You want to argue again? Premier League 13 : , , , , , , , , , , , , Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Unfortunately, his time in Paisley ended in acrimony and he was sacked by the club in Having established a reputation in Scottish football as a no-nonsense manager with an eye for talent, Ferguson was soon appointed to a position at a top-tier club.
Aberdeen had been keen on Ferguson for a while and they eventually got their man in , replacing Billy McNeill, who left to join Celtic. While he inherited a strong squad from McNeill, Ferguson could not steer the team to success in his first season at the helm of the Pittodrie club, but it did not take him long to make his mark. The season prior to his appointment Aberdeen had finished second in the league, but Ferguson only managed a fourth-place finish in his first term.
But things quickly improved under his stewardship and the following season he clinched the title, pipping Celtic by a point. The league title was just Aberdeen's second in their entire history and, while they dropped to second in the following two seasons, then to third in , Ferguson delivered the club their third and fourth league trophies in and As well as turning the Dons into a force domestically, Ferguson brought European glory to the club for the first and, to this day, only time.
Ferguson's managerial CV also includes international experience and he was at the helm of the Scotland national team for the World Cup, albeit in tragic circumstances. Still managing Aberdeen, he joined Jock Stein's backroom staff during qualification for the World Cup in Mexico, but ended up taking the reins on an interim basis following Stein's sudden death in September Ferguson helped the Scots qualify for the tournament, but they crashed out at the group stage after losing to Denmark and West Germany before mustering a draw against Uruguay.
He stepped down from the position after elimination. As he presided over a remarkable rise in fortunes at Pittodrie, Ferguson became increasingly well regarded south of the border and he was reportedly a candidate for top English clubs such as Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal during the late s. It may be difficult to imagine for those from a younger generation, but the Red Devils were at a low ebb when Ferguson arrived and it took the Scot a number of seasons to secure any degree of success. Ferguson steered the floundering side to an 11th-place finish in his first campaign and while they managed to finish second in and , United remained an inconsistent mid-table club until the early s, when the famous period of dominance began.
Interestingly, that period might never have been as Ferguson came perilously close to losing his job in January With the club struggling in the league, there were calls from the fans for United to dismiss the Scottish manager and it is believed that the outcome of an FA Cup third-round match against Nottingham Forest would be the catalyst for change. To have lost him there and for him not to go on to fulfil what he has done and achieved would have been a tragedy.
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