When Manchester United made the decision to name Sir Alex Ferguson as their new manager back in November 1986, few would have been able to predict the sheer level of success that was to come.
The Scot, whose playing career never took him south of the Scottish border, had been in management for 12 years when United came calling for his services to replace Ron Atkinson.
This was Ferguson’s first taste of English football and the rest, as they say, was history. He was in charge at Old Trafford for just shy of 27 years and those years were made up of success story after success story.
In all, the 78-year-old led United to 38 major trophies, including 13 Premier League titles. It is that sort of record that will see him go down as one of
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