Who is Alex Ferguson?

Alex Ferguson is a former football player who served as the manager of the Manchester United Football Club for over 26 years.  Over the decade, Ferguson led his team to various other title wins: Premier Leagues, FA Cup double, and UEFA Champions League. In the 1998-99 season, the team won the ‘treble’: the FA Cup, the league, and UEFA Champions League. By this time, Manchester United had become the most famous and richest of all the football clubs in the world. The team continued its winning streak under the able guidance of Ferguson, and was as successful as ever in the new millennium. They won their sixth Premier League and became the champions of England for the seventh time in nine years.Ferguson was thinking of retiring by the end of the 2001-02 season, but decided to stay on by signing a new deal with United to manage the team for 11 more seasons. In 2004, the team won the FA Cup which would be the final one under his management. The team beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the League Cup finals to lift the trophy in 2006. By the time of his retirement, the team had managed to win the European Cup (2008), clinched three straight league titles in 2009, and also won the Premier League in 2013.

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