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Alex Ferguson

By: Alex Ferguson
Narrated by: James Macpherson,Alex Ferguson
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Meet the man who helmed Manchester United for 27 years. A tour de force in the world of football, Alex Ferguson wrote this book for his fans, addressing personal feuds, triumphs and highlights of his life on the pitch. A must-listen for football fanatics around the world.

Revised and updated with new material from the paperback edition.

Includes a prelude read by Sir Alex Ferguson.

Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing he reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphant seasons with Manchester United.

Sir Alex Ferguson's best-selling autobiography has now been updated to offer reflections on events at Manchester United since his retirement as well as his teachings at the Harvard Business School, a night at the Oscars and a boat tour round the Hebrides, where he passed unrecognised.

The extra material adds fresh insights and detail on his final years as United's manager.

Both the psychology of management and the detail of football strategy at the top level can be complex matters but no-one has explained them in a more interesting and accessible way for the general reader than Sir Alex does here.

My Autobiography is revealing, endlessly entertaining and above all inspirational.

The reader James Macpherson most notably appeared in 'Taggart' as DCI Mike Jardine, and has also read the audiobook editions of Ian Rankin's Rebus series and Billy Connolly's Route 66.

©2013 Alex Ferguson (P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton

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Fantastic book.

A great listen for any football fan. Listen into the mind of the greatest manager ever.

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Great Insight from the greatest manager

As a United fans, this is a great insight from the great manager to ever managed the game.

Each chapter chronicling a certain aspects such as specific season, players and era. Relationships between players and staff are explained in details.

Good to hear the story from Alex Ferguson POV.

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great book and a very honest account

Loved his honesty. Would be a good read for any coach. Interesting who his favourite players were. bet that upsets a few.

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well worth a listen even from a Hammer

really injoyed this book, a bit predictable with his views on disigions and ref's but well worth a listen even if your not a Man U fan.

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Brilliant Listen

As someone totally unfamiliar with the game of football it’s no barrier to going on an epic journey and learning about the mighty Manchester United and their formidable manager a man who with his team left one hell of a legacy. Bloody brilliant book

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Insperational Leadership

Sir Alex's story was by far the most inspirational book I have read, looking through the lens on leadership and man management. Loads to be able to relate to. Thanks for the memory's

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perfect

as someone with hatred towards utd, it was still an amazing book with a great insight into the greatest manager the game has ever seen.

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A Manager Of The Times

I always hated Fergy when he was an active manager. As you do when someone is at the top of their game. It’s why I don’t mind going back over it all in retrospect. You want to learn how the best tick and this was a great insight into the workings of a football manager he never took a step backwards in coming forward.

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Awesome insight into players and transfers etc.

The best parts of this book are the specific stories of transfers that did or didn't happen, as well as hearing about the different characters of certain United players and an insight into Sir Alex's thoughts about them and their relationships. The book seems to jump from player to player in no specific order, which keeps things fresh, as you don't know where it is headed or what the next topic will be. All of the expected are mentioned i.e. Beckham, Cantona, Keane, Ronaldo etc. but it's fascinating to hear the stories of some of the forgotten or less talked about players like Anderson, Barthez, Saha, Bebe, to name a few. Though it also shares stories of Sir Alex's personal life, before and after football management. As well as his thoughts on the David Moyes appointment and how it went wrong. All in all it is a must read/listen for every United fan and beyond.

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Like Manchester United: You'll love it or dislike

Great material. Sped through it.
Felt a bit choppy at the end. Almost like they'd got an earlier version of the book and just crowbar red in a few new paragraphs. Some well written chapters. Some just feel like SAF with a dicta phone recording any thought that comes into his mind.
The narrator was good. Great voice, hearty Scottish accent though did make it seem like they'd brought in an actor to play SAF, which gave a weird aura of a day time TV movie biopic.
Overall though a recommendatiom for anyone that likes football and can stomach Manchester United.

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