'I was terrified': Alex Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life
I wasn't," Ferguson tells BBC Breakfast.He need not have worried.Ferguson and his wife Cathy received a standing ovation when they took their seats in the directors' box before kick-off."My wife was with me, and she was nearly crying. It tells the stories of 21 defining matches in his playing and managerial career, revealing fresh insights into his journey from working-class Glasgow to dominating the English game - and Europe - as United boss.Ferguson is thankful he is able to talk about the games that helped shape him. "I had lost my voice; I couldn't speak," he says about the days immediately after brain surgery.
- ▪I wasn't," Ferguson tells BBC Breakfast.He need not have worried.Ferguson and his wife Cathy received a standing ovation when they took their seats in the directors' box before kick-off."My wife was with me, and she was nearly crying.
- ▪It tells the stories of 21 defining matches in his playing and managerial career, revealing fresh insights into his journey from working-class Glasgow to dominating the English game - and Europe - as United boss.Ferguson is thankful he is a
- ▪"I had lost my voice; I couldn't speak," he says about the days immediately after brain surgery.
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Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life<div class="ssrcss-1ogevb9-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-vmnb6q-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Ferguson on Man Utd return, St Johnstone and Class of 92ByNeil JohnstonBBC Sport journalistPublished1 hour ago"I was terrified," says Sir Alex Ferguson, one of the fiercest, most explosive and most decorated managers in football history.The legendary former Manchester United boss is recalling the day he returned to Old Trafford for the first…
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