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FERGUSON: MY SUCCESS DUE TO HARD WORK
Sir Alex Ferguson believes 'hard work' is the secret of his phenomenal success.
Ferguson celebrated 20 years as Manchester United manager on Monday, 24 hours
after the Red Devils found themselves three points clear of champions Chelsea
at the Barclays Premiership summit.
Although Ferguson has made it perfectly clear he would have preferred to
sidestep the milestone completely and remain focused on the forthcoming
challenges, the Scot did attend a lunch in his honour on the day itself.
Former skippers Bryan Robson and Steve Bruce were present, along with current
managerial rivals Sam Allardyce, Paul Jewell and David Moyes, plus long-time
friend Sir Bobby Robson and a host of other famous footballing figures.
SIR ALEX FERGUSON: FACTFILE
Sir Alex Ferguson is celebrating 20 years at the helm of Manchester United.
Here, premierleague.com takes a look at the journey the Scotsman took in
reaching the north-west, and his achievements since taking charge of the Red
Devils.
FERGUSON'S PREMIER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
1941: Born December 31 in Govan, Glasgow.
1957: Joins Queen's Park as amateur while apprentice toolmaker in Glasgow
factory.
1960: Joins St Johnstone as part-timer.
1964: Quits toolmaking and joined Dunfermline.
1967: Moves to Rangers for £65,000.
1969: Another move, this time to Falkirk, for £20,000.
1973: Joins Ayr, returning to part-time ranks while running his Glasgow pub.
1974: Appointed manager of East Stirling in September, but moves to St Mirren
three months later.
1978: Sacked by St Mirren and appointed at Aberdeen as successor to Billy
McNeill.
1980: First managerial honour when Aberdeen win Scottish championship.
1982: Aberdeen win the Scottish Cup, beating Rangers 4-1.
1983: The Dons retain Scottish Cup, this time beating Rangers 1-0, and defeat
Real Madrid 2-1 in Gothenburg to lift European Cup Winners' Cup.
1984: Aberdeen win League and Cup double, beating Celtic 2-1 in the Cup final.
Ferguson awarded OBE.
1985: Appointed caretaker manager of Scotland following death of Jock Stein
during Wales v Scotland World Cup qualifier.
1986: Scotland bow out of Mexico World Cup after first round. Ferguson leaves
Aberdeen to take over at Manchester United after sacking of Ron Atkinson.
1989: Breaks British transfer record to sign Gary Pallister for £2.3million
from Middlesbrough.
1990: First trophy at Old Trafford as United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in an FA
Cup final replay after a 3-3 draw.
1991: United beat Barcelona 2-1 in Rotterdam to win Cup Winners' Cup.
1992: European Super Cup arrives at Old Trafford as United beat Red Star
Belgrade, while first League Cup triumph is booked with 1-0 defeat of
Nottingham Forest. Championship dream dies as Leeds overhaul United in final
weeks of the season.
1993: Old Trafford's 26-year wait for title is ended as United finish 10 points
clear of Aston Villa to win inaugural Premier League title.
August - Signs Roy Keane from Nottingham Forest for British transfer record
£3.75million.
1994: United become only fourth team this century, and sixth in total, to
complete championship and FA Cup double. The Old Trafford club defeated Chelsea
4-0 in the FA Cup final.
1995: Breaks British transfer record again to sign Andy Cole from Newcastle
United for £7million.
United finish runners-up to Blackburn Rovers in the league and Everton in the
FA Cup.
1996: United become the first club ever to complete the championship and FA Cup
double twice, overcoming one-time runaway leaders Newcastle in the Premier
League and then beating Liverpool 1-0 at Wembley.
November 6 - Celebrates 10 years as United boss.
1997: Sets his sights on emulating Sir Matt Busby by lifting the European Cup,
but United are beaten in semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund. Pain eased by fourth
championship in five seasons.
1998: Most disappointing season in recent years with no trophies won. Domestic
challenge thwarted by defeats to eventual double winners Arsenal, and failure
once again in the European Cup, going out to unfancied Monaco in the
quarter-finals.
1999: Leads United to the treble of European Cup, Premiership and FA Cup.
May - Signs a new deal keeping him at Old Trafford until 2002.
June 11 - Knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
October 11 - Testimonial match played in his honour at Old Trafford.
November 30 - United win Toyota Cup, defeating Brazilian side Palmeiras 1-0
with a goal from skipper Keane, to become first British club to win the
Inter-Continental Cup.
December - Named Coach of the Year in the BBC Sports Personality awards and
United named Team of the Year.
2000: Guides United to a sixth Premier League title, finishing the campaign 18
points clear of Arsenal.
