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Famous faces bid farewell to union stalwart Jimmy Reid
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and comedian Billy Connolly joined family and friends at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow for the celebration of Mr Reid's life. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, former…
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Who would want to be a young star at Chelsea?
Last weekend Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was happy to pick England's newest full international Jack Wilshere for the club's vital game at Liverpool, while Sir Alex Ferguson gave 22-year-old Javier Hernandez the last 27… -
James Lawton: Mancini has raised the stakes in the greatest gamble in…
Naturally, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was keen to fuel such speculation yesterday when, while introducing his rather more modest investments in the new season, he talked darkly of "kamikaze" owners throwing… -
International retirement right decision says Berbatov
Even though Sir Alex Ferguson spent a club record £30.75million on the striker to lure him north from Tottenham, he has never quite delivered what United hoped. It is the route taken by a number of senior United men over… -
Challenge facing Newcastle is set out in black and white by Scholes
On the bench Sir Alex Ferguson picked the strikers Federico Macheda and Javier Hernandez, the inspiration behind the sombreros in the crowd. Even so, Ferguson stuck with the 4-4-2 formation that he deployed against -
James Lawton: Forget all the talk about the theatre of dwindling dreams
In his mid-thirties, he explained all over again why Sir Alex Ferguson is so reluctant to consign him to the past and why Fabio Capello had so much reason to regret his failure to talk him into a role that might just have made… -
Welcome back to the big league, Newcastle
Responding to champions Chelsea's 6-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, Alex Ferguson's side were a class above Newcastle who faded away after a bright start. Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and the substitute… -
Man Utd begin with easy victory
Since his club record £30.5million arrival from Tottenham, Berbatov has often found himself as the man being sacrificed by Sir Alex Ferguson in the biggest United games. It was the first harsh lesson of top-flight life for… -
Carrick hungry for success with Manchester United
As usual, Sir Alex Ferguson has plenty of choice, with Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick is in line to face Newcastle in Manchester United's delayed opening game tonight knowing the pressure is on at Old Trafford following the… -
Ferguson: Hernandez can match class of '99
Sir Alex Ferguson was still looking back to the 1999 vintage yesterday as he considered whether the quintet of Rooney, Michael Owen, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernandez and Federico Macheda, possibly assisted by Bebe when he…
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Famous faces bid farewell to union stalwart Jimmy Reid
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and comedian Billy Connolly joined family and friends at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow for the celebration of Mr Reid's life. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, former… -
Syndicates are fun, but they're not a racing cert
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Sport on TV: Hodgson's not for turning but old order changes on screen
Sport
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Who would want to be a young star at Chelsea?
Last weekend Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was happy to pick England's newest full international Jack Wilshere for the club's vital game at Liverpool, while Sir Alex Ferguson gave 22-year-old Javier Hernandez the last 27… -
James Lawton: Mancini has raised the stakes in the greatest gamble in…
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International retirement right decision says Berbatov
Arts and Entertainment
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Springsteen and Herzog lead Toronto film fest documentaries
Thompson)• Indian children perform The Sound of Music in The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical• Inside Job - Charles Ferguson reveals the underlying failures of 2008's financial crisis• Armadillo by Denmark's Janus Metz, winner… -
Weekly book agenda: young adult novel 'Dark Life,' Riordan's 'The Red Pyramid'
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Last Night's Television - Dispatches: Cameron Uncovered, Channel 4; A…
Opinion
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Matthew Norman: Now, now, do try to keep it clean, Nadine
Alex Ferguson is reportedly close to ending his boycott of the BBC in response to a 2004 documentary questioning the ethics of his agent son, Jason. She started it. Oh but she did dough, didn't she dough? -
Tim Lott: Excuses, buck-passing, and the lost virtue of taking responsibility
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Brian Viner: How on earth can you tell when Adebayor is going to stop…
Lifestyle
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The armchair guide to Rio's dodgy knee…
His fitness was already in doubt after he admitted in March that he had hidden the extent of a back problem, which had left him "bent over like an old hunchback" and struggling to walk, from his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. -
Pasta and curry top our eating-out choices
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Freckles in vogue? Never
Travel
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Glasgow: a city on the up
James McAvoy, Sir Alex Ferguson.the list goes on. Legendary football manager, Sir Alex Ferguson was brought up in another part of the city, Govan, near Clydebank. I remember a journalist doing an article on me and he said that…
Student
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How to land a job in sales at Heathrow
Celebrities such as Jamie Oliver, Karen Millen, and Sir Alex Ferguson all started out as apprentices. If you work in Britain, you're most likely working in retail. It's the country's biggest employer, but for many shop…