Transcript Sir Alex Ferguson

By Nicholas Baddeley
Early life
• He was born on 31 December 1941. He
was born in his Grandmothers home in
Govan in south west Glasgow.
• He has a younger brother called Martin.
• His father was called Alexander Beaton
Ferguson and was a plater’s helper in the
ship building industry and his mother was
called Elizabeth Hardie.
Education
This is a picture of
Broomloan Road primary
school.
• He attended Broomloan Primary
School and later Govan High School.
Marriage
• He married his wife Cathy in 1966. When
she first met him she thought he was a
criminal.
• They have three sons called: Mark, Darren
and Jason although only Darren has
followed in his father’s footsteps of being a
professional football manager.
Football career.
• During his Football career he played for six
different teams: Queens Park, St Johnstone,
Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Falkirk and Ayr
United.
• He played his first football game as professional
when he was just 16 years old.
• He moved clubs a lot because he was rarely
starting games. He moved to Dunfermline and
there became their first choice forward.
Dunfermline career
• He signed for Dunfermline in 1965 and left in
1967.
• During his Dunfermline career he nearly won the
league and cup double but in the cup final he
was dropped because of a poor performance in
the previous game.
• Dunfermline narrowly lost the final of the cup 3-2
to Celtic and in the league they missed out on
the trophy by 1 point.
• In his career at Dunfermline he scored 66 goals
in 89 games.
Dunfermline career 2
• In 1965-66 he was joint top scorer in the
season with Joe McBride of Celtic. In that
season he scored 45 goals in 51 games.
In the league he was top scorer with 31
goals.
What he does today?
• Today Alex Ferguson is the manager of
Manchester United.
• He was knighted in 1999.
• Manchester United are one of the teams in
the Premier league who usually win.
• Alex Ferguson also managed other clubs
such as East Stirlingshire, St. Mirren,
Aberdeen and also managed Scotland
National 1st team.
Pictures
Alex
Ferguson
Alex Ferguson at
Dunfermline