Champions League defence ends in quarter-final defeat to eventual winners Real
Madrid.
May 8 - Reveals he will step down as manager after contract ends in 2002 but
wants to stay in "upstairs role".
2001: After introducing just one major signing, France goalkeeper Fabien
Barthez, Ferguson's side continue their domination of the English game, taking
their seventh championship in nine years, this time with five matches to spare.
Ferguson also becomes the first manager to win three successive English titles
with the same team.
April - Breaks British transfer record to complete protracted signing of Ruud
van Nistelrooy from PSV Eindhoven for £19million.
June 12 - Assistant Steve McClaren leaves to take over as Middlesbrough
manager.
July 13 - The day after he smashes the British transfer record with a
£28.1million move for Juan Sebastian Veron, club announce that Ferguson will be
retained as a consultant on a five-year deal when his existing contract as
manager runs out in May 2002.
2002: January 22 - signs Diego Forlan from Independiente for £7.5million.
February 5 - United release a statement confirming they are in talks with
Ferguson about staying on as manager.
February 27 - United announce Ferguson has agreed a three-year contract with
the club up to June 30, 2005.
May - United finish season trophyless (beaten by Arsenal to the title and
knocked out of Champions League by Bayer Leverkusen in the semi-finals). The
first time United finish outside the top two since the Premier League began.
June - Appoints Carlos Queiroz as his new number two.
July 22 - Breaks the British transfer record again to sign Rio Ferdinand from
Leeds for £30million, making him the world's most expensive defender.
November - Announces he may delay his retirement further.
2003: April - United are beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid and go out of the Champions
League despite winning the second leg 4-3 a fortnight later.
Meanwhile, United claim the advantage in the Premier League title race as
rivals Arsenal start to slip up.
May - United crowned Premier League champions after Arsenal are beaten 3-2 at
home by Leeds.
Sells both David Beckham to Real Madrid and Veron to Chelsea, but brings in
Portugal starlet Cristiano Ronaldo, Cameroon international Eric Djemba-Djemba
as well as United States goalkeeper Tim Howard and Brazilian World Cup winner
Kleberson.
August 8 - United win FA Community Shield with penalty shoot-out win over
Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
August 16 - Ferguson's men begin the defence of their Premier League crown with
a 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers at Old Trafford.
October 20 - Ferguson banned from touchline for two games and fined £10,000
over misconduct charge.
December 4 - Undergoes treatment for minor heart irregularity.
2004: January 28 - United announce Ferguson has agreed a new one-year rolling
contract, to begin in July 2005.
March - More Champions League disappointment with a last-16 exit to eventual
winners Porto.
May - United finish third in the Premier League, a massive 15 points behind
unbeaten Arsenal. However, they beat the Gunners in the FA Cup semi-final and
brush aside Millwall 3-0 in the final to end a three-year major trophy drought.
August 31 - Signs Everton starlet Wayne Rooney for a fee which could rise to
£27million.
2005: March - Knocked out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage for the
second straight season, going down on aggregate to eventual finalists AC Milan.
May - United finish the season trophyless for the third time in four years,
finishing third in Barclays Premiership yet again, 18 points behind runaway
champions Chelsea. They also lose FA Cup final on penalties to rivals Arsenal
despite dominating the game.
June - Signs Edwin van der Sar from Fulham in a bid to finally fill the
goalkeeping void left by Peter Schmeichel.
Malcolm Glazer completes takeover of club.
November - Captain Keane leaves the club by mutual consent.
December - United fail to qualify for the knockout phase of the Champions
League for the first time in a decade.
2006: February - Ferguson wins the League Cup for only the second time thanks
to a 4-0 thrashing of Wigan Athletic a week after losing to Liverpool in the FA
Cup fifth round, their first defeat to Liverpool in the competition for 85
years.
May - United finish runners-up to Chelsea, eight points adrift.
July - Sells Van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid.
Despite Cantona's stint at United being marred by his kick at a Crystal Palace
fan at Selhurst Park in January 1995, it didn't stop him being voted Ferguson's
greatest signing by United supporters.
However, Cantona nearly did not arrive to kick-start the United revelution as
Ferguson had initially been chasing Sheffield Wednesday forward David Hirst.
"Because of Wednesday's refusal to let us sign David Hirst, we looked around at
strikers we rated and who might be available," said Ferguson.
"I tried Leeds and was delighted when they agreed to release Cantona."
The Scot was also unconcerned by the potential baggage Cantona might have
brought with him.
"I am not interested in all the tittle-tattle being written about the player,''
added Ferguson.
