Sir Alex Ferguson Career Stats, Facts and Profile

Sir Alex Ferguson Stats
Full Name	Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Birthplace	Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of Birth	31/12/1941
Position	Striker
Leaugue Club Football
Club		Apps	Goals
Queen's Park (1957-60)		32	11
St. Johnstone (1960-64)		37	19
Dunfermline Athletic (1964-67)		88	66
Rangers (1967-69)		57	44
Falkirk (1969 - 73)		106	37
Ayr United (1973-74)		24	9
Clubs Managed
East Stirlingshire			1974
St. Mirren			1974-78
Aberdeen			1978-86
Scotland			1985-86
Manchester United			1986-

Early Career
Sir Alex Feguson was born in the humble surroundings of Govan, Glasgow on New Years Eve 1941, to Alexander Beaton Ferguson and Elizabeth Hardie.

Fergie's playing career began at amateur club Queen's Park, making a goal scoring debut - at the tender age of 16 - in a 2-1 defeat against Stranraer. Because the young Alex Ferguson was not playing football professionally he worked in the Clyde Shipyards as a tool maker and it was here where started to show his leadership skills by becoming a trade union shop steward.

Although scoring an adequate 11 goals in 32 games for Queen's Park Alex Ferguson could not command a regular first team place, so at the age of 19 he tried his luck at Perth outfit St Johnstone. His luck didn't change much for his new club and was often left out of the starting line-up. However, fate smiled on Ferguson in a match against his boyhood heroes Glasgow Rangers. As the story goes; St Johnstone tried to buy a striker but failed in their quest so the young striker was drafted into the team. Ferguson grasped the chance to shine against the giants of Scottish football and bagged himself a hat-trick.

Impressed by his exploits Dunfermline quickly snapped Alex Ferguson up on professional terms in 1964. The player enjoyed his time with the Pars and repaid their faith in him by scoring an impressive 66 goals in just 88 games.

In 1967 his goal scoring antics made Glasgow Rangers sit up and take note, who signed him for a fee of £65,000 which at the time was a record transfer fee between two Scottish clubs. During his two years at the club Alex Ferguson scored 44 goals in 57 games but left Rangers rather abruptly after the 1969 Scottish Cup when the fiery Scot was blamed for a goal which his side had conceded.

In 1969 Alex Freguson signed for Falkirk, where he became a player coach, but in 1974 he left The Bairns when manager John Prentice took charge of the team and relieved Fergie from his coaching duties, which, needless to say didn't go down too well with the volatile striker. The future Manchester United manager quickly put in a transfer request and joined West coast side Ayr United where he finished his playing career after a serious knee injury.

Sir Alex Ferguson Moves Into Football Management
Sir Alex Ferguson started on the road to football management superstardom at East Stirlingshire, where he started to gain the reputation as a hard task master. Although he was something of a disciplinarian Ferguson's tactical nouse shone through and his sides fortunes on the pitch started to pick up quite considerably.

In October 1975 Alex Ferguson was approached by St. Mirren to see if he would be interested in taking over the reigns at the Paisley based club. After a long chat with Celtic legend Jock Stein Fergie decided to accept the offer.

During his four year spell at St. Mirren Alex Ferguson changed the fortunes of the club quite dramatically. When the canny Scot took charge the club were languishing in the depths of the Scottish Second Division and within three years The Saints were crowned First Division champions, not only did they win - more often than not - they played a brand of football which would not look out of place under the floodlights of Old Trafford some 25 years later. Quite remarkably the average age of the team was just 19 years old.

However in 1978 Ferguson was sacked by the club after they claimed he acted in an "intimidating manner" towards his staff. Fergie did not take this lying down and took the club to a tribunal for wrongful dismissal, unfortunately for him he lost and left his post.

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