Alex: The Man Behind The Legend

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The team had been playing well, however, and had not lost a league match since the previous December, having finished second in the league the previous season. The absence of Ferdinand hampered United's defence of the Premier League in the 2003–04 season; the team finished third behind Arsenal's " Invincibles" and Chelsea. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal.

All his life Ferruccio has dreamed of beating his longtime rival Enzo Ferrari (Gabriel Byrne)—and the upcoming Geneva grand prix could be his chance to blow past Ferrari for good. The fallibilities of Liverpool, Chelsea and Blackburn as league challengers allowed United during the winter to extend their lead by 11 points, albeit with Arsenal having games-in-hand.Days after the FA Cup final, United travelled to Barcelona, the setting for the UEFA Champions League final. However, his dreams of a third European Cup were ended a few weeks later when United were edged out of the competition in the quarter-finals by Bayern Munich on away goals.

They set the early pace in the Premier League and never relinquished top spot from the tenth match of the 38-game season. He began his football career with Harmony Row Boys Club in Govan, [12] [13] before progressing to Drumchapel Amateurs, a youth club with a strong reputation for producing senior footballers. He described his first match as a "nightmare", [16] but scored Queen's Park's goal in a 2–1 defeat against Stranraer.

In April 2014, it was announced that Ferguson would be taking up a "long-term teaching position" at Harvard University, where he would be lecturing on a new course titled "The Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports". Although Aberdeen were one of Scotland's major clubs they had won the league only once, in 1955 under Dave Halliday.

In Ferguson's final match in charge, Manchester United drew 5–5 at West Bromwich Albion, a hat-trick from Romelu Lukaku, later a United player, denying Ferguson a final victory. Former Manchester United players Paul Ince and Bryan Robson agreed that Ferguson would be "a hard act to follow". Manchester United faced Barcelona again on 28 May 2011 in the 2011 Champions League final, their third in four years, but United lost 3–1.He had also added Soviet midfielder Andrei Kanchelskis to the right wing, giving him a more attacking alternative to older midfielders Mike Phelan and Bryan Robson.