book which dealt with his life up to 2001. This book fills in the blanks from there. This is full of wonderful anecdotes and trivia and insightful analysis. A real Christmas cracker for United fans.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I disagree with other reviews that rave about this book.
Yes, Sir Alex Ferguson is truly a remarkable man and one of the all time greats in football management.
However, in my opinion, this book tells us little if anything new. It starts off ok, but degenerates into just a game by game account of wins and defeats and who scored and who missed.
Basically what you can read in the daily sports pages.
Very disappointed.
Yes, Sir Alex Ferguson is truly a remarkable man and one of the all time greats in football management.
However, in my opinion, this book tells us little if anything new. It starts off ok, but degenerates into just a game by game account of wins and defeats and who scored and who missed.
Basically what you can read in the daily sports pages.
Very disappointed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Clunky and poorly written
Save your money. This is a poorly written and clunky book. I'm 10% through it and am going to have to stop reading. It is frankly substandard. Read more
Published 3 months ago by James
Christmas Pressie
Excellent buy and appreciated by the recipient, arrived in time for Christmas but delay was due to weather and unavoidable.
Published 16 months ago by Ms. D. Smith-campbell
Great Scot!
Another excellent book from Frank Worrall following on from his previous biographies of Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs. Read more
Published 19 months ago by John Mon
Probably the best book ever on Fergie
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