Happy 71st birthday of Sir Alex Ferguson. Let's look back at the glorious career of 'Knights' over 71 photos. Part 1.
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| Alex Ferguson in St shirt. Johnstone in 1964. He scored 19 goals in 37 games in four years at the club. |
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| Ferguson's record running a diva Ray Corniff and his orchestra. Photo taken in 1967 when he was at Glasgow Rangers. |
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| Alex Ferguson next 1-year-old son, Mark, in 1969. That was in Ferguson left the Rangers to play for Falkirk. |
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| February / 1972. Alex Ferguson went to the coach's Cunningham Falkirk after being disqualified in the match against old club St. Johnstone. |
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| Alex Ferguson in 1976. He is now the manager of the St. Mirrens, his right is Proven assistant. Ferguson now owns and operates two pubs, and Proven assistant also represents a firm Whisky. |
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| Alex Ferguson with his wife Cathy and two children, twins Jason and Darren, 1977. |
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| Alex Ferguson in 1980. He is now manager of Aberdeen, and he took Aberdeen to success in 8 years here. |
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| Willie Miller with Drybrough trophy and the Scottish championship in 1980 with Aberdeen under the guidance of Alex Ferguson (right). |
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| Alex Ferguson after victory in the first round of the UEFA Cup of Aberdeen before Ipswich Town in 1981. |
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| Alex Ferguson lifted the Scottish National Cup championship on 05.22.1982, after Aberdeen beat Glasgow Rangers 4-1. This championship is extremely important to his career, by the events that took place a year later. |
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| Alex Ferguson on the pitch on 10.05.1983, ie, just one day before he gave Aberdeen the European Cup final C3 stone against Real Madrid in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
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| 11/05/1983. Aberdeen beat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the the C3 Cup championship and became the 3rd Scottish club to win a continental title. Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox lifted the trophy. |
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| Photo taken in 1985. Now Alex Ferguson has become one of the members of the coaching staff in Scotland (he still held in Aberdeen). |
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| Jock Stein (right), the Scotland coach, and assistant Alex Ferguson in a match between Spain and Scotland at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers. Photo taken on 27.02.1985. Spain won 1-0. 8 months later, Stein died suddenly in the most important match of Scotland, which if lost can match he would have to resign. |
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| On 09/10/1985, Wales face Scotland in match tickets decisions Mexico 1986. Air Scotland should be enough, but Wales must win. The match ended with the score 1-1 to Scotland equalized from 11m in the last 10 minutes, and Scotland in the World Cup. Scotland players celebrate, but Alex Ferguson is not. That is the game that end, Jock Stein had collapsed on the pitch and later died while being treated in the locker room because of a heart attack. |
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| Alex Ferguson with captain Graeme Souness of Aberdeen, who later became the coach. Photo taken 12/1985, one year before Ferguson left Aberdeen and Manchester United. |
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| Alex Ferguson hugged Sandy Jardine (left) of Hearts to comfort after Aberdeen defeated Hearts 3-0 in the Scottish Cup Final QG, 5/1986. It was Ferguson's last title with Aberdeen. |
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| Ferguson signing the fans of Manchester United at Old Trafford. He replaced Ron Atkinson on 11/1986. |