"My attitude is that I am not looking for problems or a confrontation with the
player. Whatever has gone on at Leeds is in the past and we should remember he
is a truly gifted player.
"He will be treated on merit. I've signed him in the hope of improving our
scoring record. We will do our talking on the football field and Eric Cantona
is certainly good enough to have a lot to say."
Later, Ferguson revealed how the deal came about.
"Leeds chief executive Bill Fotherby was on the phone, asking about Denis
Irwin. It was then an idea jumped into my head. 'Ask him about Eric Cantona', I
scribbled on the chairman's writing pad."
May 2, 1993 - Wins inaugural Premier League title.
Ferguson had the distinction of becoming the first manager to lift the Premier
League crown and end United's 26-year wait to claim English football's ultimate
prize thanks to Nick Henry's goal for Oldham that ended closest rivals Aston
Villa's title challenge at Villa Park.
United were presented the trophy ahead of the 3-1 home win over Blackburn
Rovers, eventually finishing 10 points ahead of his United predecessor Ron
Atkinson's Villa side, which signalled the start of a dominance that would
garner another seven titles.
Steve Bruce's double deep into injury time to seal a crucial win over Wednesday
and Ferguson subsequently dancing on the pitch became the enduring image of
that season's triumph.
"This is the greatest achievement, the greatest moment of my football career. I
couldn't have asked for anything else,'' Ferguson said at the time.
"I'm proud of the players and really pleased for the chairman, the supporters
and everyone connected with the club.
"There's tremendous pressure on any player at this club to try to win the
championship. It's killed a lot of players, it's killed a lot of teams. But I
feel that the character my players have shown in the last two or three years
makes them something special.
"They've deserved to win the league and now, having opened the door, there's no
saying what they can achieve.
"It won't be easy and because we've won it once does not give us any divine
right. But it does take that weight off.
Ferguson also revealed he was actually playing golf when he found out United
had clinched the title.
"Suddenly I heard a car screeching to a halt and footsteps coming up the gravel
path by the green and a chap appeared with a huge smile on his face. 'Mr
Ferguson, Manchester United have won the league'."
May 5, 1996 - Overhauls 14-point Newcastle United lead to win Premier League.
United completed the first part of what proved to be a second double in three
years as they clawed back what at one point seemed an insurmountable 14-point
defecit to the Magpies by clinching the Premier League title on the final day
of the season at Middlesbrough.
United's successful campaign marked the emergence of Ferguson as undisputed
'king of the mind games' after he caused Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan to lose
his cool on live television.
After accusing Leeds of only raising their game against United, Keegan famously
produced his outburst after a narrow 1-0 win over the same opposition, saying:
"Some of the things which have been said over the last few days have been
almost slanderous.
"I think you've got to send a tape of that (the game) to Alex - isn't that what
he wants?
"He has gone down a bit in my estimation. Football in this country is honest.
You sometimes wonder abroad but here it is honest. I would love to beat them
now, love to.
"The battle is still on. United haven't won it yet, it's not over."
Sadly for the Toon Army, it was.
May 16, 1999 - Clinches fifth Premier League title as first part of historic
treble.
United came from a goal down to beat Tottenham Hotspur and claim the title on
the last day of the season in legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel's last game
at Old Trafford to record the first in what proved to be an unprecedented and
well-documented treble of the Premier League title, FA Cup and European Cup.
Ferguson claimed it was the most satisfying of his five titles up to that
point.
"You can look back at great days and all the rest of it, but they don't compare
with this," he said.
"When that final whistle went and to win it on our own ground when we had to
win it, after being 1-0 down, what can you say to that?
"We can't slacken and we can't afford to slacken.
"It's like a bus and we're going on to the next stop. If somebody gets left
behind then that's their own fault.
"But I don't think any of these players will want to be left behind. They are
as ambitious as I am now.
"Titles are won over a year and I think they deserved it. They are the best
team in the country and they've proved that."
Ferguson also paid tribute to Schmeichel, who set a record of 178 clean sheets
for the club.
"It's a sad because he will not play here again," Ferguson added. "That must be
a sad day for all those players like the (Mark) Hughes, (Steve) Bruces, (Gary)
Pallisters and (Bryan) Robsons.
"All the warriors who have been here and Schmeichel was one of them. There's no
doubt in my mind that he's the greatest goalkeeper I've had in my team."
October 24, 2004 - Ends Arsenal's record-breaking run.
After going through the previous Premier League season unbeaten, Arsenal turned
up at Old Trafford looking to make it 50 games without defeat.
However, United had other ideas as a Ruud van Nistelrooy penalty and Wayne
Rooney saw the home side to victory.
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