PRESENTING Sporting Giants: Sir Alex Ferguson
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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FULL 7 PART-SERIES AVAILABLE ON BBC SOUNDS - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0h6lf4d
The definitive Sir Alex Ferguson story, from his working class roots in Glasgow to the top of European football, told by the people who know him best.
First-hand accounts from a host of former players and adversaries including Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Gordon Strachan and Sir Kenny Dalglish reveal what it was like to play for Sir Alex's all-conquering Manchester United and Aberdeen teams, while exploring the Scot's origins and where his legendary will to win came from.
Presenter Kelly Cates and Ferguson expert Jonathan Northcroft explore what made him so successful and how he was able to constantly reinvent himself and his teams to remain at the very top for decades.
Could there ever be another manager like Sir Alex?
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| 0:46.3 | This is the Football Daily podcast with Kelly Kitts. |
| 0:52.4 | Hello and welcome to a special edition of Football Daily, as we introduce you to the new BBC Sounds podcast series, Sporting Giants Sir Alex Ferguson, |
| 0:56.4 | all about the life and times of the legendary Manchester United manager. |
| 1:01.6 | Coming up in episode one, the remarkable story of Fergie's journey from the Glasgow shipyards |
| 1:07.2 | to European glory with Aberdeen. And you can listen to the full series right now, only on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:16.1 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
| 1:21.7 | Go down as a best. It's a similar set. |
| 1:24.1 | Beckham crosses from the left. |
| 1:26.0 | I never wanted to let him down. |
| 1:29.3 | Saltshire has won the European Cup for Manchester United! |
| 1:33.3 | Before he arrived in Manchester, he worked miracles in Scotland. |
| 1:38.3 | Carlos Santayana, the beaten Real Madrid captain, looks on as Willie Miller holds off. The European Cup winners |
| 1:45.6 | Cup. So how did this young apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures |
| 1:53.8 | in sporting history? And it will be the second double in just three seasons remarkable. From his working class values. |
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