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The Manchester United faithful are a decent bunch when it comes to honouring the legacy of quite easily their greatest manager ever in Sir Alex. But what they don’t do so well is hiding the fact that Sir Alex did not just build his legacy at Old Trafford.
In fact, the reason he was appointed at United was his absolutely stellar managerial work with Aberdeen, a club in the Scottish Premier League which did not have quite the same aura about it as the Glasgow pair of Rangers and Celtic. Sir Alex managed Aberdeen for a period of 8 years, during the last period of which he was also interim national team manager for Scotland.
In his time at Aberdeen, Sir Alex took Aberdeen to heights which have barely been viewed since the time he left. Under him, the club won 3 of only 4 of its First Division league titles, while finishing second in the league thrice as well. They also won four Scottish Cups during the 80s, as well as a famous victory over Real Madrid in the UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup final at Gothenburg in 1983.
Thus, Sir Alex is not just part of the legacy of one club: he contributed equally to a huge chunk of Aberdeen’s as well. True football fans would do well to remember him for the entire body of his work, and not just that at Manchester United!
